A GHASTLY PICTURE.
■■' ' T ,: , :: '- :'■'{> ; .'i'.-" '7 t; i --■'>>; In a. lunat\Q at Abbassieh there ;werpi,ip four,, days 82 cases, of, cholera .. out - of [ .'270, inmates. ,;There" sepnisj to have been no. attempt at 'medical ; treatment; ;. for, : the : wret,ched ; inmates, fthe, cold .water /dpuche being theonly remedy applied by .thepfljcials.. The room for the iyioleftt parents was simpjy an p?pn-ba,rre# cage,. wi% v an unpadded ; stoneHoor and There d were absolutely no sanitary/,arrangement^ the^ patients living m;, the, accumulated filth pf .months. The* Standard icorresponp\ept / siiys v^e^.fcwp thousand ihmates were xq, auoh a condition bf filth J^m^ was'imlrJßSiole to Stay more tjian a " J Je^; minute's 'm any of the rooms. ; There were tl_rty-t\v6 ■ wop^ehj two. of whom were going 'about gibbering ip a bonditibn 7 of absolute pwdityv' ■■'•--■*■ 7 ; ; " '■■■■■ '••«- •'_<
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2
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129A GHASTLY PICTURE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2
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