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THE HARROGATE HEALTH CONGRESS
882 Mr. I-lvn-ipson: If he had known the woman was on a charge. he would still have given the certificate. " How did you know on Oct. 1 she was still The President: " pregnant1 " I did not. I was relying on the truth from her Dr. Thomas : " husband." " She might have had a miscarriage." The President:" Dr. Thomas : Yes, and even then she would have been unfit to "
travel." Mr. Hempson, addressing the council, asked with reference to Dr. Thomas’s acceptance of his employer’s diagnosis : Can "llone of you accept the opinion of a consultant without confirming it yourself ? This was a young doctor relying on The woman his older and more experienced employer.
CASES ADJOURNED FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS
London, E.l1,
postponed his name. James I
"
consistent in her belief that she was pregnant. Have you got to think all the time of pseudocyesis and make lots of resented vaginal examinations ? It is impracticable in
throughout was
ordinary practice." The council found the first and second charges proved to their satisfaction but that Dr. Thomas was not guilty of infamous conduct in a professional respect. JUDGMENT
POSTPONED
as of 5, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh, 9, L.R.C.P.E. (1925), was charged with having been convicted in Edinburgh on Dec. 15 1947, of breach of the peace and assault and fined JB5.
James Kirkness,
registered
Mr. Winterbotham said that Dr. Kirkness and another man went to the Edinburgh City Hospital and entered the kitchen and the nurses’ dining-hall, where Dr. Kirkness struck a with a glove. A nurse telephoned the hall-porter about The hall-porter telephoned the police and got out the hospital ambulance and looked for Dr. Kirkness in the grounds. Thev found him in a motor-car and blocked his exit with the ambulance. The charge was proved and judgment postponed .for
nurse
them.
twelve months. James Scott, registered as of 68-69, Guilford Street, London, W.C.1, M.B. N.U.I.. (1926), was charged with having been convicted on April 14, 1937, of being in charge of a motor vehicle on a road while under the. influence of drink ; on Sept. 20, 1940, of neglecting
without reasonable cause to proceed to sea in a ship - in which he was lawfully engaged to serve ; on March 4, 1947, of being found drunk ; and on Oct. 16, 1947, of being under the influence of drink while ’in charge of a
motor-car.
The charge was proved and judgment postponed for year. Trevor Ozvew Williams, registered as of 24, Dudlow Lane, Liverpool, 18, M.B. Lpool (1913), was charged with having been convicted on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 1947, and March 6, 1948, of having been found drunk. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for a
a
year.
Basil Elliott, registered as of 106, St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2, L.M.s.s.A. (1928), was charged with having been convicted on July 13, 1936, of driving a motor-car recklessly and colliding with and damaging a pedal bicycle ; of driving a motor-car recklessly and colliding with a motor-car whereby both vehicles were damaged and a man was injured : and of driving or attempting to drive a motor-car while under the influence of drink ; on June 5, 1945, of being drunk in charge of a bicycle : and on Jan. 27, 1948, of driving a motor-car while under the influence of drink. The charge was proved and judgment
postponed for
year.
John 11Iatthew
a,
-
Campbell, registered
as
of Dromore,
Omagh, co. Tyrone, M.B. N.U.I. (1942), was charged with having been convicted on Aug. 10, 1945, of driving a
motor-car while under the influence of drink or drugs. and on Jan. 9, 1947, of being in charge of a motor-car while under the influence of drink. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for a year. -I,Ial,eoli,n Andrew Grahazo-Yooll, O.B.E., registered as of Elm Tree House, Pembroke, M.B. Edin. (1923), was charged with having been convicted on May 5, 1943, of not keeping a register as required by the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1937, and on ug. 11, J947, of six further similar offences. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for two years, interim testimonials being required at the end of a year. -
as of 39, Blakehall Road. (1921), appeared for judgment-
1’illiaya Belton, registered
Cavan, council
M.B. N.tl.I.
from June, 1947.
The council did not
Alphonsus Heerey, registered (1941), had
M.B. N.Tr.i. did not erase
his
erase
’
as
of
Virginia,
gone to Australia.
co.
Th,’
name.
Raymond Crisiiiick EraWl. registered as of 113, Sackville Road, Hove, M.R.c.. (1932), attended to hear judgment postponed from November. 1947. The council did not erase
his
name.
THE HARROGATE HEALTH CONGRESS THE 54th congress held by the Royal Sanitary Institute since its foundation a year after the great Public Health Act of 1875 was opened by Lord Inman at Harrogate on May 24. The 2400 delegates, representing over a thousand different bodies, including 39 foreign governments, heard him describe the conditions at Charing Cross Hospital 100 years ago-patients admitted only on one day a week, often to beds just vacated by fever patients ; bed-linen not changed until worn out : " watchers ’’ paid 5s. a week, nursing by untrained His living out. graphic description gave point to the full week of papers by engineers and architects, veterinary surgeons and sanitary inspectors, health visitors, medical officers of health, epidemiologists, nutritionists, town and country planners, and others who, under the banner to draw together of the institute which has existed men of like mind," have assisted in bringing about the improved hygiene of today. Perhaps the most encouraging feature of the week was. the evidence of a new spirit in public health, largely arising from the reshuffle of administrative responsibilities produced by the Act of 1946. This can be simply stated as the spirit of team-work under the medical officer of health, which was the theme of Dr. Frederick Hall’s presidential address to the conference of M.o.H.’s. its objectivebeing a community in which hospitals are Prof. G. S. Wilson, as president of no longer needed. the preventive medicine section, expressed his faith in the future of the preventive weapons of epidemiology. and Dr. W. H. Bradley emphasised the need to employ the statistician to the fullest advantage ; it is to be hoped that before long every health authority will have added this important member to its team. In the maternal and child health section, which was under the presidency of Dr. May Baird (Mrs. Dugald Baird), who is chairman of a public-health committee and of a regional hospital board. Dr. W. S. Walton, G.M., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Dr. Catherine Morris Jones, of Gloucestershire, showed the way to further progress under section 22 of the National Health Service Act and circular 118, which explains it. The need is for the midwife, the general practitioner, and the obstetrical specialist to work with the M.o.H. in making maternity a normal physiological process. Throughout the congress the importance of bringing the specialist into the planning of health was often stressed ;in all branches of medicine and surgery the specialist should play his part in prevention as well asrin cure and his ultimate object should coincide with that of the M.o.H.—to make hospitals redundant. The health visitors’ -section, under the presidency of Prof. A. Topping, was of particular interest in view of the expanding scope of the health visitor in the field of social medicine, where she must now become a true partner of the general practitioner and of the hospital. The importance of direct communication between almoners and health visitors was urged by Miss Steel. secretary of the Institute of Almoners, and the discussion brought out the need for further consideration of the training of both almoners and health visitors : is the time now ripe for an amalgamation of these two "
trainings ? Much of the value of a congress like this lies in the influences which a series of joint meetings can exert on laymen and technical experts alike. This conception of joint meetings with laymen is one which the doctor should cultivate ; as was often remarked at the congress, the clerks and treasurers of local authorities should havebeen present at most of the meetings.
broadening
travel." Mr. Hempson, addressing the council, asked with reference to Dr. Thomas’s acceptance of his employer’s diagnosis : Can "llone of you accept the opinion of a consultant without confirming it yourself ? This was a young doctor relying on The woman his older and more experienced employer.
CASES ADJOURNED FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS
London, E.l1,
postponed his name. James I
"
consistent in her belief that she was pregnant. Have you got to think all the time of pseudocyesis and make lots of resented vaginal examinations ? It is impracticable in
throughout was
ordinary practice." The council found the first and second charges proved to their satisfaction but that Dr. Thomas was not guilty of infamous conduct in a professional respect. JUDGMENT
POSTPONED
as of 5, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh, 9, L.R.C.P.E. (1925), was charged with having been convicted in Edinburgh on Dec. 15 1947, of breach of the peace and assault and fined JB5.
James Kirkness,
registered
Mr. Winterbotham said that Dr. Kirkness and another man went to the Edinburgh City Hospital and entered the kitchen and the nurses’ dining-hall, where Dr. Kirkness struck a with a glove. A nurse telephoned the hall-porter about The hall-porter telephoned the police and got out the hospital ambulance and looked for Dr. Kirkness in the grounds. Thev found him in a motor-car and blocked his exit with the ambulance. The charge was proved and judgment postponed .for
nurse
them.
twelve months. James Scott, registered as of 68-69, Guilford Street, London, W.C.1, M.B. N.U.I.. (1926), was charged with having been convicted on April 14, 1937, of being in charge of a motor vehicle on a road while under the. influence of drink ; on Sept. 20, 1940, of neglecting
without reasonable cause to proceed to sea in a ship - in which he was lawfully engaged to serve ; on March 4, 1947, of being found drunk ; and on Oct. 16, 1947, of being under the influence of drink while ’in charge of a
motor-car.
The charge was proved and judgment postponed for year. Trevor Ozvew Williams, registered as of 24, Dudlow Lane, Liverpool, 18, M.B. Lpool (1913), was charged with having been convicted on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 1947, and March 6, 1948, of having been found drunk. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for a
a
year.
Basil Elliott, registered as of 106, St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2, L.M.s.s.A. (1928), was charged with having been convicted on July 13, 1936, of driving a motor-car recklessly and colliding with and damaging a pedal bicycle ; of driving a motor-car recklessly and colliding with a motor-car whereby both vehicles were damaged and a man was injured : and of driving or attempting to drive a motor-car while under the influence of drink ; on June 5, 1945, of being drunk in charge of a bicycle : and on Jan. 27, 1948, of driving a motor-car while under the influence of drink. The charge was proved and judgment
postponed for
year.
John 11Iatthew
a,
-
Campbell, registered
as
of Dromore,
Omagh, co. Tyrone, M.B. N.U.I. (1942), was charged with having been convicted on Aug. 10, 1945, of driving a
motor-car while under the influence of drink or drugs. and on Jan. 9, 1947, of being in charge of a motor-car while under the influence of drink. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for a year. -I,Ial,eoli,n Andrew Grahazo-Yooll, O.B.E., registered as of Elm Tree House, Pembroke, M.B. Edin. (1923), was charged with having been convicted on May 5, 1943, of not keeping a register as required by the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1937, and on ug. 11, J947, of six further similar offences. The charge was proved and judgment postponed for two years, interim testimonials being required at the end of a year. -
as of 39, Blakehall Road. (1921), appeared for judgment-
1’illiaya Belton, registered
Cavan, council
M.B. N.tl.I.
from June, 1947.
The council did not
Alphonsus Heerey, registered (1941), had
M.B. N.Tr.i. did not erase
his
erase
’
as
of
Virginia,
gone to Australia.
co.
Th,’
name.
Raymond Crisiiiick EraWl. registered as of 113, Sackville Road, Hove, M.R.c.. (1932), attended to hear judgment postponed from November. 1947. The council did not erase
his
name.
THE HARROGATE HEALTH CONGRESS THE 54th congress held by the Royal Sanitary Institute since its foundation a year after the great Public Health Act of 1875 was opened by Lord Inman at Harrogate on May 24. The 2400 delegates, representing over a thousand different bodies, including 39 foreign governments, heard him describe the conditions at Charing Cross Hospital 100 years ago-patients admitted only on one day a week, often to beds just vacated by fever patients ; bed-linen not changed until worn out : " watchers ’’ paid 5s. a week, nursing by untrained His living out. graphic description gave point to the full week of papers by engineers and architects, veterinary surgeons and sanitary inspectors, health visitors, medical officers of health, epidemiologists, nutritionists, town and country planners, and others who, under the banner to draw together of the institute which has existed men of like mind," have assisted in bringing about the improved hygiene of today. Perhaps the most encouraging feature of the week was. the evidence of a new spirit in public health, largely arising from the reshuffle of administrative responsibilities produced by the Act of 1946. This can be simply stated as the spirit of team-work under the medical officer of health, which was the theme of Dr. Frederick Hall’s presidential address to the conference of M.o.H.’s. its objectivebeing a community in which hospitals are Prof. G. S. Wilson, as president of no longer needed. the preventive medicine section, expressed his faith in the future of the preventive weapons of epidemiology. and Dr. W. H. Bradley emphasised the need to employ the statistician to the fullest advantage ; it is to be hoped that before long every health authority will have added this important member to its team. In the maternal and child health section, which was under the presidency of Dr. May Baird (Mrs. Dugald Baird), who is chairman of a public-health committee and of a regional hospital board. Dr. W. S. Walton, G.M., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Dr. Catherine Morris Jones, of Gloucestershire, showed the way to further progress under section 22 of the National Health Service Act and circular 118, which explains it. The need is for the midwife, the general practitioner, and the obstetrical specialist to work with the M.o.H. in making maternity a normal physiological process. Throughout the congress the importance of bringing the specialist into the planning of health was often stressed ;in all branches of medicine and surgery the specialist should play his part in prevention as well asrin cure and his ultimate object should coincide with that of the M.o.H.—to make hospitals redundant. The health visitors’ -section, under the presidency of Prof. A. Topping, was of particular interest in view of the expanding scope of the health visitor in the field of social medicine, where she must now become a true partner of the general practitioner and of the hospital. The importance of direct communication between almoners and health visitors was urged by Miss Steel. secretary of the Institute of Almoners, and the discussion brought out the need for further consideration of the training of both almoners and health visitors : is the time now ripe for an amalgamation of these two "
trainings ? Much of the value of a congress like this lies in the influences which a series of joint meetings can exert on laymen and technical experts alike. This conception of joint meetings with laymen is one which the doctor should cultivate ; as was often remarked at the congress, the clerks and treasurers of local authorities should havebeen present at most of the meetings.
broadening