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but all of whom lived exclusively within the Old Ford supply.
FACTS.
1. There were nearly 600 inmates
daily in the Stepney Union at
Bromley, 6 of whom died.
2. With nearly 400 children in
the Limehouse Establishment there
was no death, not even a case of
Diarrhœa.
3. In the Ratcliff Gas Works, at
Wapping, there were 70 men employed
during 1866, having no
death from Cholera or Diarrhœa.
4. At Messrs. Parkinson and
Salmon's, Biscuit Bakers, Ratcliff,
70 to 80 men and boys were
remarks.
The master says, "No case occurred
here till an infirm woman,
on a holiday, visited an affected
house at Shad well. The next day
she was seized with Cholera and
died. In all we lost 6 cases—4 out
of the 6 having been bed-ridden for
years. The ages of those who died
were 92, 70, 78, 62, 53 and 23
years. The last was a helper in the
ward, nursed one who died, became
terrified, was attacked, and died in
a few hours."
The Master (Mr. Mosely) was
asked if these children all really
drank the alleged foul water?
"Drink it?” was the reply, "they
must drink it, for they have nothing
else to drink." And while so conversing,
some half-dozen came to
the bowl attached to the tap, and
gave unmistakeable proof of their
having no fear of swallowing poison.
The men in such places work at
a very high temperature, which, together
with the smoke and dust,
provoke great thirst; yet this water
was the drink, and the only drink
that could be tolerated.
No death from Cholera. There
was a little Diarrhœa, if anything
less than in previous summers.