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One case has been notified as " Cholera."
I visited this case without delay, and am quite satisfied that it
was not one of the epidemic form of the disease. However, the
usual steps for disinfection were directed to be carried out.
A telegram from the Port of London Sanitary Authority,
received at 8.30 on Thursday evening, informed us of the names
and addresses of two persons who had landed from the ship
" Peregrine," and had come into this parish. One of these
persons had removed from the address given at 6 p.m., that is, two
hours before the telegram came to hand, and had left no address.
I found there were three men, all seamen belonging to the
" Peregrine." I succeeded in seeing all of them on Saturday, and
ascertained that they were in good health.
I have obtained a supply of the disinfectants on which most
reliance is to be placed in cases of genuine malignant cholera.
These are supplementary to the usual stock of carbolic acid which
is available for general purposes.
I propose to keep at the Town Hall a mixture for diarrhoea, a
dose of which can be given to anyone employed about the
premises, or passers by who may be taken suddenly ill. I recommend
that the name and address of each such person should be
taken, and that he be required, if necessary, to obtain proper
medical aid. I wish it to be distinctly understood that this
medicine is not to be taken by persons who are not suffering from
diarrhoea, under the impression that it is a preventive of an
attack of cholera. I have issued a placard on the Sanitary
Measures which are calculated to lessen the prevalence of summer
diarrhoea, and to enable the parish to resist a possible invasion of
cholera. It may be necessary or advisable to supplement this with
directions for the use of disinfectants in a house where a case of
Asiatic cholera has occurred.
I have visited the wards provided for the reception of cases of
cholera in St. Olave's Union Infirmary, and report that they are
suitable for the purpose and ready for immediate use in case of
need.
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