The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

" KENSINGTON; Fulham.

"M. 46, labourer; cholera 20 hours, August 31, 16,
Star-lane.—The wole of this neighbourhood is in a most
filthy condition, no drainage, dwellings unhealthy.
Typhus and small-pox are often prevalent here. The
informant states that the water that is used here is so
bad that it is often discoloured, and that the well is in
the immediate vicinity of several cesspools.
" KENSINGTON; St. Paul, Hammersmith.
" F. 65, widow, a nurse • cholera 22 hours, August 28,
22, Chapel-street.—An habitual drunkard; had been in
attendance on a man and wife, who died of cholera a few
days previously, but was intoxicated throughout, so
much so as to be at last turned out of the house.
" KENSINGTON-TOWN.

"M. 42, plasterer, cholera, 24 hours, August 31, 3,
High•street, Notting-hill.—Healthy. The deceased had
been drinking bard the previous week; refused to have
medical advice during severe attack of diarrEcca.
" KENSINGTON ; BROMPTON.

"F. 75, widow of labourer, cholera 30 hours, August
29, 9, New-court, New street.—New-court is occupied
by the lower orders, and much crowded. The informant
stated that a privy, common to four of the houses, and
opposite to No. 9, was in an offensive state. The de-
ceased's stated residence was in Little Ebury-street,
Ebury-square ; she was removed at an early stage of
the attack to her son's abode in New court.
" CHELSEA ; NORTH-EAST.
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" M. 33, helper in stable, cholera 7 hours, August 24,
7, Charles-mews.—An unpleasant smell, as though from
the drains, pervading the house for some days, but no
defect found which would account for it, although the
house was visited by the officers of the Board of Health.
In clearing the house, or room, after the deaths, some
putrid meat was found in such a state of decomposition
that none of the stablemen would remove it, and Is. was
given to some man to take it away.
" ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER- SQUA RE.
" M. 35, carpenter, cbolera 27 hours, August 30, 8,
Buckingham-place.—This man. was at work on a lead
flat, at a house in Regent-street, near Oxford-street, :and
feeling upset from the smell of a cowyard close by, said
he should ask to go into the shop to work ; be, however
went home, was taken ill in the afternoon with cholera,
and died the next day.

"ST. JOHN'S, WESTAHNSTER.
" M. 2, son of a carpenter, cholera 12 hours, August
27, 9, Douglas-street.—The mother stated that this child
had diarrhcca for nearly a month, but did not apply for
relief, considering it to be caused by its teeth; and I may
add that this case is one of the many which have fallen
under my notice when cholera has been induced in
young children by neglecting the premonitory diarrhma
for a long period before the more urgent symptoms
appear, believing it to be beneficial for the child during
the period of dentition.

" M. 9, son of a plumber, cholera 14 hours, August 29,
5, Emery's Cottages, Douglas-street.—Emery's cottages
are on the north side of Douglas-street. They consist
chiefly of rooms on the ground floor, badly drained and
ventilated. The privies are situated immediately in front
of each, while in those where the two deaths occurred I
found the doors, which were swinging to and fro, closely
approximating the entrance of the dwellings. The odour
was then very offensive, and one of the informants ex-
pressed herself in strong terms, saying she
was frequently obliged to burn rag of a night to
correct the stench. Two other cases have occurred in
this house, who are convalescent, and the occupier com-
plains bitterly of the nuisances arising from the defec-
tive drainage.
" F. 27, wife of labourer, cholera 48 hours, August 23,
1, Gulston's Cottages.—These cottages, in which five
deaths have taken place, are not only confined and
ill-
cleansed, but are situated extremely low, being two or
three feet below the paving of the street, by which the
court is entered, and all the informants complain of the
annoyances they receive from occasional large collections
of dung in a yard occupied by a Mr. Harper, upon which
offal, bad fish, and vegetables are thrown by the neigh-
bouring costermongers, and allowed to putrefy, while
from my own knowledge the place has frequently been
the scene of typhus and small-pox.
" ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER; Berwick-street.
" F. 55, wife of gunsmith; cholera, 24 hours, August
26, Rupert-street.—Of very intemperate habits, lived in
what is called a gallery, over workshops and other out•
houses unfavourable to health. One large cesspool in
the yard without drainage, with two privies for the use
of all the inmates. The landlord assured me that a com-
munication with the sewer in the street should be made
next week.

" ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER; St. James's•square.
"F. 5, daughter of labourer, cholera 24 hours, fever .5
days, 9, Smith's-court, Great Windmill-street.—Bad lo-
cality. I have, by visiting the house, ascertained that
neither in this nor the adjoining one is there any privy
or closet, and that the inmates throw the excrement into
the street.

"F. 4, daughter of labourer, cholera, 6, Angel-court,
King-street.—Bad The houses in Angel-
court, and particularly where deeeseedie [wily liye, tu•