The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-24 00:00:00

EVENING; JULY 24, DM:.

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THE CHOLERA.

The Privy Council have just issued two orders
in pursuanos of the powers given by the " Diseases Pre-
suasion Ant," ecataining directions and regulations to be
enforced in the metropolis and all unions and parishes of
England, and in all parte and arms of the sea /yingwithin
the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. These documents have
been sent to the boards of guardians or vestries of every
pariah. That with regard to the metropolis, directs
the board or vestry in a pariah where cholera or diarrhas
may exist to meet daily with the view of carrying the
regulations into tome, power being given to them for the
appointment of neorrary medical officers for various por-
poses, including a daily house to house visitation
amongst the poorer classes, and giving the necessary
immediate assailed assistance to the sick. Such medical
visitors are to report cases of destitution requiring relief
to the relieving officer, who is to afford it at discretion
and in every OW of cholera or diarrhais where the patient
is not under monad care and treatment the vestry or
hoard shall cause medical assistance to be rendered with
the utmost expedition, and such aid and comfort, nourish-
ment, and moommodation as the circumstances of the

ease will admit, with the object of restoring health. The
vestry or board are also to provide nurses to aid the
medical visitor., and where necessary hospitals for patients
who have no home, or cannot otherwise be properly
treated. Directions are also given for the proper so.
potation of the sick and healthy in dwellings when
disease exists, and for the disinfection or destruction
where necessary of bedding, clothing, and other things.
Vestries or boards having power over waterworks are to
cause the reservoirs, cisterno, pipes, pumps, and other appa-
ratus belonging thereto to be cleansed and purified.
Arrangements are to be made with undertaken, and with
the proper authorities of burial pounds, so that coffins
may be ready to be supplied immediately on demand, and
interments speedily take place in the cases of deaths
arising from cholera or diarrhces ; and the vestry or
board shall, when informed of say such death, cease the
oorpse to be buried with the earliest possible despatch.
No collection of persons is to be allowed in sash case to
ensemble in the room when the corpse is, and no
" waking" of the dead is to be allowed. The immediate
removal is ordered Venn any room which living persons
inhabit of the corpse of every person dying from
cholera or choleraic diarrhwa until the time of its inter-
ment, and such means are to be adopted for preventing the
spread of infection from the corpse as the medical officer
of health of the districtshall recommend. Precautions are to
be taken by boards or vestries as to ships and vessels lying
in their parish or district. Statistical returns see to be fur-
nished weekly to the Privy CounciL Vestries or boards
are to distribute such admonitory notices to the owners and
occupiers of property within their parish or district as to
the provisions of the acts for the removal of nuisances as
shall appear to be requisite, and all such medical advice
and such directions and instructions as in their judgment
shall be necessary to afford aid to persons attacked with
cholera or diarrhceit, or for the carrying of these
regula-
tions into execution, and inform the public what special
arrangements have been made for affording medical or
other assistance in the parish or district. In conclusion a
general order and exhortation is given for aid to vestries
or boards in their efforts to prevent or mitigate the diseases
In question.

There has been another death at the Liverpool work-
house sinoe Sunday, that of Henry Hawthorne (ss). There
have been two admissions of new cases, both adults, from
court houses in the town. The German interpreter,
Rickards, is better, and likely to recover. Two of the old
patients have been discharged, and seven are convalescent.
The precautions taken by the governor of the workhouse
u to Bushing the sewers, cleansing the water cisterns, and
using disinfectants, appear to be must effective in pre-
venting the spread of the disease.

CHOLERA AT CHISWICK.