The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-01-21
Instructlons for pisInrectIon.

AS there IL some alarm felt at this time on &C.
count 81 tho prevalence IN some sections Of infec'
tiOus or malignant diseafes, the following rules,
issued BY the National Board Of Health, may
prove valuable;
Disis|eciioa 10 the destruction Of the poisons Of
infectious and contagious diseases. II cannot
eompensatc for want Of cleanliness nor Of ventia-
ton.
pluxrEcrAxTs 70 M EMPLOYED.
]. Roll sulphur (brimstonel for fumigation.
?. Snlphato Of iron (eopperasl dissolved in water
In the proportion Of one and a.haif pounds 10 the
gallon for soil, sewers, &C.
;. sulphate Of zine and common salt, dissolved
together In water In the proportions Of four ounces
Of sulphate and two ounces Of salt TO the gallon
for clothing, bed linen. &c.
now TO USE pIsISFEcrAxTs.
!. IN hs sick room. The most available agents
are fresh cir and cleanliness. The clothing,
towels, bed.linen, &C., should, on removal Of the
patient and before they are taken FROM the room,
be placed In . pail or tub Of the zinc solution,
boiling hot II possible.
All discharges should either be received In ves-
sells containing eopperas solution, or when this 10
impraeticable, should be Immediately covered sith
eopperas solution. All vessels used about the pa
tient should be elsanssd with the same solution.
Unnecessary furniture. especially that which Is
stuffed, carpets and hangings, should, when posi-
bic, be removed from the room at the outset
otherwise, they should remain for subsequent fumi-
CATION and treatment.
2. FamiyafioH with sulphur Il the only practi.
cable method for disinfeeiing the house. For this
purpose the rooms to be disinfec,ed must be va
Gated.
Heavy clothing, blankets, bedding and other
articles which cannot be treated with zinc solu-
ton, should be opened aud exposed during fumi-
cation, a. directed below. Close the rooms NJ
tightly a. possible, place the sulphur In iron pans
supported upon bricks placed in wash tubs con-
tanning little water, set Il ere by hot Goals
With the aid al n arno0fuf AZ aiNah0l. and mloW
the room 10 remain closed for twenty -four hours.
For q room about ten feet square, al least two
pounds Of sulphur should be used for larger
rooms, proportionally increased quantities.
}. PSsmises. Cellars, yards, stables, cutters,
privies eesspoois. water-closets, drains, sewers,
&C.. should be frequently and literally treated
with eopperas solution. The cepperas solution 10
easily prepared by hanging . basket containing
about sixty pounds feopperas In barrel OF water.
Z. Body aHd BED CiothiHg. de. II Is best TO
burn all articles which have been in contact with
persons sick with infectious diseases
Articles too valuable TO be destroyed should be
treated ~ follows: Cotton, linen, hannels, blan-
kets, should betreated with the boiling hot zinc
solution introduce piece by piece. secure thorough
we,ting, and boil for at least half m hour.
5. Heavy wooden clothing, silks. iurs. stuffed
bed.covers. beds, and other articles which cannot
be treated with the zinc solution, should be hung
in the during famigation, their surfaces
thoroughly exposed, and pockets turned inside
out. Afterward they should be hung in the open
air. beaten aud shaken. Pillows, beds, stuffed
mattresses. upholstered furniture etc. should he
cut open, the contents spread out and thoroughly
fumigate Carpets are best fumigated the
floor. but should afierwari be red to the open
air and thoroughly beaten.
g. C"rp.,s. e.peeiaiiy II psrsos' rho haze died
rifh Infectious malignant disease. should be
thoroughly washed with n rinc solution Of double
strength should then be wrapped In sheet wet
with zinc solution. and buried at once. Metallic,
metal lined air-tig ht coins should be used when
possible: certainly when the body Is to be trans