The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-06-18

during fumigation, which should take
place in the room where the clothing, etc.,
has been used in connection with the pa
tient. For room about ten feet square
at least three pounds of sulphur should be
used: for larger rooms, proportionately In
creased quantities, at the rate OF three
pounds for each ! 900 cubic feet OF AR
space. L.,
c. Close all openings to the room, place
the sulphur in an iron pan supported upon
bricks, set it on on fire by hot Goals or
with the aid of a spoonful of alcohol lighted
by match, be careful not to breathe the
fumes of the burning sulphur, and when
certain the sulphur is burning well, leave
the room. close the door, and allow The
room to be closed for several hours.
d. Care should be taken to secure the
complete burning of as much of the sulphur
as is possible. For this purpose the iron
pan or pot in which the sulphur is to be
placed may previously be heated, or placed
in the room over hot Goals in pan of ashes
set upon bricks. To avoid danger OF ire
the iron pot or pan in which the sulphur
is burned should be free from any leak,
and it may be placed over water in tub
or pan.
e. Cellars, yards, stables, cutters, pri-
vies, cess pools, water closets, drains, sew
ers, etc, should be frequently and literally
treated with copperas-oDe and a-half
pounds of copperas to one gallon of water.
f. 1t is best to burn all articles which
have been in contact with persons sick with
contagious or infectious diseases. Articles
to be burned should be thoroughly and
quickly burned, so as not to diftuse the
poison. If the burning is done in the
open air it should be far from dwellings
and by "a quick, strong fire. Articles too
valuable to be destroyed should be exposed
for one hour to dry heat of from 24O0
f. to 250o f., or be treated as follows:
.. Cotton, linen, fannels, blankets,
etc., should be treated with the boiling hot
zinc solution, introducing them piece by
piece, securing thorough wetting and boil
ing for at least half an hour. Heavy
wooden clothing, silks, furs, stuffed bed
covers, beds and other articles which can
not be treated with the zinc solution,
should be hung in the room during fumiga-
ton, pockets being turned inside out and
the whole garment being thoroughly ex-
posed Afterwards they should be hung
in the open air. beaten and shaken. Car
pets are best fumigated on the floor, but
should afterward be removed to the open
air and thoroughly beaten. Pillows, beds,
stuffed mattresses. upholstered furniture,
ETC., after being disinfected on the outside,
may be cut open and their contents again
exposed to fumes of burning sulphur. In
no case should the thorough disinlection
of clothing, bedding, &c, be omitted. In
fected clothing and bedding have been
known to communicate diphtheria months
after their infection.
10. Disinfection of a room always
necessitates vacating it, and sometimes
makes it impossible to remain in adjoining
rooms, therefore in some cases it seems es-
sential to have hospital tents or other tenn
porary shelter for the inmates of infected
houses, where bathing, disiniection and
washing can be done while such houses are
being disinfected and put in order. On
this subject local boards of health should
be consulted and should be prepared to
act