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 Attendance. All Expences should be paid by the Publick, and no Charges ought to be thought great, which are counterbalanced with the saving a Nation from the greatest of Calamities. Nor does it seem to me at all unreasonable, that a _Reward_ should be given to the Person, that makes the first Discovery of _Infection_ in any Place: since it is undeniable, that the making known the _Evil_ to those, who are provided with proper Methods against it, is the first and main Step towards the overcoming it. ALTHOUGH the Methods taken in other Countries, as well as in our own, have generally been different from what we have here recommended; yet there are not wanting some Instances of extraordinary Success attending these Measures, whenever they have happened to be put in Practice.