"THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN MARSHALL, F.R.S.

1064 , n,nd evidence was directed against such charter being granted, and in that respect it entirely succeeded. Bat it was not specially invited to give its views, and never, in fact, did give its views in anyway on the constitution or function of a general teaching university for London. Had it done so it would doubtless have been able to show effectually that a very close analogy exists between the position held by the Incorporated Law Society (to whom ,the report ot the Commissioners has as’igned representation) as regards the law, and that of the Society as regards medicine. The solicitor may be termed the " general practitioner" of the law, and if the body which represents him is to be entitled to representation and to all the advantages arising therefrom, there would seem to be the strongest reason for placing the Society of Apothecaries of London in an equally

. good position.

Lastly,

if the Senate or committees formed out of the Senate, as suggested by the report of the Commissioners, are to elect the examining .boards for the various faculties, the exclusion of the Society from the Senate of the proposed university seems still more difficult to understand. The Society urges with confidence that a teaching or examining board in the medical faculty, from which any influence of the Society is to be absolutely and altogether excluded, would be imperfect, un;practical, and wanting in that liberal and broad basis which is essential to its efficiency.—I have the honour to be, Your Lordship’s very obedient servant, EDWIN CIIABOT (Master). To the Lord President of the Council. of Society Apothecaries, London, E.C., Dec. 9th, 1890. SIR,-At the suggestion of the Lord President of the Council, who

.states that he has no official knowledge of the scheme referred to in the letter addressed to him by the Master of the Society, of which I -enclose a copy, I am instructed to send you such copy, and to ask you to be so good as to lay same before the Senate of the University of London, or other the body delegated by the University of London, to deal with the scheme for Teaching University for London. I am further instructed to state that the views of the Society on the subject are so fully embodied in that letter that it seemed the simplest .a,nd most convenient course to furnish you with a copy of it, rather than
University of London, Burlington-gardens, W.,

Dec. 10th, 1890. SIR,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst.. with copy of a letter addressed by your Society to the Lord President of ,the Council, and I will submit these communications to the Senate in .due course. I am, yours faithfully, ARTHUR MILMAN. To the Clerk, Society of Apothecaries.

"THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN F.R.S.

MARSHALL,

As already announced, the friends of the late Professor John Marshall wish to establish a memorial of him in conmexion with his al1na mater, University College, London. It is proposed that primarily the memorial should take the form of a bt, to be placed within the College. In the ’event of the contributions to the fund which is being raised for this purpose being more than enough, the surplus will be set aside for the foundation of a prize in the Medical Faculty of the College, to be called the " Marshall Prize." Those who wish to cooperate in this attempt to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Marshall’s labours are requested to send their contributions to the treasurer of the fund, Mr. John ’Tweedy, 100, Harley-street, W. Subjoined is the first list of subscriptions :-

Public Health and Poor Law. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. REPORTS OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.

Saltley Urban District.-On

an

estimated

population

of

9200 the death-rate from all causes was 16’1 per 1000 during 1890 and the zymotic rate reached 2-6, although this rate Mr. W. G. Cresswell was not in excess of the average. points out that use is made of the Aston Fever Hospital for isolation purposes, and that the authority have availed themselves of the advantages of the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act of last year. A somewhat complete account is given of the general sanitary administration of the district and of the action taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, and attention is drawn to the need for the abatement by the Corporation of Birmingham of the nuisance caused to Saltley by reason of the emission of dense fumes and smoke from the gasworks belonging to

that

borough.

Watford Urban District.-Dr. Brett reports an unusually low zymotic rate, and he gives an account of the means for

isolation afforded by the two hospitals vested in the guardians and in the joint sanitary authorities respectively. The state of the market-place, which is often a source of considerable nuisance, is again referred to. After deductions for deaths in the workhouse infirmary &c. of people not belonging to the district, the death-rate for 1890 was 13’2 per 1000 living. Grantham Urban District.-According to Dr. Poole Berry the death-rate for this borough was 14’8 per 1000 last year, and although there was a prevalence of scarlet fever and certain occurrences of enteric fever, the maintained absence of any prevalence of diphtheria is recorded. Perhaps, however, too much trust is placed on this absence as an indication that the sanitary circumstances are efficient, for where the same has obtained schools have often led to diffusion of imported infection, and places in a bad sanitary state have, on the other hand, escaped for many years. The sewer ventilation evidently needs some amendment, and the circumstances which have brought this into prominence appear to indicate local defects of sewers or of house drains communicating with them. The sewage farm seems a success in Grantham, and good sanitary work is in progress. But the references to isolation point to the absence of any proper provision for infectious diseases or for disinfection of bedding &c. River Tyne Port District.-Mr. Henry Armstrong’s report on this port district during 1890 contains, like his previous ones, a full account of the action taken as regards infectious diseases, their isolation in the port hospital, disinfection, and, where necessary, communication with British consuls abroad. The improvements effected in the sanitary condition of ships are explained, and the record is once again typical of the sort of supervision and administration which is so useful in our ports, both for the prevention of disease and the amelioration of the conditions of those afloat. St. Alban’s Urban District.-Both the general and the zymotic death-rate were somewhat in excess last year, the former being 16’1 and the latter 2’4 per 1000 living, and to a large extent the excess was due to measles and whoopingcough. The near prospect of a hospital for infectious diseases is referred to by Dr. Morison, and reference is made to the prospective value of the two sanitary Acts of last year. The water-supply for thetown is stated to be good, and the drainage is reported as satisfactory. St. Alban’s Rural District.-Here the general death. rate is given by Dr. Morison as 12’7, and the zymotic rate as 0’5 per 1000. There is little of public interest in the report, but it is evident that the measures adopted tend to the maintenance of the diminished mortality of 1890. Tendring Rural District -Some improvement is in progress as to refuse removal, especially at Parkeshore; but filthy refuse holes are referred to at Lawford. Wherever people have not sufficient garden ground on which week by week to deposit excreta and refuse without risk of nuisance, the sanitary authority should themselves undertake the work of scavenging. In the same way, whilst substantial progress is being made as to sewerage in certain localities, much-needed improvements are called for elsewhere. And as regards water-supply the same may be said. But if