WAR PREPARATIONS IN IRELAND

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WAR PREPARATIONS IN IRELAND

OUR Dublin correspondent writes : AlthoughIreland is not-for the present at any rate-a belli-gerent country, neither the authorities nor the publicare neglecting the possibility of its becoming so, andpreparations for emergencies arising out of the warare being rapidly pushed forward. The hospitals, aswell as private householders, have been urged to rendertheir buildings as secure as may be against the dangersof air-raids. It hardly needs emphasising that in theevent of a raid reaching Dublin-whether by accidentor design-the danger of fire from incendiary bombswould be very great, and there is no building in whicha fire is so hard to combat as a hospital. It is, there-fore, incumbent on the authorities of the hospitalsto render the buildings as safe as may be, and it willprobably be necessary in the first instance to arrangefor the vacating of all top-storeys.The provision of hospital accommodation for pos-

sible casualties has also to be studied. The Irish

sweepstakes have not yet succeeded in adding appreci-ably to the number of general hospital beds in Dublinor Cork, and there is a definite shortage of hospitalbeds at present. To find accommodation in an emer-gency for some hundreds of additional hospital caseswould be, in these present conditions, beyond thepower of the Dublin hospitals, but it is understoodthat the question is being carefully considered.The St. John Ambulance Brigade in Ireland, to

which the country owes much both in peace and warin the past, has been very active both in training itspersonnel in air-raid precautions and in increasingthe number of its members. For the past twelve.months classes in first-aid and in A.R.P. have beenheld regularly, and have been attended by severalhundreds of men and women. On Sept. 6, a publicmeeting to attract recruits for a special reserve of thebrigade was held at the premises of the Royal DublinSociety, and the attendance was such as to surpriseand even to embarrass the organisers. Over 2000

persons attended, and over 1400 fresh volunteers

signed forms of application for various classes of

voluntary service.The Irish Red Cross Society-powers for the estab-

lishment of which was given by legislation last spring-has come into being. The Government nominatedthe first council, but in future the society is to be bothself-supporting and self-managed. The President ofIreland (Dr. Douglas Hyde) accepted appointment aspresident of the society, and he nominated as chair-man of the executive committee Mr. Charles Mac-

Auley, F.R.C.S. The council is thoroughly repre-sentative and contains manv members who have a

long experience of work in societies with similar

general service. Among these. members are thecommissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade inIreland (Sir John Lumsden). and members of his dis-trict staff. Cordial cooperation between the brigadeand the society is certain to be secured.

AppointmentsBACox, EDWARD, M.B. Lond., D.O.M.S., hon. assistant

ophthalmic surgeon to the Free Eye Hospital, Southampton.DICK, ANDREW, M.D. Glasg., D.P.H., assistant county medical

officer of health for Devon and district medical officer ofhealth for the borough of Clifton-Dartmouth Hardness andurban districts of Brixham and Paignton.

HGGHES, JOHN, B.Chir. Camb., F.R.C.S., resident surgicalofficer at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough.

JONES, IDRIS G., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., hon. assistant physicianto the Cardiff Royal Inflrmary.

JoxES, T. B., M.R.C.S., D.P.M., medical superintendent atBridge Home, Witham (branch of the Royal EasternCounties Institution).

MACKAY, J. D., 1VLB. Aberd., D.P.H., temporary assistantmedical officer of health for Barrow-in-Furness.

MACKINNON, N. A. M., M.B. Edin., D.P.H., deputy medicalofficer of health for Bury.

MELDRUM, C. B., M.B. St. And., junior assistant medical officerat the Argyll and Bute District Mental Hospital, Loch-gilphead.

MILLS, W. G. Q., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S., resident surgical officerat the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

NELIGAN, G. E., B.M. Oxfd., F.R.C.S., surgeon to the LondonHospital.

NOWELL, STANLEY, M.B. Manc., D.M.R.E., junior assistantmedical officer in the radiological department of the Man-chester Royal Infirmary.

PEARSON, R. C. M., M.D. Edin., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.H., deputymedical officer of health for Middlesbrough.

PoRTNOY, BENJAMIN, M.D. Manc., assistant medical officer inthe massage and electrical department of the ManchesterRoyal Infirmary.

REID, D. A., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E., resident surgical officer atCumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

SUTHERLAND, MARIE S., M.B. Aberd., D.P.H., deputy medicalofficer of health and deputy school medical officer forAccrington.

WILSON, G. F., L.M.S.S.A., temporary medical officer forcasualty services for Epping and Ongar.

’oLFINDEn., C. R., M.D. Lond., D.P.H., assistant medicalofficer of health for Rotherham.

Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

DowLER.—On Sept. 8, wife of Dr. H. G. Dowler, of Church-down, Gloucester-a daughter.

HATTON.—On Sept. 5, the wife of Dr. P. L. S. Hatton-adaughter.

JAMESON.-On Aug. 29, at Blackheath, the wife of CaptainJames Jameson, R.A.M.C.-a daughter.

O’MEARA.-On Sept. 5, at Catterick Camp, Yorks, the wife ofMajor F. J. O’Meara, R.A.M.C.-a son.

PESKETT.-On Sept. 4, the wife of Dr. G. L. Peskett, of Newport,Isle of Wight-a son.

SHOWMAN.—On Sept. 11, the wife of Dr. L. V. Snowman, ofFinchley Road, London, a daughter.

TURTLE.-On Sept. 7, at Bournemouth, the wife of Dr. Peterde Bec Turtle-a daughter.

MARRIAGESBALLINGER—LLOYD.—On Sept. 10, at Evesham, Owen David

Ballinger, B.M., to Mary Lloyd.CORBIN—BUNTING.—On Sept. 4, at Worcester, John Ogilvie

Corbin, M.B., to Elisabeth Mary Bunting, M.B.CROOK-DysoN.-On Sept. 4, at Crookham Parish Church,

Aldershot, Lieutenant Anthony Crook, M.R.C.S., R.A.M.C.,to Roberta May Brabazon Dyson.

GREEN-UNTHANK.-On Sept. 2, at Wokingham, TheodorAnton Green, F.R.C.S., to Susan Melinda Unthank.

HARRISON-BOWEN.—On Sept. 3, John Ormerod Harrison,F.R.C.S., to Mary Bowen.

HEISCH—NOBLE.—On Sept. 9, at Eastbourne, Ronald BrodieHeisch, M.B., to Auriel Margaret Noble.

LEABY—MCKINLAY.—On Sept. 7, at St. Columba’s, Pont Street,Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Garnet Stirling Leary, A.A.M.C., toAnnie Eileen McKinlay.

LOWN—EABKLINNIS.—On Sept. 2, at Epsom, Dr. J. F. Lownto Miss E. Karklinnis.

MCINTYRE—SHEED.—On Sept. 9, at St. George’s, HanoverSquare, Ivan Gordon McIntyre, M.B., to Anne LowsonSheed.

MCLAOHLAN—CANNING.—On Sept. 7, at All Souls’, LanghamPlace, Angus Elrick William McLachlan, M.B., to HelenM. Canning.

OLLERENSHAW—TIMPSON.—On Sept. 6, at Didsbury ParishChurch, Captain Robert George Watson Ollerenshaw, B.M.,R.A.M.C. (T.), to Kathleen Mary Timpson.

PATON—REID.—On Sept. 10, at Aldeburgh Parish Church,Henry Oldham Paton, M.B., to Margaret Elizabeth Reid.

PEPPER—MACKENZIE.—On Sept. 9, at Amberley, Frank RichardPepper, B.M., to Patricia Mackenzie.

ROSS—RUNGE.—On Sept. 4, at St. Marylebone Parish Church,Dr. T. A. Ross to Mrs. N. C. Runge.

SHAW—MACCOLL.—On Sept. 6, at Beaconsfield Parish Church,Colin Carter Shaw, M.R.C.S., to Daphne Vera MacColl.

SLOAN-HENRY.-On Sept. 8, at Guildford, David RobertSloan, M.B., to Aileen Jeanne Henry.

STEWART—DICKINSON.—On Sept. 4, at Sunbury-on-Thames,Richard Arthur Stewart, M.C., M.B., to Alice MaryDickinson.

WARING—THOMPSON.—On Sept. 6, at Totland, John WilliamBrodie Waring, M.R.C.S., to Margaret Thompson.

WILLIAMS—HORTON.—On Sept. 9, at St. Marylebone ParishChurch, Leslie Charles Williams, M.C., to Kathleen MiriamHorton, M.R.C.S.

DEATHSBENSLEY.—On Sept. 6, at 13, Kelfield Gardens, London, W.10,

George Egbert Bensley, M.R.C.S., assistant medical officer,public health department, London County Council.

CRooK.-On Sept. 8, Hugh Walter Dover Crook, M.R.C.S.,D.P.M., assistant medical officer, Knowie Mental Hospital,Fareham, aged 36.

GRANT.-On Sept. 6, at Hampstead, Leonard Grant, M.D. Edin.,formerly of New Southgate, aged 79.

LAWSON.—On Sept. 7, at Lowestoft, Hugh Lawson, M.R.C.S.,late of Chislehurst.

LISTER.—On Sept. 6, at Johannesburg, Sir Frederick SpencerLister, M.R.C.S., LL.D. Capetown, director of the SouthAfrican Institute for Medical Research, aged 63.