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MONDAY, JULY 24TH. ’

Importation of Cocaine.

Dr. M’DONALD asked the President of the Board of Tradejf he would take steps to obtain from all persons licensed toimport cocaine into the country a record of the areas towhich it was distributed,-Mr. SHORTT replied : Licensedimporters are required to keep records of their sales and theserecords are inspected from time to time. The records wouldnot show, however, the areas in which the drug is eventuallydistributed as it may pass through several hands, wholesalechemists, manufacturing chemists, and others, before itreaches the medical practitioner, dentist, orpther person bywhom it is used.

Skimmed Milk as Infants’ Food.Mr. GRATTAN DOYLE asked the Minister of Health whether,

seeing that under existing powers he was not able to alterthe present statutory requirements that condensed separatedmilk must be labelled machine-skimmed milk, instead ofskimmed milk unfit for infants, as recommended by Dr.F. J. H. Coutts in 1911, in his report to the Local Govern-ment Board, and by many authorities since and now, hewould insert provisions in the new Milk Bill, or otherwise,to enable an alteration to be made in the present condition ofthings.-Sir A. MqND replied : The point raised by thehon. Member will not be. lost sight of during the committeestage of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Bill.

TUESDAY, JULY 25TH.Outdoor and Indoor Relief Statistics.

Mr. MARRIOTT asked the Minister of Health the number ofpersons in receipt of outdoor relief and indoor relief onJan. lst, 1921, July lst, 1921, Jan. 1st, 1922, and July lst,1922, respectively.-Sir A. MoND replied : The numbers

Ifor England and Wales were as follows :-In receipt of outdoor relief, Jan. lst, 1921, 376,258 ; July lst, 1921 (approxi-mately), 1,174,000 ; Jan. lst, 1922, 1,183,439 ; July lst,1922 (approximately), 1,478,000. In receipt of indoorrelief, Jan. 1st, 1921, 198,992 ; July 1st, 1921 (approxi-mately), 202,000 ; Jan. lst, 1922, 215,773 ; July lst, 1922(approximately), 210,000. Lunatics in lunatic asylums arenot included in the foregoing, nor are vagrants.

Institutional Treatment of Certifiable Ex-Service Men.

Captain LOSEBY asked the Minister of Pensions the numberof officers, non-commissioned officers, and men lodged ininstitutions conducted by his ministry who were certifiableunder the Lunacy Acts, but who had not been certified ;and if these men were lodged in the same institutions asnon-certifiable patients.-Major TRYON replied : When themental condition of a patient in one of the ministry neuro-logical hospitals unhappily deteriorates towards insanityhe is kept apart from the other patients, and every approvedmeans of cure known to modern science is tried. Shouldthe treatment fail to arrest the development of the maladybefore the stage at which certification is required by law,the necessary steps are at once taken for the patient’s removalto a mental institution approved by the Board of Control.

Appointments.JENKINS, E. M., M.B., Ch.B. Edin., has been appointed House

Surgeon to the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple.LAX&TON, H. C., M.B., B.S. Lond., Anaesthetist to the Seamen’s

Hospital, Royal Albert Dock.MARSHALL, G., M.D., M.R.C.P. Lond., Assistant Physician to the

Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, London, N.W.ROBINSON, J. S., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. Univ. Dub., F.R.C.S.

Edin., Honorary Assistant Surgeon and OrthopedicSurgeon, Cheltenham General Hospital.

General Infirmary, Leeds : LAUD, K. S., L.M. & S. Bombay,Resident Ophthalmic Officer. WILSON, K., M.B., Ch.B.Leeds, Resident Gynfecological Officer. LEVY, S., M.B.,Ch.B. Leeds ; PLATT, P. M., lB1.B.. Ch.B. Leeds ; HELLIER,Miss, M.B., Ch.B. Leeds ; PEACOCK, Miss, lB1.B., Ch.B.Leeds, House Physicians. BLACKBURN, J. T., M.B., Ch.B.,Leeds ; CHAMBERLAIN, D., M.B., Ch.B. Leeds ; JOWETT, -M.B., Ch.B. Leeds; TREWICK, - M.B., Ch.B. Leeds,House Surgeons.

Manchester Royal Infirmary : LANE, R. R-, M.B., Ch.B. Manch..Surgical Registrar; BROWN-HENDRY, J., L.R.C.P. & S.Edin..Junior House Surgeon to the Specials Departments; GRIEVE,H. R. R., M.B., Ch.M. Sydney, House Physician : PRATT,HILDA, M.B., Ch.B. Manch., Assistant Medical Officer,Central Branch.

Certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshop Acts :EVANS, G. P,. L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. (New Southgate) ;LuNN, J., M.B., C.M. Glasg. (Wainneet) ; and LORNIE,P. C., M.B., Ch.B. Edin. (Chirnside).

Vacancies.For further i yormation refer to the advertisement columns.

Ashton-under-Lync District lnfirmary.-Res. Surg. O. £250.Benenden, Kent, National Sanatorium.-Asst. M.O. £250. Birmingham, Rubery Hill and Hollymoor Mental Hospital.-Two

Jun. Asst. M.O.’s. £350 each.Bradford City.-Asst. M.O. £500.Brighton, Royal Sussex County Hospital.-H.P. 9175.Bury Infirmary.- Jun. H.S. £150.Dudley Guest Hospital.-Hon. S.Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary.-Asst. H.S. £150.Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, 40, Grove End-road, N.W.-

Res. M.O. £150.Huddersfield County Borough.-Asst. M.O.H. £500.Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.-Sen. H.S. £250.Hull Royal Infirmary.-Asst. U.S. £150.Leeds General Infirmary.-Res. Surg. 0. £200.Leeds University.-Lecturerin Bacteriology. 500. Also Demon-

strator in Pathology. 250.Liverpool Royal Children’s Hospital.-Two Res. H.P.’s and two

Res. H.S.’s. Each £90.Liverpool Royal Infirmary.-H.S. 300.Liverpool Royal Southern Hospital.-Two H.P.’s and three H.S.’s.

Each 100. Res. Cas. 0. £150. Also Pathologist.Manchester, Ancoats Hnspital.-H.S. £150.Manchester Hospital for Consumption.-Res. M.O. 9350.Miller General Hospital for South-East London, Greenwich-road,

S.E.-Sen. Res. M.O. £350. Also H.P. and H.S. Each150.

North Middlesex Hospital, Silver-street, Edmonton, N.-Jun. M.O.200.

Oldham County Borough.-Asst. M.O.H. 9350.Oxford County and City Mental Hospital.-Second Asst. bi.0.

350.Parish of St. Mary, Isliotgton Infirnaccry, Highgate Hill.-Asst.

M.O. £350. Queen Mary’s Hospital for the East End, Stratford.-Hon. M. 0.Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C. I.-M.O. for Electro-

Therapeutic Dept. 50.Salisbury General Infirmary.-H.S. £200.Springfield Mental Hospital, Wandsworth Common, S.W. 17.-

Asst. M.O..8400.Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford.-H.S. 9200.Sunderland, Durham County and Sunderland Eye Infirmary.-

Locum S.T’irginia Water, Surrey, Holloway Sanatorium.-Jun. Asst. M.O.

#400.Warrington Infirmary and Dispensary.-Jun. H.S. £200.West Bromwich and District Hospital.-Res. Asst. H.S. £180. ’

York County Hospital.-Third Res. 0. £150.The Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, S.W., gives

notice of a vacancy for a Certifying Surgeon under theFactory and Workshop Acts at South Glasgow. ’

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

ADDEY.-On July 19th, at Lower Brook-street, Ipswich, thewife of Dr. W. F. Addey, of a daughter.

BLACK.-On July llth, at Carden-terrace, Aberdeen, the wifeof Dr. G. McLean Black, Tomintoul, of a daughter.

COHEN.-On July 16th, at Dorset-gardens, Brighton, the wifeof C. B. Cohen, M.B., of a, daughter.

Roy.-On July 17th, at Chandos-street, Cavendish-square,W. 1, the wife of Donald Roy, M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S. Eng.,of a son.

SIDEBOTHAM.-On July 21st, at Raleigh House, Ottery St.Mary, Devon, the wife of Dr. F. N. Sidebotham, of a son.

WOODHOUSE.-On July 13th, at Windlestone, Bray, Berks, thewife of S. C. Woodhouse, M.B., M.R.C.S., of a son.

MARRIAGES.CLEVELAND-SWINHOE.-On July 19th, at St. Andrew’s,

Holborn, Colonel Henry Francis Cleveland, C.I.E., LM.S.,to Kathleen Rodway, elder daughter of Mr. G. RodwaySwinhoe and Mrs. Swinhoe, of Swindon, and Meclden-burgh-square.

GRAINGER STEWART-PLAYFAIR.-On July 20th, at St. Mar-ga,ret’s, Westminster, Thomas Grainger Stewart, M.D.,F.R.C.P., to Lady Playfair, widow of Sir Patrick Playfair,c.r.E.

NEWMAN-CLÉMENT.-On July 8th, at the Parish Church,Whitstable, Major Richard Ernest Upton Newman,R.A.M.C., to Lucie Martha, third daughter of M. and Mme.Paul Edouard Clement, of Geneva, Switzerland.

POWELL-DOONER.-On July 15th, at St. Michael’s, Chester-square, Lieut.-Colonel Eyre Powell, R.A.M.C., to Mrs.Graham Dooner, widow of Lieut.-Colonel Graham Dooner,D.S.O., R.F.A.

DEATHS.HART.-On July 22nd, suddenly, at Bournemouth, Richard

Neville Hart, M.A., M.D. Camb., aged 45 years.VINCENT.-On July 21st, at Seymour-street, Ralph Vincent,

M.D.YOUNG.-On July 13th, at Bedford, Colonel James Young,

I.M.S., retired, aged 76 years.N.B.-A fee of 7s. 6d. is charged for the insertion of Notices of

Birfhs, Marriages, and Deaths. ,