A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools : being a series of resolutions passed by the Medical Officers of Schools Association, January 7th, 1885.

  • Medical Officers of Schools Association.
Date:
1885
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Credit: A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools : being a series of resolutions passed by the Medical Officers of Schools Association, January 7th, 1885. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    APPENDIX B. Disinfection.—A few suggestions as to the means for carrying this out effectually will not be out of place in con- nection with the management of infectious cases. I. Carbolic Acid.—Useful for disinfecting sinks, vv.c., &c. (a wine- glassful to half-a-pint of warm water); and for washing walls, furniture, &c. (a wineglassful to a pint-and-a-half of water). Also used as spray (i in 40), as soap (10 percent.), and as carbolised oil for anointing the skin in scarlet fever (i in 60). II. Chloride of Lime [Bleaching Powder].—Must be kept in a dry place. Add i lb. to i gallon of water for sinks, w.c., drains, &c. A weak solution (i oz. to i gallon of water) may he used for quickly rinsing soiled linen before being wrung out in clean water. III. Condy’s Fluid [Permanganate of Potass].—For sinks, utensils, washing floors, &c. (one teaspoonful to a pint of water, or one wineglassful to a gallon). The solution is useful only so long as it retains its pink colour. Linen should be quickly rinsed in it, lest it become stained. IV. Sulphate of Iron [Green Copperas].—i lb. dissolved in i gallon of water for drains, utensils, w.c., &c. V. Sulphur [Sulphurous Acid Gas].—For disinfecting unoccupied rooms. Tightly close windows, ventilators, fireplace, &c., pasting slips of paper over cracks if necessary, and stuffing a sack of chaff or shavings up the chimney. Care must be taken to employ enough sulphur (i lb. to each 1,003 cubic feet of space—Parkes), and, if the room be a long one, the sulphur should be divided into two or more portions. Place the sulphur in a tin or iron dish, large enough to hold it all when melted ; place the dish on a brick or other support in an iron pail or common earthenware pan ; pour some water into the bottom of the pan, to receive any melted sulphur which may run over. The sulphur is then to be ignited (by pouring a little spirit of wine on to it and lighting it), the door closed, and the room left for eight to twelve hours. The room may then be cautiously entered, windows, &c., opened, fire lighted, and the walls, furniture, &c., washed with the dilute carbolic solution or with hot water and carbolic soap.