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Cholera links to filth and mortuary reforms noted

The London Medical and Surgical Journal emphasizes cholera’s close link to filthiness, noting that outbreaks affect both rich and poor. It cites mortality in the 1832 hulls at Chatham, Plymouth, and Portsmouth, and mentions German fears of unsafe burials leading to mortuary establishments in Gotha and Berlin watched by officials. A fire at Mr Bull’s candle-manufactory in Chancery Lane caused alarms as flames reached Pope's Head Court. Fire engines arrived quickly and contained the blaze with water supply sufficient, preventing spread to a storeroom of inflammable goods.