The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-09-27
Disinfeotants, and How 10 Use
Them

Disinfeetants, and How TO Use
TheIn.
Drafts of air for all floating foulnessi dry |
rubbing for all easily detached foulnessi wip-
ing and water scrubbing for all attached
foulness in most cases admit Of no effective
substitution.
submersion in boiling water is applicable
to the cleaning Of all garments, utensils, ETC.,
admitting of such a method and dry boil
ing heat or freezing cold will also neutralize
ineffective particles.
To disinfect a room, ship, or building, so
needing disinfecton that its contents and
surfaces cannot be dealt with singly, close
the room or building-its windows, doors,
and chimneys-so as to exclude the outer
air as far as possible. Vacate the house.
Break roll sulphur In small pieces, place it
on an iron plate or other metallic dish, and
set this on q pair Of tongs or other cross-bar
over an iron pot in which there is wafer, or
over a large boz of sand, 60 as 20 avoid dan
ger of fire from small particles Of burning
sulphur. Light it by a few hot Goals or
some alcohol poured around the sulphur
and lighted. Then leave, and shut the door
after you. A pound and half Of sulphur
! is Efficient for one thousand cubic feet Of
space The sulphur will convert all the
oxygen of the air into sulplrUrous acid, and
all the organic particles are likly to be
changed. Keep closed three hours after the
burning has ceased, and then air well for six
hours before occupying. Clothing and bed
ding needing disinfcction may be hung on
lines and left in the room. Most furniture
is not permanently injured, but needs dry
wiping and then washing off afterward,
CHLORIDE OF LIME
A valuable disinfectant, chiefly because it
contains from thirty to thirty-fve per cent
um of chlorine, which is liberated under
proper methods Of use. If purchased for
cities it should be tested as to the amount.
1t is not overrated as disinfectont if only
its quality is known and its mode of use is
judicious. 1t needs slight moistening, fire.
quent stirring, and sometimes the addition
of acid, as vinegar or common spirits Of salt
The test of its efficiency is that the odor o.
it be kept constantly preceptible.
CHLORINATED SODA,
usually known as Labarraque's Solution, i!
convenient liquid preparation, valuable
for use in saucers in the sick room or il
utensils. Its odor should be preceptible t.
,tr opEorin1
LIME PLASTER, CHARCOAL, DRY EARTH, sIFTEn
ASHES.
All these have value, chiefly to be tested
by the rapdity with which they correc
odors. Fresh slakcd lime should be scattered
in all places of foul odor. 1t or charcoa
or plaster may be scattered owe
heaps emitting foul odors. Calx powder is
made by pounding one bushel of dry fresl
charcoal and two bushels of stone lime anC
m king them, and is of great practical use
All these substances absorb foul gases ant
dry up moisture, and so help to retard de
composition or else absorb its results. Wher,
lump charcoal is used, it may be refitted 70
use by reheating it. Quicklime and grounC
plaster should not be used where they ma,
be washed into pipes and form lime-soaI o
obstruct by hardening
f THE METALLIC DIsINFECTANTs.
Sulphute of iron (copperas or green vitriol
, two pounds TO gallon Of water, TO be sprin
kled freely in drains, cesspools, privy closet:
, soiled vessels, or heaps of decaying matte
! which cannot be removed at once. On
half the strength will do where it is t
stand in contact with surfaces or in spttoon
n water closets, house vessels, or vaults. On
0 half pound of sulphate ofiron (green vitriol
0 or one ounce of sulphate of zinc (white vi
\ trioD, or one ounce of sulphate of coppe
o (blue vitrol), or one onncc of chloride q
- zinc (butter Of zinc), or one ounce ofchlorid
of lime (bleaching POWDER, put to a quaI
y Of water-any one of these is available fO
= neutralizing discharges or for sinks, used i
4 quantities sufficient to cover the bulk the
- are intended to disinlect. Soiled garment
:. may be put to soak in a half pound of sui
2 phate of zinc white yItriol) to three gallon
of water 1t will not stain or discoor mo;
!. fabrics. One ounce of chloride of lead di.
i solved in pint of hot water and then pan
q ful Of water added into which a handful {
) common salt has been thrown, serves a sin
y liar purpose. Also half ounce ofpermau
5 ganate of potash to a gallon of water. FC
q washing, soiled garments should be put i
l. boiling water, unless the character of tn
il fabric iorbds it. Powdered borax, one qua
,e ter of pound to gallon of water, is gooC
. cleanser Of clothing Soiled hair brushe
r ETC., are cleansed by it. Chloride of zinc,on'
d quarter of pound to gallon of water, do,
a, not stain or discolor fabrics Parlies recon
10 mends two ounces of chloride Of lime, or OF
st ounce of sulphate of zinc, or one-half flu
4, ounce Of chloride of zinc to be added to eac
ii gallon of the boiling water in which the ga
ments are thrown. On clothing that cann
be washed and does not need to be burnC
after thorough shaking and airing, the su
~ phate Of zine or chloride of zinc solutic
may be sprinkled.-T Independent.
IN value of Spent Hops.
III According to an analysis by Prof Marck
.o Of Halle, it appeared that hops which ha
!, been exhausted in brewing contain ll.6 p
,a centum water, III fat, 90 ash, l4.7 protei
n 24.S fibre, and 27.3 per centum non-nitr
genous eXtractiye matter. They are con.