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HEAL'IH,
March,
1955
7J.A.M.A. (1954.) x54, 1086. s Ministry of Health, Poliomyelitis, Medical Memorandum, July, 1954. 9 SALK, JONAS. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. a0 , Personal communication 1954. n . International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. ~z RIvzas, THOMAS. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. ~a MILZXR, A., et al. (1954.) Amer. J. Publ. Hlth., 44, 26. x4 SAraN, A. B. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome. ~5 GEFFEN, D . H . (1950.) Med. Off. 83, 137. as McCLOSKY, B. P. (1950). Lancet i, 659. 9 (19.52). Ibid. i, 1187. 17ANDERSON, GAYLORD W. (1954.) Bull. Umv. Minnesota, 26.2.54. ~8 BODEAN, D. (1954.) Amer. J. Hyg. Awaiting Publication. ~9 . (1948.) Amer. J. [-fvg., 48, 87-93. ~" SWHARTZMAY,GREGORY. Columbia University Press, 1953. ea CURLEY, F. J. & AYCOCK, W. L. (1946). Endocrinology, 39, 414. ..z HOPES, H . L . (1939). J. Exper. Med., 69, 533-543. 23 VENNING, E . H . (1946.) Endocrinology, 39, 203.
LOCAL POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR x954 The Registrar-General has issued his estimates of the populations of counties, boroughs and urban and rural districts in England and Wales as at June 30th, 1954". Grouped figures are given for the standard regions, conurbations and density aggregrates and by sex and age for the country as a whole. This publication is designed to meet a general demand for an early issue of up-to-date figures of local populations, and in particular to assist local councils and other administrative authorities, manufacturers, and distributors. The figures are the final estimates which will later be embodied in the Registrar-General's Statistical Review for the year 1954. lit has already been announced that the home population of England and Wales at June 30th, 1954, is estimated to have been 44,274,000 of whom 21,288,000 were males and 22,986,000 females and that the total shows an increase of 184,000 over the figure for mid-1953. Comparison with the estimates for previous years indicate certain trends in the internal movement of the population9 The population of the Administrative County of London continued to decline, dropping from 3,343,000 in 1953 to 3,322,000 in 1954. This decline is reflected to a certain extent in the increase in the populations of those areas which contain I,.C.C. Housing Estates : Borough of Romford by 1,752, Rural District of Elstree by 1,820 and Borough of Reigate by 2,720. The slight decline in the population of the Administrative County of Middlesex, which began in 1953, continued in 1954, the figure being 2,256,000 compared with a peak of 2,270,000 in 1952. Within the Administrative County of Essex (the population of which increased from 1,644,100 in 1953 to 1,672,500 in 1954) the Urban District of Billericay, containing the New Town of Basildon, increased by 2,590, and the Rural District of Epping, containing Harlow New Town, by 6,330. Similarly within the Administrative County of Hertfordshire (population 651,500 in 1953 and 671,700 in 1954), the Borough of Hemel Hempstead and the Urban Districts of Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City, each of which contains a New Town, increased by 3,460, 2,790 and 1,420 respectively, while, in the Administrative County of Sussex West, the Rural District of Horsham, containing the New Town of Crawley, increased by 4,740. *The Registrar-General's Estimates of the Population of England and Wales--PopuIations of each Administrative Area at June 30th, 1954, H.M. Stationery Office, price 9d. net (or by post from P.O. Box 569, London, S.E.I., price 10~.d.)
Sir Alexander Macgregor, formerly M.P.H., Glasgow, and a Past-President of the Society, on March 3 i s t gives up the chairmanship of the Scottish Western Regional Hospital Board, which be has held since its establishment in 1948. The Secre~arv of State has expressed gratitude for Sir Alexander's ':sure touch and general acceptance" during his period of office.
,4 Correetion.--in the report of the M. & C.W. Groups (Publi,: Health, February, I955, page 82) the word 'dead,' seven lines from foot of left hand column, should have read 'deaf.'
91
Society of Medical Officers of Health ORDINARY MEETING, NOVEMBER An Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held in the Council Chamber of the British Medical Association, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, W.C.1, on Friday, November 26th, 1954. 1. Minutes of Last Meeting.--The minutes of the Ordinary Meeting, held on September 16th, 1954, were confirmed and signed by the President. 2. Life Membership.~The following were elected fully-paid I.ife Members of the Society on the nomination of the Council and of their Branches : Dr. J. F. Macdonald, Lt.-Col. E. F. W. Mackenzie and Dr. J. B. Lowe. 3. Elections.--The following candidates, having been proposed and seconded, were duly taken into membership : - Fellows.--Drs. Islay Cecil Barnem, Alexander David Christian Stewart Cameron, David Miller Cathie, Catherine H. Coutts Milne, Raymond Joseph Donaldson, Thomas Christie Falconer, Kate Gray, Edmund Monk Hamilton, Herbert James, J. A. Linden, Thomas Aloysius McVey, Charles Nicholson Minto, Stuart Love Morrison, Basil John Lloyd Moss, Anne Boyd Perkins, Lewis Bernard Peters, Irene Tomina Joan Ruxton, Elizabeth Schonberger, Hope B. Scott, William Sharpe, John Anthony Slattery, Henry Ellis Smith, Donald Shrewsbury ToddWhite, Robert Webster, B. N. Williams, Arthur Leslie Thrower, Alfred Yarrow and Sydney Maxwell Young. Assoeiates.--Drs. William Robert Samuel Robertson, and Ernest Ward.
Temporary
Members
attending
D.P.H.
Courses.--Drs.
A.
Bukhari and A. F. Mowafi. Nominations for the next electionwere reported and the meeting terminated. A N N U A L GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Society for the Session 1953-54 was held in the Committee Room of the Society, Tavistock House, London, W.C.1, on Friday, January 14th, 1955, at 12.45 p.m. The President, Dr. Jean M. Mackintosh, was in the Chair and there were also present 12 members of the Society. 1. Minutes of Last Annual General Meeting.--The Minutes of the Annual General Mee, ting, held on December 10th, 1953, were confirmed and signed by the President. 2. Annual Reports and Accounts.--The Annual Report of the Council, the Treasurer, and of the Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH, were received and adopted, together with the Balance Sheet as at September 30th, 1954, and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended September 30th, 1954. 3. Appointment of Auditors.--Messrs. Greene, Clements & Co., Chartered Accountants, of 20, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C.1, were re-appointed the Auditors of the Society. 4. Life Membership.--The following members were elected to fully-paid Life Members of the Society, on the nomination of the Council and their Branches : - Drs. Muriel H. Radford, H. W. Barnes, H. S. Banks, Mary Kidd, H. L. Cronk, C. M. Richardson, H. G. Trayer, E. H. Walker, C. E. E. Herington and A. F. Adamson. 5. Elections.--The following candidates, having been duly proposed and seconded were elected to Membership of the Society : - Fellows.--Drs. June Patricia Cooper, Isobel Beatrice Craighead, Margaret Rosemary Farrell, Marie P. S. Grant, Arthur John Isbell Kelynack, Donald Gordon Noble, Douglas Stuart Parken, Thomas Alun PhilJips, George Lee Ritchie, Francis Simm, James Taylor and Eric Dudley Birch Wolfe. Temporary Fellows, attending D 9 Courses.--Drs. Edwin lnman Blenkinsop, Maureen Henderson, Joyce Heather Hindmarsh, John McCormack and Helen Herbison Reid. Nominations for the next election were reported and the Meeting terminated at 1 p.m.
President:
EAST A N G L I A N B R A N C H Dr. Kathleen M. Harding (Dist. M.P.H.,
E.
Suffolk).
Hon. Secretary : Dr. G. R. Holtby (Dist. M . P . H . , Norfolk).
A meeting of the Branch was held at The Scole Inn, Scole, on Saturday, September 18th, 1954, at 3 p.m. The retiring President, (Dr. K. F. Alford) was in the chair and 20 members were present.
HEAL'IH,
March,
1955
7J.A.M.A. (1954.) x54, 1086. s Ministry of Health, Poliomyelitis, Medical Memorandum, July, 1954. 9 SALK, JONAS. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. a0 , Personal communication 1954. n . International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. ~z RIvzas, THOMAS. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome, 1954. ~a MILZXR, A., et al. (1954.) Amer. J. Publ. Hlth., 44, 26. x4 SAraN, A. B. International Poliomyelitis Conference, Rome. ~5 GEFFEN, D . H . (1950.) Med. Off. 83, 137. as McCLOSKY, B. P. (1950). Lancet i, 659. 9 (19.52). Ibid. i, 1187. 17ANDERSON, GAYLORD W. (1954.) Bull. Umv. Minnesota, 26.2.54. ~8 BODEAN, D. (1954.) Amer. J. Hyg. Awaiting Publication. ~9 . (1948.) Amer. J. [-fvg., 48, 87-93. ~" SWHARTZMAY,GREGORY. Columbia University Press, 1953. ea CURLEY, F. J. & AYCOCK, W. L. (1946). Endocrinology, 39, 414. ..z HOPES, H . L . (1939). J. Exper. Med., 69, 533-543. 23 VENNING, E . H . (1946.) Endocrinology, 39, 203.
LOCAL POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR x954 The Registrar-General has issued his estimates of the populations of counties, boroughs and urban and rural districts in England and Wales as at June 30th, 1954". Grouped figures are given for the standard regions, conurbations and density aggregrates and by sex and age for the country as a whole. This publication is designed to meet a general demand for an early issue of up-to-date figures of local populations, and in particular to assist local councils and other administrative authorities, manufacturers, and distributors. The figures are the final estimates which will later be embodied in the Registrar-General's Statistical Review for the year 1954. lit has already been announced that the home population of England and Wales at June 30th, 1954, is estimated to have been 44,274,000 of whom 21,288,000 were males and 22,986,000 females and that the total shows an increase of 184,000 over the figure for mid-1953. Comparison with the estimates for previous years indicate certain trends in the internal movement of the population9 The population of the Administrative County of London continued to decline, dropping from 3,343,000 in 1953 to 3,322,000 in 1954. This decline is reflected to a certain extent in the increase in the populations of those areas which contain I,.C.C. Housing Estates : Borough of Romford by 1,752, Rural District of Elstree by 1,820 and Borough of Reigate by 2,720. The slight decline in the population of the Administrative County of Middlesex, which began in 1953, continued in 1954, the figure being 2,256,000 compared with a peak of 2,270,000 in 1952. Within the Administrative County of Essex (the population of which increased from 1,644,100 in 1953 to 1,672,500 in 1954) the Urban District of Billericay, containing the New Town of Basildon, increased by 2,590, and the Rural District of Epping, containing Harlow New Town, by 6,330. Similarly within the Administrative County of Hertfordshire (population 651,500 in 1953 and 671,700 in 1954), the Borough of Hemel Hempstead and the Urban Districts of Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City, each of which contains a New Town, increased by 3,460, 2,790 and 1,420 respectively, while, in the Administrative County of Sussex West, the Rural District of Horsham, containing the New Town of Crawley, increased by 4,740. *The Registrar-General's Estimates of the Population of England and Wales--PopuIations of each Administrative Area at June 30th, 1954, H.M. Stationery Office, price 9d. net (or by post from P.O. Box 569, London, S.E.I., price 10~.d.)
Sir Alexander Macgregor, formerly M.P.H., Glasgow, and a Past-President of the Society, on March 3 i s t gives up the chairmanship of the Scottish Western Regional Hospital Board, which be has held since its establishment in 1948. The Secre~arv of State has expressed gratitude for Sir Alexander's ':sure touch and general acceptance" during his period of office.
,4 Correetion.--in the report of the M. & C.W. Groups (Publi,: Health, February, I955, page 82) the word 'dead,' seven lines from foot of left hand column, should have read 'deaf.'
91
Society of Medical Officers of Health ORDINARY MEETING, NOVEMBER An Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held in the Council Chamber of the British Medical Association, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, W.C.1, on Friday, November 26th, 1954. 1. Minutes of Last Meeting.--The minutes of the Ordinary Meeting, held on September 16th, 1954, were confirmed and signed by the President. 2. Life Membership.~The following were elected fully-paid I.ife Members of the Society on the nomination of the Council and of their Branches : Dr. J. F. Macdonald, Lt.-Col. E. F. W. Mackenzie and Dr. J. B. Lowe. 3. Elections.--The following candidates, having been proposed and seconded, were duly taken into membership : - Fellows.--Drs. Islay Cecil Barnem, Alexander David Christian Stewart Cameron, David Miller Cathie, Catherine H. Coutts Milne, Raymond Joseph Donaldson, Thomas Christie Falconer, Kate Gray, Edmund Monk Hamilton, Herbert James, J. A. Linden, Thomas Aloysius McVey, Charles Nicholson Minto, Stuart Love Morrison, Basil John Lloyd Moss, Anne Boyd Perkins, Lewis Bernard Peters, Irene Tomina Joan Ruxton, Elizabeth Schonberger, Hope B. Scott, William Sharpe, John Anthony Slattery, Henry Ellis Smith, Donald Shrewsbury ToddWhite, Robert Webster, B. N. Williams, Arthur Leslie Thrower, Alfred Yarrow and Sydney Maxwell Young. Assoeiates.--Drs. William Robert Samuel Robertson, and Ernest Ward.
Temporary
Members
attending
D.P.H.
Courses.--Drs.
A.
Bukhari and A. F. Mowafi. Nominations for the next electionwere reported and the meeting terminated. A N N U A L GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Society for the Session 1953-54 was held in the Committee Room of the Society, Tavistock House, London, W.C.1, on Friday, January 14th, 1955, at 12.45 p.m. The President, Dr. Jean M. Mackintosh, was in the Chair and there were also present 12 members of the Society. 1. Minutes of Last Annual General Meeting.--The Minutes of the Annual General Mee, ting, held on December 10th, 1953, were confirmed and signed by the President. 2. Annual Reports and Accounts.--The Annual Report of the Council, the Treasurer, and of the Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH, were received and adopted, together with the Balance Sheet as at September 30th, 1954, and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended September 30th, 1954. 3. Appointment of Auditors.--Messrs. Greene, Clements & Co., Chartered Accountants, of 20, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C.1, were re-appointed the Auditors of the Society. 4. Life Membership.--The following members were elected to fully-paid Life Members of the Society, on the nomination of the Council and their Branches : - Drs. Muriel H. Radford, H. W. Barnes, H. S. Banks, Mary Kidd, H. L. Cronk, C. M. Richardson, H. G. Trayer, E. H. Walker, C. E. E. Herington and A. F. Adamson. 5. Elections.--The following candidates, having been duly proposed and seconded were elected to Membership of the Society : - Fellows.--Drs. June Patricia Cooper, Isobel Beatrice Craighead, Margaret Rosemary Farrell, Marie P. S. Grant, Arthur John Isbell Kelynack, Donald Gordon Noble, Douglas Stuart Parken, Thomas Alun PhilJips, George Lee Ritchie, Francis Simm, James Taylor and Eric Dudley Birch Wolfe. Temporary Fellows, attending D 9 Courses.--Drs. Edwin lnman Blenkinsop, Maureen Henderson, Joyce Heather Hindmarsh, John McCormack and Helen Herbison Reid. Nominations for the next election were reported and the Meeting terminated at 1 p.m.
President:
EAST A N G L I A N B R A N C H Dr. Kathleen M. Harding (Dist. M.P.H.,
E.
Suffolk).
Hon. Secretary : Dr. G. R. Holtby (Dist. M . P . H . , Norfolk).
A meeting of the Branch was held at The Scole Inn, Scole, on Saturday, September 18th, 1954, at 3 p.m. The retiring President, (Dr. K. F. Alford) was in the chair and 20 members were present.