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PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE INFECTION
OF CHOLERA.
MEMORANDUM issued by the Local
Government Board.
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, he landed without particular notice in
English sea-board towns, whence then they may
advance to other, and perhaps inland, places.
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