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"The authorities of Middlesex Hospital and the
"Committee of the St. James's Dispensary, King
"Street, were communicated with, and arrangements
"made with the Middlesex Hospital for receiving
"patients attacked with Cholera, and with the Dis"pensary
for supplying medicines for those taken with
"Diarrhœa, and also with disinfectants adapted to
"the demands of special cases.
"A series of directions in case of attacks of
"Diarrhoea and Cholera were printed and issued to
"every house and posted in various parts of the
"Parish.
"On the 14th of August four medical visitors
"were appointed to take the medical charge or
"persons suffering from Diarrhoea and Cholera.
"Mr. Armstrong of 32, Duke street, was ap"pointed
for Pall Mall Ward; Mr. Keyes, of
"Warwick Street, for Church Ward; Dr. Slight,
"of Brewer Street, for Golden Square Ward ; Dr.
"Hursley, of Princes Street, for Marlborough
"Ward.
"To each of these gentlemen a diary was
"furnished in which they entered every case they
"attended with the name, state of the house, and
"notes of the symptoms in each case. These
"books were examined by me every day.
"Mr. Keyes discontinued his attendance on the
"12th of September, Mr. Armstrong on the 17th,