The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-05-13
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plete.
Sec. 4. When using Formaldehyde,
10 open vessel containing water shou 4
be left in the room, Except as p.o-
vided in Rule 12.)
Sec. s. The temperature Of the room
shall in no case be below 60 degrees
F. preferably 20 degrees F. or above)
II the atmosphere is unusually dry. the
amount of moisture should be in
creased by boiling kettle Of water
In the room, or by pouring boiling
water from one vessel to another for
five or ten minutes before beg inning
the disinfection.
Sec. 6. A large wash tub should be
placed near the center of the roe:a,
conveniently situated SO as to tie seen
through one of the windows. In this,
should be placed a tin or iron pail
about IL to 16 inches deep. ut is adj
visable to cover the outside Of the pall
with asbestos paper, leaving the top
open.)
Materials To BE Used for Disinfection.
Rule 4. For every 1000 cubic feet
OF space to be disinfected, the follow.
ing materials and quantities shall lie
used.
40 per cent Solution Of Tornado
hyde. 20 ounces.
Permanganate Of Potash (Ftns
Crystals) SiA ounces
These quantities are to be used to
disinfect premises following cases Of:
Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic Plague,
Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Diphtherla
(Membranous Group, Scarlet Fever
Scarlet Rash and Scarletina), Small
pox, Chickenpox. tuberculosis Con
SUMPTION. Typhoid Fever, TyphMs
Fever, Erysipelas, and Puerperal
Fever. In cases Of Measles German
Measles), Mumps, Whooping Cough
and Pneumonia, only half the above
quantities are required.
Mode OF Operation.
Rule 8. Section l. When the room
or house to he disinfected has been
properly prepared in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 3, the prop
er quantity of Permanganate of Pot
ash. as prescribed in Rule 4, should be
placed in the pail. The solution Of 40
per cent Formaldehyde should be
placed in tin dipper or other vessel
convenient for pouring rapidly. The
operator. when everything is in readi-
ness, should pour the Formaldehyde
upon the crystals of Permanganate Of
Potash contained in the pail, and i'm
mediately leave the room, closing thu
door and stopping all cracks in the
manner indicated in Rule 3. This
operation should be performed quickly.
as the gas generates very rapidly. Tho
door should be locked in order to pre-
vent accidents, and the room, or build
ing, as the case may be, kept closed
for at ieast eight hours. AT the ex-
piration of this time. the windows
should he opened from the outside, and
iii the space of Is or 20 minutes, the
door may be opened. allowing the air
to blow through the room. If the
odor remaining is very strong. little
ammonia water sprinkled unon the
floorwill soon neutralize the Tornado
hyde and hasten the disappearance OF
the odor.
Sec. 2. After the fumigation, as
prescribed in this Rule. has been COM
pleted, 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 sterilized by
steam under pressure at 100 degrees
G, for 30 minutes. Where this is not
possible, these articles should lie taken
ont of doors and thoroughly aired and
exposed to the rays Of the sun for an
hour or so.
Note In disinfectinS it is neces-
sary to see that the shoes worn or
used by the operator and all persons
upon the premises are properly d:sin-
fected. as these articles are frequently
overlooked and become the conveyors
of infectious diseases. They may be
readily disinfected by using Standard
Solutions and 2.
Articles To Be Destroyed.
Rule 6. Under the method pre-
scribed in Rule 5, it is unnecessary to
destroy any articles Of value. Papers,
rags, cheap books. and other articles
of little or no value, should be burned.
In cases of Scarlet Fever, Smallpox
and Diphtheria, in addition to the re-
qu!rements OF Rule s, all woodwork,
and if possible, the walls, should he
washed with liquid disinfectant,
such as solution Of Bichloride OF
Mercury, one part Of Bichloride Of
Mercury to 1000 parts Of water.
Where the wall paper is loose or
dilapidated, it should be removed and
burned.
Disinfectton of Persons Who Have
Been Affected with or Exposed
l.. to Infectious or Conta.
giOus Diseases.