The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-30 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

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(Frem the Board et Reekth.)
NEWCASTLE.
DIATIN.-811M. 28.

Cholera

Diarrheas _

20

The total number of deaths from cholera and
diarrhoea in Newcastle daring the present outbreak
has been 1,301. In the same period (viz., the first
28 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera
there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 210.

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Cholera -
18
Diarrhoea

The total number of deaths from cholera and
diarrhma in Gateshead to the present date has been
347. During the like period (via., the first 21 days)
in 1831-2 the deaths amounted to 134.
At the instance of the Inspectors of the General
Board of Health the exercise of a power, under a
local act, for " Closing Houses unfit for human
habitation," has been strongly urged, and in several
instances orders for closing has been given. The
following are examples of the sort of houses closed:
liOttil 121 PANDOX-1311111T.—Uneven damp brisk floor,
walls dirty and wet through ; a low how, built round on
three sides by lofty warehouses, rendering ventilation ins-
possible ; incapable of being made dry without being en-
tirely re-built. Medical evidence of two phyidase that
the bore was decidedly unwholesome and twat fsr human
habitation. As the owner said that he had already closed the
house he was not Sad the costs, but wee informed that he
would be lined 10e. per day if he re-opened it.
MITCHESON'S-BUILDINOS, LINI•BTRIENT. Built up
against the back of another house ; external walls only 9
inches thick. No veatilation possible ; always reeking with
wet.

LINEETRIST, "LITTLE DVELIN."—Thrie other houses,
built into a hili side (clay) ; always wet. The walls so
plastic that a walking stick run into them stands out hori-
zontally.
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Mr. Lee, one of the engineering inspectors of the
general board, has been for several days engaged in
the examination of the worst parts of the town, with
the view of advising the local authorities onimme-
diate works or means of mitigation for rendering
parts of it habitable. His reports were adopted by
the health committee.

The noxious influence of the atmosphere at New-
castle and the neighbourhood has been exemplified
in its effect on the body of medical visitors, on all of
whom it produced simultaneously unusual physical
and mental depression, and entire loss of appetite.
Two have been obliged to leave, in consequence of
attacks of diarrhcea, accompanied with cramps. They
describe the atmosphere as being heavy, thick, and
misty, giving to distant objects the appearance of
being seen through muslin; and they describe the
plague of flies with which the district is visited as
greatly adding to the impurity of the air, and the
discomfort of the people. In the lowest and most
affected districts, the visitors met with cholera
corpses in groups of twos and threes; yet in some
of the houses in which death has been most busy,
the survivors remained, in spite of all exhortation,
in a state of constant intoxication, refusing all visi-
tation and medicine.
LONDON.

Dr. Melroy, Medical Superintending Inspector to
the General Board of Health, has recently, in com-
pany with Richard Hall, Esq., the Poor-law Inspector,
Oiad interviews with the boards of guardians of
several of the metropolitan unions in relation to the