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administration of the poor law, and treated as
part of the sanitary arrangements of the metropolis.
"We think that the conduct of the hospitals
cannot be better placed than under the
management of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, with such changes in their mode of
election as shall give the sanitary authorities
of London—that is to say, the vestries, district
boards. and commissioners of sewers—at least
an equal influence with the guardians of the
poor in the choice of the elective members o
the board.
"We think that every person suffering
from an infectious disease, or those in charge
of him, or, if these neglect their duty, the occupier
of the house in which the sick person is
residing, or if he is a pauper, his medical attendant,
should be required by law to notify
the nature of the disease to the medical officer
of health so soon as they or any of them are
aware of it; and that, in the case of nonpaupers,
the medical attendant should, if it is
inexpedient to impose any further obligation
on him, be similarly required by law to furnish