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executive ability which too often distinguishes
Womon'e conventions and othor public organiza-
tiona, 1t will rodeot lttlo credit on Horosia or IL
solf.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.
Mr.. John Simon, tho medical officer Of tho Lo-
cal Government Bontd In London, has lsauod the
following mlnntos
| partH Of Europe, and may probably extend to
places which arc In froquont communication
With England, within tho noxt month or two tile
disoaao may r. DO brought into this country. .
| becond-Vhe Local Government Bonrd will
| give power to local sanitary authorities to deal
| with my such cases, II thoy arrivo, In way to
protect tho population as far aB possible against
surprise.
land juBtifles belief that tho dsoaso viii not 10
capable Of causing much injury to tho popula-
tion II the places receiving tho infection have
had tho advantage Of proper sanitary adminia-
| Fonrlh-C -Cholcro in England shows itnelf as
little contagious In tho sense In which smallpox
and scarlatina arc commonly callod contagious
But cholora has cortain peculiar Effectiveness
Of its own, which where local conditions assst,
bio distances from the sick. ALL matters which
tho patient discharges from his stomach aud
| bowels aro infeotiyc. Particles Of them aro en-
ep!eu 10 Ialnt tne 1000, Whtor, or air which poo
pie consume. Tho disonso is not likely to spread
unless in proportion aa 1t nds locally open to It
cortan faclltioB for spreading by Indirect infec-
tion: In order rightly to appreciate what tlleso
facilitios must be, tho following considerations
| have to bo horno in mind: First, TINT any cho1-
eraio discharge, cast without previous thorough
dsinfeotion, Into any cosspool or drain, other
depository or conduit Of filth, infecta tho excro-
montal matters with which 1t there mlngles, and
probably, moro or loss, the etlluyia which thoHo
| mnttora evolve; secondly, that tho infective
power Of oholernio discharges attaches to what
ever bedding, clothing, towels, and like things
hnye beou imbuod with them, and rondors these
things, # not thoroughly .dieinfcotcd, ns capablo
Of spreading tho diBoase in places to which thoy
aro sent (for washing or otlor purposes), as, IN
liko circumstances, the pationt himself would
be; that Il, BY loakago Or sosknge from cess-
Of slops and waah-wator, any taint, however
small, Of tic infoctiye material gets ACCESS to
wolls Or othor Bourcea Of drinking water, 1t m-
parts to enormous volumes Of water tho power
Of propagating tho disease. Whom due regard is
had to thoHo possibilltos of indirect infection,
theEo will be no difficulty In understanding that
eyon aingle caso Of cholera, porhaps Of tho
eltghteBt degree, and perhaps quito unsuspoctod
cooperate, exert terribly lnfective power On
considerable maaHoH Of population.
Ff}lh-Tho mAin object for enleavor must be to
secure ovorywhoro such local circumstances that
the infective material, though not dsinfocted,
would be unable to sproad its influence among
tho population.
s16-Tho dangers which havo to bo guarded
against as fayoring the spread Of cholora infoc-
tion arc particularly two. First. and above all,
there ia the danger Of water supplies which aro
III any (cven the Bligltest) degreo tainted by
house refuse or other like kinds Of filth; rs
where there ia outflow, leakage, or filtration
from sewers. house-arainB, privieH, cosapools
foul ditchea, or tho like into springs, streams
wells, or reservoirs from which tho supply OF
wator ia drawn, or into tho soil n Which tho wolls
nre situate; danger which may oxist on a smnll
scale l6ut Perhaps often repeated IN tho same
house, or on q largo and even vast scale in tho
source Of public water-works. And secondly,
there iB the danger Of breathing mir which il foul
with ofIuvia from tho same sorts of impurity.
(a). Immediate and searching examination Of
sources Of water supply should bo mado in all
oaHes whore tho source ia in any degree opon to
tho suspicion ,of impurity, and the water, both
a,nincd. Where pollution is discovered overy-
thing practicable should DO dono to prevent tho
pollution from continuing, or If this object can
not bo attained. to prevent the water from boing
drank.
(b), simultaneously there should be immo-
diate thorough removal OF every sort of houao
rofuso and other filth which has accumulated
In neglected placea future aocunlulationH Of tho
samo sort should be prevented attention should
through which offensive 6mel1s arc let into
houses thorough washing and lmo-waahing Of
uncleanly premiAoa, especially Of such ~ arc
denaoly occupied, should be praotiaed again sud
again.
G(c). Disinfection should bo vory freely and
very frequently employed in aud around about
houses wherever there arc recoptacleB or con-
duits Of filth, wherever there Is fllth-Bodlon
porous earth, whorover anything olso in or url-
der OF about the houBo, tends to make the at
moBphere foul.
In tho absence Of permanent safeguards no
approach to security can DO got without iucos-
| MT md fhrfi Mi
tremo and constant vigilance against every pos
Biblo contamination OF drinkinE-wator.
In view Of any possibility that tho infection Of
ehoora nay again be present in this country It is
ascertain to whom It practically has to lock, in
case OF need, for it's collective safety againet
such dangers as the above.
Seuent't-lt ia important for tho public to ro-
member that pains taken and costa incurred for
the purposes to which tho memorandum rofers
cannot In any event be regarded az wasted
trouble and expense. The local conditions
which, would enablo cholera, il imported, to
spread its infection in this country arc condi-
tions which day by day, in tho absence Of cholo-
RI, crente and spread other diseasoa; dlsoascs
which, as being never abAont from the country,
are, in tho long run, far moro destructive than
cholera; and tho sanitary improvements which
would justify sonBo Of security against any ap-
pretended importation OF cholera would to
their extent, though cholora should never re-
appear, give ample romunerativo results In the
prevention Of thoao other diseases.
What the Jnrdin NInbillc Really Is.
From Communication In tie Cincinnati Gazette.
And he will havo tho Jardin Mabllo, for this
Waxes with tho summon sun. What American
man goes to Paris without visiting this famous
gardon7 And the guide BOOTS say married
women may SOC 1t with their husbands. It may
be we'll. THE Jarlin Mabillo is somehow synony-
nous with tho fanoied license and abandon Of
parIa pleasures. And what arc tho attractions
Of tho Jardin Mabillo !? It Is often described in
letters to the press, md much oftonor in per.
aay tho impression III the general mind iH Of u
great Econo OF royolry and mirth, in which
Tho axuberant spirits and o1citement OF tllo
tin1a find axerciaa in q cpmicQl extraYagaut and