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get three meals a day at the kitchen and much to oursurprise we find it can be done quite satisfactorilyon this small sum. The mothers with children whofeed at the kitchen have to pay for their own and theirchildren’s meals at the rate of 7s. per week for adults,5s. 3d. for children from 4 to 14 years, 3s. 6d. forchildren from 1 to 3 years, and Is. 9d. for childrenof less than 1 year.For breakfast they had porridge and milk, tea,

cocoa, and bread and butter. On Sundays theyhave eggs and fried bread. For midday dinnersthere are two meatless days with lentil or potatosoup with brown bread and a suet pudding. Onother days there are vegetable soup, and mince, stew,stoved potatoes, or shepherd’s pie in turn. Whenthere is no soup they get a pudding : bread pudding,fresh fruit and custard, pastry, or sponge. OnSundays they have cold mince mould or pies, andfruit salad (made from dried fruit) and jelly andcustard.Tea consists of tea and milk, bread and butter or

jam, or buns, biscuits, and on meatless days an appleor a piece of cheese extra.The church hall was requisitioned for the kitchen and

we borrowed boilers, a stove and a lot of cookingequipment from the red cross camping store. Therest of equipment and other expenses came out ofthe A.R.P. fund. All the helpers are voluntaryexcept the cook who is paid 22 per week from theA.R.P. fund. We allow for each child about 4 pintof milk, 2-3 oz. meat, and 8 oz. bread a day.

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Nearly all my medical societies and special medicalclubs have shut up shop, as far as meetings are con-cerned. We have had a successful series of weeklylectures on war wounds and injuries at the LiverpoolMedical Institution under the chairmanship of thegroup hospital officer ; but that is all. It looks asthough we shall actually have to trek up to the RoyalSociety of Medicine, if we hanker after a medicalmeeting. Practice being what it is-or rather whatit isn’t-I can foresee such jaunts becoming as rareand exciting as a cup final. My house physician (Ihope that by then he will be employed by the E.M.S.at 6350 a year) will no doubt run up by the morningtrain and stay for a show at night. In default of acheap day excursion, I have in mind myself to lookout a stout pair of nailed boots some days before themeeting and tramp it, arranging to pick up one or twoevacuated and ruined Harley Street friends en route.The road from the North through Aylesbury has itspoints ; for by now the Editor of The Lancet ought tohave settled down to country pursuits, and the

slipping of a stray duck inside his coat lining on hisway home from work ought not to be beyond him, forhospitality’s sake. Moreover to a man who can

produce The Lancet from Aylesbury, the mise enscene of green peas and other proper accompanimentsis’mere child’s play. It should be a very good meet-ing-at Aylesbury ; and if perchance we did not makeLondon in time for the formal meeting, I could alwaysfind out later from my houseman whether anythingof importance had emerged therefrom.

"... A medical radiologist now serving abroadreported that he had been allotted the cloakroom of acasino for his X-ray department. No water, gas, or elec-tric current was at first available, although in other respectsthe situation was quite inviting, especially the slot forgratuities which still remained on the counter, though thedrawer underneath it was empty. This radiologist had tocall in workmen to carry out the necessary fitting. Some-times they would arrive with the materials but withoutthe tools, sometimes with the tools but without thematerials, and at other times without either. In the endthe radiologist had to turn to and carry out the workhimself."-Major D. B. MCGRIGOR, president of theBritish Institute of Radiology, speaking at the Octobermeeting.

VacanciesBirmingham and Midland Eye fosp.—U.S., at rate of B130.Birmingham and tltdlcr,nd Hosp. for IY’onzen.-Two H.S.’s, each

at rate of ;8100.Boston general Hos]1.-Res. M.O., at rate of .&bgr;150.Braintree, Black Notley Sonatorium.-Second asst. M.O. £350.

Also jun. asst. M.O., 250.house officer, at rate of 130.

Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hosp -Cas. O. and supernumerary.Cardiff, King Edward VII Welsh National IVIenzorial Assn.—

Asst. res. M.O. for Glan Ely Hosp., 200.Castleford Tlrban District Council.—M.O.H., £800.Ductlell, Guest Hoslz.-H.S., £150.Halifax Royal Infirmary.—Res. surg. 0., £250.Hull, Anlaby Road Institution.-Asst. M.O., £ 350.Ilford, West Ham Hosp. for Nervous and Mental Disorders,

Goodmayes.-Jun. M.O., 93 5 0.Lincoln County.-Temporary asst. M.O., 800.:llancheater, Burnes (.’onvu,lescent Hosp.—Res. H.P. and res. H.S.,

each at rate of £150.Newport, Mon., ydia Beynon Blaternity Hosp.—Res. M.O. and

asst M.O. for maternity and child welfare, 450.Nottingham Hosp. for Women.-H.S., at rate of 9150.Oldham Royal Infirmary.—H.S. to eye and ear, nose and throat

dept. and H.P., at rate of £175.Plymcvth, Prince of Wales’s Hosp., Greenbank Road.-H.S., at

rate of £120.Uueen’s Hosp. for Children, Hackney Road, E. 2.-H. P. and cas 0.,

each at rate of £100.Roual Cancer Hosp., Fulharn Road, S.W.3.—H.S., at rate of £100.Royal Free Hosp., Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1.—Registrar in ear,

. nose, and throat dept., at rate of £100.Stoke-on-Trent, London Road Hosp.—Sen. res. asst. M.O., £350.West Sussex Administrative County.-County M.O., and school

M.O., £1300.Specialist Medical Referee vacancies under the Workmen’s

Compensation Act, 1925, to take ophthalmic cases arising inthe county-court districts of : Birmingham (circuit No.21); Bromsgrove, Bromyard, Kidderminster, Stourbridge,Tenbury, Worcester, Evesham, Great Malvern, Hay,Hereford, Ledbury, Leominster, and Kington (circuit No.22) ; Atherstone, Coventry, Bletchley and Leighton Buz-zard, Northampton, Daventry, Rugby, and Nuneaton(circuit No. 23) ; Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Banbury,Shipton-on-Stour, Buckingham, Chipping Norton, Oxford,Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Witney, Henley-on-Thames, Windsor, and Reading (circuit No. 36). Applica-tions to the private secretary, Home Office, Whitehall,London, S.W.1, before Nov. 18. Also Medical Refereefor the county-court districts of Bromley and Sevenoaks(circuit No. 56). Applications as above before Nov. 16.

The Chief Inspector of Factories announces vacancies forexamining surgeons at Coleshill, Warwick, and at May,Argyll.

Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

PEGG.—On Oct. 22, in Calcutta, the wife of A. D. Pegg,F.R.C.S.E.-a son.

PROSSER.—On Oct. 27, at Harrogate, the wife of Dr. L. J.Prosser-a son.

STARLING.—On Oct. 23, at Eccleshall, Stafford, the wife of Dr.Evelyn Starling-a daughter.

MARRIAGESNEWTON—WHITEHEAD.—On Oct. 21, at Kingswood, Surrey,

John Lambert Newton, M.R.C.S., of London, to MerleWhitehead, of Lower Kingswood.

WILSON—BOX.—On Oct. 28, at Wincle, Cheshire, AlexanderHutton Wilson, M.D., of Buxton, to Clarice J. Box, ofCastleford.

DEATHSMCLACHLAN.—On Oct. 23, in Capetown, Arthur Ronald

McLachlan, F.R.C.S.PECK.—On Oct. 27, at Bournemouth, Lieut.-Colonel Edward

George Peck, D.S.O., M.R.C.S.POYNDER.—On Oct. 28, at East Grinstead, Frederick Cecil

Poynder, M.B. Oxfd, aged 77.SAUNDERS.—On Oct. 26, at Kilburn, London, Allan Lindsey

Saunders, M.R.C.S., ansesthetist to Paddington GreenChildren’s Hospital.

VELLACoTT.-On Oct. 24, Philip Northcott Vellacott, O.B.E.,M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S., of Crowborough.

WALL.-On Sept. 25, at Shamva, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, JamesBligh Wall, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., aged 71.

WEBSTER.—On Oct. 26, at Margate, Percy Lawrance Webster,M.R.C.S., L.D.S., late surgeon to the Royal Sea-bathingHospital, Margate.

AppointmentsDORAN, F. S. A., M.B. Camb., resident registrar to the surgical

outpatient department of the Manchester Royal Infirmary.McKEE, G. K., F.R.C.S., hon. assistant surgeon to the ortho-

paedic department of the Jenny Lind Hospital for Children,Norwich.

ROBINSON, C. B., M.B. Dubl., assistant medical officer at theBelfast Mental Hospital.

Examining Surgeon under the Factories Act, 1937: Dr.G. D. CARTER (Modbury district, Devonshire).