The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
olpHrHERlA-scARLET FEVER.
Prevention and Restriction of These Deadly
Dlseases-Important Circular Issued by
the Ohio State Board of Health.

Prevention and Restriction of These Deadly |
DIseases-Important Circular Issued by |
the Ohio State Board of Health.
Diphtheria is often most malignant
and fatal disease, and each year causes
many deaths in our State For this rea-
son, and that it is to a large 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 disease as may restrict
its spread and prevent its occurrence
Diphtheria is a contagious and infectious
disease, and the strict observance of the
following rules and precautions are urged |
upon all who may come in contact with IL.
1. When child has sore throat with
fever, and especially when diphtheria ID
present in the neighborhood, it should be
kept apart from others until a competent
physician has determined it Is not clph-
iberia.
q When O person is known to be sick
with diphtheria he should Immediately be
attendants, and removed to room which
should be specially prepared for his occu-
s. This room should be prepared by re-
moving from it all superhuous furniture,
carpets, extra clothing, books window cur
tain5, and all other similar articles not
needsd in the room. It should be as re-
mote as possible from the family rooms
l-preI0raDly. IN Gn6 upper SbOT1-duu care
should be taken to secure an abundance of
fresh air, without exposing the patient to
T. A card with sDiphtheria'' on it in large,
plain letters should be placed in q conspic-
uous position on the house in which there
| is a person sick with the disease. No child
should be allowed to enter the house.
5. No one should be admitted to the sick
| room, except the necessary nurses and at
| tendauts.
6. No food or drink which has been in
| the sick room should be partaken of by the
| we'll. The dishes carried in should be
| washed separately.
Z. Under no circumstances should the
bed clothes or the patients body linen bs
mixed with the other soiled clothing, or be
| admitted to the general wash, without be-
ing first thoroughly disinfected., -,
| 8. All persons recovering from dlph-
iberia are dangerous, and should not be
| permitted to attend school, church, or any
public assembly until, in the judgment of
a careful physician, they are no longer a
/ source of contagion.
9. No public funeral should be held of
any person dying of diphtheria. In no
case should any child be permitted to
attend.
| DIsINFEcTIoN.
When G case of diphtheria occurs, let the
following disinfectant solutions be pre-
| pared at Oncce:
Solution No. f.-Dissolve chloride Of lime,
of the best quality, in soft water, in the
Solution No. 2.-Dissolve sulphate of iron
(known also Is copperas) in hot water, in
the proportion of two pounds to the gallon.
Qt has been demonstrated that copperas
is not properly q disinfectant. 1t is an ex-
cellent antiseptic, arresting putrefactive
decomposition, but does not destroy the
| vitality of disease germs or the injecting
| power of material containing them. Hence
it must not be substituted for Solutions No.
Rules for Dininf fection-1. Tho discharges
from the throat, mouth and nose are OK
ceedingly poisonous and should be received
on soft cloths, which must be Immediately
burned or immersed in Solution No. !.
2. 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 the
vessel fifteen minutes, when the contents
may safely be thrown into the water
closet or privy vault.
8. The soiled clothing, bed linen, towels
etc., should at once, before being carried
from the sick room. be placed in boiling
water and boiled for thirty minutes. If
for any reason, this can not be done, they
may be soaked in the following solution:
Solution No. 3.-Dissolve corrosive subli
mate in hot water, in the proportion OF two
ounces to the gallon. Label poison, anc
keep in a wooden or earthen vessel.
Take two fluid ounces, or a half-teacup
| full of this solution to one gallon of water
and let the articles to bo disinfected b.
mersed at least two hours; they may thel
, | be wrung out and sent to the wash.
4. The body of person who has die
of diphtheria should be washed with So
luton No. l and wrapped in a sheet we
S with the same. The lody should be burie
at once, and in no case should be expose
, | to view.
5. After death or recovery Of the sick
the room, furniture, and other content
q not to be destroyed, must be thorough.
r | disinfected.
, a. 1t is best to burn all articles whic
have been in contact with the person
Those too valuable to destroy may b
!, | treated as follows:
s b. All articles which can be washed ma
g be treated according to Rule 8, under Di'
infection.
c. Clothing and bedding which can nc
q be washed may be disinfected by exposur
n to dry heat for three or four hours. !.
% temperature of 300 Fab. must be maiI
q tanned during this time, and the article
+ freely exposed, j. e.. not folded or arrange
Il in piles or bundles.
70 Z. The room and all articles in it, whic
can not be treated by either of the abo7
methods, must be thoroughly fumigated.
a.. The contents of the room should be
arranged as to expose the greatest amour
of of surface to the action of the disinfectan
" Heavy wooden clothing, silks, furs, stuffe
~ bed covers and similar articles, shoalG
hung up in the room and pockets tuI ne
lg inside out. Pillows, mattresses, upholstere
furniture, etc. must he cut open and Il
-, contents spread out for fumigaiiic
- Carpets are best fumigated on the floo
After fumigation these articles mus q
in be hung in the open air and thorough
beaten and shaken.
8. To disinfect a room by funigetio
10 proceed as follows:
a. Close the apartment as completely
90 possible, stopping all openings throa,t
'r- dampen the floor, walls, and furniture.
b. For a room about ten feet squa1
take three pounds Of sulphur, broken in
at small fragments For larger rooms use
IL proportionately larger amount of sulphr
Put it into an iron pan, o. to avoide da
ger from fire, support tho pan on bricl
10 placed in tub containing few inches
IS water. Moisten the sulphur with alcoh
-. the fumes Of the burning sulphur. VIII
US certain the sulphur is burning we'll, lea
the room, close the door, and allow t
al room to be tightly closed for several hou
ne room thoroughly for several hours. If
H. wall and ceilings are papered, remove
su- paper and burn it. The floor, walls, &c
he ing, wooden furniture, ETC., should
adding two pints of Solution No. 8 to 70
in gallons of water. Allow this to remain
E. for twenty-four hours, and then scr
thoroughly with soap and hot water.
oei 9. The house and premises genera
oi should be put in the cleanest condition p
~, sible, and every means taken to secure pl
ks air and pure drinking water.
TO- Cellars, pTivies, cess-poo!s. wat
nd closets drains, sewers, etc, should be
u nu quently and literally treated with Soluti
me No. 2.
nd The foregoing methods of dis:nfection
applicable in all contagious diseases.
an If Solution No. is Objectionable on
en count of the odor of the chloride of lii
no an equally efficient disinfectant, to be u
ELL in the same way, may be made by add
one pint of Solution No. 3 to one gallon
flo water. 1t is necessary to leave it a lon
g time-at least an hour-in contact with
inc material to be disinfected.
Label all solutions of corrosive sublim
vas poison.
on PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
md /. Avoid the contagium of the disc.
Especially should children be guar
against contact with any thing which
has | been near one sick with the disease.