The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

prevention are seallable beyond them which are ne to
improve the sanitary condition of the town generally. in-
tone air and "Mature have been most genteelly cbecrved in
telamemeet wits cholera, and the proper Preventive tOll6-
sus, therefor*, la is far as these are within the control
of Out committee, are effective house and surface deans-
leg t cant sad cellar drains'. ; the drainage, or, where
that is impracticable, the filling up of pcola of stagnant
wear; the frequent and systematic removal of middens
from courts ; sod an ample supply of water in the
woretconditioned districts of the town. It is satisfactory to
know that Liverpool is better prepared Outset any former
time to main a limitation such u wears now threatened with.
Wilke the last few months nearly 2,000 bounty, which
wen diacoverel in a filthy and unwholesome condition,
bath been cleansed, after notice from the officers of the e-
aide. 5,000 of the most unhealthy cellars have bram
cleared; *moldered@ progress has been made in house
drainage, end a markt d improvement has taken place in the
condi:ion of the back streets and courts, which ere better and
more regularly cleansed teen before. Bat a sill further
improvement would be effected by a mere immediate re-
moval of the street sweepings, which are fri quently allowed
ti remain ter hears g the atmosphere, after bring
collected tato heaps by the scavengers. Ins ructions hould
be also given for the daily ch analog of all the beak str. eta
and posSaMIS in crown, which, vice iteration, may seem to
require it. Ise many courts the contents of reidden-steads
are 'Wooed to lecumulats to an extent and fora time which
an .njurions to health, In consequence of the inhabiouts
newb cting to give a. tiee forth. it removal. This evil would
b rem. died by the poles and inspectors of scavengers giving
entice of all such co es at the office of the inspector of
as Mkt& But the p-iot in which the sanitary condition of
tne to, n is seseepiele cf the greatest Improvement is in
reuniter to the water supply. At no period have the
complaves on this hes been more frequent or serious, both
in regard t the qu ntity and quality of the water. During
the last we. k nurser an eemplaiete hero been wad*, particle
lads be the inhabitants of the streets in the neighbourhood
of Vanal allgoad and Bien Roward.street, ol an insufficient
supply, of to coming on at irregular and ioconvraient hours,
end of its being so Jaipur as to emit an offensive odour atter
being kept a day or two in the house. A deficient supply of
water is idnrost 'oily stated to the medical officer, and it is
believe I with truth, as as excuse for the filthy condition of
the onrts.
As to MIAMIANS or ALLIMILATION.—ShouId the cholera
-infortunately make its appears. me in this country, as there
is every reason to suppose I will do in the course of a few
months, too steps will become necessary, vie.: Ist, an ad&
ton to the parochial medical shaft, and to %hater the derma-
ries, to enab'e immediate montane. to be given in the early
stage at the die-ass—the only *nein which, in the majority of
ins, sores, medical advice is 01 any avail; and Und, the
providing hospitals in diff rent quarters of the town for the
accommodation of the destitute- -of those whose friends may
dr dine to keep thorn at home when attaekso with cholera,
or wnom it may he inexpedient, far other reasons, to treat at
their owa dwellings. It is the all but universal opinioa of the
medical profession that the disease is not of a contagious
oar urn; and after it has passed into the second stets
the removal of patients is injurious to them where it i• at
all practicable to treat them at home. But in many c ,see
this will be found not to be practicable, and it will be
necessary, theretore, to make timely provision for their tr. ail-
ment e lase hen. La dopondesey has a powerful influence
in predisposing to cholera much good may be exptcr
from the exreneive distribution of placards stating the
non-contagious nature of the disease, and the probability
of its bein• arrested by proper means on the first appearance
of oisorder of the bowels ; pointing out, also, the places at
which advice sod medieite may be obtained by the in-
habitants of the different districts. fthiuld theta mom-
mendations be adopted the medical officer of health is of
opinion that all will have been done which it is in the poser
of the health committee to effect towards mitigating the
ravages of Ile epidemic.
Tres health e.mmittee of the town council, on receipt of
r port, adopted a series of stringent n solutions for the
earryiAlt out et all the recommendations, and copies was
ordered to be an to the select vestry, the water committee,
and the duper adds.