The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

TEE CHOLERA.

( Prom the General Board of Health.)
POLAND.
From information received respecting the progress of
epidemic cholera in this kingdom, it appears that during
the present year, up to the Ist of October, there have
been officially recorded 8,677 attacks, of which 4,081
had been cured, 2,712 have resulted fatally, and 84 are
still under treatment. The number of cases of cholera
reported as having occurred in Poland up to the end of
1852, was 105,404 ; of these, 56,196 have been cured,
while the deaths were 49,303 ; making the total deaths
to the Ist of the present month, 52,015. In some,'
instances the deaths have been few in number com-
pared with the attacks ; but in many parts of Poland
the proportionate mortality has been extremely high.
Thus, in the town of Leczno, there have been this year
16 deaths and 12 cures ; in Mickow, 9 deaths and only
4 recoveries ; in Duburrec, 54 deaths and 6 cures.

HAMBURG.
It will be remembered that several circumstances were
recently stated, leading to the conclusion that cholera,
as an epidemic, was nearly at an end in this city. This
favourable circumstanc, has been justified by informa-
tion since received. The authorities of Hamburg have
now officially reported that cholera is at an end, and it;
appears that Dr. Helbert, who, it will be recollected,
had been appointed by her Majesty's Government t•
visit and take charge of the crews belonging to the Bri-
tish shipping in the harbonr, has deemed his attendance
no longer necessary. From Dr. Helbert's report it ap-
pears that, from the Gth to the 16th inst., he had ex -
mined 84 vessels, and was consulted in 7 cases. His
general statement with reference to the epidemic in
Hamburg is that there have been 550 attacks, 298
deaths, and 238 recoveries, leaving 14 under treatment.
During the first 15 days of October there were only 11
attacks.

GATESHEAD (HEWORTH).
Oct. 25.—Cholera (deaths) 2
Those make the 500th death from cholera from the
Ist Sept. to this date. There have also been 43 deaths
from diarrhoea, making a t otal of 543 deaths since the
commencement of the outbreak.
EDROM (ATTON), N.B.
Oct. 24.—Cholera (death) 1
MARYPORT.
Oct. 25.—Cholera (deaths) 2
NORTH AYESFORD UNION (moon).
Three cases of cholera are reported as having occurred
in the Strood district since Sunday. The first was that
of the husband of a woman who died the preceding week.
Her son also fell a victim to the same disease. The
other cases are those of a man and his wife. Both are
progressing favourably, although all the attacks have
been very severe.

NEWCASTLE.
Oct. 26.—Cholera (deaths) 9
Diarrhoea (death) 1
The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea
in Newcastle during the present outbreak to the 26th
inst. has been 1,534.
The number of cases of choleraic disease discovered
by the house-to-house visitation system has been—
diarrhcea, 5,138 ; approaching cholera, 271 ; cholera,
66. Three corpses have also been found during the same
period. There have also, been 17 old cases passed from
diarrhoea to approaching cholera, and 13 cases have
passed from a state approaching cholera to cholera.
Thus the total number of new cases discovered in the
house to house visitation, to the 26th inst., has been
5,478.

THE NEWCASTLE BARRACKS.
F. W. F. T. Ivey, assistant-surgeon 6th Royal Regi-
ment, and D. H. C. Boate, assistant-surgeon 6th Dra-
goons, in reporting on the means taken to protect the
troops forming the garrison in Newcastle, state that
" everywhere around us the devouring plague has left
its fatal impress. Yet have we been hitherto most
mercifully spared. Numerous cases have occurred
in our immediate neighbourhood, and in some of the
houses in which the soldiers' families are ac-
commodated several deaths have taken place among
the civil population. These are situated at dis-
tances varying from 50 to 200 yards from the barrack
gate. In the village of Spital-Tongues, about 250 yards
to the north of the barracks, the disease prevailed to a
frightful extent for many days, and carried woe and de-
solation to almost every hearth ; scarcely a cottage
escaping without numbering one or more victims to the
merciless grasp of the destroyer. The barracks are
situated about three-quarters of a mile from the centre of
the town, and form part of the outskirts in a north-
westerly direction. Immediately on ascertaining that
the fatal scourge was abroad in our streets, we became
impressed with a sense of fearful responsibility, as en-
trusted with the care of so many lives ; we reflected on
our means of defence against its ravages ; we augured
that by strict attention to cleanliness, ventilation, and
diet, with a careful watching for and prompt treatment
of premonitory symptoms, and by forbidding the troops
from going into infected localities, the pestilence might,
perchance, to a certain extent be happilyaverted. Accord-
ingly, aided by the ready co-operation of the officers,
the sanitary precautions were taken, and are still con-
tinued. Among the 519 persons, the total strength of
the garrison in barracks, there have been 451 cases of
diarrhoea, of which 421 have occured among the 391
men, irrespective of the officers, women, and children
in garrison, together with nine of dysentery, but no
cholera. Among the persons connected with the same
regiments outside the barracks, numbering in all 107,
consisting of women and children, with the exception of
three officers, there have been twenty-nine cases of
diarrhoea, two of dysentery, and one of cholera ; making
a total inside and outside barracks of 4SO cases of
diarrhoea, eleven of dysentery, and one of cholera, but
no death. We may fairly infer that without the extreme
vigilance and unremitting care bestowed we should not
have so entirely escaped the ravages of this direful disease.
In order to carry out the duties effectively, it was ar-
ranged that the garrison should never be left without a
medical officer, the night duties being taken alternately."
METROPOLIS.
Five cases of cholera are reported in returns made by
the superintending inspectors of the D, 11, and M divi-
sions of police to the Commissioners, and transmitted
by them to the General Board of Health. Two of those
cases have terminated fatally, one of which had been
previously reported as under treatment. In the other
instance the patient died within fourteen hours of the
time of attack • and the remark of the superintendent is,
that "the smell from the drain and privy of this house
is very offensive, in consequence of its being enclosed
in and under the same roof as the kitchen. The inhabi-
tants complain of offensive smells arising from Mr.
Jones's tan-yard, Bermondsey," Mr. Hall, from the
Poor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy, from the General Board
of Health, had an interview on the 26th with the board
of guardians of Chelsea. The guardians had a fortnight
ago appointed two additional medical officers, who,
with the regular medical staff, are appointed to institute
systematic sanitary inspection of the entire parish, and to
maintain a vigilant surveillance over the health of the
different districts. It appears that cholera is decidedly
on the increase in some localities in Whitechapel. One
of the medical officers has had no fewer than fourteen
cases under his own care from the 18th to the 25th in-
stant, and of those six were fatal in from eight to twenty-
seven hours. Of sixteen cases of cholera which have
recently occurred in this parish, no fewer than eleven
occurred in Dunk-street, Mile-end, New Town. Many
of the houses are in a very filthy state. The medical
officer of the district has reported them to the White-
chapel board of guardians. Since the epidemic of 1848
much improvement has been effected in Whitechapel, and
last session the parish obtained an act of Parliament
conferring extensive additional powers on the authori-
ties, winch they appear disposed to use actively and effi-
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OLD DRENTFORD.
Four deaths from cholera and diarrhoea have been
re-
gistered during the week ending Oct. 30, as having
occurred in Old Brent.ord. In one instance death en-
sued 10 hours after the attack, and another within 24
hours. One was a militia man, who died of Asiatic
cholera within 24 hours after attack. A few attacks of
diarrhcea have been reported in the books of the medical
officers of the other districts, but no deaths have oc•
curred.

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1131.—The royal commissioners as-
sembled yesterday in their chamber at the residence of
the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street, the
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the chief commissioner,
presiding, and the secretary to the commission (Mr.
Coleridge) being present. The object of the meeting
was preliminary to the inquiry, which it was decided
should commence on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock.
It was stated that the gentlemen of the press would be
afforded every accommodation which the limited space
permitted, and it was announced that the formal pro-
ceedings would open with the evidence of Mr. James
Acland, secretary to the Municipal Reform Association.
NEW WING TO SOMERSET HOUSE.—TiIe front of tho
new wing at the west-end of Somerset House, which
was commenced about 12 months ago, is now completed
exteriorly. The front which faces the river, and the
side which is in Lancaster-place, are in keeping with
the river front of the main building. The Lancaster-
place front is surmounted by six urns, and the national
shields supported by two youthful Neptunes holding
tridents. On each side of the windows of' the second
floor female figures are cut, and a balcony is supported
by four round and two half-square pillars. The wing
lies back several feet from the river front of the main
building, and viewed from the river or Waterloo-bridge,
gives an appearance of completeness to the whole build-
ing, which greatly enhances the beauty of one of the
most'' elegant and beautiful buildings which adorns the
banks of Old Father Thames.