Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-01
TO PREVENT THE DREAD CHOLERA.
Cleanliness and Well Cooked Food Are
ia Eirst EssantiaI.

Cleanliness and Well Cooked Food Are
the First Essentials.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The board of health
OF this city, continuing its efforts to pre-
vent cholera from entering the city or of
holding 1t in check in case it should reach
here have decided to retain the services of
the summer corps of physicians during Sep
tember. All police captains have been or
dered to have the mon of their command
act each as sanitary officer and look to the
perfect condition of his post.
The board has issued circular descrip-
tive OF precautionary measures In detail
and hints for the prevention of the dread
disease. People are cautioned against the
eating of uncooked articles of any kind and
are urged to rerHrd cleanliness above all
else. All are cautioned to send for doc
tor at the first sign of the disease, and
under no circumstances to become fright
ened.
The circular is as follows:
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK, Aug 80
PREVENTION OF CHOLERA EASIER THAN
CURE-How CAUGHT.
| Healthy persons catch" cholera by taking
into their systems through the mouth, as in
their food or drink or from their hands, knives,
forks, plates, tumblers, clothing, etc, the germs
discharges from the stomach and bowels of
.ose sick with cholera
Thorough cooking destroys the cholera germs;
therefore,
Don't eat raw, uncooked articles of any kind.
not even milk
Don't eat or drink to excess. Use plain,
wholesome, digestible food, as indigestion and
diarrhea favor an attack of cholera.
| Don't drink unboiled water.
Don't eat or drink articles unless they have
been thoroughly and recently cooked or boiled,
and the more recent and hotter they are the
safer
Don't employ utensils in eating or drinking
unless they have been recently put in boiling
water; the more recent the safer.
Don't eat or handle food or drink with un.
washed hands, or receive 1t from the unwashed
hands of others.
Don't use the hands for any purpose when
soiled with cholera dischar ges; thoroughly
cleanse them at once
Personal cleanliness, and cleanliness Of the
living and sleeping rooms and their contents,
and thorough ventilation should be rigidly en-
forced Foul water closets, sinks, croton fau
Gets, cellars, etc, should be avoided, and when
present should be referred to the health board
at once and remedied.
The successful treatment and the prevention
OF the spread of this disease demand that its
earliest manifestations be promptly recognized
and treated therefore:
Don't doctor yourself for bowel complaint.
but go to bed and send for the nearest ply
sician at once. Send for your family physician,
send to dispensary or hospital; send to the
health department; send to the nearest police
station for medical aid.
Don't wait but send at once. If taken III In
the street seek the nearest drug store, dispen.
sary, hospital or police station and demand
prompt medical attention
Don't permit vomit or diarrheal discharges
to come in contact with food, drink or clothing
These discharges should be received in proper
vessels and kept covered until removed under
competent directions Pour boiling water on
them, put strong solution of carbolic acid in
them mot less than one part of acid to twenty
of hot soap suds or water).
Don't wear, handle or use any articles of
clothing or furniture that are soiled with chol-
era discharges. Pour boiling water on them
or put them into it, and scrub them with the
carbolic acid solution mentioned above and
promptly request the board of health to remove
them.
Don't be frightened, but do be cautious, and
avoid excesses and unnecessary exposure OF
every kind.
By order Of the board of health
CHARLES G. WILSON, President.
EMMoNs CLARK, Secretary.
Beginning with today all vessels from In
fected ports are quarantined and thorough
ly disinfected. The Friesland, Circassia,
Vendome and Italia have been detained.
Although every precaution is being taken
by the health officials, prominent physicians
say that the only safety lies in the stoppage
of all immigration from infected countries.