The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-30
USE SUN IN
HEALTHSEEKERS
HOUSEHOLDS
Department of Agriculture
Tells How Effective Solar
Rays Are Against Baeilli on
Clothes, Rugs and Dishes.

Facts regarding sunshine as a ger
micide 81 peculiar interest To the fam
HES OF ncnlthseekers and others IN
this city are given In the latest week
~ news letter received al the office
Of the Manzano forest from the de-
partment Of agriculture. The infor-
nation while designed primarily for
the farm housekecper and the dairy
man, h. rich IN suggestion for the
local housewife" and the builders OF
houses IN this city.
sunshine is an amazingly potent
gcrmicide, says the government inves-
tigator. The practice OF exposing
cooking and other utensils used ia
connection with food 10 direct sun
heht makcs use of this fact. although
comparatively few appreciate exactly
the work done by the sun in this re-
gard. Probably only those who are
Acquainted with tests which have
actually boon made realize how quick
81 sunshine Kills disease germs rx-
posed 90 H. Hence the following.
tests may be generally instructive and
interesting.
4 pasty, creamy mass OF tuberCu-
luus mnterial which was proved q.
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tent tuberclc bacilli. was obtained
rom q tuncrculous COW and spread in
thin smooth translucent LAYERS on
sheets Of glass, pieces OF wood and
Strips % muslin. Some sheets OF glass.
pieces Of wood and strips OF muslin
were then placed outdoors on a mod
erately warm clear. calm day where
the sun could shine on them. and an
equal number were placed iu a dark
After 10 minutes exposure to
the sun the tuberculous material on,
the glass. wood and muslin SIN con-
tanned large numbers OF living. viru-
lent tuherclc bacilli which were
proved % be fully capable Of causing
Tuberculosis, but after thirty minutes
exposure to the sun no living tubcrci,
hacilli could bc found every test that
could De made proved thut they were
all dcnd
similar tests with quite largcl
opaque massef ~ tubercuIous mator-l
TAI, larger and denscr than nuv tuber-
culuus persou is apt o. expcctoratc.l
proved that the baCili boz such massss
on slasH arc stll alive after g. bun enc
uroiy deud iu less than = hours. and
sian alive in tho material on wood
and muslin after s. but dead On Jess
than l6 hours
The taborculous material In thin.
layers ou glass. wood and musIiu.I
Kept Zoo q dark room. was proved TO-
contain fully virulcnt. living tuherclel
aacilli after thirty days. The con-
tract Is remarkable, ,ubercle buciiU
"f the Same kind. on the same Kind ~
material dying IN "a smaller number
ri minutes in the sunshine thar the
number 81 days they remained alive
in e. ark room.
As most varieties 81 disease germs
arc moro easily DESTROYED ny germi-
cidcs han tunCrrle nacilli. and as tu-
hcrcir hacilli. loo the thin LAYERS In
which they are Hkciy to adhere toI
clothing, blankets rugs. drlp,rics.
furniture. Wa!ls. floors. etc, are killcdl
hy thr rays ~ the sun BOO less than
han an hour though they remain
alive boz dark places "a month and
iongcr 10 BE- reasonable TO draw the
following conclusions.
CAD A. general sanitary urinClpl. |
h is desirable that an dwellings. sta
Lles. etc. should be- $50 constructed
that an Abundance o. sunshine can
reach their interiors
C1I As 81 general protective ruea--
ure AGAINST disease germs % lr an cX-
practice 90 expose utensils for
handling milk and milk cans aftcrl
thoy have been cleaned GO direct sum
tight. and Ca hang OF spread wcauusl
apparel blankets. bedding. russ. horse
blsnk .ts. etc. periodically where the
oHn shine un al parts of them.