The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-09-17
PrerentIng the sprend of DIsense.

The commission of experts appointed
/ by the National Board of Health of the
/ United States to prepare n circular en-
bodying familiar instructions for disin-
| fectiOn has made n report TO the board
The report is as follows:
Disinfection is the destruction of the
poisons of infectious or contagious dis
| eases. Deodorizers are not necessarily
! disinfectants, and disinfectants do not
necessarily bear an odor. The disin-
fectants to be used are: First, roll sui
phur for fumigation; second, sulphate of
| iron (copperas) dissolved in water in the
proportion of one an | n half pounds to
the gallon, for soil, sewers, etc. third,
sulphate of zinc and common salt dis
solved together in water in the proper
tion of four ounces of salt to the gallon
for clothing, bed linen, etc. The COM
mission exclude carbolic acid, for the
reason that it is difficult to secure the
proper quality, and it must be used in
large quantities to be of service. In using
disinfectants in the sick room, the most
available agents are fresh air and clean
Illness. The towels, clothing, bed linen,
etc, should, on removal from the patient
and before they are taken from theroom,
be placed in pail or tub of the zinc So
luton, boiling hot if possible. All dis
charges should either be received in YES
sells containing copperas solution, or,
when this is impracticable, should be
Immediately covered with copperas solu-
tion. All vessels used about the patient
should he cleansed with the same solu-
ton. Unnecessary furniture, especially
that which is stuffed-carpets and hang
ings-should, when possible, be eremoved
from the room at the outset; otherwise
they should remain for subsequent fllmi-
CATION and treatment. Fumigation with
sulphur is the only practicable method
of disinfecting the house. For this pur-
pose the rooms to be disinfected must be
vacated. Heavy clothing, blankets, bed
ding and other articles which cannot be
treated with zinc solutions should be
opened and exposed during fumigation
rs directed below: Close the room as
tightly rs possible, place the sulphur in
iron pans, supported on bricks, contained
in tubs containing little water, set it
on fire by hot Goals or with the aid of a
spoonful of alcohol, and allow the room
to remain closed for twenty-four hours.
For room about ten feet square at least
two pounds of sulphur should be used !;
creased quantities. Cellars, yards,
SNNpANSf SNNNNASs PAlNiOcs CSSSpOOlS,
water-closets, drains, sewers, etc, should
be frequently and literally treated with
copperas solution. The copperas solution
is easily prepared by hanging n basket
containing about sixty pounds of the
copperaS in barrel of water. It is best
TO burn articles which have come in
contact with persons sick with conta-
gious or infectious diseases. Articles too
valuable to be destroyed should be
treated as follows: Cotton, linen, flan-
nels, blankets, ETC., should be treated
with the boiling zinc solution, introduce
piece by piece, secure thorough wetting
and boil for at least halfa hour. Heavy
woolen clothing, silks, flrs, stuffed bed
covers, beds and other articles which
cannot be treated with the solution
should be hung in the eroom during fumi-
cation, their surfaces thoroughly ex-
posed and pockets turned inside out. Az
terward they should be hung in the open
air, beaten and shaken.