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warded direct to the Ambulance Station. The Manager's
telegraphic address is "Asylums Board, London," their
telephone numbers are, "2858 and 2859—Gerrard."
OTHER MIASMATIC DISEASES.
Asiatic Cholera.
No notification was received during 1897 of any person
arriving in the District from Foreign Ports infected with
Cholera.
The Plague In Bombay.
In conformity with the general order of the Local
Government Board as to regulations respecting Cholera,
Plague, and Yellow Fever, viz, that "no person on board
an infected ship shall be permitted to land unless he
satisfies the Medical Officer of the Port as to his name,
intended place of destination and intended address, which
is to be communicated to the Local Sanitary Authorities in
order that their Officers may keep such persons under
observation,"I received the following communication:—
Port Sanitary Office,
Audit Street,
Southampton.
7th April, 1897.
Sir,
I have to inform you that the following passenger has
arrived in apparently good health by the Troopship "Dilwara," from
Bombay, on board which a death from Plague occurred, and is proceeding
to your District,— Corporal Dillon, 13, Arthur Street, W.C.
A. W. Harris,
Port Medical Officer.
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