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from draughts, apart from the remainder of the household, from
which all unnecessary clothings, hangings, carpets, etc., have been
removed.
2. The discharges from nose, eyes and mouth should be received
on soft pieces of rag, and immediately burned.
3. The washable clothings and bedding, and the towels used by
the patient, should, before removal from the bedroom, be placed in a
tub of water to which some disinfectant has been added. Cups,
saucers, spoons, etc., should be scalded before being used by others.
4. Persons attending upon a child ill from measles should wash
their hands before leaving the sick room and associating with others.
5. After recovery, or death, the room, bedding, clothes, etc., used
by the patient should be well disinfected before being used again, and
this will be done free of charge on application to the Public Health
Department, either by the medical attendant or person in charge of
a case of measles.
6. No child should be allowed to go to school from a house in
which there is a case of measles until the complete recovery of the
patient, and the disinfection of the house, etc.
7. No child should be allowed to attend school who has been
exposed to tne infection of measles until 16 days after exposure, and
not even then if there are signs of the disease having been
contracted.
By Order of the Public Health Committee,
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.PH,
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.,
May, 1899.