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to convert my house in the Bow Road into a central
bureau, and couple with my work of superintendence
any other that may eventuate.]
In conclusion, I would remind you that it is the opinion of many
eminent authorities that this disease is air-borne in many instances
and the opinion of all that insanitary conditions are those in which it
thrives best; with both of these opinions I agree, and respectfully
submit to you the necessity of re-considering your decision not to
allow me a second Inspector, my present one does as much as he can,
but in my opinion it is impossible for him to keep Bow in the condition
most hostile to the invasion of any epidemic, much less that of
cholera.
Note.—Since writing this a second Inspector has been appointed."
In London, during 1893, the deaths certified as due to diarrhoea
were 3436, of which the Poplar District was responsible for 185.

I may with advantage repeat what I stated in my last annual
report:—
"Various preventive steps were taken, and I think the public should
be strongly cautioned against putting their trust in any of the many
so-called specifics for cholera, diarrhoea, or allied diseases: it cannot
be too widely known that there is no specific for these diseases, and
that the wisest plan to adopt if attacked by any of the well-known
symptoms, is to seek the advice of a Medical Man, and if he pronounces
the symptoms ' choleraic,' communicate at once with the