The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-03
A SANITARY TRACT
WHICH IS WORTH PRESERVING FoH
FUTURE REFERENCE.
Disinfectien Made Practical. Easy and
soEhestivc --sDirsetIens aud Fornaaias
OF Authorities for the Destruc-
tion Of Disease Germs.
fChicagO News.f

tchicaao News1
The cc,1mittse OF disinfectants Of the
American Public Health association has
prepared, at the request Of the sanitary
council of the Mississippi valley, report ON
disinfection and disnfe,tants which en-
bodies tie latest conclusions OF science on
the subject OF deodorzsrs. anti.eptics, and
disintectants. This report was prepared at .
time when an invasion Of Asiatic cholsra
seemed imminent, and the language Of the
committee has been largely influenced by
that con sideration.
DESTRUCTION OF GERMS.
Too much stres, is consequently laid up,n
the scientific definition Of the term @iisin.
fection." Tho committee limits its use to
the destruction OF specific infectuou, ma
tcrial which causes specific Infectious con.
tagious disease for example, Astatic cbot-
era, smallpox, typhoid fever. diphtheria,
scarlet fever, etc. 1t has been proved for
several kinds Of Infectious material that its
specific injecting power Is due to the pres-
ence Of living micro-organisms. known In
a general way as disease germs" AMI prac-
teal sanitation Is now basel upon the
belief that the injecting agents In
all kinds of infectious material are
Of this nature. "Disinfection," there
Gore, according to the COMMITTEES,
consists essentially in the destruction
Of disease germs "There can be no partial
disinfection Of such material; either its in
fecting power Is destroyed or il Is not In
the latter case there Is failure to disinfect
Nor can there he any disinfection in the abb
sence Of infectious MATERIAL
Eor ctf As.<s IA q
entirely unnecessary. The disinfectantsr rec
commended by the committee will prevent r
destroy foul smells, therefore they are
"deodorizers" as well; they will prevent or
arrest putrefactive decomposition. therefore
they are also "antiseptics." A large NUM-
ber Of the proprietary "disinfectants," 90
called which are in the market. are simply
deodorzers or antiseptics, OF greater or lea,
value, but are entirely untrustworthy for
disinfecting purposes
CHLORIDE OF LINE.
Promising that neither deodorigsrs anti
septics, mr. disinfectants can be relied upon
as substitutes for cleanliness, the following
are recommended as tho most efficient An1
the chea pest disinfectants:
Standard solution no. 1-Dissolve chlor-
ide OF lime OF the best quality In soft watar,
I'm the proportion OF tour ounces 70 the
gallon.
AS the value Of this solution depends upon
the amount OF chloride it contains it Il
essential that the chloride OF lime be Trash
Such Inns may be bought by the quantity
for cents per pount; the cost Of the solu-
tion is, therefore, less than 2 cents gallon.
1t is available for fres ami general use In
privy vaults, sewers, sink drains, refuse
heaps stables, ani wherever else the odor Of
the disinfectant is not Objectionable.
quart or mora u day may be used In
an offensive vault, and such quantities a.
may DO necessary in other places It may
be used in a sprinkler in stables and else
whore. In the sick-room it NAV DO used In
vessels, cuspilors, etc Use one pint OF this
solution for the disnfection OF each dis
charge in cholera, typhoid fever etc. Mix
well AMI leave i'm vessel for at least ten min-
ties before throwing into privy- vault or
vater-closet The same directions apply for
the disinfe ton OF vomised matters In
fected sputum should be discharged directly
into cup half full o; the solution.
HIGHLY PoIsoNoUA
Standard Solution No. A-Dssolvo COR
rosive subiimate and permanganate Of pot
drains OF each e..it TO the gallon
This Ia to lie used for the same purposeo
and In tha same way as standard solution
No. ]. 1t is equally effective, but it Is nec-
essely TO loave it for longer time In con-
tact with the material to be disinfected- --at
least an hour. The only advantage which
this solution has over the chloride OF lime
solution consists In the fact that IL Is odor.
les. while the odor OF chlorine in the sick
room Is considered by some pers s,ns oh loo
tionable. The cost Is little over cents =
gallon, the corrosive sublimate costing 60 or
20 cents pound, and the permanganate
about the same. 1t must be remembered
that this solution is highly poisonous It IL
proper, also. to call attention to the fast
that it will injure lead pipes IL passod
through them in considerable quantities.
LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.
Standard Solution No. 3-To one part a
Labarraque's solution liquor soda chlori-
natR) add five parts Of soft water. This 90
luton Is more expensive than the solution Of
chloride Of lime, and has no special advau-
tages for the purposes mentioned. II VIII
cost by the quantity between s and cents :
gallon.
The surface Of the body of a sick person
or OF his attendants, when soiled with In
fectious discharges should be at once
cleansed with suitable disipfecting agent
For this purpose standard solution No. 3
may be used. In diseases like sn,all-pox
and scarlet fever. in which the iusectious
agent Is given Off from the entire surfaces of
the body, occasional ablutions with Lahar~
raque's solution, diluted with twenty parts
OF water, win DO more suitable than ths
stronger solution above recommendSi. In
all infections diseases the surface Of The
body Of the dead should bs thoroughly
washed with one OF the standard solutions
above recommended, and then envslopei =
sheet saturated with the same
CORROSIVE sUBLIMATE AGAIN.
Standard Solution No. 4-Dissoive corro-
sive sublimate In water in the proportion of
four ounces to the gallon aud add one dram
give color 10 the solution One fluid ounce
OF this standard solution to the gallon Of w.
ter will make q suitable solution for the dis
infection Of clothing. Tho articles to 10 dis
infected must be thoroughly soaked with tn
disinfecting solution and lsft In u fov q
wrung out and sent 10 the wash, DsfovG
dropping the clothing into the solution add
enough fOf standard solution No I cr No.
to destroy the purple color; email guam
tity will be sufficient
Clothing may also b disinSectsd by Inn
merston for two hours In q solution made by
dilut.ng standard solution No with niss
parts Of watsr--ons gallon IN ten. This 60
tuition II preferabls for general usa. -
pscaally during the prsvalsnOs Of epidsmic9
On account Of the possihility of acoidsn1p
from the pcisouous naturS az ths stander1
solution No 4 When diluted - direcoad
this solution nay. howsver. ~ o~od yj1Ao01
danger from poisoniAg threugh ~ ass1lnm
Of clothing tmmerasd u u or " aheorpoloG
through ths hands h washing. = potpDos
Oas dCss couli scaresly ~ sua1leuU1 ~
mistake. owing - ths meonll1e )uec4 -
solution. end the conzbiecon n ~
which we,Ad he rsguirsd - sEo1y i O.
sssn.t-at lssst Aalf Z ptnA n Y 4 ";