A SPORADIC OUTBREAK OF CHOLEEA.
By As
Vincent Eiciiabds.
authentic account of the circumstances attending,
an
or
attack of cholera is always of value, I venture to put on record the following, which appears to me to be more than usually interesting. A, Mrs. A, and infant,
immediately preceding,
an
and two
children, 33 and C, who had been residing at Kooshteah, which was free from cholera, went into camp at Goalundo on the 11th of November. The tent in which they stopped was pitched
in
this tent
a
field
near
the banks of the river Jumna, and in
they remained until the forenoon of the 13th idem, up to
which time there had been no cholera at Goalundo. A and Mrs. A partook of food in common ; the infant was fed partly
by
the mother and
B and
partly
from the bottle ; and the
children,
took food especially prepared for them. Some water, which had been drawn from the river Lulcldi/a and kept in
C,
an iron tank, was brought from one of the Eastern Bengal Eailway Company's steamers, in a zinc bucket. It was subsequently noticed that this water, which was kept exposed in the tent all night, was turbid. Mrs. A and the child B drank very freely of this water, and the child C very sparingly and only after meals ; neither A nor the infant touched it. At midnight of the 14th. while at Kooshteah, Mrs. A and the child B were seized with
cholera, and the latter died in the afternoon of the 15th. Mrs. A recovered after a very serious attack. The child C had a smart attack of serous diarrhoea on the evening of the 15th, but
suffered front no svpmtoms of cholera. A ancj the infant remained in perfect health. The water in the tank on board the steamer
perfectly clear,
and
largely consumed by those a single case of cholera. If the water was the Jons et origo mali, it must have been contaminated either by the bucket or by exposure to the air in the tent. I have omitted to state that the ground in the tent was covered with straw, over which was spread a tarpaulin. D. Mrs. D, and child had been stopping at Goalundo for a few days, and resided partly at the hotel and partly in the mat bungalow of one of the railway employes, in whose family there was no cholera. On the 14th?the same day on which
on
was
was
board, without the appearance of
Mrs. A and the child B were attacked?Mrs. D was seized with on the evening of the 15th. D was seized disease, on the platform of the Goalundo railway station, on the 16th, when taking the body of his wife to Calcutta, and died on the 17th, and the child was attacked I am told that these people on the 17th and died on the 18tli. had partaken of food in common with those in whose bungalow they had resided, but had been remonstrated with for drinking water out of a tank which was not used by the residents for drinking purposes. There had been no communi-
cholera and she died
with the
cation between the families of A and D. It would appear from the above that the disease was contracted between the afterrioon of the 11th and the morning of the 13th food
nor
by
both families, but neither partook of the same The points of resemblance are that Mrs. A, D were all seized on the same day; had been
water.
B, and Mrs. residing at Goalundo, and had partaken largely of water which was certainly less free from organic impurities than the water which they were in the habit of drinking. As far as the exposure is concerned, thero were numerous persons similarly circumstanced who were never attacked by the disease.
By As
Vincent Eiciiabds.
authentic account of the circumstances attending,
an
or
attack of cholera is always of value, I venture to put on record the following, which appears to me to be more than usually interesting. A, Mrs. A, and infant,
immediately preceding,
an
and two
children, 33 and C, who had been residing at Kooshteah, which was free from cholera, went into camp at Goalundo on the 11th of November. The tent in which they stopped was pitched
in
this tent
a
field
near
the banks of the river Jumna, and in
they remained until the forenoon of the 13th idem, up to
which time there had been no cholera at Goalundo. A and Mrs. A partook of food in common ; the infant was fed partly
by
the mother and
B and
partly
from the bottle ; and the
children,
took food especially prepared for them. Some water, which had been drawn from the river Lulcldi/a and kept in
C,
an iron tank, was brought from one of the Eastern Bengal Eailway Company's steamers, in a zinc bucket. It was subsequently noticed that this water, which was kept exposed in the tent all night, was turbid. Mrs. A and the child B drank very freely of this water, and the child C very sparingly and only after meals ; neither A nor the infant touched it. At midnight of the 14th. while at Kooshteah, Mrs. A and the child B were seized with
cholera, and the latter died in the afternoon of the 15th. Mrs. A recovered after a very serious attack. The child C had a smart attack of serous diarrhoea on the evening of the 15th, but
suffered front no svpmtoms of cholera. A ancj the infant remained in perfect health. The water in the tank on board the steamer
perfectly clear,
and
largely consumed by those a single case of cholera. If the water was the Jons et origo mali, it must have been contaminated either by the bucket or by exposure to the air in the tent. I have omitted to state that the ground in the tent was covered with straw, over which was spread a tarpaulin. D. Mrs. D, and child had been stopping at Goalundo for a few days, and resided partly at the hotel and partly in the mat bungalow of one of the railway employes, in whose family there was no cholera. On the 14th?the same day on which
on
was
was
board, without the appearance of
Mrs. A and the child B were attacked?Mrs. D was seized with on the evening of the 15th. D was seized disease, on the platform of the Goalundo railway station, on the 16th, when taking the body of his wife to Calcutta, and died on the 17th, and the child was attacked I am told that these people on the 17th and died on the 18tli. had partaken of food in common with those in whose bungalow they had resided, but had been remonstrated with for drinking water out of a tank which was not used by the residents for drinking purposes. There had been no communi-
cholera and she died
with the
cation between the families of A and D. It would appear from the above that the disease was contracted between the afterrioon of the 11th and the morning of the 13th food
nor
by
both families, but neither partook of the same The points of resemblance are that Mrs. A, D were all seized on the same day; had been
water.
B, and Mrs. residing at Goalundo, and had partaken largely of water which was certainly less free from organic impurities than the water which they were in the habit of drinking. As far as the exposure is concerned, thero were numerous persons similarly circumstanced who were never attacked by the disease.
