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have in preparation a General Index to Hansard’s Parlia-mentary Debates from the year 1830 to 1891. These volumesare numbered from 1 to 356 of the Third Series. The indexwill be published in four royal octavo volumes, price £10 1Os.Special pains will be taken to make it exhaustive and thecross references as full and complete as possible. Thedebates will be indexed both under the subject of the debate,motion, or Bill, and under the name of the peer or membertaking part in the debate. A suggestion made by Mr. Glad-stone has been adopted-viz., that the really historicaldeclarations of Ministers and leading men" should be

specially indicated. The work is being executed by MissNancy Bailey, who was for five sessions (1889-91, 1893-94)the indexer of Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates. The indexwill without doubt be indispensable to politicians, historians,and literary men in general.-We understand that the secondand final series of ’ Illustrations of Pathological Anatomy,"by Professors Cast and Rumpel, is in the press, and thatDr. Voelcker, pathologist to the Middlesex Hospital, hasundertaken to revise and edit the English edition. The firstseries, it may be remembered, was edited by Dr. Rufferbefore his serious illness which necessitated his departureto Egypt. This work is unique, it being the only one extantin which the illustrations are painted from nature imme-diately at death, and hence are portrayed exact patho -logical conditions of disease otherwise unattainable. The

English publishers are Messrs. Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox.

BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS TO HOSPITALS.-TheBarnsley and District Hospital Saturday and Sunday FundsCommittee has handed ,61000 to the governors of theBeckett Hospital.-The committee of the Great NorthernCentral Hospital, Holloway-road, has received 1100 from alady to endow a bed in memory of her late husband, andalso, from an anonymous donor, £1050, to endow bed No. 7in the Victoria Mary Ward.-The workmen of Sir W. G.Armstrong and Co., at Elswick, Newcastle, have contributed464 6s. ld. to the local medical charities for the quarterending March 31st last, of which sum £335 ls. ld. has beenapportioned to the Royal Infirmary.-The Court of CommonCouncil, London, has granted 100 guineas to the EastLondon Hospital for Children, Shadwell.—In response tothe appeal for funds to complete the building, furnishing,and equipment of the new hospital, Birmingham, the com-mittee has recently received the following donations: namely,Anon. (A. A.), £500 ; Mr. W. B. Gibbins, Ettington, £100 ;Mr. G. S. Albright, £500 ; Mr. Richard Cadbury, £1000;Mr. J. W. Wilson, M.P., (second donation), £100 ; Mr. W. A.Albright, .6500 ; Mr. W. H. Lloyd, Wednesbury, £100 ; andMrs. Gibbins, £100.-The secretary of the National Hospitalfor the Paralysed and Epileptic, Albany Memorial, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, has received a donation for the currentyear of £105, made towards the support of the ConvalescentBranch by the Worshipful Company of Mercers on account ofthe Earl of Northampton’s Charity, and also of £100, beingthe share allotted to this hospital from the residuary estate ofthe late Miss E. C. Darling, by the executors.-The committeeof the Dental Hospital of London, Leicester-square, hasreceived 105 from Sir Henry Peek, Bart.-The late Mr.William E. Yates of Westwood, Leeds, has bequeathed £200each, free of legacy duty, to the Leeds Public Dispensaryand the Leeds Hospital for Women.-The board of manage-ment of the National Hospital for Consumption, Ventnor.Isle of Wight, has received a further grant of 100 guineasfrom the trustees of the Earl of Northampton’s Charity.-The treasurers of the Middlesex Hospital have received adonation of 100 guineas from Her Majesty the Queen.TYLDESLEY NEW SEWAGE WORKS, MAN-

CHESTER.-The area over which the Tyldesley districtcouncil has control is 2489 acres in extent, it has a popula-tion of about 14,000, its ratable value is £61,000, and thequantity of sewage to be treated averages about 300.000gallons daily. Some years ago a farm of 132 acres at Astley,-about two miles from Tyldesley, was purchased for £14, 000and used as a sewage farm, the sewage being treated bybroad irrigation and land filtration. But in 1894 the Merseyand Irwell Joint Committee deemed the works at Morley’sHall Farm unsatisfactory, the tanks being only capable ofdealing with 12,000 gallons a day, while the actual flowwas about 300,000 gallons, so it is not surprising that theeffluent was condemned. Proceedings were taken by thecommittee in 1894 and the council was fined £20 and.costs. Various methods of sewage treatment were exa-

mined, and it was decided eventually to adopt the

system of the Magnetite Sewage and Water PurificationCompany of Manchester, who agreed to construct the wholework for £3250. The sewage is carried on to filter-beds

composed of layers of " magnetite," a kind of ironstone,with a top layer of sand. These filter-beds are self-

regulating, and the top layer of sand is cleansed by reversingthe flow of one filter and allowing it to force itself upwardsthrough the next filter. The floating matter from the top ofthe sand then runs into a well, from which it is pumped into"detritus tanks." After leaving these tanks the precipitantis added to the sewage by means of a Kierby mixer, workedby a water-wheel turned by the flow of the sewage. Thecleansed sewage then passes through a "mixing race" to theinlet channels and to the precipitation tanks, which have beenconstructed with concrete bottoms and with walls facedwith salt-glazed brick. There are eight filter-beds, each33 feet by 16 feet. The precipitant used is " oelite,"principally alumina, iron, and oxide of magnesium. Thenew arrangement is capable of dealing with some half-million gallons dailv, so that it is believed that the needsof the township will be satisfied for some years to come.At the recent formal opening of the works Dr. Duncan,the chairman of the council, presided. Dr. Lowe, chair-man of the Sewerage Committee, before declaring the worksopen, was presented with a handsome key on behalf ofthe Magnetite Company. He stated that the council hada ten years’ indemnity from the company against any pro-ceedings by the Mersey and Irwell Joint Committee on con-dition that the council made use of the company’s precipitant.Mr. Sergeant, the medical officer of health for the county ofLancaster, expressed great interest and said the system wasa departure from any he had seen before and he hoped itwould prove a success. In appearance the effiuent was verymuch like ordinary drinking water, and it is expected to bestill better after the works have been in use some little time.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Cost of the Vaccination Commission.IN the course of answering a question across the floor of the House

Mr. Hanbury, Secretary to the Treasury, stated that the total costof the Royal Commission on Vaccination up to March 31st last was:E16,792.

Colliery Explosions.Steps are in progress for securing that the provisions of the Coal

Mines Regulation Bill having special reference to coal-dust and theprevention of explosions in mines shall be pafsed into law in the courseof the present session.

Poor-law Officers’ Superannuation Bill.Proposals have been made for the extension of the provisions of this

measure to Ireland, and the Government has intimated that it will offerno opposition to them.

Public Health (Scotland) BLI1.During the Committee stage of this measure in the House of Lords

the Earl of Rosslyn raised the question of the position of the chiefmedical officer in Scottish counties, and moved an amendment requiringthat all reports by other medical officers in the county and sanitaryinspectors should be transmitted to the County Council through him,and that he should have practical control of all matters of sanitationand public health. He pressed the amendment as necessary to avoidfriction in the county administration. The Government, however,would not accept the amendment, preferring that the County Councilshould be left with a free hand to deal with the matter by means of itsby-laws.

Accidents with Petroleum Lamps.A Select Committee of the House of Commons, presided over by

Mr. Mundella, is taking evidence with regard to the sale, storeage, andconveyance of petroleum and accidents arising in the use of petroleumlamps, and in the course of the proceedings on Wednesday, May 13th,Mr. Boverton Redwood, the petroleum expert, handed in for the use ofthe Committee the report of THE LASCET Commission on the subject ofdangerous lamps. -

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, MAY 5TH.Visiting Ferer Patients.

Mr. H. C. Richards asked the President of the Local GovernmentBoard whether his attention had been called to an inquest held by Mr.Braxton Hicks on Dec. 31st last at Battersea on the body of JamesStevens Romaine, who died at his home from malignant scarlet fever, atwhich it was proved that previously to his death his brother had been

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removed to the Tooting Fever Hospital suffering from the same com-plaint, and that during the Interval both parents had visited the childat the hospital every day, thus-going to and from places where Infec-tious disease existed ; if he was aware that tlie,iiiry expressed a strongopinion that the Metropolitan Asylums Board should be asked to revisetheir rules so as to lessen the risk of infection to the public by disallow-ing such visits unless under exceptional circumstances ; thatwith regard to visiting patients, by the rules of the B’)ard twovisitors are allowed daily to each patient, limited as a ruleto a quarter of an hour; that visitors are warned that they run greatrisk at entering the hospital, but that they are allowed to sit by thebedside; that the only protection to such visitors is a cloak placed overtheir clothes; and that, on leaving the hospitals, the visitorsof necessity return home in public conveyances ; and whether,in view of these facts, he would make representations to themanagers to revise the rules in accordance with the suggestionof the jury.—Mr. Chaplin replied : I have communicated withthe managers of the Metropolitan Asylums District and aminformed that there has been no suggestion that the death ofthe child referred to was due to infection from the hospital, thatvisits to patients are only allowed under exceptional circum-stances-namely, when patients are dangerously ill-and that such ,visits are limited to the nearest relatives or intimate friends of thepatients. With regard to the statement that visitors of necessityreturn home in public conveyances, it appears that the father andmother in the case in question walked home and did not go into anypublic conveyance, and the regulations of the managers expresslv urgevisitors not to enter any omnibus, tramcar, or other public con èvanceimmediately after leaving the hospital. The managers have stated thatthe regulations as to the visiting of patients dangerously ill have beenfound to work smoothly and satisfactorily during the many years theyhave been in operation and that they see no reason for amending themas was suggested. They added that the enforcement of regulations toprevent parents of patients in the managers’ hospitals (most of whomare young children) visiting them when dangerously ill or dying wouldonly have the effect of largely discouraging, even if it did not whollyprevent, many parents from sending their children for isolation to thehospitals and of increasing rather than checking the spread of disease.

THURSDAY, MAY 7TH.Poor-law Children in Canada.

Mr. Chaplin, in reply to Mr. S. Smith, said that the CanadianGovernment have provided for an annual inspection of children sentout to Canada by boards of guardians in this country, but not for aninspection of each child each year. It would undoubtedly be very muchmore satisfactory if the children were more frequently visited, and hewould take the necessary steps with a view to communicating with theDominion Government on the subject.

The Vaccination Qite-,ztion.Mr. Logan asked the President of the Local Government Board

whether his attention had been called to a statement recently made bytheir clerk to the guardians of the Warminster Union to the effect thathe had inquired of the Local Government Board’s vaccination inspectorwhat would be the result of the report of the Royal Commis-sion on Vaccination, and that the said inspector informed himthat the Act would be so amended that the penalty would beimprisonment after the second offence ; and whether such ttate-ment was made by the Board’s inspector, and, if so, whetherwith or without authority; and, in the latter case, whether he wouldgive such instructions as should for the future prevent the officials ofthe Board from spreading unauthorised assertions, which were easilymistaken for official announcements.-Mr. Chaplin said he was informedthat the inspector who visited the Warminster Union had no recollec-tion of having made a statement to the clerk of the guardians on thesubject referred to in the question, and that if in conversation with theclerk the matter came under discussion it would have been impossiblefor him to have announced what would be the result of the report ofthe Royal Commission on Vaccination for the reason that he had noknowledge whatever of the views of the Commissioners.

Old Horses for Food.Mr. Wootton Isaacson asked the Secretary of State for the Honie

Department whether his attention had been drawn to a case whichrecently came before Mr. Mead, at the Thames Police-court, brought bythe Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, when two

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horses were stopped which were being led to the docks for exportationto Rotterdam, both of which were suffering from disease ; whether he.was aware that diseased horses were daily shipped to Rotterdam for thepurpose of being slaughtered and prepared for human food, when theywere reshipped to thIs country in the form of sausages and tinnedmeats, and that this practice had been carried on to a considerableextent for some time, and whether he would take means to put astop to a business so dangerous to health.--Sir Matthew WhiteRidley replied: I have seen reports in the newspapers of the casereferred to and have communicated with the learned magistratebefore whom it was heard. The two horses were being conveyed toRotterdam presumably as they were past work for the purpose of

being slaughtered for food. There was no evidence, however, thatthe horse in respect of which the conviction took place was sufferingfrom any disease rendering it unfit for food ; it was lame on one leg inconsequence of a contral’terl ten(lon and a diseased foot. There is nodoubt, I believe, that horses in a similar condition are frequentlyshipped to Rotterdam, but I have no evidence that a trade in diseasedhorses is carried on or that the food prepared from their carcasses reachesthis country nor have I any power to prevent the business in question.

University of London.Sir John Gorst, in reply to Sir Albert Rollit, announced that a Bill on

the subject of the re-organisation of the University of London was beingprepared in the Privy Council Office, but it had not yet received thesanction of the Government. When it had received that sanction itwould probably be introduced in the House of Lords.

FRIDAY, MAY 8TH.London Fever Hospital.

Mr. Chaplin, in answer to Mr. P. O’Brien, said he was informed thatthe now ward pavilion now being erected on the premises of the LondonPever Hospital was intended for the reception of fever patients, that it

was to take the place of an existing ward pavilion which was muchlarger, and that the result of the new erection would be to diminish th&number of fever patients received on the hospital site by nearly ore-half. The committee of the hospital, acting for the governors of theinstitution, were, he was informed, responsible for the new erection.The hospital in question had been in existence on the same site forsome fifty years past. He assumed, as was the case with all new build-tngs in London, t.hat plans of the new pavilion had been submitted to-the authorities having the control of such matters within the metro-polis. He had no power of control or action iu the matter.

MONDAY, MAY llTH.. Treatment of Imbecile Children.

. Mr. Luttrell asked the President of the Local Government Board<whether his attention had been drawn to a return made by the Poor-law Schools Committee to the effect, that there were in the Metro-politan Poor-law schools 105 children mentally deficient, 20 liable to.fits, and 8 otherwise disqualified to take part in school work exclusiveof those in the school infirmaries), and what provision the LocalGovernment Board had made or intended to make for thereception, training, and protection of these children.&mdash;Mr. Chaplinreplied that the managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Districthad made provision in their school at Darenth for imbecilechildren, and it was not improbable that some of the cases referred to.might be sent to the school. There were no doubt other children whosemental condition was not su’;h as to require their being sent to the-Darenth school and for whom it would be desirable to make other pro-vision. This question was an important one, and it was by no meanslimited to London, and he was not at present in a position to state-what course it would be best to adopt. It must be borne in mind thatthere was some difference of opinion as to whether feeble. mindedchildren might not be helped by association with children who were notsimilarly defective, and there were some persons who would be ilbfavour of their being retained in the existing schools, special attentiombeing given to their education and training.

Appointments.8uccessful applicants 1M Vacancies, Rwetaries of Public Institutions.

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the SuIJ..Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek for publication in the next number.

ANDERSON, G. REINHARDT, F.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.S. Lond., has beenappointed Honorary Medical Officer to the South port Infirmary,vice the late H. D. MeNicoll.

ARROL. CnAS.. M.D. Glasg., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Borough of Queensborough.

BEHRKXDT. M. R. J., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., has been reappointerPMedical Officer of Health by the Scunthorpe Urban DistrictCouncil.

CAUfK. N., M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed Junior House Surgeonto the Oldham Infirmary.

CLE(iG, J. GRAY, M.D., B.S. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng., &e., has been ap-pointed Senior House Surgeon to the Manchester Royal EyeHospital.

CooMON. F., M B. Lond., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Eng., has been appointCtinical Assistant to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

CROSS, W. F., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed House Surgeonto the Evangelical Protestant Deaconesses’ Institution and Train-ing Hospital, South Tottenham.

DAY. E. J., M.R C.S., has been reappointed Medical Officer of Healthfor the Borough of Dorchester.

DENING, EDWIN, L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S., has been reappointe&Medical Officer of Health for the Stowe-on-the-Wold Rural SanitaryDistrict.

DEVANE. THOMAS FRANCIS, L.R.C.P.E., L.R.C.S.E., has been appointedMedical Officer to the Linen and Woollen Drapers’ Institute for theDistricts of Penge, Anerley, and Sydenbam.

DURRANT. Tnos. A., L,R.C,P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been reappointedMedical Officer of Health by the Market Harborough Urban DistrictCouncil.

EDWARDS, ARNOLD J., :.1.D. Viet., B.Ch., has been appointed HonorarySurgeon to the Chorlton-upon-Medlock Dispensary, Manchester.

ERs, CERAS. J., M.D. Durh., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Borough of Faversham and Port SanitaryAuthority.

EvTox-JoNKS. THOMAS. L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officer forthe Ash Sanitary District of the Eastry Union.

FINDLAY, &En., M.B., C.M.Aberd., has been appointed Medical Officerof Health for the Campden Urban Sanitary District.

GAYLOR, EDWARD, L.R.C.P. Edin., L.F,P.S. Glasg., has been re-

appointed Medical Oflicer of Health by the Alfreton Urban DistrictCouncil.

GOULD, AI.Fmm PEARCE, M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S., has been appointedSurgeon to the Middlesex Hospital.

GRIFFITH, W. S., M.B. Camb., L.R.C.P. Lond., F.R.C.S., has beenappointed Medical Officer of Health by the Milford Haven UrbanDistrict Council.

HAH. ALFRED, M.R.C.S., has been reappointed Medical Officer of’,

Health for the MayJield Rural Sanitary District. ’

HAMILTON. JOHN, M.D. Durh., L.It.C.P., F.R.C.S. Edin., has beenreappointed Medical Officer of Health for the Swadlincote UrbmSanitary District.

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HARRIS, S. C., L.F.P.S., L.M. Glasg., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Ely Urban Sanita.y District.

HAYCROFT, C. H., M.R.C.S.. has been reappointed Medical Officer ofHealth for the Sanitary District of Bow, Devon.

HERBERT. B. H., M.R.C S., has been reapprinted Medical Officer ofHealth by the Uttoxeter Rural District Council.

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JELLY, GFORGE AUBREY, L.S.A., has been appointed Junior House. Surgeon to the Macclesfield Infirmary.

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jEPSoy, E., M.D. Durh., M.R.C.S., has been appointed HonoraryPhysician to the Durham County Hospital.

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KEYWORTH, A. F., L.R.C.P.Irel., M.R.C.S., has been reappointedMedical Officer of Health by the Marple Urban Santary Authority.

KIRBY, W. EGMONT, M.D. Brux., L.S.A., has been appointed MedicalElectrician to the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart,and

Paralysis, Soho-square.LYDDON, HICHARD, M.R C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Lond.. has been appointed

Surgeon and Agent to H.M. Coastguards for the Deal District, viceA. Bruce Payne, deceased. .

MARSHALL, W. L. W., M.1t. C.S., has been appointed Surgeon to theHuddersfield Infirmary.

MARTIN, SIDNEY, M.D.. F.R.S., has been appointed Professor of Patho-logy in University College, London.

MENZIES, J. ACWORTH, M.D., C.M. Edin., has been appointed JuniorHouse Surgeon to the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

MORRISON, C. S., L R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., bas beenappointed Medical Superintendent of the County and City Asylum,Hereford, vice T. A. Chapman, retired.

MolsEg, LEWIS, M.A., B.C. Cantab., has been appointed House Surgeonto the Paddington Green Children’s Hospital.

MUDGE, THos, M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer of Healthfor the Hayle Urban Sanitary District, vice J. Mudge, resigned.

NITCH-SMITH. R., M. R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond., has been reappointedResident House Physician to the Westminster Hospital.

PATON, E. PERCY, M.D., M.S.Lond., F.R.C.S., has been appointedSurgical Registrar to the Westminster Hospital vice P. de Santi.

PURNELL, RIf1IURD, M.D. St. And., M.R.C.S., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health to the Wells Town Council.

ERODES. JAMES, M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer of Healthfor the Glossop Dale Rural Sanitary District.

RICHARDSON. H., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointed Clinical Assistantto the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

RYALL. E. CANNY, L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointed Curator’of theWestminster Hospital Museum.

- SELLERS, A. B., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Thornhill Urban Sanitary District. ,

SMITHIES, J. J., L.F.P.S. Glasg., L.R.C.P. Edin., has been reappointedMedical Officer of Health to the Bowland Rural District Council. i

STEWART, J. H., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Irel., has been appointed Medical ).

Officer of Health for the Borough of Lostwithiel.SUTTON, JO’HN BLAND. F.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed Surgeon to

In-patients at the Chelsea Hospital for Women.SWAINSON, E. A. C., M.B. Camb., M.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed

Clinical Assistant to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.THOMPSON, PETER, M.B., Ch.B, Vict. has been appointed Senior

Demonstrator in the Department of Anatomy at Owens College,Manchester, vice Arthur Robinson.

TROUP, J. MACDONALD, B.A. Cantab., L.S.A., has been appointed HousePhysician to the Paddington Green Children’s Hospital.

VAWDREY, GEO., L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health to the Farnborough Town Council.

WALKER, E. ’?. A, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S.. has been reappointedMedical Officer of Health by the Wrotham Urban District Council.

YOUNG, ROBT, M.B., C.M.Aberd., has been appointed Medical Officerof Health for the Rochford Rural Sanitary District, vice G. D.Deepiug, resigned.

Vacancies.For further information regarding each vacancy reference should be

made to the advertisement (see Index) ’

ABINGDON UNION.-Medical Officer for the Third District of the Union.The salary, :EIOO per annum, with certain articles, &c., provided bythe Guardians. Applications to the Clerk, Union Offices, Abingdon.

BRIDGWATER INFIRMARY.&mdash;House Surgeon- Salary &pound;80 per annum,with board and residence.

BRISTOL BYE HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary &pound;60, with boardand residence.

BRISTOL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN AND WOMEN.-Assistant HouseSurgeon, for six months. On the satisfactory completion of thatterm an honorarium of 25 guineas will be granted. Also twoHonorary Surgeons for In-patient Department.

’CITY oi, BIRMINGHAM.&mdash;Medical Superintendent for the City Hospitalfor Infectious Diseases. Little Bromwich, Birmingham, unmarried.Sa;ary &pound;200 per annum, rising by :E20 per annum to E300 perannum, with apartments, rations. and attendance. Applications tothe Town Clerk, Council House, Birmingham.

COUNTY ASYLUM, Dorchester.-Senior Assistant Medical Officer, un-married. Salary &pound;150, rising to :jE200.

HORTON INFIRMARY, Banbury.-House Surgeon and Dispenser. Salary&pound;60 per annum, with board and lodging.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton.Assistant Resident Medical Officer. Salary &pound; 50 per annum, withboard and residence.

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-street, Bloomsburv.-Resident Medical Superintendent, for one year. Salary 2105a year, with board and residence in the hospital. Also HouseSurgeon for six months, unmarried. Salary .eZO, with board andresidence in the hospital.

HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Soho-square, London. - Assistant HousePhysician, for three months (non-resident).

LANCASHIRE COUNTY ASYLUM. Rainhill.-Assistant Medical Officer, forthe summer months, as locum tenens. Salary, jE2 2s. per week,with board and lodgings.

LONDON THROAT HOSPITAL, 204, Great Portland-street, W.-Non-resident House Surgeon, for six months. Salary at the rate of25 guineas per annum.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE HEART AND PARALYSIS,Snho-square. London, W.&mdash;Resident Medical Officer, for six months.Board, residence, laundry, and an honorarium of 10 guineas for thatperiod.

NORTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Hackney-road, Shoreditch,N.E.&mdash;House Physician for six months. Salary at the rate of jE60per annum. Also Junior House Physician for six months. Board,lodging, and washing provided. Applications to the Secretary atthe City Office, 27, Clement’s-lane, Lombard-street, B.C.

PADDINGTON GREEN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, London, W.-Surgeon toOut-patients. Also Physician to Out-patients.

POPLAR HOSPITAL FOR ACCIDENTS, Blackwall, E.-Assistant ResidentHouse Surgeon. Salary &pound; 80 per annum, with board, lodging, andwashing.

RANGOON MUNICIPALITY. - Health Officer. Salary Rs. 600 permensem, rising to Rs.1000 per mensem by annual increments ofRs. 50 per mensem. Applications to Messrs. Ogilvy, Gillanders,and Co., Sun-court, 67, Cornhill, London, E.C.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, London.-Professors andLecturers.

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, City-road, London,E C.-House Physician, for six months. Salary at the rate of;C40 per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

ST. GEORGE’S AND ST. JAMES’S DISPENSARY, 60, King-street, Regent-street, London, W.-Surgeon.

STOCKPORT INFIRMARY.-Junior Assistant House Surgeon, for sixmonths. Board and residence and an honorarium of R10 after sixmonths’ satisfactory services.

UNIVERSITY COURT OF ST. ANDREWS.&mdash;Lecturers.VICTORIA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Park-street, Hull.-Resident House

Surgeon. Salary C50 per annum, with board and laundry.WESTON-SUPER-MARE HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY. - Medical Officer

to the Provident Dispensary attached to the Hospital. Salary &pound;80per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.’

BIRTHS.HILL.-On May 2nd, a Jasmine Cottage, Frogiial, N.W., the wife of

Leonard Hill, M.B. Lond., of a son.LATTER.&mdash;On May 6th, at Earl’s-avenue, Folkestone, the wife of Cecil

Latter, M.D., B.C. Cantab.. of a son.MussEN.-On May 6th, at Welford-road, Leicester, the wife of W.

Mussen, L.R.C.P. Eng., of a daughter.SHADWELL.-On May llth, at Lynhurst. Walthamstow, the wife of

St. Clair B. Shadwell, M.D. St. And., of a daughter,STEPHENSON.-On May 8th, at Welbeck-street, the wife of Sidney

Stephenson, M.B. Edin., of a daughter.VACHELL.&mdash;On May llth. at Charles-street, Cardiff, the wife of Charles

Tanfield Vacheli, M.D., of a daughter.WOORE.-On May 8th, at Strathallan, Upper Norwood, the wife of

Frank Woore, late Staff Surgeon, R.N., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.BLAKE&mdash;HANRIS.&mdash;On May llth, at the City Temple, Victor John

Blake, M.B., B S. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lcnd., of Elsi-nore, Ventnor, 1. of W., to Amy Katharine Harris, eldest daughterof B. Harris, of Wrexham.

THOMSON&mdash;DOUGLAS.&mdash;On May 7th, at Algiers, William Thomson. M.D.Edin., to Clara Douglas, daughter of the late W. Douglas, of IlkleyHall, Yorkshire.

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DEATHS.

BALL.-On May 10th, at Croxby House, Hounslow, William MontagueBall, M B.Aberd., aged 41.

COOPER.-On May 7th, at 105, Gower-street, W.C., in her 31st year,Vernon, n&eacute;e Wilkinson, formerly of the nursing staff of Charing-cross Hospital, wife of Ernest Frederick Cooper, M.R.C S., late of10, Belsize-road, N.W.

McCREADY.-On May 6th, at the Glebe, Ballynahinch, Ireland, theRev. Edward McConkey McCready. A.B., M.B. Dubl., aged 67 years.

MoxEY.-On May 8th. at Paris, David Anderson Moxey, M.D.,M.R.C P. Lond., Fulton Lecturer on Elocution, New College,Edinburgh.

STATTER.-On May 9th, at Snapethorpe Hall, near Wakefield, WilliamStatter, J.P., F.R.C.S., in his 90th year.

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