The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3912, 13 July 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1881.

Following up our remarks yesterday upon-the case of the man James Beatty, we wish now to forcibly impress upon the local authorities the urgent necessity there exists for the establishment of an lutectious Diseases Hospital. We were in fluenced in writing the article yesterday to speak strongly on the treatment given the unfortunate man-; in order to more forcibly direct the attention of the public to the position of affairs, and to place the matter in a strong light before the authorities. We painted a picture of the :sufferer falling between the two stools, and in order that no other person shall meet with a similar fate, we again refer to the matter. The local authorities have already signified their willingness to pro fide food, medicine, and attendance to patients suffering from scarlet fever or other infectious diseases, and we wish them to go still further, and provide a dwelling place, where such of the eick as choose may go for treatment. For this purpose we recommend the County and Borough Boards of Health to amalgamate, to procure a suitable build* ing for an hospital, and to make arrangements with their medical adviser to give the attendance necessary. A dwelling should be furnished and in readiness to receive patients; and persons should be admitted without any question as to what par£ of the district they came from —being sick and in want of advice and medicine being alone the qualification for admission. There should be no choice in the matter, the building should be procured atonce, and suitably furnished. But, in addition to meeting the case of persons coming from a distance, it may happen that many persons in our midst contracting the disease, have not the accommodation necessary at their usual places of abode to successfully treat such diseases as we are dealing with ; so if precautions are to be taken at all to prevent the spread of the disease, and the recovery of those afflicted, no half measures are admissible. Wo say it is clearly the duty of the local authorities to take steps in the direction iudicated, and if such are not taken we shall bold the members of the Councils responsible, and accuse them of a dereliction of duty, and unfaithfulness to the charge reposed in them by their constituents.