The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-21 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA IN 0008111NTINOPLE.

The &Mita Heald of the 12th mays :—" We
regret to have tot repeat that the team of a woad of
this epidemic:outside:the walla of the Naval witat which
were entertained last week, have been partially realised
during the. intervaL Inside the hospital, Ice, the coolegiss
has spread. In all, thirty-one mess have decayed them-
selves wince the arrival of the infected frigate frees Egypt,
and is oonsequesse, the whole of the infaatry of- the
merle u- ashy beseeched close by, have bora removed to
tents as the heights behind the Assegai. Outside, eleven as-
fertilised mess have accarred I. Lasslm.hurba, and one
woes the Horn fa the Phaaar—we have beau unable to
blare with how many fatal remake. We extract the follow.
lag from the proof-sheets of the (gene Medicate crOrieue -
to be published to-morrow : At the moment of going to
preen we have Se add to our report oa this subjsai an item
of news which is the reverse of re-assering—aamelly, that
the cheers coatieues to rage (sfrir) in the arsenal, and that
casual it have also appeared in mortals quarters of the
city. From today. therefore, it is no Wager a quietism of
Marling off aa epidemic, but of checking it as much as
possible in Be effect', and to this end we recommend to
the municipal authorities to abstain for the mensal tree
digging up the streets of the faubourg, and to beaten the
completioa of the repaving already begun.' Dr. Dickson,
of her Majesty's Embeasy, whose valuable hints we pub-
lished last week, has also amainunioated the following fur-
ther timely seggentioes 'Shire writing the few biota
which you kindly inserted in your last Wednesday's
inns, the cholera has, I em sorry to say, hicks' eat
is this tows, chiefly in the neighbourhood of the Naval
flospital, where it was introduced from Egypt by
the Moubir•Sourour. Some of the exciting causes of
cholera are beyond human control ; some may be
obviated by the combined efforts of society as a
body ; some may be avoided or got rid of by
individuals themselves. The removal of decomporhig
GM, the promotion of ventilation, the enforcement of
odes:teal drainage, the trapping of galley-holes in the
streets, the preventiou of gas.leakage into the subsoil, the
supply of pure water, the prohibition of iatramaral
sepulture—these are *Neale fairly within the scope of admi-
sistrative action. The measures calculated to protect the
community from the extension of the disease, wheel it has
declared itself, are :—l. lions to house visitation by
competent inspectors, for the two-fold purpose of enforcing
cleanliness sod osculation, sad of detecting the malady in
its earliest manifestations. 2. The immediate coeveyanos
of the poor who are smitten with the disease to cholera
hospitals. 3. The removal of the still healthy poor
to houses of refuge, while their tainted dwellings are being
disinfected sad purified. If cholera should break out in a
house, strict attention to aleseheess most be enforced.
Nurses, and other perms, attending epee the sick, should
wash their hands before eating or handling food. All dia.
che from the sick perm, and lines soiled with them,
should at owe be immersed in some diaiefectiog fluid,
buried, burned, or otherwise dcetroved. It has, moreover,
been suggested that the matters ejected from the stomach
and bowels be received in • pen calatainieg recently boomed
charcoal ; or upon some worthless stuff, such as tow for
instsnoe—and be destroyed forthwith.' In ocessqueees of
this regrettable *primed of the disease, foul bills 'options to
be loaned by the Galata Board of Health.”