The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-18

CnOera De actually present there.
-. There are other respects, however, in whic
local aoiun has to be taken against cholera mn
in which the interests OF the public health re
qure, above everything, that the action shout
be taken fronl beforehand TGis preoautionar
action .against oholera tas'against many othe
diseases) il an object for (which the Nuisance
Removal Acts enable local provision to be made
The authorities who have to administer thes
Acts are in many places the same, but in NAM
other places (chleay wherever there are towl
councils, improvement commissioners, or loca
boards OF health1 are not the same, 90 the au
thorities VIII, have 60 act under the Medical Relic
Regulations The Lords Ut the Council have nc
authority to Issue regulations or orders for any
purposes of the Nuisauces Removal Acts. But 8
year ago, IL anticipation Ut the danger which now
threatens the country, their L,rdeh hips drew the
attention circumstances authorities, aud Of the pub.
lo generally, toE tue re ewed presence OF Asiatic
cholera in Europe, aud suggested the preoauton-
ary proceedings which, under the circumstances,
were called for. 1t war their Lordships hope that,
after this warning, the interval which might
elapse before q re.appsarance Of cholera in
England would be vigorously used by the nuisance
authorities OF the country iu preparing their re-
speotve districts for the contingency which has
now come. The paper which was circulated on
the ah,ve OCCASION Dy the Vi ords OF the Council
(the General NJ morandum on the proceedings
which 0 are advisable in places attacked or
threatened by epidemic .disea,e) is now again
commended by their Lordrhips to the considera-
tion OF nuisance authorities and OF the public
and on tte present occasion parts Of it must be
specially insisted on.
Va In .lsti0u TO Asiato cholera, as now threat
enlng us, there are tw,, principal dangers against
which extreme aud exceptional vigilance ought to
be used First, there sls the DANGER OF drinking
water Which 's in any ["ven the sightest) degree
tainted hy house refuse or other like kinds OF
ilth; as re- tn re is low, leakage, or tiltr4-
tlon, from sewers, hnuse drains pri,iep cesspouls
foul dtohes, or the like, Into streams, springs or
wells, IT M which the supply Ut water ls drawn,
or into the sntsOil in which the wells are situate:
danger which may exist On small scale, as ut
the pumpdr di-We'l VI private house, or on a
large scale, as i'll the ces ut supply OF pu lio
Waterw"rks. Aud, secondly there Is th.. nger
OF breathll g air which la made foul with efluvia
lr0m the saint eOrts of pur y. Information as
TO the high desr.e III wliir,, hose two dangers at
leoG the public heal'h iu or ary times and as to
the extreme degree OF iupOrta 90 which q tachas
to them at tihes when any ,Iiarrhoeal disease iB
eploe 10, has now tor 80 man, yeaI been set be-
lore the public b. tilis department aud otherw wise
tnat the ergtr works of drainage and water SUP !
ply oy which lie dangers are permanently obvid-
teu lot large p.nulalinDs, and al-l) the mitor
stfuolurai improvements. by Which separate
nousen"i1s hre secured against the dangers |
OuPuC !onB ae' tn have come into universal use |
1t is to be tenr,d that ll very large suale thia
wiser course has not been adopted and that even
yet, III very lliary lllstancts, temporary seourtv
1 mas to be lou q IL measures o. palli ,tive kind
oo Id a. eu'H l. t"e . NJ, attention Is most ear.
nestly Gale !" THOSE parts Of tue general memo
randum !" hi b relate t., the ma, ter, IN hand Al,
chief sourcrs nt the nne danger NAV ha ha,d a., ~
check, as follows mmcdlatr thorough remn.
val OF ever. sort OF house-re uss aud ,ther nth
which is no, accumulated, 10y preventing futnra
aecqyula 10 OF '"s same s"rr!y by at.ention to
fensive smells are let into houses, by tbornnoh
washing aud lme-whiting Of uncleaniy premises
especially OF such as are d+nsely occupied and hy
disinfeotion very freely aud very frequently en-. M
ployed in ami round about houses, wherever |
ever there. i dlth 40 Iden porou. earth wherever
snythi else III nr under or about the house
tends to make The atmosphere foul AS provision |
agains the her danger, it is essential that inn
mediate an searthug examination OF sour ces Of
water supply should be made in all cases where !