Vehicles may be thoroughly washed with 2 per cent. formalin solution, or if closed space is available, subjected to formaldehyde gas disinfection, after cushions, hangings, etc., have been removed and washed with the disinfectant.
Harness, brushes, combs should be washed with a solution of formalin, carbolic acid, or creolin as given under these topics.
Washable articles should be boiled, dropped into disinfectant, solutions as soon as soiled, and then boiled or steamed.
Unwashable articles—burn all possible. Use formaldehyde gas method in a closed receptacle ([Fig. 113]).
Stock cars—the method described for stables is applicable here.
Animals, large and small, may have the coat and surface of the body disinfected by washing with 1 to 1000 bichloride or strong hot soapsuds to which carbolic acid has been added to make a 5 per cent. solution; they should then be given a good warm bath.
Frequently time and money are saved by a combination of steam and formaldehyde disinfection. This is a regular practice in municipal and quarantine disinfection ([Fig. 114]).
Fig. 114.—Chamber in actual use at government quarantine station for disinfecting baggage and dunnage with steam or formaldehyde or both. The small cylinder at the side is the steam formaldehyde generator.
Persons engaged in disinfection work should wear rubber boots, coats and caps which should be washed in a disinfectant solution and the change to ordinary clothing made in a special room so that no infective material will be taken away.