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631 cable. In one instance (at Leicester on Feb. 13th) the electric gas engineer attributed the explosion to the oil used in the insulating material having become "gasified " by the electric arc. In any case the boxes should be properly ventilated, and the air space reduced as far as practicable by filling them up with some inert material, much in the same way as the culverts built over high pressure gas mains for the purpose of getting to the mains and clearing them of obstructions are filled. If, again, it is shown to be due to defects in the gas main, pressure should, of course, be brought to bear upon the gas companies to have these defects remedied. It is reasonable, however, to suppose that the gas companies are just as anxious to prevent leakage and waste of their gas as everyone must be to learn of the discovery of an effective provision against any future occurrences of this kind, which experience has shown may imperil life and limb.
England there were a few attacks at Birmingham, Liverpool (where also 1 death was registered), and at a small number of other Lancashire towns. In the third week of February there were 2 deaths from small-pox in Edinburgh, and in the Of these, 2 were same week there were 6 deaths in Dublin. in vaccinated persons, aged respectively eighteen and thirtyeight years, and 4 in unvaccinated individuals, aged twenty days, twenty-one days, twenty-eight years, and thirty-three years respectively. The admissions to hospital, which had been 69, 60, and 56 in the three preceding weeks, fell further to 37, and were exceeded by the discharges, which were 44 ; the patients remaining under treatment being 135, in addition to 119 convalescents at the South Dublin Union smallpox hospital at ilmainham. The total of 254 thus made compares favourably with recent records.
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NIGHT SHELTERS FOR THE DESTITUTE. THE recent exceptionally severe and prolonged frost has caused intense suffering among the unemployed and destitute classes, who will probably for some time yet be unable to resume their uncertain and precarious occupations. Philanthropic workers among these unfortunates recognise the primary necessity of protecting them from the inclement weather during the night as well as of providing a small allowance of food. Such a free refuge for the hopeless and despairing has been established in Phoenix Hall, Carlton Vale, in the north-west of London, and each night it affords a shelter to about 600 men. Financial help is greatly needed, and subscriptions will be thankfully received by Miss F. Ashdown, 27, Kilburn-park-road, N.W. Two Sisters of the Church attend at the hall every night to receive the applicants for admission, many of whom are in a truly woeful
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THE second annual report of the Meath Home of Comfort for Epileptics at Godalming will be read with interest by all who are seeking to benefit this unfortunate class. At this home only female epileptics are admitted, the limits of age being two years and thirty-five. The plan of treatment is to
provide bright and healthy surroundings and suitable useful occupation, treatment by drugs taking a secondary place. Needlework, knitting, and basket-work are the occupations which are chiefly followed, and the proceeds of the sale of the manufactured articles form an important item in the receipts of the home, amounting, together with those from the sale of garden produce, &c., to upwards of £100. The report by the medical officer
shows a marked improvement in the health of most of the cases admitted. We regret to see that the home is crippled for want of funds. Six inmates had to be discharged in consequence of fees failing, there being a very limited number of free beds. It is to be hoped that so excellent a movement will not fail to receive warm and generous public encouragement. All subscriptions may be sent to Colonel Clarke, R.E., Uphill, Warren-road, Guildford. THE DIFFUSION OF SMALL-POX. HROUGHOUT the United Kingdom the news coming to us in respect of last week concerning the prevalence of smallpox is of a most reassuring character. In London there were but 8 new cases and 1 registered death-namely, that of a person between the ages of twenty and forty belonging to the Newington sanitary area, and as to whose vaccination no statement is forthcoming. All the 8 cases were removed to hospital, the institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board containing at the close of the week 68 patients, as compared with 56, 67, and 75 on the three preceding Saturdays. One or two cases in suburban districts are recorded. In the rest of
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Assistants, Junior Medical Officers, and Locum-tenents will be held on Monday next, the llth inst., in the Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, at 3 P.M. Dr. J. G. Glover
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by Mr. T. Howard Brocklehurst, who is acting organising secretary, to announce that a meeting in connexion with the proposed Association of Qualified Medical WE
will preside, and all interested in the matter are invited to attend. In announcing this meeting we beg to refer our readers to a letter from Mr. Brocklehurst which appeared in our columns on Jan. 5th of this year, and to our leading article in the same issue. Mr. Brocklehurst’s letter gives the reasons for his belief that the new departure would work for general professional good, and our article endorses, with certain limits, his views. We are happy, therefore, to assist the movement by recommending to all concerned that they should attend the meeting and assist in placing the proposed association upon a definite basis.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. THE medical profession of London was by no means unrepresented at the election for the London County Council, which took place on Saturday last ; but we should have been glad to see our professional brethren in larger numbers before the constituencies. Seven medical practitioners presented themselves as candidates for election, and of these no fewer than five were returned. The seats so filled are Bermondsey, occupied by Mr. G. J. Cooper;-;Greenwich, by Dr. Ralph Gooding ; North Hackney, by Dr. E. B. Forman ; West St. Pancras, by Dr. W. J. Collins ; and Wandsworth, by Dr. G. B. Longstaff. In every one of these constituencies, as, indeed, throughout the metropolis, there was a contested election, and in every instance the medical practitioner came in at the head of the poll. Four of the five, that is to say all save Dr. Gooding, sat upon the last County Council, so that they were known to their constituents and will be familiar to their work. Dr. Gooding was a candidate for a constituency within which he is resident, and has received the suffrages of his neighbours. We congratulate both him and them upon his accession to this new sphere of usefulness. The medical element in the County Council has not received any increase of strength on the present occasion, for the addition of Dr. Gooding to its ranks is balanced by the loss of Mr. H. Harris I, who sat for Brixton in the last Council, and whose name, as well as that of Mr. Gibson Bott, we regret to We should have been miss from the new muster-roll. to see we have a as more adequate represaid, glad, sentation of the art of medicine in the ranks of the councillors, for, having regard to the very large proportion of the Council’s work which bears directly or
England there were a few attacks at Birmingham, Liverpool (where also 1 death was registered), and at a small number of other Lancashire towns. In the third week of February there were 2 deaths from small-pox in Edinburgh, and in the Of these, 2 were same week there were 6 deaths in Dublin. in vaccinated persons, aged respectively eighteen and thirtyeight years, and 4 in unvaccinated individuals, aged twenty days, twenty-one days, twenty-eight years, and thirty-three years respectively. The admissions to hospital, which had been 69, 60, and 56 in the three preceding weeks, fell further to 37, and were exceeded by the discharges, which were 44 ; the patients remaining under treatment being 135, in addition to 119 convalescents at the South Dublin Union smallpox hospital at ilmainham. The total of 254 thus made compares favourably with recent records.
PROPOSED ASSOCIATION OF QUALIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, JUNIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS, AND LOCUM-TENENTS.
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NIGHT SHELTERS FOR THE DESTITUTE. THE recent exceptionally severe and prolonged frost has caused intense suffering among the unemployed and destitute classes, who will probably for some time yet be unable to resume their uncertain and precarious occupations. Philanthropic workers among these unfortunates recognise the primary necessity of protecting them from the inclement weather during the night as well as of providing a small allowance of food. Such a free refuge for the hopeless and despairing has been established in Phoenix Hall, Carlton Vale, in the north-west of London, and each night it affords a shelter to about 600 men. Financial help is greatly needed, and subscriptions will be thankfully received by Miss F. Ashdown, 27, Kilburn-park-road, N.W. Two Sisters of the Church attend at the hall every night to receive the applicants for admission, many of whom are in a truly woeful
!
FEMALE
EPILEPTICS.
THE second annual report of the Meath Home of Comfort for Epileptics at Godalming will be read with interest by all who are seeking to benefit this unfortunate class. At this home only female epileptics are admitted, the limits of age being two years and thirty-five. The plan of treatment is to
provide bright and healthy surroundings and suitable useful occupation, treatment by drugs taking a secondary place. Needlework, knitting, and basket-work are the occupations which are chiefly followed, and the proceeds of the sale of the manufactured articles form an important item in the receipts of the home, amounting, together with those from the sale of garden produce, &c., to upwards of £100. The report by the medical officer
shows a marked improvement in the health of most of the cases admitted. We regret to see that the home is crippled for want of funds. Six inmates had to be discharged in consequence of fees failing, there being a very limited number of free beds. It is to be hoped that so excellent a movement will not fail to receive warm and generous public encouragement. All subscriptions may be sent to Colonel Clarke, R.E., Uphill, Warren-road, Guildford. THE DIFFUSION OF SMALL-POX. HROUGHOUT the United Kingdom the news coming to us in respect of last week concerning the prevalence of smallpox is of a most reassuring character. In London there were but 8 new cases and 1 registered death-namely, that of a person between the ages of twenty and forty belonging to the Newington sanitary area, and as to whose vaccination no statement is forthcoming. All the 8 cases were removed to hospital, the institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board containing at the close of the week 68 patients, as compared with 56, 67, and 75 on the three preceding Saturdays. One or two cases in suburban districts are recorded. In the rest of
desired
Assistants, Junior Medical Officers, and Locum-tenents will be held on Monday next, the llth inst., in the Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, at 3 P.M. Dr. J. G. Glover
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HOME FOR
are
as
state.
THE MEATH
by Mr. T. Howard Brocklehurst, who is acting organising secretary, to announce that a meeting in connexion with the proposed Association of Qualified Medical WE
will preside, and all interested in the matter are invited to attend. In announcing this meeting we beg to refer our readers to a letter from Mr. Brocklehurst which appeared in our columns on Jan. 5th of this year, and to our leading article in the same issue. Mr. Brocklehurst’s letter gives the reasons for his belief that the new departure would work for general professional good, and our article endorses, with certain limits, his views. We are happy, therefore, to assist the movement by recommending to all concerned that they should attend the meeting and assist in placing the proposed association upon a definite basis.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. THE medical profession of London was by no means unrepresented at the election for the London County Council, which took place on Saturday last ; but we should have been glad to see our professional brethren in larger numbers before the constituencies. Seven medical practitioners presented themselves as candidates for election, and of these no fewer than five were returned. The seats so filled are Bermondsey, occupied by Mr. G. J. Cooper;-;Greenwich, by Dr. Ralph Gooding ; North Hackney, by Dr. E. B. Forman ; West St. Pancras, by Dr. W. J. Collins ; and Wandsworth, by Dr. G. B. Longstaff. In every one of these constituencies, as, indeed, throughout the metropolis, there was a contested election, and in every instance the medical practitioner came in at the head of the poll. Four of the five, that is to say all save Dr. Gooding, sat upon the last County Council, so that they were known to their constituents and will be familiar to their work. Dr. Gooding was a candidate for a constituency within which he is resident, and has received the suffrages of his neighbours. We congratulate both him and them upon his accession to this new sphere of usefulness. The medical element in the County Council has not received any increase of strength on the present occasion, for the addition of Dr. Gooding to its ranks is balanced by the loss of Mr. H. Harris I, who sat for Brixton in the last Council, and whose name, as well as that of Mr. Gibson Bott, we regret to We should have been miss from the new muster-roll. to see we have a as more adequate represaid, glad, sentation of the art of medicine in the ranks of the councillors, for, having regard to the very large proportion of the Council’s work which bears directly or