“To carry into effect the separation of the sick from the healthy, it would be very expedient that one or more houses should be kept in view in each town or its neighbourhood, as places to which every case of the disease, as soon as detected, might be removed, provided the family of the afflicted person consent to such removal; and, in case of refusal, a conspicuous mark, ‘SICK,’ should be placed in front of the house, to warn persons that it is in quarantine; and even when persons with the disease shall have been removed, and the house shall have been purified, the word ‘CAUTION’ should be substituted, as denoting suspicion of the disease; and the inhabitants of such house should not be at liberty to move out or communicate with other persons until, by the authority of the local board, the mark shall have been removed. “It is recommended that those who may fall victims to this most formidable disease should be buried in a detached ground, in the vicinity of the house that may have been selected for the reception of cholera patients. By this regulation, it is intended to confine, as much as possible, every source of infection to one spot: on the same principle, all persons who may be employed in the removal of the sick from their own houses, as well as all who may attend upon cholera patients in the capacity of nurses, _should live apart_ from the rest of the community. “Whenever objections arise to the removal of the sick from the healthy, or other causes exist to render such a step not advisable, _the same_ PROSPECT OF SUCCESS IN EXTINGUISHING THE SEEDS OF THE PESTILENCE cannot be expected. Much, however, may be done, even in these difficult circumstances, by following the _same principles of prudence_, and by avoiding all unnecessary communication with the public out of doors: all articles of food or other necessaries required by the family _should be placed in front of the house, and received by one of the inhabitants of the house after the person delivering them shall have retired_. Until the time during which the contagion of cholera lies dormant in the human frame has been more minutely ascertained, it will be _necessary_, for the sake _of perfect security_, that convalescents from the disease, and _those who have had any communication with them_, should be kept under observation for a period of _not less than twenty days_. “All intercourse with any infected town and the neighbouring country must be prevented, by the best means within the power of the magistrates, who will have to make regulations for the supply of provisions.