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Hospital. Meanwhile arrangements had been made in
each parish of the district to provide a temporary isolation
hospital, and sites were made available for that purpose.
Plans also were prepared, so that everything was in
readiness for the hospitals to be proceeded with at a
moment's notice.
Particulars of the different plans adopted will be found
in the local reports, Of course nothing could be actually
done in the erecting of the buildings until the Local
Government Board issued the Epidemic Regulations under
the Public Health Acts, which, luckily, it did not become
necessary to do.
The provision of places of refuge (that is for healthy
people removed from infected houses, and whom it might
be desirable to keep under observation), it was considered,
could be met by hiring unoccupied houses, as might be
required, it is a matter of satisfaction that this district
was in a state of preparedness; still more so that the
work done last year will be available this year, should the
danger recur.
Cholera, however, did not spread iu the Metropolis.
Cases were brought into the Thames from infected ports,
from July 17th onwards, but were not proved to have
infected any other persons. A number of suspicious cases
were reported in various parts of London in September
and October, but only four were proved to be true Asiatic
Cholera. These all occurred in September, in Westminster,
Fulham, Lambeth, and Southwark, and all died.
They were not traced to any imported case, and did not
spread to other persons