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measure is pasteurisation, although this should notbe looked upon as a substitute for the production ofa clean milk-supply but only as a necessary auxiliaryunder present conditions. The L.C.C. has endorsedthe recommendations of this committee and of thegeneral hospitals committee to demand official

approval of pasteurising plant and the standardisationof tuberculin testing. In other directions the reportof the Committee on Cattle Diseases is not found tohave the same application in London as in ruralareas.

INFECTIOUS DISEASEIN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING THE WEEK ENDED

MARCH 9TH, 1935

Notifications.-The following cases of infectiousdisease were notified during the week : Small-pox. 0 ;scarlet fever 2733 ; diphtheria, 1509 ; enteric fever,29 ; acute pneumonia (primary or influenzal), 1217 ;puerperal fever, 32 ; puerperal pyrexia, 115 ; cerbro-spinal fever, 25 ; acute poliomyelitis, 6 ; encephalitislethargica, 9 ; relapsing fever, 1 (Chailey R.D., Surrey)dysentery, 21 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 86 ; Nocase of cholera, plague, or typhus fever was notifiedduring the week.The number of cases in the Infectious Hospitals of the London

County Council on March 16th was 3818, which included : Small-pox, 0 under treatment, 0 under observation : scarlet fever,1150 ; diphtheria, 1764 : measles, 11 ; whooping-cough. 275 :peurperal fever, 34 mothers (plus 10 babies) ; encephalitislethargica, 268 ; poliomyelitis, 2. At St. Margaret’s Hospitalthere were 15 babies (plus 2 mothers) with ophthalmianeonatorum.

Deaths.-In 121 great towns, including, London,there was no death from small-pox, 1 (0) from entericfever, 11 (1) from measles, 6 (0) from scarlet fever,18 (0) from whooping-cough, 51 (10) from diphtheria,40 (13) from diarrhcea and enteritis under two years,and 139 (25) from influenza. The figures in parenthesesare those for London itself.

There is a sharp rise in the number of deaths attributed toinfluenza, the totals for the last few weeks (working backwards)being 139, 83, 91, 83, 91, 71. This week these deaths weredistributed over 55 great towns, Liverpool reporting 16, Stoke-on-Trent 9. Sunderland and Rhondda each 5. Sheffield and South-port each 4, Blackburn, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham each :3.Stoke-on-Trent reported 4 deaths from whooping-cough. Fourfatal cases of diphtheria were reported from Sheffield, 3 fromWest Ham.

The number of stillbirths notified during the weekwas 268 (corresponding to a rate of 40 per 1000total births), including 46 in London.

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE

Surg. Rear-Admiral Guy L. Buckeridge, O.B.E., at

present Deputy Director-General of the Medical Depart-ment of the Navy, whose appointment to succeed Surg.Rear-Admiral W. W. Keir, C.M.G., in charge of the R.N.Hospital at Haslar from May lst was noted in this columnlast week, was medical officer during the war of the

torpedo gunboat Halcyon, parent-ship at Lowestoft, andof the cruisers Topaze and Dido, serving as parent-shipsto destroyer flotillas. In April, 1919, he was temporarilyon the Hecla special torpedo vessel, and shortly afterwardsbecame principal medical officer in the training shipImpregnable at Devonport. He was first appointed to theMedical Department of the Admiralty in 1922.

Surg. Capt. S. F. Dudley, O.B.E., M.D., to Presidentfor Medical Dept., Admiralty (April 24th), and as DeputyMedical Director-General (May 1st).

Surg. Capts. F. J. D. Twigg to Victory for R.N. Hospl.,Haslar, H. E. R. Stephens to President for Naval MedicalSchool, R.N.C., Greenwich, S. Bradbury to Victory for

R.N.B., and H. St. C. Colson to St. Angelo.Surg. Comdr. J. F. M. Campbell to Drake for R.N.B.Stirg. Lt.-Comdrs. E. C. Davis to Ajax, S. 0. Weldon

to Queen Elizabeth. J. C. Somter to A(hilles, C, Ti, Birt to

St. Angelo, H. J. McCann to Dorsetshire (on recommg.),R. L. G. Proctor to Drake for R.N. Hospl., Plymouth,1). Duncan to Terror II., and J. M. Sloane to Victoryfor R.N.B., Portsmouth.

Surg. Lt.-Comdr. (D). J. T. Wood to Victory for HaslarHospital.

Surg. Lts. J. L. S. Coulter to Pembrolce for R.N. Hospl.,Chatham, and R. M. Kirkwood, to Dorsetshire, on

recommg., F. W. A. Fosberv to 77a)/o, and A. Long toPresident, for tllJ’(:’e months’ cout;se.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Proby. Surg. Lt. (D) L. B. Hilton to be Surg Lt.Proby Surg. Sub-Lt. P. M. Inman to be Surg. Sub-Lt.Prob. Surg. Sub.-Lts. F. B. R. Bennett to Renown and

G. S. Irvine to Renown.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Capt. J. T. Robinson is for serv. under the ColonialOffice.

Capt. H. L. Oldershaw, from Supp. Res. of Off., to beCapt.

Lt. G. L. Grieve, li.p. list (late R.A.M.C.), on completionof a period of five years on the h.p. list, retires on accountof ill-health.

ARMY DENTAL CORPS

W. F. Finlayson to be Lt. (on prob.) and is seed. underthe provisions of Art. 213, Royal Warrant for Pay andPromotion, 1931.

TERRITORIAL ARMY

Lts. H. E. Blake and F. L. Ker to be C’apts.S. B. Faulkner to be Capt.K. 1). Edwards to be Lt.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Group Capt. F. C. Cowtan to Headquarters, R.A.F.,Halton, for duty as Principal Medical Officer, vice GroupCapt. B. A. Playne, D.S.O.Squadron Leaders T. J. X. Canton to Station Head-

quarters. Farnborough, for duty as Medical Officer, andG. P. O’Connell to R.A.F. General Hospital, Palestineand Transjordan for duty as Medical Officer.

Flight Lts. A. M. Weston to Station Headquarters,Kenley. F. E. Lipscomb to R.A.F. Base, Malta, and F. H.Peterson to R.A.F. General Hospital, Palestine and

Transjordan.INDIW MEDICAL SERVICE

The undermentioned officers retire : Lt.-Cols. R. B. S.Sewell, C.LE., and F. Oppenheimer.

Lt. M. M. D. Chughtai resigns his temp. commn.Maj. R. G. Dani retires.

COLONIAL MEDICAL SERVICE

The following appointments have been made : J. K.Monro, M.Chir., Professor of Surgery, King Edward VII.College of Medicine. Singapore, Straits Settlements;Dr. H. M. Johnston. Medical Officer of Health, Jamaica;Dr. G. R. Baxter becomes Medical Officer of Health,Gambia; Dr. W. E. S. Merrett, Pathologist, Nigeria;Dr. W. J. E. Phillips, District Medical Officer, Cyprus ;Dr. W. H. Smith, Medical Officer, Tanganyika; andDr. B. Spearman, Senior Medical Officer, Grenada.

ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL.—Althoughlast year the income of this institution was thelargest it has ever received, its expenditure was alsothe heaviest on record, and the result is a deficit of :C2400on the year’s workings. The foundation-stone of the newout-patients’ department has now been laid. It willinclude a dental department, additional accommodationfor maternity cases, and a new ward for young children.ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL.-The Royal Gwent

Hospital, Newport, Mon, is making an appeal for100,000. Its income has, since 1929, dropped by 9000a year and it has an overdraft of 65,000. Thenumber of patients increases annually and some ofthe departments and equipment should be broughtup to date, while the provision of an isolation wardis an immediate necessity.