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addressed by the Clerk, to the Local Government Board, as
follows:—
"Sir,
"I am instructed by the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums
District to request you to bring to the notice of the President of the
Local Government Board, the fact that the system of compulsory
notification of infectious disease, the adoption of which was strongly
recommended in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire
respecting Small-Pox and Fever Hospitals, has not yet been
extended to the Metropolis.
"I am at the same time instructed to point out that in the absence
of accurate information, it is almost impossible for the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, more especially at the commencement and at the
close of an epidemic, to make arrangements at once satisfactory and
economical, for the prompt removal and proper accommodation of
patients, and to request the Local Government Board to take steps at
the earliest possible moment to obtain from Parliament legislation
providing for the adoption of this system in the Metropolis,
"I am, etc."
The letter, like that of your Vestry, simply received formal
acknowledgment.
It only remains to slate that with few exceptions the
Vestries and District Boards endorsed the action of your
Vestry by passing, and forwarding to the Local Government
Board, resolutions in favour of the principle of Notification, and
requesting the President to introduce a Bill during the current
Session. The Wandsworth District Board especially, did good
service by requesting their Medical Officers of Health to obtain
information regarding the working of the system in the towns
where it is in operation. The results of their inquiry have been
tabulated, and now form a valuable synopsis of information that
cannot fail to be useful, and convincing to the mind of any
unprejudiced person as evidence of the success of the system.
PROVINCIAL OPINION.
Provincial Opinion found adequate expression, March 8th
last, at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Municipal
Corporations (President, Mr. Wm. Woodall, M.P.; Treasurer,