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Food Standards CommitteeDr. N. R. Beattie has been appointed a member of the

Food Standards Committee in place of Dr. E. L. Sturdee,who has resigned.

Royal Institute of Public Health and HygieneProf. Wilson Smith, F.R.S., is to deliver the Bengue lecture

for 1951 at 3 P.li., on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the institute,28, Portland Place, London, W.I. He is to speak on InfluenzaVirus Research and its Biological Implications.Foot Health Educational Bureau ’

The bureau will hold an all-day convention on Monday,Oct. 29, at the Royal Empire Society, NorthumberlandAvenue, London, W.C.2. Tickets may be had from the

secretary of the bureau, 121, Ebury Street, S.W:1.

Congress of Rheumatology . _ .

The second European Congress of Rheumatology is to beheld in Barcelona from Sept. 24 to 27. Dr. Philip S. Henchis to be the guest of honour. Further information may behad from the secretary of the congress, Via Layetana, 31,Barcelona, Spain.

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Faculty of RadiologistsThe annual meeting of the faculty will be held in Edinburgh

on July 20 and 21. The diagnosis section is holding adiscussion on Angiography, the therapy section on Tumoursof the Testis. There will -also be a joint meeting of the twosections to discuss Giant-cell Tumours, Osteitis Fibrosa; andBone Cysts.British Medical AssociationThe subject chosen for the association’s student essay com-

petition for 1952 is the Training of a Student in thePersonal Relationship between Doctor and Patient. Furtherinformation may be had from the secretary of the association,B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.1. to whomessays should be sent not later than Jan. 31, 1952.

Ministry of EducationDr. J. E. A. Underwood, principal medical officer to- the

Ministry, retired at the end of June. His successor is Dr. PeterHenderson.

Dr. Henderson graduated M.B. at the University of Aberdeen in1929 and- proceeded to the M.D. degree two years later. He hasserved as a first assistant at the Hospital for Sick Children, GreatOrmond Street. Before joining the staff of the Ministry of Educationhe held appointments in the public-health services of Todmorden,Leyton, and St. Helens.- His published work includes papers onspeech defect in childhood, and the incidence of epilepsy anddiabetes mellitus in school-children. -

Dr. A. F. Alford has been appointed a senior medical officerto the Ministry. - _ -_National Assistance Board -

During 1950 this board paid out £56,430,000. At the endof the year 1,350,000 allowances were being paid comparedwith 1,157,000 at the end of 1949, and 842,304 shortly afterthe introduction of national assistance in July, 1948. Thusin less than two and a half years the number of peoplereceiving assistance has increased by more than 500,000 or60%. Allowing for dependants the increase must have beenabout 750,000. An analysis of ’those receiving assistanceshowed that 61-8% were men over 65 and women over 60living at home ; 17% were sick or incapacitated people underthose ages ; 7-6% were widows ; and 2-7% were deserted wives,mainly women with domestic ties, particularly young children.But the bulk of those assisted were old people, of whom130,000 were 80 years of age or over.

Training of Nurses -

Nurse-training committees have now been appointed foreach of the 14 regional hospital areas for England and Wales.These committees, which have been set up under the Nurses’Act, 1949, are to advise and assist the training institutionsin the area ; to advise and, if asked to do so, to assist theGeneral Nursing Council in matters relating to the approvalof training institutions ; and to- promote improvements andresearch into training methods.- Each committee consistsof 15 members (except in the Metropolitan regional hospitalareas, where the membership is slightly larger). 4 membersare appointed by the regional hospital board ; 1 member

(in Metropolitan areas 2 or 3 members) by boards of governorsof teaching hospitals ; 5 members by the General NursingCouncil ; 1 by the Central Midwives Board ; - and 4 by theMinister of Health. Nurses are in the majority on each ofthe committees. Out of a total membership of 215, thereare 133 nurses, including 11 male nurses.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

BIRTHS .

DUNCAN.—On June 22, at southsea, the wife of Dr. MalcolmDuncan-a daughter.

PEMBLETON.—On June 25, in London, the wife of Dr. J. T.Pembleton-a daughter.

RIOE.—On June 28, at Nottingham, the wife of Dr. Hugh Rice—a daughter.

SINCLAIR-LOUTIT.—On June 29, at Bangkok, the wife of Dr. KennethSinclair-Loutit-a son.

WEDELES.—On June 28, in London, the wife of Dr. Claude Wedeles"-a daughter. ’

- MARRIAGESWOMERSLEY—WALDOCK.—On June 23, in London, Richard Arthur

’Vomersley, M.B., of Port Elizabeth, to Elizabeth Ann Waldock.

DEATHS

CASE.—Oh June 29, at Sidmouth, Henry Case, L.R.C.P.E., aged 80.GUNN.-On June 29, at Edinburgh, John Donald Gunn, M.D.,F.R.C.S.E. .

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LONGLEY.—On June 23, in London, John Augustus Noel Longley,M.B. Birm., of Henbury, Bristol, aged 76.

TAGGART.—On July 1, Joseph ScottTaggart, M.B. Mano., of Bramhall,, Stockport, and late of Heaton Moore, aged 79.

RICKMAN.—On July 1, in London, John Rickman, M.D. Camb.

AppointmentsBRYANT, H. 0. M., M.B. Lpool, D.P.H. : deputy M.O.H. and deputy

school M.O., Bolton. ,

CoGHILL, J. G. J., M.B. Aberd. : asst. M.O.H., Grimsby.HENDRIE, MARGARET, M.B. Lond., D.C.H.: asst. M.o.H. and asst.

school M.o., Luton.HOARE, R. D., M.B. Lond., ’D.M.R.D. : asst. radiologist (part-time),

Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, London.TEMPLEMAN, G. H., M.B.E., M.D. Leeds : medical director, Leeds

. mass radiography unit. ’

WALKER, JOHN, M.B., D.P.H.: asst. M.O.H. and asst. school M.O.,Luton. ’

WHITESIDE, C. G., B.M. Oxfd, D.M.R.D.: asst. radiologist (part-time), Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, London.

South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board :BOYD, L. H., M.R.c.s. : asst. ansesthetist, Portsmouth group of

hospitals.HOUSE, R. A., M.R.c.s., D.A.: asst. anaesthetist, Southampton

, group of hospitals.LAWRIE, R. S., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.: consultant

surgeon, Battersea and Putney group of hospitals.

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ADAMSON, VALERIE, M.B. Durh., D.A.: asst. ansesthetiat, DurhamH.M.C. group.

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BROWNLEE, T. J., M.B. Edin., F.R.c.s.E.: asst. consultantsurgeon, South-East Northumberland group of hospitals.

LASSMAN, L. P., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. : asst. regional neurosurgeon.MACIVER, 1. N., -M.B. Durh., F.R.C.S.E.: deputy regional- neuro-

surgeon. ’

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PORTEOUS, H. B., M.B.E., M.D. Edin. : asst. physician (geriatrics),Newcastle H.M.c. group.

PRESTON, C. D., M.B. Aberd., D.P.H., D.M.R. : radiologist, N.W.Durham H.M.c. group.

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QUINLAN, P. T., M.B., B.SC. Manc., F.R.C.s.E.: E.N.T. surgeon,N.W. Durham H.M.c. group. ’

RUDDFLL, J. S., M.A., M.B. Dubl., D.A.: anaesthetist, NorthallertonH.M.C. group. -

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WALKER, F. G. C., M.D. Belf., M.R.o.p.i.: asst. chest physician,Northumberland tuberculosis administrative area.

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KENNEDY, D. D., M.B. N.U.I., D.P.H. : Tisbury district, Wiltshire.MACKIE, WILLIAM, M.B. Glasg. : Eccles district, Lancaster..MACKINTOSH, JOHN, M.B. Glasg. : Arrochar district; Dunbarton-

shire. ’

MELDRUM, D. H., M.R.C.S.: Llangennech district, Carmarthenshire,ROGERS; A. T., L.M.S.S.A. : Cliffe district, Kent.SIDDONS, ENID, M.B. Lond. : Pontypool district, Mon.

The Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical andDental Staff apply to all N.H.S. hospital posts we advertise, unlessotherwise stated. Canvassing disqualifies, but candidates may normallyvisit the hospital by appointment.

Prof. K. J. Franklin is to be visiting professor of physiologyin the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., for ten months fromSeptember, 1951.

The National Association for Mental Health has publisheda list of the outpatient clinics under the National HealthService which offer psychiatric facilities to adults and children.Copies (2s. 6d.) may be had from the association, 39, QueenAnne Street, London, W.1.

CORRIGENDUM : Prevention and Treatment of Travel Sickness.-In Dr. John Harper’s article of May 26, ’Lergigan’appeared erroneously as Lertigon.’