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mothers, the extra warmth of the mother's arm being
unnecessary. A disused egg box is considered a capital
substitute for a cradle by which this mishap may be
avoided.
The Small-pox and Fever Hospitals Commission.
The Commissioners have issued a report which contains
many useful and valuable suggestions, which I hope will
become law.
Correspondence has taken place between the Prime
Minister, the President of the Local Government Board,
and the managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District, in
reference to carrying out the suggestions in the abovementioned
Report of the Royal Commissioners.
On the 3rd March, 1883, at a meeting of the managers
of the Metropolitan Asylum District, on the motion of Sir
E. H. Currie, it was resolved unanimously—"That in accordance
with the recommendations of the Committee, a
communication be addressed to the Local Government
Board, urging upon them the importance of asking Parliament
to confer upon the managers compulsory powers,
not only for the purchase of wharves, &c., but also for the
acquirement of additional hospital sites; and that in the
meantime the General Purposes Committee be empowered
to institute inquiries, with the view of ascertaining where
such wharves and sites can be obtained.
On the 17th March, 1883, at a meeting of the managers
of the Metropolitan Asylum District, it was moved by Mr.
Carr (the able representative of the two parishes), and
resolved—"That it be an instruction to the Committee of
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