The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-19

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of zinc soiutiou-two drdclms chloride
zinc toa half gallon Of water Over
tie door 10 be used, the sheet must not
he tackled at the bottom nor along the
fall leug. IN of the loCk-side OF the frame,
but about iiyeiCet may be left free TO he
pushed aside; this sheet, However, must
be long enough TO allow ten OF twelve
inches 10 lie in folds on the floor. and
must also be kept wet with the dsln.
fcCtant.
Not more than two persons - one of
them a SNlliul, professional nurse. if
possible should bc employed in the
sick room and their intercourse with
other members of the family should be
a. much restricted as possible.
No inmate OF the house, during the
continuance of the disease, should ven
ture into any public conveyance, or as
Scmhlage, or crowded building. such rs
church on public school; nor, after its
termination, until permission is given
by the health authorities.
Letters must not bee sent from the
patient, and all mail matter from the
house should first he subjected to a dry
heat of 2Id 2G0 deg. +.
Domestic animals, dogs, cats, etc.
should not be- allowed 20 enter the room
of the patient. or better still. should bc
excluded from the house.
During the entire illness the pIiyy
should be thoroughly dlaiufcCttd With
the Coppcr13 D;S0tcc'omt three TO five
gallons Of which should tc thrown into
the vault every three or four days.
Watcr-clooets should he disinlccted 10y
pouring quart or 50 of this disinfcct-
ant into the receiver after each use.
Recent authorities pronounce djph-
iberia patients dangerous, and liable To
communicated the disease bythcir breath
and eXcrctious og by contact with their
persons. for period Of forty days from
the beginning Of the disease In any
event, such a peI..n should not be per
mitted 10 associate with others. nor To
attend school. church or any public
assembly, until the throat and any
sores which have been ON the lips on
nose are entirely healed; nor until, in
the Judgment of the attending physi-
elan tWho should certify to that effect
or OF the health officer. such association
will not eudaHgcr others. Care should
be taken that the clothing worn by con
yalesccnls has not been exposed to the
infection. or las been thoroughly disin-
fected. The garments worn at the
time Of being taken i'll should be cared
for at once, lest others contract the dis
ease through handling item.
>. Cases Of diphthcria should be-
promptly reported to the proper health
authority, either by the attending ply
siCians or 10y the householders. Plain
aud distinct notices. in the form of pla-
cards, should be placed upon the house
or premises where there is ease Of
diphtheria, and children especially
should not be allowed To enter such
house. Notice should also be given to
all public schools, of the locality of any
house In which there is diphtheria, and
the scholars should be cautioned against
visiting or playing Oh the infected prem
ises.
/. In the event Of death, the clothing
in which the body is attired should he
spriukled with thymol water, the body
wrapped in disinfectant cerecloth IA
sheet thoroughly soaked in the Zinc
Disinfectant, double strength and
placed IN an air-tight coffin, which is TO
remain in the sick-room until removed
for burial. No public funeral should
he allowed either at the house or church
and 40 more persons should be per
mitted to 90 TO the cemetery than are
necessary 60 inter the corpse.
,. After recovery OF death all articles
worn by, on that have come in contact
with the patient, together with the
room and all its contents, should he
thoroughly disiniected by burning sui
phur. To do this have all windows.
fire places, llueS, key-hOles, doors and
other openings securely closed by strips
or sheets OF paper pasted over them.
Then place OH the hearth or stove, or
on bricks set in Wash-tub containing
an inch or SO of water, an iron vessel
Of live Goals. upon which throw three or
-four pounds of sulphur. All articles
in the room and others of every tles-
cription that have been exposed to in-
fectiOn, which can not be washed or
subjected 10 dry heat, and are yet too
valuable 10 be burned. must be spread
ont on chairs or racks mattresses or
spring beds set up SO aS To have both
surfaces exposed; window shades and
curtains laid out at full length. and
every effort made to secure thorough
exposure 10 the sulphur fumes. The
room should then he kept tightly closed
| for twenty-fOUr hours.
After this fumigatiOn - which il viii
do no harm to repeat -- the iloar and
woodwork should bo washed with soap
and hot water, the walls and ceiling
whitewaShed, or. if papcred, the paper
! should be removed. The articles which
/ have been subjected TO fumigatIon
! should be exposed for several days 10
sunshine aud fresh air. Ii the carpet
1 has unavOidably been allowed To remain
/ OH the floor during the Illness, ii should
| I OF be removed until after the funiga-
/ tlOn; but must then be taken mp. beaten
alld shaken In the open air, ana allowed
I 10 remain out of doors for n week or
more 1T not too valuable il should ba
+ destroyed; but, whenever practicable. it.
should he removed from the room at the
I beginning of the illness.
After the above treatment has been
thoroughly enforced. the doors and
| windows Of the room should be kept
! open as much rs possible for week or
| two. Where houses are isolated articles
may he exposed out of doors. The en-
tire contents of the house should he
subjected 10 the greatest care. and when
there is any doubt as To the safety of an
article it should be DESTROYED
All this work shonid be done -- both
the disinfcctiOn and the destruction of
property ty--lmder the direct supervision
of the local authorities
g. such articles Of clothing. bedding,
etc, as can be washed, should first be
treated 10y dipping in the Zine Disin-
ipctaul. they should hen he Immediate.