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over the building and shown the accommodation and facilities for the treatment of inpatients, interesting coloured drawings and charts demonstrating the results of treatment by radium, and the laboratory where " r a d o n " is prepared. THE EAST MIDLAND BRANCH. President : Dr. W. S. H. Campbell, M.O.H., Lindsey (Lines.) C.C. Hen. Secretary : Dr. J. A. Stirling, M.O.H., Chesterfield. A meeting of this Branch was held in the Guildhall, Nottingham, on March 12th, 1936, the President occupying the chair. Twenty-four members and four guests were present. Dr. E. B. Alabaster (Ophthalmic Surgeon, Worcestershire County Council) read a paper on "The Treatment ot Concomitant Squint." Dealing with his subject in a very interesting and practical manner, Dr. Alabaster illustrated his points with great clearness by lantern slides, and at the close of his paper gave a demonstration of the working of the Sonoptophone, which was greatly appreciated. After the discussion which fi)llowed, Dr. Alabaster was warmly thanked on the proposition of Dr. Newth, seconded by Dr. Barker. THE FEVER HOSPITAL MEDICAL SERVICE GROUP. President : Dr. E. H. R. ttarries, Med. Supt., North-Eastern Hospital, London County Council. Hen. Secretary : Dr. Alexander Joe, D.s.c., North"Western Hospital, London County Council. A meeting of this Group was held at the Park Hospital, Hither Green, London, on March 27th, 1936. In the absence of the President, Dr. Banks took the chair and gave a most valuable demonstration on apparatus employed by him in injections b y the intravenous and intraperitoneal routes. He also showed various interesting cases and conducted the party over the cell isolation accommodation recently constructed and brought into use at the Park Hospital. At a meeting of the Council of the Group it was agreed to give general approval to the principles set forth in the memorandum of the Maternity and Child Welfare Group on the facilities desirable to improve and maintain the efficiency of the medical personnel in the public health service.
THE SOUTHERN BRANCH. President : Dr. A. B. Williamson, M.O.H., Portsmouth. Hen. Secretary : Dr. A. E. Druitt, Asst. M.O.H., Hant~ County Council. A meeting of this Branch was held at St. Mary's Municipal Hospital, Portsmouth, on April 3rd, 1936, when the Medical Superintendent (Dr. R. C. Macpherson) delivered a most lucid and instructive address on "Encephalitis Lethargica: /Etiology, Symptoms and Treatment," in which he drew on his close personal experiences with the disease during the past three years. -
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THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE GROUP. President: Dr. G. C. M. M'Gonigle, M.O.H., Stockton-on-Tees. Hon. Secretary: Dr. Muriel Radford, 1, Manor Way, Potters Bar, Middlesex. On March 27th, 1936, members of the Group attended at the house of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1, Wimpole Street, London, and took part in a discussion on " The Prevention of Nee-natal Death, Injury and Disease." The meeting was a joint one of the Section for the Study of Disease in Children with the Sections of Obstetrics and Gyn~ecology and of Epidemiology and State Medicine, the Maternity and Child Welfare Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health being present by invitation. Sir Lancelot Barrington-Ward (President of the Section for the Study of Disease in Children) was in the chair, and eighty-six members and guests were present. Dr. N. B, Capon (Section for the Study of Disease in Children), in opening the discussion, first drew attention to the magnitude of the problem. He said that the mortality figures showed that some 20,000 babies died each year in England and Wales during the first month of life, this being about 32 per thousand born (i.e., about 50 per cent. of the total infant mortality rate). About 14,000 of the babies died in the first week of life. The morbidity figures were not available, but this aspect was at least as important as mortality. Secondly, he pointed out that the younger the patient the more important the prophylaxis, and that obstetricians and p~ediatricians must work in close co-operation. Thirdly, that the chief causes of nee-natal disease and death were :--
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over the building and shown the accommodation and facilities for the treatment of inpatients, interesting coloured drawings and charts demonstrating the results of treatment by radium, and the laboratory where " r a d o n " is prepared. THE EAST MIDLAND BRANCH. President : Dr. W. S. H. Campbell, M.O.H., Lindsey (Lines.) C.C. Hen. Secretary : Dr. J. A. Stirling, M.O.H., Chesterfield. A meeting of this Branch was held in the Guildhall, Nottingham, on March 12th, 1936, the President occupying the chair. Twenty-four members and four guests were present. Dr. E. B. Alabaster (Ophthalmic Surgeon, Worcestershire County Council) read a paper on "The Treatment ot Concomitant Squint." Dealing with his subject in a very interesting and practical manner, Dr. Alabaster illustrated his points with great clearness by lantern slides, and at the close of his paper gave a demonstration of the working of the Sonoptophone, which was greatly appreciated. After the discussion which fi)llowed, Dr. Alabaster was warmly thanked on the proposition of Dr. Newth, seconded by Dr. Barker. THE FEVER HOSPITAL MEDICAL SERVICE GROUP. President : Dr. E. H. R. ttarries, Med. Supt., North-Eastern Hospital, London County Council. Hen. Secretary : Dr. Alexander Joe, D.s.c., North"Western Hospital, London County Council. A meeting of this Group was held at the Park Hospital, Hither Green, London, on March 27th, 1936. In the absence of the President, Dr. Banks took the chair and gave a most valuable demonstration on apparatus employed by him in injections b y the intravenous and intraperitoneal routes. He also showed various interesting cases and conducted the party over the cell isolation accommodation recently constructed and brought into use at the Park Hospital. At a meeting of the Council of the Group it was agreed to give general approval to the principles set forth in the memorandum of the Maternity and Child Welfare Group on the facilities desirable to improve and maintain the efficiency of the medical personnel in the public health service.
THE SOUTHERN BRANCH. President : Dr. A. B. Williamson, M.O.H., Portsmouth. Hen. Secretary : Dr. A. E. Druitt, Asst. M.O.H., Hant~ County Council. A meeting of this Branch was held at St. Mary's Municipal Hospital, Portsmouth, on April 3rd, 1936, when the Medical Superintendent (Dr. R. C. Macpherson) delivered a most lucid and instructive address on "Encephalitis Lethargica: /Etiology, Symptoms and Treatment," in which he drew on his close personal experiences with the disease during the past three years. -
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THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE GROUP. President: Dr. G. C. M. M'Gonigle, M.O.H., Stockton-on-Tees. Hon. Secretary: Dr. Muriel Radford, 1, Manor Way, Potters Bar, Middlesex. On March 27th, 1936, members of the Group attended at the house of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1, Wimpole Street, London, and took part in a discussion on " The Prevention of Nee-natal Death, Injury and Disease." The meeting was a joint one of the Section for the Study of Disease in Children with the Sections of Obstetrics and Gyn~ecology and of Epidemiology and State Medicine, the Maternity and Child Welfare Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health being present by invitation. Sir Lancelot Barrington-Ward (President of the Section for the Study of Disease in Children) was in the chair, and eighty-six members and guests were present. Dr. N. B, Capon (Section for the Study of Disease in Children), in opening the discussion, first drew attention to the magnitude of the problem. He said that the mortality figures showed that some 20,000 babies died each year in England and Wales during the first month of life, this being about 32 per thousand born (i.e., about 50 per cent. of the total infant mortality rate). About 14,000 of the babies died in the first week of life. The morbidity figures were not available, but this aspect was at least as important as mortality. Secondly, he pointed out that the younger the patient the more important the prophylaxis, and that obstetricians and p~ediatricians must work in close co-operation. Thirdly, that the chief causes of nee-natal disease and death were :--