CHLORIDE OF LIME AS A DISINFECTANT

Chloride of lime is a great purifier and disinfectant. One pound of it

mixed with three gallons of water makes a solution which may be used for

many purposes. To purify rooms, sprinkle it on the floor and even on the

bed linen. Infected clothes should be dipped in it and wrung out just

before they are washed. The lime without water may be sprinkled about

slaughter houses, sinks, water closets and wherever there are offensive

odors, and in a few days the smell will pass away. The odor of decaying

vegetables or of dead animals is soon dispersed by the lime.