Memoranda on Asiatic cholera, its mode of spreading, and its prevention / by William Budd, M.D.

  • William Budd
Date:
1856
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    PLAN (Reprinted from the Calcutta Report) POR ARRESTING CHOLERA AMONG TROOPS IN INFECTED BARRACKS. 1st.—The troops to be removed at once, if possible, foom the infected Barracks, and to be encamped on high ground. 2nd.—All who may be attacked after their removal, to be separated from their healthy comrades the moment the first symptoms appear. 3rd.—All discharges from the sick (including those vomited) to be received, on their issue from the body, into vessels contain- ing a saturated solution of chloride of zinc, or some other powerful disinfectant. 4th.—The latrines or other places which serve as the final receptacles of these discharges, to he reserved exclusively for that use. 5th.—All latrines belonging to the Camp to be strewed, night and morning, with a mixture of peat charcoal and chloride of lime. 6th.—All tainted linen, bedding, &c., to be burnt immediately after its removal from the sick. 7th.—The hands of all attendants on the sick to be scrupulously cleaned (by means of sand and water, containing some disin- fectant), whenever they have became soiled by rice-water. 8th.—The utmost care to be taken in providing drinking water; and, where any doubt exists as to its quality, the water to be boiled and filtered through charcoal before use. 9th.—The interior of the infected Barracks to be fumigated with chlorine or sulphurous acid. 10th;—-Existing privies and the drains connected with them to ])e built over, or otherwise abolished where necessary, after a preliminary disinfection by the free use of chloride of lime or peat charcoal; 11th.—Convalescents to be kept, for some time, in separation fruni the healthy troops.
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