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

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ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.—We regret to announce
that after the account was written which appeared in.
The Sun of Saturday, there were several severe and fatali
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 Ntreeta 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 bearing the announcement that business
had been suspended fora few days. Messrs. Huggins, the,
brewers, with praiseworthy forethought, have issued an an-
nouncement that the poor inhabitants may obtain any
quantity of hot water for cleansing their dwellings, or
uther purposes, at any hour of the day or night, an act
of humanity and kindness of which a large number have
availed themselves.
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RATCLIFF.—The disease in this district_ recovering,
the decrease, notwithstanding that a numberie-3 greatly on
have been brought on shore far interment of
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BETHNAL-GREEN.—In these districts,' as might
son ably be expected, the disease lingers, but not reasonably, with thevaiui
that has been stated ; and the authorities,
arousedr tee " death" stares them in the face, have doe much goodvr
cleansing the neighbourhood. In the parishes of St. Paul's,'e
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 throuh-
out these districts that the epidemic has subsided. 'ln
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-THR-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
lying in a dangerous state from the effects of the epi-
demic. Three cases of a fatal character occurred yester-
day, 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, LIMEHOUSE.—On Saturday afternoon two
cases of Asiatic cholera terminated fatally on board
ship at Limehonsc _ _

i3ERIVICK-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 of 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 budden and frightful attack in the midst of the me-
tropolis. At one house in Broad-street, the people said
that they had 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,
and 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 houses around here there are more human beings
lodged than in the whole house besides. But what can
the poor creatures do?" Next door, and the next, and
almost in every house in this street, there has been dis-
ease and death. The most careful examination of this
street by the proper authorities should immediately be
made.—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 had 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 repok 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 allowing 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 established. 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.—Medical
Time, and Gazette.