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"The suggestion that the Medical Officer of Health
"should confirm the diagnosis is not one for the Board; but
"in our opinion it is very doubtful whether such a proceeding
"would be of any value, and it certainly would be attended
"with distinct disadvantages.
"We do not see that any useful purpose would be served
"by such a conference as the Borough of Holborn suggest,
"and we cannot recommend the Managers to take any part
"therein."
The Public Health Committee, who had been advised to a
similar effect, expressed their agreement with the views of the
Asylums Board.
Isolation of Patients suffering from Infectious Diseases.
Accommodation for persons suffering from Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever, and Small-pox, is
provided by the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
at their various hospitals, and the increasing recognition by the
public of the advantages accruing from the isolation of the
infectious sick, is shown by the steadily increasing proportion
of patients suffering from those diseases who are removed to
hospital.