19 April 1921

To the People's Commissariat of Health, Comrade Semashko
or, if he is absent, to whoever is acting in his capacity.

I request that you inform me whether there have been cases of cholera and other infectious diseases in Moscow recently (and especially in the last few days);
how many (if there have been);
the extent of the increase compared to the previous period;
what measures for sanitary cleansing of the city and what other sanitary measures have been ordered (if such orders have been issued) and what measures have been taken.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

1921