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790 NOTTINGHAM HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND.-Last year this Fund collected 27,739, of which £25,297 was allotted to the General Hospital. ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.- This hospital has moved to the new building, Broad-street, High Holborn, W.C.2, and was open to patients last Tuesday (telephone, Regent 1457/8). GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.-A matinee will be held at Daly’s Theatre, London, on Tuesday, May 22nd, in aid of the extension fund of this hospital. Tickets may be had from the chairman of the appeal committee at the hospital, York-road, Lambeth, S.E. 1. WOOLWICH WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.-The follow- ing additional appointments have been made to the staff of the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital: Obstetric surgeon, Mr. Harold Taylor ; senior anaesthetist, Dr. F. P. de Caux ; anaesthetists, Dr. Moore Smith and Dr. A. D. Dyson. Dr. William Cowie and Dr. Moore Smith have been elected to the medical committee of the hospital to represent the interests of the practitioners in the Woolwich district. MEDICAL PROFESSION AND DENTISTRY.-In the debate on the Dentists Bill in the Senate of the Irish Free State a final attempt was made to complete the separation between the medical and dental professions which the Bill already carries far. An amendment was proposed by Sir E. C. Bigger, a medical senator, to remove the control of dental education from th e Medical Council to the Dental Board. It was strongly opposed by Mr. McGilligan, the Minister in charge of the Bill, who declared that the amend- ment was not in accordance with the wishes of either the medical or the dental professions, and was defeated. BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS.—The 148th annual report of the Birmingham General Hospital states that delay in finding additional accommodation makes the work of the hospital more and more difficult. Over 3000 urgent cases had to be sent on to other institutions last year and the number of street accidents not only makes serious inroads upon the available beds but adds to the work of special depart- ments. " all of which are trying to meet what is required of them under almost impossible conditions."-At the annual meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Skin and Urinary Diseases, Dr. David Rowlands pointed out that when he first knew the hospital venereal disease was responsible for one-quarter of the cases ; now it accounted for only 4 per cent. Another speaker said that the majority of the cases now seen are of a kind not yielding readily to treatment. BRIGHTON HOSPITALS.-The annual meetings of the governors of the hospitals at Brighton were recently brought to a close. A year of remarkable progress was reported at each, but in the majority of cases the financial side gives cause for concern. At the largest of the institu- tions-the Royal Sussex County Hospital-the casualty cases during 1927 rose from 4914 to 6304, while the total number of cases seen in the casualty department increased from 7852 in 1926 to 9616. The great increase in casualties was described as appalling, and arising in the main as they did from motor traffic, the question arose whether hospitals should not be entitled to compensation for treatment as a matter of routine, and not merely as an act of grace, from either the insurance companies or the Road Fund. ThE governors considered that some common action should b taken.-The general fund of the Royal Alexandra Hospita for Sick Children was overdrawn at the end of 1927 h £2400, but the governors hoped to see the sum liquidatec this year in connexion with the diamond jubilee of th{ institution. There was also the serious additional financia burden arising from the operation of the new rating assess ment under the Rating and Valuation Act. Hitherto th hospital had been called upon to pay rates amounting t< about £15 per annum ; the new figure was nearly £600 The new wing which was being erected as a memorial t( Queen Alexandra would, it was stated, bring the numbe of beds to 100.-The Sussex Maternity and Women’ Hospital recorded the opening of a home for nurses toward the capital expenditure of which the Minister of Health on being appealed to, had made a grant of £40 for 20 years -The Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital has entered upon it jubilee year. Only £2000 has been raised of the £600 required for the contemplated extension scheme, and unti that sum is doubled the governors cannot see their way t proceed.-The Sussex Eye Hospital is to be modernised it has been decided to spend £10,000 in bringing the ol premises up to date.-The new wing opened at the Ne Sussex Hospital in Windlesham-gardens, Brighton, wi increase the number of in-patient beds from 30 to 50, an provide improved accommodation for the staff. The ho> pital is one of four only in the kingdom staffed entirel by women-the porter is the only man. DONCASTER INFIRMARY EXTENSION.-The com- mittee have decided to begin building a unit of 120 beds, to cost 120,000, and to be known as the Queen Alexandra Memorial Wards, as the first wing of their new £300,000 hospital. WORTHING HOSPITAL.-Nearly £20.000 has recently been spent on extension of this hospital, and it is hoped that a new women’s ward and X ray department will be opened next year to celebrate the centenary. Last year’s working was satisfactory, the finances showing a small credit balance. ________________ Medical Diary. I Information to be included in this column should reach us in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reaches us later than the first post on Wednesday morning. SOCIETIES. ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W. TUESDAY, April 17th.-5.30 P.M., GENERAL MEETING OF FELLOWS. Ballot for election to the Fellowship. THURSDAY.-S P.M., NEUROLOGY. Clinical Meeting at West End Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Out-patients’ Department, Welbeck-street, W. FRIDAY.—8 P.M., OBSTETRICS. Specimens : Mr. C. D. Read: (1) Teratomatous Ovarian Tumour with Torsion of the Pedicle. (2) Columnar Carcinoma of Fundus Uteri with Metaplastic Change to Epithelioma in the Lower Part of the Growth. Papers: Mr. R. H. Paramore : Eclampsia and its Treatment: An Experience with Spinal Anaesthesia in One Case. Prof. W. Blair Bell: The Malignant Functions of the Chorionic Epithelium. HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. THURSDAY, April 19th.-8.30 P.m. (in the Paddington Town Hall), Discussion on the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis from Medical and Surgical Points of View, to be opened by Dr. H. Letheby Tidy, followed by Mr. L. E. C. Norbury, Dr. E. Bellingham Smith, and Mr. C. P. G. Wakeley. SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH. FRIDAY, April 20th.-2.30 P.M. (in the Guildhall, Bath): Discussion on Causes of the Decline in Tuberculosis Mortality, to be opened by Sir Robert Philip, Dr. W. M. Willoughby, Prof. E. L. Collis, and Prof. Major Greenwood. LONDON CLINICAL SOCIETY. THURSDAY, April 19th.-8.30 P.M., Infections of the Tonsils and their Sequelae. LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &e. BELGRAVE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Clapham-road, S.W. WEDNESDAY, April 18th.—4.30 P.m., Dr. H. Oddy : Clinical Meeting. CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL, . Gray’s Inn-road, W.C. FRIDAY, April 20th.-4 P.m., Mr. Harold Kisch : Multiple ! Nasal Sinusitis. ’ MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY POST-GRADUATE COURSE. ’ TUESDAY, April 17th.-4.15 P.M., Dr. W. F. Shaw : Failed Forceps. ’ FRIDAY,.-4.15 5 P.M., Dr. T. H. Oliver: Demonstration of Medical Cases. Appointments. COOK, EVA D., M.B., B.S., has been appointed House Surgeon to the New Sussex Hospital for Women and Children. Brighton. HUNT, ELIZABETH, M.D., Ch.B. Liverp., Honorary Senior Medical Officer, Liverpool Hospital for Cancer and Skin Diseases. PARRY, R. H., M.B., B.S. Lend., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health for Bristol. Westminster Hospital: WAINWRIGHT, J. H., L.R.C.P. Lend., M.R.C.S., and MCGRATH, A. M., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., Resident House Physicians : MORGAN, T. W., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., Resident House Surgeon ; GREECE, C. R., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., Resident Obstetric Assistant. Certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshop Acts : HowE, T. W., M.B., Ch.B. Glasg. (Rothesay): TULLIS, W. L., M.D., Ch.B. St. And., D.P.H. (Newburgh, Fife) ; and WALTER, A. G., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. (Wallingford).
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NOTTINGHAM HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND.-Lastyear this Fund collected 27,739, of which £25,297 wasallotted to the General Hospital.ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-
This hospital has moved to the new building, Broad-street,High Holborn, W.C.2, and was open to patients lastTuesday (telephone, Regent 1457/8).GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.-A matinee will
be held at Daly’s Theatre, London, on Tuesday, May 22nd,in aid of the extension fund of this hospital. Tickets maybe had from the chairman of the appeal committee at thehospital, York-road, Lambeth, S.E. 1.
WOOLWICH WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.-The follow-ing additional appointments have been made to the staffof the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital: Obstetricsurgeon, Mr. Harold Taylor ; senior anaesthetist, Dr. F. P.de Caux ; anaesthetists, Dr. Moore Smith and Dr. A. D.Dyson. Dr. William Cowie and Dr. Moore Smith have beenelected to the medical committee of the hospital to representthe interests of the practitioners in the Woolwich district.
MEDICAL PROFESSION AND DENTISTRY.-In thedebate on the Dentists Bill in the Senate of the Irish FreeState a final attempt was made to complete the separationbetween the medical and dental professions which the Billalready carries far. An amendment was proposed by SirE. C. Bigger, a medical senator, to remove the control ofdental education from th e Medical Council to the DentalBoard. It was strongly opposed by Mr. McGilligan, theMinister in charge of the Bill, who declared that the amend-ment was not in accordance with the wishes of either themedical or the dental professions, and was defeated.
BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS.—The 148th annual reportof the Birmingham General Hospital states that delay infinding additional accommodation makes the work of thehospital more and more difficult. Over 3000 urgent caseshad to be sent on to other institutions last year and thenumber of street accidents not only makes serious inroadsupon the available beds but adds to the work of special depart-ments. " all of which are trying to meet what is required ofthem under almost impossible conditions."-At the annualmeeting of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Skinand Urinary Diseases, Dr. David Rowlands pointed out thatwhen he first knew the hospital venereal disease wasresponsible for one-quarter of the cases ; now it accountedfor only 4 per cent. Another speaker said that the majorityof the cases now seen are of a kind not yielding readily totreatment.
BRIGHTON HOSPITALS.-The annual meetings ofthe governors of the hospitals at Brighton were recentlybrought to a close. A year of remarkable progress wasreported at each, but in the majority of cases the financialside gives cause for concern. At the largest of the institu-tions-the Royal Sussex County Hospital-the casualtycases during 1927 rose from 4914 to 6304, while the totalnumber of cases seen in the casualty department increasedfrom 7852 in 1926 to 9616. The great increase in casualtieswas described as appalling, and arising in the main as theydid from motor traffic, the question arose whether hospitalsshould not be entitled to compensation for treatment as amatter of routine, and not merely as an act of grace, fromeither the insurance companies or the Road Fund. ThE
governors considered that some common action should btaken.-The general fund of the Royal Alexandra Hospitafor Sick Children was overdrawn at the end of 1927 h£2400, but the governors hoped to see the sum liquidatecthis year in connexion with the diamond jubilee of th{institution. There was also the serious additional financiaburden arising from the operation of the new rating assessment under the Rating and Valuation Act. Hitherto thhospital had been called upon to pay rates amounting t<about £15 per annum ; the new figure was nearly £600The new wing which was being erected as a memorial t(Queen Alexandra would, it was stated, bring the numbeof beds to 100.-The Sussex Maternity and Women’Hospital recorded the opening of a home for nurses towardthe capital expenditure of which the Minister of Healthon being appealed to, had made a grant of £40 for 20 years-The Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital has entered upon itjubilee year. Only £2000 has been raised of the £600required for the contemplated extension scheme, and untithat sum is doubled the governors cannot see their way tproceed.-The Sussex Eye Hospital is to be modernisedit has been decided to spend £10,000 in bringing the olpremises up to date.-The new wing opened at the NeSussex Hospital in Windlesham-gardens, Brighton, wiincrease the number of in-patient beds from 30 to 50, anprovide improved accommodation for the staff. The ho>
pital is one of four only in the kingdom staffed entirelby women-the porter is the only man.
DONCASTER INFIRMARY EXTENSION.-The com-
mittee have decided to begin building a unit of 120 beds,to cost 120,000, and to be known as the Queen AlexandraMemorial Wards, as the first wing of their new £300,000hospital.WORTHING HOSPITAL.-Nearly £20.000 has recently
been spent on extension of this hospital, and it is hopedthat a new women’s ward and X ray department will beopened next year to celebrate the centenary. Last year’sworking was satisfactory, the finances showing a small creditbalance.
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Medical Diary.I Information to be included in this column should reach usin proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.
SOCIETIES.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.
TUESDAY, April 17th.-5.30 P.M., GENERAL MEETING OFFELLOWS. Ballot for election to the Fellowship.
THURSDAY.-S P.M., NEUROLOGY. Clinical Meeting atWest End Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System,Out-patients’ Department, Welbeck-street, W.
FRIDAY.—8 P.M., OBSTETRICS. Specimens : Mr. C. D.Read: (1) Teratomatous Ovarian Tumour with Torsionof the Pedicle. (2) Columnar Carcinoma of FundusUteri with Metaplastic Change to Epithelioma in theLower Part of the Growth. Papers: Mr. R. H.Paramore : Eclampsia and its Treatment: AnExperience with Spinal Anaesthesia in One Case.Prof. W. Blair Bell: The Malignant Functions of theChorionic Epithelium.
HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
THURSDAY, April 19th.-8.30 P.m. (in the Paddington TownHall), Discussion on the Treatment of UlcerativeColitis from Medical and Surgical Points of View, to beopened by Dr. H. Letheby Tidy, followed by Mr.L. E. C. Norbury, Dr. E. Bellingham Smith, andMr. C. P. G. Wakeley.
SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.FRIDAY, April 20th.-2.30 P.M. (in the Guildhall, Bath):
Discussion on Causes of the Decline in TuberculosisMortality, to be opened by Sir Robert Philip, Dr.W. M. Willoughby, Prof. E. L. Collis, and Prof. MajorGreenwood.
LONDON CLINICAL SOCIETY.THURSDAY, April 19th.-8.30 P.M., Infections of the Tonsils
and their Sequelae.
LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &e.BELGRAVE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Clapham-road,S.W.WEDNESDAY, April 18th.—4.30 P.m., Dr. H. Oddy : Clinical
Meeting.
CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL,. Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.
FRIDAY, April 20th.-4 P.m., Mr. Harold Kisch : Multiple! Nasal Sinusitis.’ MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY POST-GRADUATE
COURSE.’
TUESDAY, April 17th.-4.15 P.M., Dr. W. F. Shaw : FailedForceps.
’ FRIDAY,.-4.15 5 P.M., Dr. T. H. Oliver: Demonstration ofMedical Cases.
Appointments.COOK, EVA D., M.B., B.S., has been appointed House Surgeon
to the New Sussex Hospital for Women and Children.Brighton.
HUNT, ELIZABETH, M.D., Ch.B. Liverp., Honorary Senior MedicalOfficer, Liverpool Hospital for Cancer and Skin Diseases.
PARRY, R. H., M.B., B.S. Lend., D.P.H., Medical Officer ofHealth for Bristol.
Westminster Hospital: WAINWRIGHT, J. H., L.R.C.P. Lend.,M.R.C.S., and MCGRATH, A. M., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S.,Resident House Physicians : MORGAN, T. W., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., Resident House Surgeon ; GREECE, C. R.,L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., Resident Obstetric Assistant.
Certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshop Acts :HowE, T. W., M.B., Ch.B. Glasg. (Rothesay): TULLIS,W. L., M.D., Ch.B. St. And., D.P.H. (Newburgh, Fife) ;and WALTER, A. G., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. (Wallingford).
