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Credit: State control of tuberculosis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![can be obtained. If snch a flask is not employed, handkerchiefs may be used, Ijut, if tliey are, the pocket which hohls them shonhl have a rubber lining kept in place by clamps. Cups, flasks and rubber lining should all be frequently washed and scalded, and disinfected if feasible. If the consimiptive can l)e induced to thus take care of his expectoration, the danger of his trans- mitting the disease to others will be reduced to a min- inuuii. The health inspector, either by himself or with the assistance of the attending physician, can doubtless do very much to bring about this desired end, but it is not, by any means, recommended that any compulsion should be employed. It might he advisable for the municipality to furnish the spit cups and flasks to those who cannot afford them. Dismfection. Every municipality shoidd be ready to show how apartments can be disinfected after cases of consump- tion have been removed from them, and should stand ready to disinfect if it is probable that it will not other- wise be properly done. It might, perhaps, be advisable to require Ijy ordinance that all premises occupied by consumptives should Ije disinfected before they are occupied ]jy others. There seems to be little doubt that cleansing, as practiced l)y the board of health in New York, is as good as disinfection. Disinfection, if practiced, should always be hy washing, and steaming, if necessary ; gaseous disinfection should not be relied upon. Hosjntals. There is no question in the mind of the writer that hospitals furnish the Ijest means availaljle for the state](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21226209_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
