The daily gazette., 1881-05-18
THE NEW HEALTH BoARD.
An Emfnently Practical SessfO
Hast Evening. *lh


Bush, In the chair.
On DIR. Draper's motion, the rules, Q
the old Board were adopted, with th
exception of the one In reference to reg
uiar meetings, which were fixed for eacl
Tuesday evening, at 8 O'Clock.
DIR. Draper presented the following
rules for the government of the Exeutiv
| Officers, which were adopted, and cop,
ordered TO be sent TO each of the officers
The executive officers shall repor
daily, Sunday excepted, to the secretary
and to receive instructions In regard II
any services the board may desire II
have performed.
1t shall he their duty to visit every
house In their respective district, ant
learn the condition OF the house, lot OF
yard, cellars, alleys, cutters, and privies
also the condition Of vacant lots.
They shall make general round of eacf
and every ward In their respective dis
lrlcts at least once each week and note
any and all filthy streets or cutters, lanes
and alleys, or courts, stagnant pools oil
ponds of water, obstrpcted drains OF
sewers; any neglect In The. removal oi
garbage, accumulation of filth, rubbish,
or offensive matter of any kind that may
be inj furious to health; and, whenever
any such nuisance exists, 10 direct abate-
ment according to the law pertaining
thereto; when he required time has
| elapsed they shall return and ascertain
whether the order has been complied
| with, and In case of failure or refusal to
| comply they shall report to the board
Immediately. In making these general
rounds they shall pay special atlention
TO msrkets, slaughter houses, rendering
or pot boiling establishments, soap works,
| and hide and tallow associations.
L. shalt be their duty to detect, II pos
sible, and arrest any person who shall,
in violation of the city ordinances, throw
or cause to be thrown into the streets or
upon vacant lots, any dead animal, ami
NAL or vegetable matter, offaI or rubbish
Of any kind all dead animals so thrown
into the streets or upon vacant lots shall
be at once removed and buried by the
executive officer.
Whenever case of smallpox, Asiatic
cholera, yellow fever, scarlet fever or
diphtheria shall be reported to the secre-
tary, it shall be his duty to send, by the
executive officer of the district a copy of
the instructions OF the board which ap-
ply TO disinfection aud injoin upon the
family to carry them out aud to hang out
flag in any case where flag is by law
required. Upon reporting to The secretary
Uf the recovery, removal or death of any
such case, IL shall be the duty of the execu-
tive officers Ut the d s.rIct under the Girec
tion OF the board to visit the premises
and instruct the inmates in the best
methods of disInfecting or destroying
clothing or bedding, and disinfe citing the
premises.
The executive officers shall perform
their duties and enforce orders of the
board wiGh promptness and impartiallty.
They will be expected, however,to carry
out their instructions courteously and
without Unnecessary Intrusion upon the
premises OF any once.
DR.. Bush read thes following SIN
structions for Disinfection for Con.
tagious Diseases" winch were adopted
and 1000 copies ordered to be printed
for distribution
Disinfection is the destruction of
the poisons of infectious and con-
tagious diseases. Deodorizers,. or sub
stances which destroy smells, are not
necessarily disinfectant, and disinfect-
ants do not necessarily have an oder.
DisinfectIon cannot compensate for
want of cleanliness or of ventilation.
Disinfectants to be employed are
Roll sulphur (brimstone1 for fumi-
CATION sulphate of iron (copperas)
dissolved In water in the proportion of
one and half pounds to the gallon,
for soil, sewers, &c.
Sulphate of zinc and common salt
dissolved together in water In the pro-
portions of four ounces of sulphate of
zinc and two ounces salt to the gallon,
for clothing, bed linen, 60.
Noue-Carbolic acid fis not included
in the above list for the following
reasons:
1t is very difficult to determine the |
quality of the commercial article, and
the purchaser can never be certain of |
securing 1t of proper strength it is
expensive when of good quality, and
experience has shown that il must |
be employed in comparatively large |
quantities to be of any use It is LA
BILE by its strong odor to give O false |
sense of security.
The way to use disinfectants are
In sick room the clothing, towels.
bed linen, &C., should at once, on re-
moval from the patient, be placed in
pail or tub of the zinc solution.
boiling hot, if possible, before removal
from the room.
All discharges should either be re.
ceived in vessels containing copperas
solution, or, when this is Impractical
BILE, should be Immediately cover, d
with copperas solution, All vessels
used about the patient should be
cleansed with the same solution
Unnecessary furniture, especially that
which is stuffed, carpets and hang-
ings, when possible, should be re.
moved from the room at the outset:
otherwise they should remain for SUBJ
seduent fumIgation ana treatment.
Famigation with sulphur Is the only
practicable method for disinfecting lhe
house. For this purpose the rooms to
be disiDfeoted must be vacated. Heavy
clothing, blankets, bedding and other
articles which cannot be treated with
zinc solution, should be opened and
exposed during fumigatlon, as directed
below !: Close the rooms as tightly as
possible place the sulphur In iron
pans, supported upon bricks set 1t ON
nre by hot Goals or with the aid of q
spoonful of alcohol, and ALLOW the
room to remain closed for twenty four