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PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST THE
INFECTION OF CHOLERA.
1. As there are outbreaks of Cholera at several
places in Egypt, and it may perhaps extend to
places which are in frequent and rapid communication
with England, it is possible that cases of the
disease may before long be brought into the ports
of this country.
2. The Order of the Local Government Board,
of July 12, 1883, renews the special powers conferred
by the Board's Order of July 17, 1873, upon the
sanitary authorities of the sea coast, to enable them
to deal with any cases of Cholera brought into port,
so as to prevent as far as possible the spread of the
disease into the country. But as cases of choleraic
infection have widely different degrees of severity,
it is possible that some such cases, slightly affected,
will, notwithstanding the vigilance of local Authorities,
be landed without particular notice in English
sea-board towns, whence then they may advance to
other, and perhaps inland, places.
3. Former experience of Cholera in England
justifies a belief that the presence of imported cases