Typhus fever : with particular reference to the Serbian epidemic. . uallyarranged so that the infected individuals entered at one sideand emerged from the other after disinfestation. There was aroom for undressing and another for dry disinfestation, or ashelter under which a steam autoclave was placed and wherethe clothing was treated; a room for bathing, a room where theindividuals were sprayed with petroleum or sponged with car-bolic solution, and another where their clean clothing was re-ceived and where dressing was accomplished. Sometimes tentswere used for the requisite shelter. Whenever
Typhus fever : with particular reference to the Serbian epidemic. . uallyarranged so that the infected individuals entered at one sideand emerged from the other after disinfestation. There was aroom for undressing and another for dry disinfestation, or ashelter under which a steam autoclave was placed and wherethe clothing was treated; a room for bathing, a room where theindividuals were sprayed with petroleum or sponged with car-bolic solution, and another where their clean clothing was re-ceived and where dressing was accomplished. Sometimes tentswere used for the requisite shelter. Whenever steam was available or a spare boiler could befound, which could be put into use, it was employed for disin-festing clothing. Where steam was not obtainable brick ovenswere usually constructed and the clothing disinfested in existing brick kilns were sometimes used for this pur-pose where available. For the reason that so many perfected delousing stationshave since been described, those constructed in Serbia are alsonot considered in greater Fig. 1. Steam bathing and disinfesting unit ix charge of Dr. T. \Y. Jackson-
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