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which might prevent the proper destruction of the
infective particles. In by far the larger number of
cases, the patients are removed to hospital, so that
there is but a slight probability of any infective
particle becoming attached to the walls, ceilings, etc.
When the patients are treated at home, the following
extra precautions are recommended:—
"After the room has been disinfected by the
Vestry's Officer, it should be left with the windows
open (top and bottom) for several hours—24 if
possible. At the end of that time, all woodwork,
including furniture, floor-boards, doors, etc., should be
washed with a disinfecting solution, and the wallpaper
cleaned or stripped off. For cleaning wallpaper,
use crumb of bread, and burn all the dirtied
bread and bread crumbs. Every article in the room,
not removed by the Vestry's Officials, should be
washed, or, if washing be impossible, wiped over with
a cloth damped with a disinfectant.
"Very special care should be taken to remove all
dust from the room, using plenty of water for this
purpose."
The methods of dealing with the bedding,
clothes, etc., removed from the room, will not be dealt
with here.
Tables A and B appended hereto contain complete
lists of houses in which more than one case of
scarlet fever or diphtheria occurred during 1897. For
convenience of reference, the addresses of the houses