Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-20
A CORRECTION
Cut outs must be closed while in
the city limits.
WARMING TO THE 4.
PEOPLE OF IOWA

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The Iowa State Board of Health |
having passed through a serious cpl.
denpic of Infantile or Spinal Patral-
ysis in 1910 believes it advisable at
this time, because of the appear
ance of this disease in other states,
to issue a timely warming before
this dreaded disease shall reach
our fair state.
We can do no better than to ref
print the bulletin which was issued
during the epidemic in Iowa and
which was so we'll received.
Instructions to Local Boards of
Health and Health Officers
ALL LOCAL. Boards of Health and
Health Officers should watch care
fully the coming into their comnlull-
tiles of strangers accompanied by
children; and, if these have come
from infected districts they should
be watched for period of twenty
one days. A general cleanup should
be instituted in all cities and towns
and horse manure should not be al-
lowed to accumulate in barns, yards
and alleys. Houses should be screen
ed to keep out flies, and streets
should be we'll sprinkled to keep
down dust. 1t is we'll for the larger
cities to inspect the dirty and filthy
inhabited districts and to practice
a daily cleaning-up program.
These few and brief Instructions,
if carried out, and a careful reading
of this pamphlet will do much to
prevent this disease from getting a
hold in the state of Iowa.
Finally, read the entire contents
of this pamphlet.
Very respectfully,
GUILFORD H. SUMMER,
Secretary-E Executive Officer, To-
wa State Board OF Health.
July 10, 1916.
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS TO BE
II OBSERVED IN CARE OF CAS-
ES OF EPIDEMIC INFAN-
| TILE OR SPINAL PAR
| ALYSIS.
! l. Put patient in clean, bare, we'll
ventilated room, screened to keep
out insects.
| 2. The rest of the family should
be kept ait home as far ais possible.
8. No person should be allowed to
enter sick room except doctor and
nurse.
4. Disinfection should be thor
!, oughlyy carried out. Make disin-
fecting solution as follows,
i Solution No. 4. For stools and ur-
inc:
Add u pounh of fresh Chloride
of Lime to two gallons of water
Make fresh every day.
| Solution Mo. 2. For hands and
clothing:
4 Add two teaspoonfuls of Carbolit
Acid, 50 per cent, to one quart o
water.
| Solution No. 3. For hands aae
clothing:
!, Add two teaspoonfuls of Formali1
to one quart of water.
5. To disinfect stool add ont
, quart of Solution Mol and let stant
for one hour. To dislfect urine ado
one pint of Solution No. 1 ard lie
stand one hour.
6. When nurse leaves the room
she should wash her hands in Solu
tion No. 2 or Solution No. 3. Sh,
should wear an overgarment ant
remove the same on leaving th
/ Ircom.
z. All clothes and bed clothes be
fore removing from sick room
and all washable clothes befor
removing from pre- nises should b
soaked for one hour in Solution No
2 or No. as preferred.
s. ALI eating utensils and rem
nants of food used by patient
should be boiled before taken 'fron
sick room.
8. All milk BOTTLES received a
the house must be boiled before re
turned to the AIRY.
10. The rest of the family shoul
take frequent baths and use Hydro
gem Peroxide one tablespoonful to
glass of water. as gargle and nos
ispray.
IL. The house should be kept a
:; free from dust as possible by sprinl
: ling floors before sweeping and b
) using damp clotha for dustfng.