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¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 MEDICAL NEWS.

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 other parts of the district. The subsoil of the district which was disturbed for the construction of the new sewers was generally a clear, sharp gravel and sand, such as would be the strongest recommendation to any neighbourhood, and no smell was perceptible from the works during their progress. In Little Marlborough-street, which is an exception to this rule, the subsoil was a dark mould or clay, from which, however, beyond a few bones found at the west end of the street, and some slight smell, there was no marked indication of animal remains, It is worthy of special observation that during the progress of these works none of the workmen employed on them were affected with illness, and the works were completed as far back as the 8th of February last; that is a period of from six or seven months before the outbreak of cholera there. From personal inspection and special inquiry, since the late fearful outbreak of cholera in the district of St. James’s, I find that those houses which were properly drained into the sewers have been remarkably exempt from the epidemic, and that it burst with unmitigated violence on the overcrowded houses, with overcharged cesspools and obstructed drainage; but, inasmuch as a more minute inquiry is now being instituted by Mr. Cooper upon these subjects for your information, I will not further detail them. It is a fact, that of the 2300 men at present employed by you in old sewers, or upon new sewer works, there has been but one death from cholera within the last fortnight; and the workmen in sewers, as a class, are not remarkable for sobriety and steadiness, and do not inhabit the best parts of London.”

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 THE PROVINCES.

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 The Northern Towns.—The towns in the counties of Northumberland and Durham have this season, so far, escaped any malignant attack of cholera. A few cases have appeared during the past month in Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead, and some of the other towns; but the deaths from all put together in those towns within the period mentioned will not exceed a dozen, and several of those from the disease known as English cholera. The malignant form of the disease, however, appeared suddenly in Hartlepool on Friday, and four persons fell victims to it in a few hours. Cholera has also been epidemic in Middlesborough since about the 17th of August, and, notwithstanding the exertions made by the local authorities, down to the publication of the last Medical report there had been 65 deaths from cholera, and 15 from diarrhoea. Margate, Sept.

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 20.—The Danish brig, Acmet, from Hamburg for Melbourne, has arrived off the North Foreland, and remains. On the 16th inst., while reaching to windward in the North Sea, cholera broke out among the passengers, of whom there are 72 adults, besides children, on board. The scourge immediately swept off one man, one woman, and one child. Since then three other cases have occurred, and they are at the worst stage, and in a hopeless state. Several of the passengers have landed here, and proceeded to Ramsgate for Medical aid, etc.

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 The Manufacturing Districts.—In Manchester, owing, it is believed, to the persevering exertions of the authorities in whitewashing and cleansing the dwellings of the poor, and to other sanitary measures, there have been but few cases of cholera this year; but the dreaded disease has been hovering round it in most of the smaller towns. Since the case in Salford on Tuesday, there have been three others, two of which have proved fatal, and two in Pendleton which have been fatal. Some few cases have also occurred in Stockport, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh, and other towns —Reported Cholera at York.—Seventeen of the principal Physicians and Surgeons of York have subscribed the following declaration :—“ The impression having gone abroad, that this city is now being visited by this dreadful epidemic, io allay the public mind, we, the Physicians and Surgeons of the city of York, certify that no case of Asiatic cholera has occurred under our observation, and that the health of this city is in a better state than usual at a corresponding period of the year.”—Ireland.—This epidemic has broken out in the vicinity of Dublin. The disease has committed formidable ravages at Lame, Lisburn, and other towns lying towards the eastern side of the province of Ulster; but appears now to be on the decline.

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 Poulton, Lancashire.—A meeting of the Local Board of Health was held at Lancaster on Monday week, when, according to the expressed opinion of two members of the Profession, it was made evident that a fearful responsibility is cast on some of the authorities at Morecambe. The Lancaster Guardian says : —“ The opening of a cesspool during the hot weather, in the midst of a populated locality, has supplied the conditions necessary for the germination of the choleraic poison which may have been floating in the atmosphere. There seems the strongest

¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 evidence of this position. The choleraic district radiates around this pestiferous cesspool, while the rest of the village is entirely free from the epidemic. It is a fact that nine deaths have resulted from a flagrant breach of sanitary regulations, households have been desolated, and the protectors and supporters of several families carried off, by a preventible malady.”

¶ 10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 Belfast.—From a return which has been carefully compiled by the dispensary medical officers, it appears that the total number of cholera cases which have occurred in Belfast up to the date of the last Report furnished to the Board of Guardians, since the outbreak of the epidemic, has been 980, of which there have been 451 deaths, 471 cures, and 58 remaining under treatment, the mortality being estimated at fully 50 per cent.

¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 THE SEAT OF WAR.

¶ 12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 The cholera is raging fearfully among the troops now in Bessarabia, and the murrain among the cattle is so general that precautionary measures to prevent its spreading are no longer taken. The cholera has also commenced levying its tribute on the Austrian soldiery. Up to the 20th inst. there were 130 cases and 60 deaths already announced in Vienna.

¶ 13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Stockholm is at last declared infected with cholera, which it has been all the year, and communication with the fleet and with Aland is now open. Had Aland not been evacuated by the Allies, Stockholm would still have been officially free from cholera. The cholera has now broken out in Vaxholm fortress, and in Upsala.

¶ 14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 West Indies.—It is stated, on good authority, that fully 20,000 persons have died of cholera in Barbadoes, of whom 573 were white. 9000 died in Mauritius.

¶ 15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Malta.—At the date of the 18th the cholera had nearly disappeared from Malta. The health certificates delivered to captains of ships contained this declaration: “Cholera cases very rare.” It was thought that, in the absence of any unlooked- for aggravating circumstance, the epidemic would totally disappear in a Week, and that communications would be reestablished as usual. At Messina and in other parts of Sicily the disease had greatly “ decreased.”

¶ 16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 France.—Total deaths from cholera in France, from the commencement of the epidemic to the 14th September, have been 82,050. The cases in the civil hospitals of Paris have been 4293, of whom 8144 died. At that date it was generally diminishing, the deaths in Paris only amounting to 20 daily.

¶ 17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Messina.—Out of a population of 90,000, of whom full one- half have fled, the most moderate computation puts the deaths at 9,000; of the English residents, who amount to 70, 22 have died.

¶ 18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 MEDICAL NEWS.

¶ 19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 Queen’s College, Birmingham.—Award of Honours. —The Warneford Gold Medals (20l. each) : Porter, Heely, The essays of Wolston and Lee honourably mentioned. The Warne- ford Scholarships (10l. each for two years): Ruffe, first scholarship ; Bright, second scholarship. The Governors’ Gold Medals, for regularity and good conduct during a period of three years : Porter, Arden. The Webster Prize (5l.), for proficiency in the French language: T. A Williams. The Percy Prize (5l.), for proficiency in the German language : Abbey, Lynch—equal. Anatomy: medal, Suchling; certificate, Jordan. Surgery: medal, Fletcher; second medal, Harris. Medicine: medal, Jordan; certificate, Heeley. Midwifery: medal, Heeley; certificate, Spade. Chemistry: medal, Bond; certificate, Smith. Materia Medica: medal, Neal; certificate, Hayward. Botany : medal, Bright; certificate, Neal. Forensic Medicine: certificate, C. R. Williams. Anatomical Demonstrations: J. R. Davies. Elements of Medical Science : Neal, first; J. A. Williams, second; honourably mentioned, J. T. Smith. Classics : medal, T. A. Williams. French Language : Abbey, first prize; G. H. Harris, second prize. Mechanical Drawing : Watts. The session will be opened on Tuesday the 3rd of October, by R. D. Grainger, Esq., when the presentations of the prizes will afterwards take place.

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¶ 21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 Dixon.—September 16, at Lambton Terrace, East Greenwich, Edward Dixon, Esq., sen., Surgeon, after a long and severe illness, aged 66.

¶ 22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 Foaker.—July 28, at Bangalore, East Indies, George Norton Foaker, Esq., Surgeon of Her Majesty’s 12th Regiment of Lancers.