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or mesh surfaces, brushes may be used. Although thetreated areas remain effective for some time, the insects com-ing in contact with the chemical may not die for an hour ormore.

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Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAt a meeting of the council held on Oct. 6, with Mr. Eardley

Holland, the president, in the chair, the following wereadmitted to the membership :

T. S. M. Barnett, Alexander Buchan, Daphne W. C. Chun,Aileen M. Dickins, E. D. Y. Grasby, M. W. Hemans, Ursula M.Lister, Agnes M. D. Milne, Abd El-Salem M. El-Minabbawy,Kripananda Mitra, Joan P. Moignard, Padma Raj, W. B. Shute,Beatrice M. Smyth, J. M. Thomson.

Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that the

following have resumed civilian practice :Mr. T. A. CLARKE, FROS, Ersham Lodge, New Dover Road, Canter-

bury.Dr. L. H. HOWELLS, 71, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.Dr. THOMAS HUNT, FRCP, 49, Wimpole Street, London, Wl.Mr. H. VERNON INGRAM, Ferndale, Clayton Road, Newcastle-

upon-Tyne 2 (as from Oct. 29)Mr. B. W. RYCROFT, OBE, MD, FRCS, 149, Harley Street, Wl.Dr. J. D. SiimpsoN, 69, Bridge Street, Cambridge.Mr. ARTHUR S. WESSON, FRCP, FRCS, University College Hospital,Gower Street, London, WCI.

Sir RUSSELL WILKINSON, KCvo, MRCS, 82, Portland Place, Wl.

Future of PhysiotherapyMr. Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, will take the chair

at a meeting to be held at 3 PM on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 28,Portland Place, London, WI, when Mr. V. Zachary Cope,FR,cs, president of the Board of Registration of MedicalAuxiliaries, will speak on the place of physiotherapy in acoordinated health service. Tickets may be obtained fromthe secretary of the Society of Physiotherapists, 24, SouthMolton Street, London, Wl.

Royal Society of MedicineThere will be a general meeting of fellows on Tuesday,

Oct. 16, at 5 rM. On Oct. 19, at 6 PM, Dr. W. M. Levitt willgive his presidential address to the section of radiology onresponsibility for accidents in radiological departments, andon the same day, at 8 PM, Prof. F. J. Browne will deliver hispresidential addresstothe section of obstetrics and gynaecology.He is to speak on the obstetric unit and its place in a nationalmaternity service.

Royal Institute of Public Health and HygieneDuring the autumn session the following lectures will be

delivered at 28, Portland Place, London, Wl, on Wednesdaysat 3.30 PM : Mr. F. D. Saner, cancer of the breast (Oct. 17) ;Dr. A. Doyne Bell, responsibility for child health (Oct. 24) ;Major Joseph Minton, eye diseases in the East (Oct. 31) ;Mr. R. P. Osborne, treatment of burns (Nov. 7) ; Mr. AnthonyGreen, radiology (Nov. 14) ; Mr. J. C. Ainsworth-Davis,urology (Nov. 21) ; and Dr. W. W. Payne, diabetes inchildhood (Nov. 28).Mechanical Respirators sent to PragueA number of " iron lungs " were sent by air to Prague in

September for use in the poliomyelitis outbreak. At therequest of UNRRA, Dr. William Gunn, medical superintendentof the North-western (LCC) Hospital, went to Prague todemonstrate their application.Central Midwives Board

Mr. A. J. BENN’ETT, assistant secretary to the board, hasbeen appointed its secretary and chief executive officer, insuccession to Mr. Leslie Farrer-Brown, now secretary to theNuffield Foundation.

LCC Housing SchemeOn Tuesday last the housing and public health committee

brought before the Council schemes for erecting 3850 dwell-ings at a cost of about £4,800,000 on a site of 576 acres atLoughton, Essex, and for acquiring 1481 acres for housingpurposes at Dagnam Park, Romford, at a cost of £250,000.The plans for Loughton provide for 3358 houses of three tofive rooms, 384 two-room flats in two-story buildings, and 108one-room bungalows suitable for the aged. The dwellings, itis stated, will all be of

" a new type." Sites are reserved for

five senior and six junior schools, four churches, sixty shops, acinema, and two refreshment houses, while Loughton Hallwill be used as a community centre. About 62 acres is to beallocated to light industries, and a third of this-will at firstbe used for the erection of emergency factory-made houses.

Faculty of OphthalmologistsOur last issue contained (p. 448) an announcement on the

new Faculty of Ophthalmologists. The constitution, func-tions, and management of the Faculty were outlined in aprevious statement, published in February, which has nowbeen amended but in general terms remains valid. Thisprevious statement, which was summarised in The Lancet,appeared in full in the British Medical Journal of Feb. 3, 1945(p. 160), and in the February number of the British Journalof Ophthalmology.Association of Industrial Medical OfficersThe annual general meeting of the Scottish group will be

held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 3.15 PM, in the Institute ofHygiene, University of Glasgow.Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneAt 26, Portland Place, London, Wl, on Thursday, Oct. 18,

at 8 PM, Dr. C. M. Wenyon, FRS, will deliver his presidentialaddress on tropical medicine in war and peace.METHYL THIOURACIL, for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis,

can now be obtained from British Drug Houses, Ltd.CORRIGENDUM.—In Dr. Day’s letter of Oct. 6 (p. 449), for

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cystometry " read " cyrtometry." His address should be

the Mundesley Sanatorium. ’

AppointmentsBROWN, ANNIE, MB LOND., DCH : part-time senior MO to outpatient

department, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.*COHN, ERNST, MD BERLIN : temp. asst. MOH for East Ham.GUN-MUNRO, S. D., bIB LOND. : DMO, Windward Islands, British

West Indies.MibDLETON, MARGARET, MB LOND. : part-time senior MO to out-

patient department, Hospital for Sick Children, Great OrmondStreet.

* Subject to approval of Ministry of Health.London Hospital.-The following temporary appointments are

announced :DicK, Wing-Commander 1. L., MD EDIN., FRCSE, first assistant

to the accident and orthopaedic department.STEAD, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. S. G., MRCS, first assistant to Mr.

Souttar and Mr. Perry.SHILLINGFORD, J. P., MD HARVARD, MB LOND., first assistant to

the medical unit.PASSE, E. R. G., FRCS, DLO, first assistant to the aural department

(part-time).The following factory surgeons have been appointed:GOLDIE, A. M., MB GLASG. : Coatbridge, Lanark.KNOX, H. N., MRCS : Tring, Herts.LAURIE, J. C., MB GLABG.: Glasgow North.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

COPLANS.—On Sept. 28, at Exmouth, the wife of Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Robert Coplans, RN—a son.

CUSACK.—On Sept. 27, at Newry, Northern Ireland, the wife ofSurgeon Commander J. J. Cusack, RN—a son.

EASTCOTT.-On Sept. 25, in London, the wife of Surgeon LieutenantH. H. G. Eastcott, RNVR—a daughter.

GASS.—On Sept. 28, in London, the wife of Captain T. Gass, RAMC—a daughter.

JACKSON.—On Oct. 4, at Twickenham, the wife of Mr. J. M. Jackson,FRCSE—a daughter.

MORRIS.—On Oct. 1, in London, the wife of Captain KennethMorris, RAMC—a son.

PAIN.—On Sept. 30, at Northampton, the wife of Captain W. J. L.Pain, RAMC—a daughter.

WEIR.—On Sept. 27, at Rugby, the wife of Surgeon LieutenantM. M. Weir, RNVR—a daughter.

WENYON.-On Sept. 30, the wife of Lleut.-Oolonel E. J. M. WENYON,RAMC—twin daughters.

MARRIAGESCOwAN-ORMROD.-On Sept. 25, at Edgbaston, Birmingham,

Stuart Lawson Cowan, D se, to Constance Margaret Ormrod, BM.GRYLLS—DUNNE.—On Sept. 28, at Dartmouth, Henry Grylls,

. captain RAMC, to Johanna Dunne, QAIMNSR.HUTCHISON—NIBLETT.—On Sept. 22, at Colombo, J. B. Hutchison,

FB08, surgeon commander RNVR, of Glasgow, to N. E. Niblett,QARNNSR.

LANSHAM-HOBART—TERRY THOMAS.—On Sept. 19, at Cairo,Neville Langham-Hobart, squadron-leader, to Jean MairTerry Thomas, MB, flight-lieutenant.

MUNDIE—CLEMENT.—On Sept. 15, at Capetown, James H. F.Mundie, surgeon lieutenant RNVR, to Dorothie Betty Clement.

ROBERTS—HAGGER.—On Sept. 19, in Karachi, lain Gunn Roberts,MB, to Joan Margaret Hagger, PMBAFNSR.

DEATHS’AITCHISON.—On Oct. 6, at Hunton Bridge, King’s Langley, Violet

Mary Hawthorn Aitchison (nee Rendall); MRCS, DMRE.CHANCE.—On Sept. 28, Clifford Cuthbert Chance, Mq, MB ABERD.KIDSON.—On Oct. 1, at Northwood, Campbell William Kidson,

MB BIRM., major RAMO. -LANCASTER.—On Oct. 4, at Lyme Regis, Ernest Le CronierLancaster,

BM OXFD, IP, formerly of Swansea, aged 83. -

MOTTRAM.—On Oct. 4, at Northwood, James Cecil Mottram,MB LOND.