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The Welsh Branch
PUBLIC HEALTH.
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An interesting discussion followed, in which General Hartigan, the President, Drs. Wil, shaw and Lindsay and Col. Manfold joined. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Major I t o o d for his excellent address, and it was suggested that the paper be forwarded to the H o n . :Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH with a view to publication. Votes of thanks for their kindness and interest were accorded to Major-General Hartigan, c.i.G., D.S.O., K.H.P., Deputy Director of Medical Services, C o m m a n d i n g R . A . M . C . , Aldershot Command, for permission given to Major Hood, and to the Mayor of Aldershot (Councillor J. A. Dines, j.P.) for permission to use the Council Chamber. Tea was provided by Dr. and Mrs. J. Craig Lindsay.
THE MIDLAND BRANCH. Pre~dent : Dr. H. D'Arcy Ellis, M.O.H., Amblecote and Brierley Hill U r b a n Districts. Hon. Secretary : Dr. R. H. It. Jolly, M.O.H., Wolverhampton.
By kind permission of the Health Committee of the Birmingham City Council, the third meeting of the session of this Branch was held at 151, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, on December 1st, 1932. There were seventeen members present. The Hon. Treasurer presented his annual report and balance-sheet for the year, which were received and adopted. T h e Hon. Secretary reported that he had sent a letter of s y m p a t h y to Mrs. Bostock Hill in the name of the Branch, and submitted the reply received from her. At the conclusion of the meeting, Dr. G. B. Dixon invited the members to inspect the new Tuberculosis Dispensary on the ground floor of the premises. T h i s is a new and up-to-date building, consisting of spacious waiting rooms, consulting rooms, dressing oubicles, screening room, X-ray rooms, with developing room attached, ultra-violet ray rooms, consisting of a carbon arc room and a mercury vapour room for localised applications, with dressing cubicles and shower-baths adjoining. In one of the waiting rooms was an interesting display of leather and basket work, etc., made by the inmates of the City Sanatorium, Yardley Road. The members were then conducted to the first floor, when Mr. H. N. Bagnall, B.SC., the City Analyst, took charge and kindly ex. plained the various items of interest in his
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department. The routine daily work of the department appeared to include the analysis of everything, from a cake of soap to t h e most complex constituents of the human body. On the top floor the City Bacteriologist (Dr. H. G. N. Henry), assisted by Dr. Lewis, demonstrated the different serological and bacteriological tests being carried out. A visit was also paid to the animal house on the roof of the building. From the roof there was a fine impressionist view of the city of Birmingham IJnder the rays of a new moon. Dr. H e n r y kindly entertained the party at tea after the tour of the building. The President proposed a vote of thanks to the Health Committee of the City of Birmingham for the privilege of being allowed to visit the premises, and also to Drs. Dixon and Henry, Mr. Bagnall and their staffs for their kindness in conducting the members round their respective departments and in so ably demonstrating the apparatus used by them.
THE WELSH BRANCH. ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICERS' AND SCHOOL DENTISTS SUB-GRoUP. Chairman : Dr. D. P Holmes, Assistant Medical
Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Hon. Secretary: Dr. W. P. Phillips, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff City Council. A meeting of this Sub-Group was held at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Cardiff, on December 7th, 1932. The Chairman occupied the chair, and sixteen members and visitors were present. A recommendation from the Committee of the Sub-Group " that the retiring Chairman shall serve on the Committee for the following year " was adopted. Dr. A. G. \Vatkins (Physician to the Departments for Diseases of ('hildren at tile Royal Infirmary and City I.odge Hospital, Cardiff) delivered a lecture on " Infant Feeding." Dr. W a t k i n s laid stress on the antenatal treatment of the mother, and its influence on the subsequent nutrition and feeding of the infant. He dealt fully with breast feeding and certain difficulties encountered, and also summarised the different methods of artificial feeding. A discussion followed in which ahnost all present participated, and Dr. W a t k i n s answered numerous questions. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed by Dr. Anderson, was carried by acclamation. ¢
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An interesting discussion followed, in which General Hartigan, the President, Drs. Wil, shaw and Lindsay and Col. Manfold joined. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Major I t o o d for his excellent address, and it was suggested that the paper be forwarded to the H o n . :Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH with a view to publication. Votes of thanks for their kindness and interest were accorded to Major-General Hartigan, c.i.G., D.S.O., K.H.P., Deputy Director of Medical Services, C o m m a n d i n g R . A . M . C . , Aldershot Command, for permission given to Major Hood, and to the Mayor of Aldershot (Councillor J. A. Dines, j.P.) for permission to use the Council Chamber. Tea was provided by Dr. and Mrs. J. Craig Lindsay.
THE MIDLAND BRANCH. Pre~dent : Dr. H. D'Arcy Ellis, M.O.H., Amblecote and Brierley Hill U r b a n Districts. Hon. Secretary : Dr. R. H. It. Jolly, M.O.H., Wolverhampton.
By kind permission of the Health Committee of the Birmingham City Council, the third meeting of the session of this Branch was held at 151, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, on December 1st, 1932. There were seventeen members present. The Hon. Treasurer presented his annual report and balance-sheet for the year, which were received and adopted. T h e Hon. Secretary reported that he had sent a letter of s y m p a t h y to Mrs. Bostock Hill in the name of the Branch, and submitted the reply received from her. At the conclusion of the meeting, Dr. G. B. Dixon invited the members to inspect the new Tuberculosis Dispensary on the ground floor of the premises. T h i s is a new and up-to-date building, consisting of spacious waiting rooms, consulting rooms, dressing oubicles, screening room, X-ray rooms, with developing room attached, ultra-violet ray rooms, consisting of a carbon arc room and a mercury vapour room for localised applications, with dressing cubicles and shower-baths adjoining. In one of the waiting rooms was an interesting display of leather and basket work, etc., made by the inmates of the City Sanatorium, Yardley Road. The members were then conducted to the first floor, when Mr. H. N. Bagnall, B.SC., the City Analyst, took charge and kindly ex. plained the various items of interest in his
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department. The routine daily work of the department appeared to include the analysis of everything, from a cake of soap to t h e most complex constituents of the human body. On the top floor the City Bacteriologist (Dr. H. G. N. Henry), assisted by Dr. Lewis, demonstrated the different serological and bacteriological tests being carried out. A visit was also paid to the animal house on the roof of the building. From the roof there was a fine impressionist view of the city of Birmingham IJnder the rays of a new moon. Dr. H e n r y kindly entertained the party at tea after the tour of the building. The President proposed a vote of thanks to the Health Committee of the City of Birmingham for the privilege of being allowed to visit the premises, and also to Drs. Dixon and Henry, Mr. Bagnall and their staffs for their kindness in conducting the members round their respective departments and in so ably demonstrating the apparatus used by them.
THE WELSH BRANCH. ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICERS' AND SCHOOL DENTISTS SUB-GRoUP. Chairman : Dr. D. P Holmes, Assistant Medical
Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Hon. Secretary: Dr. W. P. Phillips, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff City Council. A meeting of this Sub-Group was held at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Cardiff, on December 7th, 1932. The Chairman occupied the chair, and sixteen members and visitors were present. A recommendation from the Committee of the Sub-Group " that the retiring Chairman shall serve on the Committee for the following year " was adopted. Dr. A. G. \Vatkins (Physician to the Departments for Diseases of ('hildren at tile Royal Infirmary and City I.odge Hospital, Cardiff) delivered a lecture on " Infant Feeding." Dr. W a t k i n s laid stress on the antenatal treatment of the mother, and its influence on the subsequent nutrition and feeding of the infant. He dealt fully with breast feeding and certain difficulties encountered, and also summarised the different methods of artificial feeding. A discussion followed in which ahnost all present participated, and Dr. W a t k i n s answered numerous questions. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed by Dr. Anderson, was carried by acclamation. ¢