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A Baby Hospital in New Zealand.Dr. TRUBY KING described what had been done in New

Zealand. A small hospital was established solely as a babyhospital, and nurses were trained to fit them for teachingand for the care of the mother and child throughout thewhole country. The Society for the Health of Women andChildren was started as a purely voluntary organisation ;monthly reports are issued to the Public Health Depart-ment, and the society has worked in loyal cooperation withthem. There has been a growing recognition upon the partof the public authority. At first there was no grant towardsthe voluntary funds of the society, but now the Governmentcontributes 24s. for every pound raised voluntarily for thesalaries of mothercraft nurses, and grants generous annualsubsidies towards the support of the hospitals established bythe organisation. The nurses are allowed to travel free ofcost over the State-owned railways, and the municipalitiesgive them free travelling over the municipal tramways.

Resolutions Approved.The following important resolutions were unanimously

passed :-(1) That every effort should be made to impress on the whole oom-

munity the supreme importance of breast feeding, for the sake of bothmother and child ; that at present over-feeding of the baby, especiallyin the first fortnight of life, is one of the commonest and most seriousmistakes of nursing mothers, often upsetting the child and leading tothe early abandonment of suckling. (2) This tendency can be bestcounteracted by a general recognition of the benefit of greater regularityand lessened frequency of feeding than is customary. (3) With very fewexceptions nursing only every four hours from birth is best for motherand child, though in a few cases more frequent feeding may be desirable.(4) That in general there should be an interval of seven or eight hoursbetween the last feeding at night and the first feeding in the morning.(5) That every medical student preparing for a registrable qualificationshall receive adequate teaching in the subjects of infancy and child-hood in-health and disease; that attendance in a department whereinstruction is given in these subjects should be compulsory for a periodof not less than three months and that some special part of the finalexamination in medicine should be devoted to these subjects. <6) .That,as far as practicable, this study shall follow upon, and be coordinatedwith, a satisfactory course in obstetrics and gynaecology, and shouldbe made available for post-graduate students; that the presenttraining in obstetrics leaves much to be desired, especially in

regard to the lack of facilities for bedside teaching in midwifery.(7) Great public advantage would result from a larger measure ofuniformity in.the advice given by public authorities and others inrespect of maternity, infant, and child welfare ; the only way in whichwe think this can be secured is by obtaining a written statement from abody of experts. (8) Both practical and theoretical instruction ininfant hygiene should form a part of the training of midwives and ofall persons engaged by public authorities in infant welfare work.(9) That maternity nursing should only be undertaken by competentand adequately trained persons, preferably by qualified midwives.

URBAN VITAL STATISTICS.(Week ended August 2nd, 1919.)

English and Welsh Towns.-In the 96 English and Welsh towns,with an aggregate civil population estimated at 16,500,000 persons,the annual rate of mortality, which had been 10’1, 9’0. and 10’3 inthe three preceding weeks, fell to 9’7 per 1000. In London, witha population slightly exceeding 4,000,000 persons, the annual ratewas 9’5. or 1’0 per 1000 below that recorded in the previous week,while among the remaining towns it ranged from 2’7 in Acton. 2’9in Carlisle, and 4’0 in Rotherham, to 15’5 in Stockton-on-Tees, 16’3 inSouth port, and 17’2 in Exeter. The principal epidemic diseasescaused 154 deaths, which corresponded to an annual rate of 0’5 per1000, and included 69 from infantile diarrhcea, 45 from diphtheria, 20from measles, 10 from whooping-cough, 6 from enteric tever, and 4from scarlet fever. Measles caused a death-rate of 1’2 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There were 2 cases of small-pox, 1538 of scarlet fever,and 1117 of diphtheria under treatment in the Metropolitan AsylumsHospitals and the London Fever Hospital, against 2, 1526, and 1140respectively at the end of the previous week. The causes of 31deaths in the 96 towns were uncertified, of which 5 were registeredin Birmingham, 4 each in Liverpool and South Shields, and 3 each inLondon and Manchester.

Scotch Towns.-In the 16 largest Scotch towns, with an aggregatepopulation estimated at nearly 2.500,000 persons, the annual rate ofmortality, which had been 1l’0. 10’6, and 11’1 in the three precedingweeks, fell to 10 per 1000. The 227 deaths in Glasgow correspondedto an annual rate of 10’6 per 1000, and included 6 from measles, 5from infantile diarrhoea, 2 from whooping-cough, and 1 each fromenteric fever and diphtheria. The 72 deaths in Edinburgh were equalto a rate of 11’2 per 1000, and included 4 from measles and 1 each fromscarlet fever, whooping-cough, and diphtheria.Irish Town8.-The 92 deaths in Dublin corresponded to an annual

rate of 11’8, or 0’3 per 1000 above that recorded in the previousweek, and included 4 from infantile diarrhoea. The 79 deaths inBelfast were equal to a rate of 10’3 per 1000, and included 2 frominfantile diarrhoea and 1 from diphtheria.

THE King has approved the retirement of Lieut.-Col. F. P. Maynard and Lieut.-Col. S. H. Henderson fromthe Indian Medical Service.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OFLONDON.

Comitia of the College.AN ordinary Comitia of the College was held on July 31st,

Sir NORMAN MOORE, the President, being in the chair.On the report of the Censor’s Board it was resolved-"That Arthur Edward Gladstone be declared to be no longer a

Licentiate of the College, that he forfeit all rights and privileges of aLicentiate, and that his name be removed from the List of Licentiatesduring the pleasure of the College."Dr. Frederic Percival Mackie was admitted to the Fellow-

ship of the College.The following, having passed the required examination,

were admitted as Members :-Thomas Beaton, M.D. Lond., L.R.C.P.; Cecil Clinton Birchard’

M.B. Toronto; Reginald St. George S. Bond, M.B. Edin.; MauriceDavidson, M.D.Oxf., L.R.C.P. ; Alan Worsley Holmes a Court, M.B.Sydney; Arthur Edwin Horn, M.D.Lond.,L.R.C.P.; SydneyFancourtMcDonald, M.D. Melb.; Douglas Murray McWhae, M.D. Melb.;Thomas Archibald Malloch, M.D. McGill ; Ludlow Murcott Moody,M.B. Lond., L.R.C.P.; Julian Lionel Preston, M.B.Lond., L.R.C.P. ;Archibald Cathcart Roxburgh, M.B. Camb., L.R.C.P. ; Joseph WilkieScott, M.D. Glasg. ; Frank Shufflebotham, M.D. Camb.; Eric ClarenceSpaar, M.D.Lond.; Robert Maxwell Trotter, M.D.Aberd.; WilliamBalcombe Winton, M.D. Camb.

Licences to practise physic were granted to 78 candidateswho, having conformed to the by-laws and regulations, hadpassed the required examinations. Diplomas in PublicHealth were granted, in conjunction with the Royal Collegeof Physicians, to the following candidates who were found bythe Examiners to be qualified :-Lionel Danyers Bailey, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., St. George’s; Malcolm

Barker, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., King’s College; Cyril Douglas Day,L.M.S.S.A. Lond., Cambridge and St. Bart.’s; Herman Falk (Major,I.M.S.), L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., M.B., B.C.Cantab., Cambridge and St.Thomas’s; Walter Henry Grace, M.B.. B.S.Lond., M.It.C.P., M R.C.S.,Guy’s; Mervyn John Holmes, M.B., B.S. (Melbourne, Australia),University College; Tam Legge, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., UniversityCollege; Richard Douglas Paasey, M.C., M.B., B.S. Lond., Guy’s; EvaLouise Cairns Roberts, M.B., Ch.B. Manch., Manchester and King’sCollege; William Leslie Webb, M.B., B.S.Lond.. L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.,Guy’s; Harold Edward Whittingham. M.B.. Ch.B. Glasg., Glasgow andUniversity College; John Pryce Williams, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., St.Mary’s and King’s College.The following appointments were made, and the newly

elected officers gave their faith to the College :-Censors.-Sir Wilmot P. Herringham, Sir Humphry D. Rolleston,

Dr. Raymond H. P. Crawfurd, Sir John Rose Bradford.TfeasMro’.&mdash;Sir Dyce Duckworth.Registrar.-Dr. Joseph Arderne Ormerod.Harveian Librarian.-Dr. T. H. Arnold Chaplin.Members oj the Library Committee.-Dr. Hector W. G. Mackenzie,

Dr. Dawson Williams, Dr. Arthur Francis Voelcker, Dr. Herbert RitchieSpencer.

Citrators of the fMg6MtH.&mdash;Dr. John Mitchell Bruce, Sir SeymourJohn Sharkey, Dr. Frederick William Andrewes, Dr. William Hunter.Finance Committee.-Dr. Sidney Philip Phillips, Dr. Arthur Templer

Davies, Dr. Herbert Ritchie Spencer.Examiners.-Chemistry Mr. William Holdsworth Hurtley, Mr.

Heury Rondel Le Sueur. Physics : Mr. James Hancock Brinkworth,Mr. Alfred Henry Fison. Practical Pharmacy : Dr. Robert ArthurYoung, Dr. David Forsyth, Dr. William Mitchell Stevens, Dr. JamesAndrew Gunn, Dr. Edward Mellanby. Physiology : Dr. DavidHenriques de Souza, Mr. John Smyth Macdonald. Anatomy: Dr.Edward Barclay-Smith. Medical Anatomv and Principles and Practiceof Medicine : Dr. James Calvert, Dr. William Hunter, Dr. WilliamAldren Turner, Dr. Horace George Turney, Dr. John Walter Carr, Dr.John Fawcett, Dr. James Stansfield Collier, Dr. Robert Hutchison, Dr.Frederick John Poynton, Dr. Arthur John Hall. Midwifery andDiseases peculiar to Women : Dr. George Francis Blacker, Dr. HenryRussell Andrews, Dr. Hugh J. M. Playfair, Dr. William F. VictorBonney, Mr. Harold Chapple.

Pitblic Health.-Part I.: Mr. John Henry Ryffel. Part II.: : Dr.Edward William Hope.

Tropical Medicine.-Dr. John C. Grant Ledingham, Dr. John BrianChristopherson.

M,ti,i-chiso7i Scholarship.-Dr. John Fawcett, Dr. Alfred ErnestRussell.

Communications were received from (1) the secretary ofthe Royal College of Surgeons reporting proceedings of theCouncil of that College upon May 8th, June 12th, andJuly llth last, respectively; (2) Dr. E. A. Gates asking tobe allowed to resign temporarily his Diploma of Membership-this was agreed; (3) Lady Allchin offering to the Collegea portrait of the late Sir William Allchin, by Sir LukeFildes, R.A.-the thanks of the College were accorded toLady Allchin. On the recommendation of the Council theBaly medal was awarded to Dr. Leonard Hill, F.R.S. Thereport of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund was received.Dr. F. W. Andrewes was re-elected a member of theExecutive Committee of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.Sir William Church and Sir Thomas Barlow were reappointedmembers of the Executive Committee of the Imperial CancerResearch Fund, on the recommendation of the GeneralCommittee of the Fund. The President informed the Collegethat the Executive Committee of the Streatfeild Scholarship