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removals from the several Metropolitan Districts during the
year, including the transfer of patients from one hospital to
another, numbered 32,033.
DIARRHEAL ORDER.
7.—Diarrhoea.
(Decennial average, 27'8.)
14 of the 17 deaths attributed to diarrhoea were deaths
of young children, and nearly all under 1 year of age. The
low mortality, considerably below the average, was due to
the favourable character of the summer and autumn
months.
Cholera.
In consequence of a severe outbreak of Asiatic cholera
in August at Hamburg and other Continental cities, and
the large traffic between their ports and the ports of this
country, notably the Port of London, a circular letter dated
25th August was received from the Local Government
Board, "drawing the attention of the Sanitary Authorities
in the Metropolis to the necessity of taking into consideration
the question of precautionary measures which
should be adopted in the event of the introduction of the
disease into London."
Upon receipt of this communication your Sanitary Committee
specially met and made the following arrangements
for dealing with a possible outbreak of the disease in the
district:—
1.—Hospital Accommodation.
As it was considered extremely desirable that the Board
should be in a position to have cholera patients removed to