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Special precautions to be observed when cases
of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid or other
infectious diseases are nursed at home.
1.—Children from the house in which any infectious case
of the above-mentioned kind is nursed, should not attend
either a day or Sunday School, and any of the inhabitants
suffering from "Sickness," sore throat, lumps in the neck, or
peeling of the skin, should be immediately reported to the
doctor.
2.—Notice of any library or school books in use on the
premises should be given to the Public Health Department
at the Municipal Buildings, so that arrangements may be
made for their disinfection, and no new books should be
borrowed until the rooms, bedding, clothing, etc., have been
disinfected.
3.—The patient should be isolated in a well-ventilated
room, situated as far from the noises of the house and street
as possible, and no one except the person acting as nurse
should be allowed to enter the room. All superfluous furniture,
more especially of the soft variety, should be immediately
removed from the room chosen. It is well also to have the
floor mopped out, preferably with water containing some
disinfectant, a fire should be kept burning day and night,
and due precautions taken regarding the ingress of fresh and
the egress of foul air. The nurse or nurses should wear
dresses that can be easily washed, and are not too loose or soft
in texture; they should, moreover, wash their hands after