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MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF SCARLET FEVER AND
SCARLATINA.
1. Any child who is suffering from the above symptoms of scarlet
fever or scarlatina should be removed to a fever hospital, or isolated
by removal to a room apart from the remainder of the household,
and from which all unnecessary clothing, hangings, etc., have been
removed. A sheet moistened with a solution of carbolic acid should
be hung over the door to the room.
2. The washable clothing and bedding and the towels should be
placed in a receptacle containing a solution of carbolic acid (two
tablespoonfuls to a pint of water) before removal from the sick room;
cups, saucers, spoons, etc., should be scalded before being used by
others. No food taken out of the sick room should be consumed by
others.
3. Persons attending upon the sick child should wear a washable
overall in the sick room, changing the same and washing their hands
and face before leaving and associating with others.
4. When peeling of the skin begins, the patient should be rubbed
every other day with sweet oil or vaseline, in order to prevent the
scales of the desquamating skin being diffused into the atmosphere.
A warm bath must be taken occasionally to remove the oil and
scales entangled therein.
5. After recovery or death, the room, bedding, clothes, etc., used
by the patient should be well disinfected before being used, and this
will be done free of charge on application being made to the Public
Health Department either by the medical attendant or person in
charge of the patient.
6. No child suffering from scarlet fever, scarlatina, or any form of
sore throat should be allowed to go to school or to any other public
institution; nor should any child recovering from the same, until all
peeling of the skin, and all discharges from the nose and ears have
ceased, and all sore throat has disappeared, and not until after the
thorough disinfection of the patient's clothes and home.