Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-20
Special Rules Of the iowa STATE
Board Of Health Regarding
Anterior Poliomyelitis or
lnfantile ParaI-
YSiS.

diatrlN reported by The attending
physician on head OF the family
tn the local board OF health. who
in turn must report fine same al
once to DIR. Guilford N. summer,
secretary nl The Iowa state board
nf health. Dcs Moinrs. la.
The state board of health re-
GuireS the quarantine of all eases
OF lntamtllc or spinal paralysis
for al least three Weeks after the
beginning of Ihc disease. and a
thorough dlslnfrrtinn OF all in
f"rtrd premises after The trrmi-
nation of the disease.
II is a we'll established facI that
he mlrrtlnllS material is found i'm
the Srrr"iiom> nI he nose and
mouth of afflicted persons. and
the Iowa state h,'ar, of health
therefore recommends The use of
sprays and gar@leS il prrhy.lrul
Merck : containing | prr cont
oil hydrogen peroxide ln prevent
The Further spread OF the disease
All discharges from The patient
should he disinfrc!cd hy means of
bichl"ridc of mercury. carbulir
acid or fresh ch!nrilc of lime.
SANITARY precautions la he oh
served i'm care OF eases at cpl
d"mic infanliIr or spinal paraly-
sis:
1. Put patient i'm clean. bare.
we'll ventilated room. screened To
keep Out insects.
,. The rest of The family
should y" kept AL home as far as
possible.
3. No persons should he al
lowed To enter sick room except
doctor and nurse.
L. DislnIr.iion should lr
thoroughly carried out. Make
disinI'rrting solution as follows /:
Solution No. For stools and
urine:
add one fourth pound of fresh
chloride OF lime Ia Two gallons of
water. Make fresh every dav.
solution Nh. >, For hands and
clothing:
Add Two inaspnonlul~ of ear
holic acid. % prr cent. tn one
quart OF water.
Solution No. 3. For hands and
clothing:
Add Two tcaspoonflllS of for
malin in ono quart of water.
,. Ia diSinrecl stool add one
quart OF solution No. and lief
stand for one hour. To disin-
feel urine add ono pint nf snlm-
tinn No. and let stand ONE hour.
6. When nurse leaves The
room she should wash her hands
i'm solution No > or 60. o. liz
should Near am ONcr2armrni and
remove HE same ON leaving The
room.
T. All clothes and he'd clothes
hr.nlr "moNing from sick room
and all washable clothes before
removing from premises should
be soaked for ono hour i'm soiu-
tlon M. or No :, as preferred.
g. All eating utensils and REM
nani> nl food used lay patient :
should l,r boiled before taken
from Inc sick room.
a. All milk BOTTLES received at
TN" house mll>l he boiled before
rrimrnin. la hc dairy.
to-. The rest of llc family
should take frequent baths and
use hydrogen peroxide one tea
spoonful ln glass of waiter. as &,
gar"ln and nose SPRAY.
/. The house should he kept
as free from dust as possible lay
sprinl,ing Floors before sweep
i'm. and hy ,l,in. damp cloths for
duslin@
T.. tlI dogs. cats and other
pct should ln. kept from The sick
room. All Instances OF acute
paralysis in domestic animal Is
about he house or he farin
should he carefully investigated
and such affected animals should
he promptly killed. and The quar-
tcrs i'm which they had been kept
carefully dl~lmlerlrd.
Is. The ~trrolndin" premises
should be ~prinklrd daily.
l. Patients shall b" kept i~n-
lated until plaralil is removed and
house has been fumigatrd.
The above instructions should
he carried out minulrlv moi only
for infanil" or spinal paralysis.
hui for all rontagionS and illf"c-
tous diseases. The use of de
ndprants ia create Il smell in The
room is useless and ohj"ciiun-
able.
The Iuwa state board of llraltl Ia
wishes information ON all cases
of anterior poliomycllti~ or in
afntlle PARALYSIS and will furni~ ID
blanks for same upon application.
\ special request is made hat
all animals suffering from paral-
ysi- in any form should hr noted
and reported in connection with
eases of infantilr or spinal paal-
ysi~. For blanks address Or.
IGuIiford II. sumner. secretary