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be forgotten, let the disease assume ever so mild a form,
or even pass over us altogether, that whatever is effective
against Cholera will be qually so against fever, and all other
epidemic diseases; so that under any circumstances
(always bearing in mind that precautionary measures can
be carried out with much less trouble, and much less expense,
in the absence of the disease, than when it is
present amongst us), whatever we may resolve upon to do
will not be thrown away, or be adopted entirely in vain.
E. HAKLAND WHITEMAN,
Medical Officer of Health for Putney and Roehampton.