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

LONDON.

Dr. Melroy, Medical Superintending Inspector to the
General Board of Health, has recently, in company with
Richard Hall, Esq., the Poor-law Inspector, bad inter-
views with the boards of guardians of several of the
metropolitan unions in relation to the adoption of mea-
sures for preventing the spread of cholera in their res-
pective districts. On Tuesday those gentlemen attended
a meeting of the guardians at Paddington ; on Wednes-
day they met the boards of guardians of St. Saviour's,
Southwark, and of Greenwich.

Cases of cholera have been reported to the General
Board of Health during the last few days from the fol-
lowing parts of the metropolis :
One death and four attacks have been from Lambeth ;
also one death in St. George the Martyr, Southwark ;
and five fatal cases in St. Saviour's, a further case being
under treatment at the time of the last report.
Diarrhoea of a decidedly cholaric tendency has been
recently and still remains very prevalent in Stepney
parish.

- Mr. P. H. Holland, on behalf of the General Board
of Health, had an interview yesterday with the guar-
dians of the St. Olave's Union, Southwark, with respect
to the precautionary measures about to be taken by them
in the event of an outbreak of cholera, two cases having
already occurred there and proved fatal.

The local authorities are exercising the powers with
which they are entrusted.

PORTS)IOUTIS.

The Rhein, Cap Lain Pop. from Hamburg to New
York, eleven days from the first•named place, has put
into this port yesterday, owing to sickness on board. Since
she left Hamburg she has lost 11 of her passengers, re-
ported to be from cholera, and she had 25 other cases of
sickness when she arrived at Spithead late last night.
The Rhein is an emigrant ship, and has about 200 pas-
sengers on board. This morning she came up to the
Motherbank, when a surgeon was sent out to her by L.
A. Vanden Bergh, Esq., the consul of this port for the
Hanseatic Towns, who, on his return from her, in addi-
tion to the above number of deaths, reports finding three
children sick from diarrhoea, the surgeon of the ship re-
porting that the deaths had arisen from diarrhcea and
vomiting. He considered that looseness in the bowels
and general debility were brought on by severe sea sick-
ness, arising from the late tempestuous weather. The
medical practitioner sent out by Mr. Vanden Bergh
assembled the passengers on deck, and ordered their
berths to be thoroughly cleansed out, the hold of the
ship to be fumigated with chloride of lime, and a more
solid dietary to be served out to all on board. These
measures, it is hoped, will restore the passengers to
health.
The board of guardians of this union assembled at
their rooms to-day, J. F. Pratt, Esq., in the chair, for
the purpose of meeting Mr. Hawley, one of the inspec-
tors from the Poor-law Board, in reference to the adop-
tion of measures for preventing the spread of cholera to
this locality. Mr. Hawley explained at considerable
length, and with much perspicacity, the directions and
regulations of the General Board of Health, dated the
20th inst., issued under authority of the Nuisances Re-
moval and Diseases Prevention Act, stating the. best
means of preventing the outbreak of cholera, and of re-
sisting that outbreak, should it unfortunately occur in
the locality. At the conclusion of his observations,
which were received with the greatest respect by the
guardians assembled, the board formed themselves into
district committees for the purpose of carrying into
operation the provisions of the abo act, and then ad-
journed till to-day (Friday) for the ve
appointment of in-
spectors of nuisances, medical officers, &O. There has
been no signs at present of the approach of cholera here,
although diarrhoea has been somewhat prevalent.