Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-16

article in the room can be subjected to
the process to be named, or when the
room cannot be made tight enough to
retain the .forma dehyde fumes, every
article in the room, which can be,
should be boiled and the remainder,
including the floor and the wood work,
should be we'll soaked with the bichlo-
ride solution No. or per cent So
luton of carbolic acid. The walls and
ceiling should have the same solution
thoroughly applied to them (spraying
with an ordinary toet fruit sprayer,
costing about So, is good method), or
be we'll whitewashed.
(b). Of the person of the recovered
patient. Wash the body, including
the hair, with bichloride solution No.
1 and put on clean clothes that have
not been in the sick-room, that have
been disinfected as prescribed in (c).
(c). OF the dead body. Wrap the
body in a well-sewed sheet thoroughly
saturated with the bichloride solution
No. 2, and place in Theoretically
sealed coffin.
(d). OF persons before leaving a
| house which has been quarantined.
| Wash at least the uncovered portions
of the body-hands, face, beard and
hair-better the entire body, in the
bichloride solution No. 1, and put on
clean clothes that have not at any time
been exposed to the Infection or have
been disinfected in any manner de-
scri bed. The notice of the attending
physician and clergyman is called to;
| the importance of their observing these;
precautions. The attending physician
always, before entering the sick-room,
should put on a long coat or gown OF
some sort, buttoning it close around
/ the neck over the collar, which should
extend to the top OF his shoes. IF pro-
| vided with a hood to cover his head it
would be still better. Immediately
upon leaving the room this garment
should be removed and stored in sale
place, or in a special bag and looked up
if he should need it for other cases.
This would not cause much trouble and
might prevent the conveyance of the
disease by him to others.
/ le). OF a vehicle used to carry the
body, living or dead, of one affected
with either of the diseases enumerated.
Remove all cushions, curtains and
other accessories and disintect by
4 boiling or soaking in the bichloride So
| luton No. 2 and wash the woodwork
| with the latter. Vehicles that can be
/
better by forms maldehyde fumigation.
I Z. Fumigation with .Formaldehyde
!, Gas. This is the best, simplest and
I most satisfactory method OF disinfect-
ing room and it's contents. The
method to be pursusd is as follows:
Make the room tight by plugging the
,l throat Of the chimney or the hole for
Il the stove7pipe, and pasting strips of
paper over at least the large cracks
Il around doors and windows. Spread
: out thoroughly by hanging on backs
ii of chairs, the head and foot boards of
the bedstead and on lines stretched
Il across the room all articles that can
not be burned or boiled. setting the
mattress on edge. AS formaldehyde is
much more effective at a: high tempe
rature and i'm the presence of moisture,
in cold weather the room should be
warmed to at least 20 degrees. The
d steam generated in the process detail
ed below wild furnish the moisture,
: Having thus prepared the room,
spread evenly in thin layer on the
bottom of large dish pan holding not
less than 8 IL gallons, or some SINH
lar vessel, as a tin feot-tub, for ex-
am pie, 1-2 ounces OF the fine needle
shaped crystals OF the permaDganate
of potash and pour thereon L pint of
40 per cent. formaldehyde ISOLATION
the standard COM merciaI form. Then
leave the room as quickly as possible,
as the gas is generated very rapidly.
Keep the room tightly closed tor at
least four hours, after which it can be
safely opened and aired. If the disin-
faction is done in the morning the oc-
cupants of the room need not be kept
out over night. A pint of formalde-
hyde solution and l-2 ounces of per-
manganate of potash are the quanti-
ties required for 1000 cubic feet, and
should be porportionately increased
for larger spaces. For the more resis-
tant miero-organisms of tuberculosis
or septicemia these quantities should
be increased so per cent.
/ Permanganate in the form of fine
needles shaped crystals is much better
than the larger octohedral crystals.
They should present bright metallic
luster, for when they have dull look