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local authorities: for example, the town of Bedford, incollaboration with Moorfields Hospital, has developedan interesting experiment in the presymptomatic recogni-tion of glaucoma,4 and a number of local authorities haveschemes for the early recognition of diabetes. Even in thiscountry, which has been slow to apply exfoliative cyto-logy to screening, many hospitals now take cervicalsmears in all gynxcological examinations; while routinehEemoglobin estimations at antenatal clinics and miniaturemass radiography have become commonplace as methodsof early detection. On a small scale or a large one,5 somegeneral practitioners apply screening methods to the

patients for whom they are responsible; and the extentto which this is desirable is one of the factors affecting thefuture form of general practice.

Colouring-matter in FoodA report by the Food Standards Committee reviews the

provisions of the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1957,and the corresponding Scottish and Northern Ireland Regula-tions. The committee recommends, among other things,the withdrawal of six permitted colours, the provisionaladdition of one colour, and that the colouring of citrus fruitshould be prohibited. Before a decision is made on the imple-mentation of the recommendations, representations by interestsconcerned will be considered. Such representations, from anypart of the United Kingdom, should be addressed to the

Secretary, Food Standards Division, Ministry of Agriculture,Fisheries, and Food, Great Westminster House, HorseferryRoad, London, S.W.1, by Sept. 30.

Deaths from PoliomyelitisIn England and Wales in 1963, deaths from acute polio-

myelitis numbered 7 (the lowest number ever recorded),compared with 18 in 1962 (the previous lowest annual figure).’ 7For the years 1951-53 the average annual number of deathsfrom this cause was 262.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsDEATHS

HEWITT.-On July 10, in Oxford, Dr. Margaret Jago Hewitt.MUIR.-On July 4 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Agnes Peden Muir,

M.B. Edin., D.A., of 18, Sydney Terrace, Edinburgh 7.

AppointmentsANDERSON, G. S., M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.C.S.GLASG. : consultant general

surgeon, Inverness.BAILEY, LAVINIA J., M.B. Birm.: deputy M.o.H., South-West Kent joint

health committee and assistant county M.o.BAINES, J. H. E., M.B. Manc., D.P.H.: deputy M.O.H., Middlesbrough.BARCLAY, J. E., M.B. Lpool, D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist, Winwick Hos-

pital, Warrington, Lancs.DAVIDSON, G. M., M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and

gynaecologist, Plymouth clinical area.KENYON, F. E., M.A., M.B. Cantab., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.M. : consultant psychia-

trist, Oxford area, based at Warneford Hospital, Oxford.LOCKETT, H. I., M.B. Lond., D.OBST., D.P.H.: senior administrative M.o.,

health and school health services, Nottinghamshire.MELLOR, M. R., M.B. Birm., D.P.H.: assistant deputy M.o.H. and school

M.o., Southend.WAKEFIELD, GRAHAM, M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant neurologist, Bath

clinical area.

Department of Technical Co-operation:ELYAN, MICHAEL, L.R.C.P.I., D.C.H. : senior M.O., Bermuda.GHEY, P. H. R., M.A., M.CHIR. Cantab., F.R.C.S.: surgeon specialist, Sarawak.GILLESPIE, W. M., M.B.: M.o., Uganda.LINDSAY, P. G., M.B., M.R.A.C.P.: medical and health officer, Hong Kong.PHILIP, R. G. M., L.M.S.S.A.: preregistration house-officer, Bahamas.SHENOLIKAR, B. K., M.B., F.R.C.S.: surgeon, British Guiana.THAKRE, M. W. R., M.B., T.D.D.: M.o. (tuberculosis), British Guiana.WILLIAMS, M. K., B.M. Oxon., D.OBST.: M.O., Uganda.YONGE, P. T., M.R.C.P. : M.o., Jamaica.CAMPBELL-YOUNG, G., M.R.C.S., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Bermuda.

4. New Society, April 30, 1964; p. 24.5. Baddeley, H., Baddeley, H., Sell, F. Lancet, 1964, i, 925.6. Food Standards Committee Report on Colouring Matters. H.M.

Stationery Office. 1s. 6d.7. Registrar General’s quarterly return no. 461. H.M. Stationery Office.

Pp. 28. 2s. 6d.

Notes and News

W.H.O. ON CLEAN AIR

CLEAN air has become not only a requisite but also a specialty,and one now in much need of a precise and universally acceptedterminology. Since 1957 the World Health Organisation hashad its committees of experts to consider control of atmosphericpollution in its various aspects. The report 1 of the latestsuggests that the imprecise language currently used in technicalpublications is a major obstacle to fuller international coopera-tion. Techniques and units of measurement need to be stan-dardised before conditions can be compared in differentcountries and at different times.

Nevertheless, the report reviews with some satisfaction theprogress towards cleaner air that has already been made. Inmany countries the necessary legal powers have been eithercreated or extended. Technical means of controlling pollution-for instance, separators, filters, and smokeless fuels-havebeen improved, and the use of oil and electricity, the cleanersources of power, has become more general.The report goes on to suggest what measure of control

W.H.O. might most helpfully promote in the future. As pros-perity becomes more general, the contribution to atmosphericpollutants made by motor vehicles will increase. At present,says the report, exhaust fumes are a serious nuisance in a fewcities only; but in many others a close watch should now bekept on the atmospheric concentrations of hydrocarbons andcarbon monoxide as the volume of traffic rises. Research onvehicular emission and its-control should everywhere be urgentlypursued. In view of the technical difficulty of eliminatingsulphur dioxide from flue gases, a concerted effort should bemade to develop a method of removing the sulphur itself fromcoal and fuel oil; and a cheap means of rendering’coal " clean "should be devised for use in those developing countries wherethe fuel is plentiful and where its domestic use contributes

appreciably to smoke pollution.The report also calls for international cooperation in the

improvement of techniques of charting the vagaries of local aircirculation-a type of survey which should more often precedethe siting of new industry in a populated area. Widespreadmorbidity surveys are suggested as a means of assessing theoverall cost of sickness attributable wholly or in part to pollutedair; and W.H.O. is asked to promote the publication andexchange of technical information with the aim of helpingrelatively inexperienced control officials in countries only nowembarking on clean-air campaigns.The report, however, looks forward to effective cooperation

in none of these matters while communication rests on the useof a terminology which means one thing in one country andanother elsewhere.

SICK-PAY SCHEMES

THE Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance is inquiringinto the nature and extent of incapacity for work in differentoccupations and different areas on the basis of a sample ofemployed people insured for National Insurance sicknessbenefit during 1961-62. To provide background informationagainst which differences in sickness-rates could be studied,the Ministry has collected some information about employers’sick-pay schemes, and an analysis of this material 2 has beenpublished in advance of the findings of the inquiry. The

Ministry has found that more than half the men and women inemployment in this country get some kind of sick pay from theiremployers when they fall ill. There were wide variations in theextent of sick-pay cover in different industry and occupationgroups. Industry groups with the highest proportion of employ-ees covered by sick-pay arrangements were generally those which1. Atmospheric Pollutants: Report of a W.H.O. Expert Committee.

Geneva: World Health Organisation. Pp. 18. 1s. 9d. Obtainable fromH.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London, S.E.1.

2. Report on an Inquiry into the Incidence of Incapacity for Work. Part I.Scope and Characteristics of Employers’ Sick Pay Schemes. H.M.Stationery Office, 1964. 11s. 6d.

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included public services and nationalised industries, andindustries with large numbers of professional, technical, andclerical staff. When the samples were divided into occupationalgroups, the proportion covered was highest in professional andintermediate occupations and lowest in unskilled occupations.There was relatively little variation in different parts of thecountry.

According to the sample, about 6 out of 10 men and about halfthe women had to serve a qualifying period of employmentbefore being entitled to sick pay. The most common periodswere six months or one year. 7 out of 10 of the men and nearly9 out of 10 of the women were entitled to sick pay from the first

day of sickness. Duration of payment varied from a few days toan unlimited period. About a quarter of the men and womenwere entitled to payment for a period at their employer’sdiscretion. 7 out of 10 of the men and 9 out of 10 of the womenwere said to receive "full wages", either with or without adeduction for National Insurance benefit, at the start of

payment.

SOCIAL BENEFITS

THE annual report 1 of the Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance shows that nearly 161/2 million claims for benefitwere made in 1963. To meet them at present rates will takeabout El 690 million in a full year.

In 1963 33/4 million families with over 91/2 million childrenwere receiving allowances. The cost was El 35 million. Over9-3 million new claims for sickness benefit were made, and thecost was £ 1611/z million.Under the Industrial Injuries Insurance Scheme 845,000

claims for injury benefit cost E20 million, and 191,000 pensionsand allowances for disablement E33 million.

Contributions to National Insurance and to Industrial

Injuries Insurance were being paid at the rate of C1205 milliona year at December, 1963, with Exchequer support at the rateof over E230 million a year.

BUILDING RESEARCH FOR HOSPITALS

THE Building Research Station of the Department ofScientific and Industrial Research has made a number ofstudies into hospital building since the Hospital Plan waspublished by the Ministry of Health and the Scottish Homeand Health Department in 1961. These studies, which havecovered the economics of hospital building, including therelation between capital cost and running cost, the organisationof planning and construction, and engineering services includingventilation, heating, lighting, and traffic, have now beensummarised in the Station’s publication Design Series 16, andwith later studies, are to be circulated to regional boards andboards of governors. Those concerned with hospital planningwill find these papers and their bibliographies a useful sourceof reference.

HaeMOPHILIA CLINIC AND LABORATORY

THE International Conference on Haemophilia, held in

Washington last December, recommended the building ofinstitutes where haemophilia patients can be treated and whereresearch can be undertaken on the spot. In Holland such aninstitute was conceived some years ago, and on June 26 the firstclinic of this type was opened in the presence of the Queen ofthe Netherlands.

Prof. S. van Creveld, president of the Dutch HaemophiliaSociety, pointed out that much more can be done for thesepatients than formerly; but often-e.g., in treating the com-plications of haemorrhages—cooperation by various kinds ofexperts is required. As important as the medical problemsare the social and psychological ones. Moreover continuingresearch is necessary to improve both prevention and treatment.For such research a laboratory is provided beside the Amster-dam clinic, and its staff will continue their collaboration withother bodies, including the control laboratory of the BloodTransfusion Service.

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University of OxfordOn June 25 the degree of M.CH. was conferred on J. A. P.

Marston.

University of LondonThe title of professor of paediatrics has been conferred on

Dr. J. P. M. Tizard in respect of his post in child health attheInstitute of Child Health.Dr. Tizard, who is 48 years of age, was educated at Rugby School,

and Oriel College, Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital. After

qualifying in 1941 he held house-appointments at the Radcliffe

Infirmary, Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital. From 1942 to 1946he served with the R.A.M.C. in North Africa and Sicily and later, asa medical specialist, in France and Germany. In 1947 he became

registrar and pathologist to the Hospital for Sick Children, GreatOrmond Street. From 1949 until 1954 he was assistant director of the

paEdiatric unit at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School and physicianat the Paddington Green Children’s Hospital. In 1951 he held aresearch fellowship in paediatrics at Harvard University. He was

appointed reader in child health at the Institute of Child Health andhonorary consultant children’s physician at the Hammersmith

Hospital in 1954. He is also director of the Nuffield neonatal researchunit. He was elected F.R.C.P. in 1958. His published work includespapers on Oxygen Consumption in Newborn Animals and Babies, theElectroencephalogram in the Newborn, and the Infantile CerebralPalsies.

University of BirminghamThe title of professor of experimental neuropharmacology

has been conferred on Dr. P. B. Bradley, reader in neuro-pharmacology and head of the department of experimentalpharmacology.

University of BristolDr. J. B. Bowes has been appointed lecturer in anaesthetics,

and Dr. P. B. Garland lecturer in biochemistry.

University of DurhamOn July 1 the following degrees and diplomas were

conferred:

M.B., B.S.-Elizabeth A. M. Aitchison, R. H. Allsopp, T. A. Ankrah,H. M. Barber, Pamela Barnsley, Kenneth Boddy, Sandra M. Brereton,1. D. L. Brewis, Priscilla M. Bright, Pauline Caller, D. S. Cameron, A. J.Campbell Moscrop, P. F. Copeland, Michael Coulthard, R. P. Craig,J. A. Cunningham, Andrezej Franciszek Czyniewski, John Taiwo DaRocha-Afodu, C. D. Day, George Douglas, D. W. Eccleston, J. M. Emens,Margaret M. Fothergill, R. W. Graham, C. S. Hargreaves, David Harris,D. R. Henderson, J. A. C. Hepburn, G. H. Hubbard, Ann P. Kelly, MonsLie, A. M. McFarthing, A. J. McGovern, J. C. Martin, PravinchandraMehta, J. A. Moran, P. J. Mowbray, P. N. Moyle, J. M. Muir, B. J. Murray,R. J. Nicholas, Logsetty Madhusudan Niranjan, Hazel Oakley, C. 0. Ojuri,R. H. Pearson, Bridget M. Pedder, Emmanuel Persad, Christme M. Piercy,A. E. Pitchforth, Dorothy A. Pitman, Richard Porter, Stanley Pumford,M. G. Raeder, David Reeves, John Rocyn-Jones, M. G. M. Rowland,Elizabeth A. Rowse, L. G. Scarth, Mahomed Admed Seedat, F. M. L.Belange Siou, J. B. Stancliffe, A. P. Timney, Margaret M. Williams,Joan A. Willis, J. T. Wong; Michael Floyd, D. A. Moore, Eleanor R. Strong,Iraj Zamiri (in absentia).Ph.D. (in medicine)-Abdul Kadir Yassin (in absentia).D.P.H.-Ben-Zion Chalk, D. F. Henley, Felix Lustman, Anne H. Young.

University of AberdeenOn July 9 the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on

Prof. John Craig. The following degrees were also conferred:M.D.-W. R. Greig (honours); H. J. Crow (commendation); J. G. Weir.Ph.D.-Sidky Abdallah Aboul-Khair, Yehia Youssef Ahmed (in absentia).M.Sc.-Kwaafo Saakwa-Mante.M.B., Ch.B.-M. L. Diament (honours); Joyce A. K. Abel, Evelyn 0.

Stewart (commendation); Philomena Obiageliuwn Akpom, John Anderson,D. J. G. Bain, Paul Berridge, R. F. Bisset, L. J. Bjornson, H. A. Bremner,Linda J. Brown, C. S. Burgess, G. B. Burnett, A. G. Cameron, RalphCassie, Philip Cheong-Leen, D. R. Clubb, G. S. M. Cowan, Gillian M.Duffus, Jetmund Engeset, S. W. B. Ewen, Margaret X. P. Forbes, C. M.Furnival, D. B. Galloway, Beryl Ginz, D. A. Hanton, Emmanuel Harinck,Jeffrey Heilpern, Thomas Houghton, T. T. Irvin, Torrance Jutagir, L. H. L.Levison, C. G. McCallum, C. S. McIntosh, Fiona E. W. McQuistan, S. R.Martin, A. B. Matheson, A. D. Milne, Jørgen Moe Sletten, A. G. N. Moore,T. W. Ogg, J. C. Petrie, J. G. Pollock, R. M. Pringle, S. F. Robertson,I. S. Ross, R. D. M. Scott, J. S. Shand, T. W. Simpson, Kesar Singh,Isobel G. Souter, Hosie B. Tavadia, C. R. Tavlor, Oddstein Uri, M. G.Walker, A. K. Webster, Raymond Wiseman, G. U. Yorke, A. C. Young.

Royal Medico-Psychological AssociationAt the annual general meeting of the Association on July 8

the following resolution was passed by a large majority:That the Privy Council be petitioned for a supplemental charter

to change the name of the Royal Medico-Psychological Associationto the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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University of Newcastle upon TyneDr. Henry Miller has been appointed to a professorship in

neurology.Dr. Miller, who is 50, graduated M.B. from the University of

Durham in 1937. After holding house-appointments at the RoyalVictoria Infirmary, he spent a year as assistant resident pathologistat Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then worked at Great Ormond Streetfor a year, and after a further two years as medical registrar at theRoyal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle he joined the R.A.F. as aneurological specialist. He returned to the Royal Victoria Infirmaryin 1947 as assistant physician, and he became physician in neurologyin 1956. He was appointed a part-time lecturer in the university in1949, and he became a personal reader in neurology in 1961. Since1962 he has been clinical subdean. He has held visiting posts in theUnited States and in Australia. During the past ten years his researchhas been mainly on the demyelinating diseases.

Dr. C. H. Tonge has been appointed to the chair of oralanatomy in the Sutherland Dental School, and Dr. R. J. T.Pennington to a readership in neurochemistry in the

department of clinical biochemistry.On July 4 the following degrees and diplomas were conferred:M.D.-Mary Brewis, D. H. Irvine, H. G. Pledger, A. M. Robson, Thomas

Scratcherd; W. A. Colling, W. A. Crabbe, Adetokunbo Olumide OluwoleLucas, Alan Ridley (in absentia).M.S.-Sydney Bradley Williams (in absentia).M.B., B.S.-Angela G. Evans, G. L. Exton, Marion I. Duncan, Peter

Hudson, Judith W. Noltimier, Afolabi Olufemi Popoola, Nalin KantilalShah, J. I. Spurr.D.P.H.-Winifred Billington, Lily Burn, Marian Parkinson, W. B. Shaw,

J. H. Walker.

University of GlasgowOn July 6 the degrees of M.B. and CH.B. were conferred in

absentia on Tulsidas Haridas Shah.

University of DublinOn July 9, at Trinity College, the following degrees were

conferred:M.D.-A. 0. Williams,M.A.O.-O. O. Coker, G. L. Daly.M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.-E. J. S. Ampadu, D. C. Anuth, Juliette M. Banks,

Jane M. Buchanan, D. P. W. Chapman, I. B. Cookson, J. B. S. Coulter,Jack Cox, R. E. Crockett, M. H. Davis, J. J. Dinn, Norman Gray, FrancisNwachukwu Ibeziako, Hui-Pin Lim, P. M. Loly, G. S. A. McDonald,Patricia H. Mark, C. H. I. Miall, A. E. Mills, Deirin D. Nicholls, C. M.Porter, Visuthi Rasmidatta, Michael Relihan, T. P. J. Ross, Deendyal PersaudSharma, Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, Joyce H. Weir, Antonia A. Werner,A. C. B. Wicks, D. K. Wiley, Alison R. Young.

Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAt a meeting of the council on July 9 Sir Russell Brock was

re-elected president for the coming year. Mr. C. NauntonMorgan was re-elected, and Prof. H. J. B. Atkins was elected,vice-president. Prof. T. Cecil Gray was admitted as a memberof the council. Mr. A. S. Aldis and Prof. H. W. Rodgers werere-elected, and Mr. F. A. d’Abreu, Mr. E. J. Radley Smith,and Mr. L. P. Jameson Evans were elected, to the court ofexaminers.

Dr. W. C. Barnsley was admitted to the fellowship byelection, and a diploma of fellowship was granted to Mr. W. A.Hewitson. A Moynihan lectureship was awarded to Mr. E. S.R. Hughes (Melbourne).

Faculty of Ancesthetists.-Dr. John Gillies was admitted to thehonorary fellowship. Prof. J. P. Payne, Dr. C. F. Scurr, andDr. B. A. Sellick were admitted to the board of examiners.The Nuffield prize of the Faculty was awarded to Dr. R. M. B.Dowling.The following diplomas were granted, jointly with the Royal

College of Physicians of London:D.P.M.-M. H. Abenson, Ahmad Shakir Al-Ani, T. H. D. Arie, Rita

M. Baillie, Dorothy J. Ball, R. S. Britton, D. I. Brough, Md Abu TaherChoudhury, Sidney Crown, Bridget A. Davies, W. R. Dean, R. J. Doig.J. M. Dunlop, William Dunn, Anil Kumar Dutt, Indreswar Dutta, AlexanderElkes, Flora M. Emery, Eileen Evans, P. R. Evans, Maria C. L. Gaio,R. N. Gooch. Samson Gottlieb, Madhu Ganpat Goverdhan, Digby WilliamHall, Margaret Hallas, Syed Mazharul Haq, Hidayetul Islam, J. C. Jenkins,D. A. Jones, Mohammed Ahmed Kabir, G. D. A. Kearney, L. J. Kotkas,Sasi Bhusan Mahapatra, C. J. Messer, P. J. Mullin, F. K. Mulvenna,D. H. Myers, P. G. Ney, Gisela B. Oppenheim, R. J. O’Riordan, R. E.Owen, Denis Procter, David Prothero, J. B. Rae, F. S. Robinson, J. R.Robinson, Chaim Meir Rosenberg, Tetteh Sikanartey, A. C. Smith, D. C.Thompson, G. Thompson, David Tidmarsh, J. B. Tolmie, R. C. Waters,J. R. C. Weatherly, Ingeborg E. I. Williams, A. H. Wilson, J. B. Wright,J. G. Wright.D.A.-J. N. Horton.D.P.H.-S. R. Datta Chowdhuri, D. L. Miller, E. G. K. Quarcoo.

Royal College of Physicians of IrelandAt a meeting of the college on July 3 with Dr. Brian Pringle,

the president, in the chair the following were admitted to thelicence in medicine and midwifery:

A. A. Abioye, E. 1. Ameerally, T. Ariaratnam, Krishnapaul OogerchandBaboolal, G. W. Bernard, S. K. Bhalla, I. S. Bhorat, T. Bluejack, M. A. S.Cassim, S. D. Chowdhury, M. F. T. Concannon, A. A. Dasoo, A. E. DasooD. Dial, J. W. H. Eustace, G. F. Fitzpatrick, A. Ghazali, D. S. Govender,A. Gunny, J. C. F. Jayasuriya, R. A. Jhetam, S. K. K. Kalachand, K.Khooblall, C. W. Lim, Y. C. P. T. Tseung Lim, L. G. Lysaght, I. S.Motala, P. M. McAndrew, T. Nadaraja, R. E. O’Connor, C. P. O’Riordan,G. H. Peerbaye, J. P. Persad, Jean 1. Ramjohn, R. A. Rasool, E. I. Ravat,D. P. Rawana, D. 1. Rubenstein, N. R. Salleh, S. Sangaralingham, C. H.Seah, A. Senior, Edward Tierney, S. A. Wanigasekera, A. Wilkinson,L. Yap Lian Neo.

University SalariesA joint deputation from the British Medical Association and

the British Dental Association, led by Mr. J. R. Nicholson-Lailey, chairman of the B.M.A. council, met Sir Edward Boyle,Minister of State, at the Department of Education and Scienceon July 7. The deputation represented their concern at thedangers to the staffing of medical and dental schools which intheir view would result from the Government’s acceptance ofthe National Incomes Commission’s report on universitysalaries. The Minister undertook to study the points made bythe deputation in contact with the Associations.

Magdalen Medical MenLast week over 100 medical graduates of Magdalen College,

Oxford, met to mark the fact that four of their number, alreadyhonorary fellows of the college, had been in 1963 president ofthe Royal Society, president of the Royal College of Surgeons,director of the National Institute for Medical Research, andwinner of a Nobel prize. The last of these, Sir Jack Eccles, wasunable to attend; but the other three were entertained to dinnerin college.The president (Dr. T. S. R. Boase), Dr. Thomas Hunt, and Dr.

Hugh Sinclair successively toasted the guests. Sir Howard Floreysaid that he had mused in a privileged bath at Burlington House onwhy he had chosen Magdalen, and he concluded that only the strongrecommendation of another Magdalen Rhodes scholar in Adelaidehad decided him on so fortunate a course. Sir Arthur Porritt toocould recall no particular reason for his choice; but, despite mistakingthe head porter who welcomed him for the President (then Sir HerbertWarren), he had never regretted his decision, and the college’shonorary fellowship was his most precious possession. Dr. PeterMedawar thought that the college could hold similar gatherings infields other than science and medicine.

Future of the Forensic Sciences

The British Academy of Forensic Science with the ForensicSciences Society is to hold a meeting on this subject at theZoological Society, Regent’s Park, London, N.W.1, on

Saturday, July 25. Admission will be by ticket, which can behad from the secretary general of the academy, 37, WelbeckStreet, W.1.

Directory of Convalescent HomesThe fourth edition of this useful work, listing 63 con-

valescent homes in the provinces, is published by the BritishHospitals Contributory Schemes Association at 5s. (post free).It can be obtained from their offices at Royal London Buildings,42, Baldwin Street, Bristol, 1.

Next Tuesday, at 10.30 A.M., Dr. V. Walker will address theInternational Dairy Goat Congress on Therapeutic Uses of Goats’Milk. The conference, the first of its kind in this country, is spon-sored by the British Goat Society, Palgrave, Diss, Norfolk, and isbeing held at Friends House, Euston Road, London, from July 17to 22.

At 11.30 A.M. on Wednesday, July 22, at the Whittington Hospital(Highgate Wing), London, N.19, Dr. R. W. Moskowitz (Cleveland)will speak on Arthritis, Vasculitis, and Steroids.On Wednesday, July 22, at 5.15 P.M., at the Royal Free Hospital,

Gray’s Inn Road, London, W.C.1, Dr. F. C. Rose will speak oncerebral aneurysms.

The Ministry of Health’s Hospital Technical Memorandum no. 12deals with the maintenance of buildings, plant, and equipment.(H.M. Stationery Office. 3s.)