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again introduced into England. It was brought
by emigrants (en route from Germany to
America) into Liverpool, and by shipping into
Southampton, Llanelly, and other sea-port
towns." * * * * * *
"In the week ending July 7th, 14 deaths
from Cholera and Choleraic diarrhoea were
reported" (in London) " but that number was
scarcely ominous. In the corresponding week
of the previons year 12 Choleraic deaths had
been registered. From this week however to
that ending August 4th, Cholera increased
with frightful rapidity ; the deaths from Cholera
in the five weeks embraced within this period
being successively 14, 32, 346, 904, and 1,053.
The epidemic had then attained its height;
and during the next five weeks it diminished
almost as remarkably as it had previously increased
: the weekly deaths from it being consecutively
781, 455, 265, 198, and 157. During
the next seven weeks (including the last three
weeks in September and the four weeks of
October), the mortality from Cholera presented
but little weekly variation, the deaths for each
successive week being respectively 182, 150,
177, 182, 207, 144, and 112. In the course of