The record-union., 1894-11-06
SANITARY SUBJECTS CONSIDERED.
What the City Beard Of Health Did
Last Night.
An Ordinance to Prevent the Spread
of Contagious Diseases-Rules
for Dis!nfection.

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City Physician Fowler submitted his
report for October as follows: There
were IL deaths during the month, as
against 40 for October, 1898. and % for the
corresponding year OF 1892. The causes
OF death and the number attributed to
each disease are as follows Cholera in
fantun, d; consumption, 6; typhoid fever,
); diseases OF heart, 2, and one each from
diphtheria, cardiac embolism following
diphtheria, fatty degeneration of tie
heart, convulsions. paralysis, chronic
Bright's disease. valvular disease of the
heart, pneumonia, helnorrhage from pla-
centa prnvia, typhlitis, gunshot wound,
crushed skull, shock from operation for
gall'stones. peritonitis, hemiphlegia. con-
gestion OF the brain, cyaEosis diarrhea
and peretyphlitic abscess. There was
premature birth and l stillborn, 70 were
males and 10 females, y whites, s yellow
and l colored; IA were natives of Calif0r-
MIA, Il of foreign birth aud Is from other
States. The number OF contagious dis
eases reported are as follows: Scarlet
fever, s; diphtheria, 3; consumption, =
There were u births-l6 males and ii fe-
males. Number OF patients treated at
Receiving Hospital, Z; outside patients,
l3.
Assistant City Physician Ogden's re-
port is as follows: y lumber of patients
| treated 600. new patients 353, old patients
~, number treated at City Dispensary
$50, outside 26, County Jail "a, number Of
burial permits issued 81, removals l3.
Plumbing Inspector Tolley submitted
the following report: Plans and specifi-
cations received Is, inspections rs, Tap
connections put in 8, new water closets
set %, new bathtubs put i'll s., new wash
basinS Is, new sinks 10.
Following is the report of Building
ana Sanitary Inspector Herr: Awnings
removed ), arrests made 1, buildings ill.,
Spected 4, cesspools cleaned out q, cess
pools constructed 13, cesspoois repaired
4, closets cleaned out 81, patent closets
put in Is, closets disinfectcd Il, closets
abated 6, drains put in 10. draiRs repaired
D, dead animals removed ~, diphtheria
notices posted J, nuisaDces abated 60
scarlet fever notices posted 5, vaults con-
stracted 2, traps put in II, vent pipes
constructed 7.
The following plumbing bonds were
! read and approved: Frank Lyman, Tom
Scott. John Donley, j. w. Guthrie, Ed
Goepel. George b. Stack.
n committee consisting of Doctors
Huntington, Gardner and Secretary
Fowler, appointed at the October meet
ing 10 DRAFT an ordinance prohibiting the
attendance at schools, churches, places OF
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infectious or contagious diseases, SUBJ
Initted an ordinance which, if adopted
by the Board of Trustees, will place the
prohibition on all persons affected with
| scarlet fever, diphtheria, consumption.
cholera, smallpox, measles or Whooping-
cough. According TO the provisions OF
the proposed ordinance no person except
the attending physician or physicians
Will be allowed TO depart from any place
where the diseases named shall exist
The penalty provided is: For the first
violation of the ordinance, not less than
$40 nor more than $50, and for the second
violation not less than 500 nor more than
500.
communication was received from
b. Muir, who offered his property in the
blocks bounded by I and W, Seventh
and Eighth streets, as public dumping
ground. The offer was accepted.
The Secretary was instructed to notify
5. }. Jackson to obtain a plumbers
license.
DIR. Glow, who was appointed at the
preceding meeting To formulate rules for
the prevention of tuberculosis, submitted
an extended report, which was listened
10 with interest.
METHODS OF DISINFECTIoN.
Drs. Huntington and Fowler, appointed
at the last meeting a committee TO
formulate plan for the prevention of the
nlitted the following report:
1he Board OF Health OF the city of Sac
ramento recommend the use OF the fol-
lowing agents for the purpose of disin-
lection. Distinction, as used i'll this
sense, is meant to imply the method of
procedure in cases of persons infected
with any contagious or infectious disease
the care OF the body, OF clothing, of ex-
creta, OF vomited iuattor, of spula and the
subsequent disinfection ana fumigation
OF houses, rooms or apartments occupied
0y such persons.
. For clothing, bedding, etc.-First,
moist neat, free exposure in boiling water
or live steanf for half al hour of all
KINDS OF clothing or linen used on or
about the person. Effective for all kinds
OF infectious material. Second immersion
In u solution of bichioride OF mercury.
oi the strength Of i 10 2,G00 Tor four hours.
Third, immersion III a Z-pcr-ceDt solu-
tion or carbolIc acid for the same length
OF time. Outer garments Of wool, silk
and similar articles, which would be in
Jured by immersion i'll boiling water or
IN cislniectlDg solution, OK posure to u
dry heat at Il temperature OF 23U0 L, for
two hours. or sulphur tumigation for at
least twelve hours, the garments being
freely exposed.
For excreia-E'irst, chloride of lime.
per cent. solution; Second, Dlchloride OF
mercury OF strength of to 800. In privy
vaults, chloride OF line i'll powder
standard solution can be made as
follows: 10 one gallon OF water add
OUNCES OF bichloride of mercury and one
pound OF sulphate o: copper. One-half a
pint 10 ouncesJ OF this solution, added 10
gallon OF water, equals a | TO 900 solu-
ton OF nercurIc chloride and a | 10 Ia
solution OF copper suiphate.
10 make l 10 2,0JU solution of bicI,lor-
lde OF mercury Use one-quarter of the
amount of mercury to the same quantity
OF water, omlttIng the copper sulphate.
per cent. solution OF carboli. acid
is equivalent, very nearly, to u teaspoon-
iuis of liquid caruoiic acid TO one pint of
water
For the sick room-While occn,,;ed
wash surfaces furniture, wood-worl.
ete.) with 10 100 solution OF bichlo-
ride OF mercury, or a 2-per-cent. solution
OF carbollc acid. When vacated. futni-
gate with sulphur for twelve hours. altar
closing tightly ali apertures, and wash ali
surfaces with one or the above solutions
For papered walls or piastered walls
rub over with bread crumbs ftIoisieuaj
with one of the solutions OF carbollc acid
or mercury.
Rags used for wiping away infections
discharges should be burned al once
W hen there ls an infect ious discIlarse
from Tie nose or throat use instead of
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