| Show disinfect 11 on the of clothing Is a in matter atter which abich every one should un der stand ordinary 3 boiling will destroy all sorts of 0 dangerous germs the boiling should ile be continued halt half an hour bour clothing which cannot b be infected boiled should be burned or dis infected by sulphur or rooms must be infected disinfected dis bv the last named means and by thorough scrubbing with strong hot soapsuds open doors and windows as widely as is possible so as to allow the ramis slon elon of the largest possibly pos gible amount ot of light and the freest circulation of air remove the old paper from the walls and burn it wash the tare bare walis wal walls a with strong soapsuds and then apply As whitewash hatem ash to the ceiling cleanse the he woodwork with a solution of fresh chloride of lime one pound to the gallon remove the carpet biorn the floor the bedding bedden from the bed and every other fabric from tile the room and thor hughly disinfect them before replace ing ordinary scrubbing whitewashing and ventilation are useful and feces sary eary but are not bisin faction Is required one of the m most cat i convenient and effective efta calve means of dis infection la Is fumigation by the burning barnin 9 of common sulphur the following 1 Is 1 the best method of dong this into a tub or a large dishpan art pour water to the depth of an inch place in the vesel two bricks laid and near together set upon the bricks an old lri kettle put into the kettle a proper quantity of flour of sulphur mixed with an equal quantity of pounded charcoal the amount required Is four pounds tor for each one thousand cubic feet of air mix with the sulphur and charcoal a few pieces of newspaper before the sulphur ts Is lighted all clothing and other artI articles clea in the room should bo be so disposed of as to allow the tha fumes of the sulphur to come in contact with them to the fullest extent the eM efficiency clency of the fumigate fumigation ton la Is also very greatly in creased by saturating the walls and everything the room contains with steam this may be very readily done by boiling water vigorously upon a stove in the room tor for an hour or two previous to the sulphur dry sulphur fumes will destroy growing germs but not the dried spores which may be collected upon walls and in ill cracks and corners when all is in readiness light the sulphur and leave the room as soon boon as it Is evident that it la Is going to burn well if the door of the room communicates with alth other rooms the crock crack around the door must be tightly closed by pasting thick paper over it the room must be kept closed for twenty tour four hours bours at the end of which time it should be opened and left to air for another twenty four hours when it mil be considered thoroughly infected disinfected dis |
