Report to the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union, and to the special committee appointed under the direction of the Privy Council, on the causes and prevention of cholera / by William Sedgwick Saunders.

  • Saunders, W. Sedgwick (William Sedgwick), 1824-1901.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Report to the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union, and to the special committee appointed under the direction of the Privy Council, on the causes and prevention of cholera / by William Sedgwick Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT To the Board of Guardians of. the CUy of London Union, and to the Special Committee appointed under the Direction of the Privy Council. Gentlemen, In accordance with your instructions that I should render a general report upon the proceedings taken my department for the prevention, arrest, and treatment of Cholera up to the present time, I have to inform you that the arrangements so liberally sanctioned by your Committee on the 10th August last, for the prompt and efficient management of all cases of bowel derangement amongst the poor (irrespective of occupation, locality, or evidence of pauperism), have been faithfully carried out in their entirety by your four District Medical Officers; to whose zeal and ability I believe that, under Provi- dence, we may attribute the comparative immunity of the inhabitants of the City of London Union during the recent outbreak. Prom the 4th August to the 27th October 23 cases of Cholera and 1,547 of Diarrhoea were treated; of these, 20 cases of Cholera ended fatally. The experience of your Medical Officers has con-