The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

(From the °coeval Boari of MAUI, Nov. 1.)
METROPOLIS.
From returns made by the superintendents of the
F, H, K, L, M, I', and Thames divisions of police,
and transmitted to the General Board of Health, it
appears that 19 cases of cholera hare mimed iu
those districts since the last reports therefrom. In
ten instances the result was fatal.

In one case death ensued 8 hours after the attack,
and in another "after 4 hour,: illness." This case

occurred in Bennett's-buildings, Kennington-lane.
In a third death followed after 16! hours' attack ; in
another 12l hours; and in another 17 hours after
seizure. In 4 other cases death followed within 24
hours after attack.
In three instances the houses are described as
"badly ventilated," there being no backdoors, win-
dows, or yards. hi one case also no water is laid
on—neither is any privy. attached to the house.
In the other " the privy is in front for the use
of several houses, and smells very offensive." The
case, which ended fatally after l 6 hours' illness, was
the second within ten days in the same house. The
privy is described as offensive, the drain bad, and
the adjoining houses in a similar condition. There
is but one water-tap to supply nine houses, and the
inhabitants complain that they cannot get sufficient
water for common use. The house in which the

death occurred after 12 hours' illness is also de-

scribed as very small, privy- and drain close to back
door, in bad repair and offensive. Also a very offen-
sive drain, and a quantity of duet and vegetable
refuse within a few yards of the front door. The
inhabitants complain of its being very seldom cleansed,
and the place being badly paved. This is the third
case in this same place (Suffolk-place, Bermondsey)
within fifteen days.
From another police return it appears that on the
31st October a death from Asiatic cholera took place
in a common lodging-house in Old Kent-street,
Southwark, after 11 hours' illness.
Another death occurred on the same day in a
non-registered common lodging-house in Blue An-
chor-yard, Whitechapel.
Peter-street St. James's, Westminster, Oct. 31.

Cholera 1 (21 hours).
A death from cholera occurred in Regent-street,
Westminster, on Saturday, 14 hours after attack.
In this instance the privy was in the house, and was
so very offensive that the medical men, ou entering
the premises, were completely sickened by the
e•ffiuvia. So bad, indeed, was the smell, that the

landlady was obliged to take tike off the roof of the
privy to effect some kind of ventilaticn. The land-
lord is now introducing a water-closet instead of the
cesspool, and a quantity of quick limo has been
thrown down to counteract the effect of the offensive

effluvia from the cesspool.
St. James's, Westminster.— Marlborough-court,
Carnaby-street, Oct. 30.—0n0 cholera. This case is
described as occurring in a narrow court in a densely-
' populated neighbourhood, the sewers of which are
all undergoing repair.
King-street-terrace, New North-road, Oct. 29.
One cholera (12 hours).
St. Olave's Union.—From returns made from the
board of guardians of the St. Olave's union, South-
wark, it appears, from the 27th of September to the
28th of October, there have been 98 cases of choleraic
disease within that district, 12 of which have resulted
fatally. In one case death ensued five hours after
attack ; and it is remarked that the " pavement of
the row of houses in which this case occurred is al-
most without exception broken up, and that the smells
proceeding from this and the water-closets are most
intense." In another case the mother of the patient
bad also recently died of cholera in the same house.
The medical officers of Fulham union have just
reported six cases of cholera and four deaths. In one
instance death ensued after seven hours' illness, and
in another 10 hours after seizure.
At Erith and Bexley attacks of choleraic disease,
as well as of Asiatic cholera, have been reported as
having recently occurred.