176 THE YELLOW FEVER CAMPAIGNS 



The daily newspapers will announce it when deter- 

 mined. AVe will ask you to bring this matter also to 

 the attention of your congregations. 



Sffp 14.— REQUEST TO THE HOUSEHOLDERS OF 



THE WARD TO OBSERVE A GExNERAL 



FUMIGATION DAY 



New Orleans^ La.^ 



September 1, 1905 



Saturday, September 2, and Sunday, September 3, 

 have been suggested and agreed upon as generai, 

 FUMIGATION DAYS, betwecii the hours of 10 a.m. and 

 12 a.m., for the purpose of destroying mosquitos, 

 which are recognised as the medium of communica- 

 tion of yellow fever, and we make the following 

 suggestions as to the manner of fumigating : — 



1. Close all outside openings, such as doors and 

 windows, and make the house (or room) to be fumi- 

 gated as tight as possible, by closing or stopping the 

 fireplace and other openings with paper pasted over 

 them. 



2. Pianos should be removed from the rooms to be 

 fumigated. 



3. Place an iron vessel, flat skillet preferred, in pan 

 or tub with about one inch of water in it ; place roll 

 of sulphur or flower of sulphur (two pounds to each 

 ordinary-sized room to be fumigated) in the skillet ; 

 pour over it a small quantity of alcohol, about two 

 tablespoonfuls to the pound, and set fire to same. 



4. Keep the house, or rooms, closed for two hours 

 after lighting the sulphur. 



Those who prefer to do so may use pyrethrum 

 powder (insect powder) instead of sulphur. Where 

 this is used the rooms should be swept after the 



