The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-08-24
YOU MUST OBSERVE THE RULES.
Regulations Concerning the Sani-
tary Conditions Of McCook.

Regulations Concerning the Sani-
tary Conditions Of McCook.
REGULATION I. Upon the first appear
ance of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diph-
liberia, or any other contagious or infec-
tious disease, the upholstered furniture,
carpets, rugs, mats, books, or any other
articles not admissible of thorough wash
ing or cleansing with boiling water,
should be removed from the rooms in
any way connected or used in connection
with the apartments occupied by the
person or persons thus affected. And no
articles of furniture, clothing or property
of any description whatever, except such
as are absolutely necessary for the prop
er care of the patient or patients, should
be allowed to remain in the apartments
thus occupied.
REG. 2. The apartments of the sick
should be kept we'll ventilated. A cur
rent of fresh air should be allowed con-
tinually to pass through the apartments
by means of open doors and windows.
REG. 3. Too much attention cannot
be paid to cleanliness. The bed clothing
should be of such material as will admit
of washing in boiling water, and should
be changed at least once daily, and the
floors of the apartments should be fire.
quently washed with soap and water.
REG. d. All clothing or bedding, when
removed from the room of the sick,
should be immersed in solution of cor
rosive sublimate of the strength of one
half ounce of corrosive sublimate to four
gallons of water, and kept so immersed
until removed to be thoroughly cleansed
and boiled.
REG. S. All excrete from the sick room
should be thoroughly disinfected by a
solution of corrosive sublimate of the
strength of one-half ounce to four gal
Ions of water, and Immediately buried.
REG. 6. Upon the complete recovery
of the sick, all articles used in the house
must be thoroughly disinfected or
burned. All articles capable of being
washed in boiling water should be col
lected together and thoroughly washed
in boiling hot water, and placed on a
line to dry; after which they should not
be returned to the house until the same
has been thoroughly cleansed and dis
infected Also all articles of clothing
bedding, etc., not capable of being
washed, should be placed under solu-
ton of corrosive sublimate, of the stregth
of one-half ounce to four gallons of wa
ter, and kept so covered for at least one
hour, then removed without wringing,
and placed on line to dry, and not
returned to the house until the building
is thoroughly cleaned.
REG. 7. The walls and woodwork of
the apartments should be thoroughly
washed with corrosive sublimate solu-
ton, and all paper should be removed
from the walls and burned, and the walls
washed, sized with glue and re-papered,
and all woodwork should be painted or
vanished.
REG. 8. The carpets, rugs, mats, ETC.,
should be well washed with solution of
one pound of soap, one-half pound OF
borax, eight ounces of aqua ammonia
and three gallons of water, after which
it should be thoroughly rubbed with the
corrosive sublimate solution, and the
carpets raised, the floors very thoroughly
cleansed with concentrated 1ye, and the
carpets replaced while damp and left on
the floor to dry.
REG. 9. All persons living in the house
at the time, and all persons in attend
ance on the sick, or engaged in cleansing
the apartments, together with the sick
(after recovery, should subject them
selves to daily baths in carbolized So
luton of the strength of one-half ounce
of carbolic acid to one gallon of water,
for four consecutive days before being
allowed to mingle with the public
REG. 10. ALI pupils before entering
the public schools of the city of McCook,
shall deposit with the superintendent OF
principal thereof certificate from re-
putable physician, legally qualified to
practice medicine in the state of Ne.
braska, or from physician appointed
by the board of health, of satisfactory
vaccination. J. H. YARGER,
Pres. of Council and Acting Mayor
JACOB STEINMErZ, Clerk Protein
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