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University College, CorkAt recent examinations Dr. Denis Hegarty was approved

for the diploma in psychological medicine.

Sun Pavilion at RugbyOn Saturday last the Princess Royal opened a new sun

pavilion at the hospital of St. Cross, Rugby."Alexandra Day " London Collection

It is officially stated that the collections on " AlexandraDay " in London, on June 8th last, amounted to £48,268.To this had to be added collections by steamship companiesof .6570, and other income, .S3566, making a total of £52,404.The expenses amounted to .S8337. Of the balance, £5045was given to charities in which Princess Victoria is especiallyinterested, and .839,461 was distributed to various hospitalsand charities.

Elsie Inglis Hospital, BelgradeThe municipality of Belgrade has taken over the Dr.

Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital at Dadinje, near Belgrade,and will run it for ten years. The municipality has alsotaken over all the debts of the hospital, which was closeddown last July. Of the total debts, which are said toamount to approximately £160,000, the municipality ispaying B80,000 immediately. The hospital will at oncebe reopened with 200 beds. It will retain the title of theElsie Inglis Memorial Hospital, and will still remain nomin-ally the property of the Belgrade Society of Women Doctors,reverting to them at the end of ten years, subject to therepayment of the debts paid by the municipality.

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE

The following appointments are notified : Surg.-Comdr.L. F. Strugnell to Vivid, for R.M. Infirmary, Plymouth.

Surg. Lts. A. Lawrence-Smith to Pembroke, for R.M.Infirmary, Chatham ; R. Russell to Codrington, and A. H.O’Malleyto Vivid, for R.N.B., Devonport, and for DevonportDockyard.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Surg. Lt. R. L. Stubbs is promoted to Surg. Lt.-Comdr

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Maj. F. Worthington to be Lt.-Col.Maj. J. B. Fotheringham to be Dep. Surg., R. Hosp.,

Chelsea.Maj. F. M. Lipscomb, Dep. Surg., R. Hosp., Chelsea,

relinquishes his appt.Capt. G. R. Dobrashian relinquishes his temp. commn.

ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Lt.-Col. S. E. Lewis, having attained the age limit ofliability to recall, ceases to belong to the Reserve of Officers.

TERRITORIAL ARMY

Maj. W. George to be Lt.-Col.J. V. Bradley (late Cadet Corpl., King Edward’s Sch.

(Birmingham) Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.) to be Lt.Supernumerary for Service with the O.T.C.-Lt. A. J.

Parer resigns his commn.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE

Lt. (on prob.) J. R. Dogra to be Capt. (prov.) (on prob.)

COLONIAL MEDICAL SERVICE

Dr. E. Cochrane has been appointed Assistant MedicalOfficer of Health, British Guiana, and Dr. C. Ramdeholl,Medical Officer, British Guiana.

Dr. D. B. D’Alivis, Medical Officer, Grade 1, has beenpromoted to Inspecting Medical Officer, Ceylon.

INFECTIOUS DISEASEIN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING THE WEEK ENDED

OCT. 1ST, 1932

Notifications.-The following cases of infectiousdisease were notified during the week :-Small-pox,23 (last week 6) ; scarlet fever, 1792 ; diphtheria,840 ; enteric fever, 68 ; acute pneumonia (primaryor influenzal), 558 ; puerperal fever, 26 ; puerperalpyrexia, 71 ; cerebro-spinal fever, 29 ; acute polio-myelitis, 32 ; acute polio-encephalitis, 2 ; encephalitislethargica, 12 ; continued fever, 1 (Doncaster R.D.) ;dysentery, 9 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 74. No case

of cholera, plague, or typhus fever was notified duringthe week.The number of cases in the Infectious Hospitals of the

London County Council on Oct. 4th-5th was as follows :-Small-pox, 42 under treatment, 1 under observation (lastweek 27 and 2 respectively); scarlet fever, 1472 ; diphtheria,1505 ; enteric fever, 20 ; measles, 242 ; whooping-cough,346 ; puerperal fever, 24 (plus 8 babies) ; encephalitislethargica, 229 ; poliomyelitis, 6 ; "other diseases," 160.At St. Margaret’s Hospital there were 19 babies (plus.10 mothers) with ophthalmia neonatorum.

Fifteen of the 23 new cases of small-pox were reportedfrom the county of London-namely, Bethnal Green, 3;-Hackney, 1 ; Islington, 3 ; Poplar, 8.Deaths.-In 117 great towns, including London,.

there was no death from small-pox, 3 (1) from entericfever, 5 (1) from measles, 1 (0) from scarlet fever,16 (5) from whooping-cough, 22 (7) from diphtheria,76 (20) from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years,.and 27 (5) from influenza. The figures in parentheses.are those for London itself.The deaths from diarrhoea were maintained, the highest

figures being : Liverpool, 9 ; Birmingham, 7 ; Leeds, 5.Ealing and Tottenham each reported a death from entericfever. Diphtheria accounted for 3 deaths each at Leeds.and Liverpool, 2 at Manchester. Manchester reported5 deaths from influenza.

The number of stillbirths notified during the weekwas 273 (corresponding to a rate of 43 per 1000 totalbirths), including 30 in London.

Medical DiarySOCIETIES

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, PallMall East, S.W.TUESDAY, Oct. 18th.—4 P.M., Sir George Newman:

Harveian Oration.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Oct. 17th.—8.30 P.M., SURGERY: SUBSECTION-

OF PROCTOLOGY. Paper : Dr. R. C. Coffey (PortlandOregon, U.S.A.) : Treatment of Cancer of the Rectum.Other speakers : Mr. J. P. Lookhart-Mummery andMr. W. Ernest Miles.

TUESDAY.-5.30 P.M., GENERAL MEETING OF FELLOWS’.8.30 P.M., PATHOLOGY. Presidential address : Prof.A. Fleming : Lysozyme.

THURSDAY.-5 P.M., DERMATOLOGY. (Cases at 4 P.M.).Dr. R. Klaber : 1. Xanthomatosis with Heemo-chromatosis (with micro-sections). Sir Aldo Castellani :.2. Tinea Imbricata (Tokelau) in a European. Othercases will be shown. 8.30 P.M., NEUROLOGY. Presi-dential address : Dr. J. S. Risien Russell: FortyYears in Neurology.

FRIDAY.-10 A.M., OTOLOGY. Reception and discussion ofthe Report of the Subcommittee for the considerationof Hearing Tests. 5.30 P.M., PHYSICAL MEDICINE-Presidential address : Sir Robert Stanton Woods.8.15 P.M., OBSTETRICS AND GYNÆCOLOGY. Discussion:The Indications for and Against Caesarean Section.Opener : Dame Louise Mellroy. Other speakers --Mr. L. Carnac Rivett, Dr. Everard Williams, andDr. W. S. Richardson. Short communication: Mr.S. G. Luker : Exophthalmic Goitre in Pregnancy andLabour. 7 P.M., RADIOLOGY. Presidential address :.

Dr. Russell J. Reynolds : Radiology To-day.EUGENICS SOCIETY.

TUESDAY, Oct. 18th.-5.30 P.M. (at the Rooms of theLinnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W.).Dame H. Gwynne-Vaughan, D.Sc.: The Contributionof Plants to the Study of Heredity.

HUNTERIAN SOCIETY.MONDAY, Oct. 17th.—8.30 P.M. (at Simpson’s Restaurant,

Bird-in-Hand-court, 76, Cheapside, E.C.), Dr. NathanRaw : Human and Bovine Tuberculosis. (Presidentialaddress, preceded by dinner at 7.15.)

SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH, 1, Upper-Montague-street, W.C.1.

FRIDAY, Oct. 21st.-5 P.M., Dr. G. H. Pearce : The YorkshireBranch and the Society. (Presidential address.)

LECTURES, ADDRESSES. DEMONSTRATIONS. &c.FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Oct. 17th, to SATURDAY, Oct. 22nd.-MEDICAL

SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W. Tues., Series of Lectures on Renal Diseases.Dr. E. C. Wrarner : Medical Aspects of Heamaturia.(Free to Members.)—CHELSEA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN,Arthur-street, S.W. Course in Gynæcology.—MILLERHOSPITAL, Greenwich, S.E. Course in general medicineand surgery. All day, demonstrations, operations,