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as President of the Conference, proceeded to deliver an
address on the Sanitary Acts and their administration in
Ireland. This address was followed by a paper on "the
Prevention of Tuberculosis" and another on the "Housing
of the Poor."
On Satnrday, the 20th, the Section in Preventive
Medicine resumed its deliberations, when Dr. Grimshaw.
C.B., F.R.C.P.I., Registrar-General for Ireland, delivered
an address, the subject being "The Relations between
Preventive Medicine and Vital Statistics." Papers were
also read and discussed on "The Increase of Lunacy"
and "Infectious Diseases in General Hospitals." Other
papers in this Section were taken as read.
In the Section devoted to Chemistry and Meteorology,
papers were read on: "The Protection of Water
Supplies;" "Some Points in Regard to the Supply of
Water to Small Towns and Villages in Ireland;" "On
Ireland, its Capital, and Scenery;" "The Exact Determination
of the Polluting Power of Drainage Waters by
Bacterio-chemical Methods;" "The Causes and Management
of Outbreaks of Typhus Fever occurring in Rural
Sanitary Districts;" "Prevention of Measles in Rural
Districts;" "On the Control of Infectious Diseases
with special reference to Measles and WhoopingCough;"
"The Notification of Measles;" "The Methods
and Appliances at our disposal for the Suppression of
Outbreaks of Scarlatina, Small-pox, Diphtheria, and
Typhus Fever in Urban and Rural Sanitary Districts
having Populations of 5,000 and Under;" "Microbial
Infection of Milk and other Food Materials;" "The