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The Arkansas Advocate
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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London correspondent reports a new cholera outbreak on September 20th, ravaging the poor amid unprepared authorities and a seemingly indifferent public, with streets and theaters bustling despite frequent funerals.
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CHOLERA IN LONDON. - A London correspondent says that they have had another visit from this scourge of God - the cholera. The extent of the ravages cannot be exactly ascertained, on account of the sickness of a large portion of the population. The disease has, in the first place, visited the poor and wretched, but it cannot be doubted that they are very numerous, and will form the main aliment on which it will, I fear, continue to feed until nothing is left to consume. The authorities, in the dark, there being no board of health appointed this summer.
The Londoners care but little about it; the streets thronged as usual. When the pestilence; all the theatres are open, except for the frequent hearses that blacken the way, you would not suppose that London was now groaning under the cholera.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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London
Event Date
20th September
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extent of ravages not exactly ascertained due to widespread sickness; primarily affecting the numerous poor and wretched, with frequent hearses indicating deaths.
Event Details
A new cholera outbreak has struck London, starting among the poor. Authorities are unprepared without a board of health. Public life continues normally with crowded streets and open theaters, belying the city's affliction.