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Successful applicants for vacancies, Secretaries oj Public Institutions,and others possessing injormation suitable for this column, areinvited to forward to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, such information for gratuitous publication.

ALEXANDER, W. H. M., M.B., C.M. Glasg., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health to the Crowle Urban District Council.

BPSRNELL. FRANK GEORGE, M.D., B.S. Lond.. L.R C.P. Lond.,M.R.C.S., D.P.H. Camb., has been appointed Tuberculosis Officerto the Plymouth Borough Council.

HALL, OCTAVIUS, L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.F.P,S. Glasg., D.P.H. Irel.,has been appointed Medical Officer of Health of Plymouth.

MACPHER50N. R. W., M.D. Aberd., has been appointed AssistantSchool Medical Officer for the County of Cheshire.

MAGEE, J. R., L.R.C.P. & S. Irel., has been appointed Medical Officerto the Londonderry Port Sanitary Authority.

MABSDEN. J. ASPINALL, M.R.C.S.. L.S.A., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health to the Hipperholm Urban District Council.

MARTIN, DOUGLAS, M.B., Ch.B. Edin., D.T.M., has been appointedAssistant School Medical Officer and Assistant Medical Officer ofHealth for the County Borough of South Shields.

MURRAY, SYDNEY E.. L.M.S.S.A., has been appointed School MedicalOfficer to the Sutherland Town Council.

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK MANN, M.R.C.S., ’ L.R.C.P. Edin.. D.P.H.Camb., has been appointed Consulting Medical Officer of Healthof Plymouth.

Vacancies.For further injormation regarding each vacancy reference should be

made to the advertisement (see Index).

BARNSLEY, BECKETT HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-Second HouseSurgeon, unmarried. Salary £100 per annum, with apartments,board, and laundry.

BARROW-IN-FuRNESS, NORTH LONSDALE HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon.Salary B150 per annum, with residence, board, and laundry.

BEDFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon, unmarried.Salary .f:l00 per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH HOSPITAL.-Junior House Surgeon. SalaryB100 per annum, with board and laundry.

BIRKENHEAD AND WIRRAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Woodchurch-road.-House Surgeon. Salary B100 per annum, with board, residence,and laundry.

BIRMINGHAM CITY MENTAL HOSPITAL, Rubery-hill.-Female JuniorAssistant Medical Officer. Salary B2CO per annum, with apart-ments, board, laundry, &c.

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND EYE HOSPITAL, Church-street.-Seniorand Junior House Surgeons. Salaries £110 and £100 per annumrespectively, with residence and board, &c.

BIRMINGHAM UNION.-DUDLEY-ROAD INFIRMARY: Second AssistantMedical Officer. Salary at rate of E210 per annum. ThirdAssistant Medical Officer. Salary at rate of 8170 per annum.Fourth Assistant Medical Officer. Salary at rate of B160per annum.SELLY OAK INFIRMARY: Assistant Medical Officer. Salary at rateof ;B180 per annum. All with apartments, rations, laundry, andattendance.

BIRMINGHAM, YARDLEY-ROAD SANATORIUM AND ANTI-TUBERCULOSISCENTRE.-Third Assistant Medical Officer. Salary JE200 per annum,with board and residence.

BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon, unmarried. SalaryB100 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

BRADFORD, ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL AND UNION HOUSE.-Assistant Resi-dent Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary 2150 per annum, withrations, apartments, and washing.

BRIDGWATER HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon, unmarried. Salary at rateof B125 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

BRIGHTON, ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.-House Surgeon. Salary at rate of £100 per annum, with board,lodging, and washing.

BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE, SCALEBOR PARK ASYLUM. -AssistantMedical Officer. Salary B250 per annum, with rooms, board,attendance, and washing. Or Locum Tenens for winter months.

Salary B5 5s. per week.CANCER H SPITAL, Fulham-road, S.W.-Surgical Registrar. Salary£100 per annum.

CANTERBURY, KENT COUNTY ASYLUM, Chartham.-Third JuniorAssistant Medical Officer. Salary .8250 per annum, with quarters,board, washing, &c.

CARDIFF. KING EDWARD VII.’s HOSPITAL.-Two House Surgeons for sixmonths. Salary at rate of £140 per annum each, with board, resi-dence. and laundry.

CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ASYLUM, Garlands.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer. unmarried. Salary ;B250 per

annum, with board, lodging, and washing.CHESTER, CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY oF.-Assistant Medical Officerof Health. Salary 8300 per annum.

CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX COUNTY MENTAL HOSPITAL.-SecondAssistant Medical Officer. Salary £250 per annum, with apart-ments, board, laundry, and attendance.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Victoria Park,E.-House Physician for six months. Salary at rate of 275 perannum, with board, residence, and washing. Also Physician toOut-patients.

CITY OF LONDON UNION INSTITUTION AND INFIRMARY. 42, Clifton-road, Lower Clapton. N.E.-Assistant Medical Officer. unmarried.Salary B200 per annum, with apartments, rations, and washing.

CITY OF WESTMINSTER UNION INFIRMARY, Fulham-road, S.W.-Second Assistant Medical Officer and Third Assistant MtdicalOfficer. Salaries £160 and ;B140 per annum respectively, withboard, residence, and washing.

CROYDON GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Senior House Surgeon. Salary B10&per annum, with residence, board, and laundry.

DOUGLAS. ISLE OF MAN, NOBLES HOSPITAL.-Resident House Surgeon,unmarried. Salary B150 per annum, with board and laundry.

DUDLEY, GUEST HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon for six months.Salary B100 per annum, with board, residence and washing.

EI)IN13URGII UNIVERSITY.-Lectureship on Chemical Physiology.Salary 2300 per annum.

EDMONTON EDUCATION COMMITTEE, URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL,Middlesex.-Temporary Assistant School Medical Officer and

Certifying Officer. Salary at rate of 2300 per annum.EDMONTUN UNION INFIRMARY, 77, Bridport-road, Upper Edmonton.-

Second Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary :E160 perannum, with residential allowance.

GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY AND EYE IN-STITUTION.-Assistant House Surgeon for six months. Salary atrate of £80 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

GREAT YARMOUTH HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon, unmarried. Salary£200 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

HULL CITY ASYLUM.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer. Salary B200per annum, with board. lodging, and washing.

JHARIA MINING SETTLEMENT, Bihar. India.-Chief Sanitary Officer.Salary Rs-1200 (280), rising to Rs. 1500 (B100) a month, with house.

LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY.-Ophthalmic House Surgeon for sixmonths. Salary :E50 per annum, with board, residence, andlaundry.

LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Ophthalmic House Surgeon andAssistant House Physician (joint post). Also Two Assistant HouseSurgeons. Salaries at rate of £100 per annum, with board, apart-ments, washing, and bonus. Also Two Assistant Resident MedicalOfficers for six months, with board and apartments.

LERWICK PARISH COUNCIL AND SHETLAND COMBINATION POORHOUSECOMMITTEE.-Medical Officer. Salary .878 per annum.

LIVERPOOL. BROWNLOW-HILL INSTITUTION.-Resident Assistant MedicalOfficers. Salary 2250 per annum, with apartments and usualresident allowances.

LOWESTOFT AND NORTH SUFFOLK HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon, un-married. Salary at rate of :E150 per annum, with board, residence,and laundry.

MAIDSTONE, KENT COUNTY ASYLUM.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer,unmarried. Salary B250 per annum, with board, quarters,attendance, washing, &c.

MANCHESTER, COUNTY ASYLUM, Prestwich.-Locum Tenens, un-

married. Salary .85 5s. per week.MANCHESTER -EDUCATION COMMITTEE.-Female Assistant School

Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary .e300 per annum.MANCHESTER, HuLME DtseENSARY, Dale-street, Stretford-road.-House

Surgeon. Salary B180 per annum, with apartments, attendance,coal, and gas.

MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary.eSO per annum, with residence, board, and washing.

MILLER GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR SOUTH-EAST LONDON, Greenwich-road, S.E.-Senior House Surgeon for six months. Salary B1COper annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR DISI’ASES OF THE HEART. Westmoreland-street, W.-Resident Medical Officer for six months. Salary at rateof B80 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CITY HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.-Resident Medical Assistant. Salary .e250 per annum, with board,lodging, &c.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.-Assistant SchoolMedical Officers (One Male and One Female). Salaries JEMO perannum.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND NORTHUMBERLAND SANATORIUM FOR

CONSITMPTIVES, Barrasford, North Tyne.-Resident Medical Officer.Salary JM50 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

NEWPORT (MoN.), ROYAL GwENT HOSPITAL.-Resident Medical Officer.Salary for first six months at rate of B103 per annum, second sixmonths B125. and third six months £150, with board, residence, andlaundry. Also Honorary Medical Officer to Ear, Nose, and Throat

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Department.NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL.-Assistant School Medical’ Officer. balary .825 per month.NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL EDUCATION COM-

MITTEE.-Temporary Assistant School Medical Officer. Salary at’ rate of B300 per annum.NOTTINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Senior House Physician. Salary

B120 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.NOTTINGHAM, RANSOM SANATORIUM. Sherwood Forest, Mansfield.-

Resident Medical Officer. Salary B200 per annum, with board,; residence, and laundry.PRESCOT UNION INSTITUTION AND INFIRMARY, Whiston.-Assistant

Medical Officer. Salary 240 per annum.PRESTON ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Assistant Resident Medical and Surgical’ Officer. Salary .e120 per annum, with board, residence, and

laundry.RoYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, 234, Great Portland-Etreet,

W.-Resident House Surgeon. Salary .8100 per annum, with board,washing, &c.

ROYAL WATERLOO HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN, S.E.-Resident Medica. Officer. Salary at rate of :E150 per annum, withboard and washing.

ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, Hyde Park Corner, S.W.-Surgical Registrar.Salary :E200 per annum.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Plaistow, E.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary at rate of £90 per annum, withboard, residence, and laundry.

SALISBURY INFIRMARY. -Assistant House Surgeon, unmarried. Salary.1:.75 per annum. with apartments, board, lodging, and washing.

SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-Senior and Junior HouseSurgeons. Salaries £100 and £80 per annum respectively, withboard, residence, &c.

SHEFFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Physician, unmarried.Salary 280 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing

SHEFFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon and Assistant HousePhysician. Salary B100 per annum, with board and residence.

SOUTH SHIELDS, INGHAM INFIRMARY AND SOUTH SHIELDS AND WMTOEDISPENSARY.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary .e1l5 per annum,with residence, board, and washing.

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STOKE-ON-TRENT COUNTY BOROUGH TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM.—Resident Assistant Medical Officer for Stanfield Sanatorium andAssistant at the Tuberculosis Dispensary. Salary at rate of ,c250per annum.

STOKE-UPON-TRENT UNION INSTITUTION AND HOSPITAL, London-road,Newcastle. Staffs.-Assistant Resident Medical Officer, unmarried.Salary B200 per annum, with rations, apartments, and washing.

SUNDERLAND COUNTY BOROUGH.-Temporary Tuberculosis MedicalOfficer. Salary at rate of £500 per annum.

SUNDERLAND ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Senior Resident Medical Officerand Two Junior House Surgeons. Salaries B150 and £120 perannum respectively, with board, residence, and laundry.

SWANSEA GENERAL AND EYE HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary,c125 per annum, with board, washing, and attendance.

TRURO, ROYAL CORNWALL INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon, unmarried.Salary JE150 per annum, with rooms, board, and washing.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon, un-

married. Salary £100 per annum, with board, residence, &c.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-Examiners.WAKEFIELD, CLAYTON HOSPITAL.-Senior House Surgeon. Salary

JB160 per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.WAKEFIELD, WEST RIDING ASYLUM.-Assistant Medical Officer. Salary

:f:250 per annum, with apartments, board, washing, and attendance.WARRINGTON INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.-Senior House Surgeon.

Salary at rate of B200 per annum, with board, apartments, andlaundry.

WEsr T BRo WICH AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon andAssistant House Surgeon. Salary B150 and £120 per annum respec-tively, with residence, board, and laundry.

WOLVERHAMPTON UNION WORKHOUSE.-Assistant Resident MedicalOfficer and Medical Officer of Cottage Homes, unmarried. Salary:f:250 per annum, with apartments, rations, &c.

WORCESTER GENERAL INFIRMARY.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary£150 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

CORBETT THOMPSON.-On Dec. 15th, at Gordon-road, Ealing, the wifeof Major F. S. Corbett Thompson, LM.S., of a daughter.

MACKINNON.- On Nov. 2nd, at Nairobi. British East Africa, the wife ofMurdoch MacKinnon, M.D., D.P.H., of a daughter.

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DEATHS.BROWN.-On Dec. 15th, Dr. James Brown, Harvieston, Tring, aged

58 years.LECKIE.-On August 28th, at Frameries, near Mons, Belgium, Captain

Malcolm Leckie, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.

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FROWDE, HENRY, AND HODDER AND STOUGHTON, London.The Heart in Early Life. By G. A. Sutherland, M.D., F.R.C.P.,Senior Physician to the Hampstead and North-West LondonHospital. Price 6s. net.

Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy. Revised and editedby Arthur Robinson, Professor of Anatomy in the University ofEdinburgh. Sixth edition. Vol. II., Thorax, Head, and Neck.Price 10s. 6d. net.

GRIFFIN. CHARLES, AND Co., London.Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. By J. Dixon Mann, M.D.,

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Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

THE SYSTEMATIC PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OFINDUSTRIAL WORKERS.

THE importance of systematic physical examination ofworkers is well emphasised in a paper read before theSession on Industrial Hygiene at the Third AnnualCongress of the National Council for Industrial Safety,Chicago, last October, by Surgeon J. W. Sehereschewsky,of the United States Public Health Serviced Valuable assuch a procedure is for safeguarding the health of theindividual worker in industrial concerns, Dr. Scheres-chewsky emphasises its great importance to the progressof the science of industrial hygiene. The general intro-duction of systems of medical supervision, he says, withperiodic physical examinations in various industries willresult in the collection of a body of data similar to thosealready obtained in New York by the careful physicalexamination of several thousand garment workers, whichwhen studied will form a logical basis for practical recom-mendations to make all such industries safe from a healthstandpoint. Each industry thus treated will be enabled tosee to its own sanitation, with the result that the enormouseconomic loss caused in industries by preventible diseasesand disabilities will disappear.

OFFICIAL MANNERS.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-The note in your issue of Dec. 12th under the above

title interested me much. I was recently a candidate for apost under the H - County Council-applications to besent in by Oct. 6th-but up to date I have not received evena printed postcard acknowledging my candidature ! In fact,had my chief not told me that he had received a "con-fidential " letter from the medical officer of health concerned,inquiring as to my credentials, I should have been in doubtas to whether my application had not gone astray in the post.I enclose my card. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

I.M.S.

HEALTH AND HOSPITALS IN TRINIDAD.THE report on the Blue Book of Trinidad and Tobago for theyear 1913-14 has just been presented to Parliament. Itstates that the health of the colony during the year wasgood, but that an unfortunate outbreak of yellow feveroccurred at the Brighton oilfields, where there were 10cases and 3 deaths. The prompt action of the sanitaryauthorities kept the outbreak in check and it did notspread to any other district. The estimated population onMarch 31st. 1914, was 352,145-an increase of 6748. Thenumber of births during 1913-14 was 11,825, andthe number of deaths 8121. A further increase of3046 was due to immigration. The Colonial Hospital,Port of Spain, with 320 beds, is the most importantin the colony. The number of patients admittedat this institution during the year was 5579, and the

: daily average in hospital 269. At the San Fernando, Hospital, which has 120 beds, 2991 persons were admitted,

the daily average in hospital being 110. District hospitalsare also maintained by the Government at Tobago, Arima,

, St. Joseph, Tacarigua, Couva, Princes Town, and Cedros,with an aggregate accommodation of 246 beds. There aretwo hospitals devoted entirely to the treatment of persons

’ suffering from yaws-one in Trinidad and the other inTobago. The former has accommodation for 200 patientsand the latter for 160. The use of salvarsan is still con-tinued with favourable results in the treatment of this

, disease, but the number of patients has again increased,. there being at the present time 72 cases under treatment

in Trinidad and 57 in Tobago.r Dr. N. Mayne.-It would have been better to make sure that

the case contained instruments and that the practitionere intended to operate without consulting the surgeon to the

infirmary. The operation in question is very usually per-e

formed in collaboration.

Nemo.-The medical referee’s behaviour was not correct andcannot be defended.

/ W. IY. S (Genoa).-Our correspondent is too ferocious.F. W.-Warwick and Tanstall’s " First Aid to the Sick andWounded" (Bristol: John Wright and Sons, Limited.Price Is. ; leather, 2s. 6d.) contains an admirable and fairlydetailed (60 pages) and well illustrated epitome of anatomyand physiology, which should be amply sufficient for the

1 Public Health Reports, Vol. XXIX., No. 47, Nov. 20th, 1914Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.