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Medical News.BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE.-The following candi

dates for commissions in the Medical Staff of Her Majesty’Army were successful at the recent examination in London :-

Marks. Marks

Eq Hinge, H. A. 3160 Jones, T. P..... 2830{McDermott, T... 3160 f Marder, N.... 2810

Bray, H. A..... 3140 ithurston, H. S... 2810Hodgens, C. O’C .. 3095 Lewis, R. C..... 2795Slayter, E. W... 3070 More, L. P..... 2790Erskine, W. D... 3020 Faichnie, F..... 2760Tyrrell, A. F... 2945 Walker, G. S. 730

..,,, MeNaught, J. G... 2940 O’Reilly, W. H... 2710Eq. { Smyth, W. J... 2940 Mansfield, G. S. 2705Chambers, J. G... 2910 Ryall, W. P..... 2695

Eq Austin, R. F. E. 2900 Thompson, A. G. 2670{ Moore, G. A..... 2900 Read, H. W. K.. 2665Condon, E. H... 2870

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.-The following is a listof candidates for this service who were saceesstui at therecent competitive examination :-

Marks. Marks.Haig, P. B..... 3425 Swinton, F. E. 3230Robson-Scott, C. G.. 3395 Green, D. R... 3195

Melville, H. G... 3370 Smith, G. Mac 1. C.. 3155

Maddox, R. H. .. 3310 Eq. Burnett, S. H.

3145

Earle, H. M... 3290 q Jackson, T... 3145

Fullerton, T. W. A.. 3260 Hulbert, J. G. 3140Hugo, E. V..... 3250 Macrae. J. L.... 3065

Hubbard, A. O... 3245 Gabbett, P. C... 3060Smith, H. A..... 3235

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-The fol-lowing candidates have passed in the respective subjects :-Sur,gery.-R. Freer, St. Mary’s Hospital: A. W. Fyffe, MiddlesexHospital and Belfast; W. C. Hinde. Middlesex Hospital; J. H.Hobling, St. Mary’s Hospital ; H. F. Ransome, Owen’! College,Manchester ; F. K. Rider, Yorkshire College, Leeds ; J. W. Smith,London and Manchester ; P. M. Toms, Middlesex Hospital.

Medicine, Forensic Medicine, and Midwifery.—G. H. Baird, St. Mary’sHospital and Dublin ; W. T. B. Donelly, Guy’s Hospital; W.Overend, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; D. L. Thomas, LondonHospital.

Medicine and 31,idwifery.-G. M. Arkle, Liverpool Royal Infirmary;V, J. R. Robin, King’s College ; G. P. Smith, Guy’s Hospital; A. S.Ware, St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Forensic Medicine.-P. J. Naden. Queen’s College, Birmingham..3-ridutifery.-G. R. S. Breeze, Royal Free Hospital; J. R. Daly,King’s College.

To Messrs. Arkle, Baird, Daly, Hinde, Overend, and Miss Breeze wasgranted the diploma of the Society, entitling them to practise Medicine,Surgery, and Midwifery. ,

MELBOURNE ROYAL COMMISSION. - The RoyalCommission now sitting at Melbourne to inquire into thecondition of, and the means of improving, the charitableinstitutions of that city, have had the benefit of listening tothe evidence of Dr. Gresswell, who has detailed the ad-vantages to the community of a system of isolation in in-fectious diseases. He recommends the building of feverhospitals in the Bay. The chief difficulty in Melbourne, aselsewhere, lies in the constitution of the administrative bodiesupon whom the efficacy of any sanitary measures largelydepends. Dr. Gresswell advises the appointment of a hos-pital board composed of delegates from the various muni.cipalities interested in the work of the institution.

CANCER HOSPITAL (FREE), BROMPTON, S.W.-The forty-first annual meeting of the governors of thischarity was held in the board room of the hospital on the24th inst., Sir George S. Measom, J.P., chairman. Thishospital was founded in 1851 for providing free admissionto poor persons suffering from cancer on their own applica-tion, and it is satisfactory to notice that the relief affordedincreases year by year. The report of the committeeshowed that during the past year 1788 new patients werereceived, 682 being in- and 1106 out-patients, whilst thetotal number of attendances of out-patients was 7498, thesefigures being in excess of any previous year since the hospitalwas founded. An earnest appeal is made by the committeefor increased support, to enable them to carry on theimportant work of alleviating, and, as far as possible,arresting, the growth of this terrible disease. The SamaritanFund for assisting discharged patients had proved veryuseful, some being sent to convalescent homes, and othersreceiving pecuniary aid. The medical staff give a course oflectures during the first three months of the year, whichare open to all medical practitioners and students. Thereport and balance sheet were adopted, and the usual votes

iof thanks accorded.

SOUTH DEVON AND EAST CORNWALL HOSPITAL.-His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh presided atthe annual meeting held at the institution on the 18th inst.The attendance was unusually large. The report stated

- . that during the year 1891, 1256 patients, including re-

g admissions, had been received into the wards. In the out.- patients’ department 2076 persons were treated. The long-

required additional sleeping accommodation for the nurses’

had been accomplished, and ten more rooms provided. Thetotal outlay of the additions and other improvementsamounted to f869.THE EXTENSION OF CARDIFF INFIRMARY.—The

committee identified with the movement for collectingfunds for the extension of the infirmary held a meeting lastweek at the Hôtel Métropole, Cardiff. Mr. Coleman (secre.tary to the infirmary) explained the urgent need of addi.tional accommodation. The infirmary was scarcely halflarge enough to meet the requirements of the town. If£6000 could be collected it would cover the cost of theproposed extension. It was resolved that the time hadarrived to extend the accommodation of the infirmary; thata public meeting be held early at the town hall, and that aprovisional committee be formed for promoting the objectin view.

CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-The annual generalCourt of Governors was held last week. The report for thepast year referred to the offer of Mr. J. Paesmore Edwards,who had asked to be allowed to build and furnish, solely athis own expense, a convalescent home, with accommodationfor fifty beds. Mr. Edwards had already sent a cheque for£5000, and would provide the remainder of the estimatedcost of the home when the foundation stone was laid. TheCouncil, continued the report, were most grateful to Mr.Edwards for his munificent gifo, and for expressing the hopethat his donation would in no way prevent the flow of thesubscriptions. The sum now reached was £6600, being the£5000 from Mr. Edwards and £1600 from other sources..

The number of in-patients treated during the year exceededthat of any previous twelve months, and the out-patientsnumbered 23,539.FRENCH HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-The twenty-

fourth annual dinner on behalf of this institution took placeat the Hotel Mébropole, Whitehall Rooms, on Saturdayevening last, M. Waddington, the French Ambassador, inthe chair, supported by the Lord Mayor and members of thediplomatic bodv in London. According to the report, whichwas read by the honorary secretary (M. Hufler), 731 in-

patients and 19,274 out-patients received medical reliefduring the past year, a number largely in excess of previousyears. The consequence of this has necessarily been a.

corresponding increase in the expenses of maintenance, anda deficit remains, represented by the difference between,3213 and £4039. His Excellency made an urgent appealto the supporters of the institution to come forward and, bya further measure of assistance, to enable the authoritiesof the hospital to maintain it in its present condition ofefIiciency. The usual toasts were proposed and respondedto after a touching allusion by his Excellency to thepainful circumstances attending the death of the Duke ofClarence, and subscriptions were announced amounting toupwards of £2500.ROYAL SOUTH LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-

According to the statements made recently at the annua)general meeting of the Royal South London OphthalmicHospital, to be called in future the Royal Eye Hospital,South London will, in the course of the next few months, bein possession of a hospital which, both as regards con.struction and sanitary arrangements, will vie with the best.The hospital is situated in St. George’s Circus, and has beencarrying on its work for many years at two shops. A finebuilding has, however, been erected at a cost of £26,000,and presents some noteworthy features. Among these maybe mentioned that the entrance to the hospital is under acovered footway, which obviates the necessity of patientswaiting in the rain ; another is that a blind patient goesfrom entrance to consulting room and back again withoutmeeting a single edge or projection of any kind; whilstother noticeable features are, a fine asphalted promenade onthe roof, and fire arrangements remarkable alike for safetyand completeness. These latter consist of a lift which, ex-tending from roof to basement and having no shaft, cannotbe affected by fire or smoke. It is reached by a projectingplatform outside each floor.

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GIFT OF AN ISOLATION HOSPITAL.-The .long-feltwant of an isolation hospital for the township of Birstall,which adjoins that of Batley, has been provided by thespontaneous offer of Mr. William Robinson, of the RaikesTower Brewery, and a member of the local board, to givethe Volunteer Inn, in Upper Batley Lane, Howden Clough,to be adapted for an infectious hospital. It is in close

proximity to the present Batley isolation hospital. Theboard appreciated and accepted Mr. Robinson’s offer.CITY OF LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—This ex-

cellent charity publishes a special appeal-the only one fortwenty years. Iù shows that 1974 poor women were attendedin 1891. The expenditure of the hospital has exceeded itsincome by over f:500. It is alleged that 118 in- and 522 out-patients belonged to the poor of Islington, that they wereattended at a cost of over ;1;;600, while only £ 31 was receivedfrom that parish in subscriptions and donations. This is anillustration of the fact that most medical charity comesfrom other districts.

THE SMALL-POX AT BATLEY.—On the occasion ofthe annual dinner of the Heavy Woollen District FireBrigade Association, on the 20th inst., the mayor (AldermanBrooke) is stated to have announced that since the out-break commenced there had been a total of 300 cases, whilethe deaths numbered 25. He was happy to say that whilethere had been over 80 houses infected, at the same timethere were only now 50 houses so affected-a reduction of:30. There were hopes that the disease would before longbe stamped out.

ROYAL NORTHERN SEA-BATHING INFIRMARY.—The past year’s report states that the infirmary was openfrom May 1st until Dec. 12th. In that period 587 patientswere admitted. The total income for the year. includingi230 brought forward on Jan. 1st last, was f:1892 19s. 9d.,and the disbursements amounted to £1681 4s. 10d, an excessof £67 7s. 8d. over the previous year, accounted for by the.extra cost of refurnishing and other necessary outlay. Someadditions are to be made at the north end of the infirmary,which will give the accommodation required for the staffaand provide another ward of eight beds for patients.

FUNERAL REFORM.-At a meeting of the Funeral’Reform Association, held in the Council Chamber, Halifax,upon the motion of the Archdeacon of Halifax, seconded bythe medical officer of health, it was resolved to petitionParliament for improved burial legislation. The Bishop ofMarlborough will preside at the third monthly meeting ofthe Association in the Church House, Westminster, onThursday, March 3rd, at 4 P.M., when the subjects for con-sideration will include the means of providing suitable burial-places near populous towns, to be used as quasi-crematoriafor the dispersion of the dead by the action of the earth andair, instead of their preservation.METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL.-The annual meeting

was held at the institution, Kingsland-road, last week,Mr. Joseph Fry presiding. The work of the charity hadconsiderably increased during the past year in both the in-and out-patients treated ; the total out-patient attendancewas 69,196. The receipts show a decrease of £550, and the,expenditure an addition of nearly £400, the former beingdue to the small amount received from legacies, and thelatter to the large number of patients treated. Lord Sand-hurst, chairman of the Royal Commission on Hospitals, hadpromised to preside at the festival dinner on behalf of thehospital on June 30th.TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COLLINS OF DUBLIN.---

Visitors to and members of the General Medical Councilwho are familiar with the kindly, free, and sound judgmentof Mr. Collins, the representative of the Apothecaries’Society of Dublin on the General Medical Councill, will begratified by a little incident recorded as a public notice inthe Irish Times. " Mr. Collins, for the long period of thirty-three years, has filled the office of one of the honorarysecretaries of the Old Men’s Asylum, Northbrook-road,Dublin. His colleagues desire to testify their sense of thehigh value of his services and those of Miss Collins, andattribute largely to them the prosperous state of the institu-tion and its finances." We congratulate Mr. and MissCollins on this work, so pleasant in retrospect, and so wellappreciated by those best able to judge.

BRADFORD EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL.-The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the subscribers was held on Feb. 20th.The number of new patients (no transfers or renewals) was4113, of whom 1183 were under fourteen years of age, and1908 were from places beyond the town. The number of in-patients was 517. The average time of stay in the hospitalwas 16’2 days. Of ’the 489 major operations, 62 wereextractions of cataract in old persons. These make a totalof 340 consecutive extractions, without a single case ofsuppuration following the operation. The income for theyear was £ 2179 16s. 10d. The expenditure was £1955 Is. 8d.The investment fund amounts to £11,250.GREENOCK INFIRMARY.—The annual meeting of

the subscribers was held on the 17th inst. The admissionsduring the past year to the fever house were 145 more thanin 1890, and there was an addition during the same periodof 66 cases admitted to the medical and surgical wards.The ordinary income exibits an increase of £1597 6s. ld.over the previous year, arising chiefly from the larger amountreceived from public boards for the treatment of feverpatients, and from workmen’s contributions. It may bestated, however, that the amount paid by public boardsincludes £900 for cases treated in the previous twelvemonths, but not paid till last year.

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.

Return of Patients remaining in the several Fever Hospitalsof the Board at Midnight on February 23rd, 1892.

SMALL-POX.—Atlas hospital ship, 8.

MEDICAL NOTES IN PARLIAMENT.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease.Ix the House of Lords, on Monday last, the Earl of Cadogan, in

answer to Lord De La Warr, said no further facts had been elicited,and from stringent inquiries which had been made it appeared thatthere was no reason to believe the report that the disease had beenintroduced by raw hides which had been imported.-Mr. Chaplin alsoreferred to the same thing in the House of Commons.

Sanitation in relation to Gipsy Life.The Bill promoted by Mr. George Smith for bringing gipsy and van

children under educational and sanitary influences will be introducedto Parliament next week. Mr. Burt, will have charge of it.

Bill to Amend the Coroners Act, 1887.On Friday, Sir Walter Foster laid on the table of the House a Bill to

Amend the Coroners Act, 1887. It dispenses with the formality of"viewing the body," unless the coroner considers it needful or the juryafter having heard the evidence express a desire to do so. The coroner,if the measure became law, would be the only person required to viewthe body after the present fashion. Amongst the backers of the Billare Mr. H. S. Wright, Mr. Addison, and Mr. J. R. Kelly.

Taxes on Food.On Friday, Feb. 19th, Mr. Picton gave notice that he would move,

" That taxes on tea, coffee, and dried fruits are objectionable as taxeson food, unjust in their incidence, and ought to be abolished."

The Shop Hours Bill.In the House of Commons on Wednesday last Mr. Provand moved the

second reading of the Shop Hours Bill, which proposes to re-enactcertain regulations of the Act of 1886, which expires at the end of thisyear. These provisions prevent young persons of either sex under theage of eighteen being employed in shops, warehouses, or public-housesfor more than seventy- four hours a week, including meal times. TheBill, whilst re-enacting these clauses, applies them to adult women, andprovides for the appointment of an inspector to enforce the law. Mr.Gedge moved an amendment declining to interfere with the hours offemale labour until women had obtained the Parliamentary franchise.This amendment was afterwards withdrawn. After many members had