The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-08 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

The following is the official return of deaths from
cholera and diarrhea reestered on Thursday:
Cholera. Diarrhea
West districts
North districts 6
Central distaieft
]Bast districts. l2
1 South districts 6

Total in London
The return for the sub-district of Lee (Lewisham) was
not received in time for publioaMos.

THE MANSION-HOUSE BELIEF COMMITTEE.
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Yesterday, towards the relief fund, the Lord
Mayor received from Mr. Justice Wilke, 21/. ; from the
National Provincial Bank of England, 521. 10s. ; Lad
Greet, for the orphan fund, 50/. ; the Coach and Cinch
Harness Makers' Company, 251. ; Mr. C. Aldin, South
Kensington, and his workmen, 261. 112. ed., among other
donations. At one o'clock the working committee held a
meeting at the Manaionliouee.
A deputation from the board of the Royal Free Hos-
pital, Gray's-inn-road, headed by Mr. J. B. Owen, the
chairman, attended before the committee, and stated the
preparations that had been made there in apprehension of
cholera.. Immediately the approach of the disease was
announced they prepared, at considerable cost, three die-
tinet wards, apart from the rest of the hospital, with beds
and furr'eure complete for the reception of 72 p•Scuinta,
and en.aged day and night nurses to attend them. They
could are made preparstions for as many as 200 if
required. They fitted up • separate dispensary, and en-
gaged two special dispensers, one by day sad the other by
nigh., to administer medicines at all hours in diarrhoea
cases, which latter had amounted, up to Saturday lad, to
1,169'. The board had every reason to believe that these
prompt remedial measures have had the effect of staying
the progreez of the disease, and allaying much publicqp-
prehenaion in that very poor and populous district of n-
ti on. They mentioned with gratitude that, in the oho era
year of 1832, the mereices of the hospital were acknow-
ledged by a munificent grant of 5001. from the Lord Mayor
and corporation. Yesterday the committee, takeng into
consideration that the institution is entirely dependent on
voluntary contributions and is moreover free to all
comers whom the combined misfortune of sickness and
destitution compels to appeal for ifs relief, made the board
• grant of 1001. in aid of the expenses incurred solely on
account of the malady.
A deputation from the Spitalfields and East London
Relief Sckeiy, at the head of whom was the Rev. John
Pateeson, the rector of Spitalfields, had also an interview
with the committee. They had previously received • coo-
miderable grant from the Mansion-houie, and they gave
yesterday what struck the committee as a very remarkable
and satis:actory account of how they had expended the money
supplemented by subscriptions among themselves. Since
last Tuesday fortnight, when they received the grant from
the Lord Mayor, they had dispensed amongst the poorest
poor of that populous district about 7,000 rations, each eon-
meting of 5 or. of good cooked meat, with gravy and doe-
and 441 gallons of beef tea wade from the excellent recipe
used in the London Hospital. They had expended in beef
tea alone more than 1401., and they had given 700 good
dinners every day. The beef tea was dispensed gratuitously,
but for each ration of cooked meat and rice a charge of 2d.
was made, being • small pert of its cost. One out of per-
haps fifty of the applicants could not pay the 21., but the
difficulty was always met in a private way. "We believe,"
said Mr. Pattesou, the rector, yesterday, " that we have
been carrying out in this way the admirable suggestion
made by the Lord Meyer in the committee the other day,
that in the distribution of the public bounty they were
to take care not to add peupetiem to pauperism, but to
help those who were disposed to help themselves."
Dr. Andrew Clark, physicitin to the London Hospital,
said be had paid three visits to Mr. Patteson's commitiee,
and it was but bare justice to them to say that he bad
been exceedingly pleased—first, with the very admirable
manner in which they had conducted the house-to-house
visitation ; secondly, with the scrupulous care they had
taken that tbo relief found its way where it was most
wanted ; and thirdly, with the arrangement of only dis-
tributing stimulants under • medical order in each came.
The committee made them a further grant of 1001., with
a quantity of port wine, and Sir biordeunt Wells said
there was • unanimous feeling in the committee that the
deputation bad discharged their duty in the emergency in
the most admirable manlier. _ .

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Before separating, the committee also made a gnat to
the relief committee in Ftatcliff, of which the Rev. Dlr.
Atherton is the chairman, of 75/. for convalescents, and
undertook to supplement any grant the Bishop of London
might make them for general purposes.