Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by Sir Pardey Lukis and R.J. Blackham.

  • Lukis, Pardey (Charles Pardey), Sir, 1857-1917.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by Sir Pardey Lukis and R.J. Blackham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. Careful disinfection of all clothing- or other articles which have come into contact with a sick person. 7. Banishment of flies. 8. Clean houses and clean surroundings. The provision of a pure water-supply and its protection from pollution form the subject of the fourth chapter, but it is necessary here to draw attention to the value of Permanganate of Potash as a means of rendering safe all suspicious sources of water-supply, especially wells. Practi- cal experience in recent cholera epidemics has confirmed the value of this method, and the rule to be adopted is to add sufficient permanganate to make the water in the well distinctly red. so that it does not recover its normal colour for eight hours. If this is done in the evening, the water is ready for use the next morning. As regards the protection of food, there are four points that require careful attention at all times, but especially during a cholera epidemic— (1) Make your servants thoroughly wash and disinfect their hands with Condy’s fluid before touching your plates and dishes. (2) Pay especial attention to the cleanliness of your pantry and prevent the masal- chie from cleaning the plates, etc., with the horrible swab tied on to a stick which is in use in so many households. (3) Cover all food, milk, etc., so as to prevent flies from settling on it. (4) Regard with suspicion all watercress, salads and raw fruits, especially cucum- bers, strawberries, and melons, which are grown on manured ground. The comma bacillus has one remarkable pecu- liarity, which is of great importance. Notwith- standing the fact that it will grow and multiply
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