CHOLERA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2394, 3 September 1892, Page 1

CHOLERA.

London, Aug 30. Two more Hamburg immigraats have developed cholera at Gravesend, and four Russian immigrants at Liverpool are down with it. Two Fresh cases of cholera imported from Hamburg have been discovered in London.

The disease has appeared at, the Hague, also at Chelm, in Poland,' and is increasing in Antwerp. Aug. 31.

Cholera has appeared at the following towns in Germany—Schleswig, Magdeburg, and Neustadt; also at Pilsen in Austria. A fatal case is reported from Fetter Lane, London, and another case from Grimsby. Disinfectants in Germany have advanced in price 200 per cent. Business in Hamburgis at a complete standstill and the loss to trade is estimated at several million marks daily. Burials in Hamburg extend far into the night and the number is steadily increasing. In St Petersburg numerous soldiers are dying from cholera, and the total number of deaths in Russia since the outbreak of the disease is 150,000.

The Fetter Lane case is not cholera. Three refugees from Hamburg who took up their residence in the City Road were all attacked by cholera and one is dead.

The prevalence of diarrceha in London is causing a scare. Sept. 1. It is teared that cholera may spread in London owing to the water supply.

Twenty deaths occurred on board an immigrant vessel bound to New York.

The disease continues unabated in Havre, and the railway traffic has been suspended. Amsterdam, Aug. 31. A fatal case of cholera is reported from Groingen, the capital of the province of the same name. Berlin, Aug, 31. The hospitals in Hamburg continue

in a frightful condition. Patients unknown are brought in and die, and their deaths are not recorded. The medical assistance is inadequate to cope with the alarming increase of cases. Two hundred bodies are lying in one hospital awaiting burial, and four hundred are lying in the drill shed. The Government have voted 500,000 marka to assist in coping with the disease.

Hambburg, Aug. 31

The hospitals in Hamburg are horribly overcrowded and in an insanitary condition. There is no room for proper attendance, and the patients' clothes cannot be removed. The bedding is insufficient and in a filthy condition. In one room two hundred corpses are lying mingled with the living. The schools are being converted into hospitals. There an, Aug. 31.

The cholera epidemic is decreasing in the city, and the death rate has fallen to 200 daily. Sydney, Sept. 1.

The Board of Health has issued a proclamation declaring all European ports infected. Stringent precautions will be taken against it. Melbourne, Sept. 1.

The Board of Health has proclaimed European ports cholera infected. The importation of rags from America is prohibited, and it is proposed to disinfect letters. Wellington, Aug. 31.

The Colonial secretary has summoned a meeting of the Board of Health for to-morrow to consider precautions against cholera. Sept. 1.

The Central Board of Health met to-day and decided to warn local boards to enforce cleanliness in their respective districts, but to postpone further measures till it is seen whether the cholera spreads in England. Should the epidemic increase other precautions will be taken. The Union Company will, if necessary, be requested to carry doctors in the colonial steamers. A ship expected in Auckland shortly from Calcutta will be inspected.