Observations on cholera : made during a visit to Sunderland, undertaken by direction of the Birmingham Town Infirmary Board of Health, in the months of November and December, 1831 / by George Parsons.

  • Parsons, George.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Observations on cholera : made during a visit to Sunderland, undertaken by direction of the Birmingham Town Infirmary Board of Health, in the months of November and December, 1831 / by George Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. The following* Observations on the Disease to which so many persons in this country have already fallen victims, form the substance of a Report made by Mr. Parsons, one of the Surgeons of the Town Infirmary, to the Board of Health of that Establishment. They are published by the Overseers and Guardians of the Poor of Birmingham, under a strong impression that the contents thereof must be of importance, not only to the medical profession, but also to the community generally; as an attentive perusal will enable them to judge of the necessity for adopting precautionary measures in their own families, and also in behalf of their poorer neigh- bours, under the peculiar circumstances to which the observations relate. The attention of the Overseers and Guardians had been directed to this subject, in consequence of an Order in Council, of October 20, 1831, published in the Lon- don Gazette; and immediately upon the fact of the dis- ease having appeared in Sunderland being known to them, effective measures were adopted for ascertaining more correctly, the condition of the persons under their care, as to health, cleanliness, &c,;—for promoting im- provement in these respects, and thereby endeavouring