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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: A Letter to the Parishioners of Fulham - - -Author: Robert George Baker - - - -Release Date: December 28, 2021 [eBook #67031] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LETTER TO THE PARISHIONERS OF -FULHAM*** - - -Transcribed from the 1849 Lavis edition by David Price. Many thanks to -the British Library for making their copy available. - - - - - - A LETTER - TO THE - PARISHIONERS OF FULHAM. - - - * * * * * - - BY THE - REV. R. G. BAKER, M.A. - VICAR. - - * * * * * - - SOLD BY LAVIS, FULHAM; WILSON, WALHAM GREEN; - BARKER, NORTH END - 1849. - - _Price Fourpence_. - - * * * * * - - LONDON: - R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. - - * * * * * - - - - -A LETTER -TO THE -PARISHIONERS OF FULHAM. - - - FULHAM VICARAGE, - 29_th_ _Oct._ 1849. - -MY DEAR PARISHIONERS, - -THE Cholera has visited Fulham the second time. When it prevailed in -1832, it was always understood that two deaths only in this parish were -to be traced to that fearful pestilence as their cause. But in the nine -weeks closing on the 8th instant, not only had the mortality exceeded -fourfold the average of the same period for the five preceding years, but -in this unusual number of 127 deaths, no fewer than 56 were certified to -the registrar, by the medical practitioners who attended the cases, as -having arisen from cholera. In 35 instances, the previous illness did -not exceed twenty-four hours; and in 18 of them, it was less than twelve -hours. - -There is another striking circumstance which attended our recent -visitation. Of the deaths registered within this short and fatal period, -it is recorded that - - 11 occurred between 5 and 10 years. - the ages of - 9 ditto ditto 10 ,, 20 ,, - 9 ditto ditto 20 ,, 30 ,, - 12 ditto ditto 30 ,, 40 ,, - 12 ditto ditto 40 ,, 50 ,, - 5 ditto ditto 50 ,, 55 ,, - 58 - -Thus it appears that 58 of these deaths, a number not far removed from -one moiety of the whole, occurred within those ages which are commonly -considered the least susceptible of the influences which shorten life. -The year was passed below which the highest range of infantine mortality -prevails: for it is well known that in England at large, one quarter of -the children born, and in some of the larger towns one half of them, die -_before_ they attain their fifth year. Nor had the period of life -arrived when the growing infirmities, or the confirmed chronic diseases -of extreme old age bring so many to the grave. Fifty-eight of our -fellow-parishioners were carried off in nine weeks, between five years -old and fifty-five; and in some of the most distressing instances, those -constitutions gave way the most rapidly which appeared the healthiest and -the hardiest of the neighbourhood. - -But there is one more remarkable fact to be noticed in reviewing, as we -are now mercifully permitted to do, the results of this dispensation, -that in all the cases of cholera which ended fatally, the sufferers, with -three only exceptions, belonged to the class of our poorest neighbours. -They are recorded as either labourers, or the wives, widows, or children -of labourers. They were, therefore, living in those parts of the parish -where the dwellings are the most easily to be procured, which fall within -reach of the means possessed by persons of this description. And I -grieve to say that they are for the most part overcrowded with inmates, -badly ventilated, badly drained, and commanding a very scanty supply of -good water, whether adapted for drinking or for household purposes. - -It is not my object in this letter to dwell upon the painful reflections -which are suggested by the fact of so many of our immediate neighbours -having been summoned thus rapidly into eternity in the very midst of -life; nor upon the profitable, and, indeed, most awakening lessons, of -spiritual and eternal import, which their removal has left to be -treasured up by us, who have been spared in mercy to survive them. - -Still less do I feel myself called upon to inquire how far the facts to -which I have above referred, in showing the mortality of our own parish, -are confirmed by the experience of others more or less similarly -circumstanced, whether in respect to their level, their population, their -sewerage, or their supply of water. - -It would seem to be a main practical advantage to be gained from the -national judgment from which we are now recovering, if the inhabitants of -each district, bound together by many common ties and responsibilities, -would apply their minds diligently to consider by what preventable causes -the calamitous results of it have been aggravated in their own immediate -localities, and by what attainable measures it may be hoped to avert or -to mitigate the recurrence of them, before another such dispensation -shall arise. While the impressions are yet vivid and authentic of the -trial through which we have passed, let us endeavour, as far as we can, -in the faithful discharge of our duty towards God and our neighbour, to -turn to account, at our own doors, the experience which it has left us. - -The truth is, that I am the more anxious to submit to you the proposal -contained in the present letter, and to solicit your intelligent and -impartial examination of it, because it is nothing more now than a sequel -to those measures which were brought under your notice at our meeting on -the 17th instant, and which you unanimously sanctioned. - -It was agreed by us on that occasion to address a memorial to the -Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, calling their attention to the -utterly defective state of the drainage of the parish, and requesting -them to effect an uniform and complete provision for it in all the -inhabited districts. This memorial has since been forwarded to the -Commissioners, with 160 signatures affixed to it, representing a -proportion of the property assessed to the parochial rates equal to -15,000_l._ {7a} - -Another resolution, for promoting the immediate erection of public wells -and pumps for the use of the poor, was also adopted at the meeting in -question. A subscription of above 250_l._, since increased to 293_l._, -was raised to defray the expenses of them; and there is every reason to -believe, that through the exertions of the Committee who have undertaken -to administer this fund, several of these wells will forthwith be -completed in different parts of the parish, in situations most easily -accessible to the larger populations of the poor, and the least likely to -be affected by the cesspools and other collections of impurities, which -in most instances make their present pumps perfectly useless. They will -thus enjoy near their own doors a constant supply of that pure drinking -water, which, it is well known, may easily be obtained within a few feet -of the surface, in almost every locality of this neighbourhood; and of -which the want has been most confidently declared, by the medical -inspectors of the Board of Health, to have been one of the chief -aggravations of our late unhealthiness. {7b} - -There were several persons, indeed, present on the 17th inst., who were -prepared and even desirous to hear another proposition brought forward, -connected with the domiciliary condition of the poor, and tending to -correct an evil in their present dwellings, confessedly far more -difficult to reach than either their defective sewerage, or their scanty -provision of water. And it is one which not only affects most seriously -their sanitary state, but impairs all the decency of their daily habits -of life, and nearly defeats whatever means can be attempted for the -improvement of their spiritual and moral character. I allude to the -crowded manner in which they live together; the landlord of the house too -often entirely regardless of any rule for restricting the number of its -inmates; and his tenants sometimes deriving a large profit, beyond the -amount of their own rent, from the numerous under-tenants whom they -admit, without scruple or restraint, to share in the occupation of them. -Thus it happens not unfrequently, that into a cottage with two small -bed-rooms, built and adapted only for a single family, two or even three -other families, besides individual lodgers, are admitted. And from that -hour must the inmates of it be compelled to abandon all the happy -arrangements of household cleanliness, decency, and order. Mr. Rouse, in -his faithful and elaborate MS. Report on the sanitary condition of a -large part of this parish, states, that he has known in the summer -twenty-six persons living in such an house: and from fifteen to twenty is -the frequent number of their inmates. But while it ought to be stated -that the worst cases of this kind occur among the Irish labourers, they -prevail to a greater or a less extent in all the following districts, -viz.: Parson’s Green Lane, Peterborough Row, Sand End, Garden Row, -Carpenter’s Row, Dawe’s Lane, Wheat-Sheaf Alley, Gain’s Buildings, -Bedford Place, Stanley Place, the cottages near Normand House, Orchard -Place, Buckler’s Alley, the Old Greyhound Cottages, Marsh Croft, Sun -Street, Star Lane, and Willow Place. - -And it is a melancholy fact, that while in some other parts of Fulham a -considerable number of small houses have been built within the last few -years, of a more substantial and commodious style, in order to meet the -increasing wants of this portion of the inhabitants, better drained, -better ventilated, and in some more healthy localities, they are -gradually lapsing into the same state. A very few of them once becoming -occupied in this comfortless manner lower the credit of those contiguous -to them. One tenant sets a bad example to the rest: and thus in the very -districts where some hope had been encouraged for a time of better -things, the same baneful system of crowding the houses with lodgers is -spreading. - -The history of these masses of ill-regulated dwellings is, alas! uniform -and instructive. Some speculating builder or other, oftentimes unknown -in the neighbourhood, and having no sympathy with the miseries which he -inflicts upon it, becomes possessed of a narrow slip of land, the mere -frontage of a road or a footpath, and erects upon it a collection of low, -slightly built cottages, with windows wholly unsuited to them, with no -drainage but that of cesspools, confined in their dimensions, rarely -emptied, and saturating with their noxious contents not only the adjacent -soil, but even the walls of the houses close to which they are often -placed; with no pumps for drinking-water but such as soon become tainted -by the contiguity of these very cesspools; and with no provision of other -water, but that which an occasional cart, drawn by a miserable donkey, -brings dear-bought to the door. High rents, far beyond the means of the -tenants, but sternly collected as each week comes round, can only be met -by the vicious practice of subletting each room or fraction of a room -which can by any sacrifice be dispensed with. Even the essential -whitewashing of the walls within is sometimes imposed as a burden upon -the occupier, who of course does it in the most careless way, instead of -its being undertaken by the landlord. And whenever the work of -dilapidation begins in one of these tenements, each successive tenant, -flying from his hard bargain, leaves it of course more dismantled than he -found it; until they become utterly unfit for the occupation of human -beings, whether under the summer sun, striking upon their slight and -exposed roofs, or the winter wind, penetrating the settlements of their -walls and the cracks of their windows. - -This account may, I believe, be taken as an accurate description of the -average character of these dwellings which are now provided, without the -option or alternative of any others, for the large and rapidly increasing -poor populations of the suburbs of London. Such, I am confident, is the -character of those at Fulham. Let it be remembered that every -improvement of the worst built streets of London has a direct tendency to -swell the number of these inhabitants of its suburbs. And if it be true -that they enjoy, some from the very nature of their occupations, and all -from the position of their houses, a more free ventilation during the day -than is attainable by the pent-up inhabitants of the narrow alleys and -courts of the metropolis itself, yet is there not one among them who can -have access to the improved dwellings, or to the baths and wash-houses, -now in successful operation for the health and comfort even of the -poorest classes, (though still upon a scale too limited to be extensively -useful,) in the parishes of Whitechapel, St. Pancras, St. Martin, and -Marylebone. Within the last ten days the boon of these last-named -valuable institutions has been promised to the densely peopled district -of Lambeth. - -There is one fact connected with the late epidemic to which I cannot -forbear requesting your serious attention, and which, I have little -doubt, would be abundantly confirmed, if requisite, by a reference to the -experience of other places. Whenever the disorder affected the inmates -of some of the less crowded and better regulated houses, its progress was -comparatively slow; the symptoms were accessible to those medicines or -palliatives, of which the gracious Providence of God has taught us the -value; and by these means the last fatal issue was sometimes averted. -But whenever it assailed even the healthiest inmate of one of those -wretched abodes which I have described, the subtle poison took its course -at once; no remedies availed to reach it, and the only symptom was Death. - -Does not this fact speak volumes as to what we ought to do in -endeavouring to improve these dwellings of our poorer brethren, before -the Cholera comes again to visit us? - -Of the extreme difficulty of the question, indeed, no one who has ever -considered it can deem lightly. Nor is it likely that this difficulty -will be effectually removed until the country has the wisdom to bear, and -the legislature the firmness to enact some new statute that can reach it. -Hitherto, unhappily, our legislation, with the best purpose, has only -aggravated the evil which it sought to correct, and has thus been moving -in the wrong direction. The Building Act made it penal for any person to -lodge in a cellar, of which the height came below a certain standard, or -its window within a certain width; and the only effect of this -prohibition has been to drive the cellar lodgers into the attics, where -they are stowed more closely than before. The claims of reason, and -morality, and common decency have been urged in vain against this fearful -state of things. But since it has been proved, by the history of such a -season as that through which we have been lately carried, to involve the -actual considerations of life and death, some power will surely, ere -long, be called forth to correct it. If the cupidity of the proprietors -of a steam-boat or an omnibus can be restrained, in order that the -capacity of those vehicles may be defined, and that we may travel -uncrowded in our journeys to and from the metropolis, has it not become -at length necessary that some attempt should be made to regulate the -stowage of a bed-room, and to rescue civilized and immortal beings from -the ruinous consequences of their present mode of living? - -If ever such a measure is passed, it will afford a better scope than now -exists for the operations of those useful schemes with which we have -become familiar under the title of the “_Labourers’ Friend Societies_,” -the “_Societies for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes_,” -and the “_Associations for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious -Classes_.” Whenever any considerable number of the inmates of the -present houses of the poor are compelled to quit them, there will then be -a demand created, and at length, it may be hoped, a taste formed for -others more conducive to their health, and better adapted to their social -improvement than those to which they are now doomed. {14} - -Meanwhile these Societies have solved one most important problem, which -cannot too forcibly be urged upon us. They have shown, that without any -appeals to the benevolence of the public, healthy and comfortable -dwellings can be provided for the working classes of the community, upon -reasonable rents, with a remuneration of higher interest for the -investment than can be obtained in the Public Securities to those who may -be induced to embark their money in such undertakings. - -My wish is to propose to you a plan for securing to the poor of our own -parish the benefits of one of these institutions, and for gaining the -sanction of our own Vestry to the first measure required for the adoption -of it. - -It must be well known to many of those whom I am now addressing, and -ought to be known to all, that in the year 1837, with the joint consent -of the copyholders of the two parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith, nine -acres of the waste land known by the name of Wormholt Scrubs, were taken -by the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, at 150_l._ per -acre, for the prosecution of their works. The sum paid for this purchase -was invested in 1487_l._ 12_s._ 1_d._, 3 per cent. consols, in the names -of G. Carr Glyn, Esq., Mr. John Knight, and Mr. George Bird, the first of -these gentlemen being selected to represent the interest of the -Directors, and the other two those of the parishes which have a common -interest in the land in question. The stock still remains in the names -of the same individuals, and the dividends having been regularly invested -as they accrued, although in a different account, the whole amount now -exceeds 2,200_l._ There is a prevalent, and, I believe, a well-grounded -opinion, that under the terms of the agreement made between the -Copyholders and the Company, the period has expired, within which the -latter had the option of giving land instead of money in exchange for the -waste of which they had thus become possessed; and that consequently the -whole amount of the stock thus described, the original investment, as -well as the accumulated dividends, will fall, under the provisions of the -Railway Act, in equal moieties, to the disposal of the Vestries of the -two parishes. - -I am well aware that other schemes have been devised for the -appropriation of this fund, which, I apprehend, the Vestry will in that -case deem it their duty to devote to some object of permanent utility and -benevolence. A disposition exists in favour of alms-houses, either the -erection of new ones, or the better endowment of those already existing. -But I may surely remind you, that within the last year the intention has -been announced of a most munificent, though unknown benefactor, to found -twelve new and amply-endowed alms-houses at Fulham, and thus to meet the -additional demand, which, I admit, always exists in such districts for -these valuable institutions. And I would submit to you, whether a wiser, -or more seasonable mode can be found for applying the fund in question, -than to devote it to the purchase of a piece of ground, centrally and -conveniently accessible to our poor, in the several occupations which -they follow, upon which either common dwelling-houses or separate -cottages may be built, with airy and well-ventilated rooms, with moderate -rents, to be collected weekly, and with an absolute exclusion of lodgers -beyond the members of the family to which each house or apartment is -separately let. - -The land, thus purchased, might be conveyed to trustees named by the -Vestry, for the express purpose of building upon it such dwellings as I -have described, upon an uniform and well-considered plan, and with an -efficient agency to ensure an adherence to it. And if a suitable site -could thus be attained for the object, there is reason to believe that -persons might offer the capital requisite for the building, from the -two-fold motive of the dividend which they would realize, and of the -benefits which they would confer upon the poorer parishioners. An -improved sewerage, whenever it can be effected upon a proper scale, would -provide a better scheme of drains than that to which they are now -accustomed in their ill-placed and inadequate cesspools. And since the -proprietors of the West-Middlesex Water-works have already carried their -supply into the northern and western extremities of the parish, the -further demand that would be created for their water would induce them to -bring it to the buildings in question; and would not only enable the -proprietors of them to lay on soft water to every room at a very moderate -expense, for the convenience of the immediate occupiers, but also for a -supply to baths and wash-houses to be erected on a portion of the site, -for the equal use of other districts of the parish, if any sufficient -encouragement can be given to such a scheme. And such establishments, it -has now been ascertained, can also be maintained upon the self-supporting -principle, whenever an adequate quantity of water can be gained for their -consumption, and a proper drainage for carrying it off. - -It only remains for me to suggest, that if you should shrink from the -adoption of a scheme at once so extensive and so responsible, from the -obvious difficulty of creating an agency in this parish adequate to the -proper superintendence of it, we might, having secured a site for the -buildings, confide the erection and management of them to the Association -incorporated by Royal Charter in 1845, and known as “_The Metropolitan -Association for improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes_.” -The following sentence is quoted from its prospectus; and any person who -may wish to make himself acquainted with its actual operations, has only -to visit the houses erected by the Directors in the old Pancras-road, -leading from King’s-Cross to Camden Town, or those now in progress near -Spicer-street, Spitalfields. - - “The terms of the Charter do not restrict the operations of the - Association to the metropolis; and the Directors have made - arrangements for imparting the benefits, privileges, and immunities, - granted by the Charter under this Association to Branch Societies, in - districts wherein a sufficient number of shareholders shall be - desirous of erecting improved dwellings for the industrious classes. - The effect of these arrangements will be to ensure (as far as - possible) the success of local undertakings, at the same time that - those benevolent individuals who may be disposed to subscribe for the - benefit of their respective neighbourhoods, will be made secure - against all individual claim and liability whatsoever. Application - has already been received from the parish of Hampstead to be admitted - as an Incorporated Branch Association, and similar applications are - expected from other quarters.” - -I am well aware, indeed, that objections are often raised to any scheme, -either of public benefit or of private accommodation in this parish, -which requires the command of ground, from the alleged difficulty of -obtaining it; and no one can be ignorant how well founded these -objections are, who has adverted to the tenures under which large -portions of the land situate within the bounds of Fulham are held. But, -on the other hand, we cannot forget within what a comparatively recent -period sites have been purchased for different purposes, all requiring, -like that for which I am here pleading, open space, free ventilation, and -ready means of access. I need only enumerate the Roman Catholic church, -schools, burial-ground, and residence for the priest; the new Union -Workhouse; and the situation secured for the Alms-houses already referred -to. The successive fulfilment of these schemes serves to show what may -be effected by influence and perseverance. Nor can I allow myself to -doubt, that, if it shall please God to excite among us a real feeling of -interest and anxiety adequate to the object, we may, even before the -present year has expired, see some plot of ground placed at the disposal -of the Vestry, combining all the requisites which the project calls for. -And surely, if we may rejoice in the reflection that an improved -_Workhouse_, with all the watchful and humane administration which, we -may hope, will characterise it, will provide for our orphan, or deserted, -or disabled poor, deserted in their infancy, or disabled through the -infirmities of old age; and that our various _Alms-houses_ will secure a -comfortable maintenance to many respectable individuals who have known -better days, and have been brought, without any fault of their own, to -need the helping hand of others; we may value it as an equal, if not a -paramount duty, to do at least what we can in improving the dwellings of -some families among our hard-working and intelligent, and still -independent poor; providing for their health, advancing their comforts, -and rescuing their children from the demoralizing associations of their -present homes. I cannot believe that the difficulties, which confessedly -surround the question, are insuperable. Let us, at least, give our minds -faithfully to the consideration of them. - - Believe me, - - My dear Parishioners, - Your sincere friend and well-wisher, - - R. G. BAKER. - - * * * * * - -MEMORIAL _of the undersigned_ OWNERS _and_ OCCUPIERS _of_ LAND _or_ -HOUSES, _situate within the Parish of Fulham_, _and assessed to the -Poor-rate in the amount annexed to each of their Signatures_. - - This Memorial sheweth,— - - That the Sewerage of the parish of Fulham, containing by - admeasurement 1,648 acres, with a population, according to the census - of 1841, of 9,319 persons, but since very considerably increased, - with about 2,000 inhabited houses, and with a property assessed at - 40,000_l._, is at this time in a most defective state; - - That some portions of the parish are liable to a Sewers rate, without - deriving any benefit from the application thereof; - - That nearly the whole of the houses have no drainage whatever beyond - that of cesspools, which in many of the districts occupied by the - labouring classes, who are chiefly employed in the market gardens, - are badly constructed, placed in situations closely contiguous to the - dwellings, and wholly inadequate to provide for the large - accumulation of dirt constantly formed and decomposing in such - localities; - - That during the prevalence of the recent epidemic, the mortality for - nine successive weeks, ending on the 8th instant, exceeded fourfold - the average mortality of the same season during the five preceding - years, nearly one-half of the deaths being certified to the - Registrar, by the medical practitioners who attended the cases, as - having arisen from cholera, in many instances of the most malignant - character, and nearly all in those districts where the drainage is - most neglected, and among the poorest classes of the inhabitants; - - And that, without insisting upon the personal privations and - discomforts accruing at all times to the Parishioners at large, and - especially to the poor, who are the worst provided with means to - correct and palliate them, from such a state of things, the parish - will be exposed, upon any recurrence of so fearful a visitation, to - the same calamitous results, which the Memorialists believe might - mainly be averted by an uniform and effectual Sewerage, extending - throughout the inhabited portions thereof. - - The Memorialists, therefore, desire to represent to the Metropolitan - Commissioners of Sewers their earnest desire that they will, as soon - as may be compatible with the other demands upon them in the - fulfilment of their arduous office, direct their special inquiries - and care to the parish of Fulham, and provide it with a complete - system of Sewers, adequate to the wants of its large and continually - increasing population. - - * * * * * - -LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS _to the Fund for providing_ PUBLIC PUMPS, _for the -use of the poor Inhabitants of Fulham_. (6th NOVEMBER, 1849.) - - _£_ _s._ _d._ -Baker, Rev. R. G. 10 0 0 -Bathurst, L. Esq. 5 0 0 -Batty, Rev. E. 1 10 0 -Bell, Wm. Esq. 5 5 0 -Beltz, S. Esq. 25 0 0 -Burgoyne, Lady 5 0 0 -Chasemore, Mr. W. 1 1 0 -Chasemore, Mr. H. 1 1 0 -Dawson, Mr. 1 1 0 -Flicker, Mr. 1 1 0 -Garratt, Rev. Wm. 3 0 0 -Green, Mr. James 1 0 0 -Gunter, J. Esq. 5 0 0 -King, Mr. W. 1 0 0 -Knight, Mr. J. 2 2 0 -Lindsay, Mr. J. W. 2 0 0 -Lock, Mr. P. 0 10 0 -London, the Lord Bishop of 50 0 0 -Maclean, Major 1 1 0 -Matyear, Mr. R. 2 2 0 -Moseley, Mr. A. 2 2 0 -Nelson, P. Esq. 5 0 0 -Osborn, Mr. H. 1 0 0 -Palmer, J. Horsley, Esq. 25 0 0 -Pearson, Rev. T. 2 2 0 -Pollock, Mr. J. H. 1 0 0 -Porter, the Misses 10 0 0 -Potter, Mr. W. 1 0 0 -Stanham, Mr. G. 1 1 0 -Sulivan, L. Esq. 25 0 0 -Sutherland, Dr. 5 0 0 -Walford, T. Esq. 10 0 0 - Anonymous, by ditto 25 0 0 -Walpole, C. Esq. 5 0 0 -Wild, Mr. J. 2 2 0 -Wilshin, Mr. 1 0 0 -Wilson, Mr. J. T. 0 10 6 -Wing, C. Esq. 2 0 0 -Wood, R. R. Esq. 25 0 0 -Wrangham, Mr. Serjeant 20 0 0 -Wright, Mr. J. 1 0 0 - £293 11 6 - -_Any further Contributions to this Fund will be thankfully received by_ -J. HORSLEY PALMER, ESQ. _the Treasurer_; _by the Parochial Clergy_, _or -by_ MR. HACKMAN, _the Vestry Clerk_. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. - - - - -FOOTNOTES. - - -{7a} See page 21. - -{7b} See page 23. - -{14} It is stated by Lord Ashley, in a Letter published by him on the -16th instant, that not a single case of Cholera, and two only of -Diarrhœa, which yielded speedily to medical treatment, occurred in all -the establishments of the Labourers’ Friend Society in London. 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