The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-16
Typhoid Fever Rules for It's Pre-
venuiOn.

(From Advance Sheets Of tho August
Bulletin Of the State Board of Health)
Typhoid fever is present in seventy-fv
CT the ninety counties reporting for July
1t is therefore widely prevalent in our
State. 1t is communicable disease.
spreading from one case to another
though generally in a roundabout fash
ion. 1t extension can re prevented by
the careful observance Of certain simple
rules. For the information of the people
We give these rules, preceded by q state
ment of the reasons upon which they are
based If read and needed by even a few
some lives would be saved and much sick
ness would be prevented. Read them and
tell about them.
The active agency in the causation Of
typhoid fever is a hacterium. the bacillus
typhoSus which attacks and causes the
liberation of certain glands in the small
intestine, developing therein by myriads.
They are therefore to be found chiefly in
the bowel discharges although present
also in the eXcretion of the kidneys and
to some extent in the eXpectoration of
person sick With the disease. From one
Of these sources nearly always the first
named the bacteria are transferred to
the Intestinal tract of healthy person.
The poison is always swallowed. The
most common agencies OF transfer are
! &c drinking water, including milk in
fectel from washing cans in polluted wa
ter, and the common house fly although
it may be conveyed directly TO the nurse
by her own soiled hands, and sometimes
in dust. The most important rules there
fore for the prevention of the extension
of the disease may be briefly stated as
follows:
/. Cover Immediately upon their pas
sage the body discharges-to prevent ac-
cess Of fees.
,. AS soon as possible thoroughly dis
infect the discharges By mixing in equal
quantity with them one Of the following:
| (a} freshly made milk of lime or "white-
wash" (unslackcd limel; (b) a five per
cert. solution OF carbolic acid: (c) q to
! |, coo solution of corrosive sublimate: Id
Il par cent solution of formaldhyde.
! After standing a half-hour covered all
the timc) the mixture should be buried
! (GeVer throw on the surface of the
| cround) at a distance from the we'll of not
| less than $50 feet.
! g. Provide in the sck-room q wooden
tub one-thrd full of either Of the three
last named solutions, and drop therein as
! soon as removed everything in the way
of body or bed-clothing handkcrchiefs
! towels. etc. that have come in contact
with the patient, and keep them sub
mc9grd until they can lee boiled, washed
and dried in the sun.
+. All remnants of food that may for
| any reason be carried into the sick room
must be burned
). The nurse should wash her hands
1 and dip them into enc Of the solutions,
! preferably corrosive sublimate. after
| every "changing' of the patient. She
| should never draw water from the family
We'll unless pump is used In case il
should be absolutely necessary she should
lisinfcct hcr hands i;s above before do
| ing so.
| S. The soilcd linen OF the patient should
never be washed at or near the we'll OF
| spring. The greatest care should be OBJ
| served 10 prevent the drainage or seepage
| through the soil into the we'll or spring
| from accumulation of filth Of all kinds
| As soon as q case of typhoid fever APP
poars in a family ali drinking water
| should be boiled until report on tho
same can be obtained from the State
Biologist the family physician making ap-
plication 20 The Secretary of the BoarC
Of Health FOR permit and stei'ilizod bottle
= AS the germ is present in the intes-
tine in the preliminary stages and fol
| several weeks after convalcscencC is cs-
| tabliShcd and the patient practically we'll
| extra care of surface privics should bf
observed. Every evacuation should be
Immediately and completely covered witt
| limo or dry powdered earth.
! Summary.-Prompt disinfection OF al
| discharges from the body of the patient
protection Of the same against flies; sDe-
"ial care as 10 the drinking water
| scrupulous cleanliness.
! To he Professionals the people can
not be reached except through the midi
| cal attendant we earnestly beg all ply
sicians having cases OF typhoid fever un-
dor their care to insist upon the strict
| observance Of the above simple rules
Printed couics of tho same viii be fur
nishcd IN quantity upon request
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