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THE BATEMAN APPEAL.
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THE BATEMAN APPEAL.-PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
the rod, the latter, at the termination of the stirring of 15-20 c.cm. of blood, should have a thick coating of fibrin around it. In any case, the stirring should be continued for five minutes. Defibrination being complete, the red cells may then be injected into the patient to be treated. Since August, 1923, when I commenced using this method, about 70 cases have been successfully inoculated with benign tertian
THE BATEMAN APPEAL.
As already explained in THE LANCET, it has been felt that material assistance ought to be offered to Dr. Bateman to meet the legal expenses of his recent successful appeal against conviction and to make good the deficiency in his professional income. Accordingly, the Bateman Fund has been opened malaria. When it is desired to delay inoculation for any and lists of contributions have appeared in recent great length of time the following procedure is used issues. We have received additional contributions as at Claybury Mental Hospital. The defibrinated blood follows :9 s. d. is cooled to a low temperature and the tube packed in sawdust. I have found that it is unnecessary to freeze the blood completely provided the temperature is lowered to a few degrees above 0’C. If there is a small quantity of blood to be cooled, say 5-10 c.cm., the process may be managed on a freezing microtome, such as a Cathcart. The platform should be removed Remittances should be forwarded to the Manager so that the ether plays directly upon the walls of the of THE LANCET, 423, Strand, W.C.2, and made to the " Bateman Fund Account." test-tube, the latter being held in the situation of the platform. With large quantities of blood the microtome is less suitable. Using the above method blood has been sent from the address below to Colchester, Birmingham,Warwick, and Exeter (170 miles). In most instances the blood was sent in the usual way through the post as a HOUSE OF COMMONS. pathological specimen. The inoculations have been successful. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, Neurasthenic Patients at Saltash. G. DE M. RUDOLF. Colonel DAY asked the Minister of Pensions whether he Claybury Mental Hospital, Essex, April 4th, 1925. was aware that during the past 14 months some 370 men
payable
Parliamentary Intelligence.
had taken their
discharge from the Ministry institution for
neurasthenics ; how many were discharged at their own request; what were the principal reasons given for desiring
TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA IN CHILDREN. 7’o the Editor of THE LANCET.
SiR,—I have read with great interest Dr. Neill Hobhouse’s article on this subject published in THE LANCET of March 7th, and take the liberty of suggesting that when considering the case of children refusing solid food, he omits to call attention of the reader to a possibility which may account for the fact. Several cases under my care between the ages of 3 and 5 have shown a distinct distaste for solid food, though at the same time they never complained of sore-throat, and the mothers had never suspected that enlarged tonsils were the cause of the trouble, nor was this perceived until after careful examination. Although infective tonsils are to be considered a source of infection of the stomach which tend to upset the ordinary function of appetite, the crux of the problem may lie chiefly in the mechanical obstruction to which they give rise. I am, Rome, March 26th, 1925.
Sir,
yours
faithfully,
WALTER BENZIMRA.
PETERBOROUGH WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.-The Peterborough Hospital Committee is about to begin the erection of a war memorial hospital to cost jE70,000. ITALIAN SPAS.-The Italian State Tourist Department (known as the E.N.I.T.) is again organising an inter-
national visit of doctors to Italian health resorts to take place from Sept. 5th to Sept. 21st next. Among the places to be visited are S. Pellegrino, Fonte Bracca, Acqui, Alassio, San Remo, Ospedaletti, Bordighera, Pietra Ligure, Nervi, Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Portofino, Viareggio, Montecatini, Monsummano, Chianciano, and Fiuggi. At each place a conference will be held, and each member of the tour will receive a copy of the proceedings in his native language. A first-class special train will be provided, and the members will be accommodated at the best hotels. The party will be limited to 200 persons, and a certain number of places will be reserved for members of the families of the doctors. The fixed charge for the tour, including cost of travel, railway, and hotel expenses in Italy, will be lire 1600 (about :&bgr;15). Members will be granted reduced rate tickets from the Italian frontier to Milan and from Rome back to the frontier. Full particulars and application forms may be obtained from the Travel and Tourist Office of the E.N.I.T., 12, Waterloo-place, Regent-street, London, S.W. 1.
whether he was aware that some of the men were than 350 miles from their homes ; and if he could arrange for men from Scotland, Ireland, and the North of England to be placed in an institution nearer their homes.Major G. C. TRYON replied : The hon. and gallant Member refers, I presume, to the Ministry Institution at Salttsh. During the past 14 months 310 patients (not 370 as stated in the question) have been discharged from this institution. Of these, 171 either discharged themselves contrary to medical advice, or did not return from the leave that had been granted them. No record is kept of the reasons for the discharge in the latter cases, but I am advised that they are ordinarily accounted for by the mental instability and restlessness associated with the condition for which they are receiving treatment. It is the policy of the Ministry as far as possible, and subject to medical requirements, to treat neurasthenic cases in institutions near their homes, and in fact out of 791 cases of neurasthenia under treatment from each of the portions of the kingdom referred to in the question the great majority are in institutions in those parts, and only 37 are at Saltash.
discharge ;
I
more
Convictions for Drunkenness. Mr. GROVES asked the Home Secretary the number of convictions for drunkenness, male and female, in the metropolitan police district for the calendar years 1923 and 1924.-Sir W. JOYNSON-HiCKs replied : The total for the metropolitan police district of the figures given in Table VI. of the licensing statistics for 1923 is 23,414 males and 6610 females. The total which it is expected the volume for 1924, now in preparation, will show is 23,512 males and 6536 females. Progress of House Building. Mr. MACKENZIE LIVINGSTONE asked the Minister of Health how many houses had been completed under the Chamberlain and Wheatley Acts respectively; how far this number was supplying the normal increase of the population ; and how far it was overtaking the existing shortage of houses.-Sir KINGSLEY WOOD (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health) replied : Up to March 1st last the number of houses completed in England and Wales under the Housing Acts of 1923 and 1924 was : Act of 1923, 64,249 ; Act of 1924, 1285 ; total, 65,534. Considerable numbers of additional houses are being erected without State subsidy. During the 12 months ending on Sept. 30th last the total number of houses completed with and without subsidy was approximately 110,000, and my right hon. friend would expect this number to be exceeded during the current 12 months if present conditions continue. In answer to the second and third questions, I can only say that on the present rate of construction house building is, in the opinion of my right hon. friend, providing for the normal increase of population, and also making progress in
overtaking
arrears.
THE BATEMAN APPEAL.-PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
the rod, the latter, at the termination of the stirring of 15-20 c.cm. of blood, should have a thick coating of fibrin around it. In any case, the stirring should be continued for five minutes. Defibrination being complete, the red cells may then be injected into the patient to be treated. Since August, 1923, when I commenced using this method, about 70 cases have been successfully inoculated with benign tertian
THE BATEMAN APPEAL.
As already explained in THE LANCET, it has been felt that material assistance ought to be offered to Dr. Bateman to meet the legal expenses of his recent successful appeal against conviction and to make good the deficiency in his professional income. Accordingly, the Bateman Fund has been opened malaria. When it is desired to delay inoculation for any and lists of contributions have appeared in recent great length of time the following procedure is used issues. We have received additional contributions as at Claybury Mental Hospital. The defibrinated blood follows :9 s. d. is cooled to a low temperature and the tube packed in sawdust. I have found that it is unnecessary to freeze the blood completely provided the temperature is lowered to a few degrees above 0’C. If there is a small quantity of blood to be cooled, say 5-10 c.cm., the process may be managed on a freezing microtome, such as a Cathcart. The platform should be removed Remittances should be forwarded to the Manager so that the ether plays directly upon the walls of the of THE LANCET, 423, Strand, W.C.2, and made to the " Bateman Fund Account." test-tube, the latter being held in the situation of the platform. With large quantities of blood the microtome is less suitable. Using the above method blood has been sent from the address below to Colchester, Birmingham,Warwick, and Exeter (170 miles). In most instances the blood was sent in the usual way through the post as a HOUSE OF COMMONS. pathological specimen. The inoculations have been successful. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, Neurasthenic Patients at Saltash. G. DE M. RUDOLF. Colonel DAY asked the Minister of Pensions whether he Claybury Mental Hospital, Essex, April 4th, 1925. was aware that during the past 14 months some 370 men
payable
Parliamentary Intelligence.
had taken their
discharge from the Ministry institution for
neurasthenics ; how many were discharged at their own request; what were the principal reasons given for desiring
TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA IN CHILDREN. 7’o the Editor of THE LANCET.
SiR,—I have read with great interest Dr. Neill Hobhouse’s article on this subject published in THE LANCET of March 7th, and take the liberty of suggesting that when considering the case of children refusing solid food, he omits to call attention of the reader to a possibility which may account for the fact. Several cases under my care between the ages of 3 and 5 have shown a distinct distaste for solid food, though at the same time they never complained of sore-throat, and the mothers had never suspected that enlarged tonsils were the cause of the trouble, nor was this perceived until after careful examination. Although infective tonsils are to be considered a source of infection of the stomach which tend to upset the ordinary function of appetite, the crux of the problem may lie chiefly in the mechanical obstruction to which they give rise. I am, Rome, March 26th, 1925.
Sir,
yours
faithfully,
WALTER BENZIMRA.
PETERBOROUGH WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.-The Peterborough Hospital Committee is about to begin the erection of a war memorial hospital to cost jE70,000. ITALIAN SPAS.-The Italian State Tourist Department (known as the E.N.I.T.) is again organising an inter-
national visit of doctors to Italian health resorts to take place from Sept. 5th to Sept. 21st next. Among the places to be visited are S. Pellegrino, Fonte Bracca, Acqui, Alassio, San Remo, Ospedaletti, Bordighera, Pietra Ligure, Nervi, Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Portofino, Viareggio, Montecatini, Monsummano, Chianciano, and Fiuggi. At each place a conference will be held, and each member of the tour will receive a copy of the proceedings in his native language. A first-class special train will be provided, and the members will be accommodated at the best hotels. The party will be limited to 200 persons, and a certain number of places will be reserved for members of the families of the doctors. The fixed charge for the tour, including cost of travel, railway, and hotel expenses in Italy, will be lire 1600 (about :&bgr;15). Members will be granted reduced rate tickets from the Italian frontier to Milan and from Rome back to the frontier. Full particulars and application forms may be obtained from the Travel and Tourist Office of the E.N.I.T., 12, Waterloo-place, Regent-street, London, S.W. 1.
whether he was aware that some of the men were than 350 miles from their homes ; and if he could arrange for men from Scotland, Ireland, and the North of England to be placed in an institution nearer their homes.Major G. C. TRYON replied : The hon. and gallant Member refers, I presume, to the Ministry Institution at Salttsh. During the past 14 months 310 patients (not 370 as stated in the question) have been discharged from this institution. Of these, 171 either discharged themselves contrary to medical advice, or did not return from the leave that had been granted them. No record is kept of the reasons for the discharge in the latter cases, but I am advised that they are ordinarily accounted for by the mental instability and restlessness associated with the condition for which they are receiving treatment. It is the policy of the Ministry as far as possible, and subject to medical requirements, to treat neurasthenic cases in institutions near their homes, and in fact out of 791 cases of neurasthenia under treatment from each of the portions of the kingdom referred to in the question the great majority are in institutions in those parts, and only 37 are at Saltash.
discharge ;
I
more
Convictions for Drunkenness. Mr. GROVES asked the Home Secretary the number of convictions for drunkenness, male and female, in the metropolitan police district for the calendar years 1923 and 1924.-Sir W. JOYNSON-HiCKs replied : The total for the metropolitan police district of the figures given in Table VI. of the licensing statistics for 1923 is 23,414 males and 6610 females. The total which it is expected the volume for 1924, now in preparation, will show is 23,512 males and 6536 females. Progress of House Building. Mr. MACKENZIE LIVINGSTONE asked the Minister of Health how many houses had been completed under the Chamberlain and Wheatley Acts respectively; how far this number was supplying the normal increase of the population ; and how far it was overtaking the existing shortage of houses.-Sir KINGSLEY WOOD (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health) replied : Up to March 1st last the number of houses completed in England and Wales under the Housing Acts of 1923 and 1924 was : Act of 1923, 64,249 ; Act of 1924, 1285 ; total, 65,534. Considerable numbers of additional houses are being erected without State subsidy. During the 12 months ending on Sept. 30th last the total number of houses completed with and without subsidy was approximately 110,000, and my right hon. friend would expect this number to be exceeded during the current 12 months if present conditions continue. In answer to the second and third questions, I can only say that on the present rate of construction house building is, in the opinion of my right hon. friend, providing for the normal increase of population, and also making progress in
overtaking
arrears.