Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-11-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FEVER.


Diphtheria is ofton most malignant
and fatal disease, and each year causes
many deaths IN our State For this rea-
son, and that It is to n largo extent pre-
ventable disease, the State Board of Health
have issued this document, hoping TO dis
seminate among the people such facts
known about the disense, as may restrict
its spread and prevent its occurrence.
Diphthoria is n contagious and infectious
disease, and tho strict Observance of the
following rules and precautions are urged
upon all who may come In contact with It,,
l. When n child has sore throat with
fever and especially when dlphtherla is
present in tho neighborhood, IL should bo
Kept apart from others until competent
physician has determined 1t is not diph
iberia.
9. When n person is known TO bo sick
with diphtheria no should Immediately be
separated from all others, excepting his
attendants, and removed TO a room which
should be specially prepared for his occu-
pancY.
B. This room should DO prepared by ro-
moving from it all supernuous furniture,
carpets, extra clothing books, window cur
tains, and all other similar articles not
needed in the room. IL should be ms ro-
mote as possible from the family rooms
preferably. in the upper story-and care
should be taken to secure an abundance of
fresh mir without exposing the patient to
direct drafts.
t. n
plain letters should bc placed in conspic-
nous position on the house in which there
is a person sick with tho disease. No child
should be allowed to enter the house.
5. No one should be admitted to tho sick
room, except the necessary nurses and ut
tendants.
Q. No food or drink which has boon in
the sick room should he partaken of by the
well. The dishes carried in should DO
washed separately.
a. Under no circumstn nces should tho
bed clothes or the patients body linen ho
mixed with the other soied clothing, or be
admitted to the general wash, without be-
ing first thoroughly disinfccled.
s. All persons recovering from diph-
therin are dangerous, aud should not be
pc emitted to attend school, church, or any
public assembly until, in the judgment of
a careful physician, they are no longer a
source of contngion.
o. No public funeral should be hold of
any person diving OF diphtherin. In no
cnse should any child be permitted to
attend.
t. DIsrSFEcrioN.
When case of diphtheJa occurs, let tho
following disinfectunt solutions be pre-.
pared at oncce:
Solution No. i.-Dissolve chloride of lime,
OF the best quality, in soft water in the
proportion of four ounces TO tho gallon.
ISOLATION No. 2-Dissolve sulphate of iron
Cknown also as copperas) in hot water, in
the proportion of two pounds to the gallon
tlJ mas. been demonstrated tnnt COppefnS
is not properly disinfectant. 1t is an OK
cellent antiseptic, arresting putrefactive
decomposition, but does not destroy the
vitality of disease germs or the injecting
powerof material containing them. Hence
IL must not be substituted for Solutions No.
! or No. b.
Rules for Dininfeciion.-l. The discharges
from the throat, mouth and nose are ex-
ceedingly poisonous and should be received
on soft cloths, which must be Immediately
burned or immersed in Solution No. /.
9. The discharges from the kidneys and
bowels, and vomited matters. are also dan
gerous, and should be received in vessel
containing Solution No. L. Retain in tho
vessel fifteen minutes, when the contents
may safely be thrown into tho water
closet or privy vault,
B. The sniled clothing, bed linen, towels.
etc, should at once, before being carried
from the sick room. bs placed in boiling
water and boiled for thirty minutes II,
for any reason, this can not be done, they
may he soaked in the following solutions:
Solution No. S.-Dissolve corrosive subli-
mate in hot water in the proportion of two
ounces to the gallon. Label poison, and
keep in wooden or earthen vessel.
Take two fluid ounces, or n hnlf-teacup-
full OF this solution to one gallon of water,
and let tho articles TO DO disinfected be
thoroughly soaked in this, remaining i'm
mersed at least two hours; they may then
be wrnng out and sent to the wash.
4. The body of a person who has died
luton No. and wrapped in n sheet wet
with the same. The body should be buried
nt once, and in no case should be exposed
to view.
5. After death or recovery of the sick,
the room, furniture, and other contents
not to be destroyed, must be thoroughly
disinfected.
a. 1t Is best to burn all articles which
have been in contact with tho per4on.
Those too valuable to destroy may be
treated as follows:
b. Allarticles which can he washed may
be treated according to Rule 3, under Dis
infection.
c. Clothing and bedding which can not
be washed may be disinfected by exposure
to dry heat for three or four hours. A
temperature of 23O9 Fab. must be main
tanned during this time. and the articles
freely exposed, !. G., not folded or arranged
in pilesor bundles.
Z. The room and all articles in it, which
can not be treated by either of the above
methods, must be thoroughly fumigated
a. The contents of the room should be so
arranged as TO expose the greatest amount
of surface to the action of the disinfectant
Heavy woolen clothing, silks, furs, stuffed
bed covers and similar articles, should be
hung up in the room aud pockets turned
inside out. Pillows, mattresses, upholstered
furniture, etc, must he cut open and the
contents spread out for fumigation.
Carpets are best fumigated on the floor.
After fnmigation, these articles must all
be hung in the open air and thoroughly
beaten and shaken.
S. To disinfect n room by fumigatlon,
proceed as follows:
Il. Close the apartment as completely ms
possible, stopping all openings through
which the gas might escape. Thoroughly
dampen the floor, walls, and furniture
b. For room about ten feet square,
take three pounds of sulphur, broken into
small fragments. For larger rooms use n
proportionately larger amount of ulphur.
Put 1t into an iron pan, and to ayoide dan
ger from! lire, support the pan on bricks,
placed in a tub containing few inches of
water Moisten the sulphur with alcohol
and set on fire, being careful not to breathe
the fumes of the burning sulphur. When
certain tue sulphur is burning we'll, leave
the room, close the door, and allow the
room to be tightly closed for several hours.
c. Open all the windows and air the
room thoroughly for several hours II the
wall and ceilings are papered, remove the
paper and burn it. The floor, walls, cell
ing, wooden furniture, etc, should be
thoroughly washed with solution made by
adding two pints of Solution No > to four
gallons of water Allow this to remain on
for twenty-four hours, and then scrub
thoroughly with soap and hot water.
.. The house and premises generally
should be put in the cleanest condition pos
sible, and every means taken to secure pure
air and pure drinking water.
10. Cellars, privies, cess-pools, water
closets, drains, sewers etc, should be fire.
No. 9.
The foregoing methods of dsinfection are
applicable in all contagious diseases.
II Solution No. is Objectionable on ac-
count of the odor of the chloride of lime,
an equally efficient disinfectant, to be used
in the same way, may be made by adding
one pint of Solution No. 3 to one gallon of
water. 1t is necessary to leave it longer
time-at least an hOur-in contact with the
material to be disiufected.
Label all solutions Of Corrosive sublimato
poison.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
!. Avoid the contagium of the disease.
Especially should children bo guarded
against contact with any thing which has
been near one sick with the disease.
2. Be careful of books, toys, cats and
dogs which may have been handled by
diphtheria patient.
8. II any one visits such a case, he
should bathe, disinfect and change his
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