The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-11 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

ST. JA11.E8.5, WESTMINSTER.—We regret to announce
that after the account was written which Appeared in
The Sun of Saturday, there were several severe and fatal
cases of cholera, and that seven or eight were reported
on Saturday morning, although the wisest precautions
were adopted to arrest the progress of the disease. The
neighbourhood of Golden-square presented on Saturday
morning a most melancholy and heart-rending appear-
ance. There was scarcely a street free from hearses and
mourning coaches, and the inhabitants of the district, ap-
palled by the calamity which has visited them, crowded
the streets to witness the last sorrowing act of duty to-
wards their neighbours and friends. A vast number of the
tradespeople left their shops and fled from the place, the
closed shutters hearing the announcement that business
had been suspended fora few days. Messrs. Huggias, the
brewers, with praiseveorthy forethought, have issued an an-
nouncement that the poor inhabitants may obtain any
quantity of hot water for cleansing their dwellings, or
other ther purposes, at any hour of the day or night, an act
humanity and kindness of which a large number have-
availed themselves.
ST. ANNE'S, &MO.—Several deaths were reported on
Saturday morning in that portion ofthis parish which
lies between Wardour-,,treeut;zaenntd
Wade
edeeastern end of Ohx-
sedvuetrieesa
ot attack a chki s whichoce ci
ford-street. The Rev. N
dischargingsu ffered
fromthae, the rector,
.as
,ilimmoen.duepoofn
em
worstwhile
si aertfignodf
thatids ptzitirei srhe.v.
Fgeci7tilleiinna.uiisrierescovaang.
on Saturday
RATCLIFF.—The disease in this district is greatly on
the decrease, notwithstanding that a number of bodies
have been brought on shore for interment from the ease.
ous colliers lying in the river.
ST. PAUL'S, SHADWELL, STEPNEY, WHITECRA.PEL AND
BETEFNAL-GREEN.---In these districts, as mightreaso'na rea
sonably
be the diseaselingers, but not with the viruler eY that has been stated ; and the authorities, aroused when
" death" stares them in the face, have done much good in
eleansing the neighbourhood. Lithe parishesof St. Paul's,
Shadwell, of St. Ann's, Limehouse, and also Mile-end,
New and Old-towns, the reports of the medical officers
show that the epidemic is on the decrease. The same
returns were obtained in St. Saviour's, Southwark, St.-,
George the Martyr, Southwark, St. Mary, Newington,
and Lambeth. It has been clearly ascertained through-
out these districts that the epidemic has subsided. In
the city of London it appears to have entirely gone, no
cases being reported to the medical officers on Saturday
morning, and the same notion exists on the other side
of the water.

ST. GEoRGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—Several cases of Asiatic
cholera have taken place in the over-crowded parts of
St. George's-in-the East ; and during the last few days
five deaths have occurred at the Cholera Hospital, in
Bath-terrace, Back-road, where there are three persons
1) ing in a dangerous state from the effects of the epi-
demic. Three cases of a fatal character occurred yester-
;lay, and several deaths have occurred in Pell-street,
Ellen-street, and the New-road, Ratcliff-highway. • The
epidemic in this district is rather on the increase, but the
guardians have made every arrangement for the speedy
relief of all applicants for medical assistance.
ST. ANNE'S, LIMEHoUss.—On Saturday afternoontwo
cases of Asiatic cholera terminated fatally on board
ship at Limehouse.

13ERWICK-STREET.—Many months ago we referred to
the bad condition, in a sanitary point of view, of houses
in the neighbourhood of Wardour-street, Berwick-street,
Broad-street, and Marlborough-street, the absence of
proper drainage, and the want of water. On Friday, the
Ist of Sept., this district was attacked by a pestilence
which has unfortunately swept away a large number of
persons, who were, the day before, in perfect
health. The people in this district were, no doubt,
reading in the newspapers, or learning from others, that
the cholera had reached London, but felt, notwithstand-
ing the cautions which have been given, and the ac-
counts NA deaths from other parts, that they were them-
selves safe. Our object is not to excite alarm ; but it
becomes the duty of all who have an interest in the
welfare of the community to investigate the causes of
this sudden and frightful attack in the midst of the me-
tropolis. At one house in Broad-street, the people said
that they bad no ill smell to complain of until only a
week back, and then it was very bad. The dust-heap
was nearly full of refuse. The condition of the atmo-
sphere within the house was bad in the extreme. This,
-iiid the discoloration of the paint of the doors, seemed
to show that a cesspool was close at hand. "Have you
had cholera here?" we asked. " Yes ; a person lies dead
in the kitchen, and two have died upstairs." In the
closet there was a glazed pan, but the water was not
laid on. "You see," said an intelligent man in the
same street, " that these closets are only a disguise—the
cesspool is still there ; and I would like to know how
many cesspools there are in this street that have been
partly filled in, not emptied, but covered up. There was
a great deal of wet weather at the early part of this year;
and, in fact, for some time past the earth has been satu-
rated, and now the hot sun gathers the moisture, and of
course where cesspools are, the evaporation from the
-earth is poison. It is almost unnecessary to tell you
these disguised water-closets, with surface drains only
carrying off the liquid matter, pass through the kitchen ;
and it is a sad fact that, very often in the kitchens of
the hou-es around here there are more human beings I
lodged than in the whole house besides. But what can I
the poor creatures do 1" Next door, and the next, and
almost in every house in this street, there has been dis-
,ase and death. The most careful examination of this
treet by the pro!ver authorities should immediately be
alade.—The Builder.

RESULTS OF THE TREATMENT OF CHOLERA
IN THE LONDON HOSPITALS.

It will be seen, from our preceding reports, that the
methods of treatment which have been resorted to in the

hospitals have been diverse to a degree, and that between
those methods and the proportions of the recoveries and
deaths there cannot be traced any very obvious rela-
tion. We believe it may be stated, that the impressions
most prevalent among those who have bad extensive op-
portunities of observation during the past month, are
those of scepticism as to the usefulness of any of the
more violent medications which have been advised.
Almost all report favourably as to the effect of emetics
in rallying the patient from extreme collapse, and
nearly the same uniformity of opinion prevails as to
the propriety of all Owing ice to be sucked ad libi-
tum. On all other points, however, the utmost discre-
pancies in the reports of experience exist. The circum-
stance that an unusual degree of mortality has not re-
sulted in the practice of those who have given purga-
tives seems to prove that the necessity for arresting the
alvine evacuation is not so imperious as has been sup-
posed, while it cannot certainly as yet be held to prove
more. Several isolated cases have been treated in the
other hospitals, according to the plan found so successful
in King's College, but without any similar results. That
the frequency of the consecutive fever has been less since
the comparative disuse of opium in the treatment seems
to be estab'ished. As to the calomel plan, the results
as yet have not been very encouraging ; the uncompli-
cated experiment, however, has not been tried sufficiently
extensively to authorise a definite opinion.—Medicai
Time.? and Gazette.