Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-02-26

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out in the following infectious dis
eases:
Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic Plague,
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis,
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Group, Measles Gncluding German
Measles), Mumps, Scarlet Fever Tin.
Guiding Scarlet Rash and Scarletina),
Smallpox, Chickenpox, tuberculosis
Unloading Consumption), Typhoid
Fever, Typhus Fever, Puerperal
Fever, Erysipeias, Pneumonia, Whoop-
ing Cough. and it is strongly recon-
mended that disinfection also be car
ried out in Influenza
Preliminary Precautions.
Rule g. Before beginning disinfec.
ton, the requirements as prescribed
In the following Sections shall be
complied with:
Section ]. The person employed to
do the disinfecting shall wear a cap
and gown so constructed as TO com
pletely cover his clothing, and shall
cover his face with a piece of gauze
After all arrangements are complete
these garments shall be left on the
premises and disinfected in the same
manner as other infected articles.
Sec. 2. All holes, cracks, and other
external apertures shall be sealed by
pasting over them pieces of paper, or
filling them with clean, damp cotton
rags.
Sec. 8. All bedding and other cloth
ing. carpets end rugs should be hung
on chairs, or upon lines stretched
across the room for that purpose.
Books should be placed on edge. or
hung upon line in such manner as
to spread the pages. Drawers, cup
boards and trunks should be opened,
and while their contents need not be
unnecessarily disarranged, they should
be loosened in such manner as to
give free access to the disinfecting
gas. Windows should be securely
closed, but left unlocked, in order to
admit of their being opened from the
outside, after the disinfection is COM
plete.
Sec. 4. When using Formaldehyde
NO open vessel containing water
should be left in the room, Except
as provided in Rule 12)
Sec. 5. The temperature of the
room shall in no case be below 60 de-
srees F. preferably 20 degrees F. or
above). If the atmosphere is unusu-
ally dry, the amount of moisture
should be Increased by boiling a ket-
tie Of water in the room. or by pour
ing boiling water from one vessel to
another for five or ten minutes before
beginning the disinfection.
Sec. 6. A large wash tub should
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conveniently situated SO as to be seen
through one of the windows. In this
should be placed a tin or iron pail
about II to 16 inches deep. ct is ad-
visable to cover the outside of the
pail with asbestos paper, leaving the
top open.)
Materials to be Used for Distinction
Rule 4. For every 1000 cubic feet
of space 10 be disinfected. the fol-
lowing materials and quantities shall
be used:
40 per cent Solution of Formalde-
hyde. 20 ounces.
Permanganate of Potash Zine Cry
stals) So ounces.
These quantities are Ito be used to
disinfect premises following cases Of:
Cerebrospinal Meningitis. Diphtheria
tMembranous Group, Scarlet Fever
(Scarlet Rash and Scarletina), Small
pox, ChickenpoY. Tuberculosis (Con-
SUMPTION, Typhoid Fever, Typhus
Fever, Erysipelas and Puerperal
Fever, In cases Of Measles German
Measles), Mumps, whooping Cough
aud PneumoDia, only half the above
Quantities are required
Mode Of Operation.
Rule s. Section / When the room
or house to be dlsinfected has been
properly prepared in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 8. the
proper quantity of Permanganate of
Potash, as prescribed in Rule 4.
should be placed in the pail. The
solution of 40 per cent Formaldehyde
should be placed in a tin dipper or
other vessel convenient for pouring
rapidly The operator, when every
thing is in readiness, should pour the
Formaldehyde upon the crystals Of
Permanganate of Potash contained in
the pail, and Immediately leave the
room, closing the door and stopping
all cracks in the manner indicated in
Rule g. This operation should be per
formed quickly, as the gas generates
very rapidly. The door should be
locked in order to prevent accidents,
and the room, or building, as the case
may be, kept closed for at least eight
hours. At the expiration of this time,
the windows should be opened from
the outside, and in the space of Is or
20 minutes, the door may be opened.
allowing the air TO blow through the
room. II the odor remaining is very
strong, little ammonia-water sprinkl-
ed upon the floor will soon neutralize
the Formaldehyde and hasten the
disappearance of the odor.
Sec 2. After the fumigation. as
prescribed in this Rule, has been
completed, all bedding, clothing, ETC.,
that will not be harmed by boiling.
should be boiled for at least half an
hour. When possible, mattresses, rugs
and heavy curtains should be steril-
lied by steam under pressure at 100
degrees c. for 30 minutes. Where
this is not possible, these articles
should be taken out of doors and
thoroughly aired and exposed to the
rays OF the sun for an hour or So
Note. In disinfecting, 1t is neces-
sary to see that the shoes worn or
used by the operator and all persons