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LYNN THOMAS AND SKYRME FUND.
LYNN THOMAS AND SKYRME FUND.-PUBLIC HEALTH AND POOR LAW. to the desirability of such a directory or of the terms of the circular issued to medical practitioners he had no real ground for complaint. Information concerning this society can be obtained from the general secretary, Dr. Hugh Woods, 31, Craven-street, Strand, W.C. as
LYNN THOMAS AND SKYRME FUND.
Charles R. Wells.
Subscribers of Half-a-Gttinea. G. Davies, Histon, Cambridge. Tunbridge
Watson,
IL.
Subscriber of Ten Shillings. Eldon Pratt, lienfield, Sussex. Subscriber of Seven Shillings. D. S. Ollenbach, Arnvankad, Nilgiri Hills, India. Subscribers of Five Shillings. Charles J. Hill Aitken, Barkley Stewart, Leith.
West, Cape Colony. THE following subscriptions have been received between June 6th and 12th by Mr. William Sheen, M.S. Lond., F.R.O.S. Eng. (2, St. Andrew’s-crescent, Oardiff), honorary secretary to the fund..617 13.<. 6d. were received from the Westminster Division of the British Medical Association (per Mr. Harvey Hilliard). The subscribers are :-
1793
Glasgow
Infirmary. W. Warrington
Subscriber of Half-a-Grown. Southern Division of the British Medical Association, per John Stewart (additional subscription).
Public Health LOCAL
and
Poor Law.
GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
REPORTS OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF SANITARY AND EDUCATION AUTHORITIES.
The City of Yestnzinster.-Dr. F. J. Allan reports that for 1907 the birth-rate of Westminster, duly corrected as regards births occurring in lying-in and other hospitals and calculated on the number of births per 1000 married, was the lowest in London, Hampstead being next. He refers to what appears to be a very useful arrangement made by the City of Westminster Health Society by means of which the society is furnished from time to time by the general and lying-in hospitals with a list of impending maternity cases. As the result of this information the visitors of the society have tendered advice at 401 houses prior to the commencement of the confinement and subsequently paid visits fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly, according to circumstances. These pre-natal visits are much to be commended and there can be no question that this plan of preventive medicine will undergo material development. In course of their work the visitors are brought in contact with mothers of different nationalities and with reference to the Italian element which, as all Londoners are aware, is especially predominant in Soho, it is stated that the members of that community are usually of a respectable class and come from Piedmont ; they hope
Subscribers of Five G1tineas. Division B.M.A., MemCardiff Medical Society, per W. S. bers per A. W. Forrest. Davies. Subscribers of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings. Dumbarton and Argyll Division of the British Medical Association, per J. Ewing Hunter. Subscribers of Three Pounds Five Shillings and Sixpence. North Suffolk Division of the British Medical Association, per Wilson Tyson, the subscribers being:-
Sheffield
Subscriber of Two Guineas. W. Ll. Rhys, Aberdare. Subscribers of One and a Balf Guineas. Cleveland Division of the British Medical Association, per W. S. Dickie. The subscribers a.re :— One G2inea fromJames Donaldson, Middlesbrough. .S
Stonehouse, Middlesbrough.
Sicbscribers of One Pound Six Shillings.
Walthamstow Division of the British Medical Association, per A. P. Eldred.
The subscribers
are :-
Half-a-Gztinea fromA. Pollinger Eldred, WalthamFowler, Epping. stow.
)Trevor
Five Shillings fronaK. Douglas, Walthamstow. Subscriber of One Guinea. H. Meredith Richards, Croydon.
eventually to return to Italy. In London they live economically and, as a general rule, take in lodgers. The mothers keep their babies well and are an example to ourselves in the matter of pre-natal preparation. Cradles are always provided and breast-feeding is general. As regards the Soho Jews we are told that they come in the main from Poland and that their standard of living is a low one. They live in overcrowded conditions and keep their children in very hot rooms. Contrary to the viewpoint of the Italians, who hope to return to their native land, the Jews come to stay, their ambition being to rise to a better position. The children of the Jews are, we are told, spoiled by their parents who are devoted to them and they suffer more from too rich and highly spiced food than from actual want; suckling takes place for a longer period than is the case with English
mothers. These comments on the part of the visitors are very interesting, but we should be glad to have the conclusions commented upon by Dr. Allan, more especially those relating to the Jews. Some instructive statistics concerning dwellers in block buildings in Westminster are furnished by Dr. Allan. The total population referred to is about 1150, the birth-rate for the last three years having been no less than 52 1, the death-rate 16 5 per 1000, and the infantile mortalityrate 127 per 1000 births. Probably the age-constitution of the population, as Dr. Allan suggests, accounts for the high birth-rate-perhaps the buildings being new ones and under the control of the council have attracted the young The figures are, indeed, useful and recently married. as an illustration of statistical fallacies. Curiously, the next paragraph in the report illustrates what may be regarded as, in fact, another statistical fallacy. There were 96 deaths during 1907 among the inmates of common lodging-houses and shelters in Westminster. Of these deaths 31 were from pulmonary tuberculosis and 31 from other respiratory diseases. It might be inferred from this that common lodging-houses are a cause of consumption, but the real explanation is probably that the tuberculous become inmates because they are already tuberculous. Good results have followed the prosecutions in the case of the use of boric
LYNN THOMAS AND SKYRME FUND.
Charles R. Wells.
Subscribers of Half-a-Gttinea. G. Davies, Histon, Cambridge. Tunbridge
Watson,
IL.
Subscriber of Ten Shillings. Eldon Pratt, lienfield, Sussex. Subscriber of Seven Shillings. D. S. Ollenbach, Arnvankad, Nilgiri Hills, India. Subscribers of Five Shillings. Charles J. Hill Aitken, Barkley Stewart, Leith.
West, Cape Colony. THE following subscriptions have been received between June 6th and 12th by Mr. William Sheen, M.S. Lond., F.R.O.S. Eng. (2, St. Andrew’s-crescent, Oardiff), honorary secretary to the fund..617 13.<. 6d. were received from the Westminster Division of the British Medical Association (per Mr. Harvey Hilliard). The subscribers are :-
1793
Glasgow
Infirmary. W. Warrington
Subscriber of Half-a-Grown. Southern Division of the British Medical Association, per John Stewart (additional subscription).
Public Health LOCAL
and
Poor Law.
GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
REPORTS OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF SANITARY AND EDUCATION AUTHORITIES.
The City of Yestnzinster.-Dr. F. J. Allan reports that for 1907 the birth-rate of Westminster, duly corrected as regards births occurring in lying-in and other hospitals and calculated on the number of births per 1000 married, was the lowest in London, Hampstead being next. He refers to what appears to be a very useful arrangement made by the City of Westminster Health Society by means of which the society is furnished from time to time by the general and lying-in hospitals with a list of impending maternity cases. As the result of this information the visitors of the society have tendered advice at 401 houses prior to the commencement of the confinement and subsequently paid visits fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly, according to circumstances. These pre-natal visits are much to be commended and there can be no question that this plan of preventive medicine will undergo material development. In course of their work the visitors are brought in contact with mothers of different nationalities and with reference to the Italian element which, as all Londoners are aware, is especially predominant in Soho, it is stated that the members of that community are usually of a respectable class and come from Piedmont ; they hope
Subscribers of Five G1tineas. Division B.M.A., MemCardiff Medical Society, per W. S. bers per A. W. Forrest. Davies. Subscribers of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings. Dumbarton and Argyll Division of the British Medical Association, per J. Ewing Hunter. Subscribers of Three Pounds Five Shillings and Sixpence. North Suffolk Division of the British Medical Association, per Wilson Tyson, the subscribers being:-
Sheffield
Subscriber of Two Guineas. W. Ll. Rhys, Aberdare. Subscribers of One and a Balf Guineas. Cleveland Division of the British Medical Association, per W. S. Dickie. The subscribers a.re :— One G2inea fromJames Donaldson, Middlesbrough. .S
Stonehouse, Middlesbrough.
Sicbscribers of One Pound Six Shillings.
Walthamstow Division of the British Medical Association, per A. P. Eldred.
The subscribers
are :-
Half-a-Gztinea fromA. Pollinger Eldred, WalthamFowler, Epping. stow.
)Trevor
Five Shillings fronaK. Douglas, Walthamstow. Subscriber of One Guinea. H. Meredith Richards, Croydon.
eventually to return to Italy. In London they live economically and, as a general rule, take in lodgers. The mothers keep their babies well and are an example to ourselves in the matter of pre-natal preparation. Cradles are always provided and breast-feeding is general. As regards the Soho Jews we are told that they come in the main from Poland and that their standard of living is a low one. They live in overcrowded conditions and keep their children in very hot rooms. Contrary to the viewpoint of the Italians, who hope to return to their native land, the Jews come to stay, their ambition being to rise to a better position. The children of the Jews are, we are told, spoiled by their parents who are devoted to them and they suffer more from too rich and highly spiced food than from actual want; suckling takes place for a longer period than is the case with English
mothers. These comments on the part of the visitors are very interesting, but we should be glad to have the conclusions commented upon by Dr. Allan, more especially those relating to the Jews. Some instructive statistics concerning dwellers in block buildings in Westminster are furnished by Dr. Allan. The total population referred to is about 1150, the birth-rate for the last three years having been no less than 52 1, the death-rate 16 5 per 1000, and the infantile mortalityrate 127 per 1000 births. Probably the age-constitution of the population, as Dr. Allan suggests, accounts for the high birth-rate-perhaps the buildings being new ones and under the control of the council have attracted the young The figures are, indeed, useful and recently married. as an illustration of statistical fallacies. Curiously, the next paragraph in the report illustrates what may be regarded as, in fact, another statistical fallacy. There were 96 deaths during 1907 among the inmates of common lodging-houses and shelters in Westminster. Of these deaths 31 were from pulmonary tuberculosis and 31 from other respiratory diseases. It might be inferred from this that common lodging-houses are a cause of consumption, but the real explanation is probably that the tuberculous become inmates because they are already tuberculous. Good results have followed the prosecutions in the case of the use of boric