[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1909

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danger of contamination afterwards. These pre¬ cautions should be specially observed in the case of children. 7. Consumption is a disease from which large numbers of patients recover if the rooms they occupy are always kept thoroughly well-ventilated and free from dust. 8. Sunshine and fresh air destroy tubercle bacilli, and are the principal curative agents; the more sun¬ shine and fresh air the consumptive patient gets, the more likely he is to recover. 9. Rooms that have been occupied by con¬ sumptives should be thoroughly disinfected and cleansed before they are again occupied, and the carpets and bedding should be disinfected ; in fact, so far as these precautions are concerned, consumption may be regarded in precisely the same light as any other infectious disease. 10. The Council’s Officials are always ready to do the necessary disinfection, both of rooms and of . clothing, free of charge. By Order of the Council, GEO. E- SOHOLErlELD, M.D., D.P-H-, Medical Officer of Health, Aughton, near Ormskirk. July, 1909.