LECTURER ON PUBLIC HEALTH AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL LONDON H. K. LEWIS, 136 GOWER STREET, W.C. 1894 Λ PREFACE. Ir is highly desirable that the members of the medical profession should possess some acquaintance with the statutory enactments bearing upon the notification and prevention of Infectious Diseases. Not only has the medical profession certain duties cast upon it by recent Acts, but the public also has very grave responsibilities in its dealings with cases of infectious disease. The householder, the parents, or the persons in charge of a patient suffering from an infectious complaint, look to the medical attendant for advice as to what their duties and responsibilities may be in these cases; and it is therefore very essential that the advice given should be sound and accurate, so that not only may there be no possibility of an infringement of the law with its probable unpleasant consequences, but-taking a higher standpoint-that 274219 |