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GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.-On the 25th ult.the annual court of the governors and friends of this insti-tution was held at the City Terminus Hotel. The in-

patients during last year had numbered 1672, but many hadbeen refused admission from want of accommodation. Themanagers have, we learn, determined to establish a con-valescent home in connexion with the charity.THE " Charity Record

" states ;-" We are ex-

tremely sorry to learn that Miss Florence Bates, who lastweek, whilst crossing Victoria-street, Pimlico, in the fog,was run over by a ca and seriously hurt, is not progressingat all favourably. Dr. Creswell Hewett is afraid that hewill have to amputate both thighs, so serious is the injuryreceived by this unfortunate young lady, who is one of thenurses at the St. John’s Home Hospital, Craven-road,Lan.caster-gate.

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BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH HOSPITAL.-The annualmeeting of the subscribers to this institution was held onJan. 30th. From the statement of accounts submitted bythe hon. secretary it appeared that the number of patientstreated during the year was 7556, of whom 430 were in-patients. The total expenditure during the year was

£1983 8s. 5d., a decrease of £155 2s. 10d., as compared withthe expenditure of the previous year. The total receipts for1881 were .62046 17s. 6d., less by i284 11s. 9d. than thereceipts in 1880. Under the more important head of annualsubscriptions the receipts for 1881 exceeded those of theprevious year by £24 4s. 6d. In workmen’s contributionsthere was also an increase of i33 14s. 2d. The sum of thereceipts exceeded the expenditure by £63 9s. ; the balancein the hands of the treasurer at the close of the year was£75 4s. 3d. A reference was made to the recent enlargementof the hospital by the Mayor (Mr. Wm. Laird), and it wasmentioned that the extra accommodation thus given wouldinvolve an increased expenditure of about £300.

PRESENTATIONS.—The patients and friends of Dr.R. B. Hocter, who is leaving Brackley, where he has beenin practice for the last twelve years, met on Wednesday, the25th ult., and presented him with an address, expressingtheir regret at his departure, and with an old Queen Annesilver tea and coffee service, in the teapot being a cheque fora substantial sum.-A silver tea service has been pre-sented to Mr. F. I. Flower, M.R C.S., of Broadchalke. Thefollowing inscription is engraved upon the teapot : " Pre-sented to F. 1. Flower, M.R.C.S.E., by his friends inBroadchalke, Bowerchalke, Bishopstone, and Ebbesbourne,in memory of sixteen years passed in diligent performanceof his professional duties."-Dr. Eberle (now of Thirsk),for the past seven years Principal of the Medical College,Easingwold, has been presented by the inhabitants with amassive black marble clock, beautifully decorated in theEgyptian style, and on a silver tablet the following inscrip-tion : "Presented to J. J. Eberle, physician, in recognitionof the high esteem in which he was held during his residencein Easingwold."

Medical Appointments.Intimations for this column must be sent DIRECT to the Office of

THE LANCET before 9 o’clock on Thursday Morning, at the latest.

ADAMS, Mr. M. A., has been reappointed Public Analyst for theCounty of Kent.

ALLEN, ALFRED HENRY, F.C.S., has been appointed Public Analyst forthe Borough of Wakefield.

BARTON, JOHN, M.D. T.C.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.S.I., has been appointedMedical Officer to the South City Dispensary, Dublin.

BUTLER-SMYTHE, ALBERT C., M.R C.S, late Honorary Surgeon tothe Hospital for Women and Children and Lying-in Institution,Brighton, has been appointed Honorary Assistant Medical Officerand Chloroformist to the Hospital for Women and Children,Vincent-square, London, S. W.

DWYER, J. J., L K.Q.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed ResidentMedical Superintendent to Mullingar District Lunatic Asylum.GODSON, CLEMENT, M.D., M.R.C.P.Lond., has been appointed Con-

sulting Physician to the City of London Lying-in Hospital, vice Dr.Greenhalgh, resigned.

HERN, WILLIAM, L.D.S. R.C S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeonto the Dental Hospital of London.

JACOB, ARCHIBALD H., M.D. T.C.D., F.R.C.S 1., has been appointedOphthalmic Surgeon to Richmond Hospital, Dublin, vice Dr. Chas.E. Fitzgerald, resigned.

LENTAIGNE, J. VINCENT, L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed Assistant-Surgeon to Richmond Hospital, Dublin.

MCNEILL, J. PATRiC, M.D.Dub., L.R.C.S.I., has been reappointedPublic Analyst for the Borough of Tiverton.

MORRIS, W. CAMERON, M.B.Ed., M.R.C.S., has been appointed lledicalOfficer of Health, Public Vaccinator, District Medical Officer, andSurgeon to the Workhouse of the Chester-Ie-Street Union, viceRalph Lenton, M.R.C.S., deceased.

PURDON, H. S., M.D.Glas., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointedCertifying Surgeon to the Belfast District, Belfast, vice C. D.Purdon, deceased.

RICE, BERNARD, M.B.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed House.Surgeon to the Warneford Hospital, Leamington, vice A. S. Brown,resigned.

SLEDDALL, THOMAS W., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C S., has been reappointedMedical Otficer of Health for the Idle Urban Sanitary District.

SUCKLING, C. W., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., Medical Tutor atthe Queen’s College, Birmingham, has been appointed to the

newly created office of Physician to Out-patients.SYKES, JOHN F., M.D., has been appointed Honorary Visiting MedicalOfficer to the Infirmary for Consumption and Diseases of the Chestand Throat, Margaret-street, W., vice Dr. Gibbon, resigned.

WILLIS, JULIAN, M.D., has been appointed Honorary Visiting MedicalOfficer to the Infirmary for Consumption and Diseases of the Chestand Throat, Margaret-street, W., vice Dr. PdJmer, resigned.

WOODS, JOHN, L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medica!Officer to the First District of the Hailsham Union.

YOUNG, Mr. W. C., has been appointed Public Analyst for the White., chapel District.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

FINLAY.—On the 3rd inst., at Montagu-street, Portman-square, W., thewife of David W. Finlay, M.D., of a son.

HOBSON.—On the 30th ult., at Lower Addiscombe-road, Croydon, thewife of John M. Hobson, M.D., of a son.

MORRIS.—On the 6th inst., at Welland-terrace, Spalding, the wife ofClarke Kelly Morris, M.R.C.S. &c., of a son.

POWELL.—On the 31st ult., the wife of W. Powell, M.R.C.S. &c., ofSegrave-place, Cheltenham, of a daughter.

WALFORD.-On the 29th ult., at Cambridge-road, Kilburn, the wife ofW. G. Walford, M.D., of a son.

WATNEY.—On the 5th inst., at Wilton-crescent, the wife of HerbertWatney, M.D., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.BROWN—MATHERS.—On the 2nd inst., at St. Mary’s, Lambeth, R.

Gibson Brown, M.R.C.S., of Brixton, to Emily Harriet, youngerdaughter of the late J. W. Mathers, Esq., also of Brixton.

GROOM—TAYLOR.—On the 31st ult., at the Parish Church, Wisbech,Cambridgeshire, William Groom, B.A.Cantab., M.R.CS., toCaroline, daughter of the late J. Taylor, D.L., both of Wlsbech.

SANDBERG-CLIFFORD. - On the 2nd inst., at St. John’s Church,Brixton, Arthur Gregory Sandberg, M.D., of Brixton-road, thirdson of the late Rev. P. L. Sandberg, M.A., Rector of Northrepps,Norfolk, to Ethel Caroline, daughter of Frederick Clifford, of theMiddle Temple, Barrister-at-law.

WESTWOOD- BURLAND.-On the 30th ult., at Christ Church, Waterloo,Henry Owen Westwood, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., of Prees,Shropshire, the second son of E. Westwood, of The Laurels,Stourbridge, to Constance, fourth daughter of C. Burland, Esq., ofWaterloo, Liverpool.

DEATHS.ASPINALL.—On November 13th, 1881, at Romo, Queensland, Henry

Moon Aspinall, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.. J.P., only son of the lateWilliam Aspinall, Esq., of Ashfield, Pendleton.

BADDELEY.—On the 26th ult., at Eastbourne, Pe.ul Frederick HenryBaddeley, F.R.C.S., late Indian Horse Artillery, eldest son of thelate Major John Baddeley, of the 7th Hussars, in his seventy-fifthyear.

BODINGTON. — On the 5th inst., at Sutton-Coldfield, Warwickshire,Dr. George Bodington, aged 82.

CLAPHAM.-On the 7th inst., at Thorney, near Peterborough, JohnClapham, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., aged 74.

COOPER.-On the 4th inst., at Fillebrook Lodge, Leytonstone, WilliamCooper, M.D., aged 72.

DALY. - On the 4th inst., at 185, Amhurst-road, Hackney Downs,Maurice St. George, youngest child of Frederick H. Daly, M.D.

FLETCHER.-On the 4th inst., at Hope House, Kersal, Manchester,John Shepherd Fletcher, M D., in his 60th year.

GILES.-On the 5th inst., at Staunton-on-Wye, Herefordshire, PeterGiles, F.R.C.S., aged 63.

HEY.-On the 31st ult , at St. Andrew’s Vicarage, Derby, after a shortillness, Edward Hey, L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S., second son of theRev. Prebendary Hey, of Belper, and House-Surgeon to theNottingham Dispensary.

JENKS.—On the 7th inst., at his residence, 18, Circus, Bath, GeorgeSamuel Jenks, M.D, F.R.C.P., in his 93rd year.

JOPP.—On the 3rd inst., at Royal-terrace, Edinburgh, Surgeon-MajorJas. Jopp, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.

PHILIP.—On the 3rd inst., at Via Della Croce, Rome, Rev. Dr. Philip,M.D., for forty years an able and faithful missionary to the Jews.The last twenty-two years were spent with the British Society forthe Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews.

SHEARS. -On the 6th ult., at Tobago, W.I., Arthur Shears, M.D.,aged 39.

UNWIN.—On the 2nd inst., at Marchmont-gardens, Richmond, Surrey,William Unwin, M.R.C.S., formerly Surgeon Leicestershire Militia,and son of the late John and Agnes Unwin, of Barrett-grove, Stok6-Newington. -

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