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provided that the other means to which he had referred as 

 accompanying notification were carried out in the district. 



Dr. T. J. CLARKE (Malay States) said that with regard to 

 the point which had been raised as to the desirability of the 

 compulsory notification of measles he had had some experi- 

 ence in the Tropics which might bear on the question. He 

 had found that if notification were used to isolate and segre- 

 gate the patients, and to keep the sick child apart from 

 others, it was liable to lead to the concentration of a large 

 number of sick in a small area or to the absence of fresh 

 air in the homes. He believed that the proper treatment of 

 measles was similar to the treatment given for phthisis. As 

 they were all aware, it was not so many years ago that 

 abundance of fresh air in cases of phthisis was looked upon 

 as dangerous, but now they gave phthisical patients all the 

 fresh air possible, and in his opinion if measles were treated 

 on the open-air system there would be a much smaller death- 

 rate, and that had been his experience. His point was that 

 if they adopted notification in order to stamp out measles, 

 do not let them put the patients in camps or tents or isolation 

 hospitals, but give them plenty of fresh air. 



The CHAIRMAN, in closing the meeting, said he thought 

 he might thank all the various speakers for the very interest- 

 ing and instructive discussion that had followed upon the 

 reading of the papers. The discussion had not only shown 

 them how much had been done, 'but it had also clearly 

 demonstrated what an enormous amount still remained to be 

 done. He did not think, however, that the outlook could 

 be considered to be altogether hopeless, and he felt they 

 were justified in believing that if progress were carried on 

 steadily by the means which had been indicated at the Con- 

 ference they might hope for some real amelioration of the 

 terrible state of affairs and the terrible wastage of human 

 life which was revealed by a study of infant mortality the 

 whole world over. 



The meeting then terminated. 



THIRD SESSION, AUGUST 5. 



HER EXCELLENCY THE COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN presided 

 over the meeting on Tuesday, when the subject under dis- 

 mssion was "The Administrative Control of the Milk- 

 Supply." 



In opening the proceedings Lady ABERDEEN said : In the 

 few minutes which I wish to reserve to myself as Chairman 

 I desire to draw your attention to the report which will 

 shortly be issued of the first official Milk Commission 



