Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-27

les, heartily recommend the follow.
ing suggestions to the public. The
Importance of the precautions in.
dicated cahnot be exaggerated.
J. p. Widney, M H. 8. Orme, Nj. D.
Il. .worthington. MD, ]. Kurtz, NJ. D.,
J. Harmon, M, D., Fl. Nadeau, NJ. D.
RULES FOR THE SANITARY TREAT.
MENT OF SCARLET FEVER AND
DIPTHERIA:
Scarlet fever and dlptheria are
like small pox in their power 10
spread rapidly from person to per-
son; they are highly contagious.
scarlet fever and Scarlatina are
one and the same thing; canker
rash and rash fever are other
names for the same disease.
When scarlet fever or diphtheria
occurs, the sick person, child or
adults should be placed in q room
apart from the other inmates Of
the house, and should be nursed by
as few pers0ns as possible.
The sick room should be comfort
ably warm, exposed to sunlight
and we'll aired; at the commence
ment of the sickness only such fur.
niture, bedding, clothes, etc., as
are absolutely necessary should be
left In the room; carpets and win
dow curtains should especially be
removed, as the germs Of disease
find lodgment in them and are
difficult to displace. The family
should not mingle with other peo-
pie. Visitors should be warned of
the presence of dangerous dis
ease in the house, and no one
should be admitted.
The clothing and bedding of
nurse and patient should be fire..
euently changed, and after being
moistened with solution of car.
bolic acid, placed In boiling water
for one hour. No other clothing or
bedding should be washed at the
same time with that which Is In.
fected.
The clothing and bedding while
In use, and the carpets, floors, walls
and ceilings and the halls of the
house should be sprinkled once or
twice Diary during sickness AMI
convalescen with a solution of
carholic acid. A solution of car.
bolic acid. we'll adapted 10 all such
uses, is sold by most druggists, and
may be easily made by shaking to-
gether In a bottle the impure car
bolic acid and water In the propor-
tion of q teaspoonful of the carbolic
acid to a pint Of water. This 10 best
applied with sprinkler, but may
be well applied by dipping the end
Of common dust brush into the 90.
luton contained in dinner plate,
and throwing 1t Off the brush on
bedding, carpets, walls. etc.
Whenever any child In your
family is taken sick with scarlet
fever or diphtheria, such child and
all other children residing IL, the
house, must be kept from school
from the commencement of the dis
ease until all possible danger Of
com mmunicating it to others has
passei.
On recovery from scarlet fever
the sick person should not mingle
with others until all roughness of
the skin shall have disappeared, as
the scales from the skin carry the
disease; at least siz aOeeks Is consid-
cred proper period during which
such isolation Is necessary. In
diphtheria the patient should re-
main isolated until the physician
states him to be free from the dis
ease.
When the patient has recovered,
the ceiling and walls should be
whitened. The floor should be
washed with soap and hot water,
and carbolic acid added to the wa
ter Zone pint to three gallons).
For the purpose of fumigation, the
windows and doors Of the room and
the Fireplace should be tightly
closed. Everything that was in the
room during the sickness should be
left In 1t. Ii the carpet was not
removed it should be taken up and
raised as far rs possible from the
floor on chairs or in any other man
ner; one board Of the floor should
be taken up.
An iron kettle should then be
raised from the floor on bricks, and
five pounds of roll sulphur placed
therein; upon this four ounces Of
alcohol are to be poured and set on
fire. Every one must withdraw
from the room, as the fumes are
poisonous.
The precautions taken with the
carpet and the removal of the
board from the floor allow the
fumes of the burning sulphur to
pass beneath the floor and between
the walls, and to destroy any
germs of disease which may be
there. At the expiration of ten
hours, not before, the room may
be- opened. All the windows,
doors and the Fireplace should re-
main open for twenty-four hours,
that everything may be we'll aired;
the room is then ready for occupa-
tion.
In the cleansing of clothing and
the fumigation every article
which could possibly have been in
footed should be included, as even
soiled hankerchiefs may com NUM-
cate the disease. Should second
case occur, the entire house should
be fumigated as above dire cted.
The occurrence of dipththeria or
scarlet fever in a house should lead
to an immediate inspection Of all
possible sources of contagion.
Within the house: Trace to its
source every foul smell, whether