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2.—"That the provisions of the 26th Section of the
Sanitary Act, 1866 (Section 124 Public Health Act,
1875) are insufficient for the protection of the public
health, and should be so amended as to empower
any Justice to direct the removal to a hospital,
within the district of a Nuisance Authority, of any
person suffering from any dangerous infectious
disorder, and being without proper lodging or
accommodation which would enable him to be
properly isolated, so as to prevent the spread of
disease to other inmates of the same house, or be
properly treated."
3.—"That the admission into hospitals, for the purpose
of isolation of persons suffering from infectious
diseases, and being without proper lodging or
accommodation, is eminently desirable in the interests
of the public, and should be encouraged; that payment
for the assistance given in hospitals to such
persons removed thereto for isolation by the Nuisance
or Poor Law Authority, should not he enforced.
That the giving of such assistance should not entail
on the recipients the loss of any social or political
status, and that the cost of hospital treatment of
such infective sick persons should be made a charge
on the Common Poor Fund."
A deputation, representing mary of the Vestries and
Local Boards, subsequently waited on the President of the
Local Government Board, to request that he would be pleased
to bring under the notice of the Government the desirability
of taking measures for giving effect to them by legislation.
In connection with this subject, it may be pointed out that
several large towns have already received power of compelling
the notification of infectious disease, and others are seeking it.
SMALL POX.
Eighteen persons died from Small Pox during the year
1880 among 89 persons suffering from this disease who
became known to the Sanitary Authority.
Of the 18 who died, 16 had before their death been removed
to hospital, leaving two who died in houses in the parish.
Seventeen cases were removed to hospital at the expense of
the Sanitary Authority.