§ MR. MACDONA (Southwark, Rotherhithe)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that, on the 24th instant, a boy, named James Henry Fortman, aged 11 years, died of Asiatic cholera at Havelock Terrace, Dansom Lane, Hull, in the midst of a densely populated part of the town; and can he inform the House how the disease was imported or where it originated?
SIR W. FOSTERDr. Mason, the Medical Officer of Health for Hull, reports that
No case of Asiatic cholera has been imported into the Port of Hull;that heCan obtain no information of any opportunity the deceased had of contracting that disease;and he adds—The cause of death, in my opinion, was due to English cholera.
§ MR. MACDONAHas the Senate of Hamburg issued Orders prohibiting importation to, or transport through, Hamburg of rags and old linen because of the fear the Senate has of their carrying the infection of cholera with them?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.The hon. Member has given notice of a Motion with reference to this matter, and on it I shall he prepared to defend the conclusion at which the Local Government Board have arrived. The question has occupied our careful attention; but I cannot enter into the discussion of it now.