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ASIATIC CHOLERA.
On the 30th August, 1892, a Special Meeting of the Vestry was
convened for the purpose of considering communications from the
Local Government Board, the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and the
London Central Sick, Asylum District, with reference to precautions
to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and a Special
Vigilance Committee was appointed with authorisation to expend a
sum not exceeding £100, in taking all necessary precautions. The
cost of the works ordered was at the rate of £34 per week for 3½
weeks, and this was subsequently reduced by dispensing with Sunday
work, and by flushing pipe sewers less frequently. On the 22nd
September, a report of the Committee, relative to the accommodation
available for patients, and the precautions taken for
disinfection, was submitted to the Vestry, and the Committee's
proceedings were approved.
On the 6th October, 1892, the Health Committee reported that
they had given instructions for the flushing of all courts and alleys
once a week, and the sweeping of the same every day until further
ordered, and had instructed the Medical Officer to report relative to
the courts, &c., requiring special attention, and that they had
requested the Medical Officer to prepare a handbill to be circulated
in the parish immediately upon the outbreak of any form of
epidemic disease.
A letter was received on the 6th October, 1892, from the
Secretary of the Charing Cross Hospital stating the Authorities
would be prepared to allot to this parish 10 beds for male and 5 for
female patients suffering from cholera, subject to 24 hours' requisition.
On the 20th October, 1892, the following list of Courts, &c.,
requiring special attention was submitted, viz., Bedfordbury and
courts leading there from; Little Catherine Street, Long Acre, and
courts leading therefrom (more particularly upon market days);
New Street, Red Lien Court, Russell Court, Russell Street, St.
Martin’s Court, Vine??? Yard, White Hart Street, and York Place,
and on the 3rd November, 1892, instructions were given to the
Surveyor thereon.