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"should be sent from sanitary authorities and workhouses in the district, of persons
"of the wandering class who have been exposed to the infection of small-pox; and
"that a printed copy of such information should be distributed from the bureau to
"every sanitary authority and board of guardians in the district, and that the
"expense of working the bureau should be met by contributions from the county
"councils and county boroughs forming the district.
"(7) That this Conference is of opinion that the port sanitary authorities should
"be authorised to take more stringent precautions to prevent the importation of
"disease by persons arriving by vessel at the ports who are suffering from small-pox,
"or who have been exposed to infection by that disease.
"COMMON LODGING-HOUSES AND CASUAL WARDS.
"(8) That the local authority should have increased control over common lodging"houses,
their keepers, and occupants. Thus the Local Authority should have
"power—
"(a) to medically examine the inmates;
"(6) to detain and isolate persons exposed to infection and to disinfect them and
"their clothes;
"(c) to temporarily close a common lodging-house in whole or in part, compen"sation
to be given to the keeper of the house.
"(9) That the local authority should have power to order the keeper of a common
"lodging-house in which there has been infectious disease to refuse fresh admissions
"for such time as may be required by the authority.
"(10) That the local authority shall be empowered to require medical examination
"and disinfection of all persons entering casual wards.
"(11) That the local sanitary authority should have power to require the removal
"and isolation of any inmate of a casual ward who may reasonably be suspected of
"being liable to convey infectious disease.
"(12) That the local authority should have full power to require the cleansing of
"the person and the disinfection of the clothes of any person in a casual ward,
"whether infected or exposed to infection.
"LABOUR BUREAUX.
"(13) (a) That the time has arrived when the Local Government Board should
"promote legislation for the establishment of labour bureaux in the areas of every
"county council and every county borough council.
"(b) That this Conference is also of opinion that it is desirable that a national
"voluntary agency should be formed for assisting bona fide working men while
"travelling through the country in search of work, and that such agency should be
"worked on the same lines as the Inter-Cantonal Union of Switzerland for the
"relief of poor travellers.
"(14) That the unemployed travelling bona fide in search of work, not being
"habitual vagrants, should not be treated as vagrants, but as far as possible be
"assisted to obtain employment.