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advance to prevent extension of any cholera that may be imported
into their districts, and this duty devolves especially on the
Authorities of tho3e districts into which cases of imported cholera
are most likely to make their way.
R. THORNE THORNE,
June 8th, 1893. Medical Officer.
In reply, your Board ordered a copy of my Report to be
forwarded to the Local Government Board as to the course
to be adopted should cholera unfortunately be imported into
the district.
The several arrangements are detailed as follows:—
1.—Hospital Accommodation.*
I assume that the Metropolitan Asylums' Board, as heretofore,
will constitute itself the first line of defence, for
which purpose they will requisition the available beds at
the several Hospitals and Public Institutions in the County
of London, and will apportion them to the various districts,
according to urgency and demands. With the exception of
the French Hospital, all this accommodation will be situated
outside the St. Giles District, and as it is, in my opinion,
extremely desirable that cholera patients should be treated
at the shortest possible distance from their own homes, I
would, therefore, urge the desirability of some arrangements
being made for the provision of temporary hospital accommodation
within the District, either by utilizing some of the
vacant land of the London County Council on the Shelton
Street area, or by some other means. I think that accommodation
ought to be provided for at least 30 persons.
* On the 25th August I received a communication from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, giving a list of the Hospitals and
Infirmaries which have promised to provide accommodation for
patients, viz.:—