Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-19
Fact. for the People Regarding Cholera.

The state board OF health Of Cal for
MA has issred the following bulletin.
which contains some good advice.
"Cholera upon these shores is for
elgner, and has never vet visited us,
except By importat,on and then Only
after ample warning. Last year the
warning came to rs from France and
Italy, this year il comes from Strain
and the shores OF the Med terranean (
How soon il NAV reach New York or
other seapor,s upon the Atlant kord-
er Is aGue.ton Of time. Ii IL sure to
come along the highway of travel, and
once landed on our shores VIII make
lis way across the cont npnt quite
speedily. Had the que stion of qHaran-
tine. eihcientlg eXlre sci. been enter
tanned by the last legislature. and pro-
visions made for its mainte ance. we
believe We could have kept cholera,
yellow fever. ard smallpox out Of Cal.
ifornia. The Ii ghway Is row opel.
and We must expect 10 reap the fruits
OF erin nal negl gencc. and slap d ~
E Of our lawmakers.
What can VIC do IN the way Of pre-
ycntion locallye Much may be do7e
4 II the officers Of health. or the prop
erly const tuted authorities do their
: duty. Cholera, as was said before. is
/ a preyentable diease; IFS habitat Is
I among crowd. II reyels in filth and
decomposing organism, but falling to
| lind suitable condit ons for lis growth
and maintenance, il dies out. Conse
quently, the very first thing 10 be done
is for each individual TO see that his
honse clubhouse and yard is put in
good sanitary cond ton. DO not wait
Tor ang health officer, see 10 it. YOUR
self Have your drains cleaned out
and flushed " Tia wafer: Your privy or
cess-pooi pmpted and d'sinfected inn
mcdiaiely. See that YOUR cellar is
is cleared Of AL deriving substances.
have il thoroughly VIII tewashed aud
all Nth. rags, etc. burned. II you
have well, see that the water thereof
Is mol contaminated b. drainage from
the house or ouibouses. III Nou have
iac slightest suspicion that it j., bo
the water before using. or better still,
! shut up that well and Dig another
away from all such contain nat on. II
YOU use river water. Yh ch is always
more or less polluted. see that IL Il
Eoied before drinking IT, and You will
save your health for the trouble,
Avoid crowding in i epng rooms.
See that each room is properly venti
lated nothing beng 80 conducive "a
d scare, a. an over-crowdcd and i'll.
ventilated apartment While there Il
danger of cholera. or, indeed, an,
epidemic sease, developing in YOU
midst. II Is nm act of prudence 10 avo.d
excessive fatigue from any source, a
the 50 M. when tired or exhausted. i
much more liable TO infect on and les
able TO res 81 IL than in other con
/, dit ons.
Temperance in all things should b.
enloincd and especially in alcoholic
. beverages. as Il is found by eXper cncs
. that the iniemperate. or those addictc,
to Dir mixing Intoxicating flu d. habit
ually. are the first 20 de in an ep.dcm
10 81 cholera.
nIsINTEcrIoN ASD DIsINFEcTANTs.
{ Distinction IS ihn destruction o
Z poison of infectious Or contagious dis
& ease. Deotiorzprs, or slbstance
: which destroy smells are no. neces
garih diSinfecianis. aud do not ileces
saT II have UdOr. Distinction canno
comps nsaic for want Of cleanliness o
OF " atsailoh,
DisINFEcfANrs TO 81 EMPLOYED.
Roll sulphur (brimsionc), for FUN
!, CATION; this is cheap and cilicieu
substance for FUN eating rooms; i
J. 20, / yeiy destructive 10 disease germs
5 when efficiently used.
]. Salgtatc al iron. lcopperas1. di'
;. solved in the proport on of one and
/. half pound to the gallon OF water. is
i cheap aud reliable dcodori2cr and nj
(. tisepiic for priyics, cespools. sewers ctt
( SUI hatt 81 ZiRr, in the propori o
j. of fogr ounce. of sulphatc and Nv
n ounces Of salt 10 the Gallon of vase
Is is eliic cnt and ha mless for clothing
q bed.linen. blank =. etc. II should Il
b used boiling hot, and The articles 10 y
r disinfccted plunged into il and tho
II onghly Eoilcd.
e GorroSire Sa5lfmdfe. in the proper
ton of a quarter OF an ounce 10 th
Il gallon. Is IN unsurpassed germ cid
I. and Il sinfeciant. but has the d;sad val
II tapc of being excessively 20 sonot
y and therefore dan .crous for gener;
le use.
+. CarioGc icii is of unrcrtai
o strength Is expensive, and eNper enc
u has shown that IL must b. employed
II comparatively large quantities to lie
any use. Ii is also liable. by itssiron
odor, 10 give false sense OF security.