be of this Nature.

THERE ought, in the first Place, _a Council of Health_ to be
established, consisting of some of the principal Officers of State, both
Ecclesiastical and Civil, some of the chief Magistrates of the City, two
or three Physicians, _&c._ And this _Council_ should be intrusted with
such Powers, as might enable them to see all their Orders executed with
impartial Justice, and that no unnecessary Hardships, under any Pretence
whatever, be put upon any by the Officers they employ.

INSTEAD of _ignorant old Women_, who are generally appointed _Searchers_
in Parishes to inquire what Diseases People die of, that _Office_ should
be committed to _understanding and diligent Men_: whose Business it
should be, as soon as they find any have dy'd after an uncommon Manner,
particularly with _livid Spots_, _Bubo's_, or _Carbuncles_, to give
Notice thereof to the _Council of Health_; who should immediately send
skilful Physicians to examine the suspected Bodies, and to visit the
Houses in the Neighbourhood, especially of the _poorer_ Sort, among whom
this Evil generally begins. And if upon their Report it appears, that a
_Pestilential Distemper_ is broken out, they should without Delay order
all the Families, in which the Sickness is, to be _removed_; the _Sick_
to different Places from the _Sound_: but the Houses for both should be
three or four Miles out of Town; and the _Sound_ People should be
_stript of all their Clothes_, and _washed_ and _shaved_, before they go
into their new Lodgings. These Removals ought to be made in the Night,
when the Streets are clear of People: which will prevent all Danger of
spreading the Infection. And besides, all possible Care should be taken
to provide such Means of Conveyance for the _Sick_, that they may
receive no Injury.

AS this Management is necessary with Respect to the _Poor_ and _meaner_
Sort of People; so the _Rich_, who have Conveniences, may, instead of
being carried to _Lazaretto's_, be obliged to go to their
Country-Houses: provided that Care be always taken to keep the _Sound_
separated from the _Infected_. And at the same Time all the Inhabitants
who are yet well, should be permitted, nay encouraged to leave the Town,
which, the thinner it is, will be the more healthy.

NO manner of _Compassion_ and _Care_ should be wanting to the
_Diseased_; to whom, when lodged in _clean_ and _airy_ Habitations,
there would, with due Cautions, be no great Danger in giving Attend