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THE WELFARE OF THE DEAF.

ON Thursday next, July llth, at 3.30, P.M., theNational Institute of the Deaf will hold its fifthannual meeting at the Caxton Hall, Westminster,S.W., when Lord Charnwood, who will preside, willbe supported by Sir Frank Benson, Mr. SomervilleHastings, M.P., and others who realise the importanceto the community of promoting the interests of thedeaf. There are some 40,000 persons in Great Britainwho have been deaf from birth or very early life, andwhile it is incumbent upon the State to make properprovision for these unfortunate people who demandour utmost sympathy, the loss in personnel and moneyto the country from want of proper attention to thisafflicted class is very great. The appointment by theGovernment of a Departmental Committee at an earlydate to investigate this question was advocated bythe Duke of Montrose in vigorous terms at the lastannual meeting of the Institute, while it is now 40years since any Government Department has madeinquiry along the needed lines. The industrial hard-ships caused by deafness and their grave socialimplications were emphasised at an important meetingof the Institute, which was held at the London MansionHouse three years ago, when the Duchess of Athollpleaded the cause of the deaf eloquently. Much hasbeen done by the untiring efforts of the Institute, inspite of financial difficulty, but official help is neededfor much remains to be done. The meeting at theCaxton Hall next Thursday will be open to the public,

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who are invited to lend their support.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE

CONFERENCE.

WHAT bids fair to be a most successful meeting,promoted by the National Association for Preventionof Infant Mortality in conjunction with many otherallied bodies, opened at Friends House, Euston-road, on Tuesday last. The Marchioness of Aberdeenand Temair,who presided at the inaugural session in theunavoidable absence .of the Minister of Health (who isto deliver his Presidential address later in the week),referred to the world-wide interest now awakenedin this subject and the recognised need for obtainingthe full cooperation of the fathers in the movement.Lady Aberdeen laid great stress on the disastrousresults to family life from the maternal morbidityand morbidity dating from childbirth, and alsogave expression to the general rejoicing and reliefat the recovery of H.M. The King from his recentillness. After wishing success to the deliberationsof the delegates, who number nearly 1000 and includerepresentatives of the overseas Dominions andmore than 36 English-speaking countries, LadyAberdeen presented the challenge shields and prizesto the successful competitors in the various competi-tions arranged under the auspices of the NationalBaby Week Council. The Imperial Challenge Shield,which was won last year by Benoni in the Transvaal,has been won for 1928-29 by Kalutara, Ceylon,and Dr. C. P. Williams, Medical Officer of Health forCeylon, was in attendance to receive the Certificateof Merit on behalf of the Kalutara Baby WeekCommittee. The Maharaja of Burdwan presided inthe afternoon, and the whole of the first day was

Idevoted to the consideration of the welfare of thechild between 1 and 5 years. The branches of thesubject discussed included child guidance clinics,the State care of children, the prevention and cure ofcrippling, and the handicap of illegitimate children,whilst the psychological aspect of the problem wasdebated in the evening at the annual meeting of theAssociation of Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres.Among the other subjects for discussion at theconference are maternal morbidity, special V.D. clinics

in connexion with maternity and child welfare helddepartments, and methods of preventing undue delayin the out-patient departments of hospitals.

THE Imperial Social Hygiene Congress will beheld from July 8th to 12th at Livingstone Hall,Broadway, London, S.W. 1., Lord Linlithgow pre-siding. Invitations have been sent to the Govern-ments, universities, and organisations concernedwith social hygiene throughout the Empire, and200 delegates are expected.

INDEX TO " THE LANCET," VOL. I., 1929.

THE Index and Title-page to Vol. 1., 1929, whichwas completed with the issue of June 29th, is nowin preparation. A copy will be sent gratis to sub-scribers on receipt of a post-card addressed to theManager of THE LANCET, 1, Bedford-street, Strand,W.C. 2. Subscribers who have not already indicatedtheir desire to receive Indexes regularly as publishedshould do so now.

The Services.ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.

Surg. Capt. J. H. Fergusson to be Surg. Rear-Admiral.The following appointments are notified : Surg. Lt.-

Comdr. (D.) C. Williams to Pembroke. Surg. Lts. H. L.Duncan to Carysfort, T. A. Cochrane and J. Cassen toVivid, W. P. E. McIntyre to Effingham, J. W. Nesbitt toCleopatra, and E. B. Pollard to Victory XI.

I ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.

Surg. Sub.-Lt. D. M. Craig to be Surg. Lt.Proby. Surg. Lt. A. H. Shelswell to be Surg. Lt.The following appointments are notified: Surg. Lt.-

Comdr. R. H. 0. B. Robinson to Victory, for R.N. Hospital,Haslar. Surg. Lt. R. L. S. Stubbs to Pembroke, for R.N.Barracks.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Capt. P. N. Creagh (late R.A.M.C., T.F.) to be Temp. Capt.,and temporarily relinquishes the rank of Capt.

ARMY DENTAL CORPS.

Capt. A. F. Salsbury to be Maj.TERRITORIAL AR3TY.

Lt.-Col. H. F. Humphreys to be Bt. Col.Maj. G. H. Stevenson (late R.A.M.C., Militia) to be Maj.Capt. R. K. Nisbet relinquishes his commn.Lt. D. C. Vaughan to be Capt.Lt. E. S. Kirkhouse (late 3rd Bn. K.O.S.B.) to be Lt.G. B. Matthews to be Lt.Supernumerary for Service with O.T.C.-2nd Lt. G. B.

Scholefield (late R.E.) to be Lt. supern. for serv. with Med.Unit, Univ. of Lond. Contgt., Sen. Div., O.T.C.

TERRITORIAL ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Maj. C. B. Baxter, from Active List, to be Maj.Lt. L. Gardiner (Army Dental Corps), from 6th Bn.

E. Surrey R., to be Lt.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.Capt. L. K. Ledger to be Maj.Temp. Lt. Mir Saleem Mahmood relinquishes his temp.

commn.

DEATHS IN THE SERVICES.Lt.-Col. George Henderson, late I.M.S., who died at

Inverness on June 23rd in his ninety-third year, waseducated at Aberdeen University and graduated M.D. in1858, obtaining the L.R.C.S.E. in the same year. In thefollowing year he went to India and for some time servedin the Indian Medical Department as civil assistant surgeonat Shahpur. In 1865-67 he became officiating professor ofmedicine and surgery at Lahore Medical College and after-wards superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail. Later hebecame officiating superintendent of the Botanical Gardensin Bengal and professor of botany in the University ofCalcutta. Subsequently he was appointed civil surgeon atGujranwala and also served at other stations in the Punjab.He retired in 1890. Lt.-Col. Henderson leaves a widow,two sons, and two daughters.