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full financial responsibility for men called up in the circum-stances named.-Mr. FORSTER answered : Such men will notbe called up unless the medical authorities are satisfied thatthey are fit for service in the category in which they areplaced. They will therefore be upon the same footing asother soldiers for pension.

The Grants for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases.Major ASTOR asked the President of the Local Government

Board what steps had been taken to notify local authoritiesof the financial help which would be placed at their disposalin order to provide facilities for the diagnosis and treatmentof venereal diseases, and what, if any, conditions wereattached to the receipt of these grants in aid.-Mr. LONGwrote in reply: I propose to issue immediately a circularletter to local authorities explaining the arrangements whichare required for the provision of facilities for the diagnosisand treatment of these diseases and the conditions on whichgrants will be made for this purpose.

TUESDAY, MAY 16TH.Medical Men and Dlotor-car Taxation.

Mr. CATHCART WASON asked the Chancellor of theExchequer whether, in connexion with the question ofexempting the motor-cars used by doctors from increasedtaxation, he would consider if it would be desirable and prac-ticable to draw a distinction between cars used for businesspurposes and cars used for pleasure and luxury, so thatpetrol could be obtained at a more reasonable rate by pro-fessional and business persons.-Mr. McKENNA replied : Theexisting law provides for repayment of one half of the dutyused for supplying motive power to cars used by a medicalpractitioner or a veterinary surgeon for the purposes of hisprofession or trade.Mr. CATHCART WASON : Is the right honourable gentleman

aware of the practical impossibility of doctors obtainingpetrol in the north ?-Mr. McKENNA : I am afraid that doesnot come within the purview of my department.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH.The British Medical Men at Wittenberg.

Mr. MALCOLM asked the Under Secretary of State for Warwhether the Royal Army Medical Corps doctors, whosegallant behaviour at Wittenberg had been rewarded by HisMajesty, were volunteers for that particular work or weredetailed by the Germans to do it; and whether other Britishdoctors in other typhus camps in Germany would be recom-mended for similar recognition.-Mr. TENNANT answered:The three officers mentioned were detailed by the Germansfor duty in the typhus camp at Wittenberg. I think myhonourable friend may take it that if other officers have doneequally good work they will receive equal recognition.

Appointments.Successful applicants for vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, 81tch information for gratuitous publication.

BHATIA, S. L., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointed ResidentHouse Surgeon at St. Thomas’s Hospital.

ECCLES, R. BURTON, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., L.S.A., L.M.S.S.A.Lond., Medical Officer for the East Riding County Isolation Hos-pital, Great Driffield, East Yorks.

HALL, 0., L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., D.P.H., MedicalOfficer of Health for Plymoutb.

MACKENZIE, FEDE M., M.B., B S. Lond., Assistant Surgeon to theSouth London Hospital for Women.

NEWBIGGING. T. D., M.B., C.M. Glasg., Certifying Surgeon under theFactory and Workshop Acts for the Leadhills and WanlockheadDistrict of the counties of Lanark and Dumfries.

Vacancies.For further injormation regarding each vacancy reference should be

made to the advertisement (see Index).When the application of a Belgian medical man would be considered

the advertisers are requested to communicate with the Editor.BoLTON UNION.-Resident Assistant Medical Officer for Townleys

Hospitals, Farnworth, near Bolton. Salary £250 per annum, withapartments, &c.

BRADFORD CITY.-Two Temporary Female Medical Officers. Salary8 guineas per week.

BRADFORD, ROYAL EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL.-Non-resident HouseSurgeon or paid Clinical Assistant.

BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN AND WOMEN.-Female House Physician. Salary E150 per annum, with board, &c.

BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Physicians and House Surgeons.Salary at rate of E120 per annum, with board, &c.

BURNLEY, VICTORIA HOSPITAL.-Female House Surgeon. Salary £160per annum, with residence. &c.

BURY INFIRMARY.-Female Junior House Surgeon. Salary £150 perannum, with board, &c.

DUDLEY, GUEST HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon for six months.Salary at rate of £120 per annum, with board, &e.

FOLKESTONE, ROYAL VICTORIA. HOSPITAL.-Resident Medical Officer.’ Salary 2200 per annum, with board, &e.GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, WESTMORLAND CONSUMPTION SANATORIUM,

Meathop.-Second Assistant. Salary £250 to 2250 per annum,with board, &c.

HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Senior House Surgeon andAssistant House Surgeon. Salaries £150 and £100 per annum,with board, &c

KIRKBURTON, STORTHES HALL ASYLUM, near Huddersfield.-Locum Tenens. Salarv 27 7s. per week, with board, &e.

LONDON TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL, Hampstead-road. N.W.-AssistantResident Medical Officer for six months. Salary at rate of2120 per annum, with board, &c.

MANCHESTER. CITY OF.-Female Medical Officer. to hold Consulta-tions and Infant Clinics at Maternity and Child Welfare Centres,&c. Salary 2350 per annum.

MANCHESTER, HULME DISPENSARY, Dale-street, Strefford-road.-HouseSurgeon. Salary B250 per annum, with apartments, &c.

MANCHESTER NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Park-place, Cheetham Hill-road.-Female House Sugeon. Salary £120per annum, with apartments, &c.

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NIGERIA, FREED SLAVES HoME.-Female Medical Missionary.NOTTINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon. Salary

at rate of B250 per annum, with board, &c.NOTTS COUNTY COUNCIL, RANSOM SANATORIUM. Sherwood Forest,

Mansfield.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary C200 per annum,with board. &c.

PADDINGTON GREEN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, London, W.-FemaleHouse Surgeon for six months. Salarv at rate of ;C80 per annum.with board, &c.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Marylebone-road, N.W.-Female District Resident Medical Officer for four months. Salaryat rate of ;C60 per annum, with board, &c. Also Pathologist andRegistrar. Salary at rae of B80 per annum and lunch.

ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, S.W.-Radiographer. Salary at rate of ;Cl00per annum.

SHEFFIELD, JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.-Female Junior HouseSurgeon, unmarried. Salary £80 per annum, with board, &c.

SHEFFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Physician. Salary ;Cl20 perannum, with board, &c.

SOUTH LONDON HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, 88-90, Newington-causeway,S.E.-Temporary Female Assistant Physician for six months.Salary 10s. 6d. for each attendance.

STOKE-ON-TRENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL, Bucknall.-FemaleResident Assistant Medical Officer. Salary 2200 per annum, withboard, &c.

THROAT HOSPITAL, Golden-square, W.-Resident House Surgeon.VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR CON-

SUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.-Assistant ResidentMedical Officer.

WIGAN, ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.-Senior House Surgeon. Salary JB250 per annum, with board, &c.

TaE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, London, S.W., givesnotice of vacancies for Certifying Surgeons under the Factoryand Workshop Acts at Birmingham North, Warwick ; and atChirnside, Berwick.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BODY.-On May 11th. the wife of Thomas M. Body, R.A.M.C., ofDowlais House. Middlesbrough, of a daughter.

BYAM.-On May 5th, in Cairo, the wife of Major William Byam,R.A.M.C., of a daughter.

COOKE.-On May 10th, at Clodiagh, Stanmore, the wife of J. DouglaCooke, F.R.C.S. Eng., R.A.M.C.. of a daughter.

JONES.-On May 4th, at Walmer House, Aldridge, to Margaret, thewife of Captain R. Francis Jones, R.A.M.C., a daughter.

NEWSHOLME.-On May 7th, at Lingfield-avenue, Kingston-on-Thames,the wife of Lieutenant Henry Pratt Newsholme, R.A.M.C., ofa son.

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MARRIAGES.

PEGG-GILBERTSON.-On April 29th, at St. Saviour’s Church, Hitchin,

John Henry Pegg, B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond., to KathleenElsie, younger daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Gilbertson.

ROBERTS-BROOKS.-On May 2nd, at Presbyterian Church, Kingston-on-Thames, Captain Alan T. Roberts, R.A M.C., to Marjorie,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks, of Sydney, N.S.W.

SMITH-BINNIAN.-On May 2nd, at St. Mark’s Church, Hamilton-terrace, N.W., T. F. Hugh Smith, F.R.C.S.Eng., to Alice Charlotte,second daughter of T. W. Binnian, of Kidderminster.

DEATHS.HARRISON.-On May 5th, suddenly, at Belize, British Honduras, the

Hon. J. H. Hugh Harrison, J.P.. F.R.G.S., M.R.C.S., aged52 years.KROHN.-On May 5th, at Arosa, Switzerland, Ronald E. S. Krohn,M.D. Lond.

LEA -On May 7tb. at Dunkirk-road, Birkdale, Soutbp3rt, ArnoldWilliam Warrington Lea, M.D. Lond., F R.C.S. Eng., in his 49thyear.

LOWNDS.-On April 28th. James Richard Lownds, M.R.C.S , L S.A.Lond., of The Etms, Newcastle-on-Tyne, aged 82 years.

MAITLAND.-On May 7tb, at Ridge Mount, Winchmore Hill, LyttonPelham Maitland, M.D., B.S. Lond., D.P.H. Cantab., aged 36 years.

ROBINSON.-On May 7th, at East Kirkby Manor, Spilsby, Lines., TomRobinson, M. D. Brux., aged 68 years.

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