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should either be taken out altogether, or kept open day
and night to their full extent. The room chosen should
face south if possible, as sunlight and fresh air are important
disinfectants.
If it is impossible for a consumptive to have a bedroom
for his own use, it is absolutely necessary for him to have
a bed to himself. Neglect of this precaution often results
in several members of a family catching the disease.
In cleaning rooms, damp dusters should be used and
wet tea leaves or sawdust should be put down before
sweeping, so that the dust may be removed without being
spread through the air. The dusters should be boiled,
and the sawdust or tea leaves burned.
After the removal of a consumptive patient from a
house, or after a death, it is essential that disinfection
should be thoroughly carried out. This disinfection will
be done by the Public Health Department free of charge
on notice being sent to the Medical Officer of Health.
In addition to this disinfection, the floors and wood
work should be washed with soft soap and soda, and all
articles of clothing thoroughly washed so that infection
may not be handed on to other occupants of the house.
Disinfecting fluid can be obtained gratis at the various
Borough Council Depots, which are situated as follows: —
Town Hall Yard, Catford.
Molesworth Street, Lewisham.
Waldram Road, Forest Hill.
Woodstock Road, Lee.
Home Park, Sydenham Road.
Wells Road, Sydenham (Saturday morning only).
N.B.—Any change of Address should be reported at once
to the Medical Officer of Health, so that the house
can be disinfected.