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places; future accumulations of the same sort
should be prevented; attention should be given
to all defects of house drains and sinks through
which offensive smells are let into houses; thorough
washing and lime washing of uncleanly premises,
especially of such as are densely occupied, should
be practised again and again.
8. It may fairly be believed that, in considerable
parts of the country, conditions favourable to the
spread of Cholera are now less abundant than at
any former time; and in this connexion, the gratifying
fact deserves to be recorded that during recent
years enteric fever, the disease which in its methods
of extension bears the nearest resemblance to
Cholera, has continuously and notably declined in
England. But it is certain that in many places
such conditions are present as would, if Cholera
were introduced, assist in the spread of that disease.
It is to be hoped that in all these cases, the local
sanitary authorities will at once do everything that
can be done to put their districts into a wholesome
state. Measures of cleanliness, taken beforehand,
are of far more importance for the protection of a
district against Cholera than the removal or disinfection
of filth after the disease has actually made
its appearance.
9. It is important for the public very distinctly