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That in no case should a death be registered without production of acertificate of the cause of death signed by a registered medical practi-tioner or by a coroner after inquest or after informal inquiry withmedical assistance.A fee of one guinea was suggested for a medical report and an addi-

tional fee of one guinea for a post-mortem examination.It was thought desirable that the medical practitioner first called

should be selected, whenever possible, to make the report.RECOMMENDATION 2.-That in each sanitary district a registered

medical practitioner should be appointed as public medical certifier ofthe cause of death in cases in which a certificate from a medical prac-titioner in attendance is not forthcoming.Resolved.-That this recommendation be rejected.RECOMMENDATION 3.-That a medical practitioner in attendance

should be required, before giving a certificate of death, to inspectpersonally the body; but if on the ground of distance or for other suffi-cient reason he be unable to make this inspection himself he shouldobtain and attach to the certificate of the cause of death a certificatesigned by two persons, neighbours of the deceased, verifying the factof death.Resolued.-That this recommendation be approved.RECOMMENDATION 4.-That medical practitioners should be required

to send certificates of death to the registrar instead of handing them tothe representatives of the deceased.

JEesoed.—That this recommendation be rejected.RECfJ1BDIENDATION 5.-That a form of certificate of death should be

prescribed, and that, in giving a certificate, medical practitioners shouldbe required to use such form.Resolved.-That this recommendation be approved.The following form of death certificate was approved :-

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT, 1874.

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF THE CAUSEOF DEATH.

To be given by the Medical attendant to theperson whose duty it is to give it with infor-mation of the aeath to the Hegistrar of thesub-district in which the death took place,and to No OTHER PERSON.

No. of f................corresponding entryin Register Book ofdeaths to be in-serted here by liegis-trar.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended ........................... at ................,.during h...... last illness; that such person’s age was stated to be .........;that during that illness I first saw h...... on the ......... day of ............,18..... ; that I last saw h...... alive on the ......... day of ................

18......; that ...he died* ................................. on the ......... day of.........., 18.... ; that I saw and identified the body on the ......... dayof ................ 18...... ; and that, to the beat of my knowledge and belief,the cause of h......death was as hereunder written-

Cause of death.

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Duration of disease in years, c

months, days, or hours.t " t IYPrimary............................................

Secondary .........................................

................................................. iiT

t The duration of each form of disease or symptom is reckoned fromits commencement until death occurs.

Witness my hand, this.........day of..................18......Signature....................................................................Registered qualification................................................Residence.....................................................................

N.B.-This certificate is intended solely for the use of the Registrar, towhom it should be delivered by the person giving information to himof the particulars required by law to be registered concerning the death.Penalty of .82 for neglect of informant to deliver this certificate to theRegistrar.*** The Registrar-General cautions all persons against accepting or

using this certificate for any purpose whatever except that of deliveringit to the Registrar.The medical practitioner in attendance is required, before giving

a certificate of death, to inspect, personally, the body; but if on the

ground of distance or for other sufficient reason he is unable to makethis inspection himself he must obtain and attach to the certificate of I

the cause of death a certificate signed by two persons, neighbours of thedeceased, verifying the fact of death.

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* If from any circumstances the death be not verified by the certify- 1ing medical practitioner a certificate of verification must be attached. The words, "As I am informed," must be inserted after the words j"that he died," and the words "that I saw and identified the body onthe ............ day of ............, 18......," must be erased. !

COPY OF COUNTERFOIL. :

COUNTERFOIL FOR THE USE OF THE MEDICAL ATTENDANTWHO SHOULD IN ALL CASES FILL IT UP. :

Name of deceased ......................................................... jAge ............................................................................. ILast seen living............................................................ I

Died on........................................................................ -

Body identified .......................................................... {

At ............................................................................ (

CAUSE OF DEATH.. (a) ............................................................................. ,

(b) ..........................................................................

"

Signed : ; ;;:: ; ::;:; ::: ::: :: ::; ;;;;;;;; ;;: :;;;:;: ;;;:;;;:;:

THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

THE advent of summer weather brings with it the

momentous questions, "Where shall we go?" and "Howshall we get there ?

" For the invalid the first question will,no doubt, be settled by the medical attendant, who is alsofrequently consulted with regard to the second question.We therefore propose to call attention to the facilitieswhich are afforded by the various railway and steamshipcompanies for reaching popular health resorts and wateiingplaces, and to give such information as will enable our

readers either to select a suitable place for recouping theirown flagging energies after the year’s daily round of toilor to give useful advice on the subject to their patients.The rate at which we live in the present day makes it aduty which every one owes to himself to take a rest oncea year and, if need be, some sacrifice should be made toprocure it. By rest, however, we do not mean inaction,for it must be remembered that physiological rest does not.necessarily consist in inactivity. What is required is a

change from the work that has occupied the mind or the,.

body during the year. The old lines-

Arise betimes, to pump repair,First take the water, then the air,Most moderate be in meat and drink,And rarely, very rarely, think,"-

contain wisdom which might with advantage be applied, noonly by visitors to " baths," but by all.Those who are quite undecided as to the direction in which

to travel will do well to seek the advice of the indispensableCook or Gaze, but having once decided the question of’"where" the " how" is a matter that can be readily settled.THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.-The activity of this

company in opening up to holiday seekers such places as theBroads in England, the Ardennes in Belgium, and variousparts of Holland and Germany deserves a word of praise, butit is to be regretted that it does not minister to the comfortof its third-class passengers with the same ardour as.

the Midland and Great Northern Railways. It can hardlybe said that the Broads and the Ardennes afford" freshwoods and pastures new," especially since this enterprising’company has arranged its annual tours and excursions, but.in both places the traveller will experience that rest andnovelty which he needs if he will only plan his holidayjudiciously. Holland, Germany, Denmark, and Scandinavia.fare countries to which the Great Eastern Railway offerspecial acilities for travellers. Scheveningen, the Dutch

Brighton, is most easily reached. At 8 P M. it is possibleto dine in London, and at 8 A.M. the next morning to-be breakfasting by the Dutch sea. Combined with

mornings in the bright little court capital, The

Hague, with trips to Delft, to Haarlem, to Leyden, to.

Amsterdam, and the other historic, antiquarian, and artisticcentres of Holland, the holiday may be made a pleasant andprofitable one. The return fares from London to Scheveningen(tickets available for sixty days) are : first class, 50s. 4d.;: ;:second class, 34s. 6d. ; while fares from the north andmidlands are equally moderate. The journey home fromScheveningen is made under the same comfortable conditionsas the outward trip. The traveller catches the train leavingThe Hague at 10.2 in the evening and arrives in London at8 o’clock next morning, at the north and midland towns inthe afternoon. The excursions to Germany viâ the Hook ofHolland are equally cheap and convenient, and specialfares are announced till October to the Berlin Industrialand Budapest Millennial Exhibitions. The possible com-binations of tours in Denmark, Norway, and Swedenare only limited by considerations of purse and leisure.For those seeking rest and quiet and fond of yachtingand fibhing the Land of the Broads is fast becoming afavourite holiday ground. To describe all the tours whichmay be taken by the aid of the Great Eastern Railway Com-pany in this district would occupy too much space, but two-excellent little pamphlets, "Summer Holidays in the Landof the Broads," containing descriptive notes with particularsof facilities for fishing, yachting, holiday parties, &c., andIloliday Notes in East Anglia," to be obtained at any of thecompany’s offices, will supply the holiday maker with all theinformation he requires. A pamphlet giving a list offurnished lodgings to be let in farmhouses and country

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villages in Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridge, Suffolk, andNorfolk will also be found useful. "Circular Tours by Rail c

and Siloon Steamboats" will be issued in July next. All these pamphlets are issued gratis. Various tours by this acompany are advertised from time to time in our columns fand further information can be obtained on application to the traffic manager. 1THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.-The ramifications of the lines

of this company, extendiog as they do to so many parts of iEngland, make it difficult to locate its boundaries. In a

north-westerly direction there are termini at Liverpool andMorecambe, in the north the line extends to Carlisle, andin the north-east to York. The southern extremities of theline are London, and the south of England on the one side,and Bristol, Bournemouth, and the West of England on theother. Swansea, in Wales, and Cambridge, Lynn, Cromer.,Yarmouth, and other eastern counties towns are also intouch with this company’s iron ways. A glance atthe company’s map will show that the line runs throughthe entire length of England from north to south,with connexions from east to west, enabling it to bringwithin the scope of its carrying arrangements mostof the important business centres and health and

holiday resorts of Great Britain. For comfort and ease oftravelling this company compares very favourably with theother lines, and the introduction of third-class carriages onall trains and the abolition of the second class is note-

worthy. The carriages are warmed by steam and on some ofthe express trains third-class dining carriages are provided.Such luxuries, too, as pillows for night passengers andluncheon baskets are readily obtained. Stop over (or breakof journey) privileges are allowed at many points of intereston the journeys, and through tickets are issued to places onother companies’ lines. The programmes of tourist ticketarrangements give details of various cheap excursions andtours to and in the principal holiday resorts in the BritishIsles, including Morecambe and the Lakes, Isle of Man,Ireland, Bournemouth, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, thePeak of Derbyshire, Norfolk Broads, North Wales, thewatering places of Yorkshire and Lancashire, the west andsouth of England, Scotland, &c. The new edition of theillustrated pocket guide to the Midland Railway, price 6d.,gives a succinct account of the scenery and places of interestthrough which this line passes, embellished with charming vignettes, while the Midland Railway holiday tours in theBritish Isles (price 3d.), also illustrated, contains descriptivenotes, tourist fares from principal towns, and list of furnishedlodgings in farmhouses, country villages, &c., adjacent tothe line. The arrangement of this latter publication isexcellent, and the guide should be in the hands of everyonewho contemplates a journey on the Midland Railway.THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-This is another com-

pany which studies greatly the convenience of its pas-sengers, and both first- and third-class dining corridor carsare attached to many of the trains. The Great Northern Rail-way communicates with Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester,Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, Halifax, York, New-castle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and all parts of Scotland. Inconnexion with the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY this companyissue a tourist programme giving details of the East CoastRoute to Scotland, with descriptive notes and vignettes ofthe principal objects of interest by which the line passes.Tourist tickets which offer some advantages will be issueduntil October 31st and will be available by all trains, exceptthat tourist tickets issued to Scarborough, Whitby, RobinHood’s Bay, Filey, and Bridlington will not be available bythe 10 A.M. Scotch express from King’s-cross during thetime the 10.25 A.M. express is being run. Tourist ticketsbetween Great Northern stations and stations in Scotland,and between Great Northern and other stations in Englandwill, with a few specified exceptions, be available for thEreturn journey without extra payment until Dec. 31st, 1896Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, Bridlington, Saltburn, Harrogate, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Barnard Castle, WhitleyCullercoats, Hexham, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Berwick, &c.are readily reached by this line, as are also ’-N-orwich

Sheringham, Cromer, North Walsham, and YarmouthIntending visitors to Scotland will also find some cheap an<comprehensive tours by consulting the Programme." ’’ ThFarmhouse, Country, and Seaside Lodgings’ and HotelsGuide" (illustrated), issued by this company, will provuseful. Information as to trains, fares, &c., may be obtainedat the booking and other offices of the Great Northern anNorth-Eastern Railway Companies.

THE LONDON, BRIGHTOX, AND SOL-TH COAST RAILWAYcommunicates with such places as Portsmouth, Southsea,Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Worthing, Bognor, Hastings,and Newhaven, and vi&acirc; Dieppe to Paris, Rouen, Havre, Hon-fleur, Trouville, Ba.yeux, Caen, and Cherbourg. The South ofFrance, Italy, and Switzerland are also readily reached bythis railway. The tourist and excursion programme givesparticulars of a number of excursions and tours on the SouthCoast, Isle of Wight, Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man,the Lake district, Wales, &c. The Italian tours give a widerange for choice.THE LONDON AND SouTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-The pro-

gramme of cheap tickets and general excursion arrangementswill be found useful to travellers to Guernsey. Jersey, theWest of England, and Isle of Wight. The various tours aretoo numerous to mention individually, but the programme,which contains a list of farmhouses and other apartmentsto be let in North Cornwall during the summer months, canbe obtained on application to the General Manager, WaterlooStation, or at any of the Company’s offices.THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.-The

summer service of this company includes cheap week-endand day excursions to the principal seaside and countrytowns on the line.

In connexion with the "Belle" Steamers, Limited, cheapthrough tickets are issued to Southend, Clacton-on-Sea,Felixstowe, Harwich, and Ipswich.

(To be continued.)

THE FESTIVAL DINNER IN AID OF THEFUNDS OF GUY’S HOSPITAL: THE

PRINCE OF WALES PRESIDES.

THE Prince of WALES presided on Wednesday eveninglast over a great festival at the Imperial Institute in aidof Guy’s Hospital, whose funds, in consequence of the

depreciation in the value of land, have sadly fallen

away. About 500 guests sat down at the dinner. Amongothers present, in addition to the staff of the hospital,were: Lord Alington, Sir F. Abel, Dr. Adler, Dr. Clifford

Allbutt, Mr. A. J. Balfour, the American Ambassador, Mr.Bonsor, M.P., Mr. T. Bryant, Mr. Henry Burdett. Mr. W. H.Burns, Mr. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., the Earl of Denbigh,Lord Egerton, Lord Elcho, Sir H. Farquhar, M.P., Mr.W. L. T. Foy, the Duke of Fife, Alderman Faudel-Phillips,Mr. H. S. Foster, M.P., Dr. A. D. Fripp, the Rev. theHon. E. Carr-Glyn, the Earl of Gosford, Sir E. Green, SirW. C. Gull, M.P., Lord George Hamilton, M.P., LordHerschell, Mr. H. G. Howse, Mr. S. Hoare, M.P., Sir J. H.Kennaway, M.P., Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, Mr. Letch-worth (Grand Secretary of English Freemasons), Mr. E. H.Lushington (treasurer), the Duke of Marlborough, the Rev.H. L. Paget, Lord Penrhyn, Dr. P. H. Pye-Smith, LordRoberts, the Bishop of Rochester, Lord Rothschild, Mr. J. B.Robinson, Mr. Reuben Sassoon, Sir J. Sebag-Montefiore, Dr.L. E. Shaw (dean), Mr. J. Stern, Mr. Sykes, Mr. AbelSmith, M.P., Sir C. Tennant, Lord Tweedmouth, CardinalVaughan, Sir Somers Vine, Dr. Wilks, Lord Wandsworth,Lord Wantage, the Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Win-chester, the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, and Sir Sydney Webb.The Prince of WALES proposed the toast of " The Queen,"

which was drunk with enthusiasm.Mr. A. J. BALFOUR proposed " The Prince and Princess of

Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," which was heartilydrunk, and to which the Chairman briefly responded.The Prince of WALES proposed "The Army, Xavy, and

Reserve Forces," to which brief response was made byAdmiral of the Fleet Sir H. KErPEL and Field-Marshal LordROBERTS, V.C., both of whom testified to the excellent workof the medical men in the services.The Prince of WALES then proposed the toast of the

evening, " Guy’s Hospital." He said : We have met here. this evening to take steps that the benevolent work of

Guy’s Hospital may be continued uncontractedly, the long’ exemption from the necessity for an appeal having made it

difficult for the authorities to remove the impression thatl Guy’s is permanently and sufficiently endowed. The founder,t Thomas Guy, a bookseller and publisher of London, invested

his money for the hospital so that for 150 years the income