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10. They should always put the hand or handkerchief before
the mouth when coughing, and should avoid coughing or loud speaking
close to any other person.
11. Paper handkerchiefs should be used. A box containing 120
of these can be obtained for 1s.
12. All danger of infection from milk and meat of tuberculous
animals may be avoided by boiling the milk and thoroughly cooking
the meat, preferably by boiling. Members of Consumptive families
should especially attend to this rule.
13. Close and crowded rooms, concert halls, theatres, and public
houses should be avoided. Public houses, in which persons are
allowed to spit on the floor, are a very likely source of infection,
and should be specially shunned.
14. The rooms occupied by a Consumptive person should
contain no unnecessary furniture; and especially curtains, bed
hangings, and clothes hanging about should be avoided as far as
possible. The rooms should be frequently cleaned out when the
Consumptive is not in them, as follows:—
There must be no dry sweeping or dusting. The floor should be
swept weekly after sprinkling with water or tea leaves, or
an American sweeper used. The walls should be rubbed
down every three months with dough, which must then be
burnt. Dusting of furniture should always be done with a
wet duster.
On the Consumptive ceasing to occupy any room, it should be
thoroughly disinfected. This will be done, on application, by a
Borough official, free of chargc.
15. Consumptives should pass as much time out of doors as
possible (sitting or walking slowly if allowed by the doctor), and
when indoors the air must be freely admitted.
"When sufficient clothing is worn, the windows may safely be
kept open wide day and night, but draughts must be avoided. As
much sunlight as possible should be admitted ; blinds should be
drawn up and curtains removed.
16. No one else should occupy the same bed with a Consumptive
person, and where possible a separate bedroom should be used.
17. When the above precautions are taken, there is but slight
danger of a Consumptive person infecting anybody else.
By order of the Borough Council,
SIDNEY DAVIES, M.A.. M.D. Oxon., D.P.H. Camb.,
Medical Officer of Health