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

MIRYTOET.

The return from this place states that there have been
about ten deaths in 10 or 14 days.
LIVERPOOL.
Since the 14th inst., there have been five new cases
of cholera and two deaths ; of those attacked, three
were Germans, and two Irish. The latter and one of
the former were emigrants ; another had arrived in Liv-
erpool, via Hull, a fortnight before ; the third was the
keeper of a large German lodging-house, in which seve-
ral cases of cholera had previously occurred. The deaths
were among the German emigrants formerly reported.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 18 : Deaths.
Cholera 6
Diarrhoea
The total number of deaths from cholera and diar3rhcea
in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,514.
In the same period (viz.,_ the first 48 days) during the
prevalence of epidemic cholera in 1831.2 the number of
deaths was 291. Mr. Lee one of the engineering in-
spectors of the Board of Health, has represented that
by the incautious removal of liquid refuse the deleteri-
ous gases would be liberated and diffused, and new sur-
faces would be exposed under conditions, favourable to
more active decomposition and evaporation ; that conse-
quently the disease might be aggravated by the measures
intended to mitigate it ; and that the only safe course of
dealing with such matters is to absorb, dry up, and bury
them in their existing situation, so as to render them in-
capable of further injury during the prevalence of the
epidemic, and then to remove them in a comparatively
dry state after the epidemic shall have ceased. Saw-
dust, bran, dried and pounded clay, bog earth, or any
similar inexpensive substance, would serve to absorb the
fluid part of the refuse, but in this district there would
probably be difficulty in obtaining any of these in suffi-
ciently large quantities. Common earth may be had in
abundance and without any other cost than that of cart-
age, and it possesses the advantage of acting che-
mically upon the refuse as well as mechanically. It
had been observed that if, when a jet of most offen-
sive fluid manure has been thrown upon land until
it is quite wet, a handful of such earth is taken up, and
applied to the nose, the only perceptible odour is that of
sweet fresh soil newly turned up. Attention having
been directed to this fact, Professor Way was induced to
make a special examination of the subject, and by an
extensive series of experiments this distinguished chemist
has demonstrated that, of all the substances hitherto
recommended as deodorizers or fertilizers, none take up
and fix so readily and completely the gases given off by
decomposing town refuse as natural earth. Acting on
the knowledge of this discovery, Mr. Lee organised a
system for bringing into the town fresh earth from the
suburbs, carted from a field belonging to the corpora.
tion, the earth of which turned out to be very suitable to
the purpose. Many loads have been used for the imme-
diate absorption of pools, fluid and semi-fluid filth, and
for burying temporarily vast heaps and accumulations
of dead organic matter. The results of this course are
stated to have been highly satisfactory. A copious ap-
plication of earth was also recommended to the public
privies and urinals, which were found to be in a very
offensive condition, one of which is stated to be used
daily by about a thousand men and boys.