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removed from the room. They should be washed first 

 in the carbolic solution, then in boiling hot soapsuds, 

 and finally rinsed in hot water. These washing fluids 

 should afterward be thrown into the water-closet. The 

 remains of the patient's meals may be burned or thrown 

 into a vessel containing the carbolic solution or milk of 

 lime, and allowed to stand for one hour before being 

 thrown away. 



8. Rooms and Their Contents. Rooms which have 

 been occupied by persons suffering from contagious 

 disease should not be again occupied until they have 

 been thoroughly disinfected. For this purpose either 

 careful fumigation with formaldehyde gas or sulphur 

 should be employed, or this combined with the following 

 procedure : Carpets, curtains, and upholstered furniture 

 which have been soiled by discharges, or which have 

 been exposed to infection in the room during the illness, 

 will be removed for disinfection to chambers where they 

 can be exposed to formaldehyde gas and moderate 

 warmth for twelve to twenty-four hours, or to steam. 

 Woodwork, floors, and plain furniture will be thor- 

 oughly washed with the soapsuds and bichloride solu- 

 tions. 



9. Rags, Cloths, and Articles of Small Value, which 

 have been soiled by discharges or infected in other 

 ways, should be boiled or burned. 



10. In Case of Death, the body should be completely 

 wrapped in several thicknesses of cloth wrung out of 

 the carbolic or bichloride solution, and when possible 

 placed in a hermetically sealed coffin. 



It is important to remember that an abundance of 

 fresh a//-, sunlight, and absolute cleanliness not only 

 helps protect the attendants from infection and aid in 



