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A LETTER TO THE PARISHIONERS OF FULHAM.
A LETTER TO THE PARISHIONERS OF FULHAM.
Fulham Vicarage , 29 th Oct. 1849. My dear Parishioners , The Cholera has visited Fulham the second time. When it prevailed in 1832, it was always understood that two deaths only in this parish were to be traced to that fearful pestilence as their cause. But in the nine weeks closing on the 8th instant, not only had the mortality exceeded fourfold the average of the same period for the five preceding years, but in this unusual number of 127 deaths, no fewer than 56 were certified to the regist
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