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In the report for 1865, published early in 1866,
I find the following reference to Cholera :—
" Cholera, again, which had been imported
into Europe by pilgrims from the East, raged
more or less over the whole basin of the
Mediterranean, and subsequently penetrated
into the interior of France, and of some other
continental nations, and in the autumn invaded
Southampton, and appeared also in the neighbourhood
of Epping." * * * *
"We had much more reason to fear an
invasion of Cholera, although from the unusual
route the disease took throughout Europe, or
perhaps rather from its uncertain course, there
seemed some ground for hoping we might
escape it. The appearance, however, of the
disease in an unquestionable form, during the
autumn, both in Southampton and at Epping,
proved that the poison of the disease had found
its way into this country, and made it exceedingly
probable that there would be an epidemic
outbreak in the autumn of the present year."
From my special report on Cholera for the
year 1866 I extract the following statements:—
"Early in the year 1866, it " (Cholera,
which had died out during the winter) " was