Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-13
SATURDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1884,
Restriction and Prevention Of Diph,saria.

The Michigan State Board of Health
has issued siT-page pamphlet upon
the above subject which contains such
definite and valuable information that
/ We reproduce it Tor the benefit Of our
readei 8. The original numbering OF
I the sections has been retained: the only
! omissions are paragraphs 4 aud 5 con
tanning the Michigan law IN relation to
contagious diseases and the special du-
4 ties OF health officers in that State, which
! regulations differ in different States
i ne frequency Of its occurrence, and the
/ DANGER especially TO young children, Of
/ the Attacks OF diPhtheTia, render it
[ specially advisable that practical infOr-
( nation in regard TO the best methods of
/ prevention aud restriction ~hOuld be- as
| widely circulated as possible:
/. When young child or q Foung
! person has sore throat. bad OdOr 70
its breath, and especially if il has fever,
it should immediately be kept separated
/ from all other persons except necessary
/ attendants, until it be. ascertained
whether or not it has diphtheria or some
! other communicable disease,
/ 2. Every person known to be sick with
/ 6iphtheria should be promptly and
! stectuaIlY isolated from The public; no
more persons than are actually necessa-
/ ~ should have charge of or VISIT the
! patient, and they should be restricted
IN their Intercourse with other persons.
3. Plain and distinct notices should
be placed upon the premises or house
/ IN which there is 8 person sick with
/ diphtheria, and no child should be al
/ lowed 10 enter.
8. The room into which one sick with
diphtheria is placed should previously
be cleared Of ali needless clothing. car
! pets, draperys and other materials like
ly TO harbOr the poison of The disease.
This room should constantly receive q
/ liberal supply OF fresh air without cur
rents or drafts directly upon the patient.
IG Will be well also 10 have the sun shine
directly into the room.
Z. I he discharges from the throat,
nose and mouth are extremely liable 10
[ communicate the disease and should be
receIN ed in vessels containing a strong
solution Of cOpperas (sulphate of from,
or on soft rags or pieces Of cloth, which
should Immediately be burned.
3. The discharges from the kidneys
and bowels are also dangerous and
should be passed into vessels containing
! 8 strong solution of uItAhate Of iron
IcopperasJ, and then Be- buried at least
100 feet distant from any well; or when
/ this is impracLicabie they should be
pas ed on old clothes which should i'm
medlately be burned.
Sulphate OF iron (cOpperas) dissolved
IN water III the proportion of one and Il
half pounds of the sulphats 10 one gal
lon of water, is a good solution tor
chamber vessels, water closets, etc.
When much is wanted it may be pre-
pared by hanging a basket containing
about sixty pounds OF eODperas in q
barrel of water.
g. The clothing, towels bed linen,
ETC.. on removal from the patient should
at once, before removal from the room,
be placed IN pail or tub o. bUiing-hOt
ziuc-sOluiOn, made in proportion as
follows: wafer, one gallon; sulphate Of
Zlncs 4 ounces; common salt, = ounces.
10. Nurses and attendants should be
required to keep themselves and their
patient as clean as possible; their own
hands should frequently be washed and
dIslntected Oy ChlUrinaLed soda.
II. All LersUnS recovering from diph.
! iberia should be considered dangerous;
| theodore such 81 person should not be
permitted to associate with others, or
10 attend school, church, or any public
| assembly until the throat and any sores
which may have been on the lips or
nose are healed, nor until in the iudg-
ment of a careful and intelligent health
/ officer he can do so without eudanger-
| ing others; nor until after all mis- ciOth-
( ing has been thoroughly disinfeCted,
and this without regard to the time
! which has elapsed since recovery, if the
time is less than one year. Nor should
y person from premises in which there
/ is or has been a case of diphtheria
attend any school, Sunday school,
church. or public Assem- bly,, or be per-
/ miJted by the health authorities or by
/ the school board to do so, until after
/ distinction of such premises and Of the
/ clothing worn by such person If it
( should have been exposed 70 the cOnts-
/ giOn Of the disease.
y. The body Of a person who has
\ died of diphtheris should be washed
/ with a zinc solution Of double the
/ strength stated In paragraph 9 then
/ wrapped in q sheet vet with the zinc
/ solution, aud at once be buried. In no
case should the body be. exposed to
view.
13. No public funeral should be held
I at house IN which there is case OF
/ diphtheria, nor in which death from
! dlphtheria has recently occurred. TX
/ Cept under extraordinary precautions,
/ there should be no public funeral Of 3
] lsI@slOA- -aN has ---1-- A++--
/ No child should attend, and It would
be better in most cases that few adults
should attend the funeral Of q person
dead OF diphtheria.
DIsINFECri0N OF ROOMS, CLOTHING,
ETC.
"A. After 8 death or recovery from
Idiphbheria. the room ia which there
has been a ease Of diPhtheria, whether
fatal or not, should, with all It's con-
tents, be thoroughly disiHfseted by ex-
pOsuFs for several hours 70 strong
tunes Of burning sulphur, and thens il
/ possible. It should Ior several hours or
/ days be exposed to currents Of fresh