Report [on measures for checking cholera].

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). Board of Health.
Date:
[1831]
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Credit: Report [on measures for checking cholera]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to serve at the same time as dry-heat baths, may be found always ready at the hospitals and stations, for the instant removal of pa¬ tients at all hours of the day and night.—The Board feel assur¬ ed, that, by quickly availing themselves of these provisions, work¬ ing people will get their sick friends brought sooner and far more effectually under treatment than in any other way ; and they must not forget, that every minute’s delay is highly dangerous. VII. The moment the disease is suspected to have appeared, information must be given to William G. Cunningham, Esq. Clerk to the Board, at the City Chambers. And, should it establish it¬ self in the town, medical men are expected to send to the same quar¬ ter, every morning before half past nine, a report of each new case, death, or recovery,—specifying the name, residence, age, employ¬ ment, date of seizure, and date of the event. The Board anxious¬ ly look for punctuality in this respect from every medical person. While the Board think it right to express their apprehension, that in certain circumstances the disease may be communicat¬ ed by personal intercourse with infected persons or goods, they wish it to be distinctly understood, that, as they are satisfied it may also be diffused in other ways, not yet ascertained,—as they think it will be impossible in this country to establish a system of internal quarantine, or absolute seclusion of the sick,—and as the attempt to do so would throw very many persons into great distress, —they do not mean to recommend that any attempts should be made to prevent its diffusion in this city by seclusion of the sick, otherwise than as detailed above. N. B.—To Apothecaries.—As an inferior laudanum is sold in many shops, apothecaries are cautioned to use only the strong laudanum of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia. Copies of this Re¬ port, and printed labels for the articles recommended by the Board, with directions for their use, may be procured by apothecaries from the Clerk. By authority of the Board, John Lear month, Lord Provost.
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