Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-09
The Cholera, and How to Prevent It.

The Cholera, and How to Prevent It.
Issued by the State Board of Health.
To prevent cholera, every one must
help. The State Board of Health may
issue circulars, and the local authorities
may vigorously enforce regulations, but
if each householder will not heartily CO..
operate in removing the causes which
breed cholera, and similar diseases, the
pestilence, should it come, will be rem.
dered many fold more disastrous than
if otherwise. The following instruc-
tions have been drawn up with care,
and explain what ought to be done:
l. To prevent cholera, it is necessary
to remove the unsanitary conditions
which give fatal activity to the cholera
poison,
2. To keep good heart and a cool
head, and observe strictly the laws of
health.
ga Dervish, travelling over the des-
ert, met the Cholera, to whom he said,
where are you going?' The Cholera
replied, Pm going to Bagdad, to kill
100000 Some time afterward the
Dervish met the Cholera returning,
and said, You vagabond, you killed
100000 No, no. said the Cholera,
i killed 10000; fear killed the rest. ="
Oriental Legend.
3. Prompt attention to all looseness
of the bowels will generally prevent an
attack of cholera. "To arrest diarrhea
is to prevent cholera" When cholera
is about, the slightest diarrhea should
be checked. A good diarrhea mixture,
which everyone should keep in the
house, should be taken at once, doc
tor should be sent for Immediately,
and all excavations should be disinfect-
ed as if the case were one of cholera.
4. The sanitary conditions which en-.
able the cholera germ to become ac>
lively fatal are 10 A tainted water
supply; (b) foul privies or cesspools /;
(c) foul ash heaps; Cd damp, illNven-
tilated houses; (e) defective drainage,
ill.trapped sinks, and imperfect sanitary
appliances and CD filth in any form.
5. All springs and wells should be
inspected, even if their water is bright
and sparkling, for then 1t may often be
most dangerous. All suspected should
be filtered and boiled. All tainted
wells and springs should be closed, and
whenever case of cholera is reported,
all drinking water drawn from rivers,
springs, or wells, should be boiled for
half an hour. Filteration is good, but
it is best to boil afterward. Cisternt
should be cleaned out at short intervals,
and 80 situated as to not be in close
proximity to either drains, privies OIL
cesspools, particularly SO if built under
ground.
6. Cesspools, or foul privies, are
nests for breeding pestilence, and cen
tres for poisoning the earth, the air
and the water. 1t is chiefly by theil
leakage into wells and underground els
terms, and their overflow into springs
branches, and rivers, that they con
tribute to the propagation of cholera
Z. Damp, dirty, over.crowded houses
predispose their inmates to attack, Al
low class tenement property, outhouses
cellars, etc., should be thoroughly lime
washed; back yards should be fire.
quently cleansed and disinfected f.; fresl
} air and sunshine, if possible, should b
let into every room daily. Wher
there is smell in any room which can
not be removed by opening the window
something is wrong, which ought a
once to be put right, or mischief ma,
follow.
8. The careful disinfection an,
prompt subsequent removal of dirt
filth and decayed matter of all sorts
E the vigorous use Of soap and the scrub