The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-12-30

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DIsINPEoTANTs To BE EMPLOYED.
]. Roll-sulphur (brimstoue) for
fumigation.
>. Sulphate Of iron (eopperas)
dissolved in water in the proper
fion OF one aud a half pounds 10
the gallon; for soil, sewers, etc.
3. Snlphate Of zinc and common
salt, dissolved together in water
in the proportions of four ounces
sulpbate and two ounces salt TO the
gallon; for clothing, be,l-liuen, etc.
Note-carbolic acid is not inoiu-
ded in the above list, for the fol-
lowing reasons: ltis very difficult
to determine the quality of the
commercial article, and the pur-
chaser can never be certain of Sc
curing il of proper strength; it is
expensive, when Of good quality,
and experience has shown that II
must bcemployed in comparatively
large quantities TO be OF any use /;
| it Is liable, by its strong odor, TO
give a false sense OF security.
now TO USE DIslNFECTANTs
/. In the sick.room. The most
available agents are fresh air and
cleanliness. Tho clothing, towels,
bed linen, etc, should, on removal
from the patient, and before they
are taken from the room, be placed
in a pail or tub of thezinc solution,
boiling hot ifpossible.
All discharges should either be
received in vessels containing cop
peras solution, or, when tins is i'm
practicable, should be Immediately
covered with copperas solution.
All vessels used about the patient
should be cleansed with the same
solution.
Unnecessary furniture-especial'
| IN that which is stulfed--carpets
and hangings, should, when posi-
BILE, be removed from the room Mt
the outset; otherwise, they should
remain for subsequent fumiga-
| ton aud treatment.
2. Fumigation with sulphur Is
the only practicable method for
disinfecting the house. For this
purpose the rooms to be disntected
must be vacated. Heavy clothing,
blankets, bedding, aud other arti'
cles which cannot be treated with
zinc solution should be opened and
exposed during fumigation, as di-
rected below. Close the rooms rs
tightly as possible, place the sui.
phur in Iron pans supported upon
bricks placed In wash.tubs contain
ing little water, set it on fire by
hot Goals, or with the aid of spoon
ful of alcohol, and allow the room
to remain closed for twenty-fUur
hours. For a room about ten feet
square, Mt least two pounds Of sui.
phur should be used for larger
rooms, proportionally increas ed
quantities.
8. Premises. - Cellars, yards,
stables, cutters, privies, cesspools,
water.closcts, drains, sewers, etc,
should be frequently and literally
treated with coppcras solution. The
copperss solution is easily prepared
by hanging a basket containing
about sixty pounds OF copperas in
barrel of water.
4. Body and bed clothing, etc.
1t is best to burn all articles which
have been in contact with persons
sick with contagious or infectious
diseases. Articles too valuable tc
be destroyed, should be treated al
follows:
ta.) Cotton, linen, fannels, blink
, cts, etc, should be treated Will
, the boiling hot zinc solution; in
, troduce piece by piece; secure
through voting, and boil for a
least half an hour.
tb.) Heavy WOODEN clothing, silks
n furs, stuffed bed-coyers, beds an'
other articles which cannot b,
treated with the zinz solution
e should be hung in the room during
fumigation, their surfaces thorough
g Is exposed, and pockets turned IN
!. side out. Afterward they shoul,
Q be hung in the open air, beate
y and shaken. Pillows, beds, stuIfe'
n mattresses, upholstered furniture
etc, should be cut open, the con
r. tents spread out and thorough
u fulDigated, Carpets are best fun
d gated on the floor, but should attel
h wards be removed to the open al
9 and thoroughly beaten.
:. 8. Corpses should be thorough
u washed with zinc solution of dol
~ Bile strength should then be wral
ped In o sheet wet with the zinc 81
u luton, and buried at once. Meta
= lie, metal-lined, or air.tight coflir
:! should be used when possible.
= Attention is invited to the fc
u lowing sanitary rules OF the Missi
= sippi State board of health, adop
y iu April, 1880:
= Rule 13.--Any householder
= whose dwelling there shall occur
case OF cholera, yellow fever, sea
let fever, diphth6ria or small-po
SO shall immediately notify the chi
o. health officer Of the county, or Il
IA municipal board Of health II it !
It. In an incorporated town, and thel
a. is such a board, and until instru
no tions are received from one Of Il
"a. above named health authorize
it shall not permit any clothing