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567 TERRITORIAL FORCE. as a civil surgeon and subsequently received a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was promoted Army Medical Services. Captain in 1903 and Major in 1912. In the South African Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Falkner, from Attached War he took part in the operations in the Transvaal to Units other than Medical Units, to be Assistant Director (Queen’s medal with four clasps, and King’s medal with of Medical Services, Northumbrian (Reserve) Division, with two clasps). of Colonel the rank (temporary). THE INDIAN AMBULANCE GAZETTE. ’ Royal Army Medical Corps. It is interesting and eminently satisfactory to note that Yorkshire Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance : Captain in spite of the numerous appeals for war and relief funds by John Hepple to be Major (temporary). other societies the Indian St. John Ambulance Association 2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance : Captain Rees Phillips has supplied in the short period of three months gifts to to be Major (temporary). Frederick George Sharp to be hospitals representing 2 lakhs of rupees (or £ 10,000), while it Lieutenant. has organised many voluntary aid detachments, and been 3rd West Lancashire Field Ambulance: Walter Richards active in other directions for the benefit of the sick and Stephen to be Lieutenant. wounded. The January issue of the Guzette contains much 1st London (City of London) Field Ambulance: Lieu- interesting matter, including an account of the Origin and tenant Martin B. H. Stratford, from Attached to Units Development of the Red Cross; a lecture on the Laws and other than Medical Units, to be Lieutenant. Customs of War, so far as they Relate to the Sick and 3rd London (City of London) Field Ambulance: Lieutenant Wounded, by Major W. H. M. Spiller, R.A.M.C. ; and a Robert W. A. Salmond, from 1st (City of London) Field thoughtful address by Major-General May, C.B., C.M.G., on Ambulance, to be Lieutenant. the Progress of the War. 3rd North Midland Field Ambulance: Thomas Lovett to be Lieutenant. RETIRED NAVAL SURGEONS. lst Northumbrian Field Ambulance : Kirton Ivor Seager In a recent number of the Jlilitary Surgeon (Chicago, Smith to be Lieutenant. U.S.A.) there is an interesting article by 3rd West Surgeon (Fleet- Riding Field Ambulance: John Stratfcrd Hall Surgeon, that is) C. J. Decker, U.S. Navy, retired, on the to be Lieutenant. employments suitable for medical officers who have retired. lst Welsh Field Ambulance: John Sloan Tomb to be The problem introduced has solved itself for this country for Lieutenant. the time being, the war demanding the help of all, but 1st London (City of London) General Hospital: Lieu- Surgeon Decker’s views are none the less worth recording tenant-Colonel Walter A. Atkinson resigns his commission for future use. He holds that retired medical officers must owing to ill-health, and is granted permission to retain his find work or " feel lost and stay lost." He strongly dissuades rank and to wear the prescribed uniform. retired officers from trying to become superintendents of lst East Anglian Field Ambulance : Lieutenant Thomas civil hospitals, a line of work which in the United States is Vicars Oldham, from Attached to Units other than Medical rapidly becoming a separate profession, and which in this Units, to be Lieutenant. country is becoming more organised and special. As for him- 2nd West Lancashire Field Ambulance: Sydney Sharples self, he joined a large electrical firm and is concerned in (late Lieutenant, 2nd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field elaborate experiments aiming to sterilise by the X rays the Artillery) to be Lieutenant. ova of beetles in tobacco and cereals as a commercial 2nd West Riding Field Ambulance : Benjamin Holroyd to proposition. Further, he is working on a scheme for be Lieutenant. instantly killing gonococci by touching them with ultra-violet 1st Eastern General Hospital: The undermentioned to be light (the difficulty seems to be to get the ultra-violet light Captains, whose services will be available on mobilisation: to the gonococcus), and he has learned how to destroy the life Wilson Tyson and William Burton Marshall. of bacteria and certain other cells by high-frequency currents. 3rd Southern General Hospital: Robert Garner Lynam to The gist of the advice given is that the retired naval medical be Captain, whose services will be available on mobilisation. officer should turn towards scientific research for employ- lst Northern General Hospital: Major William G. ment, but the conditions in the United States are obviously Richardson to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Daniel W. more favourable for such an employment of his talents than Patterson to be Major. they would be in this country under existing conditions. Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance: James The research energies of a man no longer young, who has not Lamberton to be Lieutenant. been in touch with the actual scientific work of any school 1st Home Counties Field Ambulance: Richard Austin for a long time, and has had but rare opportunities of be Lieutenant. Freeman to acquiring new laboratory experience or perfecting his bench 3rd Home Counties Field Ambulance : Edwin A. Captain technique, would not find many outlets or command much Houchin to be Major (temporary). remuneration. The career is far the most valuable, suit- lst East Lancashire Field Ambulance: Transport Officer able, and one that could fall to the retired R. Wattleworth is the agreeable and Honorary Captain George granted naval surgeon’s lot, but it would require, save in rank of To be Lieutenants: John Bruce special honorary Major. instances, a great deal of labour on his part to com- (late Surgeon-Captain, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Lincoln- mand success at it. shire Regiment) and William Lonsdale Cockcroft. 4th London General Hospital: To be Lieutenants : Arthur Fitzwilliam Comyn and George Arthur Ewart. lst Scottish General Hospital: The undermentioned to VITAL STATISTICS. be Captains, whose services will be available on mobilisation : John Taylor and Thomas Hood Wilson Alexander. Sanitary Service: Major Peter Caldwell Smith to be HEALTH OF ENGLISH TOWNS. Lieutenant-Colonel. Attached to Units other than Medical Units.-Captain David IN the 96 English and Welsh towns with populations R. Taylor to be Major. To be Captains: John Murdoch exceeding 50,000 persons at the last census, 9024 births and (late Captain, 7th Battalion Princess Louise’s (Argyll and 7040 deaths were registered during the week ended Saturday, Sutherland Highlanders)) and Lieutenant Arthur E. March 6th. The annual rate of mortality in these towns, Ridsdale. To be Lieutenants: Lieutenant Alfred Errol which had been 18-9, 20-7, and 20-4 per 1000 in the three pre- Delgado, from 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance; Charles ceding weeks, further fell in the week under notice to 20’2 Joshua Fox (late Lieutenant, 13th (County of London) per 1000 of their aggregate population, estimated at 18,134,239 Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion, The London persons at the middle of 1914. During the first nine weeks Regiment); and William Horton Dale. of the current quarter the mean annual death-rate in these towns averaged 19’5, against a corresponding rate of 20’2 per TERRITORIAL FORCE RESERVE. 1000 in London. The annual death-rate last week ranged Medical from 9’6 in Wimbledon, 10-3 in Edmonton, 10-6 in Hornsey, Royal Army Corps. 12-5 in Leyton, and 13-1 in Southend-on-Sea, to 28-3 in West Major William Owen Evans, attached to Units other than Hartlepool, 30 in Halifax, 30-7 in Cambridge and i Dar- Medical Units, resigns his commission on account of ill- lington, 31-2 in Bath, and 34-3 in Stockton-on-Tees. health, and is granted permission to retain his rank and wear The 7040 deaths from all causes were 49 fewer than the the prescribed uniform. number recorded in the previous week, and included 618 which Captain William J. Foster, from the 3rd Southern General were referred to the principal epidemic diseases, against Hospital, to be Captain. numbers increasing from 511 to 617 in the three preceding weeks. Of these 618 deaths, 331 resulted from measles, 110 DEATHS IN THE SERVICES. from whooping-cough, 71 from infantile diarrhceal diseases, The death of Dr. Frederick Laing Norris, late chief 54 from diphtheria, 32 from scarlet fever, and 10 from Government medical ofticer, Antigua, British West Indies, enteric fever, but not one from small-pox. The mean is announced. innual death-rate from these diseases was equal to 1’8 Major C. E. Fleming, R.A.M.C., on March 2nd, in his per 1000, and coincided with that recorded in the pre- 4lst year. During the South African War he volunteered vious week. The deaths attributed to measles, which 568 had been 207, 263, and 306’ in the three preceding and 2 in Aberdeen. The deaths attributed to scarlet fever, weeks, further rose to 331 last week, and caused the w’hich had been 8, 10, and 11 in the three preceding weeks, highest annual death-rates of 3’1 in Tottenham, 3’2 in fe;11 to 9 last week ; 4 deaths were recorded in Glasgow and West Hartlepool, 3-3 in Salford, 3’6 in St. Helens, 3’8 in 2 in Clydebank. The deaths of infants (under 2 years) referred Wolverhampton, 3-9 in Gateshead, 4-0 in Rotherham, 4-4 in t< 3 diarrhoea and enteritis, which had declined from 16 to 10 Darlington and in Stockton-on-Tees, 5-7 in Northampton, ÌIi the four preceding weeks, further fell to 7 last week, and and 7-2 in Cambridge. The deaths referred to whooping- c.omprised 2 each in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, and cough, which had been 125, 135, and 111 in the three pre- 1 in Dundee.