Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-18
ESTABLISHED 1910.
CHOLERA.
The Track of the Destroyer-How they
are Preparing for II in England.

The cholera which comes through
Northern Persia and Central Asis
generally originates at Hurdwar; thai
which travels up the Persian Gulf and
the Red Sea almost invariably comes
from Bombay.
Cholera has always pursued these
great routes. but sometimes doubles
back on itself. Thus the disease
has been carried by the ships
down to the island of Msuri.
thus, and thence to Zanguebar on
the eastern coast of Africa, whence
it has been transported by slsve-ships
up to Muscat on the Persian Gull, and
from there down to Bombay.
In the China 0pinm War, the dis
ease wss carried by English troops
from Calcutta, by ships, to the island
of Chusan on the China coast; thence
TO Nankin, PekiD, and the great Chi
nose border trsding-town of KiRtcha,
where all the Russian caravans from
Orenburg congregate. From Kiatcha
cholera was conveyed to Ovenburg,
thence down 10 Khivs, BOkhara,
Balk, CabOOl, and thence down the
river Indus into India.
The cholera of 1881 was conveyed
from England down to Spain, Italy,
the Mediterranean, and reached the
Red Sea from the west. In the Rus
sian war the disease was carried back
from Algiers and Marseilles to the
English and French troops on the
coasts of the Black Ses.
Cholera is generally brought up
from Persia to TrebiZOnd, on the
southeast coast of the Black Sea, and
thence distributed to Southern Rus
sia, Odessa, up the Danube, and down
TO ConstantinOple. But the disease has
reached ConstantinOple by steam
ships from Alexandria, and thence
been transported east to TrebizOnd,
and thence scattered down into Asia
Minor and Persia.
The cholera of 1882 forced its way
from Canada along the st. Lawrence
and the lakes, down the Mississippi t.
New Orleans; while the epidemic OF
1873 and 1S49 reached New Orleans
first, and then travelled up the Ohio
aud Mississippi rivers toward the
lakes and Canada.
The Medical Department OF the
Privy COunciIsof the British govern
ment has followed up the issue of its
recent memorandum on the best mode
of guarding against the infection of
cholera by a minute on the kind of
hospital accommodation which should
be provided for the reception OF cases
of Infectious disease by the various
local authorities in the country. The
particulars ia the memorandum refer
70 the size, construction, appropriate
ness of site, and the like, Of both per-
msnent and temporary hospitals, so
that local authorities will for the fu-
ture be unable to plead Ignorance of
what is wanted, especially as the doc
ument containing all the necessary
information as to the kind OF building
required for Infectious cases is accom-
panied by several diagrams and sec
tiOns OF the temporary buildings and
huts themselves, which are officially
approved for the purpose. The local
authorities are urged to be ready be-
forehand, as regards epidemics, in the
provision of hospital accommodation.
Each village ought to be provided, we
are told, with the means of sccOmmO-
dating instantly four cases of infec-
fiOus disease in at least two separate
rooms, and this would be met by set
ting apart for the purpose a decent
foUr-rOom or six-rOOm cottage. In
smaller towns the hospital accOmmo-
ds iOn ought at all times to consist of
of le-st four wards and the necessary
offices zach ward being capable of
Containing eight persons, while the
buiIding sbol' Id be so arranged as to
admit Of additions in the way of huts
or tents on emerge pcies. The MEM
orsndum deals with the mode OF
draining, ventilating, and cleansing
these erections. The huts are special
" recommended as temporary strue-
lures. In order that these hospitals
for infectious diseases should give the
greatest possible assistance for the re-
covery of the sick inmates, the eXis-
tence Of the following requisites, it Is
said, should always be secured: Ac-
cessibility or situation, so that the
sick may not be exhausted by long
Journeys, and, as far as consists with
accessibility, an open UncrOwded
neighbOrhOOd; adequate ward space
for each patient, approaching as near
as circumstances allow to 2000 cubic
feet, with IA square feet of floor for
esch bed. Thoroughly good prOvi-
sion for ventilation, that is, for sufh-
cient Uneeasing entrance of pure air
and Of exit Of ward air, with arrange
ments also for immediate change of
air in the whole ward when necessary;
and with perfect security against the
possibility of any foul air entering the
wards. Means of warming the ward
in winter to a temperature of sixty de-
grees Fahrenheit, and Of keeping it
cool in summer. Means for safely
disposing of excremental matter and
of foul slops, and for cleansing and
disinfecting infected linen and bed
ding. Facilities for obtaining, in the
nse Of the hospital, the strictest clean