so
that one may be available for use while the contents of the other is
being disinfected. Bedpans and urinals should be boiled daily and kept
thoroughly clean at all times.

In places having no sewerage system, disinfected discharges may be
emptied into a trench situated at a distance from the well, and then
covered with earth. As an extra precaution, the disinfected discharges
may be mixed with sawdust or kerosene and burned in the trench.
Directions for installing a sanitary privy may be found in Bulletin 68
of the United States Public Health Service.

BATH WATER and water that has been used for cleansing the teeth and
mouth may be disinfected in the same way as urine, or it may be emptied
into a suitable receptacle and boiled ten minutes.

CARE OF THE HANDS.--Disinfectants for the hands should be used in
addition to scrubbing with soap and water, not as a substitute. The
hands may be disinfected after scrubbing by soaking them for three
minutes in one of the following solutions: alcohol 70%, carbolic acid
solution 2-1/2%, or a solution made by adding one teaspoonful of lysol
or of creolin to a pint of water. These disinfectants are poisons if
taken internally; the bottles must be carefully labeled and kept in a
safe place. It is a good plan to wear rubber gloves when handling
infective material; the gloves should afterward be boiled for ten
minutes.

CARE OF UTENSILS.--A sufficient number of dishes, spoons, tumblers,
basins, etc. must be reserved for the patient's exclusive use; these
utensils must be washed separately and dried with towels not used for
other dishes. Mistakes frequently occur by which other persons use the
patient's dishes, and in consequence his dishes should not be kept in
the cupboard with other dishes; if no other safe place can be found,
they had better stay in the patient's room covered with a clean cloth or
napkin. The dishes should be scalded daily and at the termination of the
illness they must be boiled briskly for ten minutes before they are
returned to general use. Food left on the patient's tray should be
burned; it should not be eaten by any one else, nor placed in the pantry
or refrigerator with other food.

CARE OF LINEN.--A satisfactory way to disinfect towels, night gowns, bed
linen, etc. is to place the articles immediately in a wash boiler filled
with cold water to which a little washing soda has been added, and then
to boil them in the same water for twenty minutes; they c