The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-30
OFFICIAL DISINFECTORS
Work OF THE siNITIRY HURE.p -
ERADfC47INa CON1tGroy

Doctors In Protecting Themse,v..
Against D.seasc-Prccauiions q, a..
Corps OF Disiniectors-hn mort To H..
the Progress OF Consumption.
Speaking OF tho cases OF Dr. Warren " Tai,
lev and DR.. Steele OF the iicnti psnarrn...
who arc suffering from diphthern be is,.d -
have been contracted Wy them while Anon,
tneir d ities. DR. Cyrus Eds n. Chief lnso.c,o.
OF tho Sanitary Bureau OF the Health Deoart.
ment. sail:
"Consile ing tho vest am ,un, ~ cont.g,o,
to which the officials Of this department ar.
exposed, II seem5 mlr2oious that we hav.
had In the last ten year among our Nh sicinn.
but ono fatal case. that OF DR. Nit who disa
OF typhus fever There was ono ass o, small.
pox in which the victim was an INSPECTOR VIII,
did ut believe In vaccination. hni refused IA
be vaccinatod. but he became u convert Jpr.
ing his Illness. The success OF vaccination n,
a preventive OF smallpox has been demon.
strated siuce vaccination became gen.r,
There have been In The last two years no casa,
OF smallpox originating IN this city. Durln,
the previous thirty years tn, number OF death,
ranged from 8 TO 1879 IN n thousand. and n
1873 the were 1880 dca'h, in Tho city.
Some idea OF tho amount OF con,agion IA
which our inspectors nro EXPOSED u,sy b,
gathered from tho fact that last year ,het via,
tied tneso cases: Typhus fever. 4: TYPHOID
fever. LOO; scarls, foyer. 30s7: mca lea. 95,I.
dirhth ria 1890 and in all about l.. -Oj ,a,s,
OF con tagious disease. The TACT tina. all tins
has been dore with 10 little commune ,inp Of
contagious disease to our onlcin S is due larRsl,
to tho extreme precaution, tina: are taken.
The old saving IS: God takes care Of tue doc.
tors Ignorant people seem to ;hipk tina, doc.
for pf rha sd Iba "a,
that tn .ir comparative immunity from di.eas.
comes from careful use OF prrventives
Most OF he cas"s OF co,taG'on among our
men who g. about dis injecting maces whers
there has been any contagious disease. Thes.
men are not physicians. and. although they AZ
carefully lnstructe |, sometimes neglect lhs
precau' inus that they shoul tAke. one ii them
Undoubtedly carried dipnh IBERIA 10 CHI uisa
brought IN cioser contact with tho d sr.,ee than
the doc:nis. but there are precautions thai
would ke,p th"m exempt lro. ca.. hing en-:
"a. 63 articles. visited 22,7i3 infected housa
fun gated 200 infected rooms. and su, oiled
diSis into districts All lease case. OF co DC Gy
are lett with Instructions how o us. them, Thy
also remove injected mGteria! tho di.ia ett
Ing station at the foot of Eusl sixteenth strss,
Any cit !zen may have his house OF room dis.
writing to the Sanitary, I'nrean OF the Hests
Department. These disinfector. aI-o Es.s
watch Of excavations Of Offensive earth. which
trac' orr to do So The disinfec, corps also
cases Of contasions disease WI ch cons y,
under the rules OF the Health Board. TLey
have also to carefully disiniert the oSnve
remnvng cases OF CON agion.
,.o, men fear fyphns 1sve. most tho
from tue br"a,h II The psisat or by e .1S
lions from his body Dlphtheria is also . opa.
gated by the breath OF the. patient laden With
themselves by frequent changes Of their cloth.
Ing and the disinfeciing of their cIothnR I'm.
Yn ns hsy aavs eesn
been IN the service since 1865. and have car |
rieI In their arm pers 'ns ill Of Ash tic cholera
men know their business. They have to b II
careful as men In Eowder magazines or frr
~, CnntaGt"n Is communicated In queer WAN
Inere IS case on record where shoemakH
tor who hal heen treating 4 smallpox patielt |
1t is pretty well settled TINT people With foil !
Pie ~nsS somachl There i is case "a ~
record where two sisters travelled In q ~
with a smallpox patient. One OF the girls ha
breakfast. She got the sna!l-pox. The oha
CIR, hat n got upsary and had eaten her brsat
:. 1t is a rule that ,ctors who visit pati.pu
afflicted with contngiou. disease in hosp,aI
must enveloP themselves In gowns and over.
hands. faces. and hair with a siniectns soa.
t tioa These precautions cannpt we'll be eN
akin to them /. obssrved So that pRy seIal.
are always on the alert not to carry cont elOi
Iron one patient 70 another. some carr
cautions that physicians manage to ie:v
S9e s , ESk owa
Sick and delicate peopie ara moro apt 10
c 6 a. contagi1n OF any kind Il Is not 81 who
must be a prsdl position to disease existing
at tho time, when the contagor is presen.
81. eonrss there is more We :, MT know 'h.a
Know that certain temperam~nts will taksi
c !; ~ disease at a timn When other
sell been exposed to almost every form o CO.
tagl0us disease d never too any. Iherb
somelh n in our temperhment that nroteeh
disease no 70 d to feed on.
~. The germs Of contagion have a Likeness.
reast fel mcnts the starch and splits il ilp inp
cnrbontc acid AMI alcohol. II il kruwn ihd
an other diseases. 4 body ono" niiecisti
bnt once. There are peope bow"ver, VINO
a n Yer lapse OF time, are srhject TO certain
revnccnnlion takes well it shows that thJ
we're again subJect 10 the con'nsipn small.
pnx. lsnpposc that the reason whv have Eot
:aken any OF the contngiou, diseases 10 Will
! have been exposed is because The cotagon
lnds nothing in my blood to ferment Ihs
explains why some PEOPLE catch everything
And other peoD!e catch nothing.
i, mas often occurred 10 no TIM the men q
he disinfec Ing corps. who got rom % TO w
month. run good deal OF r.-k for their SNAP
pas. and that they IRE quite IA murh eni;l.o
20 pensions as others OF the publ servl Q VINO
per form no more aruu"us r valuable duties
and run no more risk. 1t l. true 'hMihe
places OF these mon couli o nj once 1!ito
rom many amp icRnts moro or less qua i'lei
10 the work. but 1t IL n nc tn. less true tnH
'hey deserve more payment than they get, =,
i have no Il !ubt that the same r gid russ
hn' have practically extsrminr el smallpox
VIII prove equally effective in preventing Wy
'prsad OF con sumption. We SO IN t. have ON
u cont ,giou5 disease and g rs OF eAempilol
rom them, but thele can be no doubt tha!
'ery much has b .en done BY tn" Health u "A
- pre-, ont the spreH O Nil sort "ohthalos.
ne Boaid has i,sue a rcular on r"nsCmp
Ion. which have not seen published II sS.'
Tubsrcuiosi, is commonly pfoducei In tnr i.pn
winch are tho organs most frequently a'tcteuw.
reathins air In which living aerl- arc s"spshne.nn
lht Inc ateriai whic - c0nghei up some nv.
'on contains tho a germs often in tHorn.I uum.
ms material when rSprc Grated fs ia, n,n:
oGRes IN places where II AitrrwRri dT!r' a. ~" -
lrert roors cirrets h IdArrch cf sc arc ~, ~, az
Que way or another II IL very APT TO oero"e 20 '
ieH IN t,s mir !. dust. .,.,,,,