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CHOLERA.
At the end of August, Circular Letters of the Local Government
Board, of the 24th and 25th of that month, drawing
attention to the outbreak of Cholera at Hamburg, were received;
they were printed and circulated, and a Special Meeting of the
Sanitary Committee was, on a requisition by the Chairman,
convened. At the Special Meeting of the Committee the letters
of the Local Government Board were considered, and also a
Circular letter, of the 29th of August, from the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, stating the intention of that Board to deal with
accommodation in existing Hospitals and Institutions, and to
provide special means of conveyance for Cholera Patients, and
suggesting that the Vestry should avoid covering the same
ground, was read; and also a letter from the Asylums Board to
the Medical Officer stating ambulances and litters had been
provided for use at ambulance stations.
A Report, prepared by the Medical Officer, as to precautions to
bo adopted in the Parish against an outbreak or spread of Cholera
was read.
the Committee resolved as follows:—
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"That two persons be appointed for four weeks at £2 2s. 0d.
per week each, to act as temporary Sanitary Inspectors, with
a view to making a house-to-house inspection of the worst
portions of the South District, and for the discovery of
insanitary conditions and the prevention of overcrowding."
" That the Committee approve of the course adopted by
the Surveyor in utilizing the ordinary staff in flushing and
disinfecting pavements, courts, and alleys; and request him
temporarily to engage such additional number of men as he
thinks fit to continue and extend the work."
"That the Report of the Medical Officer bo printed."