THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4208, 2 September 1892, Page 2

THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.

Still More New Outbreak Fatal Cases in England. [by electing teleobapii.] London, August 30, Two fresh cases of cholera imported from Hamburg have been discovered in London. The disease has appeared at Tho Hague, and also at Chelm, in Poland, and is increasing in Antwerp, August 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 Hamburg is at a complete standstill, und the locs to trade is estimated at several million marks, The 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 Kussia since the outbreak of the disease is 150,000. The Fetter lane case is not cholera, Three refugees fiom Hamburg who took up their residence in Oity-road were all attacked by cbqlera, arid One is dead, Svdxev, September 1. The Board of Health has issued a proclamation declaring all European ports to bo cholera-infected. Stringent precautions \yill be (akon against the pest, Mblboubkb, September 1. the European ports cholera-infectetl. The importation of rags from America is prohibited, and it is proposed to disinfect letters. Hajibukg, August 31. Tho hospitals of Hamburg aro horribly overcrowded, and in an insanitary condition. There is no rgouj for proper attendance, and the patients' clothes cannot be removed.

The bedding is insufficient, and in filthy condition,

Tn ono room 20Q corpses were lying mingled with the living, Schools are being converted into hospitals,