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SOUTH-WEST LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY.-Theannual general meeting of this society was held at East Hill,Wandsworth, on July 17th. The report of the council

having been read a division was taken on the proposal togive a donation of five guineas to the British MedicalBenevolent Fund ; the proposal was carried by a smallmajority. The following officers were then balloted for andelected for the ensuing session. President : Mr. BenjaminDuke of Clapbam. Vice-presidents : Mr. T. S. Howell, Dr.W.S. Wyman, and Dr. Gilbert Richardson. Hon. Treasurer :Mr. A. E. Dodson. Hon. Secretaries : Mr. T. A. I. HowellandMr. W. G. Dickinson. Council : Dr. J. M. Dunbar, Mr.John Gay, Mr. Hugh R. Ker, Dr. Malcolm Mackintosh, andSargeon-Major Mark Robinson. Auditors : Mr. John Brownand Mr. M. G. Biggs. The retiring president, Dr. GilbertRichardson, then gave an address on the Possibilities oflieform in our Hospital System. A discussion followed, inlihich Colonel Montefiore (as a visitor), Mr. T. A. I. Howell,Mr. B. Duke, Dr. W. S. Wyman. Dr. J. M. Dnnbar, andothers took part. A hearty vote of thanks to Dr. Richardsonfor his address concluded the proceedings.

THE DIFFUSION OF SMALL-POX. - The four- ’’’

weekly period ended on July llth showed a considerable rise Iin the number of notifications of small-pox in London as compared with the period of the same duration immediatelypreceding it-namely, that for the four weeks endedJune 13th. In the earlier period just named there were but17 notified cases of the disease in the county of London,whereas in the period ended July llth there were no fewerthan 62. The localised outbreak in Islington, of course,did much to swell the total, amounting as it did for24 cases, but this did not account for the whole increase.We tnd as many as 8 notifications in Camberwell, 6 in Lime-houe, and 5 in Lambeth. In all, 13 sanitary areas wereinvaded by small-pox. Oddly enough the correspondingperiod of last year also showed large increase over thatprecediog it and was followed by an epidemic whichlasted for three months. In the two weeks which fol-lowed, ending on July 25th there were respectively nocases and m cases admitted to hospital in London, butno death from the disease has been registered. On

Saturday, July 25th, there remained under treatment37 patients suffering under the malady. There were no

regi,tered deaths from small-pox in any of the thirty-threegreat towns of the Registrar-General in the week. Thesuburban districts of the metropolis have now for some timebeen almost free from small-pox, but further afield we hearof cases springing up in Sussex, the Hangleton Hospitalhaling received recently many small-pox patients, mostly,it is stated, from Portslade, in the Steyning district.Steyning Union, it is true, has no large amount of defaultunder the Vaccination Acts to complain of, but there areneighbouring unions in the county where many childrenare growing up in an unprotected state. It is sincerelyto be hoped that the malady will not spread to any of theSouth Coast health resorts in a manner to damage their"seasons." At Coventry the sanitary committee have hadbefore them the state of the city in the matter of small-poxand have been informed that the outbreak of the diseasethere is of a very mild nature, and that all precautions havebeen adopted for checking its spread. The town clerk wasinstructed to communicate with the Local GovernmentBeard setting forth the urgency of at once sanctioningthe plans for the proposed small-pox hospital. SummonsesiiaB’e been granted against two parents in the cityin respect of unvaccinated children. The Gloucester- anitary committee have, it appears, discontinued the issueof weekly statements as to small-pox occurrences, the healthof the city being deemed to approximate now to its normalsedition. It would seem that the expenses connected with’he recent epidemic, so far as the guardians are con-

cerned, have been .E2056, and that it has been de-cided to ask the Local Government Board to sanctionthe raising of a loan to meet the case. It will beinteresting to know what is the sum total to whichthe citizens will nave to subscribe in respect of the epidemicis all its bearings. The expenses appearing on the books ofthe town council will, however, we imagine, go but a very.;’t!e way towards the whole, as the amount of money whichmust of necessity have been expended in one way andanother by the public in matters of a personal characterb’ having direct relation with the prevalence of small-

pox in the town must have been excessive ; and we knowthat charitable contributions were made with a liberalhand.

Appointments.Siccces.sful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions,

and others possessing. information suitable for this column, are,-invited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editors, not later than 9 o’clock on the 2’hursday morning of each,.week for publication in the next number.

ATKINSON, F. E., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointtdMedical Officer of Health by the Sedbergh District Council.

BAKER. J. C., M.B., L.R.C P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointedMedical Officer for the Workhouse of the Hambledon Union.

BALDWtN, ASLETT, F.R.C.S.Eng., L.R,C.P. Lond., has been appointedCasualty Surgical Officer to the Middlesex Hospital, W.

BARNARD, C. E., M.D., Ch.M.Aberd., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., hasbten appointed a Member of the Court of Medical Examiners inTasmania.

BEAN. HAROLD K., M.D., Ch.M. Edin., B.Se. Edin., has been appointedVaccinator for the Districts of Wallsend and Plattsburg, New SouthWales.

BEATTIE, R. M., M.B., C.M. Edin., B.Sc., has been appointed AssistantMedical Officer to the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff, New Zealand.

BIGGER, E. C., M.D., M. Ch. Irel., L.M.R.C.P., D.P.H. Irel., has beenappointed Consulting Sanitary Officer for the Rural SanitaryDistricts of the Belfast Union, vice S. Reid.

BOURKE, ERNEST A., L R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Irel., has been re-appointed’Assistant Registrar and Resident Medical Officer to the Cork-streetFever Hospital, Dublin.

CHAPLIN, ARNOLD, M.D. Cantab., M.R.C.P., has been appointedPhy,,ician to the Metropolitan Dispensary, vice Henry Lewis Jones,resigned.

Cxarr, GEORGE, M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed AssistantMedical Officer to the Lunatic Asylum at Auckland, New Zealand.

CULHANE, F. W. S., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer for-the Workhouse of the Hastings Union.

CUPPAIDGE, J. L., M.D., Ch.B.Dubl., has been appointed Surgeon-Major in the Queensland Defence Force (Land).

ELLISON J., M.D., M.Ch. Irel., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator-at Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.

FALVEY, F. J., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been appointed aPhytician to the County Kerry Fever Hospital.

GUNNING, M. S.W., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has beenappointed Parochial Medical Officer for the Northern District ofMontrose.

HESSEY, J. D., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical-.Ufficer for the First Sanitary District of the Hastings Union.

HOLMES, F. D., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been-re-appointed Medical Officer for the Little Eaton Sanitary Districtof the Shardlow Union.

JOHNSTONE, G. W., L.R.C.P. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been re-

appointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the SanitaryDistrict of Upholland, Wigan.

JUCKES, F. A., M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Workhouse, and the First Sanitary District of the HorshamUnion.KEYES, F. J., M.D., Ch.M. Irel., has been appointed Medical Officer of. £ -Health for Numurkah Shire, Victoria, Australia.

KING, THOS. R., M.D. Edin., has been appointed Assistant Medical,Ufficer to the Lunatic Asvlum at Wellington, and to the LunaticAsylum at Porirua, New Zealand.

LAWES, C H. E., M.B., Ch.M. Syd., has been appointed a Surgeon onthe Medical Staff of the Queensland Defence Force (Land).

MACQUARIE, C. N., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been.appointed Public Vaccinator at Milawa, Victoria, Australia.

MAis, F. W., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S., L.M. Glasg., has beenappointed Public Vaccinator and Medical Officer for the ThornerDistrict of the Wetherley Union, vice John J. Mais, resigned.

MUSSEN, P. J.,’M.D., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator for the-District of Birmingham, New Zealand.

PESKETT, A. W. CHALMERS, M.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., has beenappointed Honorary Medical Ufficer to the Hospital for Sick.Children, Nottingham.

PROCTOR, J. S., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Irel, has been appointed a PublicVaccinator in South Australia.

ROBERTS, K., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical’Officer for the Shillington Sanitary District of the Ampthill Union.

SAMSON, H. A., M.B., Ch.B. Melb., has been appointed MedicalSuperintendent, to the Beechworth Lunatic Asylum, Victoria,Autra ia.

SMITH, R.13 , L.H.C.P Edin., L.R.C.S. Irel., has been appointed Public-Vaccinator, for the Burton Hastings District.

ST.UART, J. A. ERSKINE, L.R.C.P.Edin., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been re-appointed Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Batley, also.Medical Superintendent of Borough Isolation Hospital.

THOMPSON, J. L., M.B., M.S. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officer,Hospitals for Insane, Victoria, Australia.

Tiiuiz,,3Fi]ELD, W. N., M.D. Edin., M.R.C.S., D P.H. Camb.. has beenappointed Medical Officer of Health by the Dawley Urban DistrictCouncil.

TODD, C. E., M.D. Brux , L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointedSecretary to the South Australian Medical Board.