- 63SUPPILE ME:NT! BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, 1905. CONTENTS. Page Pago MATTERS REFERRED TO DIVISIONS BRITISE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL ... 148 NOTICES OF MOTION ... ... ... ... ... 145 MEETING... ... ... ... ... ... MEETING OF 'BRANCH AND DiVISION SECRETARIES AT LEICESTER, VITAL STATISTICS ... ... .. 149 JULY 25TH, o905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 NAVA AND MILITARY APPOINTMENTS ... ... ... 150 MUEITINGS OF BRANCRES AND DIVIsIONs: Bath and Bristol Branch: Bristol Division ... ... ... 146 VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS ... .. 151 Malta and Mediterranean Branch ... ... ... 146 BIRTHS AND DEATHS ... ... 151 Metropolitan Counties Branch: Chelsea Division, ... ... 146 MARRIAGES. South-Eastern Branch: Isle of Tlhanet Divisiou ... ... 147 DIARY OFr THE WEEK ... '..... ... .. 151 Ulster Branch ... ... .. .. ... ... 147 ASSOCIATION NOTICES. - COUNCIL MEETI!G. - BRANCH AND BOOKS RECED ... ... ... 15 DIVIsION MEETINGS TO BE HELD ... ... ... 147 CALENDAR ... ... ... ... ... ... 152 SPECIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS. Every member is requested to preserve this "Supplement," which contains matters specially referred to Divisions, unZil the subjects have been discussed by-the Division to which he belongs. BY ORDER. in Representative Meeting assembled, strongly assert TO that no member of our profession should take any MATTERS REFERRED DIVISIONS, appointment under this Committee, either Surgeon or Phyeician, Resident Medical or Surgical Officer, or Honorary Medical or Surgical Officer, until the Infir- NOTICES OF MOTION.i mary Committee make such an arrangement as will THE following additional notices of motion have been agree with the wishes of the local medical men as for the expressed through the Leigh Division of the British received discussion by Representative Meeting Medical Association. at the Annual Meeting of the Association to be held at Leicester, July 24th, 1905, and following days. By the SALFORD DIvIsIoN (Lancashire and Cheshire Branch): [Notices previously received were published in the SUPPLEMENT That, inasmuch as the only legislation existing (according of February 25th, page 57, March 4th, page 73, March 18th, to a communication from the Local Government Board page 105, March 25th, page 121, April 18t, page 129, and April Sth, to the Manchester Medical Guild) which enables local pages 137 and 138.] authorities to pay fees to medical men when summoned under the Midwives Act to assist midwives is permis- By the ALTRINCHAM DIVISION (Lancashire and Cheshire sive in character, the Government be requested to take Branch): the necessary steps for amending the Midwives Act by That Resolution 66 of the Annual RepreEentative Meeting introducing a section, or otherwise, ordering local at Oxford be rescinded; and that the question of the authorities to pay such fees, and further that such fees State Registration of Nurses be referred to the Divisions. ought to be fixed according to the present Poor law scale. By the LEIGH DivISION (Lancashire and Cheshire Branch): That it shall be inconsistent with membership of the Asso- Whereas an infirmary is leing established in Lei2h, and ciation for any medical practitioner to be associated the Infirmary Committee have, after hearing the views with any institution providing medical attendance on of the medical men in the District and in open opposi- contract or provident principles which employs official tion to their unanimously expressed opinion, decided canvassing either privately or collectively or any other to provide an out-patient department, alth- ugh ro method of advertising for the purpose of obtaining inecessity has teen shown to exist for such, we hereby, members. (5a) FSU 14646 Kme YEU MEETINGS OF BRANCHES AND IJOoVUNL DIVISIONS. [APRIL.. - I 5,OF lgQ5. By the STRATFORD DIvISION (Metropolitan Counties Branich): (c) were adopted, and it was decided to send the same to the That, with a view to furthering the organization of the members and, as far as possible, the non-members, in medical profession, the Council be asked to consider the area of the Division. The answers to the questions submitted as to the payment of medical practitioners called the advisability of providing a scheme for the affiliation in to assist midwives have been communicated to the Medico- of local medical societies with the British Medical Polical Committee. The relation of the medical profession to Association. ambulance work was discussed, and the following resolutions That consultation between medical witnesses in legal cases were passed: is desirable, and that the fee of the patient's medical ., That ambulance lectures and ambulance examinations be paid for, attendant at the consultation (one should be and that the question of judging in ambulance competitions be guinea) decided on the merits of each case. paid at the time by the party asking for an examination 2. That the fees paid be similar to those paid by the St. John Ambu- or consultation. lance Society. By the ULSTER BRANCH: The question of advertising in connexion with hydro athie, establishments was considered, and the Division reafrmed The Branch agrees to the adoption of the following resolu- its resolution passed on March 4th, 1904, to the following. tions, referring to the proposed formation of an Irish effect: Committee (see SUPPLEMENT to BRITISH MEDICAL That the Division is of opinion that the question of advertising of JOURNAL, March i8th, p. 105): medical practitioners in connexion with hydropathic establishments, cannot be I. That we approve of the principle of an Irish Committee. advantageously considered apart from the general ques- tion of the publication of the names of medical men in connexion 2. That this Committee shall consist of one Secretary from with proprietary institutions of various kinds. each Branch, and the Irish members of the Central With respect to the report on death registration and amend- Council, with one elected member from each Branch, ment of the coroners' law, the recommendations were agreed and that in the case of the Leinster and Ulster Branches to, with the exception that no opinion was expressed upon: such elected members should be practitioners not resi- (i) The reimbursement of coroners for fees paid to medical dent in Dublin or Belfast. practitioners for consultation where no inquest is held; (2) regard being had to deaths investigated without inquest in 3. That meetings of this Committee should be held in fixing the coroner's salary; (3) fee to coroners for attendance different parts of the country, as may be arranged. at trial. By the ISLE oF THANET DIVISION (South-Eastern Branch): MALTA AND MEDITERRANEAN BRANCH. That the Isle of Thanet Division of the British Medical A MEETING of this Branch was held on. Monday, March 13th, Association, while cordially appreciating the work of at 4 p.m., Major LAwsoN, R.A.M.C., in the chair. the Medico-Political and other Standing Committees of The SECRETARY explained that the meetingwas held on that the Association, would respectfully urge upon the day, and not on the 6th as previously arranged, owing to the Representative Meeting the advisability of limiting the Carnival holidays. Confirmation of Minutes.-The minutes of the preceding number of questions brought before the Association for sitting were read and confirmed. consideration, as it is impossible for all the Divisions to Paper.-The CHAIRMAN then called upon Major Austin, give sufficient time to the adequate discussion of so R.A.M.C., to read his paper. Major AUSTIN then read a paper many important subjects at the same time. on physiological exercises for misased voices. After discuss- ing a few points concerning the mechanism of voice, the GUY ELLISTON, General &oretary. lecturer described the exercises which tended to strengthen April 13th. the muscles of the cords. After the reading of the paper, a, few questions were asked and replied to by Major Austin. Adjournment.-The Order of the Day being exhausted, the MEETING OF BRANCH AND DIVISION CHAIRMAN adjourned the meeting to Monday, May SECRETARIES AT LEICESTER, ist. JULY 25, 1905. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES BRANCH: CHELSEA DIvIsioN. THE Council of the British Medical Association has A M1EETING of this Division was held at the Chelsea Town sanctioned a conference of the Branch and Division Hall on April 4th, at 4 p.m., Dr. R A. GIBBONS, President, in Secretaries to be held on the Tuesday of the Annual the chair. Meeting week-namely, July 25th-at 6 p.m., in a room to Confirmation of Minutes.-The minutes of the previous be set apart for the purpose. meeting were read and confirmed. Branch and Division Secretaries are invited to notify Matters Referred to Divisions.-The SECRETARY then read a any subjects they may wish to bring before this conference. communication from the Medical Secretary on " matters All matters to be considered must be notified to the referred to the Divisions," and circulars relating thereto. General Secretary of. the Association, 429, Strand, W.C., on With regard to the National Deposit Friendly Society, the or before June Division "'cordially agrees with the conclusions arrived at at. I5th. Oxford." In the matter of "the advertising of medical men in1 The General Secretary will as earlv as possible after connexion with hydropathic establishments," it was resolved June i 5th circulate to the Branch and Division Secretaries to answer the question submitted in the affirmative, and to> a list of the subjects notified him for discussion by the send it on to the Representative Meeting. With regard to. conference.