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rag should be burned, the paper burned or put down a
water.closet, and the hands washed as soon as possible).
Consumptive persons should never spit upon the floor,
nor into a handkerchief which has to be put into the pocket,
or under a pillow. They should take care that no spit is
smeared over their bed.clothes or night.dresses, or on their
beards or moustaches.
Ordinary handkerchiefs should not be used. Japanese
paper handkerchiefs can be purchased very cheaply, and
after use should be burned.
The germ causing Consumption may also cause disease
of other parts of the body, besides the chest, such as the
bowels, especially in children, who are often attacked if
infected milk is used. All milk should therefore be
boiled, by which the germs are killed.
When indoors a consumptive person should use a spit
cup or jar, containing a little water or water and carbolic
acid.
When out of doors a pocket spit flask, which can be
purchased cheaply, should always be used. Never spit in
a tramcar, omnibus, cab, or railway carriage, or on the
footpath.
Consumptive persons must not swallow their spit, as
by so doing the disease may be conveyed to parts of the
body not already affected.
If a handkerchief or any article of clothing has been
soiled with spit, it should be kept wet until it can be
boiled and washed.
Twice a day the contents of the spit.cup or spit.flask
should be emptied down a water.closet or drain, and the
bottle or cup should be cleaned with boiling water, with
or without a disinfectant.
No spoon, cup, or other article which has touched the
mouth of a consumptive person should be used by anyone
else until it has been carefully washed in boiling water.
Food which has been left by a consumptive should not
be eaten by another person.
No mother who is consumptive should suckle a baby.
All persons who are consumptive should have sleeping
rooms to themselves. The windows of the sleeping room