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Credit: The history of cholera in Exeter in 1832 / by Thomas Shapter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Report of Committee, > Nov., 1831 u quested to thank the meeting of the Medical Profession assem- bled at the Guildhall on the 2nd inst., for their communication, and to express the readiness of this Board to receive such re- ports as they may think proper from time to time to make. The Committee, appointed to consider the circular, met* on the 5tn of November, and drew up the following comprehensive and excellent report. That it be recommended to the Board to express to the collector of the Customs their confidence in his strictly enforcing the quarantine regulations, and at the same time to request that he will immediately acquaint the Board on the arrival of any suspected vessel, or with any other event occurring within the port which might in his opinion tend to the introduction of the disease. That the Board having already divided the city into districts, it be recommended that the following gentlemen be requested to act as assistants to the Board of Health, for their respective districts, [the names of these gentlemen ivill subsequently be mentioned,] with the addition of the parochial clergy in their respective districts, and of such medical gentlemen as, agreeably to some arrangement among them- selves, may be willing to undertake the duty in each district, and that the names of the clergy and medical gentleman so appointed be reported to the Board. That all medical practitioners, and all other persons within this city, be most earnestly requested to give instant communication of any case of Cholera occurring in the course of their practice, or in their families, to one or more of the persons comprising this district Board. That the district Board do forthwith make all necessary inquiries concerning, and immediately carry into execution, any rules or regula- tions which may have emanated from the general Board, giving infor- mation to the general Board of the fact, and communicating with that Board as occasion requires. That this Board should resolve, that as cleanliness is extremely desi- rable, and is most likely, under the blessing of Providence, to prevent the fatal effects of this disorder, a request be made to the Mayor and Chamber, to take care that the greatest quantity of water possible be conveyed to the conduit, and that all pumps and wells under their ma- nagement should be forthwith repaired. * The members of the committee don, Mr. R. R. Sanders, and Mr. present, were Dr. Miller, Mr. King- Blackall.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28041975_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
