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2.—Special cups, saucers and spoons, should be used for the
patient, and any spare food from the sick room destroyed.
3.—Everything passing from the patient should be received
into a mixture of water and disinfectant, sufficient being used to
completely cover it, and be allowed to stand for half-an-hour
before being thrown away, the vessel being covered with a cloth
soaked in the disinfectant. Nothing coming from the patient
must be thrown into the ash-bin, or upon the surface of the soil,
or into the drains without disinfection.
4.—Discharges from ear, nose, or mouth, should be received
on a rag, which should be at once burnt, as also should any dust
collected in the room.
5.—When the patient is free from infection, the Council
undertake the disinfection of the sick room, bedding, &c., free of
cost. The accompanying card should be returned when the
patient is free from infection.
Disinfectants are supplied free to home cases once a week,
on application to the Sanitary Inspector, Council Offices, New
Maiden, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
RASHELL DAVISON, M.D., M.R.C.S.,
Medical Officer of Health.
A Penalty of £5 is attached to the exposure of infected
persons and things.