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case was reported a few days later but upon going into the
matter it was found to be one of excessive Diarrhoea only.
I went away for my holidays on August 20th and on seeing
in the papers a few days later that several cases of Cholera were
reported to have occurred amongst the passengers in one of the
ships lying in the Thames I at once returned to London and
had the Sanitary Committee summoned to consider the position.
I brought up a Report stating that I had made arrangements
with the London Hospital to receive any first cases that might
occur in our district, and the Committee authorised me to get a
special vehicle for removing the cases if necessary and to take
what steps I considered advisable. On the same day alter the
meeting I received a telegram from the Local Government Board
stating that emigrants were about to land at Blackwall from a
ship that had Cholera cases on board; I prepared to meet these
people on landing and to take their names and addresses, but
later in the day I received a second telegram stating that the
ship was placed in quarantine below Gravesend. On August
30th a number of emigrants did land in our district from a ship
recently coming from Hamburg, a list of their addresses was
sent by the Local Government Board to us and the people were
kept under our observation for a time, but happily no case of
sickness occurred among them. Since that date and up to the
present time the Port Sanitary Authority have reported to us
the names and addresses of a number of persons who contemplated
lodging in our district having come from Hamburg.
Our Inspectors have promptly visited the premises to verify the
same and no case of any illness has occurred although we have
had 43 people notified as coming to our district. It is expected
that in the Soring of 1893 this disease will be in our midst but
1 trust that the provision that is being made in London and in
our district will prevent it becoming any serious moment to us.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
During the past year this department has undergone much
revision and extension. In the early part of the year the
Sanitary Committee took into consideration a Special Report
made by me as to the inadequacy of our staff to carry out the
Public Health (London) Act, and as a result the Board appointed
a Clerk for the purpose of relieving the Inspectors of tne more
onerous part of their clerical work, the officer appointed was
Mr. Cox, Jun., who has carried out his duty to my entire satisfaction.
In the month of March the senior Inspector, Mr.
Leshaw, died suddenly, he was much respected, and had been
a very valuable officer for something like twenty-five years.
This event led to a reconsideration of increasing our staff of Inspectors.
In my Annual Reports for several years past I have
stated and brought the matter before the Vestry from time to
time that our staff was very inadequate; this has of late years
been more apparent as new Acts of Parliament imposing