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flying into the air; the dust may contain the germs of the disease, and there is
danger in inhaling it. Floors should be sprinkled with tea leaves or damp sawdust
before being swept. The sweepings should be burnt.
Meat consumed should be well cooked, and all milk used should be boiled.
Rooms vacated by sufferers, together with the contents of such rooms, should
first be disinfected by the Vestry's officers. This will be done free of cost. Afterwards
the walls should be stripped and the paper burnt, the ceilings whitewashed, and the
floors and wood work thoroughly cleansed with soap and water.
Always bear in mind that consumption is not necessarily a fatal disease, but
treatment must be commenced early. Amongst the most active agents, both for its
prevention and its cure, are sunlight and fresh air. See that they are freely used.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Old Street, E.C.
March, 1899.
N.B.—The disinfection carried out free of cost by the Vestry includes (1) Fumigation
of rooms or houses; (2) Disinfection with saturated steam under pressure of
all bedding, carpets, curtains, clothing, and other textile articles.
Application should be made to the Medical Officer of Health Public Health
Department, Town Hall, Old Street, B.C.