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

dren must have certificates before re-
entering school. In cases of diphthe-
ria, scarlet fever and measles the chill
dren of the family must be kept away
from school land should be kept away
from other children, of course) until
two weeks after the recovery or death
of the patient. See section IL of the
mended law.
6. No person residing in quaran-
tined house shall go beyond the lot (or
farm, providing there be no other per-
son living thereon), or come in cantact
with any one from outside.
7. When house is quarantined any
person residing therein, other than the
patient, who wishes to leave for the
purpose of changing his residence,
may do so with the written permission
of the county superintendent OF health
or municipal health officer, provided
he takes all the precautions required
under disinfection.
8. The body of every person who
has died of either of the diseases men
toned must be disinfected in the man.
ner described below. 1t must be kept
isolated up to the moment ofthe funeral
| in the room occupied by such person
during his illness. The funeral should
take place as soon as possible, and in
all cases be private, attended only by
those absolutely necessary to the pro-
per performance of the burial. Chill
dren should under no circumstances be
present.
| 9. When there is q case OF either OF
the diseases mentioned in a house, a
p1acard, stating the name of the dis
ease, to be furnished by the county
superintendent OF health, must be post
ed on the front door of said house.
This placard must not be removed in
disintected, and then only by the eoun-
ty superintendent of health or the nu-
nicipal medical health officer in per-
son, or by express permission of the
same.
| 10. Persons who have been exposed
ton must be quarantined for the full
period Ot1DcuOatlOn.
DISINFECTIoN.
I. DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE
(a). All the sunlight possible, and
as much fresh air as the nature of the
disease and the state of the weather
| ho itt to1 tn I,e
sick-roon.
| (b). The expectoration and evacua-
tions of the patient should be received
N vessels in which there is considera-
BILE quantity of one of the solutions
named below, or an equal quantity ot
either of them should be added there.
to, the mix xture stirred and allowed te
stand at least half hour before empty
ing into the water closet, if the house
be connected with a system of sewers,
or otherw wise, being buried at distance
of not less than 100 feet away from any
we'll or spring.
(c). Soiled body and bed clothing
handk erchiefs, rags. ETC., should, as
soon as discarded, be Immediately
burned Or immersed in a vessel OF suf-
fcient size, containing enough Of one
of the solutions given below to com
pletely cover them, and kept there un-
til they can be thoroughly boiled fol
not less than half hour in plain water
and then washed and dried in the sun.
Il (d). The remains of the food served
to the patient should be burned in the
room or soaked in one of the disinfect-
+ ing solutions mentioned, and then
buried.
II. AFTER RECOVERY, REMOVAL OR
| DEATH OF THE PATIENT.
(a). OF the articles used and room
occupied by the patient. The vessels
should be washed in a disinfecting So
luton. Burn in hot fire, sufficiently
fierce to consume quickly and COM
pletely, such articles as are not too
valuable. Others than can be boiled
W ithout injury should be boiled hard
for not less than half hour, then thor
oughly washed and dried in the sun.
The emainder-furniture, curtains,
wooden clothes, pillows, beds, mat
tresses and other articles which have
been exposed to the infection-should
be hung on racks, or otherwise loosely
distri buted about the room, SO as to
permit free access of the gas to every
part, the carpet, if there be one, being
left on the floor, and then disinfected
at the same time with the room by for
maldehyde tumigation. Afterwards
wooden clothing, currency, and blank
cts should be placed in trunk ,er tight