Practical preventive medicine . ontacts for seven days. (e) Concurrent Disinfection: Of all discharges and articlessoiled therewith. (/) Terminal Disinfection: Thorough cleaning followed bythorough disinfection. General Measures.—(a) Extermination of rats and verminwithin the infected area, paying especial attention to the brownor Norway rat by employing: 1. Fumigation with HCN, S02, CO or CS2. 2. Trapping. 3. Poisoned bait. (b) Rat exclusion. 1. By rat proofing homes, outhouses, and business buildings(Figs. 86, 87, 88, 89). m m 2. By removing accumulations of refuse in which rats canharbor, a
Practical preventive medicine . ontacts for seven days. (e) Concurrent Disinfection: Of all discharges and articlessoiled therewith. (/) Terminal Disinfection: Thorough cleaning followed bythorough disinfection. General Measures.—(a) Extermination of rats and verminwithin the infected area, paying especial attention to the brownor Norway rat by employing: 1. Fumigation with HCN, S02, CO or CS2. 2. Trapping. 3. Poisoned bait. (b) Rat exclusion. 1. By rat proofing homes, outhouses, and business buildings(Figs. 86, 87, 88, 89). m m 2. By removing accumulations of refuse in which rats canharbor, and of garbage upon which they can feed. 3. By exterminating rats on ships. 4. By preventing rats on ships from coming ashore, or thoseon shore from entering ships (Fig. 90). The marine migrationsof rats, accomplished by the aid of shipping, have in the lasttwenty five years distributed plague over the entire world. (c) Flea destruction by fumigation. This should be em-ployed in infected foci. 2o6 PRACTICAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Pig. 85.—Generalview of stable and junk house from second floor. Twoplague rats were trapped here. On demolition 86 rats were killed. (PublicHealth Reports.)
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