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Imperial Cancer Research Fund .

At a meeting of the council held on June 7, Prof. H. R. Deanwas reappointed chairman for the ensuing year and Sir HughLett, vice-chairman. Dr. L. Foulds was re-elected ElizabethWills Allen fellow and Mr. R. J. Ludford, D sc, Alice memorialfellow.

Middlesex County Medical SocietyAt a meeting to be held at the Harefield Cohnty Hospital,

on Wednesday, June 20, at 3 PM, Dr. E. Nassau and Dr. P. F.Kennish will analyse the cases admitted for treatment fromthe mass radiographic unit.Bedside Dentistry in US Army HospitalsA portable dental unit is being used in certain United

States Army hospitals to assure bedridden patients morecomplete dental care. According to the office of the Surgeon-General, this " dentist’s office on wheels " carries equipmentfor a wide variety of dental operations.Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneAt the annual -general meeting at 26, Portland Place,

London, Wl, on Thursday, June 21, Dr. C. M. Wenyon, FRs,will be inducted as the new president.British Association of Physical MedicineThe annual general meeting of the association will take

place at 11, Chandos Street, London, WI, on Tuesday,June 26, at 4.30 PM.

West London Medico-Chirurgical SocietyOn Tuesday, June 19, at 8.30 PM, at Kensington Town

Hall, Lord Moran will deliver the Cavendish lecture. His-subject is to be the art of command. ’

Out from the Battle !On June 12 Lieut-General Sir Alexander Hood opened an

exhibition with this title illustrating the care of the wounded.° It is held by the Red Cross and St. John-War Organisation in

the.grounds.of Clarence House, The Mall, London, SW1, andwill be open from 11 AM to 7 PM (2 rM to 7rM on Sundays) tillJuly 31.

Royal Society of MedicineOn Wednesday, June 20, at 2.15 PM, at the section of

comparative medicine, there will be an exhibition of films ofmedical and veterinary interest. The section of orthopaedicswill meet at 2.30 PM, on June 23, at St. Vincent’s Hospital,Pinner, Middlesex, when there will be a demonstration ofcases by members of the staff.

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Famine in BengalA few copies of the report of the Famine Inquiry Com-

mission are now available at the publications branch,India House, Aldwych, London, WC2. The price of the

report is 7s. 6d. post free.

Training for the Disabled ,

A committee formed from the Regional Orthop2edicHospital at Harlow Wood, Nottinghamshire, propose tofound a college for the vocational training of men and womendisabled in the Services, the mines, and industry. A site hasbeen acquired next to the hospital, and an appeal for 70,000is being made in the counties of Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, andNottingham. The president is Winifred, Duchess of Port-land, and the organising secretary Mr. J. L. Lee-Jones, NewSquare, Low Pavement, Nottingham.Removal of Structural Precautions at HospitalsThe Minister of Health states that, now the war with

Germany is over, he is prepared to consider proposals for theremoval of structural precautions at EMS hospitals, especiallywhere their removal is desirable in order to improve lightingand ventilation-e.g., bricked-up windows of wards, oper-ating theatres, X-ray departments, and kitchens. Wherethis work can be done by members of the hospital staff with-out the use of outside labour, it is suggested that arrangementsshould at once be made to undertake the work. Where out-side help is needed, it will be necessary to submit particularsto the Minister for approval, so that they may be consideredin relation to other demands for building labour.

Hospitals at which a stretcher gas-cleansing unit has beenerected are now at liberty to use it for other purposes.

The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owingto war conditions are advertised in this paper should not be takenas an indication that they are necessarily available for export.

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A prize of JE100 is offered to a fellow, associate, or registeredstudent of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, under 36 yearsof age on Jan. I, for an essay or papers on some aspect ofthe application of chemistry to the promotion of industrialwelfare. Particulars from Mr. A. Taylor, ARIC, c/o Newton,Chambers & Co., Ltd., Thorncliffe Works, Sheffield.

Royal Sanitary InstituteA meeting will be held on Friday, June 22, at 10.45 AM, at

the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, when Dr.C. 0. Stallybrass will speak on public health and the socialservices. In the afternoon Mr. L. H. Keay, the city architect,will read a paper on post-war housing.

The King has given permission to Mr. A. H. McIndoe towear the decoration of officer of the Order of Polonia Restitutaconferred upon him by the President of the Polish Republicin recognition of services during the war.RATIONS FOR GERMAN PRISONERS.—Sir JAMES GRIGG

stated in the House of Commons that the caloric value of thefood now being given daily to non-working prisoners of war,held in this country was about 2000 and that for workersis about 2900.

AppointmentsFRASER, VIOLET, MB LOXD. : temp. asst. MOH and asst. school MO

for Reading. ’

GIBSON, JEANETTE, LRCpE : temp. asst. MOH and asst. school MO forDudley.

PI-1,CHAUD, R. A., FRCS: RSO at Newcastle-on-Tyne GeneralHospital.

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The following examining factory surgeons have been appointed.KING, ARTHUR, MB EDIN., Ilfracombe, Devon ;POLLARD, L. T., 9 ’-NIB EDIN., Malpas, Cheshire ;JACK, W. J., MB ABEBD., Ardlington, Lancs ; andHoMins, EnwARR, MB MANc., Kendal, Westmorland.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

BROWNE.—n June 1, at Oxford, the wife of Squadron-Leader R. C.Browne, MRep—a daughter. -.

CANDLER.—On June 1, at Exeter, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel P. L.Candler, RAMC—a, son.

DAWES.—On June 3, at Oxford, the wife of Dr. G. S. D-awes-adaughter.

GoUM).—On June 5, in London, the wife of Surgeon LieutenantD. W. Gould, RNVR—a son.

HARVEY.-On June 9, at Dorking, the wife of Dr. John Harvey-ason. -

NoRTHCROFT.—On June 3, at Oxford, the wife of Captain G. B.Northcroft, MBE, RAMC—a daughter.

RACE.—On May 31, at Cambridge, the wife of Dr. R. R. Race-adaughter.

RICHARDS.—On June 7, at Bristol, to Dr. Megan Richards (neeEvans), the wife of Captain R. D. Richards, FRCS, RAMC—a

daughter. ,

ROSENBLOOM.—On June 1, at Ootacamund, South India, the wifeof Colonel A. Rosenbloom, IMS—a daughter.

WATTS.—On June 3, at Reading, the wife of Major J. C. Watts,RAMC-a son.

MARRIAGES

BICKFORD—DAVIES.—On June 8, in London, Reginald GeorgeBickford, squadron-leader RAFVR, to Joyce Audrey Davies,captain RAMO.

BLISS—HOLLOWAY.—On June 2, in London, Theodore Bliss, MB,to Reba Noelle Gwyneth Holloway, MB.

COLENSO—MACRAE.—On May 1. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, KennethArthur Colenso, surgeon lieut.-commander RNVR, to DorisIrene Macrae.

FARQUHARSON—TEW.—On June 5, at Glasgow, Charles SmithFarquharson, surgeon lieutenant RNVR, to Doris Ellen Tew,WRNS.

FOSBROOKE—THORPE.—On June J, at Lytham, John MalcolmFosbrooke, FRCSE, to Olive Irene Thorpe.

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GARROW—OWEN.—On May 23, in London, Donald Hugh Garrow,surgeon lieutenant BNVR. to Pamela Rosamond Owen.

MACLEAN—HAUPT.—On May 31, at Friern Barnet, George ToddMaclean, MB, to Edith Nina Haupt.

DEATHS

BEATTY.—On June 1, Martyn Cecil Beatty, MB EDix., lieut.-colonelRAMC retd., of Broadway, Worcs.

BOMFORD.—On June 1, at Johannesburg, Trevor Laurence Bom-ford, MD LOND., MRCP, lieut-colonel rnxs.

BURNE.—On June 2. Thomas William Higgins Burne, MB LOND.,late senior surgeon, Federated Malay States, husband ofCatherine Violet Burne, Mi), aged 65.

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FERNANDEZ.—On June 5, Thomas Fernandez, MA CAMB., MRCS.GRANT.—On May 31, at Ballachulish, Lachlan Grant, MD EDIN.,

FRFPS, DPH, jr. aged 74.MOIR.—On June 7, at Swadlincote, Burton-on-Trent, John Hay

Moir, DSO, MC, MD ABERD., DPH.TAYLOR.—On May 29, William Joseph Taylor, LRCPI, of Ruan

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