The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

METROPOLIS.

Mr. Hall, of the Poor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy, from
the General Board of Health, had interviews on Tuesday
with the boards of guardians of Kensington and Fulham.
Upon the advice of these gentlemen, the guardians, in
both instances, devolved the very responsible duties of sani-
tary inspection in the different districts of their parishes
upon their medical officers, who are required, at the
same time, to maintain a vigilant survellance over the
health of the inhabitants in all the suspected localities.
At both meetings, but more especially at Fulham, loud
complaint was made: of the disgraceful state of long-open
ditches, as left by the Commissioners of Sewers, and in-
deed of the utterly defective sewerage throughout the
district. A case of cholera has occurred within the last
few days in Kensington, in the very same room where
the first fatal case occurred in 1849. There have also
been two fatal cases in St. George's-in-the-East. From
reports of the superintendents of the D, K, L, M, R, S,
and V divisions of police, forwarded this day to the
General Board of Health, by direction of the Commis-
sioners of Metropolitan Police, it appears that between
the 15th inst. and the 18th there have been 27 cases of
cholera, resulting in 13 deaths. In six cases death en-
sued within 24 hours of the attack. In one instance,
it is remarked by the superintendent, that "the smell
from the premises in Green-street was so bad all last
week that it was impossible to have the windows of this
house (where the death occurred) open for ordinary ven-
tilation." The patient was in perfect health up to the
time of the attack.

GERMAN EMIGRANTS' LODGING-HOUSE, GLASS-HOUSE-
YARD, ST. MARY'S, WHITECHAPEL.

During the last few days several cases of cholera have
occurred at this depot for the Germans emigrating from
Germany to America; three have been removed to the
German Hospital, three to St. Thomas's, and one to
the London Hospital. The disease appears to have
been brought over from Holland by the emigrants, as
in some of the patients it appeared even on board the
Rotterdam steam-boat, and in others shortly after their
landing at St. Katharine's-wharf in Lower East Smith-
field. The medical officer attending the sick in this
lodging-house states that he considers the accommoda-
tion supplied in the establishMent during the short stay
of the emigrants in London as faultless ; that constant
attention is paid to cleanliness in every respect ; and that
any suggestion that can promote the comfort and health
of the emigrants is immediately carried out, regardless
of expense, by the proprietor.

THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS ON CHOLERA.

The following has just been published by this im-
portant body :
" Royal College of Physicians, Oct. 15.
"The Cholera Committee of the Royal College of
Physicians have received from various quarters appli-
cations for some plain directions calculated to be of
service to the public during the prevalence of epidemic
cholera, when medical advice may not be immediately
at hand, and before such advice can possibly be ob-
tained.

" For this reason the committee deem it right to offer
to the public some instructions, which, on account of
an intended 'notification' have been issued by the
General Board of Health on the 20th of September,
1853, may be brief, and are in no case intended either
to supersede the necessity of having recourse as speedily
as possible to further medical assistance, or to impose
any authoritative restriction on medical practitioners.
" DURING THE PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA,
_ _

" 1. No degree of looseness of the bowels should be
neglected for a single hour. Medical advice should be
once sought when the looseness begins ; and, previous
to the arrival of a medical attendant, some of the medi-
cines at other times used for checking diarrhcea should
be taken—for example, the chalk mixture ; the com-
pound cinnamon powder ; or the compound chalk
powder with opium, in does of from 20 to 40 grains for
an adult.
" 2. No saline aperients or drastic purgatives should
be taken without the advice of a medical man.
" 3. Intemperance in eating or drinking is highly
dangerous • but the moderate use of vegetable as well as
animal food may be recommended ; and, in general,
which health
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cally disregarded.

The committee forbear to dwell upon the extreme
importance of providing medical attendants at dispen-
saries for the treatment of the diarrhoea among the poor ;
of organising in every district affected by cholera what
is called the system of house-to•house visitation ; and of
establishing temporary hospitals for the reception of pa-
tients who cannot be properly treated at their own
homes ; because these measures have been strongly and
properly enforced in the ' notification' published by the
General Board of Health."

PRAYERS AGAINST THE CHOLERA.—Yesterday was
kept at Southampton, at the request of the Mayor of
that town, as a day of humiliation and prayer, that Al-
mighty God may be mercifully pleased to remove from
this nation the awful scourge of cholera with which parts
of the kingdom have been visited. All the its
of
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and chapels were opened for Divine worship, shop
were closed, and business suspended.
"As Goon AS A PLAY."--I note this very ordinary
easavuetdh a authority. I
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of his, predecessors, and attended the sittings of the
House of Lords. The particular occasion was the de-
bate,
then interesting to him, on Lord Roos's Divorce
Bill.--Nota Querko..