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little change in the number found in the streets, onstaircases, and under arches.

It is noteworthy also that the number using volun-tary societies’ homes and shelters is on the increase.Such homes include the Cecil Houses for womenestablished in various parts of London through theefforts of Mrs. Cecil Chesterton, and in view of thereasons which led to this undertaking (see THELANCET, 1927, i., 659) we are glad to learn that theCouncil’s public assistance committee proposes to

give detailed consideration to certain aspects of thepresent census in its relation to the general questionof the homeless poor. The problem is a difficult one,as was obvious from the report on common lodging-houses issued by the medical officer of health in1927, and reviewed in our columns (loc. cit.). Butin spite of comparatively reassuring figures thosefamiliar with the neighbourhood of the Embankmentduring the past winter will find difficulty in believingthat it has yet been adequately solved.

The CensusH.M. Stationery Office have now issued, at 30s.,

a volume containing the occupations statisticsderived from the 1931 census of England and Wales.Besides figures for the country as a whole, data arefurnished for 12 geographical regions into whichthe country has been divided, and also for countiesand large urban areas. The system of classificationof occupations used for the 1921 census has been

substantially retained, and is described in detail,with an alphabetical index of about 35,000 occupa-tional terms, in a separate volume entitled " Classi-fication of Occupations " (12s.).An innovation has been introduced by the inclusion

of census statistics of persons out of work at thedate of the census. The classifications of such

persons embrace all classes of the community, includ-ing those outside as well as those within the scopeof the various insurance schemes. In the presentvolume the reader will find comparative material bymeans of which the larger features in the occupa-tional changes which took place between 1921 and1931 may be studied. The general character of thesechanges, with their drift away from agriculture andheavy industries, is, of course, already well known.

INFECTIOUS DISEASEIN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING THE WEEK ENDED

JULY 7TH, 1934

Notifications.-The following cases of infectiousdisease were notified during the week : Small-pox, 1(last week 1) ; scarlet fever, 2245; diphtheria, 1114 ;enteric fever, 35 ; acute pneumonia (primary or

influenzal), 601 ; puerperal fever, 43 ; puerperalpyrexia, 123 ; cerebro-spinal fever, 15 ; acute polio-myelitis, 5 ; acute polio-encephalitis, 2 ; encephalitislethargica, 8 ; dysentery, 7 ; and ophthalmia neo-natorum, 88. No case of cholera, plague, or typhusfever was notified during the week.The number of cases in the Infectious Hospitals of the London

County Council on July 16th-17th was as follows : Small-pox, 0under treatment, 0 under observation (last week 1 and 0respectively); scarlet fever, 1586; diphtheria, 154:4; measles,1061 (last week, 1224) ; whooping-cough, 300 ; puerperal fever,27 mothers (plus 9 babies) ; encephalitis lethargica, 269 ;poliomyelitis, 2 ; " other diseases," 215. At St. Margaret’sHospital there were 15 babies (plus 8 mothers) with ophthalmianeonatorum.

Deaths.-In 121 great towns, including London,there were no deaths from small-pox, 1 (0) from entericfever, 17 (3) from measles, 4 (0) from scarlet fever,21 (5) from whooping-cough, 32 (11) from diphtheria,35 (6) from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years,and 15 (1) from influenza. The figures in parenthesesare those for London itself.

Of the deaths from measles 3 were in Tynemouth and 2 inLiverpool. Whooping-cough caused 3 deaths in Birmingham

, and 2 in Manchester. Four fatal cases of diarrhoea and enteritiswere reported from Birmingham, 3 in Manchester, and 2 eachin Bradford, Newcastle-npon-Tyne, Salford, and W’olverha.mpton.The number of stillbirths notified during the weekwas 251 (corresponding to a rate of 37 per 1000 totalbirths), including 42 in London.

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE

THERE will be ten vacancies for medical officers inSeptember next. Candidates must be less than 28 yearsof age, and the term of service will in the first place bethree years. Further particulars are given in our adver-tisement columns.

S. G. French to be Surg. Lt. (Short Service).ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Surg. Lt. (D) J. E. Daniels to be Surg. Lt.-Comdr. (D),Surg. Sub-Lt. H. R. Vickers to be Surg. Lt.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

H. V. D’A. Iles to be Lt. (on prob.), and is seed.RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Lt.-Col. A. J. Williamson, having attained the agelimit of liability to recall, ceases to belong to the Res.of Off.

TERRITORIAL ARMY

Lt.-Col. H. F. Wilkin (ret. T.A.) to be Lt.-Col.H. B. Lee (late Offr. Cadet Serjt., Univ. of Lond.

Contgt., Sen. Div., O.T.C.) to be Lt.H. S. H. Gilmer to be Lt.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE

Lt.-Col. A. A. McNeight to be Col.Lts. to be Capts. : W. A. N. Marrow, H. B. Macevoy,

M. M. Mansfield, J. Guthrie, W. J. Stewart, J. D. Grant,W. H. G. Reed, T. E. Palmer, D. G. McCaully, F. C.Jackson, J. W. Bowden, J. M. Sclater, J. D. Murdoch,C. F. Garfit, D. K. L. Lindsay, D. R. Tweedie, A. T.Andreasen, W. S. Morgan, M. S. Purvis, M. E. Kirwan,R. D. MacRae, C. J. H. Brink, W. Mackie, G. S. N. Hughes,J. W. Richmond, A. D. Barber.

Lts. (on prob.) to be Capts. (on prob.) : M. Ata-Ullah,G. B. Thomas, J. White, H. A. Ledgard, T. F. O’Donnell,W. W. Laughland, S. Ahmad, C. C. Kapila, F. W. Allinson,F. R. Cawthorne, W. B. Stiver, F. V. Stonham, J. M.Mathew, J. G. Stonham, L. Feinhols, G. F. Harris, F. W.Whiteman, F. C. Leach, and R. D. Scriven.

ARMY IN INDIA RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Capt. M. L. Gujral relinquishes his commn., on appt.to the I.M.S.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Flight Lt. J. MacC. Kilpatrick is promoted to therank of Squadron Leader.

Flight Lt. D. Loughlin is transferred to the Reserve,class D.

Dental Branch.-Flying Offr. D. I. Malcomson is pro-moted to the rank of Flight Lt.

SPECIAL RESERVE

Flying Offr. R. H. Vartan is promoted to the rank ofFlight Lt.

DEATHS IN THE SERVICES

The death is reported of Surg.-Lieut. (D) J. W. Robinson,R.N., one of a party of officers from H.M.S. Devonshirewho, while sailing opposite the island of Samos on July 14th,were fired upon by Turkish sentries. Surg.-Lieut. Robin-son was hit and lost overboard.

Lt.-Colonel Jeremiah Penny, I.M.S., retired, who diedon July 7th during a voyage home from India, aged 70,qualified with the double English diplomas in 1887,having studied medicine at King’s College Hospital,where he afterwards held several junior appointments.He was also House Surgeon at St. Peter’s Hospital forStone. In 1891 he received his first commission in theIndian Medical Service, and was in Burma in 1892-93-Chin Hills (medal and clasp). He reached the rank ofLt.-Col. in 1911.