The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-03-20
HOW TO ESCAPE CHOLERA.

The purpose of this ~leafiet is to give a
few rules, which if practically carried out
in every household. would make a cholera
epidemic impossible.
Keep, ready for use, a supply of dry
lime, and a jar of copperas s~olution-pre-
pared by pouring six gallons Of hot water
upon ten pounds of copperas; but do not
try TO disinfect anything that can be re-
moved or burned. Fire is the best disin-
fectant.
Sinks should be washed and flushed
every day. When not in use, cover the
mouth Of the waste pipe with glass or a
block of marble. unless it is furnished with
a close-ftting valve. At night. pour in a
pint of the copperas solution.
Water closets need thorough cleaning
every day. Afterward, put copperas So
luton in the pan. Keep door closed and
windows open. Priyies may be cleaned by
occasionally brushing the walls and cell
ing with lime water, and putting dry ashes
in the vault once a week. No Stops should
be poured in unless the vault is connected
with a sewer.
Wells and privies must be far apart, the
well standing upon higher ground, and
walled and cemented so far above the
ground, that no surface water can enter.
Cistern asater needs filtering. If that
cannot be done, boil and settle before u.s.
ing.
Cellars should be well drained, and the
windows open whenever the weather per-
mits. Remove decaying vegetables at
once. Have walls and ceilings lime wash
ed, and sprinkle dry lime in dark. damp
corners. If mold appears, set a pan of
Goals in the middle of the cellar and pour
on tar and sulphur, keeping doors and
windows closed for eight hours.
Filth IN tie back yard causes more So
called ''malarial diseases" than rivers
or swamps. Weeds and all rubbish should
be collected, dried and burned in the fall.
Throw out nothing in winter because lit
will freeze 1t will thaw by and by.
Spring languor'' is often due to the
thawing out of the winters accumulation
of filth than to spring weather. Burn all
refuse from table and kitchen, unless there
are animals to be fed. This can be done
without o~hstructing the fire, or creating
bad odors, by put ting it under the back
cover of the cookstoye. Brush the ashesf for
ward every morning when the fire is
kindled. A pit in the back for the re-
ception of garbage. is IAN horrible pit,
and a cess-pool is a sink of iniquity.
Sprinkle dry lime in all damp places. Let
sunlight into the house at all seasons.
Search out the source of bad smells.
The nose is a good sanitary officer.
Cholera finds favorable conditions, and
many victims in villages, and upon farms
as well as in cities.
Urge the organization of Health Boards
in every town, and aid them by reporting
filth nuisances. Try to secure the appoint
meut of women upon these Boards. they
have natural talent Tor cleaning. Clean
illness is the true preventive of cholera
and the enemy of every disease, An emf
nent English physician says: 'The clean
ing up generally commences too late to
prevent cholera, but in time to pre-
vent typhoid fever, hence the death rate is
less than in years when no cholera scare
stimulates the people to cleanliness.
Avoid excuses and irregularities of diet.
Shun every kind of stale food, wilted vege-
tables, musty bread, moldy cheese, unripe
fruit. and under done vegetables. Ice
cream, ice water, and ices of all sorts are
bad. The same is true of spices.
alcoholic stimulants are fatal. In Paris
it is observed that Drinking men gener-
ally die if attacked by cholera" They
are also more subject to attack. The num-
Der of eases at Spezia, Naples, Marseilles,
etc., has always been greater in the days
following the fetes, and among the habitaes
of the drink shops.
Leave opiates and cholera specifics in
the drug store. unless prescribed by a
physician.
Wear gsuze or light flannel under cloth
ing. Keep warm feet, and avoid exposure
to wet. and every source of chill.
Limited space forbids any mention OF
theories concerning the origin of cholera
and history of previous epidemies, as well
as of the value of quarantine and the er-
rors of the plumber.-Bessie J. Cashnan,
in amendment Herald.