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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
274 5 of the 7 deaths from scarlet fever were returned and 5 of the 6 deaths from "fever " in Glasgow. The highest death-rates from the principal zymotic diseases last week were 4’6 in Edinburgh and 7’9 in Leith. The deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs in the eight towns, which had been 231 in each of the previous two weeks, declined last week to 181, but exceeded the number returned in the corresponding week of last year by 41. The causes of 62, or 9 per cent., of the deaths registered in the eight towns were not certified.
Glasgow ; Leith ;
in
HEALTH OF DUBLIN.
The death-rate in Dublin, which had been 34 9, 44-2, and 48 ’0 per 1000 in the preceding three weeks, further rose to 48’8 in the week ending Jan. 25th. During the first four weeks of the current quarter the death-rate in the city averaged 44 -0 per 1000, the mean rate during the same period being 29 -7 in London and 29-6 in Edinburgh. The 330 deaths in Dublin last week showed a further increase of5 upon the numbers in recent weeks; they included 10 which were referred to whooping-cough, 8 to "fever"(typhus, enteric, or ill-defined), 5 to measles, 1 to scarlet fever, and not Thus one either to small-pox, diphtheria, or diarrhoea. the deaths from these principal zymotic diseases, which had been 20 and 17 in the previous two weeks, rose last week to 24; they were equal to an annual rate of 3’5 per 1000, the rate from the same diseases being 1’9 in London and 4’6 in Edinburgh, where measles is still epidemic. The fatal cases of whooping-cough, which had been 6 and 5 in the previous two weeks, rose last week to 10; and the deaths from "fever" and from measles also exceeded the numbers in the previous week. The deaths referred to influenza, which had been 13 in the previous week, declined last week to 8. Eleven inquest cases and 3 deaths from violence were registered; and 108, or very nearly a third, of the deaths occurred in public institutions. The causes of 33, or 10 per cent., of the deaths in the city were not certified.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE quarterly Comitia of Thursday last, the President,
the College was held on Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., in the chair. The President alluded in feeling terms to the loss sustained by the College in the death of Sir W. W. Gull, and the College passed a resolution of condolence and sympathy with Lady Gull and the family of the deceased Fellow. It was also resolved that the Registrar and one of the Censors should represent the College at the funeral. On the motion of the President, a standing rule was adopted to the effect that the Comitia should not sit after
7
P. M.
The Treasurer announced the gift to the College of a portrait of Dr. C. L. Meryon, a late distinguished Fellow. The following gentlemen were admitted Members of the College: William John Gow,’M.D.Lond.; Edmund Hobhouse, M. B. Oxon. ; William Wallis Ord, M. B. Oxon.; and William Bramwell Ransom, M.D. Lond. A further report on Leprosy at the Cape, forwarded by the Colonial Office, was referred to the Leprosy Committee. An intimation from Monaco, to the effect that no additional medical men would be allowed to practise in the Principality, was received from the Foreign Office. Copies of the new Dutch Pharmacopoeia were also forwarded by the Foreign Office. Permission was granted, on the application of Dr. Hack Tuke, for a cast of the bust of Dr. Conolly to be made for placing in an institution in Sydney devoted to the study of mental diseases. Drs. E. Liveing, Ord, and N. Moore were appointed delegates to confer with Members appointed by the Council of the College of Surgeons upon questions arising out of the action of the General Medical Council in regard to diplomas in Public Health. The report of the University Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons was read, and the consideration of the subject deferred until the committee appointed by the College had made its report. The following Fellows were elected Councillors :-Dr. J. H. Bridges, Dr. Gee, Dr. Thomas Buzzard, and Dr. Payne. On the motion of Dr. Allchin it was resolved for the second time to adopt a new bye-law, requiring of Fellows,
to resign their posito give notice of their intention to the and that such resignations should be submitted
Members, and Licentiates who intend tion in the
College
Registrar, to the College for acceptance. The report of the Fever Hospitals Committee was received, and adopted. It contained detailed instructions regarding the measures to be taken by students availing themselves of the privileges of study in these institutions; and other points which had been arrived at after conference with representatives of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The thanks of the College were voted to Dr. Gee, the chairman,
and other members of the committee for their labours, and they were requested to continue to act, in case any further details had to be arranged. The Council having reported upon the question of English practitioners in France, pointing out the facilities under which French practitioners may practise in this country, or become registered on passing purely professional examinations, and also referring to the "reciprocity" clauses in the Medical Act, 1886, which empower this country to recognisediplomas of other countries provided the recognition is mutual, the report was adopted by the College, on the motion of Dr. C. T. Williams, seconded by Dr. Quain, and a copy of it was directed to be forwarded to the Foreign
Oflice. A recommendation of the Council that the regulations for the diploma of Public Health be made conformable with those of the General Medical Council was deferred until the report of the delegates was received. The quarterly report of the Finance Committee was received,and it was resolved, on the motion of Dr. N. Moore, to increase the honorarium to Dr. Munk, Librarian of the College, by fifty guineas, in recognition of his long, learned, and invaluable services. The annual report of the Examiners for the Licence was received. During the past year 469 licences were granted. A report was received from the Laboratories Committee, in which Dr. G. Sims Woodhead was nominated for appointment as Director of the new laboratories. The report was
adopted by the College. The bye-laws relating to vice-presidents were repealed, and a new bye-law empowering the President, in his unavoidable absence, to appoint a Fellow of the College who has been a Censor to act as his vicarius, was passed for the first time.
THE SERVICES. INDIA OFFICE.-The
Queen
has
approved
of the retire-
ment of the undermentioned officers of the Staff Corps and
Indian Medical Service :-Colonel Lacy Bowring Bance, Madras Staff Corps (dated Jan. 25th, 1890); Colonel Albert Francis Orchard, Madras Staff Corps (dated Jan. 25th, 1890); Colonel Albert Willoughby Foord, Madras Staff Corps (dated Dec. 12th, 1889); Colonel John Pyne Grant, Bombay Staff Corps (dated Jan. 1st, 1890); Major Frederick Chas. Napier Goldney, Bengal Staff Corps (dated Nov. llth, 1889); Brigade Surgeon Edward Harley Raynsford Langley, Bombay Medical Establishment (dated Nov. 19th, 1889). The Queen has also approved of the retirement of Deputy Surgeon-General Philip Warren Sutherland, Bengal Medical Establishment, being post-dated to Feb. 5th, 1889. ARMY MEDICAL STAFF.-Deputy Surgeon-General Geo. Moulas Slaughter to be Surgeon-General, ranking as MajorGeneral, vice J. Ferguson, deceased (dated Jan. 14th, 1890); Brigade Surgeon Alexander Allan, M.D., to be Deputy Surgeon-General, ranking as Colonel, vice G. M. Slaughter (dated Jan. 14th, 1890); Surgeon-Major Wm. Keir, M.D., to be Brigade Surgeon, ranking as Lieutenant-Colonel, vice A. Allan, M.D. (dated Jan. 14th, 1890). ADMIRALTY.—The following appointments have been made :---Staff Surgeon Mark A. Harte to the Triumph (undated); Surgeon Michael O’Brien to the Triumph (dated Feb. 4th, 1890); Surgeon William A. Whitelegge to the Alecto, and Surgeon Edward P. Mourilyan to the Northampton (both dated Jan. 25th, 1890) ; and William Prowse to be Surgeon and Agent at Port Isaac (dated Feb. 25th,
1890). MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.-Mr. J. Thornton
Duncan,
F.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S., has been placed on the Commission of the Peace for the borough of Stamford.
Glasgow ; Leith ;
in
HEALTH OF DUBLIN.
The death-rate in Dublin, which had been 34 9, 44-2, and 48 ’0 per 1000 in the preceding three weeks, further rose to 48’8 in the week ending Jan. 25th. During the first four weeks of the current quarter the death-rate in the city averaged 44 -0 per 1000, the mean rate during the same period being 29 -7 in London and 29-6 in Edinburgh. The 330 deaths in Dublin last week showed a further increase of5 upon the numbers in recent weeks; they included 10 which were referred to whooping-cough, 8 to "fever"(typhus, enteric, or ill-defined), 5 to measles, 1 to scarlet fever, and not Thus one either to small-pox, diphtheria, or diarrhoea. the deaths from these principal zymotic diseases, which had been 20 and 17 in the previous two weeks, rose last week to 24; they were equal to an annual rate of 3’5 per 1000, the rate from the same diseases being 1’9 in London and 4’6 in Edinburgh, where measles is still epidemic. The fatal cases of whooping-cough, which had been 6 and 5 in the previous two weeks, rose last week to 10; and the deaths from "fever" and from measles also exceeded the numbers in the previous week. The deaths referred to influenza, which had been 13 in the previous week, declined last week to 8. Eleven inquest cases and 3 deaths from violence were registered; and 108, or very nearly a third, of the deaths occurred in public institutions. The causes of 33, or 10 per cent., of the deaths in the city were not certified.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE quarterly Comitia of Thursday last, the President,
the College was held on Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., in the chair. The President alluded in feeling terms to the loss sustained by the College in the death of Sir W. W. Gull, and the College passed a resolution of condolence and sympathy with Lady Gull and the family of the deceased Fellow. It was also resolved that the Registrar and one of the Censors should represent the College at the funeral. On the motion of the President, a standing rule was adopted to the effect that the Comitia should not sit after
7
P. M.
The Treasurer announced the gift to the College of a portrait of Dr. C. L. Meryon, a late distinguished Fellow. The following gentlemen were admitted Members of the College: William John Gow,’M.D.Lond.; Edmund Hobhouse, M. B. Oxon. ; William Wallis Ord, M. B. Oxon.; and William Bramwell Ransom, M.D. Lond. A further report on Leprosy at the Cape, forwarded by the Colonial Office, was referred to the Leprosy Committee. An intimation from Monaco, to the effect that no additional medical men would be allowed to practise in the Principality, was received from the Foreign Office. Copies of the new Dutch Pharmacopoeia were also forwarded by the Foreign Office. Permission was granted, on the application of Dr. Hack Tuke, for a cast of the bust of Dr. Conolly to be made for placing in an institution in Sydney devoted to the study of mental diseases. Drs. E. Liveing, Ord, and N. Moore were appointed delegates to confer with Members appointed by the Council of the College of Surgeons upon questions arising out of the action of the General Medical Council in regard to diplomas in Public Health. The report of the University Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons was read, and the consideration of the subject deferred until the committee appointed by the College had made its report. The following Fellows were elected Councillors :-Dr. J. H. Bridges, Dr. Gee, Dr. Thomas Buzzard, and Dr. Payne. On the motion of Dr. Allchin it was resolved for the second time to adopt a new bye-law, requiring of Fellows,
to resign their posito give notice of their intention to the and that such resignations should be submitted
Members, and Licentiates who intend tion in the
College
Registrar, to the College for acceptance. The report of the Fever Hospitals Committee was received, and adopted. It contained detailed instructions regarding the measures to be taken by students availing themselves of the privileges of study in these institutions; and other points which had been arrived at after conference with representatives of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The thanks of the College were voted to Dr. Gee, the chairman,
and other members of the committee for their labours, and they were requested to continue to act, in case any further details had to be arranged. The Council having reported upon the question of English practitioners in France, pointing out the facilities under which French practitioners may practise in this country, or become registered on passing purely professional examinations, and also referring to the "reciprocity" clauses in the Medical Act, 1886, which empower this country to recognisediplomas of other countries provided the recognition is mutual, the report was adopted by the College, on the motion of Dr. C. T. Williams, seconded by Dr. Quain, and a copy of it was directed to be forwarded to the Foreign
Oflice. A recommendation of the Council that the regulations for the diploma of Public Health be made conformable with those of the General Medical Council was deferred until the report of the delegates was received. The quarterly report of the Finance Committee was received,and it was resolved, on the motion of Dr. N. Moore, to increase the honorarium to Dr. Munk, Librarian of the College, by fifty guineas, in recognition of his long, learned, and invaluable services. The annual report of the Examiners for the Licence was received. During the past year 469 licences were granted. A report was received from the Laboratories Committee, in which Dr. G. Sims Woodhead was nominated for appointment as Director of the new laboratories. The report was
adopted by the College. The bye-laws relating to vice-presidents were repealed, and a new bye-law empowering the President, in his unavoidable absence, to appoint a Fellow of the College who has been a Censor to act as his vicarius, was passed for the first time.
THE SERVICES. INDIA OFFICE.-The
Queen
has
approved
of the retire-
ment of the undermentioned officers of the Staff Corps and
Indian Medical Service :-Colonel Lacy Bowring Bance, Madras Staff Corps (dated Jan. 25th, 1890); Colonel Albert Francis Orchard, Madras Staff Corps (dated Jan. 25th, 1890); Colonel Albert Willoughby Foord, Madras Staff Corps (dated Dec. 12th, 1889); Colonel John Pyne Grant, Bombay Staff Corps (dated Jan. 1st, 1890); Major Frederick Chas. Napier Goldney, Bengal Staff Corps (dated Nov. llth, 1889); Brigade Surgeon Edward Harley Raynsford Langley, Bombay Medical Establishment (dated Nov. 19th, 1889). The Queen has also approved of the retirement of Deputy Surgeon-General Philip Warren Sutherland, Bengal Medical Establishment, being post-dated to Feb. 5th, 1889. ARMY MEDICAL STAFF.-Deputy Surgeon-General Geo. Moulas Slaughter to be Surgeon-General, ranking as MajorGeneral, vice J. Ferguson, deceased (dated Jan. 14th, 1890); Brigade Surgeon Alexander Allan, M.D., to be Deputy Surgeon-General, ranking as Colonel, vice G. M. Slaughter (dated Jan. 14th, 1890); Surgeon-Major Wm. Keir, M.D., to be Brigade Surgeon, ranking as Lieutenant-Colonel, vice A. Allan, M.D. (dated Jan. 14th, 1890). ADMIRALTY.—The following appointments have been made :---Staff Surgeon Mark A. Harte to the Triumph (undated); Surgeon Michael O’Brien to the Triumph (dated Feb. 4th, 1890); Surgeon William A. Whitelegge to the Alecto, and Surgeon Edward P. Mourilyan to the Northampton (both dated Jan. 25th, 1890) ; and William Prowse to be Surgeon and Agent at Port Isaac (dated Feb. 25th,
1890). MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.-Mr. J. Thornton
Duncan,
F.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S., has been placed on the Commission of the Peace for the borough of Stamford.