Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland.

  • Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    31 Summary of Remedies. 24. In conclusion, the following recapitulation and summary is addefl of remedies suited to your present emergency. I. IMMEDIATE MEASURES, a. Treatment of Sick. 1. Removal of eaily cases to more airy apartments: a barn may easily be made more comfortable than some of the rooms ; and more healthy to the wife or attendants. 2. When the removal of sick cannot be effected, re- moval of the other inmates, except those required for nursing. 3. Immediate washing of linen, by a paid washer- woman, the clothes being boiled in a copper. 4. A competent superintendent nurse to go round to the cases daily to see that the advice of the Medical Officer is carried out, and to report to him where, why, and in what there is difficulty in obeying him. b. Management of Dwellings, and Inspection of Nuisances. 1. To recommend to every house where the disease has existed systematic cleaning and lime-washing. When the inhabitants have not the means, to do this for them without charge; urging upon them the burning of ac- cumulated rags and useless stores, which will in some houses be found. 2. To remedy, as far as possible, every privy in a dirty condition, by burying its soil with lime; and when it adjoins the houses, to remove it to a greater distance: to clear and trap existing drains, especially at the cottage doors. 3. To examine the ground near the bedroom win- dows, and to remove any putrescent matter. 4. To open small dormers near the ceiling of such