776 MODE OF SPREAD OF INFECTIVE DISEASES. 



Regulations 

 for disinfec- 

 tion in 

 Gottingen. 



In Gottingen the following regulations have been drawn up 

 by Dr. Schiitte.- Families in which a case of infective disease 

 has occurred, and who desire disinfection, must send an 

 intimation to the court-house, stating also the nature of the- 

 disease. In this way the staif can judge as to the extent of 

 the disinfection and the method to be employed ; the follow- 

 ing are their instructions according to the nature of the 

 case : 



Small-pox, scarlet fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, &c. ; 

 linen, beds, curtains, c., are to be disinfected with a current 

 of steam ; bedsteads and floors to be scrubbed with sublimate 

 solution; upholstery, &c., to be moistened with sponges 

 dipped in sublimate solution, and at once dried. 



Cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery: disinfection of linen, 

 &c., by steam. Water-closets disinfected with 5 per cent, 

 carbolic acid; cesspools, &c. with commercial hydrochloric 

 acid. In cholera warm and ventilate the room, in typhoid 

 fever and dysentery cleanse the bedsteads, floor, &c., with 

 sublimate solution. 



Tuberculosis : disinfection of the linen and beds. 



The persons who are to carry out the disinfection take 

 with them all the solutions, vessels, brushes, &c., also some 

 iiidiarubber garments, and a number of moistened cloths of 

 various sizes ; also the wire basket from the sterilising 

 apparatus. These are transported in a suitable hand barrow. 

 When they reach the house they put on the iiidiarubber gar- 

 ments, and take the utensils and cloths into the room, wrap 

 the beds, mattrasses, clothes, &c., in the moist cloths, cleanse 

 their hands and mackintoshes with sublimate solution, and 

 place the parcels in the wire cage. One of the disiiifectors. 

 takes these back to the apparatus, which has been in the 

 meantime heated by the third, while the first remains behind 

 and disinfects the room. After two to three hours the beds,, 

 &c., are brought back, and in the meantime the room has 

 been disinfected. 



The detailed instructions may be obtained from the magis- 

 trate of Gottingen, or from Dr. Schiitte, the medical officer of 

 health. 



It is a fact which cannot be overlooked that it is as a 

 result of the recent bacteriological investigations that, 

 we are in a position to employ trustworthy prophylactic 

 measures against the infective diseases, and more 

 especially to carry out the disinfection so thoroughly 

 that it has become one of the most potent means of 

 opposing the spread of these affections. 



