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2.—If the disease be Small Pox, all in the house should bo
submitted to medical examination, and Vaccinated or Revaccinated,
if deemed necessary.
3.—The evacuations of the patient should be mixed with
carbolic water before removal from the room; and every
handkerchief or other soiled article should be soaked in
carbolic water before being washed.
4.—A sheet wetted with carbolic water should be suspended
in the passage immediately outside tbe door of the patient's
room.
5.—A shallow dish containing sand wetted with carbolic acid, or
carbolic powder, should be kept in the infected room and
renewed daily; some of these should also be sprinkled upon
the floor.
6.—The least possible communication should take place between
the nurse or attending parent and the other inmates of the
house.
7.—Persons remaining for any time in an infected room, and then
mixing with others, can spread the infection rapidly, without
necessarily suffering themselves.
8.—No person should be conveyed to a hospital in a cab or other
public conveyance. Penalty £5. Poor persons can make use
of the carriaga provided by the Vestry for this purpose.
9.—No bedding, clothing, or rags, &c., can be removed from an
infected room until they have been thoroughly disinfected to
the satisfaction of a medical man. Penalty £5.
10.—No room in which any person suffering from dangerous
infectious disease has been, can be re-let, until it, and all
articles in it, have been thoroughly disinfected. Penalty £20.
11.—All parts of houses in which infectious disease has existed,
and all articles in them, must be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected
as soon as the patient has been removed, or has
recovered. Penalty 10s. a day.