Postscript.

I have much satisfaction in stating that the Association of Officers of Health met on Wednesday, February 2, 1870, to consider the subject, and unanimously came to the conclusion that—"Supposing the Legislature should determine to recommend the introduction of a Contagious Diseases Act among the civil population, it would be possible and feasible, under a well-organized system, to carry out its enactments in the Metropolis."