The morning call., 1890-11-10

gated must be vacated. Place the sulphur
in iron pans, supported upon bricks set in a
tub containing a little water, and ignite it
by the aid OF spoonful or two OF alcohol;
or place the pan Containing the sulphur over
hot Goals, in basin of hot ashes resting
upon bricks By the adoption of either
of these plans danger from fire VIII be
avoided. During fumigation the windows.
doors, and all fiues and crevices by when
the fumes might escape, should be closed.
and so remain for twenty-four hours. ne
rooms may then be opened and ventilated
for some hours, the woodwork washed ana
the walls whitened or repapered. Two
pounds OF sulphur will be required for
room ten feet square.
Dry heat, at 1892 or 250' Fahrenheit, where
it can be applied, is likewise valuable dis
inf eetant
PREVENTION OF DIPHTHERIA.
1. Under This clause are included many OF
the preceptS inculcated In the preceding
pages, especially such as relates to clean
illness. The cardinal principle to be OBJ
served. applicable to all zymotlc diseases,
is cleanliness. This term not only applies
to the person-to individual freedom from
filthneSS-but to the surroundings of the
dwelling, to accumulationS of refuse or de-
caying animal or vegetable materials in the
cellar or about the premises, to the rrivy,
cesspoOl. drains and sewer. and to the water
supply, that it is not contaminated through
these sources.
See that The house drains are properly
laid, trapped, ventilated and disconnected
by ventilation from the sewer; that disin-
fectants are properly used therein, and that
there is no leakage therefrom. For such
disinfecing purposes the solution of cop
peraS Is the best and cheapeSt-fiye pounds
10 bucketful Of water.
2. Look to the cellar, that it is dry and
clean, containing no filthy water, concealed
filthy wells or cessp9ols-no heaps of decay
ing vegetables.
3. Whenever shallow wells are used for
drinking water their surroundings should be
perfectly clean they should be protected
against the SlOp-Water ana other filthy
liquids thrown in the vicinity, and they
should be safe distance from uncemented
privies and ces>pools.
The precise definition of the word safe"
in this connection, is, perhaps, somewhat
indefinite. Much will depend upon the geo.
logical character of the soil and the topogra-
ply. 1t is considered that the distance from
the well to the ceSSpo0l should not under
ordinary circumstances, be less than 100
feet
In some OF our valley towns, not easily
drained, in which leaky privy vaults and
cesspools have been used since their early
settlement never emptied. but covered
when full and others dug near blythe soil
must be saturated, and well water, under
any circumstances is unsafe.
ADVICE TO PARENTS.
4. Avoid the sources of contagion. Be-
ware of crowded assemblies in i'll ventilated
rooms. When diphtheria occurs in fam
lily, other children connected Herewith
should be Withdrawn from school until
danger of infection is past. There is prob
alb y more danger of the communication Of
dipntheria in the schOol-room than is the
case with any other disease, from the fact
that 1t often occurs in so mild form as
to be unrecognzed; yet from the mildest
case the most malignant may result.
5. Sore throat, when occurring In q child,
particularly during the prevalence of diph-
iberia, should be looked upon with suspi-
cion, the more go when there is fever and
bad breath. The disease has often been
conveyed by such a one by kissing, or by
drinking from the same cup. As scarlet ie-
Yer may occur without the rash, so there
may be diphtheria without the Characters
tic membrane upon the throat.
6. Avoid the ordinary causes of disease
imprudence in living, exposure, unsuitable
or insufficient clothing, and whatever can
tend to lower the vital resistance to epidemic
influence. Sound health is one of the best
preservatiyeS against infectious diseases.
The question Is often asked: How long
must We keep the patient Isolated and from
school? In reply To this query we cannot
do better than give the result of the deliber-
atoms Of the Paris Academy of Medicine
upon this subject as applied TO children with
contagious disease:
i. PUpllS stricken with chlcken-p0X,
small poX, scaElet-fever, measles, humps or
diphtherla should be strictly Isolated from
their comrades.
=. For smallpox, scarlet-fever, measles
and diphtheria ISOLATION should not be short
er than forty days; ;. Tor chicken-poX and
mumps twenty-five days is enough.
8. Isolation should last until after the pa
tent has been baihed.
f. The clothing worn by the patient at the
time he was taken sick should be subjected
TO a temperature of 90o centigrade (134o
Fahrenheit and to sulphur Yapor, and then
well secured.
8. The pupil of a school, after recovery
from one of the above contagious diseases,
should not be readmilted to the school un-
less furnished with the certificate of phy-
stefan that the above precautions have been
observed.
The circular is signed by DR.. H. S. Orme,
President, and DIR. G. G. Tyrrell, Secretary,
of the State Board of Health