Sir: You attention is directed to the following section of the Sanitary Code:

SEC. 122. That every physician shall report to the Bureau of Sanitary Inspection, in writing, every person having a contagious disease (and the state of his or her disease, and his or her place of dwelling and name, if known) which such physician has prescribed for or attended for the first time since having such a contagious disease, during any part of the preceding twenty-four hours; but not more than two reports shall be required in one week concerning the same person; but every attending or practicing physician thereat must, at his peril, see that such report is or has been made by some attending physician. Contagious disease named by the sanitary code: Cholera, Yellow Fever, Small Pox, Diphtheria, Typhus and Typhoid Fever, Relapsing Fever, Scarlatina, Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.

The neglect of the Medial Profession to report cases of contagious diseases, occurring in their practice, to the Health Department, is not only in violation of law, but also defies the profession of the means of obtaining correct statistics of the movements or prevalence of certain diseases. The Health Department being the only medium though which such statistics can be concentrated, it becomes the duty of all to furnish such reports not only for the scientific study of diseases of a contagious character, but also for the application of measures for attesting the spread of such diseases.

By order of the Sanitary Committee,
MOREAU MORRIS, M.D.,
City Sanitary Inspector.

To DR. MOREAU MORRIS,

City Sanitary Inspector, No. 301 Mott St., N.Y.
Name of Patient,..................................Age,............
Residence,.................Disease,................................
Condition of Premises, ........................................
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Residence,............................................................