Hints to avoid catching fevers and other diseases / The National Health Society.

Date:
[1890?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hints to avoid catching fevers and other diseases / The National Health Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the nose, etc. The piece must be burnt directly after use : it must not be used a second time. 8. No food which has been in the sick-room should be given to any one else. Cups, glasses, spoons, and other things used by the sick person should be washed in ‘ disinfectantand then in hot water, before being used by another person. o. The clothes and bed-linen of the sick person should be steeped in disinfectant fluid, or soaked in boiling water with part carbolic acid, before being sent to the wash. 10. When the sick person is well again, the sick¬ room must be ‘ disinfected’ with sulphur (see pp. 5, 6). 11. If the sick person dies, the body should be well sprinkled with carbolic powder (a whole packet is not too much to use) and buried without delay. 12. Special care should be taken that children do not come near the sick-room; and whilst anyone is ill of fever in the house they must not go to school or playwith other children until the doctor says they may do so; for, though not ill themselves, they may carry the fever-seeds with them to other persons. Cats and dogs should also be kept out of the room for the same reasons. The nurse should be careful to cover up her hair, and to wash it with some dis¬ infectant fluid at the end of the illness. 13. These directions apply to all the diseases men¬ tioned in this book.