New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

no~ Indicated that she abhorred the surround
mos In,o which she was being transpanten anu smo
wanted 10 guard against the physcai ID" e"e'
helped her and I have no doubt her he'shoo', -
nor and her family from that day FORWARD 'o' "" '
chased the bugs into their apartments ,a
which we hear is OF the consequence "
process -. cat, I'm .
Talking about bugs reminds me, ne sau III
reminiscent way w. often have reques"
people to smoke out bugs They say ich f,Iows to
the nconyenence ana lime 'ne aSo the departments
wagon brought n lot OF carpets anu Nv n,'ens I'm
IN a. the various articles were being car
ried into the apartment where tney nau n,soned tha
ss for 'G .aa tune WHAT pity nice clean
things are coming in here-how long can tney say
There are Some doubts az the eicacy OF ,ne
ordinary fumIgating processes no, ZIP some better
msthod is discovered the present fumiga procTs
will probably he pract'ed ana suipnm, '"''''
used TO extcrminate the disease ee'"''
THE USUAL SIMPLE PROCESS
The process which H. now employed u co'''"'"
,ivelv simple. and the Department uses tne same
,sthods in all parts OF the city. When case "a
contagious disease Is reported the ihspe''o'S
IN. Mace and ms soon as practicable after 'he &c
covery or death OF the patient second Nis'' l. N
4 basin containing ordinary sulphur Is pl,ce" ~,
tho floor I'm another basin when contains VIZ, -
,hen 6s winows are fastened down, strips OF pre-
red paper are pasted over every crtNtCc n ira
ilat tor
locked Then the sulphur IL ignted ana w ~ mater
che ocks and seals the door by which he came
from the apartment and the FUMES are ""'"
nlsss me room Is closed perfectly tight one OF
the officers said the fumigaon VIII no. De PT mis-
a sh eel usually fail TO accomplish any good they
also make mistake when they use sup", ,hs amor
from part The sulphur fumes sSer tnev
dangerous and deadly to the germs oniy ALL recep
,anis in which the sulphur pan in placed me neat s
the pan Of burning s1P9uT a. paced and the
combination vapor has the cleansing effect, he rea,
trouble af begins The Health Departments man drives
up 10 the house and the men carry Out Oh tle h.
gated room and into the van an carpets and
fabrics of all kinds that cannot be treated win he
hichjoride OF mercury wash which is USED on me
was' ceilings and around the woodwork are taken
TO the Departments ovens in East sixteenth anu
ahTenhc for three hours It is asserted that the
process. which includes hot dry ar, ho ,ian o. the
ho, air viii destroy any disease germs that may have
remained in the fabrics. and that any arrclts WIZ
have been subjected TO the treatment Will ho' co''-
The amount Of sulphur used in the fum'sang pro
cess is three and one-haif pounds - every ip Guido
feet To- be fumigated and the blchloride Of mercury
which used to wash down the infec,ed apa' q,
ments is diluted grain 10 every l,Wo drops OF
water. and in cases where the inspectors think a
quantity Of the p Son OF watar they
In order to show that The migatng ana e'e renr
nrocesses are successful III preventing d IsNu
rerc OF disease physicians tell OF many cases where
after lapse OF a year. scarlet fever had broken our
In Mace where all the necessary steps toward pre-
vention had been taken after frst case De,
iberia has also frequently reappeared IN places
after tho first everything had been done accord
ing 70 the directions Of the Health Department 10
| nreven. a recurrence. DR. Bauvelt, OF the Health
| Department said that the wallpaper was to pame
in many OF these cases and that II Il could nave oeei
| washed down with the bichorie SOLUTION 'he germs
| would have been exterminated. ,.,
"A case OF diphheria has often been the savaiIoh
| n, urge housefu OF people said one or the De-
nartmen officers After the places had been fufni
"a led and the carpets baked the Health Department
facers ca me and examined the plumbing and drain
age and found defective. and the landlord was com
| neIled 10 make improvements THESE improvements
are NOT made willingly in many instances. but after
the properly owner sees that there Is no way oul ol
| Tho diffculfv and that unless he makes the repairs
The CITY will prosecute him. he usually gives IN ana
he ho,ise hec5mes more habtab.e place than II Was
| before the diphtheria broke out