The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
instructions for Distinction.

The United States Board of Health have
issued the following instructions:
Disiatecttoa is the destruction of the
poisons of infectious and contagious diseases.
1t cannot compensate for want of cleanli-
ness nor of ventilation.
DIsINFEcTANTs To BE EMPLOYED.
/. Roll sulphur (brimstone) for fumiga-
ton
2. SuIphate of iron feopperas) dissolved
in water in the proportion of one and a-half
pounds to the gallon for soil, sewers, &e
J. Sulphate of zinc and common salt,
dissolved together in water in the proper
tions of four ounces of sui phate and two
ounces salt to the gallon, for clothing, bed
linen. &c
HOW TO USE DISINFECTANTs.
/. III the SICK room-The most availa-
bic agents are fresh air 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 a
pail or tub of the zinc solution, boiling hot
if possible.
All discharges should either be received
in vessels containing eopperas solution, or
when this Is impracticable. should be inn
mesliately covered with copperas solution.
All vessels used about the patient should
be eleansed with the same solution.
Unnecessary furniture, especially that
which Is stuffed, carpets and hangings,
should. when possible, be removed from
the room at the outset, otherwise, they
should remain for subsequent fumigasion
ard treatment.
=. Fwmigatioa with sulphur Is the only
practicable method for disinfecting the
house. For this purpose the rooms to be
disinfected must be vacated.
Heayy clothing, blankets, bedding, and
other articles which cannot be treated with
zine solution, should be opened and exposed
during fumigation. as directed below.
Close the rooms s. tightly as possible, place
the sulphur in iron pans supported upon
bricks placed in wash tubs containing a
little water, 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 room about ten feet
square, at least two pounds Of sulphur
should be used; for larger rooms prupoF-
iionally increased quantities.
3. Pyrmises.--Cellars, yNris, stables.
cutters, privies, ee~Pools, water closets.
drains. sewers, Re-, should be frequently
aud literally treated with coppeFas solution.
The cOpperas solution Is easily prepared
by hanging basket containing about sixty
pounds of cupperas in barrel IT wster.
T. Rody aad Jsss eisskisg, sir.--It i
Lsa 60 bsra all articles which have becn in
contact with per~ons sick with Contagious
or infectious diseases. Articles too valaa-
bic TO be destroyed should be trsAted a.
follows:
Cossaa. linen. Aannels. blankets, &e-.
should b. treated with the hoiiing hot Eine
soiation. introduce piece BY piecr, secure
shorsugh RestiIg. and boil for AZ beast half
az hoaF
Heavy woolcn clstking silks fars, stuff
81 besl-coveFS. beds and other ARTICLES
which ezmnal be treated with the zinc So
lusion, should be hung in the room during
famigasisn. their surfaces thoroughly ex-
fNestA &HA s1~Aft& tNEssEAs tss1s11 ~1A AZ
terward they shoald be hung ia the open
air. beaten and shskcn. Pillows beds,
stuffed matsrg-e~s, upholstered furniture,
&C.. shoald be Gus open. the espntentS spread
oat and thoroughly famigased Carpets
are bc~s fumigats-d oa the Hosr, bat sheaaid
afterward b. renavci 10 the open air and
thoroughly heaten.
5. C;srpsss, ssfSei'sily al Fsrsass thaf
harc died ef aay iafsetioRs Or Haisg@ast
diassrse. should BE- thoroughly washed with
a EiEc solution of doable strength, should
then BE- wrapped in a sheet wei with Einc
solution. and bar;ed at once
Metallic, mcsalhned, or air tight eufhns
should be used whea possible; certainly
when the body IS TO be transported fer any
considerable distance.