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Dispensaries.
In accordance with the seventh Regulation, five
Dispensaries have been provided, at which medicines
and medical appliances have been dispensed without
charge, on the orders of the medical Visitors.
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Hospital Accommodation.
The Committee, at their first Meeting, having
received a communication from the Secretary of
St. Mary's Hospital, to the effect that the Governors of
that Institution were prepared to receive a limited
number of patients suffering from cholera, did not
think it necessary to take immediate steps for providing
Hospital accommodation, in accordance with the tenth
Regulation. In case, however, the disease should
become prevalent, arrangements were made for the
erection of a temporary hospital on ground belonging
to the Great Western Railway Company, between
Francis Street and South Wharf Road; and in order
that there should be no delay in providing against
such an emergency, a plan and specifications of a
temporary building suitable for the purpose were
prepared.
Disinfection.
For the purpose of disinfecting drains and cleansing
foul premises, the Committee judged it expedient to
place at the disposal of the Mcdical Officer of Health
two labourers, whose services were engaged for a period
of five weeks. The following is a list of the houses or
other premises so cleansed or disinfected at the public
expense:—