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the medical superintendent, Captain A. E. H. Pinch, for tl

the successful financial result. The motion for the adoption 7of the report was carried unanimously.Mr. Edward Roberts of Oakfield, Hale, one

of the honorary surgeons to the Manchester Royal Eye "Hospital, has been appointed High Sheriff for the ensuing tiyear for his native county of Cardigan. p

A LECTURE entitled, " The Bible in the Light i:of Modern Science," will be delivered by Mr. William Woods d

Smyth, at the Stafford Rooms, Edgware-road, London, W., aon Friday next, April 7th. The chair will be taken by SirWilliam Broadbent at 5 o’clock.

THE GARCIA CENTENARY.-The Musical Times for April contains a very full and most interesting account (of the Garcia Centenary, with illustrations. There are a tportrait of Manuel Vicente Garcia, the father of Manuel t

Garcia, the illustrious maestro whose 100th birthday occurredso recently, a reproduction of the well-known portrait by tChalon of Maria Garcia (Madame Malibran), a reproduction tof a daguerreotype taken in 1848 of Jenny Lind, Garcia’s tmost famous pupil, a reproduction of a sketch by Doyle of Hallé and Garcia playing chess, Manuel Garcia as he was50 years back at the time of the invention of the laryngo- scope, and lastly, a special reproduction on plate paper of v

the recently painted portrait by Sargent. A short accountof Garcia’s career is given as also a full description of thecentenary celebrations. Among the other articles we areglad to see one calling attention to the beauties of Bach’schoral preludes. Why is it that these wonderful composi-tions are so seldom played ?THE STANDARDISATION OF DRUGS. - Messrs.

Evans, Gadd, and Co., of Exeter, in the most recentedition of their price list for medical men, have in-cluded a short introductory essay on the Standardisa-tion of Drugs, explaining their methods. When the chiefactive ingredient of a drug is known and can be readilyisolated an estimation of it gives approximately the value ofthe drug, but in the case of some of the most importantdrugs the cause of their undoubted activity cannot be tracedto any definite constituent and the drug can only bestandardised by physiological tests. For example, ergot istested as to its ecbolic efficiency by experiments on pregnantguinea-pigs and the cardiac tonics, digitalis, strophanthus,and squill, can only be effectively tested by their action onthe living heart of the frog, and Messrs. Evans, Gadd, andCo. state that the preparations which they offer have beenso tried.

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Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

The Pharmacy Bill.FOUR Members-Mr. BATTY LANGLEY, Mr. ALEXANDER CROSS, Mr.

JAMES BAILEY, and Sir MARK STFWART-have given notice to movethe rejection of the Pharmacy Bill when it comes on for second reading.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22ND.The Home Office and the Vaccination Act.

Mr. WEIR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Departmentwhether in view of the fact that magistrates throughout the countryplace different constructions on the term conscientious objection, asdefined in the Vaccination Act, 1898, cases having recently occurred inwhich a man who had been granted a certificate of exemption for onechild had been refused a certificate for another, although he had ineach instance raised precisely the same conscientious objection tovaccination, he would state when he proposed to lay upon the table ofthe house the circular issued by the Home Office calling attention tothe remarks made by the Lord Chief Justice relative to the principle onwhich the Act ought to be administered ; and whether he would con-sider the expediency of so amending the Act as to remove the difficultyexperienced by magistrates.-Mr. AKERS-DoUGLAS replied: If thehonourable Member will move for this circular in the form of a returnI shall be happy to grant it. The question of legislation on the subjectis one for the President of the Local Government Board.

The Prime Minister and the Conscientious Objector.Mr. WEIR asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he was

aware that candidates for the public service were not allowed to takeup appointments unless they had been vaccinated ; and whether,seeing that this regulation penalised candidates who had a con-

scientious objection to vaccination, he would so amend the regulationsas to make it competent for such persons to secure their appointmentsunder a certificate of exemption granted under the conscience clauseof the Vaccination Act, 1898.-Mr. BALFOUR said: I think the honour-able Member must be under some misapprehension. I never heard

tiat any objection felt by candidates to being vaccinated themselves’ould constitute conscientious objection. The conscientious objection! to the vaccination of their children.

The Physical Condition of School Children.When the Vote on Account was before the House Dr. MACNAMARA

nitiated a short discussion on the physical condition of school children.Ie said that nothing more cynical had ever come under his notice thanhe disregard shown by the Board of Education for this vitally im-)ortant question, particularly in the matter of food. There wasbundant evidence, including the testimony of Dr. Eichholz, as to theamentable lack of proper food among the school children in the poorerlistricts and they could not let this sort of thing go on. He himself hadeen the miserable condition of many of the puny scraps of humanity uponvhose weak shoulders the burden of the empire would ultimately rest.-Sir JOHN GORST expressed the opinion that the time for inquiry had)assed and the time for action arrived and it was most discreditableo their powers of administration and legislation that such a matter1ad not been dealt with.-Mr. LONG said that the view of the LocalGovernment Board was that there was a great deal in the report of thecommittee on the subject that could not be acted upon without legisla-tion and that much of the rest would require very careful considera-tion. The Local Government Board could not admit that it hadneglected its duty in any particular.-Sir JOHN GORST said it hadbeen suggested that the Local Government Board should make regula-tions as to the supply of milk.-Mr. LONG replied that one of the lastthings he did at the Board was to obtain the sanction of the Treasuryto an additional staff for carrying out the work in connexion with theAdulteration of Food Acts so as to keep the local authorities up to themark. During the last few years there had been a remarkableimprovement in the action of the local authorities in this direction.-Sir WILLIAM ANSON, who also spoke, pointed out that the Board ofEducation was powerless to provide for the feeding of children in theelementary schools. When the Board was charged with being slack incarrying out the recommendations of this committee he must remindthe House that the report was issued only last July and that through-out the autumn he had been inquiring of persons with a practicalacquaintance with the life of the poor as to how this question-whichbecame the more difficult the nearer it was approached-could be dealtwith. To take away from the parents the duty of supplying meals fortheir children and to break up family life by inducing the children tohave their meals regularly at school must have disastrous results.What it was necessary to get at was the extent of the evil and theproper remedy. It would not be fair to attack the department fornegligence in a matter of such pathetic importance when the essentialfacts were not known and when a false step must have such seriousconsequences.consequences.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD.

vaccznaa2on rrosecuiaon.

Mr. PHILIP STANHOPE asked the Home Secretary whether hisattention had been called to the case of Jabez Wilson Harrison ofBurgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire, who had already suffered two months’imprisonment imposed upon him by the magistrates of Spilsby andBoston and who was now undergoing a third term of imprisonment ofa month inflicted upon him by the latter bench of magistrates inconsequence of his conscientious objection to compulsory vaccinationand the refusal of the magistrates to grant him a certificate of exemp-tion ; and whether he would order the release of this man and call theattention of the magisterial benches of Spilsby and Boston to the spiritand intention of the Vaccination Acts with regard to conscientiousobjectors.-Mr. AKERS-DoUGLAS said : I can only refer the honour-able Member to the answer which I gave to the honourable member forRoss and Cromarty on this case. This was as follows : " I have madeinquiries into this case and I learn that the remarks on the subject ofconscientious objection to vaccination made by the Lord Chief Justiceat the Birmingham summer assizes were brought to the notice of theSpilsby magistrates before they convicted Harrison. The questionwhether the circumstances justify the issue of a certificate of exemptionis in each case one for the discretion of the magistrates, with which Ihave no power to intertere." I regret that I do not feel justified inadvising any remission of the sentence.

The Viewing of Bodies at Inqtcests.Mr. KEIR HARDIE asked the Home Secretary whether his

attention had been called to the remarks of Mr. Coroner Graham,of Consett, anent the advisability of discontinuing the practiceof compelling juries to view dead bodies upon which inquests werebeing held; and whether he purposed to take any action for puttingan end to this practice.-Mr. AKERS-DoUGLAS said: My attentionhad not been called to the remarks in question but I have read anewspaper report of them which the honourable Member was goodenough to send me. Legislation would be necessary to enable thepractice to be discontinued; and on this point I can only refer thehonourable Member to the answers given by my predecessor onFeb. 22nd and March 29th, 1900, to the effect that there was no suchdecided preponderance of expert opinion in favour of any definite

change in the law as would afford a reason for proposing legislation ofthe kind suggested.

The Physical Condition of School Children.Dr. MACNAMARA asked the Secretary to the Board of Education

whether on the occasion of his visit to the Johanna-street CouncilSchool, North Lambeth, he found any children unfit to take advantageof the instruction offered in the school as a result of being hungry andill-fed; and, if so, what immediate steps he proposed to take in con-nexion with the condition of such children, if any.-Sir WILLIAMANSON replied: I cannot say that on the occasion of my visit anychildren were unfit to receive instruction owing to hunger, though Iformed an opinion that owing to long-continued unhealthy conditionsof life some of the children were backward in development and neededa simpler and in some respects a different course of instruction. Ihave every hope that the report of the committee now sitting willenable us to decide whether these cases can be dealt with by the actionof the department concurrently with organised voluntary effort.Dr. MACNAMARA asked whether the honourable gentleman’s attention

had been called to the statement of Miss Deverell, sub-inspector underthe Board of Education, in evidence before the Committee on PhysicalDeterioration to the effect that she knew one school where tbe,I11asterstated that the children got most of their meals by meeting workmen’s

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trains and begging scraps from the men; and, if so, what immediatesteps he proposed to suggest in order that the needs of these childrenmight be so attended to that they might be in a position to profit bythe instruction offered to them.-Sir WILLIAM ANSON answered: I haveread the evidence to which the honourable Member refers but I thinkhe will agree with me that in so serious a matter statements made to aschoolmaster, repeated by him to a lady, who communicated themto the Committee on Physical Deterioration would hardly furnish anadequate ground for departmental action. I may add that I havemyself been informed by teachers of the practice referred to and myinformants have added that it by no means follows that the childrenthus supplied cannot be fed at home.-Dr. MACNAMARA: Havingregard to the fact that this lady is an official of the department, may Iask whether the honourable gentleman has any doubt as to the truthof her statements?-Sir WILLIAM ANSON replied: No, sir, none

whatever.Dr. MACNAMARA further asked whether the honourable gentleman’s

attention had been called to paragraph 360 of the report of the Committeeon Physical Deterioration endorsing a recommendation of the RoyalCommission (1903) on Physical Training in Scotland to the effect thatcases arose in which it was desirable that the preparation and cookingof meals for underfed school children ought to be regarded as one of thecharges incident to school management; and whether he was in aposition to assist the putting of this recommendation into practicaleffect.-Sir WILLIAM ANSON said: My inquiries on this subject have led ’’,me to believe that the wisdom of preparing and cooking meals on the ’,school premises as a mode of dealing with those cases in which childrenneed to be provided with food elsewhere than at home is seriously opentoquestion. ’,

MONDAY, MARCH 27TH. ,

The Physical Condition of School Children.Sir JOHN GORST asked the Secretary to the Board of Education

whether the evidence on medical inspection of schools and feeding I,starving school children taken by the Royal Commission on PhysicalTraining in Scotland and by the Departmental Committee on PhysicalDeterioration would be laid before the new committee of the Board ofEducation; whether fresh evidence would be taken by it and of what nature; whether the further consideration of the report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration would be suspended until the new committee Ireports ; and whether its report would be made before the end of thesession.-Sir WILLIAM ANSON replied: The evidence taken before theRoyal Commission on Physical Training and the Departmental Com-mittee on Physical Deterioration will be laid before the new committeereferred to. The terms of reference sufficiently indicate the characterof the fresh evidence which that committee is intended to takeand the consideration of the report of the Committee on PhysicalDeterioration will only be suspended in respect of the matters includedunder that reference. I cannot say whether a report will be madebefore the end of the session.

Sir JOHN GORST also asked the Secretary to the Board of Educationwhether the Board of Education would address a circular to localeducation authorities advising them to instruct the managers andteachers of public elementary schools to refer the case of childrenattending their schools, hungry and destitute and unable from afflictionto profit by the instruction provided, to the proper Poor-law autho-rities for relief.-Sir WILLIAM ANSON said: Such a circular as is pro-posed could not properly be issued by the Board of Education withoutthe concurrence of the Local Government Board. I will consider thematter.

Sir JOHN GoRST asked the President of the Local Government Boardwhether he would address a circular to the local Poor-law authoritiespointing out the duties of relieving officers in reference to givingmedical and other relief to destitute children irrespective of the con-duct and character of their parents, and whether the Local GovernmentBoard would suggest that in case of relief in kind given to destitutechildren part of such relief should be in the form of milk.-Mr. GERALDBALFOUR said: My reply to the question of my right honourable friendmust be to the same effect as that which I gave on the 17th inst. to asomewhat similar question put to me by the honourable Member forthe Ilkeston Division. I am not aware of any reason for supposing thatboards of guardians and their officers are not alive to the powers andduties which attach to them in relation to destitute children, whereapplication is made to them for relief. With regard to the latter partof the question I think that boards of guardians may be trusted to usetheir discretion as to the giving of milk as outdoor relief to destitutechildren. The Local Government Board called the attention of itsinspectors to the subject last year. It does not appear to me to benecessary to issue a circular as suggested.Later in the day a discussion arose on the same subject, an oppor-

tunity being afforded on the second reading of the Consolidated FundBill. Dr. MACNAMARA said that the real practical education difficulty wasnot the religious question but how they were to deal adequately withthe needs of the physically unfit. He confessed he would rather have awell set-up, well-clothed, well-fed sturdy little Churchman than arickety, weak-kneed, weak-chested little Nonconformist-or vice versd.Two things must be done. First in the very poor slum schools thechildren must be kept under permanent medical supervision. Therewere at present in London three or four medical officers whose serviceswere utilised, but if the needs of London were looked after like those ofBrussels there would be about 100 medical officers so employed.Secondly, the canteen scholar system of Paris must be adopted.It was a perfectly simple system partly maintained by voluntary sub-scriptions, partlv by payments made by the parents, and partly by agrant made by the State. Under such a system in slum areas schoolswould be linked together, four or five in each group, and for eachgroup there would be a central dining hall. The parents would obtaindinner coupons; if they could pay they would do so; if not they wouldget them gratuitously.

Sir JOHN GORST said that the number of children sacrificed to theMoloch of industry owing to the unfavourable conditions before andafter birth induced by the mothers working in factories was enormous.In Lambeth the other day about two dozen cases of starving childrenwhose condition was vouched for by a medical officer were reported tothe Board of Education. The board of guardians when asked to relievethe children passed a resolution which was everything that could bedesired but it had been reported to him that not a single child hadbeen relieved. There would be no difficulty, without legislation, inbringing about medical examination in all the schools. All that was

necessary was to put a clause in the Code to the effect that after acertain date no grant would be paid to any public elementary schoolunless there was a satisfactory system of medical inspection approvedby the Board of Education.

Dr. C. F. HUTCHINSON contended that no child who started school workwithout food was in a position to benefit from the education providedfor him. It was a cruelty to require such a child to study; it was asimpossible for him to receive education as it would be to do physicalwork. He admitted the necessity for inquiries but they should dosomething in the meantime to prevent the physical deteriorationarising from that early malnutrition which engendered a desire forstimulants and increased the number of unemployed and un-

employable.Sir WALTER FOSTER said he thought something could be done by the

Board of Education to encourage a system of medical inspection in theschools. Medical relief was not held to pauperise the recipients, whyshould the feeding of children at school ? On the recommendation ofthe teacher the children of destitute parents might be fed, the reliefbeing given as medical relief was now given, on loan. The cost could berecovered from the parents where they were capable of paying.

Sir WILLIAM ANSON, in the course of his reply, said that the sugges-tion that the Poor-law authority in areas where distress was known toprevail should provide the meals on proper evidence and that theparents should then be charged seemed to be well worthy to be takeninto consideration and he would undertake to confer with the Presidentof the Local Government Board to see whether it was possible toorganise some such method of securing that children were not leftdestitute and neglected by their parents in the poorer districts of thelarge towns. But apart from the law which dealt with neglectedchildren how were they to meet this question of underfeeding ? Itcould only be done by grants from the Exchequer, by raising moneyfrom the rates or by voluntary effort.Dr. HUTCHINSON : Or by all three.Sir WILLIAM ANSON said he would not be prepared to make any

suggestion as to grants from the Exchequer; and as to the rates hethought there was great force in the observation that it would be ahardship on the poor ratepayer to provide meals for a fellow citizenone degree poorer than himself. All he could do was to undertake thatas far as administration went he would see what could be done toinstruct local authorities to organise voluntary efforts.

Plague in India.Mr. HERBERT ROBERTS asked the Secretary of State for India

whether he would give the latest figures as to the number of deathsfrom plague and small-pox in India; whether he would state thenumber of deaths from plague since Jan. 1st, 1905; and whether hewas in a position to make a statement as to what special steps theGovernment of India was taking to reduce the rate of mortality andto prevent the spread of the disease.-Mr. BRODRICK said: I amunable to give figures regarding deaths from small-pox as they are notspecially returned to me. For plague the latest received figures are forthe month of February-namely, 126,041 deaths. The total number ofdeaths from plague since Jan. lst up to the end of February is 252,567.I have been in communication with the Viceroy as to whether morecan be done to remedy the present deplorable loss of life. It has beendecided to send out a scientific expedition to make a thorough investi-gation into the origin and causes of plague. The Royal Society andthe Lister Institute have undertaken the direction of the inquiry andarrangements for starting it at once have been made.Mr. SCHWANN asked whether plague had not something to do with

want of food owing to the enormous burdens placed upon the Indianpeople.-Mr. BRODRICK said: We have no evidence to that effect. Itis almost impossible to trace any special cause for the increase in thenumber of deaths but there is one satisfactory feature which is thatthe number of infected areas has not increased.

Irish Guardians and Medical Appliances. ’

Mr. O’SHEE asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant ofIreland whether the Lismore board of guardians had by resolutionrequested the Local Government Board for Ireland, in view of theefforts now being made for the promotion of Irish industries andmanufactures, to authorise them to entertain only tenders receivedfrom bona-fide Irish manufacturing firms for medicines and medicaland surgical appliances ; and, if so, whether the Local GovernmentBoard would give the Lismore guardians and any other public bodiesdesiring to follow the same principle this discretion in the case of allarticles manufactured in Ireland by a number of firms sufficient toinsure adequate competition ; and whether he would make inquiriesof the President of the Local Government Board for England toascertain whetner this principle was adopted by a considerable numberof boards of guardians in England.-Mr. LONG replied: The duty ofthe board of guardians in the exercise of their public trust is to havedue regard to economy and to obtain the best return possible for themoney of the ratepayers whom they represent. The Local Govern-ment Board has no power to enlarge or to curtail the responsibility ofthe guardians in this respect. The English Local Government Boardhas no knowledge that the method suggested is adopted in thiscountry.

Laboratory Work at Birmingham.Mr. LEIF JONES asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he

was aware that the School of Brewing in connexion with the Universityof Birmingham had not fulfilled the expectations of its founders ; thatto provide against the closing of the school a professional laboratory,in competition with private analysts, was to be established forthe purpose of analysing brewers’ samples ; that it was pro-posed to advertise the existence of the laboratory to the brewingtrade generally; and that the local brewers, in consideration ofhaving guaranteed a sum toward the maintenance of the school,were to have their analytical work done at the school labora-tory free of cost to the extent of their respective guarantees; andwhether he would take steps to prevent an institution supportedpartly out of public funds being thus used in competitionwith private professional analysts.-Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN said:I am informed that the School of Brewing has completely fulfilled theexpectations of its founders and is now in a most flourishing condition ;the buildings, equipment, and annual working cost have all beenprovided by the Birmingham and Midland Counties Wholesale Brewers’Association, so that no part of the funds of the University or theGovernment grant has been used in founding or carrying on the

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school. The scientific work done in the school is the subject of a com- iplimentary reference from the gentlemen who carried out the last

quinquennial inspection on behalf of the Treasury in 1901. I under-stand that it is now proposed to make additions to the school as a resultof a visit made by a deputation from the board of management to theschools of Ghent, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, and Paris. I see no reasonfor any Treasury interference.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH.Typhoid Fever at Malta.

Sir JOHN CozoMS asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whetherduring the year 1904 there were many cases of typhoid fever in HisMajesty’s ships resorting to Malta Harbour.-Mr. PRETYMAN replied:In H.M.S. Venerable there were 17 cases of typhoid fever, four endingfatally; in H.M.S. Montagu six cases and one death ; and in H.M.S.Arrogant four cases and one death. As such questions and answersgive rise to misapprehension I think it desirable to add that theoutbreaks of typhoid fever in these ships were not due to the Maltawater-supply. The disease was contracted during the visits of theseships to other Mediterranean ports.

Medical Officers of flealth and Private Practice.Mr. WEIR asked the Lord Advocate whether he would state the

names of the six counties in Scotland where the medical officers ofhealth engaged in general or consultative practice; and whetherarrangements could be made for such officers to give their whole timeto the duties of their office when fresh appointments were made.-TheLORD ADVOCATE said: The names of the counties are Bute, Forfar,Haddington, Orkney, Shetland, and Ross and Cromarty. Since 1901 ithas been a necessary condition of participation in the sanitary officers’grant that a county medical officer shall not engage in general private

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Appointments.Bucce88Jul applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries oj Public Institutions,

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

BRiscoE, WILLIAM THOMAS, M.D., M.Ch. Dub., has been re-

appointed Medical Officer of Health by the Chippenham RuralDistrict Council.

CULMER, J. J., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointedResident Surgeon Superintendent of the New Providence Asylum,Nassau, Bahamas.

CUNLIFFE, T. V., M.D., B.S. Lond., has been appointed HonoraryPathologist to the Oldham Infirmary.

Divis, 0. C. M., B.Sc., has been appointed Lecturer on Materia Medicaand Practical Pharmacy at University College, Bristol.

GARDEK, W. SIM, M.B., Ch.B., has been appointed Second MedicalOfficer of the County Asylum, Chester.

GRACE, ALFRED, L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officer of theWorkhouse and of the First District of the Chipping Sodbury Poor-law Union.

GRILLS, G. HAMILTON, B.Ch., M.D., has been appointed Senior MedicalOfficer of the Chester County Asylum, Chester.

MEADOWS, ROBERT THOBXTON, M.D., C.M.Edin., D.P.H. Eng., has beenappointed Medical Officer of Health to the St. Germans (Cornwall)Rural District Council.

NEILD, NEWMAN, M.B., B.Ch. Viet., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., hasbeen appointed Lecturer on Pnarmaeology and Therapeutics atUniversity College, Bristol.

REID, DOUGLAS A., M.D. Edin., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointedMedical Officer of Health of the Borough of Tenby.

ROWNTREF., CECIL, M B., B.S. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointedAssistant in the Cancer Research Department of the MiddlesexHospital.

SHARP, Hura CLIFFORD, M.B., B.C. Cantab., has been appointedDeputy Medical Officer of the Truro Port Sanitary Authority.

WORGER, THOMAS HEWLETT, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been re-appointedMedical Officer of Health by the Radstock (Somerset) UrbanDistrict Council.

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Vacancies.For further information regarding each vacancy reference shoudd be

made to the advertisement (see Index).

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH HOSPITAL.-Junior Resident House Surgeon.Salary £80 and fees.

BIRKENHEAD UNION, INFIRMARY, WORKHOUSE, AND SANATORIUM.-Resident Assistant Medical Officer. Salary £120 per annum, withboard, washing, and apartments.

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND EYE HOSPITAL.-Resident Surgical Officer.Salary BIRO per annum.

BRIGHTON THROAT AND EAR HOSPITAL, Church-street, Queeu’s-road.-Non-Resident House Surgeon for six months, renewable. Salaryat rate of .e75 per annum.

CANCER HOSPITAL, Fulham-road, S.W.-Two Assistant Surgeons.CHARlNG CROSS HOSPITAL.—Anesthetist.CHARTHAM, KENT COUNTY ASYLUM.—Third Assistant Medical

Officer, unmarried. Salary B140, with board, quarters, attendance,and washing.

CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Junior House Surgeon, un.

married. Salary JE60 per annum, with board and lodging.CHESTER, COUNTY ASYLUM.-Third Assistant Medical Officer, un-

married. Salary B160 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH DERI3YSHIRE HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-Junior House Surgeon for six months. Salary 250 per year, withboard, apartments, and laundress.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Victoria-park, E.-Pathologist. Salary 100 guineas per annum.

COUNTY OF LONDON EVENING SCHOOLS.—Lecturerj and Examiners inFirst Aid, Home Nursing, and Health. Fee one guinea per lectureor examination.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN,Shadwell, E.-Medical Officer for the Casualty Department for sixmonths, renewable. Salary at rate of £100 per annum.

EBIiw VALE WORKMEN’S DOCTORS’ FUND.—Hospital Surgeon andChief Medical Attendant. Salary jE500 per annum.

GARLANDS, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ASYLUM.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer. Salary 2130 a year, rising to B150,with board, lodging, and washing.

GERMAN HOSPITAL, Dalston, N.E.-Honorary Assistant Physician.GLOUCESTER, CITY AND PORT OF.-Medical Officer of Health. Salary

,B250 per annum.HELLINGLY, EAST SUSSEX COUNTY ASYLUM.-Assistant Medical Officer

and Pathologist. Salary £175 per annum, with board, lodging,washing, and attendance.

HEREFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon, unmarried.Salary £100 per annum, with board, apartments, and washing.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton.-Resident House Physicians for six months. Honorarium of JB25.

HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY. -Honorary Assistant Surgeon.INGHAM INFIRMARY AND SOUTH SHIELDS AND WESTOE DISPENSARY.-

Two House Surgeons. Salaries-Senior. ,B100; Junior, B75 perannum, each with residence, board, and washing.

IPSWICH, EAST SUFFOLK AND IPSWICH HOSPITAL.-Second HouseSurgeon, unmarried. Salary £80 per annum, with board, lodging,and washing.

LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE, Brownlow-hill.-Assistant Medical Officer,unmarried. Salary £100 per annum.

MANCHESTER HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THETHROAT AND CHEST.-Assistant Medical Officer for the newCrossley Sanatorium, Delamere Forest, Cheshire. Salary £50 perannum, with board, apartments, and laundry.

MARGATE, ROYAL SEA BATHING HOSPITAL.-Resident Surgeon, as

Junior for six months and as Senior for a like period. Salary at therate of ,B80 and B120 per annum respectively, with board andresidence. Also Honorary Visiting Surgeon.

ROYAL DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON, Leicester-square, W.C.-Junior Demonstrator of Practical Dental Surgery. Stipend £100per annum, rising to ,B120.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.-House Physician andCasualty House Surgeon for six months. Board, lodging, andwashing provided. Also Female House Physician and FemaleHouse Surgeon for six months. Board, lodging, and washingprovided. Also Assistant Anaesthetist for six months.

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, City-road, E.C.-Clinical Assistants.

ST. HELENS, HASTINGS, FAIRLIGHT HALL CONVALESCENT HOME.-Visiting Physician (Honorary).

SEAMEN’S HOSPITAL SOCIETY, Greenwich, S.E.-Dreadnought Hospital,Greenwich : House Physician, salary L65 per annum; House Sur-geon, salary £65 per annum; Junior Resident Medical Officer,salary £40 per annum. At the Branch Hospital, Royal Victoriaand Albert Docks : Senior House Surgeon, salary B100 per annum;House Surgeon, salary £50 per annum. With board, residence, andwashing in each case.

STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY.-HOnOrary Oph-thalmic Surgeon.

WEST BROMWIOH DISTRICT HOSPITAL.-Resident Junior House Sur-geon. Salary B50 per annum, with board, lodging, washing, andattendance.

WILLESDEN ISOLATION HOSPITAL.-Resident Assistant Medical Officer,unmarried. Salary £125 per annum, rising to E200 per annum,with board, washing, and lodging.

WINCHESTER, ROYAL HABTS COUNTY HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon,unmarried. Salary ,B65 per annum, rising to £75, with board,residence, &c.

YORK DISPENSARY.-Resident Medical Officer, unmarried. SalaryE120 a year, with board, lodging, and attendance.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

Bowi.E-EvANS.-On March 25th, at Abbottabad, India, the wife ofCaptain C. H. Bowle-Evans, LM S., of a daughter.

FAWSSETT.-On March 23rd, at FOIe-street, Edmonton, N., the wife ofFrank W. Fawssett, M.B , of a daughter.

FIELDING.-On March 21st, at Aberfoyle, Avondale-road, Croydon, thewife of A. Leslie Fielding, L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.F.P. & S. Glasg.,of a daughter.

KENNEDY.-On March 22nd, at Balaam-street, Plaistow, E., the wife ofAngus Endicott Kennedy, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of a son.

PARSONS.—On March 21st. at The Cottage, Shipton-under-Wychwood,Oxford, the wife of John E. H. Parsons, B.A. Cantab., M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.HoDGSON—REED.—On March 25th, at Christ Church, Streatham,

Stanley Hodgson, M.D., B.S. Lond., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., to Lucie,youngest daughter of the late James Reed, Adelaide, SouthAustralia.

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DEATHS, BADOOCK.—On March 26th, at Buckingham-place, Brighton, Lewis

Carter Badcock. M.D., aged 65 years.- CuFAUDF.-On March 23rd. at 7, Daysbrook-road, Streatham-hill, S.W..

Frank Cufaude, L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S Eng., late of Acle,- Norfolk, aged 57.. MACKINNON.-On March 24th, at Weybridge, Surrey, Lieutenant-

Colonel H. W. A. Mackinnon, D.S.O., A.M.S., retired, aged 63i years. ____

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