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The Joint Tuberculosis Council
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PUBLIC HEALTH.
JANUARY,
THE JOINT TUBERCULOSIS COUNCIL. A meeting of the Joint Tuberculosis Council was held at the house of the Society of Medical Officers of Health on November 23rd, 19,35, Dr. Lissant Cox occupying the chair. Twentv-three members were present. Dr. G. Lissant Cox was nominated for election as Chairman of Council for I936; Drs. S. \.;ere Pearson and I.. S. T. Burrell as Vice-Chairmen; Dr. Ernest \Vard as Hon. Secretary; Dr. G. Jesset as Hon. Treasurer; and Dr. D. P. Sutherland as Hon. Auditor. After discussing the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Girdlestone, it was decided to invite the Association of Thoracic Surgeons 1o appoint a representative on the Council. Dr. McDougall presented the 19a5 report of the Employment Committee, and various suggestions for his consideration were brought forward. Dr. McDougall was heartily thanked for his arduous work in compiling this report, and it was decided to leave the circulation thereof to the British Legion Press. A note was presented by Dr. Blackmore on behalf of the Institutions Committee with reference to Dr. Meal's memorandum on " Tuberculosis Institutions and Chest Hospitals." Dr. Blackmore was thanked, and it was resolved: " That this Council is of opinion that the benefits of ma)or surgery for both tuberculous and non-tuberculous conditions should be available to every patient in need of such treatment, and considers that steps should be taken by local authorities to provide facilities at tuberculosis institutions if adequate arrangements have not or cannot be made at other institutions." On behalf of the Milk Committee, Dr. Hawthorne reported that the Conference of tim National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at Soutbport had expressed high opinions of the value of pasteurisation in the production of safe milk, and the Ministry of Health Report took the view that this process did not impair the nutritive value of the milk. A pamphlet on blood sedimentation tests, produced by the Association of Clinical Pathologists, had been circulated to members and was discussed. A committee comprising Dr. Heaf (convener), Drs. R. R. Trail and
\V. tI. Dickinson, and Professor S. Lyle Cummins, was appointed, " to consider and report to the next meeting of Council on the standardisation of blood sedimentation tests." Dr. Brand gave an account of post-graduate courses held in 19,36. One course had been held at the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, at which there were twenty-two participants. A study tour in Denmark from June 1st to 15th, 1935, was followed by ten members. Dr. Peter Edwards had held six short intensive courses, and from November 4th to 9th, 193,5, a course had been held at Brompton Hospital. For 1936, Dr. Brand was trying to arrange a course at Alton by Sir Henry Gauvain, another at the Victoria Park Hospital, and intensive courses by Drs. Peter Edwards and R. R. Trail. Very high appreciation was expressed of Dr. Brand's hard work on these courses. A letter had been received from the College of Nursing asking for advice as to the precautions to be taken to prevent tuberculous infection a m o n g nurses. A committee comprising Drs. Esther Carling (convener), Jane Walker and James W a t t was appointed to report to the next meeting on this matter. Saturday, February 22nd, 1986, at 10 a.m., were the date and time fixed for the next meeting of the Council.
" The Choice of a Hearing Aid " . - - T h e purpose of this booklet, which has been approved by the Hearing Committee of the Medical Research Council and by the Medical Committee of tile National Institute for the Deaf, is to protect people who are unfortunately deaf from exploitation by firms dealing in aids to hearing whose business methods are grossly unfair to them. Not only is money thus lost but hopes are crushed and lives, already saddened by deafness, are made even more unhappy. Tim price of the booklet is threepence, which is extraordinarily moderate having regard to its ori~in and the value of the advice ~t contains. The claim made for it that it may save many a deaf person from loss and disappointment is well founded. Copies may be obtained from the National Institute for the Deaf, 10.5, Gower Street, London, \V.C.1.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
JANUARY,
THE JOINT TUBERCULOSIS COUNCIL. A meeting of the Joint Tuberculosis Council was held at the house of the Society of Medical Officers of Health on November 23rd, 19,35, Dr. Lissant Cox occupying the chair. Twentv-three members were present. Dr. G. Lissant Cox was nominated for election as Chairman of Council for I936; Drs. S. \.;ere Pearson and I.. S. T. Burrell as Vice-Chairmen; Dr. Ernest \Vard as Hon. Secretary; Dr. G. Jesset as Hon. Treasurer; and Dr. D. P. Sutherland as Hon. Auditor. After discussing the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Girdlestone, it was decided to invite the Association of Thoracic Surgeons 1o appoint a representative on the Council. Dr. McDougall presented the 19a5 report of the Employment Committee, and various suggestions for his consideration were brought forward. Dr. McDougall was heartily thanked for his arduous work in compiling this report, and it was decided to leave the circulation thereof to the British Legion Press. A note was presented by Dr. Blackmore on behalf of the Institutions Committee with reference to Dr. Meal's memorandum on " Tuberculosis Institutions and Chest Hospitals." Dr. Blackmore was thanked, and it was resolved: " That this Council is of opinion that the benefits of ma)or surgery for both tuberculous and non-tuberculous conditions should be available to every patient in need of such treatment, and considers that steps should be taken by local authorities to provide facilities at tuberculosis institutions if adequate arrangements have not or cannot be made at other institutions." On behalf of the Milk Committee, Dr. Hawthorne reported that the Conference of tim National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at Soutbport had expressed high opinions of the value of pasteurisation in the production of safe milk, and the Ministry of Health Report took the view that this process did not impair the nutritive value of the milk. A pamphlet on blood sedimentation tests, produced by the Association of Clinical Pathologists, had been circulated to members and was discussed. A committee comprising Dr. Heaf (convener), Drs. R. R. Trail and
\V. tI. Dickinson, and Professor S. Lyle Cummins, was appointed, " to consider and report to the next meeting of Council on the standardisation of blood sedimentation tests." Dr. Brand gave an account of post-graduate courses held in 19,36. One course had been held at the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, at which there were twenty-two participants. A study tour in Denmark from June 1st to 15th, 1935, was followed by ten members. Dr. Peter Edwards had held six short intensive courses, and from November 4th to 9th, 193,5, a course had been held at Brompton Hospital. For 1936, Dr. Brand was trying to arrange a course at Alton by Sir Henry Gauvain, another at the Victoria Park Hospital, and intensive courses by Drs. Peter Edwards and R. R. Trail. Very high appreciation was expressed of Dr. Brand's hard work on these courses. A letter had been received from the College of Nursing asking for advice as to the precautions to be taken to prevent tuberculous infection a m o n g nurses. A committee comprising Drs. Esther Carling (convener), Jane Walker and James W a t t was appointed to report to the next meeting on this matter. Saturday, February 22nd, 1986, at 10 a.m., were the date and time fixed for the next meeting of the Council.
" The Choice of a Hearing Aid " . - - T h e purpose of this booklet, which has been approved by the Hearing Committee of the Medical Research Council and by the Medical Committee of tile National Institute for the Deaf, is to protect people who are unfortunately deaf from exploitation by firms dealing in aids to hearing whose business methods are grossly unfair to them. Not only is money thus lost but hopes are crushed and lives, already saddened by deafness, are made even more unhappy. Tim price of the booklet is threepence, which is extraordinarily moderate having regard to its ori~in and the value of the advice ~t contains. The claim made for it that it may save many a deaf person from loss and disappointment is well founded. Copies may be obtained from the National Institute for the Deaf, 10.5, Gower Street, London, \V.C.1.