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VACCINATION AND PASTEURISM IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
635 be had not felt well and had lost his appetite, andI ’ for a few days he had been troubled with dryness of the mouth. He at once went into the house and soon after complained of his face. He vomited after trying. Towards night the pain became to eat a little supper. He experienced now severe, worse and swelling appeared. of the the about jaw and difficulty in angle pain The mouth. his right parotid gland was swollen opening the tender and and overlying skin was rosy. The pulse was and 86, full, strong; there appeared to be but little fever to the patient’s objection the temperature was not (owing the following day the swelling was much taken). On increased, the right eye was closed, and he was delirious. He was weaker on the third day. the swelling was diminished on the fourth, and he could fully open the eye. On the fifth day the swelling was ’still subsiding, but he gradually became weaker and died. There were a number of cases of mumps in the town, and two weeks before the patient was taken ill he had attended a public entertainment where he came in contact with members of a family in which mumps existed. The question may be asked, Was this a case of parotitis from exposure to cold or from injury, and not one of mumps ? The history of exposure, the malaise, anorexia, chill, dryness of the mouth, and course of the disease, are all in favour of the diagnosis of the latter disease.
the employée in th3 health register with the consequence that she was not medically examined. Lastly, a well-known firm of potters was summoned for failing to provide overalls and head coverings for workers in the dangerous process of colour-dusting. These interesting cases were brought to light by the vigilance of the principal lady inspector of factories, and it seems to us that with the advent of still more stringent rules an increased number on the staff of inspectors will be required.
VACCINATION AND PASTEURISM IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. THE information epitomised in the subjoined table is derived from the annual reportsl of the Director of
THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. *
Two of the fatal
cases
in 1337
"were infected at the instit
As this society will attain its jubilee on Tuesday, April 3rd, itself." having been founded on April 3rd, 1850, it is proposed to the Animal Vaccine and Pasteur Institute which is observe this fiftieth anniversary in a special manner. installed at Weltvreden, in the vicinity of Batavia. The The Council have arranged for a commemoration meeting to Dutch have always been reputed to be a cleanly race-so be held at 3 P.M. at the Institution of Civil Engineers, at much so, indeed, that the spotlessness of a Dutch interior which the President of the society will deliver an has become proverbial-and in their Eastern possessions address and delegates from other societies will be received. (where, according to a recent report, no less than 45 cwt. In the evening a conversazione will be held at the of quinine were distributed gratuitously among the natives Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. On the in order to combat malaria) they are evidently fully alive to following day, April 4th, the Fellows will visit the the advantages of sanitation and preventive medicine. Royal Observatory, Graenwich, and in the evening will dine together at the Westminster Palace Hotel. In view of this STREET NOISES AND MEDICAL MEN. jubilee celebration Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., was elected President at the annual meeting of the society on Jan. 17th, A CASE of some interest to medical men was tried in the but owing to illness he has since been obliged to resign High Court of Justice before Mr. Justice Farwell on this office. Under these circumstances the Council at their Feb. 22nd. The plaintiff, Dr. John Templer Crosbie Conry, last meeting appointed Dr. C. Theodore Williams as the ’ sought an injunction to restrain the defendant, who sells President of the society. fried fish, from carrying on his business in such a manner as to be a nuisance. Dr. Conry is in practice in North KensingFACTORY LEGISLATION. ton, and the defendant, whose name is Fox, lives ten doors THE Home Secretary has made it known that his Bill away from him. Mr. Fox was wont to stand outside his for the amendment of the Factory Acts, which he hopes shop and shout to the public the merits of his wares, shortly to introduce, will provide new machinery for in doing which he seriously interfered with plaintiff in bringing into force the special rules applicable to dangerous the practice of his profession. The plaintiff on examitrades. It will also deal with the question of arbitra- nation told how the shouting of the defendant interfered tion in connexion with which considerable difficulty has with his examination of patients. Since the writ had recently arisen. These special rules will, of course, been issued some six months ago the shouting had apply to lead-poisoning in the Potteries, and we under- diminished. Defendant was not the only person who stand that the regulations are somewhat severe. When shouted, but he was the worst. Defendant said that he these rules are adopted the next question to be con- came back from market at about 10 A.M. From then until sidered is how their enforcement is to be ensured. As it is, noon he stood outside his shop inviting customers to buy. the special rules already obtaining and which were estab- He then fried fish until 2 P.M., rested from 2 P.m. until lished in 1898 are frequently infringed, as is shown by the 4 P.M., and then stood outside from 4 P.M. until 6 P.M. reports of recent prosecutions appearing in the daily press. He only talked and did not shout except when there was These infringements relate in most cases to the failure to a costermonger on the other side of the road. In such provide and maintain sufficient and suitable washing con- a locality it was impossible for him to make a living veniences for all persons employed in dangerous processes. without calling out to attract custom. The judge said In one instance it was affirmed by the lady inspector that he considered the injunction should be granted, for the that the lavatory accommodation was inadequate. In defendant by his shouting made such a noise as seriously another case a firm was summoned for employing a to interfere with the practice of the plaintiff. This is a girl, 15 years of age, for two months in a dangerous sensible judgment. The contention of the defendant that process without a certificate of fitness, while another firm 1 These reports are published periodically in the Medical Journal of was similarly summoned for not entering the name of the Indian Netherlands at Batavia. "
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the employée in th3 health register with the consequence that she was not medically examined. Lastly, a well-known firm of potters was summoned for failing to provide overalls and head coverings for workers in the dangerous process of colour-dusting. These interesting cases were brought to light by the vigilance of the principal lady inspector of factories, and it seems to us that with the advent of still more stringent rules an increased number on the staff of inspectors will be required.
VACCINATION AND PASTEURISM IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. THE information epitomised in the subjoined table is derived from the annual reportsl of the Director of
THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. *
Two of the fatal
cases
in 1337
"were infected at the instit
As this society will attain its jubilee on Tuesday, April 3rd, itself." having been founded on April 3rd, 1850, it is proposed to the Animal Vaccine and Pasteur Institute which is observe this fiftieth anniversary in a special manner. installed at Weltvreden, in the vicinity of Batavia. The The Council have arranged for a commemoration meeting to Dutch have always been reputed to be a cleanly race-so be held at 3 P.M. at the Institution of Civil Engineers, at much so, indeed, that the spotlessness of a Dutch interior which the President of the society will deliver an has become proverbial-and in their Eastern possessions address and delegates from other societies will be received. (where, according to a recent report, no less than 45 cwt. In the evening a conversazione will be held at the of quinine were distributed gratuitously among the natives Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. On the in order to combat malaria) they are evidently fully alive to following day, April 4th, the Fellows will visit the the advantages of sanitation and preventive medicine. Royal Observatory, Graenwich, and in the evening will dine together at the Westminster Palace Hotel. In view of this STREET NOISES AND MEDICAL MEN. jubilee celebration Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., was elected President at the annual meeting of the society on Jan. 17th, A CASE of some interest to medical men was tried in the but owing to illness he has since been obliged to resign High Court of Justice before Mr. Justice Farwell on this office. Under these circumstances the Council at their Feb. 22nd. The plaintiff, Dr. John Templer Crosbie Conry, last meeting appointed Dr. C. Theodore Williams as the ’ sought an injunction to restrain the defendant, who sells President of the society. fried fish, from carrying on his business in such a manner as to be a nuisance. Dr. Conry is in practice in North KensingFACTORY LEGISLATION. ton, and the defendant, whose name is Fox, lives ten doors THE Home Secretary has made it known that his Bill away from him. Mr. Fox was wont to stand outside his for the amendment of the Factory Acts, which he hopes shop and shout to the public the merits of his wares, shortly to introduce, will provide new machinery for in doing which he seriously interfered with plaintiff in bringing into force the special rules applicable to dangerous the practice of his profession. The plaintiff on examitrades. It will also deal with the question of arbitra- nation told how the shouting of the defendant interfered tion in connexion with which considerable difficulty has with his examination of patients. Since the writ had recently arisen. These special rules will, of course, been issued some six months ago the shouting had apply to lead-poisoning in the Potteries, and we under- diminished. Defendant was not the only person who stand that the regulations are somewhat severe. When shouted, but he was the worst. Defendant said that he these rules are adopted the next question to be con- came back from market at about 10 A.M. From then until sidered is how their enforcement is to be ensured. As it is, noon he stood outside his shop inviting customers to buy. the special rules already obtaining and which were estab- He then fried fish until 2 P.M., rested from 2 P.m. until lished in 1898 are frequently infringed, as is shown by the 4 P.M., and then stood outside from 4 P.M. until 6 P.M. reports of recent prosecutions appearing in the daily press. He only talked and did not shout except when there was These infringements relate in most cases to the failure to a costermonger on the other side of the road. In such provide and maintain sufficient and suitable washing con- a locality it was impossible for him to make a living veniences for all persons employed in dangerous processes. without calling out to attract custom. The judge said In one instance it was affirmed by the lady inspector that he considered the injunction should be granted, for the that the lavatory accommodation was inadequate. In defendant by his shouting made such a noise as seriously another case a firm was summoned for employing a to interfere with the practice of the plaintiff. This is a girl, 15 years of age, for two months in a dangerous sensible judgment. The contention of the defendant that process without a certificate of fitness, while another firm 1 These reports are published periodically in the Medical Journal of was similarly summoned for not entering the name of the Indian Netherlands at Batavia. "
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