[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

Mycroft started to leave early and return late. Although Jane knew the preventive measures, she didn't know how to treat them. She could only do logistics and preventive work at home every day.

Jane asked Mycroft not to eat out as much as possible. She would rather go to the trouble of bringing him a meal at noon every day, or let Mycroft bring his own sandwich every morning.It's okay to eat fully cooked food outside, mainly the utensils and raw vegetables used outside, who knows how these utensils and vegetables are cleaned?Almost all of London's waterworks come from the Thames... which is the foul-smelling Thames today.

In addition, Jane also prepared a portable cup, flagon, a small bottle of alum and a small bottle of disinfectant for Mycroft. Sterilize them with boiling water.

And the clothes that Mycroft wears every day must be sprayed with disinfectant when he comes back, and when he leaves in the morning, he uses perfume to cover up the smell of the disinfectant, and the clothes he changes must be boiled in boiling water and then dried.

Jane is so strict in guarding against death, and when the epidemic situation outside is getting worse, Mycroft often goes out to make inspections, but he really hasn't contracted the disease.

When the high-end wards of the hospital were gradually overcrowded, Mycroft learned to spray disinfectant every time he made his rounds and returned to the office. Although it smelled bad and tasteless, it was better than death, right?

Research on cholera has been going on for many years, and now there are many results. Doctor John Snow once proved that cholera is spread through contaminated drinking water, and suggested that the council of St. James Parish, where Broad Street is located, dismantle the disease. Spread the handle of the Broad Street water pump at the source.Soon another curate, Whitehead, also used data to prove that cholera was related to excrement.

But more than ten years after the discovery of Vibrio cholerae, people still don't know what caused the disease cholera.

Mycroft thought of many ways to contain the epidemic. Decades ago Edwin Chadwick had proved that cleaning up the dirt alone would not work. Mycroft decided to take a multi-pronged approach: prevention, treatment , treatment, intercept the spread from all links.

While listening to a report by a cholera researcher, Mycroft suddenly realized that Jane’s daily disinfection activities at home were not widely known, but they seemed to be very useful. He tentatively asked the experts whether they could use boiling water for disinfection and disinfectants to prevent outbreaks?

Mycroft did not expect his proposal to be useful. The researchers expanded their thinking from his words and believed that this method was indeed feasible, so the disinfection method was immediately promoted by Mycroft.

People with conditions started to boil water, and people sprayed disinfectant on the streets every day.People had even started adding disinfectant to the water they drank, and after discovering this, Mycroft called in church staff.Soon the pastors had another job: to tell people how to properly add disinfectant to drinking water.The Department of Health also took the initiative to let people in the slums get some free disinfectants, and at the same time told them how to use them.

The same method is also used in the hospital. Although people who are already sick still depend on their lives to be cured, the medical staff and relatives who are in charge of caring for the patients have found that they have not been infected.

Because the government ordered a large number of chemical agents, the chemical factory owners made a fortune.Sherlock also wrote to Jane to complain that the amount of chemicals purchased by the London City Government was too large, and even the chemicals used in the chemistry class in the university were affected, and their experimental classes this month were cancelled.Of course, he meant that at the end of the letter, Sherlock also hinted to Jane that this disinfection method is very useful in preventing cholera, and asked the fat man to take some medicine for home use.

Mycroft: "..." Brother, you've learned badly!

People in daily life may not feel it, but Mycroft can see from the statistical data that the number of people newly infected with cholera this month is greatly reduced compared to last month.

Mycroft immediately began the second task.

The citizens of London found that there were suddenly a lot of engineering workers on the block, and there were almost every two streets. Someone asked curiously, and the result was: to build toilets.

Although Mycroft had not volunteered for the position, he had the benefit of a large sum of money from the government, which he could do as he pleased.

Probably the people above had already prepared for Mycroft to embezzle the money, so they regarded it as compensation.But Mycroft did not take it for himself. He put all the money into municipal projects, that is, building toilets (Mycroft: Are you richer than my godfather?), even if he found a German To be in charge of this matter, no one can say anything, because Mycroft's report is very clear: Youcanyouup, nocannoBB.

No one wanted to, so everyone chose to shut up. ┑(￣Д￣)┍

Mycroft never talked about dirty things at home, but he would say some when Jane asked him about work, a habit he picked up when they were pen pals.

Jane looked at the plan and found something different. This kind of sewage treatment method is very similar to modern times. A huge septic tank is built under the toilet, and the high temperature generated by the fermentation of excrement in an oxygen-free environment is enough to kill Kill most harmful bacteria.Solids will be deposited, and the sewage on the surface will be discharged directly. After that, it is only necessary to regularly fish out the sediment and landfill it. This time will take a year and a half.

Of course, this is not the principle stated in the plan, and the direct discharge of sewage is also a big problem, but it is much better than the current excrement directly flowing into the Thames River and letting everyone drink dung soup.

Jane is very open-minded about Mycroft, that is, a big city like London, with a population of more than 200 million, has a lot of things to do, but in a rural place like Longbourn, the excrement is a good fertilizer after it is processed, Al That's what my father did, and although he was dirty, all the landowners in Longbourn still had to look for him.But it won't work if you change to London. How can there be so much land nearby to consume?Even if there is land, it is far enough away, and the cost of fertilizer is not enough to call a horse-drawn cart.

OK, why not?Mycroft really didn't know this. He immediately thought that if it was possible, the landfill would be saved... At least a part of it could be reduced, and landfill still required land.He immediately sent people to the countryside to investigate the feasibility.

In addition to prevention, of course research and treatment are indispensable, as well as the innovation of waterworks, but these cannot be achieved overnight, not only money, but also time.

In the past, once cholera started, there were usually only two outcomes to wait for. One was that all the people in the hardest-hit areas died and the epidemic was brought under control;

But this time before the above two situations came, the queen and the prime minister had already received reports that the cholera epidemic in London was basically under control (in a few areas).

what? !

how can that be! ?

But no matter how many times the bosses sent their cronies to investigate, the results were the same. Their reports were not as detailed as Mycroft's.

Mycroft can be regarded as showing his face in front of the bosses.

It's not that there were no people who wanted to reach out to pick peaches, but they were all beaten back by their superiors.

Their report was sent directly to the desks of His Majesty and the Prime Minister. The report was well-founded and logically written, with causes, processes, results, various figures and charts, and all the personnel involved... Can you write the same one? Come?cannot?Can't you still be so stupid as a comparison group?

If you don't get famous, you can still gain profit?By default, the money he was allowed to embezzle was not embezzled, and every sum of money was put to good use, and the accounts were clear.Oh, when you go, either the project will not be completed, or the money will not be enough... Idiots understand what's going on, okay?

Want to be a demon?When is the Sherlock Holmes family dead?Think about how people sent the report directly to the desks of the Queen and the Prime Minister?

In short, Mycroft was transferred from the Department of Public Health and Safety to the Audit Office. He handed over the follow-up work of the Department of Health to his deputy, who took over gratefully.Mr. Deputy is not sent to the countryside to spend the rest of his life like Mycroft's predecessor. It is the Queen's favor. He does not seek merit but seeks no faults. Now he can still preside over the follow-up work, and he may be able to become a regular in the future. , It was a blessing in disguise.

After being received by the queen, Mycroft suddenly became a celebrity.People who returned to London claimed that "the air in London seems to have become serious and safe (the smell of disinfectant is everywhere)", and Jane was finally able to invite the Holmes couple to visit her home.

Mr. Holmes, who has lived in the suburbs for more than half a year, has not been idle. Mycroft has to write a letter every few days. Even after London has returned to safety, Mr. Holmes did not come over immediately, but went to see him first. Many old friends accepted Mycroft's invitation.

Jane still didn't hire a chef. Hiring a chef before was a very dangerous thing-who knows if a foreign chef will carry germs?So this time when Holmes and his wife were invited as guests, it was still Jane who did the cooking.

Belle is now particularly convinced of the hostess, because she not only has delicious food, but also has a kind heart and knows a lot.

Last month, there was also a cholera patient on Golden Rose Street. He refused to go to the hospital, and as a result, he infected his wife. For a while, people in the whole street were in panic, wishing that the family would move out as soon as possible.But Belle's mistress, Mrs. Jane Holmes, personally delivered the medicine and disinfectant to the door. She taught the daughters of that family how to take care of their family members, how to use medicine and disinfectant, and how to protect themselves... In short, dead horses As a living horse doctor, the daughters of that family did what Jane said, and their parents actually survived.

After that, the whole family came out to thank her. Belle didn't know what the hostess thought, but she definitely wanted to brag about it.

The author has something to say: Ps: Cholera had always existed in London at that time, and it continued to erupt for many years, and tens of thousands of people died each time.The root cause is probably that everyone’s shi is directly discharged into the Thames River, and then the waterworks are all taking water from the Thames River, so... everyone is drinking dung water... I’m afraid _(:зゝ∠)_

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I don’t want to code words, my claws are frozen, and my butt is also cold, so where can I cover my hands TAT