17 SEPTEMBER 1853, Page 8

POSTSCRIPT.

SATURDAY.

The news from the cholera district is more serious this morning. The return for the 15th September gives 97 deaths from cholera, and 4 from diarrhcea, at Newcastle, and 20 deaths at Gateshead. One case has oc- curred at Shields. The type of the epidemic is much more severe than that of 1831-32; as a comparison of the first fifteen days of the two visitations at Newcastle gives 61 deaths in the former to 219 in the lat- ter. The increase of deaths from 58 on Wednesday to 97 on Thursday is an evidence of the rapid advances of, the scourge.

There have been three cases of sporadic cholera—one fatal--in York Court, Manchester Square, Mtuylebone. The place was very filthy. Mr. Squire, the surgeon, in his report, after deciding that the cases were not Asiatic cholera, pertinently adds—

"Nor is it necessary to go to Asia for causes sufficient to produce such terrible results, when in our own streets there exist causes of disease as in- tense as can be fostered in the jungles or the Black Hole of Calcutta."

At the meeting of the Liverpool Health Committee on Thursday; the medical officer reported two fatal cases, both German emigrants, in addi- tion to those in the early part of the week. The general health of the town, however, was described as being better than usual.

The Gazette of last night contains an Order in Council, putting in force the Nuisances-Removal and Diseases-Prevention Act ; giving as a..reaeoni that "the United Kingdom appears to be threatened with a formidable epidemic disease."