SPUTA, CLOTHING, BEDS, BEDDING, ETC. 
a sterile towel after cleansing thoroughly, and 
then exposing them to the influence of live steam 
for a stated period; about thirty minutes. 
To Disinfect Sputa and Sputa Cups:— 
Pour into the cups sufficient hot five per cent 
(5%) carbolic acid solution to saturate the con¬ 
tents of the cup. Add a small quantity of car¬ 
bonate of soda (common washing soda) to loosen 
the sputa from the sides and bottom of the cup; 
cover and allow to stand until cold before empty¬ 
ing. The cups should be well cleansed and 
boiled once a day in a soda-carbonate solution, 
particularly the sputa cups of tuberculosis pa¬ 
tients. 
To Disinfect Clothing, Beds, Bedding and 
Furniture: —Personal clothing, towels and bed 
linen used in the care of communicable diseases 
must be soaked for an hour or more in a proper 
disinfectant solution (carbolic acid, sol. five per 
cent (5%) is good), and then thoroughly 
washed. Dry in the outdoor air and sunshine. 
Mattresses and pillows should be exposed to the 
influence of live steam for a sufficient length of 
time to do good work. When there is no ap¬ 
paratus for the steaming process, wash the sur¬ 
faces of pillows and mattresses with the disin¬ 
fectant solution, turn over the foot-boards of the 
beds in rooms or wards to be fumigated, so that 
the substance used for fumigation may reach 
them from all sides. To complete the process, 
put them out in the fresh air and sunshine for 
twenty-four hours. Mattresses stained with ty¬ 
phoid fever defecations would better be burned. 
Beds, windows, walls, floors, woodwork and 
all pieces of furniture first must be cleansed with 
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Use of Soda 
Carbonate. 
Boil Sputa 
Cups. 
Out-door Air 
in Disinfection, 
Exposure 
from all 
Sides. 
