20 MAY 1865, Page 2

The Poor-Law Board has published its decision in the case

of Timothy Daly. The doctor who "attended "him but never dressed his leg is dismissed, as is also the head nurse, while the master is severely reprimanded, and told that he is responsible first of all for the condition of the infirmaries. Dismissal in such a case seems a light punishment, but it must be remembered that at the inquest Mr. Beales testified that the actual cause of death was not the state of deceased's skin, and. of this the Board make a great point. The exposure will do more than. the sentence, and the establishment of a strong visiting society, with a paid inspector or two of the pertinacious, ferreting, worrying kind, will do more than alL