under the principal Act of persons suffering from any contagious or
infectious disease, and for the detention of such persons in such
institution until they may be discharged without danger to the
public health.

"(2.) Any person in respect of whom an order under this section is
made may at any time while such order remains in force appeal
therefrom to a Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in the locality,
and the Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to hear such appeal and
to make such order in the matter as he thinks fit. An order of a
Magistrate under this subsection shall be final and conclusive.

"(3.) Regulations under this section may be made to apply generally
or to any specified institution or institutions."

The Committee are advised that this section was not aimed solely at
venereal diseases. In that year, and prior thereto, was prominent the
difficulty of detaining consumptives who refused to take precautions to
prevent the spread of their disease to others; and, again, much
attention was being centred on the chronic typhoid and diphtheria
"carrier." It seemed rational to compel isolation of such persons in
hospital until there was some assurance that they would no longer be a
danger to the community if allowed their liberty. Regulations under the
Act were not issued, owing to opposition manifested at the time, and
consequently the section never became operative.

(D.) _The Prisoners Detention Act, 1915._

This Act secures that individuals of one class of the community--viz.,
convicted persons--can be held until freed from venereal disease with