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COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
TYPHOID (ENTERIC) FEVER.
HOME CASE.
All cases of " diarrhoea," '' severe headache," or " feverishness
occurring in the household should be immediately reported to your
Medical Attendant. Any suspicious cases can be examined
bacteriological]}- at the Borough Laboratory, free of charge.
Public Library books must be taken to the Public Health
Department, Town Hall, and no books borrowed until the house has
been disinfected.
If treated at home, the patient must be confined to one room, and
no one, except the person in charge, allowed to enter the room.
All unnecessary furniture should be removed from the sick room
forthwith, and the floor and furniture should be frequently wiped with
a damp cloth. Fresh air must be freely admitted, a fire being lighted
if necessary.
Attendants should wear washable dresses, and should always
wash their hands and faces and change their shoes and outer clothes
before going off duty. Scrupulous cleanliness is essential. Nurses
should keep their nails short, and should scrub their hands and disinfect
them immediately after attending the patient.
No domestic animal should be allowed to enter the sick room.
A patient suffering from this disease is generally DANGEROUS
TO OTHERS for a period of a fortnight after return to ordinary
food.
DISINFECTTON
1.—All soiled linen should be at once placed in a tub of water to
which a handful of ordinary washing soda has been added, soaked for
12 hours, and then boiled in a copper. Materials which cannot be
boiled should be soaked for one hour in liquid disinfectant, and then
washed.
2.—Special cups, saucers and spoons should be used for the
patient, and any spare food from the sick room destroyed.