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of mass radiography. But compulsion is a question, I think,which would need to be very carefully considered.

Mr. SOMERVILLE HASTINGS: Could not more be done to

encourage teachers to have examinations by mass radiographyevery five or ten years ?

Mr. TOMLINSON: I think that question is raised in thememorandum.Mr. RANKIN: Would my right hon. friend extend that idea

to doctors, nurses, milk attendants, and all other people whoare in close contact with children ?No further reply was given.

Dentists and the National Health Service

Mr. D. L. Lirsorr asked the Minister of Health whether, inview of the large number of dentists who had decided notto take part in the General Dental Service under the NationalHealth Act, he would invite the Dental Consultative Com-mittee to meet him again in order to try and find agreementon outstanding differences.-Mr. ANEURIN BEVAN replied :No, Sir. The terms of service offered to dentists are in myview generous and reasonable and I believe that most indi-vidual dentists will feel the same.

Mr. LrpsoN : May I ask my right hon. friend whether, inview of the happy result which followed the gesture to thedoctors, he will now make a similar gesture to the dentists,so as to ensure that the benefits of the dental part of thehealth service reach the people at the earliest possible time ? ‘?Mr. BEVAN : I am convinced from the figures of the dentists

joining up, that very soon almost all the dentists will be takingservice under the Act. In any case, we cannot submit towhat may become, unless we are careful, blackmail.

Capitation Fee to Medical Practitioners ,

Sir HENRY MORRIS-JONES asked the Minister of Healthhow the amount of the capitation fee to medical practitionersunder the National Health Act would be arrived at ; whatdeductions came out of the 15s. 6d. per head ; and how theamount for each area would be computed having regard tothe proportion of the population who had not selected adoctor.-Mr. BEVAN replied : Detailed arrangements are stillunder discussion with the British Medical Association.

Sir H. MORRIS-JONES : Is the right hon. gentleman awarethat a large number of general medical practitioners are veryperturbed about this ; that there is grave -fear that theirtotal emoluments and income will be considerably reducedover pre-National Insurance income ; and that they wantto know whether the total pool will be available to them ?- Mr. BEVAN: I think they ought to await the results ofthe discussions with the representatives of the medical

profession.

Extra Members of Regional Boards, ManagementCommittees, and Group Hospital Boards

Sir IAN FRASER asked the Minister of Health if Regionaland Group Hospital Boards had power to co-opt- a limitednumber of extra members.—Mr. BEVAN replied : No, Sir ;but Regional Hospital Boards, Hospital Management Com-mittees and Boards of Governors of teaching hospitalshave power to appoint committees and subcommittees

consisting partly of outside members and to delegate functionsto them.

Sir I. FRASER : Is it not inevitable when these committeesare first set up that certain local interests, such as hospitalboards and ex-Servicemen, and others, will be left out ;and would it not give great public satisfaction if there were,say, a 10 per cent margin for co-option ? Mr. BEVAN : The elocal management committees and regional boards have powerto co-opt people on to the subcommittees, and also on to thehouse-committees of individual hospitals. I believe that willbe done on a very considerable scale.

Specimen Diets for Duodenal SufferersMr. EDWARD EvArrs asked the Minister of Food, whether

he would issue in addition to the specimen menus publishedin the press, dishes suitable for sufferers from certain dis-abilities such as duodenal’ulcers in accordance with the

availability of supplies at the time.-Mr. JOHN STRACHEYreplied : I have consulted the Minister of Health and we arenot prepared to do this, because sufferers from duodenalulcers or similar troubles may need individual treatment andshould seek advice on diet from a doctor.

Diary of the WeekJULY 18 TO 24

Monday, 19thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2

.5 P.M. Prof. S. L. Baker : General Pathology of Bone.6.15 P.M. Dr. C. H. Tonge: Surgical Anatomy in Regional

An2esthesia.

Tuesday, 20thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

5 P.::vr. Professor Baker : General Pathology of Bone.6.15 P.M. Dr. Tonge : Anatomy of the Oral Cavity.

Wednesday, 21stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

5 P.M. Mr. E. B. Manley : Histology of Dental Tissues.6.15 P.M. Prof. G. B. Wright: Spread of Infection in Tissues.

EDINBURGH POST-GRADUATE BOARD FOR MEDICINE3.30 P.M. (Anatomy lecture theatre, University of Edinburgh.)

Prof. H. Barcroft: Blood-flow through Extremities.

Thursday, 22ndROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

5 P.M. Prof. John Beattie : Changes in Volume and Distributionof Body Water under Conditions of Stress. (BernhardBaron lecture.)

5 P.M. Prof. R. J. Brocklehurst : Taste.6.15 P.M. Mr. Manley : Histology of Dental Tissues. -

Friday, 23rd

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURCEONS-

5 P.M. : Mr. Manley : Histology of Dental Tissues.6.15 P.M. Mr. R. T. Payne : Acute Infections of Salivary Glands.

BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY11.15 A.M. (Biochemistry Department, University of Glasgow.)

Opening of two-day meeting.EDINBURGH POST-GRADUATE BOARD FOR MEDICINE

4.30 P.M. Prof. G. F. Marrian, F.R.s. : Neutral 17-Ketosterolds.

Saturday, 24thMEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREAL DISEASES,

11, Chandos Street, W.12.30 P.M. Dr. A. H. Harkness: Pathology of Gonorrhoea.

(Presidential address.)BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY

11.15 A.M. Two-day meeting, continued.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

BATTEN.—On July 7, in London, the wife of Dr. Henry Batten-ason.

CANT.—On June 30, at Oxford, the wife ot Dr. F. E. V. Cant-adaughter. ’

CHURCHfILL-DAVIDSON.—On July 9, at Kuala Lumpur, the wife ofDr. H. C. Churchill-Davidson—a daughter.

DALE.—On July 5, the wife of Dr. Donald Dale-a son.ELGOOD.—On July 9, at Cardiff, the wife of Dr. F. R. M. Elgood

-a son. , ’

JEANES.—On July 1, at Woolwich, the wife of Dr. C. W. L. Jeanes-a son.

JOHNS.—On July 3, at Banstead, Surrey, the wife of Dr. T. A. M.Johns-a daughter.

JOHNSON.—On July 4, in London, the wife of Mr. Harold DaintreeJohnson, F.R.c.s.-a son.

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MCDONALD.—On July 3, in Edinburgh, the wife of SurgeonLieutenant R. S. McDonald, R.N.-a daughter.

MCLARDY.—On July 6, in London, the wife of Dr. Turner MeLardy, M.B.E.—a son.

MARSH.—On July 1, the wife’of Dr. Alan Marsh—a son.MORGAN.—On July 7. the wife of Dr. G. 0. Morgan—a daughter.PENROSE.—On July 2, at Bristol, the wife of Mr. J. H. Penrose,

F.R.C.S.—a daughter.SCOTT.—On July 8, at Elgin, the wife of Dr. G. 1. Scott-a son.WALKER.—On July 6, at East Sheen, the wife of Mr. Alan Walker

—a son.

MARRIAGES

DURAS—WALROND.—On June 30, at Brompton, Frank Paul Duras,M.B., to Karen Dorothy Walrond.

MARSDEN—COOPE.—On July 3, at Penarth, Henry Basil Marsden,M.B., to Pamela Jill Coope, B.cHiR.

. DEATHSBIDWELL.—On July 4, at Bloemfontein, South Africa. Charles

Hugh Bidwell, M.R.C.S., aged 76. ’

COOKSON.—On July 7, at Blagdon, Somerset, Reginald GeorgeFrancis Cookson, .L.B.c.p.i.

DOUGLAS-WEBSTER.—On July 2, in South Africa, Edgar MauriceDouglas-Webster, L.R.C.P.E.

FORBES.—On July 8, at Rochester, John Turnbull Thomson Forbes,M.R.c.s., wing-commander, R.A.F. Medical Service retd.

JACOBS.—On July 5, Laurence Jacobs, M.A. Edin., M.B. St. And.PEPPER.—On July 9, Charles Edward Pepper, M.B. Edin., aged 71.SMITH.—On July 11, Hugh Bernard Willoughby Smith, F.R.c.s.,

aged 68.SYMONS.—On July 3, at Church Crookham, Hants, Sir Thomas

Symons, K.B.E., C.S.T., M.R.C.S., aged 76.