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VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.
In view of the appearance of Cholera at European Ports, between which and London there is
constant passenger and other traffic, it has been deemed advisable to issue the following
precautions:—
PRECAUTIONS.
1. Immediately disinfect all discharges from the stomach and bowels which are choleraic
in character, and deal with them in such a manner that they cannot contaminate
the water supply.
2. Disinfect or destroy by fire all infected bedding, clothing, towels, handkerchiefs, &c.,
and do not send them to the wash or laundry in an infected state.
3. Take care that no unhealthy conditions, such as uncleanliness, tho collection of filthy
matter, dirty water, or the retention of excrement, are allowed to exist.
4. Do not drink water which has been contaminated or is even in the slightest degree
open to tho suspicion of being tainted by sewer gas, house refuse, or other like
kinds of filth, for example: By outflow, leakage, or filtration from sewers,
house drains, privies, cesspools, or the like, to the water supply.
5. Do not breathe air that has been contaminated with similar impurities.
6. Do not eat unsound, unwholesome, or unripe fruits or vegetables.
7. Do not eat tainted meat or poultry, nor use foods, whether liquid or solid, which
experience has taught will cause diarrhoea.
8. Take care that no water used for any household purposes is stored in any tank or vessel
which has any communication, directly or indirectly, with the drains, or has been
kept in unclean vessels. All cisterns should be at once cleaned; any connection of
waste pipes with drains should be at once severed; and water from a cistern
common to the house supply and the W.C., should on no account be used.
9. Leaky water-pipes, though running full of water, with considerable velocity, are liable
to receive by lateral insuction at their points of leakage, external matters that
may bo dangerous, and should therefore be immediately repaired.
10. Where pollution is discovered everything practicable should be done to prevent such
pollution, and until that object is attained the water should not be drunk, or used
for any other purpose.
11. All water should be boiled before use, and used within 24 hours; filtering is not
sufficient.
12. All milk should be boiled before use.
13. There should be at once a thorough removal of all kinds of house refuse, dust and
other filth, which has accumulated in ne glected places. Future accumulation of
filth should be prevented.