The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-11-20

a. 1t is best to burn all articles which
have been in contact with the person.
Those too valuable to destroy, may De
treated as follows:
b. All articles which can be washed may
be treated according to Rule 4, under Dis
| infection.
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 dis
infectant Heavy wooden clothing. silks,
furs, stuffed bed covers and similar arti-
Giles, should be hung up in the room and
pockets turned inside out. Pillows mat
| tresses, upholstered furniture, etc, must be
cut open and the contents spread out for
| fumigaton. Carpets are best fumigated
on the floor. After fumigation, these arti-
cles must all be hung in the open air and
| thoroughly beaten and shaken.
s. To disinfect room by fumigation,
proceed as follows:
a. Close the apartment as completely as
possible, stopping all openings through
which the gas might escape. Thoroughly
dampeu the floor walls aud furniture
b. For a room about ten feet square,
take three pounds of sulphur, broken into
small fragments. For larger rooms. use a
proportionately larger amount of sulphur.
Put it into an iron pan, and to avoid
udnRer from Ht6, support bue pan Oh DTlCkS,
placed in a tub containing few inches or
water. Moisten the sulphur with alcohol
and set on fire, being careful not to breathe
the fumes of the burning sulphur. When
certain the 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. If the
wall and ceilings are papered, remove the
paper and burn it. The floor, walls, cell
ing, wood work, etc, should be thoroughly
washed with solution made by adding
two pints of Solution No. 2 to four gallons
Of water Allow this to remain on for
twenty-four hours, and then scrub thor
oughly with soap and hot water.
9. The room should be thoroughly aired
for several days, and children kept out of
it as long as possible The house and
premises generally should be put in the
cleanest possible condition.
The foregoing methods of disinfection
are applicable in all contagious diseases.
If Solution No. is Objectionable on ac-
count of the odor of the chloride of lime,
an equally efficient disinfectaut, to
be used in the same way, may be
made by adding one pint of Solution No. 2
to one gallon of water. 1t is necessary to
leave it longer time-at least an hour-in
contact with the material to be disinfected.
ct should be remembered that solutions of
corrosive sublimate will iniure lead pipes
il passed through them in large quantities.)
Label all solutions of corrosive sublimate
poison.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
/. Avoid the contagium of the disease.
Especially should children be prevented
from going near a case of scarlet fever, or
from coming in contact with any thing
which has been near one sick with this dis
ease.
g. Be careful of books, toys, cats and
dogs which may have been handled by
scarlet fever patient The disease has been
spread by circulating libraries; picture
books having been taken therefrom to
amuse the patient, and returned without
being disinfected.
g. One recovering from this disease
should not be permitted to mingle with the
public. until he and his clothing have been
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
T. No child coming from house contain
ing case of scarlet fever, should be
allowed to attend school or other public
assembly, and should be prevented from
playing with other children.
g. Any one coming from such house
should battle, disnfect and change his
clothing before going where there are chill
dren.
G. Beware of any one with sore throat !;
do not allow your children TO be kissed by
such person, or to drink from the same
cup.
T. When scarlet fever is present in your
community do not take children to
crowded assemblies in unventilated rooms
8. See that your house and premises are
perfectly clean. Look to your. cellars,
sewers, cess-pools, sinks and water-closets,
and allow no decaying animal or vegetable
matter to poison the atmosphere of your
dwelling.
To those who fail to appreciate the seri-
Gus nature of this disease, these rules may
seem numerous, and, perhaps, unimport-
ant. Prevention is better than cure, and
the State Board of Health has pressnte
the best possible means known of restrict
ing and preventing the spread of scarlet
fever.