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If, unfortunately, cholera should prevail to any serious extent I
have no doubt the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum Hospitals
would be able to cope with the difficulty by making other provision
for existing convalescent patients.
The proposal to provide a Marquee requires further consideration
by the Committee.
Not only must drainage and water supply be attended to, but
the ground should be concreted or asphalted. In a large tent it
would be difficult to maintain a suitable temperature during the
cold nights of autumn. In a large Marquee no provision is made
for the separation of the sexes; no living or sleeping rooms are
provided for the nurses and medical staff; there is no place for the
temporary reception of the dead, and no facilities for the prompt
disinfection of articles of clothing.
On Friday last a number of the leading medical men in the
parish favoured me with their presence at the Town Hall.
I am under the impression that they are prepared to aid the
efforts of the Vestry. It appeared to be the general opinion that
every case of cholera, when practicable, should be promptly
removed to the hospital provided by the sanitary authorities.
I believe the sanitary condition of the parish is far better than
ever it has been, but this will not protect us from the possible
importation of an infected person, and I would urge on all medical
practitioners the importance of giving us the earliest possible
notice of every case of cholera, of stating on the certificate
whether the patient is or is not in a fit state to be removed to a
hospital, the hour and minutes at which the certificate was signed,
and the necessity of disinfection of all cholera-infected excreta,
utensils and clothing.
September 19th, 1892.
During the six weeks that ended on the 10th day of September,
360 births and 138 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 36.8, and an annual rate
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