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5. After recovery or death, the room, bedding, clothes, &c.
used by the patient should be well disinfected before being again
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 diphtheria, membranous croup, 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
above until the throat has been pronounced to be free from the
microbe causing the disease, and until after the thorough
disinfection of the patient's clothes and home.
7. No child should be allowed to go to school or any other public
institution from a house in which there is a case of diphtheria or
membranous croup, until the complete recovery of the patient and
the disinfection of the house, &c.
8. No child should be allowed to attend school who has been
exposed to the infection of diphtheria until seven days after
exposure, and not even then if there are signs of the disease having
been contracted.
9. No cat should be allowed in a room where a patient suffering
from this disease is nursed, nor should children be allowed to fondle
such animals, especially during prevalence of diphtheria, or if the
animal appears to be ailing.
J. King Warry, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall Hackney, N.E.
June, 1905.