Daily Republican., 1881-05-18
GUARDIANS OF HEALTH.
ANIMPORTANT MEETING OFTHE
NEW HEALTH BOARD,
What the Executive Officers are
Expected TO DO The Instruc.
tiOns for DisinfectIOn.
The Board of Health met last even

used by the late Board of Health. Th,
exception provides that the preSen
Board Of Health shall meet on the frs
and third Tuesday evenings of every
month, at 8 o'clock, instead of upor
the first and thir dMonday evenings 0
every month, at $50 O'Clock. The repor
was adopted.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DUTIES.
The following report, submitted by
the Committee on Executive Officers
was adopted:
The executive officers shall be presen
at all the meetings. They shall repor
daily Sundays eXceptedi to the secre
tary all work done by them on the pre-
vious day, and, at the same time, re
ceive instructions in regard to any ser.
vices the Board may desire to have per
formed. 1t shall be their duty to visit
every house in their respective districts
and learn the condition of the house,
lot or yards, cellars, alleys, cutters,
| privieS and vacant lots. They shall
make general round of each ward in
| their respective districts at least
once each week and note all filthy
streets, CUTTERS, lanes, alleys or courts,
staguant pools or ponds of water, and
obstructed drainsor sewers, any neglect
in the removal Of garbage, accumua-
ton of filth, rubbish or offensive matter
of any kind that may be injurious to
the health, and wherever any such
uuiSanCeS exist to direct abatement ac-
cordinS to the law pertaining thereto;
when the required time has elapsed
they shall return and ascertain whether
the order has been complied with, and j.,
III case of failure or refusal to comply,
they shall report to the board immedi-
ately. In making these general rounds
they shall pay special attention to
markets, slaughter huuseS, rendering or
fat boiling Establishments, soap works
and hide and tallow associations. 1t
shall be their duty to detect, if posi-
bic, and arrest any person who shall, in
violation of tn" city ordinance, throw
or cause to he thrown into the streets
or upon vacant lots any animal or veg
etable matter, otfal or rubbish Of any
kind all dead animals SO thrown into the
streets or upon vacant lots shall be at
once remotrd and buried by the eXrCll-
tive officer. Whenever Il case Of small.
poX, ASiatic cholera, yellow fever, scar
let fever or diphthcria shall he reported
TO the secretary, it shall be his duty TO
send, by the executive officer Of the dis
trict, II copy OF the instructions of the
Board, which apply to diSiulection and
cujoin upon the family to carry them
out ana to hang out u flag in any case
where Il hag is required by the law
upon the report, to the secretary, Of
the recovery, removal or death of any
such case it shall be the duty Of the cX-
ccutive officer Of the district, under the
direction Of the Board, to visit the prem
iscS and instruct the inmates in the best
method of diSinfrcting the premises.
The executive officers Shall perform
their duties and enforce the orders Of
the Board with prOmptnesS and impair
tiality; they will be expected, however,
to carry ont their Instructions Cour-
tcOusl Y and without unnecessary intru-
sion upon the premises of any one.
IN CONTAGIOUS DIS
EASES.
The following instructions for diSin- |
ectiou in contagious diseases wcle or
Tered by the Board to be announced to
he public:
Distinction is the destruction Of the
'0isonS of infectious and contagious
diseases. DeOdOrizerS, or substances |
which destroy smells, are not neceSsa-
lily diSintrctantS, and diSinfcCtantS do |
lot necessarily have an odor. Disinfrc-
ions gcamot compensate for want of !
cleanliness or of ventilation.
DiSiufectants to be employed are: Roll |
ulphur (brimStOne) for fumigation :
Ulphate of iron (copperaS) dissolved in
water in the proportion of one and a
lalf pound, to the gallon, for soil, sew
rs, &C.
Sulphate Of zinc and com non salt dis
Olvcd together in water in the proper
ions OF four ounces sulphate, and two
unceS salt to the gallon, for clothing,
'cd liner, &c.
Notc-CarboliC acid is not included
II the above Ii for the following rca-
OnS:
1t is very difficult to determine the
uality Of the commercial article, and
he purchaser can never be certain OF
it Of proper strength it is eX-
enSive when of good quality, and eX-
erienCe has shown that it must be EN- .
loyed in comparatively large quanti-
les to be of any use it is liable by its
trong ouor TO give false sense of Sc 7
urity.
The way to use disinfectants is: In +
sick room the clothing, towels, bed r
men, &C., should at once, on removal
rom the patient, be placed in a pail or .
lb Of the zinc solution, boiling hot, t
possible, before removal from the
)Om. ;
All discharges should either be receiv- +
d in vessels containing cOpperas Solu- ,
on, or when this is impracticablc,
lOuld be Immediately covered with :
operas solution. All vessels used
bout the patient should be cleansed |
18th the same solution Unnecessary ,
lrniture, especially that which is stuff !
|, carpets and hangingS, when poSSi- :
e, should be removed from the room :
! the outset: otherwise they should re- +
ain for subsequent fumigatiOn and +,
q
Fumigation with sulphur is the only :
'dCJlCaDle HltLllOu Ol ulSlHIeCtllp tlle a
'use. For this purpose the rooms to \
, disinfected must be vacated. Heavy n
othing, blankets, bedding and arti- a
es which cannot be treated with zinc
'lution, should be opened and exposed
lring fumigation, as directed below:
ose the rooms as tightly as possible,
ace the sulphur in iron pans, support Of
upon bricks; set it on fire by hot C,
ais or with the aid of spoonful of al
hol, and allow the room to remain fc
Osed twenty-four hours. For room
,out ten feet square, at least two te
'uuds of sulphur should be used; for &C
rger rooms, proportiOnally increased
lantities. st
Premises-Cellars, yards, stables, gut in
RS, privies, cesspools, water-closet'.
aims, sewers, etc, should be frequent di
and literally treated with copperas
luton. The copperas solution is W
SLY prepared by hanging Il basket con- d'
lining about sixty POUNDS of copperas tt