View report page

33
TO THE VESTRY
The Parish of St. James's Westminster.
Reverend Sir, Mr Lords, and Gentlemen,
As the year 1860 was principally distinguished
by the presence, in the Metropolis, of our muchdreaded
epidemic visitant, Asiatic Cholera, my
Eleventh Annual Report will be principally confined
to an account of its presence in our Parish, and of
the steps taken to meet and control it In my
Report for 1865 I pointed out the fact that this
disease had presented itself in Great Britain, and in
the autumn of that year I stated my apprehension
to the Vestry, that it would visit the Metropolis in
1866, and I urged upon you in that year the
necessity of taking steps to meet this terrible
enemy before it actually invaded our streets. That
you did not st once adopt my suggestion is no
reproach, as neither the Government nor any other
local body in the kingdom were alive to the dinger
that was so near at hand.
The Cholera of 1866.
The commencement of the year 1866 presented
little to alarm the population of this country, and in
c