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are best disinfected by heat, and by the closing of windows
and crevices, sulphurous acid gas in ample quantity may be
evolved, the doors being kept closed for six hours or more.
The amount of sulphurous acid required for the disinfection
of a moderate sized room can be obtained by burning
1½ lbs. of sulphur (roll brimstone) in a pipkin over a small
fire placed in the middle of a room, with an old tray or the
like to protect the flooring. These processes should be
effected by skilled persons acting under the directions of
the Medical Officer of Health.
(e.) After measures of disinfecting a room have been taken, all
wall paper should be stripped from the walls and be burned,
and the room ought to have its ceilings and walls
thoroughly washed or lime-whited.
19. For detailed information on disinfection by heat, on
hospital accommodation, and on small-pox, and on questions of
school administration during the prevalence of infectious disease, see
the office memoranda and reports on these subjects.
R. THORNE THORNE,
Local Government Board, Medical Officer.
Medical Department,
August 26th, 1892.
Other Zymotic Diseases.
Glanders.
In July it was reported that the wife of an ostler residing
at Compton Mews, Bloomsbury, had died from glanders in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The deceased occupied rooms
over a stable in the mews where a number of horses had
been attacked with glanders. It was suggested at the
inquest held upon this poor woman that she had been using
water from a pail from which the horses had been drinking,
or that she had come in contact with some clothes or towels
upon which the infectious discharge had been received.