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different towns in England. I am happy to state that in Greenwich
we escaped altogether. In other parts of the Metropolis there
were four fatal cases.
On September 5th, a case at Westminster attracted great
attention because the patient happened to be a sweeper in the
House of Commons. She died on September 6th, and a
bacteriological examination was made, and drew from Dr. Klein
the explicit declaration that in his opinion the case was one of
true Asiatic Cholera.
It was followed by a fatal case on September 11th, at Fulham
Workhouse, and on the 12th, a third case occurred in Kennington
Road, Lambeth, and on the 26th, a fourth at Southwark.
The undoubted cases of Cholera in London, therefore, were
as follows:—
Date of Death. Locality.
1. September 6 Westminster.
2. „ 11 Fulham.
3. „ 12 Lambeth.
4. ,, 26 Southwark.
The Medical Officer of the London County Council having
written to me to ask "whether anything had been done to place
this District in a state of preparedness against a possible outbreak
of Cholera during the Summer of 1893," I submitted the following
Report to the Greenwich Committee of the Board of Works:—
" To the Greenwich Committee of the Board of Works for the
Greenwich District.
"Gentlemen,
"In accordance with your instructions, I beg to submit the