i ION 



iie it meant a saving of many, many 

 millions of annuall;. have 



:," he stated, " and have no doulit 



s success. What it will save to the world 



no one can estimate. No one can guess its large 





: 1 11 my 'juote the testimony 



of a medical officer of health. After reading the 



lea and examining the cases under nt 



Villa-'- 11 :::, he asked to see any others 



that might o He came to Her Majesty's 



pital and examined the scarlet fev. nts 



lyiiiL; M ! by side with operation cases. He was 



iterested. He informed me that in his 



ey had been on the point of erecting 



isolation hospital for scarlet fever cases, ! 



:iey had agreed to postpone the building 

 for a year, and that all the medical men of the 

 had agreed to give this treatment a trial 

 months. He arranged to provide a 

 nurse or special nurses, who would faithfully carry 

 out my methods. In this instance the saving 

 to that :t alone would amount to a v. 



considerable sum in four figures. !';'. lie opinion, 

 alas ! proved too strong to carry this out. 



s plan has been adopted by several medical 

 ers of health, supported by the medical prac- 

 titioners in their district, even to the closing of 

 on hospital for scarlet fever cases; yet 



