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on account of ill-health, the secretaryship, which he hasheld for 28 years. The council expressed their apprecia-tion of his services, and hoped that he might yet continueto take part in a work to the success of which hehas largely contributed. The council appointed to thesecretaryship Miss E. D. Vickers, who has a longfamiliarity with the work. During 1915 subscriptions anddonations together with dividends on X6200 investmentsand donations from special funds, amounted to 1349.During the year applications on behalf of 379 persons werereceived (270 women and 109 men). In addition a largenumber of old patients wrote to or called at the office. Theexpenses on behalf of or in relation to the cases were ;E979.The general expenses were JE172. The excess of income overexpenditure was thus all98, which has been added to the Icapital funds. An increased scope of work may resultfrom a proposed scheme of cooperation with the trustees ofthe Queen Adelaide Fund in respect of cases discharged fromthe London County Council asylums. The offices are atChurch House, Dean’s-yard, Westminster, S.W. The Earlof Meath, K.P., is the President, Dr. Henry Rayner thechairman, and Sir George Savage the honorary treasurer.

THE COMMITTEE ON NEGLECT OF SCIENCE.-Ameeting was held at the invitation of this committee, ofwhich Sir Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S. is chairman, onMay 3rd, in the rooms of the Linnean Society, BurlingtonHouse, Piccadilly. Lord Rayleigh, O.M., Past President ofthe Royal Society and Chancellor of the University of Cam-bridge, took the chair, and among those present were Dr.R. W. Macan, Master of University College, Oxford, SirEdward Schafer, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Mr. H. G. Wells,Dr. Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate, Professor Poulton,Professor Shipley, Mr. Huth Jackson, and Sir Ray Lankester.Sir Ray Lankester having briefly explained that themeeting was called to express the sense of many peoplethat mistakes which had occurred in administrative depart-ments during the conduct of the war had their origin inignorance of science, the following resolutions were sub-mitted :- i

1. That in the opinion of this meeting it is a matter of urgency, inorder to promote national efficiency in the near future, that the naturalsciences should be made an integral part of the educational course inall the great schools of this country, and should form part of theentrance examination of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, aswell as of the newer universities.

2. That it is in the highest degree desirable that the Governmentshould exercise the large power which it possesses of encouraging thestudy of the natural sciences and thereby increasing the efficiency ofour public servants (1) by assigning capital importance to the naturalsciences in the competitive examinations for the Home and IndianCivil Service ; (2) by requiring some knowledge of the natural sciencesfrom all candidates for admission to Sandhurst.

3. That this meeting is of the opinion that the method indicated inResolution 2 is the only one by which it is practicable to bring aboutthe desired change in the attitude of the schools and collegesthroughout the country towards the natural sciences and to makesome knowledge and understanding of those sciences general. As theresults of such changes will only develop in the course of years, it isurgent that the matter should be at once taken in hand by His Majesty’sGovernment.The resolutions having been adopted, the committee canproceed to take such steps as they may consider appropriatein order to bring the views expressed in them to the noticeof the Government.

MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREATBRITAIN AND IRELAND.-The next quarterly or generalmeeting of this association will take place on Tuesday,May 16th, at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London,W., under the Presidency of Lieutenant-Colonel David G.Thomson, at 2.45 P.M. A paper will be read by Dr. D. Orrand Major R. G. Rows, R.A.M.C., on Experimental ToxicLesions in the Rabbit’s Brain: and their Bearing on theGenesis of Acquired Idiocy and Imbecility in Man.

NEW MEDICAL AND SWIMMING BATHS AT TOR-QUAY.-The new medical and swimming baths at BeaconHill, Torquay, provided at a cost of ,f:l5,OOO, were openedby the mayor (Councillor C. T. Towell, J.P.) on May 1st.The outbreak of war greatly increased the difficulty ofcarrying out the construction of the baths and delayed theopening. The medical baths are arranged in suites for menand women. The suite for women contains seven treatmentrooms with 15 dressing-rooms attached, together with thenecessary heated cupboards, attendance-rooms, and offices.The men’s suite consists of six treatment rooms with 13dressing-rooms and heated cupboards, lavatories, and attend-ance-rooms. The treatment given includes Aix douche(single or double) and Scotch douche, these three treat-ments being arranged in one room of very ample propor-tions. Another room is allotted to seaweed baths. Otherlooms provide for shallow and deep baths, a reclining andlocal vapour bath on a new and improved system, Dowsingelectric bath, and reclining bath for natural sea-water or for lmedicated water baths, such as Nauheim, pine, and sulphur. {The electric and vapour baths are so planned in relation to fadjoining rooms that either immersion or double treatment 1

can follow. The whole of the bath-rooms are lighted byexternal windows and have additional ventilation providedby inlet tubes and exhaust ventilators. All the dressing-rooms are top lighted and ventilated, and the visitor to thebaths will be at once struck by the bright and cheerfulappearance of the whole of the apartments. The walls andfloors of all treatment rooms are covered with mosaic tiling.The dressing-rooms have wooden floors and the wallshave dados of tiling, whilst the floors of corridors andoffices are laid with terrazzo. By means of the apparatusany treatment can be given with any water or any admix-ture of waters at whatever temperature medical men mayprescribe, and at a considerable range of pressures.There is an excellent outdoor promenade which can bereached from the cooling-room and will no doubt prove anattractive feature in summer time. The swimming-bath isconstructed at the east end of the large assembly hall, andhas been built with its roof on a level with the way tothe medical baths. The swimming-pond is 100 ft. longx 30 ft. wide, and the walls are lined with glazed bricks,whilst the floor is graduated from 3 ft. 6 in. in depth to 7 ft.at the diving-stage end. Arranged round the pond are 47comfortable dressing-boxes, with two cold-water showers andthe necessary offices. A gallery is also provided. Thearchitect was Mr. Alfred J. Taylor, M.S.A., of Bath, and theconstruction of the baths was entrusted to Messrs. E. P. Boveyand Son, of Torquay.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Parliament and C01npnlsory Military Service.THE attention of Parliament is exclusively given at the

present time to the question of compulsory military service.The Government proposals, which were brought forwardafter two secret ’sessions, include provisions for extendingthe service of time-expired men, the incorporation inthe army of youths as they attain the age of 18,and the extension of compulsion to married unattestedmen. The first two proposals were embodied in aBill which was discussed on April 27th, but it wasnot actually introduced in consequence of the criticismof the House on the advisability of dealing with the recruit-ing problem in a piecemeal fashion. On Tuesday the PrimeMinister announced that the Government had decided tointroduce on the following day a Bill covering the whole oftheir proposals and embodying " immediate and generalcompulsion." By this means it was desired to secure 200,000unattested married men. The provision of these men in thelatter part of the year was, he said, of vital importance forthe maintenance in due strength of the army in the field inview of the contingencies of the summer and autumncampaigns.The Bill containing the proposals of the Government on

compulsory military service was introduced on Wednesday,May 3rd.

Transfer of Invalid Prisoners of Wal’.A series of questions bearing on the transfer of wounded

and invalid prisoners of war from Britain and Germany toSwitzerland has been asked in Parliament during the pastweek. No definite answer could be given as to the possiblescope of such an arrangement in the absence of intimationof Germany’s assent to the scheme. On Wednesday,however, it was officially announced that the GermanGovernment had accepted the proposal of the BritishGovernment for the transfer to Switzerland of British andGerman wounded and invalid prisoners of war. The pre-cedent formed by the arrangement between France andGermany will be followed as closely as possible. Swissmedical men are to be associated with the selection for thetransfer of prisoners of war.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH.Repatriation of Invalid Prisoners.

Lord BERESFORD asked the Government for informationregarding the steps which were being taken for thereciprocal repatriation of invalid prisoners of war.Lord NEWTON (representing the Foreign Office) said that

on March 25th the British Government had made a proposalto the German Government through the United StatesEmbassy to the effect that a reciprocal arrangementshould be entered into for the reciprocal repatriation ofinvalid prisoners. No reply had yet been received fromthe German Government, although several remindershad been sent. There was every reason to believe that theanswer from Germany when it arrived would be favourable,and on the assumption that it would be favourable certainpreparations were being made. The French Government

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had signified its consent to allowing the German prisonersto pass through France, and the British Government hadrequested the Swiss Government to make arrangements forthe reception of British prisoners when they arrived.He deplored the delay in bringing the negotiations to a Iconclusion.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TI.

Travelli7ag Medical l3oards.Mr. PROTHERO asked the Under Secretary for War whether

a medical travelling board, consisting of one surgeon-general,three majors, and one lieutenant, attended at centres in theEastern Command to examine soldiers and place them incertain medical categories for service and discharge; whetherone of the majors was specially selected for his experience ofconditions at the front; whether their recommendations hadbeen cancelled by a standing medical board consisting of aretired lieutenant-colonel and one subaltern summoned by theA.D.M.S. of the district, and whether it was in the interestsof the service that recommendations made by the travellingmedical board should be thus nullified by the action ofofficers junior to themselves.-Mr. TENNANT wrote in reply:The functions of a travelling medical board are differentfrom those of a standing medical board. The travellingmedical board places the men in the prescribed categories,and the standing board determines questions of invaliding.I am informed that no travelling medical board constitutedas described has sat anywhere in the Eastern Command, andthat no case has been brought to notice in which the recom-mendations of a travelling medical board had been cancelledby a standing medical board.

Steel Helnaets for the Troops.Sir H. DALZIEL asked the Under Secretary for War

whether he still adhered to his statement that every manin the trenches now had a steel helmet.-Mr. TENNANTreplied: When I spoke recently on this subject I had intendedto say every man at the front, and I think that I said that.If I did not say so I intended to say so, and I apologise fornot doing so. I need not assure honourable Members thatwhen I made that statement I believed it to be true. In thisbelief I had the number of helmets in mind that I knew tohave been sent across. As to their distribution, I am com-municating with the general officer commanding in chief,and I shall let my right honourable friend know on thesubject.Colonel ARCHER-SHEE : Is the right honourable gentleman

aware that certain battalions at the front, one of which ismine, holding a front line of trench, have only half thenumber of the men equipped with helmets-that is to say,500 out of the battalion ?-Mr. TENNANT: I could not beexpected to know that individual case. My information wasthat there was a sufficient number of helmets abroad forevery soldier to be provided.Colonel McCALMONT: When the right honourable gentle-man speaks of troops in the front trenches does he includeartillery? Is he aware that in some batteries one helmethas to be handed round from officer to officer as they go outand in.

Sir H. DALZIEL: And this after two years.Mr. TENNANT: I am asking about the distribution and

therefore I am not able to answer that question now.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH.

Repatriation of Invalid Prisoners.Mr. MALCOLM asked the Under Secretary for Foreign

Affairs whether he was aware that, since the beginning ofthis year, a number of British prisoners of war had beeninformed by German authorities that they would shortly bereleased and sent to Switzerland; and whether a similarselection was being made from among German prisonersinterned in England in anticipation of the visits of Swissdoctors.-Lord ROBERT CECIL answered: I have heard thatstatements to the effect mentioned have been made to Britishprisoners, whether in good faith or not, is not known. Themilitary authorities will, I hope, take all proper steps in thedirection indicated in the second part of the question.

Sir J. D. REES: Is it contemplated that Swiss medicalmen should chose the prisoners, and, if so, what supervisionwill there be ?-Lord ROBERT CECIL : I do not know whetherit is contemplated that Swiss medical men should be themedical men in question. Speaking from my recollection ofthese matters, I understood that the prisoners would beselected by neutral medical men on both sides. That is thesystem, I believe, which prevails in Germany.Mr. JOHN REDMOND : Has the selection of these prisoners

actually been commenced ?-Lord ROBERT CECIL : No ; I amvery sorry to say that it has not, because of the difficulty wehave experienced in getting any reply from the GermanGovernment. We hope that the reply is going to be favour-able, but in spite of repeated applications we have not beenable to secure any reply up to the present.

Colonel Hl1TtN: Will the noble lord use every endeavour toexpedite matters, because I hear on very reliable authoritythat there are many officers who are suffering reallyseriously and may go off their heads if something is notdone soon ?—Lord ROBERT CECIL : Every effort I can makewill be made to expedite the matter. I have already doneall I can to expedite this matter for many months past.

141medical of Recruits.Mr. LONG (President of the Local Government Board), in

the course of his speech on the motion for the introductionof a new Military Service Bill, said that one of the clausesdealt with the very vexed and difficult question of themedical examination of recruits. He proceeded: TheHouse will remember that when we were discussing theMilitary Service Bill in Committee a proposal was made inregard to those men who had been medically rejected underthe Derby scheme. I myself felt some difficulty as to thecourse which we ought to take. It was certainly desirablethat where medical examinations had not been satisfactorythere should be an opportunity for reconsideration. Therewas some evidence that there had been hasty examinationsand, indeed, some fraudulent proceedings. On the otherhand, bearing in mind as we had to do, that that Bill wasreally for a fixed and military purpose, it did not seem fair,as the case then stood, to bring in at once all the men whohad offered themselves and been rejected on medicalgrounds. We therefore exempted those who had beenmedically rejected. This has produced a state of hopelessconfusion. There is no other word for it. The War Officehas found that it is really practically impossible to get onwith the system in its present form. There is no doubt thatat the beginning of the Derby Scheme there was a greatrush. In some cases hundreds of men were passed throughwhat is called a medical examination in less time thanit would be possible to examine at the outside one-tenth ofthe number. In some cases certificates were never signed,and they bore on them no indication of the person to whomthey referred. The War Office finds that there is only onecourse that can be adopted if we are to get the men who arefit to serve, but whose rejection was the result of hasty exa-mination....... Therefore what the Army Council now takespower to do is not to re-examine every person who has beenmedically rejected, but to take power to have a re-

examination in cases if it is thought necessary. Theclause applies only to men who offered themselves forenlistment. Therefore the objection which was raisedin the course of our earlier debates, that any re-

opening of the question of the medically rejected peoplewould mean that all the unfortunate persons who areparalysed or bed-ridden or in any other way totally unableto serve would be subjected again to examination into theircases does not at all arise. This only applies to people whooffered themselves for enlistment and had been rejected onmedical grounds since August 14th, 1915. Each of thosecases can now, if necessary, be reconsidered, but of course Ineed hardly say that the last thing the Army Council islikely to do is to deal with this pell-mell. All that

the Army Council want to do is, where there is good evidencethat there are cases of men-in some cases there are largenumbers of them-who are fit for service, and who passedthe medical examination, not to allow them to be exemptfrom service because they claim to have a certificate,which I am told in a great many instances cannot beshown to be a certificate properly granted to them afterproper medical examination. In some cases they cannoteven show that the certificate was granted to them at all. Itwas granted to someone else and passed on to them. Theright honourable gentleman proceeded to deal with othertopics.After considerable criticisms of the proposals put forward

by Mr. Long, the motion was withdrawn and the Bill was notintroduced.

TUESDAY, MAY 2ND.Typlaus in German Prisoner Camps.

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Mr. MALCOLM asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairswhether he was aware that several prisoner camps inGermany, other than Wittenberg, had been ravaged by typhusepidemics and were abandoned by German doctors andorderlies; and whether reports to that effect had reached HisMajesty’s Government. -Sir E. GREY answered: It appearsfrom notes received from the United States Ambassador inBerlin in April and May, 1915, that typhus was present atZossen, Altdamm, Schneidemuhl, Gardelegen, Wittenberg,Zerbst, Sagan, Cassel, Erfurt, Langensalza, Ohrdruf,Chemnitz, Altengrahow, and Salzwedel. Unofficial reportshave reached His Majesty’s Government that in additionto Wittenberg, Altengrahow and Schneidemuhl were

abandoned by the Germans. As regards Gardelegen, itappears that except for one German doctor who died athis post, and another who acted in a most praiseworthymanner, the camp was deserted by the Germans. Thefact that typhus was present at a camp prevented officialsof the United States Embassy at Berlin from furnishingofficial reports based on personal inspection.

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Internment oJ Invalid Prisoners in Switzerland.Mr. MALCOLM asked the Under Secretary for War whether

he could now cause a selection to be made from amongGerman prisoners in Great Britain who, in the event of anagreement being reached with Germany, would be qualifiedto be interned in sanatoria in Switzerland, seeing similar selec-tions were said to be in progress in Germany.-Mr. TENNANTreplied: The proposals put forward to Germany, which arebased on the arrangements in force between that countryand France, contemplate that any combatant prisoner ofwar may present himself for examination by a committee ofthree medical men, of whom two shall be Swiss and thethird of the nationality which holds the prisoner. Thosecases selected as suitable by this committee will be sub-jected to a final examination by a Commission, of whichtwo-thirds will be Swiss. The essence of the whole schemeis that neutral judgment should have the decision, and anypreliminary action with the object of forcing the pace takenby us would be liable to misconstruction and might be notunreasonably resented. So far as is known, no steps havebeen taken by the German authorities to make a selectionamong British prisoners of war.lMr. MALCOLM asked whether the categories of diseases for

which internment in Switzerland was permissible as betweenGerman and English prisoners of war were identical withthose agreed upon between France and Germany.-Mr.TENNANT said in reply : The category of diseases which hasbeen proposed to the German Government as rendering aninvalid suitable for internment in Switzerland is identicalwith that which is now in force between France andGermany.

Certifying Surgeons.Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Home Secretary whether it

was the intention of the Government to act on paragraph 27of the Report of the Committee of Retrenchment recom-mending the doing away with the reports of certifyingdoctors as regards accidents in factories and by this meanssavingl2,500 per annum; whether he was aware that opinionswere strongly held in many quarters that it would be againstthe interests of the community to discontinue such reports ;and whether this economy, if pursued, would have the effect ofaltering the policy of the Factory Acts which have been inforce since 1844.-Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL answered : I proposeshortly to introduce a Bill dealing with certain of the recom-mendations of the Retrenchment Committee that relate tothe Home Office. I do not wish to anticipate the statementwhich I will then make on this subject. ,

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD.Diagnosis and Tl’eatment of Venereal Diseases.

Replying to Mr. KING, Mr. ASQUITH (the Prime Minister)said: The Government have decided to adopt the recom-mendations of the Royal Commission as to the diagnosisand treatment of venereal diseases, and arrangements arebeing made accordingly. It has been decided that 75 percent. of the cost of these arrangements, which it is hopedmay be undertaken with the cooperation of the localauthorities, shall be defrayed by means of a grant from theExchequer. I cannot at the moment promise legislation onthe other recommendations of the Commissioners, some ofwhich raise very controversial questions, but the wholematter is receiving the earnest attention of the President ofthe Local Government Board.

Vacancies.For further injormation regarding each vacancy reference shottld be

made to the advertiseaaaent (see Index).When the application of a Belgian medical man would be considered

the advertisers are requested to communicate with the Editor.BOLTON INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.-Female Second House Surgeon.

Salary f:200 per annum, with apartments, board, and attendance.BOOTLE BOROUGH HOSPITAL.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary f:170

per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Physicians and House Surgeons.

Salary at rate of JB120 per annum, with board, apartments, andlaundry.

BURNLEY, VICTORIA HOSPITAL.-Female House Surgeon. Salary B160per annum, with residence, board, and washing.

BURY INFIRMARY.-Female Senior House Surgeon and Female JuniorHouse Surgeon. Salary £ 250 and £ 150 per annum respectively,with board, residence, and washing.

BUXTON, DERBYSHIRE, DEVONSHIRE HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Phy-sician. Apartments, board, laundry, and salary as arranged.

CAMBERWELL INFIRMARY AND CHILDREN’S HOMES.—Assistant MedicalOfficer. Salary f:220 cer annum, with apartments, board, andwashing.

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The Foreign Office has since announced that the German Govern-ment has accepted the proposal of the British Government for thetransfer to Switzerland of British and German wounded and invalidprisoners of war. The Swiss Government has been asked to senddoctors to examine the German prisoners here, and Swiss doctors whoare now in Germany to examine French prisoners will be asked also toexamine the British prisoners.

DERBY, DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Physician andCasualty Officer. Salary 2200 per annum, with board, residence, &c.

DEWSBURY COUNTY BOROUGH.-Female Medical Practitioner. SalaryJE300 per annum, and out-of-pocket expenses.

FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL LUNATICASYLUM.-Assistant Superintendent. Salary .1:400 per annum, withfree quarters.

FOLKESTONE, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL.-Resident Medical Officer.Salary JE200 per annum, with board and laundry.

GRAVESEND HOSPITAL.-FemaleHouseSurgeon. Salary at rate of.E200per annum, with board and residence.

HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary B100 perannum, with residence, board, and washing.

KENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE.-School Medical Inspector and MedicalOfficer of School Clinic. Salary at rate of .1:350 per annum, withtravelling and sustenance allowances.

LEEDS PUBLIC DISPENSARY.-Two Resident Medical Officers. Salary.E200 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

LEWISHAM, BOROUGH oF.-Tuberculosis Dispensary Medical Officer.Salary at rate of .E250 per annum.

LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL FOR CANCER AND SKIN DISEASES, Myrtle-street.- Honorary Assistant Surgeon.

LONDON TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL, Hampstead-road, N.W.-AssistantHouse Surgeon for six months. Salary at rate of 120 guineas perannum.

MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Pendlebury.-Two FemaleResident Medical Officers, unmarried, for six months. Salaryat rate of £100 per annum.

MANCHESTER NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Park-place; Cheetham Hill-road.-Female House Surgeon. Salary £120per annum, with apartments and board.

NEW HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Euston-road, N.W.-Female Senior ClinicalAssistant to Out-patients. Also Two House Surgeons, HousePhysician, and Obstetric Assistant (all females), for six months,with board, residence, and laundry.

SALISBURY GENERAL INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon and Assistant HouseSurgeon, unmarried. Salary B150 and £100 per annum respec-tively, with apartments, board, lodging, and washing.

SHEFFIELD, JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.-Female Junior HouseSurgeon, unmarried. Salary B80 per annum, with board,residence, and laundry.

SHEFFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Physician. Salary .E120 perannum, with board and residence.

VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR CON-SUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.-Assistant ResidentMedical Officer.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Tite-street, Chelsea, S.W.-HousePhysician. Salary 2200 per annum, with board, lodging, andwashing.

WEST END HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM,73, Welbeck-street. W.-Clinical Assistants to Out-patients.

WOLVERHAMPTON AND STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Senior Student as Assistant to House Surgeons. Board, rooms,and laundry, and salary.

THE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, London, S.W., givesnotice of vacancies for Certifying Surgeons under the Factoryand Workshop Acts at Honiton, in the county of Devon; and atTurton, in the county of Lancaster.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

HANDLEY-READ.-On April 21st, at Brunswick-place, Hove, to Quarter-master-Sergeant Instructor (M.G.C.) E. H. Handley-Read, R.B.A.,and Eva M. Handley-Read, L.D.S., L.R.C.P. & S.Edin., of Harley-place, W., a son.

HEDLEY.-On May 2nd, at Pont-street, the wife of E. W. Hedley, M.D.Camb., Captain, R.A.M.C. (T.), of a daughter.

HEWLETT.-On April 29th, to Professor and Mrs. R. Tanner Hewlett, of12, Colinette-road, Putney, a son.

MARRIAGES.BATCHELOR-KEMPTHORNE.-On April 26th, at Wyck Risington, Henry

Washington Batchelor, Captain, R.A.M.C., to Kathleen Mary,younger daughter of the Rev. P. H. and Mrs. Kempthorne.

BEATTY-HANDFORD.-On April 27th, atthe Parish Church, Hampstead,John Colley Pounden Beatty, Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., to IsabellaEmily Claudia, younger daughter of the late Rev. J. W. Handfordand of Mrs. Handford, of Ellerdale-road, Hampstead.

BEVEN-BREAKEY.-On April 26th, at St. Giles’s, Reading, JohnOsmonde Beven, M.A., M.R.C.S., &c., to Iris Marie Carew, elderdaughter of Major A. J. Breakey, R.G.A., and Mrs. Breakey.

GEMMELL-KELLETT.-On April 26th, at St. Mary’s Church, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, Captain Reginald W. Gemmell, R.A M.C., toNorah Winifred, younger daughter of the late William Kellett, J.P.,of Portland Bank, Southport, and Dowdales, Dalton-in-Furness.

GREAVES-TENNANT.-On April 26th, at St. Luke’s, Torquay, EdwardHarrison Greaves, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., to Emma HopeTennant, of Green Bank, Rawdon, Yorks.

DEATHS.CENTER.-On April 28th, at Naval Hospital, Malta, Fleet-Surgeon

William Rudolf Center, of H.M.S. Russell, aged 45 years.GRELLET.-On April 26th, at Orford Lodge, Hitchin, Charles John

Grellet, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., aged 73 years.HOOD.-On April 27th, after a short illness, Wharton Peter Hood,

M.D. St. And. in his 82nd year.HOWES.-On April 25th, at Lincoln, Frank Charles Plumptre Howes,

M.D. Edin., M.R.C.S., rector of Belton, Suffolk.WOODFORDE:-FINDEN.-On April 27th, at a nursing home, after a long

illness, Lieutenant-Colonel Woodforde Woodforde-Finden, Brigade-Surgeon, I.M.S., aged 71 years.

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