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PATHOLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICALLABORATORY ASSISTANTS’ ASSOCIATION.

TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE.

THE third triennial conference was held in themedical school of the University of Manchester fromAugust 25th to 29th. The conference was opened onAugust 25th by Dr. W. H. Lang, D.Sc., F.R.S.,Prof-Vice-Chancellor and Barker Professor ofCryptogamic Botany in the University. He emphasisedthe value of the skilled assistance and cooperation oflaboratory assistants in any research work andcongratulated the association on its efforts to raisethe status and improve the training of technicalassistants. The vice-president, Mr. C. W. Ashton,then welcomedthe members to Manchester. Themornings of the conference were devoted to variouslectures and papers delivered in the lecture theatre ofthe Medical School, and an exhibition of laboratorywork and apparatus was displayed. On Wednesday,August 27th, the conference visited Liverpool whereProf. W. Blair Bell gave a lecture on LaboratoryResearch in Cancer.The conference dinner was held on August 28th.

The principal guests were the Pro-Vice-Chancellor,Prof. A. E. Boycott, F.R.S., Dr. D. Stewart, Dr. W.Susman, and Dr. A. F. C. Davey. During the eveningthe Sims Woodhead Memorial Medals were presentedto Prof. Boycott and Mr. W. A. Mitchell (Cambridge)for conspicuous service to the Association. Mr. A.Norman and Mr. J. McLean spoke of work done for theAssociation by the recipients, especially in the earlierdays of the Association, when it was fundamental tothe success of the movement that the sympathy ofthe laboratory chiefs should be obtained.

Prof. Boycott said that his position as Secretary ofthe Pathological Society of Great Britain and Irelandat the time the Association was formed had allowedhim to dispel the fears of that Society that it wasdesigned to usurp the Society’s activities. Theattendance at the conference showed how widespreadis the organisation of the Association, membersattending from Uganda, North and West Ireland, aswell as from all parts of England and Scotland.

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SMALL CHILD.MOST of the problems in the life of children in the

early school years are helpfully discussed in a smallbook 1 recently published which deserves attention.The volume is ambitious in scope. For example,the imaginal, intellectual, and creative life of childrenat the fifth year are subjected to long consideration,and even such difficult problems as the child’sspiritual needs are discussed. Despite the scientificdifficulties of this last topic, the authors have achievedsome measure of success in this section. Variousactivities of the older child are then dealt with-physical, social, constructing, literary-and on eachsubject sound sense is offered in attractive language.The chapter on types of children is not quite so happy.Understanding of the maladjusted child cannot beobtained satisfactorily in the absence of an under-standing of the unconscious operations of the mind.The authors should make a separate volume of thischapter.

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1 The Child from Five to Ten. By Evelyn and MiriamKenwrick. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co.,Ltd. 1930. Pp. 299. 7s. 6d.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S MATERNITY HOSPITAL.-Theannual report once more brings out the difference inthe death-rate between " booked " and "

emergency "

cases. There were last year 2360 in-patients-1916 marriedwomen and 444 single women with their first child. Thedeath-rate for " booked " cases was 3-2, and for " emergency"cases 43 per 1000 ; the infantile death-rate in the formercategory was only 25 per 1000 as compared with 153 in thelatter. The number of women attended in their own homeswas 1546, and for the third year in succession there wereno maternal deaths. The first patients were received intothe new isolation block at Hammersmith last week.

Medical DiaryLECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c

FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADITATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Sept. 15th, to SATURDAY, Sept. 20th.—WEST-

MINSTER HOSPITAL, S.W. Post-graduate Coi4lise inMedicine, Surgery, and the Special Deparments,occupying each day from 10.30 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. withlectures and demonstrations. Men only. Fee k 58.Copies of syllabuses for forthcoming courses maybe obtained from the Fellowship of Medicine, 1,Wimpole-street, W.1.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Prince of Wales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY, Sept. 15th.—2.30 to 5 P.M. : Medical, Surgical, and

Gynaecological Clinics. Operations.TUESDAY.-2.30 to 5 P.M. Medical, Surgical, Ear, Nose,

and Throat Clinics. Operations.WEDNESDAY.-2.30 to 5 P.M.: Medical, Skin, and Eye

Clinics. Operations.THURSDAY.-11.30 A.M. : Dental Clinics. 2.30 to 5 P.M.:

Medical, Surgical, Throat, and Ear Clinics. Operations.FRIDAY.-10.30 A.M. : Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinics. 2.30

to 5 P.M.: Medical, Surgical, and Children’s DiseasesClinics. Operations.

AppointmentsADAMS, J. R., M.B. Edin., D.P.H., has been appointed County

Medical Officer for Roxburgh.BACH, FRANCIS, D.M. Oxf., Medical Registrar to the British

Red Cross Society’s Clinic for Rheumatism. Peto-place,London.

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BROWNLIE, J. L., M.D. Glasg., D.P.H., a Medical Officer of theDepartment of Health for Scotland.

GREGORY, J. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., House Physician to MedicalUnit, University College Hospital, London.

JACK, James, Jf.C., M.B. Glasg., Medical Officer of Health forthe city of Durham.

SHARP, C. J. H., to be Certifying Surgeon under the Factory andWorkshop Acts for the Linslade District of the County ofBuckingham.

STEPHENSON, H. M., to be Certifying Surgeon under the Factoryand Workshop Acts for the Maiden Newton District of theCounty of Dorset.

TOPPING, ANDREW, M.D. Aberd., D.P.H., Medical Officer ofHealth for Rochdale.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS.

CHAMBERS.-On Sept. 6th, in London, the wife of Guy Chambers,F.R.C.S. Eng., of Ryde, and Bolton-gardens, S.W., of a son.

COLE.—On Sept. 5th, at Trumpington-street, Cambridge, thewife of Leslie Barrett Cole, M.D. Camb., M.R.C.P. Lond.,of a son.

DANBY.—On Sept. 7th, 1930, to Victoria (née Arkell), wife ofAlfred Danby, F.R.C.S.E., at the Homestead, Woodbourne-road, Birmingham-a daughter.

GLADSTONE.—On Sept. 5th, at The Old House, Rendcomb,Cirencester, the wife of F. C. Gladstone, D.M. Oxf., of a son.

KEYS.—On Sept. lst, at Ravello, Ruislip, the wife of SidneyHudson Keys, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., of a son.

MILLER.-On Sept. lst, at Grosvenor-road, Tunbridge Wells,the wife of T. Mackinlay Miller, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond.,of a son.

MONORIEFF.—On Sept. 2nd, Honor (nee Wedmore), wife ofAlan MoncriefP, M.D., M.R.C.P., of a son.

MARRIAGES.BASSETT—BURRELL.—On Sept. 3rd, at St. Paul’s Church,

Edinburgh, John Mories Bassett, M.D., F.R.C.S. Edin.,only son of W. Bassett, Christchurch, New Zealand, toKathleen Alicia, eldest daughter of the late H. M. BurreU,Edinburgh.

PEEL—MONYPENY.—On Sept. 2nd, at Fisherwick, PresbyterianChurch, Belfast, Albert A. Fitzgerald Peel, M.A., D.M. Oxf.,son of Dr. A. A. Peel of Glasgow, and Crumlin, Co. Antrim,to Mary Watson Monypeny, lVLSc., daughter of the lateDr. William Monypeny of Belfast.

DEATHS.MARK.—On Sept. 5th, at Oxford-terrace, W., after a long

illness, Leonard Portal Mark, M.D., son of the late Edward W.Mark, late Consul of Marseilles.

MUSGRAVE.—On Sept. 2nd, Cecil B. T. Musgrave, M.D. Lond.,M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., of Domain, Mullion,Cornwall, last surviving son of the late Colonel Musgrave,5th Bengal Cavalry.

WALLACE.—On Sept. 5th, at Howard Lodge, Newport-road,Cardiff, Thomas Wallace, M.D.R.U.I., J.P.

WARREN.—On Sept. 2nd, following an operation, Alfred CastleWarren, M.D. Camb., L.R.C.P. Lond.

N.B.-A fee of 7s. 6d. is charged for the insertion of Notices ofBirths, Marriages, and Deaths.