The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-11
THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA
Yours truly.
BROADBRIM.

Owing to the spread OF the Asiatic
Cholera and its easy means OF trans
mission through travel, transportation
Of merchandise. the mails, (etc., the IA
cilities for which are now so eXtcnSive.)
the State Board OF Health, in antici-
patton Of its visit to orr shores, have
issued an earnest circular to the local
boards urging them to precautionary
measures. Extreme cleanliness in all
our surroundings is highly important,
as this scourgc OF mankind feeds upon
filth. Well water must be pure, sewers
and drains kept clean, kitchens, GEL
lars and clubhouse scrupulously neat;
water-closets purified; no trash allow
ed to gather under houses or in CHM
ncy corners; no stagnant water to po-
lutte the air; streets, alleys and lanes
we'll swept, and the white-wash brush
freely used.
The Board says: ''It should be kept
in mind that precautionary measures
must be taken, Immediately, before the
cholera comes, for some of them, if i'll
SIlluIeu dllCE It's dIIlhdl W III Ilull "
its spread and virulence."
The Board urges complete sanitary
inspection in every city, town and viii
lage.
The subject under discussion is one
of prime moment and should engage
the most earnest consideration OF eve
ry thoughtful person, We therefore
present for the consideration OF our
readers the following important facts {:
at is further recon- mended TO avoid expo
sure 10 the disease, as the abScEce of fear in
regard TO it will not prevent an attack; to
leave the locality as soon as the disease ap.
pears and remain away long after j, has dis
appeared; 10 avoid all fatigue; make no
change in ordinary healthful habits, or in
diet, clothing, occupation, exercise, etc; cat
no ynripc fruit or vegetables or stale food |;
drink no milk that has been diluted with wa
ter, or that has been received or contained
in vessels washed in other than certainly un-
contaminated water, and know that the ice
used for drinking and other purposes IS pure
The stomach and bowels should be carefully
attended to. AS cholera IS most frequently
ushered in Gy diarrbea, in event of an at
tack of this nature pill composed Of grain
promptly be taken and if necessary repeated
in three hours until physician Can be seen,
and upoa his arrival 'risidly follow out what
he recommends
There is very little danger in handling the
sick. The contagion is not propagated by
personal contact; it comes from getting a
small portion ofthe evacuation upon the per-
son, the hands or the clothing, 4 minimum
of which finds access 10 the bowels through
the mouth and poisons The individual. The
hands should, therefore, be carefully W Washed
before eating or drinking.
The board recommends The use of disin-
ftctant composed IS follows and thoroughly
mixed
Corrosive sublimate. e..........G go grains.
Alcohol. .......... .......... ! gallon.
Analine green. l gram.
Water. Observation-Disclosures. gallon.
All excavations should be received in q
| vessel one fourth filled with the disinfectant.
a little more Of The disinfectant being then
| poured over them, and the entire contents OF
| the vessel should be thrown into deep and
| narrow hole in the ground and covered with
| Garth They should never be thrown ANY
WHERE else. Should any portion of the floor,
walls or bedstead be de6ed il should at once
| be scrubbed with the disinfectant. All cloth
| ing, towels, rags, etc, should, as soon as
possible, be wrapped in sheet wet with the
| disinfcctant and then carried to an outhouso
and boiled Cor two hours. No remains Of
| food or drink touched or left by the sick, or
that has remained 10 the sick room should
be eaten By the well. They should be covered
| by the disinfectant and buried aS Hlready di.
| rectcd. In case of death the body should
not be washed, but should ct orce be wrap.
| ped In q sheet wet with tho disip!eothnt and
The sheet not again uuwrspped. The inter-
ment should take place within twcnty-touF
| hours.
Tho board are careful 10 say that drink
| Ing Of alcoholic and fcrmented beverages
should not he indulged in,' and that 'stimu
lants added to the water drank docs not purl'
fly or uncontaminate IT, AS 1t Is through
the medium OF water tbat the disease moss
| frequently enters the system. IL is recon-.
| mended that all water intended to be used
for drinking or other purposes be boiled fol
| an hour, and then eratcd by pouring it tthro
the air. All wells, springs, cisterns and
other receptacles for water should DC so ar
ranged that no surface water can leak into
them, and no we'll or spring that Is exposed
TO contamination from priyies should bt
permitted by local authorities to be used ;"