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PUBLIC HEALTH, March, 1949
136 a report before the end of the year which could be read at a meeting of the Society. Joint Salaries Coramittee.--The Group's representatives, accompanied on occasions by Dr. Buchan and the Executive Secretary, Mr. G. L. C. Elliston, had attended meetings of the Remuneration Committee of the British Dental Association, at which they had been able to make valuable contributions to the discussion. A gracious tribute to the work of the Society's representatives had been paid by the chairman, Mr. J. Gillard Bishop, m presenting his report to the Representative Board on January 29th. A meeting between representatives of the British Dental Association and the Scottish Local Authorities' Associations, was being held on Monday, February 7th. Mr. A. G. Taylor and Mr. Parker Buchanan, Dental Secretary, British Dental Association, were to attend. Owing to the loyalty of the membership, the danger inherent in the proposal toplace the matter of dental officers' salaries before the N.J.C. and Chief Officers' Committee, on which the staff side would have been represented by non-professional interests, appeared to have receded. It was reported that the County Council's Association had sent a letter to individual County Councils authorising them to make increases in their dental officers' salaries, if they so desired, provided such increases did not interfere with their other gradings. The dangers inherent in such piecemeal local arrangements were reviewed. The Rupert Cumine Bequest.--It was resolved that the £50 should be. invested until such a time as some suitable way of commemorating the donor could be devised. Mr. Webster and Mr. Batten were appointed trustees of the fund. Sub-Groups.--Reports of the Welsh and Metropolitan and Home Counties Sub-groups were received. Reports of their proceedings will appear in PUBLm HEALTH. Annual Dinner, 1949.--The Executive were instructed to explore the possibility of holding the annual dinner on Saturday, April 23rd. Report of Hon. Membership Seeretary.--Mr. Martin Cohn reported that the membership was now 207. He regretted that the figure given to the October Council meeting was incorrect. Members were reminded that they were now eligible to become Fellows of the Society. Election of existing members would be automatic on application to the Executive Secretary and the payment of the subscription of two guineas. Other Business.--The serious shortage of X-ray films and other materials was reported. It was resolved that representations should be made to the appropriate quarters that the " p r i o r i t y " services should have some priority in the allocation of available supplies. MATERNITY A N D CHILD WELFARE GROUP
President: Dr. Victor Freeman (M.O.H., Islington Met. B.). Hon. Secretary : Dr. Ann Mower White (Asst. Divl. M.O., Division 2, L.C.C.). Hon. Assistant Secretary : Dr. Kathleen M. Hart (Senior A.M.O., Ealing and Acton Division, M.C.C.). A .general meeting of the i . & C.W. Group was held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Friday, December 3rd, 1948, at 8 p.m. The President was in the chair and 52 members were present. Modern Views of Feeding Problems in Infants and Toddlers The President welcomed, on behalf of the Group, Dr. Richard Dobbs, who spoke o n the above subject. In his address Dr. Dobbs discussed the probable causes of the failure of breast-feeding and touched briefly on the possible ways of overcoming these. He thought Dr. Waller's views on the establishment of breast-feeding were sound and hoped we should soon have the opportunity of confirming them by further research work. As regards regular feeding, there was no basis in physiology and no support in nature for feeding by the clock. Food should not be withheld from a hungry baby. Nor was there any reason why a crying baby should not be fed at night. Talking on feeding in later infancy, he said that again no hard-and-fast rules could be laid down and the quantities consumed varied considerably in children of the same age group. It was known that mineral deficiencies occur by the fifth-sixth month, and it was necessary to augment the diet at that age. Also it was wise to introduce early a variety of tastes. Dr. Dobbs concluded his address by discussing vitamin supplements and their, optimum doses. T h e discussion which followed, in which several members took part, was opened by Dr. Freeman. It was interesting, he said, concerning our ideas on infant feeding, to see how the pendulum had swung back to where it was some years ago. He agreed that there was no reason for physiological exactitude in feeding routine. Other subjects which were discussed included the value of cheese in the diet of young children and the indebatable statistical evidence that the breast-fed baby thrives better. A vote of thanks to the speaker was proposed by Dr. Hirst and carried by acclamation.
NORTH-WESTERN M. & C,W. A N D SCHOOL H. S. SUB-GROUPS President: Dr. Helen G. M. Bennett (Senior A.M.O.H., Manchester C.B.). lion. Secretary : Dr. J. S. G. Burnett (M.O.H., Preston C.B.). A meeting of the Sub-groups was held at the Out-patients' Depart. ment, Gartalde Street, Manchester, on Friday, October 22nd, 1948, when 36 members were present. T h e minutes of the previous meeting having been approved, Dr. Gawne welcomed to the chairmanship of the Sub-groups Dr. H. G. M. Bennett, the first woman and first whole-time clinical officer to hold that position since the resuscitation of the Sub-groups in 1945. He recalled the active interest that Dr. Bennett had taken in the activities of the Sub-groups, including her attendance at the Maternity and Child Welfare Group Council meetings, and the sterling work she had done in the organisation of a clinical postgraduate maternity and child welfare week-end course in Manchester. Dr. Bennett expressed her gratitude at the action of the members in choosing a clinical officer to act as President for the coming session. Dr. Keddie expressed the thanks of the members for the services which Dr. Gawne had rendered in his capacity as chairman during the preceding session. T h e resolution was carried with acclamation, to which Dr. Gawne suitably replied. T h e members having partaken of tea kindly provided by the hospital, there followed a fascinating and stimulating address by Prof. W. Gaisford, Professor of Child Health at the University of Manchester, on '" Rheumatism in Childhood." SERVICES H Y G I E N E GROUP
President: Dr. H. D. Chalke, O.B.E. (Divl. M.O., L.C.C. ; Lt.Col., R.A.M.C., T.A.). Hon. Secretary: Dr. G. M. Frizelle (Sub-Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). Annual Reunion Dinner The second annual dinner of the Group, which was also open to past and present hygiene officers who were not members of the Society, was held at Stewart's Restaurant, Regent Street, W.I, on Friday, January 28th, 1949. T h e President was in the chair, and was supported by a distinguished company of about 60 representatives of the three services and volunteer reserves and members of the civil public health service. T h e guests included Lt.-Gen. N. Cantlie, C.B., K.H.S., Director-General, Army Medical Service; Prof. R. H. Parry, President of the Society ; Maj.-Gen. Sir Ralph Ainsworth, c.~., D.S.O., M.V.O. ; Sir Allen Daley, Chairman of Council of the Society; Brig. H. A. Sandiford, R.A.M.C. (ret.), Mr. R. Coyle, T.D., F.S.C.S., and the Executive Secretary. Amongst the members of the Group who attended were Brig. A. E. Richmond, C.B,E., Director of Hygiene, War Office; Air-Commodore J. M. Kilpatrick, O.B.E., Director of Hygiene, R.A.F. ; Brig. G. S. Parkinson, C.B., D.S.O., R.A.M.C. (ret.); and Major R. W. H. Jackson, R.A.M.C. (ret.). T h e toast of the Group and hygiene officers past and present was proposed by Prof. Parry, who was much impressed by the representative nature of the Group, embracing as it did both civilian and Service members. He had been delighted to note the number of serving officers who had joined the Society since the revival of the Group. He considered that this Group had a very important role to fill as a link between civil and military preventive medicine, and he hoped it would continue to flourish. Service hygienists had made a great contribution to the general field of hygiene and preventive medicine. T h e medical officers of health had not corn* very well out of the institution of the National Health Service, but he thought that the recognition given by the Services to the importance of prevention and positive health would show the way to the restoration of hygiene and preventive medicine in the country as a whole. Air Commodore Kilpatrick, replying to this toast, thanked Prof. Parry for the graceful way in which he had proposed it. He said how valuable the Group was proving to hygienic officers in the Services, and reminded his hearers that more than 400 members of the civilian public health service had served in the hygiene branches of the Royal Navy, the R.A.M,C. and the R.A.F. during the recent war, apart from those who had served under Allied Military Governments, Control Commissions, U.N.R.R.A., etc. T h e President (Dr. H. D. Chalke) then proposed the toast of the guests, and referred to several by name, notably Lieut.-General Cantlie. His gesture as a very busy man in attending this dinner was much appreciated. He had shown great sympathy with the hygiene side of the R.A.M.C. and Territorial Army and was the distinguished successor of a long line of Director-Generals who had established such a great reputation for the Army Medical Service. He referred to Prof. Parry as another distinguished Welshman, and congratulated him on his appointment as adviser on public health and hospital
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136 a report before the end of the year which could be read at a meeting of the Society. Joint Salaries Coramittee.--The Group's representatives, accompanied on occasions by Dr. Buchan and the Executive Secretary, Mr. G. L. C. Elliston, had attended meetings of the Remuneration Committee of the British Dental Association, at which they had been able to make valuable contributions to the discussion. A gracious tribute to the work of the Society's representatives had been paid by the chairman, Mr. J. Gillard Bishop, m presenting his report to the Representative Board on January 29th. A meeting between representatives of the British Dental Association and the Scottish Local Authorities' Associations, was being held on Monday, February 7th. Mr. A. G. Taylor and Mr. Parker Buchanan, Dental Secretary, British Dental Association, were to attend. Owing to the loyalty of the membership, the danger inherent in the proposal toplace the matter of dental officers' salaries before the N.J.C. and Chief Officers' Committee, on which the staff side would have been represented by non-professional interests, appeared to have receded. It was reported that the County Council's Association had sent a letter to individual County Councils authorising them to make increases in their dental officers' salaries, if they so desired, provided such increases did not interfere with their other gradings. The dangers inherent in such piecemeal local arrangements were reviewed. The Rupert Cumine Bequest.--It was resolved that the £50 should be. invested until such a time as some suitable way of commemorating the donor could be devised. Mr. Webster and Mr. Batten were appointed trustees of the fund. Sub-Groups.--Reports of the Welsh and Metropolitan and Home Counties Sub-groups were received. Reports of their proceedings will appear in PUBLm HEALTH. Annual Dinner, 1949.--The Executive were instructed to explore the possibility of holding the annual dinner on Saturday, April 23rd. Report of Hon. Membership Seeretary.--Mr. Martin Cohn reported that the membership was now 207. He regretted that the figure given to the October Council meeting was incorrect. Members were reminded that they were now eligible to become Fellows of the Society. Election of existing members would be automatic on application to the Executive Secretary and the payment of the subscription of two guineas. Other Business.--The serious shortage of X-ray films and other materials was reported. It was resolved that representations should be made to the appropriate quarters that the " p r i o r i t y " services should have some priority in the allocation of available supplies. MATERNITY A N D CHILD WELFARE GROUP
President: Dr. Victor Freeman (M.O.H., Islington Met. B.). Hon. Secretary : Dr. Ann Mower White (Asst. Divl. M.O., Division 2, L.C.C.). Hon. Assistant Secretary : Dr. Kathleen M. Hart (Senior A.M.O., Ealing and Acton Division, M.C.C.). A .general meeting of the i . & C.W. Group was held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Friday, December 3rd, 1948, at 8 p.m. The President was in the chair and 52 members were present. Modern Views of Feeding Problems in Infants and Toddlers The President welcomed, on behalf of the Group, Dr. Richard Dobbs, who spoke o n the above subject. In his address Dr. Dobbs discussed the probable causes of the failure of breast-feeding and touched briefly on the possible ways of overcoming these. He thought Dr. Waller's views on the establishment of breast-feeding were sound and hoped we should soon have the opportunity of confirming them by further research work. As regards regular feeding, there was no basis in physiology and no support in nature for feeding by the clock. Food should not be withheld from a hungry baby. Nor was there any reason why a crying baby should not be fed at night. Talking on feeding in later infancy, he said that again no hard-and-fast rules could be laid down and the quantities consumed varied considerably in children of the same age group. It was known that mineral deficiencies occur by the fifth-sixth month, and it was necessary to augment the diet at that age. Also it was wise to introduce early a variety of tastes. Dr. Dobbs concluded his address by discussing vitamin supplements and their, optimum doses. T h e discussion which followed, in which several members took part, was opened by Dr. Freeman. It was interesting, he said, concerning our ideas on infant feeding, to see how the pendulum had swung back to where it was some years ago. He agreed that there was no reason for physiological exactitude in feeding routine. Other subjects which were discussed included the value of cheese in the diet of young children and the indebatable statistical evidence that the breast-fed baby thrives better. A vote of thanks to the speaker was proposed by Dr. Hirst and carried by acclamation.
NORTH-WESTERN M. & C,W. A N D SCHOOL H. S. SUB-GROUPS President: Dr. Helen G. M. Bennett (Senior A.M.O.H., Manchester C.B.). lion. Secretary : Dr. J. S. G. Burnett (M.O.H., Preston C.B.). A meeting of the Sub-groups was held at the Out-patients' Depart. ment, Gartalde Street, Manchester, on Friday, October 22nd, 1948, when 36 members were present. T h e minutes of the previous meeting having been approved, Dr. Gawne welcomed to the chairmanship of the Sub-groups Dr. H. G. M. Bennett, the first woman and first whole-time clinical officer to hold that position since the resuscitation of the Sub-groups in 1945. He recalled the active interest that Dr. Bennett had taken in the activities of the Sub-groups, including her attendance at the Maternity and Child Welfare Group Council meetings, and the sterling work she had done in the organisation of a clinical postgraduate maternity and child welfare week-end course in Manchester. Dr. Bennett expressed her gratitude at the action of the members in choosing a clinical officer to act as President for the coming session. Dr. Keddie expressed the thanks of the members for the services which Dr. Gawne had rendered in his capacity as chairman during the preceding session. T h e resolution was carried with acclamation, to which Dr. Gawne suitably replied. T h e members having partaken of tea kindly provided by the hospital, there followed a fascinating and stimulating address by Prof. W. Gaisford, Professor of Child Health at the University of Manchester, on '" Rheumatism in Childhood." SERVICES H Y G I E N E GROUP
President: Dr. H. D. Chalke, O.B.E. (Divl. M.O., L.C.C. ; Lt.Col., R.A.M.C., T.A.). Hon. Secretary: Dr. G. M. Frizelle (Sub-Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). Annual Reunion Dinner The second annual dinner of the Group, which was also open to past and present hygiene officers who were not members of the Society, was held at Stewart's Restaurant, Regent Street, W.I, on Friday, January 28th, 1949. T h e President was in the chair, and was supported by a distinguished company of about 60 representatives of the three services and volunteer reserves and members of the civil public health service. T h e guests included Lt.-Gen. N. Cantlie, C.B., K.H.S., Director-General, Army Medical Service; Prof. R. H. Parry, President of the Society ; Maj.-Gen. Sir Ralph Ainsworth, c.~., D.S.O., M.V.O. ; Sir Allen Daley, Chairman of Council of the Society; Brig. H. A. Sandiford, R.A.M.C. (ret.), Mr. R. Coyle, T.D., F.S.C.S., and the Executive Secretary. Amongst the members of the Group who attended were Brig. A. E. Richmond, C.B,E., Director of Hygiene, War Office; Air-Commodore J. M. Kilpatrick, O.B.E., Director of Hygiene, R.A.F. ; Brig. G. S. Parkinson, C.B., D.S.O., R.A.M.C. (ret.); and Major R. W. H. Jackson, R.A.M.C. (ret.). T h e toast of the Group and hygiene officers past and present was proposed by Prof. Parry, who was much impressed by the representative nature of the Group, embracing as it did both civilian and Service members. He had been delighted to note the number of serving officers who had joined the Society since the revival of the Group. He considered that this Group had a very important role to fill as a link between civil and military preventive medicine, and he hoped it would continue to flourish. Service hygienists had made a great contribution to the general field of hygiene and preventive medicine. T h e medical officers of health had not corn* very well out of the institution of the National Health Service, but he thought that the recognition given by the Services to the importance of prevention and positive health would show the way to the restoration of hygiene and preventive medicine in the country as a whole. Air Commodore Kilpatrick, replying to this toast, thanked Prof. Parry for the graceful way in which he had proposed it. He said how valuable the Group was proving to hygienic officers in the Services, and reminded his hearers that more than 400 members of the civilian public health service had served in the hygiene branches of the Royal Navy, the R.A.M,C. and the R.A.F. during the recent war, apart from those who had served under Allied Military Governments, Control Commissions, U.N.R.R.A., etc. T h e President (Dr. H. D. Chalke) then proposed the toast of the guests, and referred to several by name, notably Lieut.-General Cantlie. His gesture as a very busy man in attending this dinner was much appreciated. He had shown great sympathy with the hygiene side of the R.A.M.C. and Territorial Army and was the distinguished successor of a long line of Director-Generals who had established such a great reputation for the Army Medical Service. He referred to Prof. Parry as another distinguished Welshman, and congratulated him on his appointment as adviser on public health and hospital
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