Contagious diseases : and the insufficiency of the measures adopted for their prevention.

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[1874]
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Credit: Contagious diseases : and the insufficiency of the measures adopted for their prevention. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    That, however, which cannot be accomplished by- means of direct legislation, may be brought about by other means—by the enforcement of existing statutes, or by the revival of usages which have fallen into desuetude, or by side laws which will have an indirect influence on the offender. To give some instances of these will be our object in the following pages. Not that we are sanguine enough to imagine that our suggestions, or, indeed, that any sugges- tions will have much effect. But they may do a little towards breaking the ice on a subject which has never yet, as far as we know, been discussed in this or any other country. With these prefatory remarks, we propose, for the mitigation of the acknowledged evil,— I.—An Act analogous to the Law of Filiation. II.—An improved System of Quarantine. III. —An Extension of the Contagious Diseases Act to Soldiers. IV. —An Extension of the Sanitarv Act of 18G6. 4