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A. G. Mosbery, second prize (£1) and certificate. Senior:J. T. Duncan, first prize (£2) and medal; P. I. Wigoder,- second prize (£1) and certificate. Practical Anatomy, firstyear : V. J. White, first prize (L2) and medal; 1. M. Swane-poel, second prize (£1) and certificate. Second year: T. M.’Thomson, first prize (£2) and medal; F. W. Warren, secondprize (£1) and certificate. Practice of Medicine : R. Adams,first prize (f.2) and medal; J. Menton and Miss C. F.Williamson (equal), second prize (.61) and certificate.’Surgery: R. Adams, first prize (£2) and medal; G. C.

Sneyd, second prize (£1) and certificate. Midwifery:J. Menton, first prize (f.2) and medal; Miss 1. M. Clarkeand Miss C. F. Williamson (equal), second prize (£1) and- certificate. Physiology: J. T. Duncan, first prize (£2) andmedal; F. W. Warren, second prize (£1) and certificate.Chemistry: T. P. Roberts, first prize (f.2) and medal;M. J. Hillery, second prize (.61) and certificate. Pathology:J. S. Pegum, first prize (f.2) and medal; H. R. Tighe,- second prize (£1) and certificate. Physics : M. J. Hillery,first prize (£2) and medal; T. D. Condell, second prize (61);and certificate. Practical histology: J. T. Duncan, first

prize (62) and medal; L. W. Roberts, second prize (.61) andcertificate. Practical chemistry: B. Kelly, first prize (f.2)and medal; W. N. Harrison, second prize (£1) and certifi-cate. Public health and forensic medicine : F. W. Warren,’’first prize (£2) and medal ; H. R. Tighe, second prize (£1)- and certifioate. Materia medica: J. S. Pegum, first prize(£2) and medal; Miss N. Williams, second prize (El) andcertificate. Biology: M. J. Hillery, first prize (£2) andmedal; G. E. Pepper, second prize (£1) and certificate.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Vital Statistics of Scotland.’A SUPPLEMENT to the annual report of the Local Government Board

for Scotland containing statistics of notifications of infectious disease"and of mortality has been issued as a bluebook. The number of cases ofinfectious disease notified under the Infectious Disease (Notification)Act, 1889, was 26,328 and of these cases 15,997 were treated in hospital bythe local authorities. These figures relate only to diseases in respect ofwhich notification is compulsory under the Act and they do not include,diseases to ’which the Act has been voluntarily extended by the localauthorities. Statistics with regard to the birth-rate and death-rate are..also given. In 1907 the birth-rate in the landward parts of Scotland’was 26’2 and in the burghal27’5 per 1000 of their respective estimated.populations. The death-rate in- the landward districts was 14’4 and in’’the burghal 16’6 per 1000 of their respective estimated populations. The.death-rate of infants under one year old was 91 -0 in the landward partsand 117’9 per 1000 born in the burghal.

The Children Bill.The Children Bill has received a third reading in the House of

Commons and is now before the House of Lords. The modification ofrthe clauses ;directed against juvenile smoking is considered likely tosmoothen its further progress.

White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Bill.The House of Commons assented to the second reading of the White

Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Bill without discussion on Oct. 19th.I Its object is to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and importation ofmatches made with white phosphorus with a view to the protectionfrom necrosis of persons employed in the manufacture of matches.

Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Bill.A Standing Committee of the House of Commons began consideration

of the Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Bill on Wednesday, Oct. 21st.The progress was slow and only a couple of amendments toClause I. were discussed before the committee rose. No alterationwas made in the text of the clause as a result of the day’sdeliberations. Clause I. imposes a duty on medical practitioners ofnotifying cases of tuberculosis to the medical officer of health in adistrict. This notification is to be made under regulation of the LocalGovernment Board. Mr. T. W. RUSSELL, on behalf of the Irish Office,made an important statement on the principles which would guidethe Board in issuing the regulations. He stated that the principalobject of the ’Board would be to make it compulsory to notifysuch cases only as could be helped. Only cases of open tuber-culosis of the lung would at first be notified and then only when thepatients were living under conditions dangerous to other people. TheLocal Government Board would have no objections to consult a com- mittee of medical men in regard to this matter. Some opposition wasraised to the compulsory character of the notification clause during the- cliscussions. The committee intended to resume consideration of the Bill next week. II ]

HOUSE OF LORDS.

TUESDAY, OCT. 20TH.Nurses’ Registration Bill.

On the motion of Lord AMPTHILL the Nurses’ Registration Bill wasre-committed.On Clause 2 Viscount Wor.vERHAa2rTON moved an amendment to

provide that the name of the new body charged with the registrationof nurses should be " The General Council for the Registration of Nursesin the United Kingdom."The amendment was agreed to.Clause 4 deals with the constitution and appointment of the Council.Lord AMPTHILL moved an amendment to raise the number of

members from 15 to 16. He explained that he did this for the purposeof adding a representative nurse from Ireland. The intention was alsoto bring Ireland immediately within the scope of the Bill instead ofdelaying its inclusion.Lord ASHBOURNE commented on the desirability of giving more than

one representative nurse each to Scotland and Ireland.Viscount WOLVERHAMPTON replied that the number of the Council

should be kept low in the interests of efficiency.The amendment was agreed to, as well as a consequential one giving

a seat on the Council to a nurse to be " elected by the nurses registeredin the General Register whose registered address is in Ireland."One of the subsections of Clause 4 provides for the presence on the

Council of " three registered medical practitioners to be appointed bythe British Medical Association, one to be a physician, one a surgeon,and one a general practitioner."On the motion of Lord ASHBOURNE it was amended so as to read as

follows :-" Three registered medical practitioners to be appointed by the

British Medical Association, one to be resident in England, one to beresident in Ireland, and one to be resident in Scotland."Clause 4, after some further slight amendment, was agreed to.A number of minor -amendments, many of a drafting nature, were

introduced into the other clauses.Clause 23 imposed a delay on the application of the measure to

Ireland until such time as it should be extended by an Order in Council,but following upon the amendments giving representation to Ireland itwas agreed to delete-this provision from the BilLLord AMPTHILL moved a new clause to the effect that "this Act shall

not be construed to affect or apply to the gratuitous nursing of the sickby friends or members of a family, and also it shall not apply to anyperson attending the sick for hire, who does not in any way assume tobe a registered nurse under this Act." He stated that he did not per-sonally think that the clause was needed, as gratuitous nursing of thesick was in no way affected by the Bill. However, a great number ofthe people concerned, particularly members of the medical profession,were anxious to-see an’actual safeguard in the text of the Bill.The Earl of MAYO suggested that a clause might be framed in the

following terms _ This Act shall not apply to or affect the nursing ofthe sick by any person not registered under this Act, who does not inany way assume to be a registered nurse."Viscount WOLVERHAMPTON did not think the clause was necessary,

but the Government would give the matter careful consideration.The Marquis of LANSDOwNE thought that the words of the proposed

clause would be misleading. If they put them in the Bill they wouldsuggest that there was something in the Bill which it did not contain.Lord ASHBOURNE considered that public opinion would like to see

some words actually introduced into the Bill to make it abundantlyplain that nurses who were not certificated nurses should be absolutelyfree to follow their calling.The proposed clause was rejected without a division.Lord AMPTHILL said that another clause stood on the notice paper in

his name, but he did not press it as he did not think it was necessary,nor would it really add anything to the Bill. It ran thus: "Nothingcontained in this Act shall be considered as conferring any authority topractise medicine or to undertake the treatment or cure of disease.This proposal was not pressed.The Bill passed through Committee.

HOU-8E OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14TH.The Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops (Ireland) Order.

Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant ofIreland whether he was aware that opposition had been shown in therural parts of Ireland to the general Order of the Local GovernmentBoard for Ireland with respect to dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops ; thatthis feeling was largely due to the discrimination made between farmersand cowkeepers who sold milk to creameries for manufacture into butterand those who made their own milk into butter; and whether it was in-tended to recall this Order and apply the regulations equally to all classesof dairy farmers in Ireland.-Mr. BIRRELL replied: The order in questionapplies equally to all persons engaged in the public supply of milk. Itsobject is to prevent the spread of disease by means of the milk-supply,and therefore it deals only with persons engaged in such supply ascontemplated by the Act under which the Order was made. I am awarethat some opposition to the Order has been shown, but its provisions arevery necessary in the interests of public health and it is not intended t.withdraw it.

The Application of the Nurses’ Registration Bill to Ireland.Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of

Ireland whether he had received representations that the proposal t.postpone the application to Ireland of the provisions of the Nurses’Registration Bill would inflict injury upon Irish nurses and traininginstitutions in Ireland; and whether, in view of these considerations,he would move the Irish Local Government Board to make an effort tosurmount the administrative obstacles which had led them to opposethe application of this measure to Ireland.-Mr. BIRRELL answered:The Government has placed on the paper amendments providing forthe immediate application to Ireland of the Nurses’ Registration Bit.

The Suppression of the Use of Opium in China.Mr. REES asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether

the edict of the Chinese Government banning the introduction into, andmanufacture’and sale within, the empire of morphine and hypodermic

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appliances indicated that the suppression of the use of opium impliedrecourse to other drugs in place thereof ; and whether the ForeignOffice was in possession of any information to show that this was thecase.-Mr. J. A. PrASF (who answered on behalf of Sir KDWARD GREY)said: The prohibition of the general importation of morphine into Chinaexcept on certain conditions, was agreed to by His Majesty’s Govern-ment in Article XI. of the Commercial Treaty between China and GreatBritain of 1902. The stipulation contained in that Article, that theprohibition should only come into force on all other Treaty Powersagreeing to its conditions, has, however, only recently been fulfilled.The edict has, therefore, no direct connexion with the measures adoptedfor the suppression of the use of opium. Whether the suppression of theuse of opium in China, if successfully accomplished, would have to anyextent the effect indicated in the question is a matter on which myright honourable friend cannot express an opinion. It is not implied inthe edict.

The Purity of Milk-supplies.Sir FRANCIS CHANNING asked the President of the Local Government

Board whether he had now completed the consultations with the Boardof Agriculture as to dealing with tuberculous cows, and was now in aposition either to bring in the Milk Bill at an early date or to takeprompt and effective administrative action to secure greater purity inthe supply of milk to the metropolis and the great centres of popu-lation.-Mr. BURNS (by written answer) replied : The matter is receivingattention, but I am not at present in a position to take action of thekind referred to in the question.

bir FRANCIS CHANNING also asked the right honourable gentlemanwhether the report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis wouldbe immediately issued; and if not, whether, having regard to theconstant demands of local authorities for further powers to deal withthis disease, whether as affecting the public health or cattle, and to thequestions constantly raised by agriculturists, butchers, and others as tothe losses caused by the persistence of this disease, he would press theCommission to report promptly and undertake to deal with the wholequestion of the extirpation of this scourge by national and adequatemachinery at the earliest moment.-Mr. BURNS replied : I have madeinquiry and am informed that no definite date can be fixed for theissue of the final report of the Royal Commission, but I understandthat it is now preparing another interim report dealing with theinfectivity of milk from tuberculous cows which will probably bepresented next month. I will bring under the notice of the Com-mission the desire expressed in the latter part of the question withregard to its report.

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MONDAY, OCT. 19TH.

Vaccination Cases in Cirencester.Mr. LUPTON asked the President of the Local Government Board

whether a medical officer, on behalf of the Local Government Board,had inquired into cases of children vaccinated in Cirencester, and if heascertained that the result of the vaccination in the case of three ormore children had been to cause terrible sores, eating the flesh to thebone; and if, in consequence of these and other similar cases, thequality of the lymph supplied by the Local Government Boardhaa been changed.—Mr. BURNS replied: Three instances at Ciren-cester which called for inquiry were investigated by one of themedical inspectors of the Local Government Board. In twoof them the vaccination places were long in healing, but thesymptoms were not of a serious character. A large number ofchildren were vaccinated from the lymphs used in these cases respec-tively without any such symptoms and the evidence indicates that inthese two cases secondary contamination of the vaccination placesoccurred. In the third case there was deep ulceration at the site ofvaccination. This, however, did not begin to show itself till subse-quently to the ninth day after vaccination, and no adverse report hasreached the Local Government Board in respect of any of the thousandor more children vaccinated from the same lymph as that used in thisinstance, although reports are required in each case. The home of thechild was insanitary and overcrowded, and it appears to be clear thatthe vaccination places were secondarily infected by septic material. Iam not aware of any need for changing the quality of lymph usedby the Board.Mr. ESSEX: Is the right honourable gentleman satisfied that these

casesdeveloped unsatisfactorily owing to the unsatisfactory conditionsin which the children were ?Mr. BURNS: Our officers report to us that these symptoms were

developed by uncleanliness.The Destruction of Tuberculous Carcasses.

In answer to Mr. ABEL SMITH, who asked whether the Governmentwas prepared to adopt the recommendations of the Select Committee onTuberculosis as to compensation for carcasses condemned as tuberculous,Mr. BURNS said: Legislation would be necessary to give effect to thatsuggestion and I am not in a position to promise that such legislationwill be proposed by the Government.

TUESDAY, OCT. 20TH.’

The Jledical Relief of the Poor.Mr. SUMMERBELL asked the President of the Local Government

Board whether he would state the number of cases in the coroners’returns of starvation cases, respectively, connected with Shoreditch,Holborn, and the whole of London; whether he had taken any, and,if so, what, steps to reduce the numbers in future; and whether hewould suggest to the guardians of those unions that they should makeit known to the poor that they were willing to give necessary relief, andespecially medical relief, to the poor who needed it, in accordance with43 Eliz., c. 2, s. 1, and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, so that the poor mightapply before they became totally destitute.-Mr. BURNS replied:The latest return of the number of deaths upon which a coroner’ssjury returned a verdict of starvation or death accelerated by priva-tion shows that in the year 1907 there were 46 such cases in thewhole of London, of which eight were connected with Shoreditchand seven with Holborn. There appears to be no reason to supposethat the poor were unaware of the facilities for obtaining medical orother relief. In many of the cases mentioned in the return relief wasapplied for and given, but the application was made at too late a stage.I will give consideration to the matter, but it is difficult to see whateffective action can be taken in respect of persons who are unwilling toapply for relief and whose cases are in no way brought under the noticeof the guardians or their officers.

The Disposal of Sewage.Mr. CLOUGH asked the President of the Local Government Board

whether any further reports would be issued by the Royal Commissionon the Treatment and Disposal of Sewage; and, if so, how many, andwhen did he expect to receive the final report; and whether he pro-posed to introduce legislation for the regulation of trade effluents intopublic sewers before he received the final report of this Commission.-Mr. BURNS answered : I understand that the Royal Commission proposes-to issue a report in the course of the next three months on the disposalof distillery refuse and that in its final report it will deal with thedisposal of other trade effluents when not mixed with sewage. The date-)f the issue of the final report cannot at present be given, but I do notthink it will be necessary to await it before proposing legislation on thesubject referred to in the question.

Trypanosomiasis and Syphil’is in Uganda.Mr. REES asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies how

much of the grant in aid of :C85,000 from the Imperial Exchequer toUganda Protectorate in 1907-08 was expended on preventive measures-taken against the spread of trypanosomiasis and syphilis ; and howmuch of the like grant of £25,000 to Nyassaland was expended in pre-venting the spread of the former disease towards the latter Protec-torate.-Colonel SEELY (in a written reply) wrote: A sum of about£11,000 was provided in the Uganda estimates for 1907-08 forthe purpose of combating trypanosomiasis. An expert was sentout during the same year to report on the question of syphilis.His report has now been received and considered and a sum

of E2000 has been inserted in the estimates for the current year for thepurpose of providing better and more systematic medical treatment forthe natives who are suffering from the disease. With regard to Nyassa-land, efforts were directed during 1907-08 to ascertaining the distributionof trypanosomiasis in the countries bordering on the Protectorate andof the various kinds of tsetse fly within the Protectorate. Thisinformation appears to be an essential preliminary to any proper schemeof prevention.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21ST.The Inmates of Broadmoor Asylum.

Mr. MARKHAM asked the Secretary of State for the Home Departmentwhether his attention had been directed to a speech of one of His.Majesty’s judges alleging that many murderers were confined in Broad-moor Asylum though perfectly sane; whether he would say whether thedecision of the doct or of this asylum as to whether a patient was insaneor not was final; and whether no examination either by a medical boardor independent medical man was permitted.-Mr. GLADSTONE replied: eI have seen a report of the learned judge’s remarks and I think that thehonourable Member has somewhat misapprehended their purport ;but I may say in reply to his question that there are in Broad-moor persons guilty of murder who could not at the presentmoment be held to be insane, but who must be detainedin Broadmoor in pursuance of the order of the court so long as thereis a serious risk that, if set at liberty, they would relapse into the con-dition in which they committed the crime. In judging of the mentalcondition of patients I rely on the advice of the medical authorities whosee them daily and who have exceptional experience of similar cases,and I should not be assisted by calling in other medical men who, how-ever eminent, could not have the same opportunities of forming anequally trustworthy opinion. In any case, the present mental condi-tion is by no means the only determining factor in deciding whetherit is safe to release a man who in a state of insanity has committed agrave crime and who, if at large, might again become dangerous.

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CANCER HOSPITAL, Fulham-road, London, S.W.-Assistant Pathologist.Salary 2-250 per annum. Also Medical Registrar. Salary £100 perannum.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.-House Surgeon. Salary at rate of ,c50 per annum, with board andresidence.

CHELSEA INFIRMARY, Cale-street, S.W.-Second Assistant MedicalOfficer. Salary 2-100 per annum, with board, washing, apartments,&c.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VictoriaPark, E.-House Physician for six months. Salary at rate ofE50 per annum, with board, washing, and residence.

COLCHESTER, BOROUGH OF.-Assistant Medical Officer of Health andSchool Medical Officer (female). Salary ,c200 per annum.

DERBY EDUCATION COMMITTEE.—School Medical Officer. Salary 2250per annum.

DREADNOUGHT -HOSPITAL, Greenwich.-Assistant Physician. AlsoDental Surgeon.

DURHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary 2-120 per annum,with board and lodging.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN,Shadwell, E.-House Surgeon for six months. Salary ,c25, withboard, residence, and laundry. Also Assistant Physician. AlsoSecond Medical Officer for six months. Salary at rate of £40 perannum, with luncheon and tea.

EVELINA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Southwark Bridge-road,London, S.E.-House Physician for nine months. Salary at rateof E60 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

FINSBURY DISPENSARY, Brewer-street, Goswell-road, E.C.-ResidentMedical Officer. Salary L140 per annum, with residence, attend-ance, coals, and gas.

GENERAL INFIRMARY AT GLOUCESTER AND THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE EYEINSTITUTION.-Physician.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY ASYLUMS.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer.Salary £150 per annum, rising to .E1BO, with board, lodging, andwashing.

GUILDFORD, ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL.—Assistant HouseSurgeon. Salary .e5O per annum, with board, residence, andlaundry.

HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, Virginia Water,Surrey.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer (female). Salary £150per annum, rising to .E200, with board, lodging, laundry, attend-ance, &c.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton.-Resident House Physicians for six months. Salary .825. AlsoAssistant Resident Medical Officer. Salary £100 per annum, withboard and residence