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Fellow (pathology) ; Mabel P. Fitzgerald, Fellow (bacterio-logy) ; Don R. Joseph, Fellow (physiology) ; Benjamin T. ITerry, Fellow (protozoology) ; Bertha I. Barker, Scholar(pathology) ; and Thomas W. Clarke, Fellow (pathology).Grants to aid special researches have been made to the

iollowing: Robert M. Brown, New York ; C. H. Bunting,Charlottesville, Va. ; Katherine Collins, New York; CyrusW. Field, New York; N. B. Foster, New York; JoelGoldthwaite, Boston ; Holmes C. Jackson, Albany; Arthur1. Kendall, New York; Waldemar Koch, Chicago; W. G.MacCallum, Baltimore; Wilfred H. Manwaring, Blooming-ton, Ind. ; J. W. D. Maury, New York ; F. G. Novy,Ann Arbor; W. Ophuls, San Francisco ; Richard M. Pearce,Albany; H. T. Ricketts, Chicago; Hermann W. Schulte,New York; Charles E. Simon, Baltimore; Aldred S.Warthin, Ann Arbor ; and Francis C. Wood, New York.

DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.-The Royal West-minster Ophthalmic Hospital has received a grant of E1000from the trustees of the Zunz Bequest for the purpose ofnaming a ward in perpetuity the "Annie Zunz Ward."-TheCity of London Truss Society, 35, Finsbury-square, hasreceived a legacy of £100 under the will of Mr. WilliamGrain.-By the will of Mr. William Brindle E300 are

bequeathed to the Devonshire Hospital and Buxton Bath

Charity’.-By the will of Mr. Harcourt Coates, L.R. C.P. Lond.,M.R.C.S. Eng., a sum of about .620,000 is left to the SalisburyInfirmary for the building of a surgical ward to be called the"Harcourt and Maud Coates Ward."-By the will of Mrs.Duffield of Torquay, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, will receive£500.-The Rev. N. Shelmeldine has by will bequeathed..100 each to the Worcester Infirmary, the Tewkesbury RuralHospital, the Pershore Cottage Hospital, and the SalfordRoyal Hospital.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

The Report of the Police and Sanitary Committee.THE Police and Sanitary Committee of the House of Commons,

which deals with private Bills promoted by municipal and otherauthorities and proposing to create powers relating to police andsanitary regu’ations, has made a special report in which severalmatters referring to public health are touched on. The Committeestates in it that the question of compulsory notification of births hasbeen again before it and it has given the power to the Sunder-land corporation. It has adhered to its policy of giving theclauses only in cases where there was a substantial voluntary effort tocope with the problem of infantile mortality. It refused them toone corporation which had no such organisation. In another case the

promoters withdrew the clauses when the Committee required thatthe conditions should be precisely the same as those given lastyear as an experiment to the corporation of Huddersfield. The Com-mittee also refers to its action with regard to "milk clauses." In thecase of the London County Council Bill it considered carefully thequestion of amending the model clauses relating to tuberculous milk.It was satisfied as to the expediency of giving the County Councilpower to issue an order prohibiting the sale of milk from a particularcow or cows without necessarily condemning the whole dairy. This

amendment it subsequently inserted in the Sunderland CorporationBill. The committee also allowed power to the London County Councilto defray the expenses of a dairyman appearing before it in

obedience to its notice, but it allowed it only in view of the wide areafrom which the milk-supply of London is drawn.

The Prevention of Plague.The recent correspondence which has passed between the Secretary

of State for India, on the one hand, and the Governor-General ofIndia in Council, on the other, on the subject of measures for theprevention of plague has been published as a Parliamentary Blue-book.It consists of three despatches. In the first despatch, which was datedNov. 30th, 1906, Mr. MORLEY forwarded to the Governor-General a

representation made by the Royal College of Physicians of London regard-ing piague in India and regarding the memorandum of the Collegesubmitted to the Government of India in the summer of 1905; and alsoa memorandum by Dr. W. J. R. SiMPSON as to the measures taken atPoona for dealing with the epidemic. The Government of India senta long letter on May 2nd, 1907, to the Secretary of State in replyto his communication, and it inclosed a statement of views on thesuggestions contained in the memorandum of the Royal College ofPhysicians of London on the plague. To this, on July 26th, Mr. MORLEYreplied that the proposals for extending the general sanitary serviceby the increased employment of qualified natives, details of which hedesired, would be cordially supported by him within reasonable limitsof cost. The correspondence is voluminous and extends to 54 printedpiges.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH.The Vaccination Bill.

The Vaccination Bill was read a third time and passed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.

Glyceainated Calf Lynaph.Mr. WEIR asked the President of the Local Government Board, in

view of the fact that a sum of E1350 was set down on the currentestimates for the hire of calves for the production of glycerinated calflymph, would he state the number of calves hired for this sum and theaverage age of calves so hired ?-Mr. JOHN BURNS replied: A sum ofE1350 is the amount estimated to be required for the hire of calvesduring the current year. The number of calves hired will depend onthe number found to be necessary from time to time during the yearand it cannot at present be stated what that number will be. Thenumber hired up to June 30th was 203. The average age of the calveshired last year was four months.Mr. WEIR further asked the President of the Local Government

Board, in view of the fact that during the last financial year the Boardpaid a sum of £860 178. 6(l. in respect of the hire of 505 calves for theproduction of glycerinated calf lymph, and that these calves were noton hire for more than a fortnight, whether he would explain why theBoard found it necessary to pay so large a sum as 34s, tor the use of acalf for a fortnight ?--Mr. JOHN BURNS answered : Before the lymphobtained from any calf is used the calf is slaughtered and the carcassundergoes dissection and examination in order that it may be ascer-tained that the animal was in perfect health and free from anv taintof tuberculosis. The amount paid includes the sum for the deprecia-tion of the value of the carcass owing to the post-mortem examina-tion. It is not found practicable to obtain suitable calves at lessterms than those now paid.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.Colonel SEELY asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies

whether, in view of the work already accomplished by the LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine in combating tropical diseases, he couldarrange for an increased grant to be made in order that the work maybe further extended.-Mr. CHURCHILL answered : A further grant willbe made of which the Secretary of State will be able to specify theamount after consultation with the Treasury.

A Medical Bureau at the Board o,f Education.Sir PHILIP MAGNUS asked the President of the Board of Education

whether he would state what would be the constitution and personndof the medical bureau to be attached to the Board of Education withthe view to giving guidance and advice to the medical officers to beappointed bv local education authorities to undertake the medicalinspection of the children in public elementary schools.—Mr. McKENNAsaid in reply: I am in communication with the Treasury on thismatter, but I am not yet in a position to make any statement.

The Landiug of Cases of Infectioras Disease.Mr. WHITEHEAD asked the President of the Board of Trade whether

his attention had been caUed to the fact that three passengers onboard the White Star liner ss. Persic, which sailed from Durban onMarch 27th, were forced to land at Plymouth, notwithstanding thatthey intended to proceed to Tilbury, without being informed of therisk which one of them ran from exposure to a railway journey owingto the fact that he was suffering from typhoid fever ; whether thefact of this disease having occurred on board was notified to the portauthority or Board of Trade ; whether it ought to have been notified,and to whom; whether the summary landing of these passengers atPlymouth relieved the ship’s officers from any duty of reporting thedisease on arrival at Tilbury or in any way expedited the discharge ofthe vessel in the port of London; whether he proposed to take any actionin the matter; whether his department, or other anthority, had anypower to prevent the spreading of disease in this way in-this country;and whether, having regard to the loss and expense incurred by severalpersons through the above events, he would cause full inquiry to bemade into the whole matter.-Mr. JOHN BURNS (in a written answer)replied : Perhaps I may be allowed to answer this question. Myattention has been called to the case mentioned in it and I have madeinquiry with regard to it. The passengers referred to left the ship atPlymouth under the advice of the ship’s medial officer but I do notunderstand that they were forced to do so. The medical officer appearsnot to have regarded the case as one of typhoid fever but as extremelysuspicious. He states that he reported the case at Plymouth to thepilot, giving him the principal symptoms as a guide for those ashore,and that the pilot assured him the case would be looked to. I aminformed that the discharge of the vessel was not in any way expeditedby the landing of the passengers at Plymouth. The Local GovernmentBoard has informed the steamship company that in its opinion theship’s medical officer should either have sent an intimation in writingto the port medical officer of health respecting the case or should havementioned it on the certificate given by him with regard to the healthof the passengers and crew. The Board has suggested to the com-pany that it should be made clear to the surgeons of their ships thatin all cases where suspicion exists of infectious disease on shipsarriving in any port information of the facts should be sent in writingby the surgeon to the port medical officer of health. The companyhas given an assurance that in future this will be done.

Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Bill,Late at night the House went into committee on the Public Health

(Regulations as to Food) Bill. Mr. EMMOTT in the chair.In the course of a discussion on an amendment moved by Mr.

GRETTONMr. JOHN BURNS made a general statement as to the policy which

the Local Government Board would pursue in administering the Bill.Regulations were to be made under the Bill and these would lie for 40days on the Table of Parliament before they came into force. Anypublic body would be able to obtain copies of the rules as soon as

they were made. Any apprehended hardships would be met

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as had been done during the last 11 years in dealing withthe regulations for the import of food and the shipping trade.With regard to the necessity for the regulations, he had been askedwhat would be done in the case of mineral waters. Ile would pointout that in the East-end of London certain classes of mineral waterswere made under such conditions that honourable Members, whenthey realised what these were, would agree that these waters should ’,be brought within the scope of the Bill. The right honourable gentle-man went on to refer to a case where the work of manufacture wascarried on by a foreigner in Stepney in a yard beside a water-closet. The water was exposed to filthy contamination and someof the bottles had masses of matter in them that looked likemould. Several times last summer bottles filled on these premiseshad been returned by customers, and when Stepney peoplecomplained of bottles being dirty they were very dirtyindeed. Frequently it happened that a person rented two rooms andstarted a mineral water factory. There was no machinery so that theplace was not a workshop and it was not a factory. The sanitary con-ditions for the inmates might comply with the conditions of the localsanitary inspector but no other inspector had any power over premisesof this kind. What the Local Government Board wanted to do was tosupplement the powers of the local medical officer of health so that hemight see that the conditions were not fraught with danger to thepeople engaged and to the consumers. He had been asked whetherunder this Bill it would be possible for a medical officer or an inspectorto go into any kitchen. He would ask honourable members’ attentionas to the necessity of anyone going into a kitchen. In the districtof what was supposed to be one of the best local authoritiesin the country there were restaurants where food was prepared forconsumption and sale. In these the water-closet accommodation wasreported to be in a defective condition and in 35 cases the water-closetcommunicated with the kitchen, and in some cases the water-closetwas off the kitchen without ventilation. If the water-closet itselfsatisfied the sanitary inspector he had no power to prevent the pre-paration, storage, and distribution of food. They had, in London,districts where some of the choicest morsels and most expensiveclasses of food and drink were prepared in conditions which were abso-lutely intolerable and abominable. He had been asked what organisa-tion was going to be resorted to for carrying out the regulations. TheLocal Government Board did not intend to create any new organisa-tion. They did not intend to do anything in derogation ofwhat any sanitary authority had the power to do. They intendedto act through the existing medical officers and the local authorities forthe purpose of enforcing these regulations. The local authorities withtheir existing staffs and their present expenditure would be able to dothis work concurrently with much of their sanitary work. The LocalGovernment Board did not intend to use these regulations as a meansof harassing any trader or manufacturer in carrying on his business ina decent way. After the scandals which had been revealed in the lastyear or two the Board would not be doing its duty unless it soughtfor the powers contained in the Bill, and he asked honourable membersto trust the Board in the regulations which were made under it. Itwas not intended that the Bill should apply to private houses.Mr. GRETTON having withdrawn his amendment,Mr. JOHN BURNS moved an amendment to make it clear that the Bill

should not apply to ordinary private houses.This was agreed to.Mr. JOHN BURNS moved the following new clause: " All regulations

made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be before Parliament,and the Rules Publications Act, 1893, shall apply to Euch regulations asif they were statutory rules within the meaning of Section 1 of thatAct, and that Act as so applied shall, notwithstanding anything inSub-section 5 of Section 1 thereof, extend to Scotland, with the sub-stitution of a reference to the Edinburgh Gazette for the reference tothe London Gazette."The clause having been agreed to was embodied in the Bill which

then passed through Committee.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH.Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Bill.

This Bill as amended was considered on report.Mr. JOHN BURNS, when the report stage, which was formal, had been

completed, appealed to the House to give the Bill a third reading. Herepeated his assurance that the regulations under it would be drawn upby the Local Government Board with full consideration for all thelegitimate interests concerned.The Bill was then read a third time.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH.The Medical Bureatt at the Board of Education.

Sir PHILIP MAGNUS asked the President of the Board of Educationwhether, having regard to the fact that Clause 10 of the Education(Administrative Provisions) Act would enable local authorities toinstitute a system of periodical measurement of the children inattendance at public elementary schools, he would arrange, with a viewto securing uniformity of method among local authorities desirous ofavailing themselves of the powers conferred by the Act, that instruc-tions should be issued by the Board as to the best means of takingsuch measurements ; and whether he would arrange that the dataobtained should be duly tabulated at the offices of the medical bureauof the Board for information and reference.-Mr. MCKENNA answered :One of the duties to be undertaken by the Board of Education in con-nexion with Clause 10 of the Bill referred to, when it has become anAct, will be the careful collating, tabulating, summarising, and publish-ing of the most important results obtained from the medical inspectioncarried out by local authorities in the public elementary schools intheir respective areas. I am considering in what way this duty maymost effectively be carried out, but I think it would be highly inadvis-able to make any decision in regard to it, until I have had the advan-tage of the medical advice which it will be necessary for the Board tobecome possessed of when the Bill has become law.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH.The Medical Officer at the Tok2o Embassy.

Sir WILLIAM COLLINS asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairswhether the medical officer to the British Embassy at Tokio was alegally qualified medical practitioner in accordance with the require-ments of The Medical Act, 1858.-Sir EDWARD GREY furnished the

following written answer: I must remind the honourable Memberthat on June 4th last, in reply to a similar question, I informed himthat I was not prepared to make any statement involving an inter-pretation of any part of the Medical Acts. I must adhere to what Ithen said.

The Mortality of Panama Labourers.Mr. STAVELEY HILL asked the Under Secretary of State for the

Colonies whether he would make inquiry into the rate of mortalityamong the labourers employed on the Panama Isthmian Canal.-Mr.CHURCHILL replied: I understand that the Secretary of State forForeign Affairs has called for an official report but has not yetreceived it. I may mention, however, that very beneficial results havefollowed from the strict enforcement of sanitary laws and anti-mosquito regulations in the Canal zone and from the application of thenew knowledge of tropical diseases to local conditions. In October,1884, there were 21 deaths and 84 cases of yellow fever amongst 2706-non-immunes in a total of 19,243 men employed in the construction ofthe Canal. In October, 1905, among 4000 non-immunes in a total of22,000 employees there was no death and only one case. This is anexcellent instance of the inestimable value of the kind of research workwhich is being conducted by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicineand other institutions of a similar kind.

The Plague Statistics.Mr. REES asked the Secretary of State for India whether he would

consider the advisability of giving, in Official Publications and Answers,together with the actual figures relating to plague mortality, thefigures per mille of the population of India, in order that comparisonmight not be made with a population approximating to that of theUnited Kingdom.-Mr. MORLEY answered: I will bear in mind thehonourable Member’s suggestion in cases in which the additionalinformation would be pertinent and correct and might prevent mis-leading comparisons. When, as frequently happens, plague is prac-tically confined to a province, a per mille ratio to the population ofIndia would itself be misleading.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST.

Lead Poisoning in the China Trade.Mr. ALDEN asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department

whether he was aware that there were 12 cases of lead poisoning in thechina and earthenware trade during last month; whether this wasabove or below the monthly average of such cases in this trade; andwhat steps he proposed to take with a view to diminishing the numberof such cases.-Mr. GLADSTONE replied : It is the case, as stated in thequestion, that 12 cases of lead poisoning were reported to the Rome Officein this industry in July. The number is above the average monthlynumber of cases during 1906 and the first six months of 1907; but, asmy honourable friend will understand, the numbers fluctuate to someextent from month to month, and the total number of cases for thefirst seven months of this year is considerably below the number for thecorresponding months in 1906-50 as compared with 68. The wholequestion of lead poisoning both in the potteries and in other trades isunder my consideration.

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made to the advertisement (see Index).

BEDFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary .E100 perannum, with apartments, board, and laundry.

BOMBAY MUNICIPALITY.-Two Assistant Health Officers. SalariesRs. 750, rising to Rs. 1000, and Rs. 600, rising to Rs. 750 permensem respectively.

BRIDGNORTH AND SOUTH SHROPSHIRE INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon.Salary £100 per annum, with board and lodgings.

BURY INFIRMARY.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary £80, increasingto £90, with board, residence, and attendance.

CAIRO, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OFEDUCATION).-Assistant to the Professor of Pathology. Salary!:E, 320 per annum.

CANCER HOSPITAL, Fulham-road, S.W.-Two Assistant Anesthetists.Honorarium of 25 guineas each.

CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY.-Resident Medical Officer,Salary at rate of .E80 and £100 per annum, with board, lodging, andwashing.

DERBY CouNTY ASYLUM, Mickleover.-Junior Assistant MedicalOfficer. Salary !:120, rising to !:150 per annum, with apartments,board, washing, and attendance.

DUDLEY, GUEST HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon for six months.Salary JE60 per annum, with residence, board, and washing.

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Assistant HouseSurgeon. Salary £40 per annum, with board and washing.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN,Shadwell. E.-Medical Officer to the Casualty Department, alsoSecond Medical Officer, both for six months, renewable. Salary offormer at rate of £100 and of latter at rate of £40 per annum, withluncheon and tea. Also House Surgeon for six months. Salary;E25, with board, residence, laundry, &c.

EDMONTON WORKHOUSE, Upper Edmonton.-Assistant Medical Officer.Salary !:180 per annum, and residential allowances.

EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, KASR-EL-AINY HOSPITAL -Resident MedioalOfficer. Pay £250 a year, with quarters, servants, washing, coals,and light.

EPSOM SURREY, LONDON COUNTY ASYLUM, Long Grove.-FourthAssistant Medical Officer. Salary £180 a year, with board, apart-ments, and washing.