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The elaborate measures of old-fashioned fumigation are no longer necessary, nor is a disinfectant really needed. M e d i c.a 1 authorities advise plenty of hot suds, sunshine, and fresh air to eliminate germs from places exposed to infectious disease. Even sterilization by boiling is required only for linens soiled by fresh discharges, and for treatment equipment such as basins, bed pans, and drinking tubes. Regular sickroom laundry, dishes, and utensils do not have to be boiled unless the doctor recommends it. However, they should be soaked in very hot soap or detergent suds until the water becomes comfortably cool then wash in clean hot suds. Rinse dishes and eating utensils with actively boiling water, and let them dry in the air. After laundering in hot suds and rinses, linens, towels, and other fabrics should be dried outdoors because fresh air and sunshine have a definite sanitizing effect. Since heat tends to destroy germs and bacteria, sanitizing also results from using an automatic dryer set at high heat, followed by pressing with a hot iron. Sickroom blankets, quilts, curtains, rugs andtoys should be laundered., but required pnov special ijreanrienf other than sudsing, rinsing, and drying outdoors. Air non-washables outdoors, preferably in sunshine, for as long as convenient. Magazines newspapers, tissues, and leftover food shoyld be burned or wrapped and tied for the trash collector. Once all removable furnishings and accessories havejbeen washed and/ or aired, the stripped sickroom is comparatively easy to clean. Use plenty of hot suds and rinses to scrub furniture, floors, walls, woodwork, windows, closets, light fixtures, and all other washable surfaces. Then open the
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