Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-13

D. Rooms 70 De} tul6lnl8cI6Q must De
vacated. Heavy clothing, blankets,
! bedding and other articles which can
not be treated with the zinc solution
/ should be spread out 50 IS 10 be thor
Oughlv exposed during fumigatiOn 4,
which should take place IN the roOn
where the clothing should be used IN
( connection with the patient. For q
room about ten feet square, at leaSt
/ two pounds of sulphur should be, used :
| for larger rooms, prOpUrtiOusieiy IN
/ creased quantities 81 the rate OF two
! pounds for each 600 cubic feet Of air
/ space
C. Close all openings to the room q,
/ place the lphur In an iron pan sup
/ ported upon bricks, set it on IRE by hot
Goals or with the aid OF spoonful OF
alcohol lighted by 3 mach. be careful
not TO breathe the fumes of the burnt. e
/ sulphur, and when certain the sulphur
! is burning well, leaYs the room. close
/ the door, and allow the room to be
closed for several hours.
/ q. Care should be taken to secure the
TcOmplete burning Of as much Of the sui
/ phur Is possible. For this purpose the
/ iron pan or pot in which the sulphur is
/ to be placed may previously be heated,
/ and may be placed ia the room over hot
! 2. Cellars, yards, stables, cutters,
! prlvies, cesspOO4s, water closets, drains,
/ sewers, etc, should be frequently and
| literally treated'with COpperaS solution.
/ made as described in paragraph 8.
/ 7. Body Snd bed clothing etc-It is
! best to burn all al tiCles which have
/ been in Contact with persons sick with
/ contagious or Infectious diseases. Arti-
! cles TO be burned should be thoroughly
/ and quICgly burned, 50 rs not TO dinuse
! the poison. In the glowing furnace
under a large engine boiler is a good
p ace. If the burning is done ia the
/ open ala it should be far from dwellings,,
and by a quick strong hre. Articles 100
| valuable to be destroyed should be ex-
! posed for one hour 70 a dry heat Of from
240' T. to 25U0 F., or be treated as toll
lows:
q. Cotton, linen, hannels, blankets,
ETC., should be tIeated with the boiling
not zinc solution, introducing them
piece by piece, securing thorough wet
ting, and boiling for at least half al
| hour. Heavy WOOllen clothing, silks,
furs, stuffed bed-cOvers, beds, and other
articles which cannot be treated with
the zinc solution, should be hung IN the
room during tumigatiOn, pockets being
turned inside out, and the whole gar
ment being thoroughly exposed. Alter
ward they should be hung in The open
air, beaten, and shaken. Carpets are
best fumigated on the floor, but should
afierWa d be removed TO the open air
and thoroughly beaten, Pillows, beds
stuffed matgI eSses, upholstered furni-
ture, etc., after being diSin1ecled on
the outside, may be cut open aud their
contents again exposed 70 fumes of
/ burning sulphur. In no case should
the thorough dislnfectiUn of clothing,
bedding. etc be OmiIed. Infected
clothing and bedding have been known
to communicate diphtheria months after
their infection.
The foregoing methods Of OiSi7Jec-
ton are applicable iu other contagious
diseased
TEMPORARY SHELTER DURING DIsIN-
FICTION.
IS. Distinction of a room always
/ necessltates vaeating it, and sometimes
makes it impossible 10 remain in ad.
! Joining rooms; therefore III some cases
/ it seems essential TO have hospital, tent,
or other temporary shelter for the In
mates Of injected houses, where bath
| ing, distinction. and washing can be
/ done while such houses are being disin-
/ iect local boards of health should be
consulted, and should be prepared to
/ act.
HOW 10 AVOID AND PREVENT DIPH-
THERIA.
Is. Avoid the special cOntagium Of
! the disease. This IS especially import
ant TO be observed by children and all
/ whose thrnabs are sore from any cause.
/ Children under ten years Of age are Al
much greater danger Of death from
] diphtheria than are adults; but adult
| persons often get and spread the dis
! ease, and sometimes die from 1t. Mild
/ cases Ia adults may cause fatal cases
/ among children. Because of these facts
/ it is frequently dangerous for children
} TO 90 whore adult persons 90 with al
/ most perfect safety 70 themselves.
II. Do not let a child 90 near case
( Of diphtheria. Do not permit any per
son or thiRg, or q dog, cat, or other an
/ imai, 10 come direct from a case Of diph-
therla 10 a child. Unless your services
/ are needed, Keep away from The disease
/ yourself. If you do visit a case, bathe
yourself and change and dIsinfsct your
clothing before you 90 where there is q
child.
IL. It is probable thatthe contagium
of diphtheE5a may retain Its V1ruleuee
for some tzme, and be carried long
distance In various substances and arIi-
Cles In Wbich it may have fOusd lOdg-
/ ment. Hiphtheria contracted from
germs carried several blocks in = sewer
may perhaps be as fatal as when con
traced 10y direct exposure TO one sick
with it. While It Is no. definitely
proved that the germs Of diphtheria are
prOpagated in any substance outside
the living human or animal body, Il il
possible that they may be found 20 bs
thus prOpagated. Therefore, and be
cause the breathing OF air laden with
emanatiOns from deeeying fruts vege
tables, or meat or from sewers, cess