The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-22

Commercial AOOertlser.
slTrRDAY. JANrARY %. 1881.
ree.-uc.ioas for Distinction.

The Glowing circular was prepared Tor general
distribution Ly t-s Gentlemen whose names are
attached, under appointment OF the NATIONAL
Board u Health IF tie United States.
II transmitting the report the chairman, Prof
G.. T. Chandler. Ph. D., remarks
Il has been the aim OF the committee to prepare
concise directions FOR disinfection, so simple and
clear that they .nay be easily followed by any
person o.! intelligence.
In the selection OF dIsin!ecting agents the aim
has been, LIST 10 secure agents which can be re-
lied upon 70 accomplish tie work; %, which can
fc procured In q state Of comparative purity in
every village in the United States; 3, so cheap
that they can be used in adequate quantities.
It extremely important that the people should
be instructed with regard to disinfectiOn. They
must be taught that no reliance can be placed on
disinfcctants simply because they smell of chic
rinc or earbOlIc acid, or possess the color OF per-
mluEanatc, and that, IN general, proprietary
disiulectants with high sounding names are prac-
ticaly worthless, as they either have no value
whatever, or II Of value, cost many times as much
as they are worth, and cannot be used in sufi-
cicut quantity
EXPLANATIONS.
Distinction is the destruction of the poisons of
infections and contagious diseases.
DeJdJrIZcrs, or substances which destroy smells.
are not necessarily disinlectants, and d~isinfec-
tauts do not necessarily have an OdOr.
Distinction cannot compensate for want of
cleanliness or Of ventilation.
L.-DIsDFEcTANT TO BE EMPLOYED.
l.. Roll sulphur (brimstone) for fumigation.
,. SuIIhate Of iron (copperas) dissolved in
water IN the proportion Of II pounds to the gal
Ion; for soil, sewers, &c.
8. Sulphatc Of zinc and common salt, dissolved
together in water in the proportions of four
ounces sulphate and TWO ounces salt to the gallon;
for clothing, b~ed-linen, &c.
NorE-Carbolic acid is not included in the
above list for the following reasons 1t is very
difficult TO determine the quality of the CONNER
cial article, and the purchaser can never be Ger
tain % securing 1t % proper strength; il is expen-
sIyc, when Of good quality, and experience has
shown that 10 must be employed in comparatively
large quantities TO be of any use; it is liable, by
It's strong OdOr, to give 4 false sense of security.
II.-uow TO Use DIsISrEcTANTs.
J.. III tie siek-rOOm.-Thc most available agents
are fresh air and cleanliness. The clothing, tow
cls, b~Cd-linen, &c, should at once, on removal
from the patient, be placed in Il pail or tub of
the zinc solution, boiling hot if possible. before
removal from the room.
All discharges should either be received in yes
sells containing copperas solution, or. when this
Is impracticlble, should be Immediately covered
with c0pperas solution. All vessels used about
tie patient should be clcansed with the same So
luton.
Unnecessary furniture-cspecially that which
y FLAAaa-NaAN ELE anu utl-luES. NDGn DOsslDlc,
should be removed from the room ut the outset;
otherwise, they should remain for subsequent fu-
mIgatiOn and treatment.
,. Ft1aigGfiOH with sulphur is the only practi-
cable method for dIsinfecting the house. For this
purpose tic rooms to be disinfected must be va
Gated. Heavy clothing, blankets, bedding, and
other articles which cannot be treated with zinc
solution, should be opened and exposed during
fumigatIOn, as directed below. Close the rooms
as tightly as possible, place the sulphur in iron
pans supported uIon bricks, 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 q room about ten feet square, at
least two pounds of sulphur should be used; for
larger rooms, PrOpOrtipnaIly increased quantities.
>. PrCUIscS.-Ceildrs, yards, stables, cutters,
TrIyIcs- ccsspOJls. watcr-clOsets, Grains, sewers,
&c. should be frequently and literally treated
with cyTperas solution. The copIeras solution is
easily prepared by hanging n basket containing
about sixty pounds Of coPperas in a barrel of
water.
J.. Body and 6ed-cOLiing, &c.-It is best to
burn all articles which have been in contact with
persons sick with contagious or infectious diseases.
Articles too valuable to be destroyed should be
treated as follows
n. Cotton. linen, flannel, blankets, &C.. should
De treated with tho boiling hot ziuc solution, in
Producing piece by piece, securing thorough wet
ting, and boiling for at least half an hour.
b. Heavy wooden clothing, silks. lurs, stuffed
bl4-@4'Ll4tI-. DGu- anu OIncI dItlcleS WHICH Cdn-
not De treated with the zinc solution, should be
hung Dr. the room during fumIgation, pockets
being turned inside out and the whole garment
thoroughly exposed. Afterwards they should be
hung iu JHc open AIR, beaten and shaken. Pill
lows, beds, stuffed mattresses, upholstered furni-
tuTc, &c. should be cut open, the contents spread
out and thoroughly lumigated. Carpets are best
lumigatcd Oh the floor, but should afterward be
removed 10 tie open air and thoroughly beaten.
>. TIE o0TpSeS should be thoroughly washed
with a zinc solution of double strength, then
wrapped N a sheet wet with the zinc solution,
and buried at once. Metallic, metal lined, or
air tight collins should be used when possible,
certainly when the body IS to be transported for
any considerable distance.
g.. +. Chandler, NJ. d., College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Health Department, New York;
Geo. +. Barker, VI. D., University Of Pennsylva-
MIA; Henry Draper, NJ. D., University of the
City Of New York. Edward G.. Janeway, NJ. D.,
Bellevue Medical College and Health Department.,
New York; Ira Remsen, NJ. D., Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore. Md; S. o.. Wander Peel.
Health Officer, New York.-NafioRaI Board Of
Heath Bulletin.