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in apparently good health by the from, and are
proceeding to your District, giving the following addresses.
W. COLLINGRIDGE,
Port Medical Officer.
CHOLERA IN 1893.
During the winter of 1892, the epidemic of Cholera declined,
but did not wholly disappear in any part of Europe where it had
previously prevailed.
In January, cases were reported from Russia, from Hamburg,
and Halle, in Germany ; from France, Holland, Gallicia, and
Hungary.
In England, the first case that attracted attention was that
of a man who arrived in the Tyne from Nantes, on June 25th, on
board the " Myrtle Branch," who died of Cholera the same day.
On July 17th, a case arrived at Gravesend from Marseilles,
and two days later, two more cases arrived at Cardiff from the
same port.
On August 24th, a boy was taken ill suddenly in Hull and
died with all the symptoms of Cholera, and on August 30th, a
suspicious case occurred at Grimsby, which was afterwards confirmed
by bacteriological examination.
On September 7th, a case was reported from Doncaster as
having occurred on the receipt of a consignment of oysters from
Cleethorpes, near Grimsby. On the 9th, another occurred at
Leicester, and again oysters from Cleethorpes were concerned.
During September and October, cases were reported from 26