Observations on the Necessity of Parochial Fever Wards; with Remarks on the Extensive Spread of the Present Fever

The policy of the measure here -recommended can scarcely be disputed ; but on the mode and the means of effecting it, many discrepancies of opinion will doubtless prevail. Mr. Parkinson has discussed this important topic with much, discretion and good sense, and we hope his arguments will have weight with the parochial and constituted authorities. To those who cavil at the expence of these fever wards, Mr. Parkinson replies that?" An Establishment, with eighteen beds, six for males, and twelve for females, would, it is expected, be sufficient for the