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Maclean, to be hung on the walls of the Netley Hospital,and that, if funds permit, a replica of the portrait be pre-sented to Mrs. Maclean."

WILLS OF MEDICAL MEN.

THE will and codicil of Thomas Wright, M.D., F.R.S., lateof 4, St. Margaret’s-terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,who died on Nov. 17th last, has been proved by ThomasLawrence Wright, the son, Joseph Wethered, and WilliamHenry Paine, M.D., the executors, the value of the personalestate in the United Kingdom exceeding .625,000. Thetestator makes special gifts to each of his children, includingthe house and premises, 4, St. Margaret’s-terrace, to his saidson, and there are legacies to his sons-in-law and to aservant. One-third of the residue of his property he leavesto his said son, and one-third upon trust for each of his

daughters, Mrs. Wethered and Mrs. Wilcox.The will of Joseph Luke, M.D., late of Oak Lodge, Green-

lanes, Finsbury-park, who died on the 22nd of October lastat Hastings, has been proved by Robert M’Clure and CharlesFrederick Elsten, the acting executors, the value of the per-sonal estate amounting to over .E8000. The testator leaves,all his property upon trust for his wife for life, and then forhis five children.The will of Andrew James Scott, M.D., formerly Surgeon

in the Madras Army, and of Tiverton, Devon, but late of4, Anglesea-terrace, St. Leonards, who died on October 21stlast, has been proved by William Collier Angove, Mrs. EmmaScott, the widow, and Captain William Augustus Scott, theson, three of the executors, the value of the personal estateexceeding .E6800. The provisions of the will are in favourof the testator’s wife and daughters and his said son andhis children.The will of John Dan Brown, M.D., late of Rochester,

Kent, who died on October 23rd last, has been proved byArthur Tresco Franklyn Brown, Physician and Surgeon, theson and sole executor. Subject to a legacy to his house-keeper, the testator leaves all his real and personal estate tohis said son.The will of Charles Blakeley Brown, M.D., late of 3, Hill-

street, Berkeley-square, who died on October 22nd last, hasbeen proved by Mrs. Emila Brown, the widow and soleexecutor, the value of the personal estate amounting to over£15,000. The testator devises and bequeaths all his real andpersonal estate to his wife absolutely.The will and codicil of Edward Thomas Roe, M.D., late of

18, Kensington-crescent, who died on September 28th last,was proved on the 18th ult. by William Hobbs, the soleexecutor, the value of the personal estate exceeding £4400.The testator leaves all his furniture and effects and anannuity of X200 to his wife, Mrs. Sarah Roe, and the residueof his property to his two daughters.The will and two codicils of Mr. James Alexander Guise.

Inspector-General of Hospitals, retired, late H.M. BengalMedical Service, formerly of Elm Grove, Elgin, Scotlandbut late of The Knoll Leigh Woods, Long Ashton, Somerset-shire, who died on October 4th last, were proved on December23rd last by Charles Guise, the brother, John FullertorBeatson, M.D., C.LE., and Miss Mary Ann Georgina Guisethe daughter, the executors, the value of the personal estat!- exceeding £4600. The testator leaves legacies to his exe.cutors and an annuity to his brother, Francis George. Theresidue of his property is to be held in trust for his wifeMrs. Mary Jane Guise for life, then for his daughter, Mar;Ann Georgina, so long as she shall remain unmarried, anithen for his said daughter and his son, James John.

The following legacies have recently been left to hospitaland other medical institutions:—Mr. Benjamin WilliaiBenson, of 2, St. Leonards-terrace, Chelsea, .E100 to thLondon Hospital, Mile-end-road; Mr. Edmund Burke, c85, Avenue-road, Regent’s-park, Barrister-at-Law, £500 tthe Cottage Hospital, Walsall, near Birmingham; and MrsElizabeth Lewis, of Nightingale Villa, Clevedon, all heshares and interest in the Clevedon Gaslight Company to thClevedon Dispensary, and all her shares, stock, and interest ithe Clevedon Waterworks Company to the Clevedon CottagHospital.

VITAL STATISTICS.

HEALTH OF ENGLISH TOWNS.

IN twenty-eight of the largest English towns 6020 birthsand 4188 deaths were registered during the week endingthe 31st ult. The deaths showed an increase of 96 upon thenumber returned in the previous week, and were equal to anannual rate of 24-5 per 1000 of the estimated population ofthese towns in the middle of this year, against 24-2 and 24-0in the preceding two weeks. During the first four weeksof the current quarter the death-rate in these towns aver-aged 24-4 per 1000, against rates declining from 27-7 to 21-1in the corresponding periods of the six years 1879-84. Thelowest rates in these towns last week were 13-5 in Birken-head, 17-6 in Salford, 18-0 in Derby, and 19-0 in Hull. Therates in the other towns ranged upwards to 30’2 in Plymouth,32-7 in Preston, 34-9 in Cardiff, and 36-6 in Norwich. The deathsreferred to the principal zymotic diseases in the twenty-eight towns, which had been 370 and 372 in the previoustwo weeks, further rose to 396 last week; of these 141 resultedfrom whooping-cough, 58 from measles. 56 from scarlet fever,43 from "fever" (principally enteric), 35 from diphtheria,32 from diarrhoea, and 31 from small-pox. The lowestdeath-rates from these diseases, in the aggregate, wererecorded last week in Derby, Brighton, and Nottingham;and the highest in Preston, Sunderland, Norwich, andCardiff. The greatest mortality from whooping-coughoccurred in Bradford and Norwich ; from measles in Sunder-land and Cardiff; from scarlet fever in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Halifax; and from " fever " in Preston and Norwich.The 35 deaths from diphtheria in the twenty-eight townsincluded 15 in London, 4 in Liverpool, 2 in Nottingham, 2 inBradford, and 2 in Cardiff. Small-pox caused 60 deaths inLondon and its outer ring of suburban districts, and 2in Liverpool. The number of small-pox patients in themetropolitan asylum hospitals situatedin and around London,which hadbeen 1009 and 1092 on the preceding two Saturdays,further rose to 1147 at the end of last week; the admissions,which had been 216 and 287 in the previous two weeks,were 263 last week. The Highgate Small-pox Hospital con-tained 97 patients on Saturday last, 22 having been admittedduring the week. The deaths referred to diseases of therespiratory organs in London, which had been 609, 552, and513 in the preceding three weeks, rose again to 556 lastweek, and were 16 above the corrected weekly average.The causes of 105, or 2-4 per cent., of the deaths in the

twenty-eight towns last week were not certified eitherby a registered medical practitioner or by a coroner. Allthe causes of death were duly certified in Portsmouth,Leicester, Derby, Norwich, and Plymouth. The largest pro-portions of uncertified deaths were registered in Oldham,Sheffield, and Huddersfield.

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HEALTH OF SCOTCH TOWNS.

The annual rate of mortality in the eight Scotch towns,which had steadily declined from 30-7 to 28-5 per 1000 inthe preceding four weeks, rose again to 30-2 in the weekending the 31st ult., and exceeded by no less than 5-7 themean rate during the same week in the twenty-eight largeEnglish towns. The rates in the Scotch towns last weekranged from 21-4 and 22-0 in Edinburgh and Leith, to 33’7in Glasgow, 34-9 in Perth, and 41-9 in Dundee. The 738deaths in the eight towns included 28 which were referredto whooping-cough, 23 to measles, 20 to diarrhoea, 11 toscarlet fever, 9 to " fever " (typhus, enteric, or simple), 7 todiphtheria, and not one to small-pox; in all, 98 deaths re-sulted from these principal zymotic diseases, against 83and 86 in the preceding two weeks. These 98 deaths wereequal to an annual rate of 4-0 per 1000, which was 1-7 abovethe mean rate from the same diseases in the twenty-eightEnglish towns. The 28 deaths from whooping-cough showeda further slight decline from the numbers in recent weeks,and included 15 in Glasgow, 3 in Edinburgh, and 3 in Leith.The 23 fatal cases of measles were fewer by 3 than thenumber in the previous week; 12 occurred in Glasgow and10 in Dundee. The 20 deaths attributed to diarrhoea showedan increase upon recent weekly numbers, and were 8 abovethe number in the corresponding week of last year. Theyincluded 7 in Glasgow and 5 in Dundee. The fatal cases ofscarlet fever and of diphtheria showed an increase; 7 ofscarlet fever and 5 of diphtheria were returned in Glasgow.The 9 deaths referred to " fever," of which 5 occurred in