Introduction.--The treatment of disease.--The present position of the hospital.--The hospital of the future.--The poor-law infirmaries.--The report of the Hospitals' committee (1892)--Typhoid fever.--Blindness and shortsight.--Maternity and its perils.--The dentist's place in health nationalisation.--The registration of disease.--The inspection of industries.--Workers in lead.--The "laisser faire" system.--Conclusion