The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-26
Circular OF the Executive Committee OF
the State Board OF Helth.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,

blIitv Ot an epiIemlc OF IL lnFaulng, az All
early period, this State, as il has already
done, in its epidemic character, several
of the Northern, Western aud Middle
States aud in view Of the probability
Of this disease springing up in distinc.
and Geparaie centres, which from the in
ceased travel and the reception Of those
who have come from, or passed through,
the numerous localities now infected, the
Executive Committee Of the State Board
Of Health have thought il advisable 10
issue this circular with the object Of
specially directing the attention Of the
people and the medical profession to the
danger which threatens, SO that mltiga-
tion or an immunity from AN attack Of
this loathsome and fatal disease may be
secured.
The Executive Committee Of the State
Board Of Health, then, urge upon the
people the necessity Of vaccination, both
for adults and children.
They urge upon tie people the great
advisabiitv Of the reyaccina,ion of all
those who have not been vaccinated
within fourteen years.
They urge upon the people the advisa-
bility of the reyaccination of every one
who does not bear upon the person q
distinctly marked typical scar. They
especially urge the need OF immediate
vaccination.
The Board would emphatcally advise
the members OF the medical profession
within this State at once to procure from
some we'll established and reliable vac
cine bureau or vaccine farm, rs l.. l..
Griffin, VI. d., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ;
from Caswoll, Hazard & Co., New
York or from Goldman & Shurtlclf, n.
Y, through the mail, a sutjicicncy of
animal virus to vacc;nate several persons,
as beginning, and TO use the virus as
soon as it is obtained. (The cost of the
| virus is about one dollar for every ten
| points.
The committee suggest to the apothe
carries the advisabiity Of procuring at
intervals fresh supply and retailing
these virus points. The virus be taken
from fresh pustue, and the people be
urged to have vaccination performed by
q physician, who can judge Of the con-
dtion Of the pustule; and that he be re-
| qucstcd not to use virI's taken from ad
ults, but use that from healthy, we'll
nourished infants who had not been
( previously vaccinated.
The Executive Committee of the State
Board OF Health would also recommend
that each incorporated city, town and
village, at once appoint public. vaccna-
tor. That it procure small amount oi
vaccine, say at an expenditure of five
dollars. That it should obtain this a,
once through the mail. That these cor
porations appoint two hours each day
during which vaccination can be per
formed gratuitously. That the several
Boards Of County Commissioners and
Boards of control Of all Penal aud Char.
liable Institutions in the State be re-
qucsted to have those under their con
troll at once vaccinatcd That the sub
boards urge upon the authorities in theil
neighborhoods the necessity Of genera
vaccination.
Smallpox being contagious disease il
is very important that every case bt
promptly reported to the nearest Sub
Board of Health.
The Subj Board should, with the ply
sician in charge Of the case, co operate
for its restriction.
The patient should be isolated as much
as possible from ali other persons, and
should alone occupy room in which al
unnecessary furniture has been removed
The house should be specially desig
mated by some conspicuous placard being
placed upon it.
Upon the recovery Of death of thu
smallpox patient the room should bt
thoroughly disinfected.
No person recovering from smallpo,
should be permitted to appear in publ,
until his person and clolhng has bee,
disinfected and he be provided with {
certificate from the attending physician
that al danger from contagion has beer
passed.
Every person dying OF slnallpo,
shonl1 he thoroughly washed with zin,
solution, (sulphate of zinc, 1 OF; com
mon salt, ! OF water, gallon,) wrap
ped in Il sheet wet with the solution o.
zinc, placed in q tight colin and buried
Immediately.
The clothing towels, bed clothing, e!c.
should at once, before being taken from
the room, be placed in a tub of the solu
tion of chloride Of zinc. All discharge
should either be received in vessels con
tanning copperas solution, tcopperas
J 10. hot water, gallon or should be
Immediately covered with tie cnppe7a
solution
of the patient, should be at once vacated
1t should then he fumigatcd
The room shodil be closed AS tightly
as possible; sulphur, about i lbs, placed
in an iron pan supported upon bricks
placed in wasntub containing little
wafer. The sulphur should be set OF
fire by hot Goals, or by the aid of .
spoonful of alcohol, and the room closet
for twenty -four hours.
1t is best to burn all articles which
have Leen in contact with pcrsons SICK
with the smallpox. If the articles are
too valuable to be destroyed, those O
cotton, linen, wooden, .s thin blankets
ETC., should be treated with the boiling
hot solution of zinc, introducing piece
by piece and boiling for at least half an
hour.
Heavy wooden clothing, silk, furs
stuffed bed-covers, beds and other arti
cles which cannot be treated with the
zinc solution, should be hung in the
room during fumigation, their surface:
thoroughly exposed, and pockets being
turned inside out; afterwards they should
be exposed in the open air, beaten and
shaken. Pillows, beds, stuffed mattress
es, upholstered furniture, ETC., should bt
cut open, the contents spread out anC
thoroughly fumigated. Carpets are bes
fumigated on the floor, but should after
wards be removed to the open air anc
thoroughly beaten.