Dust and its dangers / by Mitchell Prudden.

  • Theophil Mitchell Prudden
Date:
[1890]
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Credit: Dust and its dangers / by Mitchell Prudden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of so-called dusting—that is, the stirring up of the dust which has settled on the smooth places in a room so as to allow it to settle again on to the rough surfaces or inconspicu- ous places where it does not show—is worse than useless, since the dust and germs are not in this way got rid of, but only redistributed and put for a time in a situation suitable for inhalation. Carpets and heavy hangings and upholstery with rough goods all insure the more or less persistent retention of dust particles in rooms and with these the harmful germs, if such are present. Hard floors, with rugs which may be cleaned out-of-doors, as few and as light hangings as are practicable, furniture upholstered as far as may be with smooth-surfaced fabrics, the use of moist dusting-cloths, and the wide open- ing of windows and doors when cleaning is going on,—these are the general suggestions, which, if followed, will confer in a large degree, even in populous towns, a sense of security against the dangers of dust in private houses in which healthy persons live. We need here only call attention in the
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