Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
SANITARY SUGGESTIONS.
Health Commissioner Eyster Urges Pre-
cautions Against Disease.

cautions Against Disease.
Health Commissioner G. L. Eyster
has issued card of instructions and
recommendation to housholders in
the hopes of preventing the inva-
sion of disease. The doctor says:
The following advice is offered you
by the health department with the
hope that you will faithfully carry
out its suggestions and the assur-
ance that by so doing, you will not
only benefit yourself but also your
neighbor.
Keep your premises absolutely
clean-your cellar should be thor
oughlv cleaned and whitewashed
once every year. Do not empty your
waste water in proximity to your
own or your neighbours house. Burn
as much of your refuse As possible
what YOU cannot burn ALWAYS put
in your garbage receptacle. Do
not throw it about your premises or
your alley to decay and breed odors
and gases detrimental to health as
well as offensive to every sense. Do
not drink well water. The water
from wells in this city may be dan
gerous to health and life at any
time. If YOU have a privy vault
keep it in as clearly condition as
possible. Dsinfect it once month
by throwing into il quicklime, or 4
solution OF coperas- If you have
sewers see that they are properly
ventilated outside the house, and be
sure that the in side connections are
tight and properly trapped and ven
tilatcd.
Keep NcJrAIcy Clean.
In Difference to your health You
should take as much care and pride
in keeping it clean as your front yard.
The city employs men and teams to
remove from your premises your
garbage and refuse-do not throw
this in the alley-it is unlawful to do
so and is as much an injury to your
self as any one Provide a good
strong tight box or barrel and place
in it all your refuse. The health de-
partment will see that this is re-
moved as fast as it accumulates. Do
not throw manure loose in the
alley. Provide tight box in which
to place it, and have it removed Occa-
sionallv before it becomes offensive.
This YOU must do yourself. Keep
NOuESell CIcdH- your IOOb anu W dlci
clean, your house clean, your cellar
dry and clean, your yard clean and
YOUR alley clean and the chances are
that you and your fellow citizen will
keep vigorous and healthy. Do not
selfishly attempt to conceal any case
of infectious disease that may occur
in YOUR house. What may be a very
mild attack of scarlet fever or diph-
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lignant attack and death in the child
of YOUR friend or neighbor. See that
all unnecessary coming and going
are stopped at once. Children es-
peciallv should be excluded, and
those having the care of children
should be warned of the danger of
entering your house.
Quarantine.
Quarantine the patient and nurse
in room set apart for the purpose,
if it is possible to do so; first remOv-
ing from it carpets, stuff curtains and
all unnecessary furniture. Disinfect
all discharges rs they occur. burn in
fected rags and keep all sick room
articles of food and drink quite apart
from household use. In case of re-
covery see that the patient does not
again mingle with others without
having had thorough hot bath from
head to foot and being entirely clad
in purified clothing. In case of death
the funeral must be strictly private.
Keep the casket closed and do not
carry it in close carriage in place of
the hearse. Thoroughly clean, dis
infect and ventilate the vacated sick
room together with all furniture,
clothing, bedding, toys, books, etc,
that have been exposed to Injection
| Respect the warming card upon
YOUR premises. No one but an officer
from the health department may re-
move it. IN order to have the card
removed, obtain from your physician
| a certificate that danger of contagion
from the case is past and that proper
| distinction of premises has been
| made, take it to the city clerk, who
will provide you with permit for your
| children to return to school and Will
have the card removed from your
| house.
| The card of instructions also con-
tains list of the disinfectants
recommended by the American Pub
| lie Health association.
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