On the Epidemic of Cholera in Malta during 1887
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Mr. President and Gentlemen,?Malta, the principal island of a small group called the Maltese Islands, which comprises Malta, Gozo, and Comino, is situated some 50 miles south of Sicily, which can easily be seen on a clear day, and some 200 miles east of the African mainland. The main geographical fact to be noted is that Malta, subject as it is to visitations of cholera, lies in a direct path of commerce, vid the Suez Canal, between England, Spain, France, and the East, and is visited for the purpose of coaling or commerce
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