t4t Vuhlir 3E411114: Cholera, which receded the week before last,
made an -advance last week in the Metropolis. No fewer than 83 persons-died—an advance of 17 upon the highest number yet attained. Out of - the 83,49 died on-the South side of the Thames, in a population of 616,636; 2 lathe West,- in a population of 376,427; 5 in the North, in a population of 490,396; .3 in the Central districts, in a population of 393,256.; and 24 in the-East, in a population of 485,522. lathe corresponding-week...of 1848 the num- ber of deaths was 34. In his weekly report, the Registrar-General gives some useful advice.
" The public have been frequently cautioned against indulgence in spirit- uous liquors at periods of epidemic cholera. The readers of the Itegistrar's notes, published from week to week, will find too many instances in which this advice has been neglected. A person drinkatmexcess; ftea few hours he is suffering from an attack of diarrlicea, and the disecee runs through its several stages to a fatal termination- When cholera is at the door, temper- ance in the use of intoxicating liquors, and an almost. total abstinence from gin and other spirits, become extremely necessary, for the preservation.of life."
He also reiterates the warning, that in no case should diturbres be neglected; as observation has incontestably proved that diarrhtea precedes cholera.
The officers of the Board 'of 'Health continue their rounds, inspecting and reporting on the fatal quarters of the town.; and their-returns to the Board show that cholera visits those localities where dirt, overcrowding, want of drainage and 'foul atmosphere prevail.' Avast number of poor people live in cellare, dark, damp, unventihsted,andmisexable. okshipite, full of. refuse, abound-; and conveniences needed for the common.decen- cies of life are close to human, habitations, exhaling noisome effluvia.
There is a place at Notting .11in called "the Potteries," inhabited by 1200 souls. The streets are described as no better-than ." long leads of black putrescent slush" ; "the state of the roads is as bad as the pigsties themselves " ; the rears of some of the houses "slope down to a huge pond, of filth known as the ocean ' " ; and a nauseating stench- pervades the atmosphere,-, "produced by the boiling of fat and other offal' This disgraceful quarter was. described by Dr. Southwood Smith in 1838, again in 1849, and the descriptions than penned apply to it now. But while the number of deaths is greater in London it is less in the provinces. Only one death occurred at Newcastle, on ,./onday, and none on Tuesday ; two on Wednesday, and none on, Thursday. The town resumed somewhat of its cheerful aspect on Saturday ; the streets were full again ; and the beggars and itinerant musicians had returned. The Corporation were intent upon enforcing sanitary measures, and procuring a supply of pure water. The cholera continues in the Shields Union, , in Bedlingtonrand in the Gateshead 'Union, breaking out by fits and starts, and carrying eff rriotims from among the dwellers in filth.. In.Liverpool nine deaths had occurred between the 18th and 24th instant-: they wane, Guzman, emigsanta Deaths are also recorded in Hemel Hempated and- in Luton—two each..
From Scotland we hear that eleven deaths had -ceeuereclat Blume be- tween the 27th. September and the 18th October ; and there were three in Dundee on the 20th October, and two since that date. The reports from Seotlanclare meagre and irregular.
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