§ Mr. Fullerrose to move for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the spreading of the Small Pox infection. It was not his intention to attempt enforcing the vaccine inoculation. He would leave that open to the operation of its own merits. But with respect to the Small Pox, it was often found that the infection was widely spread from the modern mode of treating that disease; 714 for the patients, instead of being closely confined to their rooms, as was formerly the custom, under the modern practice were ordered to walk abroad, by which means the air of the vicinage was infected, and the disease communicated through whole districts. His object in this bill, then, would be to prevent any persons from opening houses for Small Pox inoculation within less than three miles distance from any great town, village, or assemblage of dwelling houses joined together; and to oblige all such persons to keep their patients within doors during the whole continuance of the disorder; and also where any person shall have caught the infection in any such town, &c. to enable the parish officers, at the parish expence, to remove such person to the distance of three miles, until recovered from the disorder; and where any infected persons shall appear abroad, to enable the parish-officers to enforce their return within doors. He meant also to enforce the observance of this law by penalties, which should be applied to the relief of the persons who, by their means, shall have caught the disease: but such penalties not to be paid until two months after conviction: and then, if no mischief shall have accrued to others from the misconduct of the parties, the magistrates to have a discretion in mitigating the fine. If leave was given to bring in the bill, he meant to have it printed, and to be over until next session.—Leave was given accordingly.