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to the infectious disease known as diarrhoea, where such
disease occurs in persons of over one year of age.
This resolution was duly advertised, and a copy of the
letter sent to all the Medical Practitioners resident or practising
in the district.
As a consequence of this 98 notifications of diarrhoea
were received.
Cholera.
As cholera again prevailed in 1894, in various parts of
the Continent, the Local Government Board issued instructions
to the various Sanitary Authorities to organise
precautionary measures against the possible introduction of
the disease into this country.
Accordingly, the several arrangements adopted by your
Board in 1893, were ordered to be continued.
The same energetic measures were taken by the Port
Sanitary Authorities at Greenwich to detect imported
cases, and prevent their being conveyed into London.
Several notices were received of the arrival of passengers
from infected places in Russia, Holland, and Belgium.
Upon receipt of the information each person was visited at
his place of destination in the District, and found to be in
good health.
The same precautions were taken at the various Ports of
the United Kingdom, and no case of the disease occurred
throughout the year.