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Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Parliament and the Armistice.THE Prime Minister on Monday, Nov. llth, read to the

’House of Commons the Armistice terms which the Germandelegates had signed that morning. The House adjournedimmediately thereafter to a service of thanksgiving atSt. Margaret’s Church.

Ministries of Health Bill.This measure was introduced by Dr. ADDISON, the Minister

of Reconstruction, nnder what in Parliamentary procedureis known as the ten minutes’ rule." Ten minutes areallotted to the Minister for his introductory speech, and onlyone speech, similarly limited in time, is allowed of com-ment. Several Members rose to speak, but only one of them,Mr. HOGGE, had the opportunity of offering remarks on themeasure. The Bill was formally read a first time, but thereare now two motions for the rejection of the Bill on secondreading. One stands in the name of Mr. HOGGE, the otherin the name of Sir EDWARD’CARSON. The motion of thelatter is in the following terms : t,

"That this House declines to proceed with a measure dealing withpublic health which excludes Irelani from the benefit of its provisions.’’It is now announced that the Ministries of Health Bill will

not be proceeded with this session. The text of the measure,however, is published. -

Clause 1 sets out that for the purpose of promoting the- health of the people throughout England and Wales, aMinister of Health may be appointed.Clause 2 defines tne general powers and duties of the

Minister. It runs :-It shail be the duty of the Minister to take all such steps as may be

desirable to secure the effective carrying out, an coordination ofmeasures conducive to the health of the people, including measures forthe prevention and cure of diseases, the treatment, of physical andmental defects, the codection and preparation of informition andstatistics relating thereto, and the training of persons engaged inhealth services.

Clause 3 deals with the transfer of powers and duties toand from the Minister. It is as follows :—

(1) There shall be transferred to the Minister (a) all the powers andduties of the Local Government Board ; (b) all the powers and dutiesof the Insurance Commissioners and toe Welsh Insurance Com-missioners; (0) all the powers of the B,)ard of Edu ation with recipectto attending to the health of expectant mothers and nursing mothersand of children who have not attained th age of 5 years aid are notin attendance at schools recognised by the Board uf Education ; (d) allthe powers of the Privy Jouncil and of the Lord President of theCouncil under the Midwives Act. 1902: (e) such powers of supervisingthe administration of Part I. of the Children Aat, 1908 (wnich relatesto infant life protection) as have heretofore been exercised by theSecretary of State.

is, however, provided that the power conferred on theInsurance Commissioners of retaining and applying for thepurposes of research sums mentioned in the Insurance Actshall not be transferred to the Minister, but the dutiesperformed by the Medical Research Committee shall becarried on under the direction of a Committee of the PrivyCouncil. The clause proceeds :-

(2) It shall be lawful for His Majesty from time to time by Order inCouncil to transfer to the Minister: a) all or any of the powers andduties ot the Board of Education with respect t) the medical inspec.tionand treatment of children and young persons: (b) all or any uf thepowers and duties f the AItntater of P-:n:it)na with respect, to thehealth of disabled officers and men after they have left the service,(c) all or any of the powers and duties of the Secretarv of S ate underthe Lunacv Acts 1893 to 1911, and the Mental Deficiency Act 19H.Power is taken to transfer to other Government depart-

ments certain subjects such as publ’o libraries, museums,and gvmnasiums, fire brigades, an other matters now ua.lerthe administrative supervision of the Local GovernmentBoa.rd,Clause 4, which authorised consultative councils, is to the

following effect :-(1) It shall be lawful for His Majesty by Order in Council to establish

consultative councils for giving in accordance witn the provisions of theOrder advice and assistance ia connexion with such mattes affectingor incidental to the health of the people as may be referred to ill suctiOrder. (2 Every such council shall incluie persons of both sexes, andsh,til consist, of persons having practieat experience of toe mattersreferred to the Council.Powers are taken to carry out from an office in Wales the

powers and duties transferred from the Welsh InsuranceCommissioners.Clause 9 constitutes a Scottish Board of Health which shall

take up in Scotland the duties which in England and Walesfall on the Minister of Health. It will consist of not morethan six members, one of whom must be a medical manholding a Public Health Diploma. The Board will act underthe directions of the Secretary for Scotland. The clausecontemplates the appointment of a Scottish Parliamentary 1Under-Secretary. )

Under Clause 10 the National Health Insurance JointCommittee shall consist of the Minister of Health, whoshall be chairman, the Secretary for Scotland, and the ChiefSecretary for Ireland, together with one other person ap-pointed by the Minister, being a person havingspecial know-ledge and experience of national health insurance in Wales.There are other provisions of the nature of machinery in

the Bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6TH.Influenza Epidemic at the Crystal Palace.

Answering Mr. CHANCELLOR, Mr. MACNAMARA. (secretaryto the Admiralty) said : Since the present influenza epidemicbroke out there have been 784 cases at the Crystal Palace ;538 were treated at the Palace, 233 were transferred from thePalace to local hospitals, and none were sent home for treat-ment. I should add, however, that 442 cases have beenreported to us of men contracting influenza at home whiteon leave. As regaris the number of deaths during thepresent epidemic, 3 died at the Crystal Palace, 93 died inlocal hospitals, and’10 died at their own homes.

. Influenza at Blandford Camp.In reply to Mr. W. ANDERSON and Sir G. GREENWOOD, who

asked for information regarding Btandford Camp MajorBAIRD (Under Secretarv to the Air Ministry), said: The con-ditions at Blandford Camp have been receiving the closeattention of the Air Council. Personal inspections havebeen made by Sir Humphry Rolleston, a member of theMedical Administrative Committee, by the inspector ofhospitals, and by the medical administrator. Additionaldoctors and nurses have been sent there, the hospitalaccommodation has been materially extended, and the camp’has been kept well supplied with all necessary medical storesand equipment. The total number of men who now are orhave been stationed at Blandford from Sept. 21st to Nov. 2nd,1918, is 32,593. The total number of deaths has been 78. Ofthese 77 were due to influenza or pneumonia consequent oninflaenze6. The percentage of deaths is therefore 024 percent. and the weekly average 135. The average dailynumber of men under canvas for this period has been 6611.The number has been steadily reduced, and it is hoped thatall the men will be in buildings by to-night. From now onno recruits will be put under canvas.

Local Government Board and Medical Research,Sir WILLIAM COLLINS asked the Parliamentary Secretary

to the Local Government Board what was the total sumexpended on auxiliary scientific investigations and medicalresearch from the establishment of the Bjard to the presenttime.-Mr. S. WALSH replied: The grant for auxiliaryscientific investigations concerning the causes and pro-cesses of disease was transferred from the vote for the PrivyCouncil Office, to that of the Local Government Board inthe year 1877-78. Frorn that year to the present date sumsamounting to £77,258 18s. have been paid for those investiga-tions. In addition sums amounting to .615,561 3s. 3d. havebeen expended by the Board in respect of their pathologicallaboratory which was established in 1910.

THURSDAY, Nov. 7TH.R.A.M.C. Officers in Ireland.

Answering Mr. LARDNER, Mr. MACPHERSON (Under-Secretary for War) said : A small number of officers of theRoyal Army Medical Corps with recruiting experience havebeen employed in Ireland to assist the National ServiceBoard. These officers are liable for service abroad ifphysically fit.

Dental Treatment of Discharged Soldiers.Mr. PENNEFATHEB asked the Financial Secretary to the

War Office whether he would consider the advisability of soextending Army Council Instruction 1187 of 1918 as to includeprovision, if desired, for dental treatment prior to dischargeof all soldiers returning from abroad whose teeth haddeteriorated during their period of active service, and also toprovide for the dental treatment, if desired, of all returnedprisoners of wa.r whose teeth had deteriorated duringcaptivity.-Mr. FORSTER answered : This suggestion is notfree from difficulty, but I will consider the question.

Medical Research Committee.In reply to Sir WILLIAM COLLINS, Sir E. CORNWALL

(representing the National Insurance Commissioners) wrote :The total sum expended up to the present time under mysanction and that of my predecessors under the NationalInsurance Act, 1911, by the Medical Research Committeehas amounted to about ;E247,000.

Ministries of Health Bill.Dr. ADDISON (Minister of Reconstruction) moved for leave

"to bring in a Bill to establish a Ministry of Health and aBoard of Health to exercise in England and Wales and inScotland respectively powers with respect to health andlocal government and for purposes connected therewith.’ ‘

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He said: The war has revealed in a very striking mannerwhat a good many of us have been calling attention to formany years—namely, the need for improvement in thehealth of our people. After the war the need will begreater almost than during the war for making the best useof all our powers and resources, and it is very certain that inthe time of reconstruction we shall not be able to afford anvwaste either of material or of human power. The late LordRhondda, when he was President of the Local GovernmentBoard, invited me to take charge of an inquiry into thismatter, and during recent months I have had very manyconsultations with the local authorities of this country, withmedical men, and with representatives of the great insuranceorganisations, and the measure which I ask leave to intro-duce represents, except in some unimportant particulars, acommon measure of agreement.Mr. BOOTH: No.Dr. ADDISON: The honourable Member not having seen

the measure is not in a position to say. There is unanimityon the part of all who have examined this topic that stepsare necessary and that it is impossible in this countryeither to prosecute a vigorous health policy or to secureefficient administration of it until we have brought about inthe first place the consolidation of those Governmentauthorities who have charge of it. For example, withrespect to woman and her child, the Local GovernmentBoard, the Insurance Commission, the Home Office,and the Privy Council are all involved in variousmatters concerning the health of the mother and her child.I could, of course, furnish many illustrations, but it isobvious to anyone who bas knowledge of public adminis-tration in this country that it is impossible to expect anyprogressive and continuous development of improved servicewhile you have this overlapping in the central departments,and the main purpose of the Bill is to bring together, underone body of men and one Minister, the chief Governmentdepartments concerned in matters affecting the health ofthe people. Until that is achieved I am convinced that itis hopeless to expect any real and substantial improvement.This Bill does not provide medical treatment for any indi-vidual. It does not affect the functions of any loc%l authority

of any kind. It is purely concerned with bringing togetherthe responsibilities of the different Government departments,both in England and in Scotland, which are concerned withhealth matters. The Bill brings together under one Ministerthe powers and duties of the President of the Local Govern-ment Boardandthe Health Insurance Commission of Englandand Wales. It brings in also the powers and duties of thePresident of the Board of Education with regard to the

health of mothers and infants, the duties of the Presidentof the Council with regard to midwives, and the HomeSecretary with regard to the protection of infant life.

Sir E. CARSON : Does the Bill apply to Ireland?Dr. ADDISON: I will deal with that presently. It unites

those in one health department and then we take power inthe Bill to bring in, as and when it is possible, other con-siderable health duties-namely, the medical inspection andtreatment of school children, at the present time under thecharge of the Board of Education. Further, all the healthduties of the Ministry of Pensions as regards the treatmentof sick soldiers and, finally, the powers of the Secretary ofState for the Home Department with regard to lunacy andmental deficiency. It is not proposed to consolidate theselatter powers at this stage. They are involved in variousadministrative arrangements which it would take someyears at least to disentangle. A good deal of misappre-hension exists with respect to this Bill owing, perhaps, to thefact that we have not been able to bring it forward earlier inconsequence of the association of these health services withthe present Poor-law duties discharged by boards of guardianswho are responsible to the Local Government Board.I may say that the bringing together of the different serviceswhich I have mentioned in no way fixes to these services anyPoor law taint whatever. It is separate from them here-after as it is now, for example, from the sanitary services of the local authorities. We have had an important committee ’,presided over by the Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means,and I am authorised to say that the report of the LocalGovernment Committee presided over by Sir Donald Macleanon the transfer of the functions of Poor-law authorities inEngland and Wales has been carefully considered by theGovernment, and that the Government accepts the recom-mendations of the committee that all services relating tothe care and treatment of the sick and infirm should notbe administered as part of the Poor-law, but shouldbe made a part of the general health services of thecountry, and that the Government regards it as a matter ofurgency that effect should be given to these recommenda-tions as soon as possible. The Government accepts the

principle that the remaining functions of the Poor-lawauthorities should be transferred to other bodies, butare not in a position to formulate precise proposalsat the present time. Any approach to the completeapplication of the scheme recommended, by the committee

will involve a considerable length of time, and must be pre-ceded by further inquiries into certain questions with regtrdto detailed matters. The Government recognises itsresponsibilities for making proposals on these subjects assoon as the exigencies of the Parliamentary situation permitof their doing so. I shonld like to say here that thoseenthusiasts for a Health Ministry who say we must waituntil we have reformed the Poor-law are thoroughlyimpracticable people. The Poor-law will require ounyyears of steady effort, both in this House and in connexionwith administration, wholly to disentangle and to bring aboutthe reforms which many of us desire, but we are not pre-pared to postpone until that is achieved the necessary con-solidation of these important health services. With regardto Scotland, the Bill brings together in precisely the sameway as in England these different health services under aboard-a Board of Health-which is responsible to theSecretary for Scotland, who has had charge of this part of theBill in the course of its formation. With regard to Ireland,we have not extended our proposals therein view of the possi-bility, as we hope soon, that Ireland may administer heraffairs herself. But it is proposed to leave the position ofthe Irish Insurance Commissioners as far as possible un-changed. We do provide, however, for the continuance ofthe Joint Committee similar to that which is now in exist-ence representing ’the four countries with regard to financialmatters.

Sir E. CARSON: Is that all there is about Ireland in theBill ? ?Dr. ADDISON : Another important feature of the Bill is

that we provide advisory or consultative councils as part ofmachinery of the Ministry. This proposal has been a gooddeal criticised in many quarters, and I for one thoroughlybelieve in having at my elbow expert critics. I believe itwill have a very wholesome effect on administrative work,certainly in the development of the health services of thiscountry, if we have a live active body of this kind inexistence.Mr. CHANCELLOR: Are they to be empowered to go over

the heads of the Ministry ?Dr. ADDISON: Certainly not. The Ministry must be

responsible. In order that it may be made clear whatthe functions of these advisory councils are I proposeto lay on the table of the House a draft Order inCouncil, which sets out their functions and which hasbeen agreed to by all concerned. They deal with mattersreferred to the Ministry. They are to be able to makesuggestions to the Ministry on subjects that may be referredto. They are also on their own initiative to mtke recom-mendations. We bring together, therefore, under thisBill all, the important Government services which are con-cerned with health, and we thereby also bring under oneMinistry the surveillance of all the local health services ofthe country. If this is achieved we believe that it will bepossible to expect real progress with respect to the improve-ment in the health of the people. It is essential to take.this step first because the legislation necessary to providefor the full development of the health services of the countrymay be controversial and certainly will be difficult andinvolved. Therefore it is necessary to take it in two stages.I believe that if we acquire the powers sought in this Bill wemay for the first time in this country be able to developand ultimately to apply scientific, well-thought-out andthorough health measures for the benefit of our people.Mr. HOGGE gave certain reasons why he opposed the

introduction of the Bill. In the first place, it attemptedto take away from the National Health Insurance Com-missioners in three parts of the kingdom their existingrights to deal with questions of disease and ill-health. Healso opposed the Bill because there was associated with itthe administration of the Local Government Board, whichadministered the Poor-law. If the right honourable gentle-man had acquainted himself with the views held by largebodies of Approved Societies in England, Wales, and Scotlandwith regard to the inclusion of the functions of the NationalHealth Insurance under any Government department asso-ciated with the Poor-law, he would have known the strengthof the opposition to it. He knew that the right honourablegentleman had not taken the trouble.Dr. ADDISON: That is entirely incorrect. I have consulted

scores of representatives of authorities and of ApprovedSocieties.

! Mr. HOGGE said that he knew that as far as the NationalHealth Insurance Commissioners in Scotland were con-cerned, they had never been asked their views at all on thequestion of a Ministry of Health and how far their functions

’ snould be roped in under the new arrangement. Moreover,. in Scotland there was a demand for a separate Bill dealing! with a Ministry of Health for Scotland. In these declining

days of Parliament it was absurd to bring in what was reallyi an electioneering measure.

Leave was given, and Dr. ADDISON formally brought in’ the Bill. He intimated that it was " backed " by Sir George, Cave (the Home Secretary), Sir Auckland Geddes (President

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of the Local Government Board), Mr. Munro (Secretary forScotland), and Sir E. Cornwall (the representative of theNational Insurance Commissioners).-lThe Bill was read a first time.

TUESDAY, NOV. 12TH.Medical Women and Army Service.

Answering Mr. W. THORNE regarding the suggestion togive commissions to medical women, Mr. MACPHERSON

(Under Secretary for War) said : I am informed that even ifthe Government entertained the proposal there is no

possibility of the necessary legislation being introducedthis session. ’

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13TH.The Shortage of Medical Men.

Major EDWARD WOOD asked the Representative of theNational Insurance Commissioners whether his attentionhad been called to the difficulty experienced by manypersons in country districts owing to the shortage of medicalofficers during the present epidemic of influenza in securingthe certificate of a medical officer necessary to obtain sickbenefit under the National Insurance Act; and whether hecould make provision by which money to which suchpersons were entitled might be more easily and’expeditiouslyobtained.-Sir E. CORNWALL replied : I am aware ofand am giving careful attention to the serious difficulties ’,under which the medical profession are striving to ’,carry out their duties just now with their numbers so depleted by the demands of the Army for medicalmen and the great aggravation of .these difficulties bythe present epidemic, and I trust that Approved Societiesgenerally are showing all possible consideration for theseconditions in their dealing with sickness benefit claims fromtheir members. But I am advised that a general relaxationof the requirement of periodical medical certificates as

evidence of incapacity for work would be open to graveobjection as tending to destroy the administrative basisrequisite for financial stability.Replying to a supplementary question, Sir E. CORNWALL

stated that negotiations were now being carried on with aview to bring home medical men to this country as rapidlyas possible.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY, Burlington House, London, W.THURSDAY. Nuv. 21st.-Papers :-Mr. W. Stiles and Dr. F. Kidd : (1)

The Influence of External Concentration on the Position of theEquilibrium attained in the Intake of Salts by Plant Cells ; (2)The Comparative Rate of Absorption of various Salts by PlantTissue.-G. Marinesco: Récherches Anatomo-Oliniques sur lesNevromesd’Amputationa douloureux-Nouvelles Contributions Ia l’Etude de la lieg6neration nerveuse et du Neurotropisme(communicated by Prof. F. W. Mott).

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEMCINE. I, Wimpole-street, W. 1.Tuesday, Nov. 19th. ,

GENERAL MEETING OF FELLOWS: at 5 P.M.Ballot for Election to the Fellowship. (Names already circulated.)

MEETINGS OF SECTIONS.’

Tuesday, Nov. 19th.PSYCHIATRY (Hon. Secretaries-Bernard Hart, G. F. Barham):at 4.30 P.M.Presidential Address: :Dr. William McDougall. F.R.S. : The Present Position in Clinical

Psychology.Wednesday, Nov. 20th.

HISTORY OF MEDICINE (Hon. Secretaries-Charles Singer, ArnoldChaplin): at 5 P.M.Papers:Dr. Raymond Crawfurd: Antonius Musa-his Practice and his

Patients.Dr. Cumston : A Note on Celsus’ Operation of Lithotomy.

Thursday, Nov. 21st.DERMATOLOGY (Hon. Secretary-S. E. Dore) : at 4.30 P.M.

Cases will be shown.Friday. Nov. 22nd.

DISEASE IN CHILDREN (Hon. Secretaries-G. E. C. Pritchard,H. C. Cameron, C. P. Lapage): at 4.30 P.M.Cases will be shown.Notes on a case of Chronic Nocturnal Priapism.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, John-street, Adelphi, W.C.WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20th.-4.30 P.M., Inaugural Address :-Mr. A. A. C.

Swinton : Science and the Fut ure.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.Clinics each week-day at 2 P.M., Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

also at 10 A.M.(Details of Post-Graduate Course were given in issue of Nov. 2nd.)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, Gower Street, W.C.Two Lectures on Wound Shock.FRIDAY, Nov. 22nd.-5 P.M., Prof. W. M. Bayliss. (Lecture I.)

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, in the Lecture Hall ofthe Institute, 37. Russell-square, W.C.Course of Lectures on Public Health Problems under War and After-

war Conditions (each Lecture will be followed by a Discussion):—WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20th.-4 P.M., Lecture VII.: Sir John Collie,

U.M.&.: The Care of Pensioners and Disabled Combatants inRelation to National Health and Wealth.

Appointments.ORMISTON. ISABEL, M.B., has been appointed Medical Inspector of

Schools of Health under Egyptian Government.NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC.-Physician

for Out-patients: HOLMES, GORDON M , C.M.G., M.D., F.R.C.P.Lond. Registrar: YEALLAND, LEWIS R., M.D. Ontario. ResidentMedical Officer: BLANDY, M. A., M.B. House Physicians :KlVINQTOtr, EVELEEN B. G., M.B., B.S., GAINSBOROUGH, RICHARD,L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.

ST. THOMAS’s HOSPITAL.-Casualty Officers and Resident Anaesthetists :BENAROYA, M., Foss, R. S., GOOLDEN, G. A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond., MACDoNNELL, J. J., PALMER, W. H., M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P.Lond. Resident House Physieians : HULL, G. R., WALKER, R. A.,WARD, A. E., WILLIAMS, P. LLOYD. Resident House Surgeons:ANTHONY, W. M., MACDONALD, E. K., McLEAN, C. F., SPOOR, A. T.House Surgeon; CALVO, R., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond..ObatetricHouse Physician : HUGGETT, A. ST. G., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond.

Vacancies.For further information refer to the advertisement columns.

Birkenhead Borough Hospital.-Jun. H.S. £170. Bristol Royal Infirmary.-H.P. and H.S. £120.Cater ham Asylum, Caterham, Surrey.-Temp. Asst. M.O. £7 7s. p.w.Clifton, Yorks, North Riding Asylum.-Locum Tenens M.O. 210 10s. w.Derbyshire County Council.-Tuberc. Officer. £500.Devonport, Royal Albert Hospital.-Res. H.S. 2200.Dorchester, Lorset County Council Education Committee.- School

Dentist. £350. °

Essex County.-M.O.H. £1OOO.Glasgow District Mental Hospital, Gartloch.-Asst. M.O.Grosvenor Hospital jor Women, Vincent-square, S. W.-Hon. Path.Glasgow, Lightburra Joint Hospital, Shettleston.-Res. Phys. Sup. 2300.Liverpool, Brownlow Hill Poor-law -ffo8pitaZ.-Asst. M.O.’s as Locum

Tenens. JE7 7s. per week.London County Council Evening Institutes.-Lecturere. 1 g. a lecture.Monmoicthshire County Council.-Female Asst. M.O. :C400.Perth, James Murray’s Royal Asylum.-Phys..Superintendent. 2800.Queen’s Hospital for Children. Hackney-road, London, E.-H.P. 2100.Roll of Honour Hospital for Children, 688, Harrow-road, W.-Female

Asst. P.Royal College of Surgeons of England.-Election to the Court of

Examiners.St. Helerzs Lancs, Pilkington Special Hospital.-Res. M.O. 2500.St. Peter’s Hospital for Stone, &c., -1-fenri6tta-st., W.C.-Jun. H.S. 275.Sheffield Jessop Hospital for Women.-Junior Female H.S. £150.Sheffield Royal Infirmary.-Two H.S.’s. £150.Shrewsbzcry Dispensary, 42, St. John’s-hill, Shrewsbury.-Locum M.O.York City Asylum, Fulford.-Temp. Asst. M.O..E550.THE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, S.W., gives notice of a

vacancy for a Certifying Surgeon under the Factory and WorkshopActs at Dawley, Salop.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

KELLY.-On Oct. 31st, at The Orchard. Bushey Grove-road, Bushey,Herts, the wife of Lieutenant- Colonel W. D. C. Kelly, D.S.O..R.A.M.O., of a daughter.

LEE.-On Nov. 5th, at Prince’s-gate, the wife of Captain Harry Lee,F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C. (T.F.), of a son.

PAYNE.-On Nov. 5th, at Glengarry, Park-hill, Ealing, W., the wife ofSurgeon-Lieutenant R. W. Payne, R.N., of a daughter.

REYNELL.-On Nov. 6th, at Highweek, Newton Abbot, the wife ofCaptain R. W. Reynell, R.A.M.C., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.COLLET-TYDD.-On Nov. 6th, at All Saints’Church, Ascot, Lieutenant-

Colonel G. G. Collet, R.A.M.C., to Gertrude Eulalie, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. George B. Tydd, of Burleigh Lodge, Ascot.

GREEN-GARLICK.-On Nov. 8th, at St. Saviour’s Church, ’Eton-road,N.W., Phihp Withers Green, Captain, R.A.M.O. (T.), to FlorenceHester, eldest daughter of the late George Garlick, M.D., ofGordon-square, and Mrs. Garlick, of Steele’s-road, Hampstead.

DEATHS.DAWNAY.-On Nov. 8th, at Marchwood-creseent, Ealing, of pneumonia

following influenza, Archibald Hugh Payan Dawnay, F.R.C.S.DICKEY.-On Nov. 4th, at Oakham, J. S. P. Dickey, M.A. Oxon., M.B.,

Ch.B. Edin., in his 36th year.FISHER.-On Nov. 6th, at King’s Langley, Frederick Charles Fisher;

F R.C.S., aged 60.LoGAN.-On Oct. 31st, at Stone, Aylesbury, from influenza, Thomas

Stratford Logan, L.R.C.P. & L.R.C.S. Edin., D.P.H. Lond., AssistantMedical Officer, Bucks County Asylum, elder son of the lateWilliam Logan, M.D., and of Mrs. Logan, Whitehead, co. Antrim.

N.B.-A fee of 5s. is charged for the inserfion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Deaths.