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ITA ·CERY OF TUE RDER ST. J n ," C ..\TE LONDO, E. jt/JJt/a!')', 1936.
THE COM fA D ERY OF OUTll A \(.!3 4 6 6
The enthusia tic reports and th amount of Sp'lCC devoted to the v i it to th e Or let's Command ry of 'o LLth frica by Colon 1 Ie man hi f ommi,-
ioner of the Bri gade O,-er eas, by the ourh _r\.frican Pre s indicat that his "isit has been amazingly su ccessful, barh in his capaciry as O,ersea s Chief ommlSSloner and as an extremeh- popular personality.
, \t the important luncheon gi ,-en ill hi honour It the Durban Country Club by ir Charles G. mith K. ...\f.G ( ommander of the Order and Pre ident of the :\atal Coa tal Centre), Colonel leeman said [hat Headquarter- appreciated ,'ery highly the fine \\ 'o rk _ \fr ica had done and commented on the magnihcent -ho,,- put up at the Centenary Celebra60n In 1931.
_ \ft r congrarula(in l7 the Bantu and Indi an D i,-i ion: on their formation he mentioned his deIil7ht at th pI ndid work done by th Rail"'ay Diyi sion , in whicb mor than I 'iOO men \\-ere carrytng fon,-ard (he John ideal.
Referrin o- tl Ga, Training (-< \..R.P. ) Colonel aid it wa . no u, training at the Ia t moment.
It \, -as a task in ,,-h icb c\- ryone in the Briti h Empir -hould join_ During th :\c\\- Z aland earthquake the Jarane c- w r the Be rmuda hre and th Bomba:- riots the 't John \mbuhncc D i\ 'i i ns had rrm-cd their ,-terling worth.
\'C hayc mor (0 :a\' of (h 'outb _ i, itation in a later issue. In the 111 antim we should like to thank th 'o uth -\frican n \\"'pap rs for their int re and suppOrt and th r we ha\- receiy d fr m them.
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The Value of "Chapter One"
A Special· Series based 011 Talks with Experienced First-Aiders
By A. T. LAKIN, M.B. (PART 3·)
(2) SIGNS, SYMPTOMS and HISTORY.
For ease in remembering, this paragraph may be read as:-
Signs are points about the case that are obvious to an intelligent obseryer, and are present in all cases.
Symptoms are the things that the patient can tell you, but they cannot be seen. There are no symptoms in an unconscious person.
History should be remembered as "His Story," and is learned from the patient or people standing around as to how the accident happened.
These three, together with our knowledge, are the basis on which a diagnosis rests; making a diagnosis is often very exciting and is a splendid test of our mental abilities. There may be nothing but the signs to guide us; we use our powers of observation to note the signs on or about the patient, and we have to interpret the meaning of the signs-a limb or part of a limb is in an unusual position, this rouses our interest and we carefully test the position; the test rouses our suspicions and we search for other definite signs, and our suspicions are confirmed, and a sufficient diagnosis is made. Reasoning is brought into action so that the real meaning of the signs may be understood, and reasoning demands knowledge and its intelligent application.
Sigris are the most important, and they lead us to questions about symptoms and history, and when signs are backed up by knowledge elicited b y our tests and questions, then our diagnosis rests on a solid basis, and we know what our job consists of.
In reading the manual, it is wise to separate the signs and symptoms that are given for the differing groups of injuries, but it is far greater fun, more exciting and greater instruction to try and work out from an imaginary injury the exact signs and symptoms that we should expect to find, and the reason for their existence, and then check our list with the manual; this is the only real way of attaining efficiency in making a sufficient diagnosis to enable us to afford skilled assistance.
(3) CAUSE OR CAUSES.
This paragraph is easily learned fashion," but it is rather difficult to keep in mind and understanding during the stress of an examination or competition. My own method is this list :-
Cause-from history.
Cause-active-precautions. inactive-ignore
Cause--effect.
Effect-direct-injury or injuries. indirect-body.
This translated means :-
(a) The cause is found out from the history.
(4)
A cause can only be on of two things: ..t\.cti\'c or Inactive. '
If it is inactive, it need not concern us at at present.
If it is active, precautions must be taken t o prevent further injur y to the patient, bytanders and First-Aider. (' Remove th e cause or the patient f rom the cause, which ever is mo t xped ient, was given as th authority.)
cause mu t produce a result or frect.
An effect can be two thin g -Direct, Indircct. Direct effects are indicated mainly by and are the local injuri es Indirect effects ar indicated mainly by ymptoms in the {j r t place and are usually constitutional. hock i an indir ect effect tha t is present in every ca e of accident.
SURROUNDING
(a) Possible som'ccs of danger.
Three very interesting and lInp rtant pint aros during the talk about possibl sources of dan O'er.
A. In e ery branch of industry accident happen, and each branch ha s a type of accident that i mor<frequent than any other; thu the acci d e nts common to a colliery are different from those of a chemical works; those in a '\Yeaying hed differ from those in a brickwork s ; the y d iffc r in the dilferent departments of a big indu s try , such as a railway-the keen First-Aider \",ill note the po ibk ource of dan ger in his own sphe re of industry; he will trr and devis means to prevent the e accidents happening, and methods to treat them effectively; thus he will gain a knowledge of " Safety Fir t," an expert knO\vledge of the First Aid suitable to his own department, in addition to his general know ledge of First ,Aid .
A case in point. bout 10 year ago the FirstAiders at a colliery noticed that wounds of the shin were very frequent; these were caused by fall of coal during cutting. They suggested the use of footballer's shin guards for the hewers, and this simple precaution has almost eliminated this type of accident. Their keenness and thought has provided a precaution chat has been adopted in nearly all collieries all over the world.
B. First Aid men attend public duties: would it not be wise to consider beforehand the possible sources of danger, the most frequent casualties to be expected, and to practise the best methods of treatment? Lectures, demonstration and practices for forthcoming public duties have been found very helpful and interesting.
e. At this point I should like to ask the question, " How do you read your Manual? " not « Do you read your Manual? "
I have long been of the opinion that, after their first examination, the majority of First-Aiders do not really read their manual, but, thinking they know it ail, merely skim through it or use it for reference, and read into it l1Jhat they think is there, and not what is actualb there. This casual and careless reading develops bad habits and inefficient work-especially in competitions.
(b)
Fracture of th e Clavicle
For the past five years, and for m y own interest, I have becn keeping special notes about the treatment of two simple injuries-Fracture of the Clavicle and Fractured Leg - both at examination and in comoetitions.
76 per cent. placed the hand in position on the bone before putting the pad in the armpit. 84 per cent. had faults in the St. John slin g 92 per ccnt. pulled the shoulder forward at some stagc.
34 per cent. omitted to test the pulse.
60 per cent. mad e more than tw o serious crrors.
90 per cent. did not earn Go per cent. of the possible marks.
78 per ccnt. nl y cored 50 per cent. of the possible marks.
The re ults with Fractured Le g are simi lar, but not quite so bad.
These figures are startlwg and disconcerting when it i reali ed that ther refer to experienced First\.ider
Ca. Llal reading and careless practices \'\'ill always re ult in careles , inefficient w rk - w e do not want " slm-enly work done in a slovenlr fashion b y slovenly men'" this is a p ible source of graye danger that !TIU t not b mTrlookcd, and it is a yen' erious matter to th e prcstige f the Fir t- \id er, for C\ 'e 'ywhere a « t. John man' is looked up to; in hi o\\'n neighbourho d he is rel ied upon and his en-ice will be called up on in time of emergency and consequent an..xiety-\"c all know, but do nOt take . ufficiently into con ideration, the feeling of safety that the nei g hbour ha,-c 'when a t. ] ahn's man lives in our treet ; 'o, -emment D epartment and Public Authoritie r ly up on u for killed a si tance on public occa i n ; this confidence in au [ abilities has been eng ndered by plendid 'work done by our predecessor and maintained b\ o'ood w ork don by ?ur c?llcague, ther fore cat'lually p rform ed public dutlCS should be recogni ed and treated as , Sourcc. of danger ' to the general public, the pab.ent, the First- l \ider, Bri gade sociatlOn and our belov d Order. I \ little th uo-ht, more organi ation and practice would turn public dutIes into a plcndid mean of publicity for our work- no, not for us.
(e) Help available
This section i u ually treated lightly but its Importance lies in the fact that for the fir t time it is indicated to the Fir t- ide'r that he ma \' e other important duties to perform, and that he \'\Till
have to show his skill, not to fricndly colleagues, but to a critical general public, who will have to be convinced of his skill and knowledge, for that is the real meaning of "an inquisitiye crowd may be so controlled and instructed," and everything will depend upon the knowledge, discrimination, tact and explicitness displayed b y the First- Aider. The help available may be considered under four headings :-
1. The patient may be able to assist, and his help should always be utilised whenever possible and safe, as it will not only be a reliable gu ide to efficient treatment but, by assisting, his anxiety will be eased, and that will be a help in preventing shock.
2. The First-Aider has three things to do :(a) T o take control of the situation (b) To render First Aid. (c) To obtain medical assistance.
To take conuol, the must haye confidence in his o\vn ability and must inspire the confidence of the patient and bystanders. Confidence in himself can only be obtained through adequate knowledge bOth of theory and practice. Here is displayed the great ad'\amages to be gained by a regular and imerested attendance at lectures, demonstrations and practices; carefu l personal practices; by taking charge of squads and learning the importance of giying orders--explicidy, tactfull y and courteous!'i-, for it ,,-ill be found that it i an entirek different giying order and instructions to undi ciplined o-eneral public than it is to your classmates.
A useful method of obtaining conhdence in taking comrol i to start \\-ith cheery, encouraging and helpful words to the patient-the sound of your own voice \I. ill help you-then start doing something that YOU kno\y \'ou can do well-once srarted, ,-ou \,ill oon gain the nece ary coni1dence. _-\ quIet confident bearin o- ,, -ill in pire confidence in the patient and bysrander ; intelligent handlin o- of the situation and efficient treatment of the patient ,\-ill beget more confidence and the situation is comrolled. It would be \"ell for the Fir t-Aider to reali e that he i officially the repr emati,e of the A ociation on occa ion. and that he can bring credit or discredit on all the re r of u. Thi point of , -ie\,- rather startled ome men but it i, ne,-ertheless a fact that when we ar working 'on our o\'"n" we do repre ent the whole :\ ociation and me ,,-hole of the glorious hi tory of the As oeiation i in our hand, to be upheld or di credit d among t (hose ,ie,ying m manner in ,, -hich we tackle ou-;" job. care" will not do-\ye 111U t care for the ,,'onderful hi ton' of well done that ha , been handed on to u·· and in ,,'hich it is an honour and priyil ge to be allowed to take our part. By the way, do knO\,- the history of the t. ] ohn _ \.rnbulanc e A. ociation or the hi tory of your o\yn Corps? You would find it ...-ery helpful to 1 am om thing ab ut it.
(To be COlJtinlled.)
Order of St. John. Headquarter Notes.
D ecember 9, bing th Festi\Ta l of the Commemoration of the Recapture of Jerusalem, was celebrat d by Holy COlTlffiunion in the Crypt Chapel of the Grand P riory Church, the Celebrant being Chaplain Prebendary L. J. Percival, C.V.O.) Precent o r of Hi :Majesty's Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain to the h.ing, and on the e e of th e Festival, unday, the 8th, a service was held in the Grand Prior y Church, attended by the Commi ioner and Officers of o I District of the Bri g ade. In the lar ge congre ga tion \-vere the Chancello r, the ec r etary-General and th Hospitaller.
A most interestin g address was gIven by Chaplain Canon Stacy Waddy, D.D.
The
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Overseas.
The Chief Commissioner regrets to announce th e death of Senior District Superintendent C. G. Dowthwaite, Cape Province District, South Africa, on October I, 1935.
The following is an extract from t he Cape Ti llles o f October 2., 1935 :-
PIONEER OF ST. JOHN A.MB ULA CEo
MR. C. G. D OW TH\\-A 1TE DEAD.
There died yesterday one of the pioneers of t. John Ambulance work in the Cape- 1r. Charles Gordon Dowthwait e, former Senior District Sup erintendent, St. John Am bulance Brigade, Cape Pr ovince, and City Accountant.
. Mr. Dowthwaite, who was born in Eng land while his parents were there on holida y 48 years ago, was the younger son of the late Mr. C. W. Dowthwaite, a former City Accountant.
He was educated at W y nberg Bo ys ' Hi g h Sch oo l : and later became a partner, with hi s elder brother , Mr. J. C. Do wthwaite, in the firm of accountants C. W. Dowthwaite & Sons.
He was keenly interested in St. John Ambulance Brigade work. For 2.2 years he saw the Brigad e develop from power to power, with huge increases to membership and units
From the rank of private he rose to that of Sen io r District Superintendent, retiring only nine months ago owing to ill-health. He wa s s ucceeded b y Maj or A. J. IZnox.
A ll available officers and members of the St. J oho Ambulan ce Brigade will attend the funeral.
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The Chief Commissioner's Message.
To the AJe/llbers J/)e S t. jobll _ I/IIlmlml ce --11 thi,r seasoll , whell olle look.r back Oil 11'hat hcu btu , ClccolJ/plished dl/rillg tbe J'ear, alld look.r forwar d to thl p rospects oj th e )Jell' year , 1 WOf(1d like to selJd a appreciatioll to all J)lcJ)lbcrJ oj the Bn:{!,ade Jo r thtl .re[f-saCl'ijiciJl/!, 77'ork dmilZ{!, tbe past )Wlr alld cOliidCl/( , ill tb e Jlfcce.fS of their work /11 tbe 1/l'l1')'l'rlr. 1 I)alle rfCetlt!)' beeJl asked to smd I/JUStlJ!,es t() two Divisiolls oj tl)e 1/ 'bo celebrate their Jfl bilu tI)l }J'illter. Thi,r lIJakcs one thiJlk fl ow liltk could elll)'OIl have foreseell tbat Jrom ,rtfch (/ .fmall (ould h(1J spmfl<.{!, liP this oreat oroaJliJat iOIl of tl)e, t. ] ohll -l m/)f(lalll 7I'bicb I/ O]}' ha.r 000 /JIc/JIber.r (llld Jl'blc/) flrl becollle oJle of tbe eSJe )Jtial JU· llire.r the (Olmtl)- Tbtl it is oJle oj tbe es,'eJltial .fenlias th{ cOIIIII'".)' i.r Oll ,lio/( I?)I the/act that last J'ear il dealt JI'ith OL'{'!, 510,000 rt'portt caSt'.' oj accidetlt {wd Jlldden ilil/{'Jj" (lnd that tbe POlIti atdl)oritie.r allllo,y" call 011 ONr .ren'ice.r ]J 'bell 1(l1/!.e cro wd. aJJelllble. ----1 II)'OIlf IJJa), 71 'e/1 feel pro f{d (il t(, .fI fch a fine ol".f!,alliJatiolJ, tl)( obiert oj whir/; iJ to ht)!
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It is evidmt Ji 'oll! the /!/cal illO'tll,ie ;11 t/;(/I 1/;( i" //IakilZ{!, steClr!)' pro/!,re.r.r tllld i.r //IcetiJlI!, tht ill creased dellJalld.r 01/ il.r sen'ia b)' iJlcn'r1.ied cJliciclIC)' alld expall sion
rVhell l .rtlfq)' tbe JOl' the .rear, 1 allJ filled ll 'itj, admiration for tbe zeal alJd dellotioll to oj OU/' /IJt,/l/btr
It is fl remarkable Jact that the .fIICCe.rS which haJ bet'll achie-ved is 110t conjiJlCd to aI!)' partiClfim- distrids, b((t i..COlll1l10n to al/. rr --h{'l/ 1 read thc CommissiONers' Report: thq all point 10 contil/ lfed 111 thiJ rOl/llectiol/ I 7l'ish partiCII/ar!J to thank the lJIelll/;er.f oj the J. I/ edica/ alld •\ IIrsillg proJeJJ iOlls for t beir /!,etlerOIlS and sdfsacriJici,zg SJpport , for JIlI'tholft the/ll to help lI.f )J'e COf(1d not possi/J(y hOlIe r eached the prcscnt fJl/!,h staudard (II ejjicienC)'.
the ),eal' tl lIell reJp(JIlJibililj' 7l ill lit
placed Oil ),Otl ill cOllllection witI) the / lit' Raid Precalf tioJJ .Schem e, and 1 Jeel confident that )'011 mil sho ffldel' this dll(J ,vith the sam e mer!,.), alld .flfcce.r.r aJ 'y0 1f bave dOlle ]J litl, othel' first-a id duties
111 conc!'f,rioll, 1 1visb all Illembers of the B rZl!pde e'lJen succeSJ in the IJe1V )leal'
jO! 11 DUiVCAN, ( Major- G cJJeJ'dl), COllll7liJJioml'.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. I (PRT CE Of \'V'J\LE S'.) DI ST RICT.
Dl '>TR l( O RDERS
P UBLIC D UTY.
The Commissioner ba s been aske d to convc) the tha nks of the Co mmi ssione r s or lh e jty and Metropolitan P o lic e to members of the Di s trict who undertook du ty on th e occasion of the wedding of J l.R.J 1. Th e D uke of GloLlcester an d L ady 1\li ce colt on ovember 6, and a lso on th e occasions of l\ rmi<;[ic<.: D ay, and the Funeml of the Earl j e ll icoc.
GRADE OF \fi.,\ \UERS OF THE OROFR. '\ - ill O fFicers in charge of Di\ isions, both Ambulance and 1 ursing, please nOlC, that the y should state In .re d ink in the' R emarks olumn" of 1935 B.F.I, against the name of any member who is a en ing Brother or Sen-ing i ter, or any other rade of the Order, and the year were admitt cd ?
LE CT 0 " fIRST I \ m r·OR
, \ COLlrse of Lecture s on Fir t j \id for \'('omen, will be held at D istrict JIeadquarters, '\, 0. J O, Berkley treet, E er, eomn1Lncing on Thursday, january 16, 1936, ar 6.3 0 p.m., and continuL on sub. equent ,,!:,huL day l-!onorary Lecturer :-Dr.?\. orbcL l·ktcher, 1\ I -tanr hid; lIon rarr 'ec rctary, Ladr D istr ic t OR1ccr },lr<;. M acFadden, 23a, J li gh treet, L J ohn's \\ood, , (() \\'hom all communications hould be made. Fce, 3S 6eL including examination for the t. John \mbulancc \ "sncialion Certificate.
\\ 'ith the object of attracting more member' [0 th e Diyi sion and of intcrc ·t in g people in the work of th 'r. J ohn J\mbul anc B r igade, the '\ 0 9 (Royal B orough of K ensington) ur in g Di,-i ion held an " l \t Home" on Thursday evening, D ecemhcr 5 at th e Forum Club. There wen; ( er a hundred guests present, among t them being ir Mile and Lad y Irvin g, the fatr o n of the Cancer lI ospita l, the El izabeth arrett }\nd erson H o.pital and t h e London Clinic, an d ister French, f rh Lond on Il osp il al.
Th e Di"isiona l President D unbar) pre ided.
ir P erc iva l \Yilkin,o n K. M. G., B . ( ecrctaryG e neral of th e Ord e r of t. J ohn) gave a brief hi s tory of the Ordcr from it. f undari n in the rwelfth century down tc? it s , ork in the prescnt day, with lantern sl id e' and clnematograph illu 'lrati ns. Lady j\l o unt garret, O.B.E., Dame Gr a nd ross o f the Orde r, de cdl ed the ,\'ork of the Nur!'>ing Di v ision s of tht: Brigade, \\,1 th its many opport uni ti c, for publi c sen-ic c, a nd the help that members could give to the conununitr. 1\ S a r , ult, several new m embe r app li e d to join the Divi ion.
Th e annual comp titiol1s of o 9 Kensington 1:\u rsing Division for th lc onnel and Mary \ '" right CUI w ere held on ovembcr 18 at 5, Eyclyn atd n s, by the invitation of Mi s Rose Th o m son.
Fenton examined the candidate, in Firsr \id ,
and Mi ss D Bridges, Sister at St. Thoma s's JIo spiral, tho se for I ome lu rsi ng.
Both cups ,\vere won by :\frs. Fairtlough.
1\ presentation of unusual interest was. by Commissioner o f the P rince of \X'ales's DI StrIct on - 0vember Z I to ;\Iiss E. M. Ride out, on her retirement from th e position of Lady D istrict Superintender:t. It took the form of a wireless receiver and cutlery, which had been subscribed for by the -ursing and \mbulance Divisiom of the D istrict
j\.ii ss Ride out, who had been Lady Di strict Superintendent since June, had completed thirty-sL'<, honoured sen-ice in the Brigade. Enrolled as a 0:urslDg ister in 1 -0. 9 Royal Borough of Kensington 0! urs 0g Division, j\Iiss Rideout was promoted Lady Superintendent in Jun e, T 91 Z, formin g, and taking charge of, the J. -0 18 \y'hitehall 0:ursing D i\-ision. In 191 Z, also, she fomed the V.A.D. Lond on-108 and became the first Commandant of thi unit.
\, 'hile still in charge of the \, -hjtehall Division, Rideout became taff Officer co the Lady Di strict uperintendenc (Lady \, -ilbraham), in 191)·
D uring the \\'ar he equipped, and was fO.r, rhe nur e ar a number of imporranc air raId stanoo lD the j\.letropolis and ,,"or ked regularly at Halkin House 'urgical D epot In recogoicion of ?er ,aluable work for the Ord er of t. John both pre,lous to, and durin g the \\'ar, she was awarded rhe honour of Dame of Grac in ::-'fay, 1919.
On the recommendation of Lad\- On low, then Lady D i trict uperintendent, :\11 s Rideout wa Lad\' D trict Officer in 192), and ([an ferred to DIstncr l Ieadq uarter raff. Three year later he "as promoted to fill the ,-acanc po t of Lady D i ([ict which she held until her recenc retiremenc.
In this po irion ':-'Iis Rideouc carried out the and onerou' ducie of public duty officer for 0:urSlDg D i,-i ion ,\-irh unflagging energy and efficiency. in the hio-hest e teem by all "h o came iDlO contact "Ith her j\.Ii b Rideout ,", -ill long be remembered in deep appreClatlOn.
D l TRJ T.
OBIT UARY.
Bi rmino-ham ha uff red a 10 s in th death of one of lIS -\.mbulan;; worker- D 1",i ional A. ,,:\tkin of th e mall He:lth Di,-i ion, Birmingham A Corps, who pa__ ed aW'ay on D cerpb r 6, 19' 5· Ir. tkin ' has been as o ciated ,,-i(h ambuhnce "-ork sinc 191'i. He joined the D \"i, ion in that)"ear In 1923 he form ed a ne\\- D rn lOn, the pre ent .:naIl H eath Di\"i ion, and wa s I romoted t \mbulanee Ofricer. Tn 1924 he wa: further promoted to the of Di\-isio.nal uperinrendent. In 19'0 he "\\-a' appOInt d n-lDg Brother of th Order in r c gnition of the splendid work he had don for th t. 1ohnc _ \ mbuh nce \ 5 oeiation and Brigad e in :lOd w a: a,,-arded the 'en-ic Med al in 1931.
The Birmi ngham Count \- also r Ct w ith ,'err d p regret th d ath on D e cember 10, 19' of
uperintendent . V. cokes, \\'ho almost ince it formRtion, has been in charge of the Division at the Austin Motor W'orks. 1\1r. Scokes was ven' faithful in all his duties, haying the work of the Brigade at heart, and he will be greatly missed by his Division and the Birmingham " C» Corps.
O. 4 Dl TRICT.
CHESHIRE COUNTY.
S tockJ ort _--1lJJ bll!ClIIce aJld lVuniJlg DiIJisioJlJ.-.L \ large congregation assembled in the Centenary H all on unday afternoon, October 27 last, for the Annual ervice held by these Divi ions in conjunctIon \\ ith the tockport unday Brotherhood. Pri or to the sen-ice the Brigade members marched from tram terminus to the Hall, headed b, the Late Yeomann' Prize Band. ir Henry Fildes presided, and \Va, supported by the Rev. G. Jan-i Smith, the Commi ioner and l\1rs. Chaloner; member of the County tafF; and Ollic r and members from the neighbouring Diyisions. CheJfer.-_-\.. large number of Great \\, Testern Railw ay Ambulance men and friends attended a smoking concen and presentation of awards at the City Arm llotel, Saltney, on October 25 last. R. E. Lampitt tam 1\orthern Divi sional Superintend ent) who presented the a\\-ard said that one de ath in 96,000,000, and onc injury in ),000,000 passengers carried, rook place on the \\-hole of the in thi country-a striking te timon: to the efficiency of the Organisation.
Jlacclesfteld Ambulance and lY/lnillg Dil'l·sioJIS.-The .Annual Concert and presentation of a\\'ard in connection with the abo\ e \\-as held on the e\-ening of October 30 last, in the large Sunday Sch ool. The ;"layor (Alderman R. L. Hidderley) was in the chair, and he complimented the Di'dsi ons on their work. Count" Officer l\1r. J ,c\.. K. Ferns presented the awards to the ' men, and the .Mayoress (;"1iss G. S. Hidderley) to the ::\ urse. The D eputy-;" 1ayor and ;"1ayoress (Alderman and .;\[rs. T. \L Abraha m) were also present.
LIVERPOOL.
The first annual hot -p ot supper of the Li"erpool :\orth Ambulance D iyision was held at the Railway 1lotel, Fazackerle,-, \\ ednesday, December 4. Councillor C. R. Clare, President, presided, and was supported by the Div i sional Surgeons, O fficers, and other friends.
The toast of the President was proposed by uperintendem J Tabernacle, who paid tribute to the services of Councillor Clare, and mentioned the pleasure gi"en to the members by his keen interest and the donation of the President 's Efficiency Gold }"ledal. Councillor Clare suitably responded
LIVERPOOL CEKTR.i\.L.
On Saturday, December I4, the Liverpo ol Corps Headquarters was the scene of a very happy gathering of children. This Chri st mas party was organised by Superintendent F. C. Williams, of the Liverpool Central Division, and attended by about 200 children of the members. NELSON.
The" Pim " Trophy Competition was held at the Imperial Ball Room, elson, on Saturday, Decemb er 14, the judges being Di strict Officer Dr. R. Clegg, Corps Officer J. B. Heywood and Mr. J. Mackie.
Points were awarded for correct wearing of uniform; pouch contents ; and artificial respiration. There was a
First Aid test which included stretcher work, and cac h team had to how proficiency in bends and hitches.
The results were declared as follows :-Burnle), 301 points; Brierfield, 295 1 oints, and elson, 2.69 points.
TnoR -T Ol"- LEVELEY.
Councillor j \ warhrick f.P. Chairman of the Thorn , ton- lc:::\reley District Counc"il, presented the pri7cs at th l' Fylde "\.mhulance ompetition held at Thornton enio r 'chool 'at urda)" Decemher 14. The "Mary Ilill " hield \\ 'as awardl.:d to Flectwood Divi "io n with an aggre · gate of 23 I points; the" Ho 1:-:0111 Tong" hield to Poul ton with 221 points, while the Pree sa ll Di\ isi on receivc( the (, Ilill" up with 205 p oil1t' PRE "TO;";.
a I( ng illnes', and acting on medical ad\'icL District Office r J 11. leal ing Brother of the Order has been compclkd to apply to t() the Brjguch Reset\"
For many years, whil t 'uperinLen dent in (he Lancashj n Countr oostabulan-, Mr. Cleal LOol· a very acti\"c imeres t in ,,-ork; was instrumental obtaining th Pim' Trophy-through (he kindnLs' of \S Slst<lnt Commi ,s ioner F. 1:. dl.: 13. Plm, 1 R.C.P -and had (h pleasure of ceing a team from Dn JSJon cun (llr lhi trophy at the :\:llional Police COmpdl110n.
On his rui remenl from rhe PolIce Lryicl' he ()tfcI'l:d his sen' ices 10 _nlond Trimhle, who (hen 0111miSSIOner, n. -t- District, .Incl fur :l liml' ,s i:led in the clerical \"ork at District Hice, C\ lntLlll1) heing appointed Corps, uperinr 'nclenr atll1chld tn (hl DI lricr !.ltr. O n October 2, 1931, hL '\\':1 appUlf1tcd DltflCl Olltcer, :lnd on I, 1932, District .ecn."tarr f()r '\.0. -+ ( Lanea shire) Di strict, a hL tilled \\ lIh comidcrahk tli tinction and honour.
llis retirement will he keen'" felt h\ n1:111\ wh() had the pri\-ilege of working with him, an(', our I)c,t wish\.' for a :peedy and completc rcem'cry arc o;.rcnticd to him in his iIlne··.
LIVERPOOL.
It "'as WIth vcr\, grL:lr rLgret that thl.: Distlic t learnt of the death, in '\()\ of (Re:. Cnrp urgeon Llewellyn \. ,\lorg,ln at 'aterham, 'un c).
Dr. \Iorgan \cry kecnly intercsted in ..I\mhulance work and was associated with the Brigade, io Li\ erpool, from the date of its formation in ) 888, first as a D1\ lsion,t1 urgeon aod later as Corp , mgcon. I tc \\ as al () Chairman of thc Linrpool CL:ntre, .J. 1\ \., and in 193 0 receiv.ed tlle of Commaoclt.r in the Order fell' hi conspicuous serVlce·.
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The competition between s quad s of the local Di\i sion'i of the Accrington Corps, .J.AB., was held in (he Drill Hall, with Dr. P. [1. Stewart and Dr. A Jl. llolmes :l'i adjudicators. They had evidently taken great pains with the preparation of the tests, which were all the more enjoyable to the competitor s in consequence. The " Higham" Cup was won by the team captained by Corpl. G. Wright. BURNLEY.
The djstribution of prize s to teams and individual members of the Burnley Corps, S.JA.B., took place in the Corps H eadquarters, Colne Road. Dr. Slane, Corp s
Surgeon, presided, and the prizes were distributed by Dr. Lamont, Medical Officer of J1ealth, Burnley.
FLEETWOOD.
The Annual Competition for the fish Merchants' Association Cadet bield was held on ovember 16 at Fleetwood. even Cadet teams entered, and the adjudicators were Drs. A. Taylor, J. Kelsall Thomas, and Capt. S. ewom.
The result of the competition was as follow ",:Liverpool orth, 332 points; Livc:rpool Exchange, 3 1 7 ; Fleetwood, 265' Rochdale, 2.57; Greal rIarwood, 25 lleaton Park, Manche tel', 240; and L' lverston, 230.
Li\ erpool Exchange team was disqualified on account
LEVE SH U L:.rE.
The Leven shulme ursing Divi s ion, ';\1anchester and Salford Corps, held a social evening on December 6 at Dynsdale Hou se
I Talf-way in the programme of festivity, Lad y lance Officer Fitton handed to Corps uperintendem 0,aylor a beautiful cup for competition by the Levenshulme Divi sion to perpetuate the memory of her late husband, l \mbulance Offic er Fitton, of Gorton _ \mbulance Divi 5ion
PO ST OFFICE D rvbIO:-;J\ parade was held on December 7 to pre::.enr the certificates and awards gained during the year. The
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M AKCIIEsl ER.
The Annual COmp<.:lillOn for the" Trimble ., :(ursing Trophy took place on 1 0\" mber '0 :1.l I3Llckl ey In "titmc. even ur ing Teams competed. The Judges wert: County R. ( h 'shire
T .eam Te st; Lady Di\,j s10na l 'urgeon C. \\ ilkinson, FJrst J\id lndividual; and Sister I. Reilly, \lans all llospital, J lome urging Individual.
The winning teams \vere: NUlth-\\'est 7\ianche $lcr , points; Le\cn hulme, and North ..\L anchester, 182.
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:(OTT1XG1L\ \L The annual ., Lnrd ..\Lwor's 'un day" hurch Par. de W:-IS held pn :\()\' ember 16, when rhe "l'\oninglull1
1rs. Burt l-lamilt n presented the t mph)' and [ rizes. 9 Di\ is10n \\-as inspected by Corp 'uperinr nd nr .lccompanj d hy the Postma:cer S un-eyor, .:\1ajo r· \-. Kenm, :\LB.E. President of the _ \fre the inspection of th \mbulance and eldet Di,-i:ion "\laj or pre,ented [he :n\'3.r d: and timlh- spoke. to the par:ldc' he referred to rh \ 'alUlble work in whICh rhey were engaged, and app :lIed to them t enroll mol' nf rheir poscal Collcll;ues in the \\·ork. He lud :1. speci:ll \\-ord for the adets, lnd :l$ th futur e m'mbcr: of th(' Brig<ld' imprcssed them of the n' d to kt> r up their scud)' of a mosr useful ,' ubjecr.
of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was represented by imritation of the Lord Mayor, Sir Albert Ball, Kt., by Lady D istrict Officer fiss W' . Gibson, Corps urgeon
Dr. G. H. Parker, Corp uperintendents A. G. \\ ell r, and S. H. Ibbotson, Lady Corps Superintendent Ir. Paling, Lady Corps Officer Miss L. Oldfield, Divisional Surgeon Dr. A. Denham, and Officers of the ' mbulance and Iursing Didsions. The Parade also included th Lady Mayoress, Sheriff (Councillor F. Mitchell), Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor R. E. Ashworth), Town Cl er k (Sir \ -'. Board), Sir Lancelot Rolleston, Sir Dennis Readett-Bayley, Order of St. John, and representatives of the Robin Hoods, Royal Defence Corps, Old Contemptibles, Legion of Frontiersmen and Bo y cout and Girl Guides.
PONTEFRACT.
The annual inter-corps individual competitions of th e Pontefract Corps were held last month In the course of the speeches, it transpired that the faror, with 4 0 years' membership of the Brigade, was probably the oldest first-aider present.
The competitions were held at Lo\'"e Lane Council School, and the chief awards we re the Sides Cup (given by Coun. Sides and Erst competed for in 1926), and the Mrs. B. Corfield Cup, given by Ambulance Officer CorEeld in memory of his mother. The former is the men's trophy .and carries with it the fayor's medal. The latter is the trophy of the nursing sisters and with it each year goe a medal given by the Mayoress. The adjudicators were Dr. T. H. Taylor (Barnsley), for the men, and Dr. B. Hart (Armthorpe) for the ladies. Their awards were: :Sides Cup, medal, and first prize, Lance-cpl. C. 1cLaughian (South Kirkby) ; 2, Sergt. G. B. Kelly (South Kirkby) ; 3, Pte. D. Purcell (Monckton). Sergt. Kelly and Pte. Purcell tied and the final placings were only decided after a second test
Mrs. Corfield Cup, medal, and first prize, Ambulance Sister Mrs. Ineson (Hemsworth Tursing Divi ion); 2, Ambulance Sister Mrs. Smith (Pontefract ursing Division); 3, Ambulance Sister Miss Wright (Pontefract Nursing Division).
Brigade medals for 15 years' efficient service were presented to Corps Officer A. Leyland (Featherstone), Cpl. S. Wilkinson (Featherstone), Cpl. R. Bullock (Featherstone), Cpl. J. MacDonald, and Cpl. W. Foster. Corps Officer C. Hornby received a second bar to his service medal on the completion of 25 years. In addition, the appointment was announced of Dr. D. Dyson, of Hemsworth, as Corps Surgeon for the ladies' section, and of Sergt. Secretary W. W. Key as Ambulance Officer.
Supt. Amery presided at the presentation ceremony in the evening, and with him were the Mayor and Mayoress, Corps Secretary W. Banham, Lady Corps Secretary Mrs. Robinson, and other officers.
O. 6 DISTRICT.
HULL CORPS.
A friendly competition was held between Northern Division and Alexandra Dock Divisions for First Year Members on December 8 last at the Alexandra Dock Ambulance Headquarters.
The test was treatment for fractured clavicle and dislocated shoulder and was judged by Divisional Surgeon Dr. E. M Dearn.
The vive voce answers to questions were judged by Divisional Surgeon Dr. L. F. Wilson.
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Th r ult wa as follow :- t, Private II. Meek ; 2, Private P. Hearfield; 3, Private J. Pickering.
Votes of thank to the Judges were moved by Super intendent Le Grove f Alexandra Division, and secondl' d by uperintendent Penn, of orthem Division. Th L hope was expre ed that another c om petition of similal character might be arrang d in the near fulure, for it w as r cognised that comp titi\ work f thi s pc was m ost helpful in the rendering of Pirst l \id work.
The thank of the m em ber of both D.i\' i si o ns WU accord d to the Superintendents for the arrangement made.
11 LL A TD EA T RLD1:--l G \RCA Lectf(re 0' the COII"() Swgeoll.
Dr. orman Jennin g, ount)' urge n, and Dr. 1\( Dearn, Divisional urgeon for [lull r thern Di\ j" jon collaborated to give a Cin ma Lecture a t the Drill Il al on \ r ednesday, October '0 la t, when a large and reprl se ntative gathering of member' and their friends filkL the hall to its utm ost capacity.
The ubjects hown, and 111 0 t interestingl) cit: cribc d in a running commentary, were :-
The control of bleeding.
The carrying of injured.
Care of minor wound Digestion.
Breathing.
Prevention of blindne 's and sa \ lng sight.
The lecture wa greatly appreciated, as \): as shown a unanimous reque t that further kcture of lhi s charactl' r be arranged.
The film s were loaned by kind permi s' ion 0 0k r'. Kodak, Ltd.
L ecture to rr'estt>rll Dil';Jioll Iij C 011111)' '0 1// I//issiomr.
On Tuesda y, D ecember 3 last, the ounty Commiioner, 1r. \ T. Atkin son, gave an interesting kctur t upon the History of the Ord er of l. John to the membcr of the \X' estern mbulance Di vision and thci! numerom friends.
The Commis ioner, wh o ha -1- 0 years' se n icc in thL Brigade to hi s credit, i s well versed, n ot only in 13 r igadL matt ers, but in most of the available hi tory of the Ord er, and he has treasure d up from time to time n;any intercsting lantern slides which illustrated tti address. ';\lr. Atkinson brought his lecture to a close by sho, in g a num ber of photographs dealin g with the local historr of the Bri gadL in Hull.
During the interval the Commis io ncr presented a number of awards, and at the clo se re ce ive d a hearty v t l' of thank s and appreciation for hi s discourse.
Retirement oj La4J Corps Sup erlnl endellt l 'vlrs. 1 l arrlso n.
A representative gathering o f the County and Corp Staffs and members of the ur sing Divisio n s of the Hu ll Corps assembled at the Ambulance H ea dq ua rter s on Thursday evening, ovember 28 las t, the oc casion being a presentation fo Mrs. Cecil Harrison, who has tran sferred to the Reserve of Officers after over 20 years' service, durin g which she has served as Lady Corps Superintendent fOI over 15 years.
Amongst tbe: many Offtcers and friend s presc ot were :C01.1ilty Commi sioner and Mrs. WI T. Atkinson, County Officer and Mrs. G. Edwards, ounty Ol11cer and Mrs_ £1. Bartrop, Corp s Superintendent and Mrs. Batley, Corps Officer T. Lamb, Lady Corps uperintenden, Miss L. Barron , Lady Corps Offi ce rs fr s. J faley, Mr s. Howell and Mr s. I lamp so n, C. .M. anel Mrs. 1alton Lady Divi sio nal uperintendenr s Mi ss Chapman, Mr s. Gibbs and Mr s. Backhurs t, Lad y l\mbul ance Officers
Miss tow, Miss J larde y, Ji ss J rall and Miss Dick , Mrs. Wbeatley, Mr s. G. Lamb e rt and th e li sses Bailey.
ORTH RIDJ 'G OF YORK S.
Ont\ ovember 20 the W hitby Ambulance and l\ursing Divi sions celebrate d their coming-of-age by holding a dinner. Dr. R. P \\,il. on, Di vi ional urgeon, presided an d the gue ts incl uded Dr. H. H. R aw (past Divi s ional ur geo n), the hairman of the D istrict Council the Police up e rint endenr, and County ommis:;ioner F. P. \,\ il on.
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/-ina! of COIIIII)' COlllptlilioll for Ibe I-I Jones C"p.
The final of the 11. Langley Jone s up Competiti on was helel on 'acurday, December I-/-, 1935, at Chelm.ford. The compl'tilion is for \Ic n s Di,-i 'ion in 10 Di\ ision in sex. The winning team hold the cup for 12 monrhs and h \'e the righ( co repn;scnt the County at rhe t , \n glian Competition. four team Braintree Colchcster, Dunmow and \'\ i\ cnhoc coml;eted. final re !> llit being :l 'IIIJo rl1l ill(/il'id(((1/ 7l'O/JJ It'/l/JI lllspulioll. ii .r/.r. Toltll.
1. olchcslcr 20 13 19
2. W 'j \ cohoc 2 0 110 202 332
3· Dunm ( w 2' 179 32 0
4· Braintrce 19 1 216
The ompetltion had three te L, Team Tc ts, Individual and In pection of niforms. The J udg ,,\'cre County urgeon Dr. R. D. Bradsha\v, with D rs. ( 0 1 isional urgcon Chelmsford) and T. T. \X hitley, and County OA1cer B. \'\'. Lee. The r-e ults the In peclion of niforms \va good and there wa , Itttle to criticise in th e indi, idual te ts.
On nu RY.
The to, nand dt tricl of 10r th \,\ 'a lsham sustained a evere 10 s in the sudden d eath of Dr. Jame Duncan Hart, I. ., on \\ dnesda\, D ecember 18 at the ao-e of 52· Ile led a full life, with'manv varied t. taking his de gree at la go\\' 'he proceeded to B nn lJniver ity, a nd later , p ec iali cd in t rol ical di 'ea es in Assam. He had lon g as ociation with the Territorial Army before the \ ar, an d in 1915 wa , in Prance wher he wa \V und e d, twic e menti o ned in Di spat ch s, and a warded the 1.
ince the war he hec am Vice-President an d Hon. Piper to the Sc o ts Soci ty of to f\odrew, and was a member of the orfolk and 10nvich Caledonian ociety. lIe was one of the hon. medical sta ll of the rth \\ al ham Ilospital and of the Di s trict ur s ing Association, 1edical Officer to the Red Cross V. f\ D. (\\ 'o m e n), and a memb r II
of the Briti sh L egion. \ 5 Di vis ir nal . urgeon and uperint en de nt of the, t. J ohn Ambulance Brigade, Ambulance Di vision, he did invaluable work, throwing himself wholeheartedly into thi5 and other \vork.
JIe leaves a widow and three children. J lis funeral wa ' a military one, preceded by a pjper and followed b\ representatives of the Brigade, Red Cross, Briti sh with a s tanda rd, and a guard of honou r of the 5th Rop l Norfolk.
Representatives of many organisations paid their last respects to a man who mini stered t o them unfailingly, and often in the character of friend as well a medical advisor.
'\.ORTHER - IREL-\. c' D DI TRICr.
Taking advantage of a hu rried visit of the Earl and Countess of thl one, arrangements were made for tht.: annual in pection of the various "\mbulance and ursing Diyi s ion s P rinces Alice. \Jrhough the day and hour
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wa mo ·t incom-enient about 200 unit. w re on parade.
The in pection \ \'a made in the ball room of the City Hall. H er R o)'al Hiahne __ \'Va recei\-ed in the main hall'b,- the P re idem, ir R obert I( ennedy ::\1r. Ian ommi sioner, and the Lord ::\1ayor of Belfa t. _ t the annual B lfa, t Ambulance Competiti ons ttu year the \\' ct Belfa t John' Ambulance Brigad e \1,-.1 _ succe .ful in ,,-inning t\yO cup -the weeney Red Ceo Challenge Cup and the Commi ,sion r' N01,-ice , Cup.
The Bri gad ga.ve a re-union and d nc in the 2\lern'thouo-ht R e t3.uram in honour of (he two teams, w ere captained Edith McCarter and s ::-\ellie Bryce. : \,11 the members of th Brigade \\'er pI' :ent, and man y vi itor ,,-ho \\- re anxious t show ho\\' much they appreciat d the w )r k th t. .r ohn s Ambula.nc ' d oi ng for , ufFerinl)' humanin' among them Dr. \\ H. tra.in, urge on of the Brigade, and 11 r. I( 1so and ::\11'. '0hlfd o ck.
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[he (. Counry," -\lexandra," "Calmore" and 193+ Cup
Interesting Case Reports
CA E REPORT o. 97.-The Officer-in-Charac of Birmingham County S. J. .B. report the efficient performance of first aid by Corporal Jame Colley, o[ the Bournville (Works) Division, in the fo11O\ ing c!rcum tances :-
Arriying home recently before the other members of her household, a young airl, all alone, commenced to light a fire. s the sticks rather stubborn in lighting, she took a pint bottle of petrol (,vhich she thought \I;TaS paraffin) and poured some on to the fire. At once flames shot out and burnina her hand b her to drop the bottle. These, spreading rapIdly, set on fire two tablecloths, rugs, cush.ion an? eyerything at hand, while they caught the girl hrur, clothes, face and hands. Attracted by her screams, Corporal Colley ran into the house an'd met the girl as she was running out of it. Quicklv he snatched up all the blazln a articles and thre,,' them b lllto the courtyard. Then, being assured that there was no further danger from fire, he took his patient into his own house next door, where he put out the flames, dressed the burns, and treated for shock until her father returned home and arranaed for medical b .aSS1stance to be summoned.
CmThfE. T.- This report speaks for itself and de/lIonstrates how bravery, coolness and promptness prevented what was likelY to have become a dangeroHs fire in a c/'01Llded residential district. We therefore tender to Corporal James Collf)' ottr cordial congratulations 011 good 1vork, well done; and we note that the patimt's father, ill his report, expressed his gratitude to the Brigade for producil/g tJlen and 1vomen who were capable of dealing 1vith perilous emergencies such as this.
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Questions and Answers
HISTORY qF BRIGADE
P. S. (Eas t London).-In the December issue of THE GAZETTE there is an account of the consecration of the Brigade Colour presented to Birmin gham County. The report claims that this was the first occasion on which "a Colour for the St. John Ambulance Brigade had been dedicated."
In spite of this statement, I note in your most interesting History the Association and Brigade (p. 80) that No. XII (Irish) District was first among the Districts to carry the Brigade Standard, which was consecrated on April 21, 1921, at Brigade Headquarters, Dublin; that No . IV (Lancashire) District had their Colour consecrated on May 3 I, 1924, at Oldham; and that Central Area, o. I (Prince of Wales's) District was the first Area or County to possess its own Standard, which was consecrated on St. John's Day, 1929, at St. Clement Danes Church, Strand.
In these circumstances, I ask you kindly to explain how Birmingham County can claim to be the first to -carry the Brigade Standard.
The fact.r are as stated ill The History. The Districl.l· and 4·1rea lIallled therein }}Jere the first to cau:} Ihe .u',ih the approl)al and permission of the Chicf COI)))))ISSIOller / alld this privilege has Jlot beeJ/ withdmn", If "hile, therefore, these facts are correct, the statemell ' ill the December iSJlle oj TIlE GAZETTE is also correct, becawe the dedication oj the 13ri,gade J lalJdard preset/te(i to BirmiJlgham CO/IJIO' 1/ as the first (eremor!)' /lJJrlfr th, Regf{latioll if the Brig,adf' S talldard as appr01 1ed qy Chapter General of The Order ill JfI(y, 1934, and I/otiied 1:1 th t CommissioJler III Brigade Order j o. 668, iSJlle(1 i1l December, 1934. III other words, t/)e ill/lOvatio/. started in 1921 ]}Ias ill 1934 all( controlled. N. r.
EW fETlIOD OF L\RTIFT UL RE. PIR \T1O :LvLD. (Finchley). - nder the above heading tlK Holger 1 i 1 on :l\fethod of \rtif1cial Rc pi ration \Va " mentioned in the December, 1935, i u of TI l.
GAZETTE. Being a Brigade surgeon, I think that your reader will probabl " be interc ted t kn \\ that in the eurrent i ue f COllodion r,'rst ther e i an account of official experiment carried Ollt recently in Ontario. the rc. ult of the e lC t it was the con idered opini n of all the authoritie -who took part in them that in e,-ery re pen the chafel feth od is till the better and that the ·iclson t\[ th cl entails a great deal more eA--ort on the pan of thL operator.
C. G. (Wakefield).-. \n argument has arisen tn our Division as to the number of plint whlch arc to be applied in the treatment of FracturcJ Humeru.., (middle of shaft) a laid down on I . 69 of the Textbook. Some members say t\H), while mher, say three splints The diagram on p. 69 sho\\' two splints. Your ruling will be appreciated . Three splints are the fro)}t (1IiZ., OJI biceps muscle), Oil the olltside tlnd 011 the brIck oj /I)e arlll.
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DRE INC B \'-'D \GE 1'0R llOCLDEH..
R. (Chipstead).-Please tell u how the Dre wg Bandage for Shoulder is to be applied. I contend that the bandage should be applied to the shou ld er first and that the limb should then be supported with a narrow bandage used as arm-sling. Your sequence is correct: btlt )'0/1 are at Jallit 1l heJ/ ),011 suggest a nan-o]v bandage as ar)))-sli)}J!" TI)e Textbook (p, 30) definitely reads" Place olle end oj a broad balldage " RUtJember that the broad baJldage makes tbe small arm-sling!
C. F.
TREATMENT OF FRACTURED FOREARM.
E. H. (Redhill).-Under treatment of Fractured Forearm (Textbook, p. 70) the second bandaae is a figure-of-eight and passed (C round wrist and hand, '
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whereas for Crushed Hand (p. 7 2) the figure-of-eight is to be applied to " hand) wrist and forearm." In the diagram on p. 7r, however, the bandages are apparently the arne. What we wish to know is the correct method of applying the bandage in the treatment of Fractured Forearm; and we sha ll much appreciate your ruling on this point. The bandages are identical, hecallsf, altho/tgb ill the case oj a Prac!lfJ'ed .forearlll the ba/ldage to be applied" rOlflJd 11 1J'ist alld ka:'d." (a..r the lext stales) nol oJle of 11S ca" lJIake a job oj It !ll thIS Consequent!!, 1/Je are compelled to apply tbe ballda4e rO/lJ1d 1Vl'l St and forearlll'" and 1IIe hope Ill It'S lJext edt/loti the Textbook 1l1ill revert to the applICation of Ihree bandages for Fractllred Forearlll. 1'\. C. F.
TREA [\fE r OF FR\'CITRED \R\[ \T ELBO\\,. L. (Bootle).- \ di cu sion has ari en a to the correct treatment of a fracture of the L\rm, im"ohring the elbo\,' joint, the patiem being out of doors. Rule 3 on p. 70 of the Textbook read : ' ecure by bandage round the arm, the forearm and the hand." This is taken b\" 'ome of us to mean that the bandage immediately the dbow (as used previously) is now discarded and replaced by a figure-of-eight bandage round the \\"[i t and hand; and that consequently twO bandage only are now d to control thi, fracture. \'\ e welcome your ruhng on this point.
U ),Of{ (omp(lre R.Jril 3 011 p 70 of the Textbook IJ ith R"le 3 011 p. 7 T, ),o/{ ll'I'!1 lIole (/ (omplete dijfel'eJlce in the 1110)' i" Jl1hich Ihe itls I1'1((/ iOIl_r are set Of/t, alld more parlielliarty that Oil p. 0 /ht lexl readJ: rOlllld the arm, the ]}IJ 'ist alld / he halld, ' lJ lbeJ'{'aJ 011 p. 71 ; treads: « rOlllld the 1))J'ist and haJld.)} 011 thue I1rollllr/." I take il that the Te ......-!/JooA. dt/illi tt ty ilJ/{'tlf/J )'0;1 /0 Jue three balldagfJ ;11 the Ireatlllt'JIt oll'me/llnd lrllJ imlolilitt'?, Ihe elboJl'jolnt 11 flI!)' ralt, this iJ the btlt(/' plall bcct/we /)IOJt fi ntaiders experieJIte cOlfJidcrabie dijji'mlu ill app{yiJlg tbe figllre-of-eip,ht balldagt qlfickt)' , IIM t t)' alld ejji(:iellt0' · III otber ))lordJ-, I al/J the 1Il(7/!y wbo do IIOt reuard the introdllction ill the 3 th Editioll (/ Ji.(!,lIre-of-e{f!,bt bandage as a cOII/l/lelldabie Sffb .rtitlfl e /01' the two batldagu which figured ill pre/liom L'r1i1iolls oj ihe Textbook. :\". C. F.
VE JOL" BU:,EDl ,G 1' RO\1 P ....\L\L H. H. (,\T est Kensington ) - '\ Tith refen::nce the query published under the above heading in the Dec ember, 1935, issue of TilE \ZETTE, I be o - t state that) in my opinion, all thre ugrrested methods of treatment are inferior. As the T xtbook point out, first-aiders houll cut off a little of a limb as possible when they ar arresting ha m rrhaO' Therefore) with all due defer nc to th Diyi ional urgeon, I a k why not compi' ss th radial and ulnar arteries to check the upply?
YONI' letter is )Jot qllite clear) J'ince 1 fail to realiJe ,vhat Y0f,t I))ean 1l lhell .lOll Jay that the methods of treatlllmt
are cc inferior," and I consider t'hat' it would be a trifle drastic ' to « cut off as little oj a limb" to arrest haemorrhage!
With reference t'o J'our question and suggestion ) I passed YOllr leller to the Divisional Surgeon, whose reply is aJfollows :-
" Your correspondent is petiectb' correct as to the teaching if the Textbook on this point. The reason, hOJvever, that I personal(y did not suggest this method (preferring to go back to the elb01V joint' or even higher) was that 1 never like compressioll of the radial and ulnar arteries OJving to the manifest' practical dijJiCHlties of this method.
" Digital compression oj these arteries means a r}lho/etime job Ivith both hands for one person rendering first aid )' and the split cork method is, in m) opinion, too ftnick), even to be seriolls(y considered.
, ror these reasons, I have abva)J preferred to go back to t'he elbo]}) joint or Ihe brachial arIel]' and so make a job of it. This is a personal predilection and leaves the theo/y oj the treatment of haemorrhage Ifndisturbed, and the dotlble compresJioll at the }v}'ist still sound for thoJe ll'ho like 10 me it." ::(.
C. F.
OF FR,\CTCRED FDICR.
B. L. ( Bridgend) .-... \t Diyi ional practice last \."\-eek an argu ment arose as to the position of Bandage 1\, which is the first bandage to be applied in the treatment of Fractured Femur. Three uggestions were made, as fo11O\\'s :-
(I) ome said that Banda ae _-\ (Fig. 40) should be round both ankles'
( 2. ) thers said that it hould be round both feet; and
(3) Other aid that it hould be tied in the manner of a figur -of-eight round both ankle and feet.
0\ the Textb ook (Rule 2 p. ""3 ) read 'tie the feet togeth er, ,,-e shall appreciate }-our ruling a to which of the e threc uggee tions is the correct ,'---ne.
{(roil look at p . 77 )Of( nill find tbe JaIJJf imtmctioll_i witb J't/er('llC/' fo ·Fractfln:d Lu!.. TbetJ, it' )OJl look at Fig. 4 ),Olf JIIill lIote that Bandagt D (JJ'lijch ill /he text is df'Hribtd as c. rOlllld botb alJkJeJ' ) iJ adHall), tied a.' a ji'gr(re -o/eioiJt rOfllld both aJlklu and feetIII tbese cij'{/(/)/JtaJl{{,s 1 to -:e it that the Te.\,'tbook iJlteJJdJ )'Of/ to app{y BaIJdaL-ge _ -:l. for FradHred Fell/JlI' as a 1'0/lJId botb rlJikltJ aJJd feet , tiJiJ f; in (l/!)' pOJ_fiblf. -/ t It'flJt fbi pla/J eJIJlIreJ 17 mo,.e ji'rl/J (olltrol of t/.lt' ji'ad/(red li/llb than can be obtained plt7ciJJO Ihe baIJdtlge rOf(JJd tbe rlJlkleJ' or rOl",d fbI.' feet. ;(. C. F. :l\fEDDLE:mlE FIR 'T AID (1'\0. 1-).
F.R.C. (London).-The other day, 1 a\\' a cae which i worthy f in your ome First l \id ri s: .. \ little boy ",a br ught to ho'pital "\"\'ith a mall inci ed \y on the do lim of the
right foot. Unfortunately for him, some enthusiastic lay person tied a piece of string round the limb just belmv the knees so tiohtly and roughly that a severe lacerated \vound resulted. The original wound was almo t neglioible; but that cau ed by the meddlesome cc first aider» was such that the boy had to be admitted to hospital to sa e the limb!
Tilt ! TNt!! TFlJat !le.'\(t ? 1 C. F.
USE OF METHl"LATED SPIRIT FOR Wou JD
F. (Harrow).- With reference to the recent correspondence in THE GAZETTE concerning the use of 1fethylated Spirit for first-aid purpo es, please state whether or no the spirit is purified in an IT "lay or if it is, as suggested in your first letter, the ordinary household type. If so, are the impurities so far as the treatment of wounds negligible?
Yes. Th e spird wed is the ordiJjalY .rpirit, 1vhich consists of 19 parts of alcohol of a strellgth 170t less than 50 over proof and part of cOIJlIlleJ'ciallvood "aphtha. The last named is added to preveJlt ii/temal COl1Slllllptioll. Bought fro777 a 'reputable firlll, JJletlJ)'lated spirit cOlltaim no impurities and is much used to-da)l i77 surgical operations.
T C. F.
OFFICERS
IN CADET DIVI 10K.
B L. (Bridgend).-Please inform me how many Officers and N.C.O .s are required for a Bm' Cadet Division with 35 boys. '
FO?- a Cadet Division of the strength named Brigade R egulations allow a Cadet Sffperintendent, tn o Cadet OiJicers, two Cadet Sergeants, and three Cadet Corporals. They do not, h01vever, " require» that all these posts should be filled, simpb because they are vacant. . C. F.
IODINL OR METHYLATED SPIRIT.
M D. (Northumberland).-I always read "Questions and Answers» with much interest. In regard to the letter published in the December, 1935, issue of THE GAZETTE from J. C. (Durban), who suggests the use of Iglodine for first-aid purposes, this preparatioh is much used by members of ambulance classes in the North of England. During the late War its manufacture being suspended for some special reasons, a chemist's traveller informed me that the following mixture produced a liquid as near as possible resembling the original: one teaspoonful of Tincture of Iodine dissolved in half a pint of warm water and one teaspoonful of Liquid Carbolic Acid dissolved in half a pint of warm water. These two solutions are to be mixed thoroughly; and the liquid, if slightly coloured at first by· the Iodine, becomes quite clear in a day or two and is very effectual.
Personally I would recommend Dettol (Reckitt and Sons, Ltd.), which can be used eitp.er full strength on a wound or dil uted according to the directions. This antiseptic has the high recommendation of the
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Bacterlo logist to Queen Charlotte's Hospital. L would particularly recommend it for anointing th e hand , (full strength) before treating a recent wound , for 1 cannot imagine anyone, particularly a lad y hr t-aider, painting her hands with Tincture of Iodine, a advl ed in the Textbook. Dettol has it plea ant odour, is easily wa hed ofF, and a little goes a long way.
In conclusion, may I add that 1 am a Brigr1ck urgeon and that 1 have been teaching fir t aid f() o er 40 years?
rr'e tbank ),011 for JIOIIr i"teres/il(f!, (/lid il/J/me/il'e le/ler; and Oil beha([ oj readers of TI-1 E \ ZETTE JJ'e I'el/lure /0 cOllgratlllate ),Olt 01/ the fact t/:;at, 40 )'ean 0/ .ru·IIict to a!llb/fiance Jl'orken', ),011 are .rtill (/J keeJI as 1)I!(.rtflJ'd' T C. F
TRE. \n IE T OF FR,\CT R1:.D LEG. F .L ( Harrow). -J\ point f r ,, hich I hou lei be grateful to have rour explanation is in reference to lhL Treatment of Fractured Leg whcn single-handed. Tn me ic ems Tcry difficult to be able to apply c:SLcnsion to the fractured limb satisfactorih' when sinr Jchanded ,yithout dOlnO' , mc further 'injury. 1, it seems to me almost impossible t) splint' lhe limb or e, re n hx the extended limb to the uninjured one without losing the tension on thc fractured limb.
It is alJI'O)IS dii/imlt to place th(' (fmclllrul) limb ill a.f na/llral a positioll as possiblc" (Textbook, p. 56):' alld extellsioll oj tbe limb 11M)' Oil!)' be pOHib/e JI 'b(l! /b/ patient has beeJl allotJtheti.red. j or this /'{,{HOll tbE' Textbook addJ to the abO/Ie ill.itmdioll th{'.f(' worr/.r 0/ 7l'aming: "n "itb great care allri witholt! If.iilll!. fora.;'
There is al))'a]s (as )'011 a ri.fk of t/}f tetlSioll 011 the Jractllred limb'" bu/ aJter all tbc object of first aid is 110t to set tbE' Jractf{re 1m! /0 pru'fllt the fragmeJlts from sIJppillo and doi,Zr!. ff{r/ber i'!JIfIJ. )::. C. :.
.i\RTIFI CI.\L RESPIR nIO.' WITI I BL'R B -\Cr:..
E. J. e t Ilartl epo l).-.L \t a recent Di,·j ional practice we had a differencc of orinion as t the correct meth d of Artificial Rc piration which should be applied if such werc indicated for a I atiene who has also severe burns on the back. omc suggeste? Laborde; but, a thi method no longer figures lQ the T extbook, others considered thac Schafer's - lethod houlcl be app lied. e agreed to submit the point for your decision and we thank yc II for past help.
The res/oration oj breathillg beillg 1IIIIdJ Illore ill/portoJlt than tbe danger of /he b/ll'Jls, it folio71'S t/;at "vith all sllch cases )1011 shodd elf ollce COllllllUlce SehaJer' .r Method, and that a.r Jar as possible ),Of{ shof{/d protect the burned parts .fO that a lIIi11ill7lll11 oj agJ!,ravatioll lakes place. ConseqLlent!y, tbe matter oj the presence or absence of Laborde's Me/hod in the Tex/book is imllla/erial /0 tbe solution oj your problem. F
Co rre s p o n de n ce.
To the Editor.
DEAR SIR,-At our last meeting a djscu ssion took place, as to the correct way to carry out the last part of section 5I in the Dri II Book. "When the la st o. 3 has reached his place the command' bout Turn, Quick March,' will bc given , and the whole will then rejoin from the right of the squads, halt as they arrive in position and, taking timc from thc leading o. I, turn to their fron t."
One opinion was that os. I and 3 return to the rcar of the squads, tum ri ght at their wn squad, pass down on the right oC th ei r own squad, halt and take a pace to the left, as pcr diagram I.
The other opi ni n wa that os. and 3, after they had tu rned abou t, hould march to the right of the squads, and march through thewholc of the squad, and halt when they had reached their own squad, and then turn right, as per diagram 2.
Yours faithfully, j \. \ BoonIER, Pc ., T 3269, 33fd Di vi i n.
lf7hm /he .rtrelehers (Ire piled O!J the oj the sqllads, \'os. I and 3 after /h9' have tumed abof(t, will marcb to th{ rigbt oj the sqlfad.!' , march /hroJ([!,h the rJJho/e of the .fqllods, halt whelJ tlJry halll' reached their 01).'11 squad tbet! till'll right.
1. ELLI , o lonel.
Book Review.
TilE E.\fPLonlF "r F LEI GRE. By Le lie R. Mis en, :r.1.c., J\L \. Director of ducation in the COU11t\ Borough of \'\'igan. Publi s hed by J\. and Co., Ltd., The Paterno ter Pres. Price 2 \1r. l\fisscn's bo k i an experimental one intended to " meet a need observed by the author and s , 'e ral of his friends in thc cour e of' [heir ','ork in ducation."
Primarily the author ets out to stimulate inter t in :vhat he considers to be an important factor in educational especially with regard co the proper mplo)'ll1 nt of le1sure.
I Ie deals with most of the wcll - kn \Vn oro-ani ation clubs and soc ietie s useful to O'rowing bo)!s'=' and irl d h b c an t ere 1 an intere ting chapter dev oted ( the work of the t. J ohn Ambulance Association.
The book is xccllently written, and hOLlld pro" valuable to young men and women who nnd thlt th if leisure lime hang heavily n their hands. Betwcen the COVer of Mr Missen.'s bo k th y will find many idea and suggest10ns whIch s h uld stimu lar them t som f rm of mental or physical activit y p inting the way to proper developm nt and progr 5S
P. C.
Gotham Ambulance Division.
The members of the Gotham Ambulance Division attended a Church Parade held on Sunday, D ecember 22, to the Pari,sh Church at Kings ton-on- oar. D espite the extremely cold weather, the Parade was weJl attended by the members of the Division, which speaks well for their enthusiasm, and after the service the Division formed up outside the church and marched back to the Village Hall at Kingston, where they were in spected by the Rt. Hon. Lord Belper, who had attended the service, accompanied by Lady Belper. Lord Belper expressed his appreciation of the smartness of the Division and of the interest shown by the members.
Harpenden
The Harpenden ection H. V. Scott, member in charge) has been registered as a D ivision, with effect as from January T, 1936.
SOCIAL ;.;EW
Mr. W. Ewart Sanders, a local Councillor, Presid en t of the Harpenden Division, has offered a silver cup to be competed for annually at table tennis by the members of the Di,i sion. He made the offer at the conclusion of the Annual In pection (performed by the Coun ty Commissioner, j\ft. H. Langley Jones, with the a sistance of County Officer E. Keightley), saying that he wished to recognise, on the social side, (he esprit de corps which was so evident during the inspection exercises. The offer was suitably acknowledged by the Commi ioner, and was greeted with acclamation by the member
First Aid Lectures.
1 o. 98 (\,\'and worth and Pume, ) mbulance Diyi ion has arranged for a cour e of lecture in Fir t _A..id for male to be given in the \nchor:0fi ion, Garratt Lane, W'and -,\-orth (tram top- watfteld Road ) commencing Tue dar, January 21 1936, at p.m. Fe for the cour e 5S (including Text B ok). For further particular apply ]. G. Horton, : I, Col,,-ith Road Hamm r mith, \Y/.6.
Found
\ \\' ar en'ice Badg e numbered )6, 'i, with a " \,\'e t LanG), ' hir h:lS been found and r turned to t. J hn's Gar. The Bad,=,e ,,-a is.::u d to {-,[js_ D oroiliy Brookbank:' and if thi - lady will co mmunicate ,yiili [h hid ecretary t. John Ambulan _-\ __ ciation t. J hn's lerkcnw 11, London E.C. J, the Badg can b her.
Code Name.
Ph osgene
Ch lo rin e
Chloro-picrin Name. c.e. Red Star
ehernica l antI Physical Prope r ties.
Cult>u r less gas, exccpt In presence 01 moisture, \vhen it lorms a thin white c loud. Fairly stable 111 absence of moislure ; tn prescllce of moisture it read il ) hydrolyses and at tacks metals, especially I rOil, sted and bra ss. Boil s at 46 c.kg. r.
\ greenish yellow gas with a pungent ocl()ur, readil y li quiricd by pressure and Vcr) reacti\ 'c with all metals. Ven so luble in water. at 29 de g. F.
[\ pa le yellow lill uid nlmost insoluble in water. l.!nder orclinan conditions I S raid)' stable Tarnishes meta\<; to a slight degree Boi Is at 23-+ deg. F.
Chloro-aceto- \ C.A.P. phenone
Ethyl-iodo- K.S.1(. acetate
Smc ll.
1 \ I ll!">t Y hay
I)crsistence
Non per!"> is ten!
1 low Llsed
I n cy lilldcr ,) mixed with ch lorin<.:.. I n T. J\1. bOll1b c;, air I bomh" and she ll s
Chloride ()r lime
Non-pers is ten!
I n c\ lindens mJxed
I)hysiological I
V<.:.ry deadly lung irritant. }\cliof) Ilot so cluick ly apparent as with chlorine, but IS progressJ ve. I ,achrymator.
I,ung irritant; \'
w(th ph()<;genc c.Ieac1l\' , bUl Icss so ithan I;hosgcnc 1\ Ction is immcdiat e and progrcssi\'c t
Concen lrati on which wi ll incapacitate in 2. mi nut es' ex posure
Chloro-dih yZlOe (Diphenylamine chloro-arsine)
White, crystalline solid Only slightly soluble in water. " - Exceedingly
D .M. \ Heavy, oily, brown liquid. Slowly decompo<;eci b) water. Boil s at 358 deg. F.
Dichlorodiethyl sulphide (mustard gas), \ H.S. \J..l til o </l " Yyperite " or Yellow Cross
Bri ght ye ll ow, crystalline solid. In soluble in water. On heating the solid melts and \ Ta lJour condenses to a particulate cloud. Melts at 383 deg. F, I h eavy , oily liquid
Pu n gCI1 l ; cause" lachrymaliIJi1.
Sweet, then iUimtUig -:
Semi per - 1n shells or b()mbs. sistull li as bt:l:n lIsed in projeCl()r drums
D ea c1l y lun g initanto Causes ','o01iting and lachrymation Effect rapid and progressive
Relea sed from sistent generators
Pcr o.;iS lcn l \ 1n shello.;, g rcnade'>, · and bombs
Lachn'mator. Skin 'irritant
J ,achrymator
In 70 ,000 b y Iach rymatio [L r 1,000 'o r 2. m in s. fata l - l ung J ) 0,000 for J 0 tl11ns. fata l-lung I in 2,000 for 2. mlns. fatal-lung I IO,OOO for 10 mJns. fatal- lung I in 100,000 by lachr ymat ion
1-5,000,000
Irritatin g
l\,on-pt..rsistent Released from gene rator s Garlic, onl0ns, mustard
Scnson' ini tan t , causIng coughing , sneczing, vom iting, pain in the nose, throat, chest, gums \Cli on a lm ost immediate, but with some nose gases there may be a del ay in the appearance of sy mptoms
1-5,000,000 I - 8,000,000
P e rsiste nt 11n s h e ll s, air bombs, air spray , and in demolition bombs
Vesicant; eye, skin, T he effects of this and respiratory I gas are d ela ye d for irritant. Dc:a cU y se\?eral h o u rs; '-2
Effect delaye d 2 - 24 th erefo r e no im meh ours and progres- diately incapacitats ive in g concentrations
Heavy oily liquid readily decompo se d by water
Chlorovinylchloroarsine (Lewisite) M.I. (U.S.A.) as u se d for charging. Slowly h ydro lyses with water. D es tr oye d b y chloride of li me (bleaching powder). Freezes at about 40 de g F. The pure material free zes at 57 deg. F.
No smell when pure; crude lewisite has geraniumlike odour
P e rsist e nt I In sh ells, ai r bqmbs, air spray and in d e molition bombs
Vesi ca nt (more can be stated, but I 1 - 1,000,000 breathed for I hour would probabl y cause 100 per cent casualties
rapid than H.S.), I eye, s kin a nd resp i rator y irritant. In crude state lachr y matory effect is also observed
Note I. - Protection against the above gases is afforded to the eyes, nose and lungs by wearin g a properly fitted respirator of an official ly approved t y pe.
Note 2.-To obtain protection against the skin effects of blistering gases, it is necessary to wear special protective clothing.
Fruiry
Priory for Wales.
HEADQUARTERS:
Priory House, 4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.
GENERAL INTEREST.
Introdflcti011 of rr""elsh Cadet Fi/Jal COllJpetitiolls.- The Ambulance Committee ha decided to run the first Brigade Boy and Girl Cadet Competitions in \\' ales in 1937, divided into two sections, viz., Senior for Cadets of 16 to 18 years of age, trained on the senior course of and J ullior for Cadets of I to 16 years of age, tra:.r:ed on the prelinunarr course or cou:ses only. Competlt,-ton Rules for both sections have been Issued; and wlth a VIew to preparing for the Centre. been asked to organise Annual ElimlDatlng for Ambulance and Nursing Teams, lD the two sectlOns referred to above, commencing 1936. In 1937 the winners of the Eliminating Competitions will represent each Centre at the Finals at Cardiff.
Welsh Railwcry Comp etition .-Five teams representing the two Railway Companies operating in Wales took part in the annual ambulance competition organised by the Priory for the "Harry Webb" Cup at the City Hall, Cardiff.
A most appropriate team test afforded plenty of interest to the many spectators; and while the scene was nothing less familiar than a Station, the following circumstances .called for a lugh standard of skill and comtnon sense :" The team enter the Station and see a man pushed off the platform on to the line just be.fore a trai.r: is .due ir: to the Station. He fractures and dislocates his nght hip. While the men are attending him, the man on the platform -shoots himself through the left lung. He is suffering from internal h.:emorrhage." The Judges, Dr. S. McCormac, Commissioner for Newport, Divisional Surgeons H. B. Pierce (Aberdare) and C. A. (Cardiff), commented very favourabl y 0.r: the work ill general, while offering some helpful crltlosms.
The Hon. J OM H. Bruce (principal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales) presided over the presentation ceremony and announced the results as under :Total Marks
1. Fishguard Harbour G.W.R. qo!
2. Knighton L.M. & S R. 268t
3. Newport Docks G W.R. 268l
4. Ruthin L.M. & S.R.
5. Abergavenny Junction L.M & S.R... 24 8
In his remarks, he said that since the institution of the Competition by the Priory in 1923, trophy has been won on eight occasions by the followillg Teams of the Great Western Railway Company: Newport Alexandra Docks (three times), Newport Dock Street (twire), Barry Loco., Pontypool Road "A" and Cardiff Newtown; and twice by the L.M. & S. Teams, viz., and Talywain and Ruthin He pointed t'o.at while t he public was indebted equa.lly to both for the great service they are perforrrun g ill enc,?uraglDg their staffs in First Aid work, the two Comparues were not operating to the same extent in Wales, as indicated by the fact that of the 16, 183 a wards of the St. John 18
mbulance A s oatlOn issued by the Priory in 1934, 2,849 were gained by students in G. \ XI.R. Clas es and 616 by those of the L. L ir. Bruce welcomed the pre encc of Mr. J. F. Lean, Principal s istant to the General Manager, G.\VR., who pre ented the cup, and other Officials of the two Companies. Individua l pri ze were handed to the members of the Kni g hton Team by Mr. C. H. Tait (District and oods fanager, L.M R., Swansea; and Miss C. ult, G. '\ " R. mbulance Centre Secretary, warmly congratulated ewport D oc k s G.W.R. Team, who tied for se o nd place with Kni g hton, the latter obtaining higher mark in the 1ndividual "ection.
CENTRE REPORTS.
ANGLESEY CENTRE.
Admiral ir Edmund F. G. Grant, K.C.V.O., .B. Chairman of the Angle ey Centre, pre. ided at an entertainment given at the Church House, Ilol 'head in aid of the funds of the local Division of thc Brigade. Over 400 people were pre ent; and the Chairman took the opportunity of appealing for uI port in the maintenance of the splendid ambulance which had been acquircd at a cost of £200, toward \vhich a grant of £roo wa made by the Home ervice .Ambula nce Committee f the Order of t. J oh o and British Red Cross oaet}', while the balance had been met from local s ubs cription. ]n this connection high tribute was paid to Colonel the 1 Ion. O. H. tanley, D .0., for his untiring and raunch support, while the Holyhead Divi ion, in pired by- n influential Commis ion er in the person of ir I [ cory Mulleneux Grayson, Bart. h .B .E., abl assisted br the Chief Constable , i\fr. R. H. Prothero, was warmly thanked for the readiness with 'which the members had undcrrakcn this additional obligation. Formcrly the populali n of Holyhead depended upon an ambulance at Llangcfni, but now with the voluntary services of Brigade member an ambulance of the lat est type can be obtained in any emergency at the moderate charge of 6d. per mil
D E 131GH lURE CENTRE.
By the kind invitati)n of the Honorary Pre ideDl, Dr. J. E. H. Davies, D 0., J.P. ( urgeon-in-Chicf of the Brigade in \"X/ales), the members of the \,\ 're:oi:ham Division of the t. John J\mbulance Brigade \vcre enlertained to a dinner and smoking concert at the W'ellington Cafe, \ " rexham, in commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the format.ion of the Division.
The Presid ent, who \vas upported b his W'orship the Mayor of \ '<Irexham, Major R. C. Robert s, olonel Dunbar Walker, Dr. C. E. alt, J.P., the Chief Constab le, Mr. G. T. Guest, and 1fr. D. .i\f. Yorwerlh, expressed his high appreciation of thc scn'ict:' rendered by the members of the t. John mbulance Brigade l ocally, as in all parts of the country; and said that the general public had not yet realised the amou nt f g od work and excellent services rendered by the members of the B rigade who were at the call of anyone requi ring th e ir services either day or night. He was pleased to nnd the same spirit of good fellowship among the present Brigade personnel as was evident among the members of the 130th St. John Field i \mbulanc e, which it had been his privilege to command du ring the Great '\ ar. Major Roberts, who responded on behalf of the guests said their First Aid boxes and uniforms were to be seen along all the arterial roads in the country.
Mr. P. R. Kent, the Superintendent of the Division,
in his report said that l.he st rength of the Divi sion was ?8, five of the Cadets havJ(1 g been transferred to the se nIOr unit. Durin g the past yea r the members had put in no fewer than 9,787 hour s of duty; and dealt with the rem oval of 1) G accident cases and 735 inv alids, the mileage im olve d amounting to 7,861.
1n conclusion, l\f r. Kent referred in terms of regret to the resignation of Ambulance Officer and Di\ isi()I1al Secreta ry, [r. Arnold Tru eblood, who, tb rough pres su re of his ordinary duli es, [til compelled to sever hi s connection with the D ivi"ion. Dr. Davie" distrihuted the
the new Headquarters of the Seven isters Ambulance Di vision on Thursday, December 5, in the pre se nce of a large gatherin g. While congratulating the Unit on a good record of service, he the that a home of its own would be a further lDcentlve ro renewed activities.
I ns ide the Hall, Assistant Commi ss ioner Dr. C. Armstrong , J.P., presided, and Dr. R. \v. Harte presented a "moking cabinet to J\fr. Evans-Bevan, the donor of the hall, as a small t oken of appreciation on the part of the Divi s ion. pre se ntation was also made to l\mbula nce
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The D CPlll\ LorJ \la ynr (Councillur riffilhs) prc.::e.:ming the up ro (hc, 'lplaiO of (hc (':'101 (,\bc.:rJ:HC L.D.C. Tr:lI1'pon Dcpan lllcl1l anJ the ;-"lo ( Hon. (he.: .\brchlonc" ot Bu(e, D .B.E handing r pbc.1' lO (h' [cam mcmbers.
award and pres nt d a gift t-rom the Dinsion t ;\[1'. Trueblood.
Hi s \'\ 'o rship the May or, as chief citiz e n of thc Borough nf \'V 'rexham, lhank d the memb rs of the Division on behalf of the Bu rgcssc. for the good work thcy w n : doing. Dr. E. alt, J.P., "o unty om111i sioner, co n gratu lat d the Di i ion on its continu d progre ss , and mentioned that next year's lnspecrion of the North Wales Units would take place at Powi s astle, by invitation of the Earl of Powis.
GLA1!ORGA COl li TY ENTRF.
Opcnin/!. of J Jetldq/(tlr/l'r.r. - 'f\[r. D 'f\1. EYan - B<.:van, ommissioncr for Glamorgan 'o unt)' cntr, opened
fficer l sl wyn Ion ,form r Cadet
Office r, b,' ;\Ir. D. T. Thomas, 'aid it \,"a' but a small mark of gratitude for the un sti ntin Ct s n'ice oiv n by l\Ir. J on. to the Cadets for :1 number of year
Cllophillj' [- D. D:·I'is/otJ .-The initiation of the \\ d: h \.mbul nee ompeti ri o n for Road T ran:port \'\ ·orker. has created eon:ider. ble ne\,' imere.t \\'hich i n t cmireh' confined to th \. $. ociation ide. \ ( ae[philly, for In tance the introduction of .rudy of First _-\..id aJl1ung the mploye of the l - .D Omnibu t'nd [has led to th e form:uion of a Di,-i5ion )f the 13 riga'dc. i\fmb r of this ne\\- l"nic, \yir h their friend., met recently at the li\-c Arms Hotel for :1 dinn rand
presentation of awards which it is hoped to make an annual event Councillor T. Edwards, Honorary President, presided; and the t o a t to the Caerphill y U.D.C. Ambulance Divi sion, ably propos d by the Clerk, Mr. T . F. Owen, \\-as responded to b y Dr. . B. Turner, Assistant Commi ssi o ner, Caerphilly Sub-District. Mr. E T. O Connor (lfanager, Caerphill y Omnibu s ervice) presented the Certificates, congratulating the men o n th e th0rough manner in which the had taken up th e work and the succes s of their effort, which reflected credit on the Instructor, Superintend ent W / E H ya tt Othe r guests included Mr. R. T. Br o wn, fro T. J. Coggins, Dr. E. Sav age, Councillors E. Brin on, J.p. J. R oach , D. R. Ca rlick, M. V. Harding, D. Thomas and oth er. MOIDfOUTH SHlRE CENTRE.
Assistant Commissioners Mr. o rma n C. Richards and G. H. Nelms, two of the A ssistan t Co mmis sione rs for the three new Sub-Districts into which Monmou thshi re has been divided, received their warrants of appointment, which have been approved b y the Su b-Prior (the Earl of Plymouth) on behalf of H.R.H. the Prior, at a presentati on meeting and social of Pontypool Ambulance, ur sin g and Cadet Divi sions at the P ontypo o l Ambulance H all o n November 30. The warrant s were presented b y Captain S T. Bear d, O.B.E., Commissioner for f o nm o u thshi re, who said that M o nmouths i re now had 71 Diyi sio n s a nd 2,ZOO members-a D ivi sion in almo st everv town an d village. Pontypool was an old str o n g h old, and this function represented the z9th annual meeting f o r th e Male Div ision, the z;rd for the ur sing Div isi o n, th e 15th for the Cadets and 1zth for the Nur sing Ca dets
A s a result of the developm ent, the division of the Cen tre had become necessary ; and under the leadership of the two new A ssistant Commi ssio n e r s, Captain Bea r d pr edicted a period of further progre ss for the Bedwe llt y a nd Trevethin Sub-Districts.
BORO U GH OF MERTHYR TYD F 1L CEKTRE
Captain D. G. Richards, M.e., M.E., H on ora ry Pr esident of the T relewis Division, presided at a pres entation of awards to Treharri s members at the A mbulance H al l, where he was supported b y the Mayo r and Mayoress of Merthy r and a large number of repre sentativ e per so n s .
The presentations were made b y the Hon. J ohn H Bruce (Commissioner for W ale s) and Lady (H er bert) Lewis, O.B E. (Assistant Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales), and in handing a P r io ry Vo te of Th an ks awarded by the Chapter to Mr. Th o mas A ndr ews , J.P. , a member of the Centre Co mmitte e, Mr. Bruce ex pre ssed warmest thank s for the serv ice s r e nd ered. Tr eh arr is Division h as a strength o f 76 supplemen t ed b y a Cade t Unit of 34 b oys; a nd I, 23 cases of a ccident and sickness were treated during the past year. I t is also resp o n sib le for the maintenance o f a M edical Co mfort s Depot, from which about zoo articles a year are is s ued.
Presentations were made also to Lady Div isional Superintendent Miss S. Williams and Corp s ?ecretary T. A. Ree s, while the Dr. Leigh Cup for the b es t Senior Cadet of the year was awarded to Douglas Cud lip , Dav id Davies receiv ing for the third successive year t h e cup for the best Junior Cadet.
News in Brief
Will the person who lo st two curtains from th e air-l oc k model, after the Anti-Ga s Precautions Course, held at the Hotel Great Central, at Maryleb o ne Und e r g round Station on November 24, please apply to Mi ss Harri es , 9, Tyrfran Avenue, Llanelly, South Wales. 20
Letters to a Brigade Ambulance Sister.
By DR. B. Ro E FIELD
uld b e a bl e to it e rec in th e s eventh m o n th and b e a ble t ta nd w it h sligh ! ass i sta nc e b y t h e t\\' elf th m o nth. H e ho ul d tan t o \};-ra lk a b o ut th e t hirteenth m o nth.
As regards ig ht: all ne wl y bo rn chil dr en find th l' li g ht har d t o b ear. He nc e , for the fi r t few dar o f its exis tenc e a n ew ly b o r n in fa n t hou ld n v c r b e exp o sed t o s t rong li ght.
T h ey are ge n e rally d eaf for a fc w h o u r a fc c r b irth but after th i thei r h eari n g b ec mc ycr) acute.
T he se n se of to u c h , t hough presen t 1 p deve loped ex cep t in th e lips and tong u e T he sen e of ta s te i s marke d from the fir t. \ s to peech t hi s, of c o u rse , va ri e wi t h differen t child r n .L :l.
rul e, at th e en d of one year the ch ild b egin t o say a f ew sim ple wor d s
T he infan t sh ou ld have six teeth by the first) car.
i e ., two central in ci ors b y the ni n th month and four upp er i nci sors by t h t w elfth month Tw latera l incisors and four an terior molar sho w b,- the fifteenth month.
The ab ove are t he main es entia] in the d e clo [m e n t o f t he infa n t that yo u hould kno \\! . :Ko\\', in th e nur sin g of c h ild ren t h r e a re t ur pr inci pal f a ct ors :-
( I ) Cleanlin e ( 2) P roper foo d.
( 3) Su nlig ht a nd fr esh al r.
(4) Plenty o f s leep .
CLEANLI E s.
Childr en should b e was h e d all ove r at l east o n c a da y and nap kin s change d w h e n n ecess ar y . T h is must b e done thor o u g hl y, th e pa r ts w ell and p ro p e rl y dried, a f t e rward s dust ed with powder, and a dr y, warm nap kin put o n.
The latt e r s h o uld n eve r b e w as h e d w ith so d a, as it i s b ad f or t end er sk.ins . I f th e bu tto c k s a re at alJ so re o r i nflam ed it may b e adv .i sabl e to clean th em with cotton wool and oliv e oil. Or if th ey are washed in the usual way do n o t u se powder, bu t
rub in a small quantity of zinc and olive ointmer:t
Sore buttocks ar e usuall y due to bad n ur sin g .' ?ut ln cases of g reen diarrh cr a it m ay b e du e to aCidit y o f the s t ools.
FEE DI G.
Newly born ba b ies' a r e e ithe r naturall y. artific! ally fe d. The latter o nl y wh e n t h e fo rme r I S Im p OSSI b le. Rememb er :-
(0 ) Bre as t f ee din g i s th e natu ra l f od for a bab y. (b) Breas t f eedin g i s (c) With or din ary ca re t h er e 1S llttle nsk of Cd) Th e b ab y th r ives b e tter on b reast feedmg.
A RT I F I C I A L FEEDING
A bab y re quir es li ttle r no food fo r the first t hr ee days , bu t it may b e g iven plenty of war.m, s ter ili se d wa t 1'. j \ fter th at it sh ou ld b e fed wlth mi lk d i l ut e d wit h wate r o r ba rle y \J;ater, swee te n ed an d warmed. At fi r t i t shoul d b e fed th ree hourly during t he day . The last feed should b.e given a b out I p.rn . a n d the first feed i. n the morrung not before 5 a m s the child grows o lder the wat e r shoul d bc 1 sse n d, the q uantity of mi lk increased an d t h e feeds give n less ften. Nourishment mu t b e g.ive n regu la rl y. ..: ach feed hou}d be pro p erly finished. I nfa nt uITer a g reat dea l tr m flatulence. This i aggrayatccl by yer-fe ding, too fre q uent feedin g or g oing too lon g without food. J baby must not b e allO\ved to Slick an empty feeding b ottle.
To FEI: D \ B \13Y Wrap it in a blanker, takc it your and support its hUH.1 and . houlder wlth the le tt arm. H old the bottle in the right hand and do not allow the bab:- to take its ['ed too quickly. The openin g in th tea l 0 tht: bo tic s hou Id not b e t oo large. The feeding bottle should be b o at- ' hap ed and rin ed in co ld i mrnediar c h - aCrer use \ fterwards it should be \\'a hed in wat rand wa 'hin O' oda, morauo-hl), rin sed a g ain and left immer ed in cold \vatc r unti l tht: next feed. Th rec ptacle in which you place the bottle should be co \-er ed with bead cl m uslin . T he teat reguir I ecial an mion to pr ve nt infcction. T hey should b well cleaned both inside and out ide by mean of a little alt n the finger. Thi remo \-c' all trace , of milk. All feeding b ttl e hou ld be boiled at least once a dar · It is pr fera bl e to b oi l t hem after each feed.
SUNLIGIl T AN D AIR
Th e e arc , c ry e se n t ia l, th latt r b," run' ht a w 11 as b y d ay In yo u r e nd eavo ur t o' prO\-ide r ur youn g cha rg s w ith s uffi ci n t fres h ai r be careful not to ca use a dr a u g h t in the room 1\ draug hty room is d efinite ly b ad fo r a child . T her ar f o ur chi f sig n s that a c hild i thr i "ing an d t hat th e food u it i t :-
( I ) It sle ep s w ell.
(2) It t a kes it fo d '\ ell and a p peaL ati sfied
(3) The stoo l are n o nn al. (4) It g ains \-v eig ht.
TIl E STOOLS
The s ta te of t he b owels n eeds g r ea t a t te n t i on. A bab y's norma l stool shoul d b e ye llow , semi-fo r med and al most o d ourless. D iarrhcea is very serious in children. T he stools m ay be relaxed, very offensive, g r ee n i n colour and may contain blood a nd mucus, a nd in addi t ion the chi ld may b e vomiting I n this co n d iti o n the bab y wiJl be very collapsed and the stoo ls in fe ct io u s I n such cases obtain a docto r 's opinion a n d advice immediately. Gse wood-wool napkins, which are easi ly burnt afterwards. Keep the ba b y warm
T he normal aperient to give an infant is castor oi l or syrup of figs, one-half to two teaspoonfuls. Castor oil is sometimes given to clear out the bowels in cases of diarrhcea, but as it produces a constipating effect it is not always to be recommended.
Here, then, you have a brief idea of how to nurse a normal child. I would like you to study this part of you r work \yell because y ou cannot be expected to nurse a sick infant if you are unable to nurse a healthy one.
ith t he \yinter now w e ll upon us it may nOt be ou t of place if, in m y next letter) I lay a little stres s upon the care of diseases of t he R espirato r y T ract. I \",ill confine my remarks to the nursing of chest case and o ther ailments common at this time of the year.
1 1 an \\-hil I hope to hear of ',our continued pro O' ress.
Yours yery sincerelr, B. R.
No. I District S.J.A.B. No. 45 (Paddington) Nursing Division.
\ cour e of lecture by D r. F. E . LO\':e on Fir [ -\'id, for women from th a O' of year, "ill be given at t . Pe ter Church R o o m, Elgin .'\.Yenue, ::\laida Yal e, \'\ '.9 commencin g on Thur da:- e\-en1n O' February 2.at 8 p.m.
F e for th s 6d., includin CT exarninaci o n. andidate \\-i , hing to enrol, plea e call at - t. P r's hurch R oom) EIO'in ... y nu on Thur, da'i" v runO', February 2 0 at .' 0 p.m.
F r fu r th r information apply .in \"flung to t he La d y D i\T i lona l upe r intenden t, No . -+ (paddin o ton ) u rs ing D i\-i io n .J .B -J. , hippenltam R oad , " 9 ·
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Aerial Medical Services.
By Colonel C 1. ELLI, , CM , T.D., :NtD., etc.,
During the holding of the British .r fedical Association's meeting in :Melbourne, in September of this year, I had the privilege of taking a small part in the discussion on ustralia's Aerial Medical Service.
Dr. Allan Vickers gave a clear and succinct accoun t of what is commonly known as the" Flying Doctor Service," which is indelibly associated in the minds of the Australian people with the name of the Re . John Flynn. England is not behind in the use of air ambulances; for many years the Royal Air Force has made a practice of using troop-carrying and other military aircraft for the conveyance of military sick and wounded, notably between Iraq and Palestine or Egypt.
In such cases a journe) is made in 8-10 hours by air which would otherwise occupy two or three weeks by sea, uqder torrid conditions, in summer, to which it would be in the highest degree unwi e to expose patients who are seriously ilL
In Scotland, · last year, as reported by the t. Andrew's Ambulance Association, 22. cases were brought from Is lay, Arran, Campeltown, Colon say, South Uist, Tiree, 1vIull, and Barra.
To meet possible needs in England the B.R.C.S. has formed four Air Ambulance Detachments in Surrey and one in East Lancashire.
Colonel Cowell, of Croydon, Surrey (to whom I am indebted for much information on the subject of aerial ambulances), is also forming Air Escort Duty Detachments in which there are 10-I2 women for nursing duties in the air.
These women possess, or are in process of possessing, a certificate for "air worthiness," so that they will be capable of nursing a sick or wounded patient in an aeroplane.
The history of the Ambulance aeroplane, as used in Australia, is so thrilling that an epitome of Dr. Vickers's address will, it is thought, interest ambulance workers in the Mother Country.
To my mind it is one of the romances of the present day and will have a far-reaching influence in other countries.
The Rev. John Flynn, prior to 1914, realised the need for medical facilities among the lonely settlers in remote parts and conceived the idea of having a doctor at a central base, with an aeroplane to visit outlying parts and, if necessary, transport patients to hospital and bring them back, when discharged.
As a means of communication wireless is essential, so a central wireless mother-station was established at Cloncurry, Queensland (employing a maximum power of 500 watts). In 192.6 a complete transmitting and !eceiving apparatus embodying several unique features was evolved for use with small sets which are installed 22
urgeon-in-Chief, St. John Amb"ulance Brigade.
in isoJat d hom . The powcr 01" this type of set lS derived from a small high-tension gen rator driv n by bicycle pedals, which ensure, an unfailing SUI p h of electricity and makes the !'ct capablc of b in ,1., operated by anyb d T
For di tances of 2.00 miles 0 al m ssages can b l sent and received. Outside that radius n\orsc c dl is transmitted from a implc tyrcwriter keyboar d
To implify the , nding of morse code for th l bush people 111'. Trae o-ar th chief \Vir lcs enginell of the r\u tralian Inland fi sion u.nder whose aegi the erial 1 dical ervicc ha , been develop embodie, 111 the ets an automatic tran mitter Althouo-h, a, ,tated abo\' the instrunlcnt ha key'board yery like that of a typewrit r cach k y j marked with a letter or nu meral. 1 \Jl that is ncce san is to depress the keys in the required sequence, according to the m "ag it is required to transmit , whereup n the automatic transmitter 'e nds thl correspondin c)" mol' e c( ell: signals perfectly made , and spaced, ,0 that these outpml sets not only rccci but also tran mi t mes , age. to the 1 ncurry Bast, and so can \ n keep in touch with the world outsick through their morher ,tation.
There are, at pre ent, 35 of rhe ets at statio! homestead Inland 1-.1i ion 110 , pitals polict.: tatiom, in vast plain of the int rior in lonely island off thl coast, in th tropical forcse. and at Yorkt Peninsula, but the objecti\'c i to increa e thi numbu to 500 a finances I ermit The: nearcSt ()utpo t u is 12.0 mil " th rno t distant one 700 mile from Cloncurry. These instrument. wcre on \ ic\\- at thl Hobbies' xhibition, in the \\'h re the B.}.1. •\ sociation meeting \Va, held ancl \\"crt.: in pccr d and operated by m .
The Aerial I edica l erY1Ce, as cOl1ccind by thl Rev. J OM Flynn and carri d through the expcIJ mental stages by the Australian Inhnd Ii ssi n, is n \\ in practical peration, under the: care of the ,\u trallan Aerial 11edical Service, and ha proved thc practicability and humanitarian valLlc of the Acrial mbulance.
The main advantage of the J\ crial l \mbulance arc speed, comfort, safety , and the abiJity to travcr e: country which would otherwise be practically jmpa sable.
To be ideal as an ambulance aeroplane a machine should be able to carry four people at least, viz., the pilot, the doctor, the patient-with amplc room for a comfortable stretcher-and a pare scat for an attendant or relation.
It is well jf the machine has the; capacity to carry a second stretcher case when two patients need attention together. In such instances, one has to disp n e with an attendant or doctor. ReliabiJit y and saf,
of the aircraft arc most important factors, and so multiple-engined machines should be the most satisfactory.
The means of getting the and out of the machine, without having to It at awkward angles, should be carefully studied to ensure greatest comfort the patient. machine should be fitted wIth WHeless to enable It to keep in communication with its bases.
It should hav e the maximum flyin g range with a load on board, so that the greates t area possible can be covered from one base.
The ability to land and take off from confined i a tremendous advantage in enabling the machll1e to get down, at the nearest possibJe point, to where the patient is \.\'aiting.
If the patient is Ii 'cd to the stretcher by C Universal tretcher heet," sold by the Tor qUlpment Company, royd n, it keeps him firmly secured in place in the machine.
It consists of a heet of strong canvas proyided with straps and hook which nable!t to be .applied to any standard typ of stretcher, hanng longltudll1al poles of square 'ection It holds patient .on the st retcher so firm ly, \\ ' ithout s riou ly lOconveOlenClng h.im, that the st retcher can bc ca rri ed, literally, in any position without the slightc r risk of the patient becoming dislodge 1. The stretcher can be turned ideway on it edge, cndway, (even completely upside -dou-n, and the she t will not all w. his. body to make more than mo\' mcnt, wlule It can be applied and rcmoved wi(h great rapidity and ea e.
It can als be used as an alternative to the le il Robert on ([ tcht.:r or Lo\. moor Jacket.
A relatively largt.: opening in th aer I Ian L neces ary to admit a loadcd tretch r.
It very de irablc, indeed, almo t es ential that the attendant be abl to move fr ely be id th patient. In this way i his confidence maintain d.
The twin-engined fonospar machine is c nsidered by good auth rities to be particularly uitable for ambulance use for many r asons.
It will carry, in addition to the pilot, two loaded stretchers and an attendant. It is well lighted and s ilent. It 1S constructed entirely of metal, except for the fabric covering the wings and the floor. It has a retractable undercarriage, which can be fitted with wheels, skis or floats. The primary structures are easily repairable.
Before leaving England, I \vas fortunate enough to see such a machine at Hanworth Aerodrome on July I, 1935. It had a normal seating capacity for a pilot and three passengers, \\'ith ample room for luggage behind the passengers. By a slight modification of the cabin framework a lar ge door is fitted into the side of the cabin, so as to make the handling of a stretcher case in and out of the machine most simple, whil t the attendants are standing on the ground. \Vith one stretcher in place there wa ample room, with comfort, for the pilot, doctor and an attendant, in addition ro the loaded stretcher. If the attendant was left o lit, a econd (fetcher could be placed along ide the one already fitted . In the eyent of one ngine failing, the machine is capable of maintaining height at 1,000 feet \,"irh a full load aboard Thi enable [he pilot ro be sure of reaching a safe landing ground in the eyent of trouble bell O- met. The machine \\'a hued with a \\-irele recelnng et which could be tuned in to arn- of the broadca ring tation, and by mean of in trumeor on the dashboard, the pilor can tell wh ther he was h adino- for the ration or not. For this can b ub tituted a two-\, "a, tran mitt r which i a decided ad,-antage to the a anlbulance.
It is thought that the colour sch me e pecially in de err, hould be r d and ih-er.
In \u stralia, h we\'e r , at the pre ent time, the Fox 110th plane eem to be the popular machine. Of COUf e ,uch machine as rhos mentioned can be u d not only for the tran, port of a pati or but al 0 for carryino- f doctor- and/or nur e to cile scene of an accident.
Thu have the aeroplane and wirele s cL1!lquered th isolation of the bu h.
\"{1it11 Cloncurry Queen,land, a hi base cile Flying Doctor casts a mantle of, afety y [an outback
area as large as the State of New South \Va les , From some lonel y corner a call comes over the air, on some convenient open spot the landing is made, and sometimes, when urgency demands, operations are performed immedia tel y,
It is hoped that the time is not far distant wh e n municipal and other local authorities will make a regular practice of employing either a specialised or an extemporised air ambulance for the hospitalisation of urgent cases occurring in remote places under their jurisdiction.
B esides the doctor, a nurse, the patient and one of his relatives, the aim is to carry also an anaesthetist and a fully equipped surgical unit.
As far back as 1915 successful air evacuations were made by the French in Albania.
In the Levant from 1921-1928, 1,392 evacuations were carried out through the air, arrangements being made for wireless communications so that on receipt of a message from a reconnoitring column an ambulance machine could be sent at once.
The possible risks consequent on air transport are less dangerous than the certainty of fatal consequences if a patient (say, a badly wounded soldier) is not evacuated rapidly to hospital.
Great stress is made by our ustralian friends that thousands of settlers in Australia have as their nearest neighbours people living 100 miles distant, \"hile their nearest hospital and doctor are often 200 miles away, so that in acute illness the delay in securing medical advice, and the slow, painful journe y over rough roads to hospital constitute a nightmare to the patient and his friends,
In the remarks which I was permitted to make I pointed out, inter alia, that such people, in their own interests, should acquire a knowledge of fir t aid, home nursing, and, perhaps, home hygiene before they become settlers in outlying districts.
In peace time, the va lue of air r11edical transport must be obvious Medical stores, vaccines, serums, drugs, medical and surgical equipment, as well as medical personnel, can be rushed over great distances to the seat of the outbreak of any epidemic or calamity.
In war time, the smooth, easy, rapid flight saves time, suffering and life. To doubt, before long, this servi ce will constitute a special section of the R.A.F.
A patient transported by air is remarkably free from surgical shock due to pain, also from mental distress.
Our Australian pioneers express the hope that the day would eventuate when the various Domini on services, such as Canadian and South African aerial medical services, . though working independently, woul d be co-ordinated with the Australian, etc., as " The British Empire Aerial Medical Services," with ?ll the prestige which that great name would confer.
Railway News
GRE T CE TRAL CE TRE.
The Final Competition for the Great Central Centr t Ambulance Challenge hield was held in the Boa rd Room, Maryleb one, on Thur, d ay, Decem b er 5, 1935.
The hield and prizes were presented by 11' Ralph (Chief General Ianagcr), the chair being taken b y fr V. 11. Barrin gton- \ ard.
The r s uIt of the competition wa a , follo\: s :Marks.
L Tuxford Loco.
2. Dukinfi ld \, 'o rks
3· Langwitb. Loco.
4· easden Loco. tairfoot
IJldillidfJa! Prizt'.H, Barden
The judging wa carried out by Captain F. E. Bendix , '\vho commended the team on their work a nd hoped that the team w ould continue practi, ing and do their utmost to ,,·in the meld in the Inter-Raih"a \ Competition.
Vote of thank. w rc accorded to ir Ralph \\ eugwoocl, the Chairman, and the Jud ge, by ;\fessrs, Pdtil (Chief of Police) and almand on.
R \[L \\ ._ \ Y.
FI':\AL CmrrF rlT10:--'.
The competition for deciding the two tcam' to fl:prc.:sent the outhem in the Inter - R ailway contcSt, 1936 will take place at outhern J l ome , Cannon treeL on Tuc day, 28 next.
PRF '>r"s J'.-\TIO";'-. 'I LDIORD.
The annual conCt.:rt of the uildf I'd ambulance cla.;..; took place at Guildford recently, when \lrs. R(Jgers (wife of the lecturer) pre enred the a\\'ard" to the ucccs"ful candidates
Dr. and .0Ir Ro gers wcre supp rted hy \Jr. E . •\. Richard s ( W'elfare _ \ s istam to the GenL:ral \[anag cr) and his wife, the departmental chiefs, and .0.11'. \. Barr()w ( ecretary of tbe ambulance clas ).
Mr. Richards congratulated all the members of the class who had sati Red the examiner at the last examinatiun, and spoke in appreciative terms of the work of the lecturer (Dr. Roger). It would, he knew, give tho_ e prl<;LOt much pleasure to learn that the latter ha' recently heen honoured by being appointed a ommanuer of the Order of St. John in recognition of hi sen- ice s.
POOLE
The members of the ambulance class run in connection with P oole station held a pi a ant evening recently, when they entertained their ex-President, Mr. J. Barrows (formerly tationma s ter at Poole ).
\J OK1 G.
An interesting ceremony took place during a social gathering at the \'X'oki ng Railwaymen' s Club recentl), when the awards gained by the memhers of thi cla,,:,; were presented by Mrs. ansom, wife of the tationmastcr. The chair was taken by Mr. F. U. Sans 111 tationmaster and Chairman of the Railwaymen's thlctic Club, and supporting him were 11'. Boothroyd Parker (General
Manager, Aldershot and Di str ict Co.), Superintendent J, H. White (\Xlo l<1ng and Mr. W. II. Somerfield (General Secretary, Athletic Club).
REDDRIDGE CllALLE GE C P CO\.[PETITIO.
With the regu larity of trains leaving a well-organlsed railway terminus, 27 accidents happened at sta ted times at the Coliseum, OUlhampton, recently, .and 27 teams .of well-trained ambulance men arrived on lime to deal WIth the cases!
early 150 enthusiastic ambula.ncc men for the silver challenge cups offered Hl connecuon WIth the ninth annual first aid competItion, arranged by Mr. Gillingham and his omm!ttee.
The Group I lest was Jud ged by Dr. R. B. (Lo ndon), and the Group 2 test by Dr. tanley DaVIes, also from London.
All the learns pm up a remarkably good pert:ormance and drew encouraging comments from the medical men judging. '
The chair at the prescmallOn of th.e trophieS was taken b, Mr, E. \. Richards (\\'elfarc -" \s Istant to General :,fanager), who ' ed the absence of LIeut.-Col.
G. S. zlumper C-\sslstant eneral .0.lanager). Ile saJd the Redbridge competition had come to be the. b1gge-t event of its kind in this area on lhe ,'outhern Ralh;';ay,
La DO'\, \ 1 D ,0 RTl] I : \ TER'2\ R \IL\\' \Y. \fany inlLresting faCls are re, by. the annual rLport of the pecial l \mbulancc ommlttee on the progrc s of am huLu:ce work on the :ondon and .l orth E'1Slern Railw;w dunng the car ended eptcmber 30, 1935·
The lotal cd by the ((Jmpany in 1935 \Va: 17 1,) 39, agaimt 169,772 in 195-t. The number award. pai ned reached a figure of 6,296 , compared with 6,}8 l.t -t \ ear ,\ hll the Lulwa\' c1as::;t:s formed numlKrcd 31 1 'a (If (1)Ltr ()n 'rhe pre\ious year. is 01 interes t t() note that sC"en ladies' cIa cs 'were tormed dUring the pcrilltl under rc\·iew. number <If gold m'dal' and h.1I'5 award d was 137 and respccti,:dy, making a tDtal :since inccption of 997 medals and 16 bar:. 'r hl numher or (cams lakIng part ll1 comperltlon:. under the Cnmpan(s au. piCL wa" 207, a decn:a e ot eight comi arld \,jth the pn:yi()lI"; } enr., During lhl' \ Uf \Ir. T. O. \lein retlred from 111, position 'as Centrl ,-cretary for thl C "..::1t I';1:rcrn 'ccrion, and the upcn'i,jun nt- hi.' entre ha been takLl1 on_r )'lr. \'i/. Gl,odlcv, the Centre 'ccrctan- of [he Great Centr;11 Section.'
Grateful thank - arc L"pre 'se d to \mbulance 'ecretaries class and C) her ol1icial Cor thdr assistance to the Ambulance \[0\ emcnt.
La DOl ),UDL \ND .[ 1 D COTTI II R . UL\\'AY.
LB E 'F.:\TRE.
The tenth annual report on the work of the \rnb ulancc Movement on the London, Midland and - coui -h Raihn.y in England and \\ 'alcs shows a stea dy inc rea c the numbers qualifyin g , and there i ' an increase of -+5 1n the total number passing examinations in the year ended 1935, compared 'with th same p tiod in 1934 and the increase in the number of fir t year men qualifying during the year under review i very satisfactory.
LONG ERVI E lED L' ND R\RS.
The follow.ing numbers f Long rvice ledals and Bars have been awarded to mcmber' of the staff since the formation of the Centre :-
en'ice
OF BY THE ORDER OF ST. JOK
During the past twelve months recognition of services to our Centre has been awarded by the Ord er of St. John as under:-
Knight oj Grace.
Sir Josiah tamp, G.C.B., G.B.E. COlJlmander (L.Af.S.).
"'Capt. S. T. Beard, O.B.E. Officer (L .1H .S. ). '" A. J. \'qallington, Bristol. Serving Brother (.i.l1edical).
Dr. Andrew Sprott, Appleby. Sen1jllg Brothers (L.Jl,S.).
T. C. \\'ilson, Burton-on- Trent. P. \\'illiams, Preston. \\'. Ross, Liverpool. C. H. Pearson, \\'oh-erton \'C. E. Jay, Derby. r. c. Ea'rn ha,< \\b.irchurch. \,\ ]. Barby, \\' olverton. T. ]\llen, Derby.
1. Ii. \,\ 'illiam", heffield. D 'e, Li\-erpool. _\. \\ dl<;, Pl odden Lane. \Y. Bo'wdl, Chapel-en-le-Frith. _\. Buttrick, Goole. \. fairbrother, Hellitield . G. E. Farmer Rugby. I. H. Green, Ca. tlethorpe. :\\'. Charnock, \ncoat. \\'. L. Pollock, Birkenhead. "'W'm. \llcn, Belfast. T Volt Tl.wk./ (Jlfd/cc;/)
Dr. F L. Richard, W'al all. T - .1111/ T r:J!t f Thollk/ (,L.JI,S ) G. \Y. B ostock, Crew. G. H. T. H. \\ 'ar d, \\ -akefl. ld. T. Lunt, Liverpool. t Roll \\'estcliff-on- ea. -' Hart,vell -tewarth\".
P.miJ!lltJJ! T"Olf 0,/ Thm;f(J: (L.JI.S.). J. Greenough \\'igan. rIol/oTtIl] Life Jlc IJib<'r.r (J ftdical).
Dr. T. E. • \llen, Peterborough. Dr. F. c. Y. Thomp,on, Burton-on-Trent. Through Brigade.
Cm.IPETITIO.:;.;' R E'LJLL.
Final C 011 tition, April \\'omen' s Competition (Final) 25, 19').
I. i\aecrofr
2. Bu , hbury Loco.
TO. I
3· \'C arrington 329
4· Bradford Exchang "2.j.
5· Bolton I '20
1. E u S ton (Odd'0, 19' 5· ment) '81 } 2. Glasgow' 567t st r NO.3' '!
4. Leed ,. '09
25 England and Wales. Scotland. Total.
6. Liverpool
D.G.M O. 319}
7· '.\70lv ert o n "3 17!
8. Crewe (Machine hop ) . . 3 3
9· Ruthin 306 (P ossibl e marks 410.)
Inter-Railway Competition, May 24, 193
J. outhern illy. (Horsham)
2 lvlid. & G. Jt. R ailway
3· Southern R ailway ( \Xi aterloo' "))4 J
4· L. & .E R ly (Tyne D ock). 316
5· L. & .E. Rly. (Dukinfield) 302
6. L.M.S. Rail way (Agecroft)
7 · G.\'V. Rly. (Small Heath)
8. G.W. Rly. (Fishguard)
9. L.M.S. Rly (Bush253 bu ry) 237t (possible marks 54 8. )
(Po sible mark s 440.)
International Competition June 18, 1935.
1. ge croft (Loco.) 259 i
2. \) arrington o. I
3· BLl hbury (Loco.) 237!
4· Mos end 237:. ). Dundee West 234t
6. Perth (pos ible marks 300 )
mu tel' of members reccnLly, when nwa rd s were pre 'e nt ed by Councillor E. j \. Hancock (Tip ton), who, toO'eth u with 111'. J. Jones, started the cl ass 19 years ago.
EARLE:TOW
Th annual social and presentation of award W .I held recently.
MI. \,\ ' Anthon\', Works Supaintendcnt prcsidt.:d , and was SUI ported 'by 11rs. Anthony (who handed th t award to th e ucces sful candidate s), JessI's Gold J. L. Porter and Dr. II. F. \\ ntkins.
LIv E R P()() 1
On Noycmh r 6 1935, a presenranon ,,'as madt: lc If. J. Jones, the late Li,- rpool Di tricr J\mbulan c< ecretary. 1\1r. Jon es has found it ncccs ar)" t rctir l after 9 years ervicc as Di tricc ,ecrc:tary.
The presentation \\'a s made hy \l r. 17. R. lIauxwl' ll D i trict Good " Manager who spoke highly of Mr. JOOl work in thc \mbulanct! \lm emt.:nt. Ir. G. J II! was also present, and b , togcl her with i'lIr. Kn wk and l\Ir. Geno\'es ( hairman of the Di strict \mbulan u Committee) al 0 tc"cified to i'llr good work. 1 h( presentation tOok the G rm of a gl.nlleman's wardrobc.
The ladies' class also pn:sentccl \11'. Jone with pair of cuff-links.
The ocial and pre.e ntation ()( ,l\\.lrds \\'a ht:1d III ovember 22, 1935.
STAFFORD.
We are pleased to rep ort that D r. Charles R eid, of Stafford, has been promoted to the rank of O fficer in che Order of St. John in recognition of his 30 years' service to the L.M.S. Ambulance Centre. D r. Reid was admitted to the Orde r as a Serving Brother in 1928.
CREWE.
Tributes were paid to 11r. J. H. Lea (D istri ct Secretary of the L.M.S. Ambulance Centre at Crewe) recently, when a presentation was made to him on completing 2 I years as the secretary.
The sixth annual ambulance competition in individual first aid in connection with the Crewe Motive P ower Department trophy t ook place at the orth Steam Sheds recently.
The cc indiv idual injury" competition was judged by Mr. E. Finney, of Stafford Loco., and the viva voce by Mr. M. Lockley, also of Stafford.
The prizes, which have been g iv en by the staff to stimulate interest among the ambulance men, were won by the f ollowing :-1, Fi rema n W A Jones; 2, Toolman E. Wright; 3, Fitters' Mate E. Bradley; 4, Fireman F. E. Hibb s ; 5, Fireman H. W. P ountain.
B LETCHLEY.
The annual presentation of awards to member s of the clas s took place recently.
Mr. J. E. Whitehead (Stationmaster) presided, supported by Superintendent E. E. Callaway (who distrib ut ed the award s), Dr. F. D Morphy, Mr. J. O. Ib ell (District Secretary), and Mr. F. J. B arden (Secretary).
Superintendent Callawa y then presented the awards as f ollows :-Eig ht First Year C ertificates, te n Second Y ear Vouchers, o ne Third Year Medallion, Z Labels.
D UDLEY PO RT.
Railwaymen from the Soho, Spon Lane, Smethwick, Old bury, Albion, Dudley Port, Tipton, D eepfield s, Dudley, Great Bridge and Wednesbury stations attend the Dudley Port Ambulance Class, and there was a good
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11r. F. Ed\yard Good , \ gt.:nt, pru.idcd, and \.1 supported by the Mayor anc.ll\lr .J •\1 Kirk\\ 'ood (Di tm Good s and Passenger 1\1anager, Dcrh)) \\'h tre cd th importance of the <. younger members of the staff joini n.1! the mo\-ement.
A presencation o f a ih'er cignrdtl. lighter u'as mcld l to the cla lecturer Dr. F. Thomp on, b) ;-"1r. (, mith on behalf of the ()f the ambulance cla
The following award were to the candidate by the Iayor of Burt on :- fiH First Yl.l Cerrificaces, three econd \ 'car Vouchers, !>ix Medallion 42 Label, eight Long en'ict: 1\ fcdals, Bars t Lon ervice Medals, one )0 year., th rt.· C 2.0 cars. WAK EA, r. TIJo\L\s.
The annual pre entation of amhulance a\.\"ards held at a moking concen reccntl).
The presentation \vas made by ;\11'. C. J 1. Tait, Di , tne Goods and P assenger Manager, \vho, during the courSl of his remarks complimented t he mcmbers on tht.'l l succ es
MI. J\. \X '. Hamer, Assistant Oi trict oods a.nd Pas enger Manager, wa in the chair, and moved a hcarn vote of thanks to D r. W/ J I. Thomas, lass L ect urc ', and Mr. A. B. Havard, CIa s I nstructor, For their ser icl' during the past ses ion.
The following award wert.: gained :-Two rtificatv,. two Vou chers, five edaUions T9 LabeL.
LEICESTER
The pre se ntation of awards took place on 10
Mr. D. S. Tnman, Di strict Go o d , and Pa enger Ianagl'I made the presentation s, and 1r. 1\ I L Bloxham, Gooc! Agent, was in the chair, supportcd by Mes srs. . H Marriott, G. A. Fro s t, Yax ley, Jone s anel
Mr. Inman made the fo ll owing pre se ntations :-FOlll
First Year Certificates, two Second Year Vouchers, four Third Year Medallions, 38 Fourth and sub cquent Year ' Labels; 15 Years Gold Medal: J I. J cbbett, H. J. E. Massey, A. J. orwoo d; 25 Y ca rs Gold Bar, (, Hemp stead; 30 Yea r s Gold C. J. Astb ur y.
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This dressing station was used with great effect during the recent Jubilee celebrations, over 80 patients being passed through in one day.
It can be used for many purposes, among which are: treet duty; for a beach hut (when it can be taken away at the end of the season, thus avoiding rent and weather) ; a roadside hut (no rent to pay for week end duty) ; for sports dut) , obviating the pitching and striking of a tent, and with greater facilities, embodying as it does :-Sink for equipment; canteen cupboard for staff; three other cupboards; mirror, clock, thermometer, book rack, spiritlevels for pitching, metal panels.
The cost is in the neighbourhood of £r 50, and it is understood that a patent has been applied for.
and water (I -1- gallons ) Drinking water-s torage 2 gallon e 1 c t ric 1i g h t; 0 it t vc for boiling watcr and making tea etc.; pa c for staff oYcrcoats etc.; trelch r loaded a an ambulance and intcr-changcable with ambulance; couch 6 ft. long' a seat for minor d rc. ings to he attenckd to; ground g lass at patient send and clear gla s for s tafF end; a diyiding curtain; ventilation; glass-fronted cupboards
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A SPECTATOR'S POINT OF VIE\\-.
T.he Secretar y has to please everybody: the Judge r:ot qLUte so many, but himself mainly: the and his must please the judge and satIsfy their selectors III due course as to the efficacy or otherwise of the treatment apd methods thev adopt at the Competition.
spectator, and especiall y the ( loyal ever-present vanety, expects to be pleased as a right, but there are types of spectato.r, each expecting something different to complete his pleasure when watchinO' a First-Aid Competition For the purposes of fhis article, then, we must enumerate the t'i'pes of spectator and the criticisms common to all.
At a competition one usually finds the following amongst the onlookers:
(r) The First-Aid (( enthusiast" who attends every competition within reach. -
(2) The lecturer watching his pet team compete and pIcking holes in their work and in the judging.
(3) Wives of competitors anxious for their men to do. well and highl y sensitive to the appearance of anything consider likely to put their men off.
(4) DIstnct representatives, class secretaries and instructors, critical of all arrangements made.
(5) Casual visitors, idly curious.
THE PRESENT SYSTE)'f. -
Most spectators can find something to cnt1clse in present-day method, even although they admit the is an improvement on former days: that It IS realistic, etc., etc., and they cannot suggest anything .Let - us concede ungrudgingl y that the system IS all nght, the method of working satisfactory .. With then can a spectator find fault? Two things maInly, in my view: the judges and th e tests.
THE JUDGES-I NDIVI D UAL AND COLLECTIVE
No one will deny the time trouble a judge spends on a test. Ever yone WIll credit him with all he knows into it, but judges as a whole are lnCOnslstent. With unfailing regularity competitors are told to "stick to what it tells you in the book" "to remember the eight points of the cross," etc., and the test sheet you find the preacher precepts. In the District Competition a Judge WIll penalise you for doing one thing: a spectat?r sees that, and yet in the Final an equally emment Judge docks you marks for not doing it.
There was another judge, too, whose test could be relied upon to be on a cold winter's day or and equally certain would be found very early ill the treatment" move patient indoors." Elementary safeguard of the patient, often too rushed to be really "safe," and hurried removal indoors meant another 20 marks on the sheet .
The solution of this trouble, with the consequent removal of mystification of spectators, depends on the
of c mpet1t1on, be it railway or our Ide, settmg theIr faces d ef1ni tc1v aO'ainst the e thin O' s that tests conform {n : cry particular f() teachmgs of the officia l First- j\ id text-books. Thi s IS not an easy ta k, for th r has alwa\ ' s to be over come the obviou difference b etwee n Flrst- id kn o led ge possessed b y a medical man as com! ared with layman, and secondly.' ?rga niseL , h o u ld not publish In ad ance of a cOmpetItion, the name, of the jud ge,.
THE TE T
At every competition 1 hav een, c n iderablt tIme has b een spe nt to make the setting as reali tic means would allmv. The t ts oft n are bas d on actual yet we see team t rrning and provin g quad In the b st praade-ground manner whil t a poor patient lie hurt and unattend d. i can well imagine in an actual ca c the \\'ondcrful clock\\·orJ.. movements being carried out t number. But there are marks for smartnes and that i n f the in which they are earned. f\ r cent test sheet di the follow ing :
iethod of advance 4 mark
Smartness in getting t \\'ork 4
Smartnes and neatne 10 a total of 18 marks for" frills» out of a 100 for a twenty minutes' team te t. A pectat r would \\. nder what possible use all this preci ion could be in an actual case if he didn't know that in practice it' CUI
You see mer: trottinO' il: tate t, I, 2, 3) 4 in E?f1m, determlned and watching thl Judge s pencIL wlth half an re, but on l\- in a te t. _ If the te sts are real, j udge - houJd in' i t on reali n ' trom competitors. "You are rnplo)'ed on , -a ri u parts of a sta tion platform \ hen) etc.) etc.': () reads one team test of recent date. IIp da h the team, each man well-pres ed blue erge tr u er , spotless whlte tenru shirt, and t rouser band decorated with a few safety-pins.
Unnatura.l dress the smartne bring!-marks-taki-?g. eqUIpment l1lto the competition, although this IS not allowed, for pins are in the Box I have een certain C0011 etitor WIth handy for use with tourniquets, whenl1l ordlnary Cltcumstances they certainly w uldn'l have more than the s tump of one in their unifor m pocket
I appreciate that competitors attending a competItlOn are not in their work-a-day clothe, bur 1 would see to It that a so rt of parade uniform howevcr workmanlike, was not reflected n the test s heet under the heading (( smartness." 1\ judge is human and equally susceptible to (( smart appearance."
GENERAL.
Every type of spectator will be pleased: 1/ th e tests are set strictly jn accordance with the book 11 nd znconsistencies eradicafed.
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T hc \' alue of Chapler O m:
D earh of Hi s :Ma jesty K ing Gcon;e Brigade cws uest on and Answct
P riory for \,'a les
I nrercsung Case Repons
A ppointment of Divisional urgcons
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O bi tuary
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L e tte r to a B riga u e mbul"ncc i -t er
T reatment of Emergenc ies in rO\l'ds
e lI \. ",CERY OF THE O R D ER ST. J O Il G .'\.TE, Lo JD ON , E Feb m m] J , 19 36
T l IE P A.S rNG OF Kr IG G EO RGE V. PACE 3 ) 36 3 40 -+ 50 5Z 53 q
The grief of the Empir e an d the homage paid th e cou ntless th o usands wh o made t he ir pilo' rim aob 0
to '\ estmlrlster Hall to render a last silent duty to our late King has been dealt with by pens more 'able than ours, and is already on the way to becoming a sacred memory.
B ut on behalf of the Order of t. J oha in the British R ealm, and the man) thousands of men and women who serye ,-ol untarily in the St. J oha Ambulance _ ssociation and B rigade in all parts of the Briti h Empire we must record our sorrow at the l oss of a beloved monarch \\-ho , in day of strife and turmoil, of war and of the difficult peace that followed it , taught us, and the world, by- example and b,character, by acts b oth kingly and simple, that path of duty, howeyer strenuou , the life of seITice, howe \Ter diffi cult, i still the true attribute of a B ritish mon arch, and that it memor:- remain en graved 1n the hearts of all true Briti h men and wome n , to lea d and pire them in their own ,,-ork and duty
.J:\. late overeign Head of the Order under v:hich we work, the memory of the elf- cacriEce and true in ceri ty of King orge \\-ill in pire mam- a man to follow an example truly royal, and the ,,-o'rk don b r the t. J ;-\ m b ulance Brigade at the pa ing ot our late R Ing mar con titute a last tfibut fe n d aYour and one of which he ",-ould have apprO\?ed.
His reign aw great advance in the work ,,-hich all t . J ohn u nit desir to further. Let u , \,ho remain t.o t h homag of subject - to H .l\ L k lrlg Ed w ard I II, 0, · reign H ad of the Order of t. J ohn in the Br iti h R ealm d t rmin add fr sh lau r Is of etTic in a G lli S which has fl o u ri h d th ro u o- h the r io- n s of mam- kino-c and the m e m o ci s of ma n y m en. -
The Value of "Chapter One."
A Special Series based Ott Talks with Experienced First- A iders
By A. T. L AKIN, M.B. (PART 4·)
3. Bystanders may either be First-Aiders or not; it does not make much difference except that more willing and efficient help should be obtained from the First-Aiders. There is only one kind of help that can be utilised, and that is help cc of vital assistance to the patient." The tactful First-Aider will use the willing b ystander to assist him in treating the patient-the interfering bystander should also be found something to do-running m essages, obtaining ice or cold water are useful ways of emplo ying thi s type. I remember being called out to a case of Epilepsy, and on arrival I found a First-Aider carr ying out the routine treatment and two elderly women w e re energetically rubbing salt into the palms o f th e patient's hands; chatting with the First-Aider when the patient had been remov ed, h e told me tha t the women came pushing in and interfering , so he let them do as they wanted because it would not do an y harm to the patient-it kept them quiet and it co ntrolled the hands and gav e him less to d o A d eli ghtful exhibition of tact, and it prov ided me with an amus ing illustration to enlig hten dull lecture s
4 M edical A ssis t an ce (a) To competition teams. During o ur Centenar y competitions the South African W o men's Team taught me that sending for medical help, either b y a written message or telephone was a splendid o pportunity for summarising the diag nosis, treatment alread y done, and the suggested treatment; in sh o r t, a complete rev iew was given to the great adv antage of the rest of the team, and ' a quiet tactful notice t o the judge of what he mi g ht expect. It is an exa m ple worthy of following.
(b) If medical assistance is sent for, it is n o t u su al for a First-Aider to cease his work and aw ai t the arrival of the doctor, he carries on; then w h y do candidates in examinations say " Send for the d o ctor" and act as if they have said the last word in treat ment? Is it because they have reached the end of their kn owledge and are stuck? In the great majority of case s this is the real reason-well, do not do it, because all examiners know the dodge, it is far better t o know your work properly and get throu gh yo u r examination with credit than to tr y and sneak throu g h. Make your patient safe and then send for the medical assistance-keeping y our patient safe until it s arri v al.
(d) Appliances avai lable.
It is quite eas y to summarise this paragraph.
(a) Plenty of prepared appliance s av ailable.
(b) Improvised appliances :-
(I) With material provided.
(2) With the resources of patient and helper s only.
Plenty of appliances available implies t hat th e surg ical haversacks, p o uches and store cupboa r d s are well stocked, ne a tly arran g ed and r eadily av ailable (there is a nasty insinuation unde rlyin g that statemen t , s ee that it does not apply to you ) Practices ar e m ad e too eas y w ith prep ared material, and the r es ult is that men rarely think ab o ut th e rea so n s w h ), they treat their case i n a ce rtain mann er o r why a b a nd age must be appli e d in a d efinite way; if yo u as k a man why he has put up a fr ac tur e in a cer tain way , the usual answ er i s becaus e it i s in th e m anua l-that answer is n o t sufficient, and he o u gh t t o kn ow the reason wh y th e manu al d efines that sp ecia l way
The si g ht of m e n waitin g for p re p a red ma t e ri al bef re commencing th ei r work, whe ther i n competitio n , or examinati o ns, always s tri kes a n ote of poo r prac tice and ineffi cie nt i ns t ru ction; if the men understood the ir jo b , or i f t h ey kn mv the princip les of tr eatmenr, t h ey can always im p rov i se something that ,-, ill enable th em t o ca rry on a nd make the patie nt afc.
I f i n s t r u c t o r s wo uld o cca io n all y b ani h all prep a r ed app liances, and insist on their men doing their '-l.' ork wit h the r eso urc es of the pa tien t a n d h e ir er o nl y, i t wo uld c reat e more in t erest and resul t in b e tt er wo r k ; if me n wou ld turn ut thei r pocket s and think h ow they could use the contents in fir Ai d, it wo uld t ea ch them a great dea l about thc principles o f treatm ent; pint li ke these are \ cry intere sting and ar e ve r y help ful i n t ea ch.in g t h e app] ication of the la st tvlO se n te n ces in t his pa r agra p h.
H ere is a splen d id list which 1 keep for refe r ence'
I am i nd eb te d to 1 f r. O ldham, D istrict
L. L & S., 1Yianch ester, for it.
t f7h at J)Ja), all ordinal]' i/l dil lidllo/ can]' abo/lt }l ifh b illl that may be [(seftll to )'0/1 ill Fir rt Aid trcatlllellt, and say hm} J wed?
T IE. Bandage to se cu re dr ess i ng or plin t; li gature in sna k e bite ; i mprovise d to urni q ue t in b leedi n g' to t ie lim b s toge ther in frac t ures . CLEA HAN DKERCHIEF. To co er a \-vound; a a li g atur e ; to secu re p lint ; fo r rem ova l oC fo r eign b ody i n eye; co ld compress ; in br uise s
o r di sloca ti o n s; in h re m o rrh age from a n internal o r ga n ; t o ti e child 's ha nd s toget h er f r in cct i n ear; as a pa d; paddi ng for spl i nt s ; t o w e t and cov er m out h fo r f umes; as a li ga t ur<': for snak e bite; as a pr o t ec ti o n ove r face or head fr o m sun r ays .
O VE RCOAT. Warmth to p a t ient ; to li e on as a protecti o n from the co ld or co ld stre t cher ; to ex ting ui sh flam es in clothin g o n fire
J ACKET Co ve r patient; as pillo w fo r h ea d ; as supp o rt in di slo cation , or spraine d jo in t , in COJ1l -
plicated fracture of ribs, compound fr acture (bone protrudi.og), transv erse wound of al:>domen; hern.ia; a s pad or pillow fo r rai sin g the feet in bleedin g or fractured k neecap; t o st and on, if dry, durin g r e moval fr om elec tric medium; for impr ovi se d slings , seats or stretcher.
V E T as a supplem ent to u ses of the jacke t.
PENC IL. To send w r itte n m ess ages ; as a tw.isting stick; to pr ev ent bitin g the ton g u e in ep i lep sy; as pads for applying t o art e rie s
P APER F o r w ritt en m ess age ; t o cove r woun d , if clean an d unp rint ed.
NEWSPA PER T o im p rovise sp lint; torn up or crumpl ed as p adding for sp li nts; as a means of in su lati o n ; t o p r omo te wa rmth; to act as a sh elte r fr om th e weat her.
erG RET1 E as an enc ou rageme n t lvl ATCIIE. test response of pupi ls; for evertin g up pe r eye lid ; t o make a light to ass ist in locatin g an d diagnosin g inj ury
P IPE. B owl as pad in improvised tourniquet
T OB \ cco P Ol': CH For u c when a patient 10 conta c t wi th lectricity.
h:.EY pp li ca ti on of c Jd in h xmorrhage f r om t h nose
K EY BARREL For the ext r accion of stings.
Fo r remova l of clothing; to cu t or mak e splint ; to preven t b iting o f th e ton g ue ill ep ll ep sy; a a twisti ng stick; mav have tweezers fo r the extraction of splinter
STR I G A JD B OOT L \.CE . imi la r u e to T ies.
S PENDER OR G RTER a bandages or li gatures.
(I r eme m be r a team t h at a lways wore o n e-inch as ga rt ers in competitions, a nd t hey a h vay tound some occas ion to use th em as improYi band ages.)
W \.TCH. T o tes t the r a te of the pul e OR as a temporary plint
I o dine , sal o lanle, smellin g sa lts, scis o r s o r fir :ud <? utfit n o t all owe d, a this IS a n rdinan"' IndiVIdu al. .
U) Means of Transport Available
It is a g r eat ai d t o memory an d a he lp for ea y t o mak e a li s t of your wn a b o ut pa rag rap h s like thi s :-
M eans of t r an sp or t. [ / 59 . [ / 179 , B
(a) Bes t m ea n s. 1'v1 / 62 M / 179.
(b) Ap plIanc es a aila bl e. Hand seats. Stretch er. 18 9 Impro v ised s tretch e r s
(c) H elp av ailable. I, 2., 3 o r 4 b earer . 19 1/201 / 20 3.
(d) Length of jou r n ey . 201.
(e ) Nature of th e ground. 20 7
(j) Prop er after-ca re 15/ 212 18 0 2 0G l 8 0
Su ch a list gives the imp o rtant fac to r s th a t h a ve to be taken into considerati o n, and the m os t f req ue nt nu s takes , the dan gers and difficulti es a r e add ed to it it form s a splen d id guide for training an d Ins tr u c tlO n .
W hy i s a s tre tc her the only means of transport that IS thou g ht abo u t (especiall y in comp etitions) ?
Ha -?-d- seat is well done , but try it with a p atl ent, a nd Invanably bad wo rk is seen. T h e ac tu al lif tin g. and car.rying a patient b y ha n d-seat is ra r e ly d one In practlces , with the inevitable r esult t hat i t is b a:Uy pe:-formed when neede d in realitythe reme d y IS obvlOus Crossing a ditch or wall is also neg lected- it is amus i n g to see the faces of the b earers if you ask for this to be done at an examination. P ractice is all that is needed .
Consi d er the b est means of tran sport in the various spheres of labour; here is a nice problem-a man is u.nder a fall of coal (some of the stones wlll. welgh 6 or 7 hundredweights ) ; you head and he tells you that he is sure that his. Ie!? is broken and he can hardly ?reathe: It 1S 1D1poss1ble at present to g et at himto get a stretcher near him as the working IS 0r:ly Jus t O\' er 3. ft. "\ hat are y o u g oing to do ? :i:v1edlCa l aSSIsta n ce IS not much use at present, and it I S a a man's life absolutely depends upon the Fl rst-Aid e r, \..vh o has only the" Outlines o f First " to guide and hi s own ability to put them Into actual practlce. I t is interesting to record that after two hours' very strenuous work, the man wa; relea ed an d then treated-the onl\, medical assistance was to inject a little to his pains - and b rough t he IS back at work again. T hat was r eal Fu st Aid and done in the ordinary routine of work . ' O utlines" will help us to o'Vercome any and every difficulty , if v,-e will only allo\\' them.
IX.
.1Y ece ssat]' OualificatioJJs. (11 / IG. ) Chap ter O ne 0 far has dealt with the outlines of our work, and now it deals \,"ith tho e \yho are going t o do the \-york, and tells us exactly the q ualifications tha t It expec t s us to c ultivate before we can be efficien t. Have you reali ed tha t not a sinale one of the e qualification i "born \\-ithin us," have all t? b e gro w n and are the re ult of operation of th In te llect ar. the products of reasonina-they all rank a lugher Intellectual facultie -our Associati on . till expect areat thina from u , and if we do n o t n e t o the occasion the fault i ours b ecause we are the eed from , vhich the' plants may In the n at and easily-und r tood d efinitio ns of the nece ary q ualification -all we have co do i s t o cultiyate the plants . D o you realise that the q ualifi cation are al 0 n ce sai v for 'makin a the b s t c: f o u rse lv s" ir:- our life? If,· ryd ay life and w or k 1S al 0 a p len did mean of culti atin a the m.
(To be (o IJ liJJf{{'d.)
tllratb of JLate Jlajtstp 1t{ing V
THE ORD FR' \\! REA TH "In honoured and aff'ectionat memory of au r late beloved King, George the Fifth, ov reio·o Head of the Order of t. Jo ho in the Briti sh Realm,"
The following letters were sighed by His Royal Highness The Grand Pri or on 23 rd Jaouarr 1936; "To Hrs i\IAJESTY KING ED\YARD ,'III.
As Gralld Prior oj the Order oj 51. Joh/l ill Ihe Brilish Reallll alld Oil behalf oj a/I J1UI/beU oj Ibr GrO/;d Prio'J' clod ils PrlOIYaIJd CotJ1tnalJderie.r alld oj the St. Jobn filllbfllallce A.rsocialiOIl alld Brigad a/ J {Olllt alld Ol'lrS{(ls r dc.rIYl' 10 (om (y to YOUI' lIIaje.rty Of/r Head,ollr btarl Jell e>"j)rr.r.rioll.J oj dElput .r)"Jlpalh) 161h )'01( ill Ibl' lou oj )0111' bdol ed J alh,r King George the Fiflh late SOtlereigl1 Head of Ibe Order alld to ojJlr to )'011 Ollr dCl'olcd /O)·a/I)' 10 )·of(r Croun 'md jXrsoll. (lJ?d.) \RT ll R, Crand lln or ."
" To HER )'L-I.JESTY l\L\RY .>\..."D OF THE ROYAL F\.\II1 L
As Grand Prior oj the Order oj St. John ill Ihe Brifi.rh Realm alld 011 bebalf oj 0/1 .\/ulI/;rr,r oj I/.J( Cralld Prio,) dlld !I.r Pr:'ol') alld COlJltllallderie.r alld of Ibe 51 Johll .rl",bllialla Associatioll alld Brigade al J JOlIIl aud Ol'trst'o.r ! dt'Si r c 10 (0111"<;1 to }-our LHaje.rty alld members of )'Ollr Rf!) al Falllily om' heartfelt exprr.rsiol1.r oj dapul s}'lJIpa/b)' alibI' lou oj 0111' bdo!ld Killg, George tbe Fiflh, Sovereign Head of fhe Order, alld we bUlllb!)' p ray Ihal God's Bks.r;f1p, cllld CIJIII/ort "'0' he bormlifull]' bestOlJ!fd on Your 11 IajeSl)1 ill )'onr great sorrow IIOJJ' alld ill Ih, days 10 (Olflf. (,ll!,d.) \RTllLR, Gr{}lld Prior,"
The following reply has been recei ved :-
From H .l'I'f. K.r: G EDWARD VIII, Sovereign Head of [he O r d cr :24th Janu, f}, 1936.
"To THE GRAND PRIOR, The Grand Prio ry in the Bridsh Realm Jerusalem. o f [hc Yen cra ble O rdl:r or rhc Ho pita] of t, J ohn oi
As Sovereign oj the Grand Priory oj Ibe Order oj J/. jobll oj j emsa/ cIII, J baN rm!lvcd ]Jlilb dup apprmalioll the message oj loyalty and sympathy conve),ed by )'OU, as Grand Prior oj Ihe Order, ill )Ollr Ieller of tb( 2 Vd jalll/ary. J .rhall be mucb obliged if )'OU 111ill CO/lVCY Ihe I'xpr e.r.rion oj Illy .riflccrc Ihall/e.r 10 fbe "IJ tmbtr.r oj the <rrand Pnor)' and its Priory and COlIJlJlallderie.r, Jor Ib ;s COIJIJllllllica lioll, Ibe killd /emu oj u'birb baL'!! 10lfrhrd me g r,'all]. (Sgd. ) EDW';\ RD R. l."
From H.M Q UE.&'l MARY:"To FIELD-:MARSHAL HIS ROY AL HIG HNESS THE DUKE OF K.G., G ra nd Pri o r o f Ihe Order of Sc. John in the British Realm.
I am deep{y touched by your message oj January 23rd addressed to lIIe 011 behalf oj all JI/ elllbcr.r oj Ib e Grand Priory a/1d its Priory and Commanderie.r and oj the St. John A mbulance A.r.rocialion and Briga de a l J 10me alld OI'erSl'as 01/ Ih occasion of the death oj His lafe Maje.rty, So vereign Head oj the Order. J would a.rk )'ou to convey to one and all )))ho joilled ill Ibi.r me.r.rage oj SJI/llpathy an expressioll oj III)' wa rm est thallks Jar this kind tbought oj me in my irreparable l oss. (Sgd.) :-'(ARY. February ut, 1936."
The following letter was sent by the Sub-Prior on behalf of the Order to H,R.H. The Grand Prior:"To FJELD-MARSJlAL fl.R.II. THI': D uK.E OP COV' \( JG lil', K.G. 011 behalf of ali LI/ elllb&rs alld ./l ssocialer Q/ Ihe Order jf) the Brilish Realm aJld {/J il.r Prio7 and CommancUries alld of ONr A'llbu/allce ./Js.rocialioll alld a/. J fom e alld o.versea.r,.1 lake leat'e 10 ojJer 10 YOll Jlr, OJlr Grand Pnor, ()fir heartfell expressiolls oj doep SJ'lIIpalby 1V/lh ) our Royal J rlghl/ess IJJ /be grc«1 loss )'011 hau sustallied ilj Ihe dealh oj )'Ollr allgurt IIcph clv C'rorge Ibe Fijlh.
And the following reply has been receiv ed :'To J'lIAJOIl-G c h llAL TlUo E.\RL 01· LARIlROLG II , K.C. (Sgd.) SC\RBROLJGlJ, Sub-Priol. f dfsire 10 cxprl'Ss 10 all JIJelllbtr.r alld As.fOClale.r oj Ibe [werable Ordtr OJ Ibt [io.rptlal of Sf. johll oj ill Ib( Brili.rb Rcallll, and 10 ils Pnor) alld COllllllalldtnes 0/ Ihe ./illlbJ(lallCt: /L·.rocia liOIl and Brigade: al f-IolJle alld Uter.rea.r, 111)' beartfi:11 fbaflks for )'olfr j)n .r"-W!I.f oj deep s)'IJIPalL>; 011 Iht: Ion J b(lI'e .IfI.r/ailJed h)' Ibe deal!.. oj "I) belvl'ed .\ I'pbeR King Gtorge Ibe Fiflb. (S:e,d.) \RTF-lCR, Grand Prior. t.:crt.:tan oC [all, l-IomL I)lranml.nt. f rom fR J O II " To \ [AJOR -GE"-'EIU I III PERC [\ \l \\ IT "I.. 0', h.C. \I.G., c.U. Dr. \R GE..-":ERAL \\ 11.1\'1-":0,,", f alii rO'III)folld,d b) J bf AII:g II) (,"'j)r<'J'j' tva/I 1J/,'llbtrf oj Ih( I. john I/IIblilall(( I)ho ]I·er, 011 d!flj' 1/1 (Olllll'riioll JI'llh Ih, lIm.rol O{ J its /olt' JJOjcsl)' Kin!!. Ctorl!/ Ibe' Fiftb )"I'slerda), /ht' rlilire salis/o£liol: of J fu JJajlSlj alld 0/ J / ,r Jfajesl)' QIII'lIi .1/01:)' lI'ilb Ib,' I//aIlIl'1' /11 u-b,ch I)}(ir n oJ rk. II'OJ' (orned 0111. lour Jlajt'ftiu deep!) apprt'(iate Ibe .rer{'l(cS IINrh Ibl' IIIt'IIlb,r." of /b, .1'/ J&J}// JIII/JIIlall(c' Brigade relldered II) Ibe pub"'; dllr/llg Ibe FIIlIfral Pro(J's:oll alld /bt:Y bat'( 110 dQlliJl /bal /beN s,n /,tJ' ({JI/lr//l/l/rd /0 Ihe ffllJljorl '7lJd Jl'd/-hfill,!; oj tbe .or,al rrolrdr /be .Jlra/J·. } ·I}ur.,· 1 err J·i" 'fr</1, (,Igd.) .1011::\ 1.\10::\." F rom (;,·-,,:cR \1. \\ II 10.1' 0'. ''To THE RT.llo'. SIR Jail' 1\10', (;.( 1 ,,"(,\ .0, Ctc., llc lIllL °tti ct: , \\hi[ehaU, .\\.1.
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No. 1 (P R II CE OF \',z,'ALES' ) DI TIUCT. DISTRICT ORDER
BRIGADE
The attention of Officers in charge of Divisions, both Ambulance and Jur ing L directed to paragraph 253 of the Brigade R egulations, regarding the re-examination of members being hel d previous to July 31.
TRA VELLI l G CLAHrs.
\Vill Officers please note rhat expen es incurred by them whilst on duty cannot be met from Headquarters Fund.
TRAVELLING CLAHI A D REPORT OF CA SE TREATED, ET
\Xl ith reference to District Order o. 1420. In many cases this Order has not been complied with. \\ j11 those Officers in charge of D i'dsion s who haye not ret s ubmirted these forms, please do so at once.
ANNUAL INSPECTIOK, 1936.
The Annual Inspection of 1'\'0. District will be held on the Guards Parade Ground, Hyde Park, on arurday June 6. The Commissioner asks Officer s to book this date and notify their members of same.
\\ GOODLEY, Commissioner.
HEADQ U-,\.RTERS,
la, BER KELEY STREET, ST. JOfTh"S LAN E, E.C 1.
'0 Dr TRICT.
FAIRLOP IKG DrvI sIOK.
The members of the Fairlop Division (::\0. 78) of rhe St. John Ambulance Brigade held their first annual dinner and dance on Thursda), at the Red Hou se Hotel.
Despite the wintry weather there was a gatheri ng of nearly 200 members and friend s
Mr. M. Browne (chairman) , who was accompanied by Mrs Browne, presided. The chief guests were Capt. W Goodley, I.C, CSt. J., Commissioner 1\'0 . I (Prince of Wales's) District, and Mrs Goodle y; Robinia Viscounte s Mountgarret, O.B.E Dame Grand Cros s, Order of t. John, Assistant County Controller V.A.D., Essex; fis A. M. Walker, Lady District Superintendent No. (Prince of Wales'S) District); Miss E. Fairbairn (matron, Kin g George Hospital); Capt. G. W. Kendal, Assistant Commissioner (Eastern Area) and Mrs Kendal; Mrs. Morrish, Lady D istrict Officer; Ambulance Officer forri sh ; D istrict Officer J. Kemp and Mrs Kemp; District Office r T. McBride; Dr. W. Benton and Miss Harrison.
" Those intending to join mu st be interested and have an inclination to devote their spare time to the services of others; to make up their minds that as members of a uniformed and disciplined organisation they must be subject to discipline, and be prepared to offer loyalty to those over them. With the se three principles the success of a Division is assured," Captain Goodley declared.
Appealing for support, he said he hoped their helper s would make it the best Division in o. I District.
Mrs Browne, who responded, expressed the hope that the D ivision woul d live up to Capt. Goodley's expectations
She expressed thanks for the voluntary help the Division had received. Mr. A. Hepworth, secretary of the hosp i tal, had kindly given them facilities at the hospital. They were indebte d to D r. J. Todd White, who had trained
the ladies who formed the nueleu of the helpers; and also to 1\1rs. Howard and her daughter for assistance in thi re pect; lis E. Fai rbai en f r giving them opp or· tunity for experience; the Dagenham Men' s Divi ion, whose seryices had been borrowed on numerous occa ion s' Dr. Ro, s Dr. \ r . Benton and i ter lynes, and also officer at headquarters. "
Robinia Vi c unt ss 10llntga rret, who al 0 rc pond ed, said she \Va proud of the record tha.t s ex detachmcnt had created. They gay great help to the ho pital s, a nd this was mo t looked for by the \\ Tar Office ,1 such \\'ork was c" ential in time of \\·a r. Pr sentati n, \,"ere made to a.r t. and Mrs. ()od ky and to Irs. Browne in apprcciation f their \york for t he Diyision.
O. 2. D1 TRI T.
MINEHEAD.
The annual competition for rhe "Luttrell up \\ ,I' held at the \\ 'o men' lns[i[ute llall on DCC CITlber 16, t judge being D octors \\ '. Bain (Di\' isional urgt: or).
V. Boyall and \, '. E. Chappcll. Four team compct l1. The team were required t diagnose and treat a ca t: attempte d , uicide with a gun hot wound in the bead a op ium poisoning. The re ult wcre as [ llo\\'s: I, Team ( ergeant Jone,), 78 marks; D' Team ( \m h lance Ofhc r I lutchin g.) , 74 marks' " \ "Team ('crgc '1[ Jordan ), marks; "B' Team ('crg-eant Il ndl! 62 marks.
-;\fr. G. F. Luttrell (President) I re cored the cup to [' winning team and Dr Bain, on hchalf of rhe Di\ i it r, presented -;\1r. Lunrell with rhe cree.!corial of P rc.-id l'lt and ice,Pre ident of the Di\ i ion f r -;\Ir Luttrdl and him elf. 1\1r. Luttrell sai d he felr i t a great honour be Pr es id ent of such an actiYe Di,"ision. J Ie was keLt I, interested in the work they \\ 'e re doing and wished ['1, member eyery
PORT
Corp uperintend eor II. E. Rand, of the P orLl110l [h City Corps, on medical advice has tendered his re ignat i n as Honorary ecretar), of the entre after 10 years and Mr. G. Emis, a member of the omh ea \mbula c Divi ion, has offered to ca.rry 011 with the good w ork Col o nel H. G. l orman \X Thite and member of th Committee spoke yery highly of the valuable work dl nc by lr. Rand, who joined the Brigad e in 1908. Mad e.< life member of the centre in I915, appointed Di v isi o 13 Superintendent 1916, l-:lonorary erving Brother of Order in 192.8, and promoted to Corps uperintend Lo' in 1933. He has conducted First Aid las ses si nce 19 9, and amongst [he many certificates sig ned by him are ( ne for hi s daughter, niece and two nephews. I Ie is ill continuing with the Brigade. Durin g the war he sen cd with the Hamp s hire Reg iment in India.
BIRMI GHA\[ Cou 'T Y.
A few years ago, with two old ambulances, Birmingham Brigade were carrying 44 cases per we d In conjunction with the Birmingham Hospital s tributory Association the Brigade now runs thi r tl ambulances, and last week alone carried 380 ca ses
A lthough the day's work is done by a paid taR' ( drivers and orderlies, a considerable amount of volunt a
work is necessary, and the work after hours is done mainly by Brigade men acting as vo luntary drivers and orderlies.
At a meeting of the County and Corps Staff held on December 19, Assistant Commissioner Colonel B. J. T. Ford, T.D., D.L., hairman of the Birmingham I Jo sp ital s Contributory )\ ssoc iation, pre ented to the three men with the best record of voluntary se rvice as driver s and the three as orderlies, si lver cases su itabl y i n scr ibed.
Colonel B. J. T. Pord . poke of the sple ndid de\'o tion to duty displayed by these s ix men and asked them to accept the gifts as a token of gratitu de
The County Commissioner aptain J. J lemon W'hite, M.D., thaokee.! Colonel ford for hi graceful act, which, h e said, would be of considerable encouragement to the men, who had carried out their duties so splendidly.
1':0. 4 ( 1. \KC \. 11TH. ) DJ TRICT.
LIV ERPOOL
The Exchange Di \'is ion, Li \ crpool ,orp5, held a Reunion Dinner at thei I' J leaclCJuarters, haw
TOO member s' children to a Christmas Party The entertainment was presented b y 11iss .\.fottram's Dancin g Tmup e, Mr. W. Costello (farmyard mimic) and ;vir. Scott (ve ntriloqui st) Father Christmas was received with great enthusiasm.
On December 14 a fancy dres s carnival was held, the costumes being judged by Corps Officer W. E. Searl, .\(rs. Searl and Mr. Bresnahan. The prizes being distributed afterwards by Mrs. Searl.
Jt is with deepest regret that we haye to record the passing of j \ssistant Commissioner F. E. de B. Pim, L.K.Q.CP., L.R.CS., Knight of Grace of the Order of ,(. John, at his home at idmouth, Devon, on January 26, 1936.
For 54 years he has worked for rhe Order in Ireland and ::\0. 4' (Lancs) District, and in the u'ords of Colonel Trimble, hi s lifelong friend and colleague: "_ -0 man alive has done more v.'ork for the Order rhan he."
In 1882 he \.,,·as an ins rructor in bandaging in Dublin and four larer gave his fir t lecture in Barrowfor d,
aturday, Decemher 21, when past and present O1embLf' had a mo t enjoyable e\"e ning.
The toa r Ii included the R oval Toa "r, " \b sent Friends" ane.! "Guest ," and the 't hanks of the latter were expressed in s uirablt:: term by Mr. \rmira ge, a former uperintcndent of the Di\'is ion. \mbul ance Officer Gough traced the hi. ' ton of rhe Div! , ion and mentioned rhat rhe purchase It the pre ' cnt spaciolls Headquarters \Va made pO 's iblt: by the generosir), of the late Sa ]. P. Reynold s. Corps 0f11cer \'C E. earl com' eyed the congratulations of the S:orps and appealed for a further strengthening of the Umt, and spoke of the thanks due to Cadet J. Lutas for his etforts to bring brighrnes , and JOy. to the unemployed member of the Divisi on ar Chnstma by supplying them with parcels.
The member of the Ladie ) Committce \-\'ere rhanked and the remainder of the evening took th form of smoking concert.
On December 13 the Exchange Di\'i sion entertained 41
La ncs becoming a Life Member of the _c\ .oclatio n in 1 90. He obrained the enTi ce Medal in 1903, and was made an lI o n . .! .:ociare of [he Order rhe fo11o\\Tino- vear. He a:red Di s[ric[ from 1902 to I912 and a' D1stncr upennt ndent trom 19] 1. to 19I9, ,,-hen he was promoted . \ S1,rant omml. ioner. The dio-nitv of Kni ghr of. Grace wa - confen d upon him in 19b2I, "a nd 10 19' 1, atrer a rea rrangem nt of rhe District into -\rea., h rook charg f .!. \re a, ,,-irh control of nearh rwo rhOLl and member f all rank'.
lli [\·ice - a: an r eagerly .o ughr, and a: tor rh As.soClatlOn and a an In'pecring Ottice[ h1s eRorts ,,-ere ot outstanding merit, and ab'a\-inspired all ranks ro make rhemseh-es a credit to rhe Brigade he 1m-c d.
F r J":1any years he ,,"as of rhe principal judge- of the "anou: Bngade competltlons, and rhe police forces uf rhe country r cein::d an imperu ' ro effici nc\' by his presentation of the Pim Troph,", competed for 'ann'ua.lhby police amhuJance tcams. B
His generos1ty t o t h e o. 4 D is t rict was proverb i a l and many years ago h e presented a beauti ful Brigade tandar d to the D i trict for use at reviews, and after its destlUction in a d isastrous fire at the D i trict Office replaced it by the one that is in use at present
_-\s a mark of esteem and in celebration of his compl tioo of fifty year ' Ambulance service, h was the recipient of a suitably inscribed silver salyer and a magnificent challenge cup, from the member of the D istrict, at the annual conference at L iverpool, 1933. The cup was han d ed back to the Commissioner for annual competition.
The funeral took place at Sidmouth on Friday, January 3 I, the D istrict being represented by the Commissioner, Mt. \\ '. G. Smith, O.B E , and a 11emorial en-ice was held at Burnley P arish Church, conducted by the Bishop of Burnley BOOTLE.
The Social Committee 'o f the Bootle Iurs ing D ivision, St John Ambulance Brigade, lo. -1- Di trict, held a ,vhist drive and dance at St. John's Hall, Bootle, on 30, 1935, ,,-hich ,,-as attended by the :.\Iaror and :'\layoress of Bootle, Alderman and :'\1rs. J. \\". Clark.
In spite of the inclemency of the weather, the attendance was yer) good, and after the presentation of \\-hist prizes by the Mayoress, the Mayor expressed his pleasure at being present and wished all those connected with the D iyision every success in their efforts.
Those present included Lady Superintendent Miss A Morrison and Tursing Officer Miss M. B. Mc -a ught. Ambulance Officer Gourley acted as :.\1. e. for th e whist.
o. 5 DISTRICT CA TLEFORD.
The Castleford D ivision 'o f the St. John Ambulance Brigade held their twenty-ni nth annual meeting on \XTednesday, January 22, 1936, the chair being taken by Dr. C. e. Hargreaves, County Surgeon of the Midland Area, \Xfes t Riding of Yorkshire . Other officers present were Corps Superintendent A. Ad dine II, Divi ional Superintendent G. D ay, Ambulance Officers T. S. mith, E. Moreton and H. Schofield, and Corps Sergeant-Major F. Tillotson; quite a good number of .e.O.'s and men were present.
The meeting opened with two minutes' silence in memory of the late King George V. Congratulations were extended to the following, who have been promoted during the past year: Sergeant H. Schofield to Ambulance Officer, Corporal F. Tillotson to Corps Sergeant-Major, Corporal H. D ibb to Sergeant, and Privates J. Bates, H Cox, E. Farmer, F. Townend and T. Wheeldon to Corporals
Congratulations were also extended to Pri vate J. A. Aston, who received his long-service medal.
The Secretary, Sergeant W. Finan, stated there were now 84 members in the D ivision.
Fifty practices were held during the year and 1,526 attendances were made-each of about two hours.
The number of cases reported for the year was 2,263.
The amount of Public D uties for the year are a record4,872 hours being recorded. These include duties at Castleford Rugby L eague, Rugby Union, Association Football Clubs, Star P icture House , Theatre Roya l, sports
organised b y th e R ug b y League supporters' cl u b, inkrsc h oo l sports organ ised by Ca tleford Gramma r ch ool, an d the h amber of Trades Annua l Carniva l a n d p orts.
In thi latter event, although very few casua lties Were treated, members were kept husy attending to and restoring lost children to their parent-. Jn all 80 child ren were cared for, which is no mean task, a thi s is not officially Brigad work.
On the occasi n of the late .King George the Fift h' Silver Jubilee, members were on duty from 10 a.1l1. Monday to 2 a.m. Tuesday. I\ gain, on [ay 7, w hen large cto\vds collected to wclcc me the Rugby Lea gu e Cup winners, quite a good number of the member \n rc on duty.
At th \\ hi'L untide Fair member were on uut \' all rhe time, and a good many minor injurie s were -trcatv L :,\1 mbers also accompanied several children outing:;, the, easide and Temple 1 eWSome.
Church Parades on the whole were well attended, h .lt the local Drum Ilead crvice in th e Park \vas \ en dapp inting-as owing to the ext feme heat verr fL\\- ;1[ [I public attended.
\t the annual examination 7 members. at, and .1 pa sed.
OOle 20 members have been receiving in truction" If. H ome ::\ur.ing, and arc shortly to rake their examinati on.
The Corp_ and Di,-isional OAicers arc nO\\' attending a course of instruction on \ir Raid Precaution', and Will in due course in truct the other members.
The Divi ion wa again succc"sful in winning Zetland a compctition fDr all Di\ isiol1s in Midland Area.
The Band also had a very car, quite a g() ol number of engagements being fulfilkd
Corps uperintendent "\dclinLll, in proposing a \ 'ote of thank to County urgeon llar grca,-es said rh l' \"ere greatly indebted to the doctor for his hdp anu th interest he took in the Divi sion I li s dutjes as Coun t urge on call for a great deal of his time', hut he alwil found tjme to assist a deford D i\ Lion \, "hen askeu to do so.
Diyi ional uperintcndent <;l:cnnding, also :;'1'01 • highly of the doctor.
County urgeon Hargrcaycs, in aid he '\\'a alw.l\ pleased to come and congratulated the Di"ji on on tl enormous amount of w ork and til11(; thcy had put il and the high standard of eI1ic ienC) attaincd. I Ie hupe I they would keep on with the good work.
DERBY.
, South Area OlJicers' .JfeJJ.-The third annual dinn er was held at Ramsden's Cafe, Dcrb r, on January 18, 1936. There were ofl;ccrs present [rot l L\lfreton, Derb y, lleanor, llke st 11, Long Eaton, cotes and Codnor Park Divi sio n s, also Bdpe1'. Divi sio nal upcrintendent Fred Grice, of Derby, President, occupied the chair, upported by the 1\ S i tal Commissioner for the County of D erby, [1'. 1L ( Chambers, Di strict Officer John T. Goodwin, .i\1.B.E , and the less Hon. Secretary (Divisional Superintcndcf1 ( R. II. Daybell, of lIeanor). Apologies were recei\ e I from Commissioner S. WI J\1alkin, County Surgeo 1 \\1 H. Turton and the Mayor of Derby (Alderman 1· Clark) After the loyal toast had been obsen-ed at call of the Chairman, Mr. H. T. Ann, of Derb y, submitte d
the toast of" T h e St. ] oh n Ambul a n ce B rigade," and paid tri b u te to th e great wor k t h e Brigade was doing i n the c ountry. Officers an d men were giving their time at a great sacrifice. T h eir service were appreciated by pu blic in genera l, and he was pleased they were working to gether with the Red Cross Society.
Assistant Commissioner I 1. C. Chambers, in responding, th anked II. Ann for his remark s and said it was an h onour to carry out the tenets of the Order, and as A ssistant Commiss i oner for the County of Derby, be paid tri bute to the who le-hearted service of men and women un der his command. The Brigade is so established in th e esteem of the public that it will never die out. The ad ditional duties of the Air Raid Protection eryice had b een undertaken I y the Brigade, and the member \vould b e asked to a sist in educating and training the public.
In proposing "The Commis ioner, J\s"istant Com-
of Belper, and District Officer Goodwin, the latter remarking that in addition to their ability as performers, the accomplishment of being able to entertain i s something to be proud of.
\.'(1AKEFIELD.
Roe-Jagger Cup and Glo ver Shield Competitian.-The Divi s ional competition was held in the Drill Hall, Vicarage treet, \'{ a kefield, on Saturday, January II, 1936, when four teams competed.
The examiners were D r. D ownie, for stretcher test, and In spector 11. R obertshaw, \'Vakefield City P olice, for the Indi vidual oral test.
The winners were as follows :-
R oe-Jagger Cup: A Team, consis ting of Corporal II. Ingham (captain) , Cororal e. Squire s, Private J. Hope. :;'.Iark", 135. Competed '\I:ith an incomplete team.
mi SSlOner and Di trict taA'," Di\ isional R f. \\ ard of \ lfrcLO I1 commt:nted on the grc,1( ass1stance thes ol11ccrs \\'crt: in hdping D i\'i ional officers t o carryon thcir work, and to act sensibly \\'hen called upon. tafl work wa a grcat call on the time in thc h igher ranks of the Brigad District OJ1lCCi' J oh n T. Goodwin, 1\1.13. ., in rcplring, realised the rc pon ibility th r a Officer s carri ed, and it was vcry necessary- t hey hould h:1ye the support o f upcrintend ents and fEc'rs from tile various ivision , and he ,,-dcom ed this opportunity- of meeting those. I Ie asked for their co -o peration and h elp 1n hIS effort a a Di st rict OHic ee and buffer b t\iT n th em and the Commissio ner.
was provid d during the evening by upenntcndent Grice .i \.mbulance Officer Burton and Messrs. ewman and Truman who thank for their s rvices Divisional n t P. W " hort, 43
Gloyer hield: B Team con -i (ing o f Private R. Grice (captain), PriYate H. Gillis P ri,-are e. Bu llimore Private G. Brown. ::\1ark, II).
Other competing tams were: D Team con 'isting of ergeant \'\. ergeant J. Robin o n Private \Y. P agett Privat \\' aLhaw. ::'larks, 101. C Team, con isting of otporal G. (caprain) Pri,-ate F. R obinson Pri,-a te H. Burkinshaw, P rinte Hurc1iffe. :.\fark 8-1-. \\,in ncrs for high esr marks in Oral Test not in w in ning teams: erg am \,\ " quire 20 Pri'-;lte F. R obinson, 12. rnarks; orporal A;,-r , 1 mark ' ; Pri\"ate \\·3.1sh:1\,', m.Hks. \ftcr the comp tition l11 at down to an excellent te:1 prepared a.nd sen- d by membeJs' W1yeS at the spens of the members thu11sel\-es.
Those pr sent at the pre: ntati n w re: The :.\lay or of \ \' ak field ( \ldcrman \ harleswo[th) H. Jlgge r
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lJ'rocld, \1. Gro,c, J. Furncl1. Jiftill!!,
(donor), Superintendent e. Gray and .J.-\.mbulance Officer \,\' Smith, S,B.
Superintendent e. Gray briefly outlined the work done for the past year, 1935, and asked the fayor to present the cup, shield and prizes to the winner
Mter a few encouraging remarks the Mayor, congratulating the winners and saying ncouraging word to the losers, presented the trophies, etc.
Superintendent e. Gray thanked the fayor, al 0 .0Ir. Jagger, and a social followed, in \vhich Dragoon, Legion of Frontiersmen and members of the Disabled ldier' r\ssociation took part.
At Baslow on Sunday a first-aid ambulance hut was o fficially opened by Assistant Commis ioner H. e. Else. It is the gift of the family of District Officer J. T. Good"'in and Mrs. Goodwin, and is named after their dau ghter who has done good work for the ambulance moyement and is now in Baghdad, and also to commemorate .011'. Goodwin's 15 years' service with the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The in cription on a bronze plate reads :-
t. John Ambulance Brigade.
The" Betty Goodwin" Hut, presented by District Officer J. T. G'oodv rin and .0frs. Goodwin. King George V ih' er Jubilee, 1935·
The hut is eLected at the foot of Peacock Hill, in the garden of Mrs. Bacon. The inside is suitably arranged, the furnishings including a bed, curtains and couch. It is painted green and white inside and black and white outside.
Among those present at the opening were: District Officer and Mrs. J. T. Goodwin, the Mayor and .01ayoress of Chesterfield (Councillor and Mrs. H. P. hort), Iderman G. Clark (Chesterfield), Assistant Commissioner H. e. Else, Divisional-Surgeon F. \\' . Furness, Mr. R. E. Twelves, Mr. R. Hicks (Sheep bridge), Dr. Tu rton (Heanor), Assistant Commissioner H. e. Chambers (Beighton), Mr. and Mrs. T. Houghton (Sheepbridge), Dr. R. S. e. Edleston (Baslow), Dr. Sinclair E\'ans (Baslow), and Superintendents Aves and Birch.
Apologies were received from the Vicar of Baslow and the Vicar of Edensor.
Mr. Goodwin said he had been working for the Brigade for 15 years. He and his family had given the hut and thought it would be nice to call it after his daughter, who had done a lot of work for the ambulance movement.
Great thanks were due to Mrs. Bacon for offering the ground.
Assistant Commissioner Else said all the work was done voluntarily, and there were now 15,000 men in the Ambulance Brigade, and the men were not allowed to go " rusty," as they had examinations to pass each year.
The Mayor proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin and family . He (the Mayor) had always been interested in the work done by the Ambulance Brigade, and with the increasing number of road accidents the work was becoming greater every day. The movement was not sufficiently recognised by the public, but it was a satisfaction to know that such splendid provision was being made.
Alderman G. Clark seconded the vote of thanks and 44
said wher ver there was work to be done the Mayor and :Mayoress were always to be found.
Mrs. Goodwin th n handed a key to District Oll1mi,si ner II. e. Else, who opened the hut ..
The Sheepbridge Divi ional u rgeon, Dr. F. \\ Fumes , receiyed the key from Assistant Commi sioner Chambers.
As istant Commi sioner Ii. '. Else presented meda l to District Officer J. T. Goodwin ami PrlyaLe Chambcl (Chesterfield), each fot: ] 5 years
The heepbridge Div! ion, in charge of uperintendc n R. Tw IYes, provid d a guard of honou r. istant ommi sioner Chambers read (he histoJ'r o f the Baslow station, which tated that it was II 1929. The fir t billet wa a room in the yard of th ' Peacock Hotel for one year, then in the hurch Ro 111 f or two year., and in the cout' Ileadquarter s for fou r year'
The station was staffed in J 929 and for balf f 191 on alternate weeks by Drnnfield and Sheephridg l Diyision , when the latter dropp d our owing to tran pOI diAiculties. ince then up to the end of 19 q the Sl.ll iOi had been "tafT'ed b\' the Dronfield Di,i -ion. first .ti d equipment, bed and bedding, etc., had been suppliLd b: the heepbridge Diyision, and inn: added to h) Dronfield Diyi sion The portable hut was prO\ Jckd frlll1 area funds in I929, and. upplied at c t price b) the Sheep bridge Coal and Iron Co. \,\ "ilh billt:t aCCClll1 modation ayailable the hut wa fou nd t b' u nncct.:$S,lr\· and it ,,'a. to the Peak Dale Diyision in " being now erect d near (he village of Peak Iores(' '" \t \'\'hitsuntide, 1934, the D ronheJd Di\ i Jon lonk oyer the O\der Bar station from the Shdllcld COlpS and maintained both stations during thaI : ear. BClng onl) a mall Division numericall)T, they f!lund rhl to he loc great a tax on their memher , and asked for ;1 1 (. nc( 'w ith the Ba low station. \ssi lance wa h\ eyeral Divi ions in the :P-.orth ,\re a, t11L' • hcepbndgl Division oflering to take oyer the ralinn Lntirely. Thi s was arranged, and they (Ook it 0\ er la"r \'\ hin,lI1ride, being assisted on four week-ends by O1l'n from the Irdand Colliery, Colliery and l.ang-wilh oilier: Diyi ions.
Billet accommodation was good, bu l not con_ picuou enough, and too much out of the way for the eflicient working o f the station. Thi sp lendid gift of a centrall, situated station by District Officer and J. T. Goodwin had overcome this difficulty, and next year he station would no doubt pro e to' be the cquai of any in thl country.
In 1929 there occurred a Ene example of de\'otion t() duty, when J\mbulance Officer Browe and Private s Kenning and iddalJ, all members of the Dronfield Division, after delivering two seriously injured ca , es to Sheffield Hospital, set off on foot at midnight to return [() thei! duty post, arriving at Baslow at 2.30 a.m. Thi " praiseworthy act earned the high commendation of th( Comn;lissioner of the District, and also of the Chief 0111missioner of the Brigade.
Cases treated since the station opened were: 1929, 18 : 1930, 41; I93 I, 23; 1932, 26; T933, -I-l; 1934, -1-1-.
OTTINGHAM CORP S. lviemorja/ Services 10 ]-fls late lvfajesl)' .King George V.-In connection with the official Memorial ervice to His late Majesty King George V, held at St. 1aJy's Church ,
Nottingham, on Tuesday, January 28, the St. John Ambulance Brigade was represented by County Surgeon Dr. A. la Touche Darley, Corps Surgeon Dr. G. H. Parker, Corp s uperintendcnt ? Ibbotson, gt. F. Stevenson, Sgt. 11. Dawson, Pte. LIddell and Pte. Fletcher the lance Divisions, and Lady District Officer MISS W. GIbson, Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Paling, Lady Corps Miss Oldfield, Lady Divisional Dr. D. 11C k11l1, and Lady Divisional Superintendent MISS Cl?w, from the ursing Divisions. The Parade, which the Lord Mayor (Ald. ir Albert B.al!) and .of the City Corporation and IUOlCll?al fern tonal Detachments, ex- ervice organi atlOns, Society, Boy' Brigade, Boy couts Gul GUld es, addition (0 the t. J.A.B. repre entatlves, formed up 1n the Council House' quare and proceeded at the. cc slo\.\" march" to t. fary' Church, where the sen.'lce wa s taken by the Lord Bfshop of outhwell (Dr. J\Io ley )
supervlslOn of Di v i ional Superintendent and Surgeon Major J. Cohen, and staffed by Lady Ambulance ?fficer fi ss Ellington and Ambulance SIster Mrs. FlInder s. Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Knowles and Ambulance ister fi ss Maltby were also on duty. Fortunately, due no doubt to the favourable weather conditions and the orderliness of the crowd, estimated at over 50,000 per s ons , on this solemn occasion the casualties were few and slight in severity, seven patients being- reported as ,\;ith at the First Aid Station and eight further cases belOg reported by the personnel on dut}'.
Ob'tuary.-W./e regret to notlfy the death, a very short illness, of Lady Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, .Lady of Grace, Order of St. John, which occurred at her home at Ram sdale Park, Arnold, l\ottingham, on the 30th ulto. Lad\" Charles had been actively as so ciated with a number of philanthropical organi ations in will be remembered for her work durlng the Boer \\ ar
LFollowing the en"icc at t. 0Iary' Church, another service \va held in the 'm.1l1cillIouse quare, which '\'\'a also attended by the Lord :.\fayor and Corporation and Municip al Official, and also members of the Territorial uruts and other organisations '\vhich were represented at the earlicr service at hurch. This seryice \\'a attended by a detachment of t. J. \.B. r ersonnel from the 1'\ottingham Corps, comprising Corps Sup rintendent A. G. WeUer and Ibbot on, Divisional upcrintendem .J. \ Whitworth and A. II. J\llcn I.e., Ambulance Office I' II. and ]. G. LongstafT with three I.e.O.' and ten pnvate ; also Ladr District OR;cer 1 li s \'\ " Gibson, Lady Corps uperlnt e ndcnt Irs. Paling, Lady Corp Officer 1Iiss Oldfield, an d Officer and 111 mbers of the ur ing Divisions.
The Public Duty arranaements were c ycred b,' Divisional \'( hitworth and E. \l est, and Ambulance OfficetsH. \X ' atson and F. G. Longstaff, with 5 N.e.O.'s and ]6 privatc , and a First \id Station was established at the Educati n OfUc , under th e 45
Cros", L3 hore, tl'\!:nin.; the P3ticnr;.
and Great \\·ar. Du r ing rhe forme r , ,he undertook voluntarr nursing work in outh Africa in an Officer, Ho pital' and also tended wounded soldiers and bo h black and \"hite refugees. For the.e Charles wa awarded the honour of Lad, of Grace o f the O rder of t. John he \\'a again" acti,e en"ice" during the Great \Yar, being a member of the tafT' of a milita ry ho pi tal at .L \.l exandria in 1915 for is: month but had to retLlrn to England to contracting eptic pneumoni a. hortlyafterward Lad\ Charles became the Commandant of the"lIapperley H3.lI" Ct. lA.B.) _ \ u:siliary Ho pital at l:\ottinaham which O\dn a to her organi. ation w8o::: brought to; high tate of fftciency.
.4 \m ong her other acti, iti , Chad " wa s aLo associa.ted ",ith the scheme for the n w Pay B d Block of th General Ho pital, and th General Hospital Linen Guild and the 1\0ttingham Day l'\ursery. Lady Charles will be gr atly miss d and r gretted by the manr org2nisation for th b nehc of others with whom he so readily and " "illingly a sociated herself.
The funeraJ, of a simple, yet imprecsive character, took place at t. \ \'inUred ' s, Holbeck, near \\ 'elbeck, N tts. 011 Saturday, February T, la t
No. 6 D I T R ICT.
IORTH R IDING OF YORKSHIRE.
The D arlington Friendly ocieties held a Church Parade at Croft Parish Church. County Commissioner F. P. \\ 'il on, after inspecting the Diyi ion l ed the P arade and other Officers present ,,'er County Surgeon \Y. Hammer, L R .C.., and Diyisional Superintendent T. Robin, M.M. The Rector, Rey. 1\1r. Tomkins, gave an in piring addre (he himself being a keen fir t-aider). olos 'were giYen by 1\1i _ llsop and :t1essrs. Harmer and Burnside, the latter being an hon. member of the D ivision The choir sang Christmas Carols ,ery efl-ectiYely, and the coJlection was gi"en to the Croft Road Hut Fund, this hut being run by the D ivision.
HULL Al""D EAST RlDTl'G HULL CORPS
Golden Jub ilee of the Brigade ill Hul/.-Hull entral Ambulance Diyision and the Central ing Diyi ion: from which prang the Brigade in Hull, celebrated their golden jubilee on Saturday night, February I, 1936 when officers and members a sembled at an annn'ersary d1nner.
A striking tribute was paid to the work of the [. John Ambulance by the Lord 1ayor of Hull (Alderman Frederick Till) This work, he said, had neyer been pectacular. It had been carried on in an unostentatiou manner.
As a result of road casualtie, the necessit" for its continuance was to-day greater than ever. \,\'o rk of the Ambulance v;'as yoluntary, and members of the Brigade devoted their lei sure to study so that they might pass the examinations. They were engaged in a great humanitarian service for the relief of the suffering Alderman Till went on to refer to the" great traditions" behind the St. ] ohn Ambulance movement. In Hull, he said, they recalled ,vith gratitude the sen,ices of Dr. )'Iilburn, D r. D ivine, Dr. Hammersley Johnst on, )'Ir Layerack, Mrs Harbron, and many others.
Road DUfJl Specialis/s -Replying, the Count y Commissioner (1'1'1r. W' T. Atkinson) said that in East Y orkshire they specialised in road duty. They had 17 hut, and a First Aid Post at \Xlit hernsea, and durin g the past year 570 cases were treated at the huts, many of them of a serious nature.
" Personally," he went on, " I have been impre ssed with the loyalty of the members to the work. :0:ot a single member of the Brigade, from the Chief Commissioner down to the youngest recruit, receive any financial reward. Their reward is the satisfaction of knowing they have been. able to render help."
11r. Atkinson al so made" generous acknowledgment" of the co-operation of the medical profession. w ithout which they could not very well carr yo n.
D r. A. M. Miller, replying to the toast of" Th e D octor and Lecturers," proposed by Corps Officer Eggleton, said he did not think there were many better causes than the St. John Ambulance It had the public sympathy, and it was realised what an enormous debt they owed the movement
Di yisi o n a l S u peri n ten d n t A \\ estcrdalc wa in Lhe chai r, and am ng th guests were the Lady I\ [ayoress, D r. orman Jennings, Canon \". eldon Morgan, Colonel \1 Thompson u rgeons J E. Crooks nnd E. l\I. Dearn, Mrs. D am Dr. 'ta nching, the Rey. R \. Loten, and other . The following day, 'u nda;:, nearly 300 onlcers and me m, bers of the Brigade attended a hurch Parade to I Joh Trinity hurch Hull, where an eloqucnt sc rmon wa s 1 reached 1 y the Rev. \. Laten, a former olllcer in th e Brigade.
Ao 8 DI TRI 'T.
CA -TE RBl 'RY
There were not so many ambulance men Ln be l'l in the s'trcets of anterburr on Sal urday ni ghl bUI thl , were not " 0 yer\, far a\\'ay had an emerge ncy ariscn. \ a matter of fact 't hey had' gathut:d a[ ayw od s R oom, a "isit co which huyc been a - (I, the,' were: not li. tening to a lectu re of the kind to whic 1 the" are 0 accu tomed. The\' were ha, ing a wei re pite and participating in the annual dinne! ( the Canterbury Diyi .i n of th' t. john J\mhul anr c Brio-ade. l{appicr company one cn'uld not imagin e they are perfc.ct hosts, as all the guests will readil agree. From th point of "iew of l1uJ1.1hers, the e\'l • could n ot be compared with. imilar functions which t,lk place in the city but it equalled and t:' cn surpa sed man in the matter of ociahility. 1t might with allLL:uthfulne be described a a "happy fam.ily party." The atmosphere the absence of the spiri( of fncnd l!abroad made it such for thi" no Clne i: dDcn in c of more thanks than )'Ir. C. T. Richard.Dn, who j" (0 b cooo-ratulatcd on h1s promotion from 1)1\ i.-ional :l1plto orps uperintcndenr-nn honour wc il merited.
The arrano-ement for the dinner wLie Clrrit.:d throug h as the men perform their hun1.lnilarian wC:r k -a g r eater compliment than this cann()t he Jlaid to h(; Emenainmenrs ommittce, the 111Lmhcls nt whIch ar ).fes rs. R. Robbins C. 0" \\. Goldl1nch, C. jaml and G . orbetl, who descrn!" special mention (l'lr Ill' admirable ,,-a\' in which he fulfil the duries of r [o il. ecretar),.
Corps uperinlendent Richardsun, \\ ho pre idt.:d, \\' suppor ted by the D epuly (\ldcrman l.:;' \\ ood , the heriff (Councillor]. B. Thomp"on), orps. urgc'! K. 11. J ones Corps O A.lcer C. Ela111, the hicf Clnstah G. T. Hall), )'1r. C. Barrows ( of the Ke l [ Trade P rotect ion -' \ssociation and 'antt:rbury Chamh cr of Trade ), 1\11'. \\ .]. ellv;'oocl ( hairman of tht.: 'Cantcrhu ry Amalgamated Friendly ociel ies) and \lr . \\. J\ King.
The hairman sai d he became Superintendent in T9 2 when there were 17 members. By hard work the Di\ isil n had been brought Lip to H. 'r he: mcn had WOLke. I exceptio nall y hard, and for tht:111 the had .1 Lc greatest admiration. The men gave LIp their span.: tln lc and went out in all kinds of weather. The OHicc[s Inti work of organisation and not a da y passe:d '\vith() u[ some thing ha\-i ng to be don e in connec tion with t he work o f the Brigade.
After mentioning the happ y relationships which h ad existed betw ee n him self and all connected with th e Brigade, the Cha i rman concludcd hy reading the Com-
miss i oner's report with regard to t h e Ca n terbury Division. This was as follows " 1 was impressed with th e smartness parad e on the occasion of my in spection of thiS VISIon.. 1t was especially plea sing to realise that the umt conSIsted largely of men not too old to adapt themselves to presentday requirements, and to realise the need for ef-l1cienc\ in the work the y have undertaken. Thal the: is effIcient there is not the lea t douht, and all concerned are to be congratulated on this occasi.on."
]0 Dl TRJ 'f.
COLCIlESTER
.J.VlIrSill<{l, Div/.rioll.- \t the General ,\1.celing it was reported that n,'c new memhers had joined and one re signe d, making a total slrengLh Df ]9· The numbt:r
The aim and obje:ct of this exceJ]cnt organisation is to su pply on loan various articles needed in the sick room at a very small charge.
The Dep ot n ow has 201 articles in stock, representing 30 diffe:rent requisites which the public may hire. During the pa t year the number of articles hired and re-hlred for a month or part of a month ,\vas 4 28
The foJJowing donors are thanked for the gift 0f useful articles: Dr. \'</. J 1. Alderton, :\1r. J I. \\ ' Lee, :\fl<;5 mith, :\lrs. Tuke, Mrs. tanier, )'liss Sargem, )'1.r. H. G. Thompson, :\1iss B. Owen, .;\11SS Jackson, )'1r. Barrell, '\liss Johnson, :\Ir Hopkins, )'Irs. Blonfield, :\Ir H. B. Kent, >\Ir D uncan Clark, :\Irs. Carrick.
Also, the following friend for their financial help:
The: Rotary Club of Colche ter; The Colche-ter and Ea-s[
of pracriccs during the year ...j...j, \\'ith an a' er,lge attendance of 3 .8, com pared with last year's 3+ Pu blic duties att ended, z+, an i.ncrease of 11-162 ca .e" recei, ing att nti o n compared with 127 last year, due tu the ' ih er Jubilee Celebrations. Thirtel..:n attendances wer made with the motor alTlhulancc. Pcrrott in pecred a t Ipswich on May 19 lasl, the annual inspect inn with 15 members of the Colch ster Diyi sitln (hcre.
All the 13 m embe r ' pa,scd at the annual re-cxamim.tinn even members are n o'\' in pos cssion of the icc Chenon, the first ru be gained b\' this Diyision. { +6 3S. 6d., half the total collt:cti t n o'n Flag D ay hdd 10 J\LlgLlst last, was rcceiYcd, aod of this amount f2U I". 9d. was transferred t the;\ [l dical omforL D epot w\\',Hds ll s good work amongst all classe s
The Medical omforLs Depot tart d in Colchcster 10 O.c toher, 1934, ha issued its I;rt annual repo rt
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Esst.:x o-op r:1.tl\' Colche _tel'; Por[wJ.\fnr organising dri,'e; the Colehc ter t. John ur:ing Di"i:ion f or gi,-ing halt of their :harc of the Flag Day collection : (he John \mhulance Brio'adc for rga'ni:ing whi ( dri"c: ),[iss lohn:;;on ).[is bughter, '.fis Trim\\' ll; special domri o ns \r r. Grecn, :011'.
\ n cxpression of thank: \\-as y d (0 :\Iis,':: Johman for supen-i -ing (he d pot dunng )'11SS :1.bs and. \li s ' laughter nnd the ht :0[(s. Brumnn Hal s tt)': hon_ing etc., also ro the of the Di\'isit;n for making I'n umonia i:1.ckeL and many-rail bandages. Special thank _ ,,-ere du' ro "'\Iis: wen fll[ he I' S r"iccs a( th D fOr.
The Depot (;\[1_s O,\'cn, I2, Th \,- nue, olehe-stcr) is open eyery cyening (xcept and fwrn .30 p.m. to 9.30 Fun., but urgem apphC1tlOn: recei\'\? attemion at lny time.
Questions and Answers .
U E OF .i\ IETHYL\.TED SPIRIT FO R
e. E. (Torquay).- \Xlith reference to the query aJ1s \yered under the aboye heading in the J anua issue of THE G_-\'ZETTE, I would point out that 1fethylated pirit is available in the following four forms :-
I. :Mineralised I ethylated pirit-coloured , blue;
2 Industrial :Methylated Spirit-colourless;
3· Industrial .i\Iethylated pirit (pyridinised)-also colourless; and
4 · Power j\fethylated Spirit-coloured red.
Of these, No 2 consists of 95 per cent. of ethyl alcohol, denatured with 5 per cent. of \'i-ood naphtha; and it may be obtained in yarious strenoths includincT 0 a strength corresponding to absolute alcohol. Of the four forms, NO.2 is the only safe one to be u ed for fust ?id purposes; and orders for supplies should be ear-marked "Required for medical purposes." Supplies should be labelled "For external use only" 01' " Not to be taken," and may be ordered by a doctor, ,-eterinary surgeon, hospital or nursing home.
1 tha17k ),011 fol' ),ollr letter, 1 stand ry the npb' g'Vei? 717 the jaJltl-alY issNe of THE GAZETTE; and as the result of practical experieJlce 1 repeat that 1 fa.l'ollr the ordiJ7Cli)' (kllle) .!vIet/?Jllated Spirit sold 0' m(y replltable firm li7Clde12taIIJ I, )'OU fOlgot to add that the cololf)/fsJ form is more expensive, a fact IJ'hich fJlrther injllleJJCf,i me, becallse, being of Scottish descellt, 1 have ilO illtmtion of the colourless the blNe forlll cOfltiillleJ to sert'e II!)' plllposes so satisfactorilj,.-""N.- C. F.
1IEDDLEsmIE FIRST iUD 1 0 18).
.i\LR.CS. (Birmingham).-Late one night recently I was called to a young man who \X,Tas stated to be suffering Blood Poisoning of the right arm; and on arrNal I found that while out been stung over the right' elbow by a v;'a 1; Fust ald had not been possible till about three hours the injury, when permanganate of potash was vIgorously rubbed into the part. NIr patient was suffering considerable pain, which was aggravated by efforts made to extract the wasp sting by pressing the hollow of a watch key down on the site of its infliction! !
Ttlt! Ttlt.'! What next?- . e. F.
INTERESTI:K'G CASE REPORT No 97.
M. A. (Lymington) - With reference to Interestin g Case Report No 97, published in the January issue of T HE GAZETTE, would it not have been more correct for the first aider to have treated the patient first before casting out the blazing articles? In this case he seems to have left the girl burning-possibly to death-while he saved the home first. We welcome your ruling in this matter.
} '0111' letter J"lrz.gests that, OJ do JOlJle calldiriate,f ill co///petit,:oll, ),011 are Oil)illg free plr(y to )10111' oml ilJlagil/atio ll }}'/ih to calISe al/d effects rllld to the the ((lse, al/d that ]011 dedi!/{! to accept tbese OJ oct/lal(' pre.rf!i/ted.
The facts are that the jiut aider ill tbis case, Ime to the Priilclples Fir,rt ..!"1id, did ill fart relJlove the CO/U P jir,rt " that he Ja/)ed J!,irl alld l}olJl (! alld that ill rOJ/l1/lfIIlx 1 praised h;'r actioll.'- C. r.
DRE '. INC B \"D \Gl' FOR
B (Barnsl y). -For ,O ll1e time now 1 han: 'watched with interest attempts in compctition an d examination at application of the abO\'c. l TOW il the January issue of THE G \/LTTL T ob_crve tha you pa the Tcxt-bQok method \\ ithout comment.
WTith due may T, as a surgcon-Iecturer sugo-est that the tollO\).'ing method ha many poim to commend it, and that I know of none in its COlldemnation :-
(I) , \ppJ}" arm- ling;
(2) Plac point of second bandage under ling a t shoulder'
(3) Pin the point· and
(-+) Tie round arm \\'ith the necessary hem.
1 am com i nced that this bandage is thc hartle
to tie in am- ticl\- fa, hion unless thi mt.thocl I adoI ted; in (rs fa\ ou r I claim that-
(r) The injured parr i, fir. t placed rn rest
(2) "\fter pinning, the firs aider has a lixed poin t against which to pull;
(3) The point, ha\ jop; been fixed, do '5 not l'l peatedly fall, to gether with thL dressing, \\"hils t the ends arc bing faqLned; and
(-+) It i similar to thc method used for the hip , thu empha ising in th<: mind of the fir .'! aider the het\\ ccn the upper an d lov;'er limbs.
Your obsep;ations -will be welcomed. I trust the \' \\-i11 not read cc Ttft.l 711t! jf'IJaI 1/('.",:/ ? " , iVal!) 1 thol/ks Jor )10M Ie/tel', ]}'ith tbe rOJllt'llts oj whirl.
1 alii ill fidl accord. It! the jail/1m)' is_fife J 7J1rU I/ot aJkt'd to COIII/Ilmt Oil I/;e JIIetbod oj applirft/ioll Ibis baJlria..gt bllt 0116' Oil otle dftail ill the JIIethod r/J described ill til Textbook.
Further, " Tilt! TIII!.I" rnen'ed strict(y Jo r ca,res oj l11eddiesoJlle First Aid, doe_f )Jot app(y to),ollr lefler , u'IJich cOJ7tains cOllstolctilJt crilir;i,)111 alld a lJel)' practiCrl! So 1 hope Ihat the Rflli,riO J/ COJ/lJlliflee ])'il dll6' note and adopt]OIfr I/I!.thod, if 01/0' all the score 0/ )'0111 final reason, Jvhich appeals velJ' to lJIe - "F.
OF FRAcTL'lum LEe.
H. L. (Fulham).-As I am fceling very after being corrected by a doctor whilst first aid in a street accident, I send you full
of the e m erge n cy a nd my metho d of treatment, for your ruli ng and my fu ture guida n ce At 9-45 p.m. on the 25th of last month, I was passIng a public house in Fu l.ham, when I came across a ve ry heavy man standwg on one leg and leaning against the wa ll , surrounded by a crowd of spectators, some of whom were persuading him to hop to a taxicab about 30 yards away. I asked what was the trouble, and was told that he had sL pped and bad ly bruised his leg. I asked to examine the limb; and on doing so I felt definite crepitus 4 in. above the ankle, which proved at once that there was a fracture of tibia and of fibula. Pulling up the trouser, I cut up the pants to assure myself that there was no wound; and I then discovered a swelLng as big as my nst. I promptly informed the patient and his decoys of the danger im'o lYed by any movement, and sent for the L.e.e. ambulance. Here the patient objected, and made an efFort to l,op to thc taxi-cab. I Iowever, I convinced him and proceeded to improvise splints and bandage, 'Using two pieces of wood, handkerchiefs and my O\l:n necktie, with which I ,ecured the fracture in the usual 11'bil.fl Ibe paliellt was still staJ7dill,g in tbe positiol1 ill whic/J I /olllld /Jilll J\t thjs stag a gentlcman came along, and in response to D1}' questions, told 111 that he was a doctor. () I told him that 1 was treatin g the patient for fractures of tjbia anc.l fibula. \t this the doctor almost went into slerics and aid that I ought not to be treating the patient \\'hjle he was standing on hi le gs .
I admit that it does sound ridiculous. In thc circum rances, h()\\,C\Tr, one has to use intelliO'cnce and I feel quite likely to do the same again.'...., llaJ I l.aid the patient down, surely I \\'ould ha\-e been gudty of 11eddlesome first \id. "uch action \\'ould have been entireh comran' to the Textbook' and further I am com:inced tha't, if I had carried the doctor's suggesLion, I should ha\'c turned a impJc into a compound fracture. I mav add that the doctor did not fFcr to help and was prepared to take charge ?f the .case; that, haying rlinted th limb I then laId patIent on the around on rm- o \ ' ercoat and obtained a hm III of fea for him, as- hi br ath smelt trongly of alcohol; and that, when the ambulance arrived ome twen t\· m ifH.HeS later I accompanied the pati nt to th ho pital, where'l made my report to the house-surgeon.
011 .J!0llr of fac/s ),011 desenled tbe ratllW 1J1hlch ),011 appareJlt!J' rereil'ed fro//l the doclor jor lIlt/II })Jitl) a frtlctllred leg ]}'bile iii tbe erett POSltIOIl. } Oil kllolJ' that shock alJ)'a),s arcompaJJies a fractllre}' alld .rboll/d al)}/Cl)'s place a patiCllt sllfferiJlG Cl/!} fracIJlre III a sllitable pOJitioJl bifore COI/JIlIfllCiJlg lest the sbock ,r/JOIf/d cO/IJe /;im to fall alld jtlrlher lI?Jllnes result (Te.'\'lbook Rille 3, p. 13.)
You are JVrollg lJ'bell ]011 Sq)1 tho! tbe Te.'\'tbook forbids you to //love sllch a patient before ),011 have cOlltroiled Ihe' jractl4re splil/ts alld bal/dages. Jr/'hat the T extbook does teach m Rttle I, p. 56, is that ]011 Ill/1St I/ot attempt
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to move the patient till the Jracture « has been rendered ar im17lovable as practicable by splints or other means of res traint." The key to your problem is in the la st four Jvords. J-Jad )Iou imlrt/cled the onlookers 10 lower the patient on to the ground l'lJhilst )'OU )lourself sltpported tbe il!jttred limb with your hands placed above and belon) the frac!ure, tben you llJouid have acted strictIJ' in accordance 2vith Ihe instructions of the Textbook. Further, you bave given 110 reason which in my opinion would justify your action in exposing a sill/pie fracture and in Clftting up the patient's pants.
.lYo]J.' , in ),our dejeJlce on these tll 'O important points, 1 Jl'otrld point Ollt (I) that under Ihe (C General &t!es for Treatlllent of Fractl(fu," the Textbook does not C01llmence, as it should, with instrllctions to C( place patient ill suitable position" (see G eneral Rides for I-itelllOrrhage, pages 93 and 113) / and (2) that flO1vhere does it specificallY warn YOIt, as it shollld, 10 Cl1/oid expoJ-lIre of simple fractllres.1 e. :r.
TRE\T [E'-:T OF FRAcn-RED
C. H. (Birmingham).-During competition practice ,-,-e discu cd the treatment of a patient suffering from fracture of the cen-ical
The Textbook tells us to place bandage under shoulders and head when lifting the patient for remoyal. W'e thought that this might cause se\-ere Je\ erage at the seat of fracture; and we would be grateful if you would rell us the patient should be lifted in these circum tances.
Clead), ),011 wOflld bare to j'fe to it that the patieJJ/ n'aJliflr:d with greater rare than J/Sllol that be possible ) iJl the cirr!f/llJtallceJ ilamed: alld that tbere JJ'aJ IJO risk of lel'erage at t/}e seal oj fractuf Apart fro/ll this, ),011 .rhlJJlId stirk to the iilstmctiollJ' of tbe Te tbook.;\. C. F.
L\,, - E - OF \. \. (Finchlcy) .- \\,ill you plea e an we! the following in THE G VETTE? I \'\ant to join a ::\uL inoDi,-i ion of the Bri gade but I am told b,111 mber that the e unit are quite poiled h,' cadet. being allo\\'ed to be pre nt at the adult clas es. It i' on1\- natural that nurses \'\ho are in office all da \' do not want children to be present at their Furrh r, if the lecture are to be brouo-ht dO\yn to the b leyel ot jm-enile then it u ele for adults to attend. \ gain, there are thing which a nuce ma,- want to a k (he doctor and which he cannot becau 'e children arc pre ent. ne Kursing Di,i ion \\-hich I ha\-e in mind, has lo,t e\"eral potencial memb r on thi account.
1-0111' letter JPeakJ for itJ'flf alld ;J COllllllended to tbe ral'ejit! attelltioll of tho,re who rond/ld lectllres 011 thfJe :im.f. Pel'J'oJlallj', 1 haN llel'el' bejore beard Dil'isiol1.f },!fllJlilJU mixed clas.leJ aJ' )'0/1 state " alld 1 am lorred to the cOJJc/tlSion that the D.iI'iJ-olJ to IJ'hich )'0/1 rife,: /J' alom j)j this rC.lperf.-I e. F.
Priory for Wales.
HEA D QUARTERS:
P riory Ho u se, 4, Cathedral R oad, Cardiff.
GE N ERAL INT ERES T .
PRIORY HEADQUARTER NOTES.
iY eui AppoilltllJeJJts -11r. D. L -Bevan,. J.P. presided for the first time at a meeung of the Flila?-ce Committee of the Priory on Monday, January 2.0, followlilg his appointment a Treasurer for \\'ales
In ,u cceeding the late Colonel H. E. 11r. Evan -Bevan undertakes an honora.ry office \,"hlch IS second in importance to that of t?-e H e ha an intimate knowledge of the \,"orkin g of the P rlory, belilg a member of Chapter and Commissione r of the Glamorgan County Centre, in which capacity he controls the membership of about of the strength ?f the St .T ohn Ambulance Brigade ill \\ales, numbenng mor e than 12.,000.
A further appointment announced at the meeting wa that of Professor George Knox, i--LI.i--LE., F.G. " as Assistant Treasurer. Profess or Kn ox is Direccor of Transport and so carries the responsibility for operation of the Priory's motor ambulance transport serVIce. Pnor to the meeting of the Finance Committee, P rofesso r Knox presided over the Transp ort Committee, \yhen the work of the past year ,,'as re'Tiewed. During 1935 the 19 ambulances stationed in W'ales carried a total of 13,838 case s, lllyolnng a total ffilleage of 2.48,978 Plans for devel oping the householder' contributory scheme, which has been successfully launched in Canton, to all districts of Cardiff, \va s considered, with a ,-lew to everyone in the City and suburbs being given the opportunity of contributing at the rate of d. per week, which secures to the subscriber free ambulance transport in case of need for himself or his dependents, and thus insures him against the probable liability for ordinary ambulance transport.
Road Transport Ambulance Competitiolls.-Plans for the 193 6 Competitions for those employed by Passenger Transpo r t Undertakings have been arranged. A meeting of the Welsh ational Road Transport Ambulance Committee was held at Prior y H ouse on Decem ber 4, when a resolution to hold the se cond nnual Competition in Cardiff in the autumn was unanimouslv carried. 1\ further meeting of the Committee \vill be' called in the " early spring. The Principal Secretary (the Hon. J ohn H. Bruce), who submitted a report on the 1935 Competition, expressed the Committee' s indebtedness to the Afotor Omnibus Proprietors' Association for the serVIce s rendered through its Chairman, Mr. Wi. E. Gough, and Secretary, Mr. C. Thomas, and for the gift of the trophy, which it was unanimously decided to ves t in the Trustees of the Priory for Wales for annual competition in this connection. It was generally agreed that a promising start had been made; and while seven team s had participated in the National Conte st, considerable local interest had been created with the re sult th at two Di s trict Competitions had been introduced.
The Cardiff and D istrict Road Transport Ambulance Competition Committee met at P r iory House on
D ecemb r 17, lr. V " Forbes, M. Inst.T., Genera l J \ l anager an d Engineer, Cardiff Coq orati n Transport Dcpartmc nt , 1 residing. the trophy (presented hy 1\11'. C. roel1l1 s GriHiths) had been won by the team representin g th e ewport Electricity and Tral11\.vays Dcpanmcnr cwport was aareed a the Yenue f r the 1936 Contest, the Gen e ral of tha t Department, l\lr. 1 J. "o ung, kindly I' sponcibilities for the nrganisation The fir t \\'edne sday in 1Llnc wa s agreed as the m ost SUItable date, and fro 1\ 1: 'Young Class Secretary J l. o uld were elected haHman and ecretary for the cun nt year.
CENTRE REP ORTS.
BR ECKKOCl'S IlIRE l'RF.
'ColI/illg oj lge ])illlll'J'.- The Omm l!)SlOnel. lor \Yales (the ll on. John 11. BLuce) was the guest th c e,"en inO' at a sup[)e r h Id to cclehrate the completion 01 o cJ I' twenty-one years \yolk on the part of the') stra gyn ale Diyi ion. The Pr es ident ,\\·a George RohlLn gs, ommissioner for the COL1!1l ,. of BrLC()I1, by th e ounty Commi C. G. Ie-Hamilton, c.:-f. D the ( hid on<;tabk of BrecknocLhire.
In propo ing rht: Di\i ion," \11'. Bruce .aid that the \ sisLam on11l1IS.I()ner h, d hell1 jointly responsible with others fur Lhe il1lti :1l1on of Di,-is ion, ,, -hid1. Cl uld well be regal'lkd as an e 'scl1l la l Unit in an importam indu Lrial arc;!. Di, isional 'ul intendent J. \'\. Phillip, who respnnci:d :l.ppcalcd greater support from the puhllc and It r ne\\' n.:crull to the work.
i--fr. T. lones former upt:rimcndclll of LllL Di, hilln. propo.ed 'the .. Brt:con _Cel1lre," .oll.)nel ColeHamilton responding, reterred LO lhl' I11 Illa.l unp()I'l:l_nCt: of maintaining elTiciency, which must IK con. ldL'l'Ld hCft)lt numerical trength. I k wa.s pica cd to report, hO\\-L' 1I', that th e in Lbe Coumy W.1<; contlllLl.llly increa ing and had pac,sed the rotal ofJoo. BrecJe."ock,sbin j)i.rtiJlctioIlJ.-T\\'u-1 (lid congrat are due to the entre Commi for h;l\'ing recei,"ed recognition in the ).,cw Year's Il nnl)lll'S Lise h,' (he award of the King's P olice and nn tht: SllCCl - nt hi County Con tabulan' Team in the o. Dlt rict P olice mbulance Competition, em Ll'ing the whllk. of \\'al es and Herefordshirc, on Janu;ln 29, 193 6 , '\duch qualifies them LO compete in the I inal ln London 1)11 February 2.8.
fIRE C1 'J RF.
\\' ell-de ser\'ed tributes to the spknLlid work of thl Aber". t\vith Di\'i ion were paid aL Lhe annual presematior of awards at which the :-Iayor (.\Iderman Da, id -< d\vard presided. IIe refcrr d to the great interest taken !n thl work by hief Constable te\ "cn J ones, the Cuunt ) Commissioner, and eulogi ed the l:'\ccllcnt sen"ices o tDr. Ernest Jones, i--Iedical Ollicer.
The ecretary Erne·t D a\'ics) rcported that th (.; strength o f the men's section of th<.: Division wa F members and nine Cadets. Fort ,'-tW() sat at the examltu · tion and 'the passes were 100 per cent. Patients cnnyeyed in the ambulances during 193-+ numbered 68, and th e 1935 total had increased to 100.
Lady Fossett Roberts presented award.., LO Lhe successlul students; and Colonel ir George Fos ett R obert., O.B.E., Honorary Preside nt, sai d the puhlic appreciate d the self-sacrifice o f the m en and women ambu Iel[l el! workers. lIe little thought five years ago, when th e
movemen t was started locally, that it was going to prove such a huge sucess Chief Constable Steven J ones sa id nothjng was more pleasing to h im tllan to see so man y memb.ers ng certificates. ll e thanked Dr. Ernest J o nes In particular, for his valuable se r ices Dr. Jone s, in proposing a vote of thanks, sa id J\bery stwyth was known to benefit "ery considerably by voluntary public services; and the Bt'igade was contrihuting in a large rneasure to this reputation. The Rev. Frank Edwards secon d ed the yote DE KBIGII IIIRE CE 1. RE. W 'rexba/I/ ]lIspecliolJ.- The ,\nnu al Inspection of the \\"rexham mbulance Diyi ion and adets was conducted at the County Buildings, \,\'rcxham, by Dr. C. E alt, J.p., the ommiss iont:r for the D enhighsh irc Ccmre, who was accompanied by Mr. T. Gue s t, J\ ss islaOl Commissioner, and tafF Officer D . .J om:s. The Divi sion
D ecember 2 I, when the Senior Di vision arranged a Christmas party. The important role of " Father Chri stmas" was played by Mr. D. ;'1. Cole, who presented the Cadets with girfts from the Christma s Tree pmvided by the Di vision. Staff Officer J. Richard s handed medals to the Cadet League winners, viz ., C. Richards (Capt.), J. \'\ atts, G. Rowland s, D. J. Howell s A. \'\"atts, and . Reynolds (resen"e). The catering was in the capable hands of Mrs. , \. Richard s and among those present were Corps Superintendent D. Reynold s, Corps Officer \'\". T. Richards, Corps ergeant-;'1ajor T. J. Jenkins , Diyisional uperintendent J. Jonathan, Diyi ional Superintendent R. 1. Bevan, \mbulance Officer D. Evans Cadet uperintendents J. Lunn and \1i s Da"je s Caetphilly S[{b-DiJtricl .-The Brithdir Division received a ,"jslt from the Chief Commissioner (the Hon. John H. Bruce) on the occasion of the ,\nnual upper and Pr esentation, at which the lIonorary Vice- Pre si dent (:- fr. \,\'.
\RDl 7 \;-... -HlRL C.O\IPE1TfIO);S, 19'6. in (he of (COS" pod, ",hue (he C_nrrc Pre idem, the Earl of Li burnc ;lnd (he COUl1((:ss of a Lug.: g.l£hcrtng (If .\mbubncL y,orkers on chI.' occa ion of the rir [ .\nnual entre
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paraded in charge of uperinrendcnt P. R. Kent adets under Cadet 'u pcrintendcnt \\ '. \lo(ris;' and the Commi sioncr exprcssed hi - s:ltisfacLi(l(l at the general smart. apl?earances. [1c prescnted \mhulancc Officer and DiYl lonal ecrctan J. \,\ ' Jackson wirh hi warrant of and' inspec[e d the (WO \mbulancc Yehlcles malntamed b, the C nit under the 11om.e Sen-i cc J\mbulancc cheme
Rhos Dil1isioll.-Dr. C. E. 'a lt presided at a concen arrange? by 11r. R. B. Barratt, at tht: Palace Th :ttre, Rho, In aId of the Rhos Di yision. The c\ ent ,,-as extremely s npp rted; anel the ommi.:sinner, who gave an lntcre ting address on the hislon- and " "ork Of. the. Order,. thanked the organis I:S anel focal public for thel[ practIcal d monstration of appreciation.
GL inIORGAN COUNTY
G6'/JIl8rllb C(ldets EIlIf'J'tllimd.-, \ happy cycning wa s spe nt by the Cadets at Glynneath and Rhigos on Saturcia,-
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\laddy ) pr'sid d. The Chairman referred to the plendid prlwre:, being mad ,t Brithdlr parcicularh" the recent formation of );'ur:ing and adet Di, -i51cIQ - The _\5 i tam Commis_ inn r ( Dr. B. Turner) handed Certificates to th ).:ursing memb 1'5 , and the Hon. :-lrs. Tohn Bruce prcscnced medallions. \n intere.-ting feature of th programn:e '\,"a: (he h. nding of a cheque of £60 14S. collected hy Bngade members ro Rmdand Evan, I.P., on I ehalf of the arditt' Ro,-al In.fi.rman-; and Dlyi sional 'u p rintend DC R. R o w'tands the ,york carried out during 19.3 \, thanking all who had :1:si, d hin1. The B:1rgocd \mbul anc' :lnd D iyi:ion: " 'elco med the ommissi 11 l fOl \,\ ';11 : to 'th ir annu 1 :: c ia l, which was an nded :1 fe lc:ent:lti"e gathering nt local people. \elY.1l1rage was uk n of thi, oc asion to prcscDC certificates of efficiency in _ \ir Raids Precautions en sc\eral had taken :l special course at (he -r. John )Jursing Camp at during
the smnmer; and the Assis tant Commissioner, Dr. Turner, received from Superintendent S. Sharp a framed photograph of the Diyis i on as a token of appreciation of his long services. Mr. Bruce inspected the First id Station maintained by Bargoed Brigade members , and congratulated the Unit s on their increasing services.
PE MBROKESHlRE CENTRE.
The first competition for the Elliott Alves Cup, presented for Police Teams in P emb.t:okeshi re, took place at Haverfordwest, Teams from Milford Haven, eyland, Pemb roke D ock and H averfordwest participating. A very instructive competition was witnessed by members of the general public, amongst whom was P embrokeshire s oldest police pensioner-ex-Sergeant P arry, who, despite his advanced age of 86, showed great intere t in the Competition.
The Cup was won by the Haverfordwest P olice Team after a tie in both parts between the Milford Haven and Haverfordwest teams.
Sir Henry E E. Philipp s, Bart., J.P., Centre Presidenr, who p.t:esented the Cup, spoke of the great progress made in Ambulance \X ork in the county since the appollltment of the Chief Constable, Captain T. Evans, a Assistant Commissioner.
A yote of thanks was proposed by e.t:geant Bodman, of Pembroke Dock, and seconded by Sergeant hemer, of Te'dand, to ce.t:tain officials of the Great \\"e cern Railway Company in the county for .their untiring zeal and energy in training the teams. Thanks were moved to the two Medical Examiners, D rs. Havard, J.P., of Newport, and \\ illian1s, of Glynderwen, for their seryices.
CrTY OF C ARDIFF CE..."TRE
Special Lecturcs .-The Centre Commissioner, Dr. Edgar Llewell yn, arranged a series of lectures by eminent men, which have been well attended by member s of Ambulance and Nursing D ivisions. The first was given on October 28 by P rof. Gilbert I. Strachan, M.D., F.R.C.S.,. of 11idwifery, Welsh Jational School of Medic1ne, on -<, The Historical D evelopment of fedicine and ]:\;ursing." On November 19, "Food and Health" was the subject of an address b)' Dr. J. Greenwood Wilson, M.D., M.R c.P ., Medical Officer of Health for the City of Cardiff; and on D ecember 5, Dr. Leon ard Howells, M .D ., B.Sc., M.R.C.A., Hon. Physi cian, Cardiff Roy al Infirmary, addressed a large gathering on " .Mo dern Outlook in Medicine " The last of the senes IS to be ,given by D r. G. E. Harris, M.B ., D.P.H., Medical Superi ntendent, Cardiff Isolation Hospital, on " Immunity."
Re-Union Dinner.- The twenty-first birthday of the Cardiff Emergency D ivision was celebrated by a dinner, .attended by about roo members and guests in Cardiff -on D ecember 19. Di visional Superintendent A. J. Jenkins presided, supported by the D eputy { Councillor W. R Wills); and the Centre COmm1 SSlOner, Dr Edgar Llewellyn, thanked the Unit for past services, -and appealed for further support from the Medical Pr ofession, whose services are indispensable to the devel opm ent of Ambulance Work. Mr. C. S. Mason, the Honorary Centre Secretary, proposed the toast of "The for Wales ," to whi ch the Ass istant Secretary, 1iiss V Lovett, responded.
News in Brief.
A Medallion, numbered 136361, issued to Margaretta Ni cholls ha s been f o und in the distrct of Ely, CarcLff, .and can' be claimed by the owner (whose add.t:ess J!ot kn own) from P riory House, 4, Cathedral Road, CardJff.
Interesting Case Reports.
c\ E R EPORT No. 98. - The Offtcer-in-Charge of Birmingham County .].A .B. report the efficicnt performance of fir t aid by Officers of the mall Heath Division, in the following circumstances :-
On Saturday afternoon, eptember 14, 1935 , Ambulance Officer E. ]. Hancock had jut left hi home-preparatory to proceeding to utton P ari to particiI ate in the orp Field Day on that datewhen he witne ed a colli ion betwcen a rr:ivate ca r and a motor-cycle combination. Bein g in Brigad uniform and fortunatelr in posse ion of a surgical ack, he hurried to thc accident and found the c\'Clist \,-edaed bet\yeen his lllotor-c\ cle and the bsidecar, \'i'ith the inner bar of the rea r cyclc I netraLin g his right leg Reali ing the grayity [the ca e: ht at once summoned Corp urgeon YC O. for te I inclair and l \mbulanc e Offic l' J. \. oper both of whom liyed nearby and also the police ambulancl.
After examination _ \mbulancc Officer Hancoc k found [hat the patient wa ufftring from C01l1[ oLlnd, complicat d, comminuted fracture or right kg , cru,hedleft foot and a ,c \ ·crc wound al back o( head Then, appreciatjng thc difficlllul.s im ohed in rc leajng the patiem, he tied both legs together \\'ith bandages; and although there \\ a<; no hxmorrhage he placed a tourniquet on the rl point of the right femoral a ncr! as a measure and to be tightened jf (a nd \\ hen ) aLtcrial bleeding , hould occur \yhen the limb was rdea cd. Text he his patient \\ ith a rug and packe d him with cushion a he across the idecar, and detailing an assistant to :;upport bmh lowe r limbs, he obtained spanner and hacksa\\', \\'1(h \\ 'hici after a period he succceded in relca ,il1g th<.: patienl Durin g this process orps urgeon inclair (\\-ho hat now arriycd and takcn chargc) administered morphi a by hypodermic inject jon. This done, dressing , wer t applied and the leg was placed in splints, after \\'hic h the patient \.\·as loaded on streLcher and remoycd L{ hospital by ambulance.
Cmnrr::--.r.
As thi,f palielll was crilical!} illjor a jOr/llight alld har! to have his right leg amp1ltated, it is clear that fry ejjieiell first aid rendered Oil the spot Amblllallce Ojjiee/'J 1Jallcor/. arid Cooper cOlllribf(led JlIalerial(y to Ihe "llimate oj the patient, ]}lho 77'aS detained ill hospital Jor ten 1} 'ee k s
To these Officer s oj Ihe Small Healh Division, therefore, 11 tender cordial congratulatiolls 011 the gratifying slIcces_' ]JJhich in J)lost difficlflt cirC/t/J7slal!ces attended their eporl, to alleviale the sufferings oj an 1mjortHllate patient
N C. F.
The Appointment of Divisional Surgeons.
By . CORBET FLETCHER, 11. ,\., ;VLR.C.S., Assislalll Surgeon-in-Chief
The Brigade is a vo lun tary medical ; and it has accepted extensive and ever-JDcrcasJDg responsibilities with r efere nce to the treatment and transport of casualitics in civilian and to the provision of orderlies as reserves for the Military and aval j\fedical Services. It is composed of two sections-surgcons and trained lay per ons ; and ·each section is dependent on the other, since, without su rgeons, there would be no effcctive pcrson nel and without the latter there would b e no call for surgeons in it s humanitarian mi ion.
In these circumstances it is imperati,-e that ste p " should be taken pcriodically to ensure that each ection of the Bri gade is being properly organised. onsequently-and especially in view of the \"ast increase of public duties - it is necessary" once again to consider the selecti n and appointment of Di\-isional surgeons and to decide if (and thc methods a dopted affect their efficiency.
\Vhile none can denv the deyotion with \\'hich t he majority of surgeons carry out their d uties, experie nc e proyes that all too there is a tendency on the part of ome of the m to come and go after brief sen lce or alternatiyely to hold office '\\'ithout taking any part in the actl\-itiec; of their Divi sions, which suffer from this neglect of re sponsibi litie s undertaken by them.
F AULTY lvlETtIOD OF FLECTIO '
By close observation of all the: nominations of surgeons submittcd to Brigade Hcadquarter it establi hed that in three main groul s the fault ih t he se lection of surgeons are 0 that right from the start in some instances they are not likel\- to become a ctive and enthu iastic as they houle.!' be if their Di vi ions are to be happ}' and prosperou The groups are a follmys:-
First, with some Diyi ions the fact that a urgeon given (or has promised to giyc) a COurse oflectures IS g;0.od enough for his (or her) nomination as DI vlslOnal Surgeon \l,Tithou t further reference and without any explanation of the dutie which (his appointment involves, in the hope that, beina apthe surgeon will accept office. In one such Instance the l ette r of welcome \vhich was sent f ro.m Brigade Headquarters caused the surO' on to wnte and explain that his contract with his principals n ecessitated his refusal of the post!
Secondly, with other Di isions there is cleath" an irres i sti b l e desire to fill the vacant post at ail c osts and WIthout thought for the future, even \vhen the surgeon nominated is known to be a temporary member of the l oca l community, b ina an officer on the resident staff of a hospital, or an a istant
to a firm of medical practitioners. In one such instance the a ss istant who was about to be appointed as Di vi ional surgeon wrote in reply to the welcoming letter from Bri gade Headquarter s that he could nor accept because a new partner, who had been installed in the practice in place of the one recently deceased, wished to take over the post of Divi sional surgeon Thirdly, with yet other Division s the surgeon is palpably regarded and consequently treated as a figure-head; and his appointment a Di,"isional surgeon is just an act of courtesy in appreciation of one or more courses of lectures on precisely (he same lines as is the nomination of a medical practitioner as Hon. Life of the Association.
CORRE ':'IETfIoD or
The trength of the Bri gade rests on the happine s and prosperit)" of each unit; and the s trength of the Di\-ision in its turn rests on the cordial co-operation bet'\\'een the surgeon and the superintendent, the former being the technical and the laner the executi\re head. Further, the surgeon may combine both pOSts, the lay indi,-idual cannot· and the Brigade as a medical organisation rightly ranks (he surgeon as the senior officer in (he Diyision. By this arran gemen t the surgeon can concentrate on tuition, \yhile the superintendent is left free to deal with Diyisional record, and corrcpondence and ocher matter
If the current list of Brigade surgeon be inspecred, it \\·ill quickly be reali ed that all those \\-ho ro-day ccupy prominent po ition a senior suraeon, or as executi,e officer on Headquarter and Di trict s(aff, were attracted a young men ro the Brigade (in \.,"hich they acquired [he t.] 000 spirit of and performed their terms of probation as Diyisional uro-eons.
In the election of a urgeon therefore youth i a prime con ideration' and attention hould be to the po sibillty of securing omeone \\-ho }'oung comparison with hi (or her) neighbour i' neYerthele " firml" e tablished and likeh" to remain in the locality sen"ed bi· the wherebi" continuinin j a' ur d.
Th choice bing made, the next (ep i, to ob tain an introduction pref rabl y• throuah omeone wh o kno\\- the object and tradition of the Order and the Briaade, and to a k for an intenrie\Y to the uccc sful conduct of which a truthful statement of facts and a knmvledae of human nature are s ential.
R ememb ring the man y- claims mad upon medical practitioners for eryice the Diyi 'jonal ma)- \'1: ell anticipa(e ,ome r lllcrance
i n a ccedi n g to a furthe r reques t of this ch a racter. He " ri ll b e \\'ise, therefor , if at the out et he prefaces his remarks b y emphasising t h at t h e Or d er of t J o h n, the Go\'-erning b ody, is true t o its mo tt o and works for the benefit of mankind,' an d that all memb ers of the Br igade At Home and OYerseas, from ea ch Chief Commis ioner down to the lastjoin e d recruits, receive for their sen-ices the same salary-notbing per alJJllll1I !
-ext, the D ivision al representative, eXerClSll1 g tact and discrimination, should set forth accuratel, and in d etail those duties are required and tho e which are expected frorn D i,Tisional sura-eons. By so doing, he (or she) will ayoid the pit into which so many Officers-in-charge of D ivisions fall, \, 'hen (contrary to B rigade R egulations) they assure their prospective surgeons that the post is merely honorary and invol\es little or no work How can the technic a l head and senior officer of a Di,'i ion be an hon o ran ' member?
Further, the suggestion of 'something for nothing" gives rise to suspicion and does n o t appeal to an honest individual; and t he only things worth having in this life are those for which \,-e have worked!
T he argument-that, by joining and \voIking with the Brigade, the surgeon will help those ,,,ho desire to render skilled and efficient assistance to their fellow men and women in sudden illness or accident carry more \-,-eight with most medical practitioners
As a conclusion, the D ivisional representati\-e , if the subject be opportune, may perhaps refer to the awards with which the Order of St, ] OM recognises long and efficient service on the part of those \,Tho, as members of the Brigade, help to promote the object of its foundation,
Surgeons thus approached may be trusted, when appointed, to carry out their duties loyally and zealous l y, provided that at all times they are treated as active members and not as merely figure-head of the D ivisions, Further, it is well to add that, being active members, they must have their record s of attendances at practices and public duties duly registered on Forms B. F I; and that, being busy individuals, they must be kept specially posted with r eference to all the various activities of their D ivisions, with the members of which in time they will establish a personal relationship far exceeding in value any financial reward ,
In short, no Di:rision can be truly happy and prosperous unless its Surgeon and Superintendent enter into a cordial and who le-hearted co-operation; and wherever this occurs , good results to the Division and to the who le B rigade .
Brigade Duties.
THE R OY1\ L PU E R ,AL 1\ D THE R OYAL P R OCLAJ\1A T I O r quest of thc P olice a uthoritie , the t, ] ohn Ambulance Brigade undertooJ - tbe responsibility for making the necessary ambulance arrangements in London and in \"x ind ot:.
The Co m missi ncr ,I ( Princ of ales'S) D istrict, dea l t w ith the I roc sin routc in London and D r. A. G, 0 born, C mmi sion r f r Berkshire, dealt \vith tbe procession r ute in '\ ind or.
In London .p .Ambulance tations wcre tablish d b tween W'e tmil1Stc[ H all and Paddin g ton tation, nec ssi tating the employment of 3,000 Officer and men G56 Offic t"S and i tet" , with 3-1motor ambulanc s blankets, surgical ha\-e r ack , and squad wat rboulcs.
The appr xima[ e numbcr f ca, ualties treated wa s ,000, 1n \\ ind or, \'en , \rnl ulance tali n w cre cstabIi, hed from \\ 'incL or tation to \\ 'jndsor requirino- 2-t-t Offic e rs and men, 69 ffleers and i ler s with six motor ambulance " and full cquil'rncnt.
Th e cro\"d \\ rc abnormal' nc' crt helcss, the ambulance arran g m c nt werc ackquate to meet th e hea\Ty demand s made for assistance. .L m.aclc for the pa sing of our late h.ing from andringham to J ,ondon howed th at 617 mernbcr of th D i trict did dut,' treating 97 ca ualties,
For the Lyin g-in- tat 1)-1- members did dutr insiJ . th e Hall, treatino- 19 ca \\ hi 1 1 1 ! 111eml u performed duty in re pect of the gigantic quc ue awaitirrg ad111i sion and deale wiLh .qr casualtic
In addition to the e duties No. (I rince f \,\ 'alcs's District) al 0 carried ut dutie. on the occa i n of the Pr oclamation of I Ll\1. h.ing Edward V111, when 165 men and women paraded and 13 ca ualtie were treated,
In a letter to the Coml1l.i s io ner or 1\0. I Di tric t, the Chief Com111is ioner said :-
" I wish to convey to you and all members of the Brigade working under you during thc Funeral of his late 11ajesty Kin g George the Fifth my p r na l thanks for the prai e\.\'orthy manner in which the) carried out their duties on this sad occasion ,
" The long hours of duty and the di tanc S whi cb many had to travel must have been a seve re t est.
"The fact that over 7, 000 case s w rc c.l alt with b y the members is an eloquent te s timon y of th e va lu L of this splendid service to the public.
" I have heard on all sides nothing but the g reat s praise for the fine way in which the members of thL Bri gade carried out their duties in th e face of grca difficulties,
"The organisation ()f thi lar ge number (3,65 6 ) of voluntary workers and thc punctual man ncr in which they took up their stations re flects the greates t credit on a1l concerned It must have been a mos t difficult task, but it was carried out admirably."
Correspondence.
To tbe Editor of THE 1', J OHN }\\fll U L.\ CE GA%ETTE, Sir,-/II jllm, 1935, the Order, at th e requeJt of the l/ollle Office, IIIldertook thro;,tglJ Ihe St. Jobn AlIIbulance Brigade, 1]Jhic/J it cOlltro/s, to lIIak e itself resp onsible jor tbe jol101vil7g vO/lllltmy services IIllder t be Air Raid PrecautioJJS chellle, if reqllested to do so Iij the local civil oltfhoritie.r
( I ) The of the IJ eCessal), Irained persollnel Jor Firsl Aid Porlies and D ecollt amillation Celltres. ( 2) The prollisioll alJlblflallces, (3) The edllcatioll alld of the pllblic ill air raid p recolltiom , TJJe District alld COIf!l(J' COJlJllli.rJioners oj Ihe St. John ./ i/ll blliallce are the perJollllel Imder their cO/)/l/Ial7d to cau)' Ollt tlJe aiJol'e re.rpollsibilities, ,l;!y COlllIJlllllimtioll ill re!erellce 10 these dllties sho/lld be addreHed 10 the COlllllliJSionerJ or ./lJJiJtClJII ComlII issiOlJe1'S cOllcemal, who are the respolJsible ojficeu of th e St. Johl/ _·111/lmlallce Brzrz,ode in the cOllnty or area, or to the Chief OlllllliJJioml' , 10h)/ llllblllallCf B rigade, I, Johl/J Gate, Clcrkwmll, ]:"C, I. P. \\ 'ILKI '.iO,""
SecrttmJ-Geneml
Ob itua ry.
T he Chief Commissioner regrets to announc the d eaths of the followinl T Offi cers ()f [he Br ie:adc O yersea :-
Dislricl SlIperilltmdellt G. I Dr/JII()' Ontario Di trlct, Canada , which OCCLllT c.l on October G la t. fir t joined the Brj a-ac.k in L:,ngland a a lil the 190 anel tran. fen'ed to anada 1Q the ye,ar 1912. \: 'her. he remained except for rhe p nod ot war selTlce , In th e B rigade y r ca. :011'. D ebne), wa a Brol her of the rdcr a nd the holder of th e ervlc e :;\f dal with three bar a nd another bar was due to him at the time of hi d .ath Th e Ontario Di s trict of the Bri gade O,-er eas W Ill ve ry grea tly m iss Mr. Debne r, and i[ i' inter s tinato rec?r?, that application has b een made b\' one of D1Y} Ion s within th e District for penni" ion [ in clud.e tl: e name George ], Deb ne , ' in th title of Dn-:slO n a a mark of the hi gh c. tet.:m in which thi s Officer was h lel, Districi Officer e, 1::;, ll olme.f New o Llth \'(-alc D istrict, .Australia, which occurred on ovcmbcr 15 la st at yd?ey, .It. llolmes, \'.- as 72. year of ag.e, 111 ,r-n.ber ot t he r dn y Harb ou r T r u st DnTlsIOn, tormed lil 1906 an 1 sav for a brief p en o d o n the Reserve h maintain d an actlYe co nnectIOn with the B r igade until the tim of his 1vIr. Holmes was a rving Brother of the h O l der and the holder of the ervic l\ Iedal with one a t.
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Railwa y N ew s.
A\,fBCLAKCE CO\,lPETITIO:--:, 193G, The Competition (for Cnderground R ailways) WIll be held at St, J ohn's Gate on l\ Iarch z8 The Final will be held at the \X 'harncliffe R ooms on )"1ar 27.
The judges will be :-
For the Preliminary : D r, J. S, Da vies, of London, ror the Final: Team Test, Dr. G, D. E. Tullis of J Ier cfo r d; Individual Tests, D r , R. B. D uncan' of London
R \JL\X'. \Y A:\1B L'LA J. -CE CE o'TRE
D rvI ro:-;-.-\L C m.fPETITIO:-;-
_ 1 RetJlinder.-Closing date for entries in connec\\'1[h the fonhcoming Divisional competiEions is luda)', February z 1.
D etails of teams competing must be in the hands of rhe \\ clfare \s isrant by then.
l:-;-TER-RAIL\YAY CO fPETITIO '.
The Inter-Railway Comperition will be held at the Hotel Great Central, :\fan' jebone on \Vedneday, :\[ay 2.7 next. "
Ho_ 'ORARY LIFE [EER.
It i" ing to be able to repon that Dr. Ian Curr, [Ion. ,\ledlcal Lecturer ro the Ambulance Class at Poole has recently been appointed Honoran- Life of the t. John \mbulance -, \5 ociation, \ \ of Order which has gi,Ten much plea LIre 1 that ot ernng Brother ro )'1r. E. -ezzell, of outhampton Dock. Our hearty congratulation !
The fo11owino- member- of the tafl haye qualiEed for the Long -en'ice \ \yard :S;hv' J[cda/ (q year-) :Frank Collins signalman, \ auxhall' \\--illiam H , Leigh, Portcr- ignalman, Heyer. BrOil::':" Jlufa! ( yeaL) :Harold J. \X -an bury, clerk, jeint account, \\ 'arerlo o ; l?ney C. Baker, bill po ter Cannon treer; Gordon:\1. Glbb:, clerk joint account: \\'aterioo.
PPRECL\.TIYE
Reproduc d below are [\,-0 further lett r receiyed from pa .engers calling attention ro the efficiency of outhern R a1lway ambulance men :- . " 1 am writing to place on record m,- yery orear a preciation. of the kindne and skilled attention wh1ch I n-cd at the hand: of t\,-O of your official: at Teddlngron ration on Chri.tmas E,-e, when I had the mi fortune ro fallon the ,tairca'e on lea,inc" the station. The fnil \ya' a se\-cre onc and, a" I am an aged .man the results might ha', be n ,-en' scnou had It not been for the extremeh- couneou'" and fficicnt, en -Ice of your t\'- im-aluable officials It would be a ,incer pleasu r to me ro kno\\- that th g nrlemcn \,'cr acquaint d wirh th face tlue their good deed' \yc r a preciated ." . (. \'\ '!lcn tra, lling on rhe I.3; p,m. on the 2nd hom to Learh'rhead (th > tr<1..10 u rtdcl wh lCh a W01113.n tell ac .:.- tortcleigh), I ,t ruck by th.c most prompt att nri n of a young porter. a[)pan::nrly 10 chargc. 1Ie had the currenr switched
ofF and ordered the ambulance and called the police all within a few" minute. So quickly was this done I dpubt if any other of the company servants missed him, and "when he returned with an armful of brooms and sticks he was a ked three questions, to \\Thich he replied they had been done. \\bilst so young, he wa , ,,-ithout doubt, the coolest and les , flu tered of any, as well as doing his full share of the work. 1 feel it is highl' commendable that, whilst the Southern cannot preV"ent such accidents their servants deal ,;"ith them with such promptitude. The case ha no doubt, been fully reported from the station, but I should feel that I had failed in ml' dut"\' as a regular traveller if I had not commented on ·it.
HOR HA1I.
Friday, December G, will live long in the memory of the members of the Horsham Class. On this date the awards gained by the members of the class at th e la t examination were presented at Ye Olde King's Head Hotel br 1fr \'\ illiams, the wife of Dr. \,,' illiams (Hon. and the occasion was unique in that force were joined ,,,,ith the members of the local Di,rision of the Brigade, who, with the Railway Class members, their wiV"es and families, spent a mo t enjoyable eyening together.
The gathering was honoured by the prese nce of a large number of influential local personages, se\'"eral of whom spoke in eulogistic terms of the services rendered by both the Brigade and Railway ambulance men.
The Brigade awards were presented by :\1rs. E. \. Richards, wife of the \"\'elfare Assistant, who, at an imerval in the programme, was, in company" "rith Mrs. \'\ 'illiams, presented with a beautiful bouquet.
Dancing commenced at 10. 15 p.m. and continued until 1. 30 a.m. Altogether, a wonderful evening, and one that was thoroughly enjoyed by the 450 persons present.
READING.
There was a large gathering in the Abbey Hall, Readin g, when the awards gained by the members of the Readin g Class were presented by the \"X- elfare Assistant. 1fr. E. G. Blackman presided, and was supported by Dr. furph y, Mr. E, Burgess (District Secretary) and other officials.
Mr. Richards made an appeal to all railwaymen who had not hitherto thought it worth while to qualify in First Aid to the Injured to take up a study of this really important subject-not only in their own interests, but in the interests of those who might need their help if a call for First Aid came. It was, he said, a real delight to him to have the privilege of presenting such a large number of awards, and especially to be the medium of handing to three of the Reading Class members, Messrs, Hoad, Pope and Woodley, the special award which had been granted by the Centre for passing 30 consecutive examinations.
An excellent musical programme was provided and contributors to the entertainment were the St. Barnabas Dramatic Society, Mrs. Clarke " (piano solos), Miss J. Bosley (songs), Mr. Clarke (songs), Miss Allway (songs), 11r. Roberts (entertainer), Miss Losson (violin solos) and Mr. Jarvis (songs),
During an interval in the proceedings, bouquets of flowers subscribed for by members of tl).e class, were
pre ented to 1lt:s. Richards and 1\1rs. Blackman. Th cvent wa thor ughly "well organised and gave muc h plea , me to all those who attended.
RA"\l GATE BOROUGH Cl'P CO\IPE'l'TTIO
This year's test f r the Ramsgate Borough Cup wa no el and prcsented a "ery real problem. small bm wa supposed to have fallen down a six-foot-deep ho lL su taining a co mi ouod fracture of the leg and becomin g unconscious, The f ur competing team" in additio n to treatino- the boy, al 0 had to attend to his mother, \\'h( , became hysterical.
The adjudicator of the team test was Dr. .J. 1JaIl , of \,\'almer, and f the individu a l work, Dr. C. \\ 'j"l' Both judges congratulated the teams on their work Jn d e pecially on the efficiency of their bandaging.
The :Mayor (Al derman 11. '( ad) pre idcd aL h t: lTleeting held at the co nclu ion of the competition ant wa supported by o ther weU-k n o\\-n officials of the tOW Il The lay ress pre ented the cup and prizes and a Yol , of thank " proposed h y Alderman ;'\(1'. Dunn, \\',\ econde d br D r. R. J. \rchibald, the popular cla, lecturer.
\t a recent mectino- of the Centre Committee " Fir t Aid" CertiEcat s were awardeu (Q the foll()'.\,jng : Lengthman F. Rickard.. alisbut:y; Boiler ffiith \. Rcc( alisbury; itter T. rantharn, ali. bury; ignalm:l. 1 F. C. Hoad, Bognor Reg i ' " Clerk \. Ric e, Barn tap Ie , Dri,-er F. Galliford, Barnstaple; rJreman E. nrdin ,) Barn taple; oalman R. opp, Barnstaplc.
Certificates for long and meritorious scn'icc in t h "Fir t \id' cau.e han: bcen awardcd to the foll Guard B. J. Bristow, \\, ok in g; Carriage ExaminLl' ( O\ven, Faversham; ignalman r. (. J 10, d Regis.
Congratulations to all concerned!
\1': J \PPR ECIATl\'E PA I_>-GER.
The letter reproduced below ha-; been rcccin:d [rom .1 member of the public who wa. taken ill "whi1 t tra\ellin r on the outhern Railway recently :-
C I wi h to place on record my deep appreci:ui o Tl of the kindness hown ro me b,' your taR.' on tI occasion of my s udden illness In' the train. \\ I you please convey my profound thanks to ?oJ I COl cerned. But for their peedy action jn gctting m e to ho spital, I shoul d not have s urvi\ 'cd nw ill ness."
1ilDLAND & TTI II RAIL\'\ ' \ '\
1IoTlVE POWER DEP ,\RnlE'T, TAVELEY.
The Staveley Class held their annual social and dam e and presentation of awards on Friday, ovcmber 2 , 1935, at which a presentation was made to the Lecturl , Dr. J. O. Daly, and to the Secretary, lr. W. B. Baxt v, as a mark of appreciation of their serv ice s to the class.
The presentation was made by Mr. lI. IIealey, tl t: Hon. District Ambulance ecretary, who spoke of tl t good work performed by the d o ctors, to which Dr. D a \ suitably replied.
The chair was taken by 111'. J. Bennett, II. .B., 1)( Dronfield.
After the presentation, dancing was enjoyed u n" a.m., and everyone spent a delightful evening.
COPLEY HILL AMBULANCE CLASS.
Recently the Copley Hill Class held a smoking concert to voice the appreciation of the ambulance movement to Mr. A. Pollard, who has retired from the service on account of ill-health.
Mr. Sheldon presented Mr. Pollard with an easy chair, travelling rug and a \X'aterman fountain pen, and in the course of his remarks mentioned various items in the past history of himself and Mr. Pollard, many of them exceptionally humorous.
Mr. Banks, the ll.un s let Lane (Leeds) Class Secretary, extended to Mr. Pollard the good wishes of the staff and the L. LS. ambulance men. Mr. Pollard suitabl y replied t o the good w.ishes and expressed his appreciation of the g ifts.
W/OLVERTO T
A company numbering nearl y forty ambulance workers at down to dinner recently, the occasion being the annual as emb1y f the "01 erton district, L.M. "R ailway ambulanc e men.
}.o1r. J. Purve s prcsided, supported by Messrs. E. F. Merr ett, C. H. Gerrard, Dr. D. \X r\. Bull, :\[essr J. O. Ibell and " Barby.
The cc L.M Ambulance entrc' was propo ed by Mr. R o.e, and Mr. Ibell, in responding, appealed for inc reased s upport in the way ()f membership.
Dr. Bull gave" The Pr sident" ( (r. J. Pur ves) and said he had kn ow n many past \, 'olverton \X 'o rks uperintend ent ,but Ir. Purves had done far more for the ambulanc e mov ment in \\ "o lverton than any of hi s predecessors. Th ey now had a room in thc \X'orks where lectures and exan:inati on in working up for competition " be held wlth the. greatest comfort, and which wa obtaJnerl through the Jnfiuence of their P re ident.
Jr. Purves, in reply, paid tribute to the work in conn ectio n \\lith local ambulance of Dr. Bull, and hi late father, and remarked that, although the former was a ?u y man, he still made time f r conducting cLa se , and It was largely due to t he work of father and son that ambulance had reached 0 high a stan dard in their di trict.
The L.M.S. Railway, continued the speaker were ,-ery ll'i'e suppor ter of the moy ment, being alway in istent t o their officer from it Pr esident do\\'nward t do w hatever they could for its fu rtherance. He had b en spoken to on many occas ions br Mr. Lazenb" on the work of a.ll the repre entativcs at ' '\ 'o lv erton, it was a great thing to be Pr e ident of the mbulanc Centre at \Yj olverton, bccau e they were well known throughom the and breadth of the y tem as doughty fighter for the hields put up for competition. They were known also be the plOnecr of the ambulance movement in railway. He wa particularly pleased co as ociate himself WIth them.
1:11'. !:. Merrett, in toa tin g "T he 'i\I dical PrfesslOn, sa Id he thou g ht he was correct in sarino- it \ a one f the oldest, if not the Idest, pr ssion in world, and had as members on it register gentlem n of ability and great perso?-al charm. That profession had done more fo: humal1lty than any other by its member' great and devotlOn. It was truc, po ibl)" that as they knew at [re ent would a the , 'ea rs roll di b ) on, . sappear," ut h thought they wer Sure that the r:1edlcal profe Slon would be going on and expandinoto sttll greater efforts. b 57
Dr. Bull acknowledged.
"The Wolverton Ambulance Centre" was given by Mr. C. H. Gerrard, who sa id the members had put their backs into the work; they had been helped by their officers all the way through and notably by their succession of secretaries.
In reply, Mr. Barby thanked aU concerned for their invaluable help in furthering the work of the class.
LO DO1'\' & -ORTH-E ASTE R - RAlLWAY OTTINGHAy.L
n enjoyable evening was spent at the J. ottingham Victoria Station Hotel, on Saturday, January 18, when the Western Division of the G. !.. Section, St. Joha Ambulance Association, held a smoking concert.
The guests of the evening were the President ( ir Ronald \V. Matthews) and the Centre Secretary (T. Smith, Esq.), the chair being occupied by E. \V. Rostern, Esq. (District Superintendent).
During the e'.-ening ir Ronald emphasised the necessity of Fir t Aid work, and urged those present to do all possible to fosrer the moyement in the \\7es tern Di vision. He then presented a Gold to Foreman Dean, Ilkeston, and a Gold Bar to Foreman \, 'ells, );"ottingham (London Road).
The whole of the arrangements were ably carried oue by the Hon. Di s trict ecretar)', :\Ir. J. J. anderson, a i ted by 11r. J. Ebling, .L\ sistam Staff Clerk.
\\'E :iT
The \,'e t Riding fir t c. "Ambulance Competltlon wa held at \\'akefield (\"\"estgate ) tation on aturday, January 25th, when teams from Pudsey, Lofthou e, tanningley, Dri ghlingwn and Westgate competed for a new hield which had been presented to the Ambulance Committee of the \,-est Riding by the tation .i\Ia ter and gems ocial Union of the Di stricr. The (eam con isted of four member and only one member had had previou team experience. The stretcher te t, which wa set in cline "\'ith the badge in the centre of the hield, was judged by .i\Ir. Gracie, District uperimendent, and the Viva Voce b, .i\1r. W. Dickinson Leed D 0. both gentlemen their own test
The total marks obtainable \\'as 2) 6 and the re ult wa a follows:-
The hield :md prize were presented to the winning team by Mrs. Gracie, after a yery successful Competition, and afternoon W2S \yell completed by the ' plendid tea which \\'a proyided by th official an d members of the " akefield ( \\ tgate) Clas '
The seyenth annual competition f r the l\ orwich District Ollic JS hield wa h ld at the _t\.ilwyn Hall Torwich on January 25.
Th ,iU?g W re (tean1 test) Capt. \,\ '. Goodley, .i\LC. C.OffiITll 10n r, L on don District t. J.A.B. aod (indiIdual tesL) 1\1r. C. J. Fitch, District Offic r London Di trict, t. J. .B.
The team test was as follows ;-
" You are outside the ambualnce class room, near a tram terminus, chatting with your team. You see a man about to alight from a tram. The man slips and then falls, striking a shop-window, breaking it." Time limit, 15 minutes.
total ma."'<cimum points were 380, the results being as follows ;-
Stretcher Individual Total. Team. Test. Text. Possible. 160. 220. 280.
I. Yarmouth Southtown 12 7 15 0 277
2. Norwich 128 12 9 257
3· Attleborough .. 122 rr6 23 8
4· Yarmouth Vauxhall 12 3 100 223
5· Wymondham .. 106 106 212 Brandon 13 0 82 212
6. Lowestoft 9 1 10 5 19 6
7. Thetford 9 8 56 154
The members of the Yarmouth Southtown team were ; W. P age (captain), H. \Vinter, J. Gowen, and T. tyles.
Mr. E. F. Greenfield, Dis trict Superintendent, presided at the presentation of the Shield and prizes, and was sup/ ported by Mr. H. R. Statham, District Goods and Passenger Manager,; Mr. H. G. Fish, Di strict Loco. Superintendent ; Mr. F. Bender, Acting District Civil Engineer; NIr. H. G. Rampling, Assistant District Superintendent; and Mr. R. D. Brown, Secretary for the Competition.
11r. T. O. Mein, 1lrs. C. J. Fitch, Mrs. W. R. Magnus, and NIrs. H. R. Statham were also present.
The Chairman paid a tribute to His late lajesty, King George V, and expressed sympathy with Her Majesty Queen Mary, after which, the company stood in silence for a moment.
Mr. Greenfield afterwards expressed appreciation of the District Officer at the keenness shown in the Ambulance movement.
In a complimentary reference to the competition secretary, he said they all hoped Mr. Brown would continue to hold his offices, in case they would have a very efficient officer.
Mr. W. R. Magnus then presented the Shield and prizes to the winning teams, the first prize, in addition to the honour of holding the shield, consisting of cake stands, and the second prize, fruit spoons.
In response to a vote of thanks to the judges, proposed by the captain of the winning team, and seconded by the captain of the -orwich team, Capt. Goodley, in a little advice to the competitors, urged them to get their diagnosis as quickly as possible and then look after their patient, and not mind about broken glass. He congratulated the competing teams, adding that the standard that day was well up to that of the district competitions.
Mr. H. R. Statham, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mrs. Magnus, referred to the great work done by the late Mr. W. R. Magnus and Mrs. Magnus, and that spirit would live.
A very hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Bayfield secretary of the Railwaymen's Social and Athletic Club, for allowing the use of the Ailwyn Hall that afternoon.
" A.R.P."
In pursuance of its proate sive policy n co nnection with the protection of the civil populatio n in the event of gas attacks, the St. John Ambulance.. Brigade has recently held a further intensified cour se of instruction at the Great Ce ntral Hotel, London
Some 300 Officers of the Brigade, who wer e drawn from all parts of the country, attended a vcr ) complete series of lectures and demonstration s in all the various form of air raid precaution, including :Methods of Jaunching gas attacks.
Classification of war gases and their eflCcts :Nlethods of diagno si and first-aid treatmen L Use of masks and protective clothing. 1vleans of decontamination of persons and properl y Equipment and management of protectiye shelter " and rooms.
The organi ation of aid stalion and com' C\'a nCl of ca ualties.
The Officer attendin g trus course will n o \,- bl submitted t o an examinati o n with the o bj eCl u [ ultimately b ecomin g Lectmers in this irnpurla n subject
During the co urse of the cssi( n th Chie f C 111missioner, Sir John Duncan, K B., LG. CV. , D.S.O., stated that the t. John ,l \mbulancc Bri g ad l now had so me 900 Officers fully q u alified to k c tur t. on the subject f gas and air raid pr ecauti ons j John also commented upon the nthusiastic mann c in which the work had been taken u[ by th e wh olt. of the members of the Brig ade and menti o ned th a i the best means of preventing panic wa to be pr e pared , particularly ha\ring regard to th e fact that th e arran g ments now being made were really in the natur e r self-defence.
An Air Raid Precauti ns .1\LL'{iliary t o the J oh n Ambulance Brigade is being inau g urated and one who can and will g ive help may enrol in the L classes and obtain a pecial certificate by applyin g t l the local Officer of the St. John Ambulanc Briaad L or to the Chief Commissioner, t. John :rat London, E. C. I.
This air raid precautions work now being under taken is an addition to and in no way supplant th L many voluntary duties already being carried out b the St. J OM mbulance Brigade.
FOUND.
Will the finder of War Servicc Badgc o. 56 3 5 (Dorothy Brookbanks), who wrote to this Journa l please return this badge direct to the owner, no\ Mrs. Dorothy Clark, 10, Walden Place, \X' clw)' ! Garden City, Herts ?
Found, a Bronze Medallion bearing the follow.in g name and number :-Clara Lucas, 37276r. This ca n be obtained on application to the Divisional Secretar y, Sergeant T. Clarkson, 57, Mitchell Street, lithcro e, Lanes.
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Letters to a Brigade Ambulance Sister.
By DR. B. ROSEFIELD. (DiviJiollaJ SmgeoJJ o. 62 Haggerstoll IIrsillg Divisioll.)
10 4.
DEAR --,
This is the season of « coughs and colds, and. aches and pains," and so perhaps a brief ?utline ot the es entia Is of nursing of chest cases wIll not be out of place.
I always think that if we could get the general public to' realise that prevention of disease is better than cure, a great deal of unnecessary illness would be avoided. At this time of the year, we should shun all over-heated and overcrowded rooms. The feet particularly should be warm and Frequent antiseptic gargling; warm, nounshing foods' plenty of fresh air; and early to bed-these are the best means of preventing the onset of any of the commoner respiratory diseases. At the first sign of a head cold, with nose running pains in the limbs, and shivering, bed IS
A clay or hvo in bed with appropriate treatment WIll abort any tendency to a more serious illness.
In nursing cases of Influenza the patient is confined to bed as soon as the diagonsis is made. lways keep the room airy, and remove all unnecessary furniture. Use a coal fire for preference. Place the bed in the centre of the room if possible. Three or four good blankets and plenty of hot-water bottles are required. Tepid sponging helps to reduce fever and induces sleep.
Diet should be of the « hot, sloppy" kind. Plenty of fluids, at least four pints daily, should be given. Plain water, barley water or lemon water are the fluids of choice. See that the bowels are opened.
D o not hurry the convalescence of patients suffering from influenza. Ensure that they are thoroughly overhauJed b y the doctor in attendance before they resume work. In this way, yo u are likely to prevent one or more of the many complications arising from influenz.a.
In cases oj Acute Bronchitis, it is important that the sick room be well ventilated. In the " dry " stage, a steam kettle is often of great help. Keep the kettle well away from the patient, and to each pint of boiling water in the kettle add a few drops of oil of eucalyptus, Friar's balsam, or some other volatile oil. Remember that your o bject is to moisten the air of the room slightly, not to steam the patient. A footbath may be comforting and usefuL But gIve the foot-bath in the patient's bedroom.
Diet, as in all cases of fever, sho uld be largely fluid. A mustard leaf over the chest or antiphlo gis tine
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poultices applied to the bas s of the. lungs may be used to relieve pain. It is alw ay adVISa?le to a purge at the onset, say, calom l, two grams, at.mg ht, followed by a aline such salt t he morning. A regards the admID1st tatlOn of medlCln c you '\ ill follow the in tructions ot the doct r.
It is in the treatlllellt of pJJelfllJolJia that a kilk J, efficient nurse is so invaluable. One fam u physician once expres ed the opinion that to tn '1( pneumonia ucce fully a g od nurse is mor 1l .1portant than a good doct 1'.
From the fir t, au,rol/de rest in bcd mu t b cni.oim I
The nurse job i to prc", nt the light t eff rL l[ exertion on the part of her patient. he mu t crcal l a calm restful atmosph re in the sick r m. n abun'dance of fresh air i nece ary, but d n t U 1 stitute a c ntinuous draught for a c ntinLlOU CUrlL of fresh air. In the early stag plenty of bed cl t h" and hot-water bottles are required. It may advisable to arrange a bed cradle to take the 1£ of the bed clothes off the patient. Later, one Sh l and one blanket should proy ,ufficicnt.
Pneumorua cases require a day and nio-ht nu: L. Four-hourly temperature chart· pulse and re ,.pll d· tions per minute; hours sl ep or delinul? ; rigors; cough; type of breathJOg; am unt of ur Jllc passed; amount of fluid taken by m. uth - tl1L 'L must aU be noted on the chart day and rught.
D o not give aperients in the early. tage. ..l \ so ,q and water enema should be adffill1l teredo Lul-.warm sponging, night and morning, i a use ! I routine to adopt.
As regards the diet, thi hould be fluid. I) solids to be given, Half a pound f glucose i n a quart of water flavoured lemon r orange can be given freely. Old extracts out the mouth after each feed with a rag mOlsten e(. with any weak, watery antiseptic.
To relieve pain in the chest, you may apr ly linse ed or antiphlogistine poultices. apply when th Il. is pain, and never place a poultIce on the .front ot the chest. Th e weight of such a poultIce m l\ seriously impede the breathing of a pneumo nic patient.
In all cases of respiratory diseases, you must cooperate with the doctor. His must be the fil1al decision as regards the treatment, care and progr csS of the patient,
Yours sincerely, B. R
The Treatment
of Emergencies in Crowds.
A FLEA FOR PROPER AMBULANCE FACILITIES
By M. M. SCOTT, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
(D ivisi011al SlIrgeon, 58-5 Division, London Post ?jfice Corps, Hon. StIJgeolZ Post OjJice Ambulance Centl e.)
One reads with pride of the magnificent work performed by the St. John Ambulance Brigade du ring the Jubilee celebratlOns and the Royal to say nothing of the thousands of other which are not so prominent before the pubhc eye. Little do the pu bEc appreciate the difficulties under which we work, and every t. John's man knows that often his first-aid attention js n t as he would wish it to be owing to lack of facilities, The chief trouble seem to be the need of suitable dre ssing stations and prop [ acce S them. vas t majority of cases treated on publiC duty conslst of faints and allied condition. Contributory cau es are pressure, due to overcrowding, 1 ng standing, excitement and motion, hunger or thir t, the desire of the patient micturate or defrecate, and in female pa tients the nece fo r att e nti n to personal hy giene.
One mu t bear in mind that a « Fai n.t' is often a manifestation of a more eriou und dying condition, an d many 'Faint." a re indeed not Faints Jl1 th true e f the word. It i laid d \, n in the Ha ndbook that no patient \\' ho ha been" insensible" ev en for a moment hould resume normal acti\' ltie before seeing a d ct r. Yet fainting case are all owed to return to the crowd to again become exp o sed to similar cau ati\'e condi tion. I hear of pa tients who have begg d not t be sent back to th eir pre IOU p ltl ns. OmecilTleS it I os ible fo r them to r main in the front, but spectat rs who pe rhaps have been waiting a doz n hours for th eir front po , ition become resentful anti create an atmospher e not exactly calculat d to h Ip a patient re covering from a form f in en ibility ."
Suitable and accessible dre sing tations \ ould ob viate all this. One dre sing tation wa ituated in Park Lane, at the reat of thc cr wd. The cro\vd s rg ed across the t ad way, cuttino- off the tation a d rendering it On Jubilee Day I had a si milar expericnce. station, which included n umerous ambulance men and nur s, wa situat d i a side street off' th trand. The crowd cut off t e front l.inc mcn froni those in the station. .t\ s a r suIt thosc in front wcre short handed and had to tr eat their ca ualti in the roadway while tho 61
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On the day of the Royal Funeral I was hoping to see that the authorities had allotted us suitable for dressing stations. The station at Stanhope Gate did ) eoman service because the police kept the road to the Gate open, and the station was accessible. Consequently, higher up the line we sent our casualties down to Stanhope Gate by ambulance or relays of stretcher bearers; but even there the cases had to be treated in the open air, fully exposed to the public view, and with lack of privacy. At the rear of the west side of the crowd
to all these methods, still I feel that something can and must be done.
In practice I see numer us cases that have bcen treated in emergency by t. John mbulance work ers, and each time I realise more and more how so mu ch good work has been neutralised by circumstan ces over which the (C first aider» had no control. T he patient who takes ill suddenly or is injured in , crowd may suffer for da s afterwards, and oftLI serious complications set in. Efficient fir t aid w il minimi e all this. The public arc led to expect It of us. Surely we may request the necessar:' fadl it il for giying it!
MANUALS OF FIRST-AID, &c.,
By
N. CORBET FLETCHER,
M.B., M.A. (Cantab), M.R.C.B
Naraio Vaid, Divisional Superintendent. Indian Railway Di visi on, .R.Corps (6) Mrs. Barber, Ambulance Officer, Charing Cross Nursing Division.
were large marquees, which, I was informed, were refreshment tents, etc., for the police. How I wish we could have had them for our patients!
I consider that the work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on these occasions is of such vital importance that police and even military co-operation should be granted us. Empty rooms should be hired on the line of route of great processions, or tents and marquees erected in side streets, and above all a clear passage to be kept to them. Police, soldiers or even relays of St. John's men would assist to do this; barriers might be erected or a motor ambulance drawn across the entrance to the side street. The ambulance could be moved forward a yard or so when necessary in order to allow passage to or from the station. I am fully aware that there are objections 62
Police National First Aid Competition.
The Final of the Police ational First Aiel Com . petition for 1936 will b e held at the entral Hal Westminster, London, S. W. I, on F bruary 28.
The Judges will be F. E. Bendix, Esq., LR.C. L.R.C.P., of London, and A. M. Pollock, Esq., LB ., Ch.B ., of Tunbridge Wells.
The Preliminar y Eliminating Competitions for lh t.: nine Police Districts in England and Wales are bei n:; held during January at Preston, York, Doncastcr, Birmingham, Brighton, Taunton, Llandudno, an d , London.
One hundred and eleven entries have been receiv ed for these Competitions, an increase of five over tb entries for 1935.
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LONDON, E.C. I[arch, 19,u.
TH E D UKE OF CONNAUGHT' TIIA K among the gigantic crowds tha[ 1ll Lond on fo r the f u neral of His lat Majest"
King George V, and on all ·occasion' w h en num b er s co n gregate, the St. J o h n m bula n ce B rigad has b ecom e t aken for granted, a nd i t s vo luntary often overlo oke d. _ The forgoi n g of a d ay" holi day o r even t h e loss o t a d ay's wor k a re i n many
cases the onh mean s by \\'hich som e me mber of the Brigade can be present on these public occa ion.
The foJJowin o letter, which has been rec e ived b,-
Sir John Duncan, K.CB., C:\LG., .V.O., D 0. , the hief ommi ioner of th e t. J o hn \mbulance Brigade from Hi Highne the Duke of o nnaught, the Grand Prior of the Venerable Order of t. ] ohn is, therefore, of special imeresr. \ Grand Prior of the Venerable Order of t. John, 1 \\.·ish to cxpre [hrough you co aU rank " of the t. ) ohn \.mbulance Brigade the admiratL o n T feel for it work in the cause of human in' . "For Efty years the Brigade ha c ou[ ire public duti in close co-operation with the Police Forces of the country, and during tho e year has shown it high tandard of trainin g , it k cnnes and Lts di 'cipline.
"This ha been more than eyer apparent durin othe past year, when its voluntary work wa' fully tes.ted under the eye of the public in all th grea't ClUes of the Empire during the ilver Jubilee elebration ' Irs London and Home Countie- member ha\Te been even more eYer ly 'ted durino- the pa [ ad day when their w rk \Va rend red difficult b\- the unexpectedly large cro\\·d , which gather d in L -ndon to do homage to OUf late King and \d:uch re ulted in ov r 7,000 casualti s being d ale \vith by them in the lvfetrop li and 416 ca s a[ \'V'indsor. . cc Thi pirit of \"oluntan' cryice to which their holidays and spare time are d YOt d without am- c , [ to th 'tat i appr ciated by th public authorities and by tho e to whom their aid i gi\Ten bU( by tho_ who do not com int cIo e touch with thi Wl rk it i, u ually regarded a paid work officially organized, an d no credi[ given by many wh , if th [fUe fact were more widely kno\\To, would b Lt, keen support rs."
(Sif!,/lcd) RTHUR Grand Prior. 1 '"
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The Value of "Chapter One."
A Special Series basd on Talks with Experienced First-Aiders
By A. T. LAKIN, M.B. (PART 5·)
It is a human characteristic that if we are called, say, " sensible," the main result is a feeling of pr!de in ourselves and pleasure with the speaker for bemg so observant; but if we are termed the opposite, " a fool," then arises resentment, and a distinct effort is made to prove that this term.. is not correct in its application to us. This characteristic gives a tion for helping the growth of the necessary qualifications-it is not enough to. be able to recite them glibly, they must be part and parcel of our very existence.
If you were told that your descriptions or instructions were "obscure, vague, indefinite, confused, unintelligible, puzzling, verbose, unexplained, clear as mud "-it would annoy you, for none of these terms are complimentary to the mind or intelligence originating the instructions, and a healthily-minded man would straightaway make the mental efforts required to make his descriptions more " intelligible, lucid, easy to understand, easily understood, plain, direct, precise, unmistakable, expressive, in short, explicit. It is a very good method of gettmg at the inner meaning of the qualifications, and impressing them on our minds.
The definitions are explicit and are capable of extension, if one thinks about them. Take" dextrous" as an example; the neat definition implies that a dextrous First-Aider does good work, and is, therefore, a good workman; a good workman always takes care of his tools, keeps them in good condition and in their proper place, so that they are always ready to be used as his mind desires in the production of his good work-now go and inspect your own pouch, the Corps' surgical haversack and bandage cupboard, the firm's first- aid box, and decide whether you are really " dextrous"; your pal's life may be endangered by your not havin g a bandage ready for use and easily accessible. When were the traverses and runners of the stretcher last oiled? It is a small but important point that might mean the difference between life and death by causing delay in transport, and it is certainly a sign that you are not really " dextrous."
" Observant" means seeing with the eyes, and the mind makes notes of what has been seen-seeing what is really there and not allowing the mind to imagine something that it thinks ought to be there -it means" alert, attentive, mindful (split this word " mind full of what is actually seen "), wide-awake, on the watch for." The opposites of these are not desirable, and are productive of many mistakes.
Work out the other qualifications for yourself, especially " discrimination "-not to possess these
qualifications is not very desirable or complim n ta r) -thank goodness, they can be CD ltivated, if w e so desire.
PRINCIPLES OF FIRST AID. (1/18.)
A "principle" being "a comprehensive t ud, from which other truths are deri ed," it was tho ugh' it would be more helpful to tr y and discover the the: truths than to discuss the concise, but adeq uate explanations in the manual.
1. umerous press cutting w re produced tho proved that this principle i ob eryed by First- ide!! and that, in the majority of ca e , succe s de their persevering effort ; it provok a Ins trU( tive discussion on efficiencv and IneffiClency- t:t connecting link was that the inefficient \\ not persevere like the efficient one. discu ended with the opinion that" an apprentice SystLiTI seemed to be the best method of attaining effic iLnc in First Aid; this was simply another way of sa in cc work in couples "-a proyed efficient First_ Idt taking charge of the training f a recruit. ,It Cf lUe a great deal of interest when I compared tlus .op t lli wi th the "I-.:.night and his squire" an? still when I read aloud the l'-nicrhth- Proffil e of 1 1(1 rthur's Knights. (ide-i ue 'uch a these .:;j, o ur men a wider vision of th ir work; create a g nat' esprit de cOJps / offer a stronger encouragemc I1, persevere in tr ring to liYe up to the gl orlo traditions and won d erful ideal of the Order. )
2. The other truths were :-
(a) Protect the patient alway and prevent fu tht injury during removal of the cause. ,\'ef given where the pati ent had been l11Jur cd careless removal of the d ebns. It IS common k 1011 ledge that this point is invariably overlooh i competitions.
(b) In some cases a definite risk has to be take during the removal of. the fr?m the caliS. but that is no reason for lnCreaslDg the tlsks by ca rele· and thoughtless removal.
Any risk may be lessened b y :-
(I) Careful support of the suspec ted inj ured par
(2) Use of" Nature's splints "
(3) Temporary bandages. Whenever po ssib a figure of 8 bandage should be placed roun the ankles arid feet.
(4) Whenever possible, instruct the pati nt,l keep himself as stiff as possible du rlO removal.
In removal of the patient from the cause, the use of the stretcher should be taken into account, since the one removal could be made to serve the dual purpose of removal and also loading the stretcher. The advantages that might be gained are :-
(I) More comfort for the patient.
(2) More room to work.
(3) Lessening the risk of. further injury
(4) Prevention and treatment of sho ck.
(5) More comfort for the First- iders, therefore better work.
U More room to work» produced an interesting outcome. One keen attender at competitions, who is als o a producer for a local amateur dramatic society, expressed the opinion that the majority of competitive teams lack the sense of showmanship, and do not move their patient far enough from the scene of the accident; this results in restriction of action, crowding, and lack of concentrated attention on the work being done; to prove his points, a team ran through a test, and then he "produced" his test with the same team-he scored very definitely.
To illustrate his ideas, he placed a large g round sheet on the fioor, and the patient was placed in the centre; those actually treatin g the injury were on the sheet, the others and the materials were off it. This simple procedure quite altered the appearance of the test; 1t gave plenty of room to work; concentrated attenti?n 01). the patient and the work b eing done; emphaSIsed the treatment b y seeincr the requir ed appliances actually handed over; b extra assistance definitely shown by stepping to the scene of actlOn; could not miss seeing the correct meth od handling a sterilised dressing; treatment was mtert:ered with and every stage was clearly seen ; InstructJ.ons and. questions were cl early audible; there was no wasted bme. His ideas are well worth it would certainly make the ,york of a Judge slillpler and more interestin g; in these days of the " " type of competition, a producer seems to be a desuable and natural asset but he is not needed in beneficient First id.
Order of St. John. Headquarter Notes.
The remainder of the Mrs. Gollcher beque t arrived from Rome in November last. of 2 I pieces of furniture, two large Chinese Jars, and a. cut-glass chandelier of 42 li g hts. Amongst the more Important items are a large carved walnut chest, or cassone, 5 ft. 6 ins. long, bearing the arms of Gr.and Mas Cas siere, I5 7 2 - 1) 8 I; a wall clock ill Venetian gIlt and painted case, also
bearing the arms of the abov e Grand Master; an Italian marqueterie shaped side table of the middle of the eighteenth century, 6 ft. 3 ins. long (a duplicate of this is to be seen in the Grand Master's palace in Valletta); a tall walnut marqueterie bureau cabinet, very richly inlaid, of the eighteenth century (a duplicate of this is also in the palace, Valletta); two Spanish cabinets, very richly carved with figures in relief, seventeenth century; and a pair of old Chinese vases and covers 25 ins. high.
The first portion of the Gollcher Bequest, consisting mostly of gold and silver articles, was described to Chapter-General in July last.
Rear-Admiral J. V. Creagh, D.S.O., R.N., has presented a cast of a stone armorial slab bearing the arms of Grand Master de Lisle Adam which is upon a wall in the castle of St. Angelo, Malta, dated I 53 I Here the Grand Masters resided until the palace was built in Valletta.
A highly important gift from Colonel E. J. Kin g , the Librarian, is that of the coins of the Crusaders from eleven kingdoms and principalities in the ear East during the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Thi s great collec tion has been made by the donor during the past fifteen years, largely from the dispersals of other large and "\\ell-known collections. It numbers 754 pieces, many of which are of the greatest rarity.
Colonel King has also prepared and presented a " catalogue raisonne» of 265 folio pages.
The collection is now arranged and displayed in the Iu eum.
Colonel King has made this great gift as a memorial to his "'ife, :i\1rs. King Dame of Grace, who died on Oct ober 20, 1935 .
King George V Portraits
A limited number of coloured pOrtraits of His late Iajesty King George V, in the robes of the Order, suitable for framing and hanging up in mbulance Halls, are available, and can be obtained from the tores Department at a cost of IS. each, including postage.
These pictures are copies of the portrait of His late Iajesty, which hangs in the Chapter Hall at t. John's Gate.
letter \Vas receiyed on 25 from the Secretary of the Commandery for outhem containing the plan of the 1Iemorial entice for King George V which was h Id at the Cathedral, Capetown, on February 2..
'The Police National First Aid Competition.
This competition, held at the Central Hall, \'Vestminster, on February 28, enab led us to ee the degree of xcellence attained bi' the f1nalists of the teams which competed in the District Competitions in January There \'\-as an increase of fi,-e teams over last year ' s total, and an increase of no less than 27 on the 1932 total, so that it is obyious that first aid amongst the police and constabulary forces of the country is in a healthy state of progress.
The " hiah li o'ht)) of the afternoon was provided b b by" F' Di\-i i o n of the J\letrop oli tan Polic \Vlnrung
5. Great Yarmouth Borough Police
6. Breco n hire Con tabulary
7. Bath ity Police
8. West Riding onstabulary
9. Rei g ate Borou a h Po lice
PREVIOL'S \ '( lN NERS TilE l TROPIIY.
19 28. Lanca shir on,tabulary.
who have just left their station, after dismi ss al, come upon the scene, and are required to r ender fi rs t aid if summoned by the nremen Time allow ed: 20 minutes.
No. is required to demon strate and de scribe in detail the manner in which a tourniquet should be: improvised and applied to the brachial artery. Ti me: allo wed: 4 minu tes.
No, 2 is required to render fir st aid Lo a man who fe ll from a ladder and fractured hi s collar -bone and bruised hi bead. There are two b ystande r s who know nothing about nr s t aid. Time a ll owed: 8 minutes.
o. 3 has been rushed, with all the available me mbers of his force, int o the country to as ist at a railway accident. H e is detail ed to loo k aft er a man wh o is lying 100 yard s awa y from the other \ doc tor tells him th e patient h as a uspectecl fractu re of the spine, and may ba ve internal hxmorrhagc, is badly shocked, and ha b een g i\-en morphia. The doc tor tell s hinl to treat th e patient for shock and a ny further injuri es he can find. r Ie finds deep cuts o n both palms. First aid kit is a'\ ailal k. Fi raid to be rendered in 8 minutes.
Nos. 4 and 5 are being ferried a ri\ cr \\'ich anothe r pass en ge r. Th ey notice th e ferr),man loob \' ery ill, and h e uddenly' collapses. In falling he kno cks over a bottle and cuts hi wrist on the broken g las s. Patient recovers consciousn s and tells them he h as severe pain in rh e abdomen. _ () fir:t aid material ava ilable . The punt arrives at the lanclin gstage when 7 minutes haye gone. Thnc is a and a cottage hosl ital near First aid to be rendcr;cI in 8 minute s.
T he pre sen ta tion uf the Cha llc lllTc (up \\', s witnes sed b y a T large audience and the I\.:SUI r:,
For the first ti me, the P olice (" F" Diyision) won IhL: cc Pim" Chalknge LlIl: U1 lhe Police t"ational Firs[ Ai d Cornpeti[ion. Sir J ohn Sll11?n , lhe c.:crctary, pn:sc.:nllng lht: tropby to Serge. \,\ 'heatlcy on beh alf of the \\'lflntng lcam.
the cO mpetitIOn and the Troph y, bringing th e Pim Cup to London for the first time.
C( We are deli g hted with our success," Serge ant Wheatley, who led the winning team, told THE ST. J OHN AMBULA CE G AZE TTE, "and we are the more pleased to be the first Metropolitan Police team t o win the Pim T rophy eecUess to say, we are go ing t o do our b est to keep the lead "
R ESU LT S (Maximum mark s 44 0 ) Marks.
I Metropo litan Police (" F" Division) 321 2. Birtningham Ci t y P olice 303 3· Liverpo ol City P o li ce 297
d Scarborough B orough Police T 930. 1931. 1932· I933· 1934 · 1935· Birmin g ham City Police. est u ex o nstabular y 110nmouthshi re Con Monmouthshi rl..: Co nstabular y West Su ssex Jon s tabular y . Li ve rpool ity Po lice.
TH E T EST'
l\Ir S. Brown goes out shopping, leaving her at horne. On her re t urn s he finds the house on tllC and the Fire Brigade in attendance. A fir enters the burnin g hou se and re turn s, bringing M Brown's husband, who is uncon scious, is not br ea i n g, and is suffering from bu ros f the leg an d incised wound of the thigh . First aid materi al available at the Police Station near-b y. The
which we re: announce:d by Major-General Sir Pcrci val Wilkinson, Secretary-General of the Order, were: received w ith much applause, members of the \Ictropolitan P olice j n the audience b ei ng especially enthu siastic over their team's fine effort.
Lieut.-Colonel The Lord Herbert cott, v,:ho is a Knight of Ju stice of the Order, spoke of the importance of :first aid as a part of police training, and mentioned th e excellent feeling and co-operation which existed between the police forces all oyer the co untr y and the St. J ohn l \mbulance B rigade, and of the help which the Brigade was able to render on occasions such as the Royal Funeral and Proclamation.
Th e trophy and prizes were presented by the Right J Ion. ir J ohn Simon, G.eS.I., K.eV.O., O.B .E . K. ., .;\f.P ., Principal ecretary of tate for Home \ffair , who, in an amusing and pithy speech paid cribute to the splendid \vork \vruch the t. John organi ation were:: carrying oU( both in connection wlth the police forces and generally throul!;h the work of rhe Brigade and Association. He said that he had often wondered \vhat hi o\\'n feelings would be hould he e\'e r become the victim of an aCCIdent, but that, haying .ee n the randard of \\-ork of the police teams, he felt that he ,,-ould be in excellent hands.
Tnbute was als() paid, on behalf of the John \mbulance "\ socia tion, co the kindne s of )'1r. Tohn \laxwell, of British International Picture, Ltd. - and '\1r . "\fax\\'ell in providing the yery realistic :cage sctEing for the te:ts, and co )'1r. Joseph Grossman for hi . per-onal as i. tance in upernsing ir preparation and erection.
\ mong tho prcscn \\'cre :l'hL Home Lord Rockk\, Bailiff Grand l.ru,,, u£ [be Oruu of lohn, and Lad" Lt.-Col. The Lord H [ber:: ')COtt. C. \ \.e : D " 0. Kni't!hr of ,iu ric..: of rhe Order). \lalor-
\ . l\L\ SJ or Pl "- \L CO\LPETI rlU\. I{ELD \'l TilE CE:\TR \L 11 \LL, LO\'OO'\, '. \'\ .,0'-. 2. Til FEBRl \RY, 195 6, /lId[!,(,j'.' F. E. 13L:--"DI,\, I:.q., \1.R.C. '., L.R.C.P., of London; an:! -) \ \l. POll ocr-, L"LJ., \I.B., eh.B., ()f Tunhridge \\ ells. P L ACE. z 4 5 6 7 8 9 .\faximuI11 arb
Police C' F" Di, ision)
BUDlln gham City P olio: Liverpool City Police Scarb orough 13orouo'h Police G b teat \ a.rmouth Borough PCllic Breconshlrc on tabularT
Bath Cit)' P o lice
West Riding o n, cabulan· , Rcigatc B urough Polic e '
St. J o hn's Gate, Clerkcnwell, L o nd o n ) E. .1. l11Cl/'ch 3, 1936.
General Sir Percival \"X ilkinson, K.e.M.G., C.B. (Secretary-General of the Order), Major-General Sir John Duncan, Ke.B., e.M.G., e.Y.O., D.S.O. (Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade), Lt.-Col. J. T. W. Perowne, V.D., T.D. (Hospitaller of the Order) and Mrs. Perowne, Air ice-.Marshal Sir Philip Game, G.B.E., Ke.B., Ke., M.G., D.S.O. (Commissioner, 1:etropolitan Police), Col. The Hon. 11aurice Drummond, e.M.G., D.S.O. (Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police), G. Abbiss, Esq O.B.B. (Deputy Assistant Commissioner, .Metropolitan Police), Sir Walter Allen, KB.E. (Commandant-in-Chief, Metropolitan Special Con-
stabulary), Lt.-Col. ir Hugh Turnbull, KB.E. (Commissioner, City of London Police), Capt. J. A. Davison, M.e. (Assistant Commissioner, City of London Police), A. K. Wilson, Esq (Chief Constable of Li verpool), e. e. H. Moriarty, Esq., O B.B. (Chief Constable of Birmingham), lajor L. W. H. Morris (Chief Constable of Devonshire) '\ H. Beacher Esq. (Chief Constable of Rei gate), J. H. Holmes, Esq. (Chief Constable of Blackpool), E. A hlon, Esq. (Chief Constable of Bath), and the Chief Constable of Scarborou g h )(The Team Test will be publisbed ill Ollr /lexl iSJflc.)
The St. John . Ambulance Brigade News
No. (PRII CE OF "V\f ALES'S) DISTRICT. DISTRICT ORDERS.
D.O. 1439. NEW DIVISIONS.
The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the registration of the No. 76 East London Nursing Section as a Division, with effect from 1.3.3 6
D.O. 1440. OBITUARY.
, It is with regret the Commissioner has to announce the death of Lady District Officer Miss Hoare, M.B.E. (Reserve), on March 2, 1936.
D.O. 1441. GENERAL MEETING.
The Officers' annual general meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 1936, in the Chapter Hall, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.e. 1. Resolutions must reach the Commissioner by the firs t post on Saturday, March 14. It is important that Officers should make every effort to attend on this occasion.
D.O_ 1442. REpORT OF HOSPITAL CASES, ETC.
On public, or any other duty, all cases o f severity and any cases sent to hospital, must be reported immediately and specially to the Commissioner at this address b y the Officer in charge of the Division concerned.
D.O. 1443. AIR RAm PRECAUTIONS LECTURE S.
The Commissioner has thirty vacancies for a course of lectures on this subject to be given on Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29 next, at the Hotel Great Central, Marylebone Road, N.W. There is every probability that this will be the last of these special instructional courses, and therefore officers and members in charge of Divisions, both Ambulance and Nursing, are requested to make early application to the Commissioner in writing direct, as the vacancies will be allotted in order of a pplication. Expenses will be £ per head, which may be met from Divisional or Corps Funds.
D O. I444. DISTRICT COMPETITIO NS, 193 6
The Brooks and Ninnis Efficiency Final Comp etitions will take place at the Hugh Myddleton Central Elementary Schools, entrance in Sans Walk, St. James's Walk, approach from Clerkenwell Green, E.e. I, on Saturda y, April 4All teams must be in attendance by 2. 15 p.m. sharp.
HEADQUARTERS: 10, BERKELEY STREET, ST. JORK 'S LANE , E.e.!.
CAPT. W. GOODLEY, M.e., Commissioner.
At District Headquarters on Wednesday, February 24, the .Commissioner (Capt. W. Goodley, M e.) presented serVIce medals and ba1s to forty-eight members in the District.
SL'{teen medals and thirty-two bars '\ ere presented. District-Officer e. T. Osborn, of Northern rea, and District-Officer C. J. Fitch, of Ea tern rca, received their fifth bar on completion of forty year service.
O. 2 DI TRICT.
On 10nday, February 17, the outh ea Ambulancl: Division held their first Annual Dinn r, about 60 member and their "vives and friends sitting d own to an excellent repast.
The toast of " The Vi itors ' ",'as propo ed by Divisional Superintendent \' G. Gill, and was re ponded co by Corps uperintendent H. E. Rand, who complimented the Divi ion on its achievement in doubling its m mbcrship in its three years of exi tence. lIe wa support d Divisional Superintendent]. E. 110ckf rd, of the P rt.mouth Ambulance Division, who proposed the toa t of " The Southsea Division ." Dr. Claude Robertson, M.B. , the Di vision Surgeon, replied in a very hum rous and the rest of the e erring was devoted to dance and games.
O. 4 Dr TRICT. LANCASHIRE.
Assistant Commissioller E. Ralpb.r.-Owing to hi removal to Purle y, Surrey, an d at his own request, S i '( ant Commssioner E, Ralphs, F.E.! .. , F.R.G.S., J.P .. Knight of Grace, was transferred to the Brigade Rescr n: January T, 1936, but will still be attached to the No. 1\ (Lancs.) District), a fact which will give considerable "ati s faction to the Brigade in Lancashire.
Capt. Ralphs has had a long and honourable career on the active list, and as he resided for 34 years in Hong K ong, most of his service, of a very varied and interesting natu re, was in the Far East, but in addition, he has had the oppor tunity of seeing Brigade members at work in various p art' of the world while travelling to and from the Colony.
In 1910 he revived First r\...id classes in Hong Kon ,l, and in 19 15, at the request of H.E. the Governor, rai ul Ambulance and ursing Divisions, registered as V.A.D .'·, and served in the tiLitary Hospital, the units of tb l Brigade being attached to the D efence Corps.
A duty of considerable interest, and something 111 mt unusual from a Brigade standpoint, was the organisati on of the Vaccination Campaign, begun at the request of thL Government, as a result of which 300,000 Chinese w ele vaccinated, free of charge, during the \Xlinter season, and the scheme so firmly established that it is continued to -d a).
In 19 8 he was seconded for service in Vladivosto ck, Siberia, and on his return to Hong Kong resumed his activities as Commissioner, when his zeal and aptitude for finding the right type of person to help him, resulted in
development of the J lon g Kong and China DIStrlct.
When the Forces, J\J ajor-General Sir John Duncan, now Chief Comrrus slOner, were sent to China for defence of Capt. Ralphs was appointed ChaJrman of the HospItal Comforts Committee which further for his organising abilities, and the hIghest of the Officers in charge of the aval and M.iJltary IIo s pitals.
On.h is. return to England in 1930, he was appointed to the DIstnct laff of. o. IV (Lancs.) Di s trict, in charge of n. 6 -0- rca , and Immedlately took up the work with c.bara ctcrlsUc energy.. A believer in the value of compelltlonS as a of Increasmg eHlciency, he presen ted to t}1C PrIde UOltS for annua.l competiti o n, the Iro Kom Ton g Shiel d, frs the Ma y Ralph s hidd to the. ur 109 DIVl lon In the -\rea. .1 n 1918 he was admitted to the Order as an I o n. en ing BlOtilC r, and tWIce had the honour ? f altcndmg Buckin g11;111.1 Palace to reCl: lye Iu s d ecoratJO ns, as squi re and Kmg ht of Gracc, [r o m the hand s of I I. i\f. King George V. ing life in 192. 6 he was a'.varded the ih'e r LIte aV lng Medal of th e Order and from 1932 has been :1 !l1L!l1hcr of hapler - cneral.
He retires with [he, cry be t \\'ishc..:s of h.i \mbulance [or good peace and happiness, and hi Lancashire fnend 'w)11 welcome him mo t on nr occasi n when he is able to be with them th{;y al 0 trt) c. rh, [ his ripe experience \•.rill be at [he pnsa l of the Bngadc, in and ;Hound the 0fctropolis.
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\fcer a bus} and useful life , upenntendent Dani el r of j \shton -under-Lync Di,-i ion, attained hi 80th hw hda} on , turday, J, nuar)' 11, and he celebrated thi nota ble event b holdIng a parry at [he hurch J l Oll e.
[\ Il th:: , wid: a fe\\ exceptions were members \ t (he DIVI Ion and \\,l\'e5 and s\\,eethearts of member.
The prowall1me con istcd. of d, ncing with so n gs and reclt:ltJ ons Int ro I Llced [rom tIme to time. Di tric[ tticer apt. R. 1. Poqun, \LD., pn..:sentcd aw. rd to Yari u memh ers.
'l'I 1 le fa I wing i" a lise o· lhc.:enl()r member of the l \ hton-u nder - L\ nc.: \l11but nc'- 'In(1 U[' l·n· D' l' .' ,,' 1\'lS I0n5, ant H thought to he a record for the countn : _
Ipt D. I !:Ill /\'7)h Ofliccr G. .;7\1 1I1 J. " " Pickl'l'inL: rgt. J. Churchill " J. I [all I/. \\ itdc : : .I ns. \\ i1d
Burt Haffillton to obtain a number of blood donors from of the Brigade, and the result was mo st grat1fymg. The M.O.H. (Dr. R. Veitch Clark) in thanki n Corps stated :-" I should like to thI s opporturuty of thankin g you and the members of th e t. John Ambulance Bri.gade for the way in which you and all c o-operated WIth us to make this scheme a su ccess. "
MORECA\IBE.
Afte r 35 s.erYice in the B rigade, for 26 of which he had been D1vlslOnai uperintendenr, :\lr. ]. A. \Villi has transferred to. 0e R esen·e. For 14 yeaL upenntend.ent \'(1illlS o.rgarused whist drive, and other oelal functlOns, by which he raised oyer £700 towa rde: the of the Hall, and largely through his effortc: a new ustm Ambu lance '.va s obtained and is n ow doing the work for the town hip of M orecarnbe. For 20 yea r he sen'ed in the B.R. BOLTO..
\'Ce regret to record the death of Dr. .-\. A. G. Dicke ,' J.p., of Korth \vales, former ly of B olton. -' D r. Dlcke y ,,"as a founder of the Ambulance lovemenr In Colne nearly 50 ago, and in 1920 left Colne for Bolton, where he threw himself into th e work.
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He was laid to rest at Foulridge, and the funeral wa _ attended ?y a large comingent of offi ce r and membeL of the Bngade TYLD ESLEY.
a recent di a!' trous fire where a mother and her elo-ht chddren re burnr to death , P ri'Vate R. E. \X'heale madbe a gallant eHo rt t? re cue one of the chiJdren, bur unforthe cl:ild wa;. d ead. .One of the firemen pla\'ed hIS. h? e on heale p nor to enrering the burrun g bUlldlng, an? at hi' fi.: t attempt \n f orced back by thL h at.. I n of the bct that the poor child wa beyond all aJd action wa yery creditable and an examp'le of the admuabl courag di played b\· Brigade member. when dut y call
R.,AWTE"1ALL.
•\ 10ng-cht:ris!1ed ambition of the. Ra\\Tenstall Ambulance a.nd .l\'u(sing D i \ ision wa: reili' d when form. I e.'slOn wa s as umed of a Headquarters. The 1 ewer opened by Dl mct Omcer D r. R. Cl (to who d pUrlS d for the Commi -S1 n r "'I r \Y G 00h B.E. - \\. IDlC
The opening c r m any was preced d by a parad of \mbulanc Nursin? and Cad t Di,-i.ions.'
J. Barritt th Pre , idem, hand d a o-old n key to D1Strlct thcer lego- \,-ho on op nino- the b d d that it would fulfil a -p her of us fuln s in the tnct. The May r pr ided oy r the ub equent
c edings and the Hall w as dedicated by the M ayor's Chaplain.
Colonel C. J. Trimble, C.B. C.1LG., congratulated the members on ha\-ing uc c edcd in providing a for them elves and xpressed th hop d that the dull hall would add to th efficiency and comfort of aU concern d.
\'\ ARRINGTON'.
Oro-ani ed bv the \\ 'arringro n Corps, \\'O competition::: ,")'-ere held at the I nhrmarv, when the r sult for the" 'i r R ylands" Cup were: (I) J. CliB'c , Croshelds (1 2 ) ; (2) J. Kni ght, L.:0LS. (r 12) ; (3) J. LeIghton, Earlestown ( I 03-§-) ; (.j.) J. Johnson, L.M. : (5) H, Cart\,-ught, (87); (6) T. QLlirk, Cro,helds (83d: The result of the competition open to members of the \\ am ng-
ton and Crosheld s I Di ,-isions for th e "Mrs. Greenall " R ose Bowl, "\vas :-( r) Miss Ratcliffe, Croshelds (99) ; ( 2) Mi ss Marshall, Cro sfields (97); irs Carter, Headquarters (9 2); (4) Miss P r ince, Headguarters (9 1 ). The judges were D rs P . .:\. McKally, and 1. A. \X alsh, who expressed the::.: appreciation of th e sta ndard of efficiency and the excelle nc e of the training. CHORLEY.
The Di str ic t Nursing Competitions were held this year at Chorley, when the "Charles J. Trimble" Shield was won by t he P reston Co-operative u rsing Di vis i on; ( 2) Blackpool ; ( 3) Crompton; the R ose B owl for the team w ith the mo st indi vi dual marks: (I) P resto n Co -o perative; ( 2) Kendal; (3) Crompton; " The Peac e" Tr ophy for; Officers of ursing Divisions : (1) Miss Hall, Blackpoo l ( 2) Miss Yates, Prest o n; (3) Miss Dean, orth-West Manchester, The Boy Cadets Cup: (r) Liverpool or th, ( 2) Great Harwood, (3 ) Exchange Li verpool.
The prizes were presented by A ld erman Dr. L ee, who
Fielden a nd Lady Ambulance OfllCcr 1\l1ss Collison, anc\ , n ricc Bars t Lady uperinl eo dent i\li s uff, and Lad\ 1\m bula nc e Offic 'r Ir. Curran. The Comm iss io n er presided at th e presentation.
•\ ccrnN.To .L \ccrin gto n ha s e\ 'e ry reason to he proud of its mb u lance l\1oYt:ment. It was the privilege of the l ocal Corp, r centl\' to entertain. at dinner the orl1cer f the o. 1 ,\ r 'a. 'The gathering - the th i rd annual vent of kindwas of a representative character, and was preSIded. m If' b\ Di trict o t-li Ce I' Major J. \ . .l\lacken71e, Padi hall1 J\mong the guests werc the ]\[aynr, \Idermen G. [I Ellis; the Maynre s (0,Iiss tuttard), and a number of dl -
During 1935 the B rigade b a d what wa considcred a very successful yea r, said up erintend ent p , S. Todd, before the prese ntation o f the whist prizes. Ji e added that they had been able t o render First A id and other assistance to a larger numb er of people than for a very long time. They had rende red really important fir st A id to between seve nty and eighty cases during the past year, and had also remove d to hospital and other places 00 fewer than 78 cases. hen Lhc y considered that those people were rcmov ed under the very be st condil ion s, that was to say, in a rea ll y good motor ambulance, it was something of which to be proud, and they were proud of haying heen able to giye that service in such a large number of cases. They might al 0 he to know that during 1935 the Iotor }\ mbulancl: had tra\'elled 1,3) 3 miles. That was a record so far the Kes"\\-ick Brigadt: \.,'as concerned. They would realise that the \.\'ork of the Brigade could not be carried on \\ 'Il h()ut s()me expense, and though Iher ,,'Cre practicalh self-sui-,porling the), could not carry on without some extra money which they gOt from the j\ug u s l 1 nday collection and this cn:nt, for the work of the Brigade entailcd a very large amount of expense in equ ipment.
rHE:.HIRE oc" 1')'. 1111/}f{Il/flCf IlIIa f(r.riJJg Dil"siol/s.-It is with \ crr sincere regrct thal we ha\ c to record the death of Mr Caroline Bindlo ss \\'hitchead wife of Dr. \'Vhit ehead ()f c\vtown, 0.ew l\li11 s, \"),'hich occurred on January 24 h<;t. Both Dr. and 1\1r.. \\ hitchead were ardent workers for both thl: ,\ssociation and the Brigade; in fact, the Doctor been the Ilonorary u rgeon to the Brigade Slncc a yet r aftcr he came LO ew 0,Iills. :\frs. \\'hitehead \,as a member of rhe B.R. during the \\ ar, and saw en ice in he local Red ro-;s llospital and \nnexe. llcl other intere ts wcre herh numerou and \'alied. The Cll!1e ral \\',h al the Pari h Church burial ground, and amung' l the large company or mourner" were Di\'i ional llrerinlendel1l l '()x, Di\ isional uperintendent \lr. Pcars()n and cx Di\ i:;ional uperintl!ndent \,i ld repres entjng I he '\. ewto\\,n \ mbulance and ursing Dn lSJOns.
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t io guished oA1cer and t. John \ eterans, notable aJl10( L: them being Dr. R Clegg, of -cl on, and formerly f Claton-le-:0100r , who has a record of nearly service in the movement, and who \\-as onc of it pione rin the area of \\'hich Accrington no"\\- form a Unit
The word of grat itude and apprecjation, well SpOkdl by the lay or, were of the WartTlest reciproca l natu re , and as htting to the occasion as any of the" brief, bright, anp brotherly" speeches which were the order f a m o<;t en joyable and intere st ing function.
KE SW ICK.
O ver seventy people of the town a nd district gladly gave pr izes for the whist drive, and 398 people atten ded the function in the I eswick P avilion on Friday ni ght.
But altho ugh the members of the Ke wick St. J ohn B riga de do not rece ive a penny piece for their services, not even their expe nses, the Brigade cannot be run with out money to pay for equipment and training faciLiti s To r a ise money f or the se was the ob ject of the whist drive
74 a ls o pre. e nt e d rv ice M e dals t o, 11 rsi.ng Officer MI' <;.
\ vcr\, succcs ful Jance or ranl'iL'd b\ th' 'ocia l om11l1ttcc o'C the Di\ hinn \vaS in the Tuwn 11.11 on January 2.j. last, \\'hen ther was .llargc attendance, elL pite \\ cather conditiuns. \[u:ic \\-,\ pw"H.le d by the Palm Beach Orchc-;tra, hy:,\Ir. \. .'.ranle y (pian() accurdconi .t) Refreshmcnts wcre sen'eel h) the t\U[Slng Di\ i:sion, the stage wa la o[crull) dccorated h: \fcIlattie'$ and sre I,l l lighting- dh:c[s wcrc installed 1\ \1r. F. .J. Jones. \m()ng- lhose pre:;cnt wcre Dlyisional . Lpe rintendent '. Brown and Dr. \\. Ilughes. \\ . loc kton wa Il nn. ecrcr:l.ry of the responsible.:.
0.0. 6 Dl " rRl " 1'. (R:\GHc \D,
An Inter-Pil omI etition for employees of the llolmside and 'outh Collicries wa held ae Craghead on F ebruarr 5, in which cle\ en teams competed. Competition was financed b) tilL: company, through the managing dir etaI', Basil Sadler, E 'g. The Team Test was set by orps ' Ul' {tcon J. M. Ru s,e ll Who complimented th e tams on their work.
The Indi vidu a l examination was taken by D ivisional Surgeon ibble, of East Tanheld Di vision .
The winners received the IIolm si de and South Moor Co lli eries Challenge Cup to be beld 12 months, and competed for annually, also a set of silver medals with go ld centre, suitably inscribed, Th e runners-up, a set of medals and a special prize for the best Individual wa s awarded
The winners were Thomas Pit: J. Keers (captain), J 1. L. Pearson, C. Collingwood and C. C. Oliver. Runners - up, rag head urface: J. Hall (captain;, M. \'{'hittle, \X·. Coulson, E. l\'attrass and T. Taylor. pecial ( H edley A Team): J. \X . Simpson.
The second "\noual Brigade Dinner "\vas held in th e Punch Bowl lIotel, Craghead, in January, at which 62 members and friends sat down to a grand repast. ,i \ftcr dinner the tc)a t to the King \vas proposed by Dione! P. Kirkup, '\\'ho made an ideal chairman.
The toast to the Brigade was proposed by County _ouncillor R. Emmerson, who said he hoped that the mo\emem would carryon the good \york ie has been doing.
Rc , ponse by County Officer G. R. Curry, ,,-ho deputised for Count\, Commissioner Embleton, ,\.'ho wa unavoidabl}' unable to attend.
The toast to 'Our Guests" proposed by the Re\.'. J. B. ddon, Vicar of Craghead, and the response by orps - uperintendent J. H. Pigg.
-0. 8 (DT.;KE OF ) DISTRICT, BRIGlITO:\" To\\':\" Dr\'hIO:\".
The members of the BrightOn Town Division, "'ith their friend, gathered at The Restaurant, on februan' for ,,-hat all who attended hope will become an functlon. Ie ,,-a the occasion o f ehe hrse dinne r held Iw the Diyision, and some hfn- members and friend_' attended. '
Corps T ran. port Officer C. Le lie Hughes, the omcerin-charge of the Di\'i. ion, ,,- a in the chair, and among the ts \vere Corp. and uperint ndene 4.., E D1'\ nan and -;'\Irs. Di"isi onal H. A. :\iackinnon Corp' 'fficer H. J. Grac and Councillor and \(r5.
The occa'ion wa (ne of happy friendship, and (he ah"ence of formalin made fed that ie ,,-a a famihglthering of the 'ion
The hairman pok of [he uppaL( he enjoyed from all rank., and of (he keenness of (he member- in building a nc\\- stores and in paiming the road ide hm , in addition to carrying om the u , ual dmi s which im-o lyed men being on du-t\- 'even' nighe of [h w k. The n w Coq s \n;bulance had d mands on their time, but the memb chad rc. pond d orp urgcon Drynan pre ented the imer-'ecuon cup to orporal 'and on of A section, and Corporal Risbridger, of B st.:ction who wa runn r-up oni:' losing by f ur marks gen rously Ell d the cup for th \,-inning team.
Councillor l'icholl' :lid he felt thlt he wa a I art of the for he was so often conn ctcd ,,-ieh the
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Division's acttvlt1es, and he hoped that the Di ision would allow him to continue his association with the The \x,ras followed by a sp lendid concert provided by the .klndnes of Councillor Nicholls.
No. 9 DISTRICT. POOLE.
The Poole Corps held its annual .cup competition for the Dr. Bowes Cup, on Thursdav, Februan 27 at the Parks tone Liberal Club. .'
The judges \\ ere Dr. Cooper (Divisional Surgeon, Weymouth), (Team Test), and Drs. "rood ide and Forre t (Individual).
under Corporal \'\ -. Bryant again won the cup WIth I97 pOInts. Parks tone Division were runner -up with 158 points.
The Corps Nursing Di visions held a separate competition for the first time, for a cup given by Mrs. Bowes.
Tills competiti on, which included First Aid and Home Nursing, was won by the Poole Nurses with 203 point . Parkstone Nurses were second with 168 points.
The judges were Ivliss Lambert (Matron of the Cornelia Hospital), for Home ursing, and Dr Cooper for First Aid.
In addition the Cadets competed for their annual individual cup given by Lad y Divi sional Superintendent Mrs Candy, Cadet D. Goodin g winning with 40 points. The Judges were Dr Barron (practical), and Dr. Chesney (Theory).
The tropilles were presented by Mrs. Cooper, who also presented the Parkstone Division individual pro.6.ciency cup to Private Yl. Baskett, and the runners-up Medals to Pnvates R. Snllth and F. Lawford, who tied for second place.
Corps Superintendent J. O'Hara, in thanking the doctors, the Parks tone Ro ver Scouts (who acted as patients) the Marshals, and the interested spectators, among were Dr. R. J. Maule-Horne (Borough M.O.H.), and Dr. Laura Maule-Horne, said he hoped they would take the same keen interest in the future functions of the Corps as they had tills one.
He added. a special vote of thanks to Lady SuperIntendent Miss Lever, who provided the refreshment s No 10 DISTRICT. COLCHESTER.
At the annual meeting of the Men's Division it wa reported that at the beginning of 193 5 there were 37 members, 7 new members having joined and 3 resigned. We deeply regret the loss of our late Superintendent Mr. George Hewes. He was a man who was very in the ambulance work and was always ready to do what he could for the benefit of the Brigade. The number of drills during the year were 44, the average attendance having been 25. £96 3S. 5d. was collected on Flag Day held during August, after payment of expenses the ceeds were shared equally between the Nursing Division and the Men's Division, £46 3S. 6d. each, about £4 les s than last year:. The Brigade Team entered for the Borough Cup Competltlon the Langley] ones Cup Competition, and our congratulatIons are extended to the team on winning the Langley Jones Cup. A letter was read from th e
Mayor thanking the Briaad for the sp lendid work done on Jubilee Day, when over 100 cases were attended also a letter from the Carnival thanking mel:,be.rs for the duty done on CarnIval Days. At th e begIn rung of the year a First Aid CIa s was held, and of the :1-8 who presented themselves for examination, on" 3 faIled. From that class the Division gained 6 members. t the annual re -examination 26 passed for certificates, 3 for vouchers, 6 for medallions and 10 for labels.
ORWICH.
Teams from variou' parts of orfolk and oR'o lk c?mpeted the Lads' Club orwich, recent ly for t\V O SlIver trophies presented by the late Earl of Iveagh ancl M1'. T. _ Cook, M.P.
The four teams in the , :eagh up competition, open to otfolk and uffolk DrvlSlon , had a rath r tricky tes t to undergo. The team test was: "You have been on dut\ at a yillage flower .s how and are waiting at a county hait statlOn for your traIn, which is due in ten minutes. There are only t:vo other pa enger waiting in the station on the opposite platform. are ha: ing a heated argument. One man fires a pIstol at his companion, who staggers to a seat holding his right \\"r1 t with the left hand. The assailant holds the pistol to his head, nn:s and falls to the ground.' The team had to dem nstratc their skill in an emergency, while each man was also exammed Indrvldually in practical fir t aid and orally.
The Yarmourh team, consi ti.ng of rpora l Styles, Pnvate Hatchett, Jack on, J\dam and \X ildec , were the winners, with 212 p oint. Thev were followe d by heringham 174 Lads' CJub 162,
For the Cook Cup open to orfol k team o f novice " only, the team test was as follows: man of 25 years of age is thrown from his mot or- cycle and lands on a hea p of stones. IS tur:ned for the time being, is sick, and IS able wHh. the help of his friends to cycle fiv.e He to feel queer, complains ot 'pam In the .left slde. of his head and a pain on breathing ill the left SIde of his c.he st, coug.hs and brings up a little blood. \Xlhen seen he IS unc o nsCiOUS and there is a wound over the left temple. Tr at and say what he has bee n and is suffering from now."
troph'y was won by Bungay with 114 mark s (a Dl vlSlon which has only been in existence four month:; and for admini strative purposes has been included in th e: Norfolk area). The team consis ted of Privates Clifford Mickleburgh, \Xlaterson and Walters. The other team: were Gorleston 105 and Yarmouth with 99 marks.
Mr. J. H. Dain (Chief Constable), who is also Hon President of the St. John Ambulance Corps, handed the trophies to the WInners and, after congratulating the teams made particular reference to Bungay.
!he judges were: Iveagh team tes t, Dr. D. Wain wnght Cook team test, Dr. S J. Fielding; Iveagh practlcals, Dr. W. A. L. Marriott; orals, Dr. May Rutledge. There were also present M1'. R. D. Brow n (L.N.E.R Thorpe ambulance secretary), Mr. R. A. Eastoe (vice-president! Yarmouth Centre), Mr. A. E. Lang (Gorleston), Mr. P. MIddleton and Mr. Meadows (Norwich 29, B.R.C.S.).
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The Duties of Divisional Surgeons
By CORDET FLETCIIER, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief
In the article, which was published in the February issue of THE GAZETTE under the title of" The Appointment of Divisional Surgeons," it was pointed out tha t the Brigade is a public medical service and that it is composed of two sect.ions-surgeons and trained lay persons. Further, it was shown that each section is dependent on the other, since the former is respon sible for the instruction of its members in first aid 'lnd allied subjects and also for the medical super1, i sion of public duties, while the latter carries out the actual treatment and transport of sick and injured pa tients; and that eery member of each section receives the same salary for hi s (or her) servicesIlo /bing per Otllllllll .I
In thes e circum tances it is imperative that the su rgeons, whatsoever their rank, should keep themelves cc efficient," as laid down in Brigade R eg ulatlons , with the ame punctilioisness as their lay -o Ueague , becau e, on j ining the Brigade, surgeons wd lay person alike pledge themselves so to do.
Time was when in certain places the surgeons were loa ded \ ith prai se and thank , being re gar ded and trc ated as honourable figure-heads of their Div isions, 111 the affair of which they could not be expe cted to take :1n active share; and c\-en to-da ' there are surgeons who deem that their duties arc done 1,. hen they have an annual cour e of ix lectures. or can superintendents be ab oh'ed from the charge of fostering thi idea, \1.:hich i not in accordance \\ ith Bri adc R gula ti ons l
On the on trary, th e Bri gadc, as an imperial )rganisati n which has established it elf in the daily li fe of the Briti h mmomvealth of ation , requires th at its urgeon , hall play their all tted part in its vork and admini tration; and it ha the right and p m.\' r to a k for the resignati n of any such \\ ho are "no n-efficient f r tw c n ecuti\'e years.
The strength of the Bri gade rest on the Di isional , nit ; and inj ury is d n e to the \Vh le organisation when anyone DiYl i n fail to function as it hould f he strength of the Diyi ional unit re t on the corelial bet1,\ een the surgeon and superintendent, to r without tbi no unit can attain the ideal and be t ruly har py and pr perou.
Indeed, hO\ ever ucces ful a Division may be u nder its xecutiv head, the superintendent, it would be v n mor oif the superintend nt had the activ co llaboration f it technical head, the urgeon.
The latter, as h ne d mu t be in thi rnedical rvice, 1S the senior memb r of the Division, and if he be an ac tive officer, is assured of the loyalty, deyotion and eve n affection of every mcrnber of hi unit.
These notes, therefore, ha e been compiled to -how ho w the urgeon may take his proper part in c 11tri buting to th happiness and prosperit y of his 77
Division; and th ey are based on a personal experience of eight glad years spent in close and intimate association with the members of a happy and prosperou s Division.
A. DUTIES REQUIRED OF S 'RGE O l. S A ESSE TIAL TO EFFICIE CY.
Efficiency is "the power to produce the result intended"; and in Brigade Re gulations it signifies the keeping of the pledge which th e surgeons and their lay colleagues took upon themselves when, on their enrolment, they signed Form BF. I.
To the surgeon Brigade Efficiency means the proper control of the instruction given to the members of his Division and the proper supervision of th e treatment of sick and injured patients when on public duty. j\.foreover, Bri gade Re gulations c:lifferentiate between those duties which" are required of surgeons" as essential to their efficiency and tho e which "are expected of surgeons" but not essential to their efficiency.
The standard of efficiency for surgeons, as one would expect, is elifferent from that for lay members, since the latter must re-qualify annuallr in first aid and, if attached to 1 ursing Di visions, also in homenursing. Indeed, as will be seen, the duties essential to efficienc y are br no means onerous to those medical practitioners who have joined the Bri gade to help forward a good cause which has flourished for we llnigh 50 years and is still increasing yearly- in personnel and in numbers of public duties.
In short, the standard of efficiency for surgeons coyers certain point in relation to Di,-i ional Practice , Instruction of 1Iembers, and Annual In pection of the and Bri gade Regulations require that accurate r cords thereof be kept on Form BF.l "\vhich must be checked per onally by the surgeon and the other members of the Division before it is forwarded each year to County or District Headquarter.
(I) Attendance at DivisioJJai Practices.
The urgeon is required /0 attend at lea [ 12 Dh-isional Practice , that is, meetings at which Fir t Aid i taught and practised. If circumstances permit him (or her) nly to attend the minimum number of uch then the lLtgeon hould devote the e entir ly t in truction. Brigade record, hO\\-eY er how that ome surgeons make a point of being pre ent at every Practice of theIr ions exc pc wh n prevented by prof ional dutie
Und r arc nt Brio-ade Order th urgeon i' no\,' allow d to count very attendanc ( up t sis:) mad for
the purpose of acting as a jud ge in any competltlOn re co gnise d by Co unt y or Di strict Headquarters.
(2) 111sfrtlcfioll o f l 1rfetJ/bers o f Dil)/SioJl
The surgeon is reqf{ired to accept responsibility for the instruction of the rnembers of his Di 1sion in first aid, in home nursing, and (if asked ) in hygiene; and he \,vill, with the Superintendent, ensure the attendance o f member for this purpose.
I ncidentall y, fir t aid i a pecial science which, though based on the same fu ndamental principle as are medicine and surg er), is /Jot tau g ht in th e medical schools. Hence there i s need for surg eons and lay persons alike t o stud y th e subj ect-the ang le of approach, ho\v ever, being different, ince th e surgeon must brin g his knowledg e of treatment and transport down, and the lay indi,ridual up, to the standard required by the science of first aid.
In this connection it is essential that Bri g ad e surgeons sh o uld concentrate on th e official textbook, on the basis of which all examinations and com p e titions are conducted. Some surgeo ns h ave b ee n known to push their own v ie,"\-s u nduly in their lectures; but when they gain m o r e experience, th ey will appreciate that FI RST AID TO TH E IN J U R E D (which was the first) is still the best official manua l of instruction. Similarly for the o ther subjects th e textbooks of the Association must be fo llow e d.
As a further means of study, the keen surgeo n w ill find that it is worth while to watch the pag es of the monthly journal THE ST. JOH i G _'\.ZE TTE, which, as the official org an of the Order of St. John , publishes interesting and instructi o nal a rticl es and often contains problems in first ai d, h o m e nur si ng and transport submitted b y th e rank and fi le f o r expert solution.
Next, the surg e o n will fin d that ' instru c ti o n " includes the prep a ration and jud ging of practi ca l t ests for co mpetition, which have always o ccupi e d a prominent and popular positi o n in the educatio n of lay members of the Brigade. Thi s has r e centl y b ee n emphasised, as we hav e seen, b y the decis i on t o a llow the surgeon-judg es to count each such atten d anc e as one official practice
Competi tion tests-whether f or team or indi vi dual s -require carefully detailed markin g sheets , whi ch must be based strictly on the instructi o n s of th e Association textboo k s, and will b e studi e d a ft erwards b y the competitors and o ther member s of thei r D ivisions. It has been m y fortune to liv e thr o u g h the period durin g which the markin g she et f or a te am test has dev eloped from a half- she e t o f n o t ep ap er containing gross details (mar k ed in bulk) o n sp linti ng , bandaging, and transpo r t, to tw o o r thr e e sh eets of foolscap. On these sheets t o- da y are set o ut all th e steps nec es sar y to a complete and accurate sur v e y o f the picture of the emergenc y, jts requ ir em e nt s, and the proper methods of treatm ent and tran sport of the suppo sed patient or patient s (To be continued)
Railway News.
SOUTHE R RAIL\'{fAY
B y E. A. R.
HONOUR FOR SO UTHA 1PT ON RAILW AYM A. It is with g reat pleasu r e that no tification ha een received of th e app o intment of I r. Edgar U zze ll, C hairman of the outhampton D o cks Centre to the grade oC Serving Bro t her in the O rder o f t . John. 1\1r. U zz ell h a don
lar ge g at h er in g \Va prc
ot Mr. E J. 1Ii ,e nd en (D o cks a nd M ari ne \fan age r ) pre id ed , a nd \V a, ac co mp a ni ed by 1\ 1rs. \ lis e nden .
O t d ers pr sen t includ e d Dr. G. C. lt woo d ( L ec tu re r ) and M rs •\ tt\voo d , D r. J ohn Clayre , D r. \, '. L. B ig h y a nd M rs Bigby, 1\ Ir E zze ll ( bai r ma n D ock Ce n tre) a nd Mr s. lIzzel l.
D ur ing the procee di ng an Opt onunity \vas taken t () prese n t F. C. o f th e D o c k E ngi neers' d epartm e nt , with a me r lto rlO u s aw ar d for l ong and co n t inue d interest in th e Firs t -Aid 1\I ove m en t.
A r: ex celle nt and e n ter tainin g mu si cal p rogra mm e w as pro VId ed.
PRE ENTATI O N -R.u.! SG A T E
At a r ece nt m ee ting he ld a t R a m sga te, M r. R. \'qard , Station F o rem a n, R am gate , w as pre enc ed wi t h a g o l d lev er wa tch b y F i rst.-" \id ers of that fur h i lo ng a nd c o n tlnue d 1n terest 1n t he cause of hrs t-aid work.
Mr. \\' ar d w as co n necte d wit h the \\'ork of the D is tri ct for a period o f oyer thirty years, and his duties 1n con n ecri on w it h the Ambulance classes took him to des tin a ti o ns f rom Greenhirhe to D over-duClcs of which hL never wearied.
1\ 1r. W'ard recently fou n d it ncces ar), owing co health reasons, to relinguish the post of D istrict _ \ mbul ancL Secre tary , but it i hoped that the will c onti nu e to benefit by his long experience amI advice f() m any years to come.
I L, \',-\" I.
A verr e n joyable eyen ing was spt:nt br rt:prc-.;entaW;e· o f all Classes in 1 o. zb Di s tric t at a smoking conCCCl held at Havant recently for the purpo e of doing honour ro Sig n alman ] road, of Bognor Regis, when t he latter ha d t h e u nig ue di st in ction of bei ng presented with t\\'o of th e Ce nt re Cert ifica tes-one i n respec t to a meritor ious act o f firs t-ai d , a nd the other for lo ng se n icc.
Mr. E. A. Ri chards , \ X ' dfare l \ ss istant ro the Gene ral lao ager , was ma d e the medium for han d mg t h e awa rd " t o Mr. F. C. lJ oad, a nd i n do in g so, sincere lr rhanked the l att er on behalf o f the C ompa n y for all that he b ad done to furth er t h e Amb ul a n ce 10vement. lI e took the oppor t unit y, al so, o f i mpre ssi ng up o n th ose p rese nt w h o had n ot Am bula nc e qu alificat i ons , the nee d for m a kin g th em selves p ro fi ci en t in thi s r espect
During th e eve nin g D r. D ewhur st, t h e I Ion. L ec ture r to tbe H av ant Class, w as m ad e th e re cipient o f a sil vcr
cigarette - ca se s ub sc ri bed for b y the memb er s o f the cla ss as a slight appr e ci a ti o n of hi s s rvice s, a nd th e w elcom e accorded to Mr . a nd Mrs Richard s was m ark ed b y the prese ntation o f a hand so m e bo uqu e t of fl owers to th e latte r b y Miss 1]owar d , d a u g ht er of th e Di st ri ct e c reta ry.
PR ESE T:\[ O-\ 'V·l\-I.I3LE DON CLASS. T h e thircl nnu al Conce r t an d Di s tributi o n of Awar d s in co nne cti o n w ith t h e ab o v e cl ass too k place a t th e Wi lliam Mor r is J{a ll , Wimble d o n, re cen t ly.
Evide n ce o f the inc reasing interest in t hi s eve n t was hown by th e la rg e num be r w h o atte nd e d t o w itn ess t he '1fcsc nt at io ns and e nj oy th e first-class m usic a l an d voca l
Lnte rt a inm e n t pr ov id ed
M r \\ 11. G ee r, ta ti o n M aste r, \'V' im bled on pres ld ed , lnd \V a suppo rt e d by fr. E A R ichar d s ( \X'elfar<; \ss is tant to Ge n e ral Ivi a nager) a nd Mrs Ri c har d s Mr. E. Burgess (Di tr ict l \ rnb ulance ecretary, Gui ldford) a n d \frs Burge, s, an d o th er officia ls of th e ,o mp an y.
Durin g an i nterval i n th e concer t t he awar d s were preen ted to th e success ful ca nd id a tes b) 1\1 rs E. A. R ichards t he lat ter h erself being the rec ipient of a bou q uet of p ring fl o w er
Among the cerrificates to he present we re t ho e in -avour of \ Ics<;c. Magra and B r istow, fo r their long and ncr ito rious e n icc in the cau<;e of Fir st-Ai d (() the In jure d,
f r. \". G. B urge CDi trict - eCrdar}) \va al () prcLnte d w ith a set of carvers from t he member- of the \mbubnce class in appreciation of his ernces. The Class ecrctary (i\ l r. i\ lakepeace) received a gift from h is clas. members in the <;hape of a cigarctte lighter, as a roken of t he i r e, tcem anu recognition of rhe help they had n:cei\ e d from h im.
A hcartr nHe of thanks was accor d ed 1\1r. and Mrs. Richar d for t he ir I resence, and the organiser of the 'unct io n are t o be congratula te d on its 'iLlCCe
O unT. \ RY.
By the death of M r. J. J. ih.e[\"vood, retired coach!1Utlder, \ shfnrd \ '1./ rk , the " outhern' ha uffercd t he loss of a \"cry cnthu ia tic supporter of the Fir t \ id \10vc m cnL
l r. ih. crw()od joined t he (. .1 ohn \ mbu lancc \ ocia100 w h en it was formed io 1\ hford i n 1880. lIe wa l!l100g t he first t o recc i\"e the certificate of t h e j \ ssociation '\lo 4 0) an d unt il recent years still atte nded the annual exami na ti on In I 9 z 8 he rccci \" d the old i\[Cdal awarde d by the o ut hcrn Railway for pa_sing 21 coo, ecuth c examinat io n i n First- \ id.
LO N DON , MIDL A TD 8.: - O TTr 11
G L '>GO W T EN e ll T,-\ TlO '.
G la, go w t E noc h ta tion t:c ti on h ave comp leted th ei r a nnu a l co mp e titio n w or k for t h e, as o n a nd i n t he indi\ idlla l tes ts for t h e M a jo r p ir p rizes th e f ollo win g \\ere success ful :-Firs t yea r 1 J. 1 fc ill; 2, A I c G i11. , Lco nd "ca r, 1, ;\[ -ar rurhe r ; z, 1. B nn e t t. In th e (cam co mpc tiri o n (h e 'reck R ose Bo w i w as w o n by - R cnnie {Cap tain) J. CtHL'\ an , M cGilli y ra y \Y. Ic o \\" an and B. Steve nso n. Th e L ang up wa s w o n b y J. Bl a nc (Ca p ta in), r. J c Gill , C. l\ fcD o na ld, T\I. D o u ga ns a nd ,\1. Tibb c rt.
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NIr E. \ Xl il son an d J.vIr. J, Gi r d woo d , o f the Glasgow JSea d O ffi ces ect io n , ac te d as arb iters.
B LACKl3l R".
T h e a n nual competition for the toker Cup has been held. .rour teams from within the Blackburn area of 0 19 B D istr ict competed, representative ()f all departments of the sen'ice . The te<;[ comprised Team Test and an O ra l Test for each individual. Total possible marks, 220. T he result was :-B lackburn 1\mbulance Class, 188 ; Great H orwood \mbulancc Class, I 75 Blackburn Traffic D epartment, 170; Blackburn D istrict Engineer'S, I 31
P rizes were awarded the winning team and a further award of an indi\ idual prize for member. of the nonwinning team \Va gn·en.
The prizes wen; obtained through the generosity of Mr. ayer, tation .:\Iaster, Blackburn, whose support greatly appreciate d ...\Ir. H. Clarkson, Blackburn Parcels Department, wa the actual winner of the individual prize with full points, but as he was also a member of the winning team the three others ,,"ho tied for next place had an additional test and the prize was therefore won by I !. I Iolden.
1\.[r. B entley, Goods Agent, Blackburn, supported by local offi cials, took the c hair, and 1\1r. Hepworth, D istrict Enginee r, presented the prizes
(LA \YLEY STREET).
T wo happy incidents took place at the Annual General l eering of the class recently On behalf of (he class a pipe and pouch (v.'ith tObacco) were presented to A. Hopkin on the occasion of his transfer , on reaching the age limit, from the List to Reserve of t. John .r\mbulance Brigade. In making the presentation, D r. Mackie poimed out that during his 32 years 'serrice with the Brigade 1\Ir. Hopkins had always been a willing worker, and everready to further the cause of the mO'tement \ ,\'hen thanking (he CIa , Hopkins .::aid that he had been connected with the mo\-emem for 40 rears, ha\' ing taken hi first examination in 1896. Following thi 1\1r. R o presented a fountain-pen to Dr. as a small token of recognition of his sen-ice, to rhe cla 1\Ir. Ro " said that the D octOr had ah,-ay been an able guide and counsellor.
I n tend riner thanks D r. s:ud that in "pite of the work u ual in hi profe ion, he regarded hi: - unday morning \"i it to La w ley tree( a a holiday, and looked forward to ha\-ing more refre hing argument \,-ith rhe members of the class.
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SPECIAL AR TICLES
).;. ORB F T F L ET CHE R :\L_ \., :\£.13., '\l.R. \ T 1I.B., and lOR0L\ 1' l-L \.0101 E R , 1LR.C. . L.R.C.P.
Interesting Case Reports
CASE R EPORT No . 99 - The O fficer- i n-Ch aro-e of Birmingham Co u nty S.]. B. repo r ts the efficient performance of first -aid as follows :-
On Satu rday, September 19, at Stirchley Carni aI, a yo un g la d , while climb ing some iron railings b ordering the gro u nd, slippe d 'an d b e came impaled upon one of the spikes His weight tore the spike free; an d he fell with a se ere lacerated woun d a b out 4 ins. ab ove the knee P rivate \Y1 Li dd all, of the Harris and Sheldon D ivision, "ho was on dut} , very quickly dealt with the case, cleaning and dressing the in su ch a manner as to call forth praise at Seller Oak H ospital, t o which the case was removed and where the lad was detained
C01ThIENT
This 7'eport is interesting because it provides a typical example of the 1vay in u)hich, tip and d071)JJ the cOlmtl'], at home and ovel'Sfas, ottr members pelforlll thfir voltmtal), duties)' and in this respect it is a tribllte to the rank alld file of the Brig.ade To Private W. Liddall, therefore, 1ve tender cordial congrattllatLollS Oil his good 1vork Oll this occasiOI1 and also on the praise 1vhich his treatment of this case elicited from the hospital authorities
C. F.
Questions and Answers.
T REATMENT OF F RACTURED CLAVICLE.
P. S. (F in chley) . - P lease be good enough to tell me what are the spe cial a d vantages of the St. ] ohn a rm-sling in t he t reatmen t of Fractured Clavicle.
The St J ohn arm -sling is useful for any injury (fracture, wound, burn and so on) in the ngion of the shoulder girdle when pressure must be avoided in those parts. Further, with Fractured Clavicle it raises the elbow, tends to bring the outer fragment (which would otherwise be pulled down 1y the weight of the limb) into apposition with the inner fragment, and carries most efficientlY the weight of the limb
I ncidentally, the St. John artlJ-sling is so -called because its discovery stands to the credit of the late Dr. John Maclean Carvell, who in his dCl) was a very keen St. John surgeon and a member of the Textbook Revisio12 COlJlmittee.
T C. F.
ApPOINTMENT OF D rvrsIO AL
J. B . (Bacup). - As a Corps Surgeon of many years' standing, I must compliment you upon your splendid a rticle which was published under the above title in the February issue of THE GAZETTE. It should be kept b y every Corps and Division as a guide In these lat ter days experience has made me act upon the lines which you suggest, when approving the appointment of D ivisional Surgeons in . my Corps-with c om1Jletely successfu l resu l ts.
It IJJCl)1 il7terest .lOll to kJI01V tbat Ibe Divisional represeJItatitJe Jvho approached lJJe IIIOI!) ]f'ars ago did not act as 1 have Sflggested . lIe told me all abolll II!) prospective appoilltJ)J(>!7/ alld elided fry srlJlillg that hf kmrJv fitll 1nll that 1 1/ as far too 11!IJ]! il2 lJJy job to undertake the duties of a Divisiollal slilgeoll, Tbe last remark my goat," as the scboolbO)I said " alld 1 (lcapted tbe po.rl on the JPot / - C. F.
TREAT IE. IT OF FR \C1 CRFD B \SE.
P. S ( '\ llington, .Z.). -, \t our ambulanc class recently a di cus i n aros as to whether the should be rai ed or lo\vered \yhen a patient i suffering from Fractured Base of kull and has a flu hed face. 1Iost of us agreed that it would be too risky to raise the head; but, in defer nce to the minorit ',W agreed to ask your kind deci ion on the pint. Prankly, We :find the Textbook som ,,,hat \Tague \\'ith [(l the treatment of Fractured kulJ.
Tr'hat the Textbook illtmds to COIll 'fj is tbllt the tUatllll',,1 of Fractllred Base depends 011 tbe cOlldilioll tbe braillllJhether cOIICIIssed or compressed, Practiralo' tbis OIIIOlml.f to the coiONi' of tbe face-11'heth(>l' pale or jlwhed.
So, if the face is jl1fJbed, tbe Textbook tearbcs that il i.i good first aid to raise tbe patient's bead and sbollldcu slightl)' above the lel1el of bis body ill Ihe hope thai 'yOIi 111Cl)" perhaps, lou'er the iI/creased pres.fllrt withiJJ /be skull)' and tbis illstmctioll applies wbw tbc cawe the COll/pressioll (alld jlusbed face) iJ (l j -;"(lcillred BaJt Skill!. IJJcidelltall)" it ;s a lJJistake to JPcak abo!tt the head and tbe Textbook ilselj i.r til jl/{It OIl p. 1 5, where it tells ),Of{ 10 " 10Jl'e!' tbe bead" i" tile trentll/wl oj IJ1SeI7sibi/;ry nlilh pale face. Of (OllnC, thi.r .rbollid be! " head and sholliders. "-1 C. P.
TR E.-\.DIENT OF CRt; ]i,LBO\\'.
E. Wi. (Bungay).- ill you kindly oblige me with your opinion on the folloYi'ing case :-
A man has been knocked down b\- a coal [[uck ; and you find him lyin g flat on hi 'back. His left arm in the re g ion of the elbo\\' is crushed and 1) ing straight down beside hjm.
I contend that the ioj ur)' shou ld be treated by placin g a padded splint between the arm and th e body and securing the arm straight down by his side. 1 kno" that the correct treatment f or a fracture involving the elbow is a right-angled splint, but it appears to me that in a case where the elbow is crushed and the arm lying straight that it would not help matter to bend the Limb. We await your esteemed reply
As the condition 1'})otdd be accompallied ry rl grave degrer: of shock, 1 am in full agree/Jlent 1}lith .10111' conlenlion, 11JhiclJ is in accord with Rule 5 011 p. 19 of IDe Textbook. -
N . C. F.
Maf!J tha12ks for y our kind l etter The article is the outcome of my personal experience as Divisional and 80 D i str ict S III 'U801J and late r as all ExeC/llive Ojjicer Ol!' District
Hygiene
HYGIH E: The Author ised Textbook of the Association. By eville M Goodman, M.A., M.D., D.P H. tores Department, t. John'S Gate, E.C 1. Price IJ. 6d. I18t, ry post IS. 7
It is strange that, in spite of its vital importance, Ilrgieoc does not appeal to the lay community. This we know, becau c the record of the Association sho w that during tbe pa t three years the average number of certificate s is Lled in thi s subject annually was only 266, the ladies outnumbering the men by 2 to r, as they did in th e first few years after the \ssociatio n began to instruct lay men and women In Jirst aid.
The \ sociation in 1895 decided to leach Hygiene a " anci llary to first \id chieAy to comply with the ed lCatio nal rec.Juin.:ments of the ounty oU.ncils ; ,1n<.l early in 1 98 it publi hed it fir t textbook, which wa written by an emin ent san itary expert Dr. J. " J. yke',:c.r <.Iical (ficer or llealth of t. p. ncra. There toll( wed in 1920 a econd edition b, ano ther expert, Dr. John C. Thre h; and now the editi( n has ju t been pr uuccd by Dr. 1 -eville (,oo dman l\fedical 01cer f the lini try of Health a':1cl Lecturer in Public I Icahh at the London Ho spita l. anothcr' trange fact emerges since the hr. t edition \\'a I ub!i hed uncleI' the title of I !Ollll J fjogiwe the econd under th at of DOllleJlic a/ld Ptl'Jollal ] Zygime, and current as hown aboyc. C )nsis tcncy sugge t that the fir t title, being the n. l"t appropriate h uld have been retain d.
II r!;iene do s not tand , till, and so textbo ks on the "ubj ct must be periodically rcvi ed, e pecially S lee our knowledge of che influence affecting health 11' incrca c 1 considerably in the. clan r days. It follo ws that considcrablc alterations by way of omiss ion and addition hayc been in this edition, \\ 11ic h has bc n lightly' compressed without impairm nl of it· a a teaching manual and ,,;hich has hecn markedly impro\ ed by the insertion of a Table of Co ntent anc.l a List of llluSlra(ions. lor ll1U't we f0 1'gc t tll mcntion th two quotation. \vhich ho-u [' at the head of each haprer!
\t the outset thcr i a general discus'i n n J Ica lth and Disca ' c which pay s the way co a descriItilln of 11 ygien as it affect the and of th \'ariOLlS regulation which ha ,-e been irnpo eel by th compe tent authorities and mu t be obeyed. Text \\ c learn all that we must kno\\' about germs and paras it s; and the symptoms f c rtain inf cbous dl 'Cases are accurately . et out togeth [ with th 81
various methods of prevention. Having mastered these lessons, we proceed to consider the ways in which the house by its construction, its upkeep, and its sanitary arrangements may affect health; and so we pass on to the constituents and the pollution of air, special attention bein g paid to yentiJation.
Next, ther e comes a useful chapter on water" its necessity to life, its sources and the ways in which it may be polluted and also purified. The chapter on food and drink is honoured by being prefaced with three pertinent quotations; and we learn why these are so essential to our well-being, appropriate mention being made of vitamins A , B, C and D, and also of the rules which govern infant feeding. The closing chapters of the book contain concise and practical hints on the use and abuse of clothing, on the value of work and play \vith special reference to unhealthy occupations, and on the vast importance of personal cleanliness in the quest for good health. Lastly, there is a short appendix which deals with yenereal diseases.
In conclusion, the book is written in a pleasam style which makes it easy to read and to understand; anJ the author merits our thanks and also our congratulations on attaining his object, which, as he tates in hi Preface, has been to steer between the cylla of exces iYe simplicity and the Charybdis of exces detail.
i'\. C. F.
)'le r. Geo. Barber & on, Ltd. (P ubli-hers co King Ed\,'ard' Fund for London), 23) Furnlnl (reet, London, E .C.4, inform u that the:' haye recently publi hed a Rcgi rec of \ccidcnt (by \Y. _-\.. turdy, C.B.E. \udicor of Indian Home . \ccounts, 191 I-H) for in hospital ' throughout the country. The r gi ter ha_ been dc , igned co facilitate the recording of accident ca se_ in ho.pitals, and afford' an analnical record of about 1;)00 cases. It has b en dc\-i ed primarily for giying detail' of co t of motor :lccident: the amount recon:-red and th source' of recoyery, f.g., Road Traffic -\ct common law negotiations , paticnt, contriburory ,cheme etc. Bur other typ : of accident can. be record d and cla sllied under SCI aratc heading t g., Bicycle, W'ork etc. In , ' i \\' of the increa: ing importance of securing _tati_ tics of cost of i n.dustri:ll accidents ome ho_ pita!.: \,'ill he specially desireu of costing this t:"F of accid nr. \ special ccident Ca,e Paper is also published by :0.Ies5r.. eo. BJrber c- 'on, Ltd., for u: in onjunction \\'ith this rcgist r.
The pri c of (he R gister is 6s. n (6$. 6d. POSt fr e) and of the Case Pap ers: 4 per 1 00 10'. r r 1,0 1 '. 6d. per ) 00; ,65. 6d. p r 000, P 't free.
Priory for Wales.
HEADQUARTERS:
Priory House, 4, Cathedral Road, CardifF.
GENERAL INTEREST.
PRIORY HEADQUARTER NOTES.
:Many Diyision of the Brigade in W 'ale forwarded to Priory House resolutions of condolence ,,,ith the Royal Fanuly following the death of the beloved hing and Sovereign Head of the Order, George the Fifth; and the following message \vas sent from the Priory for '\ ales to His l1ajesty King Edward VlII., who, in becoming overeign Head of the Order, ceased to hold the office of Prior:-
" The Prior y for Wales experiences profounde t sorroW" upon the death of His Majesty the Sovereign Head of the Order and desires to e:x-press sincerest sympathy with the Prior on his grievous bereavement. Principal Secretary. "
The following acknowledgment was received:c, The Principal Secretary, Priory for \X ales, Cardiff. The King is touched by your kind message of sympathy and will be glad if you will express his sincere thanks to all who joined in it. P rivate Secretary."
lVew AppointlJle1lts. -On the recommendation of tb e Commissioner for Caernarvonshire, Sir lvlichael R. V. Duff-Assheton-Smith, Bart., the Sub-Prior has appointed the Cbief Constable, Mr. Edward \,\ illiams, as Assistant Commissioner. This identification of the Countv Constabulary with the Priory'S work is calculated to ensure practical developments, according to experience in certain other counties where the Chief Constable is holding similar high office; and high hopes may well be entertained in the present instance as the new Assistant Commissioner is already enthusiastic towards Ambulance Work, ha\ ing acted as Honorary Secretary of the o. 8 District Police Competition, embracing the whole of Wales, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire.
Another appointment approved by the Sub-Prior 1S that of Dr. Tudor Williams, Surgeon of the Cilfynydd Division, as Assistant Commissioner of the Pontypridd Sub-District, Glamorgan County Centre. This may be considered as some recognition of many years' work as Honorary Lecturer to Ambulance Classes on the part of a busy doctor and one who has taken the trouble to qualify as a Grade Brigade A.R.P. Instructor.
A.R.P. Developments.-There has been a keen response to the invitation to Brigade Units to send not more than two representatives each to an Instructors' Course on Air Raid s Precautions at Cardiff Barracks commencing on February 27. Five weekly lectures will be given by Lieutenant T. H. Trevor, whom the Chief Commissioner has appointed as an Honorary A.R.P. Grade Instructor, followed by two on the medical aspect of the work to be given by a quali£ed Medical Officer-probabl y Dr. Tudor Williams; and an examination will be conducted subsequently by Assistant Commissioner Captain S. B. Turner'J4M.R.C.S., L.R .C. P.
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BRECK lOCK 'HIRE CENTRE.
COl/gratn/atiol/s to COllllllissioner.-Lieut nant-Colon ei C. G. Cole-TIamilton C.M.G., D 0. Chief Con table of Br conshire since 1912, has been awarded the King's Poli ce Medal for Distinguished ervice. He ser ed in tht South frican and European with distinction, and has given, ignal service as ContIni sioner for the COL1n tv Centre.
Cl1'1JJta1lJf COIPS COIJJpctitioll.-Fivc team. (()( k part in a keen competition held at the Ystradgynlais Unemploy ed Centr on February 8, to select teams to represent the C,vmtawe Corps at the Brecknock. hire: entre !\nnu \1 Competition.
Tn the" NO\·ice ' Contest the Ahercra"e Lower tea m ,,"a ucce ful; and in the county championship om petition the Penrhos Tean1 came fir l. In reponing ( ,n his adjudication, Dr. Dayid cmphasi ed the importan ce of careful training in the indi idual practical side of t he work.
HIRE E TRF.
St. Va/wtll/e's Day Fflllctioll.- lore than 300 danc e " spent a most enjoyable time at the Drill Halls, Llanel l , on February 1-+, when the Lianelly Di 1sion5 held th ur first annual alentine dance.
The function wa well attenued by a repre cntati\ e gathering of t. John "\.mbulance W'orker and Offici a s from all m-er the county; and there can be n doubt tlh..t it pro,"e d onc f the mo. t su ccessful function' held Llanelly this sea on.
A feature of the function was the de,' r ekc ratiO! which had been done by the local member ; \.. hik n add to th e,rening' enjoyment, novelty and spot pri e dances were introduced. The :01. .'s were s ist a t Commi siQDer Dr. Sidne\ \\ ·illiam ., Dr. Rhys Paton a d Colonel P. Jone s , fuch of the e,'ent' success is due to the excclle [ wor k of the Joint ecreta rie s, 11 rs. Bowen and Divi sional uperintendent Mi s Evelyn [Iarrie.
A.R.P.lllstmdlotl.-The ommlssioner for armarth<.: nshire, 11r. E. D. Jones is to be congratulated on rhe f:1. [ that the first official Clas to be examined under the. peci
A.R.P. Bri ga de Order ha been arranged in his ('-entl
Trained by Lady Di,risional 'uper intend ent fjss Harries, a Grade I Instructor, a Class of -+2 was examint I on February 25 by Mi ss:0 1. amucl, a GradL: 1 Instruc t( r who qualified as such at the ourse for V. .D. fECl at the mall Arms chool, \\ 'interbo urne Gunner.
GLA \IORGAN 0 TY CENTRE.
Submitting hi report on the largest entre of t' ,e Priory for the year 1935, the Commissioner, Ie D. if. Evan s- Bevan states that the year has been one f expan ion and success both as regards efficiency and personn el. Atten dance at cinemas, football matches and oth tr functions have been regular, while most of the in the Coast towns have undertaken resron ibiJity fur First Aid Posts; and the value of the se r ices render ed is a practical demonstration to the public that the sale purpose of the Brigade personnel to render personal aId rather than seek personal gain Under the heading of Competitions, the Commissioner emphasi es the valm of Inter-Corps Competitions from the point of view of maintaining keen interest and fostering a spirit of frien d" ship and goodwill. Referring to lihe resignations of man). valuable Officer s, special mention is made of the loss ot
the services f Captain A. Scaton, former Assistant Cornrniss ioner of the Pontypridd Sub-District, whose untiring efforts were greatly responsible for the standard of work in that di strict.
CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.
The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman G. F. Evans, J.P .) presided at a meeting of the Cardiff Centre Committee held on Pebruary 14 at Cardiff Castle, by the kind invitation of the Lady President, the Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E., who entertained all present to tea. Ways and means of extending air raid precautionary services were an important s ubject of the di scussion 10 this connection the lIon. John I-I. Bruce (prinCipal Secretary and Commissioner for \'X'alcs) said it wa \itally necessary that step should be taken, and that \Vales looked
He testified to the growing jnterest of the member s of Medical Profession in the work of the Order and looked forward to the future with every confidence in its s uccess. With a view to enJisting the financial support of public bodies and members of the public, it had been decided to appoint an official coUector for the Centre, whose duty it would be to solicit subscriptions from such sources as benefited by the serv ices of the Order and from those who were willing to give it their support ; and Mr. Percy Ingledew was elected. To assist 11r. Ingledew in his work and to further interest in the Centre's work a brochure had been drawn up drawing attention to various activities of the Order and to its claims upon the public interest.
A Record Year's praise of the work undertaken by the Barry and Di strict Corps was ,"oLced
to (ardifl for a It.:ad. 1t was pO iblc ,aid the Lord Major, that hoth the rder of ' to John and the Briti h Ret.! Cross ociery would be calkd upon to co,operate wlth the arditl it) ouncil in org<ll1ising 'orne precautionary municipal scheme, following inyestigation' at prescnt being made lw the ommittee of the Council; :lnd it was desirable that the Ordcr should d o all in it power to increase the personnel and traJ ning of its m<.:1l1bers.
Referring to the general work of the Centre, Mr. Bruce recalled the ambulance inspection held last summer In the gro unds of ardifT when a parad' of 600 a-?-d boy' had represented the higgest ambulance lnSpcct.lon ever held in \'( 'alcs, symbolising the rent:\\'ed enthuslasm with which the work was being undertaken o Dr. Edgar LlewcLlyn, ommi'sioner for Cardiff, spoke fthe groWlOg keenness of the men during the past "car.
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b\· Dr. Edgar Llc\\"ellyn Commis_ioner for Cardilf at th e dj;ner and cl:lncc organi:ed by (he Corp e on February ,\\"hen [he gue tS indud d Diyi 'ional on Dr. 1 I. Budge, ouncillor J Ir hnd J.P. (Chairman. Barry·L.D ), c nd .\.s i , tant Commission r Captain F. P. Robarhan.
It \\·a p inred out (hat last summer 1,_ 9 lo·t ., children ,n rc looked aft r until reclaim d at ill losr ch.ildren 's w bich was open d from June to , ptcmber and which meant :l thou. and hou.r ' rolunrary sen-ice by the Di,i.:ion of the Barry and Di trict Corp.
1n addition, the Fi c ( _ \id 'ration was open for ,:1 p rioJ of 106 d:\\-' , :lnd the record number of 1. 'i0 rec i,"ed treatment by members of , \.mbulanc e and ='\ur ing enib w ho :lttended
National
Road Pass·enger Transpo:t Ambulance Association.
Good progress has been made by the National Road Passenger Transport Ambulance Association, ,vhich was formed in I933 with the object of encouraging its employees to take an interest in ambulance work, over twenty road passenger transport undertakings now being affiliated.
Owing to the growth of the Association it has been found necessary for competition purposes to eli vide the country into areas as follows : Northern, Midland and Southern. The" Stirk Trophy," which was presented to the Association by 11t. J. H. Stirk ( Chairman of the East NIidland Traffic Commissioners), is competed for annually, a preliminary contest being
Transport Department the final round will be helel at Huddersfield on Sunday, July 5.
By the generosity of several of the affiliated und ertakings in giving a donation to the Association, a prize will be awarded to each member of the winnin g team in the area contest. The "Stirk Troph y," which is a silver stretcher supported on a bla ck plinth, is presented to winning team in the fin al round, and is held for a period of twelve month s, each member of the team also receiving a gold medal. The team adj udged runners-up in the fin al are awarded some suitable souvenir of tbe occa io n
This competition is open to all road pa s n gC'r
GLE BE DIVISIO , 19 33-
Front R ow (from eft to right): Corporal L. J. Jackson, Sergt. '\ Campbell, Corporal J. Drnyron, Sergt. O. C. Potten (Divisional Secretary), Mr. F. Sidden s (Ambulance O fficer), upcrimcndcnr John H. Barnes, 1ft. G Go o drick (Ambulance Officer), Sergr. C. T. Jackson, Corporal J. Bell, Sergt. F. Olbban (d eceased). Second Row: Pri vare J. Reay, Private P. Chesterton, H. Gibson, Pri vate A. H. Reeves, Captain W. faso n P rivare ]. Lowe, Private 11. \,\/ayland, Corporal L. Bentley, Corporal T Toms, Corporal H. Coxhead, PriYate A Bonney. Third Ron' ; Private J. Bates , Corporal S. Perry , Private R. Hamilton, Captain R. p, Crewe, PriY2te V, Lloyd, Sergt. R. Brown, Priv ate K. Noa h, Pri vate E. Dickens Back P r ivate T. Egan, Pri vate F. Martin, Private W. G B y rnes, Privat e S, M uller, CorporalH. Kelly,
held in each area and the number of teams competing in the final being governed by the number of entries received.
The Northern Area Competition for 1936 will be held at Bradford sometime during May under the auspices of the Bradford City Corporation Transp ort Department: the Midland Area Competition will take place at Nottingham on Sunday, May I7, under the auspices of the Nottingham Corporation Passenger Transport Department, and the venue for the Southern Area Contest is at present undecided owing to the small number of entries received from that area. By kind permission -of Huddersfield Corporation
undertaking s in the United Kin g dom, and any sll e 1 undertaking wishing to become affiliated shou ld communicate with the Hon. General Secre tary ( r D. Hardy, 129, Somerville Road, Small H eat h, Birmingham, TO), who will g ladl y forward copy of the rules.
A special invitation i s extended to road pa sse ng Lr undertakings in the Sou t hern Area to bec o me affiliated to the Association and to enter a team for the I936 competitlon. Team entries should be received by the Hon. General Secre tar y not lat cr than May 2.
Stydd Church.
No, 4 (LANCS) DISTRICT.
As modern progress changes the face of the landscape there is a growing tendency to preserve such antiquities as have survived, and that we may read in stone the history of our ancestors about which scraps only have come down to us in writing. The early history of Stydd Church belongs to the period when Normans and Sa...'{ons were beginning to coalesce, when Norman architecture gave place to English architecture, and when English farmers came into their own again because th eir conquerors were away on the Crusades, The article on this little chapel calls attention to a venerable relic which has survived the changes of more than 700 years and so, both for its antiquit y and its monastic a sociations, has claims that ero back further than th ose of \'7halle y A bb ey b
Both Whalle y and Stydd are in the Dioc ese of Bl ackburn and within a single eas y half-holida y of the bus y towns around the Cathedral. Attention was called to Stydd by the Blackburn Antiquarian Society, which, though small in numbers, has already done something towards the preservation of local antiquities, But there are other public bodie s equall y interested in it, and we see no reason wh y it should not b e come, along with the Cathedral, Whalle y Ribchester, and Clitheroe Ca stle, the obJectlve of those modern pilgrimages which consist of motorists, cyclists and "hikers" on recreation bent.
Ten y ears ago Sty dd Church w as suffering so much from the weather that it would soon have been a roofless ruin if the Rect or and pari shi oners of Ribchester had not s tep ped in and pro vide d money for its restoration. The w ord "restoration" in connection wi th churches ha s sometimes an evil si gnificance, but the restoratio n of Styd d Church has been effe cted without d es tro ying an y of its ancie nt features, or rebuilding anything without ur gent need. In this chapel, "in days of old, when knights w er e bold" the landowners of the Ribble Valley, and their sons: used to meet for pray er and the blessing, before setting out on a lon g , armed pIlgrimage to Jerusalem. These men of were Knight s of the Order of the H os pital of St. John of Jerusalem. There a re many. of these knights in the dioce se, carr ylilg on theu charita ble work of" First Aid to the injured," and it has been suggested that the y make S t y dd their meeting place, and the old chapel the Mecca of holiday pilgrimages. The old Roman Road run s close by Stydd Chapel, but it is now lost to sight, and the church is approachable only by a cart track through a field at the end of a narrow lane, which for motorists has no turning place; but it is only a few minutes' walk from the modern main road, and its isolation is one of its attractions.
Correspondence.
To the E ditor of TIlE ST. JOlI ] LA E GAZETTl.. .Febmaty 4, 193 6
D ear 5il", - 1 had the p rivileg{' of attendil7g th{' par(y 1vhich Dil)isiollal /lpel"ifltendent Dalliel I l oll gave to bi,I' Divisiolls, both AII/b/llallce alld /lrsillg, ill .r1Jb!OIl/1J/r/er-I..:)IIIe, Lallcasbire, to celebmte his 80th bir t hdqy. 5/1perilltmdmt Dalliel Hall is lI 'ell kllOll1)! IIOt OJ/I; in his hOllle tOU'll, 1vhere he has bee/l 11!{0'or oj the BO/"offf!,IJ, and Jlot OIlIY ill Lallcashire, Imt 11 ,IJereNr I//{!I//beu of fbt Brigade lIIeet, alld he has receiped )1/(//1)' trilmteJ' tor th(' great n'ork that he has dOlle alld is slill doillg, bId [ (ee l that olle of the jiilest tribntes tba! b{u been paid ro bill ;s the 11)0)1 ill which the members of t/;e Dipision balle' ' foo d by hilll ill the past.
I appelld a list of biJ .rel/ior 111f'lllben ,riJOJl'ill g tiJeir senJiceJ. Gill of a total of 8 ill both DilliJiollJ , !.lJ alread] bold 101IO-sen'iel' lIIedals, or hopt to ppiJl tb, Jll'llrd duriilg the pre_rmt )'ear. Tbeir JeI'lJi(/.f to date rOIl/,'J' to the total of GIO ),ear.f. Ir I/;i.r a record (II//;ftilly, R. I. Po TON (Cflp/aill), District o.ffic",..
CE :'IfE:'IIBER HOLDIN 7 LO G- ' I'RVIU· ID BAR , ETC.
Supt. D Hall "i cnicc McJ ,lI BI!'
Amb. Officer G. 11. Sa.xon :; S L J. \Y,f Sbclmc rcl ine :p " E. Pickerin g )0 ergt. ]. Cburchill 25 " J. II. IIall 21 Printc 11. \,\ ild e 30 " Jas. \, ilJ 24
Ins. Sco res H. Cund y :q CarpI. J o e W'i ld _. 23
PriYare J. \\ itbinglOn 22 Corp!. F. \\ indl..r 15 Private \. Bamfonh 1 /' B.llI B.lI Serg t. \\ Reece 14 o 1"11" ·L'lvin. " }L.Il cnd'in!! 19 :;c)
PriYate H. arter \V. ]. Be gg Corp!. \\' Blacksha w " F. Althorpe Pri va te \\ I Jibbcn J o e \X ild (1 '0 2) R. T Wild
URSI G SISTERS r JO LDI C SI": R "IC E , I U } \ 1,:::, \" I) II \ I{NURSI G SISTER HOLDl G R\ lrf JED \L \0:0 13AH
Lad y. Supt. C. Hulley
Lad y Amb O fficer A. winddls " " A. Adams
Amb. Sister Mrs SlJd ow 1V1. Kirk
lover 17 1rs.
No. 15c (Hendon) Cadet Division.
The econd ) \nn ual cial of parents and friends of the Cadets of the o. 15 c II endon Di vision was held o n a turc1 ay evc:n ing, Februa r y 8 las t, at A lgernon Road chool, f kndon by invitation of Cadet Superinten dent F. 1-'1. J III ('ford.
1n a ll ther wen: n early two hunclrecl pre em during hL' evening, and among t the guests were ?ivi sional ,)upcri ntcndent G. P. J l art (of the o. 5G flcklewood i)i isinn), and Mr s I [ar t, accompanlecl by j \ mbu lance ( )fficcrs R. I r. Bar ckn and C. E. J. West, t() !!;dher with - their wive ' Other guests included \lclcrman \\: ;\f. laughan and 1. Ir s. J\Iau ghan, Mr. Doug las f artin Dr. Ganus of I Jayc s, and the Lady uperintenclent and r\U[ , in g Cadets of the Harrow Divi io n .
A \ err happy vening \\'as clljO} cd with cla_ncio.g Jn d gamc' the \ldro sc D ance Orchestra g ave ot thea x :. t: ' \\ hi1c ac.lc:t, uperintenclcnt ;\lur[ord acted as \1.c., and. rr. R egltlald Ln g land pron:d to be a -a pahlc organi<;cr ()f the games.
\ cr) enjoyabk: Inno vation \\ as Ll1<..: presence of \Its . Vera cott and her pupi I from Cricklcwood \\"h ddigbtcd the wiLh ,o ngs, acrobatic and t,l P dancing and other iten1 ., and wcrc appreciated to lhe. full.
During the intctyal, \\ hen \'efy tasty rdr hment s erl sLll'plied, D iyisi()na1 Ihn comncnting 011 lhL work and acti\ iLies of lh adet 'c ctinn , said thal when the D i\ ision decided o lilauguraLe the Section iL wa with om trcpi laLion, but bc ausc f the able leader hip of the urcrntLndcn l who Ttl\ c of his time and intere -t :() it was thl' finc l im e ' tmclll had L\ L1" mack, and thl. ection had l!;OIlC from strength I) S(r'lllTlh , and \\ hen the time Cc me Cor tbe ad L o , t() he prol1l( teel into th ' enior Di\"is iol1 thcr would )l In th pnsitinn of b in g qualified to ah up thei r duties immediaLely. .l toast \\as the n n ropo cd to th e' '\ 0 1)C Hendon (Cad t) Di\-ision," a nd this \\"a unanimousl J" n :s ponclcd to.
AId rman ;\L ughan ( hairmall of rhe Hendon Juve nile rgani a[Jons ' omm.ittec) in a speech said t hat} lcndon wa proud of, and looked Llpt n ad t upe rint c nd cnt J rur fo r 1as one orits abk t and the w o r k that he had undertaken to do \\lith such mag nificent results, was a credit to th B( rough or J lendon
L1 'T nt kindly ga\"C a very handsum ba 'kct o f flo\: c rs, whi ch wa, raA1ed during thc even in g, and a very h earty votc of th an ks \\'as I asset! l0 th Parent.' Co mrnitt , w h o had cons [,i red to make the C\ CI11l1g uch a s [ll c ndid s uc cc s.
2.35.
D 'visional Surgeon D r. A. G. Ogihie, Tramways! ursing Division, Newcastle-onT yne Corps. 9. 11 .35 Divisional Superintendent G. H. Doxford, Blackball Colliery Divi.sion.
13.12.35. No. 7 DISTRICT
Lady D ivisional Superintendent :1.Irs E. "I. Downer, ShIe\\ bury No. ursing Diyision. 7.11.35. N o. c Dr TRICT.
D ivisional urgeon C. \\-. Greene, Rochester Cit\' Di\; iOll. 5.1.36.
D ivisional Surgeon Dr. F. Hughes Deal Di'·isioll. 20.11.35. D ivisional Surgeon Dr. B. outh\\'eIl,
Priory for Wales. Appointments, November 16, I93 5, to February 25 th , 1936.
T he follo-ning Appointments, PromoIions. Transfers, Resignations, and new Divisions have been approved. APPOINTME:\TS .-L"D PRO:1.IOTIO:\S.
W Evan GonIon Jonrs. n.sc ., I..R.C P .• POlllyl'i1l1l :lll .1-,. 13011'>1;(", 11 (H \I EHTIIYK rYl>t-lI (I 'IHI Pearsall Edward Crl·ss\\"cll. \l.I \.. ])owlai, nh 'I'\llIl :!\I 10 :)5. , In,,,o\ I1ISIl IHI (""<IHI I'homas john Da\'iL", B.Ch US \ l'gnn I )i\ i""" ZtU O.:lli Josepb Abral13m lei". L.R.C.I' I..H.C S. H,'3uforr ilivI'I""
George Edward Hull, L.,\.1-1 Rllgerslone D'\·lsjoll. :?71O.35. CI 'ITRI
Rbys Pryce Davies. L."1.S.$ }"c:rnhill )\lIr'lI1!! 1)"',,,<,11 'I:? :111 Eli Freeman, L.A.H" ])i\ isiol1. Gwyn - Morgan. .• L.H.l.P. \",tr,1I1 I>IYI I" I I ,.t 110. Dl\·I.IO:\, L \SLRD \RI 1'1 RI
Ambulance Officl'r Thomas Howl ·ll, CWlIlam,Ul Di\''Iol1. 4 1. 30. Sergeant Phillip Jack,;on. \ OUIIWil1 \ sh Di\'s,nl1. :);). (I"N1111. Pr,\'all' Thol11as H"njamll1 I'\" an, 1)"\\"I1 «'k s..'lll1\hn<1l!' ,,,,,I DI"UICl Ihv"ll'U. 20.1.36. 'II ll·'HI laptain R. Bu.tl L\"an5, B .Se., Blaenau h lm;":: n\\I' lol1. \[oX\\O t;T nSnIRI (I ." HI Prh-atc fohn Arrowsmith. BE'aulort ])i\'l,"'11 ]Ii II a.-" !'riYal' :i3"njamin Hadley. Trinant D,\·i"i"lI. I:! ]U :I.'i. RHOSIlIl C)·, HJ 'ergeal1t E\'an \\"liliam I \an<. Ff·rndall' Di\·ls;<'II :?I:! .!t', L \])\' Dl\'ISIO:\ \1 ::1·I'I.RI'1"I )'Ill J" .\HI Rt>,\RI
OFFICIAL GAS CHARTS
No. Chart shows gas derivations , No . 2 is a full and "Typical War
Everyone taking an of these possession for general nominal fee
The Hon. john H. Bruce. 2 11.35. CEKTRE SURGEOK CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE. Corps Surgeon Edward John Herrington Bndge, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.F.P.S. 11.2. 3 6. STAFF SURGEON. MO:-lMOt;THSHIRE CENTRE. Corps Surgeon John Powell Jones J enkins, )1.R.C. L.R.C.P. Trevethin SubDistrict. 16.11.35. STAFF OFFICERS. CAERXARYOXSHIRE CEXTRE. Corps Surgeon Hubert ''''illiacn Edward Dickey, L.:'ILS.S.A 25.11.35 MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE. Corps Superintendent George F. TnckweU,
Pnyale Ern' JaUl<:S BIIIlth \\'elb D" 1""" I IlJ. • LutT.:"'1' l Pri\'at e Price, Brtlh<llr ])1\lSlon. :1;.
Lady Ambulance Officer Mabel E. Kenefick, Pontyclun Nursing t o Cardiff Emer· gency Nursing Division. 22.11.35. l IoNMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.
Corps I nspector of Stores (Reserve) Lewis J. W oods, Rhymney " aUey Corps to Riches Corps. 9.1.36. RHONDDA CENTRE.
Staff Officer Idris Davies to Carmarthensbire Centre. 20.11.35. TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESER \ ·E. CITY OF C."RDlFF CENTRE.
Lady Ambulance Officer Mabel Thomas, Penarth Xursing Di\ision. 10 :?36. GLO\MORGAN COUNTY CENTRE. Corps Inspecto of Stores A. Morris, Bridgend and District Corps. 30.12.35. Mm,MOt;THsHIRE CE:<1TRE. Corps SuI>€ri;ntendent J. Hooper, lIIonmomD Corps. 13 1.36. SupermteJ?-dent D. R. DaVies, South " 'ales Border Corps 1.1. 36.
Dn'lSlon:u Supermtendent C. F. Sterry, Six Bells Division. 31.1.35 BOROUGH OF KEWPORT CENTRE. Superintendent J. Barber Newport (Mon.) Corps. 9.1.36.
DlVlslOnaJ Supenn tendent T. J. Raines , Alexandra Docks Division. TR.4..NSFERRED TO THE RETIRED LIST. GLACIlORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.
Divisional Superintendent J Hunt, Pontypridd Town Di\;sion. 18.1.36. RESTGKATIOKS.
BRECK.."OCKSlllRE CENTRE.
Lady-Divisional Superintendent Agnes D. Rees, Buck1and·Bwlch Knrsing Division. 9.1.36.
G.<\RMARTHENSH1RE CEKTRE.
Corps Inspector St ores Evan Davies, Llanelly Corps. 1.1.36.
Lady Ambulance Officer Lilian James l..lanelly Nursing Di,Tisiol1. :?6.11.35. GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.
Corps Treasure H B Gardiner, Neath Corps. 3.1.36
Lady Divisional Superintendent F. J ones, Port Talbot NursinO' Di"ision. 6.2.36. Ambulance Officer H. Cox, Brithdir Division 9.12.35 ., lliRIONETBSIDRE CENTRE.
Divisional Superintendent O. G. Jones , M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. , Blaenau Fe tiniog Division 26.10.35.
Great Yarmouth Cadet Nnrsing Division. DI\'ISlON ED No.6 DISTRICT.
BJaydon Bum ColliN\' DIl'lsion to be Winlaton and District Dlvisioo. 10 12 3:' Dl\'lSIO;\S Dl BANDED. 1 0. 4 DI -lRICT.
Preesall Kursing DI\'lsioo. 3 .1235. Xo. ;; T.
Clifton Di"i ion. 9.11.35. South Crosland aod Xetherton Division. C.\DET DIn 10:\ DI '0. 9 DISTRICT.
Cambome Cadet Dh·i;ion. 2(l.1.3Ci. DEATH
1\0. 2 DISTRICT.
Diyi ional Surgeon Dr. Lce, Boumeillouth Dh·i:ion. January. 1\l36
Ambulance Officer G. Ottaway, Brockenhur"t Di\'ilon li.LU.35 No .j, Di TRitT. ssistant Commissioncr F. E. de B. Pim. Dlslrid St:lti 20.1.36.
Divisional Surgeon Dr. G. R. Walles. A t1c-y Division. Dc mber, 1935
Resen'e Divi ional upcrintendent G. Ormerod, Blackburn Di,-ision. January l{l!l·
Ambulance Officer F. Barton, "'idues DiviSion. 1 1.36. No.6 DISTRICT.
Corp Superintendent C Cook. lJllderland Corps. ]935
Divisional Surgeon Dr. :'II. Buchanan. Darlington DI\·i5ion. 11.1.30.
Lady Divisional uperilllencient }'iI>. C. Parkl'r, '\\'Jtht'nlS,bl l'iur.;Jllg ])1\ I,l on 1 .1.36.
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Lady Divi ional Superintendent Mrs. Symonds, \\'lllc;;oorough NUC':illlg fh\'i,i "u. XO\ ember, 1935. 9 DI __ TRICT
Divisional Superintendent J. C. :\[ut lOll, PI\'IliOUth I"",l Of lice DIYision :l I:! 3
St. John Ambulance Brigade (Overseas
Nursing Division. 21.12.35.
Cefn Cribbwr Cadet Nursing Division. 24.10.35. BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE. Abercanaid Cadet Ambulance Division. 1.11.35. DIVISIONS DISBANDED.
) , LLt of ApPOIntments, Promolions. Resignations, Trall,fees, etc. TO BE D1 TRICr OFFICER. Lieut.·Colonel
E. A. Russell. M.B .• South Australia 6.11.35.
E 111. Raymond, Hong Kong Di lriCt. 1.6.35.
A. cl Arculli, Hong Kong Distnct. 1.0.35.
E. F. Schofield, Auckland District, 'ew 2.:aland, from Rl'scr"c. 4 3.:1: TO BE DISTRICT SUHGEON. :\.[ajor H. Cameron, l\LB., l\Ianitoba District, Canada. 1.3.35.
J. Dickson, C. & W.C. District, :\ew Zealand. 1.11.35. TO BE CORPS SUPERl:-lTENDENT.
T. :'If. West, Toronto Corps, Ontario District, Canada. 6.4.35.
F. J. Ashworth, Christchurch Corps, C. & W.C. District, Ncw Zealand. 1.11.35
F. D. Elvines, Wellington Corps, Wellington District, Kcw Zealand. 25.11.35. TO BE CORPS OFF I CER
R R. Wakeley, Wanganui Corps, Wanganui District, i-iew Zealand. 20.0.35
C H. Kidman, 1DI., Wellington Corps. Wellington District, 'ew Zealand. 1.4.35 TO BE DIVlSroNAL URGEON. J. Ritchie, lItB., Cambridge DiviSion, Auckland District, Ncw Zealand. 16.9.35
C. G. Kemp, ),1. H..C.s., Wellington Suburban Cadet Nursing Division, Wellington District, cw Zealand.
S. Schultz, )'f.RC.S., Brandon DiviSion, Manitoba District, Canada. 11.3.35.
A. G. Cooston. M.B .• Ch ristchu rc h Y.M. C.A. Cadet Ambulance DiVision, C. & W.L'. District, New Zealand. 3.10.35. E. Cook, M.RC.S., Christchurch Nursing Division, C. & W.C. District, New Zealand
1.7.35
S. G elson, Eastem Suburbs. 'un.ing Division, i-i.S. W District, AustralIa. 10.10.35.
T Hamilton, M B., Waralab Section, .S.W. Ulstrict, Australia. 12.10.35. T. K Mugford, M.B., Thebarton and Torrcnsville Division, South Australia. 1.10.35
W L. Dodds, M.B., Kaitangata Division, Otago District, New Zealand. 7.10.35
A. Day, M.B., Edmonton Ambulance DiviSion, Alberta District Canada. 1.4 .3 5 Gladys Montgomery, M.D., Epsom Nursing Division, Auckland Dis t rict, New Zealand. 7.11.35. B. Monbeimer, M.D., Cave sham Nursing Division, Otago Dis rict New Zealand 18 3.35. E. 1. McNiven, M.D., Victoria Divi sio n, British Columbia Disrict, Callada. 30.785. D. Brown, M.B., Wellington Rai way Ambulance Division, W ellington D stric New Zealand. 5. 11.35.
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CO TENTS.
l:.dltoriaj fhe \'alue of" Chapter O ne" A ot e on Artificial R esp mtion Railway New s Brigade cws Interesting Case R epo r ts Qucstlo ns an d An s\l,'crs Priory for Wales
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..<lpril, I 936
In this issu e a1 p ' ar s Interestin g Ca s ' R eport No. 100, and we tak e the opportunit y f xt ndin g
our best thanks t o a very hard -working memb er of the ST j OlL A\fBULA"JCE GAZETTE staff-our 1 1edi ca l Correspondent-CC T. C. F .» , in whose brai n the idea originated and \vhose energy is respo n sible for the sifting and answering the repons received
D uring the last two years we ha\re received Intere sting Case R eports from every part of the Empire) and their lie in the fact tha t ) in most cases they represent an interesting pradical first-aid lessona fact case commente d on b y experienced authority.
\\le been asked b y "K C. F. " to request ommi ioner and Assis tant Commissioners to encourage all ranks in their D istricts t o send in Ca e R eports for comment Fir t of all b ecause of the value of their publication from the firs t- ai d ang le' secondly, b ecau e they represent the a p pli caton of th e t j OM i deal i n the dail)' life of mem bers of th e _ s ociatio n and B rigade
\ T knO\v that in orn e case s modesty has preye nt ed Brigade m n an d w omen from forwarding case s \Vi m which they have d ealt . I n l',:h ca e the firstai d er hou ld rem m b r the , -alue of his , or h er ) xperien ce, and houid not pennit ba hfulne s t o pr y n t the y al ue of tha t ca e) with it pe cial d iffi cul ti s, b eing pa d on to our many readers.
\\7e a r e yery g lad to w elcome a ne w mem b er t o the G. \ ZETTE _ taft'"-.1 \ sis tant -Commi ioner \Y B nt all, O.B. E. F.R.C. L.R. C. P.) ir R aid P reca u tio ns taff O ffi c r to th Chief Commissioner ) w ho ) f rom 11ar o Q\,-a rd will deal ach month wi th A.R P ." su b jects and qu
A.R.P. ) qu eries of an y de scr ip ti o n should be addre ed t o th e Edit o rial offic and ,vill b e dealt \vith each month in the ord r r ec i\ -ed
The Value of "Chapte r One . "
A Special Series based 0/1 Ta lks with Experienced First-Aidus
By A. T. LAKIN, M. B (COl/ellIS/OJl)
3. The majority thought that 'attention" the same as "treatment"; really it is the stage before the actual treatment The dictio n ary defines it as "watchful care; close observation; giving the mind to "; it is the natural order of things-thought, then action . (M/I I A.B.)
It is obvious that you must think about the severe hremorrhage before you can treat it adequately. T he poin t s requiring attention will be found in the manual. (M / 92. II6, 117, 121, 163.)
4. I n this princip le, there are three thin gs to think a b ou t :-
(I) See that there is plenty of fresh air.
(2) See that the patient can breathe it.
(3) I f he cannot, help him to d o so.
Plenty of fresh ' air does not mean expose the patient to a draught; a moment's thought will remind you that a draught lowers the temperature of the b o d y very quickly, and a loss of heat increases shock, y et i t seems to be an absolute essential in competitions that under any and every condition vigorous fannin g of the patient must be resorted to; this indicates lack of thought and knowledge.
Fanning the patient is only necessary when the patient is in a confined space or the air is stagnant and irrespirable; the point that these conditions must also b e dangerous for the First-Aiders is always overlooked (M 14 / 4a) At all other times it is a waste of time and energy that could be devoted to more essential details. To see a member of a team vigorously fanning a patient in an open field or on a draughty railway platform is the height of absurdit y, but it has always been done in competitions; therefore it must be done
(2) To hear the captain of a team shouting, at the top of his voice, "Keep a crowd away» and" Give the patient plenty of fresh air," and, at the same time, the other members of the team are congregated round the patient's head is a very common sight at competitions, and a frequent cause of annoyance afterw ards when it is found that no marks have been earned-a team never considers itself a crowd, but a marking sheet must, All obstructions to the free ent rance of air must be removed . It is no use having plenty of air about if it cannot enter the patient's lungs; in all cases, have plenty of air space around the patient's head, which must be turned to one side; the tongue must not be allowed to slip back; it is also very important to see that there are no artificial teeth, which are very liable to cause obstruction The fact that the ribs must be able to move is often overlooked.
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(3) If there is any interference with breathing p resen t or threatened, then the patient must be helped by th e performance of rtificial Re pirati n; this i invariably badly done. If it i remembered that a man can live for days without food, but he cannot live for more than three minutes if he is entirel d priv ed of air, then the importance of the correct perfo rmance of artificial respiration will be r alised; when it 1<; necessary, the life of the patient is in the hand of the First ider.
Artificial Re piration i perform; the theory is art under tand ; the instructions (I-.I / I43) are conci e and n t difficul t lO under tand; it only need thoucrht and careful practice to perform it prop erly; more careful pracci cl to get the corr ct method and rhythm. It passL my comprehension "\\-hy the maj rit)' of Fir t-. \i der are content to perform thi s most valuable tr atmc n in a slip-shod fashion, when it i so ea y to learn ch l. correct method.
5. The explanation deal mainl), with ph) 51(.11 rest, but equally important i mental r , t. Rc a I pages 97 and I)I in the Home u rsing Textbook.
(a) Careles , un ympatheLic, unnece ary handlI n g of the injured I art of the patienL is OT rest.
(b) Anxiety causes mental ume t-Iack of cn!:fidence in the \id r fron1 an\' cause will (flU anxiety.
(c) nnece arr and loud command, udden l(lu e! stamping movements, carele handling f inj uri c , patient or appliance will cau c irritability, ann hu form of mental unrest.
(d) Encouraging \.vords, careful ympa th etic handling and treatment will allay mental unrest and arc an essential part of all treatment of the patient.
6. Keep the patient warm. 1 ote the prin ciple first says" keep," and that can on ly mean" pre\ 'cn the loss of bodil ), heat from the pati nt." Uncoverin; the patient is, perhaps, the most common cau e (,f loss of heat; it is closely t ll o,ved by all wing .1 patient to lie on the cold ground, etc .; vigoro u' fanning of the patient is another very common mea ns of losing heat; loadin g the patient on a cold elr unprotected stretcher is also a mean of ab tracti n,; heat from the bod y All these point s can be avoid ed immediately, whereas the next step-prevent tht.: fall of temperature- needs time for preparation. Cover the patient warmly under as well as on:r should be the first stage of all treatment; then lhc prevention, b y means of hot water bottles and hot drinks, Hot water bottles will provide heat outsid t.: and hot drinks will give warmth insid e the bod y'
this latter is the natural means of maintalnJng the body temperature. usually leave hot drinks too long- hot dnnks and blankets should be used as early as po ss ible, providing you remember the dangers.
7. "Prompdy" is the decisive word in this principle, and the word that is frequently forgotten in competitions. 1\ temporary dre ss ing is a protection to the wound, a pre ve ntativ e of further contami nation (M / 93), an aid to blood-clotting, and a help in the treatm en L [shock; in competitive First Aid it may act a a u efuI reminder.
8. Poison raised a mo t interesLing discussjon fro m three points of , riew: (a) my personal opinion as a medical man, (b) as a First-Aider, (c) the other Firs t-Aiders, and all three were very divergent.
(a) Insists that First Aid should deal with poisons according to the strict letter of trus principle, and that anything Further is not irst iud.
(b) Agrees \l,'ith (a) in part, but c n ider it advisable to treat simple condition
(c) Insi t on the manual, but would like it a bit simpler.
The \ cry nall1re of the ubject demands that it must be pure!} theoretical, and must be learned ,( parrot-fashion" and therein lies the diFficulties with the majority of Firsk\iders; jt i \ cry hard to oYercome this ob tacle, for at the be t the attempt are simply aid to memory. E\ cry lecturer and instructor has his o\\-n ,p cial method of dealing with poisons to make them ca r t !'cmembcr, and th y arc all fou nded on some pecial mnemonic and there the matter ends.
In e\Try ca c f p)i oning copi( us draught of water or milk can be gi\-en at once and i a useful method of ( gt::tling rid f" the I oison by \yeakerung it; strong tca, hot ( r cold will neucrali e the majority of poisons, and these fluid are u , ually ea r to obtain and use wrul t the emetic or antidote are being prepared.
It is useful to rem mbc..:r that 'burning" poison are mainly local in their frcct· th refore their trea tment i mainly local - de troy the poi on by anti dotes and allay the burn by 'oo thing al plication, whereas all other poison ' arc aen ral in th ir effect, tha t i , affect the whol b d\,. .L \11 this will take a definite time, and 0 we g t rid f th e cau by making the patient ick, then th · ffects on the whole sv t m must be dealt with.
9· This principle has alr ad)' been dealt \\'ith.
10. Th warning that clothes hould not be taken off unnecessarily do not mean that clothing hould no t be . r moved, when necessary, during practice . A practIce is intended t make u skilful and efUcienr but see the maj rity of First- t \iders r mO\Te coat In case of inj ury usually indicates a great lack of It is wise to practis removal of the coat WIthout any assis tanc from th patient-giv
him a full glass of water to hold in one hand, and, if you can get the sleeve off the other arm without his spilling a drop, you can label yourself as skilful and efficient at this job,
One often sees competition teams struggling and ge tting "all hot and bothered" in their attempts to deal with the clothing of the patient. In preparing a patient for a team test, I usually give him instructions to wear a cricket shirt , loose baggy trousers, and to tie his bootlaces in a bow; it saves time, and certainly prevents frayed tempers; competitors would be wise to take note of the suggestion, which does not do away with correct and frequent practices for the removal of the clothes.
I I. timulants are intended to help the action of the heart, and as the heart is such an important organ in the maintenance of life, it is desirable that the effects should remain as long as possible. Alcohol in any form is a powerful stimulant when given in sma ll doses; in large doses or too-frequent doses it is not a stimulant, but is a depressant and a poison; its action as a stimulant is only temporary and soon disappears' the sudden temporary 'spurt" may be ,-ery dangerous, misleading and just undo the effect we are trying to ge t; and as there are other stimulants which do the "ork equally well, and cannot possibly do any harm, it is reasonable to uggest that alcohol should be avoided by FirstJ. \iders a a timulant for the patiem. It would be a good thin g if the o rdinary indi,-iduals who come acro ca e of accident would reali e this point and give the patient a better chance of reco,ery.
r.Iake alit of the stimulant recommended in the manual. al volatile and melling salts are the on es easiest to obtain, because they sho uld be in eyerv ha,-er ack and fir t-aid box' a frequent of the content i ad,-i able, as they may lose the ir efficiency it carele ly tored.
Hot milk or milk made hot with hot water i one of the be t timulanL, because it i a food a well a a timulant; therefore it effect la a great deal longer' it re tore a \yell a timulate. It effecL are O'ready nhanced if it i taken in ip.
Please do not forO'et that anything that \\rill allay the pain and anxiety of the patient also act as a ' [imulam and her in orne of the value of encouraging word and careful conti.d m handling of the patient.
I z. Thi principle is honoured more in the be nch than in the obseryance. If" \\'h at Fir t \id L " or th d finition in the Home [\ur ina Textb ook ar [rap rlr und r tood, it will ben that anythinO' that do not come within th -e limit mu t b out'ide the 'cope of Fir t Aid and is . , a, uminO' (h ducie nnd r sp nsibiliti - of a 111 dical man. " a First-Aider has enough re, p onsi bilicie and duei ,If he does hi, job \yithout pr t nding to assume re pon ibilitie that it i impo ,ible for him to cHry out efficiently or adcquat ly, and y t in th ambulance
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rooms of industrial concerns this principle is thrust on one side \-vhilst those concerned are content to pose as First-Aider. It should cause everyone of us to seriously consider our duty and our honou [ for serving under our motto "For the sen-ice of men," and to assume and then inflict on others a position and service that cannot · be justified is not in accordance 'With the objects of our Association.
" Send for the doctor, but transport the patient to hospital before the time limit expires, but never, under any circumstances, leave word for the doctor a;s to the whereabouts of the patient or the route that .is being follo,,-ed " seems to be the version preferred by all competition teams; it is wiser to adhere trictly w the suggestions laid down in this paragraph and so avoid the loss of yaluable points as well as the FirstAider's reputation for tact and courtesy.
Correspondence.
CIVILIAN POPULATIO AN D GAS
To the Editor of THE ST. J OHN GAZETTE.
DEAR SIR,-From time to time yarious report have appeared in the Press to the effect that Ga Classes were being run by the St. John which ",'ere available for the public to attend, but in no case has the notice definitely stated where a Gas Clas s for the general public is being held, with particulars as to fee, date, tiple, etc.
In order to educate the general public up to the point of being of assistance to the Local Authorities in the event of a gas attack from the air, this Centre ve ntured an attempt at getting a class together to make a study of this subject. The resultant support, however, was not in the least satisfactory, as the class was actually run at a loss. But those who did take up the subject evinced the utmost interest, and were very keen, punctual and persistent in their attendance' to the lectures. So much so, that we feel that the experience gained was worth the trouble, and therefore propose to make another attempt to popularise this subject by s tarting a fresh class on Tuesday, April 21, next, at 52-54, Gray's Inn Road, W.e. 1. I might mention that at the offices of this Cen tre .we have accommodation for gatherings of students in classes of, say, 20 to 60, and run First Aid and Home Nursing Classes each year from September to March (or June).
I have much pleasure in enclosing copies of the circular letters we are getting ready to send out, in the hope that you will be good enough to call attention to them in the next issue of TrIE GAZETTE. I shall be to supply you with any further information. Thanking you in anticipation. - Yours faithfully, JOSEPH ASH, Hon. Secretary, HospitalSaturdcry Fund Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association.
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A Note on Artificial Respiration
By MAJOR F. R. I-I HPII REY., T.D., M.R.e.S. L.R.C. .
The respiratory centre, in the centre of the brain, is in two parts, respecti elr, expiratory and insp ira tory, each connected wit.h the air cell (alveoli) III the lun gs by mean of nerve fibre
When the alv oli arc distended by air, the eXI irat or! half of the centre come into action, and wh en deflation ha again taken place the inspiratory half takes up the running.
Irritation of the air cells causes increased respirat ory activity, but Ies air i taken in. When the respirat.l()ll is very quick, sea rcely any air reaches the lun \ , tidal air " almost cea es This may be seen and t. effects become evident in the hort rapid breathi of many diseases. It \\-as 1l0tic d during the war, tr I), in men suff ring from the effect of pulmonary irrit cl 1( gas. The effect of thl.: irritation to the inner linin g )1 the ahreo li is to cau e a , rery free flow of fluid from t blood in the surrounding carillar! s, so that the Iu n become like O\Ter-full ponges, th 0\ erflow pas i ,.... into the bronchi and being coughed up. The flo\\ very watery, and ,,-hen c pious it renders brL:athi .! difficult, and anificial re piration is ften I11plo yul with a view to as isting the lung to empty themseh l: just as is done in ca es of drowllin g. Great care I to be exercis d not t o quceze th exudation OUl )0 rapidly lest the patient be -literal!) -elro\vne d in 1[. The condition is, of cours , the reverse of mclin. drowning in that the s urce of trouble i nm a pOI d, but his own blo od suppl)
The of th lungs rut great strain on right side of the heart, upon which falls the dut ) 1)1 forcing onwards the flow of blood through the co pressed and obstructed capillarie rcat ycn l1 co 1, gestion results, and this is often treated \ en Lsection-blood-letting.
Administration of oxygen mak s the most of the blood which is able to flow through the lung. '\ 1 this is given freely the breathing soon cease rOt a time, the condition of apncca which results, cau Jng both inspiration and expiration to be -re flexl )inhibited. ext, the carbonic acid waste of the b o is not washed out of the tissues, and its value as the principal respiratory stimulant is lost. This has bLen met by the addition of 5 or 7 per cent. of carb OniC acid gas to the supply of oxygen, when the breatlung increas es and the .ventilation of the blood re-start s
In these cases, due to a pulmonary irritant, the danger of heart failure is so great that an has arisen to the effect that the first treatm ent is the stretcher.
Railway News.
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Centre of St. John Ambulance Association
\NK' UAI. CLP CO\IPFTl no '
The hallenge up Competition was held at the; Lad s ' Club, Ol',\, ich, on March 4, when the outh Lynn team for the third 'car in Sllcces ion '..,-,ere adjudicatc:d the winner, the (inal placing being as follo'ws: -
Indi vIdual 'l\;st. Team Tc t. T()tal Point. Point s Poin s
outh Lynn L.p. IIolbcach 1171 221
,. Yarmouth 96 1 2 I 217
4· \Visbcch
L Cromer 58 .'2 109 16 7 6P ossihle P oints, 39 8
Great Eastern Final Ambulance Com petition
RE St LT \fark s Ga.tl1t:u. 400.
P:t ·kts(()n " \ I'
C:lllh riug c BI :10 psgalc " B
" \ 'J
Printing \\"nrks
Pa r"cs on ,( 13
271 plus one fif[h. 240 plu s nine [cmh 138 plu s three tenths 238 pI us one fifth. 2.38 plus one fifth 218 plu' one tenth.
220 pi,: seycn tenths
London & North-Eastern Railwa y
The Final Competition for the cup presented by officers of the former Great -orthcrn Railwa\' for Ambulance e{Jjciency ,\,:a s held in the at Liverpool trect tat ion on \larch 26.
Re s ults (maximum marks, 300) :-
1St. Peterborough (" 0;ew England ") 233 2nd. Ardley Loco 226 3rd. King's Cro ss Loco 209t 4th. 0.ottingham (Victoria) r86! 5tho Donca ster Plant \York s, Cla$s :: 1\ " 186 6th. fir sby I71t
The pnzes ,\vcre presented by the Presidem of the Centre ( ir Ronald \\'. ;'fatthews).
The firsb,· tcam, ,\C\,·ho came ixth in the Comp etition > arc to be on their '..\.'ork, having regard to the circumstanc e. under which they trained for th e Com peti tion.
Inter-Railway Ambulance Competition:> 193 6
The result of the Preliminary Competition for ungrouped Railways, judged by Dr. S. Davies, of London, on 1Iarch 27) 1936, is as follows :-'Rail ,,-ays.
1. & Great Joint 2. :;\Ietropolitan Line, L.P.T.B. 3. Cheshire Lines Committee 4. outhern & London & cottish J oint ( omerset and Dor set) j\Ia...-x.imum mark obtainable 4 2 5 221 Th e teams of the foll o wing Railways will, therefore.> compete in (he Final Competition on 2.! :Gr at \,\ 'e tern ( 2 team ) London :;\ [idland & cottish ( 2 teams ) . London & Eastern (2 team). 1Iidland & Great J oint (r team). outhern ( 2. teams)
St. John 's Gate, C1erkenw ll, Lond on E.C. T. DcN' c:':--'; G. :l\[OKTEITH, April I, I936. C OlIJpetition Seatf7,) ' ,
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. (P RINCE O F ALES' ) D IST R ICT.
D ISTRICT O RDERS.
PRE ENTATION OF TROPHIE FOR CO MPETITIO 1
The late Lady D istrict Superintendent, Iiss E. M. Rideout, has very kindly provided a Silver Cup, to be held for twelve months by the rea winning the greatest number of trophies in the Competitions for the year.
Dr. W. D eill, 10. 94, D agenham Division, has very kindly presented a Shield, to be competed for by the Ambulance Cadets in the D istrict. This hield will be known as the " Neill" Shield
These trophies be presented for the first time at the D istrict Final Competitions, on Saturda r, pril 18, 193 6
DISTRICT FINAL COMPETITIONS
The D istrict Final Competitions will be held at the Northampton Institute, St. John Street, Clerkenwell,
E .C. I, on Saturday, April I8, at 3 p.m. Competitors, Stewards and P atients will report to the Competition Secretary, D istrict Officer C. E. Bower, not later than 2.15 p.m.
Dress :- For Competitors: Re,riew Order (unless controlled by conditions affecting certain competitions) ; Judges and Stewards: Public Duty Order with :Medals. Medals must be worn by all ranks for the presentation of prizes by Lady Turnbull. trophies not yet returned to the e headquarters should be returned forthwith.
REpORTING OF HOSPITAL CASES, ETC.
With reference to District Order No. 1-+42, it is essential [ha[ all hospital cases, or cases of a very serious nature, should be reported to the Commissioner immediately after the termination of the duty, by the Officer of the Di,-ision, who actually treated the casualty.
The Officer in Charge of the Ambulance remmring a patient to hospital or elsewhere, must notify the Commissioner also, giving the name and address of the patient, name of hospital or address where taken, and the name of the Officer or member, with his Division, who handed the case over for removaL This is in addition to the re p ort made on the Parade State.
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LT.-COLONEL F. A. BROOKS, M D.
It is suggested to place a plaque in the Crypt of the Priory Church of the Order of St. John, to the memory of Lt.-Col. F. A Brooks, M D late Commissioner of No. District. The coast would be approximately £20, and should be raised by contributions of one penny per member of the D istrict The Officer in Charge of each Division, both Amoulance and ursing, is requested to collect the donations from their members and forward it to the D istrict Treasurer, at these Headquarters, as early as possible
ROADSIDE HUTS
These huts and road posts should be opened at Easter and continued throughout the summer months.
DI ST RICT ORDERS FOR DIVISIONAL SURGEON S.
It has been brought to the notice of the Commissioner, that some D ivisional Surgeons are not receiving their copies of District O r d ers. A copy of O r d ers is always enclosed to the O ffi cer of the D ivision, for each Surgeon, 1 0 4
which shou ld be pa cd on immediately. ny urge on not receiving his copy of D L triet Order , by the econd in every m nth, is a'ked to advise the ComJm SlOner.
\\'. GOODLEY, M C., COJ)Jl1Ii,fJiolHr.
HEADQUARTER : ] 0, BERKELEY STREET, ST. lOHN' LANE, B.c.].
O. I (PRl CE OF \\ ' , \LE ) DISTRl T. DAGENHA}'I.
The progre made during the year was reflected in t hl excellent attendance at the cventh annual dinner and dance of the o 60 Dagenham ur jng Division f tht: St. John Ambulance Brigade, hedl at the Cro s Keys 11 0tel recently, There was a compao of about 130 presen t, presided over by Captain \\ '. oodlcy, M. c., On1missioner No. I (Prince of \\'ales ) Di trict. rIe \\ 1 accompanied by It. Goodie).
Others present included Captain F. Bendix, !\l,R. '.:-- , L.R.C.P. ( s i tant Commissioner, outhern rea) a nd Mrs BendL", Lady Di s trict uperintendent 11i s \\'alk t ", Divisional urge on Dr. H. \\ 'yer , i\LA, i\LB., h.13 , and Mr \\'yers , Lady Diyi sional uperintendent Mi .; wann and 1\1rs wann, l'\UL ing O(]1ccrl\fi Kck\\'i c. .R. 1., A.R. anJ., Dr. llll"" I\fr. Morrish and La d: District Officer 11rs. lforri h, Di , trict Officer C. E. Bower and 11rs. Bo\\'er, District OAicer ]. Kemp a ,d lilt Kemp Di [rict mcer ll ainL's and 11rs. llaio c, 11r. T. O. Mein uperintendem.l. 'orman (Barki !! mbulance Diyi ioo) and :01rs. Torman uperintenck 1\. Ambler (East I lam l\mbulanee Di vi"ion) and i\1 J\mbler.
O,,-ing to iJJness, Captain G. \\'. Kt:ndall, \1. D (Assistant ommi sioner, Eastern \rea), and Di 'it i'lct Officer C. J. Fitch were unable to attend.
2 Dl TRl T.
The l \nnual GencralMeeting of the l\lll1ehead ,r 'Was held at headquarter on :0fareh 3, Dr. \'C 13 1 I' (Divisional urgeon) presiding. lI e wa upportcc! 11\ Dr. H. L Chappell, upcrintcndent r:. . Tau, an d Ambulance Officers G. II. II awkin, \'\ ' Morse and I I. Hutchings. Dr. Bain congratulated the Compctiti llo Team on winning the Lewi Lm'ell Cu p for the fOtlJ ti l time, and expressed a wish that the team would T() further and fare better."
The Annual R eport for the year 1935 showe d that lC motor ambulance had remm'ed 344 cases and travcl le d 8,971 miles, Occurrences treated totalled 424 and pub lic duties attendcd 532, making a total of ca e attended fo r the year of 768, the members giving a total of 3,147 voluntary service in carrying out the e duties. Th e membership of thc Di vis ion is now 44.
The Treasurer reported that the Division now had a su m of over [,500 in hand toward the purchase of a second motor ambulance.
Dr. Bain comp limented the Divi sion on the excellence of thei r rcport, which showed that thcy had p L1 t J n a tremendous amount of work which must have taken up
most of the members' leisure tlme. That their work wa s apprcciated by the genera l pub li c was clearly shown by the support the Divi sion always rcccived from the local public.
BRACKNELL.
Bracknell Divi sion made a further step in their endeavour to help the sick and sufferi ng of the district by put ting into serv ic e their new ambulance on unday, february 9·
The presentation was to the Di:'ision on behalf of the public by thelarquls of D ownshHc ( Pre SIdent .of the Division), and the Rev. G. l\nders, of lIoly TnnJt}' Church, Bracknell, performed the dedication ceremony.
The Divi sion i quite a young one, being formed in January, 1932., and has been stea?ily growi.ng in numbers despite the fact that soon after lts formatlon three of Its prtme moy rs left the di triet. In the beginning of I934 an old amhu lance was pu rcha, ed to see if it could be run by thc members, and als to sec if it \\'as necessary the. district. The e t\\'o main [acl ha'\e been amply pro \ ed by the number of case::, com'eyed to ho pitals, etc., and the abililY of the Di\ ision to turn OUl promptly on demand equipped \\'lth dri, er, attccndant and nurse. 0 in l\UgU t, 1934. an \ppcal Fund ,\'a started for a nC\\' amhulance, which n"lIlted in the purchase of an 18 h.p. All tin ambulance.
\'0. 3 01. TRICT.
BIR'Il"GIH'1
Challtllgt Nt Id C ofIJpetiliolJ.-Thi ompemlon took pl ace at the headquarters, Lionel • trect, on '\[ar ch ll, 1936.
The reult \\'Cfe as folIO\\,:Co rps. Team. l; oi- Prac form. (Ical. tfeteher. 'foral. 134- 16 9 327·3 159 )27
\'I rttcher.- orps :urgeon \\. O. Forst r inclair. JlJdil1idf(tli Prarlica/. - orps urgcon D J. tok i lldmdmi/ Prt7rtical.-Di,' isional urgeon H. a\'age. (fIIJorlll.- ount) Of1iccr G. E. King north.
The remarkabl feature of thc conte t ,,-a the ncarne s of the first and second team nly one-third of a mark di, idcd thcm.
The holder' of the hicld [or the la t fi\'e rcar to k third placc, so that aL long last the 'hield mak'es another moyC, which i all to the goo d.
The team winning fir·t place had on the I r , -ious day at Derby won. ixth place in a Railwa y Competition and the. to go forward to the 1ati nal Railwar CompetltlOO. Our coogr::ttulation. and good wishes g to them for both conte t
JlJler-COJps COlJlpetitioll.-The lntcr - orp Compet.ition for the \'Vilkinson Cup and the Elliott Trophy took place at the headquarters, Lionel treet, on unda)" March 15, 193 6
The D ewar hield Corps Eliminating Co mpetition \Va held at \, 'al all W orking Club, Palfrey, on Sunday, :\farch 15. Ten team competed. Each team had to ubmit to a Team Tes t by Divisional urgeon \Vood and al 0 to Indi"idual tests, practical and viva voce, judged by Divisional urgeons C her, Somers and Hughes.
The Test Card for the Team Test read: You are walking along a lonel), country road -when a motor-car pa es you at a great pace. Fifty yards ahead you see the car knock a man ofl- the road, a drop of about three feeL The car does not Stop. cr." The "patient' had su ' cained a fracrure of the base of [he skull, injuries to the mouth and a lacerated hand. The" Injuries" had to be diao-no ed by making an examination of the patient and by king questions of the judge. The patient had then to be treated for hi injuries, loaded on to a stretcher and Ilftcd on to the road to await remm-al by ambulance
The result of the Competition -was as follows :-
I. \\'est Bromwich Tran. pon Di,-i ion 209 :\1ark
2. \\'edne bun' Di\-i ion 19'
3. \\'alsall Diyision 190
-to \,' al aU Tran pon Divi ion 18
5. \\' alsall Palfrey \\.11. C. Diyi jon 170
6. Chasetown Di"i -ion 1681,-
7. Da rlaston Associated \\'ork Di'i' n. 166-
8. \\ 'al all \\'ood Di'i-ision 7!
9. \, ' c t Brom",ich Di,T i ion .. 149
10. Bloxwich Di'i' ision 141
At the conelu ion of the Comp tiuon, Dr. Richard, the Corp urgeon and uperintendent referred to the plendid_ turnout of comp ting teams and to the large number ot ' pectator who were pres n.t. He it "a very gratifying indeed to know that the p?,blic took uch a keen inter t in the excellent work WhlCh the nur e and men of the Brio-ad w re doing.
Among t those pre ent wa - the Honorary Pre . id nt of the \\'aLall and Di trict Corp ( \lderman J. A. J.P. J\1.P.), and in peaking to tho, pI sent he said how greatly he appreciated the honour of bing d1e President of a yoluntar), orgaru atlon whlCh was dOing ' uch splendid work.. He said that a an onlook r he could not of cou!' ,appreciate all the finer points of the demon tration but ncyertheless he ,ya - very much jm-
pressed by the skilful handling of th patient by all the teams He commended to all the Brigade men and nurses present the necessity for maintaining a high tandard of efficiency in the very important work which they were carrying out and hoped that at no time would the kpowledge that they were going to attain in respect of the Government Scheme of Air Raid Precautions be put into actual use. He felt that there was a large scope for their work to-day in rendering assistance to the general public at all times.
He then presented the Cmps Shield to the winninateam
The Corps Secretary (Mr. E. M. Mears) proposed a vote of thanks to the "\, T alsall \'\' mung Men's Club for so -generously placing the rooms at the disposal of the Brigade and to all those who had assi s ted in the conduct
J. Knight (L.M. Divlsion); 3, J. Leighton (Earle aWn Division).
Greenall Rose Bowl.-I, Miss E. Ratcliffe; 2., Mi ss E. Mar hall (both of CrosEeld's Division).
Robert Cooke Cup for Cadets.-r, J\[iss Doro thy Potter; 2, Miss Iarjorie Potter. \\" 'illian1. \'Xfaring hield.-Corporal H. cwns (leader), Pri ates P. I ew1lS, L. Lea, \\1. n;lith, and F. Barton, wIth Private Bingham as rc'crvc. Thc e form the Cro ficld Divi ion A" team.
ACCRI JGTO
On the occa ion of their annual distribution of awar ds the member of the Accrington Corps, .]. A,B., J\m b lllance and Jur ing Divi sions, h ave been honoured by t he vi it of distinguished Offic ers of the mo\'emcnt in Co m,
achievement in what has come to be regarded as one of the community's "essential services "-outside provide d by the municipality- drew from the ChIef Officer s of the o 4 (Lancashire) District s uch wholehearted express ions of appreciation. A new feature of ambulance work to which interest.ing reference was made by the visito rs is the special training which is being given nowadays as an air raid precautionary meas.ure, awards given to the J\mb ulance and Nurslng DIVISIon members includcd for the first time a good number of certificatcs which testified to the readiness of their response to any call madc upon them in this matter.
LA"CASTER.
The annual compctition for the .. Lamport" Cup held at Lancastcr, and a from the Barrow Dn 15ion was successful in gaining Ii [s[ place "\\'ith 200 pomrs out of 2.40, other placings being a follo"\,' :Presto n, Fleet'w od, I65; Morecambe, 162.' Blackpool, 15 J; P reesall, 124; Poulton, 11 6; and Thornton, 114· Gre at credit is due to the Barrow tcam for their notC"\\'orthy achicvement.
Ln FR POOL.
The annual competition for the c, Li ter" Challenge Cu'!, open to teams from the l \mbulance Diyi sions of the LHrpool Corp, .].,\.B., took place at thc Lln.:rpool Corps Headquarters, Cppcr Duke. treet, lht cup "\;-as presented by Mr. James Lister J.P., chrurman of the Livcrp 01 cntre, 1893. The winner of the cup qualify for compLtition out ide Livcrpool.
The tcst \\a of cascs that frequently happen-men . running their petrol engines in enclosed garages and hc'ng 0\ ucomc by rhe fumes. To make it more difficult thL paucnts had other injuries needing "\'ery careful hludl ing.
The winners were -1 t, Exchange, 226 point ; wd Edge IIill, 225 points; Fd, Liverpool 0:'orth, 219 point ; 4th, B.I. able', 2 8 points. ix tcams com) cted.
Nursing Divi sio n, Old Po s t Office Building, Saturday, March 28.
The local arrangements were made by Lady Ambulance. Office r Mrs. M. B. Wood, and the judge was Di visional Surgeon H. E. Martin
The donor of the trophy, Mrs. E. Ralphs, generously provided souvenirs for the members of the .successfu l teams, and the awards were presented by D IstrIct Office ,· \Y.J. I1. Gas tall , D.C r t, B.Sc., Blackpool.
The results were :-Ist, Blackpool "A," 82 points; 2nd, Lytham St. Annes, 68 points; 3rd, Blackpool (( B," 6 5 points; 4th, Poulton, 52. points; 5th, St. Annes, 3 I point s ; and 6th, Lythia, 3 points.
STA:--rDI SH
To augment the funds of the Standish Division, thl.. l' ursing Unit organised a most successful carnival danc e at the tandish Council Rooms, when the large attendance proyed the ambulance movement to be a real live force. D ancing went on merrily until midnight to the popular renderings of the Columbo D ance Band. Everybody had a very enjoyable time, and the members, both individually and collectively, are to be congratulated on the result of their efforts.
O. 5 DISTRICT.
C(;NTHORPE AND DI STRICT.
The first annual dinner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, cunthorpe and District Corps, was held at the Crosby Hotel, cunthorpe, on Thursday, March 12, at which 110 members and friends sat down to a gran d repast.
STAMFORD DIVISIOl'.:
Winners of: (left) The Lambert Shield, 1933 and 1934; (right) The I.:.ndcrb:
of the Competition. He also mentioned that the winning team and the runners-up represented the Walsall and District Corps in the County Round of the Dewar Shield Competition which was held at Wolverhampton on Sunday, March 22. He further announced that the Annual Inspection would this year be held at West Bromwich on July 19·
The captain of the winning team se conded the vote of t hanks.
No . 4 DISTRICT.
W ARRIKGTON
Awards based on the result of recent examinations held i n conjunction with the Warrington Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade were handed to the winners at a sociI at CrosEelds' Centenary Theatre recently by the Mayoress ( Mrs. J. Poole), who was accompanied by the Mayor ( Alderqlan J. Poole).
The Mayoress made the following presentations :.Rylands CUp.-I, J. Cliffe (Crosfield's Division); 2, 106
missioner \i('. G. mith, O.B.E., and Lady Di strict up c! intendent Mr Tweedale, of Rochdale, both of Whl 11 had the evidcnt pleasure of sharing in \\"'e dnc day nigh interesting presentation proceedings at the Centre's D , II Hall. Their observations left no room for doubt n fact, they confirmed, emphatically, the imprcssion alre a 1\' giYen by the large attendance and enthusiasm prevaIL , also the exceptionall), long li st of awards gi en in both the male and female sections of the Centre-a to thc hi rrh degree of efficiency which continucs to mark the activi tIes of Accrington's endeavours in the ambulance movcm c H. It was very fitting that, as in previous years, civic rec og· nition should be givcn this annual evcnt, and the wo rds of the Mayor at the outset gaye the proceedings a tonL' thoroughly in keeping with the va lu e of the in titu tion and the importance of the function.
Accrington has one of the strongest ambulance un ils, for a town of it s size, in the whole country, and it \\ ;lS gratifying to note that the recognition of this wor thy
The judge ' were D r. G. \\ allace I [ay (Practical Tcq) and orps f1lcer F. arroll (Indi\Tidual Te (). \1 0 present at the competition ,,'ere :-Co lonel D. LL}land Orton, T.D., l\1.R.C. (Corps urgeon and Corps uperintendent), orps Officcr \\" '. E. earl, and Lau) Corps fficer Mr. R alli and Bella is.
The cup was handed to the winning team by J. f e. G. G. \\" 'allacc llay
Othcr coml ctitions held at the Li\Tcrp 01 orp I kadqU1.rters , 2.2., Vppcr Duke treet, Li\-e rpool, \\' re :flbruary 15. ompctitio n bctwcen fi\·c Tut'- ingDivisio ns of Liverpool Corps for Tobin ilyer cr and the (( Adam on. Cup:.( Tobin" Sn/Pfr.-Ist Liv rpool 16 5 points; 2nd Liverpool lorth pOlnts orth "C" Team, , 1\' Tam, 160
" ./ ld IllIJOJl' Cup (lIJdi[lidrltll CO/JIPetilioIJ).-I t,\mbulance ister D. Kavana g h (Lin.:rpool Olllh ) 92 [oints ; 2nd, l\mbulance ister wecney ( cfron), 89 point ; 3rd, J\mbulancc i , ter l\fcKill1 ( Li\ crpool 83 points
POULTO -LE-FYLDE.
'[he an nu al competition for the Ralph s" Shicld Was held at the ncw I kadquarters of the 'P()ulton-le-Fylde
Mr. Mark Morgan, c.c., the President of the Corp was in the chair, supported by 1\1r. G. Bartle (VicePr esident), the Rev. C. teel (Vice-President and Chaplain \ Dr. 1\1. C Lavin (As istant Commi sioner for the D itricr), Lieut.-Col. B. Hart (Lincolnshire Regiment ;> D.i strict Officer H. 11elntosh, Corps uperintendent J. H. Theaker, P olice Superintendent C D olby, Captai n H. J. Gillman (Lincolnshire Re giment), Captain E. Y. \braham (Legion of Frontier men ), 1\1r. A. Crook e and Mr. D ayson.
Various a\yard were then made by D r . Lavin, wh o aid he felt sure that the cumhorpe ' Corps would not let him down. In pre enting to Di trict Office Melnto h his decoration on being made a erving Office r of the Order f t. John, Dr. La\rin paid a very high tribute to hi work for the Brigade. The ervice was handed to .( \..mbulance Officer R. Travi ,the Millard Cup to era-eant hepherd, and the 11iddJemi s Cup to Private Tune.
RDI BY.
That ami-gas mea ur s \vill take a gr at part in the future training of the t. John mbulance Brigade wa tated by peaker at the annual di,tribution of award held in the Grim by Town Hall on 1\farch 2.f.
Di"isi onal 'urgeon '" \. H. Deighton pr sided over a large assembly, and "\, as supported by the Mayor and l\layor s V \ld crman J. \'\' and 1\Irs. Prior), s'i t:1nt onlmis ion r 1. und Mrs. Lavin the Deputy Ma.yore.:: ( [rs. tone), Clu Constable and 1fr. F. L. Bunn, Mr. and Irs. C. Plumtree, Divisional uperiotendent \'\ ott and Irs. Gott (Grimsby DivLion), Diyi ional
"'uperintendent Paddison and Ir s Paddison (Cleethorp es Div ision), Mr. and Ivlr . ] oule , Mr. and {r s iar s hall M r s. ,Davidge and Mr. l alcolm Smith.
The proceedino- o pened wi t h an entertainment, t o which Pri v ate J. Readman , P at Tierne y, F. Gibb s and Ir. T ownsend contributed, f o ll o wing which o rne 80 award wer e h anded to the recipients by the 1a yore s.
The Mayor said he had been pleased to hear of the progress made by the Brigade, and was ure that they would attain the same standar d of efficiency in their anti-gas training as in other branche s of their work. He especially congratulated the officers and men for the amount of voluntary effort which they put in.
The new Assistant Commissioner (Dr. M. e. Lavin ) also referred to anti-gas training in his speech, and suggested how the St. John mbulance would be linked up \vith the :Medical Officer o f Health and other officials in the event of an attack.
The Chief Constable (Mr. F. L. Bunn) said that th e police and -the Grimsby Council, especially t h e Fire Briga d e Committee, realised and appre ciated the goo d work done b y the mbul an ce Briga de He hoped to get that appreciation shO\yn in a more practical mann er in the near future.
:0JOTTINGHAM HIRE.
Area All/bu/ance COlllpetltiolJ .-The P reli min ary (e liminating) round in connecti on with the a nnual competition for teams fr om the Ambulance Divisions in the ottinghamshire Area was held at B ath St reet School s, ottingh,am, and the Drill Hall, F orest TO\l:n, 1ans fi eld, on Saturday, February 22.
The competition consi sted of Tea m and Individual Tests, and was identical at each Headquarte rs.
In the Final Competition held at the Univer si ty College, - ottingham, on Saturday March 7, the eight teams who had qualified in the preliminary round underwent another Team Test, and questio n s for the individual member o f the team s ,
ottinghamshire j \r ea in the o. 5 Di s trict Competiti on to be held at a later date.
ottilJgba llJ Central A1IJblrlall ce and Tlln ing Divisioll IT --hist Drive and Dallce.- very ucce f ul whi st dri ve and dance, organised b y the Central j \mbulanc e and ursing Divi ion s of the t.] ohn mbulance BrigadL, ottingham Corps, in aid of the Di v i i ona l Fund s, w as held on atur day, Februar y 29, at t. Catherin e s Chu rch Hall, lo ttingham.
.C O.'s Club ll Chist Dr in and J)aIl Cf - The e. .'s o f the ottin gh a.m Corp, t .] o hn A mbulan ce Brigadt, have recently formed th mselves into a .e.0.' Cl uh, with the object of incr eas ing and stim ul atin g the efficien t\ and social efforts of the Co rp
Th e fir t ocial e\ Tent arranO"ed by th e 0.' lull \-va in the f or m o f a whist dri\'e and danc held at th e Grey friar s H all, I ot tingham o n Thur s day farch 19 ]a t, Thi effort \Va atten d ed bra company o f upwa rd , o f 500, \, "hich speaks well f or the work done by th l' e nergetic H o n e c re tar y of the Club I L. land ) and the Commi t tee
l\ To ttil/gbatlJ Corps 2. HI -l l/Ilill ena l,)' Dlt/m r. - The .l. ring t on, Bulwell and R obin H ood l \mbul a nc e D ivi io l' o f the .i ottin gharn orp. t. John \m hulancc Bri gacl and al 0 the Corps which w a' formed in 1915 celebrar l'd their C co ming -o f-age" with a dinner a nd ocia l at tf l1ikado Cafe, o ttin gham, on aturday, 2 T la ,r. \"h en up\:vard s of 200 attended.
ic H. D nni R adett-Bayler, Kni ghl of Gra cl" re ponded o n behalf of the Ordc r of t. John, and e.pressed his great appreciation of th work of the Tot tin >ham Corps, a nd emphas is d the \'oluntary nature of th work, which, h e sa id, was not ah, "ays understood to b e th ca se by the general pu bl lc.
Team Test Oral 'fest Bedma k ing Total P ass. 156 P OSS.40 Poss. 67 Poss. 263 Ci ty 12 r 3G 6 5 2 22
Ce ntra.l 9 1 26 Go 177
" ll7illifred Cib .rolJ ' Shie ld COlIJpetilion.-The annual com petition for the" \'\ inifred Gib so n" Shield, c:pen to leams from the ur sing Di isions in the ottJngham Corp - .J. .B." wa s held at Bath Street Schools, ottin gham, n fhur s day, February 20. Eight team s competed on thi s occasion (the same nu mber as la t year), and eac h team underw e nt T eam, Practical an d Bedmakin g Tes ts
The result of the competition was as follows, the holder s of the trophy ( c n tral L ur si ng Divi sion) failing to retain it for a further year.
"Ollingham Basforu .L ottingham " o ttin gham o ttin gham arringmn .0J arpnky
Team. it y "0 1 Total ( P ossible 2.77 ) ZIG 199 cmral 0.0. r 196 2. 195
Cill fa 1 • O. 2... I 8 orpn. Pa Tran pon 18G 6 152
J hI.. Tt:arn \\'as judged b) \l ajor .J, ohen, DJ\ isional L1j crtOlendenL and urgt:on, \,\ ollaton \m bulance Di\ ISIOl1 and the Praclical '[ eSl.., h, D r. ' otlingham. .\lis s h:1\\" R,0. ., kindi y judged the Bedmaking Tc .lS.
In the absence ot' [he donur of the [mph:-, L d} Di strict Otlict:r \\ (, ihon, (he hicld wa - preented LO the \\-inning team by Dr. D. '\.i cklin, Lad} Di\ i -ional Bil ford Di\ ision tugelht:r \\ ith indi\ idual awar d to the mLmbers of t hc winnIng team and ru n nt:L -up.
PUNTL RACl
t he four were the same four divisions-Doncaster, Pontefract, Tadcaste r and R otherham , In 1935 they took th e order shown; in I934 P ontefract took the last place and Tadcas ter the third. The figure s affecting the Di vision are given in the report in another co l umn; and the Chief Constable paid tribute to the part played by the St ] ohn Ambulance Brigade in dealin g with the vi ctims of so many mishaps.
L EED5
At t he Competition held recently at Belle V ue Barracks , B radford, the Elli so n Challenge Shield was won by th e Burl ey and Kirkstall ursing Division , Leeds.
The winning team consisted of 111ss 11. Headd (Captain), Mrs. Foster, Mrs. K. Crossley, Mrs. 1. Grinsted (reserye, Miss Hood).
This Div i sion also holds the \\' il so n hield, Elland, and the shbury Cup (V.A .D. ).
It is to be hoped these successes may prove an ince ntiv e t o the younger members to \'lork hard and prove themselves worthy of the ociety to which they belong,
o. 6 I)ISTRICT.
HLiLL A)';D EAT
Golden jubilee Celebrations of the Brigade in H sucial eyening in connection with the Jubilee celebration of the Brigade in Hull was held recently in the Drill Hat, at the Headquarters, Anlaby Road, when a concert and impromptu dance provided enjoyment for a large gathering of members and friends of the J. mbulance Th e concert, which was grearly appreciated by all present, wa arranged by Tennyson, and irems we r e rendered by ",\11 :\1 u riel Th omp_ on :\1r. Oliver (elocu(ioni t) and :\1r. B ernard mlrh.
The result of the Competition was a s follows :Total Marks Team.
Harworth
Not ts Corpn. Pa ssenger Transpo rt
(P as s 2 50)
:Bentinck Colliery
Teversal and Silve rhill
Cinderhill
Welbeck No. I
Stanton Ironworks
Bulwell
The judges were :-Team Test, County Surgeon Dr. A. la Touche Darley; Individual Questions, Corp s
Surgeon Dr. H. G. Pa rker, Nottingham; Uniform s, Corps Superintendent A. G. Weller and Corps Superintendent Lee:
At the conclusion of the Competition the County Surgeon pre sented the " Area Cup" to the winning team and the " Hutton Bow l" to the runners-up, w ith individual awards to each memb er of the two teams, and all the comp etitor s ,on their efficiency. Harworth Team ha s now qualified to represent the r08
The tOast of the Corp s and Di\" ision "\va propol d b Assistant Commissioner \. B Gib on, J.P" O. t.,J. who referre d to the early day of t h e Corps, and outlinu l the activities of the Corps from the date of it inc pti or} in January, I9q (when the ity mbulance Di i io" was formed ) , to the pre em da y, when, h , aid, the ne u l for the serv ice o f the Bri ga d e wa s probably grealu tha n at any time since the ottingham C r ps wa form d Mr. Gib so n al so refe rr ed t o the latest act iv it y of the Bri gack in connection with the sc h eme of ir R aid Pr ecauti n in w hich s ubject some 2 00 members of th e \m bulan C' and ur ing Di \'isions in ott in g h am were the n uncle going a course of instruction,
A rea Nursing CO!JJPeti/ioll.-The annual compeliti on for the cc Birkin Cup" open to teams from the ur sin!!; Di visions of the t .] o hn l\mbulance Brigade in th e ottingh am hire rea, was held at the University Co ll eg e. Shakespeare Street, o ttin gham, on aturc1ay, Jarch 2.8.
Unfortunate ly, however, t h e entry was very appointi ng, o nly two t eams competing for the di tinc tion of represe nting the ottinghamshire Area in the Di strict Comp e ti t ion , which i s to be held in lo ttingham on Apri l 18. The rival teams were City and Central ur sin g Di v i sions, both from the otti n gham Corps, n o entr} hav in g been rec eived f ro m th e County" thi s yea r. Both teams subm.itt e d themselves t o T ea m, O ra l a nd B edmaki ng Te s ts, the result of th e competition bei ng as follo ws :-
R ad casualtit: in the P omefracr Police Di\"ision during 1935 reac hed the highest total but ont: in (he \,\ e t Rid ing, the Chief of tht: \'\ "est Riding G. Vaughan) in P onte rac[ recentl). fIe uggesled ambulance im-truction and the inculcarion of road en c into chil dr en du ring the e'\(ra year at , ch( nl no\\" propo ed
The Chief Con table wa:; a guct at (he tenth annual dinner, held in \\ 'or d w orth Cafe P ootefrac( of the Officers of th e P mcfracl a nd Di t rict rps of the t.
John A mbulance Bri ga de. orp ' uperintendel1l T. Amery pre ided oyer a company, which includ ed also the Mayor ofPontefract (Councillor T..J. id e, J.P.), Vaughan, 1\1r. Amery, Ollnty urrrcon T. e. .L\.. weetna m (Hemsworth), orps 110mbI' and A Leyland (Feather tone ) , Diyi s ional urg o n \'\ Blom£ield (Pontefrac( ), orp urgcon F. \\ ulliyan (Sout h Kirkb -), orp' urge n \\'. D D yson ( H emworth), upe r int e ndcn t .l. haw, the P res id ent of the A ckworth Di vi n ( un. Gu -r J. P. ) and 1\[1' , Guest, the President f the llcm v,orth Di y i.ion (Councillo r)]. \'C Berry ) , D ivisional ur gcon \\ L. Gardner (Ackwort h ) Divi si ona l L1 rgeon ll. oney, orrs Hlcer \'\1. R. \\,i gglc worth, Lady orps 111cer E. R obinson, A ld. \'\'. Barber, i\L.B J.P., .c. ,lnd Mrs. Barber.
The Chief on -table revealed (hat the P ontcfract P olice Divi ion h as a bad record in th matter of roa d accid nt' . In 1935 only Doncas tcr, in the W! c. t Riding, 1 f(widcd a larger m.lmber of acc id ent ; and in 193-1- P o ntcfrac t \\ :1.S sti ll in the" fir four.' It is signi£1cant, by the w a)", that
During (he evening _ Thurloe \,,"a pre emed with her \\ 'arraor of Lad, \.mbulanc e Officer-in-Charge of Ea stern i\ur ing DiYl ion .01r. G. Garland was .l'.1.e. for the dance, and among th o e pre ent were Count)' Commi sioner Mr. \\'. T. Atkin on Coumy Officer H. Banrop, CQrp uperintendent e. Batley, C orp: Officer T. Lamb , Corp Officer E. Eggleton, "'\Ir. Bade:;, Lady Corp r-.1i s Barr on, Corps Officer .0fr. Howell, 1fr Hamp on and .01r.. Haley .01r. Haley, Corp ergeant.01ajor "'\lalton and Mrs. :\laltOn, and Mrs , \\beatley COllJpetitiotlJ".- _ n intere cing Ambulance Competicion f r first-year members of HuUi\ orthern and Hull_Alexandra Dock D ivi ion wa, recemh" held which aro used keen intere t (hrou ghout the e ion. The re ult howed: 1, Pr iYate .01e k; 2. Private P. Hearb.eld: and Private J. Pickerina.
D ivi ional urg on Dr. E. ;\1. Dearn judged the case for treatment, \vruch a fractured clavicle and di located houlder, whi1 t Diyisi onal urgeon Dr. L. F. \\' ilson judged the ora l work.
Votes of thanks t o the] udges ,, - re mO\"ed by Diyisional uperint ndent L Groye and econded by Divi ionaI rintcndent P enn wh o e::-.-pre ed the hope that further -imilar competition: ,,-ith neighbouring division might b arcana din th near future a-s it \va felt b," all member. that competiti on work o f thi type wa m'o, t helpful in fir t- aid \,"ork.
Thanks \yere accord d to the t\\"O Diyi.ional up [intendcnt for the arrang ments mad.
The Lady Atkin on up, for which £11' t-year m mbers of ursing Diyi sions indi,,-idually are was lLo
competed for a few weeks ago. Miss \Y/rigglesworth, of the Young People's Institute Nursing Divi ion, took first place, Mrs. Styles, of Peel House Nursing Division, being second.
The Hampson Cup, competed for annually by teams from Nursing Divisions of the Hull Corps, was contested this year on March 7 last, Kingston Iur ing Divi ion team, captained by Miss Auriel Smith, winning with 126 marks, whi1 t the Peel House Nursing Division team, unde r Miss Barbara Hall, came a close second with I I 8 marks.
Mrs. Ce cil Harrison, until recently L a dy Corps uperintendent but now with the Briga de Reserve, aw a rded a prize in the f or m of a clock, to be held for one year by the individual member of any competing team in this competition who scored the highest marks. This was carried off by l\1iss Moore, No. 2 in Peel House team, who also was awarded a prize by the donor of the cup, Mr. G. Hampson, to be kept by the winner as a memento.
The captains of the teams made excellent diagnoses and instructed their members most capably in their work. Both teams showed initiative and efficiency in dealing with the case-that of two people being partially gassed succumbing to the effects and becoming unconscious in escaping from the room, falling downstairs and sustaining serious injuries.
Dr. Stirling Eddie judged the practical work of the Team Test, whilst Miss Hardy, a senior member of the Brigade, adjudicated upon the individual work.
Boys from the Trinity House Navigation School, Hull, volunteered as patients and cheerfully withstood their arduous ordeals.
A large company of interested spectators were present, amongst them being Sir Arthur and Lady Atkin so n, County Commissioner Mr. W. T. Atkinson, County Officers Captain S. W. Nicholas, O.B.E., Mr. H Bar t ro p, Mr. Alwyn Smith, Corps Officer 1fr. T. Lamb, Co rp s Sergeant-Major Malton, Mr. Whitehead, Mr. G arla nd, La d y Corps Superintendent Miss Barron, and Lady Corps Officers Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Hampson, and Mrs H a le y Corps Officer Mr. G. Hampson prese nted the cup and Mrs. Hampson the other prize s to the successful competitors.
Mr. Whitehead proposed a vote of thanks to the Judges, Dr. Eddie and Miss Bardy, and to the " patients."
No. 6 District Competitions: Hull and East R iding Preliminary.-The eliminating competition to det ermine the team to represent the Brigade in Hull and the East Ridin g of Yorkshire at the No.6 District ursing Competition ;Finals took place on February 22 at the B rigade Headquarters, Anlab y Road, Hull, when a very keen contest was decided between the Kingston and the Peel House Nursing teams.
Divisional Dr. Norman R ymer pre se nte d a Team Test calling for exceptional ability in rendering first-aid to the four occupants of a motor -car entirely submerged in a ditch, some of whom suffered from ra t her o bscure complications. In this the boy patients pla yed their parts well, whil st the entertaining part of a deaf and very obtu se old lady living alone in a cottage nearb y was amusingly acted by Miss R obinson, a member of the Brigade
Divisional Surge on D r. E. M. De a rn undertook a very 110
thorough and searching individual test, includin g practical work and questions.
The marks awarded, as under, showed the P e el IIou se somewhat stronger in individual work, whil s t th e Kingston team scored more highly in thc Team Tes t.
T eam Indi -
T e t. vidual. Uniform. T otal
K.in gs ton sg. 124 I7 2 20 3 16 P ee l House sg 100 193 20 3
D istrict Fillals. at SllIId('r/alJd.- Th e King to 1 urslDg t am by a s m a ll margin to COf11 " p ete at the o. 6 Dl stnc t Flilal at underland o n March 2 La t, and th ey s uccee d ed once morc to the honour {t represe nting the Di trict at the B r iga d e Final in L ondo n next June. They not only rrained the " L adies f Yorkshire" Cup over the orth bRidin g, butthey now al. (I h old th e Burd on Challenge Cup, wh.ich i s t h e Di stri u Trophy for Brigade Nursing Di v isi o n s.
Th e D istrict EfficimC)1 Cllps.-lIull Di vUo ns ha \ also scored hig hly in o. 6 D istrict in th e EA-iciency R au for:-
(1) The Rob ert Anderson ilver Trophy awarded to tl Ambulance Di vis ion which is adjudged to be the m o t in the. District du ri ng the preceding year, an d which com es thi s to th e I lull \'\ r ig ht Di v! ' ioo, who L 100 per cent. effioency of a member hip of 27 inclu dL the Div ision al urgeon; and
(2) The Store y Sil ve r Cup awarded similarly t o th most efficient urs ing Divi sion in the D i triet and whic ' falls once more to be share d for six months each bet ,,"cc the Hull Youn g P eo pl e's I n titute and the Te wca tkon- Tyne \'{'este rn urs in g D ivi, i ons. The con it er high .stan dard of efficiency of these two teams year nft( year I S r ema rkab le and merits especial notice.
The main points take n into consideration in makin g these awards are :-
1. Pe rcentage of m embers "Effic ient" according to Briga d e R egula ti ons.
2. Amount and effi ci ency o f public dut y undertake r. rela tive to the opportunities ar ising in the localit " in which the Div isio n is situate d.
3· Gene ral efficiency in running th e Di v ion, p rompt ne ss and corr ect n ess in ren d ering annual return , replylDg to co rr es p on d en ce, e tc.
4· Inc rease or d ec r ease of strengt h as com par t1 with pre\rious yea rs, h aving regard to conditi o n s
The King s to n Di v isio n Tu( sin g team added to the l when, on Saturda y afternoon, March 28 l as t, th e earned off t he Hull and East Riding Association Count Centre Troph y in the fa ce of keen competiti o n from clev en o ther ambulance teams in the county, th ey being the onl team of la d y members competin g thi s year.
WEST RrDr G
The Wes t Ridin g Ambulance Competition took pl ae in t he P eo ples ' Hall, A lbi o n Street, L ee d s on Thursd :n March 12, when team s f ro m Lofthou se , Ard l ey A rd sley Shops, !\rdslcy T ra ffic, Leed s Central, Dri g hlin g ton and Stanrun g ley compet e d f or the three Di stri c(
The re s ult of the Competiti o n wa. s as shown :Team. Team Viva Voce Total. Tests.
Ar d sley Loco. 17 0 102 272. Traffi c 149 r06 25 6
Stan ningley 160 93 253
Drighlington 152. 94 24 6
Lofth o u sl: 13 8 10 5 243
Lee ds Central 143 97 24 0
J\rdsle)' h o p s 12.5 79 20 4 Tota l marks obtainable, 324.
The O ffice r ' hit:ld was won by the Ardsley Loco team, who \\-ill represent the Di strict in the G. District final i n London; th e Crowther Cup by the l \rdsley Traffic t(a.m; and the R ead Cup for the bc st team o n Boor, other than th e fir st a nd second teams, by Stanmngley. The judges were Dr. J. E. Ru sby a nd Dr W. \y'. Ballardie (\\ 'a kefield). T he Competltl0n was \vlt n essed b\ a large crowd, mos t of whom were friends o f the c;mpet in g t eams, as well as va ri ous o f c omp.lny, station masters and agents. Mr. \\ 1 1. Barnngton \\",Hd ( upertntendent of t he outhern 1\ rea) present ed tht. trophies and prizes to th e \I..'inning teams and complimente d th em all on the ve r y efficie nt way they had their work The uperintendent (Mr. D. Graoe ) w;\ the Chairman, and the arrangements wae made by '\\[r F. Longbottom (Distr ict , \. mbulance ecreta r y).
Dr TR I T. LYl)l), 'F W .-\ D D r I'RICT.
.\t the annua.l mct.:ting of the Lydd, New Romney and DistriCt Di vision, the ecretarr reported on the stea d y progress made since it forma tio n in May, 193-+. rhe D 1\'i ion raised in eighteen m ont hs sufficient money to purcha se a second- hand m oto r ambulance, \\ hieh has ince dont: goo d c(\ricc.
From July to D cccmber, 1935, 28 remoyal to hospital were made, f ur of ,,,hom wcre yictim of road accidents' 1,100 miles Were coyercd a Lydd being a rural district the ncare t ho s pital i 18 mile di tam. ome 227 :lceidt:nt ca es " 'ere also treated in 1935.
\s the Di \,1 i( n i only smail, \,'1eh a full _trengeh toeal uf wcnty, the transp ort and public dutie \,-ere rather hew)', but the membe r' had n:sponded sple ndidly.
The 39 d r ill and prac tices held during 193 w ere also WL I atten d ed, especially considering that a number of 111l:1l1bers reside from six to eighe mile distant from I lLa.dq uarters.
[ollo, ing the splend id report by the D i , tric[ Comnussio ner when he madc hIS in pection, all agreed that, \\'ith the. leadership of D i"isional uperintendent 1\. . \\ 'ood and the medical guidance of Divi 'ional R. Palme r, thc D i\'i ion was n \\- well L tabli hcd, and looked as thoLlgh able in the future to prove it , worth as a unit of I o 8 Di strict.
TO. 9 D1 T.
POOLE CORPS.
The annual chu rch parade of the Poole orp was held Sunday, la rc h 8 at the invitation of the Poole P ost\Var Brotherhood.
The Corps, numh er ing about 100, including nul' es and a cont in gent from BOll tl1U110uth, assemb led under the comman d or Corps upetint ndent J. M. 'Hara at
the Ladi es' Walking field, an d headed by the Brank some and Park s t o n e United Band, marched to the P oole High Street Methodi st Church, w h ere the service was held.
The address, entitled "Some Vital Questions," was given by D r. E. II. Stancomb , of Southampton, past pre sident of the P ost- \'qar Brotherhood Federation.
The chair was taken by the Sheriff of Poole (Coun cill or \'\'. K. Field). D uets were given by Miss A d a Hayes and Mr . S. Brock.
)\t the annual meeting of the P oole Corps, held on Monday , March 9, at the Central Headquarters , Corp s
Secretary E. P addock reported that the adult membership of 84 men and 42. nurses had increased by nine, there were 22 Cadets, making a total personnel of 148.
Public duties included 1,189 hours of duty at the andbanks First-Aid Hut, where 538 cases were treated, and 677 hours at the Branksome Chine Hut, where 191 cases ,vere treated.
Calls on the Borough Ambulance during the year increased by 58 to 62 2.; the men put in 1,8 I I duties and the nurses 220, with a total of 2,500 hour, and 4, 2 1) miles were travelled.
::-'lembers, privately and individually, did 2,560 dutie s, pent 6,1 -+ 3 hours and treated 2, 020 cases, an average of 20 duties, 16 cases and 47 hours per member.
Re-examination results were very sa tisfactOry, and of 100 candidates in the sso ciation classes only five failed.
The Borou gh ambuJance has had six years on the road since it '\\as presented by the P oole Carnival Committee, and mbulance Officer Gillett's report showed me calls had risen from 224 in 1930 to 62 2. in 1935, total 2,69 2
There have been ,-ery few serious accidents, as compared with previous years, until the last fortnight in D ecember, when three fatalities occurred.
There wa a notable decrease in motor -cycling accidems, a compared ,\Ylth previous years but an increase in cycling accidents, though the resulting injuries were not u ually 0 evere a those by motor-cyclists.
Many urgent call , "ere answered promptly, and on one occa ion a patient with a se,ere throat wound was rushed straight to the ho pital operating theatre and a life ayed.
The Cornelia Ho pital was \"isited 373 time: and January- \\rith 65 calls was the busiest month.
In the ab enc of the Corps Trea urer the Corp uperintendent reported that the receipt totalled £308 lOS. including in donations £55 from ntertainment, and [80 from Flag Day.
L- niform co.::t [ 5 1 s 6d., there \\, ::1. at pre em between [1) and £'!..o in the bank.
The Building Fund amounted to £ 21- 9-· 3d. and one day thLY hop d to own their own
In for shado,ying important impro,-e ments to the lIeadquart r during the coming year, he appeal d for greater interest in the actl' itie. of the or r', and for gr ater financial support.
Many ccruit. ,yere unable to haH: uniforms owing to lack or' funds.
The Di\ isional 'uperim ndems comment d on the s['l 'nd id records of the m::mb r:, and County OAi.c cr Dr. Bo,,-es congratllhtcd th or]': on its "- ork in th 1':1. ,t.
III
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REpOR T No. 1 00 - Th e Officer -in- C h arge of the Coun t y of Hampshire S.J. A .B. repo r ts th e efficie n t p er for m ance of fir st aid, as follows :-
A me m b er of the Winche ter and D istri c t D ivi ion wa s re cen tly called out at night to an accident, and fo un d, upon arrival, that a motor cyclist and a car: h a d b een i n collision, the cyclist havi ng b een struck "b roadsi d e on " T he patient was sittiJlg on the b ank a t t h e roadside, and appeared not to be very b a dl y injured. 0 hremorrhage b eing present, the patien t was treated for shock, being well covered with rugs borro\'i e d from cars at the scene of accident. The only information that could be gained from the patien t was that he had a little pain in his side; and he vaguely indicated the position of the injury by placing his hand on his ribs. Examination failed to reveal any injury to his ribs; and, when asked to stated some definite place where pain was present, he said that it was only in the side, and was quite sure that he would -be" all right in a minute " quick glance at the car and cycle revealed little or no damage to the cycle and severe damage to radiator of the car, the position showing that the man must have taken the full force of the impact on his pelvis. \'( hen asked, t he patient refused to make any actempt to r ai se his right l eg O n a second examination of the patien t there was found to be a " spongy feeling" in th e region of the pelvis. So the treatment for F racture d P elvis was immediately applied
T he patient upon reaching hospital was X-rayed, a nd was found to be suffering with rather severe Intern a l Injuries an d a Factured Pelvis. An operation was p erforme d a n d a b lood transfusion given. For t he n ext three weeks the patient was "on special" a t t h e hospital, but he is now out of danger.
We think that this case will help to demonstrate t hat it is not safe to take all that the patient may say seriously. Further, we note that the fracture did not in this case affect the person while in a si tting po sitio n ; an d t hat neither was hremorrhage present to h elp t o indica t e a n y interna l injuries.
COMME:K'T.
This report is interesting because it justifies the iustructions of the Text-book, which in Rule 8, p. 59, tells us : " I n all doubtful cases treat as a fracture." RarelY do 1ve find all or even most of the signs and .rymptolJ7s of a fracture present at the time of the accident in arry given case / and, perhaps, the most interesting case in my own experience was the small boy who stumbled in his garden and got up complaining of pain in his ?·ight leg, made lvorse on 1valking. T hough all the other signs and .rymptoms of fracture 1vere absent, X-ray examination confirmed my suspicions and revealed a simple fracture of tibia. The report errs ,vhm it insinuates that external mil help in the diagnosis of Concealed Hcemorrhage.
To the unnamed member of the Winchester and Distriel D ivision, therefore, we tmder cordial congratulation on
Questions and Answers
IDro y lC RA IE OF O\lPETrTIO ' JUDGE
T. hull). - R ec ntly I cam aero s a letter in the June, 1935, issu of TlIE G -\ZETT E asking for more idiosyncrasie of competition judg s H ere are a few from my \ n personal xp ri ence 0 names, no pack drill," as we used to a ' i n the anm ; but I have no doubt that many compctit r \\ 111 recognise om old friends.
'iy first is the original father of the three There is no doubt that many ·ear ago someo ne did eat hi porrid ge , and when 1 am one of hi \ -jcriI1 I strongl su pect that he tbjnks it was 111. fa,-o urite r ply t all qu ti 11 i, 'a ) u Find it " , and as a g n ral rule you find all orts of troub \ hen he let ff team you arc e! ing well: but Ll extremely \,-ary when he coos, f r it is then thal he i dangerou. He want you to coddle the patie nt, and, if you \\"i h to £1ni h n ar tht: winners, kis' ,·O Ld patient when you commencc and finish.
l\ly econd i the gentleman who im ariabl} "l ,S a test ometbing after the manner of a deaf and dumb patient \\·i th a gla s eye uffering from Apoplexy " I remember: One of his ca e particula r!) well. T he I atient \\ -a deaf and dumb amI had m et with a m tor accident. 1 ne h u o-e b rUl wc re painted on difFer:ent part of a boy body, \ found three and mi ed the och r ix. \'V'hen th' competition was o\-er the judge had [he bo y standin n before us \vithouc eithcr ,hitt or trou er whil--t hI; o-ave us a good rating f r lack f b ryati n. 1j b was cured at the very compctJLJon, howe\ Lr when we said we \v re going to fCmO\' a fem:!.1 patient's clothing to see if th re w er any hiddl ·'1 bruises !
The last jud ge I will mention was the tit-bit of rI lot. '\ e were competing in the Dcwa r Fi nal, and I.e was the uniform jud ge W'e \verc tanding rigid h to attention trying to look nice and neat. udde n 1\ he stopped before me and 1 oked at my b It, took (l ll' his glasses, polishcd them, and had another I heard an audible gasp, and he seeme d to turn 1 aIL
Something was apparently \-vr ng, and my fear \\"C 'l not allaye d when he brou ght tw mor gentlcl1111 closely to inspect my belt. J-\fter a whi peree! CO Isultation the jud ge aid: « l \re you a\\"a re f the Fall that the dot on your buckle is in the wrong plan:, yo ung man?" I was not, and thc penalty for ti ll' crime was the loss of one mark. 1 was qui [e satisill d with the punishment, however, as I fully expcct d to be shot at dawn. Only Heath Robin on cou ld have done j Llstice to a picture of three lderly geml men glaring at the offending dot.
The medical men, though, are 01..1 r best friend, and are always ready to help us with go d advice. \X t' see many humorou s things; and al i I can do is to
II 2 his sllccessJlfl diagllo sis alld Ireat/JIeJIt 0/ a sOli/en 'hat Jllllfsllal case N C. F.
hope that n? ju dge can see through my nom de plume . Otherwise I t IS possIb l e that YOll may get a letter describing some of my absurd actions. Thanks for ),o/{r good-h/{J)/o/{red lei ler, 1vhich is !rlosl rllljlfJing. As J J1ev er j'fdged a 1vithin J/riking distallce oj 1l1illshlfll, I cal/llOl recogmse ttl your dc.rcriptioll (l/!J persollal frimds or J)/),selJ- . F.
, \ DE \D OR.. Dn NG- TE T. W/. '1,/. (Bradforcl).-l am a member of one of the Bradford it)' Police t\mbulance Team. 1\ few days ago I ga,-e a t<..:am-tc t a fo110\\-' :,\ man wa walking along a road roward a corner \\ hieh was blind, and on thc right-hand s ide of the road. i\ bu udclenl' roun 1 the corner and the near- ide hcad-Iamp t r ikc th e man on the left ide of the ch t causing a complicated fracture of the litrh and ixth rib and a impk fracture of the seventh rib. The ncar-side mudguard pierce the abdomen, C:'1I ing a trcH1S\ erse \\ ound and the organs to prorl cle. <. The ncar--;ide front whed traps and cru he tl L man's right foot, and wilh (he impan the right fibula is broken ncar irs hcad and pierccs the bottom of the popliteal artery jLl t befort.: thc branche into the antcri)( tlllt! postcrior tibial arter:i The tight patella snap by muscular: action. Th paticnt i unconscious. The injuries, therefore, apparent arc :-
(1) and camilie. ted fracture of ribs, left Idc
( l) Trans\er e wound of ahdomen with organs protrucling.
(3) omilicated fracture of the right fibula.
(4) Practur oC right patella.
(5) ,ru he I ri ght fOOL.
Thcrc wa a great deal of cOlltrm 1"') as to how the leg- injuries , hould be tre ated; and, a \\-e cannot lind from othcr ourcc. a!1\" similar: ca 'e chat has recu\ cd trcatmCnl, I would il a great fa\'OLH If y)U would gi\-e a decision. In the e\·cnt of your so doino-, will you pleas gin: the lreatm nt for: the whole case· al 0, in comp tition wor k when thcre arc four b arers, will you plea tate che dutics of each?
Is ]0/(1' poliell/ ill all wOlfld be tit/)('I - della or a/ tbe poillt dM/b Oil animl (I/ hO.l'Pi/ai first aid J/;ollid be direclal Illailli)' /0 I/)e /rratJII('!Jt of shock. I JeriolfJly queslioll tbe pOSJibiliU th(' h('ad the jilJ/lltl penetratillg tlJe poplileal (Irle,)" Cllld I rlJII (IIIJtI:::;,ed /0 jil/d I/;at tIle patella II'OJ brokclI I!.)' 1II1I,l"ml(lr (/(/iOIl, JIIt/J IUllrt/() beillV the re.flflt of (OllsciOIlJ or SlIbtOIlJc'ioIU ejfort. III t/;e cirCIIlllsttlll[(,S, the pellicllt bei)j(J IIII(OIl.rcioIU (llId barllr sbocked, the / 1'011/ /he lell 1I'01f1rl )jot be f.\:(( J"Jil't it 1I'ill probtlb(y slljjt'ce to dre_fJ" the IJ'Olllla 10 rlpp(), r/mlct pres.fllre lI'ith pad ana balldClJ!,f tll/rl to tie tbe to the lIJ/daIJlCl,e,er1 101J'er liJJlb_ Fral/k61 1 do Jlot like (I Deari or D )'illl!, TeJ/, )J'hid) , a lIIat/er 0/ J!,IIfSJ1J'ork ll'i!h it.1" -Jllllllipl(' l'I)lIrie.f, leacbes lIothill/; tl/ld lear/.r 1I0}}'hen. So hfe brim!, ,r/.IOr! , 11
1 regr et that 1 cannot accept your invitation 10 give c, IllY treatment for the whole case," which, briefly, would be a death certificate. Also the duties of each bearer is a matter of arrangement by the members of the team.- C. F.
TREAD,fE 'T OF FRACTURED
1\1. L. (Birmingham).-In a recent competition entrants had to deal with a patient who was supposed to have fractured both forearms above the wrists. In some cases two splints were fixed on each arm and both arms rested in one sling Other teams fixed splints in the same manner, but put two slings on. Per sonally, I should think that it would have been advisable to tie both arms together, using two splints only, and then support in a broad sling. _ I should be , -e r y pleased to have your ruling on this matter.
[r ·ilh Ihis combil/atioll 1 cOJlsider that ),011 should trea! each fracture ill accordance )JJith tbe iJlstmctiolls of the Textbook (p 7 I ) , and that ),Olf should then support both forearms ill a large arm-Jling. As I hm'e oftC!l emphasised, the sfparate trealJJlent of each il!jlll)" where pOSJ'ible, is preferable, becallH it directs the attelltioll of the doctor (who takes qf the case) to the fact that more than one is preselJt, J1'bile it facilitates his examitJatlON alld treatmellt each s/{cb I";VjoJ'.-":'.. C. F.
F. (Thomton Heath).-Fir t, I hould like to what a help your arricles and replies to correspondenr ar ro me in my Brigade work.
econdly the firsc par:agraph of your re\-iew or [he Hygiene T xc-book, published in February i ue of THI: G _-\ZETTE, racher saddened me. h is m, flhh year: in the Brigade; and de pite repeated to take ch Hygiene cenincace, I haye ne,er been gi\-en (he chance. Thrice ha\-e ,,-e acrually been I romi ed a cour of lectures; but alway they haye been p tponed, the excu e bein a la e time, that the book wa in cour:.e of re,-i ion eeing it re\ie,,-ed in Thf Y/(J'J'illg J1irror some tim ago, I bought a COl and quic agree i( i mo,t exc llent and conci \hh ugh 1 hay - cudied quite adYanced h:-giene, lund r [and 1 am not allo,,"ed to tak the t. JOM c rril1cate withom tir e raking che John I Sl will you plea. adyi c m ,yhat to do. There ar quite a dozen wom n including choolmistre __ e., JIIOJ't kefll to take eh ir: l h ·gien certificate. )'1a\- \\-e ;ltt nd cour o-i\"en by -, nother Di-,-isi on? -
If then tin- tl ao:;;.w ]J'ho duil'f to q/.lal(·[) for tilt e.,- '!Iii/7IiOIl for fbi H)J! :tilf artijirat(' tbm ollght /0 be dOIlt' ill fhl 11/ titer 7/Jd filat qlli[ -:(l'.' Hm'c ),011 askt 7 ),ollr IJtlr[l' SIIPI riiite;;dmt to approf7(/.J JOllr f)il'iJiolla/ Jllr{!,tOIl whoJc' job it i_I to gil'f ilutrwtioll :.J/ fir.!"t aid hOIJlt' IIIlr.l·il1J!, (llld U/ ClJ '-:ea) ill /!)'(Jifllc ? 0/ (OllrJe )'0/1 ((/11 a/lllld [OlfrJrJ- illstrwtioJl gil'tll IV ol/x;· Dil'isiolu prol 'iau7 rhtl! )'O/( firJ"t obtain tht ('OllJ"fll.' Iloi/; Slfpt'rilltllldU/ l.f - ;;'. F.
Priory for Wales.
HEADQUARTERS:
Priory House, 4, Cathedral R oad, Cardiff.
GENERAL INTEREST,
Join t V.A. D. alld Brigade Call/p.-This year., t. 1ursing V.A.D. and Brigad.e per onnel ill \'i\ ales :vIll haye an opportunity of attending the first .Camp orgarused by the Prior y for \Y ale. The wlll be from August to 8 at Barry Island, by pernu.sslO.n of th e Glamorgan Territorial Army AssoClatlOn, IS allowina the use of the site and hutments. Ongmally, th e was to run a V .A.D Camp, but to reque t s from Brigade members it is now intended to an equivale'nt number of the latter. As only a number can be accepted, early application is The P riory has made a grant of £ 5a towards expenses, and the only cost to. be by those at tendIng is the actual subslstence, WhICh IS likely to work out at approximately 17s. 6d. per head.
Forthcoming CompetitiorJs.-Ambulance will appear as usual in the of the R oyal.\ A a r1cultural Society'S Show which will be held this year at b Abergele, Denbighshire Open contests for. teams of men and women in Wales and Monmout.hshlre for a Silver Challenge Shield and Cup, respectlv.ely, and a competition confined to .Sr. John Boy Cadets 1?- the same area will take place on Fnday, July 24; an.d entnes be sent to the Secretary, Royal Agncultural SOCIety Show Offices, Abergele, by July next.
On the first three days of the Welsh Eisteddfod at Fishguard during Bank Holiday. week lance Competition s will be among the chief attractlOD S The events include open contests for the Lady LeWIS and Lady Bute Cups for and the" Trevethin," " Silunan, Isca and Gwent Shields will be competed for by tean:s of men, women, boys and girls, respectively, reSIdent In and Monmouthshire. Entry forms can be obtamed from the Honorary Secretary of the Eisteddf<;>d Ambulance Cc:>mmittee, Mr. G. H. E. Pointer, 16, HIll Street, GOOdWICk, Pem brokeshire.
CENTRE REPORTS,
B RECKNOCKSHlRE CE:K'TRE.
The annual Centre Competitions were at on March 2 I, when a high standard of profiCIency, mdIcating the continued progress in this coun ty , by a large g athering of the general public, lilcluded the Rt. Hon. Lord Glanusk, D .S.O. (Lord Lieutenant of Breconshire and Centre President), Lady Hughes-Morgan, Lieu t.-Col. C. G. Cole-Hamilton, C.M.G., (Centre Commissioner), and Commander A. T. L. R. ., J.P. (Centre Chairman).
The judges were Dr. A. M. Robertson (Treharns), Dr. C. A. Bence (Rumney), D r. G. L. Pierce (Abercynon), Dr. W. G. Williams (Cardiff), Dr. S B. Turner (Bargoed), and Miss E. M. Gravenor (Hengoed) Mrs. S. B. Turner (Bargoed) judged the Girl Cadet. Contest for the " Tredegar" Cup; and Cadet Supermtendent E. Facey
and Ambulance Officer O. G. Morgan testtd the B o\' Cadets.
Cel/tre Competitioll for Presidellt' s Sbidd.-l t, Pen rho s ; 2nd, Pontsticlll; ,rd, Brecon. iVo lJire COll/petitioll " G O/Igh II Sbield. - l s( Brecon; 2o cl, Abercrave Lo\ver; 3rd, Llanwrt ,d i "rsing Competitioll « Cooper II Shield.-Ist, Buil th : 2nd, Brecon; 3!d, Gih\'ern. Boy Cadet Competitioll" .u,. T. II C"p -rst, 2nd, tie between Y tradgynlaL and Bwlth; 3fd, G irl Cadet COlI/petitioJl " T,.{'degnr J' C'tp.-Ist, Bulit h : 2nd, Clydach. _.
individmz/ COIIJpetitiollJ :-G. R. E, ans., Pont tl CI (Open); Pri vate Deryk Brecon .( OVIC;); Amb L. lance Sister 1. 1. 1\1vtton Bullth (i ur 109); Glyn Lew l ', Clydach (Boy Cade't); B. E. LkwdYQ lydach (q l Cadet). Thus the Penrho l \mbulanc e and Builth umn .., teams will represent the Centre at the Compet.ition s at Cardiff
CAR}'IARTHE.K HIRE E lTRE.
At!J!7JatJjord Ff(llctioll.- Davies pn sided at the annual dinner organIsed by the l\mmanfor d Di v i sion where he wa upported by the County CO O11r. E, D. jones, and a number of iofluentl al persons and Brigade Officer
The Commissioner thanked (he DIYl SlOn for th e h nc example it had set in the County. J Ie introduced li ss. I Harries, the Lady Superintendent of the Llanclly und! .": Divisi on, who had raised the stan dard of .first a.!d aD d home nursing to a high s tate o.f perfectJon In that to:", n, and brought honour to '\ 10 the London champJ fships. 1iss Har.ries, who IS a rade AR:P.lns.truct( " contributed an Intere !lng addre s on ,Au RaLd P rcaution s and the measures being taken <;>n the part of St. John Ambulance Brigade. he. conYlOced h er audlc 11tc that effective precautions are pOSSIble, ""hIle an adequ .: c system of protection i bound to render the count : less vulnerable to attack
Mr. David Jeffreys, Agent. the l \mal gamat cd Anthracite Collieries, in distrJbutmg award to t c successful memb ers of the Diyi sio n, cxpres ed a de sl·t:. to encourage the members of th e unie which ha? attcnd ,d 637 cases du ring the year, 205 be10g road acc.ldents aId 432 colliery accidents; and had been on 10 55 0 occasions, whlle five members :,'on mdl\'Jd 11 prizes in the AA.C. competition, gal rung full ma r '. Complimentary references were to the .1 0f''': continued services of Dr. A. IIarp er 10 the capaClt) )t lecturer, and on behalf of the A.. £. Edwards presented him with an 011 pruotln g sct.
Mr. J. P owell, Manager, Ammanforcl Colliery, sald rr.en of the type of those ambulancc \\'cn an asset to any community, and Mr. D. \X. Jones, man a ct Pantyffynno n Colliery, also spoke encou.ragIng . Centre Champiol1ships.-County qualifymg for the \X'el sh championships look place at the Council School on Saturday, {arch 14. E. D. Jone s was present, and the follOWIn g adjudIcated : Dr. Gooding, Swansea; Dr I VOl' Morgan, Garn anc,
The announccment of the following a wards .w as received with intere t; and in making the presentatlO ns the Mayor of Brecon (Councillor J Corbctt) referr ed to the public appreciation of the erVlCe of j \ mbulan cc '\'(Torker :II4
COlp S Superintendent Jonah Jone s, Brynamman; Ambulance Officer E. Lewis; and Superintendent D. Morgan. Monetary prizes for t h e f1rst two teams were given by Captain M. 11. Llewcllyn and the Cwmamman Council. The Mr s E. D. Jones Bowl for Cadets was won by Pontyberem, and the honour of representing Carmarthenshire was gaincd by Amman.ford " A" ambulance and Ll anc lly nursing teams, who won thc Lad y Kylsant Shkld and thc ir Alfred Mond Cup.
,MON\IOUTIISIlIRE CEl'TRE.
\[oJJlJJollth Dil)i.rioJ7.-For the first time in its history the Monmout hshire Division held the annual meeting in its own headquarters at which the President , .Major \. Reade, D 0., presidcd, supportcd by Captain L. T\\i ston D a\'ic, 1\ si tant Commissioner. 1\ report subm itted by Divi sional ecreta!'), 1\. E. P owell showed that public clut y had been performed on 191 occasions, while first aid was rendered in 58 ca ses. ratitude was expres cd for thc scrv iccs of D r J. Gibson, for his in teres t and $ rviccs in in tructing thc Unit. :0fajor Reade aid \Ionmouth might well be proud o f the fine l \mbulance an d Firc tation which had been crccted in co-operation \vith the Town Council, and appealed for the continued support of the public in the ta k of clcaring the debt of [350 o n the building fund.
J/l/b,,/atlre Elltoprise at AbcrgalltJII0'.-The Ambulance ton, cstahli hed undcr the J l ome cn' ice \mbulancc chLmc, by the.: \bergavenny D ivision, ha proved so sucet:'> ful that the members arc encouragcd to furtber rhL :r efforts by replacing the car by a more up-to-date \"chlclc , timulated by a gcnerou' gift of £100 by Mrs, ,\r .Lu r \\ "hilehead and a promi e.: of a further £100 by \f r, \lan \\ ·h itl.!he aJ, Brigadier- eneral j. G. B, Tulh ch, C.B., .:\LG., pre idcd at a mccting of subon March 13, when r. G. \'\ 'y cherly, IIonorary 'cc ua ry, r I orted that the ambulance had been requittl nc d on 12 occas ion and travelled 3,400 miles in 193 1 , which had invoh'c d 477 hour of voluntary on -he part of i \mhulance member<; and IGI by Nur jng me bers
(lpta in T. Beard, O.B.E. ounty ommissioner, comme nded the Di yision on the ucce of the scheme thc} had initiated, and thanked the collector and all 'who had. con tributed. lIe urged thc \'ie\1,7 that it was eyeryonL duty to sup port the en'icc by a wcckly ub cription Cycn o n thc part of those who could \'\'ithout difficulty melt the ord inary ambulance charge whcn calJed upon, a o nly thc regular upport of all would ensure the perma ncncc of the scn'ice f, r the needy.
frY OF ARDlFF C.m"TRE.
.Brigade members in thc Cardiff entre had to cope \\'lt h an unusually prc sing demand o n their enTice on the occasio n of the Tntern ationa l Ru gby match- \Yale versus Ireland, played in a r diff on q. The Commissioner for CardiI}' (Dr. Edgar Ll wellyn) had adequate provisions, and o\'\.;r 100 ca es of accid nt or Illness (sc\'c ral of a suR-tcicntly scrious nature to require removal to hospital) were dealt with to the ati faction of alrl co ncerncd. The Chief onstable, Mr .Tame ' \. Wil o n, O.B. " WIltin g subsellucntly to t he Principal ecrctary, said :-
"T h e o nl y furthcr comment 1 de ire to make is that all those members of the public who were pr scnt ar Car difT Arm s Park and \\ 'e tgatc treet on this occas jon and requircd att n'tiOll at thc hands of the 115
Officers and other members of the St. j ohn Ambulance Brigade should feel grateful to them. I also consider that the \XI'el sh Rugb y Union, in another sense, shou ld be grateful to the Firs t-Aid Detac hments for thei r vol untary and efficient service."
BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE. Presiding at the annual Centre Meeting on March 7, the Chairman, Mr. \X'. J. Canton, reported that Lord Kcmsley, of Farnham R oyal, had accepted the presid ency in succession to 1\1r. \Y!. M. Llewellyn, J.P. In reviewing the report of the Commis sioner, :'\1r. D. M. Da vies, the hairmao expressed the gratification of the Centre and of the public in the continuance of the work of the Ambulance Di visions. Their number s showed little decrease in spite of departures from the di s trict, and recruiting was being effected. The Medical Comforts D epots had continued to be of imm ense value , but additional and more convenient accommodation was required in Merthyr, and it was suggested that the Corporation should be asked to pro v ide premises for this useful public service. Mr. Canton said that no fewer than 4,086 cases of sickness and accident had received the attention of Brigade member during 1935. He referred to the fact that Captain D. G. Richard s, :0LC., and several O fficers were attending a Course of In struction in Air Raid Precautions at Cardiff; and it was hoped that Officers of the local D ivisions would also be able to qualify as Instructors at an early date.
Mr. Tom Andrews, J.p., reported that the Treharri Di v isio n had been able to complete the purchase of rheir Ambulance IIall, in which connection the workmen of the T reharris Collieries "'ere warmly thanked for their plendid assistance
BOROCGH OF W,-L""SEA CE..""TRE.
The Hon. john H Bruce (principal Secretary and COITllrus ioner for \Yales ) attended the annual dinner of the Clydach :;\ferthyr Di,ision at Clydach on March 19, and pre se nted awards to I03 members who ha,e been succes ful in recent examinations. The Chairman, Mr. D. L. J one aid the D ivision co n si ted of 130 member, \"hose acti"ities reflected credit on upe rintendem Dand E,'a n and Officers \Y. mith and hor Da,ies. A,s istam Commi ion e r H. Cann, prop os ing c The Di ,i ion," describ ed it as a "heart of gold," and one which had carried out im-aluable work f or the Swan ea Cemre. ?\Ir. \\'illi am Griffith, Chairman of the CollierV' Committee, econding, aid he hoped that (he Di,ision would continue their work for year to come. Mr. T. A hIe,,' H.?\L In cpector of :'[ines , toasted 'The afery Fir' -t Brigade,' and \,-a econded by Mr. D. T. Llewelh'n. Mr. Wey said the scheme was inaugurated a few ago, and the re pon e in the area had been m os t gratifying.
The Rev. \\ . R. Bowen, B.A., Glai. welcomed the \' i itors and the Hon. John H. Bruce, re pondina said the Di,-ision was among the stronger Unit in the The Priory for \,\' ale appreciated (h contributions tlle Colli ry- \ya ma'king to the .i\foyemem.
). 13ERD,-\.RE CE..'.lRE.
cla of In t.ruction in tUr Raid Precaution pr oc at Aberaman, who e student. ar trained at the P ow 11 \ sociated Collierie _ Rescue by Mr. G. Griffiths, uperimendent 'of the tation, and '- tafF Officer Emry lam $, \ss ista nt Ul rintt:ndent who h:1 b en appointed a Grade I \.R.P. Brigade Inst ructor tr the hi f ,o n1.mi -loner,
following his attendance at a Spedal COUl e held 111 London and success in a subsequent examination. The s cheme has been organised under the regis of the Prior y for Wales. Pupils attending the class, drawn from every town and village in the Aber dare Valley, will, after the y qualified, return, to their own districts and form classes; and it is estin1ated that in the near future there \\'ill be o n e person fo r every 80 in the Aberdare Valley able to tak e control in the event of an air rai d or gas
News in Brief.
Re gulatio n s were dr aw n up at a spe ci al meeting of a Sub-Committee of the South "\ ales Area Trimming Board on January 20 for the first Ambulan ce Competiti0n for teams of coal trimmers from any of the South \"\l ales P orts which the Priory for Wales hopes to establish as an annual event. June 24 next ,,,'a sele cted as the most uitable da te.
must consist of five first-aid workers, ladi es Or gentlemen, a nd must represent o ne branch of an\, organisation or firm in the East Ridin g of Y
The competition is held about the en d of Mar ch each year.
To avoid eliminating preliminary con tests this year the Associa ti on was ind ebted to five doct o rs who vo lunteere d their services as judges, namely :-
Dr. or man J ennin gs, Dr \'\1att Waters, Dr. E. [vI. D earn, Dr. Helen Standring, and D r. E li zabeth Findlay; and thanks to their excellent offices ome really good first aid training was carried Ollt.
The marks obtained by each team was a follmvs: -
D riffield 192 Pocklington 190
Withernsea 147 Br ugh 190 Hull D ocks 172 Kin gst n Tursing
The Duties of
Divisional Surgeons
By CORBET fLEJ.'CIIER, II. ., M.B ., M.R.C.S., Assistanl Jur,geon-in-Chiej. ( P ART 2. )
10 short, the preparation of practical tests and marking sheets falls within the study of first aid from the surgeon's point of view; and for perfect result s, it calls for much practicc, patience, and perseverance To me, at lea t, a properly prepared marking sheet is the glory of first aid, bccau e, by its strict ICC rd of grea t and sl11.all detail s, it ensure at tl1,e hands of an unbiassed judge ab olute fairne s to the competito rs las tly, Bri gadc R egulation sanction lecturcs on "' klf1dred subjects" if, in thc op in ion of the surgeon, these will promote furlher interest in the w rk of the BrIga de. M )' per onal experiencc in this connection \\a" that the members of my Divi sion werc inclined to bc bored by talks on kindred subjects, and that they \vere only inter teel in the subjects of first aid and home nursing. in my occasio nal chats I usually 1111 d a gap with a lecture on "Fractures" ( Tb::morrha!re,' or _ome other subject in the official yllabu of [n:;truction, if only I knew that oml' of m\ audicnce rarel, ' opene d the Textbook to rc\i\ 'c r mcmorics con-cl.'rniog it instructions.
which are of great importance These (and especially attendance at public duties) will carry much weight when the rewards for gra tuitou s service (which are offered b y the Order of St. John and cannot be detailed here) are under consideration. These concern chiefly Public Duti es and Meetings of the Di vision.
(r) Attendance al Public Dutie s
The surgeon is expected, as far as his professional responsibilities allow, to take part in the medical charge of Public D uties-that is, official occasions on which., u.nder police (or other competent) authority, first ald 1S rendered to sick or injured patients.
These con s titute the primary object of the Brigade, vary ,-ery widely in localities, being chieRy centred on emergenCies, which may arise in London when cro\\-ds collect, as in street processions, or on open spaces on public holidays, and in the in accidents on the roads or in the transport ot patient by the l ocal ambulance s "'or ked b, the Divisions. -
\\'iallsend Bora' Diyi ion
The annual returns of the Brigade in \Vales as at D ecember 31, 1935, shows an active strength of 12,480, an increase of 227 o n the 1934 figure.
Hull and East Riding County Centre, St. John Ambulance Association
The magnificent First Aid Troph y of the Associatio n County Centre in the Eas t Ridin g of Yorkshire was competed for on Saturday, March 28 last, and carried off b y the Kingston (Hu ll Corps) ursing Division team of the Brigade under the leadership of Miss Auriel Smith, the only women's team amongst the twelve entries.
The competition is an intensified effort of individual work, both practical and viva voce, and under the Revised Rules and R egulations laid down over two years ago is proving immensely popular. Teams II6
Bridlington Alexr. Dock Dvn. Hull P olice
175 188 Divi ion .!OJ Paragon l \mb. Dvn. 19 1 Beverley Police no!
Sir rthur Atkinson, K.B.E., J P., Presidem oi the Association in the Ea t Riding of Y orkshw:, who was accompanied by Lady l \tkinson, .R .R C. handed over the Trophy to the \ inning team, and congratu lat ed them upon their prowess in achie \ ing such distinction in the face of such keen competitiOn .
Mr. W. T. Atkinson, County Commissioner of the Bri gade, moved a heart y ote of thanks to the ju dges for their work in assessing the merits of the te am, and to all the other helper, particu larly to Mr G. Hampson, Secretary to the Association, who had assisted in the success of thc competition.
Captain S W icholas, O.B. secondcd the vote of thanks, and emphasised the need for the wider scope of the competition, which was open to everyone in the East Riding,
'':;) Attwdtlllrl' a/ • lilli/wi iiJ ,'PtriiOIi of Dil'/.,iOll [he surgeon iJ f'l'tjllind 10 the \ nnual Inspectio n of his Di\ iion ; but if hc is 1 rc\ -emed fr 111 dOIng so by protessio[ul (o r oth T important) duties, ht; is I'{'qf(ind /0 send to hi (o r her ) senior officerC( rps, Count) or Di l ricl the earlie [ moment an explanatory I ttCf which will cau e him (or her) to be excused attendance without Je _ of hi (or he r) Brigade effIciency for the year.
0lany urgcon fail [() realise the imponance of th ese Inspection"" which were in tituted in the earh" day_ of the Brigade as a means ot keeping in [Ouch :\'l th ne\v and old unit , of checking any irregularitie 10 t'lei r formation an I conduct, and of obtaining unbI as ed opinions as to thei! effccti\Tnc _s with which the surgeo n arc deeply concerned.
fur ther, b) th ir pr sene, the surge n ' sec an examp le to the orh mcmb rs, and conf r a complion the In specting Officer with \vhom they can dlSCUSS (if th )' ",i h) an ' Divi ional probl m ;- and when tests in fir t aid drill or transporc ar et, a _ the) arc at omc In spection - thcy ar a\Tailabl materi ally t a ist th In pecting fficcr, ' pecially when he (or she) cann t examine and critici all the work that has been donc, or \\'11, n hc (or he) i not a medical I ra ctitioncr.
B.-OTH, R D TIE .£? PE T D OF EO
Apart from those duti es, which connt towards th efficiency of s ur g ons, and, as w hay s cn, mu t be accu rately rccol'clcQ and ch ck d there ax oth t -
\"V hen performing Public Duties, surgeo n are required to. _\-:"ear Brigade. and nothing is more g ratltym g to the Dn-lslO ns than to have their own surgeons with them on th ese occasions. The objection t o uniform which many surgeons at one time shared. w ith s.ome their lay colleagues is to-day fa [ dl appeann er , as It did long ago among the la y m em bers' and the you n ge r g eneration of surereons reali e [hat. it is an honour to '\'e ar Brigade umform. Further, this seryes a a passport through crowds, and prondes a ready of recognirion by the [ olIce and by members of other Divisions.
In hort, Bri er ade. i_5 a uniformed and disciplined body' and wlthout urutorm, a surereon cannot enter into the full life of Brigade acti\-irie b (1) Altet/donce at .J.1ieet/tlgs of D ilJisioN aNd COllJllIittee. .[ \ urgeon L. (',\.pecled to attend Dh?i ional .i\1eetiner which may be held periodically to erive members the _. b opporturuty ot mabng ugge tion a to methods of rai iug fund , of maintainin er ereneral intere t and of bringin er forward items which rna,' be to the' welfare of the Di\T i ion. AI 0, he is 10 attend Committe .i\1eeting of which a the senior member of the Diyi ion he i th accredited chairman> as i laid dm'\"11 in Brigade R eerulation .
The e thouerh con ultatiye and ad\-i on' nl), and po 5 no xecut:i\-e power, can a most u ful purpo e in the D iyi ion. B" his atten:he - urg on ha al 0 an admirable of makm g p rsonal contact \\"ith all the oth r memb rs of hi DiyLi on Ex} rienc hO\i'eyer tau crh t me that ch ommi[t., 11 etiners hould be held ome other Cy ning than on that "'hich i u nlloned
to Divisional practices, because the members got restless and dissatisfied when their officers were withdrawn from the control of tl1e e ening s work; and also that the surgeon's house is a suitable v e nue, because, being at home, he (or he) is imme diat el y available for tl1e sudden emerg encies a ssocia t e d with medical practice.
Incidentall y, straws show the dir e ction o f th e ,vind , and triBes often indicate the trend of ev ents E v e n so the surgeon who invariabl y uses Divi sional s t atio n e r y in his Brigade correspondence alwa ys create s a b e tte r impression of keenness and efficienc y than d oe t h surgeon who uses his priya te n o t ep ap e r for t hi s purpose.
(3) Attendance at So c-iai M eetings of D ivision A surgeon is exp ected to attend all Social Ie eting , especially when these are of se mi-offici al imp o rtanc e,
such as the A nnual Dinner, Dance, o
the Division, and when the w iv es (and hu s ba n d s) and the sweethearts of the members for g athe r. B y so doing, the surgeon will make y et bette r ac q u aintance with the superintendent and other memb e rs ; and thus he will cement the friendship and co rdial co-operation, without which no Division o f th e Brigade can be truly happy and prosperous.
Cadet News.
A v ery interesting Competiti o n w a s held re cent ly at Heathfield, College Road, Harr ow.
Superintendent H. V. hro s bree of Harrow Divi sio n, judged the team tes t, and mbulance Officer A. Ba r(ko n, of the Cricklewo
So merset County Competitions
The a bo ve to o k place at th e R oya l C la r e n ce II ote l, Bridgwa ter, o n Sa tu r d ay , Fe br uary 29 T he competing tea m s j 11 th e Am bulance Co mp et it ion were fr o m WTes t o n G as Com p any , W e llin gton, J l ighb r idge :lod l\'i jn e h ea d, an d in t h e urs ing ompctition from \\' csto n-su p e r- l a r e , B ath an d I i n ehead. l \ t the d Is tri buti o n of t h e c up s an d awar d s Co unt y Commis sione r J. ox pres ide d , suppor te d by t h e l\f ayo r and fa yor S (1 I r and j\l 1"s F. J. R eed ) , D r . B eath (Co unty u rgcon an d judge), Dr. II . T. Biggs (j udge), 0 1. KnO\.des (judge) , D r. K ettlewe ll ( jud g e), Dr. Pec kett D avis (judge), Coumy IFicer B a il ey (judge ) , WId County O fficer \ '( I n el l ( ompet iti on ecrctary )
j\fte r t he di s tri butio n by t h e 1 f a) o r ess, the l\ l ayor
"Io ke o n th e wo r k or the B rigade, "which he said \\ as beco m in g i ncrea ing l y necessary in these day
1)( fa st traffic. I Ie was de lighted to sec such a plendid
arra y of nur c- and ambulance men. H e understo o d thei r work w as yolunta r ), and all credit was due to them for t h ei r nob le effo rt s.
T he res ult s we r e a - fo Jlows: -
\01BCL \ 07 E
\. \ '\ cs con B. \'\ din gGas Co con C. lli g hbrid g e T ca m Tcst 130 lO6 ] ,6
o li cer T est 65 58
Bl Her and 3 1 0 5 122 ]09
BLa rer 2. ane! -4 4) GG -t-t
l 'Jllform 21.6 22.2 20.2 36 .2 l)o 1 no".
"\llJ1c head (winnus of Lc\\ "is Lm 'll l\I emorial Cup)
\'r llington
High bri dge
The following Cadet Unit s to o k part :-Nursin g Cad ets from Harrow, Wille sden, and Hendon; A mbul a n ce Cadet s f ro m Southall, Ealing , J-iay es and Harlin g t o n lIB fully d ecorate
Ro yton , bei n g the judge . T he resu lt o f t h e Compelitio n W :1 as fo ll o w s :1st. Bu ry" A," 8 5 The Cadet T ro ph y zn d. R o che , 84. Cadet Cu p .
The t ro phies were prese nt ed t o t he w inn e rs b) f [arll id Sutcliffe , E sq., M.P.
The Co mmi ss
p res id ed a nd was
JL Chair m an o f t h e Di str ict Co uncil wh o we lc omed hL' co mp et it o rs o n b eh alf o f th e Co un cil , Co l. C J Tr i m' Ie, CB ., CM.G ., fr s . Tw ee d ale , C n .E. (L a d y
Supe rint end en t) a nd :M rs II o ld e n (Pr esi d e n t of Rm 1)0 ur sin g Di v isio n)
The winn e r s gave a d em ons t ration o f te s t on rhl' platform.
Wes ton Gas ompany . l"R 1
\. \\'e s to n B. Bac h C. :\[lochcad Tcam T st ]
CENTRE REPORTS.
II EBDEN B RIDGE CEKTRE. Ambulance Brigade.-Some surprising figure s In connection with the work of the local Ambulance Brigade were given at the annual Brigade meeting in +'vfarch. Corps uperintendent presided, s upported by D ivi sional uperintendcnt Jackson, Lady uperintendc:nt Mrs Ast i n, and the P resident (Coun. J. \X Cockcraft, Esq.). In h is report, the secretary (11r 11. Nee d ham ) said that the mem bers of the Ambulance Brigade and ursing D ivi sion had rendered first aid in 551 cases dur ing the year. O f these 46 were wor kshop accidents four road acci d ent 16 in connection with the Jubilee celebration at Hebden B ridge, Heptonstall, Blacks haw and O ld T o wn, and at the Heptonstall gala, three at O ld Town schoo sports, an d 60 miscellaneous cases of injury The membersh ip now stood at 53, 3 L males an d 2 I female s . \ number o f public events had been attended d uring the year. Captain T. Allen and the Inspecting Officer had reported yery fay o urably on the work done at the annual in pecrion in June The re - examinations were held in :\fay, and the report of the examiner, D r. J C P itterBailey, of Todmorden, 'I.-as very satisfactory. The number of member in the various reserve organisa tions wa : Military Home Hospita l Resenre, 4; Royal );'aval ick Berth R eserve, 8; Voluntan" Aid D etachmem ( female ) , 19. D uring the year six and two female m embers had received training at the principal naval military ho pitals. A.t the trophy competitions hel d in :\m-ember, the P resident's meld (Ambulan ce D ivision) was won by H. Sharp; the La\.vson Trophy (i\ursing D iyi ion) by ::\L s L Atack; a n d the P ollard Tro p hy by a team of four nurses. The Murgarroy d Cup wa : won bY' a team from the Hebden Bridge Ambulance Diy! ion. The Chairman made an appeal f o r increased public upport and aid that the Brigade had in view t he o rgani ation of variou s evems for the rai ing of during the coming year. He al 0 appealed f o r morc young member , pointing ou( the yalue of the work they could do and [he exceptional facilitie offered by the Brigade for training in a subje ct, the knowledge of which w o uld tand them in go o d tead all th eir li\-es and \\-herever they might be.
Corrections
l\)Llc l ' FIR '1' \ ID 193 6 R E IG \. T E BOR OL' GH POLICE TE Ur. The ( tal mark f o r [he Indi,-idual Te t for 1'\05 4 and - hould b ' 69_ (nor 6 I} ) ; th tOtal mark: of the Tcarn f o r th T _ L h o uld th refor be I-tS § and the g rand tOtal for Indi,-idl1 al :lod T eam Te t 26-t.
G \' ZE TTE )'L-I.RClI I -:C E 1 'f ) . 6 Di triet , Dr . ... \ nLlette Gilli Turnbllil \ndec:on , appointed Divlslon ur o on to this Di y islOn was shown ns tte Gillies TLlrnbulL
O xygen 1n Carbon Monoxide Cases
By NORMAN HAIIIMER, M. R .C.S., L.R C.P.
In the ir R aid Precaution work of the Brigade, in addition to the" \War Gases," we have to consider other gases, not used speciE call y as instruments of offensive action, b ut likely to be met \vith in war conditions, as we ll as occasionally in peace -time in certain circumstances, or in connection with certain industries. Included an10ng these is carbon monoxide, familiar to First Aiders as a cause of asphyxiation b y char coal fumes and motor-car exhausts . This ga occurs also in enclosed spaces such as closed machinegun posts and in the insides of burning building , .and cases of carbon monoxide poisoning ma y n ee d the immediate and trained help of Brigade member s during hostilities. ArtiEcial respiration as an urgent measure, and the administration of pure oxygen a soon as possible, are the cardinal points in treatment.
We know that the respiratory function of the bloo d is to act as a carrier of oxygen from the lun gs t o the body' s tissue cells, and of the waste-product gas, carbon dioxide, from tissues to lungs. The excha n ge of gases, which takes place in the lungs and in the tissues, is largely a matter o f the relative concentrations of the gases in the blood and in the cells surrounding the blood-vessels. To set it out sh o rtl y : (r) In the working tissues of the bod y the situati on is like this :
In the tissues. In the blo o d.
Ox ygen T
So the movement of gases in the exchange is as in the direction of the arrow, and CO passes into th e blood to be carried away, while oxygen leaves the blood and is given up to th e working tissue-cells, which need it for their continued life and activit\, (2) In the lungs the rev erse takes place: -
In the air spaces. In the blood
_____ ;__ __-_i____
Oxygen +
And here the CO 2 -laden "impure" bl oo d ge ts rid of its "waste product" g as, which enters the airspaces to be breathed out, and so t o leave the b ody. The blood receives in exchange oxygen from the in-breathed air, which it will carr y to the tissues.
So the circulating blood keeps up the constant elimination from the bod y of CO 2 and th e constant supply, to the tissue-cells, of oxygen.
The part of the blood that is conc er ned with th e carriage of oxygen is the haemo glo bin, the pi gme n t of the red blood-corpuscles, which has the power of " gripping" oxyg en in conditions of high oxygenconcentration, as in the lungs, and letting it go i n conditions of low oxyg en-concentration, such as we find in the tissues .
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In the case of carbon monoxide poisoning , the trouble is that the haemoglobin prefers to tak e up the carbon monoxide rather than oxy ge n) so th at II " grips" it more tightly. In other word, haemogl obin has a greater affinity for carbon monoxide than i t ha s for oxygen. So when w e have rem 'le d our pat ien t from the poisonous atmosphere of carbon mon oxide , it is n o t an easy thin g to mak e hi s bl oo d let go of the g as and take hold of oxygen in stead H e mu t be offered oxygen, th ere fore, in the ' pure' taLL , not merely a an' enrichment" of ordinary inspir ed air, so that th e ox rge n concentration in the lun g i · ve r y high, and th e oxygen i , as it \\' rc, forced Ul)()11 the haemoo- lo bin, in the same way that a n eL gibk partf might b e forced upon an unwilling Victori al1 I'vli s b y her w o ddl Y-\1;i e parent - bccau e ho\yc\ Tr attracti\Te the Carbon M onoxide suitor may bc t< Miss Haemoglobin, and ho\\' c\'cr tightlr the,' may hc embra ced, 1\It. O xygen i far better for her . Beside he's necessary for the re t of the famih' the bod \" a a \>;' h ole while Carbon 1\lonoxide can'do it but harm. This is the principle of oxyg n-admini. tr a tion in carbon-monoxide cas s- x\'gen is adminl 'tered pure, to iner ase the xnien-c ncentrati oll in the lungs; at the arne time, artificial r pirali ol1 must be continued until respi mm'emenJ,!' ,1n: \\Te ll established, to facili tat e the con ti n ued expo: u r of the blood in the lung-capillarie e LO th oxyg 11 \\ are putting into the air-space. The and fre q uenc), of the re pirator), m ,'emen t of the chL" wall and the diaphragm can a l 0 yery _ ati factori h be increased by an apparently paradoxical procedu rl.
We know that the re piratory mo\'emems ar c regulated b y a C respiratory centrc in the brai n, and that they depend, inter alia, upon [h amount 0\ " stimulation" this centre receiYe,. The nor ma l " stimu lation" to the centre is the l)r ence in th e bl oo d flowing through it , of a c r tain percentage ut CO 2 the ordi n ary \'vaste-product g as of the b ody. If the amount of CO 2 gets above this percentage, th t respiratory ce ntr e says to itse lf, ( D onnerblitz! Thi won't do. I must make Our respirations deepcr an n ofte n er to get rid of this excess of ' impure' gasand it gets bus y and sends nerve-mes ages to th t muscles of respiration to make it so.
So if we can add about 5 per cen t . of CO 2 carbo! dioxide to Our inspired air or oxyge n, we s tj mulat l our r espirato ry centre, and get inc rea ed and deepe , breat hing At the same time, if we a rc fo rcing" pure oxygen upon the blood, in tim e the CO, carbon mon oxi de, the poisonous, lethal gas, is washed out 01' the bl ood, and oxygen, plus the nccessary percentagt of CO 2 carbon dioxide, take it s p lace, and ou r patient recovers.
Our treatm ent , th erefo r e, of cases of carbon mon oxide poi so nin g will be :
(I) Immediate r emov al from the affe c ted atm os ph e re plu s im mediate artificial re spiration, and (2) Oxygen ,( P RE " as soon as p oss ible, e ith er alone, or admi xed with CO if apparatus available. The" o\'ox" apparatus g iv es us th ese two. It delive r oxyge n 'pure" (i.e., in such a way that it is !lot admixe d as an cnrichment wit h or dinary inspired air, but breat hed direct as oxyge n) with the required percentage of O 2 to cau e st imulati on of the respi ratory ce ntre. The ga c arc led through a tube to a face-pie ce which f1t over nose and mouth, oxygen and C0 2 pa sing in on in piratio n, and the expired air pass in g through a one-way va lve in the front of the face- picce out and away, so that it is not rebreathed. 0 outside atmosphe ric ai r cnte rs the facepiece at all.
s hould b e maintained even longer, until th e patient is comp le t e ly conscious and breathing quite normally. A ll the time his tissues were bathed in blood carrying carbon monoxide, they were suffer ing from its poisonous effects : it should be well washed out from the circula ti ng blood, for otherwise, althou gh the patient's life is saved, he may su ffer from queer and apparentl y quite irregular nerve conditions, peculi ar cramps and pains, passing paralysis of groups of muscles, or even mental disturbance s, usually causing h im to suffer from loss of memory or diminishe d power of mental concentration. It is stated that patients have recovered under treatment after having be en unconscious for as long as 48 hours after removal from exposure to the poisonous atmosphere. \Y/e have: been discussing carbon monoxide a an n1L k.UH! ·lnl1 DI\I 'IOI1 rcam, IIf \mhuhncL B nrle\-, (,rCl.:n\\'om.l, Coale, and Lad\ Di,-i -ional 'uperi ncendeO! \Its \. 'mith, caprain, l'eCCiYlng rhe
LIaIn rsnn up. .\r [he \ -1 Di [[ict rinal [hi - ream also ecured rhe BunJon ( Disrrin ), Challen lTe Cup :1I1d and [he L'lJic of Y o rk hire Cup. \\ irh rhe cifrh member, , \.mbulan ce isrcr :\[i/ner , they \\'on rhc mar;niIiccnr ! lull and Easr Ri:Jing ,\ssociarion Coune) G:mre Trophy. being rhe onl)\\'omen S lC :UTI eneercd ag:lln cleye n ambulance te.'lms trom [he county
h the ab encc or thi or similar apparatu \'.- e can usc the Haldane oX)C'Tcn 'Ct Put thc enrichment' at :naximum (10 litre ) 0 a to approximate t a dell\t ry of "pu rc" oxrtren. r wc can u th ?ental nitrous oxide (laughino--ga ) apparatLls, deli,-erln g ox yge n from a ylinder, with thc ya lyc on the bag set m such a wa\, as to prc\ "e nt rebr eathin o ." Th e « 0# b yark lct Re u cirat r will I r uuce ca rb on dioXlcle whic h can be o-iv n with t he OX\'l)"en r alone if oxyge n can b - 0 fhe First Princ iple of First .L \id , tll'lt D ath is not to be assume 1 b ecaus ign e of life arc ab ent " should be b orne w 11 in mind. l \.rt il1cia l r pirat ion plu s lns trum ental mea sure as o utlin d a b ye h u ld be kep t up; after re pira t ory movement are \V II cstabbshe d, the artiGcial re pirati on can b stoPI d, but not until. The administration f oxyg n and
a phrxiating ga - : ic mUe c be remembered thac prolono- d expo , ur to eyen a rela(i,-ely lo'.\' concentration of (hi o-ae will cau e leadino- in (h , b end to uncon ciou n ' and death by asphyxia. Befor bein a suffoca[ d, (he pacient may become o-i dd\ ', brea(hles on ey n sliO'ht xeruon and mentall,- confu d. He I e t he po\\'er to 111m-e his lim b s, an'd this combined with his m mal tate of confu ion and _Ie apathy \,·ill pre\ nt him taking t p to r mm-e him ' If from [he poisonous atmo phere. If he is xro ed to a high concentracion of the ga , unconsciou ne w ill omc 0 n' the le e' ga there, th e longer it \\'ill take to bring (hi , about. In all ca ec , ' n the lighte , t the sam'e [reatment i ad \-i able order to Ie, the after-effi cts ; " ,hen actual a phyxia ha_ c me, It 1S n ces_ary as a First I roc dure in o rd er to saye life.
The Defence of the Population Against Air Attacks
By \: "'IKG Cm[1L\ JDER E. J. HODSOLL, C.B.
(PllbliJ/J ed la' P{,I'I)1lJ-JiOIl of th e Cliited S erviceJ fJlstitlllioi/.)
In the"late War this country had its first experience of raids by hostile aircraft, and e,-en though - the scale of such raids ,vas small, they exercised a not inconsiderable moral and material effect.
Some eighteen years have elapsed since the la t air raid took place, and the design and petformance of aircraft has steadily advanced and, in tbe nature of things, must so continue. It may not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to say that every:> eat sees the speed, weight-carrying capacity, and ceiling of bombing aircraft tending appreciably to increase, and these factors inevitably affect the problem of actiYe defence. But, however good that defence, it is generally accepted that it will be impossible to preyent a proportion of determined hostile aircraft from reaching their objective.
It is for this reason that the problem of what is perhaps rather loosely known as "the protection of the population" has arisen. . I should like, first of all, to define this expression rather more clearly. Hostile air attacks on any considerable scale may cause damage, not only to life but also to property, and may also be expected to interfere with public services of all kinds. When we talk about protecting the population against air attack, therefore, it is quite true to say that we mean primarily the taking of such as may be possible to protect life, but we mean also the taking of such other measures as may be practicable to try and enable eAistence to be carried on, whether it be in normal or abnormal form. And this means the maintenance of supplies of water, gas, electricity, food, and means of communication, without which life as we know it to-da y would be intolerable or even, in the last resort, impossible.
Air raid precautions, therefore, must be of an allembracing nature, and they are essentially complementary to the work of the three Services. It is a very old military maxim that operations must be conducted from a secure base, and if one can look upon this country as the primary base of those Services, then it is clear that all measures necessary for the security of tbat base in time of emergency ought to be taken.
The humanitarian aspect of this problem is 9f no less importance. The scope of war has so vastly increased that it may indeed become a personal matter to almost every inhabitant of a country; and great numbers of people may, in the future, find themselves in positions of considerable danger, even though they are many miles removed from the scene of hostilities. The responsibility of a Government
for the prot ction of the 1 eople on it territ on es which, till comparati\Tely recent time, could ht fulfilled by th provision of adequate defence for cl , has now inevitably been extended more or less to t 1ll \vhole population. The problem f defence ha therefore, become yastlr mor complicated.
The three dim n in \, hich th y can op 1.1 l give to aircraft a freedom of which :. unique in character and greatly' incr ease s the chan e\. of sudden and surprise attack. For lhi. rca on it essential that any population, or uea, which i v.:i th in range of the aircraft of another c untry , h o ulcl h;1\ such pre-arranged protection a may be possibl e 1 the circumstances. Thanks to our island po i ll \.,'e haye for many centuti , been pa red the horr o of inYasion, and it is sam thing quite n \\ to t h population of this country to be a keel to think ab r the question of their personal security in tim e f emergency.
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I should like now to de s cribe briefly the orga ru ,1tion which is being framed to meet the situatio n.
The main responsib i lity for the dir ecti o n ol 'r raid precautions rests natmall on th e ce ntral G o \'ement, and the .l\'ir Raid Precauti o n' D partment I been set up for the purpo c of directin g and coordinating the polic y in g en e ral. Th is Dcp a rt m u is a division of the Home Office, because the ,,·ho't essence of the system is ciyiii an and the ll o m c O ni is, clearly, the most appropriate DCI anmcm to a L11 this responsibility. In addition to th e I l o me o n t: there are, of course, a number of other GOyern 111L lit Departments which are very intimatel y con cern ed with this question. The new Department doc s r ot in any way cut across or interfere with which those Departrnent would normally und e rt a ke It does, however, act as a gen ral co - ordinator, a1d works in the closest touch with tho e concern ed in the preparation of general schemes.
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essential air raid services; for example, the police, flre brigades, first-aid sen-ices, and the decontamination services. For these the Government have undertaken the responsibilit y of supplying respirators, protective clothing, and bleaching powder, and they are also establishing a central Ga School for the training of instructors. The tasks which the local authorities are being asked to assume, ther efore, are mainly ones of organisation, which will include the framing of plans and the examination of the facilities which might be required. . As I have already pointed out, each Seryice Department has a responsibility of its own for establishm ent under its charge, e.g., dock yards, althou g h clo se co-ordination is neces arr between the lo cal ciyjl
In th e pro inc es, the policy is f or each local authorit y to be respon ible, so far as lies w it h in its power, for the arrangements within th e ar a w hich it controls. The easiest case.i that of a county b orough which is normally self-contained i n r espect of all Lt services. Outside the county b o rou O' h tb s it uation is mor complicated. There ar e many imp ortant non-county borou g hs, some of which have the ir 0\\ n police forces, and others which ar erved b y the county con s tabular y . H re ag ain co-ordin at lO n within th e count y is clearly sscntial a nd we arc a the count y c o uncil s to act as th e ge n e ral co-o r di nators for this purpo e. The sam e principl , is, in fa ct, being applied a in L o ndon; that i to say, yariou ' unit a r e b ein g a ked t o cxanlin tb problem, and
arrangements and tho se in t h e nava l, militar y, o r au force estabEshments . London is b e ing treate d as a separate problem. While the g eneral principles will be t h e same as in th e provinces, the system of lo cal governm ent in Lond o n is such as to make it necessary t o adopt s li g htl y different methods. The local government of Lond o n is divided between the City, the L o ndon Count y Co uncil, and the Metropolitan Boroug hs, and th e majority of essential services are in the hand s o f public utility undertakin gs Certain matter s w ill, for convenience, be dealt with centrall y, and at some stag e the whole arrangements for London w ill have to be co-ordinated; but at the present s ta ge th e intention is to enli st the co-operation of th e vari ou s units in considering their particular pr o blem s, and when this has been don e, to ex amine the positi o n in o rd er to see to what extent co-operati o n and c o -ordination are r e quir e d.
su bse qu ently arrangem nt s \\i ll b e ma d e for lIch co -ordirl ation as m ay b e r equir e d w ithin t he co untl it se lf. r\t a lat er s tage i t wi ll b e ne e sa r y to ex cnd t his co-o rdinati o n b e t\.'i'een th e cou nt ies in o r der har t he fu llest u se may b e ma d e of tb e res ources of the co unt ry as a wh o le
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There ar e reall y onl y tw o complet ely n e,v or ganisations which are at present contemplated. The first of these is the very important one of g as detecti o n It is considered that, in some areas-certainl y i n ev ery urban area wi thin the potential dan g er z one- there must _ be a certain num ber of per sons train ed in the detection of gas. Their du ty will be to pr o ceed to an y place in which the presence of g as is susp ected, to endeav our to diagnose the t ype of gas , and to wa rn the police and anybody else concern ed that a certain area is dang erous. On recei p t of this w arning, actio n can then be taken, either to render the ar ea safe b y decontamination or to t ake such o ther precautio ns as may be desirable in order to safe g uard the gen eral public Ar ran g ements w ill, al so , clearly b e r eq ui r ed for obtaining samples of gases dr opped in order that they may be analysed. The actual anal ysi s w ill n aturally not be part o f the g as detect ors' n ormal w ork, but the y ma y hav e to be responsi ble f or co llecting samples. It may al so be de sirable-tho u g h I put forward this suggestion at th e m o ment r ath er tentativ el y-to hav e a g as expert attached to important centres, rather on the analogy of the gas expert who, in the last War, w as attached to corps headquarters. There are bound to be many questions arising on which the advice of a full y qualified expert will be de si rable.
The other new organisation, w hich ag ain is onl y in a very tentative form, is that of street warden s In a number of foreign countries, notabl y German y and Austria, a system of house wardens ha s been developed; that is to say, in each house or bl o ck of Bats one or two persons are detailed to be g enerally responsible for the precautionary measures t o b e tak en in that building There is a good d eal to be said for pro viding some link between the man in the street and the local authority-what would amount, in fact, to a personal link We are now considering the suitability of app lying some system of street wardens to our organisation. The idea would be to arrange for one or more responsible persons to be
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given a street, or block of streets, as the case m ay be, in which they could act as the general guide, phi losopher, and friend to the persons living in th ei r area. There are a number of duties which I can fo r eseealthou g h p erhaps they are rather o f an und efinab le nature- in which the presence of p ersonnel o f this kind would be of the utmost v alu e, and I thin k they would fill a g ap in the o r ganisation which clearly exists at present.
D ETA I LED ORG I AT IO
I will now outline, ve r y briefl y, so m e of the mOre detailed parts of the air raid pr ecaution s machin e.
Tf7a m iJ1g System
A system of w arning the p opula tio n i s o bvi ou sly of importan ce. The warnin g may b e of tw o kind, and mu s t b e gove rned b y e er al co nsid era ti on. Tho se p eo ple who ma y ha e d efini te acti o n t o tlkt must clearly h ave as lon g an a d va nc e . war ning as is practicable, and th e ge n eral p ubli c o ug h t, al so, to b e g iv en w arnin g in t ime fo r the m to tak e s uc h steps for th ei r safe t y as may b e pos jb le Ano ther considerati on of impor tance is to a'l,roi d und u e i n terD rence w i th indu s tria l an d oth er act!yit)'
A warning system is b ein g d evelope d 0 11 tl CSt lines ; the ac t u al issue of the \l, ar nin gs wi ll b e arr an cd b y the l o cal autho r i ti es co ncern ed The receipt nd i ssue of wa rnings i s a matt er for co-o rdination b e t\\ en the Air l\ linis try , t he G eneral P o st Office , and the H ome O ffice T he ge nera l dir ecti o n of arra n geme nt w ill b e cent r ally con trolled.
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H er e again , general contr o l will b e a matt er fo r the centr al G ove r nme nt, thou g h the carrying out of reg ulations an d i ns tructions will r e t locall y
The problem of li g hting r e triction is a '\Cry vexed one Whil e the complete d ark enin g of a tc wn or Jl,r ea may n o t p reve nt hosti le air craft reac hi n g their g eneral obj ec ti e, it m ay make accura te b om bing of partic ul ar targ ets more diffi cu lt. T wo r ecent exampl es of co m p le te " black -outs" in large t o" os abro ad are ins tr uc tiv e. B o th in Ber lin an d Vi c'loa " blac k-o ut s " on a w id e scale w ere arran ge d , and from o b servations m a d e b y perso n s fl yin g ove r the areas t h er e i s no d o ubt th at th e d ark eni n g was extremely T he ex ten t t o w h ich it i s p OSSIble, howeve r, to appl y comp let e d arke nin g over ';lny exten siv e period i s an o th er ma tter. It i s one t hing to d 0 it f o r half an hour f o r pu rp oses o f a sp ecia l exerci se, b u t it i s quit e anoth er ma tt er t o cont em plate such action as a perman ent o r se mi-per m anent featur e . Clearly the grea ter th e d eg ree of d arkening the better; but qu estions of public safe ty and ind ustrial activity mu st be carefull y wei g hed befor e an y final deci sion i s taken.
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The Defence of the Population Against Air Attacks
By \\ ING CO H1A DER E. ]. HODSOLL, C.B. P RT II.
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I think it will be safe to say that, in any future emergency, lighting restrictions \vill have to be far more drastic than they were in the lat e "\ ar, and such public lighting as cannot be quickly s,vitched off centrally may have to be permanently extinguished. There is still, unfortunately, a number of towns in which gas is used for public street lighting, which could only be put out by dealing each lamp sepa rately by hand. Such a procedure ,vould o bviousl y be impossible in time of emergency, if an attempt has to be made to darken any place quickly.
First-Aid and D econ tamination of P ersonnel.
The organisation of first aid and hospital service is proposed on lines analogous to those used by the Army; that is to say, there will be a system of first-aid posts, casualty clearing hospitals, and base hospitals.
The first-aid and decontamination of personnel pos ts will, wherever possible, be combined with mobile first aid units, whose chief purpose will b e to deal with immediate casualties in the streets or elsewhere. These posts will be established at suitable intervals. Behind them, there will be the casualty clearing stations, which will generally be an existing hospital or hospitals in a town; and, be yo nd this, base hospitals will be located in areas less liable to attack. An ambulance service is also a very important part of the whole organisation. I think there may also have to be convalescent homes, though this is a point which is still a matter of consideration. It will, however, be necessary to dispose of casualties from hospitals as quickly as possible if the demands on their resources are not to be too severely taxed, and convalescent homes may well be the most convenient way of dealing with the problem.
We are proposing to combine decontaminat ion of personnel with ordinary first-aid. The conclusion was reached that to attempt to separate these services would probably only result jn difficulty in an emergency, and that a person who became a casualty from whatever cause would obviously go to the first place flying the Red Cross fla g, and would clearly expect to receive treatment there at once. In practice it will be essential to keep the two t ypes of casualty sufficiently separated to ensure that there shall be no risk of persons not contaminated by gas becoming infected. This is a matter of arrangement, however, and should not present any particular difficulty. Similarly, the casualty clearing station, and, to a small extent, the base hospital, must be prepared to deal with persons who have received contamination. Fire Services.
The fire service will have a heavy respon si bility in
tim of emerg ncy. I think probably the q uestion of fire will present one of our gravest proble ms.
One of the difficulties which may certainl}' ari sl is in regard to personnel, because the r e e rve at I re clle available are either non-exist ent or ""ould prob ahlv be totally inadequate, and it i not po ible udd cnl}' to turn an inexperienced ind i,i dual into a firem n. There may also be a h rtage of equipment , .I ld there may be difficulties in re g ard to upplies of water.
All these aspects of the questi n are b iner consid etl d . but it is very ob ious that fat closer co-ordina tl >Q will be necessary than exist cy rywhere to-da)" und in thi it is hoped that the Committee which has b en appointed under the chairmanship of Lord Ri"e nb le may be of considerable assistance.
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All practicable steI s must be rak en to maI n! . In those services which are essential to th life of t he community at as high a le,·el of ffici nc y a ma y be po sible in the circum stanc s Dama ge to d e services mar occur either at the so urce of supph in the distributiv e organi ation.
Certain action can be tak en t pr vid e ph)' ::. ell protection at important and , -ital pint 'uch ,1 pumping stations; but, in the facc of det ermll cd attack, such precaution obvioll 1y cou ld not be more than partially effective. Th e qncsti on of i rotecting distributing arrangement is eyen 111'lfC difficult, and the problem in the main, ther cfl re, resolves itself down to one of organisation nd alternative sources and methods of upply.
The first step is clearl y an examination of exist ing facilities and an appreciation of how alternatives mjrr ht be used if such facilities became di so rgani sed or destroyed. This field of activity must cover a \Cry great variety of services ranging from \ at er, a', electricity, through means of transport, to supply \Ild distribution of food and other commodities.
Another point of ver y con iderable importanc is the action that could be taken to reduce th e ns l of bulk supplies of important commodities bung destroyed in situ. Ability to distribute supplies n ust depend on facilities in parts of the country les s Ii Ible to air attack, and particularly on abilit y to re-OrIl'nt existing transport arrangement s Intellige nce and COl1ll1lttnicatiol7J.
A very important part of the organisation mu ' be the provision of reliable means of communlca[l On and quick intelligence. So l ong as the exi sting systems of communication remain in operation, obviously they will be used; but the position may .rell
have to be faced in which emergency and more primi tive methods have to be adopted.
Road Repairs and Clearance of D eb ris
The highway authorities are being asked to undertake this work. It is a certain ex tension of their normal respon ibiJities ; but it would seem to be the most appropriate method o f d ea li ng with this requirement.
The closest co-operation will b e essential between this service and other undertakings whose serv ic es may be affected, e.g., water, gas, electric light, and so on, and i t may even be imp ossi ble for any work to be begun at all until th e decontamination quads han: got to w o rk.
possible for the protection of the people in his or her house or office. Our gene ral ideas, which I think are shared b y th e majority of other nations who have considered this problem, are that the public mu st b e instructed to remain indoors in a gas-proof room in so far as this is possible. Very simple instructions will be made available show in g how a room can be gas-proofed for a comparatively trifling sum of money, and al so g iving su ch other information as may be usefu l to a householder; that is to say, simple first aid precautions and action to try and prevent the sp r ead of fire; also behaviour if caught outside in a raid. T he question of the best location for a gasproof room is also dealt with. Our adyice may brieRy be ummari cd as follow :-
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general idea is that repair gangs shou ld be orga rused to be a ailable to 1 al with damage t their There may be ca in which damage is \1.1despread and re ource arc in ufllci ent to deal with th e whole area; in such cas pIlority must clearly be given to the mo l important and it may well be adxi 'a ble w sch dulc befo rehand those places which a rc of fir't importance.
THE GE ER. \L PL BLIC.
Before ending, 1 should like t av a", rd about question of the prot ction of rhe p'Ll blic in genera l. t ms ,Problem ?e.st be consi dered in two p,arts hat IS to say, II1dl\ ldual pr tec ti ol.1 , an d coll clive protectio n.
As regards individual prate tion, responsi bilit\" . rest on every h us holder or occupier of prem Ises and emp loyer to take such t el'_ as may b e
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If there is a conyenient basem or or cellar that is tile besr_ place to LLe for the ga -proof since i ta r Ie s ?an ere r there fr<:)D1 rhe bla t or plinters ot hIgh expl o lve bomb.:- It th ere i no basement, th n a room hould be selecc d in accordance with the of hou. e. In a [\,"0 -sror1 d hou e the gasproot room hould be on the grollnd floor' and in a hou 'e of more than t\,- stori' the room hould pr ferabl}' be on th 11rs t floor. The election of the room if nO[ aba, m nt .:-hould if po ible be eroverned by 'iderari?n.s of aerain, t bla t and ; thar I ' to ay, it l' preterable to .el ct a room "hich is least likely to b u c ptibl to damao-e b," bla·t or plinters; for xample, an is berr ( than an out ide' and a r00111 facing a w all i better than one facing a treet.
It is in , "i t bl [hat:1. cClr in numb r of people will b cauu'ht in the str et and of cours , unfortu-
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nately there are man y houses the conditions o f which might m a ke i t i mpossible to prepare a gas -pr o of room In ca ses o f this kind it will be essential to consider the pro v ision of collective sh lters ; that is to say , a certain number of shelte rs or pla ces to which the public w ho are unav o ida bly c a u g ht outside in the air raid co u ld go, and in s o me ar e a s the pro v ision of collective pr o tection for pe o ple 'who a re unable to do anythi ng for themselv es.
The re i s a further point that, while a gas-proof room, so lon g as it remains airtight, will g iv e c o mp l ete protection, there is always the p os sibilit y t h at the action o f high explosive b o mbs m ay break d o wn the gas-proofing. In this case there will clea rly b e ev er y advantage for householders to be in po sse ssio n o f a respirator which would enable the m to see k o ther shelter quickly w ithout corning t o very mu ch , i f a n y harm. The Gov ernment are inv esti gating t he p oss ibilities of developing a cheap an d effici en t re s pirato r which wo uld serve this p u rpos e It w o uld a ls o enable in the street to g et t o a pla ce of safe t r without bec o min g s evere cas ualtie s f r om gas.
There is still the equall y imp o rtant que s ti o n of babies and children. I und e r s tand that, while it would n o t be impossible to pr o vide e ven a tin y b a b y with a respirator, the r e ar e clea rl y a gr eat many ps y cholo g ical reasons a g ainst a tt e mp ting t o d o t his .
Children down to the a g e o f ab o ut five c a n wea r a respirator without difficult y ; but b el ow t hat age t here are a great number of undesirable fact ors whi ch must be taken into account. Thi s pr o ble m i s al s o b eing actively inv estig ated, and I a m e xtr emely hope ful that a r e aso n able and practica ble so lutio n wi ll b e found. Obv io us ly , the app ro p ria t e an d be s t a n swer is to g et youn g c hi ldr e n a s fa r away f r om po t e nti al danger zones as po ssible; b u t, u n fo rtunately, s uc h a course may not be p ra cti ca bl e i n m an) c ases , a nd, therefore, steps must be t aken to provi d e t h e bes t protection for sma ll childr en a nd babies that can be dev i sed, and parti cularly o n e i n w hich m others would hav e confidence.
CONC L USIO N
I h av e attempted t o g i v e you wha t, at t he b es t , can only be a v er y sh o rt c ons p ect u s of t he p rob lem of air raid precauti o ns in this c ountry You w i ll , I kno w , reali se not only the ma g nit ude b u t also t h e novelty o f the ta s k, a n d that th e cre ati o n a n d adapt ation of s ervices to meet a h yp o the tical c o ntin genc y , which e v er y one hopes m a y neve r happ en, g ives ri se t o p r oble m s of g reat difficult y and c omple xi t y. Wit h the g o o d w i ll o f all conce r ned, h owev er, we ar e v ery hop e ful that it may be p oss ib le so t o o r g ani se th e countr y that the w or s t effect s o f air att a ck shall be minimised; that e v er ything p os sible s hall be d o n e t o save life and prev ent av o idable ca sualti e s; and las t, but no t least, that arran ge ments shall b e made t o enable the countr y to carr y on throug h what mi g ht be a v er y critical and anxiou s period.
Some First Aid Fallacies
1. -(a) That I lacin g blank t s, etc., vc r a p atient lyin g o n a ,;v e t p a e m n t or g round i uffici c n t to prevent o r t o tr eat II C 1\:.
I t is II/ore i/)/portant t!Jat protective alJd })}al'll/ blalJke ts, etc ., be placed the patiellt , so that he dOd 1l ot abs or b the 1J let alld cold fro/)/ t!Je ar oJ{lJd , alJd alJo thai the cold and u'et g ro/(fJd does IlOt absorb heat 11'0/11 his bodJ l (b) T ha t on a hot day th e r e is no nee d to prote ct an d s urr oun d a h ocke d patie nt \"i t h b lank ts etc.
2. - T hat ve n o u s hxmorrhao-c i disti n ctly lc imp orta nt than art rial.
L oss of blood, )j,be/!Jer arte rial or l'eIlOIf.r, /1II{J't d ogaillst U-'baf for tbe II/Olllfll/ i,r l'el/OIU blood a jell' /oter is orteriol 1Vot 0//0' fbis, bll//here IJlIIst be a J/(tftOCl/C ) 0/ blood ill tlJe bodJ', alld olle rail bked fo death a/IlIO.rl 1 qUickl), fro III vellONS htl' 1JI0rrIJage aJ arteria/.
3 - T hat the carotid artery is pre cd t l' w indpipe, when controlling bX010rrbag from tl c n ec k
Tlm'e are sllch tbillgs as w'1'ird (I/uk) l'erlcbme /0 PI', the arlelJ' agaillsf ,
4. - T ha t the pulmo n ary artery contain anc n 1: b lood and t hat the pu l monary \ 'ci ns contain \ 'cn<l b lood
All artel), is a blood llessel blood ji'OlJ.' Ih heart A llei" is a blood l'essd blood /0 tbe b, "lI 1 Hence tbe pIliIllOlJal]' artel]' rOlltaillJ l'el/OIIS blood and II pH/monal] veins arterial blood
S.-Tha t t he upper li mbs arc L PP RTL.D in a It when t he hand i fixe d at a lower lc\ cl than the clbn ,: , or w r igg ling 100 e.
The 1Ipper !ill/bs are 0176' 'liPPORT1.D lJ'iJw tbe btln I iJ sillng at all allgle as dePic/ed ill 8 liiJd 9 pazI' 26. " First-Aid to tbe /;!}lfred."
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The Value of "Chapter One
A i\ PPR ECL\T I
To the Editor ofTITE T. JOll" \ \IBl L\"(.J' G \/:I !1r.
D EAR SIR,-I would just like, in Silllpk: term" , Ie) pay tribute to Dr. Lakin for hi aniclc that hay.c IJLU1, pu blished in THE G \ZETTE under the head ing ot T he Va lue of" Cha p ter O n ." To me thC) have madc s ple ndid rea di ng, and I fee l qu il e su re t hat a ll tbo c w h o have fo ll owed them close ly have b een c n nc hcd b eyond measure , and I am sur' of this that wc 1[\:: a ll so r ry to note the wor d " conclusion."
It wo uld b e a grand thing jf all the i ue could b e p r int ed i n pa m ph let o r b ook form , fo r I feel sure it wo uld fi nd a ready sa le a n d wou ld pr ove of \ 'alu e b eyo nd m eas ur e t o a ll of us as [<' i r t -J\j d ers - l a!11, faithf ully yo u rs, W. W OOL {gR.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
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On und ay, March 29, J 936, the Mayor of R amsey (Councillor ir Ric h ard I I. 13., K C.M.G.), who is the President of the R amsey DlVlsIon, t. John j\ mbulance Brigadc, dc.:c1ared open a new ftrst \id R oadside r Jut on the bypass road at R omsC}.
The building was dedicated by the Vicar of Romsey (Rl:Y. \\ . 11. B. orban), and the ceremony was performed in the presence of i\fajor 1\. Tennyson Smith, M.D. (County ommissioner for I famp<;hi. rc), and ti\ es from the John "\mbulancc Brlgade Dn lSlOns from \\ incheC:;lCJ', 'Iotton and Rom<;e\, lh<..: Cutmore and \\ tnchester '\. ursing Dl\ i ion<;, he \\ inche tn add Di\ ision, and the ROl11se\ detachment ()f the Briti h Reel • ocid}, a<; \\'cll as' Se\ eral inLerestecl lo\.\-nspeoplc.
The COl11lllis:-i()ncr congratulated the local tli\ ision on the enterprise and ku.:nnesc; which thcy had sho\\'n in rai ing thL nece:-aJ':- funds for tht:: huilding by their O\\n unaided cffort,. I lc expl'linecl that tht.:. e fir t-aid po 'r" \\'lfe tht.: beq possihle means of carrying out the Hug-aelL tradition and of the greate t practical \ ·alu<..: in thl pLJ'fm mancl l)f first aid on [he road. IIymns \\ erL "llng (acC()mpanlLd hy the Rom 'ey 1h t::r Town B.lnd) and an inspiring <;en ict:: \\'as conducted by the Vicar , after \\ hieh i1' Richard, \\ 'ho \\'a' accompanied hy Lath Ltlel, J'Llnarkn\ nn his own keen interesl in the 01\ ,,,ion :lnLl thL Brigade, and hi· gr,nification at rhi \ hlble end (u [heir hard work.
The hut ha\<ing hLLn (ormally declared open the Dl\ISinnal and upelintendent 1)[ the Di\ i 1<)[1 (Dr. T. P L.llordL ) cxpLtinLJ [hal the hut not n[ h' t(l tIL-a I Wi[\l aCCIdent en TS immeuJalch· in front of it d;)()!'s but al",) [() act:l a depot for accickr{t (;1 L within rhe arL,l. 1 w()uld bL ,taA'ed he 'a id, on llrday attcrnuon" undnys, and Bank I loliday' throughllut the year hy tW() 'lu,1Iif1ed and, at other tlll1lS, a key and aCCl"" to the surp\ie, In ide the hut \\-Quld al\\,:1\', be a\'ailahlc.
\t-tcr the had hLLn inspectcd by an imerested a , cmbh', lea \\'a. taken at the hurch I hll and a \-cry njurabic ce ren1Of1\' C:1me to a clo."c, \\ l!: BY
The great \,oIUnl:l[\, \\-nrk carried our by the t. John :\mbulan cc Brig<ltk as the 'iuhjcct of a' warm trlbutc paid by ;' 11'. C. '\. L 'OUlls, the hairman, at the annual dinner of the \\ itnu D i\ is ion ot the Brigade recently. Ol11e 30 member , o( lhe Urrg:1de had dinm.:'r at the Ilotei.
C. \. L. COllll", propming the health of [he \\ itn y Dl\1S10n, said he glad to h:1\ e the oppoJ'tunit)', a, a l111:mbe r f the puhlic t( ("PI' ss thcir unbounded thanks and appreciation ()f rhL truh magnii1c III work carri d Out by the organisation. .,
. Mr. J. C: Cheslerman the Di\ iional ' uperintendent, In reply, :ud he ha d h ad q \ ears in the sen ic' of the Brigade. J lc ' aid ie was plea LIre to reI I) to th and he thanked the mcmbcrs [or their loyaler to the Il spoke oC the iocrea, ing work of thc Brigad \\ hleh entailed eXlra expen c and he made an appeal t those who had not helpe d the Brigade financially to do o He thanke d t h ose \\'ho had helped them financially in the past. lie sl okc of t h e work \v hi c h ha d b n b)' Amb ul a nce fl1 ccr 11 w , rd, wh h a d recelY d Ins t ructio n i n gas dr ill. T h e diyision ha d bcc n in ex istence
since 1929, a n d he thought it had servcd a very useful purpose
MAl DE HEAD.
R ecently, the faidenhead using Divi sion , after a series of gas lectures, ga\'e a di splay of efficiency in antigas precautions.
<; the hcadq uarters were not big enough to hold a large audience, the leading papers in the di strict were invited to send reporters, and through the medium of thc splendid reports and photographs, a large audience was able to enjoy the demon stration by pro:..)'.
In the first scene the hall was decorated to represent a square in a commercial town, after an attack of choking gas and lewisite, home-made" bombs" giying a very realistic effect.
"\ stretcher squad of nur es in gas masks and protectiye clnthing renderc;d fir t aid to (, \'ictims» and removed them to a dc-con tami nation centre.
cene If s hml.-ed a de-c ontamination centre complete with air-lock, hath room and first-aid room.
\ lewi ire patient wa taken from the air-lock to the room, then to the bathroom to be scrubbed, treatment for the e' \.,'as gi\-en, and then he wa remm'ed to the fir t-aid room for further rreatmenr.
\ striking fact of rhe di splay was the keenne shown by the nurses in their anenrion to detail.
, \fter rhe demon tation and in pection, a ih-er cigarette case \\'a handed to Carley hy Lady uperintendent Fuller in recoo-nition of hi -en'ices during the cries of lecture.
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The old Barclay Bank in Cornhill has been purchased by olonel H. E. of _\dderbury, pre_idem of the BJnbun' Di...-i 'ion of the t. 10hn _-\.mbulance Brigade, who i' handing the handsome premises o,-er LO the Diyision for free u for rhe next rhree ,-ear-. Till announc mem \\'a.' made at the annual recendv at the Crown llotel at \\'hich about a hundred attended, including e\'eral yisitor. Ie \ya. a well-organ.Led and happy party, the after-dinner. peeche: being imecper ed with harmom-.
Dr. :aid he ,,-ould like to sa\' how much he appreciated the excellem w ork don by the Banbury Diyl ion. I I, '\'<1: grateful to th m, and e pecialJ:' the omcer:, in \\'horn the Di\'i,ion \\ -a formnate. Th \' \\'ere Yen fortunate in ha,-ing Colonel a_ thelr president' and he \\ 'as delighted to hear of hi: generou hch:l\iour to\\'ard,- them. He could fully appreciate ho\\' much hC:1dqllarter: w r' wanted in Banbury. H kne,' ho\\' much they appreci.lted their n \\' h ome in Oxford and he \\ 'a' ure the\' \\' ould their', in Banbun', He congratulated them their good \york and he tlunked oland Dr. ardiner-Hil1, Dr. Brigg ,', Dr. \\'ell and all the oftic rs. lIe was o·bd throughout England ambulancc \\'ork had been \ 'et'\" brg h' recogni d anti people now rcali, cd dut th y ,\- 're s;mebody
• ·0. -+ (L\0: \ HIRE) DI 'T RJCT.
PRE TOK,
The " D war" Pr Comp DDon for + D i (ricr (which c mpri e L ncashir D istrict :1nd th 'o unt.i of he hire and umberhnd and \\" tmorland) was h ld at the \. mbulanc Hall, Chap 1 \,'alk" Pr ston, .L \ pril .2). The organi er f the Camp tition \\" D i -t rict Ot-Ecce \" H. Gastall D. .:L\L, B. c.
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(Blackpool), and the prelimin ary arrangem ents were made by Corps Superintend ent Captain E. F Millington and Officers of the P reston Corps The jud ges were District Officer Captain R 1. P oston, M. D ., Failsworth (Individual Test), and ' Corps Surgeon R. J. Clarke, M.B , Blackburn (Team Test).
Nine teams entered the competition and the result was declared as follows :-
The winning tean.1 ,vas presented with the Tweedale Shield and the runners-up with the Southport Cup.
Before presenting the trophies and prizes to the successful teams, the Commissioner for Lancashire "( It. W / G. Smith, O.B.E.) thanked D istrict Officer \'X H. Ga tall and the judges for their assistance, and Corps Super-:intendent 1vlillington for the loan of the Hall and the hospitality extended to the various official , team, and spectators.
HEYWOOD.
The question whether buildings used by the Brigad e organisation should be rateable was raised by the Mayor of Heywood (Councillor C. atson, J P ), who presided at the opening of the annual sale of work In connection with the Heywood Divisions, S.JA B. Al derman J S. Hargreaves was the opener. There were also on th e platform the Mayoress (Mrs Watson), Lad) Superintendent Mrs. Wood, Ambulance Officer Miss Johnson , Superintendent ightingale, the Rose Queen (Miss Sheila M Ellis), and the ex-Rose Queen ( 1iss Marjorie Holt).
The Mayor said he was very much interested in the work of the movement and therefore wanted to see the local D ivision in a very bright and happy position. Ther had a good Ambulance Hall and he ""vas one of those people who thought that their headquarters should be regarded as a military barracks and be free from taxation and rates. To his mind the work of the S.JA.B. was very important for the members of the organisation had to work with the militar) authorities when the occasion arose. Therefore it should be recognised and given facilities equal to those of the Army. Furthermore, the new police station in Hind Hill Street would not be rateable, and he thought the Ambulance Hall was equally important. Throughout the country the members of the movement rendered valuable services in the jnterests of the public and their great work sho uld receive more recognition .
LIVERPOOL
The Liverpool orth Ambulance Division held their third Annual Divisional Competition on Saturday, March 28, when seven teams competed before a large gathering of friends. The ' judges were Superintendent J. Tabernacle (Team Test) and A mbulance Office r S. Barlow (Individual). No. 6 Team, with Corporal T. Davies in charge, secured the first place, and No. Team, with Sergeant Kelly in charge, was second. Mrs. Ross (Hon. D ivisional P resident), of the ursing Division, presented the prizes an d paid high tribute to the work of the Briga d e, and she thought thanks were due to
u pcrin tend ent Ta b er nacle an d Amb ul an ce Barl ow for t rainin g t h e m en . La d y Corp :'MISS Craig su p p orting, said h e hoped the orth D iViSIOns wou ld continue to make progress and be amongst the forem ost D ivisions in Liverpool.
R AWTEN TALL
Medallions, gifts, etc., along with the Barrett Cup for the individual first-aid competition were presented to member of the Rawten ta ll mbulance and ur sing Divisions at a ocial which was held in the Rawtema all Liberal Club.
Pri,'ate F. tannard recei\'ed the cup fr m the do nor, Councillor 1. Barritt, J.P. who President of the Divi.ion, whil t the medallions, etc., were handed over hr 1\1rs H. Lherwo d, \\·ife of the Town Clerk. rIDDLETON.
During a whi. t drive and dance held by member f the riddleton Divi ion, .J.A.B. in their Long tre ct Headquarters, a particularly intere ting and pleasi ng ceremony took place prior to the interval. This w:t :1 pre entation to uperintendent Ackerley n his retl iLment, after ha,-i ng h el d this po ition ince 9 19· ,11. ckerler, while residing in Hcbden Bridge, first joined the Brigade in the year 1898. Hc sen"cd in the Ou h friean as well a the Gr eat W'ar , and sinc then has bc :.:n made a erving Brother of the rder of t. J ol,." Superintendent Fletcher (of the Castleton Divi ion) pre ilkd over the pre entation ceremony and \\-a. upported by (he Iayor and lay-or ess (Councnlor and Irs. Kay), Dr. Gourla", and Ambulance Officer olborne, who 1 fn su cceed 1\1r. Ackerley. A Pre idenl' Badge was p L' sented to the fa, 'or, and in the ahsence of Counci llor Hollingworth, the- :\fayor wa s asked to take him a \'l C(President's Badge. The ?\Iaror then pre. ented • [ . Ackerley with a hand ome grandmother clock, after wh ich the r.Ia)' oress presented i\fr \ck erley \vith a beaur ifu: coffee set.
'EL:,O '. n intere st ing re\-iew of the sple ndid work acc o '1plished by members of [he :\el on Centre of the t. JmB Ambulance A sociation i contained in the annual rep 11 presented on behalf of the committee by 1r. Haw nr-h (Hon. ecretary) and Mr. G. Laraway (lIon. Treasu rLr). In competiti e circles, many awards were gaincd at important contests, and from a practical standpoint tie Ce ntre provided, among numerous other u eful en le( \, a fir st- aid hut on eedhill football ground. OLDHA\f.
At the Officer s' meeting in connection with the Oldh 11 Corps, .J. .B., a very jnteresti ng presentation took pla "t'. A beautiful \\ estwnster clock was presented to Mr ,. Harrison, who has been a member of the Brigade f,)! thirty years. He served during th Great Y ar \\ HII H. L Forces and on hi s return was appointed Co Superintendent, an office he held for eleven years. In 19 2 5, he was adwtted as a Serving Brother of the Or der of St. John, and hi s serv ice was furtber recognised w he n later he was made an Officer in the Order.
PRESTON
The Mayoress of Preston (1\1rs. E . L ey) presented t:\',o Officers' \"XIarrant eight medallions, 25 first-aid certJl1cates, and 26 cadet preliminary h ome nursing certifica tes to members of the u rsing Divi ions of the Pre ston Corps, S.J.A.B., at the Corps Headquarters, Chapel Walks.
l\ccompanied by the Mayor (Councillor E. Ley), the :Mayo ress inspected the building and saw demonstration s of the work being done by cadets and members of the Nursing Division s TOD\[QR DE Todmor dcn Divi sion, .J.A.B., has suffered a severe 1110\\' by the death of ?\J r. \'\ ilfred Greenwood, who was th' last original member of the present Division, which \\,;\5 formed in J903. JIe had a di stinguished record of sen ice with the Divi ion. fter the war, through which he scr\ed in the R.A.i\L ., he was made sergeant, three )car latcr hc was made J\mbul ance Officer, and in 1928 was appo inted Divi sional uperintcndcnt. In 1933 he h.ci confcrred upon him the award of erving Bro[her of thl. Ordcr of t. John.
A very succes ful year jn all branches of their many activities was revealed at the A nnual Meeting of the Waterloo ursing Division, S.J.A.B., held at the Town I Iall, \'\'a ter10o, an interesting feature of the proceed ing s being the pre se ntation of the hand so me awards.
The chair was taken by 1\11'. F. \'C est (President), in the unavoidable absence of Councill or 1\. Studley, J.P., hairman of the \X'ate rloo-with- eaforth C'rban Di strict Council. The Chairman was sup port ed by Dr. Buxton, uperintendent }1. Baron, Lad y Ambulance Officer Smith, and Ambulance Sister J rubble. Dr. Bu xton gave a very interesting talk on the work that was d one by the 1 ur sing Diyision in this di st rict, and also spoke of the keen intere st that was s ho\,:n bv the members of the First Aid and Hom e 1 U rsing classes'.
11'(' PECTIO l \ T BO\[BAY
OnL of [hI: women ml!l1lbl'rs of lhl: Bo mba }' Corps of the John \ mbubnce Brigade (O\'cr-ca') Il:cci\'in g a prcsent3tinn by [hI: Cm ern of Bombay
\'\ lhe ,\fayor f \'\ 'a rrington ( 1\ld erman J. Poole) referred to the t. J hn :\ mbulance Brigade as a real local a et whLn he presenteu prizes to succe'sful local member of thL Bnga de durin g the year at a socia l gathering held in the Cro.fiel d entenan lIal!. Th extent and yalue of the work of the Brigade wa manife t in the numb r of a\varcis and, secondly, in the large number of people who attended the pre entation.
·\1'ERLOO.
The Rev. . Powell IiUer (Vicar of Great Crosby) as Corps haplain, a dedtcator' at th of a t. J oh o l \ mbulance Brigad e T eSSll1g statton on the East Lancashire road, ncar ownsend Avenue.
The dressing tat.ion i an annexe to the existing fir, t-ai d post at th is junction.
..l\ The 1\nr:u al :\r eeting of \. h ea n Di,-i ion, J. \..B., was held In the entral chool wh en D r. \\"in tarueV' (Pre'idem) ",a th hairman \.mong tho.e presen't \,'ere C uncillor D ' f) "h irc, Re,. \Y. Hall, D r. K :\[CLean Cobban, D r. D orothy Fule n, Mrs. G. Yare\', and .< \mbul ance mc r F. PO\, 11. The balance heet howed [hat the D i,-i. ion wa financially o.llnd and had a ub ramial balanc in the bank. \\ "IGA".
The R eport of the \Yi gan Corp ' tate that the work ot the r ps has further extended :tnd that the member h a, re again carri d out thejr ducie ' in an dl.lcient ... There ar at prese nt in the Corps t1\-e .Ambulance Dl\rISlOnS, t,,-o Nurs in g and four Cad t pi\ri \\-ich a total str ngth of '- 51. •\ vc ry large Incr ease 1S shown 1n the numb r of cas treat d. a to tal of
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2,3 08 Public duties were undertaken on 4,3 5 5 occasions. The report emphasi es that neither officers nor men receiv any payment for services rendered.
A further course on Air Raid P recautions for members of the Divisions was held recently: the lecturer was Corps Officer \\1. T. Bolton and the examiner, D istrict Officer Major E. S. Burt Hamilton, M.C., 1\l.B., F.R.C.
AMBLE IDE.
Ambulance competitions were held for the Sladen Shield and the Sladen Banner at mbleside on March 28. The forme r is open to any team of fou r persons resident in Westmorland and the latte r similarly for a team under 18 years of age. Five teams competed in each ection, and amon a the seniors, the L.M.S Osenholme Loco. had a corcl-ortable win, U'ith 189 marks to their cre dit, whilst Kendal ursing D ivision, S.J.A.B., were second with 152 marks, just beating L. if.S. Tebay Station b y one mark.
The juniors were all members of the John Ambulance Cadet Div isions in Kendal and A mbleslde. K endal Ca det Nursin a Divisions headed the list with 178 marks an d a second b team from the same U nit were next with 15 2. marks, and Ambleside Cadet Ambulance were third with 145 marks.
As the total maximum in each c o mpetition "as 2.00, it shows that a very good stan dard of work was evinced, though the winners in each s ection throw the .others rather into the shade Lady Super llltenden t 1\11 ss H. Heathcote presented the t rophies to the winners.
The judges for the shield w ere Dr. G. H. Edgecombe for the team case and Dr. A. F. Quarmby and Dr. W. H. Mylechrees t for t he indi,idual.
KEND A L.
The 36th Annual Report of K endal Divisions of the St John Ambulance Brigade shows that the present. strength of the divisions is: Ambulance, 29; urSlng, 24; Cadet, 2.3. During the year the .urs in g Di,isio n had secured the Bessie Trimble Cup, C ollinson Cup, and Edith Cockill Cup, while Lady Ambulance O fficer Miss A. Gibson won the Officers' P ea ce T rop h y The Cadet Nursing Division was the su ccessful t ea m in the junior Sladen Trophy Competition.
B URNLEY.
Recently Burnley member s o f the St. J C?hn and Nursing Divisions marked the celebratlon o f the SlIver wedding of Corps Superintendent J ohn L. C o lburn and Mrs. Maud Colburn, of 73, C o al Clough Lane-an event which was made the occasion of a huge tea party in the Ambulance Rooms Colne Road, when over 180 members of the Ambulance and ur sing D ivisions attended.
It is Mr, Colburn's proud claim that he is one of the oldest-if not the oldest-member of the ambulance movement locally in years of service, for he has had a 35 years' unbroken connection with the movement
In an interesting speech, Mr. Colburn referred to the early day s of the movement in Burnley , and m entioned that at the time he joined there were not m o re than 20 active members, whereas to-day there were over 2. 5o. He described the evolution of the Burnley b r anch, and related anecdotes concerning its growth. The M.C.s also addres sed the guests, and other included Corps Officer Charles Smith, Lady Superlntendent Gre en and Miss Lydia Simpson, a former Lady Superintendent.
1\OTT INGHAM.
At the I o. 5 District, .J- .B., ju r ing Comr eti (iol1, held at the Y.\VJ.c. Hall, hal ' es l eare treet, ottinr;ham, on Saturday, pril 18, the otting ham City u rslng Di vision Team won the Birkbcck B o wl a nd qualifi ed to represent o. 5 District in the Perr o tt Challeng e hi eld Competition, to be held in L ondon n June 6. The m embers of the \yinni ng team \\ ere Ambulance i l11ss r. Barber, Irs. 1. Everard, E ss E. Bran on and Ess cothern (Captain).
The result of the Co rnpetiti o n \Va , a follow :Team Indi - B ed- U niTest. vidual Ma k- form. Tnr ,d. P rac tic a l. P o ibl e: (60)
I\shbe rr y ('hcDlcld) anJ Mrs A Pickering (Doncaster) Wl:fe also pre eOl aL the CompetlLJOn.
LEED'>.
On account of the growth of th e lLrsing Di v isi ons in the Leeds o r ps, t. J ohn Ambu lanc e Brigade, Mrs. Renton h as been prurnoted to the rank of Lady Corps Officer. Thi JS the first appointment to this rank in Leeds
\fiss J lic k has s ucceeded to the command of the \'Ictoria N ur sin g Di v is ion, and the opportuni ty ha s been take n to divid e his largt: divi ion by forming th e hapel ,\Herton cct ion int o a division, with M rs. Bateson as Lady uper im ncknl.
Twentr-:; ix oflic<.:fs have been ce.; r tified as instructor under St. John \ir Raid Pr ecautions cherne and cLI<;ses for m<..:ni.bcr s will commence at once.
Dr. A id ea Js regarding stretcher drill might have: so m e bearIn g JI1 th e award of the trophy in future Th e BiJt o n Cup, given by Mr s. F. BiltOn, of Hull, a membe:r of the Young P eople's Institute 0:'ursing D1 v lslO n, as a memento of her continued jnt erest jn the J l u ll urs in g Corp s , to be competed for annuallv for nursing work only, consist.ing of three questions (he book on 1 ursing and one Pr actical (\"ursing Test, was won thi S year by 1-11ss Sayner, of the Peel House ' ur s ing D ivision. ;\11ss avner maintains the distingui she d ambulance record her father, :\lr. -A. O. ayner, uperintendent of the Paragon l\mbulance DIvl slon. Mrs. Crompton score d a good second place. T.heeventeen entrants were adjudged by Dr. Elizabeth and \[ iss -arlor of the \Xomen's Hospltal, Hull).
Lady D istrict uperintcndcnt l\1rs. Birkbeck thc doc lr of the trophy which is compt:tcd for CC ) 'gratulate d the t\ottingham ity Tcam on their SUCC and sai d that the e competition ' fo , tcrcd dficienc) 1(1 the part of the member.. AI r-. Birkl)t.:ck ai 0 rcfu rld to the part allocated to the t. J ohn \mhulnnce Brig. Ie under the \' ir R aid Precaution s - chcmc, and ,aid that the scope of the B rigade acti\-ities and re pone;ihilitics wo uld be enlarged by the scheme and ad\ l,ed all mcmbcr, to prepare themseh-es by tudying anti-gao:; meaun.: s althoL rlh she sincerely hoped that their sen icce; In thi - capaelt)' ·would neyer be neces arr·
The trophy, with clocks to lhc indi\ Idual mcmhLr s N' t he Tottingham ity Team, wn . prcsented h)' Lad) B 1I , the Ladr 1Iayoress of Noningham who expre sed her high opinion of the work carried nut b)" the 't o J ohn mbulance Brigade especially as it wac; all volunt ary work on the part of the member
The Team Test, in \duch a yisiLnr [0 a fair waS Lpposed to be suffering from hernia, was judged by 01 1'ur geon Dr. G H. Parker ( ottingham orps) 1 he Indivi dual P rac tic al Te ts \,'ere judged by Di yi inr al Surgeon an d Superintendent l\Iajor J. ohm (Radford A mbul a nc e Division), and the Bedmaking Tc<;t by Ro se (Matron, ottingham City II ospital)
All the judges complimented the teams on th eir efficiency, and 1 1i s R ose remarked that it \\-as not diiTLC Llr to pick out those members who had some hosp ital experie nc e, and sai d that if more members would un dLl·· take hospital duty, it wou ld give them valuab le e:s.perie n.:e from a practical point of v iew, and the h os1 itals wa ul? also b enent b y th e assis tance affo t d ed to the regu lar st" II.
The judg ing of the Uniforms was undertaken by Di stric t O fficer 1-iiss A E. Unt hank.
Th e arrangements for the Competit.ion were mad e by Lady District Officer riss \VI Gibson, who had the assistance of Lad y Corps Officer 1iss L. Oldfiel d as Regi s trar, with other O fficers of the ottingham Co rps Nursing Divisions as stewar d s and in charge of the arrangem ent s for t ea at the c on clu sion of the Competitio n
Th e Assistant Commissioner for ottinghamshire (l\lr. A. B. Gibso n, J.P.) and Lad y Di st rict O f-fLcers Mis s G.
'w. 6 DrTRl T (E. \ "1 RIDIl'\ Of.' YORK lURE ). Il lI l ORP. ( orrt'rliolJ.- 1n the.; a _ t omp<.:lition 0:oLes in thl \pril issue of the \ZETTI, II \\ 'as incorrectly s tated the R bert \nckr s:)O up, wluch is awarded annually 10 thc "\m bubnct: Dn J'>wn 1n 6 Di strict ""hich · r,tn ds highe t in general e.;A-icicnc\, had been "\\'on by the.; Ilu\l " \\ right" Di\ is ion. The actual winners the.; Ilull "Docks" Diyii on, and am" incom"enicnce occa.)(ln ed by the mi''>l;ltcment is Thc trophy was oflicially handed O\'cr [0 the f lull .• Di\-isJOn hy the COUl1l! ommi ioner (Mr :\. I. \tbmon) at Dn held on \pril 27 a In cnngr.llulaung the the C01l1mio.;,ioncr ·po h of lhe surpri ing denlopmcnt this Ylu ng DI\ I'lon h:1.d achil \'cd during lhe l wo years of it LXI tUKe. In the li"t ot prc\ IOU", 'holders of lhi· cup he pointed oul that Di\ i,ions which had once achic \ cd this dislinninn frequemh not onl\- maintained hut dC'llClped lhLi r high standard of 0 that they hdcl the lmph) for \\'0 or three '>cason in s-ucce,sion alld he incl'l'eh hoped the: Ilull "Docks' Di,-i.ion would · L1ccec d in keeptng lht: a\\"ard for ')c\ cral rear.
, The omnl1' ion<.:r also warmly cOl";plimented the ) <:u ng People' s. In stitute D i\ i5ion which again till ':C:u lied ,,-Jth thc ""-C\\ cac;tk DI\ for the tnrcy Et-hClency Cup for ing DI\"15IOns. 'J he COOSlstc..nC\· with ,,'hich the e t\\'o Diyi ion"Yicd_ \yirh e.1ch othe:r in harina this honour conhr med !·c.marks as to th.c permanence of a high ot clllClenC\ once att3.JOed .County nicer '-aptaJO \'\. i\ichola, B.E. brie fly describcd the.; hitof\ of [hc CUI which was donated b\' D r. R ober t \ndcr son of ate head, a onetime \ -sj' cam ommissioner of 6 Di strict. D c. was keen on dFicienc)", panicularlr rransport hefore.; motor ambulance" \\'ere 0 plemifulh· :1: ;ulablc as they are to - ua\, and he drafled condition fo r IllS trophy \\·hich parricui:Jrh- Col ph, s ised ' tn.:tcher drill. These conditions, lhe) neccssitated team consi tin c)' of men, were regarded lw most divi -ions a ton111dablc. It \Va ' d ecmcd ad, i able that emcienc\- of a more gencral character should be [he delermininO' [acwr 'l nd n d' ' I . cw con tll ns, w)lch emphasi 'e el the arowth and aimueH of amb L1l ance di\"isi ons, wcre decided tath r than that the huge.; sih el trophy should be held in abe\'ance It was perhaps unfortunate that stretcher drill and stretche r t rans l ·t l'd . . - )0 1 Cl not appear to receIve its tull 'hare in the s: da y _ f ambulances, but th is of first aId w as oft en o t v l tal ll11 portance, and po 's ib!),
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The test on trus occasion was to make a patient with extcnSlOn fi.....-:tures on a fractured femur comfortable for night and put room in order, and it clearly lilu st ra te d the educatlOnal yaIue and utility of a knowle dge uf Home );ursing.
Lad} Cadct upcrimcnJcm G. Cartcr and members of [be \\ arrington Hcadquarters Cadet l'\ur-ln g Din. ion L Prizc\\-inners at the recenr Briga de co:npe[i tions
Lady Co r ps uperintendent:\Ir. Howell handed over the cup to :'liss and Corp - Officer :\Ir Hamp on propo -e d a yore ot rhank to the j ud aes _ The Lady .L \.rkin _on Cup, open to competed for br h:st-y ar :nembers only, \\-as \"on l:5y ::'IL. \Yriggle \V Orm, ot the ), oung Pe ople In titute Diyi sion "hilst Mrs. 'tyles of Peel House Diyi ion came a good econd among t ,' cyen ntranc.
(DUKE OF DI
That the Bricrhton orps of th -to fohn _-'lmbulance Brigade takc its ra , k seriously cannot b denied for at the rcCt:nt - u:3sex and uuey competition dle t\\-O teams wluch w rc ente:ed from the Brighton Corp _ were awa rdcd nr:r and t urrh places by the judge. \'\ htle they arc anxious to ma.intain thi standard of th ofhcer also rcalle that if they are aoina to b of full servicc to dle communin', under all the condition of the world to-da\-' • it n ce _ar, member: of the Brig-ad to rud\: \ir Raid Precau'tions methods ," \'\ -hich arc both t r Yeruiyc and curative a the treatment of ga casualtie , n. ruralh- call. for entireh difFerent treatment from ordinary n -da, accident:. \\ ith thi• object in :nind, eight officer· of the Corps took a spe lal cours In this subject laSt ctOber, and
havino- obtained their Instructors' Certificates, hav e been busilyO engaged in training the personnel C?f the "
This trainino- has embraced the converSIon of ordtnal} rooms into shelters, the treatment of pers?ns affected by gas and tests in gas -filled chamb.ers, provtng the effectiveness of gas masks.
As a result, about fort y members the Coq s sat f?r certificates qualifying them to act as tnstructors, and tn addition the officers themselves sat for advanced certificates.
These examinations are under the control of 11r. Ernest A. Richards, K.G.St.J., the Commissioner of 8 (The Duke of Connaught's) di trict, an? the e.xanuners are pointed by him from the distrIct staff. The local for the examination were delegated to the Officer and Secretary, 111. Thoma E S.B.St.]., and as each can?idate to be separately, it will be appre,?ated that It only. to his admirable orgarusatlon that the examLnetS \\ ere able to complete their task in a day a half.
The officers feel that the Corps IS now ready to meet any emergency that may arise, and it is also ready t? place this knowledge at the servlc: of any who mar w-Ish assistance or training in this b!anch of first ald. Moreover, shortly it is hoping of the eneral public to partake tn this traIrung, In order may be sufficient trained helpers should the necessity ever arise.
It is further proposed in the to present. a film at one of the local cinemas dealing With these first-aid precautions.
No. 9 DISTRICT. . .
The o. 9 District Dewar and Eliminatwg Competitions for 1936 were held at \X eymouth on April 4:- C f
Eight Ambulance Divisions from the ountles 0 De von, Cornwall and Dorset competed, and the final placings were as follow:-
I. Barnstaple
2. Torquay
3. Poole
4. Weymouth
5. Portland ., 6. St. Blazey
7. Redruth 31+
8. Ashburton . These marks are out of a pOSSIble 395 · Barnstap le were therefore the winners of the Challenge Shield and also qualified to compete tn the Dewar final competition in London. Torquay were the winners of the Lennard Cup. ..,
At the same time Perrott Eliminatlllg Contests Nursing Divisions were held. SIX teams competed, with the following result:-
1. Weymouth 24 6
2. Paignton 23 8
3. Plymouth Central . 2. 34
4. Plymouth Co-operatlve 2. 3
5. Redruth 2. 0 5
6. Poole 197
These marks are out of a pOSSIble 28 5. Weymouth therefore hold the Burn and qualify for the Perrott Final CompetItion ill. on on. Paignton, the present holders of the Perrott Shield, won the Ellis Cup.
At the close of ·the compe.tltlons, the. M.ayoress of Weymouth presented the trophies to the wtnnillg Ambu140
lance Teams, while the I fayor pre e nted the trophic to the winning ursing teams.
The County Commis loner for (Dr. .F: 11. Rodier Heath) welcomed the many VISitor s, including County Vlck, of East D evon, and ssistant County Commis lOner \'{/. Johnston, of Cornwall who both replied briefly. On behalf of the to wn of the Mayor ( It. B. Bile) welcomed th e teams and their friends to the town, and hOI ed they wou ld have pleasant memories of tl1eir visit.
Dr. Small, of Bournemouth (Ambulance Team Tc t ), gave a bri f description f bis views of the work, and Dr. W'ar d (County urgeon of Devon) d.ld th· same v:ith regard to the Nursing Team' Test. ThiS W ;ls an innovation in so far as \\'eymouth was concerned, an d it was o-reatly appreciated by the competing team.
In conclusion, the County Commis ioner t he judges, ome of '.vhom had c0I1l:e 1 ng dl tance, f( their , -ery able work, and also paId tnbutc to the organLsL of the comp titions.
The Dol' et County Officer (i\ 1a)M M. Competition ecretary and Tr a urer,_ ackno\vlcclged h thanks to the audito; and tcwards ior their invaluah k se rvices.
10. 10 DI TRI ].
COLCHE TER.
n ambulance test based on an experience wh ICh almost befel the judge himself, i\[ajor J. F. 11 0 ack, t)t Ipsw.ich, 'was an unu ual feature of the ann ual Colchester Borough mbulance ompeullon held at the i\Ioot Hall, Colchester, on Thur day nJght, March 26.
This particular test \\"as that relati ng to a rna [i t I \1i-oman who was on a happy hOpp1Og cxpedillon and h ad been attacked, while proceeding down a lonely road U\' a footpad, who had attempted to take h r bag. J n rhe struggle she to the ground, , trikes . her head, an :1 becomes unc ons clOU , but manages to retaIn her handb a.
The ambulance team arri,"e and arc treat ing the ca : when the footpad retu1'ns and himself as a doc r of the local hospital, sugges nng ro the team ce rr a 1 methods of treatment. Havin a thus actcd, he attem p again to secure tbe posse - 'i o n of (he 'f detected in hi deception, the team receIved J marks for their alertness, but If they faded to do 0 In t marks.
Later, ivIajor H ossack announced hi awards a. follo \\' : Colchester Borough Police, wlth 339t POtnt '; 2, i. .E.R., with 3341 points; 3, Essex 4 8 V. .D., 3 points; 4, Colchester ion t. John l\mbulan(l; Brigade, 32 6 points. Indlvldual .'-nnner for most p 10 s inthelosingteams: I, Ir.J.Junlper( .J.A.B.); 2., It P. Galliford (Essex 48 V. .D.).
Iembers of the Colchester Division (Brigade and ursing) of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. and tI e. Matron and members of the Ilospital ur L.ft attended a series of lectures on Air Raid PrecautIOn s l[ the Essex County Hospital recently. These lectures h a\'e been arranged so that the members can be .prepared for any emergency. It is hoped in a short u:ne. that th,e members of the Brigade will SIt for an examtnatlOn, after which they will be qualified to teach the general pub llc. The lecture s were made particularly intere ting by t1:e lecturer Major ]. F. C. Hossack, F.R.C.S., and hls Miss Hossack, of Thanks are due to the Committee of the hospital for the use of the Outpatient s' Hall.
Mr. Frederick rJad/olll, oj the Chief COllJmissioners' Staff, Brigade Overseas, Manitoba, Canada, writes onSt.
John's Day-Ancient and Modern
As one who was privileged to be present in Westmi nster Abbey on t. John's Day, 193 I, the year of the Ce ntenary Celebrations of the revival of our Venerable Order, and as an interested witness to the quie t dignity with which the occasion was observed and the solemnlty of the procession as the Royal F aml ly, church officials, Chapter-General and members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade took their seats, I cou ld not help being impressed by the manner in which the day was being celebrated.
Thi s is an example of the manner in which we obse rve St. John's Day, the day named after the Patro n Saint of our Order, in these hectic days of the 20th century. Thinking it would be interesting to the rank and file of the Brigade to find out if this day was always observed in the same v.n y, and realising th at the majority have not the time or facilities to study the works of our authoritative writers on of this kind, I will attempt to give a brief of some of the 6ndings of ir James Frazer the ob eryance of t. J ohn' Day in year gone by.
\X e now discover that at one cime of the world's history the 24th of June was celebrated as a 1Iidsumme r Festi\Tal. In wed n, .i\fay Day \\"as celebr.ned on t. John 's E\-e. from SL-";: inches to twelve feet high, decorated with leave s , Bo\\'ers, sliF5 of coloured pap r and gilt egg- hells strung on re d were s Id in tockholm markets. Bon£ires were lit on the hills and pe pIe danced round them and Jumpe d vcr them. The chief event was the setting up of the May-pole, decorated in the manner already describ d, by maidens of the yillage, and amid much ceremony people from near and far danced roun d it in a great ring.
h some parts of Germany and in the pper Harz l\1c 1.ln tains, as weJl as orne part of Bohemia, the 11aypole or :Mid ummer-tree wa erected on St. John's E\"e. Lads carrying bunches of fresh birch twigs, \\'holly or partly in leaf, with the viUage fiddler at th eir head, made the rounds of the houses singing Me.\ songs, prayers for fine weather, plentiful harvest, an e wo rdly and spiritual blessings.
In Russia, on t. John' Day, funeral ceremonies wcre carried out for certain mythical Egures such as K?st roma or Kupalo. 1\.. figure of Kupalo wa made ot st raw and dressed as a woman with necklace and fl oral crown. Then a tree was cu t down, and after being decorated with ribbon, was et up and narned Marena , meaning Winter or Death, near which was place d the straw woman at a table on which was food an d drin k.
l \fte rwards a bonfir was li ghted and the young men and maidens jump d over it in couples, carrying
the figure with them. Next day they stripped the tree and figure of their ornaments and threw them both into the river.
In Sardinia elaborate preparations took place prior to St. John's Day. For instance, at the end of March or in pril a young man presented himself to a girl and asked her to be his sweetheart As this was considered to be an honour, her parents gave their consent, and she made a POt out of the bark of the cork tree and planted a handful of wheat or barley in it. This, being well cared for, was ripe by St. John 's Eve and was named Erme or On St. John's Day the young man and the girl, dressed in their best, surrounded b y children playing and followed b y a long retinue, moved in procession to a church outside the village. Here they broke the POt against the church door and sat down in a ring on the grass, where they ate eggs and herbs to the music of Butes. Wine was mL'{ed in a cup and passed round, each one drinking a little as it p2.ssed. The y then joined hands and sang " Sweethearts of St. John" over and oler again to the accompaniment of the Butes. When they.",vere tired of singing the y danced in a ring until everung.
In Ozieri on St. John's Day the window -sills were draped rich cloths on which the pots ,vere placed, adorned \yith crim on and blue silk and ribbons of \'arious colours. On each of the pots they used to place a staruette or cloth doll, bur the Church forbade this and the custom fell into disuse. The young men of the viUage went about in a troop to look at these pot and to wait for the girls, who as embled on the public square to celebrate the fe ti, al. Here a great bonfire was lighted, round \vhich they danced and made merry. Tho e who wi hed to be (S\\eetheart of t. John" acted as follo\\- : The young men (Ood on one ide of the bonfire and the girl on the other. They joined hands by each grasping one end of a long stick which they passed three times backwards and forwards across the fue, thus thrusting their hands three time rapidly into the flames. This sealed their relation hip, and dancing and music went on till late at night. In some parts of Sicily pairs of boys and girls became swyethearts on t. John's Dar b going through a slightly different ritual, but the ineyitable bonfire formed a definite part. of the ceremony, as it did all over Europe from Ireland to Russia and from I orway and Sweden to Spain and Greece.
In some places the name of 1Iid un1mer Fire Fesrival \Va aiv n to these celebration, but we find that a a rule which ver name "",vas u ed, th event took plac on t. John' Eve. The main feature of the Fire
Festivals were the lighting of a bonfire, a procession with torches around the fields, the custom of rolling a burnino- wheel covered with sUa,v down a hill into o a river, or the throwing of flaming discs into the air. Sometimes a rude effigy in human form, decorated with flowers, was burned in the bonfire, and at other times animals were consigned to the flames. At Aix a nominal king, chosen from among the youth for his skill in shooting the popinja y, presided over the 1vlidsummer Festival on St. John's Eve, He selected his own officers and escorted b y a large retinue, marched to the bonfire, kindled it, and v; as the first to dance around it. The next da y he distributed gratuities, and was allowed to continue in office for one ) ear. He was allO\ved to attend the 'lass celebrated by the Commander of the Knights of St. John on St. John 's Da y In 11alta great bonfires were lighted in the streets and squares of the tov;'n s and yillages on St. John's Eye, and the Grand 11aster of the Order of St. John used to set fire to a heap of pitch barrels placed in front of the Hospital. ometimes there was a procession of g iants or figures made out of wicker-work, occasionally forty -fi\'e feet high, dressed in long blue robes with go ld stripes which reached to the feet, concealing a doz en or more men who made the figure dance and bob its head to the spectators. Sometimes there ,'!,-as a father, a child and a grown-up daughter in the group of giants. At Antwerp the giants were so bi g that could not get them through the gates of the city. These giants were sometimes burned in the Midsummer Fires.
In London, Burford, Chester and Coventry giants were constructed, and traces of such figures w e re discovered as late as 1844, in Salisbury. The Dru ids used to search for mistletoe and cut it with solemn ceremony on St. John's Eve. The peasants of Sweden, France, Italy and Wales used to gather mistletoe on St. J obn's Day and use if for v arious purposes, sucb as medicine or as a charm against fire b y lightning in in the home.
Much more could be written concerning the strange observances of St. John's Day in ancient times, but space will not permit. Perhaps the outline of some of the customs already given will serve to illustrate the striking contrast between the way this day was formerly celebrated and the way it is observed to-day. Far be it, however, for me to suggest that my readers revive the old custom of " Sweethearts of St. John " among the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of the Brigade, because the inevitable result would be that mamma or papa would have to stay home to look after Junior and one or the other would have to miss the Divisional Parade, 'and that would never do !
Railway News
I TER- RA1L\\l J\ Y COl\11PETITIO Pl ALI TS
The follm:ving teams 'will compete in the Inter- R ailway Competition :-
LOlldon .1.lfid/and G" Scotli.ib rewe (I) and Bu hbury Loco (2).
Great W'estem Rai/7I't0' - windon ( 1) and Fishguard Harbour (2).
SOfltberll Rai/J/ JC1)I - l l or ham ( 1) a.nd \\,aterloo cc 1\ " (z).
LOlldon c..'" lV orth -Eostem R ailll'q)'.- Tuxford (1) and Park stone (2).
Ol. THER 1 R J\IL\\' .l\ Y \;'\[B1.. 1 L \ l"CE E0:TR E R E DBRIDG E
The .l \mbul ance award s ga in ed by th e member s of the Redbridg e clas \"er e di st ributcd recently b y 1\[r G raham, \"ife of th e general m a na ger and direc tor of the Il am and Dorse t 'Bus cn- ic e. The e\-ent-the T 5th ann ual prize pre e n tatio n-took pla ce in th e M ess R ot In at thc R edb ri d ge Y ar d. ommandc( \,\ '. , \ rahamc, 0.13 I ( uperin'-tendent M echa nical Engineer), preiekd. ,lnd am ng.t tho,e l resent \\-ere \1 1'. \\ '. )raham, 1\11'. F P. \\' at t s (. \ si, tant Dh-isional uperintencient) :\[ r. I'. Gillin g ham (Cha irm :ln of the R edbridge 'entre) and G. \,"a terid ge (Clas' ecretary).
The Chairman welcomed the \ isitors, and in fe\ ie\\ the work done by the R edbridgc cla<,s in [he la t t\\ YC m omhs that they had \\ on the 'almofL Cup and the challenge cup ( roup z) in the open comrLtill On held a t the Coliseum in l\oycmber. Through the em:Ig it of ;'Ir. Gillingham and \\ atcridge, anc! those co n· nected \\-ith th e class R edbridge had heen the mean , o t presenting n o les. than 258 pri7cs to the nmhulanCl C'l U in the la t year.
Thanks ,",ve r e accor d ed to -'- Ir. and \lt s. rahaml: (or attending o n the occa i on in qucstion and in returl1l 19 thanks :i\h. Grahame said that ambulance 'work surpa" d a ny other kind of \'oluntary work, an d in these day uf speed \va s a yery grcat to the country.
OB ITUARY.
It is '\.vith great regret rhat the death i recorded of \ R. haw yer, of the P o lice D ep t. , ()utilampt( n D nd, :01r. h awye r wa s at onc time cia s secreta ry to I.1L P o lic e Ambulance class at th e D ock", and also sen cd (In the Di strict Committe e si nc e its formati n. li e wa a whole-time \vorker i n the Firl , \ id M ovemcnt, and ( Ie whom it 'will be difTlcult to rep Incl:.
W/e extend our h earty eongrat ul at ion to.i\Ir. D arlltl Parker (A ssis tant Steamship uperintendent of the Belf asr and Iley sham team ers D o n ega l! Quay, Belfast), on bCll1g prom o ted to Officer o f th e Vcncrable Order of t. John as e squir e to ir Robert Kenn ed y, K.C. i\I.G., Kni ght at Justice.
Mr. Parke r is the Di s trict OfTlcer in orthern Tr d an d of the St. John Ambulance Briga de and a member of the Executive Committee of the St. J o hn Ambu lance ASSO Ciation. He was made a Serving Brother of the Order t\\ 0 years ago in recognition of hi s se rvic es
Mr. Parker has d evoted many years to Ambulanc wOlk and the hon our conferred upon him is thoroughly descrvcd.
CROFTON JU C TTO
The eleventh a nnual dinner was held on J\pril 17 a t which fr. I1. Brook presid ed. The u s ual toasts we r e followcd by interes ting item s of a va ri ed character , and a very enj oyab le evening e ns u ed.
1[r. \'('a ltcr mith (District J\mbulance Secretary) and Mr. J. E. Moret o n (lass ecretary), in their remarks, made an appeal res pectin g the urge nt need of ambulance workers in t he di s tr ict.
BLACKPOOL
\t the Ambulancc o mpctit io n held recently, "'f r. john Scragg, late Pa sse n ger Di v isio nal o n tro ll er, M anchester, gave a si lvcr cup for competition amongst the Blackp ool and Fyldc tudent. I n prese ntin g th e trophy to "'Ir. 1-1. James, he state d that s uch competitions stim ula ted indi \ idua l cIT rt an d hc hoped that hi cup 'would encourage interest in the classe. The seco nd and third places "'cre to ;\fe srs. J. Traynor and W'. lien haw respecti\ ely.
The" P rogress" Clip and prizes \\'cre pre cnted by s 'i lcock to: I, \[1'. \\. lJcn sha\\'; 2, Mr. G. Lord; 3, L. ] l o\\'arth. \ \ ok ()f thanks to \11'. 'cragg was passed.
SIIEFFlT'LD
Thc SC\ enth annllal Jinner of thc hcll1e1d and D istnct 13r:lnch of thc \ssociation was held on 13, when a large compan} <'at d()wn to dinner under the chairman hip of \Ir Cuthbert .lone". The principal gLlets includcd the Lord ..\[arO[ of 'heOiel d (\Id. F. Thra\'es \Ir. \ hron Da\ies, and ;'\ks'>rs. ParnLIl, T. r. Day and Hamer Russell. \[1'. \ hton D a\'ies, in proposing the toa ' t of ' The Clty. of heflJeld," complimt.:ntcd the city on it, tran pore en lce. lIe remarked upon the part he took, with _\lderman Beard-dey, in the negotiation thal re , ulted in the tormation of the ,hdncld J oint Omnibu ommittec, con-:l)[i ed of the 'orporati n anci the two railway comparnes, obsen-ing that thi: 'icheme might be aid to haYL Giffor dcd the impetLls for the in titution of the London Passenger Transport B oard The L ord i'.Iayor, in hi repl) , pai d tribul to ambulance men a a fine cxample of unselfis h work that on'ered no n.:ward cxcept that \\'hich came frorn duty well done and di cl sed that he had comme nced his \\-orking day with the Iidland o. ;'-.[r. Hamer R ussell made rdcrence t o the chcme for lllstructi ng the inhabitant of hefltdd in anri-ga warfare methods. evcral m e mber of the B rio-ade had tak n a course of instr ucti on an d there wcre '0 lecrurers availab le for th e purp ose o f in truction. )
During. the e\rcning, Mr. \ hton Dn\'ies prt:scntcd a long-serv lc e 111 clal to Mr \ F. ConLlcl. NORWICH
The annual social and prize di stribution of the Centre place on 1\1')[il I, at which 1\1 r. J. Ra nkin PI' id d. Cha.trma n that 1935 b ecn a fairly su.cccs'ful y 1 and emphasl ed the value ot tea.m w o rk tatuw that co-ope ra tion wa s the main factor in the of thcir team .
Mr s S. 11. Whitelegg prese nted the following award s in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Whitelegg :-13 fustyea r certificate s ; seve n first re-e xamination vouchers; three se cond r e-exa minat ion medallions; 49 labels (third a nd s ub seguent awards); long-service gold medals-r 5 years , S. Barn es and A . F ernihough; long-service gold medal bar-30 years, D. H. G raham The St. john J Ionour-the medal of H onorary Serving Br other, won by j. \X'oods , w ill be presented in L ondon on .;'\.fay 22.
SALTLEY.
The t. John ..< \mbulance Brigade finals for _ '0 3 (\'V'estern) D istrict were decided at Co,re ntr) on April 4. The B ethell Cup was won by SaltIer L.M.S. Railway (representing Birmingham County) against Foleshill and Longford (\,\farwlckshire), D orusthorpe (Leicestershire), H.Q., T. \\'. Lench, Ltd., Lye ( \\ 'orcestershire), and \,\'est Bromu'ich Corporation Transpor t (outh tafford shire).
\,\ ARRTh'GTO. -.
The annual social evening took place on A.pril -+, at which Mr. G. R Parker acted as chairman, and was 5upported by :\ fe r. E,-ans , Fairclough, and Crossley
The 48 awards gained at the examination \';ere presented by 1\1r. Crossley, \\"ho congratulated the recipients. Dr. Bo\\-den complimented the :\0. I team on retaining the Carrnichael Cup for the fourth successi,e year, and hoped they would continue to progress.
TEBAY
The annual supper and presencation of award was held on _\pri1 24, 84 people being present. ;'Ir. T. H Little presided and \,elcomed the ,i itor. :'\1r. F. K. Rogers pre enred a long en"ice gold medal ( 40 years) ro Dr. J. Graham, cla s lecturer, and a funher presentation wa made to the D o ctor the ambulance teams. :\Ir. Roger s al 0 pre cnted 7 fir t-,ear medal, I second-,ear medal, third-year medal and 15 fourth -I-ear and abo,e medals. \1 e l' ']. :-:. Barrow (15 year) 'and G. Rae (33 year.) recei,-ed long eryice gold medals
The remainder of the e,-erung wa pent in game , inging and dancing.
The annual competition of the ;,Imi"e Power Ambulance Cia's was held recemh- at whi ch :'\1r. \'- mith acted a judg and \n, i:t d by ;'1r. C. H. R owley. The cup and medal were won by H. -eh,-aT; T. 1IcEneam" and J. E. Hill ti d for con d plac - :'\1e srs. and R owley complim nted th team on their ucces 2nd empha i d the need for ne,,- r cruir..
The annual concert and pre. mation of award took place on ;\p t:il 24 wh n the chairman, :,\11'. H. J. O:dade presid d a large co mpany.
1\1(. \' -. mith mad the followi.ng pi' s mation: : 4 fi r t-ye:1r certificate, 5 econd-y 2 l' ' -ollche(s z thirdycat: medalli ns and fourth-):ear (or more) label -. Be fir t- year ' cudent medal, A. Blake\,ai". :\11'. \\". \p pl gat' W,l I t:cs nt d with the comp:tnj-' gold bar for 20 ) ear crvicc in the mo,·ement and ;'1r. J. E Hill rccei\Ted an oa k h:1 11 set in recognition of hi sen-ic '.
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REpORT No. IOI. -The Officer-in-Charge of Western Area No. I '(Prince of Wales s District), S.]. .B., reports the efficient performance of Erst aid by a cadet as follO\vs :-
On February 20, Cadet P. D. Dack who (age I I years) is a nl.ember of th Royal Borough of 1- ensington Boy Cadet Division, wa playing in his father's (a butcher1 shop with a boy friend, ' hen the fr iend cut his finger badly ,yith a butcher's knife. Cadet D ack immediately compressed the radial and ulnar arteries at the wrist b y digital pressure, getting an assistant to tie two knots in a handkerchief and placing the knots on the pressure points. Thus controllin g the he then sterilised the wound with iodine-applied a pad bandage and elevated the forearm in a St. J OM sling. T he patient was removed to the local hospital where four stitches were put int? the wound.
The Doctor and hospi ta l staff were loud in their praise of the way in which the work was carried out b y Cadet Dack.
COMMENT.
It is pleasing to record yet another case oj ejjicient first aid rendered by one of ouryottthfu/1JIelllbers, if on!J because on our Cadets depend the future prosperity and qf the Brigade. I n these circumstances lve cordial!J congratulate C adet P. D. D ack on the successful issue of his treatment of a friend in his hour of need, and we anticzpate for him a prosperous caree r in t/Je Brigade.-
N. C. F
Questions and Answers
D UTIES OF D IVISIONAL SURGEO _ 's
M.R C.S. (Yorkshire).-On behalf of my medical colleagues and m ys elf I ask you to accept our best thanks for your valuable articles which have been pub lished in the last t hree issues of T HE G AZETTE EspeciaUy wo uld I commend the neat way in which you put a gentle rebuke across th ose of us surgeons who fail to use Divisional notepaper in our Brigade correspondence! I wou ld like to suggest that the articles whould be available in pam Iclet form for the benefit of all Divisiona l Surgeons ho will then realise that Brigade Headquarters is anxious to help them in their work.
Your kind lette?' is much appreciated, and .you may rest assured that Brigade Headquarters does want to /Jelp. -N. C. F.
LECTURES 0 HYGIENE
N. C. (Uxbridge) .-With reference to the query submitted by.F. S. (Thornton Heath) and answered in the April issue of T HE G AZETTE , I think it is a pity that "F. S." looks at the formation of a class for Association ce rtificates through Briga de eyes 144
I believe 1 am right when I u gges t that, if she should decide to act as Class Secretary and notify all and sundry to atten d the course of lectures, there would be no question of having to get the consent of her (or any qthcr) Divisional uperintendcnt.
YOllr Slf(J(JeJliolJ is pelfectly corrrct " aJld 1 klOUI tha t tbe Cbief Secretal]' 0/ the rllJlblllclllce Department JJ. 'ollld 71'01l/d gille eve I)' assiJtaJlce if" F. S." 1pere 10 1prite to hi", at St. joblJ'J Cate, E.C .. . F.
T REAnl.E:0lT OF 10. ·E lS ll3lLITY.
H. F (Uttoxeter) -At a recent competition , In which m team entered, on of the indiyidual tL ts was as follows :-
( Your patient is Examine 1 111, find out the cau e of his insensibiity and tr at him.
On the markin g heet, amongst Lhe details, these t\.:o items foIl wed each oth r :-
Give nothing by mouth while insen ible
Endeayour to make pati nr sick by 1lnger .l( back of mouth
Surely this was a mo t dangcrou pr cedur L in what proved to be a ca e of arc tic Poi oni ng
In any case, it is entirely \ rong to make an unconscious pati ent \ -omit, becaus thi might ea be the cause of the death of the patient.
When the member of my t am, who had till t '[ , brought the marking sheet to me, the Corp urg L)o , I told him that if I had been the competition j u ge and if he had given me this answer (he did not .od so lost one mark), I should have deducted Eve k. from his total.
On this poillt my vie]}!s coincide 1J 1i/b ),011!'J; alld / 0 tJJt it is obvious that Ihe aUlbor of tbis detailed marking Tvas not a medical practiliomr. In .rbort, /be En ra& bein,g a volllnta!)' medical orgallisation composed of '0 sectiom-slIlgeoJls atld trailled IOj' persoJJs, il COli/ /J/.r oft-repeated statement thaI ( tbe Ia"y perso/l wbo 'I'Ii.' teach first-aid is J/ot yet boJ'll," 1J'bile it elllphaJisf.i thr need for us 1]lbo belollg to Ibe JIIedical seclioll 10 do 0111' (III!] and not to leave /he preparatio/l of de/ailed marking 511fttJ 71)hich are a most valflable method qf illslmclioJ! (aJ r so often done) to lJIembfrS oj the lay seclioJl ,. . f.
CmfPLICATED PH. -\CTL'RE OF RIB .
D. S. (Suffolk) - Your comments on the C1se below, from a first-aid p o int of view will be grc tly appreciated by me as Divisi ona l urgeon and by the members of my Division :-
"Man with punctured wound in front wall of chest right side . Fracture of tbe rihs accomp ar by internal and also seve re art <.rtaL
The case has pr ovid ed considerable specula tJOf! on the treatment to be adopted; and I might hdd th at your comments are eagerly awaited.
1" Ihese cirCII11Islallces I think thai, as a first-aider, 1 shoflld COJ/w/lraie 011 I/) e Ireat/JIeJ7t Jor Concealed Bleedin<.f!, (whicb, 10 111(', i.r the beller lem/ Jor "Bleeding Jrolll j!ltemal orga/l" oj Ihe Texlbook) , content ?I;yselj 'l'ith kClpillg the rigblllpper lilllb extended a/ld iJl close oppositio" to tbe side of IlJe paliflll's bod.J" alld dress the external wOIIl/d. [Jasti)" 1 Jholfid kfep slearIY pressllre on the dnJsillg cOlllimlo/lsD' Jllith Ihe palm oj lllj' hand, because tht,t't is .reI/ere arterial a/ld became this is less tbrlll I/)e llI('chClllical pre.iSI/l·(' oj a balldage lied rOfllld the tnfJIk of Ihe bod)'- }) o),011 a<gree ?-l. F.
TRF \T\ll r OF CRt.: JIED HAND.
D. . ( uffolk). - Plea e me h w many bandages to be II cd in the treatm nt of a crushed hand (Text book, p. 7 1 -7 1 ) IFith this 1ml) ),011 Jtt IJIC a problem which, CtfrioHJD' mOHgh, bas !Jot been prezliolfSD' raised. As a fact, in Illy Itel'Iu J lead} that Ibe cmshed hal/d sbould be painted olice with iodille, (ol'ered wilh dressilll!, a)/d collotl wool pad' and t hat olle baIJdage JlJould be IIStd, this sen1jllg the dO/lble plfrpOJe of fixi/l!!, Ibe in position a/ld also of .ruppo!'1 ing the hatld 011 t be spli)/I.
It is a/Jo C/lriollJ that Ihe Textbook is Jilmt about dre. JiJlg the Jl'Ofma.r with CmJ/Jed llalld, Bleeding frolll Pmm or ArchfJ rlfld Blt'cdill o/rom [ 'aricose 1 '-eill J-Imce, tbe jre qJ(clJC)' }l'ilh }l'hich crllldidattS for Associatioll CerJificateJ clap pads 0)1 the ]l 'o fllJds associated with these Ill! ilJjllrifs-JJ'it/;Of(1 at!)' alltiseptic precautions! !i\. C. F.
TR E.\T). I E"-.T OF IL E lORRIl \GE TOMACH (Thornton llc ath).- \'( 'ould you consider ita \\'r ng thing to giyc ice to suck to a patient suffering fro '11 hxmatcmcsis? 1 kn w the Text-book sa\' "( \ e nothing by the mouth '; yet many nu jng book state 'Giye icc t sLlck" in such ca e . A co lleague and 1 had a bad ca e at the l \lbert Hall some time aero; and, pending a rrival of ambulance, we ga:'e her icc to suck, in addition to carrying out pre sc nbed treatm nt. The patient said her doctor ah , ys told her t suck icc, and he felt ther b,' sonething was being don Yet we were censured b) our Lady ul erintendent, The hospital doctor sai d wc had acted c trectly. For your guidance, the re \\'as brlerht reel blood as w 11 as ( coffee errounds " b b b lo od, and th yomiting was profuse. 1 like to stick to the Text-book when on public duty; but somehO\v I alway associat d stimulants anu food \,-ith the "G l\-e nothing by the mOllth "
7 he Te.Y/-book iJ so elllphatic alld tbe dal/gus oj bff/llorrhag£ are JO pressiJl(J tbat I IJI"st JJeeds mpport th e oj )'0If!' L(/dy SlIperitllelldmt, and, more eJpcciallj' so, SI/Ice )ION u'er on j)llulic rllIl)' 110)J'el'er,yolllllaj' comol/' yourself 1IIith /be fact that, as ),011 statc, the /)oJpita/ dortor approved Y01l r aclio/J /- . C. F.
I TER-RAILWAY
To l/;e Ed/lor oj THE S1. CE GAZETTE. DL\R SIR,-I shall be obliged if you will insert in your next issue a notice to the effect that owing to the fact that 11ay 27 is Derby Da y, and also the day fixed for the sailing of the Queen Mary from Southampton on her maiden trip to Tew York, the date of the Final of the aboye Competition has been changed from 1-1ay 27 to 28.-Yours faithfully,
G. D. Competition Secreta!).
To Ihe Editor of TH E T ':I.fBliL-U-CE GAZETTE. DE \R SIR,-I should be greatly obliged if you would include a small paragraph in THE T JOR-1 fB -CE GAZETTE on the following lines:11edallion .l. o. W.A'719 , Fred A Armicage. This has been found and o\yner should applr to S. T. Beard, 27, Park treet, bergavenny, ivIon.-Yours faithfully, S. T BE.ARD, CO!11ll1issiot1er.
To the Editor of THE T. J orTh' :-"fBCL-L,\CE GAZETTE. IR,-A I ha\-e no other way of reaching some members of the Prince of 'X ales Di strict I hould be grateful if space could be found for a few word of thanks to tho e who rendered a istance to a olehe ter fomballer recently injured at a football match.
The incident occurred at a o-round " OJ \\' here the player (my brmher) received an eye injun' and \vho was yery grateful for the sen-ice r ndered which enabled him to return to hi duties on the following 1Ionday. Both my br o ther and myself are y ry O'ra(eful to the men and appreciate th ir kindne YOUL faithf111h-
BeCK.
Obituary.
\'\ ' r gr c to rec rd th death f E(hel Gardjner Hunt of th a Di\'i- ion
1Ii Hunt's nUf iog work \\T 11 known. H r lyic which b cran Yen- man, year aO'o increased the numb r f h r r cogni d by the pr ntati n f a long-service 111 dal and (\,-0 -bar:. During the \'\ -a r she worked in th Oakland' luntary Ho , pital.
W-elsh Brigade Filial accommodation In the Municipal Buildings was by the genero 1t)' of the Lord .1Iayor and City Corporation for the Annual Competitions for the " Llandinam" Shield rthur Griffiths" femorial Cup, on Saturday, April 4·
A larae number of members of the P riory and O fficers from various Centres attended during the course of the d ay, an d the event was considered success from all points of view The duties of ad)udi catlon were kindly under taken gratuitously by the follm\T1ng Btlgade Officers:
D r. J. 1. Wilson (Aberdare), Dr. J. P rosser D avies (Hengoed), Dr. J. Lubran (pontnewynydd), J?r. G. S. Phillips (Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen), Dr. J. P. J. Jenkin (pontypool), D r. C. B. F. 1vIillar (Cwmarnan), Dr. E. D. Owen (Neath), and Miss E. A. ( fatton, Gelliaaer Isolation Hospital). Lady Staff Officer Irs. M. Turner and Commissi.oner T. E. Richards judged the uniforms worn by Nursing and teams respectively. Each of the 19 Centres of the PrlOry Wales is entitled to enter one Ambulance and one Jursmg Team-the Glamorgan Centre being allowed to send two teams for the Ambulance Competition, in view of the fact that Brigade membership in that Centre is almost one-third of the Welsh total.
The following results were announced by Hon. J OM H. Bruce Secretary and COmmlSSlOner for Wales), who preSided at the ceremony of presentation :-
" ARTHUR GRIFFITH S ME}'IORIAL" CUP.
Order of Team and Centre lndi- UniMerit. Represented vidual. Team. form Total. Llanelly (Carmarthen- 16 369t shire) 123t 23 0
2 P ontnewynydd (Monmouths hire) 1221- 17 0 16 308 t 2
7 aval Collieries and Penygraig Di trict (Rhondda) 13 8 26 1 3) \
8 Tr harris (Borough of lerthyr Tydfil) III 271 ) 1 t
9 CardifF General
G.\\/. R. (City of CardifF) .. 29 :1
10 Player's \'\.!elfare (Borough of wansea Centre) 28J )·pl
The Hon. Mrs. J. II. Bruce presented the tropllC and prize in the absence of the Lord Mayor (Alder man G. Fred Evans, J.P.) and Lady ss and cun· aratulated the Llanelh Jursing and Kenfig Hill \m ')U· lance Team, who ha\:e ecurcd the \\ dsh '- hampion .hlp Trophies and the attendant C?f rcpr scnting \\ "Ies in the Brigade Final CompCtltlOns In London. Llan dly Teams obtained 2nd place in the "Perrott" b ILid Competition for !:Vi-O con ecutiye year ; and high h iX are entertained for their success on June 5· Explanation of 111JbllirIJ/cc Team Ttst.-. c meml er of the team are on their \'\'ay to a ompctltlOn 111 a m otor car. l OS. and 3 arc brother and they call to see their father and ister who liye in a cottage on the '\yay. • ( .. (Captain) who is an old friend, enters. '\\'ith them. Lc sister is glad to see them and tu rns to sWItch on the cle ctnc hre. There is a Bash and she cries out and is uncon ci ou The father when he comes into the room i so sho el cd that he has an apoplectic sei7urc. The two paticms h ould be treated by 1:\yO bearers each and a d oc tor sent for. "
BRECK OCK':>HIRE Cl.'!'RF.
Cenlre .Jfeelillg.-Brigadier- eneral R. P. T. I Iawh 'cy, C.11.G., D 0., presided at a meeting of the BI Lcknockshire Centre Committee, at 'which he was supp oned by the :l\1ayor of Brecon (:l\1r \. J. Corbett), th.c ! 1 ,n. Mrs. Cooper (Lady Pre sJdent), the ommJS "ler (Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Cole-Hamilton, .i\LG., Assistant Commissioner G. Robling, 1\frs. P a \ 10, (Lady Centre Officer), taff Officer j \, II. Cop page (Honorary Centre Secretary), and a good attendanc e of the higher Brigade Officer. The ommissioner' re port revealed that the Brigade membcrship in the ha reached 664. A grant wa made from Centre fun d ' to Brigade Divisions for uniforms.
LlangaJJJJJJarch Wells Divisio!l.-Mr. J. Cound entertained the membership of this Unit to a dinner :lOd concert held at the ammarch I lotel. In opening the proceedings, Divisional Superintendent T. M: J. ones explained that the object of the event was to dlsw bute the awards; and 11'. Cound, who had kindly ofTere(l to mark the occasion by a dinner, made the presenta t!ons On behalf of all present the Chairman expressed gratJ tude to their host for his generoLls interest and support
MONMOUTIISIIIRE CE TRE.
" White !-lorse " Shield Competitioll.-Fivc teams the final contest for the Monmouthsrurc Centre champIOnship trophy at Blackwood, where Mr. Norman C. Rich ards,
Assistant ommiss ioner for the Bedwel lty Sub-District, presi.dcd, supported by O.B.E., CommiSS io ner for l\fonm.outhshlre. fhe w inn ers proved to be the Tre.:degar Divisional Team, wieh a total of J 16 1 marks , Pontypoo] ohtaining and Bewdas 107( In the \X/omen's Contest, the Pontnewyn ydd team was successful, with ewbridge second and Cwmbran third. The Judges were Dr. J. P. J Jenkins (GrifFithstown) and Dr. \'\.' Vcrnall (Newport); and credit is due to the Officers In charge of the arrangements on the satisfactory plan made.
_ Ib rrlille,y L"ellf.-\\·idesprcad interest was taken in the annual open competition organi ed by the j\bertillerv Di, which has comc to be.: eagerly anticipated as EastLr Tucsda) e\ ent. Fourteen leam of men comr eted for the c. I nce hie.:ld, which \vas won hv
JI. L. James. In. maki?g the presentation, the Mayor pleasure 1n seeJng the local nursing members of the BrJtlSh Red Cro ss Society working side by si de with the St. John Ambulance personnel. Thanks were accorded to Div. Supt. D. Ridle y who had instructed the team s
CITY OF CARDIFF CE:\lTRE.
c An explosion in Dr. Pickard' s Dispensary" was the theme of the practical test set for tbe Ambulance teams in the annual Centre Competition held at the Law C0urts Cardiff. Div. urgeon Dr. C. 1I. Bench judged the work and Dr. Es sex the theoretical knowledge. The n:sult was a triumph for the team competing for the first tIme from the newly formed Cardiff Central Great \\ 'cstern Railway Divi sion, other entrants being teams
\\ 1 L II BRI(' \DE II'\, \L CO\[PL
The linn. \1r J" hn II. BI'l ICL prL-l'ntln..; the " \nhu r 11ilnrh' :\k
Pen and thirteen ur ing Team entered for the \\ omen itizen s' which wa secure d br Trch arr i" .0:uring Team. Dr. 'tanky Budd prcsented the pnzes, :\[r. O. IILlmphric <; pn.:sidlng.
PI \IHROKF lIRE I" fRF.
l.R .P. _ lrlil'iliu. 'upcrinten dent D. Ridb · !cnb) l?i\ istOIl, is to be congratuLUcc1 on hi succcss In for a Gralk I \.R.P. Brig.tcic Lnstructor's CertI fica te, which enlitles him to undertakc the of and examining in the subject. \h'cady he has a larg c Class, whi h was examincd on 3 T lfl. a Grade 1 In ::.truclor and Regional 1 ,r. Stall Ontcer tor that area, wlth the rcsult rlUt t1c elC\ en mcmher s of the Tcnln' I\mhulancc Di\ ision
p\a 1 ; cd for \.R .P. cnific:1(es and 20 for the \tl':iliar) \.P Re en e. " ] enb)' " llJ1b"It/JI{f COl/l e,r/.- On April 7 the ;\[ayor of fenb) (Co uncillor T. Thornas) 1 rcsented a silycr cup glVt n by [r. l1. \3owen for annLlal comp (ition b\" am )ulance teams in the town of Tcnb)' wl1ich had Won o n lh 1-' '. c lIst OCG1S I0I1 by a team cn.ptalned by .0f1'.
frC:ll.1 .the Cardiff City, Barry D ock and Cardl tF Emergency DIYI s lon s. E."TRE.
::.rr. \\ ' . Brynmor Dayi e., T.P., :\I.E. Chai rman of (he Rhondda Cen'tr , presided ae' a .o ctal organised by (he Diyi sion for the purpo .e of distribucim; the pa.:t ye:tr'.:- :1\\·a[(15. The Il n. John H. Brnc (Principal and fl r \\ ':de:) :1n inspiring adde s- on (he \\ ork ot th rder, and pr sent d \Y:lrJ: nt: of appointment and emCl 'ncy 3\, ards to the seniors. Thirt\'-(wO }3O\ adcc t1rst or s cond-\"car rtlhcclre - at the' lund of llamilron Ino'lecle\\" \\ ho rec e nthund rtoc k the otticc of Lad,' fficer in which .1p.1city her :lcelyities arc ing a , Eimulus ft) the side f Brig.ld e \\-o rk in the Rh o ndda entre.
\ happy i. U of the c\' cnt is (h kind ott' r of (h hairman to prO\ ide sui(:1ble 3ccommod:uion for the 'ymmer Di\-ision, which ha be n hamp red in its work by a l.lck of Di\Tisional He:tdqu:1rtcrs.
mori:t1" Cup (0 rhe
News in Brief
The reVlSlon of the textbook, "First Aid in .Mines," has been undertaken by the Priory for \Vales; and a Drafting Sub-Committee was appointed at a representative meeting of the interests concerned, held under the chairmanship of Sir William Jenkins, M.P., on April 2.2.
An Open Ambulance Competition for teams of m en in possession of First Aid Certificates of the St. John Ambulance Association will be held at Ne'wport (Mon.) on June 2, in connection with the ewport (Mon.) and District Civil Service Sport Association. Hon. Secretaries: Geo. Jones, Esq., Arosfa, Blaenypant, Malpas, Newport, Mon., and J. H . .Knight, Esq., 22., Craig Park Villas, Malpas, ewport, .Mon.
The Priory's :Motor Ambulance Transport Service has been extended by the opening of a new Station ac Aberdare, to which the Aberdare Council, the Aberdare Hospital Board and the Powell Dllifryn Associated Collieries are subscribing. The Transport Committee agreed on April 27 t o reduce the charge for extra mileage involved in summoning a car an outside Station (when the nearest car was already in use) from the ordinarr charge of IS. 3d. per mile to 9d per mile.
The strength of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Wales increased by 227 in 1935, bringing che total active membership to 12.,480.
Obituary.
We regret to announce the death of Dr. V. Gray Maitland, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H , Corps Surgeon Dudle y and District Corps St. John Ambulance Brigade, and Divisional Surgeon of Dudle y Divi sion St. John Ambulance Brigade, which occurred on February 6, 1936, aged 58 years.
Dr. Maitland was attached to uneaton I ursing Division in 191 3, and after serving in His Maj es t y' s Forces in France returned in 1918.
- He came to Dudley and was appointed Divisional Surgeon in 1920 to that Division.
He was appointed Corps Surgeon of the Dudle y and District Corps St. John Ambulance Brigade in 19 26 , and has held the duel office until the time of his death.
His lectures were always very interesting and instructive and in addition to the Dudley Division he has lectured to the local Police Force, Midland Red Bess, L.M. & S. Railway and G.W. Railway employees.
He was appointed Official Examiner under the St. John Ambulance Association.
He always took a keen interest in Ambulance Competitions, and has officiated as Judge in Divisional and Corps Competitions on many occasions.
Although not enj oying good health for some time, he has been able to retain his interest in ambulance
work, and his genia l disposition gained for him the greatest respect of all he came in contact with, an d his loss will be keenly felt.
At the funeral s rvice representativ e of th Divi sions of Dudley and District Corp attended, also many public officials of the town to 1 ay la t respect one who had rendered such e. ceHent s rvice. \t a meeting held at Dudle y o n 11a rch 2..j., the mem be rs of the Corp paid a high tribute of t he valuabl e v. ork he had rendered n t only t the orp, but to other oraanizations.
Camp for Nursing Division s
A camp will b held for the nur ing per onn d ot the Briga de this year at R sa il chool, near Black ['Iool, from Augu t to 8. There will be nIl' the one c1.mp this year
The cost p r had, iudu i\- of board and for the week will be 37 6d. for officers, and 3 5 for members.
Rossall is mo t delightfully situated, b 1l1;! really on the eashore, for one can walk from the large courtyard through the archwa r !1 to the pr ll 3te beach belonging to the chool, f which \\ -c ha\ the u e. There i a privatc chapel, a beautiful dinin g -h all, comfortab le sitting-room and the windo\, 's of lUSl of the bedrooms look right out to the sea. Thc )od is excellent. There are al 0 t nni C LIn and I rgc playing-fields and a swimming pool. -
There will be lectur and a certain amou llt oi practical work. each day, but as it i realized thal I members wish to combine w rk \-vith plea urc 111, ing this their holiday, I of frce lime will in \.vhich they may follow their wn pI a ur s.
Regulation indoor and outdoor uniform is C.:t, [ial. For lectures and practical \vork the plain grey t,1111p overall with black tie aDd belt, and oft \-vhite c liar, is recommended, a it is most comfortable. l en btrs desiring such aD overa ll can obtain a paper pa tern from the Lady uperintend nt-in- ruef'sffice, )rice 6d., or the overall can b e ob tain ed ready-mad e rom the Stores and the usual firms. The white raw camp hat can be o btained from the tores D c')artment at St. John' s Gate by those members who c eire to have it Mufti may be worn if liked duril1 f, free time. Tho se attending the cam p must pro ide [heir own soap and towels.
All applications must be accompanied b y ,1 }s. deposit, which will be forfeited if the officer or me mo ber cancels her attendance after being acc epted, The balance of the total sum due must be sent direct to the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief at St. John's Gate to reach her not later than July 18, 1936. The full payment for the week will be due unl ess an applicant cancels her application not later than J uly 2), except in the case of sudden illness, when a do cto r's certificate must be submitted.
Official application forms can be obtained b y Officers in Charge of Divi sio ns from the office of ihe Lady Superintendent-in-Chief.
All app lications must be made on the officia l form i" dJ{p/;cate the OFficer-in-Charge of the applicant's DIv ls lon , and forwarded by that Officer to the Lady uperinl nclent-in- hid at t. John 's Gat e, Lo ndon, E. r. The work in connection with the camp will be very muc h facilitated if tho c wishing to attend will make as ea rly app li cation as possible. \ pplications houle! reach the Lady upcrintcndent-in-Chief' offic( b\ June 30 at the latest, but app li cation received 'after rha t date will not be refu'ied unless the camp alrlady filled.
0f11cers in charge of l"ur ing Di'(;isi ns are urgently sked to bring (his nCHice before their member. is for l hc information of all the nursin g peronnel and not for the benefit of the officer in of the Di\-ision.
Air Raid Precautions.
I am delighted at the opro rtunit) of getting IntO touch with all readers on \.R.P. work.
- Cndcrthc hea-dshil.;Qf our Commis. ioner much pn gres - ha been made. r. rour intcnsi\t.: cnur"c .- been conductcd 111 ondon.
2. On: t r ,000 ol1ict.'rs ha\-c n.:cci vcd srecial instrucion at the<;c lecture..,.
3. officer' h,wc obtained thea' Grade I intruct ,r's ccrtificat '<, cntitling them to lectur e and saml \. at their ommission r instructions.
4· Tl e plan' for a Jt hn \mbulanc e Bri o'aele -\u-,'\i lian Res rYc arc made and dctails will be iD a 'pccia l Bri gade rder.
I. The ;'\fcdical ( ffi er ( f H ealth in ,. ur area ha , recel\ \.d ad \ ice from the Il( 111 fEcc -that .J. \.B. ffic ers are ready to a -s i -t them in local \ .R.P. organ,c;:1.tion. _ \r c ),011 ready resr nel with kn o\\'lcdgc and enthu iasm ?
G. Ou r .R.P. 'talkie" film is awaltll1 0 your introductio n of it to \ ur local cin mao b 7'.1 his column started to keep y II abreast of progre ' and to an \\' r any que ti ns to A.R .P iD truction and cxaminati n
8. In A. R.P. work we have the greatest chance f 0pu\genera tion in s eving u r Order. lake , - ursclf ro Clent. I am at rou r rVlce.
. w. C. BE T \.LL, ir Raid Precauti o n tail Officer to Chie f Com mi sionc!', .J. .B. containing que tion for Dr. B e ntall' s A ntlon ShOll ld be addressed to the Editor T. jOH:--; MBUI" - G CE \ ZETTF., 2, ho e Lane, London, E. ..j.. )
The Challenge Shield Competition (1 935 )' INDIVIDUAL PRACTIC U (With Oral).
CARD OF INSTRUCTION. You are living in a flat over a florist's shop, and are just about to retire for the night, when the tradesman's wife hurries in in great distress, and asks you to come and help her husoond, an man, whom she has just found lying on (he floor of his shop. Take your haversack
D ETAILS OF TEST. i\1arks.
I. Rapid approach t
2. Further .enquiries from wife (" He 1J. af making 1J. rtatb," and POlllff 10 fame)
3. peak to patient (.Vo rtsponJe)
4. Touch patient response)
5. Enquire co lour of face (Palt )
6. Test breathing (Abfn/f)
7. Take pulse (Rapid and 1J.eak)
8. Examine air passages (_Vo obstructions)
9. Tum 00 to face (Ritb gnat ca re )
10. Discove r scissors
II. Remm-e scissors broken point)
12. Apply artificial respirati on
13. wife switch off lamp at plug
14· Er:qUlre:-f 'lsl.blehzmorrbage (oozing from 1J'Ol/f:d)
15· DIrect v;ife to IOdine fingers and apply iodine and dressing to wound
16. Enquire condition of patient (if artificial respiration satisfactory, bua/bing ftarls in t1J.·O minute.r)
17. Direct wife to wiech on electric heater
18. And :0 bring m.; and hot-water bottles (I)
19. E?qU1rc c.ondmon ot panent (Consciou.mns retliming)
ZO. \X am patlenc to lie still (t); and hold smelling salts to nose ( I)
21. Encouraging to patient and wife
22. Enquire condirjor: of wound (Blood oozing through drcuing)
23. Appl): fresh SlOg over firse one and bandage lightly
24 · Er:qulre and dlscovcr 30rne lo-s of sensation in legs
25. Dlsco,er able to mo,e legs with some dilficulty
26. Bandage thigh , knees, legs, ankles, and feet together
27. Place folded blanket alongside patient
28. \\ itb wife' a i tance roll on to back on blanket
29· Co,er with blanket CD, and appl y hot-water (i)', tested and covered (D
30. Enquire of p:lciem r8 further complaints (Pain in right hand only)
31. Di cover bum of ri gh t band
32. Obtain and prepare solution of baking soda (1 dessertspo nful to a pint of warm water)
33. Immerse hand in solu tion
H· Prepare and apply dressings wirh fresb solution of baking soda
35 Telephone to d ctor stating injuries : (a) A phyxia due to electric shock, breathing restored (b) of back, injury to spinal cord, POLOt of SCISSOrs left in wound (c) Bum of hand
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This child, aged 12 years, suffers from tuberculosis of the lungs. He has been discharged from a sarutOlium. He now complains of severe pain in the left s ide of the cbest. The d octo r has called and has ordered linseed poultices.
As the District Nurse is ill, and the boy's mother is an ignorant woman, he has sent a message asking you to make the first poultice and put it on, etc., tidy up a little, and leave tbe child as comfortabl e as you can, giving the mother any bints abom his care that occu r to you. The mother \\ill get anything for whicb you ask.
STAGING OF TEST.
Child is in bed (which may be taken as properly made). A dirty handkerchief is sticking out from under the pillow. There is a large wooden table in the room. On this is a plate with a bitten piece of bread on it, also Other soiled eating utensils. Window [Q be shut •
The following to be produced when asked for-crushed linseed , a basin, a kettle of boiling water, a large piece of lint, greaseproof paper, cotton wool, bandages, soda, slop pail, Lysol, 2 bowls, teacloth, dishcloth, or mop. POULTICES TO BE ACTUALLY 1'.1ADE.
DETAILS OF TEST. Max. Marks
J. Tactful and cheerful words to patient 2
2. Ask for crushed linseed (1) a basin (I) ; a kettle of boiling water (I) ; a spatula or table knife (1) in jug of hot water (1) ; a large piece of lint or linen (1) ; jaconet,
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to use handkerchiefs
29. But to use soft paper or rags which can be burnt
30. Gi e the bitten bread to the mother, asking her to bum it
31. Explaining that the remains of the child's food should a lways be burnt
32 His meals should be served daintily and not too much at a time
33. A k for bowl, more boiling water, and soda for washing food utensils
34. \,\iash food utensils
35. See that \vindows arc open
36 See that there are no draughts
37. General efficiency
YTYA YOCE.
Q -How often should linseed poultices be changed?
A-JI.t least eyery four hours is the procedure in changing poultices?
A -Get fresh one ready before removing the old one; otherwise proc ed as above
Q.-\'\"hat conditions increa c [he risk of infcccion by the tu bercle bacillus?
A-Lowered yital it'l, of the indi, idual Insanitary condItions and insufficiently ycntiIaced hou es
Lo\Y-lying CD ; damp m; sua"lc s m10c:Uitics
Q.-\\·hat di cases is tubercula i likely to follo\'.·?
A-Pneumonia (1); Pleurisy (1); \'(hooping cough (I); Measles (1) TOTAL
To be Knight of Grace,
H. 1. the King, as O\-ercign J lead of the Or ckr has been graciou 1y plea ed to confer upon Dr. \'{lilliam Baron ockill a of Grace in tht Order of St John.
The honour has been conferred in recognitio n (It Dr. Cockill's 37 year' \.vork in connection \\'ith t-h L St. John .t\mbulaflce Brigade, of which he is o untr Commissioner for Llmberland and ,\ ne tmorl ar d.
He has held that position for the last fjye y ars \\ bell the two counties were transferred from an area embracing Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland an d Westmorland
The investiture will take place in Lond on.
Dr. Cockill is venT well known ifl both \ estn orland and for the great part he has ta ke n in buildin g tlp the local t. John j\mbulance unit s
L o st and Foun d.
Lost at Preston: Service Medal and Bar :\0. 16 3,621.
Found ncar Doncaster: ilver Medallion (Ro be rt P Shaw.., o. 46604, Ossett). Apply W. Free; Rockside, Askew, near Doncaster.
New Z ealand Visitation
(FRo1f OCR Ow T CORRESPO. DE T.)
>\cting as a Visitation on behalf of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, rand Prior of the Order of t. John, alonel J. 1.,. leeman, CB , eM.G., CB. J\LV.O., arrived in Hamilton recently in the course of an inspeclion of ew Zealand units of the t. John Ambulance Bri ga de. It is the first occasion on \.\.'hich a Visitation ha been paid to the town.
high standard and, indeed, it is one of the best I have seen during my Empire tour," said Colonel Sleeman, who added that he was looking forward to inspecting Waikato divisions, as he was aware of the excellent work being performed b y the Di strict Officer, H. D . Cobb, and his associates . Speaking at a reception accorded Colonel Sleeman in the .Municipal Chambers in the afternoon, the
XCC.K.L\ D DI lRl T CORP - OFn ER 0[' TllL T. J011:--: BRIG >\DE (0\1· R - E -\. )
J r01l1 rOil, Di - l. 1l1ccr C. \\". Gooderham, D.O. F. E. ch o tield, Co mm. C. J. Tunks, ((II. J. L. kCll1an, \SSl. olllm. l- J .1Iurchio-on, Di r. up. _\.. \'\ Pr, ) bcrt, Di - r. Ott. u. Hitch o n, Lad\' orrs 11. L. \lcDnwell. Back rOI1',ltjl 10 rigbl: Lady Co rp Olr. ':'1acLeo d, Corp. Oil. l ·. Howes, orr" 'ure. C. E. A Linde ay, Lady Corp · upr. L Cammell, Corp Otr. (R - ) J..:. Crawi"nrd, Corps. OIL G. T. Paterson. E. Lan g tOne, and \..ct. talf Officer, Corps Off. K. J..:nigh[
In terviewe d shortly after hi arrival, Colonel iceman told 01..1 r reprc .:scntati\ -e that he wa delio-hted to be once again in I l amilton, which he had gr wn to loye when Chief f taff or the Nc\,- Zealand Forces. He said he c uld mo t heartilv cono-ratulat New Zealanders on the improv 111 nrs which had been made during the la t 15 years particularly in :egard to hotels and roa Is -two most important at a time when the Dominion was attracting toUtlsts from oversea in increasing numb.:rs. " work of the t. John mbulance l \ ssociation and Bngade in the Auclland province i, of a 151
:0byor (:0 1r. J. R. FO\y) aid that his ernce had \\ on him recognition in many ayenu of life. _\ , a oldier and ,chobr his fam had preced d him but h was w lcomed cy n more nthu iasticalll· becau e of his a, ociati n ,, -irh the one branch 'of public sen'ice which was particularly prom.in nr in the \uckland district-a mo\-ement that had e n remarkable expansion during the last fe\,' years.
"I doubt if any' other 1110\-ement can compar with th t. John ..L \mbulanc Brigade in.it- o-ro \,-th its nthusiasm, and its humanitarian llort . continu d. ' In 1926 th re \vas nly on ambulance
diyision in the 'tmth ;\ llC1J:1nt1 diSlt"ll'l, wilb :1 rOI:)1 member s hip (}f {i\'L\ lmt in 1<;5 tlK'rl \'L'\" ICl :HnbubtKl' Lii\ isin!1S, eight divisio[ll', ConI' 'nd 't :ltnbul:1n 'l' units, :1nd ()nl' C.l 1't tnlt'sini-, di\ isillt1, clmlprising :1 tl)Ul l)f , II members."
i\ I r. l )\\" lllwtcd reS tl) sh()w t hl' ':dl't1t nC thl' ''8 \\'l)("k in SUllth \ud,ll1nd, nut th.lt t1l mlcrs l)n duty 11:1 I trL':1lL'd -1-,"-92 cas's nnd 1,Oq os's \\"he.'n cdr duty. .i \ toul uf hours had been 'ng:lgL'd in the. \\'ork. In 1 ss th.1n 10 ) l':1rS tnembnshit h;ld incn.',lsed a hundreLlC()ILl :1nd thc numl L'r l)l (ti\ i, ions from on' 32., :111 undn th' control l)r thl' 1 t Ofliccr (1 11'. 11. D. Cobb, l)C 1 brnilton). 1 Ie had stuck to his ta, k with the grL'at st (:1ct Hnd Lt rrninatit nand h:1 I 1 il t I the thrl ugh diHl 'ult titTles tl ultirn, te SUCCl s,. The visit of ColL)nd "keman \\'ould gil" him addl'l etllt uragement.
\\',lfm appbus' gru:t Ld Colnncl Skef1),ln \\'hl n hc n sc to duress [he. brg' of councillors ,upportcrs of th rn YLl11ent an:l business 111l'n of the. tt \\' n. HL expressed his pknstl fe :It again visirino Hamilron after a lapse f 15 years and n: ,lkd U1at his pr yious • tn)' in th D ominio n h d been \\'h n h wa, hid of talf to th t:W Z abnd Fore s a.nd lat r Dir tor of HUm!y The r c r I f the uth Auckland di trict tog the! with the Auckland entre Wfl. \y ell kno,,"n t th' headquartec of the; rd r in London nnd w on fam thr }ughout tl1C Empirc .
He xplained that he \\'a particularly gratilicd to se (hc err winer r cord f the Brigade sand .L\ , ciarion \York in rh D minion. Mr. F \\. had be n con ct \\'h n h had uggc , tcd that HamiltOn had Y ry r ason to b proud of it ambuhnc and nur ing di\'1sion lthoul.,.h the y unge, t D minion w Z aland had th proud record of haying formed the fir t ambulance diyisi nand th econd nursing diyi ion in the mpire oversea and at th pre ent time poss 5S d almost as many cad t a the remainder of the Empire over ea
Colonel 1 eman conclud d by outlining the origin of the Order and its historical basi and expressed appreciation to Hamilton residents who had assisted in the development of the organi ation: in the outh Auckland di trict.
Inter-Railway Ambulance Competition
The date of the Final of the above competition has been changed from IvIa), 27 to fay 28.
Bucks County COlnp Jtition s.
'I'h' \nnu:ll COllnty l r li111il1nr), Competitio n of Buck s and thl' COllnt Joint ('()Illlwt lti{)ns
Wl'rl hl'1d :1 t t h OUl'l' n 's P:\ k COlt nil St I !lllis '\y kshltr y , on 1\1:1\ 2., 19{6, C()1l1 IllCtlci 11.l' :It 2. 0. )
The Competitions \H'rl' rLtn hy n Co 111 I lilt ICt consisting of thl' Count) Cnt11missiollLT (ch:li rnl.t ll ), Lt.-Ct)I. '. J (. I [n1tll'n, 1\ 1.13 (COLlll t\ SlIr " 'Iln), \\ lHIIH\ \'(1"1,11'\, SI .J. \ . \.), Lt Co\. S. 1111nt, I.B (oLlnt\, Surgeon), Lt. Co\. I R. ol1ins, L '., ' ['.1 ('(lunt\ Orllcet), \\ [lll (! 1111)' Ofllcl't' I: \. Hishnl1 in charge (}C t11l'n's and stc\\:1rtls, and I.ad) Count) Ollien i\lrs. Sl! IL in chnrg (l \\ ' omen's 'ftnlS find !->te\\ :1rds. l'he J udges \\erc: Co lone l \\ \n:hi h.dd, \I. D. (Luton), f )1' "I '\,'at''' Tl':m1 Test; l,t ( ,()I(lnt'\ ,'. llnnt, '1\1.13.; 11. R ose, 1\1. R. .lnd \ F. O'Connor, l.8 ., f( r the" L)C\\:11 " Indi\ idu,d 1 apt. in F. lkndix, I\t.R.C .S. ( \ sslst,1nt (llll' nU.SDl1er, 0. 1 Di , tri t), with r.[iss S.ll1 orne, ., r r the ' Perrott Te:l m Tcs(; I O. 1. ., Mis, J\1. CriJ1in, R. [\ft s I\L R. ., F r the \\ omen's Intll\ idLlal J cst. Lt.-C lone! J. , ll olden judged in the I IJet omi etiti n Cor the ount) , 'lli r ac.lct Tn> 11\'."
Inth J tnt 'ompctitions, 11. F. PCl"Ci\;11, .• , of To r th:1mpton, judged the J\kn's Team Tcs i .lod aptain H. J\. Fenton, District Surgeon, 1 1 Di.trict, with 1i $$ J. Beckett '.R. I ., judg ed Ihe \ onlen'. Team T st.
Ten 1\mh ubncc four nursing and two aJcL t ,1 IllS \\ ere judged, and the 11 \\'ing trophic. \\ ere l Ifed by the teams nal11 d : BRr \D13 ...11('1/. . IPE·tTrIO,",S.
I. The Counry Dewar» hield : \Y/ h rton Di\ ision.
2. The' arlile Cup : 11 igh W ycomb Di\'isl n. lr'OlJlfll.
Th Ayle bury and \X'o lvcrton ream tied for lajot Abraham's Cup u\\'arck d (or highe t mark In Team Tc. t.
1. The" Leonard \X!e st" LIP: J\ y Jesbury 0 [b ern Divi ion.
2. The" ount)' entre" Cup: lough ()rthern Di vision.
The " farr Brown' leL110rial Cu p was won by the ylesbury. orthern DivI sion with highest marks in Ind l\ jdual Tests (excluding Officer).
JOIN 'I' ( .()i\t PI '!'I I IO N A1rll.
1. '['h e ., M,ly<lI S " CClLlllt, Sh ll:ld: Wolvcrl()11 Di vistO ll.
Wlln 1 thc 1\\ kshul') (.ldc.:t DiviSIOn Tk prCSl'\1 t.1 (r 111 (lr Pll/l.:S \\ as made hy he 1\1. yore s
01 J\ , \lls. \. T. \t1kin s, \Idt:rman J. J.
Thra he l, ( . 13 .1 " , JP., hl'lll g'C hairl11clr1, suppol'te d by the OI'ess ()I II igh \\ \ '()l11hc
RI \! \RK \BU · lU:C ORD in lhe 't. J()hn Amhubnn; sen icc in 18!i5 uper- I Intr mk nt Gond" ba, ntl\\ completed _ Oh'! 50 ) ,:,1l'S
Sheffield Nursing Division. ;\. N IJA L I', PCW /' OF 1) UTf ES YEA R I J)En 1) ],(,li.IJll',R [4, [935
The ycar 5 reache s 1:hc highesl figure yet attained {Ol" the numl)(; r of ciulic ') rerrormed, the tOlal duties reconlccl hein g 2,540, e lltailin g f OdH4 hour') and 8z9 cascs trcalcd; Ihe cor re spo ndin g (igun;s for J934 were 2>390 duti(; s, hours, and r,T40 cases. Th(; dccrea se in thc nLlI1lIK:r or cases is mainfy due to thl: r,l( I that only 4f 2 cases were rcconkd at thc (,hiJc1rcn '" ( amp, as against 65 I in the pn.;v ioLls year.
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I\lc ss rs. John j \ kinson's again very kindly allowed us to usc their arcade as our enttal Depot for the I ':gg Collection (or thl: voluntary hospitals, Lady DIvi sio nal uperintenclent J\frs. J. Windle runnin g the J: cclesaJI Dl:pCJl, as usual. The total number of eggs colkcted \.vas and [r ros. 9d. in cash.
The figures ror I935 show an increase ()f 90 attencianccs for. the 'hdTic.:ld ur ing Division, as comparl:d with the previous year, although the total figures show a s li ght decrease on the whole. The nu mber of attl:I1Jances and hours worked bv each '\ uring Di\ lsion arc as follows :-
hetl'1eld Nursing Di,i sion 1kdcy Division
Ranllloor 0:"ursing Di,i sion tocksbridge - ursing Divi sion Di\"ision Firth Park -uring Di,-ision Total
Thc following is an extract from the foreword of the R eport of thc Central \mbulanc e ervice given b\' the Chairman (0, Ir. Humberstone) for the yca r ended ).Iarch 3 I, 193 5: "The i ter of the 't. J ohn \mbulanc e Brigade have again done splendid \ "o ]untan' work. Thirty-nine Officer and i ters hay' gi\ en 8'61 half-day to'talling -t 100 hour' ,,'ork, to the en"ice. To j\[i Daniel and the isters \,-e tender geat ful thanks on behalf of the "omen I atients. Th Report further tates: 'The Lady Officcr and , who 0 ,\illinglr give their (ime to help the cn"ic and the patients, ar aaain thanked for the w nderful \york they ha,Tc carried out during the \'l'ar. The [oUm·dna herure how the hour and worked b\ the Lady Officer- and 1 rer :-
T umber of Offic er and wh ha,"e Year help d 39 umber of half-da,' duti ,\\Torked 8 6r
Total hours worked ..
Average hours per day (six day per \;.;re k)
Average hours per week (six days per week)
Average hour \vorked.b y eyer) Officer and 4 100 13 ± 79 Sister 105
The ervices of these ladies are utili ed for all type of patients, but they are especially appreciated in connection with women patients conveyed to and from the voluntary hospitals."
A letter dated June 5, 193 5, wa also receiyed from :Mr. c. R. C. Crabtree ( ecretary of the heffield Hospitals Council), the text of which is as follows:
"The Hospitals Council, at their meeting on 1Ionday la t, heard from the Chairman of th Ambulance Sub-Committee of the great work done during the past twelve months by the nurses of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
, I was asked to convey to you the Council most grateful thanks for the voluntary service rendered by your nurses. this great help it would be impossible for the Sen"i ce to be run 0 efficiently, and the Council are deeply appreciati\-e.
:Mr. Crabtree also fon,-arded a letter of appreciation to the" Sheffield Daily Telegraph," which appeared in the issue dated June 12, 1935. The following is a copy of the same: "Sir,-In considering the Repon of the Ambulance Service for the year ended :March 3 I, 1935, the members of the Hospitals Council \\-ere amazed at the volume of voluntary work done by the ursing Sisters of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in connection with the Service. During the year under review 861 half-days totalling 1,91 z hours (this should read 4,100) were given in connection with the transport of our \l\-omen patients to and from the voluntary hospitals.
" The Council desire to express their yery g rat eful thanks to the l- ursing Sisters for this service publicly through the medium of your valuable paper, in order that the general public, on whose behalf the has been rendered, might also realise the self-sacrificin g work of this splendid organisation."
THE SHEFFIELD ROYAL I -F IRMARY.
The total number of attendances during 1935 show a sligh t decrease on the figures for the previous year, although the Sheffield Di vision had an increase of 12 attendances.
Details of these duties for each Divi sion are as follows :-
Duties. Hours.
Sheffield ursing Division 202 808
Heeley ursing Divi sion 15 60
Ranmoor Nursing Divi sion 2 8
Handsworth Nursing Divis ion 66 26 3
Firth Park ursing Divi sion 106 424
Total 39 1 1,5 6 3
Other duties during the past year have, as usual, inclu ded the attendance of members at the Annua l
Blind and CrippJ s Tr ats from whom w ba\C r c ived letter of than ks and appreciation. Regular v rung duties hay also been carried out at the \ -arious theatr s and picture palac ·s, and the it)' llall. In addition to the e, dutie have been carried out at various port, fete, old folk' treats, child ren's Whit untide gatherings, children's outing, etc. l\lembers also attended an .Air Di play held at the Coa l Aston Aerodrome, the York hir bow, a p ageant at the Lye Lll11 Th atre and various children's tr eats in connection with the late 1 -ing co rge's J celebration. Thre 111 mber \\ ere aloin attendance at the hildren's amp at k gness.
Fir t-aid competition and examinations ha\ c belll conducted for the 'ids' Life Brigade, and bacillI: examinations for irl Guides in the following sub. jects: Fir t- \ider, \mbulance, Pr o bat ioncr, \Ick' urse, Child I 1 ur e, and lJeallh.
J\ summar\, of dulies for the ended D ecl'l1lblf 14 ,1935, is as follow - :- -
It is plea ing to note in the C rp Rcc rds llmmary that we have again maintained our position as h;1.\-ing performed the highe t number of duties duri ns (he year.
In reviewing the work of the pa t year, une filled with admiration for the way in \l:hi eh rhe members have responded to thc repeated on their time, and especially for those who ha\ con· sistently taken regular duties. It mjght be acic.led that some of the older members bave been Jllbng these duties conscientiously for the past tweh-c \ l';1rS, and are still as keen as ver. To them we \\ ould tender our grateful thanks for their continued airy to our great cause.
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Extracts from the 17th Annual Report of the Home Service Ambulance Commit tee of the Joint CounciL of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross So ciety It is now seventeen years since the Order of St. making great stride. In the year 19 1 9 whe n the John and the British Red Cross Society, feeling that Home .r\.mbul ance Service f th Ordcr of t. John the times demanded better transport facilities for the and the Briti h R d Cro society wa set up, tbe sick and injured, decided to bring into being a service numb er of road accident recorded \vas 49,75 0. By that should provide an unbroken range of ambulance the year 1924 the number had approximate ly do ub led. stations throughout the country. It was not at that In the ten years I924-1934 the number 01 road time deEnitely intended as a permanent service, but accidents re ulting in death or personal inju n rose rather as atrial to gauge the need. IVlanylookedon from 98,215 to 20-1-,710. From 19 2 7 onw acl a ambulances as a purely military necessit y and War c rtain number f local amhoritis, eV n out s ide the being over, considered the day of their usefulness great cities, b gan LO reali their ibili t tS in was past. This is not so surprising as it mar seem regard to the e traffic aJ)din titL1te 1 ,Imbu now, for until the War the countr y had got along yery lanc erYlces for casualties in their own admini st ati re well with practically no ambulance service for the areas, thus relicyin a the \ oluntal\ Sl nil to ome civil population in existence. It had been only after extent of this branch of w r k :..lan:, IIU\\ C\ Ll', till the most strenuous and prolonged efforts 'by Sir prefer to r ely n the good office of the }lome William Collins and others, and after several dis- J. mbulanc ry ice. cussions in Parliament, that in 1915 an ambulance \, 'hile motor ambulance. in thc.ir journey : t 1 and service for accidents and casualties had been created fro ha\-e become s familiar to the publi as u be even for the County of London. Before the War regarded as one f th l10rmal ameniti S oC lite, 1[ there was much more home treatment of the sick and is still not Un1V rally recogniscd that to achil: \ e the much less institutional treatment. l\1any diagnostic aids emci ncy that uch a en ice a that of the Orlk and dependent on hospital departments and laboratories the ociet)" demand r qui re the con (am ai d me which are now the dail y resource of the ph ysician day and nicrht efYlce f a great body of \ 0 1 " nrary were then in their infancy. R oa d accident, too, workers intensi \ clr trained in fi rst \id and lome \.\1hich now figure so largely in th e long day's work i'\ursing, whose qualification " must bc oC t il tm of the ambulance service, were on a very much lo wer order to permit of their enrolment in the 't. John scale than the y are to-day It need ed, ho wever, but a Ambulance Brigade, or in the Detachment s - the very few months of the experimental period t o show Briti h R ed ro ocict\ . It [() the 11k I and that the ambulances were going to prove a godsend women that a great dcb-t of gratilLldc is du c trom to the invalid and to the doctor, and lon g before the the public for their d \ ociOI1 of \\ l' Hem year was over the Order and the Society were fully time can be snatched from their Dusine S OJ home convinced that for the future ambulance transport life, t en ure the ' afcey and comfort 01 p. t iCnl5 work for the civil population mu st form an integral committed to their chargt: fl r tran sport. It i [heir part of the great First-Aid service for which they are constant duty not only to watch 0\ cr patient responsible. Very quickl y the medical profession t heir ambulance journey bLll in a \ try Jarge pr op rtion had seized on the greater mobility of the sick th at of cases to prepare them \\"irh _plinr and ban d '.!;C lfl properly equipped ambulances afforded, to develop order that they may be afdy mon:d; ro im p O\'i5f and take advantage of modern scientific agents and means for re cuing them from thc road\\' a " [he of the better nursing facilities that hitherto had be en factory, the burning building or wherever ac cideOl absent from, or only achieved with much difficulty may have befallen them, and to pre cnt th m 0 [.he in patients' own homes. They eagerly sought the doctor and the nur e in th e be po . ible ha , 'c tor help of these cars in their daily practice. In rural remedial treatment. The , plcndid rvice of rhc. e districts especially the y found incalculable b enefit in oluntar), workers is suppl men ted and mad p ible having the means at their disposal for removing by local administrative officer of the Ord e r ,1 Id patients from unsuitable homes to places where the y Society, who attend to the thou sand and on e ictalls could be adequately treated and nur se d back to of management, the collection of fund f( [he health. It is a very striking fact that in the ten years maintenance of the ambulance and recei vin , and from I924 to 1934 the number of in-patients in recording calls for the service throughout t 1C day voluntary hospitals in England and Wales had and ni ght. No little of the succe s of th e Ilome increased from 680,000 to 1,076,000. It is not unfair Ambulance Service is due to thi local adrnin is fatJO D to say that that increase can be attri buted very largely of the work. The ommittee gratefully ackn m to the existence of ambulance services for all, whether that throughout the countr y· the administ ratIon of rich or poor, and ready at all hours to fetch the sick the stations b y vo l untary work rs has b een or disabled to the hospital from anywhere, ho wever admirabJe. It is to their effort that the 15 remote. indebted for a service that i s prompt and fr cc tra m While institutional treatment has been growing so the restric ti ons of red tape, and i s always rCild) to rapidly for the ordinary patient, another branch meet emergencies as they ari e. There is no t_O f!ll of work calling for ambulance facilities has been of public service which demand s freedo m tram I5 6
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,inelastic regulations In greater measure than an a.mbulance seI ice. In such a service the welfa.re of the sick and injured must be the hr t con id ration and questions of boundarie and fees mu t take a second place. 0 ill-judged rules or regulations as to areas or boundaries must delay the prompt aid that may mean the difFerence of life or death to the patient. The Home Ambulance Service, thanks to the zeal and good judgment of local administrators, has been happil y free from criticism in this respect. The link between the headquarters of the service and the ambulance stations is provided by the Committee's County Representatil"e, who, from their knowledge of local conditions and the careful ,vatch they maintain on local needs, are the source of the most valuable adyice and assistance to the Committee. By this time, the public was beginning to realise the value of an ambulance service and more generous help was forthcoming to enabl e stations to secure better cars. Year by year the standard of ambulance tran spor t yehicles has been steadily raised as old cars are replaced by new ones. By exchange of views between expert ambulance men and motor manufacturers it has be en found possible in recent years to effect many notable improvements in ambulance cars, such as a lower loading line, better springing, improved ventilation, and the exclusion of exhaust fumes from the interior of the ambulance. Improved lighting arrangement , better windows and heating apparatus are among the amenities that distinguish the newer ambulances from those of a few years back. Apart from the interior comfort of the vehicles, greater consideration has been given to the relation of engine power to the weight of the bod y, resultin g in smoother running with g reater power to overcome the difficulties of hilly countr y and of the many unmade tracks over which so often the ambulances are called on to trayel. The determinat ion that a high standard of ambulance car should be maintained necessitates the frequent replacement of ambulances after a few years' service by new ones of greater efficiency. This involves constant endeavour on the part of the officers of the station in accumulating funds from local supporters in addition to any that the comrh:ittee's resourc es permit of its contributing towards the co st of new v ehicles. The amount expended on replacement during the past two years was over £3 0 ,000.
From time to time in the Committee's reports reference has been made to a bran ch of its work which, while distinct from the organisation of invalid transport, is of equal importance to the si ck, namel y, that of its X-ray Department. In 1923, the Committee decided to institute a Mobile X-ray Service, adopting for this work a ver y well-equipped car which had been built durin g the War by th e Order and the Society for service on th e Italian front. The Committee secured the services of a very able radiographer and the goo dwill of the British Institute of Radiology. From that time here ha s been
continuou 1)' carri d out a g r at deal of very aluable work much of which would ha been impo ssible of achievem nt without such facilities as the Unit afford d. 1[uch radiogral)hic work is, of COurse, effected in the X -ray departments of hos1 itals and in the con ulting rool11s of ra li ologists, but there remain much that can on ly be efF cted if th e ne ceSSarl' apparatu can b brou ght to the bed ide of patient. It i for such work f r the I ri ate p ati c!lt that the Home ernce nit i particularly ada pted, though in additi n il i largely used by ho spilals in addition to, or in place f, the hosl ital own radiograp hic equipment. 0 yaluable did the ;\f obi]c rvice prm-e that in 1930 the Committee decid d to add to th fficienc), of lhe d epartmcm by providing an entirely new Unit c mhod) in g L \'cry u eful feam! of mod rn radio g rnphic pra c tice. This Unit has be e n constantly kIt III to dale ancl it can unhe ita tin g ly be described a [be finest achicYC lllCl1t in 1[obile X-ray n quircl11cm that ha yet LL'Ln design d. .£\11 work done i -s ubmItted to kadinl! radiologists for inte rpret ation ancl the quality 0 - th \,'o rk i adl11ittecl to be of a ,cry high order. Tht departm ent has in the pa t year b en ntrusted b: th R oyal College of Ph y icians wilh a ycry il11po ":1r. task in connection ,yir h (he jm C ligation ot the epidemiology of tuberculo. is 3mon,! groups of work r in factories, workshop and Ilune ss houses T hi w ork is expected to eXlend onr se,-eral y ars
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Four team s of firemen entered Cor the 'Jllgr.u Troph y, \vhjch won by , , \" Di\l sion, \\ itl points out of the possible 275. ' D" Divi sion \\('1' second with 2 I 8 point, B" Di\ i ion third with 2. q. and" C" Di vision fourth \\'ith 194 points. For the bes t indi, riclual performance (the Chier Cons table' s trophy) there was a tic for first place betwe en the captains of the teams from D i\'i'iion. "A," "C," and "D." i \ econ d te st resul ted in ConstableW. E. l sted, ".1\ " Di v ision, win ning. Constabl e B. Rea st was secon d and Constab le G. Roger so n third. P.-C I s ted's s Li ccess was th e more remarkable becau se he had his left hand in a splint.
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Lo D E .. jlllle, 1936 PR OGRES
The month of Br i<:ra d e Finals is nc durino· which We n 11 h 0 1ay we take stock of the year's work of the St
JOM Ambulance Brigade and consider what has been done.
It is, therefore, with a great deal of pleasure that we are able to report that the year has been one of definitely out tanding progress, for the Chief Commissioner, in hi annual report, recently issued, that 1935 ,'-as a year in which the scope and acti,-ities of Brigade work had increased
The yalue of the multifarious acti,-ities of the mammembers of the Bri gade cannot po sibly be ,-alued in terms of stati tics) but a rough idea of the size to which the \,,'ork has no,,- grO\.yn is indicated by the number of cases dealt with during the year. In all 600,000 cases of accident and sudden illnes "ere reported as treated, this being an increa.se of no Ie than - ,600 over 193-t, and is a record for the Bri gade Durin o- the great Jubilee Celebrations of la t for example, ,, -hen unprecedented cr o,yds flocked to London, it ,,,as found po ible to establi h along the processional routes 1 station and to ha,-e on duty • 000 men and 900 women. On thi day alone ,500 cases were dealt Yi-ith.
n the road ther \yere in eryice during 9'.5 I 160 roadside hut and fir t aid po, t., and It 1 worthr of note that but for these tations, road fatalit(e ,,-ould undoubtedl,- b much higher. Twentyfiy thou and ca s were dealt with, 6,000 than in 19 -to
Thee \\'a also on the road a fleet of 27 motor ambula.nce which trayell d nearh- million mile, and 112,800 patients, \\'hich - i, m-er 10000 mor than th preyiou year.
\ 11 thi lncrea,ed ,,-ork ha called for increased stafF and during the r at' f 193 the Brigade iner a ed no f \\-e r than 1 r ' n \\- Diyi ns and p rsonnel b,' I, 110. -L \ t th pr nt time the total trength of Brigad has reached 8 1) men, women and cadets In ngland, \\'alc" and the Irish Fr tate r
Steam Decontamination: Improvisations Suggested
by Methods of Field Disinfection and Disinfestation
By NolUu, H A [ME R, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Textbooks on Anti -Gas measures quote" Exposure to a current of Steam» as o ne of the method s of d econtaminating certain articl es, Various typ es of apparatus are in existence, and at present in use as disinfectors: in case of need, these can be us ed for decontamination by steam.
It is p r obable, however, that in the event o f an emergency-and we have in mind always tha t Gas is par excellence a weapon of surprise-the sup p ly and establishment of these may la g behind the ne ed f o r them.
The then aris es, Ar e there any u efu l
drum to a n in c h of th e opposite wa ll , and extends outsIde the d r u m for abo ut 18 in ches.
When th e parts arc rea d y, s ink the barrel into a of ear th or the si de of a bank, or heap earth roun d It, so as t o keep the heat in, taking care that the steam ou tlet-ho le in the bottom are not b locked. Place t he drum container over the trench fire and fill wi th water. Put the lead-p ipe in the hole in the side of the barr e l p r ovided for it and make the joint steam-tight wi th clay. '
Flll the b a r rel with articles to be decontaminated through the lid, removing them the sam<.: wa\' after the proccs "
(2) Another improvi cd dccontaminator can be run up by using a tin- or 7.inc-lined pack;"f!.-ca.re as the
the sream-pipe is connected, steam enters the sack nea r the top, travels downwards through the articles and leaves by the bottom.
_ (4) The Mule Pack DisinJector, which can be used for stea,m decC?ntamination, is simply two oblong boxes ltned w1th metal and lag ge d with blanket, whIch .steam can be passed from an oil-drum contawer. It IS really a form of the packing case described above. two boxes are proso t hat on:: can be bewg filled while steam is being passed through the other.
The points about these two types of apparatus are thelI ?f carnage and re.adiness of assembly. One can Imag Ine that self-contalDed mobile units of the Brigade might b e very g lad to be provided with
and efficient improvisations we can u se? Such improvisations must be capable of doing the jo b , and at the same time mu st be of such a nature that th ey can be rap i dly set-up, b y unskilled or onl y partlytrained labour, of mat erial s easily obtain ed and readily portable
There are such improvisations, which a re o nl y slightly less efficient than the manufactured plant, and which have been tried out in the past unde r service conditions for efficiency, ease o f assem bly, and av ailability of necessary parts.
(I) First there comes to our mind the S erbian Barrel, r emembered by most old soldiers Thi s appara tus co ns ists essentially o f a container in w hich water i s boiled, connected by a tube of piping with a barrel, thr ou g h which steam passe s to dec o n t aminat e articles placed in it. The steam enter s the barrel via the pipe near the top, and trav els downwards to escape by openings in its floor. That word " downwards» " d ead sp aces" b y d riv in g the air o ut , i t al so cau "e the st eam t o b e b ro u ght i n to contac t w ith th e arti cles u nd er a cer tain amoun t of pressure due to its" wei ght," and thi s h elp s it t o cl eanse them m o r e easily and th o rou g hl y.
To mak e th e Serb ia n B arre l, we get a n ordinary barrel, as large as p oss ible, an d p ad its lid \\ith blanke t o r g as-proof m a t erial to m a k e i t steamti g h t , T hi s is th e ch am b e r o r vesse l t o hold the article s to b e d econtamin at ed. Ho les a re cut in the bottom for th e steam to escap e b y Our s t eam is pr od u ce d by b o iling wat er i n, a co ntaine r such as an old o il-d r u m, w hich is set in p ositi o n over a (( trench» fi r e. Tw o pipes pi erce walls of this drum: one e nt er s it o nl y a sh ort way, J5 b ent at a ri g ht -angl e, and passes int o th e b arrel by a hole cut in its side hi g h u p n ear th e top, The othe r pipe is for use as a way of fillin g the drum with water, and also acts as a safet y v alv e Thi s pipe en te rs the
chamber, to hold th articles u ing an oil-druJll ao'ain as conta.me r for boiling the water. In this ca e should C( 1 " 11 d I ' h ag a roun t 1 packing case between e wa lls and the meta l lining with blan ke;.
T\\'o type . of d i inD cting and d -ontaminating ap paratus , whlCh arc not i mp r ovi , arion' but whose ready 1)0 t b'li b r a 1 ty may, an advantage, a re :as "he Le lea n ac k D l Infec tor, and the et descri bed The I u le P ac k D isinfector ."
(3) The Leleon Sack i s a laro-c ack of pc:ciallyprep are d steam-proof material °which can b e hunoO" up fro b > f m earn o r gHdCf . N ear Its top 1S th ntrance o a, metal tu b e, ru nn i n g from an oil-drum Sltnllat co nt ainer , b y \ ay or'" w h.ich st am e nte r s the sack, i s th s team-ch arn b cr. n exi t fo r e stea m 1 'd d' 1 Arti 1 s provl C In t 1e bottom of the sa c k c es to b e d eco ntam ina ted at p laced i n th e sac k:
one or both of the e in the e, " nt of mobilisation for a Ga m ro-ency Th .i\lule Pack apparatus, 0 called becau the \\-hole outfit i, de igned to be one muleload cou}d be modified and enlarged to be carried a part ot the equiI ment of a motor ",ehicle \vhile a number of Lelean 'aeks can be packed and carried Ln a small pace.
expcc.[, th,l[ .the relati,-ely new subject of Air R rud PrecautlOns \\,111 bring into being all kinds of n?w m th _ ds n \\' eqUIpment and new e tablishments. \'\{ look torward to hearinO" of all kind of idea for b lmprOYlSlng plant-but in the aphere de cnb d we hay two good improvi anons and [\ ,"0 trpe' portability as their r, ,c m mendatlOn. , \ , -rulability and rapidity of estabII hm nt del' ndtng on ea e of carriao- and of a, sembl!" \vil! be important factors.
Mem bers of th e No. z District (Calcutta),
BU G \ 1. Dl \"I 10 ,_This Di"ision h,l· becn in t.:xi"tcnec for a fc\\" month b ut earned off (he Cook Trophy.
No. I (P,rince of Wales') District Inspection
The Annual Inspection of No. (Prince of Wales') District took place on the Guards Parade Ground, Hyde Park, on Saturday, June 6.
Major-General Sir John Duncan, K.e.B., e.M.S., e.v.a., D.S.a" Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade, who was accornpanied by the Earl Qf Scarborough (Sub-Prior, Order of St. John), carried out the Inspection.
The parade was under the command of the CommissIoner (Captain W. Goodley, i.e. ), and was the largest and most impressive in the history of the District, there being nearly 5 officers, ambulance men, sisters and cadets present.
The general bearing, appearance and precision was excellent.
The Chief Commissioner made a close inspection as he went through the ranks, stopping a number of times to speak to members who especially attracted his attention. Proceeding to the saluting base, he took the salute at the march past of the five ambulance battalions and two nursing battalions.
At the close, Sir Philip expressed himself as highly gratified at the smartness and keenness of the members on parade. (pictures next month).
Correspondence
To the Editor of THE ST. JOH N AMBULANCE GAZETTE. May 16, 1936.
Dear Sir,-The late arrival of this cOlJltJIunication is due to the fact that I arrived from Moscow onlY this morning. Your issue for May p,"esents , on page 137, a photograph entitled "Inspection at Bombay," in 1vhich the Gov ernor of Bombay is seen making a presentation to one of the women members of the Bombay Corps.
This picture is of great interest to me personallY, as I have, in Bombay, been present, since 191 I, at so many simila?' functions in the same place. 112 the foreground is seen my old and loyal friend, D. F. Ponthaki, O.B.E., Corps Superintendent, Bombay, the mainstay of Ambulance work in W. India, and behind the table stands Dr. Kapadia, Acting District Superintendent , No. III District, India, another stalwart. Across the backg1'ound of the picture are drawn up the members of the Parsi Nursing Division, and,further back, are seen some of the helmets of the Parsi Division. All these observati ons bring back happy memories of my days (and nights, during riots, etc ) , with the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas in India, 191 I to 1933. But my reason for writing this le tter is to recall the immense significance of the fact that the veiled figure in the centre is that of a Mohammedan lac!J,.-Yours faithful!J, W.NUNAN, Late of Bombay.
Overseas Brigade Precedent
The inspection of the Bombay Corr s of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas by H. E. the Gove rnor of Bombay recently could be almo t described as a historical event-jive MffSlillJ 1JJO/llell ill full purdah turnillg Ollt on parade alollg with hU/ldreds of lIJen and 1VOjJJetl of other COlllmlmili es .
The fact did not pass unnoticed by Lord Brabou rne, who welcomed the pllrdah women, and expressed his appreciation of their joining the di ision. "It I S a splendid example you have set," he remarked.
The various ambulance and: ursing Divi ion s of NO.3 District turned out on parade in the compo u'ld of the Elphinstone High chool at Cruick ha nk Road.
The Governor was recei,Ted by fro \''(' jJ c , Assistant Commissioner, Capt. F. Kapadia Di stnct Superintendent, and Dr R. V. Clayton, Hon ol ;try Secretar y, Bomba y Proyincial Centre of the t. J oh n Ambulance ssociation.
Inspection 0 er, apt. Kapadia read the ann 'la l report of the Di strict His xcellency then di trib uttd prizes and made a brief speech. I Ie aid that (h u!'. was a growing organisation and he expre. ed the h ope that they would go on growing. He felt that it \U s a pity that the Bombay Brigade had not been able to go to Quetta and show the stuff it ",-vas made of.
The Governor remarked on the incrca in g nu mber of patients treated and transported, and that the public of Bombay was growing 111 re ar prcciati\ L of the work done by the Brigade. He was glad t nt ti ce that they showed a great improvement in uniform and movements during parade.
Smart uniforms and mo,Te ments would <" impress the public on occasions when they turned mH.
"A.R.P." in Germany
There are now 2,000 special schools in erman) for training the public in the measures t be tak en for protection against raids.
The membership of the Air D efence League i s no W about 10,000 ,00 0.
In 2,500,000 houses there are now trained men capable of taking charge in case of emergency.
FOUND.
Medallion, No. 324890, Charles almon. -AppJy to County Officer H. W. Lee, 35, Campion Road, Colchester.
Brigade
again Finals," which provide an day JD th e lIves of many Bri gade and ursing DlvlslOn members, are over , and the time for « postmortem "ha arri vecl
A nd another record has been created for the first time in Brigade history - that O. 8 (The Du ke of onnaught's) succeeded in event and both their Brigade and Nursmg D1 1S10n Team are to be heartily congratulated.
The Comp ting Teams
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Finals
" Trorhy.-Ilighesr marks Individual and Dual Practlcals: \Xleymout h (team" F "), Mo. 9 Di strict.
ACl uingham iry k.1O ,t! '\On (I/ ull) \\ est ry I lcrne
\ ' cymouth Ip s\\'ich (1 \Ir Duties) LbncUy
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Leadcr 0 1' ream. Lad,· \mb. Otficcr D E. Rayner. Lad)' - ure. :--.:. Sale. \m b. istn \ King. Lady \mb. B. 1 [all. \mb lcr \. cochern. 'urr.\. milh. Lady \mb. OIMecr E .\f. Pu g h. L.dr , \mb. Olncer H. E. \mb. L. 1 fehbern, \mb. r. L:ld y • mb. O\\'(: n. \u srin. Ornccl' D.
Winner of Trophies
\\lBl ''-o;C F "De war" hll - h'IJ II ' " I " a cnge Ie m:lrks: lIorsham (rcam .,,)' o. 8 DIstriCt. Sl'monsFccl "'· ( ·h II, C (tcaI " e," - cs _. :l "ngc lIp. eClln d hlghcr mark : Crc we ,,11. ), O. 4 Dls !rlCt. fnmbl T I Pra 1 c ro r 1)'. 11Ighcsr marks ill Indi, idu :11 and Dual "CJtI,CI'[l l}ol'sham " .J ") , '0 ., Disl riel. IS Cup - Olllc"r ll[' I 1 I ., [- " h h In P I C, II (l [ca1l1 g;\!I1I1lg- Ig e r marks rac[!c a : C,uldrhorp e :lnJ 13arnhorll (tcam " I " ) 5 [ istricr. "I), ", ll$!'G CO\II'I T ITIO;-';S. (teaOll.,l,r1{\ ,) Challcn g-: Shield. -li g-hesr marks: I Ierne Bay "c b .; o. 8 DJ Sll'lct (f-I II)ur Cl HCtchcr" 'J'ru p Iii' ccond hi g hest 1llarks: LI (! eam" D "), o. 6 I)islr iel '"
Once again the Brigade wa honoured
(he presence of H.R.H. The Duchess of York Commandant-in-Chief of Nur ing Corps and , who presented (he Challenge hields, Cups and Trophies.
The ub-Prior Lord carb orough in his addres of welcome to the Duchess of York, aid that the Bri gade wa grateful not only becau e of her ap pointment a ommandant-in-Chief but becaus e of the very real intere ( ,,-hich she took in the \vork of the Brigade and Nur ina Di,-isions. He referred ro the additional \\ 'o rk which had fallen on the Bri O' ade during the la t year e, peciall,' durinO' (he of hj late ty Kina eo rge V., and poimed out that the untOf(unat additional number of illnes, and accident casualti s were addinO' to th at \vork.
The _ u b- Pri. r. al 0 r _ t- rr d to the Report of the hl.et Cc mml SlOn r at (he BriO'ad for the past year ",hlch that the \, ork f the Brigade was .gw\\·ing and. beinO' perform d with undlmlDl keenne and , rigour.
H m nti ned th fact that ne);t year ,,-ould beinO' the fiftieth anni,- rsan- of th Brig'a de and that he hoped that the Cor nati n actlYlt:Je would enable members of the Overseas D iylsion. to be \yelc om ed her.
Finally, he referred to the activities which had obtained in respect of Air Raid Precautions "vork and the protection of the civilian population against possible air attack, and especially thanked those officers and other ranks who had so promptly responded to the call for members specially trained in Air Raid Precautions work. He also expressed his gratitude to Her Royal Highness for her presence and the real interest she took in the work of the Brigade and Nursing Divisions generally.
H.R.H. The Duchess of York, Commandant-inChief of Nursing Corps and Divisions, in a charming speech said that she was very glad to be present to give the awards and referred to the work which she had seen in the competition rooms that afternoon; that this was not the first occasion on which she had been present at Brigade Finals and that she hoped in the future to be able to interest herself in the able and necessary work that )Vas being carried out.
Brigade Headquarters is to be congratulated on the excellence of the organisation, which permitted the competitions to go through smoothly and expeditiously, and they are especially to be congratulated on the excellence of the staging of the tests, possible owing to the kindness of Mr John Maxwell, of British International Pictures, Ltd , and to the supervision of Mr. Joseph Grossman.
The Guard of Honour found by No. I (Prince of Wales') District, under Captain W. Goodley, M.C., the Commissioner, was inspected by the Duchess of York during the afternoon and congratulated on their smartness.
The "Dewar" Challenge Shield - petition Individual Test (with Oral). Time Limit, 14 Mins. Warning at 1 L l\fins. OFFICER OR ;\1E fBER IN CHARGE.
CARD OF INSTRUCTION.
On a cold day your brmber and you are in a lonely hut in a wood, where be has been preparing some explosives for blowin g up treestumps. You have just finished tea. Your brother has rerurned to the work-bench and yo u are going out of the door, when there is an explosion. You recover yo ur balance and (Urn round to see him fall and hit his head on tbe concrete floor. Act as you would. You know that there is a first-aid equipment hanging on the wall and that there is a kettle nearly full ot water which has boiled. There is no help available nearer than half a mile. The rest starts when you receive this card.
STAGING.
A hut with work-bench. Pots, etc., on the bench, with some tools. A big screwdriver to fall on the floor near the patient. Windows blown out by the explosion. Explosion by magnesium flash No equipment on the competitor. Patient (Q wear wide shorts with belt and scarf and a protective apron held round waist by a piece of rope. Grease paint and piece of jar on left thigh. Camp bed with blankets and pillow. Broken jar on floor in pieces. Apron to have bloodstain visible when patient falls. Piece of scarlet cloth , attached to back of " shorts" leg to represent large amount of bleeding, will fall naturally when patient is on the gro und. Surgical haversack, wash-basin, etc.
Injurie.r.-A piece of the jar ha s entered the left thigh about halfway up on the inner side and severed the femoral artery. The piece has stayed in the wound, also some unburnt powder. The blow on the head caused concussion, raiJidly followed by compression.
D ETA IL Of' TEST. Max. Marks.
r. Prompt app roach to patient
2. See bloodstained apron and expose leg
3. Ask colour of blood (brighl red) m; doe s it sp urt(yes) m
-1-. Examine for fracture of thigh-bone.
5. Immediate digital pressure on femoral artery above wound
6. Untie ropc round apron with one hand
7. Usc as temporary tourniquet
8. Keep up one-handed pressure till rope fixed
9. Use crcwdriver as t\vi ster
10. Ask if bleeding controlled. (T -ery slighl loss)
11. Elevate leg on to box
12. Clear floor of bits of jar
13. Test consciousness, by speech (t); tO uch (!). (Nil rupolIsr)
q. Examine face. (Flwhed)
15. Examine pulse. (FilII alld slou)
16. Examine breathing. (Dup)
1]. Examine [or blood from cars, eyes, nose. (."'olle)
J 8. Examine pupils. (Lift dilated)
19. Examine temperature of body. (1\'01'11101)
20. Examine scalp. (.Yo il!jllT". )')
21. Compare sides of body as to limpne s. ( YOIif')
22. Diagnose Com pre ion of Brain
23. Get blanket and pillow off bed
2+ Gcntly roll patient on ro blanket, controlling elevated leg
25. PiUO\\, under head
26. Head on one side 0); undo wai tbell (1)
27. Further examination of body [or injuries. C\om)
28. Coyer with blanket, leaving injured leg cxp sed
29. Return ro tre:1tment of leg; disco,"er foreign body in ,,·ound
30. Get St. John tourniquet and dn.: ing-
31 Correct application of tOurniquet
3 2 RemO\ e tempor:ay lOurniquer
33. Ask if bleeding controlled. O'cs, if t:lJiritlltf) applird)
3+ Test heat of \\'ater in kenJc. (.Yol 100 hot)
"35. Apply iodine to hands by stcrilised swab
36. Remove foreign body
37. Ask if wound dirty. (lightly)
3 8 Pour the boiled wau:r o\"cr the \\' und
39. Apply iodine by eerili cd wab
40. Correct application of dn:ss ing and r ad
41. Bandage tightly
-1- 2 Rel ax tOurniquct (I); a k if bleedIn g recur (I). O'rs)
W'hen llIay)'ou use all elastic balldage in fhl' case of hal!1{Jrrhage (
Only in cases when a limb ha been LOrn olT
IfYhal are the pf(rposes oj rOllJlrirtiolis and tourJliquets, alld do I);/') work?
/\ C'J nstricrion is placed on a limb in cases or snakc-b ite, to stOr venous return and pre\ em the vcn o u blood from carrying the poison th.rough the body (2D· A tourniquet is used to stOp arterial bleeding by pre ing the artery against a bone (2)
I-iow long maJ' a lourniqllet be kepI light?
For half hour at the most (I J; or if it is causing g reat pai.n then ie must be relaxed at shorter intervals (x n
Grand Total
The "Perrott" Challenge Shield
NURSING TEA..\1 TEST (First Aid Ponion).
Time Limit, 20 Mins., commencing when team reaches tbe pa tlenr , Warning at 15 Mins.
CARD OJ' INSTRUCTION.
Your Lady President has invited the Divisional Team to after which her hu s band is taking the mcmbe! on to an eyenJng competition. She is unable to accompany you as her small is feeling out of sorts and has spent the day in bed. It is Idea \ warm weather.
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF YORK at the BRIGADE FINALS
The Du chJcss of York, aecomr?n,ied by {.[ajor-Gcnera lSir ohn Dune.ln, the hid Commi sioner. 'fhl.: hin g't n ( Hull) ursing Division
!he Saldey Team during a te famous b'" sr. Kid Lewis the oxer, IS seen lI1 the ring, where he acred as referee
The Duchess ?f York pc cnting the hield to Lad\' \.mbulanc Offieer .H. E. Bendey, leader of the Herric te:lm, "'loners of the" Perrott" ,hield
STAGING OF TEST: bl 0- attached the doors of which A bungalow \vIeh porta e garao c cl d and bolted at thc t I One door to remam ose open sepaAra e y: 0-. '00 11 wblcb is furnished with chair:>, tW? scttees, b o ttom. r, b all girl in bed clad III PYJamas. and a tab le A bedroom WIt a sm ). b I d
A pail ot- water at the comer of the garage (outsIde JU t e 110 hinge of right door.
One woman, three men, one boy, and o ne girl.
OF 'lEs:-. d d T to the tea table with the Lady President Team to enter an SIt n d to h ave been finished The h os tes s and her Tea IS. has the car ready and says that sbe her her little gir is getting on. She returns klJust go " 1\[arv is shivering violently and seems to be yHiery qUlc'V to say, b' h 'd callino- for help. s '11 " The next moment the 0:' IS ear th' 'o-'cal 1 d ill T l.U1 to his aSSIstanCe, taklOg eu Ul-=:1 mother an e earn ill callino- for help when the Team arnves haversack. The b oy 1 h st L' d door closed and heard h 'cene He says e 10un b h h 11 d on 1 e '. d His father did not answer w cn e ca e. engille lOSI e' the door with the hatchet and found his him, so 10 e h He shows his cut hand and motionless on his back. t a gIven c? the 'udo-e two (tradesmen) arrive signal 1J b d has been instructed to shiver Ylolently h lit c maeke her teeth chatter loudly. If askeS: she a sharp cutting paID in her right side and In lcate site.
INJURIE f. Simple fra cture
Fa/her.- Asphyxia caused by fumes 10m car.
left patella. - bl enous bleeding.
BO),.-Wound left hand caused by hatchet ow.
Shock. ill hUning sharp CU(ting paID right side
Girl.-::-Became very . comp and shlvering dOWEl sptne
DETAILS OF TEST. Max. Mark
Immediate Action, il d to Call for help' one Sister deta e to I. Prompt answer attencJ.- to girl .' b 's hand covered With blood
2. happened. (Boy relotes slory brieftJ')
3· Officer details one Sister to to. boy
4· And quickly proceeds with remau:mg SlSter to Observe man lying on illSlde garage
7. And engine o f car
8 Without putting head ill garage Officer opens left-hand door
9· b il o f water by Side of garage door
10. 0 servtng pa 1 (S:una l from l'lote: TJllo tradesmen come upon 1m scene. '0 JUdge for this action.) al f men' inquire if they understand cars. II. Note arnv 0 (Yes) ff'
12.,. Request one of them to enter ga rage ant. tu rnilO f engttne
1 But before doing so to wet handkerchie ill pa 0 wa er
3 And place over his nose and mouth
Ask other man to help drag man out 0i!a;:;e bJefs
16 Officer orders Sister and man to wet n And a ly to nose and mouth before er:terillg
:;: Office;Enpresses on all concerned for caution
Method of removing man to ope? air Retain men for help later if reqwre.d
E £ r ha:morrhage. (Nol1e vwble)
21. xamme 0 h d touch (No
22. Test for consciousness by speec an response) (No signs of breathing)
23· Ask, if man h (None.) (1). False
24. Exclude ill t teeth. (None.)
25. Rapiti1y exclude to -spine
26 Skull, ribs, pelVIS, upper l1mbs
27: Lewer limbs. left pateLla)
28. Efficient control of tnJured limb Method of examination
29· D ide to render artificial resplratlOn Lady President to telephone. for her d octo r at
3 him that her husband IS gassed bJ' fume? p. wound of hand, first-aiders asslstlOg; s:k' g and trembli.ng in bed; nurse has taken girl s pulse, respiration, I03 deg 120, and respectively
1Vo/e.- ./':1]lor 111'0 millflles the { ad), PI:,'sidCliI slalillg Ibaltbe doc/or Illill get bel'l' a.r qll/cklj' as po.wbltd
A (ter respiratio ll J'PSlorcd lake Ibt falbl 'r 10 bOl'sf 0." J' l' /I t' Turse 10 be asked to f!,1'1 reqlllsltl'.r put /JIlll all se c. Ii I. 'Id nad), for applicalioll of f0tl/enlallo ll or O fficer rcque t L a dy President to rcturn to hou c to 33 · help Siste r
Trcatment of Husballd. I
-1-. Officer maintains It.m)
3 Method of rendering artlhC la :',,: 35· iYote.-Brea/hill!!, is re,,,lord ((Jr!)' If ar /ijioal I/'Sp" alia II rorrerllj' Pl'ljorll)ld. " I r'd)
6. sk if brcathing restored 0 cr, If rO nrl ) app It
3 Effic ienc y of n:nJerin g aruGc la rC plratJOn ,
37· \ k to "0 to house to ge t blankcts and 3 - s mand · k:' nd hot-water b o ttles to be ent out early warm nn a .'
39. Promote warmth stimulate ., ". limh
4 0 Left Palrlla. wllgh(cn and. raise InJUI cd 10" \.:1
4 1 Applv splint along back of IUl1b
42.. Reaching from buttock to the hcel.
43. ecurc by roung a nd Icg
Keep injured lower IJmb well suppolted
Pa (hem again to front .of 11mb
8 1 t below kneecap and (IC thcm -+ : cold (raid Irate r froll1 pail) dreSSing.
O v er injured kneccafl to Jc sen
1. ; l.sk conditio n of panenr. (fl11prOI'III.f!,) ,.
52.. Te t abilit)· to swallow. GI\'C \.,·arm drinks
[ral/sport of IIII.rballd .'
sk men to cur)' patIent IntO h uSt:
53 Decide to use human stretcher method
54: Officer dirccts mcn to face other and '(0 p O ne o n each side o f the patlcnt
5 I struct them to clasp left hands benc,l(h hips in (he manner o.f bakin g. hands
5 '\[an on patient's left passes hIS fight h.lnJ "
And forcarm under paticnt's and shoulder
61. The man on the righ( pa ,es his ri gh t hand
62. And forearm under patient s le g " '.
6 '7\len in (ructed to rise together a nd carr. paUent
3· " 'd 64 Feet forem ost by short SI e paccs ". "'d
65: Keep patient cm'ercd \ armly WOI
66. On arrival at h ouse reassure hiS w}fe
67. Ask her to re-fill hot-w.ater bottles
68. Place patien( on settee sltt.lng- roo r:1
69. Maintaining injured leg In ral cd posmon
Treatment of Boy.
o. Immediatel y lay boy on grour:d
7 A . h' that his father IS In good hllnds now 7I. ssunng 1m d)'
2 Ask colour of blood. (Dark re. ;3 : And nature of flow (Sleat!;; COII/IJIII()IIS sfrram) Exclude fore gn bodle. one)
74 · E'I vate limb' app ly digital pressure on wound
75· e I h ck 6 Call to officer to scnd surg ca aversa.
7 : Officer sends L ady Presi dent \.'\'I lh eCjut[>meor ,.) L ook for any constrictions heart Side of wound. (/\ all
79: Appl y bandage near wound on siele a:vay from heart
Iodine to fingers, wound and sklO round
81. Apply dry dresslOg, pad and firm l) Ask if blcedln g controlled (i es) .' 82.. la slIng decide to take boy IntO house
83· App y rge arm-, Ik (}-) Ask boy if he feels well cnough to wn. es
84· Sister assists bov, human crutch
Lay boy on other settee and cover with blankt:t
27. Give him a drink of cold water jfldge stales : Doctor has ar riz'ed.
88. Report history, diagnosis and '.' im Ie
89. Husballd: Asphyxia caused by fumes ftom car, s p fracture left patella 'h' h ". Bo : Wound left hand caused by blow from atc e(,
9 0 ;'enous bleeding and shock. '.' .:
9 1 Girl : Became vcry ill, complalnlng cuttll1g [lain right side and shi,:ering down .'
9 2 Explicitness in detaJllng to doctor hIStOry, diagnOSIs and treatment
93. Efficiency of team 94. Efficiency of L eader
A Contrast
1 wish you could have been with me a few weeks ago as my companion ran his car on to the ferry that connects IIong I ong and Kowloon on the mainland, and looked with me over those gloriou traits. What a mixture of -< ast and West, old and new, there was with the torpedo-boats and hinese junks with their stately prow and high poops so like Elizabethan galleons They arc armed, too, these galleons, though I do not thin k that their Ii ttIc brass guns would keep ofF lhe pirat s in the Yangtze riv er. You want steel grids to pull across the shjp to shut off passengers from the important part should the plrates come aboard in thi di guise, before you can venture with safLt\' far up the ri, 'c rs or along the coast. It was ooh a few months ago, the) tcll mc, that the shi p \,·jth seventy 1 h school-child ren on board, returning for the holidays from 1 orlh China, was capture d by pirates quite near lIang Kong. If it had not been for Briti h aeroplanes they would ha, 'e be en 10. t for more than the three days they \.vere. \XThat an adventure, and what cheers when the British ship came up, and what a cramble for the scarf the pirate chief had leCt behind. It seems too strange to be true a one looks up at the cc Peak" that beautiful hill risi ng abon: the harbour, with n g lish houses nestling on it side and the Cnion Jack fluttering from the in the Gm-ernor' garden eighteen hundred feet a bove the sea .
It doc not take mam' minutes to cross the water, and the pa enger' a{e oon passing off. How intc"cst ing they are to W'c tern eyes on a Erst visit! I suspec t the roung girl with red cheeks and black hair pla ited in a tail down her back, with her basket on her arm is a i-,luitzai' (Little si ter) girl; he loob happ)' enouO'h and well cared for, though I daresay her parems only O'o t a few shillings for her when they o ld her a a child in the dars of famine. S! e that the Briti h ha, -e her name on their book and will keep an e e on her, and that before long the family she live with 'will arrange a suita ble marriage for her, and who know, perhap to one of their own son. Look at that man with his imperturbabl face, his hands folded in front of him into the sleev s of his long gown. He has found out though he has be n at Oxford, that \,-hat hi' father saId was right aft raIl. Ye, can id r the \'{Te tern nations with their zeal for ocial reform and eryice, and trust in the law, and t am games and spirit of ad,'enture and climbing l\l ount "'ver t, and their patriotism and hu rch communitie. '\ hat rubbi h . Than k good nes , th re is no nch thing as the in China R C\Tcrencc for the ancestors, and cultivation of pa tience and contentm nt and finding jobs for one's relations, or making them, that' what i wanted. When they could 10 k back on tw o th usand yeaL of cu lture and experience they would ee so to run throu g h tbe' ew T erri t orie "is through pleaSlQO' undulatinO' countt)' and in an h ur are o
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in the village of Kum Tin. There is a wall all round the village, though I do not think bandits could find much to take in such a poor place of mud houses and narrow streets. On the village green a boy is flying a kite shaped like a huge centipede, and ther e are a few thin-lookin g cats and dogs about.
A Ijttle g roup outside a house from which issues groans and cries attracts us. Th e poor fellow inside looks in great pain and wretchedly ill, and though the thumping and pinching and kneading of his neck may be a good counter-irritant, I doubt whether they would drive the devil out of him. I expect he was too poor to build a devil-proof house; he would have been safe enou gh if he built a screening wall inside his front door, as everyone knows that devils cannot fly round corners, and a roof turned up at the corners would deflect them upwards.
There is a well on the \-Tillage green down which a child is looking, and nearby an attractive white stone house with a red tiled roof. It is a dispensary and small maternity hospital, and the two young Chinese nurses standing at the door beckon us to enter. It looks so clean and cool inside out of the hot sun, with its white walls and beds, and concrete floor and and business-like, too, with those bright surO'ical instruments and bottles arranged so neatly in the cupboard with the glass door. How I wish I could speak to my smiling guides But I can see the y know all about anre-natal treatment and maternity work and infant care, I see the charts, written in Engli h and Chinese, they hand me from over the bed. W-hat a contrast to the sight of a few minute ago!
It could not ha,'e been long ago when that young black-eyed girl in the corner bed, who looks at me rather u piciousl y as I admire her baby in its COt by her ide, peeped hyly at her husband she saw for the fir t time on her wedding-day at her up-country home. I \\rill be bound that she tOok care that no devil cauO'ht her that day a she was carried in her coveredin chair to her hu band's house' they had only to look at the mirror he had hung round her neck to see ho\\ugly they ,,-ere, and off they would flr in no time. nd now he had gi ,"en birth to a 'grandson." Ho,," disr spectful to her husband parents, I expect he would haye thouO'ht to say he had gi,"en birth to a , son," as the foreign de,"il did, almost as bad as if her husband had aid he had married a w.ife and not" a daughter-in-Ia\'\-' !
I am sure she felt no deyil could harm her no\\', a: ' he lay so placidly under t he eight-pointed cro _ f the Order of t. John of J
A. i-,L \\'.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. I (PRINCE OF WALES'S) DISTRICT
DISTRICT ORDERS
D.O. 1466. GUARD OF Ho OUR FOR ST. JOH 's DA'IWEDNESDAY, J U1'.1E 24·
Officers-in-Charge of Ambulance Divisions are asked to notify the Commissioner as soon as possible, hut not later than 19th instant, how many N.CO.s and Private from their Divisions can take part in forming a Guard of Honour at St. ] ohn's Gate, on June 2.4. Members should report to the District Sergeant-Major outside St. John'S Gate, Clerkenwell, at 1.30 p.m. Dress: Review Order with medals. Tea will be provided. Captain A. C White Knox, M.C, will be in charge of the Guard.
D .O. 1468 RE-ARRANGE1fENT OF AREA Cm.fMA DS.
Assistant Commissioner Captain G. \V. Kendall ha s asked to be allowed to relinquish the Command of Eastern Area from June 24, 1936, and from that date (he Eastern Area will be under the Command of Captain F. E. Bendix, 49, Woodford Avenue, Ilford. Southern Area will be under Captain A. C W'hite Knox, M.C, 19 6 , Denmark Hill, S.E. 5, a.pd orthern Area under Captain W. A. Rees as Acting Assistant Commissioner. All cOI'nffiunications from Divisions in these Areas will be addressed to the Assistant Commissloners as stated above, from and including June 25, 193 6 GOODLEY (Capt.),
Commissioner.
Headquarters : 10, Berkley Street, St. John'S Lane, E.C
AND FINCHLEY.
A large company of members and frieq.ds assembled at Garfield Road School, l ew Southgate, on May G to celebrate the fifth birthday of -o. II 8 (Southgate) Divi sion and the fourth of No. 74 (Finchley Southgate) Division. An excellent muslC, games and dancing was arranged; prizes b.emg gIven for. an,d spot dances. Music was proVIded by Archie GIlbert s Embassy Band.
During the refreshment interval Divisional Superintendent S. H. Collins took the opporturuty of members and their wives and friends for the and help he had received throughout the year In all Brigade activities.
District Officer J. Standingford then distributed the gained by members of the newly formed Corps, and presented the Brooks Competltlon certificates to Lady Supenntendent Miss VJCary and her team. It was distinctly gratifying, he said, that so young a Division should have gained the Great credit was due, too, to the Men's DlvlSlOn who. represented the Northern Area in the final CompetitIOn for the Massey Mainwaring Challenge Trophy at the Northampton Institute.
It was his privilege to convey and good wishes from Headquarters to the DlvlslOn.
\X1ith fitting ceremonial the birthda y cake was cut and handed round, and further games and dancing brough t a very enjoyable evening to a close.
o. 3 (E TERN) DI TRICT.
NORTHAlIIPTON.
The Northampton Corp mustered on the Ma rket quare last month for a Church Parade to celebrate their Tubilee ( fay 4, 1886, to 1936). Canon Lewis preac hed very encouraging sermon, taking for his text " And the fire shall burn continually upon the Altar, it shall go out." He said they were really commemorating the lighting of a fire upon an altar 5° year ago and impress ed upon the younger members the dutr of eeing that the fire was never allowed to go out.
The total on parade wa 297, and the following Divi si on were represented, Corps Superintendent \X. E. Edwar d, M.B.E., being in charge, the urses being under La I)
Cores Superintendent J\Iiss K. Bradford, .R.R.C
Jfen.
Headquarters, 1: orthampton, under uperintc Olk lt H. 1. Edwards.
Daventry under Corporal F. Reynolds.
Earls Barton under ergeant '\' Lord.
Towcester under Superintendent J. E. utton
Weedon under Sergeant Banner.
Cade( under Ambulance Officer F. T. \xrhjtin g.
Nurses.
Headquarters, orthampton under Lady Superint t'ndent Miss E. Cowley.
Castilian under Lady uperintendcnt Mrs. 1. Jenni n '. Spencer under Lady uperintendent Irs. J. Liev esl '\ Daventry under Lady Superintendent 11rs. G. haw Cadets under Lady Cadet uperintendent Miss F. Howe and Miss \'\!ard.
A detachment of the B oro ugh Police attended the Pal de under Inspectors Goodwin and Spence.
The following Officers and of .t he ssoci a( o.n were also present: Lady Dl StrLCt. . J\f WI. H. Reeves, A.R.R.C, Lady DI str1ct Officer L. Mawby, M.B.E., County urgeon Dr. H. F. Per cl\ O.B.E ., M,D., LR.C. ., L.R.CP., County Offi Cl:.L C W. Curtis and F. Holgate mith, I.B .E., Corps O fhcer E. ]. Hayward, Mr. G. C \'V'ells ecreta Dr. D. Stone, .fr. and Irs. Harold '\ ilklnson.
His Worship the .Mayor of orthampton (S. P erk ins, Esq.) and the Mayoress, the Borough Chief Constable (]. Williamson, Esq., O.B.E.), uperintendent W 11. Afford (Borough Police), a large of the pu hltc and old members also attended the sc rvtce.
After the service tea was provided at King Street for members from the Country DIVI SlO ns , and was by Mrs. H. Bland, Mr. W. E. Mrs. E. J. Hayward, Mrs. H. 1. Edwards, Mrs. F. Whwng and Mrs. Butler.
On February 24 Private Harry Wallington, who has
been a member of Headquarters Division since August 19 18 was elected President of the Northampton and County Master Butchers' Association.
This is a well-deserved honour for Private Wallington for bes ides being a prominent Master Butcher, he has it most and energetic member of the Brigade ever since he Jowed, always ready and willing to render assista nce whenever required. He gave valuable help itt l\uxi liary Hospitals ?uring the latter part of the War, he .always takes a in junior organisation, and tralns the Boys Brigade 10 First Aid.
In celebration of his election to the Office of President a Eyening arranged at the Headquarters Aprd 27 last, to which the 1aster Butchers were invited. evening pas ed. in a whist drive and games of bllhards, table (enru and skittles, and a very enjoyable nme.. was spent.
o. 4 (LANCA HIRE) DISTRICT.
The annual compet.ition for the (( Argenta" Cup for .\mhu lance units wa held at the mbulance Headqu art ers, Chapel \X'alks, Pre ton, on Saturday, fay 9, when teams from Lancashire and Cheshire competed. The ad judicators were Dr. \'1/. C Rigby, of ellington, and Co lonel C. Jr.. Redmond, of ranchester. Mr. \'\ G mith, O.B.E., Commissioner for Lancashire presente d (he prizes.
Districr Officer \,\ '. 11. Gastall, orps uperintendent E. r. and the officer of the Prest on Corp wen:. re pon ible for (he arrangements. The results were dec lare d a I, Liverpool Exchange (22 8); 2, Crewe (Cheshuc) (227); 3, \Xlarrington, 118; 4, )lelson (2.16); 5, Preston (212); G, Brierfield (200); 7, ThorntonClc\'elcy (192); 8, Ca tieton (173); 9, Blackburn (172); and 10 Burnley (167).
rER.
The. ambulance compe(itlons of the ,\mbulance Diviions, \Ianchester and alford Corps, for the '\\"illiam Higgln was held on fa y 9 at thc Broughton Town J [all, alford. l\'ine team competed and were jud ged by Divisional urgeon \\". 11. arse, Ch.B., of Roch da.le, and Lady Divi sional urgeon farion Max\\'cl1 Reckle, J.\1.B., Ch.B., the former taking the ream tcst an d (he latter individual test. '-
Dr is t be congratulated in setting an exccllenr tcs.t \\-h lch \Va to [ roVe the many capabilities expected of efhl.lent ambulance men. The high quality o f the te '( IS horne out by thc rcsulr altho'ugh the work of thl.: tea.lns \\ as of a high standard, the gaining the highc t carne.d,. 52.67 per cent. o f the total po ss ibl e p '1ts. fhe IndIVIdual Tesl \\-as DO less e'\'en.: and Dr. M.. Reekic uccceded in sc vcrely ksdng th e Ind lVld ual members' knowl dge. '
(or ps Superintendent \,'. E. [ arlor announced the and paid tribut e to the teams on the mannc r they ad para ded; he congratulated them upon (heir marran d cleanliness of the uniforms and equipm 11t. e way they had put on their equipment O'avc a , 'ery smart ad' b. l1 llnpresslve appearance.
(r resu lt is as follows :-1, i\.rdwick (1.+7); 2, Hulme
3, Salford (130); 4, Heaton Park (125) and I s ury (125); G, Gorton (121); 7, Manchester CorporatlO n T (6) N 1 and ransport I ; 8, ortn Manchester (II 4) ; 9, Stretford (lIZ).
shield and prizes were presented by District Officer Major E. S. Burt Hamilton, M.C, M.B., F.R.CS., and the captain. of Heaton Park team (Ambulance Officer Schofield) slllcerely thanked the judges for their excellent test and patience in judging. In conclusion, the Corps Surgeon In a few well-chosen words thanked all those who had contributed to the success of the event and particularly the officers and members of Salford Ambdlance and ursing Divisions for acting as host s and providing tea.
tea evening was pleasantly spent in dancing to mUSIC proVIded by the" Delius " Band.
The Annual Inspection of the fanche ster and Salford Corps will be held at Belle Vue Zoological Gardens on July I I at 3 p.m. Reduced tickets of admission to the gardens may be had from Corps Superintendent 16 9, Ashley Lane, 1\10ston, Manchester 9.
class of ins(ruction for Grade Instructors' Certmcates on Air Raids Precautions, held in Lower :;\fosley treet Schools, terminated on The class was organised instructed by District Officer .;\1ajor E. S. Haffillton, ;\LC, assisted by Corps SuperNaylor and Lad)" Corps Superintendent ';\1iss Hallday for Office r: of A.mbulance and Divi sions and ergeants of :\0. 3 Area ( ub-Area I).
Keen interest was taken by the sixtT-odd members attending the lectures.
_Major E. Burt Hamilton, who is a co-opted member ot the of Manchester for _-\.R.P ., at the concluslOn of his lectures gave the cla ss a resume of the arrangement for Manchesrer in the case of an air raid. Openshaw Di,-isfon, :;\fanches ter and Salford Corps, celebrated 25 years work In Openshaw and District on aturday, when a sil'\-er jubilee re-union was held ar the of (he Diyi i o n, in the Clerks' Dining Room of [he L. .E.R., CotQ,,-all rreet, Openshaw.
The Di\ i ion formed by the first aid clas or the G o rton .Locomotlye Running heds, who ,,-ere an..'rious to prac(1ce first aid ,y ork and at rhe , ame time be of en-ice to (he di trict. The D i"i ion was registered in December 1910, and the fir t public dun- \Tas at the '\[ e tr pole Theatr e. The late -\lderman \\'. H. BroadJ.P.,. '.\'h o had been kno\\'n as the father o t the DIYl lOn, ga,:e the o f a performance at (h.e amounung t o £'40, co the finance of the DlvllOn.
The which L n )'Y o f grelt :en-ice t,) 5111'\- and dl tr lct has been succ.: sful in ambubnce comp tirion of varion kinds.
Four men wh o were members of the Di,-i_ ion ,,-hen it wa: \\ 'ere pre ent at (h e re-union. _"\mbulance Ofbcer D ane.:, of OgJ e n Lane, i till erying and the other three men w ert' Me - rs. G. :\1. Tone, J. Chrk and T. \\'orrall. ."
orp upcrintendent \'\ " E. who pre -i ded onr th functlOn, d Ius heartIest congratulations to the Openshaw D1V lSlon and appealed to the OtlOO'er member to carryon the o'ood work that had been done b, the stalwarts of the Division.
A HTO -UNDER-LYNE.
It i \\Tith Tery deep reo-n.:t that w have to announce the death of Divisional uperintendent Dani 1 Hall, of the j\shton-under-L\'ne Division, on aturday, May 23· [r. Hall ,vas one of the pioneers of the Ambulance M vement in Lancashire and for the past 25 yea rs has b chairman of the Committee of the outh-East Lan ashlrc Review.
Although 80 years of age and in failing hcalth his death came a a great shock to everyone.
On of hi last acts wa to give a Jubilee Shi ld for competition at the South-East Lancashire R view, but unfortunately he was unabl to present thIS as his death occurred on the same day as this year' Revie,,-.
\'Y' HALLEY.
Another old cu tom was observed on unda)" when members of the Ambulance Di\Tision from Darwen Padiham and Clitheroe met at \X 'halley for the nnual Parade. The event ""as favoured by the weather and a good man iUages and vi itors lined the .s treets to :vatch the proceedings. Under the. leadershIp of DIstrIct Officer Iajor J. r\. lIackenzIe) LA:, LB., the men marched from Queen treet to the Pansh Church for the usual service. The Billington and \\lhalley Brass Band led the procession,
The arrangements were made by Divisional Llperintendent W. Martin, WARRINGTON.
The annual inspection of the \\"!arrington Corps of t. John Ambulance Brigade took place on rpley cricket ground recently. Among those attendlngwere the Iayor and Mayoress, Alderman and 1fr. J. P. Marron and Councillor J. T. Cooper.
The Corps, which marched in procession to the gwund, headed by the \,( Tarrington Pipe Band, consisted of Headquarters First Aid Division, Headquarters Division, CrosEeld First Aid Division, CrosEeld 1 urslng Division, the L.M.S. Division, Earlestown DivisioQ and the Cadets Division, under the command of uperintendent H. T. Williams, ably assisted by other Corps officers.
The Corps was inspected by Mr. F. Lomax, of Bolton, district officer and commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who expressed his satisfaction and tendered special thanks to Mr. Williams, Corps Superintendent, and Mr. A. E. Spann, the Corps secretary, for the manner in which they had organised the inspection.
Mterwards the various divisions carried out bandaging exercises, stretcher drill and other drills.
In a short address, Mr. Lomax said it was a pleasLlre to come to inspect the Warrington Corps as he had .happy memories of previous visits. While he did not antICIpate any need for anxiety with regard to war, he was glad to. see that the Corps was prepared for elnergenCles whIch mlght arise if the country were attacked from the air.
The Mayor said \Xl arr ington was very proud of its C')rps. It was pleasing to note that the standard of efficiency was at present very high. He pointed out that with the heavy toll of death on the roads and such emergencies as arose from fues and explosions, there were many directions in which the Corps might be of great use to the community in times of peace as well as war.
O. 5 Dl TRl T. GRI1-.1 ny.
The Grimsbv ackts held their nnual Presentati on ancl oncert in the ;fudor Cafe on Thursday evening, April ,0, Divisional - Llperintendenr Gott taking thc chair In the unavoidable ab ence of the Divisional "urgeon, Dr. \. II. Dighton.
Those 1 resent included adet, upcrintcndem \\' almsk) and [rs. \'\' alm 1 y, Officer \'\ . Flt:tchl'l', li s. Fktt hCI adet nlccr Aitken, frs. J\itken .o rporal Chand k r: frs. Gott, and about thirty Cadet s. 1\ musical programme given bv the followin g ,art lS 11iss ixon [iss Mr. Towl1end, Mr. C. (,1 bs, Cadets Giles and Quinn) which included instrumental l\lei vocal items, all well rendered.
During the interval the prizes were pre, cnled to ( kt iIYer up' f'or Efflciency during the ,1r 1935; and adet Joas) " iiver up" fcr best alltu nd performance during the same I crlOd.
Divi:ional - uperintenocnt impre ssed UPO Il ,Ii memb rs the necessity for COl1linuco attendance at dl lli , and hoped that the y ar they \\.-'ou ld. elldeavour to provide thret: 0 tour teams for mrx(l tlOn for prizes promi cd. It wa hoped to be pOSSIble l<l 'nd a team to represe nt the Division for tht: ( up. He was plea cd to sec many parents l)[esenr, It pn l\ cd that they to had some intcrest in thc ader m vcmcOf
The artistes were thanked for tht:i r sen'ices.
During the evening supper wascrvLd, which \\' a pleasant surprise for the Cadct s present, "\\ 'ho grcatly a1' l rcciated this part of the programme.
The proceeding terminated with the singing of rh( ational Anthem.
OTTINGHA1L
" Spaight Clip" .d!llbll/allce. COlllptlilioll.-The PrC UI1 :II1ary Round in connection thc Annual Competl JOn for the" paight Cup," which 1 comp(!ted for each elr by teams from the Ambulancc Divisions of the 1 ?u ing-ham Corps, \vas held at Bath trcet chools and Parl1 an cn treet Depot, on Sunday, fay 10. The tcsts wCre idl n lol at each Ileadquarters, five teams competlDg at Bath eet chools and ix teams at Parliament 'tree t Dep or, the Judges 'being orps Officcr (R.). F. .a rrier aod '_)f PS uperintendent S. Ibbotson respccllYciy. The r suit of thi' competition was a follows:-
Bath Street Schools. 'o ttingham Corporation Passenger Transport " A » 8 Bulwell Division.
Cammell Division
The fol lowing teams qualified to compete jn the Fjnal Competition, was held on unday, May 24) on the Forest, ottJngham.
ott ing-ham City, Cinderhill, Mappcrley, ottingham Corporation Passenger Transport "A" and Bu I well Divi slOns.
Owing to the rain and a cold wind, the Final ompetltlun was held indoors, in the Pavilion on the f'orest. Thl tes t, which was judged I y Dr. R. G. Sprcnger, Di\islonal lIrgeon) .J. I\.B., con sisted of a team t(;st in \\ hic h thc competitors wcre r(;quired to deal with two viCtims of a supposed hic cle collision, jn which one pati 'n t received oncllssion, and th(; oth(;r was suffering from s(; ere arkrial \' hen the result of the compet ition wa announced the l1nal placings were : _
otting h:l'T' of! oration Passengcr Transport' "
Clndcrllill Di"i sio n
..\fappc rlcy Divi s ion
13ulwd l Di \ ision
ottJ ngham itv Di\i sion
80 73 7 2 Go
'I lC trophy, which was presc.nted to the, otting-ham Corp by the lat<.: orp' upcnntendcnt, \fajor H. \'1./. .was handed (0. the winning team by l \s sistam Ol11mlSS lOner A. 13. Gibson) J. P.) who complimented them :1, holdcrs of the Cup, on r(;tainin g it for a furthcr year. I he of the Pas seng(;r Transport Team al so r c(; n cd 1Odl\ ldual awards of plnt tankards, and the memher of the .inderhill team (;ach reccived half pint tank. rcls "I unn<.:rs up. ')
'I he ar rangements lhc CO,mpetition were made by the (, HpS ccretary, orps Ofllcer Lcwendon. The , urg; n, Dr. 11. Parker) anel orps uperIn[ '!1t!e nrs cller and Ibbotson also attended.
'\0. 8 DI " CR[ 1'. D A,R·I't-(l RD.
Th( Danford Di\ ision was in. pected recently at the GIl.1t\\ urth 'lub) Low(idd trect, hy J. oble, As OmmlSSloncr, and Di srriCl nicer I Iancox. Aft r Llklng tht.: alul , 0-ol1le remarked that he wao.; pl eased with the smartness of e\ err man, both in un and drill. 'ince the commen'cement of rhe Dn lSlon hc had al\,'ays thought one day it w uld be on top for sm.artness nd cfJ;cienc)" and it plea ed him to ?c able to say Jt now \n s, and ht.: could set: nothing to top It from remaining there.
Before leaving Major oble presented a table bookca se .to PIlvate Farrell r from the Brigade, on the occa ion of hiS weddlng.
CoLCIlEStE R. O. 10 DI TRI T.
h " I have gO( preach this gospel, and I am tr o ughth' l' Co b I sa e :ounlles preac ung It, no matt r who say no. dc ) , Be then you WIll have no regrets.' " clared 1aJor J. F. flo sack 1'" R t 1- h .•• < 0 P WlC
B To Dlstnct ommis ioner thc 't o John Bn gad c) at the dInner of the Colchester Division of the at the Cups I [otd Coleh steI', on aru'rda\ nio-ht 'W en hc eXt) " d I fi' , b C •• tesse 'c ry c crute lews as t tht: nec ess l'() lO r tral ". " th M rung In aotl-ga campaIgn. llcwa followed b\ e ayor of Ichc ter eCL the Rev. F. E. Iacdonald
Docker, M.A.) B.D.) and Brjgadier-General F. W. Towsey CE.E., D.S.O.) D.L., JP., both of whom werd m agreement that jt wa s that steps should be taker: to 'prepared agaJI?-st such a. emergency. But In adcUtl?n to the of traJrlJng in gas warfare were hIgh cncorruums of thc Bri gade's services as of the road," and thc organjsation was charactensed by one speake r as " the most silent service." It was the third divisional dinner in the 27 years' history of. the Colchester Divj s ion of the St. John Ambulance Brigade! and thc functjon may truthfully be described as an errunently successful and enjoyable one. Major rlo ssack was the, popular chairman of a large company of Officers, .CO. s, Men and urses) and in addition to the Mayor and General Towsey, the principal guests mcluded the Mayoress) Alderman Sir \Y/. Gurnev Benham) J.P. (Iligh tcward» and Lady Benham, Cr. W. B. J Iazdl, JP., J\ssistant ommissioner Dr. M.B., ,\I.R.C "L.R.CP., County Surgeon Dr. R. D. Bradshaw, M:.B.,. Ch.B.) Officer II. \'(T Lee, S.B., St.]., Lady upenntendm.t \I1SS M. 13. Owen, .R. L ., uperintendenr Lovell (Mannlngtrec), Dr. J. Lansdowne P erceval, Lady \mbulance .C?A:1cer Mrs. D. 1'\. Durrant) ergeant A.. Blowers (DlvlslOnal ecretary) and Blowers, \lfred G. Buck (ecretary, Essex County Hospital) \mbulance Officer W. Barrell, Ambulance Officer (.\Iannin gtrce) ex- ergeant J. mith, '\Ir. H. Laccohee \If. H. umner, Mr. F. A. Durrant and others. excellent repast. was pro\'ided,. and interspersing the peeches were Hem , of entertainment, provided by a I party compn lng \\lill Coote, Cyril 1'\ash) \'( E. Dunt, II. Edwar d s and A. H. \\" 'icker.
Obi/liar .-The death took place at his home at 9 Place) \Y/hitewell Road, Colchester, on I\pnl 25, 193 6) of ergeant H. J. Hawes, who died at the age of 59, afrer an illness lasting m-er a period of rhree months. On February 2 Mr. Ha"Tes was confined to his bed owing (Q illnes. Afrer a period of convalescence he appcared to be ge(ting but on Good Friday he had a further relapse from whIch he ne,-er recovered.
The connec.tion of It: Hawe \"ith the t. John \mbulance Bngage lasted tor j.! rear. He joined when \.-as 18 rear ot age, and he ,,-a highly re pecred among 111 fellow members.
[.Ie served in the Ip wich Di\ ion for F years under ;\IaJor Hos ack, and \"hen he left the town he was transto the olche ter Di\-i ion) \"here he sen-cd untIl hi death.
The funeral took place at the Colches(er Cemeten- on Thursday, April 30, conducted b,- the Rc,-. _-1. B. \ ss istant at Lion \'\ 'alk ongregational Church ) . I nor to the 1l1(erment a hort, e n -ice \\'as held at the emeten' hapel.
Amongst tho e present was a d etachment of men and ,,"o men of the Colche tel' Di"i ion) under Count,- Officer II. \,\ '. Lee. The), Ex- rgeanr mith, CorporaL Parker and Radford, Prn-a tes Toon G. :\pplebr, ge.r, Tweed Fre,\'cr, Dod ,o n, Buck uperintendent [is wen Lady •\mbulance Officer '\[L. Du rrant 1 Llr ing i, tce '\[i Hayil, Mrs. 1Ialtb\', E. Durrant) Mrs. Lee, Mi mith, s D. mlth. ) \, reaths ,,'ere em from the Officer- and 'istec of the olehe te.r I ursing Di\"i-ion nd Ornc rs, l\.C.0.' and member of th.e. Colchester Diyi ion of (he r. John Ambulance DIVl lOn.
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Interesting Case Reports
CA E REpORT I O. 102.-The Officer-in-Charge of Southern Area, No. I (Prince of Wales's) Distrlct, reports the efficient performance of first aid by members of the North Camberwell Division, as follows :-
On Saturday afternoon, February 15, a pantomime performance of " Cinderella" was given at Divisional Headquarters' North Camberwell Club, which was packed with nearly 1,000 children. The only adults present at the time of the occurrence were Superintendent H. Cade and I I other members of the Division. The Committeemen of the Club and their wives were in an adjoining room having tea, and so had left the ambulance men in sole charge of thi large gathering of children.
Suddenly a boy standing on a steam radiator trod on the small valve at the side and broke it off. Immediately a cloud of steam and hot water poured out and there was a rush of children from the spot. Children in other parts of the hall, seeing the cloud of stean1., called "Fire" and made a sudden rush for the doors. Superintendent Cade blew his whistle and shouted instructions to his men. There was panic for a minute or two; but the ambulance men stood their ground, some at the doors and others scattered among the children reassuring them. The whole Pantomime Company came on the stage and, by singing choruses, the children were brought to order. Fortunately there was only one casualty, the boy who stood on the valve sustaining a scalded thigh which was immediately attended to and the lad taken home .
At a Committee meeting of the promoters of the entertainment on the Thur sday following a vote of thanks was paid to the ambulance men who, in the President's words, " had undoubtedly saved a serious panic with probable loss of life."
C01>fNfENT.-This report illustrates well the strange and unexpected calls which may be made on members of the Brigade when on public duty and which may severely test their" qualifications as first-aiders " On this occasion, however, S uperintendmt Cade and the other members of the North Cambenvell Division responded magnificeJ1t0' to the sudden emergenry; and, though few in numbers among such a vast number of children, they proved themselves good first-aiders and succeeded in averting a panic which might well have led to serious loss of life . To each and all, therefore, we tender cordial congratulations on good work, well done I
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Questions and Answers
TREATMENT OF INSENSIBILITY.
M. S. (South London).-To me as a Divisional surgeon the "Questions and Answers" published in the May issue of THE GAZETTE are among the
most instructive which it has been my pleasure t o read. Those under the headings of " Treatment of Insensibility" and of "Complicated Fracture of Ribs" have particularly given me food for though t,
With reference to the former, I take it that if th e patient is unconscious (and presumably in a state of coma) sufficient time must have elapsed for absorpti on of the narcotic to have taken place; and that in th iS case it may be impo sible to make the patient vo mi t by tickling the back of his throat because the vo mit reflex will no longer be present and also the bu lk of the poison will ha e left the stomach, Lhere by obviating the neces ity.
On the other hand, if the patient is not completdy unconscious and could be made to vomit one has to balance up the possibilities. After all, if the pati ent can vomit and the head is turned t o one side, t he epiglottis must still be functioning more or Ie : and, as a risk has. to be taken in any case, at le dsr the yomiting might give the patient a chance.
Your letter is /IIuch appreciated. OJ course, 1 /v;th ),Olf from tbe /IIedical poilll oj vie/v. As, )}o]JJel u , stIch a decisioll comes withill cc tbe dllties and respolJsibilit iesof a doctor," General R;lIe o. 12 (Textbook, p. 10) places it absolutely bV'oIJd the scope of first aid. Purtb r there is abl/aj's the possibility that the patielll 1J1ollld h,n't recovered from tbe narcotic poisoning had not a !I7eddleJo.'If' persoll killed hi", fry giving an emetic.
TAN",-lC .ACID FOR Bl R.
M. W. (Leicester).-Could you please tell me It first-aider may dress a burn with tannic acid? We have always understood that the application of ta n ic acid was not allowable in the first-aid treatmen t of burns; but at a recent lecture on thi subject he lecturer (a medical man) said that it was.
If the first-aider is l1 orkil7g Hllrier th e alltboril.J l oJ lit Association or Brigade, then be (or she) OTfgbt 110t 10 rl .is a burn ivith tannic acid becalfJe Ibis rell/cc!J' is 1101 no 'fd in the Textbook.
Members of the Brigade belong 10 a disciplin ed ({lIIri uniformed) volllntaJ)' medical organisation,' and so the), must obey General Regulatiolls which reqllire that C,ISf.!' must be treated as laid d01vn ill the Textbook, exrept lvhen a Il/edical practitioner is present and orders other ll .'Sf. Probably your lecturer did not appreciate this vital f aclN. C. F.
COMPLICATED FRACTURE OF RIBS.
M. S. (South London) - With reference to d: c second query published under the above headi ng I n the May issue of THE GAZETTE, the writer has g ive n so little information that I can appreciate your r ep ly being of a general character. He does not state th e nature of the concealed bleeding, the organ invo lve d or the facts on which the diagnosis is based. O ne does not know the correct position in whic h to
place the patient or the extent of the punctured wound, which may possibly involve the left side also (e.g., bullet wound).
The query is certainly an excellent one' and it wou ld be to know exactly my colleague, the DlvlslOnal Surgeon, had in mind.
The qller; was not an imaginary problem J' bllt it set Ollt a com.bmation of injf{ries, which, the result of an aeroplatlc occIdcnt , were actHal1y lreated ry certain members oj Division in S11folk. The external bleedmg 1J1aS severed and evidently resultedfrom a torn mtercoslal artCf! J' and the men, most illgeniollslY, conIrolJed /he bieedllJg, as best they could, by a ring-pad which they p mned to the patient's clothi"g.- C. F.
A MEDDLESOME QUERY.
!\. C. (Uxbtidgc).-Please forgive a meddlesome qu ery ; but I shall be interested to know if you us ed a naughty \ ord when you read the May issue of THE on p. 145 you were credlt,ed With wntlng Opposltlon" for (( apposition" an d ' Palm or" fo r « Palmar."
7· 'T I 1 T !II 1 tit. do 1/ot know at!) 1/aughl)l words I I 1N. C. F.
lRCULATIO!' OF BLOOD.
H. t a recent practice a member ?f our I?1 lSI n was asked to describe the heart and Its ft nct lOns. To cut a lon g story short, he answered the fairly. ,yell; but finished up by saying that the nght ventncle pumped venous blood through th e pul m to the lungs and that arterial bl ood re turned "la the pulmonary ,'eios to the heart. I obje cted to the two tatcment, inasmuch as it dol. no t sound common sense to me thar venous b!ooJ should be travelling throu g h an artery and !'Ice I:(/,Ja. it is impure blood, I still hold 1: IS artenal so long as it passes through an . tt:f\. l \ctuall r hi ans', 'er gave satisfaction to the and a discus ion arose out of which I got no Stl you would be kind enough to clear up this POlnt.
t y'0f( the descl'lltiolJ of that part of he Clrmlat,otJ }vh,c!} IS give/I 011 p. 90 of the Textbook and clearly Ot] the sallie lines of arglll/Jellt YOH Jvollld te mpled to call a foal a calf 1j it happened to be bom in a cowshed !
No! YOUI' colleaglte 11/as peJject(y correct in his statemen t huat h , 1se an artery 1S t e vessel ]vhlch can'ies blood Ji,'0/JI the heart I 1JJhereas a veilJ is the vessel which l/Ilgs It back to the heart.-N. C. F.
T REAT [E T OF NCO 1 cra PATIENT. ank (Birmingham) - We are in our textbooks 111 hY many doctor not to anTe anythin a bv the out to a '. b h n unconSClOUS patIent 1 would uO'aest OWeve r th t h b' , a t ere are exceptIons to thIS rule.
to the case of a patient suffering from POlsorung, out in the country, where medical aid is not readily available. In these circumstance I should raise the patient's head and shoulders, pull out the tongue and pour down an emetic or water, afterwards the tongue. This method would, in my 0pwlOn, not only act upon the poison but also act as artificial respiration.
In such a case I can see no other alternative· and I shall appreciate your comments on this It is evident that y ou need no help from me, because you are prepared to defy your textbooks and the "ma'!Y doctors" who have advised you to give nothing fry mouth an patient. Shouldyou carry YOllr suggestion mto actlOnyoll would be guilty of Meddlesome First Aid; and should yO/lr patient die as the direct outcome of such action YOll might find yourself in the cOllrts on a charge of manslaughter. So, in the immortal words of Mr. Pllnch, my advice to a Brigade member abollt to give an emetic or wafer to an unconscious patient is-Don't I-N. C. F.
MODERK 1iETHODS OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.
H. P. (Hounslow).-In Industrial Welfare and Personnel irfanagemen t for April there is an article on School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1D which a paragraph on first aid appears, as under :" Special attention is gi'Ten at the School to any new de,-elopments in first aid and amona b other matters studied hay e been the use of the tannic acid meth o d for the first-aid treatmem of burns, arti fi cial r espiration b r po tural change b y rocking or tilti ng (fetchers, and the methods of keeping accid ent cases warm. The School has played a con iderable part in the imroducti o n of the Drinker Re spiratOr intO this countr v from merica, and in the of the -BraggPaul Apparatu to a srage "hen it could be of general use.»
Ie has occurred to me that in a forthcomin a ue b you might be able to describe one or h\"o of these new developments. The ne,,' method of artificia l respiration, for example, "'ould probably intere r many members of the Brigade.
f17e thank ),011 for )'0111' sllggestion OIJ which action will be taketl as (alJd whelJ) opporttlniry al/ouls. 1IealJwhi/e }). Ie :'eJl/ilJd all conce rned thai it is mJlch more important fo; Brigade members to cOllceJJtrate OtJ th e ejjicieJJf p erformance of the Schafer or th e St. John Prone Pressflre JIethod thalJ to Stllc/...y other and more elaborate meth ods of artificial respiratiolJ, alJd tha t all too fl'eqllelltlj' Imp ed illg Officers report that artificial reJpiratiol/ is IIOt well pefjol'ltJed.N. C. F.
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Priory for Wales.
HEADQUARTERS:
Priory House, 4, Cathedral Road, CardifF.
GENERAL INTEREST.
Nursing and Cadet personnel of the Brigade in Wales 'are to benefit this year by holiday and instruction Camps at Barry Island, Glamorgan.
By courtesy of the Glamorgan Territorial rmy Association, tli.e Camping Ground and Hutments at this popular resort are being placed at the disposal of the Prior y for the purposes o f a V.A.D. and Nursing Camp from August to 8. As one of the chief objects is the development of the V.A.D. Scheme among St. John Iursing Units in Wales, the V.A.D personnel is to receive priority in the acceptance of applications for attendance; and a maximum number of 100 can be accommodated, By means of a grant from Priory funds the charge per member is reduced to 12S 6d., travelling expenses additional The Hutments, which have been freshl y painted and repaired by the T.A.A., will be available for sleeping quarters and messing in place of tent equipment; :and trestle beds with mattress and blankets will be provided, together with all other requirements. The catering is in the hands of a well-known firm: and while lectures and practical work will occupy part of the time each day, plenty of free time will be allowed for holiday-making.
A welcome grant of £250 from King George's Jubilee Trust enables the Priory to organise what it is intended shall become an annual Cadet Camp. The facilitiese granted by the Glamorgan T.A.A. are available also for the Cadets; and following the ursing Camp, which concludes on August 8, the site can be occupied by not more than 100 Cadets, inclusive of Officers, on several subsequent weeks, the first week being allotted to Cadets. The greater part of the grant will be expended on the purchase of permanent camp equipment; and as notification of the allocation of the grant was not received by the Priory sufficiently early in the year to give the Cadets as much notice as might be required, it is hoped that Senior Divisions will help to subsidise Cadet Units. The Priory has made itself responsible for further reducing the subsistence charge from 8s., as originally decided, to 7S. per head per week.
CENTRE REPORTS.
BRECKNOCKSHlRE CENTRE
Annual Inspection.-Out of a total strength of 700 a parade of 65 6 members of the Brigade in the Brecknockshire Centre assembled at Brecon on Saturday, May 23, for inspection by the for who was accompanied by the ASSlstant Surgeon-m-Chief for Wales, Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, CB,E., the Assistant Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales, Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E., the County Commissioner, C. G Cole-Hamilton, CM.G., D .S .O.; and the Centre Chairman, Commander A. T. L. Wilson, R.N., J.P. The excellent attendance, in spite of exceedingly wet weather, was indicative of the keeJ;lness and enthusiasm with which work is being developed in this county, where all branches of the Order's work are being undertaken. Several Brigade Officers have qualified as A.R.P.
Instructo rs and are now instructing classes in their respective localities.
The Commissioner for took advantage of the opportunity of presenting to orps. upt. \VI. D I!. Powell a Vote of Thanks, a, ardc d by the hapter of the Priory for valuable ervices in furthering the 1T1Ovement in Builth \'Vell s and other di tricts, where he has been instrumental in initiating Clas es and Divisio ns.
Life-Saviflg Illcidellt.-A commendable pcrfonnancc of ( First Aid" n the part of fr. R o nald Jenkin, a mem be r of the Talyll yn Division, wa brought to the n tic e of the Ambulance Committee of the Priory on fa y 16, when it \va agreed to send an onic ial cxpression of appreciation. On pril 19 tw ITl.Cn got into d f11cult \' at Llangorse Lake, when a small boat thcy had hired cap 1. cd, and only the promptitude of r.lr. Jcnkin ,who aw the occurence from his boathouse a considerable dist ance away, saved them from dr owning. Finallr succeeding in bringing both men to sh re, Jenkins ucccssfullyap plied artificial respiration, and was highly c mllimented by those who later came to his aid and testi6cd to hi gallan ry.
CARDIGANSltIRE CE:-:TRE
There was a large attendance at (he :0km rial Iiall, Aberayron on J\pril 29, when 16 teams to k part in the annual ambulance- compelition. The ommis 10 Icr, Chief Constable teven Joncs, regretted the absence oi the Centre Pre ide nt, the Ead of Li burne, and welc omed the large representation from so many outside di str cts. He was pleased to announce that no less than 700 men and women in the county were attending l\mbulance L, scs. He called upon ergeant Richards to announc e the following results :-
Aberystwyth Brigade, 145· Junior Secfioll.- outhem Divi ion: Lampcter, Adpar, 23 0 Llandy suI, 214' L1echryd, 191. 1 01 'ern Divi sion : Pontrhydfendigaid, 317 - L1angcitho, 30 4: Aberystwyth, 300; Llanilar ";\,' 286; Lhnilar " B." 247; Pennant, 16 9. The Earl of Lis bu me Shield was thus won bv T raw oed for the second rear in succe sion, and the \\'lnner s 1 [he Junior were Lampeter and Pontrhydfcndigaid. Dr. 1). ;,1. Davies , J.p., presented the trophies, congratulati ng the winners and all teams on their excellent perfor mance.
The j\{ayor of Lampeter ( ouncillor Ebenezer Lloyd) handed the ardigan Shield to the Lampeter '1 cam ; and the Eirlys hield was presented to the Pontrhyd fcnd igaid Team by riss Morgan, daughter of th e D onor , Mr. E. J. Morgan.
Colonel Sir George Fossett Roberts, O.B.E., in m ovlOg a vote of thanks to all who had given their ser congratulated the Chief Constable on the success n hiS work as Commissioner.
CAR'vfARTHE 'S HIRE CENTRE
Ammanford Parade.- The Commissioner for \X'ales inspected the Aman Valley Corps at the Drill Hall, Ammanford, on May 2. He was accompanied b\ the Commission er for the County, tr. E. D Jooe and the parade presented a smart appearance. A comp ctl tlOn , judged by Dr. J. E. Th omas, was held at the concLUSJQn of the Inspection, resulting in a tie between the G lan :Ul1 m an and Ammanford Division s.
V.A.D. Debut.-A highly satisfactory report ha: been received from the V.A.D. Council on the first Insplc tJOn of the newly formed Llanell y l.1I'sing D etachment, which was. carried out by Captain R.Whittake r, R .A. M.C.,
on J\pril 30 pemonslnuions in rirst Aid and J Jome urstng were glVcn and .a "lCi.;: rr)Om and op<.:rating chamher prepared to I he entl re sa LJ sfaClinn of lh - 1 0 1.1- h I"· , e n spect1ng Ilicel, w n. comp lmented lhe Commanda t 1, I II h n, it JSS '-\ L yo a_rrts,. on a"JOg trained a "most efficient L nil, despite Jl s. youthfulness," remarking that " its kno\vlc dge of anti-gas mea s ure s is e:-:ccllcnt."
G LA \IORC,\" COl "TY JU·:. \ IIlb, The C":ou nl \ COl11mic;sioner, i\l r. D. \1. b\ a05-13e: J.P., conducted an I nspcc[ion of the \\hole of the units In Ihe \.eath '1, . .1 . \' -.1f ( on ,\ a} 9, 111 lc ,\ e ale Jrouncl" c\ cn '>Ister'; 11. I C .. ',-' . n IS report to 1L ommlssloncr for \\ aI,'s tIl' In sp' t' Ocr: , "' , e CC lng nicer was ahlt.: to sa\" that th e general turnoul, and
by the Brjdgend Divi sions, at which WIllIam MacDonald presided, on April 29. ur t Reference s were made to the valuable"""'life-sa \,in w?r_k, undertaken during the summer months bv DivlslOn at Ogmore-bt'- ea First ·\l·d h t cr d I 1 . J " u s are stane regu ar y; and III order to supplement their value a of members have qualified in life-saving. 1\ re'vJev, of the work of the year was given b,· Di " I Sec et Ch I J' VlSlona r ary ar es and the speakers included 1\1/. Dapho Pow c:II, A \\'- ,\nderson, ,:"1r. I I. P \X Jlhams (\vho deputlsed :"f r James \feld Ch . Bridgcnd Grban Di strict \ >fr Frum'E' alrmand, M 11 I " non an r. )err lor. The award were presented h,' _fise; V. Lo, ctt, \.SSlstant ecretary, Priory for \,\'ales. ' '( "<.
HRf. K,,"O K -I :, , B '1 h \\ II 1'\ TIRE UR l -L\i\IPlO( - HIP HI 1 .e S I Hfm,!; TClm ,\l[h [he Coo e h"Id h' UI11PC[J(lUI1S. J/,lIIdllle (Idl 10 nehl ): ] W ICh(. rhc\' ,:'.on In rhe COUnty I lamer ; and CSf Icd) :-,rrs ' 'D' 'i) "cea :\[i S M. ..\. nee pram
displayS we -c r h' I Un c - loa n:ry 1 order and while it \\'a' lortuna(e that l- I C I th ,sorr:e () t 1e a( etS were not in uniform
B ere \l, as no caUSe tor annhinn hut '[I' E\,,, , eYan \: .'. 0 1 \. un.Armstr ;vas a S1. ted b)'\SSI tam (mmi,'sionc[ Dr. J.P. ; and Ihe nunc)' Chairman, l\lr. Theodcre p.' , JP., addre sse d the paradc. )11/011 len"v R I. '[ rendered I'IIJClJlvl'11I!(",'.-1 emOrICS of the se n 'i ces
He rb' DO l\[oycment by th late ert \'\ LC\\"ls K 13 h- p.' '. and C '. as rst t Il1clpal ecrcrarr
John omn b lls lO,ncr .tor \\ 'ale5 \\' re recalled by the 't _ TUcm cr, 10 hiS I , f B hlS 'd 10l11C lO\\ n 0 !'Iron I 'crr," WllC WI ow (1 a I J " Ie phot o, l "C} JCW!S, O.B. unYeikd a large ,-izL' Will' gra p" presented to the U nit b)' Alderman \\ ' B lams M - j\ • B " d'. L L".s mond presided. 'wn .hmclioll - R ' '. - .' - lsat io ns I d " cplesentatl\ es ot sc\'crnilocal oro-aoInc U lnp' th 1 1'1 '" o e OCl AiunCI, attended a dinner 179
BOROL'GH OF \\-.-L"-E.-\. E."TRE. The ommis, ioner for \\" an ea D (' b 'f IS to 1:' I ') r. r an ark _ x: congrnru ated on the _ucces'ful . - " ot a \\'e k nd C' - 1 - orgarusauon t: OLllSt ot nstructlon in \i R d P caunons held at the Ci\'ic Centre " • r al re- and Til \\ ansea, on 7' d " 2.j.. we \"C lour' instruction \,-ere ai,"en from'd) ay on aturda\ ro d ::_ nu"tt', d -' 9 p.m. un a\" ey rune>" and d1e " en ance ot no I - 1 .::_ e $ r lan 101 person, included [. prop0rtlon ot D octors , Ho,piDI nd B:1· fli f- I, <.;s rg>"a e cel', r om tle su rrounding di'triet.;; \ _ -::-. w Ill be arranged shortly for those as Dde 1 or rade.2. 1n, [mcrors. q,, Rl-lO:-:DD \ R. _ ?\[orris -!homns pre .i d d ac the :10oual p tit 1 ns for t am. In the Rhondda Fach C' 11. fdo mMaerch on ?\by .:? l' orps e at
Railway News
Inter-Railway First Aid Competition
(Inaugurated in 1897)
JUDGES:
Team Test (and NO·5) :
G. D. E. TULLIS, M.B., of Hereford.
Individual T ests (Nos. I, 2, 3 and 4) :
R. B. DUNCAN, M.D., of London.
RAILWA YS COMPETING:
Great Western Railway (Swindon). (Fishguard Harbour).
Midland &'Scottish Ry. (Crewe [Machine Shop]).
" " ,,(Bushbury Loco).
London & North-Eastern Ry (Tuxford). " (parkeston).
Midland and Northern Joint Committee
Southern Railwa y (Horsham No. I). (Waterloo " A").
RESULTS. Marks obtained
Southern Railway (Waterloo)
Southern Railway (Horsham)
London Tvlidland & Scottish Railway (Crewe)
London & orth-Eastern Railway (Parkeston)
Midland & Great orthern Railway
London Midland & Scottish R ailway (Bushbury)
London & North-Eastern Railway (Tuxfor d)
Great Western Railway (Fishguard )
Great Western Railway (Swindon)
Maximum marks obtainable TEAM TEST. 495 35 8t 33 6
Nos. I, 2, 3 and 4 are in the of a railway station on a Sunday in January,. Waiting for their train, and are watching through the w1ndow a gang of platelayers at work a little distance away They see a set of rails and sleepers suspended from a crane being lowered into position. Suddenly a crash IS hea.rd. One of the chains has broken and one end of the section of rails drops to the ground, injuring a platelaye r. On examination it is found that his left arm has been amputated by the rails, that he has a complica.ted fracture of the ribs on the same s1de, and 1S unconsclOUS. Tw.o minutes later the other chain breaks. The weather 1S fair but cold. First aid material is available in the station, and first aid has to be rendered in 20 minutes.
INDI VIDUAL TESTS.
o. I, while walking across a public park, a boy being chased by a dog, with its o:wner .followrng. and sho uting to the dog The boy collides vlOlently with a tree (causing hxmorrhage the and the dog inflicts a lacerated wound ill the boy s nght calf. The park keeper lives 20 yards away. First aid to be rendered in 8 minutes.
Nos. 2 an d 3, while on duty on a railway platform see an old man hurrying down the stairs to catch a t rain. When nearing the bottom step his stick gets between hi s legs and he falls on to the The patient has a bruise on the right temple, a SImple fracture of th e n.e c.k of the right femur, and a simple of the left ub!a and fibula. First aid material is available. rH st atd to be rendered in 8 minutes.
To. 4, on entering the Snake House at a Zoo, ees a crowd round the keeper, who is lyin.g on the floo r. fi e finds that the keeper has just bItten by a snake, and that he became giddy and feU. aid material is available. First aid to be rendered 1n 8 min utes.
o 5 is drinking a cup of tea in the no m.
A porter in the room, attempting to 11ft a heavy box off a shelf, suddenly frunts and the box falls 0'1 hi, right shoulder, resulting in a fractur e. of the right clavicle. First aid matertal IS avrulable. FI N aId to be rendered 10 6 minutes.
The outhern Raih,'a\T \ ho se intereSt in first ..• id shown by results, reaped 't he reward of their when their two teams-\\'aterloo and Horsham-carn e.J off 1st and 2nd places in the Inter-.Raihnr Finals.
The Edi tor takes this o pportunity of thanking the many ." Railw ay Correspondents" to this Journal who have, during the last few months, supplied railway reports, and is always g lad to receive news of local training and events.
GREAT WESTER RAILWAY.
FI N 1\L AMBULA CE COMPETITTO
The Great \X' cstern Railway" Final" took place in the General Meeting Room at Paddington tati o n on May I, an d, as is usual, attractcd a large nUl11her of spectators throu gh out the day. The eight teams participating were those selected from the series of contests held up and down the line, the original entry being 292 teams. The .adjudicators were Dr. \'\' J. Crawford, of outhall, for the te am tc t, and Dr. . i\IcCo rmac, for the individual
immediately go to his assistance and find he shows signs of very rapid collapse. You notice that his left lower limb is in a peculiar position-with the foot turned outwards. Act. (You have no kit with you .) No. 5·-Time allowed, four minutes. It is a day in August. You are walking behind an elderly lady in the s treet; she sways and falls down. Diagnose her trouble and treat her. (There are seve ral shops near.).
In addition to competition awards, the opportunity is taken to pre sent the Company's special medals and certificates for exceptionally efficient first aid rendered during 1935, as follows:Gold Award.-William H Vaugh an ( Goods Guard), Duifryn Yard. Silver ]'vIedal Award.-Geoffrey C. 1 -ichols (Shunter), Radyr Junction.
The Chancellor, Lieut. -Gcnera l H ylmer I [ mer Weston of Hunterston, in a characteri tic speech, st rLS cd the importance o f first aid on the and the ex C' l!enl work and organisation of AssoClatlOn, H. Q. whose efforts tend to make the competltlOn so and interesting. He paid tribute, too, to Ir. an d Maxwell, of Briti sh International Pictu res, for pr o' Iclinf th e stage setting, and to Mr. "Joe" thaI indefatigable first-aider, 'who year ly supervisc s th L stage direction. I
The results, made public by the ecretaf):- L '1er.a , Major-General ir Perc y '\ ilkin son, w cre receIv ed with enthusiastic applause.. d IVIr. William \\7hitelaw, Chairman of the Lond ( ; \In, Railw.ay, who. presented Shield and onzes paid due tnbute to the unporta1Ce r. J \ b I nce first aid teaching and the work of the St. ohn J rn u a Asso ciation generally. He said that from the rall w l al d point of view the readiness for emergenCles, an training of railwaymen, was of th e importance, and that a d.ebt of gratItude was du e [r om railways to the ASSOClatlOn. e
Dr. R. B. Duncan, on behalf of himself and rus D r. G. D. E. Tullis, replied to a vote of than ks to jud ges. wal The Order's Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerus ale m I represented by the Hospitaller, Colonel ]. \'V' oo lryc1 h " d' " pOIn Perowne, and the attendance from t e au lence of view was a record one.
The average of the tcan: ,'.'as high, and, as Dr. Duncan In his. specc , the work of the judges becomes Incrca mgly difficu lt each year owing to the excellent tandard attained by ca m 180 reaching the finals.
work • one of accidents chi ) car had a railway SettIng, the team test being as under :_ 1 tst.- Time La minutes warning at 15 nunutcs. YOU,:1.,) ,1 (cam, are returning f:om a on a fr?s ty day when r ou 'Ce a moror car stop \"\'ith the radIator boiling The driv er gets out fold up lh d L La lator mutl and then unscrews the radiator cap. and bo iling waler s [)urt up in his face. He _ tao-o-cr s S ps h f - bb F' on t e rost) roaJ and talls to the ground. R ndce Full equipment available. \); hIlc the individual tests, held in the adJ oining room Were :_
1 i\dltOJ. 1 alld 2.-Time allo\\' 'd eight minutes Y o ur an ad' h 1 h th ),.a ea t y women, tells you In great eXCitement at she f'dsh I IS a ral one ot h er lod gers has cut his throat e len f II , has 1ll a dead faInt. Act. (You have in the o:e a small ambulance cabinet c o ntaining dres sings, tv, e and sal volatile .) ate (lJ7d 4 - Time allowed, sev -n minutes. You a sc ffi I ng along the street when a bricklayer falls from a 0 d. He attempts to get up, but fail . You 181
Bronze JJedal jCvt ·ard.-John Potter (Goods Guard ), Carmarcilan Junction.
Cerliftrate _--1u ards.-J ohn B. Ha sall ( Clerk) , Ty eley ; Ewart J. Hancock (Clerk) , Hockley' Jo eph A. Cooper (Passenger Guard ), Birminghan1; Percy R. Kent (Trayelling Ticket CoUecror) \\'rexh am; Edward Hill ( hunter), wan ea; Henry G. kinn er (hu nter), \\ 'e tbury; John \\'. (Good Guard ) , Ru a bon; \\'illiam _A.. Rowe (Runni n g Inspector), :Neath ; harle J. Forward (Signalma.r;) J os ph H. Grio-o-s (Turner), Barry; \\ l11iam R. Coomb (Labourer), Barry D o ck : \\ illiam i--Ioggridge (hunter), roke Gifford, \\ 'illiarn J. Lumber (Lampman) Landore' T. (Clerk), Quaker' Yard; Bernard \\ TO\\-nsend (Engineman), Banbury; George H . .i\Iorbey (Fireman) Banbury: Henry Iarchant (Office Attendant) , idne\' Da\"ies ( hunt r) N ath. .
LO DO L lIDLAND & COTTL H RAIL\Y A. y, GLA GO\V.
The annual meeting of the L.M, \\' o men '-
Pn:scllt.Hiun of Challenge hield and prizes to rbe winners of rhe Inrer-Raih\' ay Fl rsr .ud Compt:: riClon
The Southc..m Railway (Warerloo) Team wirh rbe shield
wa held on May 2I at which Mr. Ballantyne, Mr. Campbell and m any dep ar tmental representat.ives were present
Ir. Balla ntyne presided, and co mplimented th e Secti o n on the r esult of this year's ,,'o rk, which brought th e cup and the second place in the L. 1. \V omen's Competition to Glasgow. He accepted custody of the cup from Miss Ritchie, captain of the cc B » Team. Certifica tes, medallions and re- exami nation vouchers gained by succes ful students during the session were presented b y fis s Ballantyne.
\WALSALL
Gaining 144 out of a po ss ible 224 points, Besc ot TraHlc Departm ent won the shield at the annual competition of the \'X ' alsall Class on Ma y 10. Four teams entered, and their task was to ascertain'the extent of the injury of a man lying on the floor with a fractured spine, afterwards seeing to the patient's r emoval to h o spital
The jud g es were Dr. Richard (team test), and Dr. " Murdoch (individual test ), while the fayo r, Col. H. G J. Fletcher, and lviiss Fletcher were interes ted onlookers.
REDDIT C H.
The annual concert and presentati on of awards was held recentl y at which Mr. C. F. Ratcliffe presided. 1f r. J. B. Scattergood presented the awards, which were: Four certificates, three vouchers, one medallion, 14 labels; after which he complimented the class on the excellent prog ress made. D r. Burn s was presented with .a walle t in recognition of services rendered, and a mUSIcal programme completed an enjoyable evening
C A RLISLE.
Mr. L. Stamper presided over a good attendance at the annual tea and distribution of awards, held recently by the St. John Ambulance Corp s (LM S. )
The Chairman, who made sympathetic reference to the deaths of Messrs. L H Minns and Mr. S. Abrams, s tated the Corps had had a very s ucce ssful year, althou gh, to unforeseen circumstance s, their" crack" ream ( Carlisle Traffic) were unable thi s yea r to take part in the final competition. Three teams had entered the di st rict competition and it was p le asin g to kn ow that they brought back three prizes
The awards were presented in sections b y Messrs. Willson, Dodds and D r. Lamberton.
The annual dinner of the ambulance class was held recently, at which Mr. C. G. Willson presided, and was accompanied by the Mayor and Mayoress , D r. and Mrs. D. A Knight.
The Chairman said the cla ss had ag ain exp erienced a successful season and Mrs. Knight presented the awards. The Lediard Cup, presented to the best first or secondyear student, was awarded to Mr. James \'q ylie;. t h e Crawford Aitken Cup to Mr J. J. Armstrong for lildividua l championship, and o ther awards were ei g ht certificates and five medallions
On behalf of the class, Mr. J. Armstrong pre se nted -a fountain pen and stand to D r . Knig ht as a m ark. of appreciat io n of his services as lecturer. A mU SIcal programme completed the evening
CAMDEN,
The Annual Competition for the Camd en Station Individua l Cup was held on Saturday, April 25, resulting as follows :-Ist, G. Kirkham; 2nd, W. D W / Pe yto n; ,rd, H E. Sali sbur y
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The judging was very efficiently carried out b y Di st rict Officer Burton (Practical) a nd Corps Superin ten de nt C. S \\ 'alsby (Viva Voce), wh o attended by kind pe r, mission of Distri c t Commiss io n er \Y , Goodley, an d the arrangements were in the very capable hand s of \fr. E. T. :Milb urn (London District ec retary), assisted by Me ssrs J ackso n, Le ave r and elson
G LOUCE TE R
The follo'\ ing officers \yere electe d at the an'1uaj meeti ng of the Combined mbulance Corps :-Pre ident, II. E. \\ alker; Corps Surgeon, Dr. J. F. H. tall man; ecretar)', II. \V G. D avis; Class Instructor, 1\1. J. Vaughan.
Th e P resident presented the \,\ 1\. F i h ef1-1cien n cup to th e runner-up on behalf of fr. J. AlE on, wh f. was unabl e to be present , also a gold medal to the \\ , 1ner and runner-up. II. J. Allison secured 145 marb out of a possibl 160 and fro \'\ . \\ . \'\' atts 140
BR I TOL.
The Fishpond s and Clifton D o"\\'n ambulance cbse> hel d their ann u al concert and dance recently, at villch MI. \,\ R. Adams of Clifton D own was presented , ith a special certificate for renderin g Erst aid to a lady pa s 'nger who , in an acci d ent at the station, lost a leg and an :1rm. il. O. Burton, Fishponds, recei\Ted a gold medal (or ! yea r s ser ice from Mr. \'\ hittaker, who mad e hnrh pr ese nt ations.
ABERG AVEJ'.,'NY
A smoking concert was held recently, at whic h there was a presentation of awards There was a larg e a tend, anc e and the chair was taken b\' lr. T L.
A D.C.E., who ,vas supporre'd by Mr. C. 11. T.,., the Mayor, Lt.-Col. J. G. Bishop, O.B.E., and other
CO VE TRY
The 19 35 -6 session has been one of the most SllC CC siul for many years past. Twent)' new member s t: orolled and only o n e failed to pass the examination.
This year, added interest has been aroused I)Y the pres entation of senior and juni or challenge CUp5 If .the members gaining the most points in a special tc t e x nllOl tion, and these, together with 28 other awa rds were prese nted by Mr. J. F. Broo k at a smoking conc e [ held on Ma y 6.
The winner of the junior cup and medal wa Mr. R Clee; se ni or cup, 11r. T. '. Berry; and includ ed In awards were l o n g-service medallions for fiftee n years servi ce to Mr. A. H. Spooner and Mr. D. Gree n. Durin g the evenin g a cigarette case wa p re se r ted !O Dr. J. J. Silke by Mr. Kirk, on b eha lf of the class member). WOLVERTON.
At the annual prese ntati o n of awar d s held rece ody, MI. John Purv es said that 202. m emb e r s h ad exami nati o n s whils t of a tota l of 2.40, five h ad qualiEe, for 1 5 years>' l ong-service m eda ls and thre e f o r 2 yea rs meda ls. The 40 yea r s' go ld bar to Mr. J. Smar t was th,e firs t that had been awarded in \ X'o lv erton The \\ omens cla ss had be en su ccessful, for approximately J 00 per cent. had p asse d. 0
Mr. Purves paid a tribute to the work of 11 r. J b; Ibell (Hon. Secretary No.2 Di str ict) and Mr. W. J Bal , (Hon L ocaJ Sec re tary). lIe sai d th a t 457 p alic nts were carried in th e m o tor ambulance during the p a:t year.
Hull an d E ast
The 53 rd annual meeting of the IIull and East Riding Ce ntre of the t. John Ambu la nc e Association was hel d at th e Guildhall, IIuLl, with the Sheriff of Hull, Mr. J. Cyril T ow n sley, in the chai r.
Sir Artl: ur commenting upon the annua l repo rt, saJ.d that publlc du t ies had been ca rri e d out on ma ny oc cas ions during the year, IA7I cases hadn g been treated by members of the Brigade on pubUc duty, whilst L+'973 cases had been treated b\' members o ut si d e their public duty attendances. During the year 33 classes in First Aid and Home ursing had been held and 564 candidates were ucc essfu l in obtaining awards Thei r thanks were due to 00se members of the profession \vho by their lectures had gr atl:- contributed to that resul t.
The\ deeply deplored the loss of Dr. tacev Clem' nso n, who 'Served the cause for so many year; and they remembered with gra titude her lecru."re s and her int rC ' r in the first-aid clas es for the uo en pla yed.
Road\v ork had been further extended and two new hu.ts at kirlaugh th rough the genero It\' )r Councllior and 1Irs. Tarran and the other at the latter haying been built, equipped and staffed by the Dri fIleld and Di trict _ \mbulance Di" ision hundred and ca e some of a \"ery senous nature, had been treated at the Se yenfeen huts in the Ea t Ridino- ountv. b
Referri ng to .J. \ir Raid Precaution ir ":1rthur that it was an entirely new departure and one \\'hlc h he hoped w ould be continued The work been cstabli bed in maD\- continental cicie and Jt was on ly ri gh t that 1 Tull anti the Ea t Ridin o- should have '. c a: organl atlon l or that purpose. our es of had been attt:nded by Brigade mcers. SIr \rthur then mo\' d the adoption of the r ep [( aod balance he t.
Th e Trcas ur r, nIr. r \h,' yn cconded . Tdh e Cou nt y om missioner, It. \\' T \ tkinson sal 1 ld l' 1e Ike to make a practlcal ugo-c cion that )0 pe.np le In Hull and the a t Rid ing be asked to prom Ise a guinea a year towards the fund b r road \V?rk In v iew of t he potential erv i ccs render d this was l 1 li ' an exceec 109 y ght recognition. Fund Were requ i re d lit' 1 d so e y o r matena and transport w o rk t an many roa d -user r ap ed the b enehc of the at\, \\' k dor carlle out by the member ot the B rio ade.
The eh . . least it auma n thought that In, ome in ranees at 'd TIl.1ght have b een better It the matter of air trecautions h ad b een l eft more fully in the hand s V t e John Ambulance Brio-ade. - 1-1 mov d a ote ot th 1- . b re- I . an \.8 t o the officl als and proposed their e eetl o n.
R id i n g Ce ntre
Canon E rthur Berry seconded the motions and referri n g to the que s tion of air raid precautions, said a Jl th ose who went through the war of 19 1 4- 1 9 18 not help but wish they had had some preparatlons In t hose days.
Arthur Atkinson was accompanied by Lady Atkinson, J\.R.R.C., who mO\Ted a vote of thanks to the member s of the medical profession without \vhom the efficient work of the Bri gade would be se,\Te reh handicapped -
Charminster ur-ing Di \ 'jon, - 'n ior T ·.1·n , Bourn e, mouth; \Ylnners () Coum}' Compe t iri on for rhe econd year
1 kLL ,-\..\:D EA '1' Y ORE>:. 'H IRE :\' 0. 4?' FOR THE \BBOTT Ct."P.Thi Cup _ ,\ a pr d for competition amonoot A.D. Ko ,p, Ea t York hire aptaln a distino-uished nonag narian of Hull, an? .uned hIS death rec mly eruor \\""arden of Hull Tn 11l ty- House, who e daughter 1Ii bbort sucLady .L \c kin on 4\ R.R. C., a Commandant of thlS D etachment.
The comp tition is nn Indi\ idual ce for Efficienc\' tn oluntary Aid ur ing and R obinson of the .L\ursing D i\ -ision, Hull orp \,-ho 'la. t y tied \\,lth 1 11 sHamp on of the sam Diyi ion, agaIn earrled_ off the trophy i\Ir. B on c or d secon d plnce tor the c nd yea r in ' uccession.
Northern Ireland District
The Annual Inspection of the St. ] ohn Ambulance Brigade took place on Saturday, May 2, in the Ulster Hall, Belfast.
In the years 1933, 1934, 1935, inspections were made by Her Grace the Duchess of Abercorn, H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, and by H.R.H. Princess A lice, Countess of Athlone. This year, with the permission and approval of Headquarters, the in.spect10n was made b y Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher, Assistant St. John A mbulance Briga de.
support they deserv ed, but he was g lad to say that difficulty was gradually being ove rcome and the services of the Briga de w e r e n ow frequently called for.
Dr Corbet Fletcher, accomp anied b y Mr. Fra '\e r, then proceeded to make his in spec tion
The Divisions on parade were L. l.S. , N. C.C., South Belfas t, and Central Ambulance Divisi ons, W es t Belfast, outh B elfas t, North B elfast 10 d Central Belfast, Larne and Banb ridge Nursing D i visions; also a South Belfast Cadet Division. Un "or-
(MEN).
Ambulance Competitions in co nn ection with the Ulst er Centr e of St. John Ambulance Association
BELFAST C IJ AL L E GE CU P. LO RD MAYOR'S CUP. ULSTER R E D CROS S CUP (NOVICES). AM BUL CE COM P ET TT J O R ULES FOR 1936.
l. The competitions will be held in the Royal Belfast Acadl:m.ica l Institution, on aturday,] une 20, at 1. 30 p.m.
2. The competition s will be open to men holding a Firs t \i d Certificate from the St. John Ambulance Association, the British Red Cross Society, or the t. nd rew's Ambulance Association.
). Ea ch team shall represent a .J. A.B. Divi ion, B.R .l Detachment, or simila r unit, and will con sis t of fi\'( men-all of whom mu t belo n g to the same unit. Cmf( rm will be worn.
4· T he entra n ce fcc for a team will be fi ve rullings.
\ [he decision of thc ] udgcs shall be final, and the vtinning team 'will appoint two tru stees, who will be responible for the safe keeping of the cups, and for their ret urn to the 1lon orarr ecretarr for UI ter entre \\ ·hen required by rum.
6. [he examination will con 1st of three parts, namely, Oral, Practical, and tretcher \'(/ ork, and the questions and prac tical work will be contained in Cantlie' cc First Aid to the Injured," latest editio n (3 8th).
(WOME N).
Ambulance Competitions in connect.ion with the Ulster Joint V.A.D. Committee
THE SWI EY RED CROSS CUP THE LADY McCULLAGH CUP. THE COMMISSIO ER'S CUP (Novices).
RULES FOR 1936.
I. The competitions will be held in the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, on Saturday, June 20, at 1.30 p.m.
2. Each team shall consist of four women who are members of a Red Cross D etachment, or a St. John Ambulance Brigade Di vision Uniform will be worn.
3· The entrance fee for a team will be five shillings.
4· The decision of the judges shall be final and the winning teams will app oint two trustees, who will be re sponsible for the safe keeping of the cups, and for their retu rn to the Joint Committee when required.
5· The will consist of three parts, namely, Oral, PractIcal, and Stretcher \'\'ork, and the questions and practical work will be contained in B.R.C.S . Training !anual TO I. nswers contained in Cantlie's" First Aid to the lnj ured" (latest edition) will also be accepted. tretcher work will be included as containe d in B.R .C.S. Manual 1\0. 3, Chapter 4.
6. The Red Cross Challenge Cup will be held by the team \\ blch is placed first by the Judges, and the Lady McCulla gh Cup by the team which is placed se cond The members of the first and second best teams will receive medal , and if more than five teams compete, the members of the third team will also receive medals.
L ady Ball Mayoress of Nottingham, ': Birkbeck Bowl " to oningham Ciry urslng D IVISion
In previous years the inspection was more. or less of a complimentary nature, but that made ill 193 6 was of a thorou g hly practical character.
Sir Robert Kennedy in extending a hearty welco me to Dr. Corbet Fletcher, referred to the part taken in the Great War by the members of the Ulster V.A.D.s. During the interval a great deal of difficulty had been experienced in keeping the at full strength, but latterly, with the illcluslOn of new, blood into their ranks, this difficulty had been overcome.
Mr. Ian Fraser, Commissioner for Northern Ireland, gave an interesting account of the strength of the Brigade at present. Four years ago they started with about 100 members, to-day they had over 400 in their ranks. In 1933 they had only seven Divisions, to-day, or at the end of 1935, their Divisions numbered 18. They did not get from the public the
tunatelv Londonderry, Strabane and Castlederg I)l\·isions unable to be pre ent I l aving give , aD members on parade an indi vid ual (keen)
Dr. Corbet Fletcher proceeded to test th e D1VIS! O ,5.10 Fist Ai d and stretcher wo rk. Tests in ar tll1clal respiration, va rious fractures, squa d drill, etc., dC., were given.
At the conclusion, Dr. Fletcher procee de d to pOI nt out faults he found and how t o remed y them , gl ' wg v aluable instruction and advice as h e went alon g
It was gra tifyin g to he ar Dr. Corbet that he would be able to r eport to the ChIef Co mrnJ ssioner that all was well in Northern Ireland
Accompanying the speakers on the platfor m were Dr. R. W. M. Strain, District Sur g eon; Parker, District Officer; Mr. A. W Mann, Officer and Secretary; Miss R. Sinclair, Lad y Superintendent, and Miss B. Whitaker, Lady D lst rl ct Officer.
7· The Belfast Challenge Cup will be held by the team whIch •. placed fir t by the Judge , and the Lord Mayor's Cu p by the team which is placed second. The member of [he firs t and ccond be t team ' will receive medals and 1n the event of more than five teams competing, members of the third team \vill al 0 receive medals.
8. Th e Ulster R ed ros Cup will be awarded to the best team of ovices in the Competition for the Belfast Cha llenge and the Lord Mayor'S Cup. 0 per on shall be eligl ble to compete who has previously- been a me mber of a team winning a cup or prize in any adult ambulance competition organised br the .J .A., .JAB. or B.R.C.S <.Medals will be prc ented to the winning team.
9· Ea ch team will provide its ow n stretcher splints, and bandages. '
S 1 0. Entr ies must be se nt to the Honorary Secretary, d.]. A.A., 22.-26, May Street, Belfas t, on or before Satur- hY May 23, accompanied by the n ames of the team and e entrance fce. Any teams so e ntere d may be w ith- hawn (w ith ret urn of entrance fee) by notice given to t e Hon. Secre tar y on or before Saturday, June 13.
lI. The teams will be identified by numb ers , whi ch Will be give n to them on their arrival.
7 · The Commissioner's Cup will be awarded to th e be t team of novices in orthern Ireland in the Competitions for the \'\-iney Red Cros s Cup and th e Lady McCullagh 0 person shall be eligible to compete who ha I)' been a member of a team win..n.ing a cup. or pnze In any adult ambulance competition orgarused by the ., .JA.B., or B .R.eS. Medal will be pre ented to the winning team.
8. Each team will prO\Tide its own stretcher, splints and bandages.
9· Entries mu t be em to the Hon. ecretary, Ulster J oint Committee, 22.-26, Ma y treet, Belfa t, on or before aturday, Mar 23, accompanied by the names of the team and the entrance fee Any teams so entered may be withdrawn (with return of entrance fee) by notice given to the Hon. ecretary, on or before Saturday, June 13.
0. The teams will be identified by numbers, whi ch will be aiven to them on their arrival.
I. The competitors must hold the First Aid Certificate of the British R ed Cros ociety, t. John Ambulance Association, or St. Andrew s Ambulance Association . Train ed nur es are not eligible.
By N ottill gliam JO,,,,,.I:
National Road Passenger Transport Ambulance Association
PRELI11I J RY C01rPETITION FOR THE " STIRK" TROPHY (1IIDL D AREA).
The above contest took place on Sunday, tra y 17, at :Messr. J B. Lev,Tis's Sports Grounds, Road, ottingham, by the kind ot the directors. Ten road passenger undertaking a team, and the judge were :-Dr. Parker (VIva Voce), Dr. Crooks (Stretcher Test), and Iessrs. Ratcliff and (Indiyidual Practical). The te ts given ,,-e re as follows :-
VrVA VOCE.
No. 1. What are the sians and symptoms of shock?
What are the dangers of this condition?
NO.2. Where may blood issuing from the mouth come from?
What is the difference between blood coming from the lumgs and from the stomach?
What is the main difference in the treatment?
NO.3. What is the treatment of infantile com-ulsions ?
NO·4·
NO·5· How would you place a patient with a fractured spine on a stretcher when only three bearers are available? (It is the lift only that is required.)
What does the skin consist of? What are its functions?
PRACTICAL.
Nos. I and 2 were required to treat a man suffering from a dog bite and a fractured leg
Nos. 3 and 4 were required t o treat a man who had been pulled out of the canal and asphyxiated, and had also a torn right ear.
NO.5 was required to treat a man with a fractured humerus (upper third) .
In the stretcher test the teams were supposed to be travelling in a bu s to the competition, and on reaching some traffic lights at a cross road the driver collided with two cyclists.
Ten minutes were allowed for the test, commencing from when the driver of the b us blew hi s horn, and the supposed injuries were :-
No patient (depres sed fract ure o f the skull and compression).
No.2 patient (fractured spine).
Those present included J H. Stirk (Chairman of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners and the donor of the trophy) , ]. L. Gunn (President of the ational Road Pas senger 'Transp ort Ambulance Association), Mr. D. Hardy (Hon. General Secretary), and o fficials of the various road passenger transport undertakin g s.
At the conclu ion of the competition, the COI11petitors and their friends sat down to tea, durin g which the result wa announced, the teams bein g pI a eel as follows :-
1. 2. ottinghan1 Corporati o n Pa senO'er Transport Department estern'\ elsh Omnibus 0., Ltd. ( berdare)
3 1rlidland Red Motor Omnibu Co., Ltd
-t. \'7 est Bromwicb Corporation Tranport Department
5. Birmin g ham Corp o rati o n T ramway and Omnibus Der artment
6. Walsall C or p o ration Transp rt D epartment
7 . Barton Iotors (Bee t o n) ..
8. \1 e t Bridgfo rd Council Transport Departm e nt otts.)
9. Burton-on- Trent Corporation Transport D e partment
10. Trent Iotor Tracti on Co., Ltd. (Derb y)
The first four team compet e in th e dersfield on July 5· E W 'ORRALL,
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Th e Faid p ursing lon, t. ] ohn BrlO'ade held a succe ful ocial and d nce In lld (II b 1 Bri gade funds at the R ed Hou e Hotel on hur'cay. This date ,va s the first anni \ -e r ar',' of the:: t() ['I n atlon o f the D iYlslon and, in cel of [hi ) J 'i ,-lb. cak e was proYided by m mbers and cut [he evening. Th e b ouclu et of carnations which de l Jrared the cake, was presented t o :f\fc \'( hite Ladr Sup erinte nd e nt l\1rs. B row n . lvlr. A \X' Green, JP., ., Officer of till' Order of St. J oh n, made a brief p eech _during JIIkr\'ai, paying tribute to the 01 Bnga.c.k, exp re ss in g his pleasure at a \,'It It President of the Fai d p urslOg DI VISIO n.
Di s trict Officer J. K emp , in r ply, than hd Pre sident , and 11r . w_ C.White, the for their h elp and support, especia ll y Mr. \\ hire. ge nero sity in lendin g th e Jubil ee R oom.
About 180 friends and suppo rt r s pend an able evening. An amusing shadow -g raph was ably performed b y Ambulance 1 1. mttd and E. Wildi sh and Mr. Wlldl Sh. DanCln g contInUe till midnight, and a happ evenjng cam e to ;\ close with" Au ld Lang Sy nc."
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ANNUAL REPORT.
The Assistant Commissioner, Sir \Xfilliam Sharpe, Kt. (then Mr. W. R. S. Sharpe), resigned from his appointment on retirement from India 011 March 26, 1935. Mr. D. F. Panthaki, M.B.E., J.P., capably acted in his place from March 26, 1935, till Mr. G. Wiles, C.S.L, CLE., LCS., took over the office of the Assistant Commissioner on June I 8, I 9 35·
At a general parade of the Bombay Corps, held on March 24, I93 5, the members placed on record their grateful appreciation of the keen interest Mr. Sharpe had taken in the work of the St. John Ambu lance Association and the St. John Am bulance Brigade in this District, and tendered to him their sincerest good wishes for the future. The District has since learnt with great pleasure of the honour of h:.nighthood conferred upon Mr. Sharpe in the last New Year's Honours Gazette, and have offered him their hearty congratulations.
Mr. D. F. Panthaki, M.B.E., J.P., continued to act as District Superintendent unti l August 22, I 935, in addition to his duties as Superintendent of the Parsi Ambulance Divi sion. At his own request, Mr. Panthaki was relieved of his acting appointment, and Capt. F. N. Kapdia, M.D., District Surgeon, took over the office of the A ctjng D istrict Superintendent. District Headquarters desire to place on record their appreciation of Mr. Panthaki's devotion to duty.
The year under report shows an increase of activities all round. The outstanding ev ent of the year was the Silver Jubilee of His late Imperial Majesty King George V, Sovereign Head of the Venerable Order of St. John, and Her Majesty Queen Mary. The message of congratulations and loyalty sent on this auspicious occasion by the Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas in India was much appreciated by the members of the District.
The following members of the District were honoured by the award of the Silver Jubilee Medal :(I) Sir William Sharye, Kt. (then Mr. Sharpe), exAssistant Commissioner; (2) Mr. G. Wiles, CS.I., C.LE., I.CS., Assistant Commissioner; (3) Capt. F. N. Kapadia, M.D., District Surgeon, and Acting District Superintendent; (4) Mr. D. F. Panthaki, M.B.E., J.P., Superintendent, Parsi Division; (5) Capt. J. A. D'Souza, Surgeon, Cosmopolitan Division; (6) Lt. J. D. Kothawala, J.P., Superintendent, Cosmopolitan Division; and (7) Mrs. Khadija S, Tyabji, J.P., Superintendent, Muslim Nursing Division.
At the close of the year, the District had on its
roll 10 Ambulance and 2 Nursing Divisions; also. 4 Cadet Divisions 1 Nursing 3 Ambulance). The total m.embership was 610, which shows an increase of 26 on the previous year.
At the last year's inspection, while congratulating the District o n the increasing number of ladies who had joined the Nur ing Division, His Excellen cy had remarked, " We are justly proud of th e enter pris e and enlightenment shown by our women in Bombay, and I see no reason why this phase of the movem ent should not spread to other communities well. " I am now g lad to report that a welcome adLlition has been made during the rear to the list of Nu rsing Division by the formation of a Muslim Nu rsi ng Division. nother ur ing Division was in p rocess of formation at the end of the year. fifth Cadet Division formed at Sholapur awaits the sancti on to its registration. This is one of the sign of the gro wth of civic sense
The public functions and occa ion attende d by members of the Di trict during the year under repo rt included the Aga Khan and Jepsen Hockey T Olfnaments, Silver Jubilee elebrations, ,\thletic po rts and 11:eetings, Religiou s Fair in and oUtside Bo mbay, train and steamer excursions fires, etc.
A noteworthy event of public duty wa a fire tn a thickly -popu lated hou e at Dhobi Tal ao, a .10[[ distance from the Headquarter of the P ar i Amb uhnce Division, on D ecem bcr 16, 1935. i\fember pre em in Headquarters Buildin g immediately rushed tl} [he spot with motor ambulance and fir t }\id equi pment, 'phoned to the Fire Bri craue and br ught do\\ 11 by fireman's lift from the third Boor of the burning I ()U,e two men who were suffering [rom uffocation , and removed them to hospital) besides resc uing Sl eral persons
Within a month after the iIv r Jubilee rej oi Clng , the country was plunged once again into sorr w by the Quetta Earthquake di saster. \-When the cleta ils of the disaster were received in Bombay, on J une " 1935, Acting Assistant Commi ioner Mr. Pa n ha ki, in consultation with the District urgeon, imm ediatel y put himself in communication with the B 11ba y Branch of the Indian Red Cross Society and o'fued the services of ambulance yolunteers, - but he was informed that no men were required there, tb t.. im· need being of mone
The Bombay Corps was again summoned (,n announcement that assistance mi g ht be requi red tor the removal of injured to the hospitals of and Karachi. Fifty members volunteered for SC fl'l.C e to Karachi and 100 for the service in Bombay, wlule 20 Ambulance Sisters of the Parsi Nursing offered part-time service in the hospitals. \s It turned out, their services were not required.
In connection with the above arrangem en ts, Chief Commissioner for Brigade Ovcrseas in In dia, in his letter dated June 17, 1935, desired to say that the promptitude with which the Division s were
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The functions necessitating the longest attendance on public duty were :-
(a) The Aga 1:.han Hockey Tournament from 16 to April 29, 1935, when members of the Ambulance, Jewish, Hindu, Cosmopolitan and Radiant Club Divisions by turns attended the Ambulance duty and rendered First Aid to 26 players who were injured. One of the more severely injured was removed to St. George's Hospital in a motor ambulance. In appreciation of these services, the Bombay Gymkhana, Ltd., forwarded a donation of Rs. 110, which was equally distributed amon g the Divisions on duty.
(b) On the occasion of the Jepsen Hockey ment, members of the Parsi Ambulance and Parsl Nursing Divisions attended for 34 days from April 29 to June 6, 1935, when 26 injured players were treated.
(c) During the Silver Jubilee Celebrations, units of the Bombay Corps had attended on Ambulance duty individually and collectively, as the circumstances required, on eight occasions, when 16 injured persons were given First Aid and a workman injured by fireworks on May 4, 1935, was, after treatment, removed to the. J. J. Hospital in a motor ambulance.
The following list shows the total number of occasions on which each Division turned out for public duty, in addition to transport and treatment of roadside cases, etc. :-
(I) Parsi Ambulance Division, on 59; ( 2) Parsi Nursing Division, on 41; (3) Muslim Ambulance Division, on 19; (4) Radiant Club Division, on 15 ; (5) Hindu S.S.L., on 12 ; (6) Surat Cosmopolitan, on 9; (7) Bombay Cosmopolitan, on 8 ; (8) Jewish Division, on 8; (9) People'S Union Division, on 4; and (10) Maratha Division, on one occasion.
During the year under report, 974 cases of accidents and sudden illness were reported to have been treated, against 716 cases in the previous ye ar. Of these, 240 cases were treated by the Hindu Di vision; 230 by the Parsi Ambulance Division ; 2 15 b y the Muslim Ambulance Division; 9 I b y the Cosmopolitan Division; 48 by the Parsi Nursing Division; 42 by the People's Union Division; 36 by the Jew ish Divi sion; 3 I by the Muslim Nursing Division; 23 b y the Radiant Club Division; 11 b y the Surat Cosmopolitan Division and 7 by the Maharatha Division. These figures show an increase of 25 6 cases on the previous year
Transport was provided for 1,430 patients and invalids, which shows an increase of 408 over the previous year. Of these, 648 were removed by the Parsi Ambulance Division; 615 by the Muslim Ambu-
lance Division; 109 by the Surat Cosmopolitan D iv ision; 54 by the hmedabad Divi. ion; 7 by the Hindu Division; 2 each by the NIaratha and People' Un io n Division, and one by the Jewish Division.
The members of the Parsi Nur sing Division rendered help in 40 cases of 1 rivate nursino- among their family members and friend .
The Parsi mbulance Divi i n had held five competitions for its members in First id and onL in Home Nursing during the year. The Parsi ur si ng Division held competitions for its m em bers in First Aid and Home Nursing, while the Par i adet Ambulance Division held c mpetitions in First A.id fo'r four trophies.
An Inter-Divisiona l Competition among t Ambulance and Nursing Divisions was held b the Di strict on December I4, 1935, for the selection of two tlams each for the All-India mbulance ompetiu ons (1936). The teams of the Parsi mbulancc and Pa rsi Nursin g Di visions won the first places. In the Bombay Proyincial Ambulance competitions, the teams of both the e Diyi ions won the 1 und Ambulance Challenge hield and the hirin F. Panthaki mbulance Challenge Cup rcspectivc h
The Parsi Ambulance and Parsi Cadet l\ rnbu Iwce Divis ions had held a Camp of In truction at CL l\va durin g the Christmas vacation. Both the e Diy j IOns were inspected by the ssistant ommissi n rand b y me, and v; e are pleased to reI ort that \ye t'lnk that these Camps are of great yalue.
The Di strict had to place on record with leep regret the demise of (I) ir La\vles Hopper,I rt late Assistant Commissioner (1925 and ]926); (2.) orl1 oral J. B. Mistrj, of the urat osmopolitan Divi sion and (3) Pte . D. P. Nfehta, of the P ar i Ambulance Di \
The District is fortunate in haying an able .i "I tant Commissioner in Ir. G. '\ ' iles, C. .1., C.I .E. I.e. ".. whose enthusiasm and mature experience will oc of great help to us in increasin g efficiency and in expanding the scope of activities.
Obituary.
With the passing of taff ergcant F. 'X'hite, \ e death took place on fonday, ;\Iay 18, 1n th e I "Inee of \X/ ales's Hospital, Tottcnham, the Bri gad<. has been robbed of the valued services of a lo pl and devoted worker. He first became int rested II the Ambulance movement in the year 1906, wh en he took his First Aid Certificate and straightway lined No. 13 (King's Cross G. .R.) Divi ion. I1i s \ ark, knowledge and character won him promoti on, and at the time of his death he ranked as a Staff ergeant in the Division and Drum Major in the o. 1 District Headquarters Band. He was accorded B rigade Honours at his funeral, at which his comrades trol11 the Division acted as pall bearers and his coffin waS draped with the flag of the Order.
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THE SURGEO::-':- I:\,-CIllEF. J"0', 193 G.
E (" Nveryo;;e wlll Dr. Corbet d .c.P. ) on hIS app Intmcnt as Llro-eon-l11-Chlet an th l' -'=' • e popu amy f thIS appOlntment IS as c rtain
as the the Brigade \vi11 gain much under the leadership ot a man kno\\-s it so \"\'ell.
D OCEo r Corbet Fletcher began his t. J ohn career 1 n 1908 when he lectured to the class of the old London and );"orth- \Ye stern RaihYa,- Centre. For hi first eight year' sen-ice he these lectures and also wrote on (he subject of First In eptember, 1916, he joined the Brigade as Honorarr urgeon (now called" Di"\Ti ional urgeon') to the Hampstead Diyi ion. This connection continued for eight years. During his term of office \\'1(h the it gained second place on rn-o occa lans In the "Dewar hield" Competition.
Then in February, 924, he was promoted District to (The Prince of Wales s Di trict), and in ::\m-ember, 1924, to .-1 s istant Commis ionerin-Charge of Central Area. He also held this office for eight year, and in 1932, he was again to ssistant- urgeon-in - Chief to Colonel I. Ellis, who became urgeon-in-Chief in 193 1 Dr. Corbet Fletcher wa admitted to the Order a Hon. sociate in 1918, rai ed to Officer in 19 2 4 and to Command r in 1931. Durino- that ,-ear he gain d his en-ice :Medal and wrote ilie firSt- official his tOn' of th A sociation and Brio-ade u Hi (h.istOry' in connection with ,. Brigade Final "i ufficientlr unique to be recorded. In 19 2 '-wim the a, i,tance of the late \\ H. 1 and aptain Pontin, now tores at t John" Gate-he put on the hLt ' taged" team test (a Co. lift shaft" built with imprm-i 'ed material) for the "Dewar hield» ) Competition' and he ha, figur d in Brigad Final e\-ery year since I91'.
B hind him are fourteen r ar 'cominuou en-ice with th Brigade \\ c hOI that mam- more "ear of en'ic Ii befor him.
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As Medical Correspond nt to THE ST. JOH AlIIBULANCE GAZETTE since its inception, Dr. Corbet Fletcher has giyen much time and thought to his two regular features, "Interestjng Case Reports" and "Questions and Answers," as well a to the articles which appear under his name from time to time, and we are more than glad to state that his valuable experience and knowledge \I'ill till be available to all ranks of the Brigade through the pages of this Journal.
NOW SURGEO -IN-CHIEF TO THE ST. A1ffiULANCE BRlGADE
Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., etc., etc., "Whose appointment as Surgeon-ill-Chief is the climax of many years Brig13.de service.
In welcoming him as Surgeon-in-Chief, the Brigade is lucky, inasmuch as it will not have to bid farewell to the popular and energetic late Surgeon-in-Chief, Colonel C 1. Ellis, CM.G., M.D., T.D., who resigned on the completion of his triennial appointm ent and who, during his term of office did so much for Brigade organisation.
Colonel Ellis will remain on the Chief Commissioner's Staff as Inspecting Officer for the West of England, and will thereby maintain a close connection with the Brigade and _ ursing Divisions who have, for so long, appreciated his work and personalit y
Overseas News.
The Chief Commissioner of the Brigade Ove rseas regrets to announce th retirement of ir Da\ id Petrie, Chief Commis ioner for the Empire of Jndla, Sir David Petrie has, during his term of office, greatly helped forward the work in both in ,trengthening the eXISLtng formatIon and in the developm ent of new work. Two new di stricts have been formed in India during the time he has been Chief Commissioner and our work ha s been extended to Burma.
The great earthquake di a tefs at Bihar and a[ Quetta haye been the outstand ing calls madc upon the resources of the Brigade during Sir Da icl l\.trie's command, and it i a credit l him as well as the individual members concerned that the Briga de has responded 0 well to the heavy demands madl and ha 0 ably maintained the traditi ons of the O rder.
ODITUARY.
The Chief Commissioner r grets to announ ce the death of the following Officers of the B r -5ade Overseas:
Acting Commissioner urgeon Captain W ' . J. Br nnand, New outh \X 'ale District, Deceased I 1-4.36.
District Officer ono- K w on g Tin Hong Kong District. Decea ed 5.4.36.
Obituary.
DR 0. EADE
The Bri gade in Ip wich and the county 3, C suffered a deep loss by the passing of Dr. 1uel OliYer Eades, \vho collapsed and dicd at his ,,,, nee, Heatherside, Bucklesham _R oad, Ipswich, recent b Dr. Eades, who was 76, leaves a \,-ido\\', tw o '0;1 $ and two daughters.
For over 40 years Dr. Eades was an officer n the Ipswich St. John .i \mbulancc .0 1' the declaration of war he took a vcry actn."e part 111 ltlng out Broadwater as an auxiliary hospital. In 19 2 he became district urgeon and Assi tant om· missioner for Suffolk, and did a tremendous am )unt of work in organising Divisions of the B rl5adc throughout the county. He was an Officer (1 the Order of St. John.
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Th e town clerks of England's municipalities, and the clerks of the Urban District Councils have been instructed to pass certain advices from the Home Offic e to the Medical Officers of Health of their respective districts. Amongst those advices is one which says that cc members of the St. J oh11 Ambulance Brigade and of the British Red Cross Society are prepared to SIP,P(Y vollllllarilY personnel for the carryl11g out of certaIn 111structlOns, and that the Officer of Health should apply to the reprc<icntatives of the e two organisations in their .
1. \U Corps Officers and Divisional uperintendl.fJ.t should apply to their Commissioners for guicl:llKC and instruction. Instructors are being trained and examincd all mer the countrv in two grades : Grade r as examiners and instructor;, Grade 2 as in .tr uctors onl) . Printed instructions and question papers arc no\): rcady for such examinations, and will be s Ip pLied in any number by the Chief onunisloner when regue sted in writing by County or Di strict Commissioners. L'p to date the number of rhest. two grades of instruccors wh have receiyed Cen Ii 1.tes i , 360 rade I and 400 rade 2.
1. rar the Rank and File who are now receiving insrrLlctian fr m the c in tructor s printed tLOn ')[m arc rcady ,,"hen asked for. Thc regue t shOL'lcl be forwarded b\" lhc ommL sioner or hi deptty staff officer to \.R.P. taff Officer to the Chief Co mmissioner at t. John's Gate. Or',S Officer and Di\-isional uperintendents houlcl be in rcadmc \\ hen a ked b\ local ;-'fedical Offic e's of I Iealth to gi\-e ad,-icc on' the equipment and ta iling of Pirsl . \id po t and Decontamination centrL ' This means that such ofl1cers should read most carefully all the published literature on the subject, carefu lly making tabulated notes of all uch books for ea y reference and fC\ i al before interviews Or public meetings at which they may be questioned. If nen ous or unprepared they should c mmurucate \vith the District Officer and a k him to the meeting with them. Our capacity to help wIll be largely judged by the impres'ion we produce on gathering, and adequate knowledge i the only thIng to j usti fy a worthy conf1dence. men's and women' organi ations in town and "\ Illages are asking OUf Inembcr, for 1 cture .
On A R.P., and we must all know which of our Officers to refer sLlch application to. Air ady many Institute, \'('omcn' Citi7en J\ ociations, VIllage Fire Bri o-ades, Toc H oci ties, etc. han: had of lectures by our In structors, and from their b rank S Our new .J. I\.B. / \.R.P. l \uxiliary Re en" is emg recruite d.
Our mo tto i as t rue to-cia y as eyer:
"Pro fide, pro utili tate hominum." "For faith, and for the service of mankind."
PLEASE OTE
\'V'ith reference to paragraph 5 (d) of the Special Bri gade Order dated October 3I, 1935, realising the great amount of work that the preparation of tests is likely to throw on the examiners and the additional work of the District and Count\." Commissioners, the Chief Commissioner has agreed- that test papers will now be supplied from Brigade Headquarters. It is therefore requested that in future you will kindly send the following particulars, gi"l,Ting not less than seven clays' notice :-
I. ::\ame of Di"l,Tision or Corps.
2. In case of examination for public, name of town or area
3. of examiner and his address.
4. ::\ame and address of the Officer to whom communications \vith regard to examinations should be sem.
5. Class of examination: ( I) Grade 1. ( 2) Grade 2 (3) \.R.P. Brigade rank and file. (-t) General Public and Auxilian- ReSetTe. _ \nd the number of candidates to be in each ca e . On receipt of these particulars, examination papers will be ,en t to the examiner and the ne\\'- form B.F .l \.R.P.2 ,vith gummed slips will be sent to the Officer in charge of the class. The examiner will return the papers to the local Commissioner as laid down in the pecial Brigade Order.
It \'\."ill be seen from the above that the procedure for A.R.P. examinations is based on the arne lines a tho e adopted for the Fir t \id and Home ::\uLing.
Q t.;E5TIO._ \YER
I. T_\LKIE FlU-I. How long does it take to ,ho\\- ?-::\ine minutes. \\"hen can it be had ?-",-1.t present booked up to the end of July.
2. .J.A.B. A.R.P. ACXILHRY RE 'ERVE \\ hat are the plans for this ?-A your Commi ion r for a copy of the p cial Brigade Order 2, i ued pril 16, 19'6 which has full detail of this and other late, t adyice.
3. ERnCE RE FIR_nOR. Doe, the Gen ral Re pirator prmect from Hydrocyanic Gas?- Ye complete protection.
-to eyeral que tion ha\-e b n recei\-ed askin a for procedure in relation to examination and certificates; all these hould be addre ed to the Di tricr or Count)" Commis:ioner who ha , full instruction ,.
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Brigade Camps for Nursing Divisions
The camp for Bri ga de Nursing Divisions and St. John V.A.D.'s will be held again thi year at Ro s all School, ben,-een Fleetwood and Blackpool, from August I to 8.
The school posse se its own beach, and the climate is very bracing.
There will be a course of instruction on Air Raid Precautions \lTi th exanl.ination, and a Cookery Cour e with examination for those 'who wish to take them. Instruction will also be given in the arrangement and lay-out of First Aid Posts and Decontanunation Centre, wluch might be run in conjunction with th local authorities.
By way of entertainment there will be whist drive, fancy dress dance, etc. The afternoons ar.e free for those who wish, ,,-hen mufti may be ," orn
Any officers or members ,vho have not ret sent in their applications, but who wish to attend the camp , are reminded that their applications should b e depatched to the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief at t John's Gate at once. pplications cannot be considered if received later than July 2. 5.
Creditable Performance by Grimsby Cadets
The Grimsby St. John Ambulance Cadets too k part in the competition for the Corfield Cup at Featherstone recentl y, and were placed SL"Cth out of twelve teams competing. The result is considered very satisfactory in view of the fact that this is th e first time the team has competed.
The team consisted of Cadets R. \Vilde (Captain), A. Bardell, A. Sparkes, and A. Smith. Cadet Wilde was successful in winning the " Captain's" individual prize, and he is to be congratulated.
Private Ross, of the Senior Division, was in charge of the team. Much of its success is due to Corporal Chandler, of the Grimsb y Division, for his careful training.
Every effort will be made for this team to compete next year
Correspondence
To the Editor, ST. JOH N AMBULANCE GAZET TE DEAR SIR,-Silver Labels No. I382.2.1 for the years I9 I 9 and I92.4 have been found at Colchester, and sent to me to return to the owner. I understand from St. John's Gate that the Medallion o. I3822.I belongs to Mr. J. N. Garrett, and you might like to put an advertisement in your Journal. If the owner applies he can have the labels.
I am, yours, etc., W. GOODLEY.
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Miles 1n Eight Mont hs
Ov rseas Chief ommi sioner's ucccssful Tour
Colonel]. L. Sll!eman, C8., C.t\LC., CB.E., :-'[,\ .0 Chief Commissioner r. J ohn ",-\mbubnc<.! Brigade
On the next page we publi h an of Colonel J. L. Sleeman' Visitation and In spe ction Tour, when, as representative of the Grand Pno r , he travelled through Llth .Africa, Rh odesia, 1. C\ Zealand and Australia.
The mileage and method of tray el indicate the \e ry great sphere of influence of the Ordcr of t. J oh n
Thousands of St. John men and women too k part in and listened to the Chief Commissioncr's am az ing total of 988 Invest itures, Inspecti ons, pcechc s and Addresses and Wireless Br adcasts.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
O. I (PRI CE OF \,'ALES' ) DISTRICT. DISTRICT ORDER
FU.G DAY, July 2', 1936.
\,'ill Officers and Members in Charge of Division, not holding a Flag Day on Saturday, July 25, please se nd the names of members willing to assist in selling flag in the City of London Area, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., direct to District Officer Kemp at these Headqua.rters, a time is ,"ery short.
REVIEW AND CHURCH PARADE AT LITTLEHAiliPTO
The Commissioner of o. 8 District has extended an invitation to members in o. District to attend the Review and Church Parade of Surrey and Su sex Unit at Littlehampton, on Sunday, July 19. Special trains will be run from London at special fares, and the Commissioner will be glad if Officers and Members in Charge of Divisions will advise him by return but not later than the 13th how many members wish to attend
I DISTRICT HR.-\.DQCARTERS CHfu"GE OF ADDRESS.
The L.e.e. authorities ha,"e made an order renaming Berkley Street as Briset Street, and from July I, 1936, the address of No. District Headquarters will be known as :10, Briset Street, St. John's Lane, E.C. 1.
OFFICERS' ANNUAL DrKKER.
\Xfill officers please book aturdar, D.ecember 6, 1936, for this function when the Commissioner hopes that all Officers will be present.
\"qEARING OF BRIGADE ARMLETS.
10 member of the Brigade is to be detailed for any duty or parade, local or otherwise, unless wearing full Brigade Uniform. The wearing of Brigade Armlets is forbidden, except when the written permission of the Commissioner has first been obtained, and such permission is to be carried by the person whilst wearing the armlet. The Police Authorities may ask any person wearing an armlet to show this authority, and ignorance of these instructions cannot be accepted as an excuse for non-compliance.
FLAG DAy-BALAK CE SHEETS.
Officers in charge of Divisions are reminded that the balance sheet showing the result of the Flag Day collection, on July 25, and the 10 per cent proceeds due to Headquarters, must be sent to the Commissioner not later tha.n Monday, August 10, to enable him to comply with [he Police Regulations The number and name of the Divisions co-operating must be shown thereon.
ANKUAL INSPECTION-JCl'-."'E 6TH, 1936.
The Inspecting Officer, Sir John Duncan (Chief Commissioner), expressed his pleasure at the large number on parade and satisfaction at the creditable turnout of all ranks. The Commissioner also wishes to express his appreciation of the response made to his appeal for a good parade, and congratulates all ranks on their smartness
COLONEL BROOK S ME:.vfORIAL FUl'm.
Many Divisions, both Ambulance and Nursing, have not yet sent in their subscriptions to this fund, in accord200
ance with District Order 1448 The oml.ll1 SlOne r will he glad if Officers in charge will give this matter their attention, and forward their subscription, collected from m mber (one penny per member), to The District Treasurer, o. 1 District, 10, Briset 'treet, St. hhn' Lan, E.C. T. •
U IFOR1f FOR HOT \\ 'Ei\THER ursing Division are informed that dfll'illg the hot weather, thei.r members ma - wear the turn down colbr on duty at ho pitals, and other Ie s important duties.
TROOP! G THE COLOlR D uTY
squad water bottle, the propert), of Di , trict }lead. quarters o. 63, wa not returned to the Headq uarters ,"an on completion of thi duty. The ommi will be glad if the Divi ion ,,,hich holds same, '\-vill ret u rn it to Di trict Headquarter as early as po ible.
On aturday May 2, this Divi sion held a very SUC ( du: social eyening at Dr\'i ional 1Ieadq uarter .
A compan)', of about 90, including District Othccr T. :\IcBride, T. mith Esq., Di,"i ional and ;\1r . T. mith, enjoyed an excellent concert by the Gay extette (under the direcrion of \\ illi$ an d Lyn scon), arranged by 1\1r. ,\. Acrell.
In the interval rcfre hment !>en-cd, anJ \\' rd, gained bymembers during the previous YC;l[ wcre pft ntt'd by 11rs. H. H. Dye.
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Bo L' R:-: DI0(JTH.
The , \.nnual Inspection of thc 68th \'0 Ilt:try Aid D etachmem \"\"a held on May 16 at the 't John Ambulance Brigade J leadquarters, Palmu lon lZoad, Bournemouth.
For the inspection pan of the] Ieadquarters \\:t con· , 'e rted into an emergency First \id and Dcconta miw ring Station.
The Inspecting Officers were olone! V. T. 13 non, R.A.M.e., from Bovington Military Hospital, and \Iajor A. Tennyson mith, l \.ssistant Count" Con roller for Hampshire, who expressed their ot (he arrangements.
The Detachment comprises the Bournemouth, \l c', rick, and Bransgore ursing Divisions, and this year is In the unique position of holding both the Pittard ount )' 'lhl.e ld and the frs. Sinkins Rose Bo\vl- lcyrick D illOn having won the Shield in the Perrott County Comp cnrio n with Bournemouth Divic;ion second, thus winni n the Rose Bowl.
SOUTHSEA.
On Monday, lay 25, the DI v is ion was at the A nnual Inspcction by the County Commissioner , A. Tennyson-Smith. Be watched the mcn at foor
drill and First Aid, and later when he addressed the DJVl SlOn, complimented Divisional Superintendent Gill and his men on their excellent work and the way the Division had progressed. 1Je also prcsented Ambulance Officer W'. G. Barry with his warraflt of appointment.
WINCHESTER
On Sunday, June Lj, the Di\ ision under Divi sional SUp cIIn tendent Gill journeyed to to take part in tbe annual Parade. Alter the JQSpectlon by th e Chief CommlsslOner, lr John Duncan, K.e.B., C.frLG., C.V.O., D 0., Ambulance Officer P. llammond was prese nted with the Brigade ervice \1cdal. Pollo\ving rh c scryi ce at the Cathedral and the di smis sal in the front of the Gui ldhall, the Division rcformc.:ci ranks and marched ro Dumpers where, their ",j·n , and friends, the men enjoyt·d an excellent tea_
After inspection of the Diyision the parade was formc.d into column of route for the March Past. The salute was taken by Colonel Wyley and Commissioner Major Orton and Captain liector. 687 marched past, a really sple ndid body of Ambulance workers. the spectators, of which there were a lar ge number, cheered most heartily as Divi sion after Divis ion did their level best to make it one of the most imposing sights of the evening. After the march past a hollow square was formed, and Colonel Wyley congratulated the m ember s present on their splendid s how, not forgetting our First Ai d work which appealed to him si ncerel y. After presenting se,'eral award Major Orton addressed the members, calling on them to join Air Raid Precaution Classes and make themseh-es effi cient and ready in the time of need. After a yote of thanks had been -returned ro the In specting Officer, the: parade was dismissed after a Yer)' pleasant evening.
J. O. 3 DI " fRICr ( \\ E'TER!\).
A'/fINal In,rpee/ioll, 1936.-The annual Parade tor Insp ectio n by Colond \'\. F. \\ J.P., Deputr Lieulenan" of. took place on May 21', 193 6, ar p.m 1n the evening, \\'hjch out to be , 'e rr cold.
The ()rth and outh orps paraded on the Bablakc ,chool kindly lent for the occasion by the Trustees ot the chool, [or "'hich our thank s arc tendered. The Co \rentry Police Band kindh ' offered thcir selection of mu ic' during the inspecti on ?-1\' ls10ns by olo?d \\ 'ylc,', accompa.nieJ by the mcr of PolIce, aptaln 1 lector, Comm15 lOner, Major J. Orton, Coum)' urgcon Dr. \\'eb tel' orp Ur0'e o n D. p , , b r. me, County 001cer, i\J r halker, Corp 11rs. Lovatt, Dr. Tra.il Thomson, Dr. llolme , r. Roll as on urgcon to Divi ion.
The Officers were present:- oumy Officer
A Hlr<:)fls. (in charge), ount)' niccr J-\. e. \, 'ilkins, OUnt}' DIstnct ccretary H. \\ il kins, Corps SUI crln tendent \'(1 A J' ,. Sk' '. cnrung, orps upenntendent \\ h Inner, Corps Officer Oli\rer, orps tftc r J. Bonam, Co rps Officer G. Fowler, Corps, ccr tarr F. ] nninr.
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T:\TE OF P ,-\R:\.DE - HEET.
• 'O RTH CORP ' .-I2. m n 100 Bo\' Cadet: \0 110 Girl Cadets-Toral 389.
OUTH CORP - '-9-+ m en , 8- Bo\' Cadets, 1 Girl CadeL-Toral 29
Total on parade- 687 .
);C:-:l::.ATOK.
,\. number of teams in rhe ::\uneaton Di,isi on of the John Brigade competed for a cup pre ented by Boyer, \\'ho ha seen more chan 25 yearsen ice \\'lth the local Corp_ on Tuesday , -ening.
The c o!npcritio n took the form of squad tests, n ot h\' e men each, raking part. The locale was the .:\'unearon Co-operati\ c "::ocie[\"s Dairy in 1Iereyale ::henuc. Ie ,,-as the brst time rh had been competed tor.
Each ' quad wa test d in smarrn 55 of uniform and fliciencr· quad drill and ' smartne.s of uniform " as judged by 1Ir. L. \\' Bateman, Chairm;ln of the Kuneat on o-op nitiye Soci ty, and at the test rintendert
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\,\'. H. Harris adjudicated, and Cad t Officer Ca well was time- keeper.
The t\velfth annual Church Parade of the J uneaton Divi ion ot" the Brigade wa held recently, when about 175 men, nurses and cadets attended the Nuneaton Congregational Church Coton Road. They marched from the Ambulance Hall, Prince s venue, haded by the Nuneaton Borough Band, Corps Officer J. ,\-as in charge of the parade. uperintendent '\ - H. Harns "\\-as in charge of the uneaton Men's Division, and Lady Superintendent :Mansell of the Nurses Division. Boy Cadets were under Cadet uperintendent H. Smith, and Girl Cadet under Lady Cadet uperintendent Young. ..r\.mbulance men from Bedworth also took part in the parade, as 'well as men, nur es and boy from Hinckley, men and Boy Cadet fron1 the Griff Colliery Di,ision, men from the Longford Di,T i ion, and Cadets from Coventry. Other Officer present were uperintendent H. \Yeston (Bedworth), Superintendent Mehe\v (Hinckley), mbulance Officer F. Taror (Griff), Lady Ambulance Officer A. Allerton (Hinckley), Cadet J. Caswell (1 -uneaton), Cadet Superintendent W-. \X T Goddard (Coventry), Cadet Officer J. \,( 'in dridge (CoYentry), Cadet Officer J. Hall (Hinckley), Cadet Superintendent \V Saunders (Griff), and Lady Cadet Officer A. Andrews ( Iu neaton).
No. 3 DISTRICT (EASTER ).
ORTHAl\lPTON.
The Annual Inspection of the orthampton Corp was held on Sunday, June 7, 1936, at the Territorial Headquarters, orthampton.
The Inspecting Officer was Commissioner Dr. L. \X Dryland, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., who was accompained by the Lady County Officer, 1\1iss L. ' E. Mawby, 1LB.E.
The total on parade was 335 (148 men, 175 nurses and 12 Borough Police).
Corps Superintendent W. E. Edwards, M.B.E., was in charge, assisted by Corps Officer E. J. Hayward, and the Divisions represented were as follows :-
_ -orthampton Headquarters in charge of Divisional Superintendent H. I. Edwards.
Daventry in charge of Sergeant Young.
Earls Barton in charge of Sergeant W. Lord.
Towcester in charge of Divisional Superintendent R. E. Sutton.
Weedon in charge of Divisional Superintendent C. Jones.
-orthampton Cadets in charge of Ambulance Officer F. T. Whiting.
The ursing Division paraded under Lady Corp s Superintendent Miss K. Bradford, A.R.R.C., and were as follows :-
orthampton Headquarters under Lady Superintendent Miss E. Cowley.
Northampton Castilian under Lady Superintendent Mrs. I. ] ennings, M B.E.
Northampton Spencer under Lady Superintendent Mrs. S. Lievesley.
Daventry under Lady Superintendent Mrs. E. M. Shaw. Towcester under Lady Superintendent Miss R. Beale.
Northampton Hea d quarters Cadets under Lady Officer Miss E. Howe.
orthampton pcnccr Cadets under Lady Cade t Superintendent :Miss \X 'ar d.
To\.yc ster Cadets under Lady Cadet Officer Oldham.
The C mmlssion er \\'a' recein:d with the general salute. and aft r he had in spected the I arade a number of p ractical test cases were treated.
The whole parad then marched pa . t lead by the Bugle Band under Corporal \,\ George, and later, the men were addre ed b\' the C mmi sinner, who exprcssed himself well pI ased with the number on parade, their equipment and the practical work done, which proved that the" \, -ere taking an increased interest in the w ork af the Brigade . Nur es were adJrc _ ed Lady Di<;trict uperint cndent 01rs. Reeye
Other OR1cers on Parade Wt;rc: \mbulance Illcer5 C. Pitkin, F. T. " 'h itin g 11. Bland and J. Butler, til ai -orthampton and orps ergt.-01ajor G. H m' at' Iorthampton. Lady 'urs in g Aicer :\1iss Cb apman, 11.iss Cooper, Mi Harrison and Gain:ford, 111 01 .1. orthampton; ;'\[1"'. Bayle:, \ [i '$ Pu n:r, d1d C:ldet Officer Mi,s mith.
CO:\LYILLE.
inspectiolJ at Co(dl'ille.- n:r 300 Brigade me n and women, looking mart in their uniform, p ara ded for the annual inspection by Colond J. P. W·. 1,lmie. Commanding Ollict.:[ of the 5(h Battalion Lcices t r Regiment (T..\.) on unda), aftcrnoon, on the Ie ot CoalyilJe's new playing fields.
The 1 orth Lice, tcr hirc Di\-i'iion ' n.:prc cote \\rre Coalville, l \ shby, Loughborough, hurch re lc\', shed and D oni thorpe, and \'. \.D. "-ueing D l' un; were Coalville, Loughborough and :0 2 number of Cadets.
\\ ith Colonel Jamie were ounty Commi sione r G. F. Brown, County Officer "\tkins Lad), County nice r 0[1" Partridg e, Councillor J. :\larr .(c x-;,\laror Police uperintendenr Bulllmore (\shb\'), j\[r and Mr. McBrier (Chairman and Vice- hairman t the Loughbor ough Dl\-i ion), Dr. \. Hamilton (Co h'ille), Dr. T. Bell ( hepshed), D r. ymono" (Loughb orough and Dr. Camac (Church Gresler)·
After the inspection there wa a march past, le d r t.he Drums and Bu gles of the 5th Battalion Leicestcrshlre Regimem, and the men and women gave stretcher dl __ plap and other field exercise which \,'ere \\'irne. ed by a large number of people.
MARKET IIARBORolJGH.
The annual dinner of the '0[arket l1arborough Dl\'i.·ion was held in the Ambulance IIall on Tue day, \ )rd 7, when Superintendent [aycock pre ided over a ga '1crl ng of nearly 100. lle was supported by the Coun t\ Com' missioner, Mr. G. F. Brown e, aptain C. R. K nl rhto n , County Officer, Alderman Geo. Green, TreaSU ld, Dr C. T. Scott, Divi sional Surgeon, [iss \'\ 'rathall, \[atro n of the Market Ha rborough 110spital, and ma m other notable townspeople.
The Chairman, in his remarks, thanked the for their co-operation and readine s to tu rn out ;1t time of the day or night, which he appreciated ver y mUC in view of the increa sing demand s of the Transport
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Department. lIe thought d.1C Divi sion had never been stron ger than at the present tJme, and he had every rea so n tohor e that Ambulance work 1n the town would be further improved by the formation of a ursing Divi sion. A "ery sllccessful women's Fhst Aid class had been examined, thanks to the a sistance of Dr. toker, and a nursing class was now in procec;s of examination, having been instructed by the huon.
The Commissioner, before presenting the awards for the year, sai d he was always happy to visit the r Iarhorou gh Divisi on which had a rt;cord that stood very high in ambulance work in th<.:: ounty. I t had been fortunate in its older members who had put in the <;pade work, and he mentioned J\lckrm an co. Grecn, onc of the pioneers,
always willing to let member s get away for urgent transport duties, and this was of great assistance to the D ivision. Other speakers were Bishop Willis, Captain Knighton, and Dr. Scott. Songs and entettainments were kindly given by several well-known local artists after dinner, and a very successful evening concluded with dancing.
4 DISTRICT.
ARLISLE
The competition for: the cc Collison» Bowl and the (( Cockill " Cup took place at the Boy's Brigade Institute on May 9.
The bowl i s a team rrophy and the cup is awarded to
,OR I !-iT lRFL\:\D PECTIO:-\ ["he in. peers t\"1I ing Di\-j ion-
ont t 1.11l Superintendent and no\\ Trea u rcr, \\-hose 0 years' :uyice \\'a recogni<;cd h\ a Re- L niun Dinner and preslntation last yecH. 'JI)lain Knight o n formerly SuperIntendent and now County OHicer \\-itl1 35 years, upenntendent \laycuck \\ ·i(h 30 year, \mbulaoce Officer ykes \\ ith 26 ) ears, and Sergeanc Ringro e with' 3 yeac. r\ toni • inning " of 175 years, and all still " batting," as thL Com lTlissioner <;() aprly put it, was an c"ample to the younger memher, Wl1ich he hoped thc\- \\ -ou ld li,'e up to. .
p the C\ ening Ring-rosc supported by flVate Lo\\'<':, prcenlt;d a tahle lamp to Dr. cott as an appreCl,1tlo n from the member s of '0 y us yoluntary service as Di\>isional Urn-eon. ;), :'Jr. II. \\·.'ymington, J.P., a trustec and keen , upporter then pn:sented the cups ro the winning squad of the Di\ilnter- quad 'ompe[ition. Thcse were won b\ flVat c 1\1o rr is's sq uad.
Olllcer ykes in proposing the ( isitors," pald a tribute to the <.::111plo) ers of the town who \.,'ere
the -L\.mbulanc "rer obtaining the large t number of marks in practical \\-ork.
Tht: competition i' open ro team of four from am' -ur ing Di,-i ion in the Cou mie of \\--estmorland and Cumberland.
This year onlr three teams competed, and two of the e were pro1,'ided the CarliJe :\:"u[ iner Di,ision, whil"t \mbleside aLo ent in one ram.
The competition i: on which embraces Fir :\id and } lome 1 - ul'sing, boch in the l'!' and practice.
The t anr w n; judged b\· Dr. T. \hcd omld of CHide Dr. \ Lulb olbnd, of Supe rintendent P. . Todd: of r.,.,es\\ 'ick :1l1d :i:ter Cre,ford of the Cumberland 1nh [mary-.
wing to the illnes_ of \SSl 'tam Commi:.:ioner _ '. Maclaren, (he org:ll1is:lrion \\'as carried out und r the sup r1,'ision of \mbubnce Offic r: \1i::se H. rein and 1\1. Ha\\-kin:, o f the arlde lng Di\'ision assiskd b\ thc rs of th ... \mbulanc Di,'i ion.
Carlisle ( A" secured the bowl, whilst the cup went to Ambulance Sister M. G. B. Gregg, of the mbleside Division.
Dr J. Lamberton, who is the Divisional urgeon to the Carlisle Divisions, presented the trophies to the respective winners.
WORKINGTO
The West Cumberland Divisions held a united Church Parade on Sunday afternoon, June 21.
Arlecdon and Frizington, Cleato r foor, Flimby, Maryport, mbulance, Nursing and Cadets, and Workington, all sent contingents from their Unit.
The '\ - orkington Red Cross ursing Division also joined their comrades of the Order of St. John.
The Parade assembled at the Headquarters of the Workington Ambulance Division and numbered 123 all ranks, and preceded by the \\10r kington Borough Band, a route march was made through a number of the streets to the Parish Church, where a special service had been arranged by the clergy, who made suitable reference to the Order of St. John, dealing with its old aims and the needs for the present generation to maintain the same.
A collection was made on behalf of the '\\ orkington Infirmary Jubilee Fund.
At the close of the service a further route march was made into another portion of the town before headquarters was reached, where a much appreciated tea was served. In spite of the intense heat there were no casualties, though most would probably have shown a decre ase in weight.
The Borough Band very generously gave their services which naturally helped the steadiness and regularity of the marching.
The County Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Cockill, T.D , M.D., a Knight of Grace of the Order, was in command of the Parade, and read the lessons in the Church Service; he was accompanied by County Officer J. Kerr, who acted as Adjutant.
MANCHESTER.
The Manchester and Salford Corps undertook the usual Whit Week duties at Manchester. On Whit-Monday 246 members of the Corps staffed 23 First Aid Stations and attended to 192 cases. Seven of these were removed for further treatment to the Roby Street Branch of the Manchester Ro yal Infirmary. The day was fine and dull with a very cold wind blowing. This kept down the number of cases treated. Those who did receive attention, in many in stances showed evidence of long standing heart trouble.
Whit Friday.-Over 241 members were on duty at 33 First Aid Stations and 392 cases received attention; I4 of these were removed either home or for further treatment to the Roby Street Branch of the Manchester Royal Infirmary. In one instance-fractur ed ribs and in another spinal injury. The latter case was examined by the Corps Surgeon who happened to be at the statio n and he ordered its immediate removal.
The Annual Church Parade of the Manchester and Salford Corps was held at St. Ann's Church, Mancheste r. Canon F. Paton Williams, Rector of St. Anns, gave a very inspiring address.
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Inclement weather rather spoi l t the attendance but the parade state shows that 23 I Ambu lance Officers and lUen and I05 Lady Ambulance OfEcers and isters were parade. The Roche Cadet Band and the Oldham Corps Pipe Band led the parade to and from Church and both rendered uitablc mu ie in every way.
Units accepting the invitation were from Bolto o and Oldham Corp, Prestwich, ,\ r hiteficld, Tottington, Bury and Denton mbulance and ursing Divisions.
BOLTO
Practically the whole of the members of th e Bolt on Corps .J.A.B., were on duty on unday, either pat rol ling the route of the Catholic Proce ssions Or mannin n the ambulance station set up at strategic point. Fortu r :ltcly they had to deal with no serious ca ses, the dozen or patients who came into their hand being mainly case of collap e owing to excit m nt or prolonged standi ng in the street.
BLACKPOOL
The J\nnual In pection of the BJackpool J\ml n'tn ce Division took place at the Ambu lance llc aclqu rtr, Hornby Road , BlackpooL There were nearly 40 O l1 ccrand fen on parade, and the 1n peeling ffie el was Assistant Commissioner \'\ 11. Ga tall, D.C. 1., B. c.
The .faror f ( \'( ewma n, J. P, complimented the DIYl SIOn on then appearance a nd the sacrifice they made in order to be proficient in the ca rr ying out of their humane work.
LrfHA}'I T. 1 ES
More than 150 memb.:r of the Lytham t. nne ' Ambulance and ursing Diyisions were Inspec t 1 bl' the Commissioner of 1 TO -+ (Lancashire) DIstri ct \[; W·. G. Smith, O.B ) at the new lIeadquart er ndrew Road orth, c. nne. , \si lant ol11mi l')nel W1. H. Gastall, D.C.l\f., B. c. accompanied the ommissioner. The Mayor and l\1ayores of Lyth a t. Annes (Councillor C. \'( ' . rwin) together \ ith th e ')\\n Clerk ( fr. \,\ 'alter 1leap), the Medical (licer of 1 ealth (Dr. J. P. Litt) and se,'eral members of the oun n l also attended the Parade.
After the March P ast, at \\'hich thc salute was [;1 I.. n by the Commissioner, hoth Ambulance and ursing D i\ ions gave demonstrations which included drill and cou work by all Di\ jsion s.
During the evening the layor presented a en 'ice Medal to Pri vate S. arginson.
RA WTENSTALL.
The Eighth Annual Review of the nits 01 the S.JA.B. in the Rossendale Valley was held at \,\ '1 akcr Park, Rawt enstall. Assistant Commissioner Maj or r. A. Mackenzie inspected the parade and the trophie s pre sented by Councillor J. lIame r, Deputy M u) or ot Rawtenstall.
Haslingden Corps won the "Lady Trickett" :-, liel d, and Crawshawbooth Di vision the "Graham " Cup
The "Capt. Baxter" Cup was won by Ha slingdcn Nursing Division, the \'<1inifred Baxter Cadet Cup by Bacup Girl Cadets and the Dr. Brown Cadet up by Crawshawbooth Boy Cadets.
In the evening the Rawtenstall Division held a social and dance at Queen Street Assembly Rooms, and la bels and Certificate s were presented by Dr. Madeline Arch ib ald.
No. 5 DISTRICT.
NO.5 District held their usual Whitsuntide Camp on Castle I lill, Scarborough, from May 30 to June 6.
Thirty officers and 440 men were in camp, under the command of Assistant Commissioner II. C. Else, with Assistant Commissioner G. B. Armstrong as second in cownand, A sistant Commissioner H. C. Chambers as Quartermaster, Di strict Surgeon K. II. Be ve rley as P. M.O. and DistricL OiIicer G. E. I lardy as Adjutant.
A Drumhea d ervjce was held on unday conducted by th e Rev II. P. Collier, Assistant Chaplain-General, orth ern Command, preceded by an ear ly Celebration of Holy Communion Large numbers of visitors attended the Drumhead ervice.
t rie t camp routine \.vas ohserved, drills, kcturcs and
His companions raised the alarm, and Corporal H. Edwards o f the Cadeby Colliery Di vision, a member of the Quar te rmaster's Staff, secured a rope from an UQpitched marquee, which was fortunately available, tied it round his wai s t and had himself lowered down the concave face of the cliff, got the boy on his back, and was slowly drawn up by his comrades . He was loudly cheered by all who witnessed thi s brave action and by hundreds of spectator s gathered on the Drive at the foot of the cliff.
It is hoped that more will be heard of this plucky action; Corporal Ed wards undoubtedly saved the boy' s life at a grave risk to his own.
ot long ago he rescued a boy fr o m drowning at home. 1Ie is a very worthy member of the t. John Ambulance Brigade.
• o I CPRl II OF \'\ , \LE ) DI T RICT
The Chief C.o mmissioner in peelin g l'\ursin g Di"i s ions
pra ctN" full) occupied the morning , special atteocion bein g g i\en to \.R P. lectures.
A ro ute mareh wa held through the town of bor oug h on one morning.
The: Inspection ,, "as held on Frida}". ] une 5. The InspLui ng OIncer \.\',lS Brigadier-General T. \V. andys, K.C. B., CJvLG. ounty nntroller, J\.D. \\' e t Riding, Yo rkshire. .
1\ re markable exhibition of drill and ceremnnJJ.l was gi :en, and the In pecting OlTiccr exprcscd himself a more than pleased \ ith what he had seen, and WIth the camp arrangements generally.
ThL w eather was not too kind, wind, rain and extreme cold we re experienced, which interfer >d with the work on two of the days.
On Monda)' there occurred a remilrkablc in [<lncc of and pluck. A lad of 14 camping with some htends near the camp attempt d to eli mb '- the ) 00 fe t cliff. He got stuck 40 £ et from the top, c uld get f.lelth er up nor down and completely lost his nene.
::\0. District has recently uffered a great loss through the uocimeh- death o f \.S i rant Commi sioner O. F. Buxton and n() where has rill loss been more keenly felt than in the Di trict Camp, of which he has acted as Quarrel'rna ter at each of the 15 camp s which ha,e been held since the war.
LIe pa cd about a mooch before camp "hiL t in the middle of th e preparation.
BL RLEY A'-'D KIRI( -TALL.
\\ care \ 'cry pleas cd t o report th a t on aturday June 0, at the Keighley Carni\":1.1 in •\id of Local Charirie the foll()wing members wcr :uccessful in gaining p:i.zes ;;\[rs. C. r O' ( r, 1S( Prize. ih-er Cup and Barom ter \\ i(h ;\{irror and bru:h attachm nts. \hs. K. em: ' le\", 2nd Prize. Cry tal Bowl. Mi s M. lleadd, ' 3 rd Prize. Coftee ervice
The weath ( was mo , t propitious and a mo t enjoyable afternoon \\"a: spent The proces ion of ,,'ell kept hor , es and \"3.rlolls (rades \,as exceptionally good
On the following Saturday, June 27, at Otley, Mrs. K. Crossley was again successful in winning the Silver Ro e Bowl given by the' Bradford Daily Telegraph" together with a Case of Cutlery. Many) oung members were taken to the Competition in order to rou e their interests.
NOTTINGHAM.
COOk..t!1J I COl{rse.-In conjunction with Miss German (of the Nottingham Education Committee, Domestic Science Dept.) a course of Instruction in Field, Camp and Invalid Cookery for Members of the Nursing Divisions of the Nottingham Corps was recently held' in Nottingham, followed by an examination for the Certificate of the t. John Ambulance Association in this subject. Nineteen candidates took the examination, of which number sixteen were successful, which was a highly satisfactory result, especially in view of the fact that this was the first course in this subject held in ottingham for St. John Ambulance Brigade personnel.
The successful candidates were presented with their certificates on Friday, June 19, by fiss German at the ottingham Education Offices, and were highly con gra tulated on their success in this new subject.
The Annual Church Parade of the ottingham Corps, with Stapleford, Stanton Iron \\!orks and Eastwood Ambulance Di visions was held on Sunday, June 21, 193 6
The Ambulance Divisions, numbering 146 Officers and other ranks, paraded in front of the University College, Shakespeare Street, under the command of Corps Superintendent A. G. \X eller, accompanied by Corps uperintendent S. Ibbotson, S.B., St. John, and marched to St. Pete r's Church, headed by the 31St otts Boy Scout s Band.
The Nursing Divisions of the I ottingham Corp, with a strength of 92 Officers and members, under the command of Lady Corps Superintendent, Mrs. E. Paling, paraded in St. Peter' s Gate, adjoining the Church, and preceded the Ambulance Divisions into the Church On arrival at the Church, the Parade was honoured by th e attendance of Assistant Commissioner A. B. Gibson, JP., Order St. John, and Lady Di strict Officer Miss \\'. Gibson.
The service was conducted by the Vicar, the Rev H. V. Turner, who, in his address, welcomed the Brigade and referred briefly to the history of the Order of St. J ohn and the beneficent work performed by the member s of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, with which, p's a Pari sh Priest, he had on many occasions come into contact.
Mter the service, the Ambulance and -ursing Di v isions reformed in St. Peter's Gate, where the nursing members wete dismissed, and the Ambulance Divisions, with the band, returned to Shakespeare Street for dismissal.
"GIBSON SHIELD" COyfPETITIO
The Preliminary (Eliminating) Competition for the " Gib son" Shield, presented to the ottingham Corps by Assistant Commissioner A. B. Gib so n, JP. for annual competition by teams from the Ambulance Division s of the Corps, was held on Sunday, June 14, 1936, at Bath Street Scho o ls and Parliament Street Depot, ottingham Corporation Passenger Transport Dept.
Four teams competed at each Headquarters, at which the tests (Individual Practical) were identical, the Judge s being Divisional Surgeon H. Sherrard, Ba sford Divi sion,
at Bath Street chools, and Divisional Superintenden t and Surgeon Major Cohen, Radford Division, at Parli ament Street Depot. The result of the Preliminary Com_ petition was as follows :-
BATH STREET SCHOOLS (Possible 140.)
ottingham Corporation Passenger Transport" A "
Cinderhill
ottingham Central "B"
Jo ttingham City
PARLIA1fE T STREET D EPOT (Pos ible 14 0.)
The 1:\yo leading team s of each ection hown ,lho\'c qualified to compete in the Final Competition whic h \\'a held on the Forest, ottingham, on unday, Jun e 28 , 1nd judged by Divisional urgeon Dr. r\. t\.. Denham, nL 'oton Division. The weather wa s favourable, an d the LOm, petition \vas witnes ed by a con id erabJc num bl of interested spectators. Each team was sub ject ed to a Team Te t in which they \"ere assumed to be on du ty at an Ambulance tation in a eaport town, and summoned to deal with a man wh o had fallen iO[ ( the dock whilst working on a hip's side. The patien t \\'a suppo ed to haye been removed from the water and \ 109 on the dock si de in an uncon scious conditi on, \"\'i[h a 11('ld wound and simp le fracture of the right leg,
The marking of the team sho\"\'ed the following rl' ult: Team. Pos ib l 16j Carrington 14Cinderhill I z-; ottingham Corporation P a cngu Transport " , I J Mapperley 10 7
The arrangement for the competillon were ma de by Corps Office r C. Le\\'endon (Corps ccretary) and pervi ed by Corps uperintendent A G. W'eller who announced the result at the close of the competition . The hield and a\\'ard co the winning team and runn er -up will be pre emed on the occa ion of the annual inspe c. Ion of the .0:'ottingham Corps on unday, July ]9.
.0.0. 6 Dl TRICT
HlJLL Al"D EA T RIDL 'G.
1-111// Corps Church Parade.- This took place on u Jar, June 2 I, when nearly 200 officer and member 0' rhe Ambulance and 1 ursing Di visions paraded on the QlI In's Dock (Hull Estate) under the command of Corp s Jetintendent Batley. The County Commissioner, ported by County Officers G. Edwards, ] 1. Bartro p, ;lO d Lady County Officer Miss L. Barron, attended. The parade, led by the King's Hall (llull) Prize Band, ma ched off in fine style to t. l\ndrew's Chmch, where they lis r ned to a stirring and inspiring address by Canon S. Ber
EAST RIDI G.
East Riding County In spection at hlf)I.-On Sun day , June 28, a combined inspection of most of the un its outside Hull, in the East Ridin g, was carried out on the
Hard Ten ni s Courts at Filey, which were kindly lent for the purpose by the Filey Urban District Council.
The units, which paraded at the Filey Headqua rters ur.dcr the command of the County Commissioner, Mr. W '. T. \tkinson, who was supporte d by County Officer G. Edwar d s and Lady ounly Officer Miss L. Barron, included ;-
Malton and Norton j\mbul ance Division.
Bricllington j \.mbulance Di vision. File)' and Di str ict j \mbulance Di vision.
Sherburn and Di strict mbulance Di vision. Drilfield and Di strict t\.mhulance Division, Bncllington 1\"ursing Di\'ision. Dn ffi e1d :'-Turi ng Diyision.
Thl ge neral salute was accorded the J nspecting Officer on the parade ground, ounty Comrni sioner Stanlc\' Embleton, Knight of race of the Order, \\-ho inspected the rank and file and witne. sed an impo ing march pa t.
J\ (kmo n lration of Fir t l \id work was watched br an intCfeste u crou-d of spectators. This included exhih lio n of protecti\ <.: clothing for air raids precaucion _ work, an d a number of \. R.P. ertificates \"I.'ere pre ented.
The InspectIng nicer expre sse d himself '..vell ati fied \\'ith the appearance of rho c on parade, and ,dth the \\'or k perfor med
\ mo ng t (hose present were ir I\rthur \tkin so n, K.B E., J.P. and Lady \t kinson, AR.R.C., Dr. Ritchie \ldcrman Benno Pearlman, Count\, Officers G. Edwar d:- and l llss L. Barron and Corp' Officer G. Ham p-o n of the Hull orps.
l\ flcr tea in [he Pa\ ilioo, (he combined units paraded at Sr. Osu-ald's Parish hurch led br the File,' Town Bane!. The ermon was preached by the Re\r. C. Daws on, TI County ommissioner later learned with great appl uia tion of the notahle in tance of fir t \id rendered at BrJdlington br [\\,0 members of the Brigade on from an othcr Di , trict, whiLt the In 'l ection and Parade \Vere taking place at Filer.
\\' hil· t out on a pI -as ure sail, a \'e sel approachcd, apparcn tlr making for Bridlington llarbour to 'eek medi cal as i tance for a case of accident on board. The two :-tm bulance men wcnt on board and gave the nece ar\' enabling the \'c el to proceed on her \\"lth out puttin into port.
OR·Il! RIDL'G OF YORK.
\t .the i \nnual Meeting of the carborough .::\ur ing DI\'IS!O n, the Chairman, Lady uperinrendent Ii s JacklJn, who ha qualified a' Grade 2 InstructOr in "\..R.P. urged the meml ers to take up the study of this ubject. The lIon ccretary reported that during the ummel' ea on the m mber' had undcrtaken public duty at mo. [ ofthllmportant cvent, and had pur in 361 hour of duty attende d H In more than 40 ca .c's lad been treated In t!:e dally routlO. It "-a plea ing to record that appreClatly<.: lettcr of thank had been reeet\ ed from se era! public organi -alions.
Refcrence was made to the long and ,-a luable $l:fyices of t\\ 0 members who had had t ign, 11is ] cfFreL with 2.0 ! lars' ervice, f which 10 had be n in the office of ecrctary and Trcasurer, and Ii s tar y, wi th 2Z years'
to her credit, the first 12 being with the I Iarrogatc Dlvls:on. officers had done duty in i\iilitary J Io spltal s the war, were presented with gifts from the Dl vislOn, and MISS Jeffrey, in thanking the members, said she had been placed on the Reserve and would thus keep in touch with the work.
SCARBOROUGH.
An interesting and useful piece of combined public duty by 12 rank .and file .from the 1 o. 5 District Camp on the Castle .Hill, proVided by Assistant Commander J 1. C. and 12 members of the Scarborough Division, was carned out on ] une 3. The" Huddersfield Cripples' Guild" to the number of some 300, arrived at the station in the afternoon. lI-Iany of the visitOrs were in wheeled or on crutches, and some in spinal carriages. After belflg conveyed by the Brigade men to the Central Hall, they had to be carried down stairs to lunch and up agai.n later. After being driven round in special 'buses, they became the guests of the Corporation, and enjoyed themselycs to the full in the many entertainments, such a s boating, electric bumping launches, water chutes, miniaraih\-ay, etc., in all cases being attended by the Bngade men. For tea, the same transport on the stairs had to be provided, and later they were seen off at the tation, the \l,.'heeled chair cases being lifted into specially fitted guards' yans.
\fter the train had left, the St. John men were addressed by the Rev. \\1. E. Sangster, B.A., who, in thanking them for a piece of serrice, memioned that only recently he n ned the t. John Hospital in Jerusalem, and he appreCiated how fullr ther were maintaining the great traditions of the Order as ther had been handed do\\'n both in Jeru alem and at home through the centuries.
1\0. 8 (DCKE OF CO.::\;'\Al:GHT' ) DI TRICT. R el'iews and Church Parades.-B,- kind invitations from the Rarnsgate Corporation and the LittlehamptOn Council, the Kent Couney Reyiew and the uner and ussex Re\'ie \,- \ya held at Ramsgate on unda), June q, and Litdehampcon on July 19.
CompetitiotlJ'.- The urrer and us ex Competition s were held a( Guildford. The urrey trophies were won by the Guildford .R. Di,i ion and the Reigate Divi ion whil t the us ex trophies \\ere \\-on b\- the Briahcon Police Di,ri ion, the Hor ham Diyi sion b6ng econbd. The Kent County Competitions were held at Herne Ba, and the winning team were; r\. hford \\-ork Herne Bay Di,rision, Herne Bay Xur s ing Di,-i ion Folke s tone l\'ur ing Diyi ion Herne Ba',- Boy Cadet- and rhe Dm-er Girl Cadet DiYl ions. "
I9' _-1/JlJtltll R eport.-_-\nalr_is of "-ork done b\- (he Di trict durin a ] 93 9 0 ca -e treated compared "irh 2 5 09 1 in 19 3-t; 7 I moco (ambulanc a (e operated: 665 pari nt \\' re carried 352,215 mile: 5189 road accident treated im-oh-ing '5,' 29 miles o f tr::n-ellinO' b,the motor ambuhnce taking the ca co ho_ pital o'r home; 30 road -ide station and 100 Ers[ aid cabinet beach hut at the ea ide to\,-n _ treated m-er 000 ca_e : :\ (ember of ur ing Di,rision trea.ted 6, II 9 cases curned out on l,52 5 occasion with the mocor ambulance., and nud 447 2 attenda nce at local hospit:-tls.
Interesting Case Reports
CA E REpORT No. I03.-The Officer-in-Charge ot Western Area 1 o. I Di trict, S J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of fir t aid a follows:-
A presentation made at the Kingston Police Sta tio n on .March 18 disclosed the brave conduct of Corporal Hay, of No. 124 (Kingston) Divisio n. On Nove mber 2, 1935, Corporal Hay whilst in his bathroom heard screams coming from Canbury Park Gospel Hall. Hastily slipping on some clothing he hurried to the Hall, and found that a tin of polish which had been placed on the gas ring to melt had boiled 0 er, S ettino- alio-ht the clothino- of the daughter of the b b b '--' caretaker, who had tried to preyent the blazing polish from spreading. Suppressing the flames, Corporal Hay carried the injured girl to his own hou e, after wrapping her in an eiderdown following fir t aid, and awaited the arrival of the ambulance.
When presenting the certificates awarded by the Society for saving life from fire to Corporal Hay and :Mr. Eyre, who had assisted, Acting Superintendent North (putney Station) congratulated Corporal Hay on the efficient manner in which he had dressed the terrible burns of the victim and regre tted thar the gi rl had since died from shock.
" Good wine needs no bush" and a good case report no COJJiJnent. It only remains, therefore, to add 0111' cordial congratulations to COlporal H cry on his good 1l'ork well done in f7J ing circuJJ?stances.-N. C. F.
Questions and Answers
FRACTURE lli-VOLVING ELBOW JOINT.
L. S. (Ipswich). - Some contro versy has arisen in our Division as to the number of bandages t o be used when applying angular splints for a fracture involving the elbow joint. The answer largely depends upon whether a comma has been omitted in the Text-book. Your ruling as to whether two or three bandages are required will be greatly appreciated.
Obvious!J,)'ou are comparing the instructions for fracture of forearm, for which a bandage is to be used" as a figureof-eight round the wrist and hand." For fractttre at elbow, however, three bandages are to be applied-" round the arm, the forearm and the hand." So it is not a question as to omission of a comma so much as the inclusion of the particle before « the hand," which settles the question .N. C. F.
MEDDLESOME FIRST AID (No. 19)
A. W. (Stroud Green) -In a recent discu ssio n on " A Useful First Aid Outfit," one member su gges ted
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Tilt! lIlt!! W'hat ll ext ?- N. C. F.
CHOICE OF f \Rl\f - LI G
I. (Bacup).-At a recent review one of the tes ts was a dressing for a wound of the elbow. The members of out Dhrision all used the small arm-s ling as we have been instructed to do in all cases of injury to the elbmv. I lOst of the other competing Divis ions u sed the large arm-sling; and '.\ e h:lYe reason to beli eve that the s Un g was the cause 0: our losin g marks.
[Pith regret 1 !lINSt rHie tbat ill tJJi_r /l/atter tbe ills/m(tions given to t/Je lIlelllbfrs of ),ollr Dil liJiO Il are cOil/raJ), to the Textbook and that the Imge arlll-sliJJ(l iJ illdi(atrd for iJ/ the regio" of the elbOlJ ' If ),Of{ read throllgh )'0111' T extbook careful!J) )'0/1 7I'J1/ filld that it gives specific illstmcfiollJ ll ifh refereJICt 7 thf small arlll-slitlg Crracflfres of hlfll/ems), 10 the S t. JoJm sling Cjract"res of clavicle alld scapllia aJ/d ji'011: palmar arches), alld to the Imge arlJl-slillg (fractures oj ribs). So 0' dedllrtioll it follo12 /J thai for all olha It. ''fI"iu of the IIpper limb tbe large arm-Jlill/!, is iJldicalt'd.- , F.
G'L OF hIPROVIS f\TION.
I. . (Bacup) .-.Also I recently heard of a co r petition in which a team which improyis d an arm Jng, despite the fact thac there was a pare tri ar gula r bandage, was awarded more marks than a t eam 'hich use d the spare bandage for tIle arm-sling. ln Dor im pr ovisatio n b e \vrongly used? urel)" it o nl y b e brou ght into action when orthodox equipment is not available.
For competition purposes there urely ought to be fixed rules for these co nt roversia l points, as competitors so _ often lose valuable marks throu g 1 not being aware of the surgeon-judge's prej udice s.
0)2 your .rtateJ)1eJ/t ofJacts, 1 agree 71lit/J )'0111' concl"JiO/IJ in tlJis installce,. and J ll)onder 71)hat advantages th e /'l/provised arm-sling had over the _rpare triallglflar bandage.
For competition pUJposes the detailed marking .fJJal should be based strictlY 011 the instmctloJlS of the Tex tbook: and the 1vise judge aluJ(l),J abstains jrolll /)/tror/IICillg C( controversial pointJ." 117 short, the experimced jlldgl invariab!J 7vorks 01lt the de/ails oj tlJ e sllppo sed 'tvdh th e T extbo ok Iyillg open before hill!. No one kllo]/'s
208 the inclu ion of adhesive plaster, carron oil and tweezers, and excelled himself when he recommended iodine for application to burns of some size, thick cottonwool bein g afterward applied. To me this suggestion i worthy of beino- classified as a Co mpendium of :i\Ieddl eso m First id; and so 1 ask what you hav to say on the matter.
better Iban he hOJJI eaD' il is to forget the exact instructions of th( Textb ook, 11litb reference to fhe vario1lJ injuries and (otldi IIOtlJ - N C. F.
BITES or, R BID A nrA LS
N P. (Cardiff) - Thc Textbook (p. 133), under "Treat ment of Bites of Rabid Aninlals," tells us in Ruk 6 to apply a dressing when the bleeding hac; cea sed. W/e sha ll b e g rateful if you will tell us what cau se" the bleeding to cease.
Bite of (miJllai.r wl/rllf] calise lacerated wounds which) aJ tl.l' T('xl/Jook dejim/e(y tells ),011 0/1 p. 9 I, tend 10 bleed less 1,jflorolfJly alld to cease bleedillg ))lore qlfickl]' than itld!ed Jl'OlmdJ became th e blood vessel.r are torn throllf',h, lOllS thc 11111.mtlar coats to jlljold. - "'. C. F.
FR \ [L RE OF " \R:\f. F. T. (rinch ley). Por the; treatment of Fractured Arm when splints arc not available, the Textbook (Rules 2. and ..j, p. 69) tells us to support the wrist in a m, II arm -sling then to secure the arm to the side br c\'o broad ur difficulty is to decid e \,:hl'tht r tht; bandage s hould applied under or over the ar m-sling.
At 1 rece nt Di\ isional the majority pas ed rhe \\'() bandage. under the ling) \,·herea the mmori[y pa d them 0\ cr the sling, thereby avoiding nsk o f mo\ 111Cnr: in [L"Xation of fracture. Your kind ru ling on this point \, -ill be appreciated. 7Ze Jlqllt'llce oj illslrllc/iolls ill Rl(les 2 and + certaill0 sugs, st · that fhe limb is /0 be sllpported ill arm -slillg and thm ji.Ytd 10 the bodJl 0' the tll'O broad bandages, ez'ell though Ihis lIlelbod is the ret'ers t' of fhal !aid don'" it! lerti01J (a) , p 68 Jor rractflrt' of Arm close to Shof{l&r. In /jle absellce of specific itlSlrtfclioIJ,I , bOll 'we )') it 100kJ10 me as if tbe 7"f.Yt/;00k alIOJJ'J the oPlioll of both /lie/hods alld leO/les the deci.riOIl to the frsf-aidfr, If th f arJII iJ broken and fllrthtr dallla/!.e is like0' to rrJIIlt d/(ring the lJ"Cfssm], lIIalllpfllatiotJs thm tbe }t rist rbo/(Id -be rupp{)rteri ill alld /be tu'o balJdrll!,es applied romld arm IlIJd boclj'. Oil the COil frm)' , if JIIOlJelllf"!.,are I1C/ likefJ to elldanger the Jmc/lfFe, fhm tbt balldage,f IIIa,.V l'f placed ilJ position rouJJd /be bo1;' and thiJ dOlfi, Ibe lI,,-i_r/ I)Jq)' b(' .mpporfed ill F.
BL E B \ G FOR TI 'GS
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St. John "On the Air"
In a wireless talk from the North Regional Station of the B.B.C. on the last day of June) by Mr. F. Buckley Hargreaves, interesting references were made to the Order and the Brigade.
Mr. Hargreaves said :-
"On Wednesday I slipped down to Clerkenwell after lunch to sec one of those ceremonies which throw a bridge from the present to the past. It was the Festival of St. John the Baptist, the Annual ervice of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of t John of Jerusalem.
« I arrived at St John's Gate just in time to see the Duke of Connaught, the Grand Prior, inspecting the Guard of Honour of St. John Ambulance men The traffic in Clerkenwell was held up for a brief space while the procession moved from St . J ohn)s Gate, the headquarcers of the Order, to the Priory Chapel across the road.
«( The procession was headed by the choir, the choir boys making a fine picture in the sunlight in their scarlet coats with gold facings) who were followed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Palmer, the subPrelate of the Order; and then behind the sword bearer came members of rhe Order of St. John in their splendid flowing robes-Knights of Grace, h:.nights of Justice.
t. John Ambulance men and women are on duty, a you know full well, at all public e"\ents, whether it be a coronati on in London, or just a local fete in some prm-incia] centre. This old Order of chivalry, ,,-hich dates back to the Crusades, still does its work in the \vorkada r ',-orId of to-day.
, I should like ro take this opportunity of mentioning the work of the Brigade, becau "e I know of the interest that is taken in rhe work of the t John -\mbulance Brigade in the of England. There are 80,000 member of the Brigade in the enited Kingdom) and .p,ooo of them are in rhe Regional Ar a.
tanding be ide me i n the little Chapel was a miner from Durham who tra\-elled up specially for thi ; \nnual en-lee. I have found thar there are a gr at many p opk ,,-ho labour under the delusion that these men and \'i-omen of the t . John Ambulance Brio-ade ar paid for their eryice. are not· it is all voluntan '",-ork. :;\.fam- of -th e men whom you e at a public ceremony are a often as not people \\-ho haye been at \I ork all night a t Office Ort C, nur , railway porter and watchmen.
" Ju t spare a thought for me (. John Ambulanc 111 nand ,\-om n ,,-ho are always on duty wherever th r i a crowd."
Priory f o r Wales.
HEADQUARTERS:
Priory House
4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.
GENERAL INTEREST.
AlIl1ual Jl1eetingJ at CardifI-It "was announced by the Sub-Prior, the Earl of Plymouth, P.C, at the annual meetings of the Chapter and General Assembly of the Priory for W'ale held in the City Hall, Cardiff, on Friday, June 26, that His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent had been appointed to the office of Prior, formerly held by His Majesty the f.:.ing "hen Prince of W·ales.
The following telegram was despatched from Chapter to the Duke's Secretary :-
"The Sub-Prior and Members of the Chapter of the Priory for \,'ales, here as embled, beg to conver to Your Royal Highness their sincerest appreciation of the high honour conferred upon them by your acceptance of the office of Prior in succession to their beloved Prior when Prince of \\"ales: and assure Your Royal Highness of their dutr and devotion during the years to come."
During the course of the day's proceedings the follou'ing acknowledgment uras received :-
"Please accept, and convey to the members of (he Chapter of the Priory for \X /ales, my sincere thanks [or their kind message of congratulation.
"I look forward to taking up the office of Prior for Wales in succession to His 1\'1ajesty The King, and I trust that the fine work of past years will be continued in the future."
Canon J A. Lewis officiated at Meeting of Chapter held at 1.30 a.m. The Sub-Prior in his opening remark s made fitting reference to the passing of the revered Sovereign Head, His Majesty King George the Fifth, whose services to the Order as Sub-Prior when Duke of York, as Grand Prior when Prince of \X' ales, and as Sovereign Head when King, had been recorded in terms of profoundest gratitude and sincerest appreciation at Meeting of Chapter-General. While it had been the proud privilege of the Priory to have the heir to the Throne as Prior, the P riory was automatically bereft of that leadership when the Prince of Wales became King. D uring the seventeen years that elapsed between 19 18 and 193 6, the association of His Royal Highness with the first Establishment of the Order had fructified in a development that had left no uncertain mark upon the social and philanthropic life of the Principality. His Lordship recounted the progress of the past seventeen years and moved the following resolution: "That the most loyal and grateful thanks of this Chapter be accorded to its late P rior, while Prince of Wales, for his illustrious and eminent services to the Priory from 1 9 8 to 193 6 ; and that this Resolution be respectfully submitted to His Majesty."
In calling upon the Treasurer, Mr. D. M. Evans-Bevan, J P. , to submit a statement on the 1935 accounts, Lord Plymouth referred to the sad loss sustained by the Priory in the death of its former Treasurer and Chairman of the Glamorgan County Centre, Colonel H E M. Lindsay, CB. The Assistant Hospitaller of Bridge, Major A. W. 2.10
And [son, M B., Ch.B., reported on the Ophthalmic Hospital of the Order in Jerusalem, to which the Priory for \'<fa les makes an annual contribution, and gave an interesting account of the progress in the work of restoration of the ancient property of the Priory known as the Bridgend Hospic. 1r. Oli er Harrl', in his capacity as As i tant Director of Ambulance, reported on the A sociation and Brigade \Vork within the Princi pality in the course of which he recorded a total of 15, 79 1 in First Aid and Home ursing is , 1.1ec.l by the Prio ry to students in 193 5 a total Brigade memb ership In \'\ 'ales of 12,480. As Duector of Traosport, Pr oft.:ss or George Knox .1\1.1. LE., F.G , s ubmitted a statement on the Iotor Ambulance Tran p rt ervicc, which durino- 1935, had dealt \vith 13,8 8 removals and co ve red a total mileage of 2../.8,978. A report on lhc Char itable W' orks of the Priory was pre ented by Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, CB.E., J.P. LD. in the absence of the Alm uner the Viscount Tredegar.
t the close of Chapter lh e Earl of Plym ollth c'1ter' tained the Lord fayor of Cardiff ( \Idcrm an G. F. ans, JP.) and members of Chapter to luncheon.
Genera! r lJ·,re7JIb{y.-ln the afternoon the Lord Maro r of Cardiff extended a civic welcome to sixtr-Jlye Me nbers of the Order of t. John on the R oll of the Prio r ' for \\ ·ales His Lord hip aid that in attencLing thi an nual meeting, he was conforming with an unbroken pr ac tice of his Predece s ors in office since the inc eption of the Priory; but feu' of them had been privileged to do so with the feeling of kin, hip that he enjoyed as a fcllow-ffi L11ber of the Order. It was his desire to see lhe work mor e full r de\'eloped in Cardiff; and the pa t year ha witncs .l:u reconstitution of the entre ommittec, of which, In his priyate capacity, he \Vas Chairman. ardiA:' migh t well be expected to give a lead to the \(o wmem in \\ 'a les, particularlr in \'ic,,' of the bct that th e tiL[ Centre of the t. John l \mbul ance A ociati n or ganIsed in the P r incipality, which ultimately gave I iah t) (he first separate Pri ory e tabE hed br the rder of t . lo hn, was the Cardiff Ccntre formed in 1882.; and he as ,un: d General Assembh· that the Ciyic '\ulh or iric woul d l!1\'C the greatest poss;ble support to thc Prio ry's \,\ 'ork Responding, the Earl of Pl ymouth. aid the fri ndly relationship that had always exi ted bet\.\'een the co rpora , tion of Cardiff and the Priory had been a source of reCI procal strength. The Lord Mayor and Corporation wer L in a po sition to give a decided st imulus to the amb ula nce movement throughout the Principality by the asso c'atlO n of the Cit y Hall with the annual functi ons and comp l activities of the Pri ory. The newly con tituted ( ardlA Centre had an important role to play by its exam ple to other cities and towns within the PrincipaLi ty; nd a closer co-operation between the Corporation a nd th e Cardiff Centre might prove desirable in view 01 necessities impo sed by the organi ation of alT-r .1ld precautions.
Referring to the announcement regarding the Duke of Kent, hc said that on the marriage of the an d Duchess of Kent the Prior (then Prince of Wales) interested them in the work of his Priory to the ex tent that the Duchess accepted the post of Lad y uperintc ndent' in-Chief for Wales a year ago, thereby assuring a patronage of the nursing services. They wou ld IOJn with bim in extending the heartiest welcome to t he neW Prior, whose tenure of office would be mark cd by the unflagging efforts of all to ensure its success.
" May their Royal Ilighnesses, the Du kc and Duchess of Kent, live long to enjoy the associations which now link them to the destinies of the Priory for Wales," he added.
Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew,. se nior Knight of Ju stice present, and lIonorary SolICItor of the Priory, said the announcement made by the ub-Prior would be met with the greatest sati.sfaction and a feeling of confidence in the future. I Ie dId not think anyone of thcm could have hoped for a more su itabl e s ucc essor to thc Prince of Wales than the Du ke of K e nt.
The 1Ion. John I I. Bruce , Principal ecretary and [or '\ aspects of the s actlv1t1es, deal!ng the subject of First Aid 111 Industry, and especIal.l}' rrunes, Air Raid Precauti ons Cadet and reportlng on the developments in each of. th e runetee? entre of the Pri ory. R eferring to what ffil ght be conSIdered an adequate proportion of ambulance men to the population of W'ales, he pointed out that the might reasonably aim at doubling its present Bn ga de of 12,480, so in \'\·ales there might be 1 6 0 00 cnlor and 8 000 Juntor members.
The ub-Prior invitcd questions or comments, and Lady l\d a . •\iathcr Jack on, O.B.E., J.P., spoke a Ladr Pr esl den: of the :0fonmouthshire L ursing 1\5 ociation the pro vlslOn of medical comfort.
1\ \' otc of to ub- P rior for presiding \.vas passcd by :0Ir D:!.nld DanIel, "who exprcs ' ed the gratitude of General \ssembly for rhe valuable contribution ro the wo rk o f the Priory made Lord Plymourh. :\Ir. \\'. }. Can ton sccondLd the mO(1on, which wa carried unaniand Di r/ricl Road TrallJport C 0 /11pel!!lolI. -By- vinue DC the '\cwport team's ucces 1a t yea r, the second for tl:am of road passenger worker. 10 ardlll and Di.;trict was held at the n Ilall, '\Jewport, on \,\ 'cdne cda\' June' when '\[r :\ J Y " ), • . '.. o llng, \Ianagn of the ount}' Borough of ElecCtlCl.ty and Tramway Department prc , ided 0 cr ,I rcpresentatl\' e asscmbh
Fi y t d cams compete, con Idnable intert: ' t bein,. lf1. the team test, which featured an accident to a u s \\ hile travelling along a country road \vith (Wo h Pa s l ng ers, onc of whom is found (Q be sufFering from a cad "m und ad' I h fin conCll slOn ane t e other from a fracture
0, t 1e and cla\ icle of ame ide. The Judge ' " ere \ss istant Count1.' Dr J P J J " and C J • • en Jn Th orps urgeons Dr. G. L. PIerce Dr. R. ' omas and Dr \ ;\[ Rbi 11 • • 1 () crtson, \\'1 awardcd thc o owmg marks :_
EI, t ."' 1 T \Yf cc nell) ane ram\\'fl.\ S Department es tt.:r n \\ 'elsh, l \bcrdare
We st \1 0 C " on. !11Olbus Board BJack\,'ood 2 I ard lfi Cor' .' R d poratlon Transport Departn1cnt e 8.::. \Vh' 2 0 He crVlCCS Ltd. Chep tow 1 Tb " ... . 2.".)
Com e. Hon John 11. Bruce (Princiral ccrctan ami for \'\'alc ), in the course of his lle a rtc: to the need for intercsting those eno'ao-cd tl1 c \ y g oods in First Ad sectlOn of thl: Road Trans[ ort lnJustn in \Y o k' 1 work and hoped the Priory would r mg Ul) a nat' I '" du e COllrsc. < Lon:!. competItion tor thcs men in
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Annual Commem o ration Servi ce, 193 6.
ORDER OF
THE ClIGRCII CROSS, carried by the Sacristan. CHOIR.
The Assistant Dir ector of Ceremonies (H PirieGordon, Esq., D .S .C ).
THE CROSS OF TIlE ORDER, carried by an Office of the Order (Captain A. -. Cahusac, :
The Rev . W. Pennington The Ven. Archdeacon G. Bickford
The Rev. C C Petch
The Rev. C Per owne
The Very R ev E. Rogers, J. Ho\\: son Canon J. A. Douglas The Re\" G. E ).,foreton The Rev. \\". H. Hornb\' O.B.E., Dean ofBocking
The Rev. Prebendary L. J. Steer, T.D. Bishop E. J. Palmer The Bishop of Gibraltar Perci\ al, 1(. .V.O.
THE OF THE ORDER, carried by an Officer of the St. John Ambulance Brigade (H Esq.).
The of eremonies (Brigadier-General The Earl ot haftesbury, 1(.P., G.CV.O., CB.E., P.C )
CH -\PTER G
OFFICER : \\". \\ ' Doye D. G. Esq.
CO:\L\L-L"DER :
\\-. E. C Laz.enby, Esq. \"\'. G. Pag e, E q., O.B E F. Tweedle, Esq. :\laj. H. -\. Balbi,
The Vi COUnt Bledisloe 1(.B.E., P. Lieut.- 01. E. J. Tre\-or ory, .B. . T.D. OF GR,\CE: T. H. \\'. ChambeL, E q. Ed\,'jn H. \\-. Fincham, . \Y. OF ]c-nCE: Major T. LUI111e\ - ir Robert Kenn d\' I11ith ' ir \lgern o n Tudorraig, K.B.E. The Lord Plender G .B.E. :: \. Ebblewhite E q. The Viscount Hereford
l[ Ronald corL, CB.E.
olon 1 YiYlan Gabriel, C 1., .Y.O. CB E -\.: \\ are E:q., T h e COUnt Leyerhulme l[ J o hn B Ynon, Bt. .B.E.
F. E. Rb g her, E q. Colon 1 E. D. B. Hutchinson
B \TLIFF Ir John H \n:tr CRO:S: ;.C K.B.E.,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Chief Commissioner, S J.A.B.O. (Colonel J. L. Sleeman, C.B., C.M.G , etc.).
The Chief Commissioner, S.J.A.B. (Major-General Sir John Duncan, K.C.B., C.M.G., etc.).
The Re g istrar (E. H. Freshfield, Esq.).
The Hospitaller (Colonel J. T. Woolrych Perowne).
The Secretary-General (Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C.B.).
The Sub-Prior (Major-General The Earl of Scarborough, K.G., G.B.E., K.C.B .)
THE SWORD OF THE ORDER, ca rried by a Commande r of the Order (Captain J. D o cw r a Ro g ers).
The Grand Prior, (Field-Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connau g ht, K.G., etc.).
Esquire-in- Waiting (W. R Hornb y Steer, Esq .).
The Secretary of the O r der (Li eut.-Colonel R. C. Bingham, D.S.O.).
Esquire-in- Waiting (Co lonel E . W Golds w o rthy).
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE ORD E R
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of th e Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem held its annual festi v al on St. John s Da y, June 24. The anniv ersary se rv ice was held. in th e Grand Pri o ry Church, Cler k enwell . The se rvice w as conducted b y the Rev. L. J. Perc iv al, Sub-D ean of His Majesty's Chapels Ro yal, and the sermo n w a s preached by the Right Rev. Bishop a SubPrelate of the Order, to a crowded cong reg atlOn.
H.R.H. The-Duke of Connaught (The Grand Pri o r) , and the oth er members of the Chapter-General, preceded b y the Choir of His Majes ty 's S:hap els R oyal and the Chaplains, walked ln pr o cesslOn fr o m th e Chancery at St. John's Gate to the Chu rch.
Before the service a new altar frontal, desi g n ed and executed in embroidery and applique by Miss M. Garford, Dame of Grace o f the Order, for the Grand Priory Church, was dedicated Mter the service the G e ne ral Assembl y o f the Order was held in the Chapter Hall at St. John's Gate, the Grand Prior pres idin g .
Major-General Sir Perciv al Wilk inson, Secretar yGeneral and Director of the A mbulance D epartment, Colonel' J. T. Woolr ych Perowne, Chairman of the Order's Ophthalmic Hospital at ,Jeru salem ,. General Sir John Duncan, Chief CommlsslO ne r , St John Ambulance Bri g ade at Home, and Co lo n el J. L. Sleeman, Chief Co mmi ss ioner, St. John lance Brigade Overseas, reporte d on the work of t helt respective departments during the I n th e absence of the Librarian Col. E. G. K in g, th rough illness, his report was read by the As sistant L i b ra ria n , Mr. H. W. Fincham.
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The Grand Prior, in replying to a vote o f thanks for presiding, said it gave him great pleasure to be present. He had been greatly impress ed b y th e favourable reports of the work of the va r i o u s depa rt_ ments of the Ord er during the past ye ar. I Ie w is hed the Order and all those respon sible for i ts ma n)' activi ties continue d prosp erity durin g the ye ars to come.
A mo ng others p rese nt w ere :-l\ ra j r- ?a d of Scar. boro u g h (Su b-Prio r), M ajor- G en eral Pe rCival '\ il kl n on (Secre tary- G en eral) a nd L ad y Wilkin son Co lon el J. T. W o o lryeh P nOwnc (H os pi talle r) an d Mr P rowne, Co lonel The .Ea rl of On5101\ (A l mo n er), E. H. F r es hfi cld, Esq LL.D (Reg s tra r), B rJ f:ld icr Ge n eral T he Ea rl of h aftes bury (Di reetol' of e remonies), \bjo r G eneral Sir John D uncan (Chief Corrutlissioncr, J ohn Arr: 1 'Ilancc B r gad e a t Home), Co lonel J. L. Sb.:man (C hi ef omm ls loner. t J o hn \ mbu lanee B rigade O Yer ca) and nIrs. leem an, Tht Lady Rockley, Sir Ronald and Lady Storrs Co lo n .1 E. V. (':lbricl, Li eut -Co lonel R. C. Bingham ( ecret:uy), I I. P lf1(!-Gord on, Esq. ( ssistant DirectOr of Ceremonies), Ma jor Sir A lge rn on Tud or-Craig, Colone ir Co lin and the L ady J\1 argnrct l acRae , Lad y IckyU, M rs .(\. H l\ lorgan, Li eut.-Colonel ir Hugh Turnbull, F. E. 1{ sher, Esq , E 1\. Eb bl ewhirc, .; q., Lieu t. -Colon el 1 I. F. Lord and L ad y P lender, The \, i count and \ i countess I kre [o 1, Ir R obert hennedy, D r. A. M. aod \1 rs \\ an Col<:lOcl E D 13 Vngt. Hutch nson, Major T. G. Lumley - mith, The Y lscount LL \'ul ulme, The Bishop of G ibraltar, Bishop Paltn(!f The Re\. L. J. p 'ci \'ll, The Rey \\/. II. ll ornby reel', The Rev. Perowne, The 'Ut r:lblc HO\yson, The Re\·. G. E [oreron The Rev. \\ P<.:o· oington Bickford , The Dean of Bocking, The Rev. Jam es Black, Robinia \,iscounress \ loum g:urct, The \ i coune amI ume Bledisloc, Co lonel E. J. Tre\'o r Cory, Lady Yate, A\ l rs. Lancd ot Dem, L ady W'oUaston, Lady Ph ilipps, G ener.U i.r Regi nald and Lad r \\'io· gate , Sir Josiah Stamp, if \ iliiam G entle, The D owa g cr \, isc< um e Harcourt, Co lonel r Robert and L ady ( olonel S ':' onckton opeman, ,\1r. and \f r L Ralphs, \ 1r. alH \(1'1 T H \\ Chambers , lajor-General ir ydney roo bh: I il W illiam and Lady Clark, Irs E. Lascdlc , \fan tU 1 \11'1 Upton Pr ior, The -lIon, Mrs. Henn CoUin , The Dowa g er \ IC ume'( Plumer, and G. L-\' m'yer, a pl:lin \1. Knapr. Miss R Cox-Dayie, The Hon •\Lrs. litzRor, The ;>'\;Irl hionc j of 10rmanby Tbe lI on. "\[rs. Ilerbert Lane, Lady D al rymp le L ady Rundle , Lady \.lJardycc, olond if \X'ill!:un W'illcox, Colonel ir B ruce Brucc-Porter, olond II' \\ Jllta01 Campion, The Hon Lady \X ard, Lady e,,"nes, Lady lI end .on. L ieut.-Colone l r. \\ ' . Gibbo n Col o nel E. R. himmict, Capcain-l.. \ Cahusac, Surgeon ice- \dmiral ir Robert HiJl, H. \ Fi ncham. Esq \\. E. C. Lazenby, Esq., H. Davies, F sq , \\. G. P ape. !.:.sq., ':'fajor H. A Balbi, ':'Iiss Ganord, Col o nel C. dc W Cr oo k h10.k, Major \X W D o\ e, G Repton, E q., Irs. E. M B. Thorn c, i\[IS' E Rideout. Co onel E \'C Gold worth}', Lieut.-C o lonel H. Hamilron-\\le dd erburn, Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel E. ]. L ux moo rr. Captain W. Good ey, L ady .t\Ielchett, Captain J. D. R? ger , Trotter, Sir Hemy Sharp, Lieut.-Colo n e l G T. Cattell, L. \'\.' P lewman Irs. F. E. Hamilton, fiss F. E ewtO n Sir \' tIltJOl Savory, M iss A. Crosby, Lad y Peters, C. , OJ, 0, Mrs. Graham, Sir :Miles and Lady IrvlOg , Mrs. Bukbec k Dame Sarah Swift, L ady Inglefiel d , Lady Carter, Y. Byrn e 1 Re\,. Canon E Lambert, The Dowager Lady (, T. O. Fraser, L. \,(/hite, i' l'S. Ree\es, \Jrs. Jamcs, T. 0 \lew, Esq. , Dr \Y. C. BenraU, Mrs. Denchfield, n [rs. F a l\Va sser S. B. Piers, Esq ., D R. J ones, Esq., A R. Falcon1.1 L.1dl' x/illiamson, Sir George R oberts, Lady Il umphreys, Sll LOUIS Knuthsen , Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry and La d y Mu ll eneLlx (,t 1\,5.0°, Ca p tain L. laclea n, C. J. . Thompson, Esq ., ? 'he lI on. S ir \\ Shento n , Ma jor P H. Beachcrofr La d y M id d leton, Co n WI. S Ga lpio, Captain R.Williams, Colonel H. C. Wortham P. Johnston-Saine, Major-General P. B Sang ster, Colo nd C. I lilburn, E W. Herrington, L.R.C. P W. R I-lom b Esq., and Miss Disl'aeli, Mrs 11. \.dams, frs. \, '. Dixo n, Capta in R G. E W hitn ey, Lieut.-Commander P. M •\ 'c hdalc: Colonel F. D. \X atoey, f rs. Seton Ch r istop her, T he D owagd.Lad)
Cozens-HarJ y, \. 1'. Buder, Esq. Mrs. Stock, Mrs P orte r, \l lss R D arb ysh re, \lr s Bou l t Mi ss J1. .1\. Alsop, .IVl rs. D unbar i\JaJor W 1<. Hunt, \Irs B ruoks, Sir E d \Va rd K napp -F isher, SIr LOU IS a nd Lady D ane.
l II.-The Duties of Corps, County and District Surgeons
By CORB E T FLE T C H E R, M.A., M .B., M.R.C.S , E T C. (S urge oll -in- Chief, The St John Ambulance B rigade)
It is a co mm on complaint that Brigad e R eg u la tio n s are vaO' ue with r efe ren ce to the d u t ies of all gr ad es of sur geobns. I f t h is b e tru e, t he n it is evi d en ce of wi sd om on the pa rt of th ose i n au th or ity r at h er t h an of wea knes s beca use t he o-call ed vaguen ess allows sco pe to energy an d en th u iasm of the in div id ua l surgeo n wh o may make hi s influence fe l t in D ivision, Corps or Co unty as m uch or as lit tl e as he himse lf deci d es or is capab le
In tIus ar ticl e I pro p ose to d eal with the dut ies of several grades of s ur geo n s i n the order of the i r sen iority an d , a t t h e samc t ime, to answer the oft-asked qu e as to the steps of promotion open to the keen and efficien t surgeon. Before doing so , I would emf ha ise the need for a ll grades faithfully to obse rve genera l regulations a far as these relare to tht-i r Brigade Hicienc), with which I have already dealt in my econd article; and I \vouid again repeat that the posse sion of Brigade uniform and the use of Bril,.'de sta lioner) in aU correspondence are t he out\ ard an d vis i bll! signs of a keen and efficient surgLo n PROi-.l T I
For th e D 1Yl!:>10nal urgcon tht.: war of promotion Ues bo th in the tcchnical and aL 0 in the executive sectloo of the Brigade; and in thi, by reason of his medica l education, he has the ad,Fantage o\ cr the train d lay per on \\ho , as an RIcer can only obtain promot ion in the , ari u' admi ni lratiYe post, from Ambula nct.: Officer to hicf ommi ioner . I n a volunra l) medical org anisation it could not - be oth erw ise; and reference to the Brigad R oll ShO \ V5 tha t in each ection medical practitioner have held (an d ho ld) h.igh ofIi.ces, from tho e of orps urgeon and uperin t ndent to tho e of urgcon-in-Chief and Chief Commissioner '-
_ Prom otion in the Brigade i made on qua li fication tor tl:c higher pos r, suppo rt ed by merit. It fo ll ows, therdo re, that for this purpo e the D iyj ional urgeon ha ye established a goo d r putation for attention t? his pe cu li ar du ties and have carried out hi (obliga" as laid d O\\'l1 in lau l: 49 of en ral R egulati ons, w here b y h e has ecured hi. B rigade efficiency for eac h year o f hi s (o c her) mcmb rship
Inci dentall y, i t is not out of p lace to record rhar the grea test b ar to the promotio n of a s u rrreon i hi app are ntly incu rab le inability to give prompr attenti on to a condition of affairs which creates an Into lerab le situatio n in a disci pl in d an d organi ed hod y such as th e Br iga d. I n this co nn ection, it inotewo rthy t h at , si nce th e in t r oductio n a n d dis p a t ch tst yea r of a p er sonal lett er of w lc om from B riga de sueradquarters to every n ewly -a pp in te d Di visio nal geO ll, only 2.5 pe r cen t of th e r c ipie n t s have een
fi t to acknow ledge this official communication! Clea rl y, the remaining 75 per cent have yet to appreciate t he usefulness of the penny postcar d which in ma n y instances satisfies all re q uiremen ts! !
I. - D U TI ES OF CO R PS SURGEOKS.
Pr omotion from D ivisional to Corps Surgeon is not an essential step on the ladder of advancement, be cause the Corps is not an indispensable link in the structure of the Brigade The Corps does, however, serve a mos t useful purpose in certain places , especially in th e smaller P rovin cia l towns, wher e, by its c ombin ati on of t hree or more D ivisions, it serves to co -o r dinate the work of the B rigade and of that o the r important department of the Order of St. J oh n, the Association which gave birth to it
T he duties of the Corps Surgeon are similar t o those of the County urgeoll, except that, of course, the scope of his authority is much more limited; an d so what follo\vs with reference to the duties of the County applies also to those of the Corps Surgeon. Suffice it [Q say, therefore, that, as shown in Clause 166 of Brigade Re g ulations, the latter is responsible to the former for seeing that the D ivisional Surgeons in his Corps are carrying our their duties properl y, and also that the annual re-examinations of the Diyisions are being held (preferably by himself) , \-vhile he should also accept responsibility for the proper conduct of competirions within the Corps .
II.-D TIE OF CO r -TY
The Brigade took origin in 188 , mainly from the I m-alid Transport Corps , which was established by the Association in 1883 at t. John s Ga te; and it con isted of a band of some 20 to 30 men. Q uickly it collected under irs ::egis other Corp of qualified first-aiders up and do\\'n the country; and, consequ ently, ir \Va di"ided into :i\1etropolitan and Provincial Corps. In 189 , O,ying to the increase in mem b er ship , the Brigade wa split up into fiye D isrrict, on a grouped-County basis, and ultimately into twelve D istricts In 1921, the per onnel and number of public dutie haying progressed beyond all a nticipation, Chapter General decided thar the Brigade could only be comrolled prop rly if it were w ork d on a County ba i. E:-..-perience has confirmed the \\-isdom of this d ci ion and to - day more and more Counti - are working in direct with B rio-ade H adquarter The net re ult of thi t!.mazing progr s _ that the grade of Coum) urgeon ha become b yond all d oubt, the mo t important position in rhe technical ection of the Brigade. P romo ti n to ount\- urgeon is usually made fro m D iyi'ion and ometime from Corp where snch at e.:: tablish d ; an d hi re pon_ibi litr is to the
County a County organisation or to. DIstrIct Surgeon In the three or four remaining DIstrIctS. The latter, for purposes of administration have been .divided into each being in the of an ASSIstant COmmlSSlOner, who has on his staff a County Surgeon to advise and a sist him on medical matters.
County Surgeons, whether appointed to a Count or to a District organisation, are required to advise the County or Area Commi.ssioner, as the case may be, on all matters relatIng to Instruction in first aid and home nursing, and to ensure that the annual reDivisions in the County or Area are being held, while they have also to endorse the appointments of all surgeons in the County or Area.
BrieRx stated,. Clauses 158 and 159 of General requue from the County Surgeon two mall duties: (I) supervision of instruction with.in the County or. and (z) responsibilit y for the annual re-exail1illatIons of the Div isions within the County or Area.
( I) Sup ervision of Instructio n in COlfnty.
the. County Surgeon is truly and faithfully to advlse his County or Area Commissioner on medical or honestly and honourably to endorse all of within his County or Area, then penodical VISIts to the Divisions and Divisional Surgeons are both expedient and also profitable.
Practically translated, Clauses 158 and 159 of General Regulations necessitate on the part of the County Surgeon a personal acquaintance with all the and Surgeons in his County or Area, with. to the quality of service they gIvlDg or, if applicants for appointment, are likely to gIVe to the Brigade.
To this end the County Surgeon should seek to know, to interest and to help, not only those \.\'ho already appointed, but also other medical practItlOners whom he conSIders suitable for appointment as Divisional S.urgeons. . To the latter he should, of course, explaIn the duties, the responsibilities and the. priv:ileges this office whereby the chances of following upon appointment WIll be appreCIably diminished. It is better to frighten off a applicant before appointthan to have him after appointment, WIth the result that he eIther deserts the Division or holds office without taking active part in its activities. Sometimes it is beneficial to r emind a defaulter that failure to keep his Briga de efficiency for two years ma y necessitate resignation!
In short, the. County Surgeon should be guide, c,:)Unsellor and frIend to the Divisional Surgeons under his command; and he should ensure that each is nominated for the awards reserved for surgeons as (and .when) atta1ns the necessary qualifications, from his appolDtment as Hon. Life Member of the Association t.o .his admission to the Order of St. John. For the D IVISIOnal Surgeon instruction, as we have seen, may include the preparation and judging of
competition tests for teams and with properly detailed marking sheets. Imllar claims may be made on the Countv Llro-eon to wh d b b' om . y memf:bers of the executive staff of alls the duty of selecting jud es tests and controlling the County or competitIOns where these arc held annually. by a recent deci ion of the Bri gade Sub, CommIttee, the County Surgeon may b e asked to each year a f event and of ot her matter wIthl,n hl J un dicti n to the ur geo n, In-ChIef, who therefrom will be able t ubn;lt an annual report on the medical ,vo rk of the Br i ade (2) for Re-exalllinatiolls ill COIIII'J I. prIme duty of the Divi i nal urg on S to Instruction, that of th ounty ur "eo n IS to test by exam1n.atlOn the kno\\.·ledge acq ired through such lDstructlon.
Fror:n i?c ption in 1887 the Brigade ha in '-ted, and stIll InS1 ts, upon the annual rc- xaminal io 1 01 of Di,"j Jon in fir t aid, and, ev.er enrol.ment, ot member of 'ur'olng .In first ald and home nULing. [hiS between the xe \\'hich i, re gJ 'ded b y some ladl es as an inj ustice, dates back to tbe lJest ?ays of the ssociati n, ,vhen \"omen preoom lP ;ued lD mbulance ?-.10vemen t and were gram d a speCIal ursmg course and certificate from \l hlch mere man wa excluded for ten long years!
For obviou rca. on the .l\S ociation and Br 'adc have always refu cd to permit examination lnd the on who i rc po n ible for l.nstructlOn, whIle the Bngade has alway w it! held effic1ency for year from \\'ho fail t reg Illfy at the re-examlDatJOn. Pe' onall)" I feel that it s Iuld and withdra w fr m public duty th osL rarc Indl\TIduals \,'ho fail in the current re-examin arion:. Incidentally, I am also of the opinion that exa miners not on the side of leniency, an d that , SInce the uruform of the Brigade anel the stal' brd of the ssociation's certiflcate arc at stake tht\' should ne\'e r giYe the benefit or the uou bt. Thl's may sound harsh; but frankly 1 think that oth el wise calami.ty. might result if a c'ertificated pupil of the As.soc1atlOn, more e pecially a member of the Bngade on public duty, were to do the wron g thing .
In the years previous to 1921, when the r a oi County Surgeon was established, Divi sional U I ,cunS were wont to exchange duties anu to rc-exam in l the members of neighbouring Divisions. T -d a\' the duty .has been allocated to the County who , If unable to do this duty, are allowed to no n nate suitab le deputies. To their credit, certain C()lHl ty Surgeons refuse to avail themselves of this 10 0 )hoie in R egu lati ons and make a point of pa \ lDg a yearly VISit to all Divisions within their aut hority for. the purpose of conducting th e re-exami natJO!1S wh1ch ought to be held early in the year, or at the latest before June 30.
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During the late War, regulations were relaxed owing to the sh or tage of Bri ga de Surgeons available at home; and re-examinations by Divi sio nal Surgeons of thL.ir own uni ts were tolerate d. With the reestablishment of peace, this pernicious custom was dis carde d in most cases; and it is the earnest hope of all who have the best interests of the Brigade at heart that Dame Rumour is a lying jade when she insinuates that some Divisions are sti ll being re-examined annually by their own surgeons.
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TIE F DI TRICT S RG EONS.
1n the years before the ounty organisation of th e Briga de \\'as instituted, the choice of District ur ;con could only be made from among the Divi",ional urgeons. To-day, as we have seen, the Di st[Jc ts ale bcing worked more and more on the County (in plact: of the grouped- ounty) basi s , and "0 [here art: onh' three or four holders of what used to be a 1110St important office from the p-oint of \'iew of thc technical ection of the Brigade.
Cause 157 of Bri gade Regulations states that the Dit"ic t urgc:ons hall ad"i e lhc:ir OmmlSSlOners on all r:latters the medical and surgical work ot that DJ tncl anu hall carry out such duties rel ating to their rank as mar be allotted to them by th e Co mmissioner.
_ the Di triets which .still remain ha"e been split up .< \rea s, the DI triCt U rgcon can only exert IJ1 fiucnce throu gh the urgeon, who, .!; attacht:d tu \.rca taIrs, are rc pan ibl to him tor the proper conduct of the medical work within th e' rcspectiyc \rcas. 11 should, therefore, seize en.r, oppo rtu.nit) and cek t( C rabli h a personal relauo nshlp wIth those officer who will look to him for ice in [he many problem assorlated WIth. work and duties. In this way can. thc Dl t[lct urgeon hope to obtain reliable a t the condition f m dical affair I,n in thi' way onlr can he truly and ta lthtu lly adVIse hi ommi sioner on uch matter.
a all nominati n Eor appointment and pro mo tIon of surgeon are ubmitteu for hi endor ebefore bing pa cd to the o111mi ioner, the !?l SLTlc t urgeon should atisEy him elf that candidat tor ,lp po1ntment have been ad"i d with r ference to dutie and resp?n .ib iliire of their propo eel ,fficl., and also that Ind1nuual uro' ons nominated tor I ' ,to )ro motlOn arc worthy ot such recoo-nition. In short, the uutie of the Di trict Surg on toward hi founty U!f?cons attachedto 1\r ca ar in ever), respect with those which hay been detailed a the ounty urgeon and his Corps and DrvlSlonal urg on ] ,as tl" the Dl"t-l' t l' '1 bT , r C urgeon:La SImi ar r spon 11lU es each year in the election f J'Lld o S the preparat f -' c ' .lOn 0 test., and the conduct ot the Distri ct ompctlt lon as th County ur o 011 has with r ferenc to th e County competitions.
Hampshire Inspection
One thousand one hundred and seventy-nine officers and members, men, women and cadet s , of St. John Ambulance Brigade, County of Hamp shi re, were inspected by the Chief Commissioner, 1.1ajorGeneral Sir John Duncan, K.CB., C;\1.G., CV.O., D.S.O., at the :f.'.,;orth Wall Recreation Ground, Winchester, on June 14. That number represent s 70 per cent. of the total strength of the County Brigade and of those that were absent. 1fany were on duty at home, skeleton staffs being on duty on different First J.\id stations and posts throughout the county, and with those ambulances that had to be left at their respective headquarters doing an extended duty for the day, thus relie ving the five ambulances present at the inspection.
The Chief Commissioner arrived at \X' inchester at 12.3 0 and immediately afterwards inspected a Guard of Honour consisting of the Ambulance and ursing Divisions of Winchester City-a very smart parade under the command of Divisional uperintendent Burley, \vinchester City Ambulance Division, at \bbey House, the official residence of the ::\fa\"or of \\"inchester. He then attended a reception and lunchc.:on given in his honour by his \\'orship the i-rlafor and the 1Iayoress, at which \vere also present: Field?-.Iar hal ir Philip Chet\.\'ode and Lady Chetwode, ir R. Luce and Lady Luce, Brigadier Portal, the Vice-Lieutenant of the County, and 1ft Portal, Captain COtt High Sheriff of the County, and 1Irs. cott, the Countess of Konhbrook, the Mayor and 1Iayore es of Aldershot, Andm-er, Bournemouth, Gosport, Chri tchurch, Lymington and outhampton, the County Commissio ner of Ilampshire and Tennyson-Smith, the Counnmmis ioner of Glouc es ter and Cardew the ount,' Commissioner of omerset and .i\Irs. 'Cox 0.1r. Laming, 1fr. and :\fi s Cm-ington Lo\"eland. Large cro'wd attended the inspection, \l,-hich was held in a 1m-ely setting in the large Recreation Ground adjoining the River Itchen.
The County Brio-ade wa . dra,'i;n up in fiye line, two of ..I. \..mbulance Corps and Diyi ions, t\1,-0 of -ur ing Did ion and one of Cadet. The Count,Brigade A mbulanc _ w re paraded on the right of the I t Ambulance line. The parade wa under the command of the County Comnus ioner, Hampshire, i\Iaj r Tenny 'o n- 111ith, .i\1.D., C11. The econd in command \Va the ..l. \.. i tant County Comnu sioner i\fajor 110rse, 1LR.C " and 1fajor Chappeli (late R.r\.1L C.) Brio-ade Adjutant. The );"ur ing Diy! ion w re und r their re pectiye Lad\' ofhc r) 1 Ie. Ha\' es and the Hon oura bl 1fr.·. W hitaker.
The County Brigade recei,'ed th Inspecting Officer, th hief ommi sioner at 2 p.m., \1,-ith th ' Gen ral 'alut .' Th.is was followed by ] th 1 l \nth m.
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Accompanying the Chief Commissioner in his inspection were: Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, Knight of Justice of the Order; Brigadier Portal, V.L., Chairman of the Territorial Army Association, Hampshire; Captain Scott, High Sheriff of the County; :Nlajor-General Sir Richard Luce, County Controller V.A.D., Hampshire; the Mayors of Winchester, Aldershot, Bournemouth, Andover, Christchurch, Lymington, Gosport, Southampton; the County Commissioners of Somerset, Gloucester, Dorset; and the Assistant County Commissioner of West Kent.
The Chief Commissioner inspected each Division and the Ambulances with meticulous care and yet was 15 minutes ahead of time, and this allowed a presentation of awards to be made by him.
The following were presented with Long Service Medals and Bars :- Corps Superintendent Pearson, Corps Officers Hewitt and Sherrin (Aldershot), Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Fulljames, 11.B.E. (Portsmouth), Divisional Superintendent Hawkes (Winchester), Ambulance Officer Hammond (Southsea), and Lady Divisional Superintendent 11iss Birch (Portsea). Six Grand Prior's badges were also presented to Cadets from Charminster and Southsea Cadet Nursery Divisions It is interesting to note that 20 cadets from those two Cadet Divisions have been awarded the Grand Prior's badge and have received them during the last year.
The Brigade then marched past the Chief Commissioner in column of route, a highl y creditable performance, each Division being very steady and keeping excellent alignment in its march past.
It then marched to the Cathedral for Divine Service and Consecration of Colour, by kind invitation of the Very Rev. Dean of Winchester and the Chapter. The Chief Commissioner, accompanied by the Commissioners of Hampshire, Gloucester, Somerset and Dorset, and the Assistant Commissioners of Hampshire and West Kent, was received at the West door of the Cathedral, and a procession was formed under the direction of the Sacrist in the following order, as detailed in the order of service, except that the Chief Commissioner's procession was as follows :-
The Assistant Commissioner, West Kent.
The County Commissioner, Dorset.
The County Commissioner, Gloucester.
The Assistant Commissioner, Hampshire.
The County Commissioner, Somerset.
The County Commissioner, Hampshire.
The Chief Commissioner.
At the end of the service the Colour is removed from the Altar and handed back to the Assistant Commissioner, who gives it over to the Chief Commissioner for presentation. Meantime the officer to the Colour and his escort have taken up their
posmons, the officer On the lower dais, his eSCO rt on the steps behind him. The guard, Win chester Ambulance Division, marches from the nor th aisle to the front of the centre aisles in two half diY lsio ns halts and fronts with an interval of fom paces half divisions.
The Chief Commissioner presents the Colo ur, the officer to the Colour receiving it sinking on the nght knee, and when presenting it the Chief Commi ssioner speaks of the sanctity of the Colour and the ne cessity of the County Brigade of keeping its honour fo : unsullied. The officer rises, faces the Ita r, and brings the Colour to "The Carry." He a nd rus escort turn about and march off the dais, the Leo n marking time while the officer marches through. On reaching the interval b etween the half d h <;io ns the officer marks time till hi escort has m arched through him and has reached the rear rank. The whole halt and turn about, facing the Altar. h.antime the whole of the County Brigade has been standing rigidly at " attention.' Then the 'a onal .L \nthem and the Colour js lo",\·cred.
Viewed from the lower dai the whole 111 de a wonderfully impres ive and solemn picture hlCh must remain most yividly in th e mind of aJ who had the pri\-ilege of taking part.
Looking do\vn the long nave of that Cathedral, and seeing line upon linc of mem b L oi the Bri gade right away down to the est do o', and knO\\ ing that there were o\'er 300 cadets 1,1 the north aisle that could not be ,ee n, young c. det:, many of whom will in time take thei r part 111 the active work of the Brigade, one could not fe 1 bur truly thankful that there are 0 many men and in this materialistic land not only ready to gi e bur actually giving up the whole of thcir pare i'l1C in honour of St. John and for the cause of u Hen ng humanity Yes, and giving all voluntarily, \\ l10ur any expectation of reward beyond the fact th a ther themselves know that they are doing a most \ a llable duty. One felt what a great honour it wa s be ing associated with such a fine Brigade_
The Cathedral is emptied of all s ave the Co lour party and guard, and the County Brigade i p _ua ded in four lines in the Cathedral Close, extenclin r righ t away from the Cathedral to the main gate s or' rhe Close_ All come rigidly to attention as the Colour appears with its escort and guard advanci n h Ollt of the west door. "County of Hampshire neral Salute," and the whole Brigade salutes as th e alure is sounded. "Colour party and guard to your post, slow march," and the Colour is trooped in s]?W time, first along between the Ambulance fir st lwe
anJ the Nursing line. Then left wheel and left wheel again, and the Colour is marched b etween the Ambulance first and second lines, the nrst line having meantime changed ranks to its post in the centre of the "\mbulance Corps and Divisions.
The Brigade then marched off to the Guildhall, where three lines were formed, three lon g lines of Ambulance, Nursing and Cadet Divi sions, and from the steps of the Guildhall the Chief Commissioner addressed the Brigade and gave it words of encouragemen t; cc There i no finer example of the motto, 'Servi ce before Self,' than in St. John Ambulance Brigade." ir John commended the Brigade for its smart turn-out "It is one of the finest shows I hav e seen ince I have been with the Bri gade, and th at's not merely being complimentary. It has been a mos t dignifi d parade and reflects the greatest credit on all. "
The Colour was marched ofF; the officers dismissed. Co rp::; an d Divi ions marched off for tea at the Guildhall, to laurice's Hall and another hall, and the 193 6 lnspection ended.
Colonel C. I. Ellis
\ CHI V I rENT
Fur District and ounty urgcon there u oed to no higher office in th technical section of the because the post of u[o-c':on-in-Chief and hi ' •\ssista nt were alwa \" allocated certain medical mem bers of the of t. John, who, though pre- uni nent in their profe SlOn, more oftcn than not kne w litt le ab ut the work and administration of Briga de. onsequ ntly, the way of promotion tor Distric t and ounty could only be in the exe cutive s ction as \ istant Commissioner or Com l1iss ioners in charg of \rea, County or District.
The pros pects of further promotion in the technical were, however, rcnuered possible when, realJs lng the need for a chief oI-licer trained in both sectio ns of the Brigade, Chapter General in 19 26 pro mote d to Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief, and in 193 to. Su tge on-in- hief of the Brigade, Colonel Clarence Ellis, ometim ommi ioner of o. IX
Dl.s trict_ Ther by he attained the distinction of be ing the fi D '" 1 rst IV1SlOn a Suro-con to win his wa}' fro 1 I 0 t 1e owest to the hlghe t post in th technical Sectl?n of the Brigade; and, in so doino- he blazed a ttall hi h 0' W c other equally keen and efficient Suto-eons ttll ght follow.
Railway News
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
By E. A. R.
CANTERBURY.
The awards gained by the members of the above class were presented recently at the St. Dunstan's Parish Hall, Canterbury, by Alderman G. R. Barrett. Mr. Barrett remarked on the regrettable absence of Dr. and Mrs. Harrison, and spoke in eulogisti c terms of the work of Dr. Harrison in the cause of fir st aid at Canterbury. Mr. Barrett also very kindly offered a prize for competition at Canterbury at any time this may be needed.
1fr. Hodson, the District Secretary, was also present, and told the class members he hoped they would be able to send a team from Canterbury to compete in the Divisional Ambulance Competitions next year.
During the evening the Masquerades Concert Party gave a very enjoyable performance, and all went home satisfied that the evening had been well spent.
OBIT UARY.
It is \.vith deep regret that we have to record the death of James Wraight, late ganger, Gillingham, Kent. Mr. \v'raight retired from the company's service about 18 months ago, but had up to the time of his decease still taken a keen interest in the work of the Centre. He gained his first certiEcate in 1907, and was holder of the 7, 1.1 and 2.1-year medals issued by this company.
He acted as uperintendent of the Chatham Division of the t. John Ambulance Brigade for many years, and his death will be a great loss to the moyement generally. PORTSMOUTH.
There was a gala eyent at Portsmouth on :\[ay 23, when the large hall at the Rechobites' Institute was filled by members of the raih-ay staff, their families, and friend -the occasion being the presentation of a\vards gained at the class examinations.
1[r Richard the wife of the \\"elfare A si (ant, ""va pre eoted with a yery handsome bouquet of flowers. Altogether a delightful eYening, and Mr. the Class Secretary, and all concerned are to be heartily congratulated on their effort
The awa rds gained by the member of the Xewhaven clas.s were pre ent d on the occasion of the annual dinner, which \yas held at the heffield Hotel recentl)'.
Th e a\\-ards were duly pre emed by i\1rs. 'P ayne, who was the recipi nt of a handsome bouquet.
In peech which was in piring, Mr. Pritchard eulogl ed the work of the r:ulwa,- ambulanc e men and paid a great tribute to the en:ice of Dr. ummerhaye s, \yho h:1d lectured ro (he clas for 0 many years. EA 'TLEIGH.
Locoll/oti ,,: _4l11bulaJlce C/(7SJ".-The award gained by member' t the aboy class were prese nted r cently by Commander Grallam on behalf of the outhern Railway .'\mbulanc e Centre, who supported by :\1r. H. t. Keyzar i\1r. R. Gillino-ham, :\1r. C. B. Pett,- :\1r. \'\Butt, and :\I.r. G. Li tom.
Comm:1nder Grmam congratula.ted tile recipient: and in proposing a vat of thanks to the Command 1I.r _ Gillinghanl spoke of the fine \,'ork he had done for the ambulance cau - e, p cially in the outhampton di trict.
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The II th annual presentation of the First Aid awar ds to members of the Southampto n D o cks centre of the t. J ohn Ambulance As o ciation took place at th 1Iechanical Engineers l ess R oom, outhampton, recently, and the winner received their awar d s at the hands of Mrs. \Yent\v orth Shield, wife of the D ocks Engin e1". Commander \\ ' A. Graham, O.B.E., presided oyer th gathering, and \,as u pported by 1fr. and 1frs. \'\ entworth Shields, 1Ir. and 1fr. McHaffie, I t. and 1\1rs. Uzzell, an d others.
HFORD
1fr. R E. L. 1faunsell (Chief 1fechanical Engineer) presided on the occa ion of the presentation of ambulanc awards gained by members of the r\ hford ( K ent) cla s, and was supported by 1fr. 1Iaunsell, \vho di tributed the awards, 1fr. and Mrs. R obarts, 1ft. \\7 C. Collins, and otbers.
R eyie\ving the achie\-ement of the members of the clas es during the past session, Mr. Iaunsell noted with satisfaction that the year was one of the most uccessfu 1 enjoyed for some classes had been attended, and it was gratifying to learn of the succes in examinations of the younger members.
LONDON, 1fIDLAND AND SCOTTISH I TERNATIONAL A1IBULANCE CO M PETITION.
The eighth annual competition between the leading teams in England and Scotland took place at the Euston Hotel on June 2. 5, the result being as follows :-
(Maximum No. o f Marks-33 0 .)
1. Crewe 26 I l
2. Bushbury 242 i
3. Mossend 223
4. Bridgeton 220i
5. Manchester (Mayfield) 215
6. Polmadie 186t
For the Team Test, the Cap tains of the re spective teams were handed a card which read :-
" You are driving an open touring motor car with two pa ssenger s along a countr y road, when the car skids violently. You brake hard, and collide with a telegraph pole Your two passengers are thrown out and yo u receive severe cut of y our right palm with arterial h::emorrhage caused by you r hand going through the wind-screen. The re i s no fracture and no forei gn bodies. In yo ur ca r you have a good suppl y of ambulance mater ia l, it having been your intention to meet the other members of your team a little further down this road and have an ambulance practice. All injuries are indicated."
The other three members of the team received a card reading :-
" You are waiting here (at a cross-roads in the country) for you captain, who is coming to meet you in an open touring motor car, to go for an ambulance practice. He is bringing the ambulance material." .
The competition was attended by a large gathering which included Sir Josiah Stamp, Mr. E B. Fielden, Mr. A. E. Pullar, Mr. Charles Ker, Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, Secretary-General of the Order of St John, Mr. J. H. H. Henderson (Secretary of the St Andrews Ambulan ce Associatio n ), Mr. W V Wood, Mr. E. J. H. Lemon, also Mr D. G. Monteith, together with Captain W. Goodley (the L. & N.E. R .
Centre Secretary), and many Officer s of th e L.M including Me·ssrs. 1\. F. Bound, C. R Byron, WI H. c: Clay, Eddy, C. Harris, R l\.. Riddle s, and E. Taylor.
The chair was taken by fr. Darbyshir , who in call ing upon ir Jo sia h tamp to present the awards, men tione d that there were over 24,000 qualified ambulance workers on the L.M.S. a nd the value of their work was Ix:\'o nd measure.
ir Josiah before making the pr esentation, dL'c1 arcd that there was always something exhiliarating about a final of any great competition, and in \v atching the six teams who had competed that afternoon, they were see ing ambulance work at its be st He also aid tha t there was no activity connected with the raib-ay tha at!' lr dcd more pride or more ati faction than the am bu!a nce moyement. Continuing, he said tbat there wa,> ll \\'ars a special interest in contest between England and corla nd and if Eng land had come out top on this occasion wa no certainty that the result would not he fe \ l'rstd on the occasion of their next meeting.
fr. J. H. H Hendel' on, 'ecretary of the t. -\ ndr(: \\'s Ambulance 1\ ociation, proposed a vote of thank () ir Josiah, at the arne time paying tribute to the ( trne_ of the competition in which eyery allowance \\ a made for the difference in the manual of the gO\ ernin g ,di e:.
A vote of thanks to the medical profes ion \\ pro· posed by Ir. Lemon, who, in an amu ing sai d that he beLieved it to be the only profe sion whose members were prepared to teach out iders to do their 0\\ 'l job, and gave one or two amu ing example to illu str .te the point that experts in other pheres were not prep .1 cd to follow the example of the doctors.
D r. Coakley, in replying humorou Iy, pointeJ ( ut thai tbere was, perhaps, something selfi "h in the ani ude of doctor for urues they taught people how to keep [he patients alive until the doctor came on the "cen c, "1cyof tbe medical profess i on would probably lose a con id fable s um in fees.
The members of the team had Dr. Co.lklev 10 criticise their work, and he felt that the onl\' c i he could offer was that most of the teams ·SCL led (0 place too much reliance on their Captain. 1Ie r loughr that individua l members of the teams s hould ta k morc notice of thei r surroundings and endeayour to d o link more witho ut having to be told to do it by thei r Capt3in.
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D r. cott who had taken the In dividual T L' t that he had set a particularly stiff standard, an d If any one of the competitors felt that he had been tol) SCyerr in his markings, he would ask them to remember 1\ story of the pianist in the \'\Iild \'\Ie st Saloon, who rccci\ eU so me measure of protection by reason of a notice pr ol .inentl)' exhibited in the room which sa id, "Don't ..,1 (he pianist, he's doing his best."
CA\IDEN.
In offering these criticsm, Dr. Coakley sa.u thai he was not disparaging the performances of th e teams, whose work had been up to international st ndard, but was just offering the criticism which had bLL asked for. 218
The annual presentation of awards to ok pl.tcc <1[.;1 well-attended social held on Jun e 5, unde r manship of Mr. C. ixon, supported by G. \\. Galloway and E. T IVIilburn (District /\ mhu lance Secretary). 5
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The annual outing was held on June 23 glorious weather favouring the event. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Castleman, Mr. and :Mis. A. C. Harris, Miss Ivfervyn and Miss Brennan and Messrs. G. W. Galloway, W. O. Davies, Arrton, Hewitt, and a number of the London Goods Agents.
The results of the Ambulance tests were :TBAM-
St. P an eras Goods Commercial Road " A " Broad Street " A " INDIVIDUALSMiss Campany Mr. Cockings 1vliss Allenby DERBY.
I54! points 153 I4 I
Twenty-one members of the Office Class sat for the annual examination and all passed. BURTON.
The distribution of First-Aid certificates to the students of the Burton Ladies' Ambulance Class took place at Burton on May 28.
Miss Laws, Divisional \'\7elfare Supervisor, presented the awards to the successful candidates, and also made an appeal to the non-members to join the class. SALTLEY.
Competing in the final for the first time, the No. 3 District Team were placed fourth in the Dewar Challenge Shield Competition of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, held in London on June 5. Only three points separated the second, third and fourth teams. LONGSIGHT.
The annual presentation concert of the class was held on May 20,' at which the chair was taken by Mr. C. Wood, and the awards were presented by Mr. Rigby.
The result of the competition for the " Gustav Behrens" Cup, comprising Loco Department Teams, was: I, Longsight No. I; 2, Edgeley; 3, Trafford Park. HUDDERSFIELD.
Over 40 members of the class received awards distributed by the Mayor (Col. J. Barlow), at the annual function, which was held recently. Mr. W. A. Meadows received a gold medal with three bars (40 years), Mr. G. E. Stabler, gold medal with two bars (34 years), and Mr. F. M. McEvoy, gold medal for I5 years. CREWE.
Five teams competed in the Inter-works Shield Competition held recently when the Machine Shop "B" Team gained the premier award for the second year. in succession. The judges were: Dr s. Miles Parkes, Gerald Evans, and Marshall Robinson.
Out of a possible 400 points, the winners scored 32 7! the Engineering Department were second with 324 points, and the Erecting Shop South third with 309 KING'S CROSS.
A second distinction has come the way of the L.N.E.R. Leeds Central Ambulance Class. The cla ss won its spurs,
so to speak, when Electric Light Attendant H. Taylot was honoured by being made a Serving Brother in I93) now comes the news that Controller J. WI. Beuten, of the Leeds District Superintendent' Office, is to be invested with the honour of Serving Brother ot the Order of St. J oh.n. It is a rare distinction to gai n this coveted award, but that two members of one class hou ld be honoured in this way is something upon which m embe rs of the class have reason to congratulate themselve s.
Mr. Benten has been an ambulance man from 19 0 1 since which year he has regularly passed the annual re-examination. Prior to being transferred to the District Superintendent's Office at Leeds in 1927, he was stationed at Ardsley, and wh.ile there was instrumental in forming the present Ardsley Division of the St. lohn Ambulance Brigade. rIe eventually became the Di,j -io nal Superintendent after passing through variou s noncommissioned ranks.
The Leeds Central Clas, , to which Mr. Benten bLlongs, is one of manv such classes which exist in the Wes t Riding District of the L. .E., and it is to note that the result of thi ,-car' ambulance examil 'tlo ns has been a 100 per cent. pa's.
SCOTLAKD AND E 'GLAi'-;'D Cm!PETITIO " 1936
The result of the abm-e comperition, h.eld at York , June 12, 1936 :-
Position. (Maximum marks ohtainablc, 400.) Team.
Parke ton & Harwich ( Tuxford (G.c.)
Dumfermline (. cottish) Ea tfield & Cowlairs of mart] obtained. E,)
The jud ges were Dr, A C. \'\' hite Knox, of London (Team Test), and Dr. W- II. cott of G (for the Individu al Tests ).
The Shield was prc senteel to r11C Parkes ton anel IIan\ich Team by Tho. Horn by, E q.
Shock, Collapse and Faint ing (Syncope).
By 11. 11. SCOTT, M.R.C. " L.R.C.P.
Hon. Surgeon 58/5 Division London Post Otl1c e Corps;
Hon. Surgeon Po st Office Ambulance Centre
"Treat Shock" is the stereotyped ans \'l. ,'f invariably given to the First Aid examiner, b ut how often does the candidate really understand t hL.. dition he proposes to treat. The purpose ot this article is to set out, in non-technical langua hc, the meaning and reasons for « Shock," and its ass oci ated conditions « Collapse" and" Fainting" (or S) nco pe), so that First Aiders may better appreciate these important conditions.
Shock, Fainting and Collapse are grouped in the handbook because they have one great powt 0
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similarity . They are all associated with a decrease of the fluid content of the brain and spinal cord (a c o ndition which occu r s when the amount of blood to these parts is diminished) . This leads to a depressed c o ndition of the centr al nervo us s,-stem, which in tu r n results in a depre ssion of the a ctiviti es o f th e b o d y
Shock is an i m mediate conditi on. It immedi atel y fo ll ows on th e causativ e conditi on The skin i s cold and clamm y ; the pupils d i late d and re sp o ndin g s luggishly t o li g h t ; cir culatio n and re spir atio n very fe eble, the puls e bein g r apid and w eak. L oss of vo lun tar y mo v em en t and r e stles sn ess. The pati ent m ay be apathetic to hi s su rro unding s altho u g h the intell ect i s clear In m o re serious cas es h e may become immedi a tel) i ns ensib le , p r o st r at e) or eve n di e
From the Fir st A id p oint o f v ie \,' , th er e a r e thr ee main reasons w h y the b lo od or flu i d con te nt sho uld le ave the brain and spina l co rd :-
(a) Variotls conditiollS (hrem o rrhage , diarrhcea , e tc. ) in whi ch fluid is lost from the bod] itself.
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b) lVervolls condition s. Cause s acting di re ctl r o n the brain and cord i t self, o r indi r ectly throug h the n erves .
(c) I njurie s to T iuue s. Wh en any tissue is d am aged, it form s a chemical sub stance whi ch is co n veyed b y th e bloo d st r ea m to t he b rain an d c or d.
Thi s ha s t h e effect o f driving out the bl ood fr o m the brain and c or d i nt o t h e smalle r blood v essels of the bod y, whe r e it temporaril y r emains with out ci rculating
The follo w ing are some of the principal cause s o f shock, an d appended to each is the letter indicating the group it comes under :-
(I) Hremorrhage, Diarrhcea, Vomiting (A)
(2) Surgical Operations, Acute Internal Disord er s , Injuries, Burns and Scalds ( C).
(3) Blows to Abdomen and Sensitive Organs (B )
(4) Sudden Emotion, or Acute Sudden Pain (B).
(5) Concussion, Slight Central Hremorrhage, Electricity and Lightning (B).
(6) Heat Exhaustion, Poisons, Anresthetics (while being administered) (B).
Collapse is clinically identical with severe shock, except that it is of more gradual onset. Some authorities prefer to use the term" Collapse" onl y when due to profuse loss of fluid from the bod y (such as copious hremorrhage, etc.), but certain conditions of what may be descri bed as " delayed sh o ck" (i.e., similar to shock in result, but coming on g.t;adually and not immediately) are so similar in re s ult that the y are included in "Collapse," e g . :
Priv ati o n and Exhaustion, Internal Inflammation (especially abdominal), 222.
Sea Sickness,
The terminal sta g e of many debilitatin g d iseases)
After A n res thetic s and Pois on s ; and , of cours e, pr ofu se h re m o rrha o-e, v omitin g and dia rrhce a, b y l e sse ning th e flu i d co nt ent of the body its elf.
The exp er ie nc ed Fi rs t i d er w i ll bear these things in mind, and i f it c o uld b e ascertai ne d w h e ther or not th e pa ti ent w as in goo d h ea lt h the collapse o ccu rre d , it wi ll narrow d o\vn t he hel d of po sible cause . l \. t the sa m e ti me , he wou ld enquire in to the n a tur e of foo d or medi cines taken bearing in '111nd the possibili t y of poi oning.
FaiIJtillg is d u e to a sudden failure of the heart's ac tion, whereb y the circu lation of t he b lood slowed dow n co n si d era bly, r may even momentanly lea.e. Thi s l ead t o a ternporary anxmia of the b rain nd a co n di tio n all ied to sh ock and co ll apse re ult. The heart i not neces arily diseased (indeed the ma Jority of fainting cases will b e found to ha\ normal healthy hearts . The faint originate. in the ncryc Ul"pl)' of the heart, which w akens the heart's ac tion. Imost any dev iation from normal conditi on or emotions \,\ Ti 11 cause a su ceptible patient t o faint, and \ve m us t remember that some I atienb faint much more easi ly than o ther. The most frequent caus es ar e h ot and stuffy atmo phere (concert roOI11 and th ea t re, crowds, etc.) , and e\- ry J ohn'kn ows t ha t ' faints" constitute the yast majo m y ot case s treate d on public duty. Physical and mental fat ig u e and discomfort, hunge r anel emoti on may all initi a te a fain t ; and i e hould be ob en"ed chat a f aint is m o r e o r l ess of a transient co n diti on. It co m es on g rad ua ll y and wi th vary ing rapidity. [any p ati en ts " feel" t h e fain t coming o,'c' them, can them selves take steps to prevent comp lete lOscn 1bili ty o r fal ling. T he signs an d sym l toms arL well kno w n. The fa c e is pa le , an d the skin cold and cla mmy The patient feels gi d dy, a n d the in gs take o n a v ag u e o r sw im mi n g sen e of unr eality. Fi n ally con sci o u sn ess is los t , and th e p a tie n t falls to the g r o und. The pulse is rapi d and we ak (an d mal' even be imp er ceptible), and th e b rea t h ing. qUl.ck) si g hin g and irreg ular. L a stl y, o n e m ust b ear In rrund that th er e i s a tr o ubl esome t en d ency for thes e cases t o relap se
Now we can see th e close connection and resemblance b e tw een Sho ck, Co llapse a n d The " emo tion" w hich ca u ses a "fa in t" will, It sev ere , cause " s h o c k ," whil e "co ll a p se," as has been d escrib e d, is simi lar to shock which has delayed. It i s oft en difficult t o d efin e the margIn between th ese condi tions , an d th ey g ive muc h food for thou g ht.
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An unusual piece of ambulance \v ork has just been ca rned Out with the aid of th e Great '\ stern and Lo ndon and North Eas tern Railwa y Companies.
It was desire d to r emove a Du tch seaman, suffering fro m a fracture d pelvis, from a Fowe y hospital to
Flushing, but essential that he should not be moved from the stretcher throughout the journey
The ordinary hospital stretcher, which is too wide to pass through the carriage doors, could not, therefore, be used, so the G. W.R. Company arranged for a , Parratt" stretcher, the invention of one of its Taunton carriage cleaners, to be placed at the disposal of the hospital authoricies.
This stretcher can be lifted in or out of a compartment from, or to, the platform or ambulance, and rests along one seat, leaving the other free for the attendant or relatl\'e. It can be fitted to any ordinary stretcher, and has handles that slide in Bush with the ends which enable it to be manceuyred in confined spaces or to negotiate pas age corners.
The patient \yas placed on the stretcher at Fowey, conyeyed by night train to Paddington, where he was met by an ambulance and ciri,-en to Liyerpool treet tation. Here he was placed on the boat train for Harwich, and put on the L.i\.E.R. steamer . He arri,-ed at Flushing 19 hours after his departure, haying made the 437 miles' rail, motOr and steamer journey without being mov-ed from the stretcher.
This i the fir t time a "Parratt type of tretcher h as b een used for a journey out ide thi country, but so ati factory haye they proyed, e pecially in cases of paraly i ) broken limb or seyere surgical operations where it i imperatiYe for the inyalid to remain flat, th at they ha,Te now been made a'(:ailable by the G. \\.R. at Paddin oton, Brist ol, Eset r, Plymouth, Gloucester, ardiff, wansea, Birmin gham and Chester, and other points thr oug hou t th sy tem from which they may be obtained immediat I) by' anr G. \\"" .R. s tation.
The National Road Passenger Transport Ambulance Association
The final round of the mbulance Competitio n , held under the au spices of the I ati o nal Road Passeng e r Transport Ambulance Association , took place at Huddersfield last month. The competing teams in th e final round are decided b y eliminatin g contests, th e. countr y b ein g div ided int o a r eas for this purpos e The winnin g team bec o me the hold e rs of th e " S ti rk Challeng e Tr ophy" f o r twelve months, and each m e mber of the team recei ves a go ld med al. P rize s are also awarded to the team adjudg ed runn er s-up and to the winnin g team in each ar ea c o ntest. The object of the competition is to encourag e emplo y ees of road passenger undertakings to t ake an intere st in First Aid work in orde r that the y may be read y t o act in case of emergenc y . The a rran g ement s f or the competition were m a de b y th e co mmittee o f th e Huddersfield Corporation Tra mway and Omnibu s Department assisted b y the General {anag e r (H. C. Godsmark ) and members o f the A mbul ance Di vis i o n who acted as stewar ds. T h os e pre sent i nclude d th e Ma yor of Huddersfield, Colo nel Redmond ( Commissione r , N o . 4 Dist r ict, S .J.A .B. ) , Corp s Su p erintendent Haig (Hudde r sfi eld Co r ps , S.J.A.B. ) and man y officials of the R o ad Passen ge r U nd er ta kin gs throughout the country The Jud g e f o r the st re tch er test was Dr. H. Stansfield, and ea ch team rec ei ve d th e following card of ins t ructi o n :-
" A man, dri v ing a hor se attached t o a wagg on, i s standing on the left si d e of the wagg on w h en th e horse is startled b y the n o i se of a mot o r-'bu s i n w hich y ou are trav elling. H e i s thr ow n o ff t he sha ft s , clutching at the shaft w ith hi s ri g ht hand. T he fr o nt wheel passes over his lef t thi g h jus t abo ve th e ce n tre . The man' s home is a quart e r o f a mile away . D ea l with the case. Useful quest io ns w ill be an swere d. "
- Other judg es were offices of t he St. J o hn A mbulance Bri g ade (Birming ham" C " Corps) , a s f o llo ws : Corps Surgeon W. O. F. Si nclai r (Individu al Prac tic al ) and Corps Superintend ent Captai n H. E Cooper ( V iva RE SULT
1. Midland Red Mot o r Omnibu s Co., Ltd. 341t
2. West Bromwich C o rp o ration Transport Departm en t 3
Other teams in order of merit were :Western Welsh Omnibus Co (A b e rdare) 28 4 Huddersfield Corporati o n T r amways and Omnibusses \ 283 t N otts. Corporation Pas seng er Tra nsp o rt 272 ]Manchester Corporation Transport 247 l West Yorks. Car Co. (Bradford) 232
The area contest winners were Nottingham (Midland Area) and Budder sfield (Northern Area) .
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The pri ze s w I e pr se nt d to th e wi n nin g t ams by the Ma yor o f Hudder s fi eld, wh o p aid tribut e to t hose who took part. This c o m pe titi o n is o p en t o all road passe ng er und e rtakin g in th e U nit c d Yin gdo m and the H Ol:. G eneral ec re t ary ( lr. D Il ardy: 129, Som e r v llle R oad, m a ll I l eat h, BU rnin gh am) will be pl ease d t o forwa rd a co p y of the ru les toany such und e rta kin g wi shin o- to e n te r a tea I11 for next year's c o mpetiti n, th e fi nal o f \ hi ch w ill b e h l ld at Manch es te r in Jul y
Nottingham N.C.O.'s Clu b
r\ v ery en j oya bl e day w as sp n t in L ondon 6) memb er s and fr ie nd s of t h 1 tti n gham ( orps .C.O .'s Cl ub.
The p ri n cip al pl a ce of ca ll wa" of COUl ,l, J ohn s Ga te . / \. yery intcr ,ting hou r and 1 ha lf w as pe n t h e r e insp cting thc atc,' P riory ( apel Cryp t a n d :0I useum. T he stay here wa mack d l ub ly in teresting b y the way in which the ca rctaker ,)f the " G ate" and t he yerge r of the hapd p int u! out a nd explai n ed t he \Tar i ous objects f intcrest. !l ad t ime p rmitted \ve cou ld haye pcnt a \\holc he re T he par t y aftenyards toufeel J ,onclon in n otor co ac he ,\" .i sitin t he T ower of London \\'estn n ter bb ey and oth r hi toric buildings.
An excell nt tea wa prmTidcc1 at :0fcs rs. 1 on.' treet Cornet H ou , c.\ftcr tea the 11el11bers of the patty w ere fr<.:e to do a t hey wi h l ,but the ma jority decided to ha \"c a further cl r i,'c, \ iti ng St. Paul 's and continuing al ong the Emba n kme nt to t. P ancra for 8 p.m
T he trip, the fi rst of it kino from oni T ham, \.vas organi ed by the newly formcd ;(. This Club i fi lling a long-felt want in thc or tin ham Corps by pro\Tiding faciLitic for member t( mee t together and discu I nter- D iyisional probk p and o r ga ni se join t soc ia l eyents 1n the word f the Corps Su pe r i n tende nt :G Ir. 1\. G. \\ 'ell r, it i P pr in g a va l ua bl e adjunc t to the 1 otcingham 'OIl'S.
T he entire arrangements for the trip wcrl n [be h an ds of the Hon ecretary, or[ oral L. }.l ··Iand.
Crossfield
Nursing of the South-West Lane s Di st let Trophy, 1936
Thi s D ivis i on was s tarted i n the year 19 52 and has at pre se nt a t o t a l s t rengt h of 29 m embers, 24 of wh o m a re m o bile m em b e r s of the V o lunta n· ]\id Detachm en t.
'The y wer e suc cess ful in ga inin g th e Di strict Trophy in th e ye ar s 19 33 a nd 19 34·
By W. C. B El'"T:\.LL, O .B. E.,
Air Raid Precautions
F. R .C.S ., L. R. C.P ., Air R aid PrecautioT1s Staff Officer to the Chief Commissio n er.
1. - The Chief Jommlssioncr has sanctioned the holding of f u rther intc n sivc courses at the rcat Cen t ral H o tel i n n as in last wi n ter. D ates for wh lC h thc h o te l arc secu r e d arc October 3 and 4, o'Tmber 21 a n d 22, D ecembcr T9 a n d 20, and Feb ru ary G and 7, J937· Fu ll dctailc; will be cnt to Com missioner. in due COUf c .
2 During Jllly 7 2 papers havc been cxamined for Gr? Ie I cer ti ficatcs, of whom 32 werc sLlccessful.
3 \ 11 exami n ation papers are now printed at 1k ,dquarter an d arc supp lied to Commis ioners on reqllc st. The whole procedure i regulari ed with a scr L. of printed letter. only requiring to be filled up an d ..; igned by ComlT1is ioner or th ir clcputic duly ap pr inted, and s tock of thesc form - mav be obtained on ap plica ti on. \ 11 r'. xarniner· ancl In tructor ))/Ilsf apt r I/;(ir C oJ)/lIJiniolJ(rJ for these. It would le ad t o confu . ion and breache of discipline if applica· ti oT,", \\"erc made lO J kaclqllarter -ariou fFicer. of all ranks, and man: such Jeuer - ha\ e been returned fr om IlcaclyuarteL to their Comllli ioner. _ \nv qUl tlo ns conccrnwg \ .R. P \HHk may be addre b: ,lny member or officcr of a Division to the ditOr of th is pal cr, ami rcplies \\ ill appear in the next month " \1:1T[I.
4· - Prolerlil'( \ , it still i imp s, ible [Q Sl:CllrC thi (rom thc I lome Otl1ce with [hc kindhIllb of a friend from lhe orton area I ha," had " du' nmy suits" made in a ch ap cotton mat rial but with the, hape, tap , fa -lcnings, and all detail exact to the Ia t authorised suit we had, 0 that clan.: :; and in tructor may obrain them cheaply for The tores haye upplic , - of the two st'de nt coa ts and thc special glm L for ale. \ [ ph to -the :'[ af"lag cr of the torcs, t. John's Gate, lerkcnwell E. C J
Book-r.-The Co\-crnm nt \.R. P llandbooks :\ os I and 2 arc not 0 1 tainablc at present. Old tock ,>o ld out, a n d new dilion are in COLlr - of publi , hInn The Chief omm is -io n r ha, kindly allo \ved 111 to 11u bl 1 - 1 1 1 a repri n t ot ou r lectu res , and at lo w price of threepence, thesc also can be obtained tro 1 · rn t1C torc -10000 are In stock no\\'. They arc to .reYisc t h subj ct bclorc an examin;tion. 1\ 1$lOns Jll lg ht o rder goo 1 -tacks an d r tati l O their members, a ncl ha. yc th m fo r , u[1 [,h'in(r th c1as cs beil ' . . Q 19 held to r th g n end publt c. T b es srnall and cheap books wi ll g ive a gcne r d id ea of the u b jcct
of A .R.P to anyone who asks you questions about the subject.
G.-ReJpiraforJ.-These may now be purchased if clesired from the torcs at St. J ohn's Gate for 17S. Gd. B ut we ha,Te 7-800 constantly being sent round to our cJas es of instruction on loan free \s the demand for these is constantly increasing, at least one month's notice should be given for the date they are required. They may be kept for one or tv;o days, and then forwarded as advised. If kept over the time, other classes will be upset.
7.-General P"blic IJlSfmcfioll.-).Iany classes are being conducted throughout the countn- to which our Grade I and Grade II instructors' are lecturing, and there is no doubt that with the increasing publicity they will enormously increase during the coming winter. \ \"-e must be prepared to meet this big demand.
The whole of this -\ R.P. \\-ork is n o t a temporary \,-ar tunt, but part of a permanent national education effectiyely carried out by most of the European countrie during the la t ten rear) 0 that chool children abroad in many parts pm their re piratOrs on with a little thought a they pm their o cks on. \\" e haye been late in tarting, and ha,-e much leeway to make up.
QCE TIO);,
Q.- \\" 'here are the piratOL ad,' erti ed in the pr ,s beino- upplied by the million purcha eable? -l.-Gm-ernment prepared to upply pecification to laro- manufacturer who for them, and c,' ral hay air ady done so, and in time the r , pirators will be ayailable
Q.-I f a p [ on has attended any course of lectures in \ R.P. th r than or hold a certificate, can h apply for a J. -\ B. c rti fi cat ? but anyon who ha taken a cour e of leCtur [c ma\- sit for a .J. \.B. examinatio.n and btain the: R sen-e Certificate.
Q.- \\' hcrc can actual d mon a·arion of a ga charrlb r be - CCL} and ex!' rienccd.
-i.-The Home Office is pr paring to motor yaDS round the country fully equipped and in charge of a trained man motor yan will b em in due time to any entre where we haye ad quat ly train d instruct [$ to at h- d monstrat the (ras chambec. \\ 'c hayc se , -cral ad· ql.latcly qualified othcec amongst o m rad 1 in, trl1ctors, whose nam s arc beino- giYen to the Home Office for use. '-
Persistent Poison Gases
'BY MAJOR HUMPHREY, T.D., M.R.C.S., ETC.
A warfare gas is delivered either in a liquid or in a :gaseous state. Such a gas is kept in metal receptacles, and when liberated from the restraint it either turns at once into a gas and mixes with the air, or it :flows out as a liquid which more or less slowly evaporates. Some vapours such as Chlorine or Phosgene hang about for a time, which depends upon the wind, the temperature of the air, the action of rain, etc. The" persistent" or liquid gas has to be -dealt with by the town organisation. "Mustard Gas" is an example of this. In the Field, as on the West Front, it was neutralised with the help of Chloride of Lime. This chemical is a powerful antiseptic and was largely used in the Boe,r War, and in farms and other places for sanitary purposes. It has now been displaced, cresol and similar coal tar products being in use. It is still used for making Eusol, a wound dressing, or for bleaching purposes It is nowadays employed in large quantities in the bleaching factories, mostly in the Midlands, and one in London. These factories, while inv aluabl e as stores for Chloride of Lime, will be of no use for the immediate requirements of an air attack, and supplies for the towns must be st o red in preparation. It will keep go od in metal or other suitable r ecepta cles; i n cardb o ard boxes it rap i dly deteriorates.
In using it for destroying " lvIustard G as ," th e chemical formulre indicate that the amount r equired i s equal to about that of the substance t o be treat ed. This is a useful indication f or the quanti t y to be stored, an estimate being made of the probable amount o f gas w hich ma y be exp ected from an enem y who kn o ws his business.
In using Chloride of Lime, it mu s t always be mixed with water, f o r if put on in the dry it will cause the ev olution of considerable heat, and thi s will evaporate the gas rapidly into th e air and add to t he danger.
One of the great differences between militar y i n the Field and civi l life lies in the drainag e s ystem s 'to be found in towns. The principle in dealing w ith persistent gases lies in washing the liquid into the surface drains without delay . In London, the surface drains run into the main sewers, which have a tr emendous flow of warm water constantl y passin g through them. In few other towns, however, ar e the main and the surface drains connected; and in o ld towns the surface drains deliver their cont ent s in many different ways in adjacent quarter s In country towns the surface water is run off to nei g hbouring brooks, or even roadside ditches. It should not pass to the sewage farms; it water-logs them if it does.
These exits for the surface drainage have to be very carefully guarded during a gas attack. The neutralising chemical must be applied there in quan-
city. Probably it will be best to dig a deep soak-pit at the point of exit; this will fill with water and the liquid gas being heavier than water will sin k to the bottom, and the antidote will have an 01 p ortunitv of dealing with it. The local District Surv ey or wiil have these exits marked on his plan of the di strict and provision will thus have to be mad e at points- as well as in other places- for neutr alisation
Surgeon-in-Chief's Letter to Co unty Surgeons
(We have pleasure in reproducing here the le tter which the Surgeon-in-Chief has sent to all ounty Surgeons.)
" You have probably heard that Colo lle l C. I. E I r has resigned the position of Sm ge oJl -ill- CIJiej and th at 1 batle been appoiJlted as his s1Icce ssor.
" Colonel E llis has ,already ser vc d ill the Brigade for 28 years, and is 170711 all IJl specting OjJiCC l' Oil the stajlOJ the Chief COII/ Il/is sioll cr. T hlfS he n'ill be able to COil/iI/iff his va h,ablc ser vice to }}Ihich , as his ASJlstaJlt fu r jO lfr ) learS, I can tostif)'.
(' AIy first act after p roll/otioll is to send )'OU fh L leite r o f g recting and to ass ure ),011 thai it is III)' 7J lish /0 do a/I J call t o assi st )'0/1 iJl can)'illg a/If ),ollr ill/porlallt dllties aJ C OUllty SurgeoJl I hope , tben/o re, that ),011 n tI' lake eVCI]' oppor/IfJli!)' of cOIJl?lIIl1licatiilg with /lie Oil !"alteu of interest ill ),011)" cOlJlmand.
" Sucb C0111IJ11IIlicotiollS will be oj l.Jallle Jo)" In /o re lJOIIJ·.
Fi rsl , tbra' n'ill IJelp liS to keep in touch with ead) ti/ber: and secoJldb' , thra' 7}11"!1 prollide lIIe with rlelai!J Jor (J reporI
Oil t hc medical ]}Jork of the which 1 '-0pOJc t o introduce and to sublllit (l11l1//al!y to 11)( (,hiij C OJ)l)1lissiOller.
" I ii ordcr that I II/a)' establiJh still dos e)" call t art J htl!'t hopcs oj arranging , Oil 5 atlfrdo), , Or/ober 10, a of C OIIIl I)' Smgcolls at St J ohn's G ate W'olfil)01I plcase let IJIC IJolJC )'0111' l,iews Oil tlJis slIggl'J/iv' cllld all an)' otbcr malfers 10 7J'hiC/) ),011 1J'ish to dirt ," attmtioll ? "
i\T C ORBET j ·L BTCf-IE J Smgeotl-ill-(. /J;''/
Obituary.
It is with profo und reg ret that we h ave t o rc eo d the death of Di v isional S urg eo n Dr. R. .fain, wh ic t.o ok place on Tues day , J u ly 14 F or 4 I yea rs h e ha -, g iven un stinting l y of hi s services t o hi s o wn Div i sion, • 'I) l) (King s Cr oss , G. .R. ) a nd to the Ord er at lar ge. H1S pas sing will be m os t ke enl y felt and h e will b e mourned by all who kn ew him. D r. rain was accorded brJgade Honours at his interme nt in the Great Northern Cen1de rv th 5 New Southgate, on Friday , July 17, when th e C) cer and men of No. 13 Division acted as bearers and cq CO rt , the coffin being draped with the Flag of the Or der
NEW ZEALAND MEETS CHI EF COM MISSIONER
Inspect ion o f \ m b u lancc Di\ ion, ourh llcki.lnJ
Top : C ivic Receprion at HamilWD, Somh .<-\uckland
Lejl: D ecorating ar Bledisloe Hall HamilwD, South Auckland.
Inspection of \uckhnd Diyision
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. (PRINCE OF \\1ALES ) DISTRICT
DISTRICT ORDER
REVERSIO 1.
The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned Lady Superintendent Mr. :t\loakes, Jo 58 \\ "oo lwich ursing Diyision, reyerting to the rank of ursing Officer, with effect from December 3 I, 1935, at her own request.
TR.lliSFER OF A I TA.l'\JT COMMI IONER DR K. F. LUND.
The Chief Commissioner has apprm-ed of the tran fer of Assistant Commissioner Dr. K. F. Lund (Central Area), from No. 1 District to o. 10 District, with effect from July 31, 193 6
TRANSFER TO BRIGADE RESERVE.
The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the transfer to the Brigade Reser,e, of Assistant Commis ioner Captain G. 'v/. Kendall, with effect from Jun( 24, 193 6
SERVICE CHEVRONS
In future Officers and l1embers in Charge of Diyi ion will counter-sign and return their B.F. 4a'S to the Commissioner direct, upon receipt of the Service Chevrons from Brigade Headquarters.
MOGRNING BANDS.
Mourning Bands for H.M. King George V should now be take n off, with effect from July 21, 1936. WI. GOODLEY, HEADQUARTERS : Commissioner. 10, BERKLEY STREET, ST. L-L"."E, E.e.
RJCH1IOND.
Striking tributes to the work of the 12 1st Richm ond Ambulance Di,ision was made at the first Annual Dinner held at the Station Hotel, Richmond. The Richmond Division comprises of Richmond Ambulance Di,i sion , Barnes Section, Kew Section and No. 19 Cadet Division.
The toast of the Brigade was proposed by Dr. G. A. Gordon, D ivisional Surgeon, who stated that his recollection of the Brigade was in 1907, at Brentford, after they had formed a Branch in Richmond; the war came and the men all joined the services. He was pleased to say that Superintendent P. H. Bettles was the only one there beside himself that night who was at their first meetings. The chair, which had been taken by the Superintendent, was now vacated for Sir D udley Ridout, who had been detained on Council Meeting.
Superintendent Smith, of Twickenham Division, proposed the toast of the 12 1st D ivision. He said, in the old days the number of duties done per man a year was five, but now Richmond do 33.
Superintendent P H. Bettles, replying for the Division, said it might be of ipterest to Sir Dudley and present that four years ago they first held their first parade in uniform when they had twelve men on parade out of a total of 17. To-day their strength was 61. Since their fir st para d e they had attended 9,54 8 duties, and 2.,086 cases had been dealt with excluding L ondon cases. R eferring to t h e future , he said they were going right
ahead; they wer n o w after obtaining their own Hea.dquarters, having alr ady got a motor ambulance v,·hich has already be n well in demand. Every man had backed him up and every call from St. John 's Gate had been an wered and covered.
\Velcomino- th isitors, Private \ '. 1arriott said th ey were very Ilea, ed to ha e the sistant Commi ssioner with them that evening, Alderman Gladwell, and all the ladies.
Replying, },fr. Ballance, of the Fjre Brigade, for the absence of the Chief Officer. I Ie said they 1'1 the Fire Brigade had more opportunities of seeing '\ ork done by the Richmond Diyi , io n than most people. He appealed to the younger generation to join up so as to make the Division not only 6I, but 26r strong.
The Chairman in a few word said th y were aU pk lse d to hear that the uperint en dent had been madc a SL , Lng Brother of the Order, al 0 to the Divi sion on their oht. in· in g a 100 per cent. , \. .R.P.e.
The cups and .R.P.e. C rtificat e were then pre sented by ;\1rs. Gordon wife of the urgeon.
Mter the dinner there \,-a , dancing until a yen L te hour.
LAI DON'
Laindon Di"i ion of the t. fohn \mbulanc e Br fad e has obtained a ne''''' ambulance.- 1t was a gift fro n the outhend Di\-ision on the unde 'stanwng that it was thoroughly reconditioned. The ambulance wa s reconditioned by 11r. J. Toomey, of Laindon, and rep .lImed and exten iycly renoyated by ole's Body-builwng Corks at Laindon, and was dedicated n aturda), Ju h 11. There was a good attendance of the general pul lie, t the High R oad enior chool Laindon, for the ceru )ny, and, in adc:Lition to a trong muster of member s ( the Division, under uperimendent H. J. inber" \m hl nee Officer Reed and Lady uperintendent Ii s I h- cnt, there were present a number of oHicers from th e o (Prince of \, 'a les' ) Di trict of the John \m hL nee Brigade These included Captain \\ Goodley, [ C the Commissioner for 1\'0. 1 Di trict, Di strict 0 Fiw Haines, Lad y Di strict 0f11cer 11rs. Morrish, upcrint cI dent },fay of outhend Di vis ion, uperintendent Ash of \'\ est Ham, Ambulance Officer Morrish of Ea t I lam, and "lther officers. Sergeant Lambert, in cha rge of thc Cad L " i Hon. Secretary of the Transport Committee of the Di \Jsion, and Private G. E. mich ha been appointed dri,'er uf the new wagon
The Division lined up near the wagon, and inc Jded the ambulance men, nurses, nursing cadets and am bulance cadets. The dedication service was conducted b ) Rev. W. T. Hickson, Curate of t. icholas' Parish hurch , supported by Rev. T. hepherd, of Langdon I-Wls Baptist Church, who read a short passage of crl pture, and Rev. e. Arnold, of Langdon Hills Methodist Chur ch) who offered prayers. The dec:Lication was by Mr. f-lickson. Following the service the para de inspected by Captain Goodley. A sharp shower oJ. raW cut the inspection short, and everybody dashed in to the schoo l for shelter. There tea was served in the la rge assembly ha ll. Mr. D. Cornish, J.P., President of t?C D ivision, welcomed the Commissioner, and the D lst rl ct
Offi cers, Sl1perintcndent l loward and the members of the Upmio ster Division were among tho se present.
After the dedication the Commissioner inspected the Di\ iSlOn expressed his sati sfaction at its smartness. Th e party then adjourned for tea in the schoolroom, wh ere the President introduced Captain Goodley to those pr esent and thanked him and the various for coming down from London to attend the dedication.
Captain Goodley, in a kindly speech, said it was the first time he had paid Laindon a visit, but he heard a good deal abo ut it . 1Ie was very plea sed to see the progress tha t \Va s being made, and wished th e Laindon Di vision all suc cess in the valuable work that was being done ,"olu 1tarily.
1 hL Commi s ion er and Officer s proceeded [0 the first-
No. 27 (West Ham)
1 o. 3I (Southend)
o. 15 (East Ham) Ambulance Divi sion 2
No. 40 (Beckton)
o. 41 (R. Arsenal)
o 46 (Ilford)
49 (Erith)
76 (Limehouse)
o. 94 (D agenham)
o. 110 (Benfleet)
o. 120 (Bexley) 7 FIl'AKCE.
The Assistant Commi ss ioner acknowledges with thanks
•Ph t o;' L 01 R \ \ \lB L\0;'CE HE \D ,}L-\RTER
T </11(1 R· ,hI I (L:d\ DI\ Inal Dr (DIY ISlonal urgcon, \1I ·. \1 1'" r la1l1Lf. 'l plain \\. Turnhull Councillor J. Hamt'f, \11 \.DewhuISr H un" in lht: (Oll 'n Qut:t:n Cnmp'::C1r10n), \lls: lknrlcy, of T(,rrim::mn L:ld\ Di \'i'ional lIpt:nntcnJt:11l ) :--lr \1. f--. \, of \\ Di\ I. iOnJ.1 "\f rs. T. '1 upcnntcndUH r. I. l.J\\.HJ s, Mr. II. R. B:lrlo\\' ( \m b\lhnc O ,ficcr :lnd
aid hut un the arterial roao and inspected the arne, again exp rc sing their appreciation of the arrangements to cope wi th the number of accident that occurred in thi di strict. The total to date ince Easter \va 9 s. everal had k Id to be taken to ho pital by the ambulance.
The Divi , lonal members with their friend) carried on with a social evening at the Briti , h Legi n Ilall and had a ter} en jo yable time with community inging game and refr <:sh mcnts, which wcre catered for by Mrs. \'\ a hington and he r ever-w illing h lper. from the Laindon \, omen $ Institute.
'E\\ \[E:\fBER
F -\IR LOP DI\TIO_ '. \, 'e ar plea _e d co note that ac the ree or First : \id Class held at King Gorge Ho , pital Ilford -.1 gained their Fir \id c rtif1cat and one o-alned a label. ;\fay all these candidate , be a succ - ful in their next examim.·tion.
FIR T ,\m :0L\TERNITY Cu. s
1\ First \id :0Iatcrnit\' Clas ,,-ill be held in the Board R oom , King T o rg Ho pital, Ilford on Tue dar,
\\ c 'V.'clco me to the Brigade the following member 10. 8 (E?st J lam) ur ing Division 2. No. II (\ <llthamstow) " 0. 80 (Laindon ) 2 the follm'cing concribmion to the \rea and Gazette Fund:-
beginning the first Tue day in October. Lecturer: Dr. Parry-Jones. Fee 3S. 6d.
DR. KENDALL TESTIMONIAL.
District Officer C. J. Fitch would like to remind thos e Divisions who have not yet subscribed to the above Fund that it is de ired to arrange an early presentation. T o enable the Fund to be closed will Officers or Members-inCharge of Di isions please send along their subscriptions as soon as possible to 24, \"X1aldgrave Gardens, Upminster, Essex.
No. 4 DISTRICT.
(WESTMORLAND CUMBERLAND ).
Wn DER1IERE.
July 4 was a memorable day in the annals of the Westmorland Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
By the kind invitation of Sir Samuel and the Misses Scott the members of the Ambulance, Nursing and Cad et Units, with their respective married partners, were entertained at " Yews," Windermere, when contingents from Ambleside, Kendal and Windermere were presem to the number of 200. Sir Samuel Scott threw open the grounds, gardens, and even the house for inspection and enjoyment, and many availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing the interior of this old delightful residence.
In the earlier part of the afternoon a dozen girls from the Ambleside Diocesan Home for \\7aifs and Strays presented a most pleasing series of dances on the lawn, and the accuracy with which these were don e by some who were little more than toddlers, brought forth abundance of applause. Rain came on later, but as this did n ot occur till nearly tea time, no marring of pleasure eventua.ted. Tea was provided in a large marquee with sitting .accommodation for all at one time, and during and after tea the strains of the band with its popular music kept things very merry.
Immediately after tea, Assistant Commissioner \ Y/ C. Eentall, who is the A.R.P. Staff Officer, and who \.ya present to represent the Chief Commissioner, ga,-e a most instructive and inspiring address on the formati on of the Order with its various undertakings in Jerusalem, Malta and L o ndon. He urged all to feel that they were associated with the oldest Order of Chiv alry, and were not merely members of local Divisions and playing lone hands for the good of others. As he reviewed each sphere of work in the past, Dr. Bentall emphasised that " each was meeting the needs of its age," and that was the aim, or at least should be, of every present member; he concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to Sir Samuel and the Misses Scott for their abundant hospitality. The County Cornm1ssioner (Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Cockill) seconded the proposition, which was carried with prolonged cheering. The most lively part of the day now ensued; as it was still raining, the centre of the marquee was cleared and further dancing was unde1taken by the little girls, and the Misses Scott got everyone busy with musical chairs, cushions and hats, and the dancing spread 1t o those who were decidedly older than the little Morris <dancers. It was a hectic time.
The evening concluded with the singing of the National Anthem, and cheers for the kindly host and hostesses who had left nothing undone to promote everything that was needed to ensure a perfect entertainment, including 234
even the cost of tran port, so that there should be none left out who were able to be present otherwise.
NO.4. (LA CA 1lIRE) Dl TRICT
On un day, June 2I, 1936 two member s of th e Lancaster Ambulance Divi i o n, Privatcs T. tk.in son .1f1d Camm, were bathing in a part of the river Lun e, as Halton '\ rater, when an alarm was raised tl13. two bors had disappeared over the weir into the tidal portion of the river; tide was at full.
tkinson and Camm immediately ran to th e SpCH and diyed in, bringing a boy each to the surface and on 0 the bank.
Artificial respiration wa immediatelr C( mmen c- 1 and contiflL1ed until the arrival of the police with the mox apparatus.
Two boats were commandeered to carry thL boys across the riYer to the ambulance artificial being continued in the boats nnd ambulance until the bop arriyed home when tw o doctors pronoun c(; o life extl1lct.
0 6 DI TRICT.
HULL AND EAST RIDING COU:-;!TY.
The choice of Beverley for the Great Yorksh.ire gricultural Show made a special demand upon the Di\ ions in the East Riding County for public duty the Divisions of the IIull Corps nobly supported.
An ambulance station \\'as equipped on thl: how groun ds and staffed continuously for b\ c day wh Ich included a day before and a day after the actual sho\ da)·. \.t this station ambulance men who performed [he flight attendance as well a the day, treated ucce fu lly ;; cases, whilst the nurses \,-ho 'were s pared the nigh t ltre ndances treated 30 cases.
Men and nurses patrolled the \\" round duri the " open" hours and dealt with a large number of and other cases which did not neces ita rc removal to rhe ambulance station. The County Dr. (. 'un Jennings, and Diyisional urgeons Dr. D...:arn al'l Dr \X ilson, who ,,"ere also on duty dealt with scyen requiring medical attention. Fractures, laceratio n sprains comprised the cruef of the more seri.au tl c \vhilst the number of 'lost ' (?) children requi rin 7 and attention was a notable feature.
There being no lack of yolunteer s [or atLenc.1an c and duty, or of equipment, aU the arrangements were Ll ccessfully carried OLlt, and appreciation of those amb ulance men and nurses who put in such long spells of for the benefit of the public and the crcdit of thc Bri l! dde, was not lacking by the Show authorities and b) the visitors.
The Units represented were :-Beverley, Brid lJ ton, Driffield, IIull entral, IIull \"\:es tcw, Hull 1 J cks, Hadra, Wright, De La Poolc, and j\.mb"l ,lncC Divisions, and Bridlington, Driffield, \'{litherosea, J'1ull Central, Hull Kingston, and Hull Young Peoples In J[ute Nursing Divisions .
The most serious accident in connection with the Yorkshire Show was, however, not on the how Ground itself, but on the Beverley-Hull road, two or th ree miles out from Beverley, when the driver of an omnibus rdu.roing from the Show had to make an instantaneous de clSlo n whether to crash over a fallen girl cyclist with almost certain fatal consequences, or to risk the lives of hi s fifty
by overturning his bu s . J lc fortunately aVOIded the gul although her machine was damaged, but twenty of his passengers suffered injurje s morL or less serious, but not fatal, when the 'bus overturned.
Ambu lance Officer Eric Edwards reports that" whilst cycling along. the Beverley Road to take duty at th e great Yorks lure how at 9 p.m., between 30 and 4 0 members of a cycling club overtook him. A little later he ohserved one of the cyclists, a girl, draw out from tile cent"L of the line of cyclists with the apparent intention of pushing on ahead around a bend. An omnibus appL' 'l d, coming from the opposite direction at a fairly good pace. eeing the 'bus, the girl tried to regain her placL but collided <;jdc\';;ays with a fellow-member and fell 10 rle path of the oncom.ing vehicle, \.vhich had taken a
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sharp left-ha nd swerve, but pa sed oyer th bicycle "\yhil t the IlC':l.r side mounted the gras verge, plunged into a dyk e an d brought the 'bus crashing on its side through a hdge into a garden.
"\mbula nce Officer Ed\"\.'a rd wa a bie to render first-aid sen-icc. of an exceptionally u eful order in relea lng the unfoI una te pas engel's and in attending to their injuries. ,-\ pa ty of Hull on'tables coming from the ho w were of grea t and tim I)' a si tance, and the accident mo t fortu "lately pas ed without fatality.
Hrill Corps . _"ll1tlflol Inspection alld [TI/{Jcilillg Book of RetJJUilbroncc.-Thursday, July r6 , was a memorable day for the Hull Corps, for in additi.on to th In pection in College Grounds, so kindly lent and so admirably . Glted tor the occ:3sion, a Book of R membl'ance containIng the names of all members of the Bri o-ad in the Hull forps :\'ho have died ince 1919 \v as il ed by the Mspectlng Officer, Colonel G. j\. 1 f ore, CJvLG., D 0., .D. , A.M ( retired), Knlo-ht of Grace, ssi tant Chief
Commissioner of the Brigade, and afterwards dedicated by Canon E. Arthur Berr y, M.A., R.D.
A ltogether in the parade, which included the Beverley Ambulance D ivision, there were 363 officers and members of the Ambulance and ursing Divisions. The whole force made an impre ssive sight, and during the march past and throughout the evening, the King's Hall (Hull) Band accompanied them with suitable music. The occasion was favoured with beautiful weather.
At the saluting base for the march past were Colonel 110ore, County Commi ss ioner W. T. Atkinson, County Surgeon Dr. 1 Jennings (City Coroner), Sir Arthur l\tkin son and Lady Atkinson, A.R.R.C., the Sheriff and his Lady (;.'vIr. and ivIrs. J. Cyril Townsley, the Chief Constable of the East Riding (Captain J. E. R yall) and the Deputy Chief Constable, Superintendent Huddlestone.
Following the march pa t the unyeiling of the Book of Remembrance tOok place. Mter the book had been dedicated by Canon, Berry Corps uperintendent C. and COU?t) OH?cer H. Bartrop explained how the Idea had come IntO be11lg following a sugge tion b"\ one of the member nyo years ago. IE had meant a grea-t dell of ,york but they:\-e re able to ay that eyery memb r \\-ho ha pas ed on Ince the "ar had hi name in the book.
Colonel Moor said that ten year ago the mo,emen twas 0,000 strong; to-day it was 0000 and member hip was o-rowing He felt that the member of the t. John - mbulance Brigade had duO" them elves int o the. life of the community t;-dar he wa plea ed to hnd they had found a place In the 11.. arts of the people. Th herif!' referred to the fact that dmino- the ,"eat' the Hull. Corps had treated up"\\ards of ,000 es whil t on public duty and 14,000 cases of fir t aid in other direction.
A yote of thank, to Colonel .0[oore for inspecting the
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'e v,port Tc.1m in the Competition for Cardiff and Di tnCr R oad Transport :\mbulance \\ -o rkers.
Corps and unveiling the Book of R emembrance was proposed by Corps Superintendent Batley an d seconded b y Co u nty Officer Bartrop, who also thanked the herifI and others for their interest in the Brigade. A vote of thanks to Canon Berry was moved by Lady Corps Of-ncer Mrs. Haley.
Among the visitor , in addition to tho e mentioned were : D r J. L. Holt, 11rs. H. V \\ right (Ferriby), Irs. W'heatley, Mis L. Bailey, Lady Corp Superintendent Mrs. Howell, Lady Corp Officer Mrs. Hamp _o n, Irs. Haley, Mrs. Edward, Iiss Chapman, D ivisional urgeon D r. Helen Standring, and 1fr. Allwyn mith (treasurer of the Brigade).
up rinten d ent A \'\' c l lt:r with LaJy Corps Superint ndent 1 \ I l's. E. PalIng III cbarge of tb e ur slog D ivisions. Corps upcrintendcnt Ihbotson, .B. St.J. carricd out the duties of I\ djutant, "vith Corps OfIlcef (R.) F. Carrier as Orderly 01nccr and 'crgcant F. tCY cnson (City Divisio n) as Orderly ergcant. orps Ofl1 cer C. Le\vendon (Corps ecretary) ,,'as in charge of th e O rdl'rl\' Ro o m.
The Inspecting Ofl1cer for \mhlllance Diyi-ion s \\ a\ Dis(rict Officer G. E. liardy ' .B.St f·, who \\'a < aClI Jnlpanied by ir H. Denni K.B E. D.L., J.P. Knight of Grace of t Iohn and the UI ' Ing Diyi ion \ven; inspected by ] ,ad), Di s trict Officer \IISS
Church Counc il), and after the si nging of the Brigade Hymn, the new am.bulance was y handed by Sir Dwnis Readelt - J3ayl.ey t<: ASSistant Commlc;slOner J\. B Gibson, who received It on behalf of the Corps. The ambula nce was then dcdicittcd by the Rt. Rev. Bishop eville Talhot (Vicar of t. Mary's Church), who gav e a short address .. The c;ervice concluded wilh a hymn, followed by the Blc '>s lng and the 0-.allonal \nthem. The mU SIC for the sen'icc was kindl y fu rn.ished by the Meadows Band of the alvation "\rm y.
J\fter the parade was dismissed, a large number of the spectators took the opportunity of J?aki.ng a closer inspection of the new ambulance, which lS a 2.7 h.p. Vau ba ll \mhulanc c, ntled with the " Loma s" parent st rctchn and loading gear, and "pccial heating and c00l11g apparallls to regulatc the temperature of the
Divi sion, as runners-up in this competltlon, recei \'cd the Officer s' Cup and s il ver medals for the team member s
The appointment was also announced of the Re\". J1. V. Turner (Vicar of St. P eter's Church, ;\ottingham) as I Ion. Chaplain to the Cr)rp s, and the official \\?arram of Appointment in this capacity was handed to \1r. Turner. The Assistant Commissioner also pre sente d to Corp Offic er (R.) F. Carrier and Lady Corp s Superintendent \1rs. tanton (Mapperley ur si ng Divi sion) Brigade ervice Medals for fifteen years' efficient se rvice, \vhich both officers have completed in the 1 ottingham Corp s l\o. 8 DISTRICT.
The strength of (he b o nd between the Sr. John
SHAFTE BlJRY i\ \IBUL\. -0:: Dr Ole \TIO:--' The cost of tbis nc\\ ambulance was raiscd by public ub. criplinn
Officers on the field were County Commissioner \v. T. Atkinson, Captain icholas, O B.E., County Officer G. Edwards, County Officer H. Bartrop, Lady County Officer Miss Barron, Corps Superintendent C. Batley, Corps Officer T. Lamb, Corps Officer J. K. Wilson, Corps Officer E. Eggleton, D ivisional Superintendent H. Rands ( ew Holland district).
TO. 5 DISTRICT.
NOTTINGHfu.Y.f.
The Annual Inspection of the ottingham Corps, held on the Forest, ottingham, on Sunday afternoon, Jul y 19, 1936, was favoured with fine weather and witnessed by a large number of interested spectators The Ambulance Divisions, numbering 2.2. officers, one warrant officer and 153 other ranks, and ursing Di v isions, with a strength of 18 officers and 87 members, paraded under Corps
\'i/. Gibs on. Di strict Officer I Lard, the Corps on the general imprO\ cment' he was pleasl ro obse rve since his la visit to the 1 o(tingham Corps and e xp re ssed him self satisfied as to the rc ult ot hi, inspection.
Following the inspection, the J\mbulance DJ\ J on marched pa t in four companies, when the saJutL ",a. taken by Assi tant Commissioner J\, B. G.ibson J.P., Officer of the Ord er. The whole Corps was then formed into a hollow square for a short Dedication en IC'C in respect of the new I otor l \.mbulance which has ju st hccn purchased by the Corps, owing to the growing dC l11 ,lllth on the Transport D epartment. Th e service \\ 'a opened by the Rev. II. V. Turner (Vicar of t. Peter's Cllllrch,. Nottingham), who \Va accompanied hy the ch oir ot St. Peter's Church. The Lesson was read by th e Rc\. Hartley Holloway (Presidcnt of the ,- ottingham I rcc
body an d will accommodare, in addilion t o (he dm" r and alte ndam, (WO stretcher cases or one - rretcher ca -e and fou r <ittlng C:lose This am.bulanc<.: · des >ne d to deal with long-distance casc s rcquirin o careful and is sprung and adjusted to giyc smooth ndlOg on all lype s of roads.
On this uccasion, :l d\ antage '\\'as also raken of the par ade for the pr'cmati on by \S<:1 ' tant omlm A. h. Gibson of the award' gaincd by the members of the Amhula nce Di\ isions of the orl's in the ib on 'hielLi and Lea gue Tbe Gib so n hll\l, with biscuit barrels to the indn idual membc rs \\'Us prese nted to arrington Di\' isit n 111, \\'ho \,'cre the wi nners of the 11n<11 c mpetilion for rhis (rophr held On June 28 last. Thc winncr s of the \mbulancc Le,lguc C0l11pe tition werc Cinckrhill Diyisi on, th team with the J\mbulancl.: LCitguc up and sih r me dals for the indi\ iciual membcrs, and Carrington
lance Brio-ade and the hutch \\'as emphasi:ed by the Re\,. T. \dam .:-, pr a ching a( - c. John ' Church F olke-rone the o cca - on being the annual Church P arade of the Folke t o ne Co rp ;-f (h Brigade.
Tho:e (a king I an in th Parade t11.1rch d ro Church from Brigade} leadqu< rters, under (h dircc(ion of Corps friccr L. B. E a. t o n, orp mcer R. ';:'I o:l t D i\·i'ional up 2rimend m ]. Huml y, Di"i i i o nal ' up ri ntendem \C mith _ \mbu lan c e Office r T. Hu ntie\ -, L ad," mbubnce Officer Mi Curzon Cade( Officer " \. Hall and adct Officer ::-'11". \'\ -eaY r.
The Ofp' Band during (he _'e n -ice, ,lOd the hymns" \\ c L o \" th Pbc e , 0 G o d,"" 'oldiers of Chr ist \(i 5 , " Through th l\ighr of Doubt an d 'OHO \\"," and " 1 he hurch's Foul;darion _. were nng. The first lesson ,,-as read by Corp: Otftce r ,\1 0:1.t and the second by 0 rr - fuel'[ E :l s to n.
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D"rking'" new zo-h .p. , u'rin cmb die' :Ill for [he modern 3mbubncc
The Rev. T. S. Adams, who took for his text the Parable of the Good Samaritan, welcomed the Brigade to their annual par ade at the Church.
They were honouring, he said, the name of St. John the Baptist, after whom their Brigade was nam ed. The members of the Church were honouring that same name in their Patronal Festival.
Let them consider the nature of the Brigade' s work. They found it, of course, very clearl y set f o rth in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan had had compassion on the wound ed m an, and had taken care of him. The Br ig ade was just . a picture of the Go o d Samaritan, it did the kind thing, the ri ght tiling, the helpful thing. That was a -very real picture of their \york. It was a practical work, it was a work which was
\Veymouth were third and Barnstaple seventh tn their respective Divisions.
NORTH DEVON AREA.
On Sunday, May 3, Colonel Ellis, the Surgeon-in-Chi ef carried out an inspection of the Divisions in this arc; at Barnstaple The Parad e was under the comman d of Dr. Hoerman, the Ass istant Coun ty Commissioner, and the Officer fo r the Coun ty Sergeant-lvfaJor Cottenll, who earn ed out Ius dut ies admirably. The Ambulance, Nursing and Cadet Di vi sio ns were drawn up in the R ook Park, and aft er in specti ng the various Divisi o ns, Col. E lli s, accompanied by COUnt y Commis sio n er II J. Vick and L ady County O fficer ris's Hardie J ackson, took the salute a t the 1arch Pa st 0 0 '"he way to the Pari h Church. The .Mayor and Ma) o..:ess
SIDMO UTJI.
The dedicati on of the new ambulance. by the Rev. J G Cornish took pl ace on Sunday, June 7, In the presence of a iarge and re prese n tative The loc al. Div ision f the Brigade and the Bnu sh Red Cr oss SOClety were °resc..nt. Sir Edward Cave .a. letter from Colonel expressin.g regret f:)! to thro.ugh illness ContinulDg, he saId t.hat It was SlX years SInce thei r t1rst ambulance was dedicated, aod thanks to .\1r. Da gwo rthy they were go ing to witness the dedication of the se cond The new ambulance is a Cammer de Luxe LHo, towards 'which the lIome Service l\mbulance Co mmi ttee contr ibuted £ 120
T ere was a representative attendance at Emery'S Cafe on (av z. 5, at a di nner held to c lebrate the honours on ir Garbutt Knott, Bart,. and Ambulance OfllCLf ]. II. Matthews at t, John's Gate three days prc \ )usly. ir Garbutt, who is President of the local As s -wcion, wa promoted from the grade of O fficer to lat of ommander, and l\1r .Matthews \-yas made a en '1g Brother of the Order of t. John. l\1r P. J. Di x , Chairman of the hamber of Commerce, 10 propo g the J?l:n \ mbulaoce Ass.ociatio?, pai? high tri bu C to the Spl rH of deyoted erVICe whlch arumated the "\\ orkcr and the ladies of the V A.D. in the to wn. I Ie said the t. John Ambulance .J. \s oelation had bu ilt up a wonderful reputation, and thanks in a large mea. ure to the generosity of ir Garbutt Knott, they were now p lcndidl5' equipped
.\.REA..
E XE.1ER
Assistant Commissioner H. E. E lse inspecting t he 1urs ing Di vision '<It Roeherbam. \\ ieh him all: :i.\1iss G. Ash bury (lad y clistric( officer), Miss A. ]. Buckle (lady divis ional superintendenr) and lhe Mayor of Rotberham, Al d. F Harper
simply the bringing into action of the spirit of lo ve and service.
No. 9 DISTRICT.
The further decentralisation of the County of Devon has been approved by their Chapter-General. In fu t ure the Plymouth, South Devon and East Cornwall A rea will function as a separate County under the administration of County Commissioner Hedley V. Miller, O.B.E. (Knight of Grace), while the North, East and Mid-Devon Areas have also been made a County with Mr. Herb er t J. Vick (Officer of the Order) as County Commiss ioner. Miss Hardie Jackson has been appointed Lady Count y Superintendent, and Mr. G. W. Hingston County Officer, in the new County.
In the District Competitions held at Weymouth on April 4, the Weymouth Nursing Divi sion and Barnstaple Ambulance Divi sion qualified to represent the District in the finals for the Perrott and Dewar Shields. In the latter competition at the Great Central Hotel on June 5,
of Barnstaple accompanied the P arade to the Church , In d afterwards took tea in th e Foresters' Hall w i th the 11' 01bers of the Brigade The Mayor made a speech in \\ lch he emphasised the val u e of th e voluntary work undert en by the St. John A mbulanc e B rigade
EA T D EVOL" AREA
AX}'fINSTER
The Silver Chall en ge Cup prese nt ed by l\ L jo r Ormsby Allhusen and Miss E. AJlhu se n (see photo ) was competed for on 1ay 27, and won by J Ion. crgLan r Bo w den. At the presentation of the trophy, -uperinte nd ent Irish referred to th e urgen t need of a 11llltor ambulance f o r the Axminster district, and it was Slated that the Division were to take over a recondit i(Dc d Ambulance from Sidmo uth, who had purchased a new one In the past the only vehicle ava ilabl e was an imp ro\ Ise d ambulance provided by Assistant County Comm is sione r E. J. Moor s
C I J\pril 19 tht: xeter ity Di \'1 ion, the Dn io n and the Di\ i ion, accompanied by thelt Cae " attended sen icc at the Cathedral pre\'ious ro the de c catio n of the new \mbulance by the Lord Bi hop of Ex\ r. 1 he Parade was under the command of County Co nm i ioncr I Ierbert J Vick and Lady County SuperInt L lctc nt :-'li s I Iarc.lie Jackson. The sen'ice was attended the \fayor and \ 1a yoress and the -herifF of Exeter, togetlll! r "r;ith many othcr prom.inent person. The ad d.. s in the Cathcdral was gi \ Tcn by Preb. Gordon Por on by, who spoke of the sen icc r ndered by ,the O rl l..r of Jerusalcm through the centuries. .J. \.t the dedlclti o aftt:rwards, the Bishop gaye a ycry ,i\' e address am' r fcrred to the e\ er incrca ing number of accident' occ ri ng on the roads in which the .J.A.B. render d Fir \.id and transport to the hospitals in ca c of need. He id there wa not one of us who did not liy-e in cor t,ln t danger, all thc more "\,-hen the), thought they wert in safety.
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() ' unday, J llnc z.8, thl:: dedication of (hc n\,;w ambulan cl t o ok place on the Plains in the presence of a large an d re presentative a sembly, The Mayor Captain F. J. C. Holds worth, presided, and the ervice \Va conducted b), .lhe Vicar of Totne , Pr b J. lIeywood-\\'addington, assl tc d by the Rev. Edgar Mann, hairman of the Dey-on Congre gational nion. The Ambulance Di vision pre ent was in charge of Corp uperintendent \\'heatl y The ne w ambulan ce cost £ 500, towards wh.ich the Totne' To\\ n Cou ncil contribut d £ 150' (Contil7ued on page z. 54).
Memorial Dedicated to Mrs. Mildred King
An impressive service was held at Holy Trinity Church, East Finchley, when a memorial to the late Mrs. Mildred King, a Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and wife of Col. E. J. King, was dedicated.
The dedication was by the Very Rev. the Dean of Backing, Dean Roger, O.B.E., official chaplain of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who was assisted by the Vicar, the Rev. Dr. H. H Ascough, and the Rev. -orman Ashby (Rector of Perton Hall and brother of the deceased). fembers of the family present were Col. E. J. King (widower), D r. Edgar Ashby, :0.Iajor Cecil Ashby, te., 11r. Reginald Ashby (brothers of the deceased), Capt. Harold King (brother of Colonel King), 1Iajor Rupert Gray, (brother-0-1aw <?f Colonel King), :0.1rs. Gray, i-.iiss ElsIe King (sisters of Colonel King) , and Eleanor Morrison (niece of Colonel King)
Among the large congregation were the :0.Iayor of Finchley ( lderman S Pulham, J.P. ), the i-.1aroress, members of the Finchley Corporation, representatives of the Finchle\- Branch of the British Legion and omen's the Finchley Ambulance Di,ision under District Officer G. T . Osborne, and the Finchley and oU[hgate ing Di\-lsion under Lady uperintendenr Vicary, and Colonel G. Beach, C.B , O.B.I:.
On behalf of the British Legion, the ),1ayoress placed a 'wreath of poppies at the foot of the memorial.
The Dean of Backing preached. His text was Ye are my ,,·itnesse." He spoke of per o.r:al erYlce and ho\"\' King had, in a quiet war, tor mam' year rendered sen-lee to the communit, in direction. he left an example that all niight follo'"\\.
Th memorial i ' on the south ,,-ail, and is the design of E. R. Barra,,-. The monument i of late , nteenth centun desi o- n5 f[. 11.i o- h and) ft. 6 ins. \\·id of Hoprom,-ood rone e d \\-ith a la ba ter enrichment. .\ hi eld i d i_ played up o n the eig ht pointed er a' of th e rder o f t. Jo hn on it the arm o f ol o n 1 Kin g and the late :011'-. Km g The centre i de\-oted to th inscri p ci o n. Thi read' :-
"In O'rat ful memon- o f d King, of the of the Order of the of 't. John of J t:ll al m lo\-ed wife o f Colo nel Edwin Jame ' King C.0LG. D.L. J.P of the ld House, Ea Finchley, aide-de -c amp to hi :0Iaje _ty the K inc)" and Hio-h heriff of :0liddle ex. \.fter o 0 much iUne s long and brayel y- ndured she departed till life 20th ctober 19' 5, ao-ed 7 year. The kindest and g ntle t of w omen most d yoted of \vhT s, de ply lam nted by her orro\\Ting hu band.
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Interesting Case Reports
E R EPORT No. 10...j.. - The Officer-in-C h arg f East Riding of Yorkshire, S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid, as follO\\'s ;-
The Yorkshire Agricu ltural Show is being held in Beverley, · a small t own eight nliles from Hull, and . the Brigade is staffing the Am bulance Station with personnel, most of whom are goi n g from Hull.
Late on July 8, mbulance Officer E. E dw ar ds, of the Central Divisi on, Hull Corps, was proceeding to Beverley b y bus for night dut y when he saw a 'bus coming in the opposite direction su ddenl y to avoid a girl cyclist and overturn. There were 52 ' passengers in the 'bus; and the scene can be better imagine d than described. Ed\vards, who had stores with him, immediately went to the assistance of the injured, 19 of whom had to be remO\-ed to the Hull Infirmar y suffering from wounds, cuts and abrasions, whilst one p atient had sustained a fracture.
Ambulance Officer Edwards reports that for some minutes he had a very "rough time"; b u t he managed to attend to the majority of the cases, using up all the stores which he had wi th him and getting his boots badly cut with b roken g lass. Thi s d one, he continued his journe y to Beverley a nd took his all-night turn of duty at the Agricultural Show COMilIEl T
There is an old proverb Jvhich nms thus: "He lvho seizes the moment is the right JJJall !" Clear!)', AIJlblllance Oflicer Edwards is the right mafl, since he availed himself of a unique opportunity of rendering efficie7lt assistance to a large number of patients and 1vas forftmate iJl that he had Jvith him the material lJJith lvhich to do so I n all sincerity , therefore, we offer him cordial congratulations on the wqy in which he " seized the l11OlJJent" and in so doing supported the highest traditions of The Order of St. John .-N.C.F.
CASE REpORT No. 105.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Count y of Bucking hamshir e, S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid, as follows ;_
On Jul y 3, a bo y visiting Newport Pagnell got into difficulties when swimming in the bathing place. He was going underneath for the third time when Private P. Wood, who has only just joined the ewport Pagnell Divi sion, saw the need for urgent and immediate action. He also had been bathing and was nearly dressed. Without waiting to remove his clothing, he dived int o the river and effected a g allant rescue. On g etting the boy on to the bank, Private Wood, with the help of b ystanders , at once c ommenced artificial respiration and succeeded in restoring animation to his exhausted patient. Those who wi tne ssed the occurrence say that the accident happened so quickly that Pri vat e W ooeL b y his promptitude aver t ed what wou ld otherwise have b een another b athin g tragedy.
COi\ IME IT.
The pl'i))/e objects of first aid are to preserve lIfe, to prellent og of i/!lIft)1 01' cOllditioll, olld to pl'olJide thE' propr'1' tl'(//lJpor! for potimt. Rdl'e(), does it happell that 0 first oider has the opportlflli!)' cal'l),iJl,i!, O!t/ the first olVect Comeqll{'//tlj' 0111' COI(!!,I'cl/Ii/O/ioIlJ to Pri/'ale P lr 'ood are tbe lJIore siJlce'/'{' ill t/.)ot seizill,f!, bis Oppartlll7il]l lJ'1/h both ha),ds he a mnl'iy joilled I'ecmi!, carried Ollt the three o/!jedr of fin/ oidm/h /rilllJlp/Jallt SlfCtdJ
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Questions and Answers
CHOICE OF LL
G. C. (Bristol).-In your an wet to the 'lu crr published under the aboye heading in th Ju h ssue of THE GA ZETTE you state that the lin g wh d1 is indicated in the Textbo k fe r an injury im ( \'ing the elb ow i a lar ge arm-sling.
Pages 68 and 69 of the Textb ok deal w ith a fracture of the arm and su b- ection 'deal sp -ifically \,-ith the fact of the lbmy bing im'olYL cl 1n the treatment for thi ,a given n page 0 \1," lind in truction -t read, upport the Ii 1111 a ma ll arm- s lin g ."
It \-yould apI ear from this that the Tex t D(Jk requires that an injured elbow hall be upportl d in a small and not a large arm-sling.
} -011 halle lIIis-read IN)' OIW1'er. 1/),011 stll1)' Ibis If1a;1i careflllo, yO!! ]jlill find that fracluru Iht dhoJl' )0. (Ii'( covered Imdel' /)/IIiJCJ'II.r' for 11 hi Ihe Textbook recolJ//l/eJlds the sJ//all rlllri tha I. (/11 other it!juries of lfppf'r limb)} riftr.!" 10 di.rloralio!J.' illid spraills of joilllS , 7J'Olflld.r, Vlmu, bitu, {{lid so Oli, jar 7llhich the large is the .riing q/rhoia C F. :M EDDLE O\IE FIR T ]\ro (1 1 0 2.0).
11. 1 ('J ellingt n, l'ew Zealancl).-Recc n Iy a colleague told me \vith pride that h had ucce (, 'lil ly" treated a boy (t2t 10) \vho had wallowed an ,pe n safety pin, by the admini trarion of an emetic of lUtard and water. I was amazed at hi audacity 0 I pointed out the injuries which might haye )cc n caused to patient's stomac h, gullet and nl.outh d ri ng the act of vomiting; and I ended my [epro n - by telling him that I would ask \vhat you had to s" on the matter.
TNt! Tilt!! fl.7/Jat "ext?- . C. F.
R\D .-\GE FOR ELB \\'.
M. R. (Haslingden).-Please could you telJ me if an arm-sling shou ld be used with a bandagl for a wound of elbow and, if so, which kind of arm-s ling ?
An arlll-sliJ1g lIIay not be essentia/lvi/ /J a 10"the elb01JJ) but it is lvh en this bal1do.ge is //Sed to hold III position the dressing applied 10 0 1}'OIIIId of the rlboJJ
Ho1l' else eal/joll ccmy Olt! Rifle 13 011 p 97 of I/; e Tex/book (Tlld I< afford SlljJpOI'! to /he il!J'ured pari (>)) Pllrther, Jor .fllrh illjllly the I(// /!/ {//,JIJ-.rling shollld be Ifsed.- C. F.
TAN IC ACID FOR BURNS.
!-1. \V (M i dlands).- With reference to your reply published under the above heading in the Jun e num ber of TnE GAZETTE t o the effect that a first aider is not per mitt ed to dress a burn with a tanruc acid prepa ration, I should like to ask how long it is likely to be before he will be so allowed? Regulations wh ich hamper progress are likely, in the long run, to lose their effectiveness To-day many lar ge and progressiv e factories are using tannic acid jelly prepa rat io.ns for the. imme?iate first aid treatment of burns whi ch occur lD thelr employees, and there is no qULs tion as to the superiority of the results, b oth as regar ds the immediate comfort of the patients and the fl.1a l healing, over other methods of treatment. Furth Lr, to obtain the maximum benefit, tannic acid should be applied [rom the beginning. Tubes of the jelly preparation are marketed which are quite portable and are small enough to be carried in the first aider's po uch, and, in my opinion, it is high time that they found a place there. urcly when th e efficacr of a method ha been amp l y demonstrated, the B ga de shou ld adopt it, and if restrictive regulations pre vent a.doption, then the regulations, not the methr)(l , hould go.
AJ (1 DillisiolJal Jllrgtoll )011 should hlOJV (I) that the Brigade is a disripliIJed o/gollisatioll " (2.) that Surgeons alld trained 10), penom who cOllslitllte its memvership alIke Ji/e dged theJllse/zJes Oil their eIIrolmett! to obry its Reglfla/iolJJ , (3) that ClauS[> 228 thereof req uires the lal rt ed,ItOIl of the Assoriation lextbooks to be used.
FllrI1J1J', )0f( should hJOW that the illStruction in the Textbooks " (all/rolled 0' a spend Com/IJittee, tlJe lJIembers oj ll'lJ,r/J are medical ll/eJJ specia/I), appointed Jor this pur'he Order of St. john.
Con qllent!y the allS1J.'er to )'0111' qtlestion is that lJIelJlbers oj the lrigade 11'ill be allowed 10 we fanm'c acid for bUrtls n1hen tlld remedy is adopted ill the Firsl /1. id Textbook. Incotl c/lSioll, 1 ma)' poillt Ol(t Ihat tOllt/ic acid is /JO/ )let IlI/lVerSr. 'Iy recolI/ll/ended as the best first aid dressillg for (, 'Id that b)' the same post as ),ollr cOlJJlJJJlnication 1 received a le/ler from a j1Jedica l COf./nry Com.
IlJlSSIO/l'r wlJO praised the Tex/book Revision COlIJlJJittee for cOt/I'I/lfing to recol/Jmend the me of oj soda fo r firs aid pllrposes - C. F.
DUTrE OF Dr VI'roNAL S RGEO . h]. (Mid lands). - \\lith much surpri e I noticed at 10 yo ur rcc nt article on « Dutie of Divisional hurge ollS " publishecl in THE GAZETTE you s tat d t at t1 D" · , lC lV1SlOnal Surgeon take s the chair at all of the Divisional Committ e I have not ,up Genera l but as Di vi lona l P 1 alw ay preSIde ove r uch meetings In my DIVISio n.
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Look before you leap next time.l In 0 ther words if you will now lo ok up General Regulations YON will find it stated in Clause 324 that at meetings oj the Divisional Committee the Senior Oflicer will preside. For the Juture, therefore, ask Yof,/r Surgeon to be present and to take the chair. By so doingyou will act in accordance with General Reg ulations. -N C. F.
ARM-SLI G FOR BLEEDING HAND. F. S. (Watford).-In the June issue of THE GAZETTE I notice that in line 83 of the Team Test for the Perrott Challenge Shield a large arm-sling is used in the treatmer:t of the boy's hand. I always thought that for bleedwg from the hand the St. John sling should be used; and I shall be grateful for your comments on this point.
The St. John sling is used for bleeding from the pulmar arches, which is difJimlt to control unless the Jascia (or fibrous layer) of the pafm is relaxed You will appreciate the existence of this Icryer of tissue when )'OU remember the schoolboy does when he is abottt to be caned on his hand.l He clenches his teeth and stretches out his fingers to th eir full extent, thus bringing into actiot] the fascia of the palm for his protection!
With bleeding Jrom the palm, therefore, it is essential to bend. the elbow, and to keep the raised hand well supported 1!l a St. John arm-sling. For other wounds of the hal/d, is no such need. COll sequent(y, the large arlll -sfltlg IS correct Jor SNch cases (as in this instance ill there JVas vellJour ht2!11orrhage only) prtJvided that, as Fig. 8 on p. 26 of the Textbook shows, the hand is supported well above the In1el oj the elbojJ. I.-N. C. F.
C.-\RELES E OF PIRIT.
_ A H. (Barnsley).- We are instructed, on p. 1 ot the to apply to a brui e a piece of line soaked lD equal parts of spirit and water, with an alternati\-e of ice or cold water dre ings. \\'e are al_ 0 infor.med that a " , eye" i a prime example ot a bruIse. It IS conceIvable that the uninitiated mjght ea ill' apply a spirit and water dre sinO' to a black eye, acting on the instructions given. b ureh[hi would cause the patient intense pain?In the Home -ur ing Textbook, tOo, \1;e are tOld 98) .that a. cold compre s, prepared according to lDstruCtlOns O'lven on pp. 15 , 158, and lightly placed over the eyes, will induce leep. If the home decides to ( enhance the effect" by addinO' methdated spirits , the arne di comfort would en ; It is urprising the number of people I ha'-e a ked wh o d not know what the effect of pirie on the eye would be. Could \\ "e noe be more xplicitly d in the u e of spirits including tincrure of iodine in the region of the eye ?
Yom' letter speaks for itsdf. tht Tr.Ytbook which will cover II eVe/lt/lalitie.r , iniudillg the cart less fI.Je spirit, ho.r yet to bf compi led.- C. F.
WHEN HAD A THE ORDER NAVY
A n i nteresting a d diti on (o n loan) has been made to the :Museum in the shape of a model of the kind of ship use d b y t he K nights of 1 I alta i n and about the year r600 The mo d el i s the \vork of Lieut -Colonel
R. B ingh am, Sec r etary of the O r d er , and i t h as taken him the b es t part o f eigh t een months to b uild it.
Colone l B in 0- ham has considerab le k n ow le d ge of t he b subject, and has c o ncentrated on a ccuracy of detaIl a c cording to the peri o d.
The model, whi ch is a b o u t 24 ins long, is of a three - masted vessel wi t h fo u r guns a-side, and with the o ld lateen yar d o n the mizzen mas t. The period
Ann
Elizabeth Midgley Me mor ial Com p etition Shield
T he final test in the above competitio n was held r ecently at the Hutton Terrace D rill Hall, Newcastle by kind permission of Lieut -Col. W. L. M. Gabriel, R .A M.C. (T.A ).
This shield is awarded annually for excellence 1D drill and smartness in uniform.
Only two D ivisions competed in the final test, the win ners b eing St Hi l da Colliery, Sou t h Shields, for - the se c ond year in suc cession
The to t a i possib le marks were r oo for drill an d 2 5 for uniforms , and t he actua l m arki n g w a s as und er :-
I. St. Hilda Co llie ry , S o uth Shield s : U niform , 22.3; Drill, 93· Total I I5·
2. Newcastle Tramways (Ha y market) : Uniform, 22; Drill,91. Total I13·
is before the age of ,,;heel teering, which uid nOI com in until the beginning of the eighteenth c nt ury.
In large y ssel the tiller was actuated by the whip. staff" which \yas a ",,'ooden le\'e r attached in a ertical pOSition to the till rand controlleu by r elieving tackles This gear, thouo-h it cannot be I! n, is on the main deck belmv the po p.
The pear-shaped deadeyes are also char,l te riscic of the period, circular deadeyes not ha\'in '" been adopted until a century later.
The model ha not been fitted with sails )ut 15 complete with tanding and funning riggin g.
The maker has been cono-ratulatecl b) the in the ship departmcnt of the cience 0Iu South who have been most elpful throughout.
Is T h is a R ecor d ?
Ivlr. W H. mith, of Addingham, wh o 1 S just completed 50 years in the service of the John Ambulance Association, has receiy d a nu lo er of messages of congratulation.
Major-General ir John Duncan, K.C.B., , "\I.G" C.V O., D S.O , Chief Commissioner, fon\ a 'dcd a letter of congratulation from Licut.-G cn raj Aylmer Hunter-Weston, K C.B" D 0., I. E., ot H unterston, the Chancellor of tb Order, w i () say., « Fifty years of l \.mbu lance service! Brav o Plea e 1 d d · 1 mr J1ne pass my congratu ations an goo WiS lCS to confrere in the Venera b le Order, W. H Smith, Officer of the O r d er of St. J ohn ."
In encl os i ng thi s Sir J ohn D uncan adds h s own congratu lation s W e add our cong ratulati o n s.
Priory for Wales.
lI EADQ ARTERS: Priory I louse, 4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff
G E N ERAL INTEREST.
has :cceived the folJowing letter in response to resolution of Chapter forwarded to His Majesty the 1 mg :" Dear Lor d Plymouth, "I am commanded by the King to convey to you His Majesty's si ncere appreciation of the terms of the Resolution pas sed by the Chapter at its last Meeting on June 26th.
"The K ing will always retain happy rccollections of his seventeen years' association with the Priory for \,'qalcs, and :'Iajesty is glad to know that his brother, the Duke c kent, will succeed him as Prior.
Yours sincerely, GODFREY TJ--IO .fAS ."
t\,R.P. /'..CTIYITIES
.\ suc e ssfLll week-end ourse in Air Raid Precautions held at tl e it)] lall, ardiif, on Saturday and unday, June 13-14, was a,ttendcd by over tudents, including doc tors. Thc ourse was gn-en by Lleutenant T. H. T nxor, (he CardifT, supplemented by lecture n the aspect of the subject by the Headqt.. t rs A R. P. tafT Officer for W'al es (Captain B. I1' ncr, ?\I.R C ., L.R.CP.) and :-'Iajor .4 \. \\, '. ,\nder ([ Ch.B. B\ courtesy of (hc CommandinoOfficer, fa cilitics wcre at ' the Barracks for studenr t o obta in ex] cricnce at a Ga s hamber on the unday n orru ng, Forty-four students are due to it for Grade or Grade ! Examinalion al P1'io£\' Hou e on July 3I, re ult of \\ '11.ich will add to the increasing number t Instructors a,-a.Jlablc in \\'ales, of whom there re alrc.d\, oycr 5 I rade and nearly 100 Grade z. n mo the. industrial districts the B;igade personnel are r.ecel lng Instruction and during the pa t month exammau 'r:s for ".\.R.P. Certificate ha,'e been arranged In with (he following Di"j ions :-Deep Collie ry, wmaman, Bargoed and District, andgend \mbulancc ur ing, Llanellr .A mbulance urqng, Mounta In J\ h, Trelcwi "\mbulance and UfSJog and TrIor town.
CENTRE REPORTS.
C\ERNARVO HIRE CENTRE
P Gift rJ Cenlre Trop0' .-Thr.:. ntre Pre ident Lord enrhyo, has presented a ilver cup for annual com<luong t team of men in po ession of Firs( p lcat l s of the Association; and the first contest will e \ elid at Vaynol a.t the invitation of the ommissioncr 1[1\ ch 1 R V ' ,Ie Duff-A sheton- mith, Bact., thi month. Police en " C . P d (JlJJretlt/o ll.- acrnarvonshirc Pollce teams comthe Drill lIall Ca rnacvon, for the Elliott Alve E. lIughe Robert ' (Chairman), members intere t b C.ouncil and others demonstrated their ment sw/ WI.t oesS lOg the conte t, while specia l encourageLloyd GS afl or cled by t hc presence of Dame [aro-aret eorge (Lady President of the entr), 2 4 3
han d ed the cup to the captain of the winning team. The Constable (Mr. Edwards WiWams), who is also the ASSistant Commissioner, expressed grateful thanks to D ame. Margaret for her attendance, which had involved travelling from London at considerable incon venience . Dr. H. W. E Dickey adjudicated, and the competition resulted as follows :-Caernarvon, 196t marks; Conway, Int; and Pwllheli, I]zf,
COtmTY
Aberavon County Area.-Mr. J. Picton James, :-'f.B.E., J.P , opened the Ambulance Hall at Bryn on July 18a day In the history of the Bryn Di...-ision, mark0g fulfilment of a long-continued effort \X'eekh; contnbutions of two-thirds of a penny have been paid over the ten years by workmen employed at the Bryn Collienes and the building has been erected at a of £610. Hon. John H Bruce took the opporturuty of presenting to Mr. James, who has rendered v:aluable services to the Ambulance Movement and partIcularly the Priory 's Ambulance Transport Service in the Bryn .1'\rea, a vote of thanks awarded b, the Chapter. Thc:mgh not favoured with fine weather, a' large number of illterested persons attended the function, over which the Honorary President of the Division (:'\1r. E. F.G.S.) presided; and the Hall was dedicated b\· the Re, . L. Payne and the Re,-. D. J. "\\illiams, B.A. ' The :-'Iayor of POrt Talbot (Alderman E. L. Hare) extended. a.,,-elcome to (he Abera,on Corps who assembled at the Rlding POrt Talbor, for annual inspection by the CorrurusslOner for W'ales , who was accompanied by the Hon. :'\Irs. J. H. Bruce, Lady Herbert Lewis O.B.E., and Assistant Commissioner Lemuel Jones, The parade numbered about 700 and Baldwin 's \\'orkrnen' Band ,-vas io atte.ndance. A display of ambulance work \vas witnessed with keen interest b, the visitors. Lad,' Lewis congratulated the .l\'ursing' Divisions on theIr smart appearance and appealed for increased number pecial reference was made by the :l\Ia,or to the service rendered at the Abera,on Beach Hut · and Divisi onal uperintendent T. R. Davies was presen'ted with a Priory Vote of Thanks in recognition. of his services in fostering the w or k at Aberavon since 19 12 '-' Gower COUl1ty Area.-Pomardulais and Di trict Ambulance Corp was inspected at the Loughor elfare Hall ?n July 18, by the Hon. John Bruce. About 200 paraded In charge of the Assistant Commissioner (Dr. R. 1I aae) and Corps uperiotendent "i\1r. \\. J. il1ainwaring. A number of guests were entertained to tea at the Re c{;e tation b}- "i\Ir. J. Thomas' and members of the Corps took tea at the Town Hall
Tribute to the eryice rendered by Corp ecreranEdwill , who joined d1e Bri o-a de in 19 1 , and l1. G. Riddiford, uperintendent of the wansea Di trier Collierie R scue ration and a member of the Louo-hor D ivi ion since 1925, to each of ,,-hom the Principa l ecretary presented a Pnorr Vote of Thanks.
Visit of Cbief CO/IJmissioner O/ 'cr.reoJ·.-Personnel of the Centre of the Brig:ldc, numberinoover I 500 , were In pected by Colonel J. L. Ie CB., C.i\ I. G , CB.E., M.V.O. (Cbief Comm issioner for the Brigade O verseas), on aturday, Jun 27, at Tredegar P ark, th e home of The Viscount Tr degar, President of the Ce n tr .
Colonel leeman, on his tour of inspection, \-vas accompanied by Viscount Tredegar, Sir Her:ry IVfather- Jackson, Bt. (Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire), the Hon. John Bruce (Commi sioner for \\"'ales), lr. A. G. E. J. Fudg:e (Assistant for LewIs (Assistant Lady for \\ ales), Bradney (Lady County Supenntendent),. Mr. R. \'Xi'll son Bartlett, J.P. (Chairman, :Monmouth hire Centre), and Captain H. \\ 'a re. The. Commissioner for the Mo?mouthshire Centre (Captalil S. T. Beard, O.B.E.) \vas 1n command of the parade.
Colonel Sleeman, in a short address prior to the march past, said he had just returned from .a tour. of outh Africa, ew Zealand and AustralIa, dunng \'i-hich he had inspected more than 250 Divisions. Nothing he had seen during those eight months had been better than the parade that day; and he heartily them on the splendid turn-out, and conveyed greet1ngs from the ambulance men of the countries he had visited .
The followino- letter subsequently recej-"ed by the Principal and for \X/ales will appreciated by all who contnbuted to the success of thIS great parade :-
" IY dear Bruce,
cc I shall be glad if you will accept, and. convey to all o thers responsible, my sincere congratulatlOns upon the successful parade of the Monmouthshire Di strict, held here yester day.
" Both in the excellence of the arrangements made for the concentration, the able manner in which the parade was carried through, and the drill, discipline and general turn-out of the members of the Brigade-it could not possibly have been better.
"It was, indeed, a triumph of organisation and control, and I offer to all ranks, and particularly to your Priory, my best congratulations.
Yours sincerely, (Signed) L. SLEE:\IAK."
First Chepstow Presentation.- The Secretary paid a visit to the newly-formed I?l vlslOn at Chepstow on the occasion of the first meetlng arranged for the presentation of awards, which was held in the Council Chamber, Chepstow, on July 1. The chair was taken by Mr. P. W. O. Liddell, to whom the Hon. John H. Bruce presented a Warrant of Appointment as Hor:orary President, handing Warrants as Honorary Vlce-Pre.sldents to Colonel Nigel Fargus and Mr. A. Robson, while Mr. S. C. Morgan received his Warra?t as Divisional Superintendent. He stressed the grOWIng need for ambulance throughout the country and congratulated Di vision on its promising start. It was fortunate In having the interest of Brigadier-General E. A. Herbert, who presided at the inaugural meeting las.t September, at which it was decided to form the Urut, when the Assistant Commissioner for the County (Captain L. Twiston D avies, D.L., J.P., F.S.A.) was good enough to offer a donation towards initial expenses and the gift of two uniforms.
CITY OF CARDIFF C£ 'T RE.
The Units from Cardiff, Penarth and Barry pa rade d at Romilly Park, Barry on unday July 19 for th e \nnual Inspection, \"hich was conducted by the om mi sio ner for \\ 'ales, \vho \,raS a sisted by the \ sistant Lad,· Superintendent-in-Chief for \\'ales (Lady llerb crr Lc wi ', O.B.E.), the ommissioner (Dr. Edgar Lk I.! llyn), Assi tant Commi sioner F. R. r lortop and Captain F. P. Robathan, 1I.C., Count)' Ol11ccr B. E. \hbcrh, \\ H. Johnson and 1. Chiver. The Unit ma rd1(:d in formation, accompanied by the Barry Town and \1tLn, griffith Bands; and among those who witn cs lod the Parade \V re Mr. E. Ca\vley, J.P. (Chairman of til Barn U.D.C.), with members of the ouncil. 1\ nu :. lLr of presentations were made by the ommi sioner fo r \'.;·ale , which included the award of a Priory Vote of Tl lnk' to fiss M. I. Kernick for lon g-continued en-ice s ,s Hon. Lecturer in mbulance W'ork at the ard iff P ri 'on; and similar recognition ,, "as made to \1r. George m th, who has assisted the Barry Di"i ion in the capacity uf Han Auditor for many years past. Dr. E. J. II. received a framed \, 'arrant of .J\ppointment on hi s porno· tion to the office of County urgeon, Dr. 11. V. Roberrs having succeeded him in the rank of orp U P' )n.
BOROUGH OF 1\ DFIL
mbulance and ' ursing Units in the Tall' V.111ey Dowlais Corps as emblcd at rochri", the I n p which was carried out by the Comml loner for \\ ab on July I I. The parade lncluded o \er 350 l11i?m l tr. marched to th \\ elfare Ground headed b, th e ,JChnw ilver Band. Accompanying the Inspecting Ol rlt[ were Mr. D. 11. Dayie (Chief Constable of '\[ en IF ,nd Commissi o ner o f the Centre), Captain \\ J. l'lOton, LL.B. (Centre Chairman), County Officer , \ . Luc<1', Councillor Lewi s, and other members of th e Centre.
After a general march past, the Hon. John H. E n "lo took the salute, subsequentl r compl imenting the lll n upon their smart appearance. It was pointed th. t [he Parade \.vas held at Fochriw in cclebratiol1 o t thc 30 [h anniversary of the Fochriw Diyi sion, in \.vhi ch 'c \'eral of the original members are still serving.
RHO DDA CE TRE.
Annual Centre COlJlpetitjons.-Twenty- three te ams took part in the programme of events included in d1 Ce ntre Competitions, which were held at Perndale on JLily II.
The results were as under :-
Sir Charles Warren hield won by lIaerdy [\ mbulance Team.
Miskin Manor hicld won by Ferndale ur sio,l Team. Tregarth Cup won by Fernb.ill Girl Cadets. d d 6) wo n bj' J. H. Davies Trophy (boy ca cts un cr Tylorstown.
Annual Collier] Competitio ns.-Eleven teams competed for the Senior Cup in the annual competitions organised by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co., Ltd., and Messrs. Richard Thomas & Co., Ltd., at Abertillery, at which Sir John W. Beynon, Bart., C.B.E., presided. present were Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E. (ComffilsslOnel for Monmouthshir), Mr. T. G. James (Dire ctor of Education), 11'. ,\ ' G. H. Bllll (Chairman of thc 1\1on, mouth hire Higher Education Committee), Mr. E. F and J. Games (organiser of the compcti tions): Major }\. \\. Anderson, ,1.B., Ch.B., and Dr. R. S. Morris- Thomas judged the enior Competition, in \\ hich the Cwmtillery o. Team wa successful. In a Conte t for junior teams the IcVicar hicld went also to CWn), tillery. The tr I hies and prize , were presented hI /\Ir. S. M. Collings; and It. J. Gibbs received a cut-glass vase in recognition of hi services as ecretary. '
Miss G. Richard s Trophy (boy cadet s, J G to 18) won by Maindy and Eastern.
The rose bowl for the best captain of competing teams the Charles \,\ 'arrc n event was awarded to SuperT. Rces, the Mr s. 11. I J. Cup was secured by the cap,tarn the Ferndale <?I Cadets, ,vI: ". Rus se ll (captain, CambrIan o I) reCCIVlng the special )rize for nurses 1\bou t 200 guests were to lea where h. T. J ohns, J\LE., J.P ., preSIded the presentation ceremony. Mrs. llamilt on J ngledew (Laely uperintcndent) expressed pleasure at the participat :on of SIX I lHslng 1\ \ ote of thanks to all who had assisted 10 organrslng the event was proposed by As sis tant ommissioner J. ] 1. Davics and seconded by iSslstnnt C0111111i5 ioner G. P ayne
[fli r-Collit1) "' I/IIlm/tln((' Compel/lloll.- In the eighteenth annual co ntes t for the « Peler I Iaig Thomas J/ hield and "Geo rge Oli, er " Cup, held at Ferndale, eight teams from the \\ cstern area of the P owdl Du lTr: n "\s DClated Collicm.s , Ltd., took part. \. \\ '. \nder so n, 1L13., Ch .B., Ogmore Vale and Dr. E. J. \'\ illiam s, Ponn C\ 111111c r, adjudicated, and the mark s awarded placed the IrllS in the following order :- a\ al ,.• \," rerndale, Tdnr :\0. 1, \1acrch, T\ lorsto'\"11 -o. z, '\.a\ ·al "B," Ll wyny'pia, and Britannic. " :\fr Tu dur Po\\ dl, \f.E. ( \ gent, ambrian G ro up, P.D \ C.), presiding at the presentation ccrcmnn)" aid thc co.llpan; reali sed the, aluc of Fir t-Aid training and urgld th c teams to maintain the \err high tandard of eAlcitnC\ thc\ had demonstrated. .\[( 5 T. Powell prcsLI tt'J the " , Peter J big Thom a," hidd to the captain of thL '1. \ al \" team, handing a harometer to each memh u', an d the 'Gt.orge li\ , Cup to the Ferndale team, whos e memhers each recLi, cd a wristlet watch. .\p prcciati,·e comment" '\'cn: added by \f r. D. L. .lone 'a mhri :w 'n llicry ) \f r. R. J. Bennett, and \1 r. T. B. Bassert (lnspectors of l\lincs ) ; and grateful thank s to the Chairman and Directors of the PO\'i 'ell I\<;.o elated Collieriu; Ltd. and to the judge accor ded on the l')rup o iti o n of apra.in T. E. Rl chard, J.P., \1. ,' ( ommissioncr of rhe Rhol1dda Centrlo).
'\ F\\' 1"-. 13RII:.F.
The prucee d s of the Flag Day held in arditl n July 4, und er l1.c pre idcncy of the Lady May ress ('\ lr s. \\" . G. En ns " ,:mo umed to £1.3o-a higher figure chan thac reache d tor the pa'>t three year.
Inspection of Oxfordshire and North Bucks Divisions
The t. John Ambulance Brigade, County or Oxford, and the County Commissioner (Dr. Clive Gardiner Hill) and officers invited a large company to Banbur y on the occasion of the annual inspection of the Oxford shire and North Buckinghamshire Di vis i ons by the Chief Commissioner Brigade Overseas, Colonel J. L. Sleeman, CB., CM.G., CB.E ., ?vLV.O., who also opened the new headquarters in ornhill of the Banbury Division , provided by the Pre sident of the Division (Colonel H. E. Korris). Th ere was a luncheon given to the distinguished yisitors at the \Vhateley Hall Hotel b y invitation of Dr. Gardiner Hill and Dr. Briggs. 11rs. Gardiner Hill was congratulated on her appointment just announced as Lady uperintendent for the County 'ursing Diyi sions.
Th e inspection took place in the afternoon on the Banbury ports lub Cricket Ground at Easington, at the conclusion of \\'hich there was a procession do\\'n to Cornhill for the 'opening ceremony and, thi s concluded, a party of about 380 was entertained to tea in the beautiful garden at the Whateley Hall I Iotel, and the Di\Tisions at the Cro'J.-n Hotel and , -'incott' Cafe, outh Bar.
olonel J. L. lee man was attended by Maj or ir J arne Edmondson, :01.P. The distinguished visitOrs al 0 included the Lord Lieutenant of the County (1\1r. H. Viyian mith ) and Lady Sybil Smith, the High heriff of Oxfordshire (Col. Colv-ile) and 1frs. Coi\ lie, Lady Edmondson, if John Hewett, Bailiff of Egle, who was accompanied by his daughter, .i\1r t. John Atkin on a D ame of Grace of the rder, Col. H. E. ::\ orris (President of the Banb ur, D i, .ision) and ;"1r ::\ orri , the Re\-, A. L. E. \\'illiam' (Vicar of Banbur y and Chaplain to the Di,-i i on) and ;"1r-. \\Tilliam the Re\,. G. E. :Moreton (Chaplain of the Venerable Order of t. John), Dr. Falconer ( repre enting the rder in Zealand), .i\Iajor and 11rs. Dan-il- mith :t\1ajor Tennys on mith (County ommis ioner for Hamp hire), Dr. ,C E. Audland (the late County C mmi sioner), Dr. and .i\frs. Carde\\' (repr enrino- Gloucester hire), Dr. and Mr s. ( ounty Commis ioner for Torthants).
Course of Instruction
of for m n in Pir;t -'- \.id to the 18Jr led be gl\' n at th:: , \[c.lcr ga.tc chool, S i\ldetsgate trcct, E. Tuc , epte b "...... . 1 1:1 er 21., 1936, at 7.30 p.m. Pee for the coursc, Inc Udlng the examination for the .J. .-\.. \. certihclte 3S. 6d \. 1" - 1 . , D' " .' 1 pp lcatt.ons for enro m. nt to bc mad to Dl\lSlona l Supcrrnt nd nt D. Wi. Bi hop, 208, ownhllls Park Road, .17.
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The .i\Iayor and .i\1ayore (_-\.lderman and Clark) attend d and ,e , ' eral members of the Tow n Council and their ladies-Alderman and 11r,. Collingridge (.I. \ ld rman Collingrido-e is al 0 Vice-President of th B anbury Di\-ision) _ Id rman and .i\1r Mascord, Id rman and ;"IL. Fri well, Aldennan Palm er, -\ld erman 11 Id ouncillor E\\-in and 1fr E\\'in F. BlincO\\'e and 11r. Blincowe A. J. and Me. Butl l' T· A. Blincowe and Mr. H. :. Le ter Md 1IL. Le ter T. R. Haddon, Dr. and 11rs. \\ ells N. Blinkh 1'11 and 111'.. Blinkhorn, E. L Ashley and 11rs. Ashley B Allsopp, V. E T. Jones, J. h ney and l1rs. h ne y', J. A. Deacon and 11[..
Deacon, the To\yn Clerk and n.1rs. Owen Reid, the 11edical Officer, Dr. Johns, and Mrs. A. Tisdall Johns, the Borough Accountant, 1Ir. T. Fox, and Mrs. Fox, the Borough Surveyor and :Mrs. Hilton, 1Ir. Wincott (Sergeant-at- lace) and Superintendent Hedges.
Amongst others in the enclosure were Capt. and 11rs. heyser, 1 rIrs. Sleeman, Mrs. Beaven, 11rs. Lewis, County Officer DearIe and Irs. Dearle, Dr. Dryland (representing Northamptonshire Brigade), Col. and Mrs. 1f. \Xl Edmunds, frs. Briggs, Dr. and 1[[s. Penrose, Ir. \V. Scott Evans, Lieut.-Col. and Irs. Holden, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Collins, Dr. and 1Irs. Bartlett, Capt. F. J. Cooke, 1It. and :Mrs. Valentine Armitage, 1vIr. and :Mrs. E. F. Cawse (of Bridgewater-lvir. Cawse being the late Divisional Superintendent at Banbury), the Hon. Geoffrey Fiennes, :Mr. and Mrs. A. D. R ose, lvIt. and 1Irs. J. T. 1lawle, Alderman Thrasher, lvIr. E. C. Fortescue and Iiss Fortescue, and many other residents, numbering about 300.
Dr. Briggs (County Officer) was also on parade, and other local officers present were Divisiona l Superintendent H. Bagley, Ambulance Officers Hartland, Barnes and Young, Transport Officer Vallender. , The officers of the Banbury ursing Division in addition to Mrs. Gardiner Hill (now promoted to County rank) were lvIrs. G. Barrett ( ursing Officer) , Mrs . W, Cattell (Ambulance Officer), :Mrs, Worrall ( Storekeeper), and Miss Waldock (Cadet Officer). Dr. Wharton (Divisional Surgeon) was away home.
When Col. Sleeman arrived on the ground with his A.D .C. (Sir James Edmondson) he was met by the Lord Lieutenant of the Count y and the Mayor and members of the Town Council and Sir John Hewett and the County Commissioners were presented to him by Dr. Audland.
Then, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff, the Mayor of Banbury, and the principal officers of the Order, he made the inspection of the ground. It was a very imposing sight. There were 650 on parade from Oxford, West Oxford, Clarendon Press, Witney, Woodstock, Chipping Norton, Watlington, and Banbury Divisions, Ambulance Men, Oxford and Banbury Nursing Sections and Cadets (Bo ys and Girls). The Buckinghamshire Divisions were: Men's - Olney, Wolverton, Buckingham, Aylesbury, Chesham, Newport Pagnell, Bletchley, Princes Risborough, Chalfont and Gerrard's Cross, Haddenham and Thame, Linslade and Leighton Buzzard. Nursing-Olney, Buckingham, Aylesbury, Chesham, Newport Pagnell, Bletchley, Linslade, and Leighton Buzzard.
The Oxfordshire Nursing Divisions were under Mrs. Gardiner Hill, Lady County Superintendent, and those of Buckinghamshire under Mrs. Scott, the Lady Superintendent for the county. Corps Officer H. M. Hinds (Oxford) was in charge of the County Cadets.
Later Colonel Sleeman addressed th e large assembly, and at the out et congratulated the various contingents on the excellent manner in whic h they had paraded, upon their discipline, their uni form and general turn-out,which he to be equal to any he had yet seen. He next "\ Jshed to con gra tu_ late the town of Banbury upon having such magnificent headquarters in which to carry out that h U1l1a ni_ tarian work \\'hich \\ as done by the Order of t. John, and to thank the most generous d onor \\ ho had made those headquarters possible.
He did not \,Tant to keel them long. h ad had a tiring parade and a somewhat lengthy ma rc\ but he \yould like to say a fe\v word for the bu dit of those \yho might be listenino-, who knew L 'le or nothing about the Order of t. Jobn and its cst olis hroent. The y must not run away wi[h th e iml11 sio n that it \\'as a modern organi ation. It was til L: mo t ancient order of chivalry in the whole wo rld. It dated .back, \\'ith its \\ork, _ to eigh t centunes to the tlme when the knights ot r. John were the orlo-lnal cru adcrs in Jerusalem. L 1099 they founded a mall ho pital in which of the wounded fusadcr. were treated, and thc\ i)eca me o filled with a dmir ation for tho e "\\ ho \\ H'k ing there tbat they o-ave up the rc L of their li\ S 0 [he service of the ick and suffering and poor. '1 \ras 800 years ago. Tbey d f; neled also the ( hr!. [ian faith against ovenx'helming numbers and t'or 600 years they did that sllendid \\'ork fur th e l{l\ c of humanity, and they held up force ten tim t:: their number, and fell back on .I. hIm, where they S lod at bay between the Pagan and the 11 I)r 200 years, and then returned to th ir own COLlll Thus to-day in 1936 they could say that not onlr die! rhe Order of t. John carry with it a high a srarv1'lr d as ever it did in its history, but still inhabited the 'cie m gateway at Clerkenwell \\;hich had 'been the i lta d,' quarters 600 years. Du ring hi recent tour uf rhe world he had seen the g od work th Orl lr was doing through the self-sacrificing fforts of lll Ln and women who gave their selTices to uffering hu rrao iry. Their Order numbered 680,000 men and \ )men, uniformed out of their own pocket, discipli md and requalified every year in order to be sure uf their being completely up to dat e, in order to see th:u the sufferings of the general public were atte nc eel to. That army was doing its work in every pa rt of the Empire. It was the mo s t capable army of pe ac e in the world, and doing the same splendid work th e) were doing in Banbury.
Colonel Sleeman referred to the presenc L of Sir JOM Hewett, Bailiff of Egle, and his dau ght L , St. John Atkinson, who stood high in the OJ'( Cf, and of whom they had reason to be proud in }3 ,w bury. In his recent world tour he frequently met wi t!' pralse of Mrs. Atkinson, who preceded him. He lated them on the good work they were doi ng. JI1 Banbury, and reminded them that they were the most historic badge of any orgarusatio n 10 the 24 6
world. They belonged to a great organisation of over 800,000 workers, who save d 700 human lives even rear and attended to half-a-milJion casualties, and one of the things they encountered most was the s'tqtcme nt often made tbat the work was paid for. It wa .:; en tirely the other way round. The work was done h" self-sacrificing men and women. He was to see th e J\Iayor and fa} oress of Banbury presLllt, and other representing the county, and to koo\' the interest taken in the work of the Order. On bt'h alf of the Orcler of t. John he wi hed to exprl ' their deepest thanks to those who had paraded that Jay and to all who helped and encouraged the Ord u', (, \pplause.)
D r. Gardi ner I I ill _ aid: Col. leeman, on behalf of the 1 an bur) D1\ 1s10n, and all on parade, I wish to than \'() U for coming to us to-day. \'{ e reali e ho"\v hon oure d and fortunate we are in ha\ ing to inspect us, :lflcl to perform OUf opening ceremony, an officer w'h o, ,l Chief ommissioner of the Brigade Over cas, has a world-\\ ic!r.; kno\\ ' lcdge of our Order. The hea dll'l:u tcrs \\ hieh you haye done u the honour of Opcll inh bas bLl.:n bought for us b y the o-eneros ity of our Pn:.:i dcnt, 01. , and I hould like here in pub III to sa;. hu\\ \ cry greatly all who are concerned ",it \, (u r D1\ isino appreciate what hc has done in adch 0 g reat ,1SSCL to our work, which is bound to in re ,lSL our cnl icnc:' as well a adding greatly to Ol r co mfort and com cniencc. 1 must al 0 thank ma m who ha\ e subscribed so rrc nerously to th fund raise by uur D1cef, Dr. Briggs, and here I mu :t '1 t forget those of our own members who haye sawd u cxpen.:;e b) doing a lot of the work of renoYating an: decora ting these premi.es . This is a truly grea t day n the h istory ()f our Di\i 'ion , and 1 thank Dan; mith for assisting to make the da, ' 0 111 1110rabk I bring inn· the Divi ion and :--, ;'"-) al 0 ( r yisiloL fOf the part the) hay played. Thu ·enc o 2;c d ;. our df, sir, and all other \\ ho ha,-e asso c , Lcl themsc h (: with this occa ion, \\'e hall go fOI\\ " 1 in Our work with renc\\'ed m : rgy.
Th l:. then ascended the step of the buildin t"t and S It! : \s 1\ [ayor of ch.i Borough 1 ask Colonel Sleen1.ln i f he will com c,' to the Duke of Connauo-ht • b the G,':1nd Prior of the; 0 rdcr and from him to the SO\'cr ign !lead of the Orckr,' [h thanks of th bu rgessl's ()f the Borough of Banbury for the; work that the St. John J\mbulance Bri gade ar doing in Banbury.
The: si nging of th ational Anthem clo d the proceedi ngs, and the pubLc w re invited to inspect 11e\\ hea dquarters, which would be or n till rune o clock.
Railway News
SOUTHER - RAIL\XfAY
P RESENT A TrONS
ALTON CLASS
The awards gained b y the members of the Alton Ambulance Class were presented recently to the s uccessful candidates by the wife of the Lecturer (Mrs. \V'illiams ). Dr. Williams, who has instructed the class for the last nine years, congratulated the recipients on doing so well, but said he hoped they would get more men to join. The Doctor added that he was s ure the public appreciated the Railwaymen's sen-ices in connection with First Aid. Mr. G. Franklin (Hon Secretary of the Class) stated that they had started the course this session with 20 members and 17 had entered for the examination. This, he thought, was good evidence of enthusiasm for the cause, and he hoped the interest would be maintained.
An innovation for the prize distriburion was a concert arranged by i\[r. \\" ·oodger. Mr. Small was the pianist, and those who contributed to an excellent variety programme were Mr. B. Arrow, 1liss D. H o rsecroft and ::vir Barnley.
REDHILL Cu ss
The annual distribution of awards for First Aid in connection with the Redhill Ambulance class took place at the Raih,-ay Hut, Redbill, recently, when the recipients included members of the B orough Police who ha,e been among the pupils at the classes.
11r. L. ears (. -'l..ssistam Di ,isional uperintendenr, London Bridge) presided o,er a good attendance, and was supported by 1fr. T. B elsey (Locomotive Foreman), 1fr. H. Hunneybell (Cia secretary), Dr. iillstef Chave (Hon. Lecrurer), and ::'1r. F. T ro([ (Acting District ecretar)', Horsham)
The Chairrrutn expre sed pleasure at the interest being stimulated at Redhill w ith regard to ambulance work, and aid it was ,-erY sari-fa ctOrY to hear that there were a number of rec;wt (Q awards. The y tried (Q fo s ter the moyern ent of First Aid because theY' never knew when they might be called upon to gi,-e a;si tance in emergencf, and, after all, what could be better than for a man to make him elf proficient to render en-ice when needed. Although it took a (tood deal of their time to attend the cla ses 0 ably conducted by D r. Cha,e had th e ati facrion at the _a rne time of knowing rhey were working for a good cau e.
::'[r. Hunneybell (Cia - ecrerar) reported on the activities of the cla s and aid tlUt at the commencement f the year there were 60 on [he regi ter, but due to remoyals [hat number had fallen to 5 active members compared ,, ·jeh 5 the pre"iou year :md 4 6 (he year before.
The awards wer pre'ented by ::'1r. C. V. Hill (D iviional Engin r) who wa accord d a hearty welc o me. .i\Ir. Hill spok of the \"alue of ambulan ce work :lOd efficient knO\\'l dge of First -'l..id in emergency He congratulated the recipients of the award.
During the evening 1£r. Hill present d to Dr. Chaye an embos ed blotter in token of the appreciation of the class for what he had done for them in the pa t.
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London, Midland & Scottish Railway
MAl'JOiE TER.
There was a yerr pleasant and rather unusual ceremony at Osborne treet on June 29, when 11r. Finney, who is President of the Class, presented to fiye of the members the Gol? Award for the succe sful pa ing of the 15 examlnat.J.ons In ambulance ,,,ork.
11r. Finney congratulated them on their success, remarking that the whole of the recipients appeared very young to be receiving a 15 years' service meme nto, and hoped they would continue to maintain their interest in the movement.
tIr. Boustead associated himself with these remarks and congratulated , the winners, who were Messrs. J.' Cunningham, J. P Green, A. Lewsey, S. :McVay, and J. E. Stone. TREDEGAR.
Mr. R. Roberts presided over a good attendance at the annual distribution of prizes held on July 17, at which 1fr. C. H. Tait and Ir. J L. \X'allis presented four first year certificates, one voucher and 18 labels. Mr. \Vallis handed oyer the "Goulborn" Shield, won by Tredegar o. Team, of which Ir. T. C. Pugh is captain, an d congratulated the winners. 11r. Tait presented Long Service gold medals to the following for 15 years' service : Messrs. \Y,l. H. Toombs, E. E. ugent, J. H. Davies, F. J. Diment, G. S. \VilUams and A F. \,{/illiams, and .a gold bar to Mr. J. Cobner, Blaenavon, for 20 years' servIce.
Mr. Tait made an earnest appeal to the young men entering the service to take up the ambulance movement, and referred to the hard work of lYir. F. J. Diment, Class Secretary, who had pe1formed in that capacity for many years with contagious enthusiasm.
Teachers and Brigade Finals
Mr. W. H. Hornby Steer, who is a member of the Order of St. John, asked the Chairman of the Education Committee, recently, whether she was aware that deductions had been made from the pay of teachers competing in the AU-England Finals of the St. John Ambulance Bri gade held on June 5 ; and did she know that the Brigade was co-operating with the Government to secure protection for the civil population against the effects of gas bombing, and that the workers concerned gave their service voluntarily? Having regard to the changes in the international situation and the increased need of defence, would it not be desirable to so alter rules that teachers might participate in the competition without suffering loss of salary?
Mrs. E. M. Lowe replied that she would ask the Teaching Staff Sub-Committee to review the position.
Found
A Bronze Medallion No. 11732°, Pattie Hilton, and five Labels 19IO, 1911, 1912,1913, 1914, have been found. Owner should apply to Divisional Superintendent E. J. Bursley, 21, Fair Down, St. Giles Hill, Winchester.
Overseas News.
Exnc\. TS F[1 TlIE REPORTS OF TIlE A -ocr A D BRIG , \.DE TO DEcmlBl':: n. 3 I, J 935, PRI 'i/ 'TE D BY 1R D \'\,ID PETRIE, OF THI-.. 1 :\ECl TI\ E Oi\DflTTEE..:\ 1D lITE]? O. l\lt S 10 J H. FOR TIlE E111 IRE OF I Dl \. T. J \ \1 Ul 1 \'\CE BRIG \.D · OVER SE \
1935 was a good ) ear re gard - training clas e. OYer 28,000 people In India fec ivcd IllSt' _ tion!n either First Aid, Ilor:-1e. Iur ing or HygIene under the As OelatiOn's au pice 'l nd cii over: 8 000 qualified for .Th again r:ew r co.td, and a most gratdpn g feature In It IS an Increase trom I, 3 9 to I , p -+ in the ! umber' of women 'who took cour e in Home 1\ursi " '. Far fe\\-er w.omen than men .to cIa , es, but higher proportlOn pass the e."am111atlOn, a phcn om no n oi which I shall not attempt to suggcsL any expl 1n ation.
Before concluding my r mark on the. \ Ol .trion ' \"o rk, I should like to -ay a w reI or cong n llla lion to one or t\VO of our PI' vincial and tate ('entre mo t of which ha\-e ubmirted cncOl1ratTin rr l'lpO r;; showing good pro g ress.
Pro\-ince Cen_tfe report, , peei .dly work In tralrung member 01 the Police r oro.: 111 fiu Id, the utility of which is ob\-ioLls. TIll Ccmrc also does a tremendou amount of 'w ork in V L naeular and The Punjab entre 1" l'ayin' attention to tralrung boy and gl rl fr 111 the ( rim inal Tribes settlement in l \mbu lance work. \ new departure wa made in the ,MllzafTargarh D J rie t bl the Deputy Commi ioner K. ah oon, \.vho arrang d for a special officer' l :5 and himself with a number of hi s taf!, took thL co urse. His example might pr06tably be folJm' ed 111 other places. 1adra ha set its h u'c in order, cl'c teda ne.w .Committee, and organized a lar ge n Ul her oi Dl stnct classes. ,Am n g the Indian tates, (, \\'alior and Baroda report the larg est number ot clues. Among the Railways, the East Indian Railw a leads, while the 11adras and outhern 11ahratta follows it up pretty closely. The B mba\ Baroda and Central India Railway the r marClI)le toral of over 20,000 cases having received First \ id treat· ment in the workshops.
These details are, I think) enough to sho\\ that the work goes fo.rward steadily, if not spectacula tl) 'ot the least feature is that p erson '> ot all classes, and sexe , have pro fited b) our lectures ar:-d thu placin g at the w<; posal.o t an .ever-wlderung cucle of the population th L speCial aSSIstance and rellcf which it is the j \ssociat il l'S con· stant aim to extend t them.
I no.w have the honom, n my capacity :1'i CommlsslOner, to present to YOLI th e Rep ort ot the
St. Joh n Brigade O verseas , within the Empire of india, tor the yea r 1935 · This is the seco nd year in s ucce ssion that some of the chid activi ties )[ lh Bri ga d e have to be recounted in terms o[ s.u fferin g and Jo ss of Ii Fe. The Q ue tta earthqwlkc ot 1935 was even more de vastating than its or. of. the previous year in Bihar. The demand fo r relld In Quctla was almost as limitless in extent as it was startling in its uddenne ss I am proud to be 'lblc to r epo rt tu you thal the ursing and Ambulance Di"l s ion 5 of 1 o I Di st rict, under Dr. James and 1>lr r sc to th e opportunit} utkre d them In a way whIch has brought much crcdit to them and to the organisation t o which they belong I shou ld like YOLl to read carefully [or yourelyes the details you will find in the early paragraphs of tbL report as to the ext ot and natur e of their sen'iclS, and to reali e omething of the tf) lng, not to dangerous, conditions under which they were render !d. the middle of June the part} had done O\'cr 15,000 dn.' sings hancllcd over 700 stretcher cases, a nd assi ·ted in lhe \mbul ance trains in the eraeu Itlo n of some 31,000 refugee. TO lc _ admirable \\ o rk \\-as dOlle br other L' nit on the Lahore platform' and In the .i\la y 0 ll ospital. The Calcultf. European urging Di\ i ion mack the u eful contributilln ()l 15 G parcels, each containing an outfit tor a re t'ul!;cC' The ( hiLf ,o l1lmissioncr for the t. J d1l1 1\mbulancc Brigade 0\ er eas issucd a order, the terms of which ha\ e alrcaJ b.::cn made public. I think no one \\ ill he itate [() l! I rSL (olund kcman's tribute that "\\'bar \\as dl nc b\ bOlh the Brigade and \socialiun in India tha t most anxious and terrible lime \\'a ln accorci :1ll cc with the highest tradirion' of Ollr hi, toric Order, " and that it was additlonall,' o-ratit""inn' that this 1\ 0 .::J rem.l rb bly ilne reC()rdi hared by bOth an and II db1}, alike." It \\ as a httin o off of a • b PICCl:. l eonspicuoll' public that Dr. airn, I ' rridgc and Raizada Lakshmi 1\arai11 Vaid, \nth rI l'C other ladies, n:c<.:iyed l'ccial honours from t. J O' 1'5 Calc, while the whok of :\, I District \\'as awar ded a ote of Thank s. Tw o ne\\' Dl triets were establishL·d dllrinO' the \ ear ' B b ur.l1u un der 1\11'. Cargill Thol1lp' Il, and the Indian Railwa\ D1 -lricl under 'ir Hasan la 'LI' is a neW departLlrt.: an l ot expel'ltTlent· bUl it is believed that there is solid admini .t ratin! ac,h antao e and convcnicne in O'iyin o a la'l b :-, rge 111 way sys tem a separate emity of ir' own. Anrho\\, the rC'LIlts will b observed with inter t meantime 1 wi, h that zea lo us \:'ork r: r Hasan uhrawarcly, all goo d luck in hi ne\y venturt:.
th 1W O para des of special importanc \\ cr h Id during b TO. Il District ( alcutta) had honour of b · Your and the ounte ?lli1ng d n inL \u gust last when almost 700 J11C fS paraded. At the cl s of Decemb e r o. I lstn t d c para ed at J ov rnment I lOllS , Lah r when
Ilis Excellency th e C overnor was good enough to be present at our meeting and to identify himself with the tribute of thanks I offered to those who had distin guished themselves at Quetta. On this occasion there was the sat i sfactory turn-out of over 200 Brigade officers and members.
No. I District (Lahore). 1\ new Ambulance D iv.ision has been s tarted in Dehli, and one is in process of formation at Rawalpindi. Th e Lahore Indian Railway Di vision undertook the First Aid arrangements for llJe/a and :0,.filitary Tatt oo, at the time of the Jubilee celebrations The Simla /\',mbulance Di yision did simila r duty during the ilver Jubilee celebrations in imla.
1\lembers of the 1\ ursing Di visions, apart from their Quetta duties, also helped in the Jubilee celebration first aid arrangements, being in charge of a First Aid post at the P ardah Fair in the Shalimar Gardens. The Lady Di visional uperintendent of the 1\loghalpura Kursing Di vision, 11rs. B erridge, particularly di tinguished herself at Quetta by her untiring de,-otion to dUt\' , and receiyed a Kaiser-i-Hilld 11edal be ide being admitted to the Order of t. John as an Officer ( ister).
T he D elhi and imla - ursing Diyision, repre ented here to - day, were present at the Armistice Day Parade in ew Delhi. The imla members helped as usual with school medical inspections.
The athedral chool Cadet ursing Division, Lahore, did specially good work during the earthquake period. Th ei r officer , )'liss :0,.lurdie, did duty in (he t-.fayo Hospital, and the Cadets made ove r Rs. 100 by entertainm nts for the relief fund
J..Vo. II DiJtricl (Calclltta) has the lar gest number of units of any Di trict in India; it posse es 27 l\.mbulance Divi ion, including -+ in the Police ubDistrict, three Nur ing Division, one Cad t Di,-i ion, and ov r r,ooo memb r. Lieut.-Col. A. D. te,\vart, C.LE., 1.11. who had been in charge of thi District since .i\1ay, 1933, r tired from India in 1\farch, and v:as s ucceeded as Assistant Commissioner by Colonel L. V. Thurston, D 0., R.A.).1.C., A.D.)'I S , Pre id nc\, and Assam Districts. Colonel Stewart although very busy man, had given much time and thought to Brigade work, and left the District in much better hap than he found it. .-\. new -\.mbulanc e Diyi ion wa formed in the Goyernm nt Intermediate CoIl ge, Dacca. The Brigade tOok part in the Jubile Review', when a large number of ca e 'were tr at d, and at the Proclamation Parade on Tew Year's Day ther were twel e squad on duty. Itogether Brigad m mb r dealt with 2,) 10 ca s during the year, and al 0 did u eful inoculation \.vork during the Ratha Jatra tile/a at Puri.
The fir t Voluntan' Aid Detachment in India has b en formed by the - ur ina Division in Calcutta, and has a strenath of I9 m mb r , under 1fr Mason, th Commandant, who rved a a .A.D. member during the war. 1\,11 th m mbers ar doing hort
periods of ervice in a military hospital. Calcutta has done splendidly in forming a detachment so promptly, and I trust its example will be speedily followed in other places.
The Calcutta Police Ambulance Corps now numbers 14 Ambulance Divisions with 507 members. The members established First Aid posts at numerous festivals and meias and removed many cases to hospital in their ambulances.
iVo. III District (Bombay). Sir William Sharpe left on :March 26, and was succeeded by Mr. G. Wiles, Chairman of the Port Trust. Sir William had been in charge from November, 1933, to :March, I935, and showed the greatest interest in Brigade affairs
A Muslim Nursing Division has been formed in Bombay, consisting entirely of Muslim ladies. This is a pioneer effort, and the ladies have attended 3 cases in their first year.
The members of the Bombay Corps did their usual large number of public duties, the total cases treated being 974. On one occasion they helped to put out a fire in a crowded house at Dhobi Talao, and rescued from the third floor two men suffering from suffocation, who were sent to hospital after receiving first aid. Fifty members volunteered for Quetta earthquake service in Karachi and 100 for Bombay, but none were eventually called up.
The Parsi Ambulance and Cadet Division s held a three-da y camp of instruction at Versova in December, and the Surat Cosmopolitan Di vision held a one-day . camp of instruction in the village of Bhatna in March.
No. I V D istrict (Madras) has eight Ambulance Divisions with 252 members, and it performed public duty at fairs, sports meetings and bathing festivals. Unfortunately this District still has no Nursing Divisions.
No. V District (Mysore) has made di sappointingly small progress, and reports ver y little of interest, although a few First Aid classes have been h e ld.
No. V I District, which is the new East Indian Railway District, has already seven Ambulance and two Nursing Divisions, and further units are in process of formation. The members of the Giridih Coalfields Divisions gave valuable assistance in rendering first aid durin g the J oktiabad Pit exp losion on July 24, when 76 men were seve rel y burnt. They responded promptly to the call and did very useful work.
Burma District was reconstituted early in I 93 with Mr. Cargill Thompson as Assistant Commissioner. The East Rangoon Division did public duty on five occasions.
Of the remaining Divisions directly under headquarters, the Patna Ambulance Division did good work and held a training camp. The U.P. Cadet Divisions are carrying on, but they cannot make much real advance until an Assistant Commissioner and senior
officers have been appointed, so that re g ular ins pection is g uaranteed. However, things ar movin g 1n the United Provinces, and there arc goo d hop es of future development.
This is the last report I shall pr e ent as Chief Commissioner. To all Assi tant Commiss io ners officers and members of the Brigade who have \\ orkecl with m e, I should like to offer m y he art felt tha nks for the assistance they have at all tim es so freely afforded me. In taking farewell of them, I wish them all good luck in the future.
r have only one word t o sa y in conclusio n The recent services rendered by the Bri ga d e in Bihar and Quetta have proved b eyo nd all d o ub t th e great public value of a body of discipli ne d anel uni f( lr med Ambulance workers who can work to gethe r in ff) rma. tion and not merely as a collecti n of in di\ · luals. It is to the Brigade that the Indian Red ross )e iet)' looks for its front line troops in the matt e r of l ater relief, and the debt the public owes it for it' work in recent times is a steadil y grow in g onL'. The Brigade doe s not look for or n ee d th a nk s, fo r it merely been doin g the job it exi t s for; bur does need and lo o k for support. L e t th e public, fo their part, realise what th ey now o w e and may furtl'l owe to th e Brigade, and see that it ge ts th e up p that it n ee d s.
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Th e strength of the D iyision has been w ei' 111;1. in· tained during the year, states the annual rL 0 -r of the H amilton Division of the John , \n )J lan ce Br igade presented at the annual meeting, \\ _ 'r the Di viional uperintcndenr, :0[r. r \. l l rJ' wn , presided oyer a good attendanc(; of member
D uring the year 301 \n.re [reated on " vbli c duty and 15 5 ca es by member. off duty. i en remoyed to hospital an lone p;tlicnt ,\-a t :lted priyately.
The Di yision met for parades on 5 I (J O, slOn when the ayerage attendance was , atisfactor: \( the annual re-examination on eptcmber 12, all members passed. The returns sho\\'cd tl ar IS members were efficient.
The balance sheet disclosed that the Di, i il 1 was in a fa irly satisfactory financial po Lion a lt. ough donations dropped slightly
Th e r eport and b alance sheet were adopted 1
Letters of appreciation from many sportin g x xll es in th e town for the services rendered by th e J1 l11 bers during last year we r e read, the rc th at o nl y one orga ni sat.ion, the \X1aikato f loc ke) Associatio n, had seen fit to show their t lng1b1e appreciation b y a donation. J Ie point ed uLit that the Di vision relied solely to catTY Of' and the work of th e DIVISIOn was consl Ie tab Y handicapped b y lac k of finance. J low e\ f, the
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tradition of the Order was for members to help their fellow men, and the Hamilton Division had full y lived up to this motto
As the ambulance could not be housed in a central position as much transport 'work as \-vas desired could not be undertaken, but several members had turned out for duty and relieved the ambulance driv r. However, the Chairman added, a site had been decided upon in Ward Street, and when the ambulance was housed there he thought the members would be better able to assist in this duty.
NIr. Houston referred to the hope of the officers that the Cadet Division would be resuscitated this year, and he appealed to members to help in this connection.
The annual Church Parade of the Division will be held on Sunday at St. Peter's Cathedral.
Western Australia OBIT UARY
THE CHIEF Cm,nnssIO JER REGRETS TO A O U1'\' C E THE DEATH OF DISTRICT OFFICER S. 1-1IDDLEWICK Western Australia. Deceased June I3, 1936.
Inspections
On Sunday, July 5, NIajor Orton, M.D., Co m mi ssioner NO.3 W District, and Miss Lethbridg e, C.B.E., Staff Officer to the Lady Superintendent-in- Chief, inspected the South Worcester Divis i ons at Evesh am.
The Nursing Divisions of Crowle, Dr oi twic h, Malvern, Worcester, and Malvern Wells parad ed in good numbers, and exhibited their efficienc y b y an excellent display of F i rst Aid work. Their b anda g ing was especially good.
Many of these Divisions are newl y formed and sh ow great promise. Their smart appearance and wo rk made a ver y good impr essi on .
In the absence of the Lad y Superintendent-inChief her Staff Officer, Miss Lethbridge, C.B.E., inspected the Birming ham Nursing Corps at the University Buildings, Birmin g ham, on Sunda y, July I2.
Unfortunately it was too wet for their march past, but the officers and members paraded in good numbers and were smart and efficient.
Three Divisions had their Divisional Surgeons on parade, and three new Divisions paraded for the first time.
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accid em ( jlldgc.' H I' simek his back agaillst tht' r ail o/Ihl' SM
B efore attem pting 0 m oyc him E '>a m in c for any ,- i bIe hxmorrhage. (/flti.l!.(.' }"t,r, 0 1: It( emple)
Spurting? (jlldge: \ 0) F o wing steadil y? (jlldg,t':)
O ozing? (jlldge: ) -N)
1\n " irregu larity of bo n e? (judl!.(: "\0)
I s \" o und clean? (Judg(: .\'0, Ihlr, IS SOIllI bair alld gn' :1, Ii
I o dine finger
R emove foreign b o di es
\'{ 'a h w ith w ater (ste ri iscd if obrainable)
N ot tOward s wou nd
A p p l y o d ine to w ound
A p p l y smaU firm pad
A p p ly ba? d age
Examinc hade
W here is th e pai n n p ine? (jlldp,e.' Lumbar r ,gloll)
T es t for p araJys is be low fracture by p inching both sides
( j udge Pa/if'll l dad nol r eIpolld.) paral}'sis Ix \I' f racrure
Send b earer fo r shut er or equiyakm and twO poks
(Shu/le r fo hI' at leaII as 10llg and OJ wid!' as paliflll.)
Again "'am patient to keep sti ll Coyer warml\'
Examine f(pper limbs. Arms, forearms and hands. (jlldgt': Clav icles. (judge: Xo rmal)
Scap ul x. (jfldge.' Deformi/)' balfu'aJ' dOli'll lif/ HOp"/ ) pp ly broa d ban d age
Ap ply S t J ohn sli ng
Treatlllff fl i of f r actured spillt, Ba nd age ogetherTh ighs Knees
L egs Ankles a nd feet
\\"ir h g r eat ca re an d w it h a ll ass tance pos ib le, roll r amn t o n hi s back
Te leph one for d octOr. ( j{(dge: 0111 bf(t l1'i/l COllii' laltr )
D e cid e o re m ove pat ie n t to wa it in g room
L ay bl anket o r ru g o n s h urte r
Smoo thl y fo ld e d
W t h o ut m ov in g pat ie m Usi n g n a tura h o ll ows of bod y
Pass br oad bandages f(l1der
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DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORM CLOTIllNG AND EQUIPMENT for St. John Ambulance Brigade.
(judge.. .\ 0 n S/JoIISt-) 2
Exallli" e Lwd.
Blecdim> from ear? (flldl!,f: Yo) 2 from mouth) (jlld,f!.f.'
Do eve respond to touch? (jllde,t': Sluf?!.uhM 2
Do respond co light? (fml.f!,t': Jhgbllj·) 2 I [here swell ng of 'calp? (j{(d.,f!.r: } ·r.r.) (juti.gr illd,catfI pica)
Colour of face? (fudge.' Pall')
Pulse? r /1Id,/!,f.' Quid' alld Ino ,) (flldge': Jbal/ol1 )
{.\t four m inutes to go the Jud(!e \\ ill ignal to rhe paticm [Q it ;')p :Ind will sny •. The patient demands to he allowed to .{t'l his rrain.")
Tactful co ncrol of patient -I
\\'arnlO l' him thar ri'k rna\' en:Ul -I
GCnth- lay him down :u:!Jin on his back -I
Tr(olm mf of jradflrrd paId/a.
Ratse and support limb
Splint fro :n buttock to heel
Do nOt r:l ise hea d and shoulders
BandagL round th igh
BandagL ro und leq
Banda eL ro und patc::lb \pply co 'J on fracture
Corer 'a rmh' end for doc ror
Do not k lye palicm
Obtain. d adminis ler hor ren
\\ atchfu care unt il doclOr's :lrfi\ :ll
Geneml s an d 6
Tota l 90
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Apply smelling salts (first testing)
Send bystander for hot tea and give to patient
Examim aJJkle.
Any swelling? (judge: Yes)
Any pain? (Jrtdge: Yes, at joint and three if/cheJ above joint 011 olf/Jide of limb)
Any (judge: Slight, three inches above joint)
Any shorterung? (jttdge: No.) Decide fractured fibula
Ask to .assist. With his aid steady limb
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Patient to be coughing and leaning back in the comer.
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Coughed up? (judge: Yes)
Frothy? (judge: YeJ)
Send attendant for ice ftom dining car
And to ask if there is a doctor on the train
Lay patient down
Head low
Head to one side
Loosen clothing at neck and chest
Ope:: v;indows wide
Raise and support limbs
(Judge: Attendant returns with ice and says th ere iJ no doc/or Ofl the trail1.)
Apply ice to patient's chest
Exa.rn0e pulse. (judge: Hardly discernible) (judge: Hurried and laboured, sighil1g)
Au hunger? (judge: Yes)
(At one minute to go Judge says: "The train has arrived at the terminus and the patient iJ dead. ")
Re main by patient
Ask attendant to notify Stationmaster and Police General smartness and efficiency
Describe the signs and symptoms.
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Dr. \'X""arrington acted as Di,"i'ional • urgc ! to rhe Crawshawbooth for oYcr thirty years and ,.-as ': emn Brother of the Order. ..'
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Colonel C. 1. Blli (Inspecting OOlccr on thc .lir 01 [he Chief Commissioner) in pectcd the \ runch e te r lnd Salford Corps at Belle Vue on aturday, Jul y I.
\\7ith Colonel Ellis at thc saluting base wer e the Lord and Lady Mayoress of ter, Col ()n 1 C. J. Tnmble, C.B., C.M.G. (Inspecting OfTiccr on ti raff of the Chief Commissioner), and the ommi 'lO :lef jor o 4 (Lancashire) District (Mr. \,\ G. .B.E.)
Over 700 members of the Corps were on p:1! dc, and the men marched past in line by division, the 11 rses column of fours.
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Mr, W G. mith, O.B.B. (Commissioner f( \0.4. (Lancashire) Di strict), inspected a combined P _';"Ide ot members from the following Divisions :-Fle e[wooa Ambulance, ursing and Cadets; Thornto n- .l ci"cleys Ambulance, ursing and Cadets; Poulton -le-Fylde Ambulance and Nursing; and Precsall A mbulance Division
When complimenting the Divisions on their fir e pa.rade, the Commissioner said that he was very please d to see so many Cadets on parade, because they were the fu wre hope of the movement.
Councillor R. O. ickson (Chairman of 1 horn ton· Cleveleys Council) and Councillor C. Saer (Mayor of Fleetwood) also congratulated the Divi sions on th ir smart display.
The Commissioner was accompanied by Acting Assistant Commissioner W. H. Gastall, D.C. M., B.Sc,
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The Brigad e h a cause t o congratulate it elf on the appointment o f :Mr. W. c. B n tall as 1\. is tantSurgeon-in- Chie f, fo r it wou ld b e di ffi cult to End a
person more fitted, by personality and experience, for this important post.
:;:vIr. Bentail, \1;ho is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Knight of Grace of the Order of t John, a Fellow of the Royal College of urgeons (Edinburgh) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical ociety, was for se\-eral years in charge of no less than seYenteen hospitals in the State of Tra,ancore, India' this important experience coming after se,en years f commercial life, and fiye years spent in studying medicine, plus general practice in Englandmainly surCtical-and the organisation of the t. John Ho pical in outhport.
His Brigade service was a fine lead-up to his ne\'i,cxeclltiYe po t. In 1910 he ,,-as Diyi ional l\Iedical Officer for outhport and Han. Lecturer to the s ociation for many years. He was a Districc and taR- Officer in :-\0. -t Di trict and Assistant Commi ' ioner for that D istrict and also 8 District In 1936 he became cc .A.R.P.J Officer to the Chief 0111n11 Ion r.
Like th urgeon-in-Chief his keenne for hi, BriCtade work i onl)' quailed by the energy puc into it
Th T. JOHX A::'IBULA.XCE GAZETTE make further inroad' upon his time in hi capacity a :0Ieelical Carr pond nt on all asp ct of \ir Raid Precaution and anti-ga " work, and his c-"p rience and helpas in the ca 'e of "' . C. F.' in regard to all matt rs ap p rtaining to Fir t Aid practice and Brigade o rganisation-is at the eli po al of yery reader th ro u g h th e colu mn s. 1*
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B y CAPTA I N G . B R1I TRONG, sistant Commi sioner outh Linc Inshirc.
Twenty-nine Brio-ade officers and one doctor from Colomal Office privileged to be the first residents since Eastwood Park, Falfield, was opened as an anti-gas school.
Five previous courses had been held, the .students living out in hote ls scattered around the neIghbourhood.
Vi e arrived on the eyening of August Bank Holiday to find a fine mansion, situated in a beautiful park off the main Gloucester-Bristol road (on \vhicb, by th e \yay, the standard of driving is not good).
The Office of Works were rather bebind time with alterations and had caused much fluttering in th e heart of the smiling secretary, Flight-Lieutenant Berr yman, who had worked so hard and in spite of many difficulties made us very welcome, and mo t comfortable, each in a well-furnished, separate bedroom.
\"\. e started work at 9 a.m sharp on the Tue day, 9. I 5 a.m other days, and although eyerrthing \,'a made most interesting, we soon realised that the twelve days would be none too long in \'i'hich to assimilate the subject.
Everything was so thoroughly done and so well arranged by the Chief Instructor, Major F. W. Olli , and his staff, Surgeon Captain Harvey, R. ., and Commander Heard, ably supplemented by subinstructors.
Lectures were interspersed with theatre demonstrations and practical work which not only assisted in maintaining interest but drove home each item in a practical way while it was still hot.
While talking of"hot," I can thoroughly recommend work in protective clothing to anyone wishing to reduce weight quickly, and here I may mention that Surgeon Captain Harvey was most diplomatic but none the less adamant in his refusal to allow the older members to risk wearing it.
The field demonstrations were most realistic and instructive and the field -day wearing protective clothing very enj oyable even to Dr. Ball and the writer, who found a phosgene case late in the proceedings after all the stretchers had been used-time being most important, we had to carry by human stretcher over a circuitous route to avoid mustard co n tamination (a T urkish bath was beaten to a frazzle).
The only black cloud (at least to some of us) was the thought of the examinations looming ahead, but when these duly took place on the Thursday and Friday we had learned so much that our fears vanished.
The messing was beyond our fondest hopes and drinks of all kinds very reasonable.
T here were not many teetota ls, but it was most amusing to see otherwise cheery lads and the several
eminent doctor (no less cheery) all drinkin g water for lunch in order to keep fit for afternoon work.
Home-work in the form of writing up r rt:ading the day's not or text-books was general in the evenino- either in the fine 1 ung , the writinb()' -room b , or often in own rooms which wel' also equlpp ed with writing tabl ,etc.
orne time vari u, squad w nt out practisin o respirator drill in th park, or firing off qu e tions at one another but th talk \va o-eneraJly n gas
For practical work on respirators w \V re dn idcd into thrce quad each with our 0 n sub-ins t!' ICtor and each quickly acquired a nicknam o. quad (re n), chi fl. y D oct r • The reenhorn . o 2 quad (Red) : "The B I hies."
No 3 'quad ( W hirc), Junior fficcrs: 'Vir, gins" or Lillywhite.
1fajor Tenn\' n- mith, the ounty oml11is sioner for Hamp hire, was cl crcd me plTsident ;wd on the la t Frida\' We invit d and were honoured by [he presence of 1Iajor Ius and his staff at di.nnc r. The examination werc m'cr and wc made lt P npcr guest night.
Fortunateh" tbe W'e t ountey wcather was kind ro us, and after final summing up lecture and conference on aturda\" 15th, we all \\' nded LH \'ario u back to ll\'
Everyone agr d that the fortnight's cban ge ot \"l;'ork had be n mo t en joyable.
That good comradeship wbicb al-:vays exi ts officers of the Brigade wa apprCclat d and fCUPro, cated b" the whole of the staff, who w rk h ro 0 make the COUL e 1110 r reali tic and instructi,'C f)J' till.
C o nference of DIstric t and Cou nty
Surgeons
In our 1\Uo-ust i sue we pubu hed a letter frum the b h urgeon-in- hief in which, among other e announced a proposcd conference of Dl stnC[ and County Surgeons.
_ We are now able to state that 111 VlCW ot man} favourable replies, this will take place in thc hapter Hall at St. John's Gatc on aturday, Octob er 10, at 3 p.m., and that for those wilo wish it, it will be fol· lowed by a tour of inspection of t. John's Gare and Church, conducted b y Mr. H. W. Fincham, librarian. For the convenic nce of those travelling from a distance, the Surgeon-in-Chicf has decid ed that uniform will not be worn n this occasion . Should the previou s letter havc miscarried Jfi any case it is hoped that this notice will be taken as an to all District and County Surgeon s to be present.
The Briga de an d V.A .D. Camp
The annual camp was held at R s all chool, Fleet,yood, from ugu st to August 8.
There were 118 officers and members in camp, from places as far apart as Folkcstone and Hull, all the District bei ng represented, inc1udi ng the Irish Free State and ales.
Lad" Pcrr tt, Lady uperintendent-in- hic£, the camp I y attend ing from aturday until :\fonday.
On aturda) c\re ning a wllist dri e was held. n un day morning, 85 attended the early Communion en ice in the beautiful school chapeJ, the celebrant being the Bishop or Blackburn (Dr. Herbcrt)
In the afternoon a Drumhead 'c n icc \Va held on the fores horc at FleeL\vood.
The camp member \\. rc joincd at the station by contlngcms from Pleetwood, PrestOn, Blackpool, Lytham anel Thornton, bringing the number up to 180. I leaded hy the Briti . h Legion Band, they from tht: "tat ion along tbe l L planacle co thc fore. bon:.
Th' Deputy 11ay()r of Blackr)()ol \'C Duck"'on l 1, L q. M.P., J. P., pr ided, and thc Vicar of Fku\\ ood (the Re\ J. Clarkson) a \ cry appropnatl acldrc s on the work f the )rdcr.
Tk colkction amounteJ [ £12 2 for the t. John J 1o. pital in Jeru alcm.
In rht: L'\ cning a concert " -a' helel in thc ,c hool. morning [he work b gan in carne t. Lecnne, 1)0, \ir Raid l)r ccaution' ookery rirst\id, and \ urin o
T\\'o \\.·arcL and. an operating theatre \\ 'ere equipi ed tOr practica l nur lIlt?; ,,·ork.
,\ \lu dcl D econtaminatiun and FiL L , \id entre and it Gasproof room in hou e were on vie\,' for lnstructional puq ( es.
\\ L were fortunatc in beillo· allow d to u the \\ 11equipped school kitch ns for ookerr la se , and 34 passed in 0 kerr, the lecturer h in? -0,1L Brophy, London Univcrsity.
Sergt. T. l\{ offatt of the Loyal Rc ()'jm nt att nded ea.ch and gavc I ctures and trarions in ;\Ir Rald Precautions.
.\ Gas Chambcr was arrangcd and e\ "e ry 111 mb r f;sscd the chamber tc t ( A.P.) 40 pas cd for Grade , .J.7 for l \.R.P., and 5 sat for radc I.
Thur sday v niner a fancv dress dance \Va held ad' b J give n for thc b st haract (s. 1\ Kni o-ht
St. John in Armour, and Grand Prior Th mas owcra and Fina the fir t Pri re s (copied from a z6r
window at St. John'S Gate ) were the most striking
Friday mornjng the camp was inspected by CoL C J. Trimbl e, CB., CM:.G., accompanied by the Headmaster, H. G. M. Clarke, Esq ., and Mrs. Clarke> and the Bur sar, . 1\. Bampfield, Esq.
It was a bcautiful day, and the );ur es looked very fine formed up in line in the school square. The I nspecting Officer was received with a General Salute. After inspection in line, Col. Trimble took the salute in the Past.
Demonstrations jn First .Ajd , Home i\ursing, Reception of Patients, and Cooker y were given.
1\ bomb dropped in the square, causing casualties which were treated by a squad dressed in protective clothing, "'vas \Tery thrilling ., the ualties being taken to a decontamination and first aid centre, complete with air lock, bleach tray, bins, reception clerk, attendants, e\'e neatment, scrub and hower baths, dean towe]: clean clothe s, and further treatment. 01. Trimble, the Headrna ter and :'\fr Clarke, and the Bur ar honoured us with their pre ence at lunch.
Friday eYenin()' sport were held, and after the examinations were fini hed and POrt completed the evening ended with the singing or- , _-\uld Lang 'yne" and The King,' everybody stating they had enj oyed their ,,-eek in camp.
The Camp Commandant :'\Irs. TW'eedale. Joint Quarterma rer : ':\1i utcliffe, .L-\..R.R.C, Ko. 4 Di trict· ::"'[r Be\-erle\', C 1'(0 District· Adjutant for yariou occa' ion - ':\I.B.E., County fficer, 3 District· }'1iss Fa ber County Officer, G loucesrer _ -0. 2 District; )lis 11as on: Di tric[ Officer Cemral _-\rea London :\ . Di [rict.
1[r . Be,Terle\' [ ok charo-e of and s\\'imming parties
:\fan)' friend hip ,,'e re made which they hope to renc\v and meet together agal11 at camp next year.
I o. 5 District Sergeants 11ess
Th : \nnual:\[ eling and Dinner in connection ,,-ith the 1 To . " Di tricr ero- am,' :\[es ,ha been arrano-ed to tak plac at Y ld Black wan Hotel, nig Hill he meld on ctOb r )1, 1936.
IvIe etino- at 5.5° p.m.
Dinner sen-ed at 6.30 p.m. 4 - each
\\fill all \\ arrant Ollic rand -ergeanr who intend bing pre ent at the dinn r, pleas th ir names and addr e to th Hon. cretan-, ergeant E. Hatfield, 7 Pea hill ere t, Rotherhan1, not lat r than t b r 17 so that the nece sary arrangem mad for th comfort of eyery memb r. dation for car:.
Obituary
DR. WILLIAM EDMUN DS CANT, M.B.E.
With regret we announce the death of Dr. William Edmunds Cant, M.B.E., which occurred at 11i11 House, Lexden, on Monday night, at the ripe age of 9 2
He became a Licentiate of the Ro yal College of Physicians (Lond.) in 1868, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1874, and took his M.D. in 1885. For nearly a quarter of a century Dr. Cant was surgeon at the British Ophthalmic Hospital in ] erusalem, and for his services there he was made a Knight of the Order. He had also been an assistant surgeon at the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, and during the war was hon. medical officer of the Gostwycke Red Cross Hospital at Colchester, ohvhich nfrs. Wren, O B.E., Mrs. Craske and 1iss S. 1. Round were commandants. He was awarded the 1-.f.B.E.
In the congregation were County Officer H. W Lee (representing the Order of St. John of Jerusalem), Lady Superintendent lvIiss M. B. Owen and Ladv Superintendent Mrs. Smellie, Mrs. H. Nokes, Lawrence, NIts. Palmer, 1\frs. R. Reeve, lvliss Phillips, Ivfrs. Jas. Pa.."ID1an, 1\1iss Green, fessrs. G. T. Y(Thite {Shrub End) and W. S. Key.
DR. J. J. ROBB.
'lYle regret to announce the death, while on holida,in the Orkney I slands, of Dr. J. Jenkin Robb, ;f 22.6, Northfie ld Road, King's orton He was 70 years of age and had resided in the Bournville district for many years
The doctor graduated at the University of Glasgo\l,-, and came to Birmingham in 1906 from Paisley, where he was a member of the town council, to take charge of the medical services at B ournville A prominent rpember of the Society of Friends, he played a prominent part in the formation of the Friends' Ambulance Unit. Later he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. For many years he was associated with the St John Ambulance Brigade, rendering valued service as an instructor and examiner. He received the Order of the British Empire.
98 (Wandsworth & Putney) Division
A Course of Lectures and Practical Instruction for rvfen on First Aid to the Injured will be given at St. Michael's Memorial Hall, Merton Road, Wandsworth, commencing Wednesday, October 7, at 8 p.m. Fee for the course, 5s (including textbook). Application for further particulars to J. G. Horton, 31, Colwith Road, W.6 (Class Secretary) . 262.
Northern Ireland District
It is with very deep regret we have to record the death of the Honourab le Lady Kenned y, the devo ted wife of Sir Robert r-ennedy, 1- C. LG., Direct or-in_ Chief of the Ulster Joint Committee and Presid en t of the St. John Ambulance Brigade
The call came to Lady 1 -ennedy with dr ama tic suddenness . A e ere heart attack on a Tuesd ay and three day later she had I a ed on. n shrinks from trying to estimate the los that will be Cc.lt in the home she has just left. j \ loying and de, oted \'rife - not only assi ting her ren;rcd and rc "'pcc ted husband in the multifarious Juties attached tIl the exalted position occupied by him, but carr! ing out \vith a sweetnes and charm peculiarly her own the manif ld duties attached to the ,ariou posit iul1s in the mam- ocietie \\'ith which she was Ct nnc ctcd.
Lady I,-cnned y was a Dame of G race of th e ()rJer of St. John) was President and Chairman I)f the Belfast Girl IIelp ociety, hairman of [he \1. emir\' Horne, Chairman of the Ladies' \\' ork Dq or. Pre i· dent of the Church of Ireland Rc cue I ,cJ <Tu ,and Presid ent of the I loly \\-ood Di trict :\' II r:-.in g Clet\.
On unday, \U gllst 23, a memorial enTIce \r:I: held at Pari h Church. Rcprescm atiy or the , -ariolls organisation and leading Belfas t I eople \,-ere pre ent, paying a graceful but pathct ic c mplimene to one \\-ho ,,'as belm ed by all who kne w htr. The sympathy of the entire has g( re our to ir R oben Kennedy and his family in th eir grea( sorrow.
We regret to learn that ir Robert has be L confined to his room for some week .
ortbern Ireland has suffered a further lo ss by the death of Ntr. Gordon Ewart. th. Ewart was for many years the Secretary of the: t. JOhn Am bulance Association, and a Joint ccrctary of the lstcr Joint Committee. Unfortunatcl)1 ov,ying to failin o- health, b he was obliged to resign both positions.
Mr. A. W. Mann) Hon. Secr tary of the t. Joh11 A.A. and B., has been appointed a memb er of the Committee to act in an advisory capacity to the Ministry in orthern Ireland on if Raid Pre cautions.
AT THE RO \LL C \lP COUR 'E
1. Past at C'lmp Inspection.
2. Collecting Casualties after Ga _\u;1ck.
3· Respirato r Drill.
4· <? rand .Pr or Thomas Dowcra; Fina, the first Pno rcss; A Knight in _ rmour, ill Fane)' Dress D ance
5· Working in Gas Ma ks.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. (PRINCE OF WALE ) DISTRICT.
H.M. CORONATIOl , 1937: See D.O. 1460 of JlIIClJI 7, 193 6 .
As the stretchers, blankets, tc , shown in the returns as available for loan to Headquarter for the Coronation duties in 1:1ay, 1937, will ha,e to b pooled for distribution it is n10st important that all divisional stores should be plainly stencilled with the number of the division in figures not less than It inches in size, otherwise great difficulty will result when returning the stores to the proper di isions. Officers in charge of divisions are specially requested to have their stores marked as early as possible as they will be called for earl\- in the New Year
1vlEDALLION FOUND.
No. 64770, name Rachel B. Rae. Owner should communicate with Lady Divisional Superintendent
Miss C. A. Pearce, 3, Ommaney R oad, ew Cros , S.E.I4·
A.R.P. INSTRUCTORS.
All ranks who have been awarded Instructor Certificates are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Commissioner (A.R.P. D epartment) immediately, and to notify the Commissioner of an y subsequent change of address
W. GOODLEY, Commissiolle r Headquarters: 10, Briset Street, St. John's Lane, E.C.r.
HARROW.
On Thursday, July 16, Robinia Viscountess Mountgarret, Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John, presented the Divisional awards (won in the 1936 Divisional competition) at Heathfield College Road, Harrow. Previous co presenting the awards, Lady Mountgarret gave an interesting address on the work of the Order, tracing its history through the ages. She said she often wished that they could maintain the Order at the high standard of those early days. Their motto was for the faith, as well as for the service of mankind; it behoved all of them to see that the high standard was kept. The privilege of belonging to the Order was so great that at times it became terrifying; so much depended on each one of them. She appealed to the younger members to carry on its fine tradition, for they were being handed a priceless possession, a possession which should go on as long as the world existed.
Efficiency Cups: Seniors.-A. S. B. Ridgeway. Juniors: N. Cadet E. Gleadle-Richards
Bed-making: Seniors.-A S. B. Ridgeway and M. Meek.
Team Test: Seniors.-A.S.s. B. Ridgeway, E. Astridge, M. Meek, D. Spiller.
lacRae ComI etition: Junior .-G. Ro ots, K. Birkie haw, R. t venson, B. Burton.
Home ursing Certificate: Juniors (ov er 16 year ).-K. Birkieshaw, R. te n, B. Burton
Signalling Certificate -1-. Birkie haw, te\'e nson, E. Gl adle-Richards, D. Egan.
ttendance Cup, 100 per cent. for 1934 and 193j. - R. Stevenson, E. Gleadle-Richards and Betty Brookman. 100 per cent. for 1935: D. Egan, K. Birkiesha\\".
The senior and junior won the cups for teamwork in the open competiti n at Wimbled on for First Aid, and Ambulance iter B. Ridge,v a) woo the individual cup.
O. 1. DISTRICT.
OXFORD.
The Oxford orp I proud f the Girl (adet Division, as ix girls have now btained the Gra nd Prior's badge and two more hay qualified bu t han not yet actually received the badge. Corporal hr)' Rogers was the first cadet in Oxfordshire to obtain the C.P. badge and .he ha pa sed in 13 of the badge subj ct and the pr gas course. La, t y ar she won the prize for the be. t attendance at drill and also th cup for the FlU Aid work. The Diyi ion \\'a regi tercd in 1933, with 14 cadets and at th commenc ment f tht the membership was 30. C\ eral cad t hay c passed up into the enior L1f ing Di i ion J: lay, 1933, th girl have won yer 220 pro hcicncr certificates and 3 -J. proficiency badges, and on three occasions the Girl adet have been speciall y complimented by the In pecting Officer at the :,nnual inspection for their martness and drill. The Divi ion i particularly f rtunate in haying :'I mo.sr efficient and p pular Lady ad t up rinte ndcnt ,In llSS Doris Thurland, who has been in ch arge tor the last three years and "vh spares n time or [rouhle to maintain the of her cadcts.
1Ir 'ElIE \D.
On unda\ , I'•.ugusc 19, thc dcdlCatlOn st'nicc of the 11inehea'd Division's new .l\ustin 10to r \mbulance took place on the Esplanade, \Vh rc a special platform had been 1 repared b) the membc L tlrape d , with the St. John colours ami frunted with pots ot choice flowers. Seating arrang ment · wer e l11ade for 800 pe pIe.
About 140 members of J\mbulance and ursil1g Divisions fell in at The Parade under County Officers W. J. Bailey and W. Tottle and march ed to the Esplanade headed by the Town Band, with the neW ambulanc e bringing up the rear. ount y missioner J. S. Cox and Transport Offic er G Hawkins were at the Esplanade to receive tbe chid
guests-the Earl and Countess of C romer (patrons of the Division) and Mr. and l\11's. G. r. Luttrell (president and vice-president), who occupied the platform together the C1crgy, .County. Commissioner, and the Chauman of the lVf 111ehead Orban Dist rict Council. The service, which was most impressive, was att nded by about 2,000 people, and microphones were arranged to carry the speeches. i\fter the hymn "All hail the power of Jesu's arne" prayers were ffered by the Rev. A. F. Blandford (Congregational pastor), followed by the reading of our Lord's instructions to the Brigade bv the Rev. R. T. Williams ( lethodist minister.) r'hen came an address by the Vicar ( Rev. G. E.
Kna pp-Fisher), who aiel he cou!ltccl i( a gr at pm lIege to be a ked to cledicat the n \V ambulance to be a sociatcd with the in i[ \,·ork. Or many years he had b en learn In g mol' about that srca t ocict)' f wbich the Bri O'adc \\ 'as a branch - i he 11o s1 itallcr o! t:) ohn of J eru al m. .he \ lcar thcn an lOsplnng adell's on th history of the Order from it. formation The lcar saId there was onc rule of (he llospitall rs \\'hich be traced. bacl- to tbe twelfth ccnrury; it wa : t IS for the SIck to command and for the KniCl'hts to obcy" Tl tIL' I· 1· ,.., , 1a \vas a rll e W 11 1 lnsplrcc t 1eH \,-ork f?-da y and which they could all tak into th Ir wn .lves. So far a thi new ambulance \va cone rned ': ould be for the sick t command and th pr' nt \..ll1ghts of the Brigade wouJ(! nbey.
The hymn of the Brigade was next sung, and after more prayers had been said the Vicar turned towards the new ambulance and dedicated it. Following this the hymn "0 God, our help in ages past" was sung and a collection taken towards the Divisional funds.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Cromer, in " handing over" the ambulance, described the occasion as an important and memorable one because it marked another step along the road toward the alleviation of ickness, suffering and and memorable to them who were privileged to attend the sen:ice. It was as a member of the Order-which membership he regarded as a great privilege-that he had been
mru t d with the honour of pre_eming the new ambulance to the President and Vice-President \\ ho h aid, were alwars foremost in all that [he \,-dfare of in the e pans. .0.[1'. Lu_ctr 11 accepted the mOtOr with great pleasure and hearrtelc than ks co all who had _ u b_ cribed It. ;:"[a:" it do it- \\-ork a c \\. 11 a. its predece sor," he added "and 111a\- all (hose who ha,-e to take a urn : in it be quickly r tOr d to health -\ ft r the Ben diction b," the Yicar and the ina-in 0' of the l'\ational Anthem th Diyi:ions re-formed band headed bl- the band march d to (he Brotherhood Hall for tea. \'ft r t a th hairman of the ;:"1inehead uncil said was hi.s y ry at pI a cur t :spr _ th thank ot th p orle or :0Iinehead and di trict for (he spl ndid rk carri d on by the Bricrad b
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Lord emll1er, D.C, '.CLE., G.c.Y.O., peaking ar [he sen'ice
locally. Recalling that the 1En head Division \'/.1 re formed t\:\ elve years ago, :Mr. Burge s said he thought that all \yould agree that durino- that time great progress had been made which reflect d gr at credit o n all concerned He had always been an admirer o f the \vork of the Brigade for the reason that it was voluntary. It needed a lot of enthusiasm to b called out at all hours of the day or night to all sort of places in the hill country to bring in patient for treatment in the hospital, and for the lvIinehead Division to purchase and maintfl.in two such splendid ambulances by their own efforts was a credit not on1\' to the Brigade but to the town and district. '
The County Commissioner in his reply thanked IYIr. Burgess for his interest in their work and his presenc e among them that day. Stressing also the voluntar y work of the Brigade, the County Commissioner said no one knew better than himself what that entailed, for it was his duty to deal with the records at the end o f the year. "We do get something out of it," he added. "At the end of the da y it is nice to look back and feel you have done someone a good turn." In Minehead, he was pleased to say, people did show they appreciated the work of the Brigade and showed it in a very practical manner, without which the, would not have had that beautiful ambulance . .
Transport Officer G. H. Hawkins, who apolo g is ed for the absence abroad of their Divisional Suro-eon b Dr. Bain, moved a hearty vote of thanks to the ladie s (r elatives of the members) who had undertaken th e catering arrangements and waited upon them, and to those who had helped the Division in so many ways, pointing out that it was through the small donations as well as the large subscriptions that they had been able to purchase the second ambulance.
Lady Superintendent G. A. Poole proposed a vote -of thanks to the Town Band for their services to th e Division.
Contingents from Weston-super-Mare, Brid gw at er, Wells, Bath, Burnham and Highbridge, Glastonbury and Street, Wellington and Lynton, supported th e Minehead Division at the service.
The new ambulance, which is an Austin 20 lowloading, is specially made and equipped to the Division's requirements and contains a special doublearm loading gear, Dunlopillo bed, p.illow and cushions, Clayton heater, S38 spotlight, etc. The ambulance was left on show on the sea front in charge of half a members until 9 p.m.; during this time eight mInor occurrences were treated.
The n w ambulance cost nearly £800 and th I?ivision rai.sed the mone y themsel v es by hon , donatlOns and entertainments
The co llection at the service realised £24 lO S. zd.
o. -1- Dl TRI T COLNE.
The ur geo n -in-Chief 1 enl alrno t two h ou 1"s at Alkincoats Park o n aturday , ugu t 22, afternoo n in p ecting 27 division of the o. -1- Di strict , o I rea, of the t. J o hn .Ambulance B rio·ade. ex hausti\'e \}; 'as thi in p ecti on that competition s for the major a,\vards, th cc Dr. Pim" up for the Di"d sio n and the ' Dr. Clegg' up for th e _ urs ing Division, had to b e postpon d. The local mcmber of the medical profession, ho \\ cre t ha\ 'c judged these competiti ns, were oblig d to return to their normal sur ge r) duti es b f re the teams c ul J sho\\" their ability.
Thi event the most important of it kin d t ) Im·e been staged at Colne for many y ar) att rac ted a commendable public int ere t, reflected in the larae attendanc. The 27 divisions came from a wide field in East Lancashire, tOwn in th e area UClween Colne and Blackburn beino- rer r sented . Bla ck burn sen t t\,"0 diy i ions, Accrington, Burn!t.:y "cl sno and CoIne were simi larly strong in number , and l m 'l1S and districts sending one diyision each wcre Barr ow ford, B r ier field, Clitheroe, Cra\'\ hawbooth, Darw cll, Foul, r id ge, Great Hanvood, P adiham, R awtcn tall , Tod, morden, Trawd en , and \\Thall ·y.
Di,-isions, with their suppo r tcr (rom th e outlying district \,-ere conveyed to olne by railw a) e..-cur· sions and specia l fleets of bu es. Those \\'h o Clme train made th e tation Ya rd their focal p oi r.t, and there were animated scenes as the di\ i ior l were marshalled into their respecti\Te position s .
Dr. F letcher said that four years ago wh en wa promoted to the h eadquarters staff, th y im HL'd bim to appear at Colne at his first h eadquar te r staH' function They had honoured him again by aShi ng him to appear in o. 4 Distri.ct as urgeon-in- hi d' lI e rememb e red that whcn he was at CoIne in 1934, Col. Redmond had told him that h e had been furthe r promoted in that h e had been made a memb er of tha t district. He had been. impre ssc d b y the w ork tha t had been done that day. The y would all kn ow him, if only for his writings, and the y knew that h e was no t the man to say anything that he did n o t mean , but he did cong ratulate the members on th eir unifo rms and upon their smart buttons. He con gratul ated the nursing divisions, but complained t ha t h e h ad seen
wo many safety pins. He had nothing bLl.t admiration for the cadets, the future strength of the work.
WORK WITIIOUT P AYMENT
Ne xt year the Bri g ad e celebrated it s fiftieth yearthe golden jubilee of the Order, which was star ted at St. John's Gat e. Next year , he was confident that they would pass the 100,000 mark in th eir membership. Some persons might call them idiots for carring o n work without payment- and in most cases th ey were actually out of pocket-but they were carrying on a wonderfu l
« I do want again to congratulate you most heartily, wh ilst I thank you for inviting me to come amon g st
you, an d 1 as ur you my r port to the omffilS lOner Chief will be, a it u ually is, C All's \v 11 in TO. 1 Area of To. 4 Di , trict,' " concluded the ur g on-1nChief.
Thos e present included th 10110\\"ino-: Commissioner \X G. ffiith, Col. J. Trimble j \ i tant Com mi ssioner J. I L :0£acken7ie, \ s istant ommisione r Dr. R. C1cgg, 01. 1 L Redmond, T.D., M B., Ch .B., District OffIcer H. Gastall, D. C.r.I.
Commissioner), in spected the member s of the B olton Corps. He was accompanied by the Commissioner NO.4 (Lancashire) District, Mr. W. G. Smith, Lad y Di s tri ct Superintendent Mrs. E. C.B.E., Assistant Commissioner Colonel C. H. R edmond, T.D ., M.D., and D istrict Officer F. Lomax M.B.E.
The parade was under the command of Corp s Superinten d ent J. W. Lowe and there were 296 ot' all ranks on parade.
The IVlayor and :Mayoress of Bolton were present throughout the inspection
T.
The Royal Lanca hire Agricultural howJuly ·o-August ,-was held at Lrtham t. Anne Duty \ya undertak n by the Lytham t. 4..nn s \ mbulanc and ing Diyi ion Blackpo o l \.mbulance and Nur , ing Diy! ion and Lytham Ambnlance and Diyi , io n , Diyi i o nal \\' re on duty the \yhole tim .
During th four days th how \\'a o pen 10-+ ca '" r tr at d- only twO \,'er ,eriou" one a bad ca. f concu sion and ,ll p ct d f r actu r of th , kull , th oth r a fractured f mur when on o f the ol dier
Dr. J. B . ..L \ ilkc n ( olne) , the :i\iayor ( ounel llor A. D. Baile\) ouncillor o- ar Duckworth (P resi dent) ' b b OLTO , 00 Saturcla y, July 2.5, C. M G. (Inspec tin g ofllc olonel J. Trimbl , n the staff f th .B. , hief .L \.t the conclusion of the inspection Coron el Trimble complimented all member on the ir splendi d turnout.
F:l lti clJ " \.R.P ." Co urse
ricling was thrown-mostly dog bites, kicks from horses, sprains, cut and foreign bodies in eyes.
Lady Divisional Superintendent NIis H. Nt Smith was in charge of the arrangements, assisted by Divisional Superintendent G. Wil on, and Lady Ambulance Office r Braithwaite.
COLNE.
The annual re,·iew of No. Area, No. 4 (Lancashire) District was held on Saturday, August 22, in Alkincoats Park, CoIne, and attracted a large number of the public. About nine hundred members of the various divisions in No. Area were on parade and they marched through the town headed by the Coine Brass Band and the Accrington S.J. .B. Pipe Band. On arrival at the park they were inspected by the Surgeon-in-Chief, N. Corbet Fletcher, who was accompanied by the Commissioner of th e District, Mr. W. G. Smith, O B.E , Colonel C J. Trimble officer on the staff of the Chief Commissioner), Assistant Commissioners Colonel S. H. S. Redmond and W. H. Gas tall, and Lady District Superintendent Mrs. E. Tweedale.
The parade was under the command of Assistant Commissioner Dr. R Clegg, with Assistant Commissioner Maj or J. A. Mackenzie in charge of the ambulance divisions.
At the conclusion, the Surgeon-in-Chief paid tribute to Assistant Commissioner R. Clegg, who had been in the Brigade many years, and said he was very favourably impressed b y the workmanlike appearance of the parade, and complimented them on the general smartness of their uniforms. KIRKHAM.
Members of the wrkham D ivision held their annual garden fete in the g rounds of Ribb y Hall, kindly lent for the occasion b y Mr. W. DuckwGrth, J.P.
Sheep dog trials were organised and a baby show was another great attraction.
The event was organised b y the Divisio nal Committee under Divisional Surgeon G. B. Horrocks, Ambulance Officer Halsall, and Privates J. Br own afl,d T. M. Robin.
BRIERFIE LD.
The annual gala and compet1t1ons for the "Tunstill" Memorial Shield for teams of men and the ,'" Mrs. Thomas Veevers" Rose Bowl for individual women, was an unqualified success. Twenty-four members of nursing divisions from all parts of 2.68
Lancashire and Yorkshire too k part In the lattetl competition.
The prizes were presented to the succ sflll COI11petitors by the Cotton Queen.
COL E.
t the annual me ting f the olne t. John Ambulance.A ociation it \va stated that the probability of accident in pre ent-day life is stcadilr on the increa e, and the duti , of m mber arc in consequence becoming more onerou' and exacting, calling for the sacrifice of lei urc hour in the SU\ ice of th movement and public genera ll y, and thc Com. mittee are d esirou of placing at the di posal of the Corps and ursing Divi ion c\ ' ery opportU nlL\ tu carry out their dutie . 0 effort has b en spa red to provid e every modern apparatu which \x'ould be uf value to them in rendering a" istance j n the man\' calls that are made upon th Ill.
MA 1CIIE TER.
t the Rosemary Pageant, \ ' yth ns hawc, th iny case were treated by the 111 mb rs oC the neW \\' } shawe and 1 orthendcn Diyision, :Manchc ster find Salford Corp. The pag ant ofFlCials '\'Cre . cry appreciati, e of th SerYlCe rendered by this ne\\ division.
Our sympathy is extended to \ sistant um· missioner Dr. R. Clegg, No. I \rea, on the b uh of his "\.vife [[s. .01. Clegg, A. R.R.. hL wa interred at Padiham Cemetery and officer' ancl men of the Bri gade acted as bearer
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Po 1TEF RACT.
The Pontefract Corps of the t. John Brigade chose an unfortunate day in unday t or thea annual drumhead service. Dark cloud thre atened rain all the afternoon. Two hundrcd and fifty ofticcr'5 and men of neighbouring divisions were present, with nurses and cadets, against over 600 last yea r
A- procession which assembled in the Fairground in the early afternoon included members of the outh Kirkby, D oncaster, Doncaster Drum and Bugk Band, Pontefract, Pontefract Band, owcrby Bridge, and Wath-on-Dearne Di visions. Led by the fract Dru m and Fife Band, conduct d by Bandl1l;lstn Ward, with the Doncaster Band heading the urses and Cadets, the procession took the route Corn Market, Sessions House Yard, Water gate, I [altpenny Lane, King's Mead and \'qakefie lcl Ro ad to the, Town Hall. There it was joined by th e l\[a yo)' ot Pontefract (Councillor T. J. ides, J.P. ), Alck r!l1 Cf1
J. J. Frain, J.P., and G., ainter, ouncillors D. Sainter, A. L. Bratlcy, J. Clark, G. E. Barff, Johnson, J.p., with the Town Clerk (Mr. G, Wllklnson), and Messrs. J. Shaw and C. Pcase (J ustices of the Peace) A posse of police, under upt. R. J. Coates, took up a place in the van, and the procession continued its way to the Castle Gr unds. N[uch interest was sho wn by the pu blic an d there was quite a good attendance.
Corps upt. T. l \m ery pre ided at the servicc, and, in addition to thc i\Iayor, was accompanied by Count\' urgeon T. A. weetnam, of Hemsworte, ?v[rs. 'wee tnam, the Re v. F. ]. . Dyer, of Po nthfract, and Mr. J. . Berry, of Hemsworth. Corps weetnam Jed the prayer, and the P'Jnte, irac't Banel accom[ anied the singin g of hymn s 011 behalf of the IIem \vorlh Division, Dr. v:eelnam then prc cntcd a l) residc:nt's Badge to 1\Ir. J. \X ' Bern, Presidcnt of thc Diyision, who is well known In bus lnes circles as the manager f the l Iemsworth Bra nch of Barclays Bank. The badgc , said Dr. weetnam , were only presented to ({ rcal li,-e Prc idents," and he paid hi g h tribute to 1\fr. Bcrry' s active associatinn with and int rc<;t in thc llem worth Diyision.
Recently , at l--=:nottingley \\: rks, without ,,'arning, the con tcnts of a hu gc pilch boiler bur t into Bam The fla mes hot up about 100 feet" ancl ubsided almo t imrl1lcliatcly , but not bcfor th : had burned l1yc men.
Pnntcrrac t Fire Brigaclc aLrenc1ecl, and the Leeds Fire Brigade sent two engincs. The Pomefract br igad L did precautionary work, but the flam had beer. pu t out by the fi rm' own e:ainguishers, and th 'ser;il\: of th L ells brigad were not needed.
Pont Lfract 'to John \mbulance, under ndent T. 1\mery, att ncJed, and aft r the injured men had bee n giycn Iirst-aid n the SpOt the}' w r taken to the Infirmary.
It is offic ially stat d that the: f itch boiler \Vh n full contaIns about 30 tons of 1 itch bLlt at the time Ot (he acci(knt it was almo tempt:'
Despite the fierce heat, the lire au ed comparati, small damage to the plam. Th works \ cre reopcnc (1 to-day, and all department Wl:r workin g at full ca pacity.
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NO RTH RIDr J OF YORK
!hc econd Road Ilu t pr yicled by the Darlington Frtendly Societies Di,ri i n \,"as officia ll y opened on Saturday, August 22, at an importan(r'oad junction
and dangerou s corner near the village of Piercebridge, about six miles from Darlington.
County Commissioner F. P. Wilson, J.P., presided, and, after a short dedication service by Rev. R. Bidwell, Vicar of Gainford, the Hon. President of the Division, Coun. J. H. Taylor, F.R.CV.S., M.C, opened the door of the hut in the presence of the Division and a number of spectators The annual inspection of the Division by the County Commissioner followed on the village green, after which Coun. Taylor very hospitably entertained the members and friends to tea at the George Hote]. There are now six huts in and around Darlington, provided h\ the two j\mbulance Divisions.
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J-lJ: REFORD.
The of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Divi ions from five counties at Hereford in Jul y last wa a notable and interesting eyent. Abou( a thou and men, nurses and cadets in uniform were on parade at the Castle Green, where the Di, risions were In peered, and afterwards at the Cathedral, ,.\ here a pecial and largely attended senTice was held. Th e parade was an impressive spectacle. There were present the Ambulance, and Cadet Divisi ons f the counties of Herefordshire, hrophirc, Gloucester hire, \Yorcestersh.i.re, and mouthshire; and the inspection was made by Colonel } 1,. Sleeman, C.B., C.0LG., CB E., hllight J u tice of The Grand Priory in the Briti h Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of t. John of Jeru alem, and Chief Commissioner for the Bri gade O,:er ea. , and Lady Perrott, R.R.C, Dame Grand ross of the Order and Lady uper intendent-inhief. \s it ,va deemed unde irable co delay the special Cathedral eric, which wa attended the 1Iayoc f the fiYe cOLlntie and dignitarie of the Order, Col. lee man re tricted the inspection to brier e entials. The en' ice at the Cathedral and, later, the taking of th -alute by the .0Iay or of Hereford from the front of the Public Library \y re o ther impre iY incidents of the occa ion. Although circum tanc cau ed th in pecrion ir If to be n the brief ide, there 'was time for encouragcm nt and cono-ratulation from the omy r _ as. It \, a T ry plea ing to him, he said to, e ucb a smart turnout, and it \\':15 a matter for congratulation that member- of the Bri gade , hould tray 1 con id rabI distanc in _ uch large numbt.: rs like they did for (hi combin d \ rent. Co l. 1 eman also s pok praisingly of what h had se nor' St. John work , -er-cas r Th ",-ork t. J \ mbulan l: Brigad member did was magniti-
cent, and they were prepared for any emergency which might befall the country.
The parade on the Castle Green was under the orders of Dr. L W. lvlacGregor, Acting Count y Commissioner. Corps Surgeon F. H. Edwards was secondin-command, and Brigade Adjutant and County Sergeant-Major J. Roe (Hereford) was Brigade Sergeant-Major. Supt. G. N. Bullock (Hereford) was Battalion Commander of the Ambulance Division, and County Sergeant-Major Vaughan (Salop) was Battalion Sergeant-Major. Supt. E. Butterworth was Company Commander of the "A" Company (Hereford, Ledbury and Ross) and Cadet Supt. V. E. Roberts was Company Commander of the "E" Company (Cadets). Lady Superintendent Miss E. Long, O.B.E. (Hereford) was Battalion Commander of the Nursing Battalion, and Supt. Dr. J. :M. Crofton (Salop), Adjutant and Liaison Officer. " G" Company (Hereford and Salop) were under Lady Ambulance Officer :Miss B. Jones (Hereford), and the" I" Company (Cadets) under Ambulance Officer [iss 1. Moore (Hereford). All companies from the other counties were under company commanders nominated by their respective Commissioners or Acting Commissioners.
Staff Officers in attendance on the Inspecting Officers were: Lieut.-Col. e. W. Eames, D.S.O., T.D., .D. (Acting County Commissioner for Shropshire), 11ajor Barrett Cardew, M.e. (Commissioner for Gloucestershire), Capt. S. T. Beard, O.B.E. (Commissioner for Monmouthshire), Corps Supt. G. Fulloway (Worcestershire), Lady County Officer Mrs. E. R. Andrews (Shropshire), and Lady Supt. Miss H. Corser (Shrewsbury).
From the Castle Green the Divisions marched to the Cathedral by way of Castle Street, St. Owen Street, High Town, High Street, and Broad Street.
SALOP
Members of the Shrewsbury Men's and ursing Divisions were on duty at the Shrewsbury Floral Fete, held on August 19 and 20, in the" Quarry," the town's beautiful park.
Upwards of 80,000 people visit the Fete every year, and 60 cases were treated on this occasion, ranging -from fractured limbs to the ordinary" faint," always met with in quantity in such a crowd.
County Surgeon Dr. F. H. Edwards and Lady Divisional Superintendent Miss Helen Corser, w ith Nursing Officer Miss D. Webb, were in charge of the Ambulance Tent, which is provided with six beds and furnished by the Shropshire Horticultural Society. Superintendent W. Tipton was in charge of the ambulance men, and the new St. JaM Motor Ambulance, under Transport Officer S. Edwards and driven by Priv ate A. Perry, removed several severe cases to hospital or to their homes. Members were on duty from 10 a.m. to 10.3° p.m. each day, and the Shrewsbury Boy Cadets of the Brigade also rendered valuable services.
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The "Perrott" Challenge Shiel d Competition, 1936. DUAL PACTICAL. BED-lvuKIN G Time Limit, 18 Mins. Warning at 15 Mins. SISTERS Nos. AND 2.
CARD OF INSTRUCTION. TEST A. (To be given to candidates at commencemen t of Test. )
You are required to make this b ed in five minutes. and have' ready for a patient who is being carried to the house. The patie It has fallen out of a:tree into a pond and is in a very.collapsed
NOTE FOR JUDGE.
Marks ,,:,ill anI)' be for as of. the bed-making as s completed 111 the gIven tIme, and the patient will be brought in at tb end of five minutes. e
CARD OF INSTRUCTION. TEST B.
1. war.m the. pa.tient to recoycr conscio usn ss and complal11s of pain In his nght ankle, Just above which vou notice an uncomplicated wound. Dress this wound and apply a roiler
2. The patient complains of feeling sick and vomit s, Lerehl' soiling his undersheet. Change it. -
Non: FOR ] UDGE.
Card of Instruction for Test B. (I) to be to the Sist ers 1S SOOn as patient is in bed.
.Card of Instruction for Test B. (2) to be gi\' cn at the cnd of 1; m111utes.
STA.GC'IG OF TEST.
O ne .woman, a. firc, a kettle, bed (unmade), mattress Coun-as. mack111tOsh, 4 SlOgle sheets, 4 'iillglc separate blankets, 3 pillows. stOne hot-water Jar, t rubber hot -water bottle, Some em pty hottlcs or jars to use as hot bottles, an old band-box, 3' towels, ordlI1ary cottage furniture and china, and 2 blocks whic h cOl..lJ be used to raise foor of bed.
TE T A.
TE T A Time Limit, 5 mins.
DETAILS OF TEST ,\1 !. farks.
I Collect and sort bedclothes rapidl)'
2. Put kettle on fire for hot bottles
3. Bed not to face \\ indo\\,
4. Side of bed not against wall
5. Head at least I foot from wali 6. Place canvas under mattress C:t) ; tic a)
7. Lay mattress straight
8. Tuck underblanket smoothly
9. Cnder sheet right side up
10. Tuck first a. head (!) ; last at sides ( !)
I I. Palms of hands flat with finger tips of one hand poi n in> to the other
12.. Three inches paan
13. :\10ve hands sideways, carrying sheet \vith them
14 1ackintosh from bolster to patient's knees
15. Drav.-sheet slightly wider than mackintosh
16 Complercly covering it 17. One end tucked under mattress
18. Spread smoOthly and taut across bed
19. Fold other end neatly and tuck under mattress 20. Pillow in pillow-case
2 I. Top sheet right side down
Reachin g tOp of bed 23. Well-tucked in at bottom
24 Two blankets
Top ends half-way up pillow
26. Light quilt
27 Fold top edges of upper bedclothes neatly over quil t
TEST B. (I). Time Limit, 8 Mins. Patient Arrives.
28. Dry patient'S face and hair. 29. Remove wet dothing
30. Ask if he is breathing. (YeJ)
31. Test his pulse. (Very weak and
bleeding W (1 0)
44. As k If foot IS swollcn (lvo)
45. As k if movement IS palOful. (No) 46 Wash and disin.fect. 47- Pa int wound WIth IOdlI1e "
48 Clean dry dressing (t) ; pad of cOtton wool OJ
49. fethod of applying roller bandllgc
50 \f et bod of improvising cradle
T EST B. (2).
51. \\, ipe patient'S face p. Loo sen undcr sheet
)3. Warm clean sheet, roU and place over chair
Rem ove coyerlct and blanket r' 55 _\. sk if draw shect is soiled. (No) 56. Ro ll patient on side and support him 57. Roil soiled sbeet lengthways towards patIent 58. Inse rt rolled clean sheet
59. Tuck side
60 Low er patient down on his back
61. Roll him on to other s ide
62 Rem ove soiled sheer
63 Unroll, smooth and tuck cion sbeet
64 Lea, e drawsheet unchan c ed
65. Replace blanker and coverlet
66. Le;{ all tidy
67. Gene ral nearness :lnd efficiency
Total
Correspondence
To the I:."rii lor oj TIlE ST. JOHN GAZETTE.
Dr",\R" IR,-:- \\ 'ith to your paragraph headed Is tlu a record? lf1 the Auo-ust issue in hih b W C you state that 111'. \'\. H mith of ddino-ham h ' b' as co mpleted 50 in the service of the t. Jo hn Ambu lanc,- Assoclatlon, I beg to inform you that Mr Geo rge \'\ atkin, of .i\[urtoD, of whom doubt yo u have beard, ha had morc than 52 years' service In the mo\' ement, all at Murton.
M] '\ atkin '£11' t began as secretary of lurton Bngadc clas e, and served in thi tor 46 year. H i still connected with the Bngade , and in addition h is secrctary of the Durham Clevela nd, and \ tmorland l \mbul ance Leao-ue co ntests include the Donald Bain anl the lizabe th Baln hiclds. He i al 0 competition secretary for the n wJy-form d lu.rton ocial Clubs Amb ulance Organi arion.
fIn 19 1 3 lvlr. \y'atkin became a er ·ing Broth r o th e Order, and in 193 he wa a\'i'ard d Officer
Brother of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. J ohn of J erusa lem .
Yours faithfully, JOH.K' Pow) Secretary and Ambulance Officer.
To the Editor of THE ST. JOHN GAZETI'E. SIR,- With reference to the article in last month's GAZETfE by Major Humphreys, T.D., LR.C.S., etc., may I ask you to make two points clear.
In the first instance a warfare gas is delivered ill either liquid, solid (as in CAP) or gaseous state
In the second place, chloride of lime may hay-e to be mixed with dry earth or sand (for decontaminating shell holes, etc.).
As we have to lecture and examine on these points it would be as well to have them made clear to students so that they will not be fogged with them.
Thanking you.
Yours faithfully, H. A.R .P. Staff Officer, S. W. Area, W.R. Yorks.
To the Editor of THE ST. J01m AMBULA..'iCE GAZETTE. DEAR SIR,-I am obliged to your correspondent, taff Officer H. Harrison, for his criticism of m, article in your issue of August. -
He refers to the omission of solids from my mention of ,var gases, as given in the OfEcial1.1anuai. The article \vas not intended to be a complete accoum of \var gases such as \,"ould be gi'Yen in a "cram. It dealt mainly with one practical side of the ubject .
He has indeed apparently mi sed the chief poinr in it. Thi wa to empha i e the of and danger attach d to the employmenr o f surface drainao-e in - b to\\,D tor the remO\-al ot per i tenr ga. I poinred this out in the r. John :01anual on Chemical Warfare (1928), now replaced by the Official .:\1anual. Dry earth will, of cour e, block drain, and it cannot oEren av-ailable for mixing with chloride of lime for u in thoroughfares and street
In my Manual I had to endeavour to apply methods adopted ole1y for military use in the open field, to th orgaru ation of modern-more or less-tOwn . I obtained information from many parts of the country b for the 1Ianual was drafted. TI1i. draft wa to'O full of detail, and the authoricies \\-ho were good nough to look it oYer laid tres upon the neces iry- for leaving omething for th mind of tll reader to d v lop upon. Booklore pure and imple as a far discounted.
Fairhfulll- your F. R. HDIPHREY ' :01a jor.
Interesting Case Reports
CI\ E REpORT No. loG.-The Officer-in-Charge of No. 7 D istrict, S.J.A.B , reports the efficient performance of first aid, as follows :-
On June 27, Corporal Overton, of the Wellington (Salop) D ivision was called to a man who, while braw ling, had thrust his hand and forearm throu g h a pane of g lass, and sustained a deep laceration of the front of the wrist. A piece of glass was protrudin g from the wound, and there was brisk artertal bleedin g The bleedin g was immediately controlle d by indirect pressure; the protruding piece of glass wa s rem ove d ; a rapid toilet of the wound and skin was made, and the wound covered with an aseptic dressin g of absorbent lint and lightl y bandaged No pressure wa s made on the wound, as the possible presence of more g la ss in the depths of the wound could not be excluded.
The bleecLng was cont ro lled b y pads and tourniqu et applied at pressure points os. 8 and 9-the o nl y time I have seen a really efficient tourniquet ap p li e d at these points The forearm was supp o rted i n an improvised, but efficient sling; and Corporal 0 ert on accompanied his patient to a doctor ' s sur ge r y
Subsequent examination at hospital r eveal ed t h at sev eral tendons and the median nerve wer e seye r ed, as well as the small artery The present s atis fa cto r y condition of the patient is largel y due t o t h e effic ien t first aid that he had received.
CO M11EN T.
T his rep ort speaks f or itself)' and all that remail7 s is fo r us , in t he name of t he B rigade, t o tender co rdia l congratulations to Corporal Overton on the very efficient manner 111 which he dealt with a serious co ndition - CP.
CASE REpORT No. l07. - The Officer-in-Charge of Western Area o 1 (Prince o f Wales 's) Dis tri c t, S.J.A.B., report s the efficient perfo rmance o f fi r st aid , as follows :-
On Sunda y afternoon, June 20, Ambulance Si st e r Whetton, of No. 50 ( Willesden) N ursin g Di v i si on , was on her way to duty at Charin g Cro ss H os p i tal when she was called to a house to attend a g irl w ho , about twelve years of age, had fallen throu g h a g la ss roof, and had sustained w ounds in her thigh, acc o mpanied by great bleeding . Her fir st thoug ht w as t o arrest bleeding; but she also had to eliminate a p ossi ble fracture, which by g ood fortune had not occurre d. E levation of the limb, pad and bandag e, and a tou r niquet in position for emerg ency before the doer o r arrived. The do ctor decided to call for furt h er medical assistance as the wound demanded immediate stitchin g
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under an ana: the tic. This g ave M iss Whetton another opportunity of exercising her skill in making imple preparation for the op eration, wh ich necessi, tated 1 G stitche. The doctors expressed th eir sati" facti o n at her assistance, which they and th e patient's relatives g reatly appreciated . The p a ti ent subse, quentl y made a goo d r ec ov ery
Co 111 T.
F irs t ...--4 id, like i/ r parell t scieJIce , is ill/erestillg ilJ Ibot llC ither the first aide r 1101' the medica l p ractitioner ezlfl' kJJoII' what the] 1)/0)' be called l(PO Il to /ock le dflr ill g aI!)' da..y. To Ambl/lall ce S is fe r lr oeftoJl IIJerejore , we tel/del' cordial cOllg rotl/latioll s Oil a good oll d sHccessfll1 do)" s lI 'Ork, Jl'hich lI 'a s p ro babl), sllffiCimt COI/ s%tioll fo r he r disoppoil11 MlIIt ill JJli ssillg her spell of IJIlr.liJJ (J dll()' of Cho rillg CroJs floipita,. - .C P.
Que sti o n s and Answers
1 10I TENED TOBA co FOR \ KE13ITES.
L. A . (Bri e t) . - H ere w it h I e n elo e a new spnp r cuttin g w h er ein a read er state t ha t m Ol tencd tobacco i s more effec ti ve than p ermangana te of pota , h ir the treatment of nake bit s. 1 I concludes by ll\ iog t h at he h as in a d eadl" snake eli tr ict for 11,£1m vear and ha attended case of o ut of r eac h o f a d octor without a single t"taliry. ould yo u please b e good enouo-h to commem up o n same, assess in g the va lu e of the stated rcmedr and ad y isin g w h e t he r or n ot i t alight be a useful imp rovi sed t r ea tm ent whic h t. J hn ml nber. could ad op t in an e m erge n cy? F u rther, if efficacious as sta te d, w o uld it b e effective a l 0 f r b i tes b\ "abid anim a ls?
To bacco , fl sed as a local opplir(1/ioll , (1C/S 1't'(JJOfl of its nico tine 1vhich is strollg0' all tiseptic I see 110 !'fflSON why y otl shotlld 110 t give it a tria l, as sllggested, ill all emergency if )'OU had 170 other recognised reJJledy. 1/ il dirt no g ood, it cO/tid do 11 0 hanH. 111 spite , hOlJ'eller, 0/ the strong recommell dalion of the altfhorilJ' qlloted, 1 J/Jollla p refer-1vheneve r or ,vherever circlfJllstances allo}} -10 stand 0' th e methods of freatlJlel7t ill the Text book.C. P.
ApPOI ' T:\ (E T OF DI \' ISIO.\L RGEO>'S.
W. S. (Midland s) - I r ead w i t h m u ch in tere st your article on T he Appoilltment D ivisional SmpOIl.i, publi shed in the F ebruary i ss ue o f T HE and I ag ree with you that the pro sp ec ti ve sur geon 15 often approached and handl ed in th e w r o n g manne.I. Conseguently, for th e benefit o f oth er s in terest ed !O
tlJj s ma tte r , I set ou t hcr ewi th th e m e thod s w h ich J foun d to b e succe sEul. When I s tart e d m y ca r ee r as a Di vis ion al Sup e rintenden t, m y ur g e o n was a b usy ge ner.al practitio ne r, wh o ad mitt ed at th e o u tse t tha t h e dl d not know much ab ou t fir s t aid, an d w a s n o t gre atl y interestc d in the Bri g ad e Before hi s pr o moti on t o o rp s r a n k , a nd la te r to District rank , h e ha d kc tu re d so su ccess full y th at a team fro m o ur Di v is ion ha d won th e hi g h es t t ro ph y in the cou ntr y, a nd th c u nit was rega rd ed as b eing In the rro n t ran k .
1 men t io n th is because I firm ly b elieve tha t the of so ma n y s lack D i\ri siona l urgeon b eing in our ranks co mes f rom t h c fac t t hat the Di vis i ona l Sup eri nte nd e nt d ocs not, in ma n y ca es, get the interest of hi s u rgc n.
Jf I migh t sugge t, 1 thi nk t h at the best way to get n1(lrl Inte r st from t he u rgeon would be to ask each Di\ Isiona l uperintcndcnt' if he kept in close touch \\'Jt! hlS ur geoo, an d if he made a definite request at til begi n ni ng of each wi n ter for lectures from the urgc:oo.
\\ c know that a medical man is liable to be ca ll ed a\\a) at any hOLlr an d cannot be Llrc of his time but If all,)\\,ancc is made for this 1110 l Brigade urgeo n could "pare, six or eight hour' during the \yinter sessl JO [() gi\T a shon talk to their membe rs.
':'lan\, of the be, [ orps anel D ivision draw up a pm r:ll11l11C r{ cover t he pe riod from October to the end of \larch, and codea" ur to gCt thcir urgeons to prom], c a series of talk in tbis connection.
\1\ own recipe (or ()'cttin o the ufO'eon's interc [ to kee l on '; king like \\'Id c.\\' In the criptures until he comes to hi unit, \\·hlrl., if it i' a good one, h will become intere , ted In thl mcmb rs and the \\ ork
Il 'f thallk ),011 fo l' ),01(1' letter which is the Ilion meflt! became it is based 011 per.wllol and sl(uesJjlf1 r.\'PflltIJ (:. Of COllrse, it is ploill soililJg JI'hm f);e S fIlgeolJ's ltItert'st 1.1 al'ol(Std alld )},JJf!J the IlleIIlbel's of the /1111/ a/'(' after ejjiciellq. .L TothiJJg i.1 lIIore stiJllu/ot'JJg thall c?lIIulIJed effort } 70/fr sllggestiolJ that the Dil'iJ'iotJ(l1 SlIprl'lIItmd('IJt shollid tlct tile part the illlportlllJate ]l'ido}J' a good Olle, el'eJJ thollgh it is ilion drastic tholl III)' slIJ!x.f,es11011 Ibol IJJlJ)' ilidillidllal I)JIUt be kept posha (ollt lfllfalo' III the aJjOll's oj the 1 il'isioll.
IJo1l'e /ler, 1 fOlllJd that rliJjoilJted "/alks" fader! III Iheir pllrpo.re ; fllld ])'/JeJJ 1 ]}'(U a Dil'iJiol/(i/ .5'111'7eoll , 1 opflled {'Och )J 'ilJter J'{'.r.riOIl with (11/ oj/if/al (OIlI'J'( of ;cI;1I2 fint aid. r7 J'C'1'I'eJ ,'he dOI/f;/e pmpoJ't' S /(.IhlJ/! the IlleIIIOI'lf'S O/llIelllbtl's oj the Dil'i.riotJ, and ahs o altracfi"e,i!. recmi/J )-, ' /rther, I placed eoc/! 1I0Nce ill fi t e cha;ge of a IIII'll/bel' oj the Divisio)] " olJd 11'h('ll 1 sa }J ' t tO b cfl/echisf the p roJpertilJe recl'llit , 1 held til{ BriClarie mew fr J'f rp /,' /. k J!' , OIUlv le _ 01' (I/!)' 1111.rta "'es IIJ0m' !J' 1)1.1' prote.ge
By Ih is means I kept bo / h up 10 the scra /ch! Finalfy, 1 reme m ber 1vI/h joy earnestlY t he members of unit resp onded 10 t his p lan, and hon) assiduous(y thry strove /0 project t hemselves frol17 Illy (simula/ed) wrath and T hose 11Jere good days !-N.CF.
T REAnfE T OF FR \CT 'RED P EL\ r
L. (B ootle).- With reference to treatment of Fractured P elvis, I shall be grateful if you will en]jghten me and manr more of us on the following points : (1) houJd the broad b andage round hips be tied in the centre at the pubis ? ( 2) D oes the T extbook i n te n d us to bandage feet and ankles as in the treatme n t of Fracture of Leg, and demonstrated bv bandage" D " in Fig 43 ? '
(I) As doubt IllWi exist as to the precise position of the fractlfre lmti! the pelvis has been X-rcqed, it is IIsualIY accepted as good jiut aid to tie off this banriage in the position suggested 0' ),Of(.
(2) The Textbook ll'obbles bad!.y nith re/erellce to " ol/kles " alld 'lJ'ingfeet and ankles ," e.specialfy 0" p. 7 , where, iii the context, it reads" rOlmd both allkles," and in Fig. 43 it shoU's the bondage' rOlmdfeet and ankles." Bryolld all question, the latter i.1 the correct iJJJtmdion, and be adopted pOSJ"ible, because therebJ' JOIl obtalll degree. oJ ext{IJsioll and more Semre cOlltrol of the lower /;/ilb or IIII/bs thOJJ Jl'hm yO/l bandage the limbs at thf' ol/k/f'J' on!x-- .CF, or FR..\CTL·RED LEG
L. (B ootle).-(I) In the treatment of Fractured Leg \vhen no plint are the Te:-..-rbook (p. 7 ). tells us to bandage together the ankle, knees and thio-h P lea e tate if the knOt hould be tied on the ound limb
(2) Lnder the General R ule for Treatment (par.p. 5 ), the T extbook tell u mat on no account are \\ e to .let 0-0 until the limb ha been ecured in po ition by pL.nts. PI a,e tell me hO\\, I can and maintain extemlOn \\'hen I hay no plim , . '
(I) --'i,f p!'eJ'JIln:> kJ/ot.' 011 a limb i,I' like(), to ('O/(.I(' POIll olld duroll/fort, lJ'hfll thiJ- is kept liP ONI' t7 1011{!, pel'lod )'01./1' J'II(7(JestIOJI that the kJlotJ lIIight be oppli('d 011 the SOl/lid IIII/b dot's IIO! appfal to me. Rather 1 JJ'OIIid tie off the baJldtl '<,i',f (7l1tl'l'ioI'0' ill the lIIiddle lille OJJd befJl'h'lJ the 10J)'e!' lill/bJ'.
(!) Jrom ),011 btlJJdaCl{' the lilllbJ to(Tt'lher at It'd and ol/kles ),011 0pP0' oJld II/oillioi/l ('xtfwio" aJ tbis i,i practicable ])'heJJ 110 spliJltJ' are (l/IOIlable alld the billida(TfJ Jwe:J 0:11 at tkigbs .rel'l'e to Jteor!)' the lilllb and to O,I'Jlj! III IlIollltmlllilg thn'
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Priory for Wales
HEADQUARTERS
Priory House; 4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.
GENERAL INTEREST
The holiday month has witnessed no cessation or diminution of activities within the Priory for Wales this year. A.R.P. courses and examinations have continued at high pressure, while ambulance work has been much in evidence as usual at the t"vo big gatherings where open competitions have become an important part of the programme. Brigade camps have been organised for the first time in the history of the Priory, and the principal secretary (the Hon. John H. Bruce) has conducted inspections and carried out organising work in most of the counties in North Wales.
At the Ro yal Welsh Agricultural Show held at Abergele ambulance competitions figured in the attractions of the second day, viz., July 24, and there were good entries for the Silver Challenge Cup and Shield for teams of men and women respectively in Wales and Monmouthshire in possession of recognised certificates. The Monmouthshire Police team was successful in winning the former, while the cup was won by the Rhyl team. The Llandudno Cadet team secured the " Arnallt Jones" Shield in a competition for St. J OM Cadet teams. The ambulance arrangements were organised as in former years by the Priory, whose principal secretary is appointed Honorary Director of Ambulance, and the duties were carried out to the expressed satisfaction of all concerned by St. John and B.R.C.S. personnel in charge of County Officer G. St. J OM Day . O ver 70 treatments were recorded.
Acting in a similar capacity on behalf of the Royal National Eisteddfod Committee, the principal secretary was responsible also for the ambulance competitions and provisions during Eisteddfod week at Fishguard. The competitions, for which there were record entries, occupied two days and resulted as under: -
Mondqy, August 3·
" Lady Lewis" Cup, open contest 'for male teams, won by Breconshire Police.
"Lady Bute" Cup, open contest for female teams, won by Llanelly, S.J.A.B. team.
" Isca" Shield, open contest for junior male, won by Ogmore Vale Cadets, S. J.A.B.
The Neyland G. W.R. team obtained the highest marks among teams resident in the County of Pembroke and so qualified for the Pembrokeshire Centre
Shield; and the Pishguard and Goodwick Ca det team won the Daniel Daniel Cup awarded to the best Cadet team in the county.
trol hies were presented by Lady LeWIS, O.B.E., Lady Evan Jones, Mrs. BIckerto n Edwards and Mr. J. Io rth Lewis.
TffesdCl) , AIIgllSt 4·
" Trevethln" hield for male teams in \Valcs and 110nmouthshire, Treharris, J. .B.
" Silurian" hield for female teams in Wales and Monmouthshire, Kenfig Hill.
" Gwent" hield for junior female teams in \,'ale and 1Ionmouth h.ire, Llanelly.
"Elliott lves" up for team in Pembro kcshire Constabulary, eyland
First Aid Contest for female t am in po ssc'.lsion of First Aid certificates, arberth o. I.
These presentations \\'er made b y ir 1Jenrl" Philipps, Bart., '1r. Foley Philipp., Mr. Daniel Daniel, Mrs. J. H. Owen and Captain A. T. . E\'ans {( h.ief Constable).
The Assistant Commissioner, Captain an , organised the ambulance dutie , ,,-hich were car ned out efficiently by member of t.] ohn Di vision c, and classes in co-operation with B.R.C. personntl
V.A.D. UR I:\'G Ai 'D ADET -\\I P.
For the past couple of year the idea of orga n ,ing a holiday and instructional camp for t. John V \ .D. members in Wales ha been regarded as \'Cry desirable means of strengthening the V. .D. 110\-ement within the Prior y; and following th e -lihue of a plan to organise a joint V.A.D. amp [or.l. lrsing Detachments of the Order and the British Re d ( [0 Societ y, the Priory voted a sum of money t o\, ard a camp for V.A.D. and nursing members of the Brigade. Meanwhile, a welcome gran t of £250 ,vas r ccti,ed by the Priory from the King George Jubil ee Tru t towards setting up a Cadet Camp; and eqUl pmc.nr purchased for the latter was available for the 1 'u_rsing Camp, which also benefited by the use at the Glamor gan Territorial Army Association hut ml.nt at Nells Point, Barry Island.
Lady County Officer Mrs. B. Turn r und ertoOk the responsible office of Commandant of this pioneer camp from August to 8; and the most g 1.teful thanks of the Priory are due to her for the rem arkable measure of success attending this first enture Irs. Turner has expressed warmest appreciation of the assistance received from Miss E. j\. Gra\ eno!, Assistant Commandant; and the followin g extracts from the report rendered by Lady Divi sional Superintendent Miss E. Harries, who proved herself a highly capable camp secretary, give some idea of ci1e week's activities :-
cc There were 69 in camp, including officers and nurses. One and all were very happy thr ou ghOUt.
All worked hard and played hard, and a delightful spirit of esprit de corps prevailed in every sphere. mornings were devoted to lectures and practical work , an d the afterI?-0ons and evenings were free for the members to enJoy themselves in any way they wished. The weather prpved a little unkind at the beginning of the week, but. i.n spite of those who so desired found opporturutles for bathIng and other outdoor amusements Sing-songs and dances were organised by the officers and Social Committee, which were a great success, especially a fancy dress dance in which practically every member turned up in a most origina l and ingcnious costume.
Matron Gravenor, of Gelligaer Isolation Hospital, Assistant Commandant, gave excellent lectures on Hospital and Camp Etiquette, practical nursing, bedmaking etc.; and Lhe general opinion of all who attended her lectures was that the camp was indeed fortunate in having such a highly-qualified person as Matron Grayenor in its midst Taking everything into consi deration therc werc yery few casualties in camr but tlatron \Va kept busy enough doctoring the usual minor cases of cuts, bruises and sickness. Thank to her carc, ho\,-cver, left camp quite fit.
On \\'eclnesday aftern()on all the members of camp were I [i\ ilegeJ to ,-i_it the Tuberculosis Host il al at utI), The party \\ as conducted by the \[atn1n, ... \ i tant .I. fatran, and the 1Iedical uperintendcnt, wh explained c\'erything and made the a mo t prohtablc a well as exceedingly Jnten;stl11g One,
01 Sun day a Drumhead had been arranaed b by the members of the Barry Division, to be held on loll's Point, but owing to bad wcather it had to be abandone d in fa\ our of a en-ice in camp, at which members of the Barry Diyision were present.
..\Iuch excitement was caused on 1. Ionda\, eyenin a by the ne\vs that the ational isteddfod had been won by camp members, namely, ing t am \-vhich tra\Te lled to Fishguar d from cam p, and r turncd there, brino-ing the Lady LewIs" Cup \ ith them. b -
.\m()ng who visited camp were Lady O.B,E., the Assistant Lady uperfor \\ ale; {iss Loyert, the ecretary for \X alcs, who express d the good WIshes of the Principal ccretary, the Hon. John Bruce, who was cngaged in Priory work in North Wales; Mr \Y/. L Abraham the Briaade eueta r y' :rvr 'b . HIss. Upto n, the .Assistant i\[atron f Llandouah who eli I at the dance ; Captam Taliesl11 RlChards the omfor the Rhondda' Ir. F. R. Horrop, Commissioner for Barry' and 1Ir. D. J. aYleS, l \sslstant ommi sioner, Rh ondda.
Tb e Cam p Secretary who cxpr sed th hop of al l memb ers pres nt that they w uld havc an oppor-
tunity of renewing acquaintance next year, and concluded her report with a high tribute of praise to the Commandant, herself contributed a valuable addition to the instructional programme by giving a Course of Lectures in Air Raid Precaution s, for which she has qualified as a Grade I Instructor; and it speaks well for the lecturer and students that 2 qualified in an examination conducted by the Headquarter A.R.P. Staff Officer, Captain S. B. Turner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., on the Friday night for Grade 2 or A.R.P. Certificates.
An account of the Girl Cadets Camp excellently conducted by Lady County Superintendent Mrs. :tvL Paskin and Lady County Officer Mrs. 1L Ingledew as Commandant and .Assis tant Commandant respectively, from the 8th to the 15th August; and of the three subsequent Camps for Boy Cadets will be given in next month's issue.
CENTRE REPORTS
Glorious ''''eather favoured the annual inspection and competition held at the residence of the Lad,President, the Do\ya ger Lady Stanley of on .L \.ugust 8. large assembly included the CommlS ioner for \'{'ales , me Lady Presidem, Admiral i r Percr and Lady Grant, ir Henry :\1. Gravson (Commissioner for - illglesey) and Gr ay on, .i\1r. R. H. Prothero (Assistant Commissioner) :0Irs Prothero, and Others.
Prior to the in pection, a competition was held for a shield, presented by the President, Commodore ir R. \\-illiam -Bulkeley, Bart. K.C.B., V.D., me Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, which was won by the team captained by 1Ir. J OM "illiam. The judges were Dr. J. R. Pryrherch, Llangefni, and Dr. Thomas J one, Amhych' and the spectator were kept informed of the nature of the practical test by Dr. \, -illiams, Holyhead.
The hield was pre ented by the Dowager Lady tanley, who di tributed al 0 Ambulance Efficienc\award'
ir Percy Grant pr sided, and ir Henry Gra\- on spoke a follows:
( I haye the honour to report that the Holyhead Diyi ion has mad aood and done excellent work ince the la t in pection at Raye ns Point, and no\y that the Centre Committee formed, it is hoped that uch towns as Llangefni _Amlwch, and Bridge al 0 oth r plac s in the county, will take up th aood \v ork in the cause of humanity. \Ye are anxious that th mo,, m nt shall spr ad to yery pan of th ounty, and that each area shill have it own t. John Diyi ion as i t d by local commi[( e.) in
order tnat the sick and injured of this Island of Anglesey shall be in a position to receive skilled first aid treatment. I think the Holvhead Division is to be congratulated upon the very: excellent way it has brought itself into the eyes of the general public by readiness to act in every emergency, and the promptness with which any call has been met. I was very pleased to be requested to provide uniforms for ten additional men, showing that our strength is increasing. To give an idea of the usefulness, of the Division, I have to report that 77 cases have been treated, 45 of whom have been conveyed by our Motor Ambulance to various hospitals. Public duty has been undertaken at various places in the Island, and we were in attendance at the Beaumaris Races, the Anglesey Eisteddfod at Valley, the sports meeting at Caergeiliog, and other functions. We have also taken over street and cinema dutie .
Continuing, the Commissioner referred to the untiring help given by IvIr. Prothero, the services rendered by County Officer Hollyoake, and Divi ional Superintendent R. Griffiths; and the encouragement afforded by the Ambulance Committee under the chairmanship of Colonel the Hon. O. H. Stanley, D.S.O.
The Commissioner for \Vale s spoke of \,-hat he described as the three vital aspects of ambulance work, the number and nature of accidents, air raid precautions, and the co-operation which was to be expected between the Priory and the British Red Cross Society. On behalf of the Priory, for Wales he expressed sincere gratitude to Lad y Stanley for allowing them the use of the beautiful g rounds; to Sir Henry Grayson for having equipped 30 men with clothing, and to the Lord Lieutenant for the gift of the shield.
BRECKl.'70CKSHIRE CE1"TRE.
A successful fete was held in the beautiful grounds of Penpont, by kind permission of Captain and Mrs. P. J. Murray, on August Bank Holiday, in aid of the funds of the Royal Society for the Preventi on of Cruelty to Animals and the Brecknockshire Centre of the Priory for Wales. The interest of the Commissioner for the County, Lieut.-Colonel C G. Cole-Hamilton, CM.G., D.S.O., was reflected in a novel feature which proved a great attraction in the form of an air raid with gas attack, causing fires and injuries, which were dealt with on the lines of the County Air l\aid Precautions Scheme. Ambulance displays were given by the Builth Nursin g and Builth Girl Cadet Divisions; and the Buckland Bw lch Nursing Division were in charge of a well-equipped First Aid tent on the g round.
The general plan of the air raid, which involved the erection of a number of temporary buildings, including a decent-looking cottage freshly painted, was that a vi llage of some consequence expects to be
b?I?-1bed by a hostile but. made proV1SlOn under the leadership of Its pansh council of a Erst aid and decontamination post, and all o ther possible arrangements to safeguard the inhabitants. The ambulance men and nurses were tandin g by the ambulance car, the Fire Brigade were at hand , the highway authority has its gang of road -mend ers ready with lorry and tools. The warning b ell rang and the aeroplane (lent by the Cardiff Aeropla ne Club and piloted by Mr. Kemp came). It circled ro und' wooped down and dropped it horrible bom bs , and there wa a Ere which well-nigh consu m ed the " and made a mess of the cottag e, the qUlck work ot the Brecon Flre Bn gad n otw ithtanding. \ 'o r e, the bombs explod d an d the lr deadly ga fume spread; there were nu mero us cases for the ambulance men and nurses, and the\ all moved swiftly and worked deftly. The car and the roadmen also came promptly int o aClJo n, and altogether it wa a very reali tic c ne. I t \\'<1 a triumphant culmination of week f patient w orktng out of thoughtly planning \vhich give pro mi e of su ccour should the real hour of ne d arise. It should be added that the demon tration included p rovuon of a aas chamber and respirator, which yisit nrs were welcome to sample .
BOROCGJI OF RnO,",DD \. ENTRJ-
Captain T. Richards, J.P., ommi SlOO'1' r'or the Rhondda, \Va pre ented with a chequ e and J. Westminster Chimes clock, in - cognition of hi fifty year SC[\Tj'ce for the rder, on the oc ca n or the Annual In pection of mbulance 1\1en, rse', and Cadet by Lieut.-Colonel ir Rh ys \X ill ams, Bart., K. President of the entre, at cl ..,aled Park, Ystrad.
Captain Richard s wa in command of the I.lladc, supported by 1\ si tant Com mi sioner J. H 1);1\ lc: and George Pa yne, County fficer T. J. C\ a,lS and W. E. braham, and Lady ounty Officer \ 1. In g led ew, Creigjau. .About 1,200 were on paraJe.
ir Rhy '\ illiam , who was accompanied by Williams, said he was delighted to find that [he number of ambulance workers and cadets \\'<1' tncreasing. He read a letter from the Hon . John H Bruce, whose absence he regretted, in WhlCh. he spoke of Captain Richards's fifty yea rs' association with ambulance work in the Principalit y, and ga \'e detail s of the positions he had h eJd.
Captain Richards made the presentation of a clock to Staff Officer Idris Davie s, now of Cro ss 1lands.
The pper Rhondda Corp _ was pres en with a silver flower vase for competition purposes b) Madame Alicia Cove Parr y, L.R.A.l\1., .t\b ercyn OI1 in memory of her broth er, the late Mr. T. [,'a n , , Y Llet y," Treorchy.
Air Raid Precautions
Review of One Year's Work
By H. C. B E NTALL, O.B. E ., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Assistant Surgeon-in-Chi ef
Air R aid P recaJltions S taff Ojjicer to t he C bief C OII/l/li ss io ner.
\Y/e have completed one year's work in relation to Air Raid Precautions, and a backw ard and forw ard o-lance at the work may be wise and helpful. If change is a sign of progress and life, which it surely is, then we are full of vitality and g rowth, for seldom a month has passed during the last twelv e months in which some big advance has not been made in our Air Raid Precautions work, and it is only b y looking a little carefully into these things, and learning lessons from successes and failures, that w e m ay pt o fit for our further growth.
In our crev iew of the pas t y ea r we owe almost everything to the s ympathetic co-op erati on o f our District and County Commissioners, wi th their staffs It is so eas y for men of Division s to criti cise sup eri or officers, but it is ver y difficult fo r such cri ti cs to correctly v i su ali se th e immens e amo unt of w or k which our officers hav e put in to ma ke the incr easingl y complica ted machinery of our w ork so effective as they hav e. In those areas where this w or k i s pr oo- ressing most rapidly, the amount o f office work a t District Headquarters has b een much heav i er th an anything that has o ccurred prev i o usly The n ecessarily constant changing of methods of proced ure , the difficulties of getting sufficient training m at erial, such as respirators, protectiv e clothing and te x t-b ooks , and the varying instructions concernin g these things coming throu g h from Government Headquarters, has all caused an immense amount of correspond ence and planning to enable Bri g ade members of the r an k an d file to achieve such an enormous adv ance as th ey have during this past eventful year.
Prominent amongst our wor k were th ose intens ive London Courses, four in numb er, which hav e b een the means of producing our instructors and e xa miners as Grade I and Grade 2 Certifi cate holders throu g hout the country. Of the former, we hav e 569 now on our files, and of the latter 827, and the comparativ el y large number does not mean that the examinations have been easy-in fact, the percentage of failures for Grad e has been rather high. The possible method of conducting these examinations, both for instructo r s an d Brigade personnel, has involved much thoug ht and planning at Brigade He adquarters, and the many suggestions and friendly criticisms from all over the country have been no small factor in making th e present regulations as complete as they are.
We owe also a: tremendous debt to all o ur staff at Headquarters, who have made it possible that t he constant coming and goin g of respira tor s, and th e various apparatus connected with the w o rk, as w ell as the largely increased office corresp ondence, t o be dealt with, have all been adequately handled.
Certain lessons have been l earned, and a rev iew o f the
past is profitable if w e can m as ter th em. One of the fi rst thin g w e have learned is th at tl1is work is no t a passing war st u nt, but i s I art of a la r ge 1 rogr amme of national education w h ich h as co me t tay, therefo re o ur plans can b e laid m ore d lib e ratcl y and wit h mOre care, and thi s i s w h a t we ar e n o \v see ki ng to do.
In r eviewin g ex am i nati o n res ul ts, as we ar c a ble to do from Headqu a rter s, we h a e learned t hat good r e su l ts are o b tain ed \,'here th ere a r e adequ atc and effe cti ve in struc tors and exami n ers, and the reye r e of this also h o ld s goo d s, \ hich mean s that \\ L must b e er y careful f or th e sake of the w hole \\ ork to m aintain a hi gh s tan d ar d of Cffl Cicl1CY for th o se who in our nam e t ake u pon them e h ' s th rc of ins tr ucting our member and the general T he Home O ffice , on whose behalf \Ye arc \\ 'or kin g in thi s matter, are in isting on thi point, and th e Civdi an An ti -Gas Sc hoo l al; Falfie ld is thei r I ractic al co nwb utio n t o thi s need, namcl\', to raise thL k vel of i n struc tors, and it is q uite p ssiblc that in ) ca rs to come t hey w ill have increa ed the number of uch schoo ls to t be exten t of t raining all th e n:q uired ins truc tors and examiners I eantime, wc ar " ked to help them to this end, and probably the next t \ e!re m o n th s will cover the mo t intcnsive tim c of our inst ruc tor training that \ve shall e\'er haye . D uring the pa st year , the Civilian l \ nti-Ga ch oo l ha prov ided u s \" ith 58 qualified instructor who h oll their c erti fi cates, b ut du r ing the year we h aye prod ulu l the n umbers ab ove give n which indicate that , 1 t all event s , du rin g the coming year we hall be kep i busy. I am hopino- wi th this in v icw that it will bl p,')s sible b t o intr o d uce more p r acti cal work into our (o nu.ng W eek-end Courses by some practical mean ' ar e at p r esen t u nder consideration . \\ 'e h U\'e failu res a m ongst t hose w h o attended the Anti -Gas Sch oo l, and w h en onr next p p e , turu ty o ccurs fo r sendin g a q uo ta for furt h er cour se the re , I h o p e t h at o ur C ommissioners \yill exercise th<. greates t p ossible care to choose the very fincst men can f rom amo n gs t t hei r offi cer s to se n d for t his speoal cour se . W e have lea rn ed tha t the examination the re is not undul y seve r e, b ut i t i s ery thorough , a'1d o.ur Di stricts n ee d h ave n o diffic ul ty i n makin g a \\?se selec tio n, n ot onl y fo r t he r e fl ex b e nefit of the D1S trlct to which s uch m en r etur n , but a lso for the i mpreSS iOn which th ose me n w ill p ro d ucc o n the Falfielc1 tcachers, as to t h e effi ciency of our officcrs . .
An o the r very p ractica l lesson we h ave learned 15 that every m em ber of the B riga d e in all ranks can mak e the w h ole work run more smoothly and b y s tu dyin g an d putting. practice the v anou s l11struc tlO ns a nd ord ers l SS U from time to tim e
Gas Shelter Suggestions
By CECI L II. P ERKINS , A .R.I.B .A.
The \\.·riter of the c notes was an officer in Fra n ce wh o had cha r ge of a p arty of infa n try during a prolonged gas ra id i n I 917 ·
The gas was di scharge d and &as shcU s in th e afternoon , a nd 111 c r ease d In l11t enslty as th e afternoon wore n. I t was mainJ y chl orine, but so me pho gene was suspectcd . 0 mustard . \ gas raid warn ing ha d b ee n given by b ells and sirens, and all ranks we re wearing t he o ld b ox re SpIra tor then i ssued
,\f \ party took refuge in a l arge dug-out into thc side of a n emb ankment, t he door of which wa s covere d b y a wet blan ket , whic h was periodically re- \\ ett ed duri ng t hc nigh t
If a blanket i relie d upon , the re-wctting is an imp orta nt duty Lo be allocated .
The dug-ou t was cquipped \\,ith a long trestle ta bk and roughly-made seating benchcs . I had pro\ idc d for thi emergency a tock of candles, paper and pencils
l\lth ough my men had all been through repeated gas dri ll as to pu t Ling on their I,?asks and correctly 11tri ng the no tri l clips many of them were young and ha d not prc"i u Iy expcrjenced a prolonged raid. I \."\ -a thercfore conc rned with the morale of the me n. Thi wa helped by [be fact that none of them \\ i hed to show [car. I realised that if I could keep the m intendy occupicd during the first hour of the raiel, they wou ld ttle clown to their masks
If, on thc contrary they had nothing to think of bur lheir unplca ant condition, I knew that one \yould \' omit, a nd then that other would [ollo\v his examp le 1 had pa cd r und order by the sergeant that any man \\'ho rcmo" d his rna k before I did so, would bc " crirned. Thi would not prevcn t a man who had vomited f rom tearing off hI. mask \ breach of di sclpline had to be ayoided if po ssible.
Each man, therefore was set the ta k of writing a lo ng lette r home, which \,'ere all 1110 t wiJling to do. 1 Ios t men to k an hour o\ cr it. I notic d that SomL :-i ill hed their letters and taned playing nought an d ei'O se s.
By th IS timc, all were breathing v nly and quietly \\ c settled dow n for the ni ght, the men sl pin o qUl eth 1n thei r masks and reclini n g their heads on ar ms. Empty I tr ol ca ns \, ' c re U ed as convent ences I too k a cautious sniff no \v and then to judge of the gas conce n tra tion It \vas not until the follo wino- after n oon that o-a ma k could be taken b b off All brass wo rk on uillfor m s, tc \Va the n bright green .
I can no t reca ll th e exac t n u m b er o[ men but th ere Were ce rtainly twent y, a nd no ca of sickness resulted
T he important Jactors oj success here, were, of course , the partial initial training oj the men, and the certain fJ of effective militalY discipline, involving complete CO/1fidence in the ofJicer
If this experience is to be adapted to civilian practice, the nearest substitute Jor discipline would be in esprit-decorps and confidence in a trusted leader.
I f follows, therefore, that air-raid parti es stricth' limited in number should be formed under trained leaders before the emergency arises. Each leader should have his air-raid quarters prepared, available o n ly to h is ticket -holders It will probably be necessary to keep families together involving mixed sexes and some pa rt of t he shel t er curtaine d off for privacy
I cannot imagine that any gas shelter will be effective if crowded with a mo b of strangers of all ages and sexes in a state of distress and panic.
Vomiting would almost cenainly take place, and it would be quite impossible to establish composure.
The leader is unable to speak and must rel y o n written messages and signs
Children would almost certainly be safer in charge of trained school teachers in special shelters.
The vitally important factor is to get pe o ple to si t down, to be calm and to begin doing something definite P arlour games and card games of all kinds would be most valuable, also books and drawing material.
1 f y o\vn experience of gas warfare lead me to b elie\-e that whilst cloud gas from cylinders is greatly to be feared, the most intense bombardment of gas shell ,,-ill never form a really lethal concentration of any duration.
When the German artillery stopped firing high explo lye and beg an ending gas sh ells, e'\eryone \,-as greatly relieved From the offensi'\e point of view, gas-shelling ,,-as a waste of artillery po\'\er.
Railway News
O UTHERl" RAILWAY
J. a matter of int r t particularu of the award gained under the auspice of this Centre for the year 1935 - 36, a compared with the year 193-J.-3 ,are hown belo \\ :Session Certificates Vouchers ;\fedallions
CO)'[PETTTIO T'
T h co n dition_ for year competition ,,-ill pro id e that in tl1 t am tes t l OS. I to -+ mem b er
of the team shall, if available, deal with a supposed disability (accident, injury, or sudden illness) to a patient, who may be NO.5 of the team or a sliitabb' prepared patient, as circumstances dictate."
Preliminar y arrangements have been made for next year's Divisional Competitions. It is anticipated that these will take place commencing the first week in March, and the places of competition will probably be as under :-
Districts Nos. I, 2 and 4
District No. 3
District NO.5
District No.6
Women
SOUTHA1fPTON DOCKS FIRE BRIGADE.
Brighton Deal
Salisbury Exeter
Brighton
The First Aid awards gained by the members of the Southampton Docks Fire Brigade were presented by Mr. R. P. Biddle recently. Mr. Biddle commented on the fact that every member of the D ocks Fire Brigade was a first-aider and said that it was a record to be proud of. He urged them to continue their first-aid training, and took the opportunity to praise their operations during the recent fires at the docks.
Mr. Biddle expressed thanks to Dr. H. C. tt\'\ 'oo d, Hon. Lecturer, and to Mr. F. C. \V ren (Hon. Class Secretary), also to Messrs. H. J. Ings, and E C. mey for the examination arrangements, also to Ir. 11. H. J ones (Fire Brigade Superintendent) for the encouragement he gave to the ambulance movement in the Brigade.
Doctor Attwood in his reply remarked on the growing necessity for an efficient know ledge of first-aid work.
Mr. L. B. Petty proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Edgar Uzzell, chairman of the Southampton Docks Ambulance Centre, who presided.
EXETER AMBULANCE CLASS.
The need for strenuous work in the future in order to get more men interested in ambulance work, and to do better in the competition field, was stressed at the presentation of awards to members of the Exeter Central Ambulance class.
Mr. H. Bullen presided, and Mr. C. F. de Pury (Divisional Superintendent) presented the awards.
The Chairman congratulated the class on its work and said he would like to see the movement better supported. The class was keen, but an effort should be made to swell the ranks.
Mr. de Pury asked the men if they were satisfied with the number of first-aiders, bearing in mind that 'there are probably something like 2,000 men in the traffic department in the Western Di vision, and another 2,000 in the engineers' department, and five or six hundred in the locom otive department. He said that railwaymen especially should have a knowledge of amhLJlance work, bearing in mind their
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hazardous work, and h thought that a larg er' , f 'I . per- centage 0 ral waymen should lnterest themsel ves in the work.
%. (Disbtrict ecretary) said he was not e t e num ers In the Exeter area. The object of work was t,he desire to be in a pos1t1on to render aSSIstance to theu fellow railw aY l11 and to the public. Of the 5,000 men in Western DIVlslOn only about 400 were qualified ambulance men and this was not good enou gh,
A vote of thanks to the Divisional uperi ntcndent was proposed by Mr. E Northcott, and seconJed b\' Mr. S. J. Gregory. The latter pointed out that the teams had little to together and thought some sc?eme mIght be devl ed to make thi s po c:;ible more otten.
ir. de Pury, in reply, said that they hould ha"e anr reasonable facilities to make thi r ssible. company \va not niggardly in what it was prt-pared to do to make ambulance work a llcce s.
LO DO , D & STAFFORD.
I I R \IJ wr\Y
1embers recently took part in the ann ual in di,,"idual ambulance competition for the Thomas llo\\'ard Cup.
This i the ixth year of the competitioll, \l,:hich wa: instituted foUQ\ving the presentation b,' ;\frs, I Ioward of the trophy in memory of her hu band, a former L.M.S. locomoti,'e superintend nt at tafford.
The judge \,:as Dr. Frank L. Edward, and the test through which the competit rs were put con" sisted of treating a revoker hot wound thro uoh the knee, and a simple fracture of the ribs su tain ed in a fall.
Winner of the competition this year was 1\[r. Harry Taylor, with :Mr. George Griffith a funner- up. }vIr. 1. V. Lockley, who, assisted by th e lo cal hoo, secretary, Mr. 'p. Gray, had made the arran gumnrs for the contest, moved a vote of thanks to Dr, Edwards.
Dr. Edwards, in reply, paid tribute to the of the competitors, and described in detail thL crearment of the hypothetical injuries.
l)RI GS BRA CfI.
The annual distribution of awards r cent h took place before a good gatherjng of members. Mr H. R. Wykes presented the awards to the successful candidates, among whom Mr, R. Hodkin on and j\fr. E R. Martin were given spccial mentio n, both receiving their Long Service Gold Medal fo r f1fteen years' examinations passed. Tribute was also paid to Mr. R. Hart for his untjring efforts in the Wl.ining of the class and teams.
One certi6cate, four medallions and sixte en la bel s were also distributed.
WALSALL.
Long service awards have recently been presented to three members.
Mr. G. Staniforth received the 25 years' Gold Bar and Mr. C. Bradley the I5 years Gold lviedal.
Mr. E. Talbot made the presentations and thanked recipients for their services to the cause, whilst on August I2 lvir. Dora? received the 25 year Gold Bar from Mr. G. A. Gnmoldby.
C.A.ERNARVON.
Members of tbe class were successful in winning a silver cup in the Junior ection at Llanberis. The following were members of the team :- 1essrs. Tom West, Ivor \'(filliams, Harold Williams and D, E.
The Superintendent expressing himself very pleased with the way they carried out their work, he has promised to arrange for another class, and to examine them annually himself.
We are very grateful to Supt. for his kindness and for the interest he has taken in the class, also for the of the station yard for drill. The names are: Miss Mary Clegg, Lady Cadet Officer, Cadets Amy 111115, Jessie Shaw, Kathleen Purcell, Veronica Purcell, Elsie Wardle, Margaret Clark, Jo yce Kirk, Marion Wrigley, Clara Reynolds, Florence Bowman, Marion Britton, Teresa McGrath, Edith Baston. The rdwick Boy Cadets held their annual camp again on the sands near Squires Gate, Blackpool.
OXFORD CADET
\/OIlO/ll n, Ltji 10 Rlf!.hl: '1' 1. :\lary Rogers, gr , ;"furiel [kins, Gdc[ Edna Harri on Jlttlllg, LIft 10 C:1tkr Zar:1 P oulte r, Cadet Otf. D orothy Green, Cpl. Rim Poulter
Hu mphrey (captain). The ccrdar), of (he team wa,s :A lderman J. \\'. Pritchard, and trainer \\'illiam WIlliams. They had not comp t d b fore a. a team and we re highly complimcnted on th ir \\"ork.
Cadet News.
MRS., Tw C.B.E., A.R.R.C., .l.P: h Gul adct of the Ryton adet DIVI I {l a;c Just completed a c Uf C of Fire FiO'hting. h or a few months they have att nd d \\ klr at t e Oldha F 'd b . m 'He tab on, an hay be n In tructed of the serg ants thcre.
F' nBJuly 23 uperintendcnt edham hi f f the He rigade, examincd the class.
Ther w re _j.l bor in camp along \yith upe Powell and ade( upt. Charle wonh from July 25 to Augu:t I. The camp ,ya , "er:- ",Yell arranged and the food ,,-as good
Durin g the week the," receiyed in truction in Fir t \id Camping, and RamblinO' and Drill. ari u comp titions ,,'ef held, eyerybody str1\"ing to \yin the beautiful ii\- r cup presented by Captain 'T Rawlin gs, Corp urO'eon.
Th camp wa , -i ited on Friday by :0Ir , Tw edale Lady Di trict uperintendem.
Friday eyening they had their Camp Fire ng y rybod y ' th r uO'hly njoyinO' them eh-e The can1p \\'tl. , truck aturda)" eyerybodr feeling refresh d by th it week br th s a.
A History of Ambulance
_,\ND THE C\RE OF THE rCK A D WOUNDED FROl\[ A cm T TO ).IODER TurF.
By C. ]. S. 1f.B.E., Hon. Curator of the Historical Collection of Royal College of of England; Officer of th Order of t. John of Jerusalem.
The beginning of human efforts to relieve the sick and wounded · in \\Tarfare takes us back to an early period of the world's history. \Y.Je know from Homer, that even in the time of the ancient Greeks some provision was made to relieve those who were stricken on the battlefield, for in the Trojan Wars which are supposed to have happened about 1300 B.C., there was a special class of men who were trained to cut out and draw forth the darts, swords and lances from the wounded soldiers.
The y washed their wounds with tepid water and, after sprinkling them with soothing drugs, applied bandages and administered restorative medicines. They are also said to have known of stypic and narcotic herbs b y means of which they were enabled to stop bleeding and relieve pain.
Although the Greeks had no field hospitals, it is stated that the tents of the soldiers were used for the reception of the sick and wounded after a battle.
Cyrus, the great general and founder of the Persian Empire, in 520 B.C., not only provided his army with the most skilful surgeons he could obtain for his ow n men but ordered them to l ook after the wounds of the enemy as well.
In Western Europe, according to tradition, there existed a cult of healing in Ireland centuries before the Christian era.
It is stated that the Irish had a learned ph ys ician named Diancecht, who probably lived amon g them ab out 500 B C. According to ancient chronicles, he was a man of great skill as an army surgeon, and in an ac count given of the great battle of Moytura, which was fought in the county of Sli go about the ye ar 4 87 B .C., Dian cecht prepared a gre at healing bath with the medicinal herbs and plants of Erin, over which he pronounced mysterious incantations while the battle was going on. As the wounded so ldiers were carried to the rear, the y were at once plunged into the bath, and are said to have come out healed, so that the y were able to fight the enemy again and again.
Although the tradition savours of th e miraculous, it is interesting, as it appears probable that th ere were herbs known to have antiseptic properties eve n at that time, and the efficacy o f this treatment b y bathin g may have had some germ of truth in it.
In the same battle we are told that the king of the De Danaan race lost his arm, and the g reat surgeon D iancecht stopped the hremorrhage, dr esse d the wound, and he reco ve red
At a later period , when the Celts cam e into prominence in Ireland, the D ruids were the physicians and healers. One of the most famous of these was one
Trosdal e, who was renowned for bis kno\\ lcdne of b surger y, and wh o clatm ed to b e able to pro , Ide an antidote against th pois on d arrows that were sa id to hay e b een us d by the Cymri who landed un th e south coast of It land . Curiously enou gh, thjs treatm ent is sai d to have also taken the form of a bath, and at a battle that is said Lo haye been tough [ on the banks of the Slaney, Tro dale arran g d to haye a bath of mlll- at the rear of th e army into w hich the \vounded soldiers we r e plunged The milk \\ as said to counteract th e ffects of poison, and th e uldie rs emerged from it free from danger of ill-cflect s.
On e more torr connected with ancient Iri h hi tO rr is interesting in conn ction \yith our ubj cct 1t IS re corded that \"hen the palace of Tara \Va a t t he height of its splendour, a wing or buildin g adj it ,,-as knm.,' n b,- the name of The Hou e oC th e rimson B ranch ') Near to thi wa the Royal h o pital called " Th e House of O[[O\Y,' where the ick and \vOL nded so ldiers were lodged and attended to wit h f'LOal care. This institution eem to 11, YC prun o rom a description of knight-errantry imilar to th at which characterized the Knight -llospitallcc in h tcr time
As time went n, \'\ e find till g reater att ention \\·a5 p aid to the \.vounded on the battlefield and it i. therefore, not to b e wondered that a g re a t milttar)' rac e lik e the ancient R omans had a re g ular medical service with their armie . Lin· tells u s th at shorclr before the Christian era, it was' customan· tu com·e;· thos e who had received any injury in Romc, and to attend to them in the dwellings of th e rich.
Th e same historian relates that after a certain engagemen t, th e wounded officers were treat ed sl'rgically in their own tents on the field. 1\ t a la ter pl'[J?d, we find that, in addition t o a regular arm y n1ldlCal staff, there existe d a crude s rt f ambulanc e sen'lce , for Labianus, after the battle of Ruspina, ..j.6 B.( . sem his wo unded i n wagons to Adrumentum. T his is the first mention of the u se of an ambu lanc e on the battlefield . Tiberius in his Illyrian camp aip"ll ,,·as acc om pani ed not on l y by regular army physiciar " bur b y a corps carrying litters, whose duty it w as to loo k after the wou nd ed. This corps , which appears ro have b een made up of eig ht or ten men sel ected from each cohort or century, were employed in the r:ar of t he actual fight in g li ne, -£ r the purpose of off and r elieving tho se who fell stricken in actJOO. T owards the end of the 4th century, Ve getus: wrote a work en titl ed C( Concerning Milita ry _\flaHs, devotes a ch apter to the care of the health of thl- ar my, and to the tendi.ng of the sick so ldi ers by "medIcal art." He I S the first to refer to fi el hospitals, and states that cc to each cohort of Ro man
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soldiers, \l,Thich consisted of 500 to 600 men, four surgeons were attached, \vho \"rere commanded by a superior officer, who might be described as a Surgeon-Colonel. The surgeons ranked with th standard-bearers and trumpeters as non-commissioned officers, and ",Yore the o rdinary dre s and arms of the Legionaries. The standard army had its stationary camp or military hospital. and when on the march to battle, there were additional medical attendants told off to ride immediately behind the fighting line, who carried supplies of restoratives and dressings and who were deputed to look after the wounded. Various steel or monumental tablets have been discovered in England bearing inscriptions recording the names of Roman military surgeons attached to cohorts occupying Britain.
In the 6th century, :Mauricius the Byzan tine Emperor, attached to his army men called" Dcputati," whose duties were to carry those wounded in battle off the field. These men were mounted and distributed among the cavalry. On the left si de of their saddles were placed t\;vo stirrups, so that they might more easily take up wounded behind them. They \vere ordered to carry water bottles to revi-';Ye those who might faint from loss of blood, and for each wounded man they saved they received a reward.
Leo VI, Emperor of the East, who flourish ed in the 9th century, and whose empire was invaded b y the Saracens, had similar arrangements for each regiment of his arm y, and mentions besides the wounded " Deputati," that he provided physicians and attendants for the sick. He instructed that suitable medicines both for healing wounds and for the cure of disease should be kept in readiness near the armies.
In an account of the Battle of Stiklestadt, in l orway, which took place about the year r030, it is said that Thormod the Skald was struck in th e left side by an arrow, and he retired to a barn adjoining the field of action, where, fortunately for him, he found women attending to the wounded. Thi s is the first record we have of women being employed as attendants on the sick in time of war, although there were women at the famous medical school of Salerno, who became renowned for their skill in surgery Rudolph the Monk, on visiting that city in the year r059, mentions meeting with a learned matron thought to be the celebrated Trotula, who afterwards wrote a treatise on medicine.
Lanfranc, the founder of French surgery, who lived about r050, is the first to record that the best method of stopping hremorrhage was to apply pressure to the part from which the blood issued. On one occasion, he is said to have saved the life of a child who had fallen and cut a vein in its neck, by pressing his fingers on the spot and keeping it there for more than an hour.
During the I rth century, we have very little record of the methods for relieving the wounded. It is probable that after a battle, the soldiers were first attended by women who followed the camps, and
afterward by surgeons \Vho were attached to the comI ames of the great nobles forming the arm
In I 12 4, howey cr, \ve find that L ouis VI, wh led his army against the E mper or of German y, special provision for the r li ef of those wound ed in battle. Whene\'er a conflict took place, carts and wagons carrying water and wine for the tired and wounded oldi rs were statio ned in the fighting line and formed into a kind of small fort Those who left the fray n account of th eir w unds, sough t refuge ther , so they might rest haye refreshment, loosen their armour, and so \\ hen revived, continue to Eght for yictory.
Ed\vard I \,-as probably the fust English monarch to originate a form of Army nfedical eryi ce, and when he the Eeld against cotland about 1298 we learn trom the tate Papers that he was attended by eyen medical men con isting of a physician with two attendant a urgeon \\"ith t \\' attendant , and a simple urgeon. The king's physician and the surgeon received a knight. pay of 2S. ada }, whde the others who ranked a e quire, receiyed 13.
The discm-err of O'unpo\\'der in the 14[h centur\, naturally reyolu tioni ed surgical treatmeD( on battlefield. In read of \"ounds caused by the s\\ ord the spear and the arrow, bullet, \\ 'h ich 'ga,'c i.e more seriou internal trouble bad to be dealt ,,·ith.
The fiL t in trumenL deyi ed for extractin g bulle ts consi ted of a kind of hollow probe, throu gh \\'hich passed a rod v,:ith a crcw pint like a gimkt This was in erted into the w und until the bullet was reached, and an attempt was then made to crL \\ rhe point int the lead until it had sufficient hold trJ with. dra\.y it. The ri ok and suffering Gl.l1 cd b\' thlS operation can be imagined better than de Crlbcd.
For a considerable period it was uni\ ersally belieyed that gunpowder poisoned the woun d, and all kind of cscharotics in the form of ointme nts and salves ",'ere emplo} ed as dre sing. which mu "t han had a mo t irrilating effect.
When Hem} V went t France in 14 5, l,c was accompanied by Thoma olnet, a physicia n, and Thoma s :0[orsted, a surgeon together \vith t\\el \'e assistant, and there is little doubt they did useful work at the Battle of Agincourt.
A great ad-.;-ance was made during the war in Granada in 1483, when Queen Isab lla of Sp ain had a large number of special tents set up, whi ch were reserved for the sick and wounded. Th e) were furnished with the neces ary attendants and m edicines at her own cost, and ca ll ed the" Queen's Ho spital."
The y are Erst mentioned in connection with thL iege of Alora, when it is recorded that "For the care of the sick and wounded, the Queen sent to the camp si x la rge tents and their furniture, togeth er with physicians, surgeons, medicines and attenda nts, commanded that they sh ou ld be charged nothIn g I?f she would pay all." On the surre nd er of1tf alag a,lD 1487, th e Spanish army on its entr y was followed the Que en's Hospital, which must have neede
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transport, for it took 400 ambulance wagons tc? carry It. Martyr, who saw it two years later, gIves the folloWlDg description: " Four huge hospital the provision of queenly piety, are a sIgh t worth seemg. They are intended not o nly for 0e wounded, [or thos e labouring under any disease. The phYSICIans, apothecaries, surg eons, and other att endants are as numerous the order dilia- en ce . 'b' and supply of all things needful as complete, as in y our sub.urban Infirmary of the Holy Sp irit, or the great 11ilan Hospital itself. Every sickness an d casualty is met and pro vided for by the Royal boun ty , except where Nature s appointed day is at hand. "
Queen Isabella also showed her d eep interes t ni the of the by fre quentl y v i si tin g the sc;>ldier s 1D her. hOSpItal tents , and wh en h er courtiers thi s w as cont; ar y to Castillian etiqu et te, she IS sai d to have replied, " Let me g o to them, f or they h av e no m o thers here, and it will soothe th em in their p ain and w eakness to fin d that they are not uncar ed for ." It is a notew orthy fa ct that the nu rses in the se h os pi t al s w ere women, and this i s commented o n b y P edro Bosca in an oration d eliv ered in R ome befor e the Senate of Cardinals in 1487, w h er e he stat ed : " The Queen s H ospital comp r is ed n early 400 wagons with awnin g s, and the w ounded were nurse d b y most res pectable matron s sele cte d fo r t he work ."
In 1495, after the Battle of For n ov o, w hich took place o n J u ly 6, the ar my of Charle s V III, in its re t reat to Fr an ce, narr owly escape d des t ru ction in the passes o f the Apennines.
A tta ched t o the Venetian a rmy was one A lessa n dro Bene d et ti, w ho serve d as sura-eon, and he has left a b narrativ e In the fo r m of a diary whi ch was discovere d a f ew years ago in I taly In it he re co rd s the h u mane m anne r in w hich the Venetian s tr eated the French w o unde d aft er the b attle , which appears to be a foreshad owing of t he work of t h e R ed Cross . H e states amo n g t he wounded were many Frenchm en, b u t we re treate d b y t he V enetian su rgeons at t he public exp ens e Melchior of T reviso, pro curator of th e h a d t h ose w h o cou ld n o t keep up in t he carn ed to P arma, sup plied them with mo n ey m .the n am e of the Senate, and pro v id ed s u rg e ons at a libera l scale. pa y " T he g o o d, jovi al o ld man ," says BenedettI, now Vice-General of the Flee t wen t roun d the beds, and exho rt ed th e patients t o ' be of good cheer. A mon g them w ere w ounded Frenchmen The peo p le of Parma m arv elled g r eatly at the clem ency shown b y the Venetians to w ard s their enemies." in his w ork printe d in 1573, t ells us that w ith the army in Germany in tho se days it was there should be alon g with the commanderIn-chief (or accordin g to the modern phrase, the general a field surg eon-in-chief, a doct o r w h o had the lDspection of field surgeons the barbers and their servant s, whose duty w as to drag the from the heaps of slain, and to convey them to the doct o r. was obliged to keep by him instruments and mediclDes, and at each mustering to examine the instruments and apparatus of the field surg eons; he
decided also, in disputed cases, how much the sold' h d . lers w ose woun s had been cured ought to pay to th field sur g eon. Du rin g marches, he w as bound e remain with th e co m mand e r-i n -chief to Fronsperger als o observes th a t « there ought be with the a rtill er y a field -s ur g e o n, an d with compan y a particular fi eld-s urge on, n o t, ho wever b eard-scrap er, but a r eg ularly i nstruc ted penenced, and w ell-practise d man. » T his persod w:s bound alway s t o acco mp an y th e en sign, with able se rvan ts, and h e rec ive d d ou ble p ay . year 1 517 saw th e advent of the great french ffillit ary sur geon , A.mb r o is e P are , the contemporary of V e alm s, and th e lI1lIDe ru ate predecessor of Ha rvey
H e was a ma r: .of g r eat abili ty a?d inau gurated a nev: e po ch lD l'ruli tary surgery. lli s experience was vane d an d rema rkable For over thirty \ ears he fo llowed the \var under four kings Henry II Francis II ,. ¥, and Be r:r) III: !n all the great campalgn 1D wh1ch he took part, his characrer, humanity, and jovial disp o luon. helped to carry him 2.£ ly thr ough. It \\'a at the SIege of Bramvillier that hl; was firs t led to m ake depara:re in urgical ,:ro rk in app lying t h e pnnClple of the l1gaturc to ble dIDO- arter i s wirh w hi ch his name will ever be ,
Pa re did not inven t the ligature as is gene ralk sup posed, but merely re -rusco\-c red it. It \Va in the time of Xenophon in the 3rel cent ury B.C. Celsus mentions it as the ordinary method of t;ca tina wounds in the time of the Romans, and of A p amea (A D 48 - 170) , tieci the arteri e \\ hen after fixing a tight band at the ro ot of the limb.» One can scarcely imagine the ho rrors that f ollowed amputation of limbs in tho se d ays . The r aw and exquisitely sensitive stump \yas either e.·posed to the red -ho t cautery , or plunged into boili g pitch to stop the Pare, with his str ong nin of human sympathy and long experience on t1 e battlefie ld, set out t o try and Clnd some other l11t llO d of tr eatin g t he ampu tate d limb, and he expl I11 cnted b y firs t u sing a mixture of the yolk of egg, oil roses an d turpentine . Reso lved on trying this new d essina ?e i s said to have passed a sleepless night in ciru u that It injure those to whom he had app lied ir, but hi s d elight n ex t day was proportionately gr e'lt , he found his patient s had suffered b ut little p alO, wh.tJe the w o u nd s were free from inflammat ion and s veiling· Thi s dress ing he u se d in a ll his s ub sequen t cases of amputati on, fo r , as h e him self says : "It \V as the sugges ti on o f some goo d ange l, for I nev er it of m y m ast ers, nor o f any o th er man ." It is typIcal of th e grea t surgeo n tha t on another occaSlOn, after the suc cessfu l t re atm ent o f a wou n ded officer, he said, "I tr ea t ed him, G o d cu re d him."
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&fllonal Home )!l1lllilU.:t: On Hernia Overseas cws Corresponuence Brigade cws Interesting Case and Rail\\'av c\\' North ern Ireland
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A.R .P 'INTEN SIVE COURSES October, 193 6
8 a resu lt of th e very <Y[eat Llce ss attending the classes in connectio n with J\. .R .P. and" Gas" the St. J ohn Brigade has With l! to a futther ne of lectures dealin g a the va nous forms of air-raid precaution.
The lecture, include ;:\fethods of launching gas attacks.
Classifica tion of war g ases and their effect:> i',Iethods of diagnosis and first -aid treatment
Use of rna ks and protec-ti\·e clothing. i',[ean of deconramination of persons and prop erty Eguiprnem and management of protective shelters an d room s.
Orgaru ation or aid tations and conveyance of casualties.
The hr of thi erie of lecture - was held on October 3 at the Great Central Hotel, London, where a large number of member of the Brigade, some of \vh om had trayelled mam- miles in order to be pre em wer a embled The most successful of this per onnel will be used in order to inc rease the number of quali Eed instructor on _ .R.P
lthough there are, at the moment, 'orne 2,000 qualified in tructor it is felt that the number mu t be materially increa ed in order that the es ential knowledge may be pa ed on to all memb r of the Brio-ade and al 0 the g neral public.
Further particulars an d the general oro-ani sation ln re peer of the e cour. es rna\' be found on page 312.
Kensington Nursing Division
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REpORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 193 6
At the end of June, 1936, there were 141 of the Committee's ambulances in the country and 2 15 affiliated stations, making a total of 356.
The number of patients carried during the quarter was 35,739, bringing the total number of cases carried to June 30, 1936, to 1,644,546.
The filling up of forms and making returns are among the most unpopular duties that befall us in these statistical days. It is a duty that should certainly be spared, as far as possible, to those who are giving their voluntary services for the public benefit. The Home Service Ambulance Committee has always been most anxious not to inBict unnecessary trouble in this respect on those who already sacrifice -so much of their time and energy to ambulance work. The main requirement has been the quarterly reports, showing the number of cases carried in the ambulances and the cost of the work. However tiresome the making of these returns may be, they are not without value. The information obtained from these records has indeed been of the greatest help in bringing home to the public the vast service that members of the Order and the Society are performing every year and every da y for the communi ty.
The reports on running costs received from the various stations have to be read and comparisons made with a certain amount of imagination because of the different local conditions, the different types of vehicle in use and the different views taken to what should be included under that heading Some stations have to include the cost of housing the ambulance, while others have free garaging fa<;ilities. Some have paid drivers, others have voluntary drivers. Some have heavy cars, others have light vehicles. In hilly country the consumption of petrol and oil is naturally greater than in more revel districts. There is, therefore, a wide difference between the apparent cost per mile of the ambulances. Nevertheless, it is possible to deduce from the figures supplied by stations-and for which the Committee is most grateful-facts which are of the greatest help in providing means to answer questions from Units of the Order and the Society proposing to take up similar work. This question of running costs is one that deserves very careful consideration by those in charge of stations. It is in recognition of the importance of this item that the Committee is constantly endeavouring to obtain every concession possible from manufacturers and suppuers of goods required by the Service. The difference of even one penny a mile in running costs represents an appreciable difference in the annual working c:osts of a station. A considerable proportion of the ambulances in the Service cover distances varying
from 5,000 to 25,000 miles a year. So me even more. It is easily apparent, therefore, th at even fractional savings in running costs per mile are important. This is quite apart from the question of proper maintenance of the vehicles. There is no economy in the neglect of necessary adju stments and overhauls. Information comes to han d from time to time of ambulances djscarded from the Service which show obvious signs of neg lect Such neglect can be very detrimental to the comfor t of the patients. Complaints as to the bumpin g of the ambulance are often due to the need for atttntion to the chassis and the springs. Not only, h ow ever, is neglect in the care of the chassis and of th e eng ine a cause of discomfort to patients; it may al sl have a considerable bearing on the average milea ge costs. It is only when these are in really first-cla ss order that the best results can be obtained.
The reports on the number of cases carrie d in the ambulances have been as aluable, or eve n more valuable, than the reports on costs. It will be remembered that when the Order and th e Society proposed, after the War, t o institute a l T Ambulance Service, there \ as a very wid e! held view that such a Service was quite unn ecess ary, except for the transport of sick and \ ounded n time of war. The reports from stations have, h(1 demonstrated be yond qu estion that ambul ane are not only a valuable, but an essential eleme n tn the Health Service for the civil population. T h<.y have further hown how the invalid transpor t carried out by the Service ha increased year by Y<' r, this in spite of the fact that local gO\-ernme nt bo dies all over the country have- inspired by the (. '(am ple set by the Ord er and the Society-been i 11pelled to recognise the real demand that existed fOl am bu· lances and have pro vi ded municipa l for service in their own areas. The Presiden t ot the British 1edical Association, in his rece nt add ress to the annual meeting of the Association, of changes and developments in the campai gn ngal?st disease which had come to life since he was a medi cal student. "Such names and expressions," he said, "as municipal hospitals and panel prac tice; natal infant welfare and child guidance climes, , , I almoners and health visitors; X-rays and physJ ca medicine; mental hygiene; psychotherap y aod inferiority complex were unknown to our voc abu lary. It would be equa lly tru e to say that services for the help of the doctors in d ealJog \VIt disease, for rich and poor, throughout the land werf also undreamed of in those days and that much 0 the work that is now accomplished b y the Cew methods to which he referred would h ave impossible without that provision for th e mobJ of the sick which the ambulance affords.
On Hernia
By R. W. STRAIN, M.D., B.Sc., District Surgeon, Northern lreland District.
A hernia (or rupture) is the protrusion of any organ from its norma] Thus, for. examp.le, the pro trusion o.f the fron: the crarual caVIty follow ing extensIve head Injury IS a rupture. Such a correct surgical definition is not necessary for our purpose as. first-aiders; and so we u.se l.o0 ser one gi ven ill the Textbook, remembenng Its lirrutatiODS an d say that a rupture is the protrusion of an internal organ (usually the bowel) through the muscu lar wall of the abdomen, most frequently at the groin.
(0) V ARIETIES OF HERNIA::.
The re are a number of conditions that predispose to rup ture :-
!.-J\t certain points in th e abdominal wall the muscle is normally thin, and in some people this is so marke d that it is almost absent; and there are tunnel s in the muscle wall throu gh which abdominal conte nts s uch as fat or intestine can gradually work their \,;lY till they ue just under the skin. Because these tunn els (not the rupture) have existed since birth, this type of hernia is called congerutal. The onset ot th e hernia is gradua l as a rule; and it occurs in cer tain definite places as follows :-
(I) J\b ove and on the inner side of the fold of the grmn.
(l) Belo w the fold of th e groin just beside the fem oral artery_
(3) .\t the navel or umbilicus.
The rup ture is noticed as a small swelling at one of th ese sites and docs not call for first-aid treatment. The should however, be advised to see his doct or abo ut it without delay.
n. -Some people have weak abdominal muscle . and a su dden effort may cause one of the abdominal organs to push throu gh the weak spot. This is a dire ct hernia as distinct from the congenital kind, becau e the opening through the muscles has been cause d by accident or effort and has not been there from birth. The sudd n \\'elling and pain, when this type of rupture occurs, may call for the first rud treat ment outuncd in the Textbook, which is direc ted tow ards rela.'(ing the abdominal ,vall by the muscle and to reducing the local swellin g by means of cold application. Medical help shou ld be obtained forthwith. These ruptures generall y occ u [ in the groin.
, IlL -The site of an old operation may be lacking 10 stron g abdominal mu cles, and is one of the places where a rup ture sometimes occurs.
(b) D ANGERS OF I h t .IS not the duty of the first-aider to pll h at a erma to try to ge t it back in place' but it is of 10terest to rcmemb r that this can a b done b
and that the protruding organ can usuaHy be kept back by a truss or by the abdominal wall when this has been repaired by operation.
The danger to a rupture is not simply that to an organ lying in an unprotected site. The danger is this, and it is worth remembering because an immediate operation is sometimes needed if life is t e> be saved. First, the rupture may get so big that it cannot be returned to its normal place (or, to give it its medical name, (( reduced "). Secondly, if the rupture contains a loop of intestine, the passage through this loop may get kinked or its blood supply may get cut off. In either case there is a of the bowel produced-what the surgeons call « acute intestinal obstruction "-and the viet Un i s unable to pass solid bowel contents or even wind. These complications may foliow immediately th e first appearance of a rupture of the direct kind and may occur in any hernia at any time.
If a rupture appears suddenly) if an old ruptur e suddenly refuses to go back into its place, or jf there is sudden constipation in a patient with a rupture, every hour's delay in securing medical attention may make the treatment more difficult and the ultimate outlook worse.
No. r08 (Euston) Division
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Sir Ernest Burdon (Chief Commissioner for India of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas) inspected the Bombay Corps of NO.3 District recently. The !nspection took place in the compound of the Elphinstone High School, where the rnembers of the were drawn up.
Sir Ernest on arrival was received by 1ir. G. \,(/i1 s Assistant Commissioner for Bombay), Captain F. Kapadia (the officiating District Superintendent) and ther officials. Sir Ernest first inspected the nursinadivision consisting of Parsi and Muslim women, and then passed on to the Parsi, Jew, Cosmopolitan, Hindu, Maratha, Radiant Club, People's 1Iuslim and Cadet divisions.
After the inspection, Captain F. N. Kapadia read a short of the work done by the Bombay Corps. He sald that next to No. 2. District, theirs was the largest and strongest in India, having on its roll two :lUrsing, one cadet nursing, ten ambulance and three cadet ambulance divisions with a total of more than 1:00 members. The Parsi Ambulance Divisions the was .0 190 4, and the youngest: the ::\1uslim Nursmg DIVIsIOn, was registered in I93 5· All castes and creeds were represented in the District, and the divisions did useful work at public functions and during riots and political troubles.
, Sir Ernest, in his address, thanked the members of 0e various divisions for giving him an opportunlty to meet them. He paid a compliment to the Parsi Division, which had a fine record of service to its credit. He also complimented the Parsi ·community in providing a headquarters for the division, and expressed the hope that the other divisions also would soon. have. owr: headquarters. Referring to the nurslng diVlsIOn, Slr Ernest said it was very encouraging to see purdah women taking to Ambu"lance work. That was an indication of the interest women were showing in home nursing.
Sir Ernest suggested that it would be very useful to ha,:e. a college division in Bomba),. He was also ?f oplnlon that the activities of the Brigade should be extended more and more into the mofussil. He regretted that, owing to financial difficulty, it had not been. possible for the Headquarters to do much for prov1ding better equipment to the Corps, but recently they had received a contribution from the Silver Jubilee Fund. A sum of Rs.800 had been allotted to Bombay from that fund. The Headquarters were also contemplating the appointment of a staff officer whose services will be available, in the matter of administrative and training work to the Commissioners.
Mr. G. Wiles thanked Sir Ernest for his suggestions and the allotment of R s. 8oo for their district. The
Chi f Commissioner then visited the Headcluarters of the Parsi Division, wherc he was garlan?e.d by 1r. Panthaki, the Sup rintendent of the D1V1sio n
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Elllpire Exhibitioll: jo!JaJllles/lIIrg - lt is esti mated that more than 1,000 ambulance workers will take turn. dut durin.g the. perio.d of Pour Flrst _ \1d tatlOns w1ll bl. es tab.
ill the gr:-)Unds and ambulance worker s wi ll be 1n tr m 9 a.m. to I I p.m. dail y. The preparation, for adequate Fir t l \id S rvices an. being completed by th t. John mbl1lanc Bri gade and the Red ross ociety conjointly.
It i likely that 0l11C memb r. of the R hodes ia Railways Di trict intend to pay a vi it to the I.x hibl· tion epternber 15 193 6 , and Janu ar} 1 j, 1937, and 1n re pon e to an Im-itation reCCiY Ld from the Con1111is. ioncr of the Transvaal Province District they might welcome the opportunity of takin g a duty at one o.f the First \id post. in conj unction With members or th Tran yaal District and t he .A Red Cross ociet\'. 1\.ny members \ h 111:1\' be attending th Exh"ibition' and who ar prep ared to assist should give th ir names and dat of thc lr sta\ in Johannesburg to their Di,"i ional fIi cu (or fembcr-in- harge) for tran mi ion to tbe \ :,' istam Commi sioner. \ll dut\ at the .xhibirion will be done in uniform.
Examinatio77s. lore I.:!lcouraging I.:xal1l1l1 alion rt· ports been received during the past 111 lOth, a total ot 103 candidates haying qualified for 1 11':-t Aid awards.
At Bulawayo on J q, 16 pa eu an exa minatiun conducted by Dr. K. R dg r, and n J u ly 2 30 pupil of thc Chaplin High cho01 at Cwelo qualified for the Junior First ..< \jd Certii1cale f( llowing a course of instruction giyen by j\[r. \. . R ol ;Lrt on.
The urgeon-Examiner \Va Dr. [laf\\'ood \a.h (GmTrnment Officer)
On July 27, 28 and 29, Dr. \\ ' \. Rail, ot LmtalJ, carried out examinations at \\ 'hich p prm·ed themselves efficient.
The last report n..:cei\'cu deals with tests conducted at alisbury by Dr. C. \'C Roberts on (Go, crnment Medical Officer) on .l\ugu t 5 when 15 members passed the prescribed examination. Person/lel. -?-vlr. c.. 1. Bull ( ur nntcl1den( of the Bulawayo mbuJance Division) hac; been appointed cting Corps Officer for a p eriod of approximately two months a from Au gust Jj.
During his absence from the Di ision, Mr E. R. Baldock will bc Ambulance fficer-in -C ha rg c .
At Salisbury, Mr. H. L. Fox has becn appointed Acting H n. Secretary during tllC absence on leave of Mr H G. Florey. Miss E. M. Iz zct (Lady Officer of the alisbu ry ursing 1S also on leavc until carly in October. Th e affa H
of t11e Nursing are being managed br a CommIttee, of whIch MISS Ramsey is the Hon. Secretary.
Completed iJec/llre Courses. - Dr. Porjaz, of Beira, recently gave. the [mal lecture of an interesting series much by members of the Railway First A1d SectIOn establIshed at Beira.
A course of sin-ular lectures given by Dr. Manning at Lu sak a has also been concluded.
NC1V C/asses.-The Bulawayo Nursing Division has organised classes of instruction in First \id and the attendance is vcry promising.
A native class consisting of 50 candidates has been formed at Umtalj under the auspices of the mtali Divis ion.
Blood 7i'allsjllSiolJ G'rollps.- alls n the Blood Transfusion Groups at mtali and Bulawayo have been ma de during the past few weeks. The Transfusion Group are not confined t members of the St. .L \mbulance Brigade, and those interested are invited to make them elvc known to the Brigade Officers the vartous centr s.
ZEAL D.
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The sta rting of ambulance classes in Oamaru dates back to the ninetie , for it wa on £\.pril 2.8, 1892, tha t a pubJlC me ting wa hrst called. The Mayo r (M r. D. Dunn) presided and there were 0 present. It was decided to f rm a branch of the St. J ohn Ambulance \. ociation. The Rev. _A.. B. Todd was appointed chairman; ;\1i s eth- mith (aftef\\arcl if. 1\. 1£CCaw), secretary; M[. E. P. Lee, hon. secretary and trea ur r. 11e dames Gould and Hea dland, Mi e Hewat, 1\1acdonald and addell j\[essL Crombie, 1\.. l1eadla.nd, Lind ay, Sumpter and Dr. .de Lautour were the brst committee. The surgeon-1nstruct r wa Dr. H. A. de Lautour and the surgeo n-examiner Dr. Jame Whitton.
The Oamaru mbulancc Divi ion of the Bri a- ade th e. distinction f being the fourth oldest dlV1SlOn 1n Dominion. The Dun din, Auckland and Dunedin ur ing Di iS10n preceded it. The Oamaru Ambulance Brigade was establi hed on Octobe r 18, 1899. Dr. Garland \Va the hon. urgeon Hugh Thoma upcrintendent;; 1\1r. Harding ren fell, first officer; 01[. •\. Bloch secretan- and treasurer; and Mr. \,/ trachan, in pector of ;tore Oamaru Ut. ing Division comes se\ cnth on S the llst of establishm nt in the D minion datina- from ept b > 0 M em er 22, 190+ The hon. surgeon \Va Dr. c-,\dam; lady upedntend nt, 1\1i 11. Bruce' first officer (now nursing officer (now 1fr B. t Lambert); h n. ecretarv, 111s Bee' hon teas M' -" M B urer,. 1 s I.. [orley; to rector ot tor ,1Ii !. eswic k.
The present of the Oamaru St. J obr:. Ambulance ASSOClatlOn are :-President, the Ven . Archdeacon J. D. Russell; vice-presidents, Mrs . J. Forrester, Dr. R. S. J. Fitzgerald and Mr. W. J. DavIes; secretary, Mr. T. J. Guthrie; committee. C. J. Emmett, A. Skirving Misses J. B. WIlson, M. H. Marwick, Messrs. H. C. Jeffery and H. Barclay.
The motor ambulance of the Brigade was In 19 I 8 and was found of great service dunn g the great pneumonic influenza epidemic of tbat year. The splendi dl y equipped 40 h.p. mode!!: ambulance In use to-day was purchased in 1927, A record of the trips made by these ambulances shows a t?tal of 2,4I2 trips made and of 37,762 miles travelled Slnce I918. The total number of accidents attended ro iLl the last ten year IS 82.4. These figu res show the great voluntary senTlce give n b\- the members of the Brigade. The figure for the l urs ing Di v1sion are equally impressi\'e
Oamaru officers '\\. ho haye achieyed high distinctior:; in the Order of t. John are the late - 11. H. who ro e ro the rank of Officer the first to be promot.e d to that office, srs. Hugh Thomas (now of Chflstchurch) , J. Da,-ie and T. J. Guthrie, all of whon: are BrotheL , and 1[i C. Sumpter; who l S a en·lllg i. I e
\,r:L GA N I.
11r. John Brine , a r-ounda tion member of th To y nbee Hall Di,-ision t. John has had a lon g expenence and a ociation with the work of the. Order of St. John. Taking a co urse of Flrst lOstructlon early in 1887 under old 1[etropolitan entre, he gained the certificate In prJI of that year, the signatures on that certificate being V. B. }..:ennett-Barrin a-ron (president of Centre); J. Dunda Grant ( uro W. Collinrida-e (urgeon-Examiner ) \Y J. Church-Brasier hon. secretary).
Hi Home -ur jng nd Hrgiene certificates how th ia-natures of Roben ( H. C. Herbert C. Perrott (ChId cr any t. J OM 111_ mb r '\'ell b pr ud to pos e . The Jubilee ot 1\lr. BrIne' contact w ith the ,york of th Order c incid ,,-ith th Jubil e of th t. John Ambulance Brigade to b cd brate m fay 193-' r\lthou O'h frequ ntly ding dut\' "a a t. J oru flrst-aider for s vera l \' it not until 189 that fr. Brin finally admin d at a full 111 dnt'
S officcrs ot the Brigade to-day arc: - District Dr. R. J. Fitzgerald' mbulanc Divisional urgeon Dr E' E Butler ' lV1SlOnal . d ,... , superJnten ent, Me \'(/. J. Davie ; ambulance ?fficer, Mr. Joseph Kearns; sergeant, Mr. T Guthne; corporal, Mr. A. North; secretary and treasurer, Mr. H. C. Jeffrey; Nursing Division . SU.rgeon, Dr. E .. E. Butler; lady superintendent, Miss M. H. Marwlck; lady ambulance officers, Mesda:nes Asher and A. Skirving; inspector of stores, Miss M. y; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. A. A. Barsdell.
Df the Metropolitan Corps Officers in the old meeting r oom at St. John's Gate. It was at this meeting the late Mr. W. H. Winny announced that after conferring with Canon Barnett, the division of which he was then Superintendent would be known as the Toynbee Hall Division.
Mr. Brine has 42 years' efficient Brigade service to his credit, starting as a private, and for a short time DiVisional Secretary in London. Upon reaching New Zealand, he organised several classes, also the Wanganui Sub-Centre of the Wellington .District, N.Z., which later became the · Wanganill Centre St.J.A.A. For 29 years, Mr. Brine hat; been a member of the Centre's Committee. He organised the first division of the Brigade, which met for practice in an old smithy's shop, acting as secretary, soon becoming Divisional Superintendent, later Corps Superintendent, then District Superintendent to Senior District Superintendent, Wellington District, ip. charge for a short time, then Assistant Com'missioner, and now, with the approval of H.R.H. 7he Grand Prior, Commissioner.
· _ Mr. Brine lays great stress upon the fact that whatever preferments have come to him is mainly clue to the loyal and self-sacrificing men and women in the rank and file who do the real work. Pro uti/itate homimlm.
Correspondence.
To the Editor, ST. JOHN AMBULANCE GAZETTE.
DEAR SIR,
WHARNCLIFFE WOODMOOR COLLIERY DI SASTER
, 'The explosion was at 3. I 7 a.m. For reasons not jet known, the news and seriousness of the explosion . were not known or realised until nearly 5 a.m. Drs. }Ienderson and Pain were called and proceeded to -the colliery. Dr. Henderson went down below and Pain took charge of the improvised first-aid station in the electrical repair room. Little was heard of the explosion in Barnsley until about 9:3 0 a.m. At IO.30, I rang up the colliery and was informed by the management that they would appreciate a relief for the doctors. I went along with the ·wife, and found there the local District Nurses. ·Their duties so far had consisted of preparing the zoom-stretchers, O 2 and COli apparatus, dressings, ·blankets, hot water, .etc.-and in addition, the of the rescue brigades. Corps Officer Semley arrived and said that the nearby, disused 'School was to be prepared for reception of injured, and asked if the Barnsley Nursing Division could man" it. Mrs. England set off in the car and
collected four members of the Division They waited all day, as did we in the First Aid P ost, but eventually received the news that was no hope of survivors. We were asked if our ladies would hang on to receive the dead.
At 6.30 the first 10 bodies were brou ght up and handed over to our ladies. Here, in my opinion, comes the or one of the most marvellous feature s of the disaster. 1fy opinion is not only sha re d by Dr. Fisher, Icdical Inspector of lines, but has been ' publicly amplified by him. The way in whi ch these ladies-the /J/ajorit] of }vhOIll had /lever Jeell 0 rOl pJc before-set into their most gruesome task was amaz ing. I am not a poet, nor a man of letter , but to me, remembering my first day in the nato my chool, I do , ish that I were capable of putting into wo rds the ,,\-ay those ladies worked The first bodies \\'cre in bit -black and charred. Theirs \va s the lob of cleaning and arranging, not for pure sentiment, in order to make the parts pre entable to rclati n , but also to aid in identification and to allow Dr fisher to make accurate notes of the type and ex t nt of Injuries. The latter were most imp rtant, SIn ce it looked at the time that the site of the explosi on would depend to a great extent on medical evide nce.
On the first day, 32 bodies were rec overed, and our ladies were on duty until midnight.
The next day, members were on duty at 6. ;0 a.m. and, by a system of reliefs, were there until 11l1 J night, when 21 more bodies had been recov ered The second day was marked by the terrible identitlcati on scenes in which near relatives were escor ttd and attended by our members.
On the third day, four bodies, badly deco mposed, were recovered and attended.
The rest of the tale - the attendance at the fu ne ralwill be known to you
Owing to the sys' em of reliefs, it is impossi ble to give you the number of hours worke d by the Division as a Divisio n, but, roughly speaki ng, Mrs. England has ju st worked out from her du ty boo k, 366 man-hours were put in, so there is no ne ed fo r my guesswork. That is the best part of havin g a goo d bookkeeper and a system.
I have tried to avoid names as much as pos sible, since it is so easy to offend by omission , bu t if yOU should like a list of names of ladies who worked, I could give them to you.
I am, Yours sincerely, CLEM. E NGLAND
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. (pRINCE OF WALES'S DISTRICT) DISTRICT ORDERS
DISTRICT C01fPETITIONS, 1937
In consequence of the arrangem nts for. the Coronation of H.M. King Edward VID, the Bngade Final Competitions for 1937 have been put .forward, and it is therefore necessary that the DI tnct Competitions be advanced accorci0O"ly. Will Commissioners and Members ill charge of DrV1SlOns therefore carefully note the following particulars :-
The Preliminary Tests for (he Massey, Osborn and Ninnis Competitions for Ambulance Divisions? .and 1.facFadden, Mountgarret, and Brooks Competlt10nS for Nursin a Divisions will be held in each Area as -ananO"ed the Assistant Commissioners. Entry for these Competitions must be obtained from Area Assistant Commissioner , to \vhom they should be returned accompanied by the entrance fee.
Entry forms for the reams selected to represent areas must be sent to the Competition Secretary, District Officer C. E. Bower, at these Headquarters, by Assistant not than February 6, 1 937. Assistant Comrruss.lOners wlll be responsIble f or notifying their respective teams of the dates and times for attendance for the Preliminary Tests of the District Finals and of the final Team Contests.
All the Competitions et out below will be held at the Hugh Middleton Central and Elementarr Schools, entrance in Sans Walk, St. James 's Walk (approach from Clerkenwell Green, E.C. 1).
Osborn (Individual Practical), 2.45 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 1937·
MacFadden (Individual Practical and Viva), 2-45 p.m., Saturday, February 20, 1937·
Massey (Individual Practical and Viva), 2-45 p.m., Saturday, February 20, I937·
. Entry forms for the com}?etitions, to be 'held as stated, must be obtaIned from the and returned to him, together the entrance fee (where appropriate), not later than January 16, 1937·
Nursipg Bowl (preliminary), 2·45 p.m., Saturday, January 23, I937·
MacRae Cup (Nursing Cadet Divisions), 2.45 p.m. , S aturday, January 30, 1937·
William Neill Shield (Ambulance Cadet Divisions), 2-4 5 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 1937·
Sleath Gent (Final), 2.45 p.m., Saturday, February =3 , 1937·
Nursing Bowl (Final). 2-45 p.m., ,aturday, February 13 1937·
District Final 'ompe tition s for the Ninnis Efficiency Cup and Brook Efficiency Cup will be held at 1.-1-5 p.m. on atmday, February 27, 1937·
The date, time and place for the Di tric t Final Competitions for the Iassey Mainwa:i!1g, Osborn, MacFadden and 10uotgarrct Competttlons will be announced later
OFFICER S' \ N UAL Dr 0.1::H.
Officers arc reminded that the Officers ' \nuual Dinner and Dance will take place at the I Iot el Great Central, Marylebone, on aturday, D ecember j. Applicati ns for ticket (price .. each ) should be sent a ea rl y as pos,ible to the Dl tnct Treasurer. The Corru11issioner hopes that all fficers will "'1pport him by bein g pr sent on thi. occasion.
FLAG D AY, 1936.
The total coll ction on the Flag Day held on Saturday, Jul y 25, in thi Di trict amou nted to £3,976 7s. 8td. The omml I ner w?u!d like to place on record his thanks and appreClatIO n to aU who took part in making thi collection a success.
ERVICE AT THE PRIORY TTL R 11 Ol' T. JOTI FOR OFFICER.
On unday, December 13,1936 a t;rvice, s peciaill" for Officers of the Di trict ( \mbulance and ... ur iog) and their frie nds will b held in the Priory (hurch of t. John, 1 rk enwell, E.C. I commencing ar 3.30 p.m. There will be no Parade, and those attending are reque ted to be in their s ats by 3. p.m. Dress for member of the Brigade: Churc h Parade Order. The Commi sioner "vi 11 be pres en, and hopes that every Officer will make an effort to uppon him by being present.
THE D U.JcA 11EMORrAL HCT.
This Hut, dedicated to the late olonel Duncan) one time Director of the Ambulance D epartmen t of the St. John Ambulance Association, anu which is approximatel r 12ft. by lOft., .is. n:mo\Ted from its present position. If any DIV1SlOn 1.S 10 posses· sion of a piece of freehold ground on which the could be placed and used as an Ambulanc e StatIOn for Brigade work, the Officer in Charge of .the Division should notify the Commissioner forthwLth. WI. GOODLEY, HE DQ ARTERS CO/Jl/JIi uioml". 10, BRI SET STREET, ST. JOlIN'S L>\ E, E I. O. 2 DI TRI T. BANBURY.
The Banbury Divisio.n of the ?t. John Brigade made a very WIse alteratlOn when It bro ug its annual church parade forward from D ecember to
September. ln the dark and often wet evenings of the former month its parade did not attract the attention given it on Sunday evening last when hundred s of peo ple watched the to a.nd from and in the fine and warm evenIng enjoyed the open-alr concert give n outside the Division's Headquarters on Cornhill by the Borough and British Legion Band, under Mr. McGraham . The alteration of the date also brings the annual parade nearer to the Divi sion's anniversary, September 6. The n ew Headquarters premises were open to the public and were inspected and admired by a very large number of visitors. The Brigade ursing and Cadet D ivisions paraded 00 Cornhi11 to attend Even ong at t. Mary's Par ish Church. The Men's Division was under the command ofDiv isi o naJ uperintendent Bagley, with whom
were Officer Hanland and Young, Transp ort Officer Vallender being also on parade wlth the ambulance . The .)Jursino- Di\'i ion 'wa under \1rs Gardiner Hill (County Lady uperintendent), ur ing Officer :\fr. G. Barren and ;\mbul ance Officer l\fr \:. attell, while the cadet were unde r Cadet Officer \\'a ldock. The Borough and Briti h Legion Band played the column to Church by way of the .t\l arket Place Hin'h t and Horse Fair.
Parade \Va headed by the ountr ComGardiner the idem B the DIVlslOn (Col. H. orn), the 11a,'or of Clark) \\-ea ring hi ch'a in of \ ce and the DIVI lOnal ur2'con (Dl". T. r Bri o-t)·) . t th r 00' h e \. hurch th 1\1ayor \Va joined by the l\Iayor s 'IV 0 Was seated with the ofl1ccrs '
S·The Parad wa also joined at the hurch b\· lster FlIi d fs an a contlng ot 0 nurses from thl
Horton General Hospital, and by Mr. and Mn. Peet, the Master and Matron of the Warwick Road Infirmar y 1 3 DI TRIeT. N UNEAT ON.
Tragic scenes were witnessed in Queen's Road , Nuneaton, on Friday afternoon, when a number of workmen were overcome by gas fumes in a deep manhole being constructed in connection with a new sewer trench. One man, Charles Smith (60), 16 , Harold Street, uneaton, lost his life in a gallanattempt to save his work mates, whilst Engineer W Morris, of the _ uneaton Fire Brigade, and other workmen also made heroic rescue efforts. Finally> three men who were still in the manhole were brough to the surface by WjlLam Ball, an employee
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of the ::'\ uneatOn Ga Company, who \\' ore a re pirator. First aid ,,'a rendered by Corps Officer Bonham and uperintendent " '. H. Harri , of the t. ] ol:n .J. ion \ccing-Captain Cower and Fueman l pwn, ot the awn Fire Brigade. and !at [ Dr. L. E. Price.
.Oxygen_ wa applied from a large-cylinder whil t mrxture ot oxyg n and CO: adJnini tered from _ "'parklet R e uscitaror." ,the men beaan t o [ pond to the treatment eh ,- ,,-ere taken to the hospital in the ambulance, but' mith who ,,'a th e most afFected had to be taken in a lorn' that artihcial r n could b carried on throuO"hOUt jo uIn y to th op ratioo_' bein,c supennrended by' upenntend nt \\" ' H. Relays ?f men c ntinu d to apply tor three aod hatf hours in an attempt t bnng nuth back to n s and Harrl . had sufficient men under his command t(.
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<:ontinue for 24 hours if necessary. About 6. 15 p.m., 11owever, their efforts ceased, life being extinct.
BiRMINGHAM.
The Annual Church Parade of the Birmingham Ambulance and Nursing Corps was held on Sunday, September 27, 1936, at the Parish Church of Birmingham.
A record turnout was e)..rpected on this occaSiOfl but unfortunately the weather was unkind and kept away those members who had to come very long distances. a very good parade of over 600 men and nurses attended the church. These were accompanied by the Brigade Band and the Tramway Military Band.
A special feature of the parade was the splendid marching of the nurses, who numbered about 200.
The Service was conducted by the Rector of Birmingham, who also gave the address, and the Lesson was read by the Assistant Commissioner, Colonel Sir Bertram Ford, T.D., D.L.
The Brigade was under the command of the County Commissioner, Captain J. Henton White, M.D.) who was supported by the full County Staff.
A di!)tinguished company of visitors and Officers in charge of Divisions with their ladies, were ent ert ained to tea at the Queen's Hotel after th e service.
This is the first Church Parade which has been held since the Dedication of the Brigade Colour, and the :addition of the Colour to the parade was v ery impressive.
The Church Parade aroused considerable public interest, the result of which the Parish Church was full to capacity.
No. 3 DISTRICT (WESTERN). HOLBROOKS.
The Holbrooks Cadet Ambulance and Cadet Nursing Divisions held their Annual Camp from July 3 to August 9 at Wyke Regis, Weymouth.
The total number in camp was 90, with Corps Superintendent W. C. Skinner acting as Camp Warden, Cadet Officer E. Gratton in charge of Ambulance Cadets, and Lady Cadet Superintendent G. A. Skinner and Lady Cadet Officer E. Cartmell i n charge of Nursing Cadets. Ambulance Officer A. Wilkinson was also in camp.
On arrival at the site early Saturday morning, the C adets went straight to their work and within two hours Revilele was called for the first flag up. At =this a presentation was made to Private A. E. Marshall f rom the Cadet Officers and Cadets of a new bugle,
this being given to him for services rendere d in the past.
During the week a visit was made to Portland Dockyard; an enjoyable time was spen t by all, having viewed two destroyers and three su bmarines.
On Thursday the Cadets held their annual cricket match Boys v. Girls, this year the boy Cadets winning.
On Friday a netball match was played agai nst Broad Street Ranger Guides, who were cam ping quite near, the match being won by the Nursin g Cadets.
Every day tent inspection was held an d marks given according to the cleanliness, tidiness and general conduct of each tent: the marks we re given by the Cadet Officers and Camp War de n. On Thursday tent inspection was taken by Mr. Bakewell, Scoutmaster of the 32nd Co ve ntry Scou ts. He remarked on the excellent neatness and cleanliness of the whole camp, and said he was well pleased and satisfied. At the end of the week the to tal marks were added together. The markings be cam e so close behveen the boys and g irls that in stead of giving one prize, the Officers decided to g've first and second.
The first prize was won by the girls tent TO. 16, each recei ing a Ju venile :Manual and a Brigade Brooch badge.
The second prize was won by the b oys, te nt. TO " each receiving a Juvenil e 1anual.
Weather for the whole week was hot, Wi i 1 inter· vals of wi nd, but no rain. On unday .11o rning camp was struck early, and every member did their share in helping to get the luggage awa y jn good time.
No. 4 (LANCASHIRE) DISTRl CT.
Conference.- The Annual Conference of No. 4 (Lancashire) District was held at the Qu een's Hall, Wigan, Saturday, September 26, and att ended by delegates from all parts of the District.
His Worship the Mayor of Wigan exten ded a hearty welcome to the delegates and spok e in eulo· gistic terms of the work of the Wigan Corps, which this year celebrates the Jubilee of its incep tion.
The principal speaker was Assistant Co mnUssione r (Res.) C. H. Fowler Jones, who took for his subject "Simple Thoughts on A.R.P." The paper was most interesting with many admirable sU f,g estions , and in places rather provocative, but Ml. Fowler Jones treated hus su bject from th e stand p ,int of a First Aider without expert knowled ge The lect urer was well received and his suggestions reg ardi ng Ule
teaching of First Aid for Air Raid Casualties were worthy of consideration should prove very helpful to those whose It IS to make due preparations for such an eventuality.
The .Commissioner, Mr. W. G. Smith, O.B.E., dealt w1.th the .work and progress of the Brigade in Lancashi re dunng the past year, showing continued pro gress and a further increase of personnel.
The Lady Distr.ict Superintendent reported on the work of the Nu:slng Divisions, V.A.D., and Cadets, and Co lonel Tnmble, the Inspecting Officer in his usua l racf style added his encouragement expressed his pleasure at being able to attend another of these annual gatherings
The Wigan Corps entertained the delegates and they an d the speakers were suitably thanked.
The next Annual Conference will be held at Leigh.
Department to the Ambulance men for the servIces they rendered to the police and public throughout the area, and stressed the nature of the work, which should be far more widely k1: own It was his pleasure to report that he, had remany letters of congratulation from persons on the roads who had been treated b y St. John men 1n and Preston, which was gratifying to him as the responsible person, and his assistance in every way would always be at their disposal.
Corps stood in silence as a tribute to their late Presldent, Mr. W. W. Gallowa y, who for many years had taken a keen interest in the work of the Order of St. John.
The Inspectin g Officer presented a Service Bar 5. years to Ambulance Officer R. Holmes, Leyland D1vlslOn, and Warrants of appointment as Super-
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The Annual Inspection of th e Preston l \.mbulanc e Corps was conducted at the Headquarters Chapel Walk s, by Assistant Commissioner W. H.' Gas tall r me n::b.ers under Corps uperintendent Capt: Milling ton paraded, and eery phase of the was ably demonstrated, including respirator
A prese nting the prizes after the inspection the SSls ta nt C .. on . o.mrrusslOner con gratu lated the Corps contmued and urged to persevere wlth the1r tr almn a in A R P stat1ng th '. b ., 'llli at as Fust Aiders the y were always read y \VI 19 competent to as sist in any case of Or sudden 1Un 1 bli and se ld e.ss; t le pu c their assistance Air R om failed to receive it, and in the event of cas la: d they should be equally efficient to deal with ua tIes.
Chief Constable of Preston Mr. Ker \Vatson cet of the Order, extended ilie thanks of
intendent and mbulance Officer to .i\iessrs. W. ]. Hodgson and A. 1Iontague.
Chief Constable presented the awards won the year, after which the Assistant Comrrussloner and Chief Constable were suitably thanked. FLEETI\"ooD.
The Fleetw'ood Fi h 1ferchants Boy Cadet C?mpetltlon (open to Boy Cadet T eam in Lancashire) Will take place at Fleetwood on or about Ko,ember 22 or 2.9· . Conditions and entry forms may be had on aPI?licatlon to Ambulance Officer J. P. Thomason 80> 11ilton treet, Fleetwood. '
SO UTHPO RT.
In September, at a ocial Gathering at the Ambulance Headquarter, pre entations were made to Corps uperintendent G . _. and 1frs . Holt on leavmg the town for the outh of England.
The presentations took the form of a combined Ink tand, perpetual cal ndar and pipe rack uitably
inscribed for Mr. Holt, and a tea service for Mrs. Holt.
In making the presentation Major Egan. the Chief Constable, who is the President of the Corps, referred to the high esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Holt were held. Southport had every reason to be gratetul to l\1:r. Holt for the e.'{cellent services he had given to the Ambulance Movement, with which he had been connected since 1891, and he wished them many happy years of retirement.
Mr. Holt responded and stated that it had alway been a pleasure to work for the Southport Corps; he was delighted with the progress they were making and was particularly pleased that they had obtained an Ambulance Carriage which would shortly be put into commission. He then presented Major Egan with his Presidenes Badge.
Mr. Holt for the last 12 months has been seconded to the D istrict Staff, where he has given very valuable assistance. His loss to the district is keenly felt by all who knew him, but it is hoped that when he settles definitely his energetic and capable services will be at the disposal of some Unit of the Briga de where his keenness and interest should prove a va luable asset
Mr Holt leaves the district with our ve ry best wishes
No. 5 DISTRICT ARMLEY
For the 19th successive year, the Armley and Wortley Division St. John Ambulance Brigade have erected an Ambulance and First Aid Station on Armley Moor for the period of Armley Feast. The station consisted of two huts (kindly lent for the purpose by Mr. Walter A. Walker, contractor, of Messrs. Josiah Walker & Co ,. Wesley Road, Armley, the President of the Division). One hut was equipped with splints, bandages, dressin gs , etc., e n ough and suitable for any emergenc y-the second hut b eing used for the staff. Forty members of the Di vision have been in attendance in relays, ni g ht and day, and during the busy periods of the Feast, nurses from the Leeds Corps have assist ed. Fort y-s ix people have received attention at the Hosp ital Station, of which four patients were referred to local doctors, and one suspected fractured ankle was sent to Leeds Infirmar y.
The arran gements for the Ambulance Station have been under the supervision of Div isional Superintendent E. D. Glover (S.B. Order of St. John), assisted by Ambulance Officer W. E. Pem ment Stores and appliance s have b een in the capable hand s
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of Section Sergeant A. E. Fergusson, with ,his assistant, Private A. Baker. Other willing hand s, Who have put in a good deal of time on duty, have been Corporal Guthrie, Privates A. E Holman, J. R. Bonfield, W. H. e. Hardcastle, A. Baker, junr., W. Buskes, F. Dobson, E. Furbank, W. Grant, H. Hodgman, e. Mawson and A. McClumpha. Special mention must be given to the enthusiastic energies of A. Hudson, who ha acted as Orderly, and also to W. Mouncey, who ha abl y attended to refreshments needed by the staff.
One of the Di visional urg ons (Dr. J. E. Rusby, M e.) inspected the mbulance Station, and exp ressed his approval and satisfactio n at the arrangemenrs made and the efficiency of the taff.
KEIGHLEY.
Lieut.-Colonel D r. W. cat terty, of Hi( htield House, Keighley, former ly Medica l Officer of Ilcalth for the Borough, ha jLl t completed half a ce nlurr' work for the t. John Ambulance mo cment.
His as ociation with ambu lance work i well J.-no\\'n throug h out th e county, for besides bein g Prc o;ident of the Keighley centre of the t. John Amb dance ssociation and vice -pre ident of the Yorks rur seetio n, he is As i tant ,ommi sioner for ,0.' (N orthern) Di strict of the t. J ohn Amb wance Brigade--a n area which embrace" a large part uf the West Riding.
Di scu ssing some of the work done by the Brigade Col. Scatterty said there had been a big devel oemcn: in recent years in road patrol during the su A more recent development was the attention gl\ en l(l aid raid precautions.
Col. catterty said fe\,; people realised full y the sp lendid work being done by the ordinary ra nk and fi le of the St. J ohn Ambu lance Brigade. " It j., nOl so much financia l aid' in the provision of su;table premises that is required," he said, "as a ,,(tatcr r-ecognition of the fact that the members arc their services absolutely volu ntarily." There was ,( need for more people of inA.L1en.ce to join the 1l10YCment."
Col. Scatterty's interest in the ambulance J1l0yement is shared by I rs. catterty, who is COmm ;1[lcJanc of the Voluntary l\id Detachment of the Kcighle) Corps of the St. J ohn mbu lance Brigade, and also Lady Corps Superintendent. In 1921, Col. cauere) was made a Knight of G race of the Order of St. John of J eru sa lem. Mrs. catterty is a lso an officer of the Ord er.
For 37 years Dr. Scatterty was Medical Officer of Health for Keighley, r e tirin g about ei g ht years ago. He is still Medical Officer to the Craven combined districts and Medical Superintendent t o th e Keighley, Bingley and Shipley Jo in t Hospi ta l Board
During th e War, h e was r esponsi ble for the opening of the Spe nce r tr eet Auxi liar y II ospital, and when the Keig hley War Hospital was opened, at Morton Banks, he was placed in command, wi th the rank of lieutenant-co lon el. Mrs. Scatterty was jn cha r ge of che Spen cer tr eet ll ospi ta l and for her Wa r services received the M.B.E.
Patrol Duty , Competitions, and ot h e r details. So satisfactory was the general discussion that it was decided to hold a quart e rl y meeting of the nature of an Officers' Fraternal, where friendly discussiom could smooth out difficulties experienced from time to time b y one or other of the Units.
In addhion to the County Commissioner (Mr. W. T. Atkinson) the gathering included County Officer G Edwards, County Officer H. Bart rop, Lady County Officer Miss Barr on, and Lady Corps Officer Mrs. G Edwards, Dr. Harrison Broad.bent and Dr Ward (the Honorary Di visional Surgeons ).
M ·. U3l:.R Of TIlE LIVERPOOL CE TRAL DI\ I 1bcir cominuous l\mbulance ervicc representing a cow of 150 years. Amongst those in (he group are Pri vate ccpben \'\'ood and ergeant Stephen \\ ood (facber and son) bam of whom have been the ervice J\lcdal-che latter was only F years of age ac the time of award and, It bdlcvcd, the youngesc member of the Liverpool Corps to recei,e {his bonour
No. 6 D1 'T RI T
Hul. 4. 'D EA T RIm !'\" COU 1'Y: BRIDLI GTO!'.
The Brigade recci e d public recognition at Bridungton on aturda)" pt mber 26 la st, v, -hen the May or gave an Official Welcome to the O ffice rs and Secretaries of th e Units attending the Annual Conof the Briga de in the ast Ridin g, an.d enter[alned the m to supp r at th e pa Cafe.
Between 60 and 70 officer s and members to o k part Ln the Confere nce ession which was held in th Ha ll by the of the Mayor and orthe County Commissioner (1 r. W. T Atkinson) presiding
The deliberations, which w e r e ca rried on in a spirit b y enthusia m and fri ndline s, embraced It RaId Precaution Wotk and Organisation, Road
Councillor Fligg aid the majority of people did not realise and appreciate the 'l,Tery good \vork which th e B rigade, includina the 1 ur ing Did ions, did, and what they would do in the future. Everyone knew th e work which the patrol did on the roads, but there was alot of other unseen work.
The following mornina unday, about hty member- led by the Cou nt y Commi ioner, parade d at Christ Church, where D r. Jordan preached eloquently t o th e congreo-ation. D -\RLI);,GToN.
The nnual In pection of the DarlingtOn Divl ion of the t. John Ambulance Briaade Nur ing D i"l,rision and adet orp_, \Va, held on eptember 2 at HeadqL1art r , 69 , ort h o-ar, D arlingt n. The In p ction wa carri d out b y F. P. \\1il o n J.P. County ComeBrigade 9)JIS rOlltill lled 011 p.1ge 06)
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REPORT No. I08.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Northumberland and Durham Area, No. 6 District, S. lA.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid in the following circumstances:-
On Aua-ust 9 a boy who was bathing opposite to the, Promenade, Whitby Bay, got into difficulties and was beina- swept out to sea by the currents.
Hearing his cries f;r help, Private John Birkett, of Whickhin Division, North Durham Corps, who was standing on the beach, plunged fully into the sea, and in the presence of a large cheenng crowd, battled aa-ainst the currents and trought the boy b ashore.
Practically unconscious, the b?y was, in a condition' but Private Birkett unmediately applied artificial ;espiration in front of boy'.s. frantic parents. After a time he succeeded ill reViVin g the boy, who was taken home by his parents. His nobly done, Private Birkett proceeded to the Fue Station, where he dried his clothes.
CoMMENT.
This report calls to mem ory a cOllplet. in which the Roman po et Vi rgil praises. the brave? of hero ./Enea.s and makes us applY the Imes to P nvate B lrkett for hlJ action on August 9: "Now for a heart that scorns dismay, Now for a soul prepared! "
TrulY did he scorn dismay; and equally trulY was he a soul prepared I Private Birkett, the Brigade At Ho me and Overs eas Salute s you I I-N. C. F.
CASE REpORT' No. 109.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Lincoln Corps, NO.5 District, S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid by a Cadet in the following circumstances :-
On July 25, Cadet Thomas W. Dobbs, of the Lincoln Ambulance Cadet Division, was called from his home by another boy to see a woman in water under the bridge near the CIty. Removillg only his boots, Cadet Dobbs went in and brought the woman to the river bank. With other help, he had almost succeeded in getting her out of the water when she collapsed and fell back into the water head first. A man now arrived, and with his help the woman was pulled on to the bank-unconscious and not breathing.
Cadet Dobbs at once commenced artificial respiration while he instructed the others to obtain assistanc;, to inform the police, and to summ?n the ambulance. By the time a police officer arnved at the scene of the emergency, the woman had been restored to consciousness and was breathing shallowly. Later, she was removed to hospital where she had a quick recovery. The police commented on the promptness with Ca,det I? obbs had acted and said that this, combmed WIth his knowledge of first aid had saved the woman's life. , COMMENT.
A pleasing feature of this column is the freqttenC.J. with which the Cadets win places in it try some excepttOnal!J
good work, often effected, as in this ;nstance , 1/1 circumstances.
This report excites 0111' admiratioll measure; and it records a deed which is in full accord WIth th e highest traditions of The Order and Brigade .To Cadet. Dobbs, th erefore , 1ve tender cordial congratulatlOn s on hlJ pluck. and p ers e-veral1 ce which cause tiS to prophesy for hillJ c.' tJotewort/ry amb"lance ca ree r l1-'hen after a feu) years hr becom es a member of the Senior Division Bravo , Ca&: Dobbs /-N. C. F.
Questions and Answers
INSTRUCTION IN ARTIFICIAL RE SPIRATION
H. D. (Colombo, Ceylon).-\Ve hel d our an nu al police sports on tl1e P o lice gro und on J ul 16, m.d there was a bi g attendance of members of the pt blic as well as members of the Force, drawn fr m all ra rts of the island. At the end of the sports, a squad ,. 64 bo ys of the Police Boys' Brigade a displ Q in which they did P.T. and other exerC1S .to n ISlC, supplied b y th e band. In the of t.his dl s11a y, an exhi bitio n was gi en of artlficlal resplratlon re ndered b y Schafer's I ethod to mu Thi rty -tw o boys did artificia l resp:ratlon In tUTI C wlt h the band, w hich gave them the t ime I, 2., 3 fo rn 'lIl'd: I, 2., back On the roll of the drums, the b oys cha-ged position, and th ose who had been operate.. I on rendered artificial respiration to the others.
This had the effect of showing members ( rhe public and aJl ranks of the dra\ n. from diffuent Pro v inces and D is trict s that lt 1S poss1b le for ) oung bo y s t o b e taught h ow to render artificial re pir1.tio n.
Cordial congratulatioJls to the Ceylon Pol!'a Corps, Brigade Overseas, Oil all ill/eresting alld practIcal tion. It was an excellent plan to teach the rf?ythtlJ, n :eb lJ such an essential pari of Schafer's Aiethod, by. fII el 1JJ oj music / and it is Tvell worthy of imitation, for whIch purposf I reproduce your lei fer il1 this colllmn.
S01?/ eyears ago, at an Insp ection, I saJV .Melhod perform ed Iry JIIembers q( a Division a drIll In !lIu, h thE same way as you describe, thollgh ivllhoNt a band ! The result ivas excellent, and the movements lvere carned 0111 s),stematical/y and .rh):thmicalir I !ho,ld be pleased to se e Artifictal Drtll take Its proper place in ottr Manual of Dnll.-N.C.F.
TREATMEN T OF H EAD INJURIES.
S. N. (Cardiff).-At a recent Divis ional practi ce, I was told to treat a bo y who was suppose d to be hd '" deW unconscious consequent on ea lnJunes u d falling off a wall. As part. of my I smelling salts to the nostnls. For this actlO n I W J taken to task by the instructor, who told me that I was wrong in so doing. In these circum stances ask your kind ruling
Sm elling saits have a true stimulating effect on the Brain Centres through the nerves of smell. ConsequentlY with head il'ljtfries, in lvhich halJ70rrhage of the brain may or ll1t:ry not be p resent, should ahvays, in my opinion, be lvithhe ld became t hey lvifl certainly cause a rise of within the and aggravate (or even prcripltate) CompressIOn of the B ram -N. C. F.
MorSTE E D TOBACCO FOR SNAKE BI TES.
N. M. (Chatham).-As an Assoc iati on lecturer, I always read \vith great interest your comments and ans we rs to questions on first aid in THE GAZETIE Wi th reference t o the us e of Moistene d Tobacco for Sna ke Bites, is not eve n th e qualified approval which, in the Septemb er issue, you have given to the suggestion somewha t da n gerous? On the one hand, moi stened tobacco may cause symptoms of nicotine poi soni ng when applied to a wound or abrasion of the skin; and although a snake bite does not involve a wo und in the first p lace, it may be turned into one b y tre atme nt. Definite cases are known of nicotine poi soning in such circumstances. On the other hand, I under tand that nicotine is only a ,-ery weak antiseptic, although it used to be thought that b o th tob acco and it moke had valuable antiseptic proper t'cs. I have discussed these points \'vith one of my me dical colleagues, who has b een working on ni co ine and tobacco for some time; and he agrees with the points which I have raised. } -'!lr kjnd letter is much appreciated, !/lore especial!), sillce ;t records the resll/ts of recenl il/vestigation Alas! TiIJle flies " alld ill 111)' student da)'s I 1J. as lallght that loboc(o is strollg0' antiseptic. 50 again oar thalJk.s.C. P.
TREA OF Co _ 'C OF BRAI1\'.
.':\1. G (W1i mbledon).-Recently I had occasion t o treat our office boy for mild Concussion of the Brain which resulte d from a fall down some steps. Durin g a subseque nt discussion on this case \v ith a member of Ollr Division, I was asked why I had not applied cold to the head. As we disaa-reed on thi point, I ask, ou kindly to arbitrate between us . Vihile I ag,.;e )).Idb ),ot{ tbat cold Olrg)}t 1701 to be applied to the head itl Ihe treatllJelJt of ConCl/ssion of the Braill, I must at the sallJe time iliforllJ ),Ofl tbat jOllr colleague lilas slrictIY correct ill his illtelpre/atiotl of Ride 2., p. 16 I, of the Textbook, and that tbe Revision COJ)JIIJittee bape specificallY ruled that ice or cold JJ'ater is to be applied conlmlio/l.S!J ill all slIch cases.- C. F.
TREAn.IE '1' OF FRACTURED 0 E
. J. S. (Durham).- t a cricket match held recently lQ our village, one of th e player \\"as struck on with the ball. It was afterwards revealed that t e player was suffering from Fractured Nose. 0'\"\' Sir, seei ng that there is no m ention in our Textbo ok re d' . gar lng this fracture, I would be glad if you could
inform me, through THE G AZETIE, what js the correct treatment of above for the benefit of our class and owing t o controversy as to the exact treatment. Meanwhile, we thank you for the aid. Wilh a Fracture of Nose the only co mplications which may necessitate action by first-aiders are hatl10rrhage from nose and concussion of brain. Cons equently, treatment of the local injury must be on the lines of the instructions set out z'n the Textbook under" Hamorrhage from Nose" (Pp. I 16 and I I7)}' and it will vary with the rate and quontz'ty of bleeding actually present.-N. C. F.
Railway News
WOL
A smoking concert was held on September ] 5 when 56 stu d ents received awards for successes in the March examinations.
Mr. P. L. Gold presided, supported by :Messrs. G. H. Atkinson, R. Jones, and 11r. Marriott, of j\1ess rs J ohn iarston, Ltd
Gold bars for long service were presented to F. B. Coley, 25 years; H. Clayton and F. G. Jackson, 30 years; W W. Burton and H. T. Williams, 35 years: and 13 first-year certificates were distributed.
The first dinner of the L.1f.S . and L.)J.E. ambulance class and staff was held on September 12., the arrangements for which were made b y ivir. H . Preston and Mr A. J. Keech.
1ir. F. Wiles presented the awards, which consisted of three certificates, tv.'O vouchers, twr medallions and 17 labels.
Royal Patronage for St. John Ambulance Association
The Secr etary General of the Ord er of St. J OM requests us to publish the following letter :Privy Pllrse Office, BJlckingham Pa/aCt, 5. W', October 7, 19'6
Deal' Sir,
I allJ cOIIJ/l/anded 0' tbe King to illfo/'/// j011 that HI.' AfajeslJl has been graciow(), pleased to (Trallt b:'J Patrot! ef to the St. John AmbIt/alice Associatioll.
The C hairlJlan, } -ONrs 11'110', (Sioned) L-;'-ck AlexflIider, Keeper oj tbe PrizJ Pur:':
The S t. John Ambulance Association.
(CofltinJlcd fro", page 303) missioner, :Middlesbrough. Twenty-three members of the Nursing Division and 22 Cadets were on parade under Lady Divisional Superintendent Nurse A. G. Gardner. After inspection of uniform, a display of drill, fir st aid, and home nursing took place.
:Mr. Wilson, after congratulating Cadets and Nurses on their appearance and efficiency, asked them to consider the possibili ty of gas and incendiary bomb attacks in the future. The Darling ton Corporation has asked the Superintendent of both the Nursing and Men's Divisions to deal with this important problem. Sixteen members of the Nursing Divi sion have already obtained certificates for this subject.
Lady Divisional Superintendent Nurse A. G. Gardner and Ambulance Sister Christian are also shortly to be presented with their 15 years' Service Medals.
No. 7 DISTRICT. HEREFORD.
The and tranquil beauty of Dinm ore Manor, surrounded by a calm and radiant countryside bathed in glorious ·sunshine, seemed an incon gruous setting for the anti-gas demonstration given b y the Hereford City Di v ision of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on Sunday afternoon.
The two things were, however, linked by the close associations which the Manor and its Chapel have with the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and, in spite of the contrast between the work that those knights of long ago devoted their lives to perform and that which falls to the lot of those who belon g to the Order to-day, the fundamental principles of the organisation remain unchanged.
The demonstradon, which was the chief item of the division's annual field da y, represented a service which, it is hoped, those who took part in it will never be called upon to perform, but in which training is absolutely necessary.
Realism was imparted to th e demonstration by a dense smoke screen through which three squads of ambulance men, wearing their gas masks, dashed with their stretchers to bring back gas cases 0 the clearing station, where they were treated by nurses. Two lots of " casualties " had to be fetched, and the task was carried out with admirable expedition.
The respirators in use were of the latest type, but an examination showed that they differed very little in principle from those of the war-time period, although they do not possess the very uncomfortable nose and mouthpieces, making their wearing far less irksome.
The division, which was under the command of Superintendent G. N. Bullock, comprised the men's division, the nursing division under Miss Long,
O.B.E., the nursing cadets under Nliss IV(oore, and the boy cadets under Superintendent V. E. Rob erts. Also were Dr. Ian Mc regor (County CommlsslOner) and Dr. C. W. Walker (the new Divisional Surgeon). Durin cr the proceedin gs, Dr, Walker was pre ented by Dr. MacGregor with the certificate of his appointment and 'I: a - WIth three he ar t y cheers.
Among th e interest d company wcre Me and M.rs
R. H. Murray and the following m mbcrs of theIr family and guests :-Miss heila i\(urray, Messr . Ian Murray Gordon Iuuay Athol i\furra and LoU n Murray, Sir Edward 100re, 1\11'. Robert '\"hton :Miss Le ila Parry, Mi s 11011), G Icdhi 11 and farjorie Lord fcmbers of thc Counly CommIttee
NO.3 DISTRICT'S FIR T GR 1\D PRIOR \01.: r Left to right: Constance mn:.s, EUcn Cartmdl and [\: y Heaven of the Holbrooke adet. ursing Division
present included Col. and frs. C TumJw on, \lr Underwood, Dr. and Ir s. J R. Bulman, Dr. an d \frs Walker, the Rev. and Irs. L. J. B. 'ne ll, Mr. and \1r5 Sell and Mr. and ir. G R. William, while Mr J Hunter (estate agent) rendered invaluable 'ervl ce in the matter of organisation.
The ?lvision spent the morning practlslOg N'lth gas resp1tators and first-aid work, and in the aft moon attended an open-air service on the lawn, conducted by the Rev. L. J. B. Snell. Miss Mary Lon g was at the organ, and th e les son wa read by Col. To mlH1son Tea was taken b efore the demonstration, and during intervals the company inspected the exquI site ly beautiful buildings and gardens.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray were warmly thank ed fo r their hospitality, on the proposition of Superintendent Bullock, seconded by Superintendent Robert s, an d, in reply, Mr. Murray made an appeal on behalf of the hospital literature scheme, for which he is C()unty
secretary, details of which have already appeared in the Hereford Times. Mr. Murray stated that he hop ed this year beat all previous records, and would be glad to receIve as many b ooks and periodicals as peopl e could pare.
o . 10 DISTRICT.
CoLTISHALL.
About 70 members and friends of the Coltishall DIvision of the St. John Ambulance Brigade attended an invitation social in the Central Hall on Monday evemng, among the g uests bcing a number of members of the local R e d ro s Detachment. The arrangement- v; rc in th' hands of the Divisional Social C mmittce, under the gu idance of Divisional SupcrJOtendenr (11. ooke). An excellent programme of dancing and game was carried through to radi ogram ac 01111 an imenr, with' if. C. G. Cooke as M.C During the interval, refreshments were served under the direction of i\fr C. J. Derisley.
Dr. r Llgdcn (Dh -i iona l urgeon) presented the certlfic.He. in th recent A.R.P. examination
DUrIng the c\ ening the R c\. H. R ogers (Divjsional Presldcn t), on behalf of [he members, presented silver cigarette ca es to Dr. F. ugden and j \.mbulance Officer A. R obbs, who are shor tl y leaving the district, ru small tokens of the appreciation of their wnrk fo r the mbulance Di\'i ion. Good wishes for their fu ture happi ne$ ,,'e re al 0 expressed by the Rev ( Grant Or. ugden and ,\1r. obbs suitably repl1 c...(j
CHEL,' 1-01{ D.
Lark upcnmendcm '\ "arren, of andford J\1ill , ::'p ringEeld ' hclm ford, who wa responsible for the formation of the Chelm ford 0Jur ing Divisi on fiv e \cars ago, was mad e a Cfvin O' istcr of the Ven trttb l Order of the Hospital t. John of Jeru salem. The pre cntation was made at Headguartcrs b\ rh Duke of carborough on July 19'6, On Ju ne 17, 1936, \mbulan ce iter Leeks, also of the helm ford Diy i ion, was at Maldon Ess ex w hen a small bo: ( R o)' R oolfe ouncil House, Southt nc1) was taken apparently lifde s from the water at ?\1aldon . \ large crowd stood round and dId nntlu ng for th clistracLted parent, who \Va aCC0111pallied by se\'cral other mall childr n. ister Leek lmrntdlately took the ituati n in hanel, asked a man t(1 help cot1[rol the cr wd, scm for tea for th mother, clca red out the child's mOLlth did artificial whils t sending f r a doctor, and in th<.:: meantIme .e nt for a blanket and a dcck chair t as a stre tch r. Before the doctor arrive I, th child commenced to breathc about 2. 5 minut s bt r, and rll1lo \'c d to in the recrent i n gr und, he JOc tor then anl\ cd and ordered r to local hospital. Child retained niLl'bt and discharot:c\ I I 1:> I D M next a\ now rccoycrcc. octor Jf prom pt had not been taken it would aVe heen too lat to Sa\T th chilel.
Northern Ireland
The An nual Meeting of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Northern Ireland was held on Monda y, October 5, the Commissioner, Mr. Ian Fracser, presicUng.
There was a very large attendance, the leccureroom of the Ulster Joint Committee being packed. The Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. W. Mann, submitted the annual report, showing that the progres s made in the various Divisions had been maintained. The number of Divisions had increased from seven Ambulance and seven _ ursing in 1935, to ten Ambulance and ten ursing Divj sions in 1936.
The activities of the Brigade had also increased, and members of both Divisions were constantly on public duty at motor-car and cycle races, picturehouses, boxing contests, football matches, etc.
The CommissIon e r appealed for a continued and increGlsing interest in Air Raid Precautions The "!; had offered their service s to the ),1inistry in 1 Ireland, and they had been accepted, and the member. of bOth Di visions would be required in staffing t he various First iGd Posts and Clearing and Bas e Hospitals. Volunteers were asked for who would attend the monthly cour es of instruction in Londo n.
The Trea urer's report showed a credit balance or £2.7 13 S 7d On the motion of j\1r. D, Parker, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Shirley, the ecreta r y's and Tr easu rer' s reports were adopted.
t the conclusion of the a yery interestin g ?nd jn tructive leccure on Blood Transfu ion, with a film illustration, was gi\<en by D o ctors Greene and Inn ec, of the R oyal \, ictoria Hospital Belfast
\. hearty \Tote of thank ,·f;as conveyed to the leccur L, the Commissioner promising that he hope d to have imilar lectures given durin g the comIn g: wlnter.
Emergency 11idwifery
By kind permi cion of Dam Ro alind Pa:-, t, a cour. c of four I ctUles in EmerC)' ncy will be g i, n at the .i-.Iid\\-ive, Institute 57, L o\\' r B 19raye tre \\ ', by Graham , late H ead London Ho. pital, on Tuesday _, K o\-em b r 3, 10 17 and 2..j..
Fec: 2 - 62. payable at tier lectnr , or t o ::\I Js:, D L Yant , ..j.6, }.[u. groYe Road, '- .E. I {.
Priory for Wales
HEADQUARTERS:
GENERAL INTEREST
WELSH BRIGADE NOMINEES AT FALPIELD.
The Priory was given the opportunity of submitting six names for attendance at a Course of Instruction at the Cjvilian Anti-Gas School, FalEeld, from August 17 to 29; and the following Brigade Officers shared an experience which could not be described as a holiday, but wbich all agreed was an enjoyable though strenuous week under the most ideal conditions :-
Headquarters A.R.P. Staff Officer Capt. S. B . Turner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Bargoed.
Divisional Surgeon Robert Baird Milne, Bridgend.
County Officer Emrys James, Aberdare. Corps Secretary Alfred Poole, Port Talbot. Corps Secretary D. J. Down, Neath.
Divisional Superintendent B. Adams, Ferndale.
All were already in possession of Grade I Certificates before qualifying at Falfield, with the exception of Mr. Down, who as a First Class Certificated Instructor is now eligible to receive one from the Chief Commissioner.
CADET CAMPS AT B A RRY I SL A] D.
The innovation of what can be looked forward to as annual Cadet Camps proved a most popular development on the part of the Priory for Wales. Nearly four hundred Cadets enjoyed a week's camping holiday under excellent conditions, despite the fact that the announcement came rather late in the year, leaving little time for the saving of the contributions towards camp expenses required of th e cadets or their Units.
The welcome grant of £250 from the King George Jubilee Trust was utilised in the purchase of permanent equipment-beds, mattresses, blankets, etc.; and the use of the Glamorgan T.A.A. Hutments at Barry Island ensured such comfort that no one entertained the slightest regret that the Camp was not under canvas. It so happened that the period of the camp s was favoured with the best weather of the season, which added to the general enjoyment. Arrangements were made for the Girl Cadets to take the first week, August 8 to 15; and about 100 boys camped for each of the three subsequent weeks-the camp finally closing On Saturday, September 5.
It was certainly fortunate that the Priory could depend on two such capable Officers as Lady County Superintendent Mrs. M. Paskin and Lady County Officer Mrs. M. Ingledew, who took charge from
308 Priory House, 4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff. .'
the 8th to the 15th as Commandant and Assistant Commandant respectively. A high standard of discipline was maintained and, apart from an excelle nt holiday the side was well cate re d fo r, The following is a general idea of the daily programme:-
Physical drill 7.45 a.m., breakfast 8 a.m. orde rly work and bedmaking 8.45 a.m., inspection 10 a.m "
First Aid revision 10.20 a.m., break I I a.m., lectu re I 1. I 5 a.m., lunch lZ·45 p.m., matron (dressings , etc,) 1.3 0 p.m., rest 1.45 p.m. , rambles or bathing 3 p,m,! tea 5.30 p.m., sing-song 6 p.m., roll call and prayers 8,55 p.m., supper 9 p.m., bed 9. 1 5 p.m., silence 9-4) p.m. The lectures included some extremel y interesting talks from IvIiss E C. Thomas, distric t health visi tor, Barry; Mr. 1forgan, swimming inst r uctor, Cold Knap Bathin g Pool; 1ir. F. Matthew s, aptain of the Barry Fire Bri ga de; Mr. R. W. Hall, , 'ete rinary surgeon; the 1Iisses E and J. Vachell (nature st ud)) and tEss . Fletc he r (folk dancin g) . In e,-er \ case the lecturers were particularly pleased w it the intelligent response.
A similar programme \vas fo ll owe d in the th ree camps f or Bo y Cadets, the Erst tw o of \vhi ch were in the capable charge of Corps Officer J J. H t ghe assisted b y Corps Officer \ . J. Walters; anJ the firm , but kindly manner in which the Com m an danr controlled the boys won for him th e titl e of ( C1r ther of the camp," Popula r eve nts in each of the ambulance camps were vi its to the D ocks a nd lifesaving demonstrations g iven by members (£ the Barry and District Corps; and, by a rr ang <:.'n ents kindly made by Assistant Commis sio ner F. R. Ho rtop and the Offic ers of the Barry Corps, the Cadets atte nded a Church Parade on each Sunday mornin g to the Wesleyan Chapel, where Corps Superintend ent C. Lennox afterwards explained to the boys a mural ..tablet commemorating the services render ed by Brigade in that building while used as a hOSplr,aJ durin g the Great War. The subject of 'll1'-rrud precautions was introduced to the older Cad ets, who showed keen interest in lectures kindly give n by Corps Secretary E. W. Sanderson, Barry.
The final week's camp was in charge of Coun ty Officer A. Blandford, D,C.M., M.M., who proved himself an able Commandant, winning the esteem and affection of Officers and Cadets.
No one who had visited these camps and seen the happy groups of Cadets, who eagerly enquir ed wh e,th er there would be another camp next year, cou ld fa.d to appreciate the value of this new developmen t as real stimulus to Brigade membership.
CENTRE REPORTS
CAERNAR VONSIIIRE CENTRE.
A/Jt1t1ai Centre Ra/(y. - The increased interest taken . amb ulance work in Caernarvonshire, as well as the 10 d" d keennes s of those who are engage 1il it, was emonstrat ed on Saturday, August 29, when eleven teams co mpe ted for a silver cup, the gift of Lord the newly-elected President of the Centre. At the kind invitation of the ComrrusslOner, Si r Mic hae1 Assheton-Smith, Bart., the teams net amids t the beautiful surroundings of In addition to the team work, earned out In the open, there were indi vidua l and o.ral tests, in tw o separate marquees. CaptaIn ,H: W. E. Dlcky, R. A.M. C. (Pwllheli ), Dr. Morns WIllIams (Harlech),
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and Dr. lviostyn \"XIilliams (Llandudno J unction) were the ju dges; and the followin g marks awarded :ItJdividua L Team Total. Work. W"ork.
Cat.rnarvo n Police I52t 139 29 1 1Bango r L.M.S. Eng. D ept. 151 135 286
Conway Police 1.1- 5 133 21 8
Pwllhe li Police 134 128 262
Conway S. J.A.B. III 12 9 240
Llandu dno S. J .A.B 13 8 91. 2.3 0
Bethel Y.M.C. 96t 81 I77t
Cynfi ( Dciniolen) 106 6 1 16 7
Caernarv on Amateurs root 61 r6I t
Llanrug « A " 96 64 160
Llangrug cc B " 73 t 60 133t
The captain of the winning team, Police-Constable J. M. Jones (Caernarvon) had the pleasure of receiving the cnp at the hands of the Penrhyn, an Officer (Sister) of the Order. Earlier In the year, this same team was successful in securing the Elliott Alves Challenge Cup for Police teams in the County.
The Hon. John H. Bruce (Principal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales), in his address, advised the Caernarvonshire teams to apply themselves to the question of dealing with gas poison. Though North Wales was remote, and on that account did not need to show as much hurry as some other areas, there ought to be established a personnel inform the public of what was happening, and, In the event of a threat of air raids, to alla y the nervous-
ness which must naturally follow. He also suggested that with the excellent mat erial which was at hand, steps should be taken to form further Units Bri o-a de in 1 orth Wales. He expr essed appreClatiOn b of the senTices of II. J. E Greav es, who, OWIng to failing ey esi gh t, had been resi gn the office of President for Caernarvonshire, which Lord Penrhyn had consen te d to accept; and paid a tribute to the personal interest in the movement . b y Sir Michael A sshe ton-Srruth as County COmm1SSlOner. He thanked the Chief Constable ( Mr. Edward Willian1 ) for his unfailing interest and assistance a ssistant Commi sioner, and expressed gratifi cation that he had agreed to act as Chairman of the Centre Committee .
Reportin o- up o n the work in the Count }, Sir :Michael Assheton-Smith sai d that during 1935 the first aid instruction classes were attended b y 480 persons, of
ST. JOB0J C\DE1 BARRY ISLA D, AUGU ST 15th to nnd, 193 6
Reading from left to right the Officer are Cadet Sup t , J.
whom 4-' 2. secured awards. He felt extremely proud of th kc:: n inter st tak n in the work by the quarrymen who, b\' (ason f th ir ccupation, r alis d onl T too '\n:Ii th yalu of first aid training. Ht hop d that th omp tition would b c m an annual e'\ ent in aynol Park.
lllspertio!l at L/,U/d/.ldllo.- "ir 1 Duff-A h tonSmith Bart., paid an official visit a Commis ion r for Ca nun- nshire to Llandudn n AuO'ust 25 to conduct the annual inspection of the local Division of the Brigade. For the fir t tim in it. history the Llandudno DivLi n paraded with a mart upplementary unit f Boy Cadets' and a di play of drill and stretch r work wa carried out, under the command of ergeant Ralph El ton to the expre d satisfaction of the Conuni ioner "\y ho xamined the contents of all The Cadet were sp ciaJl commended on their recent uccess in th Cadet Competition at the Royal "\ elsh Show, wher they won the c_ rnallt] one }) Shi ld.
COItD'a), Divisio!l.-Fonned a recently a 11arch 1936, the Conway is to on the high tandard ot effiClency attaJ.ned In so short a time as that demon trated by their fine performanc in the open competition held in conjunction with the Royal Welsh how. Although the team failed to "in the trophy, it ecured second place to the renO\\-ned fonmouthshire Police Team.
HIRE CENTRE.
Tredegar Presidmt's Parade.-About 60 men and nearly 20 Cadets marched through the town of headed by the town band, on eptember 19, and were inspected by the Pre ident, W. D. Woollev, JP. (managing director of the Tredegar Iron Coal Company), who was accompanied by the Commissioner for 1\fonmouthshire (Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E.), the Assistant Commissioner for the Bedwelty district (Captain N. C. Richards), Staff Officer W. Penberthy, Corps Superintendent ]. Leach, Corps Secretary ]. Wilcox, Dr. E. T. H. Davies, and the Chairman of the District Council lr. A. E. Cooke).
Captain S. T. Beard presented warrants of appointment to Corps Secretary Wilcox and Ambulance Officer T. H. Evans; and Mr. Woolley presented the medals as second prize-winners in the Martin Shield Competition to the Tytrist Colliery team; also medals to Pochin Colliery Juniors for reaching the final of the 1fartin Shield Competition.
Officer E. Powell, who has been transferred to l\larkham, where he is soon to be appointed Superintendent, was the recipient of a watch as a memento from his colleagues; and Ambulance Officer F. J. Whitcombe receiyed publicly his award as a Grade A. R.P. Instructor.
Ambulance Services.- The Abergavenny Division has improved the facilities for the removal of local ambulance cases by the replacement of the car which
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has been in usc for some with an Up-to dat( which cost over £500 1 by subscrip_ tl ns. The new car was dedIcated at an lmpressiVe service conducted in Bailey Park by the Reve rend T. W. Griffiths, Vicar of HoI Trinity Church Abergavenn. The lesson was read by the Rev erend B. W. R berts, and addresses were gi en by Brig adIer General J. . Bruce and the County Commis sioner .R. Beard, .B.E., who thanked the donoe [or the assi tance which had made the pro vision pos ibI .
The Usk Divi ion i t b congratulated on having made its If r spon ible for securing- an ambula nce to fill a definite need in that town; and it is h ped th( townspeople of U k wi1l rall to thc aid of this puhllcpirited Unit by relieving them of the finnnCla I , train.
BORO Gn OF Nl:.\\<POR 1 'I:. TRE.
The annual inspection orps \\'a c nducted at c\ port \thlctic Ground on unda y. eptember 27, b. fr. A. G. 1;. J. s l<,fan! Commis ion r [ r '\ ale, \ ho was supported b th( s istant urgeon-in- hid for \\lalc, rajor j\. \\. nderson, LB. h.B. The 1 ewport Tra m\\ an Band, under Bandmaster \ ' aitcs play d the Brr from H adquarters to the ground, and head cd the parade in a march past which ,-va e wacch cn b: • everal hundred p ctator ccompan}ing the In pecting nicer were \fr "\ . J T. oHins, JP., Pre ident of ewp rt (' T'S. Dr. Ic ormac, ommissioner for Centre; fr. amp bell liver, missioner; and Mr. G. J. Ro land, ffic er for ewport Centre; and among th se present were Dr. dgar Llewellyn, Commi sioner for ardifl Centre; Captain F. P. Robathan, 1\L ., Ass ) tant Commissioner for Cardiff; and fr. W. \f bon braham, Brigade ecretary.
The Inspecting Officer announced that the p .. Vote of Thanks had been awarded to ex- upcrintt.ndem Barber for his services to ewport Corps; and presented Warrant of Appointment to c\ era: Officers and .0.'. It was reported tha t thl' King had approved the admission of Dr. W. Verner to the Order in the Grad of erving Brother
BOROUGH OF Ruo DDA CE TRE.
urses' Field Day.- The Lady County Othcer. Mrs. M. Ingledew, with the kind r rmission of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fraser, kindly entertained ab out lID Nursin g members in the Rhondda Centre at Tre garrl" Creigiau, on eptember 14.
The most interesting feature of the aftern oon a unique kind of Divisional Competition, deS Igned by Mrs. Ingledew, in which all members present of a Nursing Division took part, cach memb er Superintendent answering one question in First \Jd, one in Nursing, and doing one practical test.
The total l1Llmba of marks gained by tht members ora Division w<.:n.: cllvid·d hy the; n umbe:[ of me:mbers '1)/'(lng ane! the average was the t<.:st, ca n, \.- , , the reward being h0J10L!r or hav,Jng the hIghest -rage (or the DIVJSlon. h.:rndal<.:, fylo[stown and 'l.yc h h ' h Manly, in that order, were t C Ig cst.
Garnes wcre indulged In during the course or the competition, whi h was Juclgecl by Mrs. Orr and three CarJin- Lady OfTicers
\ftcr the Competition the company adjourned t? th<.: Village f laJl, where a had be:cn .proVIded, followe d hy an enjoyable cnl<.:rtaJnment presIded over by J\f r. Fra cr. hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Fraser and to the County OfEcer, Mrs. Inglcde\:, who spec!ally thanked Lady Officer liss C. Richard s for her help as ,o mpetltlon
JlCllloria/ 10 JmulI/rlllCI' Pialll'fl'. s tained glass window in memory or Dr. ylvanus Glanville Morris, M.D., J.P., formerly or Manly, a Knight of Grace of the Order or L. Joh11, ,nd one; or the pioneers of the 1mbuiance movement in the Rhondcla, was unveiled 'loci de dicated at Llan'l'unnor Parish hurch on 'und 1), August [G
Dr 10rr1s, who <l native 0 antgaredig, died in larch, 1932, and :va.., buried in Llangunnor Churchya rd.
The unveiling ccrcmon} was performed in the pre Lncc or a large gathering, by the widow, after which the Rural Dean of Llangadock, the Rev. John Titus (a nephew of the late Dr. dedicated the window . The en ice was conducted by the Vicar of Llnn gu nnor, the R<.:v. James Jenkins, the Ie on being read by aptain Taliesin E. Richard s, ] .P., ComrnlS loner of the Rhondda.
The Bri ga de was represented at the service by Commlssi n r l:. D. ] nes Llanelly; Assistant Commis ioner Dr. \,('i1liams, Llanelly; 11r. R. \\'11so n Bartlett, hairman l\fonmouthshire Centre; Staff Officer R. ]. William Llanelly; Corps upt. W. Sco urfield, Cross Hands; Lady Corps upt. :Miss Ett) Rees, Llanell ' ; together with other officer of the I.lanelly ursing Division and members of the Cross Hand mbulance Divi ion.
The design of the stained gla window, which tncludes the badge of the rder, is by fr.]. Webb, of Grins tead, Sussex, and the parable of" The Good Samaritan» is beautifully portrayed.
E\\,S [:-.I' BRIEF.
The variou Branches of the '\ omen' Institute are i?te resting them el es in First Aid and Hom NurslOg ; and many of th ,-vinter programmes include lectures which are being given b " ursing Officers of the Brigade.
_i\.R. P. Classes are beinL'l' organi cd in most districts ot South Wales; and the Commissioner for Wale can now call upon 75 Grad I and 102. Grade 2. Ins tructors.
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Air Raid Precautions
The Need of We/I-Trained Im/mc/or ,.
13 ) W C. BE TAfJL, F.R.C. ., L.R.CP ., Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief
Air Raid Prfcat{liOl1 ,f SfaJ! Officer 10 fhf> ChIC.! COl7lmissioner.
This is our prime: need at the pre:sent time, and for two rc.:a<;()JlS :
r. · Th e I JOllie Office has asked our help in instructing the ge neral public;. is :)Jlly beginning, and there are JndlcatlOns of It maklOg an enormous demand on us all. Tr y to visualise the instructing or all employees in factories, stores and institutions throughout the country. The Home Office are meantime instructing Government departments such as the Police, Fire Bri gade and Sanitary Inspectors, etc., and have also trained medical men to give lectures to the doctors throughout the country.
To meet the demands for instructing the genera! public will tax to the utmost the joint efforts of the t. John Ambulance Brigade and the British Red ross Society, a service to our nation and to humanity that demands our utmost effon.
2.-The Sf John Amb"lance Brigade.-It is doubtful if in the hi tory of our Order a bigger honour has been conferred on it than this request of the Goyernment; it pro,res that during the past year our Brigade has risen from small beginnings, which in the memories of some of us were often scoffed at, to the position of tru st and efficiency justifying this great demand by our Gm-ernment of us. We must ink all petty differences, and work shoulder to shoulder "\vith all allied organisations in municipal and countrr work. We must seek to work in close and friendhrelation hip ",·ith the British Red Cross ocietj, and steps are already taken at Headquarters to help to this end. Let u borclinate Officer culti\"ate thL real spirit of co-operation in aU areas and counery district.
are a1 0 eeking at Headquarters to ally the great work of the A sociation and the Bri gade more intimately in thi A.R.P. \"l;'ork' we ,,'ant ,-ou to back u up in Centre. .
To do aU that the Home Office a k u " we need more well-trained and efficient in tructor. The m'ernment chool at Falfield i the ideal chool, 'taffe d, quipped and desiO'ned for the mo t thorough and exhalL ti\T training for two week a tho e who ha'\' att nded te tifr.
\\'7 hil the Gm'ernm nt chool the ideal one their capacity i limited to 0 a fortniO'ht for the Go,rernment department the t.] ohn mbulancc: Brigade and the Briti h Red Cro OCleC\', to produce the nec s an' number of in truc'tor UTe
must carryon our London intensive courses through the winter, and plans are made for five courses to be held at the Great Central Hotel, one each in October, November, December, February and March.
and their staff should be carefully selectlng swtable officers from all Divisions in view of these courses, and it is hoped that every vacancy will be filled.
Do not allow temporar y difficulties of equipment to hamper the work or to discourage workers; it is but temporary, and is due to the association of the development in an entirel y new department, toO'ether with the present exigency of our at a time of great international difficulty.
I refer to this matter in order that a sympathetic understanding of the position may enable those who perhaps hav e been disappointed in not receivinO' as much equipment as they think they should, and to enable them to have an understanding of the situation.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Q.-Can a person sit for the Grade examination and be awarded a Grade 2. Certificate?
A.-Yes, if such a candidate fails in the 1JJrittetJ examination to get 75 per cent. but obtains 75 per cent. in the ora! and lecture thry reCei1Je a G rade 2 Certificate.
SPECIAL CIRCULAR TO COMMISSIONERS.
AIR RAm PRECAUTIONS I NS TRUCTOR S' COURSES.
The Chief Commissioner is making arrangements for the following Special Instructors' Courses to be held at the Great Central Hotel, Marylebone Road, London, which will be strictly limited to 200 to enable those who could not attend the previous Courses to receive intensive instruction.
The Courses will be entirely free, but as it will be necessary for those attending to be put up at the hotel on Saturday night and to take all meals in the hotel, a charge at the rate of 35 s. per head, per course, for the whole period, will be made to meet these expenses. In view of these Courses being a Brigade duty, travelling expenses, accommodation, and maintenance (35 s.) may be met from District, County, Corps or Divisional Funds. The sum of 35 s. also includes accommodation on Sunday night and breakfast on the following Monday morning, if required. In addition, books, gas charts, notebook, pencil, etc., will be provided.
In the majority of cases double-bedded rooms will be allotted by the Hotel. Kindly let the Chief Commissioner have your list of names paired for this purpose.
Owing to the Course being limited to 2.00, the Chief Commissioner has allocated District/County
representation in accordance with the stren gth (If each District. The number allotted to your Districtl County is
Please advise the Chief Commission er if you desire this number of vacancies reserved fo r your District/County for each Course, and notify hi m not later than 14 days before the commencement of each Course.
As it is possible that some Districts or Co untie. will not ta ke up vacancies allotted to them, jf you desire to send more representatives than the number allotted to your District/County, plea e si g nif} when replying b y a supplementary list, and t.:ven endeavour will b e made to meet your requirements.
In order to facilitate the work of the hief CO I11missioner \-vill you kindly collect the amoun t s and forward a cheque for the whole amount to I-Teadquarters, seyen days prior to each ourse (c , riiel if possible), \ hen the number of tick t rc q t Ired will be sent to the nominees.
Uniform will not be worn.
Provisional time-table appended. PrograllIme for Each COllrs(. SATURDAY.
8. 5 p.m. Entertainment. S D \Y. 8. 0 a.m. I3reakfa
The following are the dates :October 3-4.
November 21-22. December 19- 2.0. February 6-7. March 6-7.
P. G. D ARVIL-SMITH , Brigade SecreltlD
A History of Ambulance-(Contd.)
AND THE CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED FR OM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES.
Br C. J. S. THOMPSON, M.B.E., Hon. Curator of the Historical Collection of Royal College of Surgeons of England; Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
One of our earliest English military surgeons of note was Thomas Gale, who was born in 15 0 7> and contemporary with Ambroise Pare. Like the great Frenc h surgeon, he opposed the ideas so generalJy held that gunshot wounds were poisoned, and adv ocated a simple treatment. He served with the arm y under Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth, and fina lly settled in London, where in 1563, he published several works on surgery, including an excellent Treati se on "Wounds Made by Gunshot."
The next prominent figure in English military surge.:y was \Villiam Clowes, who was born about 1540 • Like other surgeons of the period, he served with b oth the army and the navy. He was first with the army in France commanded by the Earl of Surrey, and after being in the navy for several years, com menced practice in London, and became urgeo n to St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals. _\.fte r being in London 14 years, however, by Queen Elizabeth's command, he was sent into the Low Coun tries to attend the Earl of Leicester, who was the n in command of the English Army. He was at Zutphen when ir Philip Sydney was killed, and afterwar ds served in the Fleet at the defeat of the Spanish Armada Returning to London once more, he ag ain settled down in practice and was appointed Su rgeon to the Queen. His best-known book is called" A Profitable and ecessary Book of Observations fo r all those that are burned with the Flame of Gunpow der, and also for cure of Wounds made with Musket and Caliver shot, and other weapons of war commo nly used at this day, both by sea and by land." It \\ as published in London in 1596. The greater pan o f this work consists of a record of surgical ?Ses w hich he had treated, and gives us an insight lnto the treatment of those \-"ounded in battle in the 16th ce ntury.
He records « The Cure of one faster ndrew Fones, a merchant of London, \vhich being in a Shlp at the sea was set upon by the Flu hingers, in wruch figh t he was very dan gerously \vounde d with gunsho t." There is also « The Cure of one Henry RllOdes , one of the waiters at the Custom House he being upon the Ri er Thames a skirmishing with and by reason the peece had c rtain Raws lJ11t, dld breake into many peeccs, and made a O'reat wound upon his chin and carried away a good of the mandule and the teeth withall moreover it did l' end his hand greatly, all which' I cur d malmc or deformity." There is « An Observation fo r the cure of the master of a Hoy that had both his le gs fra ctured and broken into many peeces with an 313
iron bullet shot out of a great basse or harquebusse of crocke at the sea by a Pyrat or sea rover." These few cases will give us an idea of Clowes's clinical records. The importance which attaches to them , and the reasons why they constitute a distinct advance in the art of surgery is, that the author gives his actual experiences and tells us how he treated his patients.
Among other military surgeons of the 16th century, mention should be made of that interesting charac ter 1faister P eter Lo we, or, as he termed himself, a " Scottish 1fan," who was born in Glasgow in 1550. When scarcely more than a student, he \vent to France, where he lived for a number of years, to acquire experience. Returnin g to his native city, he attained a considerable reputation as a surgeon. In 1599, he founded the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, for which he obtained a Charter from King James VI. He is best known by his work called « A Discourse of the whole art of Chirurgery, compiled by Peter Lowe, Scottishman, Doctor in the Faculty of Chirurgerie at Paris, and ordinary Chryurgion to the French King and Navarre." It was first published in 1597, and is one of the earliest works in English which covers the whole practice of surgery.
The common belief that had prevailed for over a century that wounds caused b y gunshots were at once poisoned by the burning of the gunpowder, was discredited by Peter Lowe, who disbelieved this old theory, and in writing of gunshot wounds observes: C( There are divers opinions. Some think that there is a venenosity in the powder, and burning in the bullet, which is false, for the things whereof the powder is ordinarily made, as Brimstone, Saltpeter, Coales of divers sorts of trees, Water, Wine and Aquavitae, have no venenosity in them, likewise there is no burning in the bullet, for if the bUllet of lead being shot a grea t way, should burne, through heat it \ ould be me lted itself. I have cured divers within these thirty yeares of di\-ers nations which have followed the \\"arres in Fraunce and other countries, in the which I haye found no more difficulty than in any other contused wound ."
When treating of amputation, Peter Lowe describes the operation throughout, and re comm ends that (one of the a sisters put the extreamitie of his fingers on the great "ain and arteries to stay th m from bleeding until the chrrurgion either knit or cauteri e them one after another."
Peter Lowe died full of years in 1612., having done much to ad\Tance the knowledge of surgery in Great Britain.
Another eminent military surgeon of the time was John Woodall, who wrote what may be termed the first work in England specially devoted to both naval and military surgery. It was called " Viaticum, or The pathway to the surgeon's chest, containing chirurgical instructions for · the younger sort of surgeons imployed in the service of His Majesty or for the Commonwealth upon any occasion whatsoever intended for the better during of wounds made by gunshot." After some excellent advice to the surgeon's mate, including what was probably not an unnecessary warning against the" pot and tobacco pipe in unreasonable measure." he gives a list of the instruments which are likely to be most useful for the surgeon's chest. These include" Catlings (short pointed knives), Rasours, Trepans, Trafines, Lavatories, Cauterising Iron, Storks' Bills, Ravens' Bills, Crows' Bill (Forceps), Terebellum Probes and Glister Sirings."
He then gives a long list of medicines which he had found useful and a description of the use of the instruments and an account of the earliest kinds of wounds, dislocations and diseases incident to the navy and the army.
Woodall's advice marks an advance in the treatment of wounds, and he attacks throughout his work what he calls " the inordinate and meddlesome use of strong caustics." He says he had seen men lamed by the needless use of caustic medicines , even in slight wounds, " to which if an old wife had only applied her 'one salve for all sores: no such had happened." He was, I believe, the first to recommend Lime Juice in the treatment of scurvy, which from his time has proved so important in the treatment of that disease.
Until the time of Charles I, physicians and surgeons who were required to go with the arm y in the field were specially engaged for a definite period at a fixed fee, or, as many were, actually pressed into the service and conscripted. Considering the difference in the value of money at the time in which they lived, their pay was not inadequate. During the CIvil War the compensation paid to the doctors of the Northern Garrison was 6s. 8d. a day. During the Civil Wars, the military surgeons appear to have been treated both by the Royalists and Cromwellians as non-combatants, and when in the field wore a distinguishing badge which consisted of a broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, which was worn across the breast and over one shoulder. Thi s was for the purpose of identification, a custom which survived from Elizabethan times, for a writer of that period says :-" Surgeons must wear their baldric s whereby the y may be known on the field." They w ere often allowed to enter hospital, camp or fortress jn order to treat the wounded men of their own si de and when the y fell into the hands of the enemy the; were not usually retained as prisoners.
In the armies raised by the Parliament there were
usually two or th!ee medical officers attached to the staff of the General, who supervised and contr olled the medical adminis.tration of the whole ar nlY. Below these were regImental surgeons and who were attached to each particular unit. T hu, in the list of the army under th Earl of Essex, there appears "A physician to the train and person " and also "A surgeon t o th train and p erso n:" There was a surgeon-general and also apoth eca ries to the army. The armies in Ireland and Scotland had each attached " A Physician-General!> a " Su rgeonGeneral" and "Apothecary-General," an d thi arrangement urvived in the Po t-Rest oration period. The Phy ician-General wa. the chief of thes e officials, who was usualh' a man of con idera ble standing, and paid accordlngly. Thu, Gliss on was Physician-General to rvfanche ter' army; \\'aterhouse to Cromwell's army in Ireland, and Barrnw to Monk army in Scotland. Each of the e recen ed the sum of lOS. a day. 1 ext in rde! of app o intment came the Army pothecary-General. I Ic received 6s. 8d. a day, while the urg n$ \V re allo \\'ul 4•. and their a i tant or mate 2<;. 6el. a day.
In 1651 the surgeon pa) \va , increased to 65. day, although six years afterward , it was d rop ped to the original fiau reo Very few of the arm y doc tors of the period are to b found in the R II of th e Royal College of Ph), ician. orne of them w ert. un· doubtedly incompetent, and in 1654 we (i nd C'neral Monk remonstrating with romwcll for app oInting a certain lr. Fish to be a urgeon of th \ rtdlery Train. Fish i de cribed b,· rat fonk a ( one who was never bound pr' ntic to the pro fession, and I can ee, he says, thi person not (it to un dUlake it, as well as for hi wane of kill a form er nllScarriages.
It was customary in important ca es to call in other physicians. Thu, when rumwell fell ill in c()rland during the spring of 1651 Dr. \'( right and Dr . Bate two leading phy icians in London, were de spatched to Edinburgh by the ouncil of tate.
It is interesting t o note that ordi nary pract itione rs employed in the absencl: of army doctor or III moments of special pressure, were paid ( by th e ca 'e." In the Record Office there is preserved a bill of one George Blagrave for "curJng a wounded soldier of a brui sed leg, lOS." , .A cut over the e ye, lO d a sore thrust in the arm, £1. ' « For John Bullock, who had a very s re cur in th f repart of hi' head which caused a piece of hL sku 11, the bread th of 2 half-crown pjece to be taken forth, £I JOs. "
While a so ldi er was in ho , pital a certain pr oportion of his pay was deducted to defray the cost of. drugs and nursing, but this wa , only while he was an Indo or patient. There were n o movabl ho pitals with our army in those days, and soldiers badly woun ded on the field were either left in the nearest villages OJ billeted in hous es in the djstrict. Those not so wounded were sent to London) even from towns 0 co nsiderable distance, such a Reading.
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After the Battle of Naseby, the wounded were collected in Northampton and the villages round about. Doctors were sent from London to attend them, and the Commissioners of Parliament with the Army made provision for their care and living.
A notable improvement took place after the capture of Bristol in 1645, when a large house was taken by the Commonwealth Commissioners and used as a hospital for the wounded, and a similar one was opened at Northampton. The nursing in these institutions was carried out by women, who were generally the wives or widows of soldiers. In a military hospital of this kind established in Dublin, one female nurse was allotted to every 10 patients, and was paid for her services at the rate of £ro a year. From 1644 the London Hospital supplied the only permanent provision for sick and wounded soldiers in the metropolis. The four great hospitals, St. Bartholomew's, Bridewell, St. Thomas's and Bethlehem were made free by Parliamentary ordinance from all taxes and assessments, on the grounds that " great numbers of sick, wounded and other soldiers had for the time of 20 months past been constantly kept in the said hospitals at very great and extraordinary charges, especially for their cure and diet."
During the year 1644, St. Bartholomew's claimed to have cured 1,122 maimed soldiers and other diseased persons. St. Thomas's during the same period had treated and discharged 1,063, a great number being soldiers.
Later on, it being thought that accommodation in these institutions was insufficient, special military hospitals were created by Parliament, the first being at the Savoy, which was established in November, 1644. It is recorded that there were 29 nurses to 3 50 patients in the hospital. Stringent rules were enforced with respect to the nursing staff, one being that" nurses who neglected their duties or made any disturbance by scolding or brawling were to be fined or expelled from the hospital." Another was, if a soldier married a nurse, both were to be expelled at once. The second special military hospital was opened at Ely House in 1648, which also had accommodation for 3 50 patients. Other hospitals of this kind were established at the various headquarters of the army in Ireland, Scotland and Flanders. Thus, in Dublin, there were two established in 1649, one being in the Archbishop of Dublin's house, and in Edinburgh the English General utilised the building and revenue of Heriot's Hospital for the sick and wounded. Here" one nurse was allowed for every five weak men, and one per ward where persons were ambulant," and her salary was 4S. to 4S. 6d. a week.
It had now apparently become an accepted principle that women made the best nurses. When General Venable was censured for taking his wife with him on the disastrous expedition to the West Indies and allowing some of his soldiers to be accompanied by their wives, he replied that "anybody who had
served in the Irish Wars knew the necessity of havi ng that sex with any army to attend them and help the sick and wounded, which men are unfit for." "Had more women gone," he concludes, "I suppos e th at many had not perished as they did for want o f care and attendance."
Before leaving the period of the Stuarts, mention should be made of Richard Wiseman, who has bee n fitly termed the "Father of English Surgery. " He was born in 1620, and began life as a surgeon in the Dutch Navy. A devoted Royalist, howeve r , he joined the armies of Charles I, and after the King 's death, went into exile with his son in Franc e. He was present at the Battle of Worcester, wh ere he was taken prisoner, and afterwards confin ed in Lambeth House for a while. During the Co mmonwealth, he saw three years of service in the Sp arus h Navy. On the Restoration, the King did not f01 ge t him, and he was appointed Surgeon-in-Ordi ra ry, and afterwards Sergeant-Surgeon. His best-1m wn work on surgery, entitled" A Treatise on Wo u nd ," was first published in 1672.. Wiseman's long slJ"yice at sea is not disguised even in hjs writings, an c' the man's rugged nature is often revealed in his v. ( rds. He apparently did not believe in depriving a p atle nt of what he was in the habit of taking, as he te llc; us of a man "who swooned and complained h e eQ uId not live without wine, so I complied with his de,i re. He drank again as he pleased, his sickness \ 'e nt, his wound digested and he cured." "Thi s," tinues Wiseman, "I have often seen in on-L of our Dunkirkers at sea, who drank cxtraor dinu ily and were full of drink in our sea fights. I (au ld scarce ever cure them without allowing them \ we, and thereby their spirits were kept up, and I had liberty to bleed them as I thought fit."
In dealing with gunshot wounds, he rcco m p end that" the bullets should be searched for and e xt l ",c te d at once, while the patient is warmed with the h La t of battel, and the wound fresh and very little al ere d by air or accident, so le ss pain must nec e follow upon the extraction."
In France, although the · army numbered 1 5,-, 000 men in 1638, they were without military h o sI tals, Each company of a regiment, however, had a su geon attached to it, and medical assistance was so me£l mes rendered by the priests who followed th e ar r:ll es and mirustered to the spiritual needs of the so ld lers Wounded men were taken to the monasterie s, \ he re the monks who had some knowledge of surg e.ry looked after them in their infirmaries, but the ha bits of military life did n ot tend to make them welco me guests, and it is said the monks were always gla. d to get rid of them.
The first military hospital was establi sh(..d in France in 1639, and in the reign of Louis an attempt was made to establish a regular rruhta ry medical service, but without success. Th e army at that time was ravaged by disease. The con di tion
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In I720 it was Belloste, a French army surgeon, who first called attention to the harmful effect of the air on wounds. He writes: " Both the ancients and modern agree on the bad influence of air on and it is in the vitiated air of the army hosp1tals that we must prevent it with all our power from penetrating the internal parts of our bodies, and those who are deprived of their integument for fear it will communicate to them its harmfuL effects. Air is a terrible ravager of wounds, and the promptest methods of dressing ought to be preferred to all others."
the beginning of the eighteenth century, a distlnct advance took place in the direction of the care of the sick, wounded and ambulance in time of war. In the Austrian War of Succession, 1740, a treaty was concluded for the first time, to regard the hospitals as sacred from attack.
Another step forward was made in 1743, when it was agreed between the English and the French that the hospitals for wounded and the military surgeons should be treated as neutrals. During the Seven Years War, 1756, Louis XV and Frederick the Great, to their honour, agreed to consider all the medical staff as neutrals, and exempt from capture.
Three years later, a similar arrangement was made between the Marquis de Barail, who commanded the French army in Flanders, and the English General, !1enry Seymour Unfortunately, in the 11lterests of humaruty, the progress of the movements to aid the sick and wounded was dealt a serious blow on the outbreak of the French Revolution as the Convention decreed that ail prisoners taken, wounded or not, should be immediatelY executed.
During the eighteenth century, no man did more to improve the conditions of the sick and wounded in the army than Sir John Pringle. He was one of the pioneers among the investigators of antiseptic agents. Born in Scotland in 1707, the son of a Scottish baronet, on leaving school, he became a student of medicine at Edinburgh University. From thence he went to Leyden, working under the famous Boerhaave, and eventually graduated at the University there in 1730. Returning to Scotland, he commenced practice in Edinburgh, and a few years later, became Professor of Pneumatics at the University in 1742. He was then attached to the Earl of Stair, who was Commander of the British Army, and was shortly afterwards appointed Physician-General to the military hospital and armies in Flanders. During the time he held that office from 1742 to 1748, he served
throughout all the can1paigns in the Low Countnes and so saw much service in the field. He was a obser:rer, a man of resource, and durin g his expene?ce 1n the Low Countries especially, he co1le cted facts concerning the incidence of disease 111 the army, chano-e of climate and locality the influence of variation in temperature and mOIsture on the health of troops on active service. These he embodied in his book on "Diseases in the Army," published in 1752, which was tran slated into several language and was known throu ghou t Europe.
t that time the most terrible di ea c do gged the footsteps of the destroying its efficienc y and produclng havoc In Its ranks, compared with whi ch the numbers killed in battle were mall. The most common were typhu} pneumoma, pl eurisy and rheumatism. Typhu, or a it \Va ailed at that time, "hospital fever,' raged in practicall y very hospital through overcrowding. The patients, vho were simply laid on straw which s on became to, ten were in a shocking condition. Pringle adv ocated that the sick should be removed to small regi mental hospitals rather than being crowded together and laid much importanc on f re hair, dryn e S l.n d and the necessity of chang f ground on which the camp was pitched.
The foundation of a ne'.\' ra in the orgarusatlOn of ambulance systems for transporting the sick aou wounded was laid by the famous French '·my surgeons Baron Larrey and Baron Percy, wh o 'en: the originators of organi ed ambulance ort on the battlefield.
Jean Doffiinique Larrey, who, a [1-1n-\ iuct to the Grand rmy, and friend and body-s ur..,eon of Napoleon, was the greatest military surgec of the XVIII century. He was born near the p yr in I766, and studied medicine at the Medical d 001 of Toulouse. He became uraeon-General to Napoleon's Army in 1797 and during the lany campaign s in which he took part, proved humelf to be a man of remarkable ability and resourCL
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Birthplace of Associ<ltion and First District 3lld (OUnty urgeon Confclcncl!
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ERY OF THE RDER, T. JOIl 's GATE, Lo DO 1, E . oi'ellJber, I936
A.R. P \ND THE BRIG ADE OBLIGATIO!
(a) The Brigade has agreed to undertake to encourIts members to volunteer for local air raid precautions se rvice s whenever volunteer are called for by the G over nment or by a local authority an d will
maintain whatever organisation 1S best adapted co facilitate this enrolment.
(b) T he Bri gade will undertake the training o t H S members in air raid precautions generally, and in anti-gas measures in part.icular, at its own expense, and for this purpose will arrange for a sufficient number of its members to be [rained at the Civilian l \nti-Gas School as Instructors in anti-gas measure so far as yacancies at the chool can be allotted to H.
(c ) The Bri gade will re pond, so far as is within it , power, to reasonable requests from local authorities for assistance in the organi ation of air raid precaution sen ice to deal with 6\"il casualties, and for the pro\-ision of lectures and instruction in air raid precaution to per ons outside its own membership, provided that the Brigade hall not be called upon to incur expen e in the latter connection.
It be ob en-ed from (b) that the Brigade und rtake to pro\Tjde all necessary training of their own members It is hoped that this 'Will mean that local authorities will be able to secure the greate r part, at least, of their per onneI for air raid ca uality services.
'\ ith regard to the latter part of (c ) , which refers to the training of person not members of the Brigade and to the education of the general public in air raid precautionary matter it is belie,ed that where the expen es were not met by fe paid by those undergoing training, the Brigade could be relie,ed of expen e in sev ral direction " by [he local authoritie ," without the latter incurring any direct expendituree.g., by their authori ino- the u e of ro ms or hall in public buildings and lending tretcher, blanket and similar article \\: hich might b required for demonstration purpo , e, .
Thi ' information has b en irculat d bl" the Home Ornc to County Councils, County Borough Council (an d the Corporation of the ity of London), Ietropolitan Borough Council :Municipal Borough Coun-
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The primar y dut y of all members, both mobil e and i mmobile, is to the fighting erv ices. It is tho u g ht probable that on an outbre a k o f \v ar there will be a number of members who will n o t b e i m me di a t e h required for dut y with the m e dic a l forces of the Crm'n; and the services of these memb e rs, if it was so d e ir ed , could be made a v ailable to assist with the prote ct i on of the civil population u n til such a tim e a s th ey were called up. It is impos si ble a t the pre sen t tim e for the authori ties to fo r m an y est i m a te which cou ld be reg arded as accurate of numbers w ho will b e required for duty w ith the For ces, ei ther o n an outbreak of w ar o r subsequ entl y, b u t this qu estio n is receiv ing ver y careful considerati on, and such information as may be p o ssi ble w ill b e g ive n t o C o ntrollers in due course.
In the meantime, therefo re, it sh o uld b e impresse d on all officers and me m b ers th a t the y ar e fre e t o o ffer their serv ices to the Civ il A uthoriti es in the p ro t ection of the civil population again s t ai r r ai d s, but o nl y so far as it does not conflict w ith th ei r o bli gatio n s u n der the V.A.D. Scheme, which may ent ai l i ndi,\ri d uals being called up for servi ce w i th t h e for ces of the Crown, and thu s re sult in i mmedia t e wi t hdrawa l from servi ce in aid o f t h e civ il aut ho r i t ies.
Leeds Inspection
A t t he V .A .D. 19 8 Inspe c tion, held at the Y W C l \. , Cookridge St r ee t , L ee d s on October 2 2, Brigadier General W Sand ys, C B., C.i\f. G., was accompanied b y M aj or Snow, Mrs K itson and 1Irs Geldard.
The p roceedi n gs took the form of a combined Clearing an d Fi rs t Aid St ation, a large room being di v ide d into offi ces , bathroom, store -room and first aid r oom. T hanks to the ingenuity of the members t hes e rooms were fully equipped with everything ne cessary, from air locks, bins, shower bath and clean clothing down t o identity discs .
The personnel included Motor D river, D oorkeeper, Clerks and Turses. T wenty casualties ( Gi rl Guides a nd B oy Scouts being t he patients), havi n g b ee n brough t i n by stretcher and other m etho d s, were at once attended to by the nurses a ij. d t he n examined by 1Iajor Snow. Mrs Eitson and Mrs Ge Jdard were much interested in mode ls showing child w ith fra c ture d a r m and eyes affected b y mustard g as , and in A. R.P. for anima ls
Gen eral San d ys exp ressed hi m self ple ase d w ith t he admini s t r ati on o f t h e D etachm ent and w ith the wo rk as a w h o le
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Birthplace of Association and Brigade
B y CORB E T FLETC H E R LA. , M.B ., LR.C., ur geo n-ln - hi er.
It is ap p r o! ri at e t o r e call o n th e eve of the Jubilee Year of the Bri g ade th a t th e i\ soc i a t io n established it s fir st ce ntr e in 18 7 7 at '\ o h v1 ch, th en a \ illage in Kent, the h o m e c o unt y of J o hn Furl er, who did so much t o a d van ce th e a im a nd o bj c t s of the \ sociati o n; an d t h a t it ta rt e d i t fi rst ,orps or unit of cer ti ficate d m embers in 18 79 at 'M a rgate, in K.ent, thr o u g h t he efforts of \ illiam J oh n hurch Brasier, to w hom the B riga d e w c more t h an to other in d ividual.
The largatc o rp was founde d 'for du t) on lan d and sea ." It mem b er., who wcre equipp ed ",ith uniform a n d po se sed a w heeled litter, did amb ulan ce duty on land and a lso on ea with thc lifeb oat'. In it early day the Coq S \J;a in pecled J ohn \'\-ho \.,'a so ed that he initiated the \ hfo rd C\ p r il 18 9) and eycnoak ,n rp-, \\'bich, .11 l,lrn, were fo ll o \\'ed b y orr s at and T unbrid,rc \"Ce ll s ( 1880).
The B riaade actually came into l'xistence 11 \\'hen the en t ra l EXeCUli\"c o!11mi ttee (later k 10\rn a the "\ mbulance ommiltec) decided lhat rhe yari ou Ambulance o( the \'>socialil )l1, \hich were b eing foundcd up and down thl' hould be b ande d together as a B rigalk o( Cur p .' I[s o ld est unit l argaec,. held pritk of place t'()l' eral years UDtil its li nk with t. J ohn'" Jate was 1 . ,kcn; the honour of seniority pa'sed to thL \ bflHd orps, \,\'hich still proudly carrics on its good \:ork. R oyal recognition came to the Brigade in 1909 , \,'hen o. I Di trict \nlS granted the honour of beinl! designated « Prince of \\,'ales s Corps," and ()t' w :tring the P rjnce ofW'a les plumc as collar badgL, b: ('\.oor,l!e, P rince of \'(' ales -o r thc C; rand Prior ()f th ()"c!e[ of St. J obn- cc on recognition o( rhL' \'a luah k f\ ICC: rendcred generally by the Brigatk and C I 'liallr by the 1Ie tropoli tan Corp ."
Once aaain similar RO\ al 1'cco,rniti()1l Gl11L u [he b ,;:, Brigade t\l,:enty-one years later, \\'hen GrJnd Prior, II.R .! !. the Duke of ( )nnallght·, the sp l end i d work of 8 District Kent, Surrey and ussex) by concecli ng to its mem her the right to carry hi 5 name and to \\L'a r hi , bad By 50 doing he a lso pai d honour to thc Brigade, an d )110re especiall y to the county which, thanks to the dru rrs of two great Ke n tish p ioneers, Furley and Brasl cr , .' ;In ti p r ovid ed th e b ir thp lace of the \ ssoclatJO ll' B r iga d e,
First District and County Surgeons' Conference
THE CIlIEF Cmf\ JI '> ro:--'ER
D E.\.R IR,
With pleasu rc I h ave. honour to report lhat the first Co nfere n ce o[ Dls t nct and Coun t y Surgeo n s was held in the hapter lI a ll on atur d ay, O c to b er. 10, and that it was a g reat success; 29 out of a pOSSib le l-t members we r e present.
rollowing a most kindly welcome [rom ir P ercival \\ 'ilkinso n, ecretar) -General of the Order, I our le tter of \velcome a n d of encouragement which much app rcciate d , and 1 explained that absence from Lon d on had kept you from the Conference
\\ e commenced our discu ions at ? p m. and closed them at ..;. . 30 p.m . with the feeling we were the better friend for having met and the sati het ion that c\ en when a is the reputed of ou,· profession We had differed on POlllt we had not quarrelled.
1\t the ouLet 1 dismisecl forlh\\'ith certain subjects \\'hic11 had been oA-cr d for discussion on the grounds that the e \.\'cre matters oUlside our commission. \ex t, 1 explamed my own llan of campaig?, whlCh IncluciLs persona l contact (b) com-er .atlOn and lettCL) with my at cry pOSSible oppor-_ [unit \) the issue or pen()dlcal cHculars on matter ot the collation of facts which , hall sen-e a: a hasi\ cl summary in the _ \ nnual R eport of the Bng. dc, and the hoiding of this and 1 that, if al proyed, this plan hould be .adopted by l:1ch in hi' own District, ounty or \rea it h ha' alrea dy taken action on these, or imilar, line.
It "as my priyilegL to explain se\reral. difficulties and to recei\ e much cordial co-operatlOn ill the explanation thereof. _ \5 c ncrete cyid nce of the usefulness of 01.1 r consultalions, the Conference h;1: asked me to SLl bmit to YOll the followi ng rc 'o lutions whie b were pas ed unanimoll,ly :-
I. That , except whl n sUPl orlcd a from the Coun t\' Cnmmi 's ioner th request tor the rcexaminatio'n of a. Diyision by its mn1 rgeon be not granted.
2. That, prO\-idcd no fec is tlskcd or eXI ccted, the_ sen ices of a 'uro'con on the \s 'o ciatiol1 List ot Examiners be when tho e of a Brigade urgeon arc not rcadi l r a\ ai lable Cor a Diyisional re- xamina.tion.
3·. That stq s be taken to -olleet a 11br,11'), of (which shall depict the right and the wrong .ot carrying out Pi rst \ id ope rations, such as arui1clal respI ration) for exhibition at large gat h erings in the varioll s Dis tri c ts, an d J\ rcas.
Further, w i th reference to Clause 228 of R egu lati ons " I was asked to your as to t h e me aru ng of the words- \.'\-Ill be used -and more espe cially as to whethe:- or these .are to be r ea d as-" w ill b e used excluslVely. I n trus connection, d uring a chat over the c?P of tea wruch followed the Co n feren ce , my attentlon was drawn to the second sentence in the second paragraph of the Memorandum wruch prefaces General Regulations. As urgeon-in-Chief I 0e Coruer.ence in my opinion, the words slgrufied lnstruct10n must be based exclusively on the offiClal Text-books; and personally I take the view the sentence quoted means that General d? not clude any surgeon from referring ill his to methods of treatment other than those named 1n the T ext- books (as is the custom of of us), provided always that he (or she) make it clear uch methods are outside the Syllabus of Instructlon of the _ ssociation as presented in the :\'eyertheless, as requested, I take pleasure ill submitting this point to your jurisdiction.
The Conference, as a body of men who also \ sociation lecturers, authorised me to for you r approyal and, if approyed, for t!,ansrrusslOn. to the D irector ot Ambulance, the follm-nng res olubon ,,·hich ,,'as also passed unanimously ;-
, That, in exceptional and e peciali:-in countn' areas, the lecture poruon of the se'\-eral . ociation Cour e be opened to mixed clas es. ot men and women whereb\ undue calis on the ernce of member of the profe ion mar be a\-oided, eYen if the practical portion of such courses be kept ' eparat ."
The Conference enrhusia rlcally apprO\-ed :h.e sugg stion that rour permi ion be ought to e tablish (hi '- Conference of Di trice and urgeon an annual hxture, it bing propo ed that the next Conferenc be held in mid-October next year.
In conc1u -ion, I de ir to pay tribut to the ' pirie Jnd keenne s of my collea&ue' \:-ho, l)Wn e.-pen' , trayelled to tor Conference Crom all part. of England trom the h! h Free tat, Crom 1 -o rth rn Ir land and from rh Chann 1 I hnd , with the sole purpose of pooling eh, ir kn?wledge and_ cxperi for th adyancemeDt ot 111 died work ot the Brigade
I :1111, d 3,r -..U, Your Obedient 'en-ant, (Jorl.). - CORBET FLETCH ER, Sl!r
t. Joh1! _ -l 'i:ilH/.lIIre Briuarlc'.
Air Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Air Raid Precaution Stafi' OH1cer t the Chief Commissioner
London Lect1lres.-Our first Course was held earh' .in October, and Wing-Commander Hodsoll, head of the department of the Home Office, opened it with an address.
Advantage of the Course was taken by a considerable number of non-Brigade men and women. The date of the fu ture courses are November 2 1-22 December I9-20, February 6-7, and March 6-7· -
The opportunity of rneeting Brigade Officers from all over the country, and the group discussions are a big factor in the success of these Courses.
Eqflipment.-Respirators and Protecti\Te Clothing Units are beginning to come in in larger quantities, and the patience of our Instructors will soon be rewarded. Though, as a matter of fact, no classes need have been held up for ordinary instruction, as Respirators have always been available when adequate notice has been given.
General Public.-In the instruction of the General Public, it is proving wiser to allow outside organi ations to arrange the classes and charge indi idual members or not, as the organisation wishes, and for us merely to supply lecturers at a fee round about one pound per lecture.
The organisation should do the advertising, provide the room, and be responsible. Some may make a profit, others, such as Municipal Councils , may prefer to let their people have it for nothing.
The Chief Commissioner sanctions any Division or Officers conducting classes, if their Commissioners are agreeable.
Co-operation.-Some Councils and Countie are appointing an official supervisor for A.R.P. His chief function is to co-ordinate all the varied activities of the work. It is particularly desired that all our Officers and Units give all such efforts for co-operation their cordial support.
In this spirit we are seeking to enable the Association and the Brigade to co-operate more closely in A.R.P. work, and Association Lecturers wiD be given the opportunity of becoming lecturers and examiners in the subject.
Questions and Answers
Q.-Can the rank and file sit for Grade and Grade 2 examinations ?
A·-If the Commz'ssz'oner of the District 01' County wishes z't, and the Candidates have attended an Instructor's Course.
Q.-Can you sit for Grade examination straight away, or must Grade 2 be passed first?
A.- 0 I/eed to pC/Ss Grade 2 lin'l, bUI a/I candidafeJ /IINsl be recolJll/lended by the COl/IlIJisJ'ioner.
Q. -Cou ld a r erson who has received lectures from a Grade 2 J,ec turcr, it for Grade I examinati o n?
A.-} -8S, if recolI/l/lel/ded 11)1 l!Je COllllI/issioml'.
Q. - W l hich hould receive hrst attention, g,ls es condition 0.1' First (\id wound?
-A lIire deci.rioll for the hloJ11ledge of Ihe Fiu t rAider 10 decide lIthich is //lore imporlant to life. For exallIple, (l ,rill/pie fracllfre cOJlId u'ai!, btlt hcefTIorrbage fro//l all ill/por/alll arIel), the patietJt JI'ollld be dead 'i Jlot treated before decoJllalllillaliolJ
Q.- hat pr vi. ion i made for the supp h of clothing at D econtamination Centre ?
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-.L--1deqlfate alld ,witabit .mpplies }pill be sllpplied I?), the GOl'enIll18I1t.
Q.-For what period of time docs the e \ Respirator remain efficient?
A.-Trom 40 to 60 !Jolin.
Q. -Can one borrow the \.R.P. Film for th e use of our Divisio n?
A.-Yes. Arral/ge with j'o/fr locaL Citlelllo and jOJ"7vard allematiz'e dates 10 13.1 !.Q. tht .lillll ii approxilllateb 790 ft. if] TNs lillll has alrCt11y been inc/;{ded in orC/il/my prograllllllfS ill Olle!' 100 t on 'm.
Q.-Does petrol or paraffin eli soh e i\lu tard as , or form a m re harmful concentraLion ?
.-If in s/ff!iciellt 1"alJtitie.l il disJo/tleJ ,\I: I.Jrd Gas and J'mder_r il harmless.
Q. -Ho\\· arc we to know when the container is out?
A.-The avera<.e.e lillie is froll! -1-0 to 60 hours. ,4/itr the respirator /.las beeiJ wed Jor ji'olll 30 to 40 hOllrs It should be sent back to the O;Jicer ill resp irator (or re-charging.
Ley ton First-Aid Course
1\ course of lectures on C Fi rst ",\id to the Inj ured," will be given at Goodall Road chou]s, E.IO, commencing on Wednesday, January 6, 193 followed by a course of (C 1-:1 orne LHsing" lectufl S
Further particulars from J\mbulan ce Offi cer P. Jeffrie s, 7r, Selby Road, Leytonstone, E.l J.
Found
A St. John Ambulance Brigade Medal, CorMatioH, 191 I; engraved on edge Sergt. A. E. Long. Apply to B. E Radford, 22, High Street, Bridgwate r
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
o. I (PRINCE OF WALES'S) DISTRICT.
DISTRICT ORDERS
DISTRICT COl\1PETITIO $, 1937
The District Final Competitions will be held on Satu rday, February 27, 1937, at the Northampton Institute, St. John' S treet, C1erkenwell, E.C.r, commencing at 2. I 5 p.m.
Winners of the « Wjlliam Neill," cc MacRae," "Sleath Gent" and (C ursing Bowl" Competitions will attend on this date at 3 p.m., in full dress, with medals
In the Preliminary Competitions for the Sleath Gent and \!ursing Bowl Competitions, and throughout the Osb o rn Competition, uniform need not be worn, but in tht: Final Competitions (other than the Osborn) the dre ss is Revieu' Order. Tursing Divisions wear itlc/oor /If/i/onl , and in the Brooks Competition, hats instead of C'1ps .
Dre ss for Judg , teward, etc.: P/lblic Dill] Order with l1edaLs. District Order 0 . 1505 is amended in relatio n to the 1 and Brooks Efficiency ompeti tin ns, which will be held at the Torthampton low u te with the other Finals on February 27. OfFicers in ( Ila rge of Division now holding. are req t :, tcd to return them to the Jompetltlon ecretary att h above address, not later than February Il, 1937· \\ l'1nerS of _ fassey and 1fac:r:adden Competis [i oll will represent the Di trict in the Brigade Finalfor tl1l De"'ar anel Perrott Trophies.
\1 It !C\ID PRI CAll I 1O'\; \ It h a \ iew to the cHlcien t and practical fulfi.lment of tl l\. undcrrakinr;s entered into by the Brigade \\'1th the (Jo yemmcnt and Local Authorities in connection tir-raid precaution chemes Officers and men in ch'1 rge of l\mbulance and Tursing Divisions are req uc ted to as ure the early training of their Divi ions and re cruitment of J\.R.P. uxiliarr units. Full 1ssistance and advice in thi respect \,,'ill be furn ished by the [ollo\\'ing Area ... \.R.P. Officers :;\ or/hem' .L lrea: uperintendent \\1. G. \X ar re n, 25, Queen's Crescent Ilampstead, \ ' 5· Sou/bern Area: hief uperintendent P. B. \Vicken , 4, Oldfield Road Bexlev Heath, Kent. CtJJ'rai Area: Chief uperintcndent E. \\ ells 19, h lyne Road, troud Green, T A . L ur le}tJ ./Jrea: hief uperintcndent mith Stlffor d Lodge ottage, lorth tifford, Grays, Ess x. If es tern Area : hief uperintendent E. \V. JackSon , 13, Vicarage \'(Tay, Harrow Garden Village Mid dlesex. ... . advantage should b taken of all curses for tral nIn g instructor, in order to meet demands for pub lIC instruction. The attention or all ranks and Inst r.u ctors in particular, is drawn LO the recent ..I \.R.P. publications obtainable through 11. 1. 'tati nery Office, Adastra l House Kingsway, \YJ .c. 2.
A.R. p Handbook No. I, "Pers nal Prot ction Against Gas" price 6d.
A.R.P. Handbook No.2, (( First Aid for Gas Casualties," price 4d.
A.R.P. Handbook· NO.4, (( Decontamination of Material," price 6d.
A.R.P. Memorandum No. I, (( Organisation of Air Raid Casualty Services" (2nd Edition), price 6d.
A .R.P. Memorandum No.2, « Rescue Parties and Clearance of Debris" (2nd Edition), price 2d.
A.R.P. Memorandum NO.3, (( Organisation of Decontamination Services," price 2d.
OFPICER DINNER.
Attention is d.irected to the Officers' Annuai Dinner and Dance, which will take place at the Hotel Great Central, on December 5· FOR DuTY.
Members of the Brigade are forbidden to undertake duty at any function in unifor.m, without first obtaining permission of the Officer-ill-Charge of the Division, or his or her representative. Disregard of this instruction is likely to bring the Brigade into disrepute, and cases brought to notice will be dealt with serioush Officers in Charge of Divisions are requestclI'to read this Di s trict Ord e r to their at the next tUlO Diyisional 1Ieeting s, and als o at theIr \nnual General 1. [cetin g
\.IR-R \.10 TRCCTOR' COURSE. Attention is directed to District Order 1'0 149 5, dated September 3,1936. The dates Course:, at the Great Central Hotel, are as tollows : 1 m"ember 21-22, December 19-2.0 February 6- 7, 1937, .i\ [arch 6 and 7, 1937· 1 \pplication to attend these Courses should be made to the ommi sioner, A.R.P. Department, at lea t 14 days before the date of the lectures, accompanied by -fees, viz.: 35 s. each, inclusi,re of night accommodation, or 20 each if meals only are required. uch expen.e may' be met from D iYlsiona l or Corp Funds.
Hea lquarrers : 10, Briset treeI, W" GOODLEY, CO/ll /lli ssioll f r t. John'S Lane E.C.I.
11ember. representing ,-ery many y rs' eryic [Q the Brigade a embled at 1 o. I (Prince of " Tales's ) District H adqL1art c on Thursday, October I. The occasion " ra the presentation by the Comm.issioner (Capt in W.'. oodley, .i\LC. ) of 66 en' ic medals and 77 bar.
Two officer. ceiycd the fourth bar t o their medals, repr scaring 35 years' efficient The y w r Corp upcrintendent \\'arren, \ir Raid - Precaution tafl' Officer, r orthern ", \rea ;md Lady Divisional rint ndent 1Irs. 'impson, 1' 0 17 Ley ton and Leytonstone TufS.ing Divi ion. fter congratulatin 0- thos ,,,ho had r c iv d medals , and thanking them for their senrice, the Commis _ ioner
explained the origins of the Service lvIedal, and emphasised the fact that the medal was not purely for length of service, but for conspicuously valuable services to the Order of St. John.
On Sunday, September 27, No. -1--1- Division ( cton and Hammersmith) held their annual Church Parade under Superintendent T. S. Appleton. The Division with a fine muster of men, nurses and cadets from surrounding Divisions fell-in at the junction of Askew and Goldhawk Roads, Shepherds Bush, where they ViTere joined by representatiYes of H.Q. Staff, District Officers Oaridge and Standingford, Corps Superintendent Walsby and Officers of neighbouring Divisions.
Preceded by the Shepherd's Bush Silver Band, the whole Parade marched to the Primitive Methodist Church, Dalling Road, Hammersmith, where the Harvest Festival Service was conducted by the Rev. W. Schofield.
The Minister's well delivered address, particularly directed to "doing good" following the example of" The Good Samaritan," much impressed the large congregation, which included the :iYIayor of Acton (Councillor T. C. Mercer), Deputy fayor of Hammersmith (Alderman A. Belsham), Sir 1arshall Hays J.P., M.P.
Afterwards, outside the Church, a Dedication Service was held for the new motor ambulance of the 44th Division before a large gathering.
Follo w ed inspection of all ranks and march past. The parade then marched on to the Division 's Headquarters in the Vale, Acton, with the ambulance and motor-cycle patrol bringing up the rear.
The increasing services of this Division necessitated a new ambulance to efficiently deal with any calls made upon it. By the efforts of the Division in holding dances, concerts, whist drives, etc., and the kindness of donors, it has been made possible to purchase this fine ambulance.
The new ambulance is a 27 h.p. Vauxhall. Coachwork by Lomax, of Manchester, to the requirements of Superintendent T. S. Appleton. It is of all-cream colour and carries a special illuminated "accident" sign. Its equipment includes means for heating, cooling, disinfecting and/or scenting the atmosphere within. Has accommodation for two lying-down patients. The adjustable stretcher has Lomax rubberised hair bed and pillows, which make for extreme lightne ss.
How much the need for a new ambulance was can be gleamed from the records of the Di vis ion for last year, viz ., 5,279 public duties at cinemas, sports meetings, etc.; 1,468 cases were treated; and 66 calls for accidents and removals were dealt with by the old ambulance, which covered 1,07I miles. Extra calls for ambulance and men were covered, including Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, Royal Flower Show, race meetings at Ascot, Epsom, Hurst Park, Sandown and Kempton Park, Boat Race, Hendon Air Pageant, and the funeral of Earl Beatty. 32 8
No. 3 DI TRI T. NU1'-,TEATON.
Within a few minutes of the r cent Qu een's Road sewer accident the uneaton mbulance Division of the St. John J\mbulance Brigade had mobilised a large ection of its members and in several cases men left their worl - to render fir t aid to the C)'assed workers. "ith the other Brst-aiders who their services a relay ervice of artificial respiration \vas organised that could have gone on inde finitely.
The Coroner aid he had b en a ked to mention the members of the t. John mb.ulance, incl ud ing Corp Officer and up nntend nt Harris, who \vorked four or hye hours o n the e men. If it had not been for them there might have bee n mOre than one death. He would al 0 like to rlK l1tion aptain Cowell, ngincer Ion i and Fireman l pton. But for their prompt action th e f \\' uld no doubt have been more th an on d ath.
o. 3 (E \ DI TRI T
TORTI-LUIPTON
The \Var Office in [ection for all the \\ omen Voluntary id Detachments in thc town and c lunty of the t. John J\mbulanc c Brigade took place recentl)
T\,'o hundred and fiftr trimly ure eel V. \.D. $, in aprons and hats of ""hit Ii nen w re hard at work doing all kind of first aid and nursing \\"'ork , gas mask drill, and fir t aid in air raids.
One scene \\ as an operating-ro 111, comp klC to the minutest detail, where an operation (or gunshot \vound \\"'as pending.
There was little rest for rht.: nursc du rin\?, their two-hour ordeal. "\ hen thc\ ' \\ ' rc not b u -\ with patients they \\' r · making' drcssing and 'tOlling banda ges .
Two of the lady officials, :01r5. ] Iarvey Re c\ \. and {iss J\.fawbr, completed a fortnight ag ;\ -; year: in the t. John Ambulance Brigad
The inspection \.\ 'as organi, ed by th ount \ Con, troller, Dr. Leslie Dr yland, and a, i rance wa s ..,lren b y Lady Di strict Superintendent j\fr . IIaryc ) Ru.:\e., A.R.R.C. The inspecting offlcers were: \faJor C. Booth J ones, R. f\.l\r.C. l\IiIitary ll ospital Colchester; Lieutenant-Colonel J1. E. \ndc r on and 1ajor Gibbons, R othwell.
Detachments arrived from all oyer the count y, and were : No. 2 Ketterin g Headquarters, omm:ndant l\frs. Phillip s; o . 4 orthampton Head qu,lrteL, Commandant 11iss Cowley; To G \'X T llingb otough Headquarters, Commandant 1i ss mith; \). 1.J. orthampton (Castilian), ommandant [I' Jennings; To I6 P eterborougb, Commandan t \h filton; o. 2-1- To rthampton ( p nc er), commandant Mrs. Lievesley; o 38 ellingrb ooug h (Victoria), Commandant Irs. Campbell; No. Towcester, Commandant Mrs. Beale; o. 42 I etteling (Cytringham), Commandant Mrs. Other County Officials were: Lady County Office , Miss L. E. Mawby; Lady Corps uperin tcndcnt,
Miss K. Bradford; Lady Corps Officer, Miss Dickson; and Lady Corps Superintendent, Mrs. Wills (Kettering). th' 11 V A D d d ' I After e l11SpectlOn a s para e ,mc uding the Mayoress of Peterborou g h (Mrs Mellows), who is a new member of the Peterborough Detachment. Divisional uperintendent II. orthampton Headquarters of the St. John Brigade, direc te d drill movements.
Repo rts were then g iven by t]le inspectin g officers,
of the premises, following re-decoration and the: of modern lighting. The « old brigade" mcluded severa l who were associated with thi s movement in what they are now glad to call the "o ld lamp room day s," the period when pioneer work was being done in a room in the town's yard, where the Di strict Council had stored their lamp s There was youthful vitality in that small group then, and now, possessing the age qualification for an old folk' s ga thering , they can recall with pleasure the
"' n . 5 Dl TRIer, T.\' " ELI'Y ORP. COLOeR P \RTY \T CORP
1 rom kit lO right:
Rank alld J allJ( C rp 11. Grc,1\'t:s tafr- <..:rgr. T. Bro\\'n <..:rgr. R. lI o lm<..: s Corps OAice r 11. Kir k ergt. F. G rca \'cs <..:rgr. 7 Brndb Dil'isiOIl Ircland oU\·. - mveky \V orks W ar 0[:> Co Uy. 'rayc !..: y Corps \Iarkham CoU\·. \[ ark harn Coli) 'j,f/Ht"iii Bri.e.adr13 year" 1 .:q 1 0 ZO 1 0 Daoralioll.f D 0., \LC. - crYIng BrOther Y.c., Cro ix de Guerrc \[ ilitary
all of who m congratulated the V \.D.'s on the dispb, and the high standard of work. '
Dr. Les lie Dryland then announced those \\'ho had gained ir Raid Precaution, gradc c rtificat s, and the Marque of Exeter prc ented long selTice medals a nd bars to mcdaL RADClIFFE.
o. 4- DI TR1CT.
Members and form r m mb r includin()- some f '.' old bri ga de' f the R;dclifF l \mbulanc 1:r1slon were I r _ nt at a happy gathering in th Doll Ha ll, recentl r, n th occasion of the r -openi oo-
rarh r r markablc dC',- lopm l1[ of th e ml Y ment, the cart of th /fore ro Obtaln larger premises, the great fonyard t p raken \"hen the hall in "\Ie t r treet ",a 011 red them and the openino- of it on [he t da y \vithin memorr by General Baden- Po\\-ell th h ro of Mafeking and no\\- th Chief ';:;c our of th world and his ea die t refer nce- ro the need o f om nati onal moy m nt to promote iuy nile chivalry, word which for ,hado\," d his initial £fort that led to th cout organisation. In rheir memori too, can b included th e com- er.-ion of th .l \mbulanc e Hall [0 a ho pital for w l)t1l1 ded
soldiers in the war, and the constr u ction of the building adjoining, known now as the Seddon Hall If any Ambulance Division has reason to be proud of its history and of its headquarters it is the one at Radcliffe.
MACCLESFIELD.
A Garden Party was held on Saturday, September 5 las t, at the residence of Alderman and Mrs. T. :Nr. Abraham in aid of the funds of the Macclesfield Division. Before the formal opening ceremony a demonstration of Anti-Gas measures was given by two members who appeared in and gas masks and carried a boy who had been prepared to represent a ,ictim of a gas attack. Lieut.-Colonel W. Chaloner, O.B.E., T.D., J.P., County Commissioner, arranged the demonstration and descr ibed the effects of g as on the human body. In opening the Fete the Commissioner thanked Alderman and Mrs. Abraham for allowing the use of the grow1ds and lovely garden, saying they had taken a great interest in the St. John mmTement for some time, and he expected they would accept the Presidencies of the Macclesfield Divisions.
Divisional Superintendent E. Clarke moved a vote of thanks to the Commissioner and Mrs. Chaloner, and endorsed the remarks with regard to Alderman and Mrs. Abraham. In reply, the Alderman hoped the effort would meet with the success it deserved, and stated he had pleasure in accepting the Presidency of the Ambulance Division and Mrs. Abraham of the Nursing D .ivision. Amongst those present were: Divisional Surgeon Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Murray, Lady Superintendent Miss F. Leigh, and Ambulance Officer and Mrs. Heywood (Stockport). Bouquets were presented to Mrs. Chaloner and Mrs. Abraham by Miss Hilda Heywood and Master Ronald Swindells . number of games were well patronised by the assembly. The Ladies' Committee were responsible for the tea, and an exhibition of dancing was g iven by the pupils of Miss D. Barnett, accompanied by Mr. T. Riseley.
.ANNuAL CoNFERENCE
This was held at the Town Hall, Stockp ort, on the 3rd inst. at 3 p.m., when there were present the C-ounty Commissioner (Lieut.-Colonel W. Chaloner), the Mayor of Stockport, Colonel C. J. Trimble, Assistant Commissioner C. H. Fowler Jones, County Surgeon Dr. Nightingale, Lady County Officer Dr. Brice, County Officers Reay, Dale, Cotter and Hale, County Sergeant-Major Thomas, Mesdames Chaloner and Hale, and about roo delegates from Corps and Divisions in the County. The proceedings opened by the Commissioner welcoming the Mayor, who, in turn, welcomed the delegates, eulogised the work done by the Brigade Organisation, and said he felt he would like to describe the members of the Brigade as a huge body of Good Samaritans who go where they are wanted and do anything they possibly can to alleviate suffering. He thought it a wonderful thing that the Brigade should expand as it does from year to year, and referring to the question of finance, th ought we shOl.-lld not be dependent altogether on
their own efforts for same. He wished the Brigad God-speed, and h?ped it wou l d go from strength strength and contlnue for as many centuries in th future as it had done in the past. A vote of thank e was accorded to th Mayor with acclamation Th! Commissioner aid that County fRcer J. K Ferns had resigned the County but County Officer W. h1s place. He gave details of the financ1al posmon, and appealed to Divisio ns to contribute to County Funds. Assistant- Commis_ sioner C. H. Fowler Jon es then addres ed the Co nference on A.R.P. work, and said the Bri gade must be prepared to do their part in this. He detailed the work that will have to be done by Brigade members both in their own sphere of activity and as ad\Iscrs and instructors to the general public. 1Ie referred to precautions being taken to limit the danger of dealing with ga e an d injuries affected by gas, and explained various ga e and the methods of rme nt for each. He explained a number of po ints [hat First-Aiders would meet with, and ga\ Te man ) us\..fu l suggestions for dealing with the yarious asp ects of the work, and made a strong appeal for in slLuctors to simp le. and practical in all their te achIngs, especlally askmg them to giyc some help to the learner in cc how to remember." He WO U!1d up by urging everyone to makc up thcir minds to PlaSter the subject so that if the time should e er cone we should be equipped with the knowledge th at IS our heritage. Colonel Trimble mm-ed a '\ err vote of thanks to Assistant-Commi sioner Fowler Jones for his inspiring and instructive a, dress, saying he was always very glad to be with thc eshi re Units. Lady County Officer Dr. Brice seCloded, saying how much soe had appreciated the address , and hoped it would be an inspirati on to th os who have not taken an A.R P. Certificate to cndea \ our ro do so, and the vote was carried \\'j th acclam aL on.
The Commissioner then very briefly referre d to the work in Cheshire, dealt with a number 0" quetions raised by units .
On the proposition by County Officer Dr Hale, seconded by County Officer W. Dale, a very hea rt}' vote of thanks was accorded to the Officers and members of the Stockport Division for the arrangements for the Conference. Before the Con tc,rence closed, the Commissioner asked the del egates to stand for a few moments in silence in memory of those who had passed away since the last Confcre nce, with special regard to the late Corps Secretary Joncs, of Crewe.
Conference closed with the singing of the NatIOnal Anthem.
MANCHESTER.
The ninth annual Officers' Dinner of the. Manchester and Salford Corps, held on Octobe r 3I, at the Victoria Hotel, was a most enjoyable and delightful function, and about 150 members an d gues ts attended,
Corps Surgeon Capt. N. W. Rawlin gs p rcs id.ed, and was supported by the Lord Mayor of the CI ty,
the Lad) Jvlayoress, the Commissioner, members of the District Staff, the Corps Superintendent and Lady Corps uperintendent.
Th e Loyal was proposed by the President, and in SLI rportlng the toast of (C The Venerable Ord er of St. John," the Lord :Mayor of Manchester referr ed to satisfaction experie nced by the public when the Bngade members were seen on duty either on the streets or football fields. The fact that 8 000 cases were trealed annually in Manchester and Salford was ample cv iden ce of their usefulness, and he wished the m increased prosperity in the years to come.
Th e Lady Dj trict uperintendent, rvlrs. E. Tweedale, in reply, spoke of the growth of the Order and the Briga de, and particular! y mentioned the manner in whi ch the work \Va adapted to present-day needs.
'[l't Lommj ioner, Mr. \X '. G. mith, replying for the guests, ably proposed by Lady Di visional Surglon and uperintendcnt:i\1. lax\.\'cll Reehe spo ke of the efficiency with which the orp car rlld out its work, and no\1,' air raids to t?e fore, the organi, ation had taken ul thi, ranch w1th enthusiasm and enerO'\, and had in their area 43 officers \"\'h o had as in truccors \H:r e to assi t not only Brigad fl1 mbcL, _ t the mUillClpallty and the public.
th:eplying to Dr. .W/. F. Jack n, "\\'h propo d Fe .toast of the Bngadc, County Officer J. •\. K. arn5 pressed for the construction of decontamination centre by 1 1 l' oca aut 10nt1es, In order to get real work. lerely pUrling on a ga' respirator d dOlng gas drIll would not ge t that influx of men an wo men that would be required if th ir dutie to be carried out fficiently hould the misfOr tllne s f k b .' , Ooten po e a out,
Corps Superintendent Naylor announced, amid applause, that a Boy Cadet in the Ardwick Division had qualified for the Grand Prior's Badge. Letters of regret for inability to be present were read from Colonel Trimble, Assistant Commissioner Maxwell Reekie, the Chief Constable of l\fanchester and Mr. Sinclair Kerr.
.At the request of the local Committee, 30 members of the 11anchester and Salford Corps, under Corps OfR.cer Fox and Lady Corps Superintendent Miss Haljday, paraded to await the arrival of the unemployed marchers to London, who were passing through the city on their way south, on October 21. Over. 600 men were expected, and as a meal wa prOVIded at Downing Street Co-operative HaD
prior to their adjournm m to the Tame Street Institution for the night arrangement were made fo r the per onnel to meet them there.
_ conting from al 0 arriYed, anl.J co. these attentlon was given imm diately, 150 ca , e b wg treat_ed not remm-ed to ho pital.
The Officers In charge are to be cono-ratulated or, [he exp _ manner in per onnee \\"as tran terred trom on part ot the city to the other, In orde r t) d al \vith the second contingent, of which no tlc_e had be n gi\en of their expected arri\-a l. Th lr fioI( were much appreciat d and the official: were loud in their praise of the work done.
CCRI GTOl of the Brigade throughout East LancahIre were represented in the competition held Saturday, October 3 I, at ccrington, for the beautifu l challenge cup presented to the late Assistant Commissioner Dr. Pim, on hi completion of 50 year'
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sen ice, and which was given back by him to the District.
The President (Councillor Duckworth, J.P.), of CoIne). explained that it was originally int ndcd that the teams should consi t of 16 men, but as a measure of economy the number had been reduced to 12, and it was h;ped that the competition would become so popular tbat a knock-out competition \):,"o uld be essential.
Judging "'as carried out Corps urgeon Clarke, oral; Diyisional Suro-eon Cooper, practical; orps uperintendent lillington, uniforms and pouches' and Corps Officer Hodgkin on, stretcher drill.
Assistant Commissioner Dr. Clegg organis d the competition and Councillor Duckworth pre nt d the trophy to Brierfield. Points: Brierfield, 38)}' Kelson, Burnley 'B 3...j.2.}; Padiham ccrington, ; Burnley cc A," SOGTHPORT.
On Sunday, October I I, a laro-e number of pe )plc attended tbe Southport Corps Thanksgi"ing en'ice in the Lord Street Bandstand and surroundino' Gardens. The service was a thanksgi,-ing for :lvIotor Ambulance Carriage \'i'hich the Corp has recently acquired.
The members turned out at practically full trenu-th and \vere led by the British Legion Band, which also accompanied the hyrn.ns. The 1ayor presided, and there were also present the Commissioner, the Corps President (Major Egan), Corps Supe rintendents G. A. Holt and L. Yewdall, with Corps and Divisional Officers.
The service was conducted b , Canon E. \X '. Harston 1{orris, Vicar of S't: J The prayer s were led by Canon J. S. Cnsall, and the Revs. G. Barber, C. E. James and S. J. Lewis.
The dedication ceremony was performed b\· Canon rvforris, and was then accepted on behalf of the Brigade by Corps Surgeon H. Sheldon.
IRLAM A.l.'ID CADISHEAD.
Saturday, October 3) was a Red Letter Day in the history of the local St. John Ambulance Brigade and the classes held at the Irlam Works of the J.ancashire Steel Corporation, Ltd., when the members ,vere entertained to dinner in the large canteen by J. Sinclair Kerr, founder of the classes and President of the Division. There were upwards of 4 00 guests, and the announcement of the h o nour bestowed on Mr. Sinclair Kerr to be an Officer of the Order of St. J obn, elicited an outburst of cheering, and the giving by Mr. Kerr of a handsome Bag to the Division was likewise enthusiastically welcomed by the large company.
Assistant Commissioner Colonel C. H. S. Redm ond presided, and afterwards Mrs. Sinclair Kerr distributed awards gained by students in the Works Ambulance Class, now formed into a Division, and spoke a word of congratulation. as they came to the platform.
In presenting the toast of the St. John Ambulance 332
l \ssociati.ol1 T\lr. inclair l 'c rr stated it hacl be en hi custom SlnCC I the lasses were inau .l!;uralc t\ at the \J ork., to lnVlte th succe sflll s tud ents to function of this kifld, but this year he had extencl,al • C( the l11vttatml1 to mcmb L of the ]() al Di, isio ll \"ith the obj ct of stimubting inl in the 1T10V.' !1l nt and, if possible, wid nin g scope of H e special appeal str ngthenin g the LltS111g DIVISion.
OLDlI:\1I.
lt is with deep reO-fet thaL \\ record tbe passiI1(T aCter a short illn ess of Corps uperintcnd e11t \0: of the Oldham orp,. I k was app oillt ed Corps III erintenclcnt in j\1axc h, 19 3, and , nun 111a de his influence felt ancl though hi . lCnllr 01- olliet: has been. 0 ,hort hi - work for the Ord er and B ril,!'a oe will be l ong remembered. Our sincere sYlllp ath, is extended to th bereaved r latin's. \ D 1I EYSIl \\1.
On Friday, October 2', the members of the \lo['e· cambe and Heysham Di"i. ion held a rall y ,t the \mbulance lb.ll, ,'\ith yiew to iL1lcresti n( t old friends of the mov ment, obtaining n w and before. th the nece . for prlwiding precaution aga1L1 t alJ'-rald. Th meeting, which \, as \'i'e ll attended was addre .s d by Di\ lional urgeon R. B. W'il n, who stre .:e I the ne Ld for precaution to be lak n in good time, Cl that l,coPIe could be prepared wher , -er they li,'c cl; rhe :\! edical Officer of Health, Dr. J. \\/. W'atterson outlin ed rhe precaution essential for public works servic es and food supplies, and pictured the clr adful conseq l cnw of an air-raid when poi on ga. e We re u eel. , 1'. \L Fitzgibbon, of Lanca ter, g ri1'l, e 1 his bearer :- \\'Ilh his cool lev I de cription of the terrible cRt 'ts of poison gase, dealing with them in their, ,!'IOUS groups and the effects of each.
Doctors Phillip s and inne)' thank ed rhe peaker , after which demonstrations on prec2ut ona ry methods were gi'i;en by uperinlenc.lcnt 0. ( man, t o whom Dr. Wilson pai 1 tribute for his eX 'Llle nr organisation of the rally.
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On \Vedne s d ay, October 14, the Lady D' trict uperintendent, lvfrs. E. Tweedale, C.B.E. di s, tributed .t\.R.P. Certificates awarded to mem blrs of the Corps, and presented the new Preside nt and Vice-Presidents with their badges f office.
Corps Surgeon Evans presided, and duri ng the evening the Mayor of Haslin gde n presen ted to Mrs. Tweedale a fountain pen on behal f of the members of the A.R.P. Class to which she lect ured
The Mayor, Mayoress, and Mrs Tweedalc were thanked on the proposition of Dr. Martin and se con ded by Corps Superintendent Graham. Supp er was served, after which the Boor was cleared for d anci ng. o. 5 DISTRICT.
OTTI GIU.:'IL
The First Aid Station which is equipped and c;ta fFed by the Nottingham Corps, S. J.A.B ., annuaH) on the
occasion of the: Coosc Pair, which was held this year on October 1, 2. and 3, again demonstrated the necessity for this form of public service. Th e Station was pened on M nday, September 2.8, when the sh owmen be ga n to arrive with their vehicles, and remai ned opc:n until unday, October 4, when the fair was. cleared. Durin g thi s period, 338 cases of h r L aid rendered were recorded in the Occ urr ence Book kept at the tation, but fortunateh nOlle of p a t ie nt s received seriou s injury, majority ot the cases consisting of faints and minor curs a nd gra%es. 1\ proportion of the ratients were the sho wmen thcmsekes, who received various injL.lIC S in the course of their () cupations, and in 11lafl\ cases showed their apprecialion of the treatmenL gin:n to them at the f!rSL I\id tation by subscribing [() the fund of the Corp. The "irat Aid tation \\'as mainJr by me.mbers the ursing DI\'"5 10n of the orp, whl! t the talr ground was parr nI lcd by members of the Ambulance Di visions. 1rra ngc.ments were under the upervision of uperlntendent \. G. \'\/ eJJer and Lady Corp lllxt'lntc ndenL h. Paling, with the assistance of (mps urg on Dr. I I. G. Parker and other Offic<::r of rI L 1 -Qtringham 'o r1's.
During the thrce days of th Fair a children's creche as in prc\ -joL1S years, by Lady Districr Offi ce r 11i \\ ' Gib on, wa staR'ed b\.· Officer and \fl; ,b er" of the I 'Lu ' ing Divi ion , where, in addition to I )ki nll" aft r ) oung r children whil t their elders \ the Fai r number f temporarily "lost' chllJ"cn \\ 'ere entertained until claimed b\' rh,eir &ua rclians. J\lan}' expre ion of nt theIr effort w ere received by th members on duty. at the creche, \:' bich i. now looked upon br the publiC as a regular Inst1tutlon at the Fair. \.C 0 .' U 13.
01 ctuber 15 a SllCC [u1 Wh1S[ driy and danc org , I ed by the :c..:. .0.'" Club ' ottingham Corp, \\"a hel d at- the Grcvfriar Hau', To ttingham, ,vhen ..J.OO people attended. Th arrano-ement wert: In tLc capable han Is (f orpotal L. l\Iorland, th ecrctary 2)f the lu b, and the l\L. were Ir. G troucl t r danCIng and :i\1r. T. 1Iorle\' for the \\ h lSt drive. '
T he -. .0: also arranged an outino- to Bla ckpo olon unda,", ctober 19 which was att b 6 " , I Y 5 T memb r f th Club and nds. The party eft ottlngham at 10 a.m., arrivlng at Blackp ool at 2.30 p.m. T a was taken at th , Tinter Garden and w as followed bIT a motor-coach drive to view ill uminat.ions, after which the party "va fr e to toll.ow their own inclinations until the return train which left at 10 I .m., arri\-ing back at ottino-ham
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t " le An nual InspectlOn of the local units took the Orn1 of a t Pl" V' Oln arat e, co mpnsln O'
Armstrong- Whitworth Corps, Tewcastle-upon-Tyne Corps, ar:d orth Durham Corps, and was held in the Kelv1n. Grove Schools, Gatesheacl, on Saturday, September 5.
The Inspectin g ?i?cer was the County Commiss ioner fo r East Rldmg of Yorkshire, Mr. W. T. !\tkinson, Officer of the Order of St. John of Jeruwho wa s acc0':lpanied by ounty Officer C. R. urry, .l.vf.S. L ( orthumberland) and Count \' Officer G. Edwards (East Yorkshire). '
Lady Officer :.\Ifiss L. Whitford ( orth1!1spected the - ursing Di yisions _ Th1s 1S the Hrst occasion on which a joint inspection Of Tyneside Lnits has been held, and the general arrangements were carned out b\· the three Corp uperi J. R. Lo ga n CV.A.A. 'X' .), T. R. Mid g ley .(0:ewcastle), R. \'1/. Copeland .l. -orth Durham), .wlth Corps uperintendent T. R. ).fidgle,', B. c., command of the parade. .
Dunng the afternoon the usual demonstrations of Firs.t. id and -ur in g work ,-vere gi,Ten, with th e acldltIon of _a :'ery display of gas drill by members ot _ ewcastle Clty Ambulance Di"i sion who have recentl y obtained their A.R.P. Certiflcates: _ The Inspectin g expressed his appreciation ot the work carned out, and c omplime nted the Officers on the mart turnout of men and nurse ou nty of Xorthumberlaqcl tor hlrr: the. opporturuty of rene\ying his acqual11tance \\'lth h1 fnends in A..fter the inspection the follo\\'ino- members ot Konh Durham Corps ,,-er e presented with en-ice Bar and :Medal :-
ero-eam G. Gateshead Fell Diyision rd Bar. ' )
ergeant T. Beeth, \'\hickham Diyision 1st Bar. Lady- Diyi ional uperintendent 1. to'ker Gateshead Fell -ur ing D iyi ion, st Bar.
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cheque for £20 for the Dh-i ion wa handed to its Honorary Treasurer, Child, in an interral at a '\yhist drive in aid of the Brigade. These driYes haye been organised each week by Mrs. Qyenden, who thanked all who had supported her and made the gift possibl
.J. \cknmdedging the cheque, 1Ir. Child spoke of the good w ork that DI.r Oyenden had done durinotl-:e last three yeal' and in appreciation of her YIC ,he presented her with a clock ubscribed for by all the member of the Di,·i ion.
F\\ER R\:\L
Durin g the tluee month ended eptember 0 members of the Fa,-er ham D i,Ti ion attended 1road accident and 15 other accidents and carried out remm-als. The total distance coyered by the amb ulance , was 2 ..J. mile.. ;
GRAVE END.
During the nine months of 1936, ending September 30 the members of the Gravesend and District Division have attended to 88 accidents, involving the use of the motor ambulance with a mileage of 51 4 miles. In addition 446 illnes cases have been attended involving a mileage of 4,385. In all, 534 cases have been attended, and the m oto r has travelled 4,899 miles.
The efficient and unobtrusive work of the Chichester Division was submitted for the annual inspection in the Hall of the Lancastrian Senior School.
ssistant Commissioner David Bryce, J.P., conducted the inspection, and at the conclusion addressed the detachment. Other engagements had prevented the attendance of the Mayor (Councillor W. H. G. Napper). He congratulated the Superintendent, Mr. W. J. B. Trotter, and the detachment, not merely on the work seen that morning, but on the general work of more importance throughout the year. They were doing everything that was expected of them in an important centre, where traffic conditions and the situation of a great hospital increased their task.
(The calls on you all have been very heavy," he said, "but you have responded to the call magnificently. When you feel the appreciation which your work receives, you will have your reward. . I fear that a good many people are prepared to praise you, ho\\ ever, but I am afraid that when it comes to a matter of financial support it is not always forthcoming."
Superintendent Trotter was congratulated on gaining the first-class Instructor's certificate in A.R.P. It was an honour shared by the County and the Bri ga de , and would entail much hard work during the next year or two in imparting instruction to others. Other ranks were urged to take the course, for lvlr. Bryce said that he felt the real danger from a gas attack would not be from gas but from panic. If the public were taught to understand what should be done half the dan g er of that fear would be gone.
Sergeant Goldie was presented with a bar o n the completion of 2 I years' efficient service.
FOLKESToNE.
A challenge cup presented in memory of a husband and four sons who lost their lives in the Great War, and were all members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, was competed for by men of the Folkestone Corps.
The trophy is the ( Port" Memorial Cup, presented by Mrs. Port in memory of her husband and sons. There were ten competitors this year for the trophy and the N.C.O.'s Shield .
The cup was won by Corporal J. Ansell, and Private S. Livesay won the N.C.O.'s Shield and the medal as runner-up for the cup.
At the close of the competitions, Mrs. Po rt presented the cup and a replica to Corporal J. Ansell a prize to the runner-up, and special prizes, by herself and her daughter, Mrs. ales, to Priva te W. Jarvis and Private R. Miller, who tied for th Ird place.
Mrs. Port expressed the hope that she w ould be with the Corps again next car, but said as sh L: \\ Oll ie! be 82 years old next v. eek he could n t make thel11 a proffil e.
Miss E. Hopkin presentcu the C urzon ll1ith" cup and prizes to the winn rs, and C q oral I L Johnson, on behalf of the N.C. .s of the Folke to nt. Diviion, presented Private Livesa ' with the ( '. O.'s shield.
Corporal Johnson tated that th' shield wa awarded to the candidate who, not having re Iche d the medallion stage, obtained the highest num ix r of points in the Port Competition.
This, he said, wa done to encourage youn g members to compete, and by the trainin g the re et ived, their efficiency was increased.
Divi ional - urgeon r paid a tribute the high standard reach d by the.; competitors, an d the keenness of s me f the newer l11L'mbcrs.
Comment on the \\ ork wefe also given by Superintendent Boul ton and Corps fficer l or oon, iv(oat and East n.
RA\l G \11
" 1 should ha\ e absolute cllnfidcnC(.: III ratIi ng am army hospital with rour (ktacbment," said vfajor David on, \'('ar Oflicc inspecting nf1lccr) w h n he warmly c( ngratulated the or 1 ent V.I\ .I c, Ram ' gate, alter te ting them, on Tuesday. \ large nurnhcr of people wcre interested tors of the efficienC\ tests carried out by the unit under the supervision 'of Mr. J. Blinko, the Lady DIV 'i onal ' uperintenclent, at the FUgh Street Drill Ha l. In addition l O the Insr ecting ODlcer, thos(; who wa (hed the lests inclucled Lieut. - olom.:l Pre OlI ver the County Controller of V.A.D., Mrs. Palwa ssl- the Lady -District Officer of the t. J ohn j\m hu lance Brigade, the Mayor of Ramsgate (l\klcrman I r. tead), the Chief Constable (tIr F . Butler) and Irs. Butler. l'vfrs. E. Dye and ir. J. . G. Langley.
Major Davidson began by inspectin g the unll when they paraded under the Lady 1 ext he inspected the nurses in their treat ment First Aid cases, bandaging, ma sagiog and als( hCll' invalid diet and medical appliance 1k afterwards examined the nurses 00 their kno\\ le dge.
The resuscitation and treatment of a dr owni ng bather, including the usc of the" ovox J, 0 _ \'gen apparatus, was smartly carried ou t, bu the most spectacular displa y of the afternoon Wil treatment of cases for gas and other i oj u ries in -111 )lIC raid
At the same time six members of the Nursing Division competed for the" Curzon Smith" Nurses' Cup, which was won by Mrs N. Francis, with Miss Wells 334 as. runner-up. Mrs. Kitchin secured the unifo rm pnze.
A Mock Examination
By R. 1. GARDNER.
Examinatio ns of all kinds hold terrors for some 1c if not all of us, and examinations and even mations in First Aicil)rociuce signs of nervous- re-eM ' d 1n some candidates which IJrevcnts them oJng nesS well.
It may be good practice following a of tfuction or a "refresher" for the Dlvl sJO nal lOS S . I Surgeon, or in hi s :lbsence, the upennt enc cnt or
some qualified N.C.O., to hold a Mock Exam. At any rate, it can do no harm i.f it is properly under true examination conditIOns. The candidate (particularly the recruit) will what to. expect; moreover, he will certainly benefit If, after his marks, he is given a little helpful advice.
The following plan may help. It rrught be run off on a duplicator as it s tands, or in blank form for other questions, and be used at different times as the of candidates need never be exactly the same agam.
The numbers in brack ets refer to the appropriate page in the Text Book for the guidance of the lay examine r.
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n \\ dn F bruary 1_ oral R, ::\IcBrien (of the entral Di,-i,i n, Liyerpool Corp,) had attend d a Di,-iuional Practie and was pr ceding hom \\'hiLt waiting for a ear he aw a \","indo" of TUy nal Buildi'n o- bur t into flame, and he heard- cream cornlno- from in ide the flat. to the door, he entered and found the lcitchen'" full of moke, He ad\'anced rapidly into a bedroom ""hich he found in flame , and whence assi ted by a Police Officer he remm'ed a little girl \no t ten years). frio-htened but unhurt. Again he entered the bedroom with the intention of trying to put out the flame , but he was compelled to retjre on account of the moke and heat,
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Your rulinn on these- points \\ lluld III !'Ilu ch appreciated, ,-.
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1))' IrI{.I ()l11petlllun<. II IS infiicatl/c fJf thl' tltat 111(' C()tnPt tlll()f), I)rganl ')c d 1)\' ,\ ( ummiltct.: ((,n ls tiny (If ()frle 1al , ()f th e ulldcr1;{klllgS (.I IIlCcrm el, 1)( (IJln< cit Uppf)ftin g hu mllch uphill W Irk ncccl c; tfl he d(Jfle hcF()rc r(Jflr Irall pqrt cl11plu)ecs call rival railr()ad wf)rkcr s in the maltcr ()r ambulal1c e w()rk, alth()u g h tht.: latt c r arc li],: cl y til rC(luin: a kn()wledge ()t Fir s l 1 i lI es rrt lJlIclllly.
Till j lId"c ' \l.'cre.: Dr. kCr)rma(, • ( v:pr)r ; ])J. J. Prr),) scr Drl\ ic..". J kngc)e.:cl; Dr. C, L. PH "ec ) \ IK!'C\ nl)ll; and Dr. 1\, E ex, Cardiff; and h e tcam lest appr()prialc.:l; ft.:aturc.:cl a r(lad accid e nt in which tWI) men were.: in\'f)h-cd suffcring frr)m ( I ) CIJlllllssion and burn s ; and (2) di locatc:c1 c:1b() 1.\\\'()uncl on (on:i1cacl, abdnminal jnj ur:' , \I r. \'('illiam Forbc, Gc.:neral fanager, Cardiff Cc>rporatlon Transport Department, pre idcd a thc pn:sentation cercmony, \\ hich "\\'a attended b y a large gathc.:ring, and encouragec.! the compe itors 0 maintain ef}1cienc\' in ambulance work i n t h c:ir O\\ n intercst, apart from its yalue as a public J Ic undcnakin TS owed it to the publ ic [ be in a po ition to offer <;killed fir t aid when rellui rec.!, and hoped the time would come when t h e cmrloyec:s wau ld be encouraged by some f o r m o i remuneration for [heir devotion of lei ure in [he public intlfe ' [. ThL ecretary, Th om a announced the award a under':-
T(J :u-! Pari I. P a r] 2, ( \fc. ..! 9 · 1st \\ estcrn \\ dsh Omnibu s Cn., \bcrJarc 12 0 10 3 2nd Cardiff Corp. Tran port 19' 9! County Borough of , 'cwporr ! 9 21' 4th ,\b'rdarc C .D. C. Tran pon I ! 9 -5th \\'est Omnibus Board, Blackwood 1.45 6:: ::::'7
The ] Ion. Juhn H. Bruc D.L. J.P. f Pri..ne ipal and Commi ion r for \\'ale, w "lo'):11ed the guc' ts r ferring particularly to the .l pre_enec: 0:the lord :\[ay or of ardiff ( \ld erman G. F , E\-:l:1:,
J.P ), whose support of ambulance work could always be relied upon, and e"A-pressed pleasure at the attendance of Mr. A. T. James, } : c. (Chairman of the Traffic Commissioner for South Wales), who presented the cup given by the Motor Omnibus Proprietors' Association to Mr. F. Winniatt, Captain of the Western Welsh Omnibus, Aberdare tean1.
Mr. O. Temple Morris, M.P., handed medals to the second team, and the members of the third received medals at the hands of the Lord Mayor.
11i. R. T. Brown, :Monmouthshire Omnibus Boa r d and Vice-Chairman of the Competition Committee, proposed a vo te of thanks to the Lord :Mayor for his attendance and to the City Corporation for the provision of accommodation at the City Hall, which was seconded by Mr. W E. Gough, chairman. :Mr. N. J. Young, General NIanager, ewport Corporation Electricity and Tran1ways Department, seconded a vote of thanks to the officials of transport undertakings, stewards and patients, and the Secretary, Mr. C. Thomas. Thanks to the Chairman and Judges were proposed and seconded b y 11:r. Willett, Chainnan, Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ne ath, and Mr. e H. Stephenson, Chairman, Coachowners' Association.
HEADQUARTER OTES.
As this report goes to the Editor, the Priory for Wales is eagerly anticipating an opportunity to accord a loyal welcome to its new Prior, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, K.G., K.T., who has consented to hold an Investiture of Members of the Order on the Roll of the Priory on Friday, November 6. The Priory had been looking forward to a visit from the Duke and Duchess during the summer of 1936, prior to the death of I<i ng George the Fifth; and while it is a matter for regret that the Duchess is unable to accompany His Royal Highness on this occasion the readiness with which the Duke has elected to fulfil expectations at the earliest possible moment is a happy augury of the extent to which the Priory is likely to benefit by His Royal Highness's acceptance of the office of Prior, formerly held by His Majesty King Edward when Prince of Wales.
A report presented to the Motor Ambulance Transport Sub-Committee on October 19 showed that 3,882 cases involving a total mileage of had been carried in the Priory ambulances dunng the September quarter- an increa.se of 4?9 removals and 6,817 miles on the comparative penod of 1935. It was decided to offer special subscription rates to small employers of labour in Cardiff, and extend the Householders' Scheme whereby 1,348 Cardiff residents have a free call for ambulance transport services on payment of a subscription at the rate of 4S. 4d. p.er annum. A reduction from IS. 3d. to IS. per nule was agreed in respect of removals undertaken for the Health Services.
For gratuitous services as Lecturers to Ambulance
Classes, the Ambulance Committee on October 27 appointed Dr. Joseph Harvey, Surgeon to the Trimsaran Division, and Dr. John Gwynne Mo rgan Surgeon of the Players' Welfare Division, Hon ora!; Life Members of the Priory for Wales. The Committee decided to continue the financial assi stance afforded to unempl oye d Ambulance Classes, for which purpose a further gran t from Priory funds was earmarked.
At a meeting of Council, over which Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E., presided, a vote of congratulati on \vas passed to the Principal Secretary (the Hon. John H. Bruce, J.P.) on his appointment as a D eputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan.
ApPOINTMENT OF A NORTH WALES COMM l1"rEE.
In 1932 the Ambulance Committee set up a c"ubCommittee to consider the development o f Lhe Prior y's work in North \Vales, and the fo 110 \ iog resolution was passed subsequently by that \ubCommittee :_CC That a orth \1 ales Committee be appointed with consultative and ad isory p m' <..rs. The functions of this Committee will be to or ga 'use all work connected with the Ambulance Depa rtment of the Priory, report direct to the Ambulance ('Jmmittee of the Priory on all matters arising out o f uch work; and, if they shall think fit, to mak e recommendations for the furtherance of the ( her activities of the Priory in North Wales as rna , be deemed appropriate. The channel of communi cation with regard to all outside bodies will be fro m the Secretary of the North Wales Committee throu gl the Principal Secretar y . The area of the North \' ales Committee shall include the counties of Ang ksey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth and Montgomery." The Principal Secretary was auth orised to draw up a concrete scheme for giving effect to the_ creation of such Committee. After five ye ar ot organisation, during which time the support 0 (he most influential persons in the six counties has 'Jee n enlisted, the proposal was fulfilled at a of Centre officers held at Powis Castle at the kind invitation of the Earl of Powis, who presid ed, on Monday, October 5·
It was agreed that a North Wales Commi tte' be formed, consisting of four officers from each Ccntr.e. The first meeting of the North Wales Commi tte t WIll be held on a date to be arranged during Apri l.
A Sub-Committee, consisting of the Commis sioners and Assistant Commissioners, was formed to make arrangements for the combined inspection at Chirk Castle in July, 1937·
CENTRE REPORTS
BRECKNOCKSHlRE CENTRE.
Sennybridge Presentations.-Members of the Dev ynock, Sennybridge and District Division were en ter f tained to supper by the President, Miss Tho ma.s, 0 Abersenny, at the Devynock School-room, kw dly
lent by the Reverend David Jones, who welcomed the res ence of Lady Lewis, O.B.E., Assistant Lady for Wales. In addition to a numb er of First Aid Certificates, Vouchers and Medallions, Lady Lewis presented A.R.P. Certifica tes ; and, on behalf of the Division, she presented Dr. Jam es Powell with a silver cigarette case, Mrs . R. Price (Assistant Instnlctor), a fountain pen, and Ma ster Cecil Price (CC patient ") with a fountain pen and pencil.
Mr. E. G. Johnson kindly gave a stretcher to the Divi sio n, and thjs wa handed to Staff Officer Rees Powdl.
and Mrs. W. Riddell. Captain T. Vaughan Phillip acted as M.e, and Lady County Superintendent Mrs_ M. Paskin presented the prizes. Many new members were enrolled at a subsequent meeting, at which Mrs. Riddell presided , at the Hay Parish Hall, following an effective' addres s from the Lady County Superintendent.
CARDIGANSHIRE CENTRE.
Pioneer work b y the police and railway men in rh establishment of ambulance classes, and the selfsa crifice of medical men and members in the development of the movement were extolled by the lvlayor of Lampeter (A lderman Ebenezer Lloyd) at a soci a l.
C r>rp orJ( n Tr.m ·pon D .::p.lrtm.::m Team which ecured econd place.
,\ vote of thanks to Lady Lew! was proposed by the Presi dent and seconded by Police- ergeant T. B. Lady Lewi , responding advised all youn g girls to join the Brigade.
Ha.J1 DiviJiollJ.-At the annual meet.ing) at which Mr : R. Trevor Griffith presided on October 12 Majo r E. F. ockroft was nominated for the Presidency) and the Chairman kindly agreed to accept ?ffice Vice-President. Dr. \V. \(1. Wilson gave an introduction to the subject of Air Raid PrecautIons , preliminary to the course to be commenced, and in thanking the Doctor for his kindly Interest Mr. Miles handed to him a box of cigarettes as a sma ll token of appreciation.
The H ay Nursing Division organised a whist drive On October 6 at it The Moor:' the residence of 1\1r.
Among the gues ts were Chief Con table Steven Jones (County ommis ioner) and Jones.
The 11ayor having aid it ,,-a his fourth a tt en danc e at a function conne cted with the ambulance movement, declared there \, ' as no worth ier cause than alleviation of pain and the rendering of first aid. The town was grateful to those connected with the movement and apprec.iated their self-sacrifice in giving time and energy to the work. Referring to the member of the mbulance Oass) the complim nted them on their good w o rk and said that in the fir t year of the class 9 pas ed in the second year 16) and in the third year 29, including ]0 from Dr fach and Llanwenog. Equipment con -
339 of me Lampeter ..-\..mb ulance Clas s, over which he' presided at Walters Hotel on Friday.
sisting of a stretcher and a first-aid cabinet had been purchased and \ as located at the Men's Institute. The Lampeter class had also done well in comp e titions, having won a shield at the County Compe titions and first prizes at Llangeitho a nd at Trecroes
The Chief Constable thanked the l\Iayor f o r hi s references to the Police and said that during the past tlve year the number of ambulance classes in th c o unty had increased from a few to about forty. Valu able assistance had been given b y the medical m e n. Having thanked the Mayor and ex- fa y or (:0(r. WI. R. Llo) d) for their interest in the movement, th e Chief Constable t h anked the town f o r invitin g n ext y ear s county competitions, and said the Centre P r esident, the Earl of Lisburne, "\, as exceedin a h g rateful.
On behalf of the Drefach and Llanwenog Clas s, 1\fr. Steven Jones presented it. P(dl, Llanyb y th e r , \1;' ith a walking-stick in appreciation of his services a instructor; and fajor F o rbes handed to Dr. J. Albert Evans, M.C., a token of apprecilltion, r emarkin g that it was splendid that doctors, having spent years to qualify, spent much of their time teachin g others to treat cases of accidents.
D fu"-"13IGH H IR E
Pri o r to the annual meetin g of th e W re xham Divi si o n, Colonel J. E. H. Dayi es, D 0., lv1.R. " inspected the Unit at the C o unt y Buildin gs o n Oct o ber II. The Assistant C o mmis si oner, Captain G . T. Guest, reported favourabl y on the financial position of the Division; and a report on the work o f the Unit submitted b y Superintendent P. R K ent revealed that over a thousand cases had been r e moved b y ambulance during the past rear. Of the 36 members o f the Division, fifteen had completed nine year s' service, having enrolled on its formation; and th e public was extremely grateful for the work carried out. Regarding air raid precautions, the Division w as fortunate in having secured the services o f Ser g eant H. J. Jenkins, of the Depot, R.W.F., who after -appointment as an A.R.P. Brigade instructor, wa s giving a course of lectures on the subj ect. Grateful reference was made to the v aluable assistance of Dr. Glyn Evans as Surgeon to the Cadet Unit as well as the Senior Division.
GLAMORGA Co u TY CEN TRE.
Insp ection at Ystrad Mynach.- The annual in spection o f the Caerphilly County Area was conducted b y Mr. A G. E. J. Fudge, Assistant Commis sioner for Wales, i n the grounds of Ystrad Fawr, Ystrad M y nach. He was accompanied by Lady (Herbert) L ewis, O.B.E., Assistant Lady Superintendent-inChief for Wales; Dr. D. T. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E. , Surg e o n-in-Chief for Wale s ; and MajorA A. W.
And rson, M .B., Ch.B., Assistant u rg eon -in-Chief
The Inspection concluded with a march past b\: 700 members under Captain S. B. Turner, LR.C
L.R.C.P., ssistant Commission r, w h o wa s plimented by th e Inspecting Officer on th e smartness the parade. The ur e w e re und r th e co mma nd t Lady Count y Offic e r irs B. Turnet:. medals w re I re e nt e d to uper i nt cndcnt R. J C a rter and Count y Office r C. E C. Palme r ; and bars to servi c e medals t Diyi io na 1 >\. Limb r ick, 1'1 oral A . J. ta rr a nd 1 r iyate E. Bowen a ll o f wh o m w e r e c o mpli mc n te d o n t heir d ev o ti o n.
COl/gratlllations !-l\ ss i ta n t 111111 1S. I ner J ,C1l1uel Jo nes, J.P., Ab e ra, To n Co umy \r ca , w as the rCClpient of man y o-rceti ng n th e a tt a i nrn en t of hi" 9th birthd a r , \Jl h i ch m ar k d al 0 t he co mp l l ion of lifn year ,e rYl cc i n th e .l \mbul a n ce 1\ [m 'e rnenr,
ITY OF C. \ RDIFF x".;rRF. Lll issiolla/)' 1 00 m ember s qt t. J o hn l \mbul a n ce B r i gade Ca rd iff Cit, Ccntre
o n unda y, Oct b e l' 1 I I ar a d cd to L1 andaft' 'CMhedral to att nd th e a nnu a l mi ssio n ary c n -ice. The parade w a s in char ge of ta n t Co mm i. iune!", (Iptain
F. P. R o batha n 1.. a nJ h ea d e d b y thL \Ielin, g riffith Band. ...: \t th G reen th e sa l ule w a by Dr. E d g ar L le w e ll yn ommi. ion r for L o f Cardiff Ce ntr
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ElIIergeJlt:J' VIf/'St'S , T went;. -one ago, durin g the dar k d ay f th e G reat \\ ar, th e CardiA' E merge nc y u r in g Di y isio n wa formed, and on aturda y, Oct o b e r r o , th e nur celebrat ed their t w enty -fi r s t a nnive r sary b y p e n d in g the clay in Lo ndon Th e part y, numb r in g 26 lcft cliff a[ 8 a.m., re t u r nin g at 6 a.m . o n u nd a}' O n i n L o nd o n th ey \ e re tak e n t o t hc I l ouse 0 Parlia, ment, whe r e t hey w e r e m e t b y l Ir. Te mple torri, M.P. for Cardiff E a s t, who is al so the tr ea ur e! of the Cardiff C ity Ce n t r e . rvIr. Tc m ple r.l o r ri to.>k the part y all ove r th e H o u s e s of P a rli am nt, exr latning the ite m s o f inte r es t. ft e r lu n ch th e n ur cs went a sig ht-s ee in g t o u r r o und L o nd o n. Lady County Office r Mi ss Gwlad ys Richard s w as respon sible for the arran g ements, and othe r o ffic er s in clud ed in th e p arty w e re Lady C o rp s u per int ncl e nt [iss V \\ Rees, Lad y Sup e rintendent Mi ss M. a idmUlt, and Lady Ambulan c e Offic e r s Mi ss R. urt on, C. Thomas and Miss 1. J o n es.
RlI O DD \. Cm-.:n E 7) lorslO1vn So cial G atberillg - Th e fir t ann ual social of the Tylors t o wn Nur sin g D ivi sio n was held on October 24, 1936, when Dr. A Cole man presided o ve r a lar ge g ath erin g t o mark the f or m ati on of the
Tr ior" fJ\\ J1 ur s in g Di v is io n. J\mon g lho se pr ese nt were the C omrni ss io n e r , Cap tain T. E. Richard ,;, J.P , Lady Co unt y Offi cer MI's l1amilton l ng lcdcw, I,ady Corps up e rint c nclen t Mr s. j \. 1o rri s- Th o m as, Lady Div js io n a l , up e ri nt e nd c nl Mrs Tin k ha m, \ctin .., La d y Di y is io na l up er i n len d e nL l\lr s /\ Coleman, Di y i s ion a l u pe rint c nd cnl W 1. D avies, Cad d uperi nl e nd e n t E P a cey, an d ma n y rep rc,c nt atl\ c su pp o rt e rs T he h ai r man ca ll e d u p on (:lptain T. H. Ri c h ar d s t o pr esenl a warra n t or al1podltn1cnt to t he \ cling u p crintendent, \,·hol11 he congratulated, u rg i ng a ll p rc:sent t o keep the kno\\,hh;c had o bt ained up to dale and encourage ocher to jo in t hem in lhe ir noble undertaking. The pn:sLnration or ce rt ificate \.\·a carried (Jut b\ the Centre County OfJ lcer ,\1 1'5 I ngledcw and Illusical 1111S ad dr 'sses \,'e re: gin:n by \ ld erman D. I.e\\ j", Counc il lo r J. \1. L \ 'a ns and D . T. D:I\ <', ./-1).
(.' ,[eman prnpo .c d [hanks to all who had :\\iSlLU in the arrangement", and an enjoyable e\ \\:1' c .elu ele d the sing i ng of [he '\ ationa1 \ nthcm. p('l (/!1m)) Pa}'l/tit R hondda \ mbu 1ance Centre Band, con ducted I y Superinlcndent c.. \'( '00 nam, 11L;].d d ,n iml)()sing procession at Porth on [he neca i In () Lhe annu, I Church [)arack of the ("miller \l11bulance Di, i ' ion.
Captain T. L. R ichards, JP ., the Commi .' ion e r, \\'a$ in cb arge a :-.i:-.ted b\ \ s i tam OJ11Jl1l si nCr ). 11. D a \ics Co r ps 11. [lill and 0t11cer W . .J. \\ alte r , and the units r ep rc 'e nted In Lh p , fack of 200 the \Jl1Jl1cr Y [1\ h i r \mb uJancL and 'a det D i"i ion 'Lc w is \mb uJafl Cc 1 i \' i:;i()11 anel L ach L e\\·is Cadets tn)" hir \ur se-; and r i d .a d e t $.
The procc marchcd to D i," i ne sCJ'\·ic John '. Church, ymme r , L urlh , \\· he re [he Rn'. T. J une. pr eac h c d t he a III I Ri ch, ret re, d lhe lesso n
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\l nre than 100 oAlce r anu men fro m all pare' of the country atten d ed the a nnu a l r e-u n ion d i nn er of tht: 13 0 th r. John F j Id J\mbul a n ce,' th \\ Tc l h D i,Ti ion at C 1" , arc JfT, on a turd ar ct b e l' 3 \,\ ,Col[)nd J. 11. D ay i $, D .. 0. , 1 LR. rexham, w h o co mm an d e d t h un it pre ide d, ·lIpror tcd by hi s e co n d-i n - o mmand , 1 [ajor \.. W \nckrson, C 1 B 0 V J T • 1 g m o rc a e. h e o·u ' ts ll:cilldu.l 1'. I 1\ 1. .\ ls t ant COrnn1issio nc r ror Carcli ff, lI ncl a ll wh o at tend d O \, 'C a har1')\'· · 1 LVe nJn er t o t lC o [, rr am c rs "n[i t ain L. C Cohel ('.' _ t-> 1, ,:1 tc lIA :l il d B ugle r Th o m as , 1,la n e l h· j1 '( De
Vere Shortt"Cup Competition
The cc D e Ve r e Shortt" Cup Competi tion \t,,'a s he lel at L ime St r eet ta t ion, Liverpool, on Saturda\, O cto b er .10, and was won by the Edge Hi II T eam WIth a total of 2 r6 marks, working ()[1 a ha ndi cap o f IZ.
Th e L iverpoo l Exchange :-\0 2 Team ,,'ere seco nd with I7 I l' ma r ks-handicap I
T he J udges were :- Test T eam, Dr. T. J- Coakle\'. l ndividua l Test, D r T. P. Garry.
B RI'i roL.
\ nnual a\\ arcls, \,'hich included one Gold ..\Iedal, lhree First-Year Certificates, s ix: econd- Year Cerriticates, rbree T hird-Year and 26 T hird-Year Bars, \vere presented by 1\1r and .0. Ir s G. Rider at a concert and dance heJd recenth- b,' the Local . \mbulance C lass. ,
Ri der al 0 presented the Challenge Cup to rireman . T ook for an indi,-idual te St j u dged b:' Dr. J- V. Luca
.01r /\.. H \\"'hiraker pre ided, and amongst those present ,,'ere D octOr "\. P. Korham and B. Vinter , and .i\ I e r. Co[[on and E. \""{ 'e bb.
R nCHD,-\.LE.
. \ socia l eyening was held on OctOber -+ to celebrate the winning of the ' Heap Cup and to pre em the awards for the pa t sea on. "\1r. ..\Iitchellhill distributed t he following: 2. 5-year B ar, T. Cropper; 1 5-year l. l edal , Hodgkinson, W· H. Da\\'s on, T Truman Howarth and \\' Howarth.
TTO:\ETER
T en te.ams comp ted in the [. John c?me t tor the cc Atkin Cup. ttOx ter \\ er the \YlnnerS and B urton ' B" and \ team \yere second and third re pecciyely.
T h t eam was of .i\ l artin, H. Hud on J. :\I arklew and C. R u htOn ( ap t ain)
T hi the fir t time the \\'innina team haye entered the c ompe ti tion Each m m b er ;f me team recei,'ed a minia ture i h -er cup.
000r"fERCL\.L R O_-\.D
\Y a t ch. w ere r c ntl)' pr s need to the Cla.:- , c r e t ary and to the_In rructOr (l-. I r. R o e) b y 1\ I r. \\ umpter, on b ehalf of the membeL. 1n m ak in g th ntarion , 1ft. umpte r aid that all t h mem b r appr ciated t h hard \\'ork that had bee n d one b y the recipi nt. during th la. t fe\\ y ar.:-.
OTTIKG I-LDf
Th 1 ottinaham Loco Team were succ Eul 1[1 the .c o m p titi n, held on eptemb r in o n n c tL o n \\"1t h tIl R ail w aymen s \ mbulanc Lea a ue scori n g a t ota l 139 I T h _ oods D mc n t T am w r tourth with a score nt 12 poims.
Overseas News
The Chief Commissioner regrets to announce the death of the following members of the Brigade Overseas :-
District Superintendent G. H. B. Sleight (deceased August 25, 1936), \Vanganui District, New Zealand.
Lady Ambl..uance Officer M. Budd, Durban Railway Nursing Division, South Africa.
Officer F. W. Agar, Johannesburg Transportation Ambulance Division, South frica.
Private R. Middleditch (deceased September 4 1936), Kenya Police Ambulance Division.
Lady District Officer Miss M. Harborow Otago District, New Zealand. '
Ambulance Officer Yogi J aban Mi tter (deceased July 3 I, 193 6), Calcutta (Y.M.CA ) Ambulance Division, No. 2 District, India.
Extract from a letter received from 1\'&. R. C A. J?istrict Superintendent in charge of the Kenya DIstrlct, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas :-
CC The following report of an occurrence in which a member the Kenya Police Division gave first-aid treatment, ill somewhat unusual circumstances to a ?Jstinguished 0fficer of the Royal Air Force,' is of Interest.
" On the morning of January 17, 1936, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, K.CB., C LG. D.S.O., when carrying out an inspection of a Royal Air Force unit in the Northern Frontier District of this colony, met with a serious accident whil$t travelling between the administrative station of Moyale and the landing ground. The car got out of control on a steep hill, left the road and crashed into a large rock, and the Air Chief Marshal, who wa a passenger in the vehicle, sustained a fractured humerus, as a result of which he suffered considerable pain and shock. Unfortunately, no doctor was availa b le within a hundred miles or more, but Mr. Corry Thomas, an Assistant Superintendent of this Force and a member of its Ambulance Division, who was in the station, promptly proceeded to the scene of the accident and applied first aid. Sir Robert was then immediately brought from Moyale by air to Nairobi .
"Dr. Carman, the Divisional Surgeon of the Brigade, who attended Sir Robert's arm on his arrival Nairobi, has that splints, bandages and sling had been efficIently applied, and that Sir Robert informed him that after receiving first-aid attentwn he had felt very little severe pain.
"Although the first aid rendered by Mr Corry Thomas was of the comparatively simple nature that members of the Division have frequent occasion to in the normal police duties, the CIrcumstances In which It was applied in this instance were certainly exceptional, having regard to the efficiency of its application, the remoteness of the 342.
.th.e ence of a medical rractition rand th p u blic dlst1nctwn of the patient." e following is a summary of the publI c dUly earned out by members of the Brio-adc In 1 Zealand on aturday, June 27 193 6 : b
Di trict. Crounds. bers
CEYLO ' POLleI
The annual In srL'ccioI1 of th e '.evlon Police Corps of the t. J ohn mbulance l' was held on eptember 25, 1936, b} 11i s ExcdlencI the Governor. There were present n 7 Officers, I2 In pector, 26 ub-Inspect ergeants, and 187 Constable. Total 3°3 Follo\\ ing the insp ctton of the Line and th e 1aret a demonstration of Fir t .Aid to the mj ur "'d \\'a grven by 16 of the teams who had taken pa rt in the for Challenge Cup and also h three team ot the Police Boys' Bri gade. lnr e \ i, ll of Colonel J. L. lee men CB., C.l\L ., '. B L. M.y.O., Chief ommlSSlOner, t. John Am )·dancr Bngade (Overseas), cour es of in truction m ck'lllntary First Aid are being held for members of t h Jollct Boys' Brigade. This is the fir t occasion on whIch boys so trained ha\'e given a di play in public
After the Inspecti o n and pre 'entation of J.xortitlons and medals, Hi Ex ellencv addre sse I lhe Parade as follows ;-
" Inspector-General , Officers ancl l\1t:n of the G. don Police Force-I should like to congratulate yo u on the excellent Parad e which I have seen to- da} It ig a great pleasure for me to see such smart men and such good work done, and I am sure that it is a <rear pleasure to the In specto r-General to see that th work he has pu t in for so many ,Tear has borne sm good fruit.
C( This is the last time, probably, that I sh I h,ll'C [he pleasure of addressing such a large numb c: l [he Pollee Force on parade, and it is the last tWlt' [he: Inspector-General will attend this parad e of rhe t. John Ambulance Brigade.
" I should like to take this opportunity to ')J.Y hO\\ I appreciate the great advance in efficiency whIch the Force has made since 1 first kneu. It , and
veryone will, I am sure, attribute it to the personal and energy of the retiring Inspector-General.
(I The Ceylon Police Force is a Force which any man can be proud to belong to or to have under his command.
"I note with pleasure the large number of men who have taken the Medal of the St. John Ambulance Bri gade work whi.ch. they have done is very sa tis fac tory wdeed, and It IS a great as set to have such a large number of intelligent men who are able to render First Aid when required.
" One good feature in recent years is that the work of the police Force is now being appreciated by the people. I remember the time when a policeman was rcaarde d as an object to be avoidcd. People are beginning to reali se that the Police are the best friends of good citizens, and I think it is largely due to tlll: goo d work which is b eing done by them in first ,\id in the various stations throughout the Island I should like to congratulate those responSIble for the training. '
RHODESIA.
Orier oj St. Johll. - lli s Excellency the Earl of Clarend on, en era1 of the nion of outh \fric:l a nd Knight ommander in outhern Africa of till. V n rable rder of t. John, has recei"ed advicl that Hi s I\fajcsty the o":-creign Head of till. Order, has been gracious ly pleascd to sanction rhe fu llowing admissions to the Order in the grades indicate d :of Grace. -Lady tanley.
Kmgh f of Groce. - The Hon. G. Nt Huggins F. R.C. ., M.P.; H . Chapman, Esq., CB.E. COll1moll&r.-Lieut.-Colonel T. E. Robins, D 0. 0pJct?r -Co lonel J. lorris, CB.E., J.P.; 1fr. \\7 J. Rastall.
H(,n. Brother.-1fr. A. Morgan, Mr. F. WI. Austin.
Br ian Railways District.
The following have been approved by the Grand Prio r of the Order on the recommendation of Chapter General :-
Promol jon. - H. Chapman, Esq., CB.E., Assistant Commiss ioner of the Rhodesian Railways District to the rank of Commissioner of the Rhodesian Railways District.
Appain/metll.-Captain H. Allen to the rank of ASSIstant Commissioner.
Annual COllJpetilioll. - BircheJlolIgh» Shield.-The annu al inter-divisional compet.ition for the "Birchenou gh " Shield \.vill be hald at Bula\J,Tayo on October 24 an d 2. 5, followed by the annual conference of ambula nce officers on October 26. It is anticipated seven Railway Divi ions will be represented, Inclu dtn g the Que Que ection, which will enter a .fo r the first time. The Bulawayo Ambulance DIVlslo n at present holds the Shield, having recaptured It from the Umtali Division last year.
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U1JJtali Division.-lvlr J. Gray, who has held the position of Hon. Secretary for a number of years, has resigned the Secretaryship, but will retain the rank of Corporal in the Division. His secretarial services to the Bri gade have been greatly appreciated. The newly-appointed Divisional Secretary is Mr. A. McLaren, c/o Booking Office, Umtali Station. New Classes at Ndola.-Classes of instruction in First Aid have been organised at Ndola. and it is hoped Railway employees at that station will give every support to ensure the success of the lecturecourse. The Hon. Secretary is Mr. A. Paul, of the Maintenance Department.
Association Report.-The annual report of the St. John Ambulance Association for the year ended September 30, 1935, has been received, and reflects a continuance of the progress recorded in previous reports. Durin g the year under review 158,220 examination awards were issued (Great Britain and Overseas), of which number 5,697 were earned by candidates in the Union of South Africa and Rhodesia. The grand total of examination awards recorded by St. John's Gate, London, has now almost reached the four million mark.
Correspondence.
To the Editor, ST. GAZETTE. DEAR SIR,-Re members of the L iverpool Central Ambulance Division in vour last issue. What about the following :-
Radcliffe Ambulance Diyision.-Registe red June 21, 1898:
Divisional uperintendent G. Entwistle, joined June 21, 1898, equals 38 years TOO days.
Ambulance Officer T. Jones, joined January T, 19°°, equals 36 years 252 days.
ergeant H. Yates, joined January 2, I904, equals 32 years, 271 days.
Sergeant H. Fletcher, joined January 4, I906, equals 30 years 269 days.
Corporal \\1. j\'1ather, joined April 2, T910, equals 26 rears, 181 days.
Corporal J. W. Th ornley joined January 5, 191 I, equal 25 years 268 day.
Total; 187 year 1>341 days. And still going strong.
The annual report for 19°7 will tell you how we arranged a bazaar and obtained £1,°50. Opened by the Dept. Commissioner, Colonel C J. Trimble, on April 17, 1907, and our hall \\' as purchased later io the year. Today's value, with additions and alterations, is between £6,000 and £7,000, and is second to none, maintaining itself by being run on busine s lines without pomp, shmv, or red tape.
I am, Yours, etc., G. ENTWI TLE, Divisional Slperintendent.
Southern Railway CO JTRIB TED BY E. A RICHARDS.
REDBRIDGE CUP CmIPETITION.
The Committee of the Redbridge Centre are arranging for the Annual Competition to take place at the Coliseum, Southampton, on Saturday, Novembert 7, next. This competition ha grown to be the largest of its kind in the South of England, and i an event eagerly looked forward to by the competitor and visitors aJike.
The enthusiasm of Mr. R. Gillingham, the Organi sing Secretar y, and his Committee is \-yell know n, and there is reason to believe that this year s competition will prove no less successfu l than its predecessors.
CLASS _illD COMPETITION ARRANGIDffu'\fTS.
The pamphlet giving particulars as to the provi sio n of ambulance equipment at stations and depots, the arrangements for the formation and conduct of ambulance classes, aoo the conditions for next year s competitions, etc., has been reissued.
Copies may be obtained from the Ambulance District Secretary or from the Welfare Assistant.
The pamphlet furnishes an interesting and comprehensive record of Southern Railway successes in connection with the Ambulance 1fovement.
GUILDFORD.
There was a very large attendance at the annual concert and presentation of awards of the Guildfor d Railway Ambulance Class which was recently beld in St. Saviour's Hall.
Among those present were 1fr. E. A. Richards (Welfare Assistant to the General :tYfanager) and Irs. Richards, Mr. T. Long (Loco. Foreman, Guildfor d) who presided, and Mrs. Long.
The awards gained by the successful candidates were distributed b y Mrs. Long, who was presented with a bouquet by little Miss L. Luck.
Mr. Long said he wished to impress upon young men in particular who were railway employees, that they were following an occupation in which there were many dangers, and they could render no greater service to their fellows than to be able to give them First Aid if the occasion arose. The ability to render First Aid could only come b y experience. He had often heard medical men pay tribute to the work of the ambulance men, and he hoped more would be done at Guildford to increase the membership.
Mr. A. Barrow, District Secretary, thanked Mr. Long for presiding and Mrs. Richards for attending. He said that the Guildford Class started about 15 years ago with a membership of 13 and to-day they would total 50 strong.
Mr. Richards congratulated those who had received awards. He said that a knowledge of First Aid
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\vas a humanising factor. The .qualification brought them into contact with suffenng they would nOl otherwise ha e experienced; softened their hearts he could answer for it, gave a joy of which only those who had a knowledge of First Aid could appreciate. He urged them to mak e the forthcoming class at Guildford the best ever.
An excellent programme was provided by the Bohemian Concert Party.
London and North-Eastern Rail way CO TRIB TED BY '\ E. TWI HA1f. , CARVER Ccp)} C01[PETITIO -6TII EVE ''[
\x"h en the 16 teams entered for the" .i\Iajo r \\ 1-1. Carver Cup at the Hull Tcchnical Coll gL) on aturday, October 3, they found that the maj ( r case they had to deal with was one which migh t OCcur anywhere in the streets. They had to trea t 1 bar knocked down by a car and thrown into a damp ditch.
Dr. K. Harold Beverley of Barn Icy, was the adjudicator, and he had thoughtfully pro\ ided a newsboy \vith his pile of ne\v paper s for ale.
The \vinners of the up and 'ornpcciti on were Leeds Cit)' Police, who \yere 24 point ahcad t ) f their nearest riyal
The re ult \,'ere as follow :J\. B. Tc)tal.
1. L eeds City Police- 135 21 9 3),+
2. Dairycoates, L. .E. R., llull 139 19 1 33 0
3· York Carriage orks, L.N.E.R. 1I2 302
4· Cleethorpes Di,rision, .J. .B. . . ]07 Z9 6}
5· Grimsby Borou gh Police 110
6. ew Holland tore L. .R. 110 17 0 :!8o
7 · Grimsby Portmast e r , L. .R. 86 25
8. Hull City Police " 7 2 17 8: 1. 50}
GARROULD'S OFFICIAL OUTFITTERS
U. 2. G. outhard, Hull ity'c B," 4 marks T:\FFORD. max. -;0"
.\ 3· J. \) lott, G rim by Portma rers 471- marks, max. 70.
4· \,\ '. 0 ling Grim by Police, 5-t marks ma..\':. -'0.
:";0. 5· \\". Dorricott, rim by Police 58 mark. max. Ie
\\ ' II. ary r, in prcs nting the cup prizes, said ho\,' pleascd he \\ as \\' ith the succe s ot the l\ 'Dt, and the fact that his fFort in increasinoalllbuL nce efficiency and study were being well repaid.
The awards gained b y members were presemed at a moking Concert held recently. The chair ,\yas taken by f-.rr. G. Pye. rrangements for the o-athering were made by 1\[r. F. Gray
BROAD TREET.
One of the mo [ enthu iastic clas es held at B road treet had a fittino- conclusion when :;\[r. A. L. Ca tleman pre ented the a,,'ards on OctOber 27.
For the District Office, Br oad treet and Ha ydon quare Goods tation, there were 58 awards, coYering from fir t to thirty years eITice in the Ambulance movement.
I I East Ridin g Police, Bridlington 75
9 · East Ridin g Police, Brough 65 177 TO Irnm i ngham Dockmastcrs, L. .E.R. 76 .?,.f0} IGJ } 23 6}
12. East Riding Police, Pocklington 91 141 2}2
13. East Riding Police, Driffield 120
14. Hull City Police" B " 78 149 127 15. East Riding Police, Beverley 85 133 218 16. East Riding Police, Withernsea 47 } Possible marks 170 33 0 JOO Indivjdual Section winners were :1 o. I. J. Bell, Leeds City Police,
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
CO. 'TRll3C TED BY Gn.Ul'RT -. I IrLL. PErl HfOI{QL·G IT.
The e'Tnth 1\ nnual Dinn er \\'a held on Ocrober :?G, whcn about 90 ass mble 1 unciet' the chalrnknship of l Ir. R. B ennett.
The. toa t of The L.1I. -' . \mbulan ce was gi\'cn by the Pre ident. w n.: then pr nted Fi,T Fir t Year CerVouchers, one Third
The exa mil1atio:l awards hI' Mrs. Fis h er a fo]1O\'\-s: tlhcatL c;, two econd Yea r Year \teda llion, :?9 .
The M. and T LOl1o- ervin: Gold I da l for I',', b \ en' lce \Va. pres nted to [1'. \\. J. B o t\'o
The D istrict Good l\[anao-er congratulated each recipi nt, and called attention to the need of [he mo, re ment, which wa. particularly e"idenc d on that da r a wh n a name wa called for an a\'\'ard it tr;nspired that the member \,'a away at ho . pical having accompanied one of the taff who had unfortunately met with an accident I OTTINGHAiII
\ competition in connection with che Raihnlymen's _ mbulance Leagu wa h ld on Octob r 2 the N'ottingham Loco team again beino' ucc ful in winning fie t plac. 'nO\,\- head th 1 ague tabl by a margin of I2} poim. The Goods D partm nt team are fifth on the table.
A History of Ambulance-(Contd.)
AND THE CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES.
By C. J. S THOMPSON, M.B.E., Hon. Curator of the Historical Collection of Royal College of Surgeons of England; Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
In the December of 1792, Lattey made a formal proposition to General Custine for the establishment of a field hospital capable of active service with the troops, and on receiving the requisite authority, he at once organised his proposed ambulance. "At the time I proposed my plan," he states, "the custom was to leave the wounded on the field of battle until after the combat and then gather them together in a favourable place, to which the movable hospital was brought as quickly as possible; but the quantity of military carriages that were placed between the ambulances of the army, and other difficulties, so retarded its movements that it never reached its place until after twenty-four hours, so that some of the wounded perished for want of assistance. 1-1 y proposal being accepted, I was authorised to organise this movable hospital, which I named The PO'ing Ambulance. I then conceived the idea of a system of carriages suspended on springs which should combine solidity with speed and lightness. This institution created a sensation among the soldiers. They now all feIt confident that they would receive succour at whatever moment they might be wounded."
Larrey was unable to complete the entire organisation of his ambulance system at this time as he wassent to Paris, and it was not until 1797 that he was able to give his attention to the subject once more.
In the spring of that year he was ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte to proceed to Italy to form a direct system of "Flying Ambulances" for the army in that country. It was on this occasion he perfected the organisation of his system, not only in respect to the vehicles for transporting the wounded, but also in 'the formation of an ambulance corps for giving rapid surgical aid to the wounded in all parts of the field of action. Roughly, it consisted of three divisions, comprising twelve spring vehicles for transport, four store wagons, and a personnel of 3 officers and men. They wore special uniforms to distinguish them from the ordinary soldiers. Both mounted and foot orderlies wore a red woollen waist scarf which in case of need would serve to carry wounded men. The foot orderlies carried leather knapsacks divided into compartments, which contained bandages and materials for dressings. The ambulance orderlies were duly exercised in their drills so as to be expert and dexterous in giving assistance to the surgeons, if required, when attending to the wounded.
When Napoleon undertook his Egyptian campaign, Larrey was sent to Toulon to organise the medical staff. Medical men flocked to his side readily, and he was soon able to reckon on 800 well-qualified surgeons, many of whom had seen service previously in the army of Italy. These were in addition to the
medical officers actually attached to the re giments
In spite of Larrey's improvement in the ambulance system, transport in those days was often ve ry slow. The necessity for remm-ing hopelessly d amaged limbs as soon as possible after injury was found so in1perative, amputations were frequen tly performed on the field while the battle was still .·aging and the operator under fire.
Laney took part in the Great Retreat from 11 t. SCO\\" which, no doubt, called into play all
During the great Battle of Borodino no les than 200 amputations were performed under his dir cc tJOn, where there were neither couches, blan ket s n'lr covering of any kind, and the food of th e roops consisted of horse-flesh, cabbage-stalks an d 1, f-\\' potatoes. It was stated that the cold was so 1.1tense that the operating instruments often fell frr m the numbed hands of the French surgeons.
At the passage of Beresina, General Z ayoncht-k, who ,vas over 60 years of age, was serioLlSl y \, 'oundt'tl in his knee. It was necessary to amput a te th e limb at once to save his life, and the operatio n wa' performed under the enemy's fire amid a heavy fall or snow. The only covering ',!as a cloak w hich \\':1: held by two officers over him while th e operatlun was being performed, but the surgeon s did t heir with such dexterity that the old General survi ved :lilt! lived for 14 years afterwards to be V lcero)' of Pobnd. Many other stories could be related of tius ren rbble man, Larrey, who followed his master, oleon, through victory and defeat.
On the field of \\7aterl o o, it is s aid he stood a( night alone, except for orne m edical o ffic ers and the wounded who lay in heap s groanin g ar ou nd him. Unexpectedly a squadron of FlU sian Lancers c'la rged the group, and his horse was hot and he lay srunn e? on the ground with a blow from a sabre, an d \\1S lett for dead. Recovering consciousness, h e t ri·d :0 crawl by cross-roads into France, but h e W ', again seized by another detachment of Prussian l,yalr y, who robbed him of all he possessed, took hi m 1 soner and ordered him to be shot. A quarter of f before the sentence was to be carried out, a s· J'ge onmajor who had attended a course of lecture s which Larrey had delivered in Berlin six years p re v jousl]" recognised him and had him brought before He was finally presented to Blucher, who se SO! ill th Austrian campaign had been badly w ound d owed his life to Larrey's skill. Blucher liberated him . Larrey terminated his useful and brilliant and died in 1842. cc He was the most virtuouS I have ever met" is Napoleon'S testimo ny to character, and in his will made at St. He kn a, bequeathed him 100,000 francs.
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At this period France was fortunate in her military surgeons, and following Larrey, another system of ambulance was introduced by Baron Percy, who was Surgeon-in-Chief to the French Army in the North under the command of General JYIoreau. In 1799, he devised a light carriage called a "Surgical Cart," capa ble of rapid movement and carrying with it stretchers, dressings and accommodation for surgeons and their helpers. It had four wheels, and was drawn by six horses. The medicine chests it carried were calculated to contain dressings for 1,200 men, and its object, accordin g to its inventor, was to obviate the necessity of soldiers leaving the ranks to attend to the wounded. Each cart was to be kept up as close as possible to the division to which it belonged, and as soon as the action had begun, and some of the soldiers wounded, the attendants ran with their stretchers and picked up the fallen men, and the surgeons then applied " first-aid" dressings.
The year I 800 saw each division of the French Army of the North with a hospital corps of this kind, and they seem t o have served their intended purpose very well.
But Percy's surgi cal cart appears to have gone out o f use after peace was declared, and the French army o f the North had been dispersed. Later , when war was declared ag ain, the old custom of the woun ded soldiers being carried to the rear b y their comrades was resorted to, but Perc y again turned his attention to the subject, and devise d another method of dealin g wi th the woun ded. He trained an d equipped a body of men whose principal duties were to pick up the wounded and to carry them to the field-hospitals on stretchers, and afterwards to assist the surgeons in attending to them. The story how the idea originated may be told in his own wor d s He says : "Tired of the ceaseless disorder caused by the assemblage of undisciplined hospit al attendants, distressed at seeing the deaths on the field of battle of so great a number of soldiers whose lives might have been preserved, I took upon my self to organise a regular corps of army hospital attendants to whom I gave the name of , Company of Brancardiers' (Bearers of Stretchers). I selected a hundred so ldie rs from among the bravest and strongest, and as soon as they were completely equipped I put them on duty. The service of the sick and wounded, so neglected and abandoned b efore, soon changed its
Percy was fully aware of the necessity of properly drilling and exer cising his men, and remarks: cc A certain skill is necessary for raising a wounded man, for placing him upon a stret cher, and for carr ying him. It is not so much st rength as ry address that the se obje ct s are successfully accomplished, and these principles can only b e acquired by practice The bea rers, if they march unevenlY , painfullY jolt the wounded lying upon them, and if these m en place the wounded roughly upon the stretcher instead of lcrying them down skilfullY and gentlY , w hat tortur e they may inflict I "
The principles on which Ba ron Perc founded hIS company of stretcher-bearers we/ adopted by Imper ial decree for the wh ole )f French army in r813 and they hold to-day.
Before I aving the two grea t Frenchmen who wrought such an improvemen t in ambulance and transport, it may b e mentioned that bo th Larrey and Perc y strongly advocated the use of cold wak r in the treatm ent of gu n shot wounds. It is .said that they eventually employed no o th er dreSSIn g but pure water with the addition sometimes of a little alco hol or extract of lead
The story is told that after a battle ncar trasbllrg in r 78 5, the two surgeons were called to see some soldiers ,vhose wounds \,'ere claimed to have been quickl y healed after b eing dres ed by an '\lsa tian miller with some miraculous \vater. On im-e st o-at ion Larrey and P ercy found the a-called water was nothing bu t water from the local mill stream in which the old miller had di soh-ed u little alum, the application of the dre sing bein g acco lllpanied by some incantations and cabali tic sign
The surgeons re olved to experiment on th i· Own account with a simple a remedy, and \"cre a '[Qnished at the result.
Perc y soon afterwards becamc imbued v'i 1 nch faith in the yalue of the I ure water dre sins that he is said to have once remarked he \\' ulcl ha aband oned army surgery if he had not been able t(1 use it. Thu s, thi imple surgica l treatrl1cnt f woun ds .oon became knmvn and practised throughoLlc F lrope.
D own to the do e of the eightecnth cent uf), 111) efficient system of ambulance for British tro) 1' when on acti,-e service had b en ad pted. It Wtl. CLl tomary that if a soldier was wounu d, thc oHlc r com mandi ng his company ordered one or two of his com rades to fall out and take him to the rear, or if the tro p were actiyely engaged, he remained uncarcd f r (> the ground until the fighting \va s 0\ cr. 0;'0 SPL C·,tl C)lPS existed for mini tering to the wants of the ick and wounded, or for as isting the 1I rgeon in '1ttcn<,hnce upon them, but a fe\'!,' soldier from the n nks WUt sent when ncce sary to act as attenuants on the Ick , and were called" Hospital Ordcrlic
It was not until the year 1808, during the campaigns, that an attcmpt was fir·t mad e 1 If James l\facG rigor to get an ambulance c. wbli lull cnt sanctioned for our troops based on simila r Jines to that of the French army. His endca\ours dHl nor, however, meet with success and thro ughot.t the Peninsular Wars our wounded were carri ed from the field on stretchers generally by the of regiments or some of their comrades to thl... tit t ltnc of surgical assistance, and afterwards tran sporttu t ) the hospitals in the rear in carts of the cOl11 l11i s.mat or hired bullock wagons. The transport at that was under the management of a corps know n 3.S c. Royal Wagon Train.» Although after a tim e with springs were used, there was still no body correspondin g with the Royal {'dwtl Corps of the present time.
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The stretchers in Wellington's time consisted of two poles between which a piece of canvas ticking was -slung, but as they had no traverses, the weight of the wounded man caused him to sink down in the canvas between the poles, and when the stretcher was laid on the ground his body came in direct contact with it. This, it hardly need be said, caused great suffering. Looped blankets were occasionally employed, the side poles consisting of pikes, which the sergeants in the :army then carried, but these were worse than the canvas stretchers.
In 1825 a veterinary surgeon named Cherry published a pamphlet on the subject of field ambulance transport. Relating his experience in the Peninsular Wars as well as in the campaigns in Holland and in the Netherlands, he suggested a one-horse cart which he designed to supersede the clumsy wagons then used. The carts were arranged so as to be fitted either :as a conveyance for commissariat or hospital stores. Cherry's carts were first put to a practical test in the war of 1835, and were favourably reported upon.
At the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 little Dr no improvement had been made in the means of dealing with the sick and wounded. A hospital conveyance corps was formed, which mainly consisted of -carts drawn by two horses and store-wagons drawn by four. Another brigade of hospital conveyance vehicles -u-as equipped, and consisted of twenty spring wagons on four wheels for carrying men. To this corps were -attached a number of pensioners who were placed in charge of the .transportation of the sick and wounded. The duties of these men were similar to those of the Brancardiers organised by Baron Percy, and their ·chief instructions were to cany the wounded from the field of battle to the nearest place of safety, and to 'take care of the carts and horses necessary for their conveyance to the rear. This establishment, however, proved a failure, and tlie organisation broke down.
The ambulance duties, as well as the nursing, then devolved upon the so-called hospital orderlies, who consisted of men taken from the ranks. This arrangement proved equally unsatisfactory, and to obviate the difficulty, in the end, a medical staff corps was formed in 1855, consisting of nine companies, each being 78 strong, to be employed in any way that might be required in the performance of hospital duties. Each company was calculated to give assistance in a hospital for 5°° patients, and the men were employed in connection with the stores, cooking, washing and -other non-professional occupations pertaining to hospital service. There was no military feature whatever in their organisation, and the men had no previous drill or training in their duties, so there is little wonder 'that they also did not prove satisfactory.
This state of affairs continued until 1857, when the Army Hospital Corps, which was to consist of men to be used as attendants for military hospitals only, was established. A complete military constitution was given to the corps, and its ranks were filled by soldiers volunteering for a certain length of service. In this way the Royal Army Medical Corps came to be
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established. Since then, great progress has been ma de in ambulance, transport and nursing, and a high state of efficiency attained, proof of which was fu rnish ed in the Great War, in which our R.A.M.C. and its splendid organisation won the admiration of OUr Allies in the field.
The heroism of our British surgeons on the battlefield is a matter of history. As non-combata nts, they have ever displayed heroic courage and res ource in times of greatest stress and danger.
Going back to the time of the Crimean War, who has not heard of Surgeon Thomson, who, when OU army marched off after the Battle of Alma, volunteered with hi ervant, John McGrath, to rC l1lal n behind in the open field with 500 terribly wo unde d Russians, and passed three awful days and nigh ts alone among foreign foes, dead and dyin g, 'W it hout one being able to raise a hand to help hims elf.
Then there was Assistant-Surgeon Wolsele y, of the 20th Regiment at the Battle of the Ink crman , who established his field hospital in the and ba g B"tter\'.
When the 150 men \."ho were all that remain cd of its defenders, were forced to c \,acuate it, about J)O of them fell back in one direction and found, 3C pace from them, a Ru sian battalion blocking their path. There was no other officer, 0 \'q ols ley, ( Ltircl)' unarmed with the exception of a Sli ck, t ook command. Seizing a fir lock \vith a £1xed ba yo n t, he ordered the men to fi"C ba yonets, charge, an d keep up the hill. They sprang forward to his call, p d the next instant were tearing through the:: thick est )f the Russian ranks; but only half of them re ach d the other side
The courage and unselfi sh devotion of sm 1 men as Joseph Fayrer, in the Residency of Luckn nw , of Surgeon Kelly at Cabul in 1879, and Frank, \", ho tied the carotid under fire at Balan in 1870, \vill e,"e r be remembered.
We may recall the heroism of ur gcon l and on, who was shot through the spine while atten cing ro the wounded on 1Iajuba Hill durin g the BO Lr War. His legs were paralysed, but he caused him sel - to be propped up, and continued his work until hi s s r .ngth ebbed away. When sinking from exhaus tio n he quietly said: "I am dying, do what you can fo r the wounded."
Then there was Whitchurch, who gain 'd the Victoria Cross for attempting to save the life ot Major Baird in the beleaguered Chitral.
One could enumerate many more deeds of hcr 01Sll1 performed by officers of the Royal Army Medic.a l Corps in the past and during the recent \\' at, 10 which 709 laid down their lives, four of who n wo n the Victoria Cross; but the few instances given show that the same heroic spirit that inspired the men followed the art of healin g on the battle-field s 1'1 gone by still survives, and the records of ou r medical officers in the Great War bear eloquent testi mo ny to their bravery, courage and unselfish devoti on to duty in the cause of humanity.
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The. G rand Priory-Air Ibid Pr<.;c:lutions Th e \\-enry- llospiral, ursing, p IC llealth Exhibition 'lod onfcrcoce, 1937
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\X e desire to thank most sincer ly all our c ntnb utor whose \vork during the pa t y ar has enabled the T. JOll mL'V\ TCE G \ZETTE to make :till fUrt her progress.
It is an o ld adage that those who are most bu \' can still fmd ti m e to do v n more \\lork, and dictum mos t ce rtain l y appli to o u r correspond nts, Whether q u ali fie d o r othcrwi
A special mention must be made of the industry and enthusiasm of our 1edical Correspondent, Dr. 1\ Corbet Fletcher, l\1.A., B.Chir., who, in addition to the work of a very large practice, plus the heavy activities of the duties of Surgeon-in-Chief, has managed, during the past year, to do his most strenuous year's ,vork for this ] ournal since it lnceprton. :\1r. W'. C Bentall, O.B.E., F. R.eS .. L.R_C.P., our :\fedical Correspondent for A.R.P., has also added greatly to the value of our pages in dealincr with all matters appertaining to "Gas training and the questions which arrive each month. Our Brigade Kews pages each month represent the , Toluntary work of our many correspondents all oyer the country> and to them and the Commis loner who haye been kind enough to secure their serdces for this ] ournal \ye render our most grateful thank The ,-alue of Erst-aid articles publi hed in the T ]OH"J G -\'ZETTE may be asse ed by th fact that during the past year no fewer than five ambulance journals in the Britl h Empire have requested to re-print copy in their own publications.
We would especially thank tho e ladies and gentlemen O\Tersea who from time to time corre pond and, in tlll connection, make sp cial mention of the activities of our corre pondents in the Commandery of ourh frica
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Under the terms of the Home Office A ir Raid marks o b t aIn e d 1n the lec tur e a nd o ra l t sts (ee P . D ' .R.P. / F 4)· recautions epartment, Circular Letter of Jul " 9, d h M d ) (e) Th xa minati o n s h all n t b e h l d at le ss tllan I935, an t e emoran urn o. I of 1935, the O r d er of St. John and the British Red Cr os s Society hav e eve n d ay int e r al fro m t h e nd of t he courst. asked, and agre ed, " that thei r o rg anisations Th e sh all b e co nd uc ted b y an eXalll!1er will so far as practicable be placed at the disposal of app o Int e d b y the ommi ioner and wi ll c011 si t o[ :both central and loca l G oyer n men ts t o suppleme nt i wr i tten pa p e r of four que ti on for which official resources." o n e hour s h all b e all owed if re q uire d Max. [lurk
Furthermore, it is sug ba-e s t e d that L o ca l A uth ori ties ro o (upon whom the main onus f o r the a- eneral o r a- anisa- ii n o r al test of not Ie $ chan fi c questi o'1<; fo r . f hi k f b b whi c h t en mi n u tes in all ",ill be allowed if r equired. tlon 0 t s 1mportant wor 0 Air Raids Precau tion s is laid) should consult with the Order and the Society fa x 100. such matters as co m e w ithin their respective iii. 1\ t es t i n t he art of in t ructin g of nO! pro v 111ces. less t ha n t en rru n utes [ax. 100. Thc pr i mc object
Thi · k f of the l e c ture t est is t o ascer tain if the cand id He is S 1.S wor 0 great national importance, and w o r k hi h 1 f · abl e t o impar t hi knowle d "'c to a c Ia s. His technical w c IS a so 0 vital pers o nal interest to ev er y member of the community. knO\:d ed ge o n the sub je c t is t es t ed by the \vritt en and ora l examina t ion
Feeling that training in the subject i s o b111 order t ha t the Bri g ade may be (j) T he pe r ce nt age of marh for a pa s will be 7) 1il a posltion to carry out it s obj ects as defined i n per ce nt. und er each h ea d of examinat ion
Clause 5, General Reg ulati o n s, a definite sy llabu s h a s (g) T he co ur se and t he examina t ion must bl.: held been produced, co v ering in s truction, examination, b y auth ori sed instruc t ors and cxamincc, a nd at a an.d 0e of certificates to th ose wh o quali fy; p lac e , approved b y the Commissi nero this 1S t o be f o llowed b y th ose (IJ) I nstruc t ors' Certifica t e w ill be i ssued [C) concerned In org arus1n g s uch training uc cessful candi d ates b y the hief
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Intro du cti o n Rev-jew a nd dem o n s tr a tion of G lossa r y o f th e ter m s emp loye d dur i n g Instruc t io n Hi story o f the ubj e ctChemica l s ub s t ances de alt w it h
Methods of I roj ect ion
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(b -o se i rri t a n t
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Gene ral . \ nti-ga Prcauti <")n
(a) Protect ion of b ody
(a) Th e ins tru c ti o n shall Co ll ow the same general lln es as la id d o n for I nstructors, rade I, c:ccpt t h at t he writ t en paper is omitted from t he examin:llion.
(b) The examination sha ll be conducted by an exa m in er appointed b y the Commis ioner fr oll1 li s t of In str uc tors Examinatio n papers will be s upp Le d b y the Ch.ief Comm i ssioner.
(c) T he percen t age o f marks For a pass will be 71 p e r ce n t. u n d er ea ch h ea d of exam i na ti on
(d ) A Certi fic at e w ill b e i ss ued t o ach su ccessful candida t e b y th e Co mmi ss i o n er.
(e ) On i ss u e of each ce rti fica t e the Comm issiuner w ill f or wa r d t o th e C hi ef Comm issio n er noti lJcationof-iss ue slip (A. R.P .C. 2).
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f) H o ld e r s of Gr ade 2. Cert i ficate may, with the appro v al of til e C o mm issio n e r, sit fo r Cracle I ex aminati o n w ith o ut fu r t h e r in s t r u c tion, an d the) will not b e re quire d t o p ass th ' o ra l an d lec t u re tes ts
(b ) Number of hours' in s tructi o n - not le ss than ten, plus not less than two hou rs' in struction and practice in Respirator Drill. If an when financial o r o ther considerations make it necess ar y, this cour se may be compressed in to n ot le ss than one and a half day s. 3 . TR AIN Il'G OF B RIG .\OE 1\ .R .P. L STR UC1( ({ : GR .\DE 2
(b) Usc of P o t ecti e Clothi n g
(c\ Order of d ressing a nd un dre ssin g
LECTl RF 10 5 Deco ntaminati o n (a) Personn el
(b) Clothing
(c ) Equ ipme nt
LEC TLRE O 6.
Gas Protec ti o n f or Bui ldino-s b
Se.lection an d pre par alOn of R efuge R oom
LECTU RE NO .7. Protection of eye s and lun gs D es cription o f
(a) The Service Rspirator
o I No. 2 h ap. Page C h ap. Pa ge. 9 5 7 10 2 19 6 7 4 Ap p J 23
A. H P J-l andbook .l. " 0. 1. O. 2 Chap. Page. Chap (b) The Civilian D uty R es pirato r 38 \ ir L ocks 4 30
L ECTURE 1 O 8. T he fi tting and use of R es pira t o r
Ca re of R espirator
Lr::CTURE -0 9· A .R.P Casual t ies organization
General scope of organization
How to de t ect Gas Casualties
Handling of combined g as and wounded casualties
LECTCRE No. 10.
General organization
First Aid Posts ection dealing with contaminated cases ection dealing with uncontaminated cases lay-out fOI
Po ts taff for a Firt aid P ost Appendi x B and C 67 and 75 6 ,; 5 6
5. OF B RIG :\.DE PERSO_. 'E L FOR THE A.R.P CERTIF1C\.TE
(a) ..< cour e of instructi o n shall c o nsist of eig h t lectures ba e on A.. R .P. Handb oo ks and 2(e para. 10) each lecture of not Ie s than one h o ur duration gi\Ten by a Gr a de I or 2 instructor. On completlo'n of the' course an oral examination f o r th e L\. R. P. Certificate will be held There hall be an interval of not less than se'\-en days bet\\een the lecture and the examination.
(b) ", \. n examiner shall be appointed by the o mmi loner from his list of Grad I or Grade 2 in , t r uctor'. Examination paper \\-ill be supplied b y t he Chi f Commi ioner. The Commi ioner will keep a nominal roll of tho e to wh o m cerci ficat s are i s: ued ( .R .P.F/2).
(r ) . \. C rtificate will b is - Ll d t o ea ch candidate b\T the Commi "ioner.
(d) .. n aclvanc d cour for th o :e in po es i o n of the A .R .P. Certificat comprisin g the lecture- in Para . -/. , \vill qualify for examination for an In ([uct o r's Certificate provided th mm issi o ner appr o 'l; o f candidat 's ncrl' for uch :s.amina tion
6 OF E:--""'ER \L PUBLIC.
(a) The expre ion 'G n ral Public» b taken to indicate aD\Tone \'i'ho i: not a m mber of th St. John Ambulance Brigad , or who is not in p o ss e,io n of a r c oO'nized first aid c rtificate or pro f. si onal kmT\d e d ge in li u of the Iatt r.
(b) If asked by local organizations to arrange courses of instruction, these requests must be submitted to and approved by Commissioners at their discretion. Such courses will be carried out by authorized instructors of the Brigade (preferably Grade I).
(c) The course shall consist of eight lectures ba ed on A.R.P. Handbooks Nos. I and 2 (see para. 8), each of not less than one hour duration. On completion of the course an oral examination for a special certificate, known as General Public A.R .P. Certificate, may be held, but there shall be an interval of not less than seven days behveen last lecture and the examination.
(d) Certificate will be issued to successful candidate by the Commissioner, who will keep a nominal roll of those to whom certificates are issued (A.R.P./F2).
(e) An advanced course for those in pos ession of the General Public Certificate comprising the lectures in Para 4 will qualify for examination for an Instructor Certificate provided that the Commissioner approves of candidate's entry for such examination.
(1) A small fee may be charged for the course of instruction and also for the examination to cover expenses and honoraria. These fees are matters fo r local arrangement and settlement.
(g) The Certificate referred to in (c) qualifies th e holder for admission to the " Air Raid Precautions Auxiliary Reserve» of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
7. SUPPLE.:.VfEKTARY I STRUCTION
(a) In no case shall the instructor and the examiner be the same individual.
(b) The minimum percentage of attendances at lectures to qualify for examination shall be ru'o-thirds.
(c) Form B.F.3 shall be used as a Class Re gister for A.R.P. Lecture. The word" drills» to be amended to read A.R.P. Lectures.
(d) A Surgeon on the Active List, or an individual whose knowledge of the subject (A.R.P.), training and experience qualify him or her to instruct or examine, may have his or her name submitted through the Commissioner to the Chief Commissioner, for appointment as a Brigade A.R.P. Instructor. If approved, he or she will be accepted as a Grade 1 or Grade 2 Instructor, according to his or her qualifications.
(e) A Commissioner may select one officer holding a Grade I instructor's certificate as his A.R.P. Distric t or County Staff Officer. Where warranted by geographical or other reasons additional A .R.P. Officers may be appointed, either Grade I or Grade 2 being eligible for such appointments, and such assistant A.R.P. Officer may be given on the recommendation of the Commissioner, the rank of Corps Officer.
(f) All communications relating to instruction or examination must be made through the Commis sioner or his duly appointed officer.
(g) Forms to be used by Brigade Units and Commissioners are detailed in Appendix I.
8. AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS AUXILIARY RESERVE. Definition.
(a) The A.R.P. Auxiliary Reserve shall b e a bOdy of individuals, men or women, drawn from the general public, not being already memb ers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, but who shall have attended a course of A.R .P. lectures and have passed the same examination as that applicable to the ra nk and file of the Brigade. They need not b e in possession of a first aid certificate nor need they have any pr vious knowledge of first aid. Il1strflction.
(b) The course of instruction and examina tit111 sha ll be on the same lines as for the (rank and file ) of the Brigade, but the scope f ubsequent instruc tion and examination shall be p cially designed to meet the requirements of the \,'ork the individuals will be called upon to carry out, which naturall y Jiffers somewhat from that of Bri ga de member Fees.
(c) A small fee will be charged for the course ot' in truction, and al 0 for the examination t co'\e r expens s and honoraria. This fee shall b ldt 'n the discretion of the Commis ioner arranging the (ourse and examina.tions, so that it may be in proper ratio to the local conditions.
Enrolment and Undertaking.
(d) Indi iduals who are in possession of a ft.'COgnised .R.P. Certiiicate may enrol in the \ R.P. \Q.jliary Reserv e of the t. John m bulancc Bn .,ade and will be attached to the nearest unit to whe tL they reside.
Enrolment shall include an undertakin g to SL \ e in connection with A. R.P. duties \ ith eithcr (1) tl' local Unit of the Bri gade, or (z) any other t Joh n f\mbulance Brigade Unit if preferred by the rro rective member; and to maintain their know 1 cl ge o. R.P work.
lo minal rolls hall be kept by the Comm i lOner and the Unit on form B.F. Ia at top of which 1m 5t be clearly written" .R.P \uxiEary Rcse[\ e." Brassard.
(e) Members of the \.R.P . .Auxiliary Re en c "hen on duty will wear the Brigade badge with th e 1 rters A.R .P Auxiliary mounted on a brassard. DisCJp/ine.
(f) Whilst engaged on actual J\.R.P. duti es " rir ? the St. John Ambulance Brigade, thc members ot tht.
A.R.P. Auxiliary Re serve will be under thc Ofl\;rs ot the officers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and subject to the same discipline as if they were tm:. mber of the Brigade.
9. EXAMINATIONS.-PROCEDURE A D FOR MS ro Ill' U ED.
Application for Exalllillation. .' .
Form A.R.P./7 will be scnt to the Comtn lSsJOnc l or other Officer detailed by the Commissi oner to arrange examinations.
Form A.R.P. / I will be completed b y the missioner and forwarded to the Chief Comm tsS lO oe1
NOIIJillal Roll oj _
The Chief ComrrusslOncr wdl se nd to the Officer in-Charge of Unit, or CJass Secretary> named on A.R.P. /F 7, Form A .R .P. j F2 and gumme d. slips for completion. These forms and gummed ]lpS to be handed to the Examiner on arrival. Instructions ar the head of A.R.P. / P.2 to be carefully noted.
Disposal of Exall/iJlo/iolJ Papers f?y Examiners. J\lI exa mination paper s and "orms J\.R.P. /2 will be sent to the ommi, sioner within seven days of the date on which the examina.tion was held.
Marklllg of /].Y{l/I/iJlalioJl Papers.
Test papers [or Crade 2, A.H..P. Rank and File, and (Jenerai Public Examinations are marked by the Examiner.
Test rapers for Crack I - Lecture and Oral Examination papers at' marked by the Examiner; the written raper must b e ,e nt to If eadquarters for marking acc01111 anicd by F.4. Lecture and Oral p. pers arc not to accompany the written paper but rllt percentage of marks gained in the Lecture. and Or I tests must be inserted on \.R.P. F,4·
\ TOtl,,,'lltiOIJ of Resu/Is.
Th will norif, the re of GradL 2, J\.R.P. Rank and file, and Gt.:neral Public J\.R.P. Exam ina tions to thc ,'ariou' unit without reference to Hcadl]ua rters and also i sue the appropriate rtf[] icarc s. I n the case of Grade z Certificates the COI1l !1l1's ioner hall forward Issue lip \.R.P. , 2ru rh Chief om1111<; lOner.
Th e three copies of \.R.P. , Fz will be sem to (he: COI11m is Jt)ncr with the examinati0n pap L to he dealr with as follows :)nc cup)- to the nit or 'la s. Une cory LO the hief omml stOner. One cop)' to retained for Di trict or oum\' records.
\\ Ith the cxceptw!1 of the writren paper for Grad e I, nu other c\:amination pape!' are required at He.1ckluarte rs.
In tI case of C; rndc I examinees, after the worten paper na been marked tht.: _hief Commissioner ,\·ill notif\, the result tc the Commis. inner )Q Form A.R.l)' jF 5.
10. YLL\'BU FOR l \m RA lD PREC.\CTIO G ) CoeR 'I: TO BRIG \OE PER ON. EL D GE. 'ER.U P BUC FOR J\.R .P. ERTIFIC TE.
LECllRE O. I.
1ature and Prop tti of \,\7 ar Gas s .. . . Bombs from Aircraft Spray from l \iJ'craft Effect of weath r
Effect produced by G a on Personnel
Types of the Gases A.R.P. Handbook 1 o. 1. ' hap. Page. 10 2 I9 21 11 12 13 359
LE T RE 2.
Chemical substances
War GasesA.R .P. Handbook No.2. Chap. Page. 6 (a) Tear Gas } (b) ose untant Gas : : (c) Lung irritant Gas
(d) BUster Gases-l ature and action
I.ECTL-RE 1 O. 3. Bli ster Gases-First Treatment Aid
Othcr Poisonous sub tances
1,Ecr RE 4.
Principles of gas detection
Chemical indicators
Detection of the \"anou types of Gas
How to avoid becoming a casualty
Precautions for those out of doors in a gas contaminated area
Ga, protection for buildings
\ir Lock
LECT(;RE Ko. 5· of the e\"es and
Protection lungs(a) The The (b) The en-ice Re pirator 33 en-ice Respirator Appendix B 67 Ciyilian Duty Re, puator The Civilian Dury Respirator
Care of th Respirator
Tn p ction of Re pirator
LEC1TRE -0. 6.
Pr0tection of the Bod\' (0) agrun ,t' Bli ter a e (D) Protectiye clothing (t.) of prot cti,e gar-
mene
Cd) Order of dt .sing and undres ing '- 5-+ -\nti-ga. treatm nt of p rSGDS and decontill11ination of clothing and equipment 5Dim> \ pp ndix D
I .E 'lT RF 1 O .., -\.R .P. asualti s rgaruzation
General scope of organization
1('\ \\ · to cler ga. casualti s A,.R P. Handbook °
A.R.P. Handbook. No.2. Chap. Page.
The handling of combined gas and wounded casualties 3
Organization of a First Aid Post. 6, 5
LECTURE No.8.
The organization of a First Aid Post (continued)
Sections for dealing with contaminated cases 6 37
The Section for dealing with uncontaminated cases 39
Suggested lay-out of posts 40
Staff for one shift of a First Aid Post 44
I n addition to the above, every effort ' shall be made to c')mplete the course by arranging for a total of not less than two hours spent in actual practice i n Respirator Drill and the use of the Respirator.
By Order.
P. G. Bng,ade Secretmy.
APPENDIX I.
ARP/FI
ARPjF2
ARPj F 3
ARPjF4
A RPj F 5
ARPjF6
Application from the Commissioner to the Chief Commissioner for examination papers to be sent to the Examiner and ARP jF2 and gummed slips to be sent to the Officer in charge of the examination. List of candidates for examination.
From the Chief Commissioner to the Officer in charge of the examinati o n, enclosing ARP jF2 and gummed slips.
From the Commissioner to the Chief Commissioner covering written papers, and showing marks obtained by the candidates in the oral and lecture tests.
From the Chief Commissioner to the Commissioner notifying results of Grade I examination.
From the Chief Commissioner to the Commissioner notifying papers have been forwarded as reques ted on ARP jFr, to examiner and Officer in charge of examination.
A RP j F 7
ARPjF8
BFj,
A RPjExI
A RPj Ex 3
ARPjGS 3
From the Officer in charge to the Commissioner applying for an A.R.P. examination.
From the Chief Commissioner to the Examiner forwarding examination papers.
A.R.P. Class attendance Regi ster. The words" Drill, etc.," to be amended to read A.R.P. Lectures.
Written paper for Grade I only.
Lecture test for Grade I and Grade 2. Oral tests for Grade I, Grade 2, Rank and File, and General Public. Gummed slips.
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The Twenty-Seventh Hospitals, Nurs in g, Midwifery and Public Health Exhib itio n and Conference, New Horticultural Hall , Westminster, March 1-5, 1937
In connection with the above the fir t mcetin g ot the Committee appointed to organise an Ant i- Gas and Air Raid Precautions ection (G. Clark Trotter, },tLD., D.P.H., F.R E., in the chair) was bcl J at 5, Devon hire Street, W. I, on Wednesday, ov cmber 11. The Committee, consistino- of repr e from the Home Office, Eni tr y of Health Royallnsti tute of Public HaIth, Institute of lIygien e, Bnt ish Red Cross Soci e t y, the t. John Ambulance BrI ga de, Women Public Health Officers' ss ciation, and the Royal Institute of British Architects, decid ed th at the ection should be of an entirely unc mm er cial nature, sub-sections a follo\
(I) Refuge Room.
(2) Protected helter.
(3) First id Ro om
(4) Individual Exhibit, Including pOlson gase and th eir antidote
(5) Informati o n Bureau.
The two architects on th· ommittee wer e In · structed to prepare a plan of the Sectio n fo r the consideration of the next ommittee meetin g on Wednesday, December 9, at 5.30 p.m.
The pro gra mme of the Se sion for the and Midw ife ry Conferenc , :0[arch I-5, I .l .m to 7.30 p.m. daily, i now completed, and wIll be publishe d. Th e Public Health Confer nc l. tor Sanitary Officers, I Iea lth Vi itoL, chool 'ursc :; , d C.. will be under the presidency of \; m. C. :Tunn, \r D D.P.H., Senior Assistant 1 dical Fftccr of the Corporation of Glasgow Public Health
Three Sessions will be held n t he Tuesda y, \\ edne.day and Thursday, from 2.30 to 4.30 p. m., as follows:
(I) Basement Tenements as t\ffecti ng Pub lk Health.
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2) The Disinfecti on and Di infestation of Pt Carryi ng Vehicles. hair: Air Comm odo re H. E. Whittingham, .B.E., R.i\. F.
(3) Domestic Pests.
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Tickets admitting to the e ions will be sen t tree on application to any Sanitary Official, Health V l;J[O I, School urse, etc. Delegate rna y be by Councils. It is advisable that early appl lGltlOn for tickets should be made to the ecretar )" -t o, Holland Park, W. I 1. Reduced far s will be granted by all railway companies.
OUf Good Wishes
The Editor and Staff of the ST. JOHN L\N Ci' GAZETTE extend the most sincere good wishe s happy Christmas and a prosperous and New Year to all St. John men and women In .: vcrv part of the British Empire.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. 2 DISTRICT
SOUTHDOURNE. NURSING DrvI ro COMPTON CUP Cm.!PETITIOl
1h1S competition, held by the outhbourne Nursing Division, is open to all Nursing Divisions in Ham ps hire, and took place on October 13, 1936, at the S.].A. B. Headquarters, 28, Palmerston Road, Boscombe
The following Di vi ions competed: Bournemouth, Southbourne, almore, l'v1eyrick anel Talbot. The marks were as follows :i\leyrick 197 outhbournc 194
Bourncmouth 179
Calmore 15 8
Talbot 15 6
Meyrick L 121
(Team I) winning the up, and BournemoUl ! the sp ecial llom e 1 ursjng prizes presented bl' s ',: tOll, L.D .. , of the outhbourne Diyi on.
Th v team tesL was given by \lajor tIor e, A istam (oun' ) mmissioncr.
Th e bcel-making by iter BelJamy. The H.l-. lndi" id ual tests by two sisters from R.V. and '\ e t HanL pital, and the p" \. bandages b y Dr. ] ohn, Di\"is io nal ur geo n.
Tl a \\ as provided by the outhbourne N. Di vision, and ab out 80 g ue ts were present, among them being Tennyson mith, County omrrus ioner ; \SS1 tant ounty Commi ioner; .i\1rs. Haye ) Lady County Comn"1issioner; Ali s Haye, Lady Corps uperintendent· Lady Divi sional uperlntencl cnt ; 1iss Gardiner [i, \Terctt, ] ones and \f rs. 1fuspratt.
o. 3 (\ E T RN) Dr TRlCT
The Sixth nnual Conference of Surgeons in the COUnt } of Birmingham took place in the Nelson Mem or ial Hall, on ovember 29, and proved a very pleasa nt func tion, some 25 UfO' ons being present.
County Commissioner Dr. Henton \"'V1Ute presIded; and the Suro-e n-in- hief addressed the Conferenc e on the medical work of the Brigade, paying special atte ntion t methods of instruction and to the conduct of re-examinat.ion and competit.ions. Afterwards he answered many queries and xplained Sundr y di fficulties which w re placed before him.
County Surgeon -<. '\ Par ey propos d a vot of thanks, which was carried by acclamation, to the Surgeon-in-Chief for his presence and help.
Pre,ious to the ConD r nc the Commissioner welcomed Dr. Corbet Fletcher at luncheon, which was attended by all the members of the County Staff.
The Birmin gham Corps were favoured with splendid weather for their Field Day, which was held recently. It was a cheerful band of First Alders who formed up outside Barnt Green station under the kindly eye of Corps Sergeant-:01ajor A. W. Drew. Soon the party were stepping out in column of route for Moorcroft, the beautiful home of J. E. Sheldon, Esq., who had kindly placed his grounds at their disposal. The local inhabitants seemed much impressed by the smart appearance of the familiar uniform, and the march discipline would certainly have done credit to a line regiment. A guard of honour from 1\1r. Sheldon's own Division greeted our arriYal, and with flags flying at the saluting base a very creditable arrival on parade was accomplished. ?-..Ir. and 11rs. ]. E. Sheldon and a large party of friends were in attendance, and the first part of the programme was given over to cc foot slogglng.'" Both officers and men were here giyen an opportLlnity of tying themseh-es imo " granny knots" and unra\-elling them again. .:\11 the well-known movements were executed, and some useful work was accomplished. At the end of half an hour, advancing in line, changing directi o n right or left, etc., could ha\"e been done in the dark, and all too soon tea \Va announced.
The Quartermaster and his be\-y of beaunful dam el had provided a feast which \\as a pleasant surpri e to all. Table ta tefully decorated \\ith fio\\-ers and loaded with good things were soon occupied, and to judge by the o-aiety of all, no fault was found with this part of the proceedings. The amateur \\a.1tre es were certainly kept hard at \\ork learning and practisino- the principles of fir t aid to (he hungry and thir ty men. They appeared to pos ess ro a high degree the necessary qualifications a laid down by the eight points of the Ambulance Cross. The inner man ha\-ina been sari fied, the Sergeant.i\1ajor asserted his authority, and \.\-e were told that a battle had been in proo-ress during the pre,"ious night and early morning. The t. John Ambulance men were required ro clean up the casualties. Perhap the follo\ving account which appeared in a newpaper will gi\Te ome idea of how th men re ponded to the call :-
cc Scourin g part of th \\-ooded heio-ht of the Lickeys two companie of the St. John Ambulance Bri gade found a number of wounded' men on aturday.
\ Ther had been no firing, yet all these 'casuaIti s ' were ( torn and bleeding from hell-fire, and a few "cere gassed.
( It was the fir t field day to be held by this and more than 100 men were engao- d.
cc The (wounde d had the be t part to pla y _ They could rest comfortably in the bracken or in the hed o-e-ro ws whil th fir t-aiders toiled in th un_
dte and stt't h "r-b >aring to the ca ualty statt n.
.• Th '\\'o1..Uldcd' en n \\ l' talli l n which Wi1:; \vrittcn the natur f their' injuries' t gut k the ambulan :> 111.en in the tr atment to be applied.
• But it was not all so plain saiLing as it lookLli. OnL man f r xampl, had no tally at :111. If h \\ 'a:; card d t th casualty stati n the doctoe \,'ere quite pr par d with orn pointed remarks ab ut their time being \\-ast d on a d ad man.
" Th r w r ca of h U .hock, hrapn 1 wound ', fra tur s of almost every bon known to anat myall to b d alt \\"ith ju.t as .kilfully and xp diti usly as though lif d P nd "'d on in tant tr eatment.
" Thi' wa' th mo t interestin o 1 art of the 11 ld da) , in which hvo companie of the ' B ' gaged under the direction of Corps U1 erint'nd nt C. \\n Price, at l\foor Croft, the Barnt h me of l\1r. ]. E. Sheldon, th Presiden t of th Harris and Sheldon ion of the Brio-ade."
The treatment of the cases \Va criticised by rp. Officer]. T. Grant, who e remark were Ii t' n d to with interest by about 200 pectat ors. He describ d in detail the nature of the wounds and the prop r treatment to be appli d, and expre ed hi sati faction -at the thorough way in which the work had been .carried out
The proceeding concluded ,,-ith a march pa't headed by Corps Superint ndent C. \\. Price, and a vote of thanks to l\L:. and l\Ir . ]. E. heldon and the ladies and o-entlemen who had organised the outing. l\Ir Sheldon, in a graceful speech of ackno\\'ledgment, said how pleased they all \\'ere to ee the men of 'B" Corps, and hoped at ome future oeca ion to have the pleasure of inviting them again.
There are vague rumours of a '\veek-end camp her next year, and from the opinions expressed there i no doubt that the popularity of such a venture j. assured.
No. 4 DISTRICT
Ln"ERPOOL
The Liverpool Corporation is arranging for no fewer than 400 air-raid precaution lectures, free to the public, to be given between now and April by officers of the Navy and Army, 'aod the t. J OM Ambulance Brigade. It is hoped to start them at the end of this month.
IRLAM: A..."D CADISHE.A D
The Annual InsEection of the Irlam and Cadishead Divisions was conducted by the Commissioner (Mr. W. G. Smith, O.B.E., K.St.J.) in the canteen of the Irlam works of the Lancashire Steel Corporation. He was accompanied by 1r.]. Sinclair Kerr, O.St.]., who is also Assistant Managing Director, Mr. E. Jones and Mr. ]. Heaford (Chairman of the Urmston District Council). After various demonstra-
tion, lrs .I, ' ioclair Kerr PI' 'S 'l1lecl awards to members or the Ambulance Division.
Th' brg eante n of the Lancashire (urpora lion, Ltd., \va temporariJ r on 'rted mtn a cinema on 1'u day when .Me inclair l err was both pro elu' 'r aod 'x hibitor of a series of beau tiful films whi h delighted all. audicn c r morc than -1 0 0. One of the lilms was of the annual in , pc Lion o[ till lrlal11 Di"i , ion.
th. Kerr is most ;lt1xiuu to :;cc thi s Di , I 'I on in greater numL rical tren g th ami 1\lrs. err, hiS wife, giyit1" e\ cry l'os. ibl assi'lanc towards st 'ning th > [ u rsing Divisi nand 'ack t
\t an examination held n:ccntly b y Dr 1 D. l.
coLon twelyc boys \\ 're Sllccessful in qu alify ing for the prelim,innry Pit'. t \iJ CcrtiO'catc, thu s cllnhling them to join the Irlanl Cadet Di"ision now 111]ll1hcr· ing 28 and two offic '('so
\\'-\RRII 1'0
eryice awards werc l r • cntcd to member ot the \\'arrin gton Corp by the Deputy iayor ( \ LIerma n J. Po le), who was acc mpanied h) i\1 rs. Poole. The presentations wcr made [Hior to the assl' mbly at the Town Il all f r the \iay ora l proCCSSi tlJl to the Parish hurch. \ldcrman Po ol said he was particularly int re. ted in th noble and human e \\llrk of the \\hich he felt was highh appreci ated by the general public.
\'\ 'lG\"l
At a gathering of the \\ 'igan Div iSions, \\'I!!;an rps in the \'\'igan Occupational _cntre, Pen nington Cup was presenLed by 'upcrintcn d'm G. P ennington Pri, ate J. Parr. The up is presented annually for good attendance and prof1ci c'lcy in hrst aid and home nur ing. The e.·a01i ntr \\'al Dr. Portman.
BL.\cKPOOL
There wa a dramatic incident at the ninth .wnua! \; imrnin g gala of the Palatine cmral Girl s' School, heJd at Cocker treet Baths, when just before, the start of a race at [he deep end o[ the bath om: at the entrants was eized \vith cramp. '\ hile lb b.aths attendant ran for th pole one of the mistrc s ( dlYed in fully dressed under her bath robe, whic h \1C wa wearing to protect herself from s plashes, and helped the girl-II-year-old Pat Kirkham -out of the bath.
Both were none the worst.: for their ex perie nce, and the members of the J.A.B. who were ores ent rendered immediate assistance.
PRE STO
" It is the people who know thin g who clrc of use in this world," said :Mrs. H. Riddell, Presid ent of lhd Nursing Divi sions of the Preston Corps, after she ba distributed the awards and certificates to members. at their headquarters, Chapel Walks. Con gratuJa t1ng
the orps on its lon g list of awards, sh<.: referred especially to the A.ir Raids Precaution s Cc.;rlificatcs, adding that whit<.: it was hoped that such measures would not h<.: needc.;d, it was well to be prepared.
Finally, Mr s Riddell refern.:d to the 10 % to the Preston Corr s h y the d ea th of its Pres ident, Mr. \'fl. \'( '. Gnlloway. The Bri gade had lo st a splendid friend nn d s upporter, s he sa ie!.
EAS'I I, \ C·\S ] llf\E Ambulance unite:; from East Lancashire and varioLls parts of the ('ra en area made a pilgrimage to t Mary Ie Gi ll Church, Barnolds\: ick, when a memorial scnicl was held in honour or t\\!elve Barnolclswick
held at St. John 's J Jail, Oriel Road, and was attended by a number of well known guests, among wh0m were the Mayor and Jrvfayoress.
Whist and spot waltz prizes were presented by the Mayoress, who was accorded a hearty vote of thanks by Mr. Gourley, who also spoke of the kindly interest the fayor and Mayoress had always taken in the functjons for e:;o many years.
A RMTS'fICE D \.y
Throughout the Djstrjct 'nits paraded at the local War. Jv(e;morials, and in the boroughs, following the servIces at the Cenotaphs, those who were not on public duty took part in the civic processions to church.
Ambuhncc men who lost their liYe in wreck of the 110. pital hip RO)}J//a off \'V'hitby in October 19Lj.· [here was a proe ssion to and the church' teaded b) th Barn Jdswick Public Prize Band, and Area Dr um and Bugle Band.
R 1l11pre Sl e crVlce was held by the Vicar (the Bev. J. II. The Vicar of •\r nc1iffe (the R ", "''T C. Robl nson) ga e the address. .At the close B he Last Post" and « R ev ille " were sounded bv Nuglle r WI. Joel, of The Burnl \' e s 13' fi d on, ner eld, Barrowford, Foulrido-e and Tntwen '\mbu lanc and ur l11g Divi sion b w re repre- sented
BoOTU
'The firs t wh.ist drive and dance of the eason in connection with the Bootle Divi sions, .J.A.B., was
LIYERPOOL CORP
On Friday, October 30, the Lh'erpool .L orth Ambulance and Cadet Diyision held a Cadet Parents' 1 Tight De pite the inclement \yeather fifty parents attended. The programm of (he e,'ening had been arrano-ed ?y Dh-isional uperincend nt ]. Tabernacle, and l11cluded a C:-tdet team comp etition r freshment:, pre entation of prizes and Re-Examination a,\yard '. Four_ team. for 1 t and 2nd prizes, competltlon tor place ot honour ,,'ere ,-en keen only II points parating the te3.ms. :\0 2. Team' captained by orpor.u F. G. B :trlow, gJ..ined I t With I33! pOl11t; ergeant D. Long, 3 Team 2nd place, 12.9 point ftef refre had b serv d, COllncillor C. R. lare, Hon. Pn:sici nt, p" , iding, extend d a very hellty \V leorne
f IEFFIELD I n01I11;tnJlI • \. Nonh, 10 pects ick R n:h Re crri {'
to the parents of the Cadets and Officers of the Liverpool Corps staff, he thought the parents would agree with him that the boys were being trained a wonderful ervice, that of first aid to the injured. He was proud to think he was associated with an organization that was giving such unstinted service to the public, particularly in the North end of Liverpool. He referred to North Division's Road First Aid Hut on Queen's Drive, where 206 cases had been treated since the opening of the hut in April, 193 5. He was glad to know the Division was growing in strength, there being sixty members in the Ambulance Division and 37 Boy Cadets. After presenting prizes to the winninoteams, :Mr. Clare said he was so pleased with the tandard of work displayed this evening that he would supply each member of the losing teams with .a fountain-pen. Divisional Superintendent J. Tabernacle, in his remarks, said he would like to associate himself with the President's welcome to the Cadet parents, and pointed out the difficult y of retaining the interest of the boys when the y attained the age of 14 and commenced in employment. He appealed to the parents to encourage the boys to maintain their i nterest in the Ambulance and on attaining the age of 16 to take the1r Senior examination. He could assure the parents the boys were ery fortunate in having the services of too capable Officers, namely, Corps Superintendent J. H. Parry and Corp Officer H. Farrington, who were possessed of infinite patience, a great asset in the trainin g of Bo y Cadets. The . Officers and members of the Divi sion greatly appreciated the presence and support of the following CQrps Staff: Dr. W. M. Cairns, C.B.E., l.D., C.M. (Commander of the Order), Col. D. C. Leyland Orton, T.D., M.R.C.S., W. E. Searl, S B., Lady Corps Officers Mrs. :M. Ralli, S.S., Miss 1. Bellasis, S.S., Miss E. A. Craig, S.S.
Divisional Officers Superintendent L. R. Lewi, Miss C. Banks, Miss H. Hamilton, Colonel D. C. Leyland Orton spoke of the value of the Bo y Cadets to the Brigade, and said they looked to the Cadets ' Divisions to feed the Senior Divisions. Dr. W. M. Cairns (Corps Surgeon), supporting, said he was extremely pleased to have been present to witness s uch fine work by the Boy Cadets of the North Division. He was fully aware of their efficiency, and s aid he was always pleased to see the Boy Cadets at practice. In conclusion, he made refere c ce to the fine work of Divisional Superintendent J. Tabernacle. An enjoyable evening was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem.
NO.5 DISTRICT. NOTT1NGHA1V!.
At the invitation of the Vicar, the City Ambulance Division arranged a Church Parade to St. Nicholas Church on Armistice Sunday, November 8, which "'?las also attended by Officers and members of the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of the Nottingham Corps. The Ambulance members paraded about sixty strong in Friar Lane, under the command of Corps
Superintendent S. Ibbotson, S.B.St. J., who was accompanied by Corps Superintendcnt A. G. Weller and the Corps Surgeon, Dr. G. H. Parker.
The parade was headed by the N cw Ba ford Salvation rmy Band, and marched to the Ch urch where the Officers and members of the N ursin g sions were under command of Lady Corps Supenntendent !frs. Pahng. Th e scrvi ce was by the Vicar, the Rev. S. Metcalfe, who delivered a very appropriat address. The lc:ss ons were read by Corps urgeon Dr. G. H. Par ke r
After the service the parade re-assembled outs ide the church, and the mbulance Divisio ns retur ned to Friar Lane for dismi sal.
The City Nursing Division, which was re gistered on November 18, 1915, and i the eniot 1 t1rs in g Division of the ottingham o rp, reccnth co mpleted 21 years' service as a unit of the t. J ohn Ambulance Brigadc, and celebrated the occa sion \\' ith a supper and dance at the Mikado Cafe, ott ingham , on Saturda y, oyember 1..+.
There was a good attendance of about 160 Of11Cers and members of thc ottingham orps and fl iLnds , including fro 1\. B. Gib on, J.P., the /\ssista nt Commissioner for ottinghamshirc, Lady Di tricr Office r 111ss W. Gibson, Dr. A. la Touche Dade\' 0unt r Surgeon, Dr. G. H. Parker orps Surgeon ' \[r5 Parker, Corps uperintcndent \. r. \, 'c ll cr and S. Ibbotson and 1\1rs. \'( 'eller and frs. I bb o t on, Lady Corps Superintendent lr.. Paling, Lad y Co rp s Officer liss Oldfi ld, Divi ional urgcon ).f aj or J. Cohen and Dr. Denham, fro and ':'Ir s. r r. c. Ratcliff (former oq s Officers) and Lady D i,' Superintendent l\1r \'\\ c and Mr. '\ yse.
Dancing, inte r per cd with items by the ottingham City P olice Concert Part), was njoy ed cfo re and after the supper, at which the Assista nt Commissioner, Ir. 1\. B. Gibson pre ided. Th L health and prosperity of the Cit ursing Di vision wa proposed in a humorous speech by Dr. l-l. P rke f, Corps Surgeon, and was suita bly replied to on )ehalf of the Division b y Lady Di strict ffic r 1'.\ 1. W. Gibson, who was formerly a member, and later, the Lady Superintendent of the City ursing D i'l io o. Lady District Officer iiss Gibson also call ed upo n Lady Divi sional Superintendent frs. \\'} St., the present Officer in charge of the Di vision, w ho ,-e ry gracefully expressed her appreciation of the at tendan ce at this function, and thanked all those w ho were present and had contributed to the succe ss of the evening.
After supper the dancing and concert it ems co otinued until nearly midnight, and concluded \\ ith tl:e customary singing of" Auld Lang Syn e ." T he m USK for the dancing was contributed by the :Merry Rhy thm Makers Dance Band
ASKERN MAIN CORPS.
The final for the Askern thin Corps Com petition for the" Welfare Committee Ambulance meld» waS
held on Saturday, ovcmbcr 28, 1936. The result being as follows :-
Sutton Divi ion: Team, 85 points; Individual s, '90. Total, 275· Instonivillc: Divi sion: Team, 48 points; Indi"iduals , I 4 2 Total, 190.
Askern Band Di vis ion: Team, 67 points; Individuals, 12 3. Total, 190.
o. 6 Dr TRI T. E\\ C \STLE-O - TY"JE.
An Officers' onfercnce was held in lcwcastle-onTyn e on arurday, October 14, \\'hich was attended by nearly 140 rnbulance and ursino- Offi 1 b [ -:;, cers, anum er.o pOlnts conccrning the work of the Bn g1 c1e were dl cllsscd. The Conference was
entertainment provided b"F Messrs J '1 W'lf J ames JV Ulr 1 Ja:n Hendr y and A. Hall, greatly contributed. ' :Ses1de? awards, certificates of profiCIency 111 au precautions were handed over at. annual SOCial gathering of the -ewcastle Citv St. John Ambulance Brigade. This DIvl slOn-one of the units making up the Newcastle Corps-was the first in the 1 orthumberand I?urha :n area to complete the special training 111 with the Home Office's anti-gas scheme. Thut y-four members-all who could sit the b . d coursesu ffiltte for the requisite intruction in the use of respltators, methods of decontamination etc., 32 were successful at the exammatlOn.
Divisional Superintendent A. F. vers whom d h " com an s e unit, IS now a fully-qualified examiner in
1 (IL RO HE C \DET B \"::\D
by the presence of the L \ ssi tant uel. (Dr W. '. Bcntall) wh o-ave an inspirino- talk on Air Rald Precaution' \\ ork b b T he Confcrence \\'a , foIl wed by an Office ' dlnn e. . ,1' h } - ' _ r 1,.a \\ llC t 1C Lord l\[ayor ot .t\cwca tie and the \ crlno- Lady layor ss '.'\ er the principal o-uest to O' crh er \ 't] b t- b' b VIla num cr 0 othcr cllsclno-ui -hed \"i itors The t t f Th B' b ir ; 0 ngad, propo ed by b ot .C? l:ace), \Va replied to r. Bentall, that ot the lVlC Authoritie "was PCop os e.d by the Rev. II. G. Ira tings haddick of rder), and the Lord lay or, in reply- cir a tnbut to the'. ork of the Brigade in the H.YS Ou [ G llC. t,' prapo cd by County Officer re 1 . Crace ( crv111g Brother), wer repr sent d in APdY by County Councillor 11. J. fail and Ir J' R n rews. . . .
A most enjoyable evening was p nt, to which the
tbe_ ubject, and hi ,econd-in-c o mmand, Ambulance Officer . Hau, ha been app oimcd an \ R P . Th .il.. 111 trucwr. e e tw o Officers trained t h e resc of the me _ m
Pre nting the \Tariou award - D· G "'f ( 1. aYln .J..\ U1r ot the ?\ewcastle Corp) ed his atl tactlon at the thorouo-hne s -1' h h D' b \\ l1C t e 1\ 1 lOn I tackling the important ne,\ duti . .The. up rintend nt (;\1r. T. R. ) 1n the c ngratulation b Y \\'7 K_c\y II ,,"a pr , cnted with the B 0- d er\'1ce 1\1 dal tor 1'\ \' ac' cffici n b e t- t m m L lip and te r nc \Va also mad to the promotion of T I-I C L di ro- ant ooper to ea ng lC k Berch \ttendanc' rank 111. th R oyal N. ick Berth Resen.- One-third o.t the City Dl\' lSlOn p ronnel ar R '" tl 1 R N 10 ler t le 1 B.R. the 1.Gl.imry Ho pieaL n e In additlOn to th If Bri o-ade memb chip
NORTH RIDING AREA.
Two more members of the Whitby Ambulance Division have brought credit to the Order and their Division by plucky rescues from drowning. Private G. Storr was crossing the Harbour Bridge when he heard cries that a boy was in the water. Diving, fully clothed, into the water, he got hold of the bo y and swam to a boat near by, and man and boy were safely brought ashore. Storr then found that he had saved his own godchild !
Private E. Ward was on the way to drill when he heard children shouting that a was in the harbour, which at that point was some ten feet deep. Ward is not a swimmer, but, showing no little intelligence, he used the mooring rope of a boat lying near, and was able to hook it over the child. Then, w1ding a plank on which he could lie at full length, he was able to reach the victim, who was then unconscious. Until a doctor arrived Ward continued artificial respir atio n, and the life of the six -year-old girl was saved.
No. 7 DISTRICT HEREFORD.
The Hereford Nursing Di vision of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held their first annual dinner recently, when Dr. J. R. Bul man (Divi sional Surgeon) presided. Among those also present were Viscount Hereford and Lady Hereford, Prebendary F. W. Carnegy, :Mrs. Bulman, Mrs. Underwood, frs. Hopton, :Mr. J. S. Willox, Dr. F. O. T. Strange, 11iss Lon g, O.B.E. (Lady Divisional Superintendent), Sister Langdon, Mrs. G. Thynne, and the Rev. L. J. B. Snell.
After the loyal toast, Dr. Bulman proposed that of the "The Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem."
Lord Hereford, responding, said there could be no doubt of the importance of the Order of St. John. As early as the sixth century a body of men formed a hospice in Jerusalem apd callea themselves the Poor Brethren of Jerusalem. The y continued their work of ministering to the d:k until the time of the Crusades. In the ye ar 1118 the movement was started as a Knightly Order. As their Chairman had remarked, it had been through many vicissitudes, but was now flourishing, particularly in the British- Empire. In 1880 Queen Victoria issued a Charter conferring upon it the privileges it now held.
He went on to speak of the Hereford Division, and said that until twelve months ago they had been amalgamated with Shropshire. Now, partly due to his efforts, they had been able to break away and have a Division of their own. In Kington, too, formerly a stronghold of the Red Cross, they now shared control of the district. He was very sorry that Dr. MacGregor, their Di strict Commis sioner, was unable to be present that evening. He had the opinion that there was a lack of Officers in the Division, and had recommended three members for promotion, and he was told that these would shortly go through. The
members were Dr. MacGregor, J'vlr. J: S. Will ox and Mr. G. N. Bullock.
Lady Hereford then prescnteu the award s for efficiency.
Th toast of " The Hcreford Nursing DiVI sion of the t. J OIu1 mbulance Brigade" was propo sed by Dr. Strange, who spoke of the formation of t he Brigade r 5 or 16 Y ars ago, \Vh n it was lar ge!) due to the work of 1tfiss Long and Mr. W. H. \\i ri ght. Miss Lon 0-, apart from h er work in the war, \\ as a figure of worlel -wiele reputation. He went o n to speak of the formation of a Comfort Branch 'if the H ereford Y. W.e. ., which wa largely due to Lo rd and Lady Hereford. peaking as a doctor, hl- C('ldd not say how much the poor of th city apprlc l:lte d the work that \vas being don at the centr e. The nurses of the Diyi ion also r ndered servic t by helping in the BosI ital. Thc men's bran ch \' cre engaged in a cour ,e of anti-gas training, but he h()'1e d the need for this would never ari e.
liss Long re ponded, and poke in appn:ciath'e terms of tho e who had r ndcrcd en icc in the ( )rde r.
The D i,-ision had ent t\VO teams to hr\\ Sb U1T fo r competition, and had \Von th Perk up. \ team had also \von the cup presented by [rs. E dwa rd Hopton for local competition. he paid a lrtb ute to the influential support of Lord and Lady I and regretted the absence of j\fr. and .:'\(r J\l uf[a)', of Dinmore 11anor.
11r. \, ill x proposed the toa t of "The C; ," coupling \\"ith it the names of Dr. ! [icldkwn h "c1W n and 111". G. Bullock. 1fr. Bullock h:ld d )PC a great deal of work, and was the livciiest of li\rc \\ ;re in connection with thc Order.
Dr. liddl ton Brmvn, responding, spokc of the ancient traditions of the Ord r, and j\1 r. Bulloc k poke in appreciation of the recommendation of pro motion that he, together \vith Dr. i\iacGrcgor an d l r. \Xlillox, had recei" d.
The award, \1,,'hic h were prc nt e d by I ad y }I rv ford, were received by liss Lon g , Mr s. Da 'l S, 11iss Floyd, Miss O. Jones, 1Ii s Phillip s, D. Goode, 1iss '\ 'i ndsor, 1iiss P. ,rood, Miss J mes (Ambulance Officer), fiss foore, If.. Jeffrc) , \IIs s eymour, 11iss Fewings, 1iss Pritchard (Amb ul 'l ee Officer) and 1rs. Fowke
ELLERDI E.
Mr. E. E . Bray, of Shrewsbury, who twenty years local schoolmaster, paid a retu rn \ ISlt to the District, and presided at a concert held in the Ellerdine Hut on Friday night, when there was a good attendance. An attracti c programmL was provided hy "The Abyssinian Troupe," cc? o Jc red by Mr. Sidney Payne. This consi ted ot songs, humorous repartee and anecdotes, chorus son g- and musical items played on a saw. An outstandin g feat ure was a vocal effort by Bernard Kind, who g a\'c an exceller.t imitation of a trumpet so l o with a w oo den chair, which proved very popular.
At the interval Mr. Bray paid a very great trJb ure
to the interest which Dr. Eames, who was accompanied by Ea.mes, displayed in the Ellerdine Divi sion SlOce lt lnceptlon somc two years ago, and congratu lated thc Division on the rapid progress the\ had made. J le was very sorry that the Rev. E. C. Pigott, who was to have presented the award s that evening, had llna oidably not been able to come, but he had much plea 'u re in asking Miss Eames to give the award ::vhich the membcr had g ained during the last seSSIon, as follows:
La bcls : uperintendent E. Irwin, c:rgeant B. Pearce Privates I f. Pearce, J. Pearce and W. Pearce.
lT HE \;-.r A:\tBuL\0:Cl.;. art! thl.: ·t.:cond
>r.1yeUCJ ;ll1lbulancc' In Tht:ir work tc [ifics to .he efficit!nc\' of the 10C,lJ anJ to the Supt.: rintendcnr, t\ 1r. Clifford· ,\nJrcw , seen with S.:rgt .•\. K. O )y (left), nnd wT-Serge. A. W. B .lll, Sccn:cary (middle), loading a stretcher into the ambulance.
: o1'po ral J. Pickul, Pri\ atcs T. D ie , L lleUp 1', J. :0[orrcll, \". B. Joncs, \. P earce and \1. \\,illiam Voucher. : Pri\ratc' \\'. 1ruper and \1. \,\ 'ardman. Cl.:rtiflca tC's: PriYale \'<;'. Price and P. 'mith. Divis ional up fintendcnt Irwin moy d ( , "otc of thanks to 1\£is Eames for prc 'enting the award, and to Colonel . \ ' . Eames for hi work and inter t in the Brio·ac1c and this \\·a yetT ticalh carried 'r ply, oloncl Eamc-" ,,,bo is Count;· Commiss ioner [or hropshire, aid that h derh d much pleasure from th work be did, not only with th e E llcrJine Di isio11, but also with the some oth r t\\cnty Divisions in the county. The Ullercline Di\ ision h ad started from vcrr small beginnings of
First Aid classes, the members of which had then decided to gain cert.ificates and form a Brigade. They had done so with much enthusiasm, and during their short existence had rendered valuable help not only to pati e nts, but to the medical profcssion in cases of fractured limbs, fits and In addition, they had provided and fitted a First Aid box at dangerous cross-roads at Crudgington , and in addition tu maintainin g this, they were also providing one for use at High Ercall. He had not com e to that very enjoyable concert to be pessimistic or to damp the goo d spirits prevaiLing, but he must take the opportunity of saying that the construction of a erodromes at Ternhill and at Shawbury only emphasised the possible dangers which existed of peril from the air. The idea that people living 'in rural areas were safe from air raids was now untrue, continued Colonel Eames, as a ne\-\' danger, that of gas, was now imminent. Thi s was far more deadly than bombs, and was a danger for which we must be prepared If something is known of what to do in ca e of gas raids, the y would not be so dangerou. \,\,ith this end in yiew, uperimendent Irwin was attending a course of lectures in hrcwsbury on gas raid precautions, and at the conclusion of these a cour e of public lectures \.';ould be held, and in addition to the Ambulance Brigade member others would ce asked to undertake responsible positions as helpers in the e\-ent of attack. \'\e hope, said the Doctor, thac these precautions \\'ill not be necessary, but it IS essential that all mu t be read" and know what to do. :\lr. Bray, in support, aid that it hac1 often been ":lid that a litcle knmdedge was a dan o- erous thin 0-, but here wa the exceptioil. To know the right thing to d) at the right time \yas yery useful and mio-ht pro\-e the diffe;ence between and d;ath.
Ac the conclu , ion of the concert B. Pearce mm-ed an omnibu _ ,oce of thank' to all who had helped to make the function so succe. fuL and ro the Troupe for their er\-ice.
Home Nursing Lectures
\ course of six lecture' on " Home TU r in l" for \,'omen' \,-ill be gi\- n bi' Dr. D ora on \\ dn \"e·nino- commencino- i-ed- v' n day, J annan' 13, .H p.m., a( t. P ter ' Church Hall, Cranl ,- Gardens \'\
Fee for the couc ,includino- :s:aminatlon is. Furth r inform:ltic n to be obtained from (he Hon. Cla :01rs. Frank Hird, 26, Collingham Place, .\\.5' or j\1i.' Ro e Thom:on L3.d, r up rtnt ndent of -0 9 (K n ingr<. n) :\ucing Diyi ,ion , John _-\mbulan c Brigad, '\ E\ eh-n Garden '. \\.-r. '-' _ .ful will b \\- kome to join .:\0. 9 (l-, cnsmgton) ursl11g, Di,-i.lon f th t. John .L \ mbl1lanc " Bngade tull particubrs of which \,-ill be o-lY n by ilL's Ro e Thom,on, th Lad,- erint ndent of th Di\-i ion.
Interesting Case Reports
CA E REpORT No. II2. - Th OfI1C r-in-Charge of o. (Duke of Connaught') District r ports an interesting pi ce of '\ ork ucc ' fully bam mb r of the Guildford mbulanc DiVl 1011, as fo11m s :-
On pril 2 Private E. C. Stevenson asked b y hl'S firm to 0'0 to Kino-ston General HospItal to aw b 0 - Tl'" 11 " a "c liar" from a man's l1nger. 11S co ar was r evol ing at a speed of 5 per minute and is threaded in ide. ee111g a foreIgn body in ide the patient tried to hook it out quickly; instead, his ling r " Tas cau g ht and the collar was screwed on to it 6rmly below th knuckle H e was sent to hosI ital, and later a message :vas rcc 1V d that it was proposed to th hr:ger. Th e firm ask d th hospital authoritIeS to '\ alt t111 the T could find a man who would try t o r e move the " collar." This Private t ev enson did successfully, hrst cutting a vee to ease the great pain on th knuckl e and then sawin g back and front. He took tw o hour a t the task. The" collar" ha n o w been r turn e d from the insurance comp any, to ge the r "\"ith a lett r o f appreciation.
COM1I EN T.
This report , tho llgh it has IJO referen ce t o fint shoR's In interesting fashion h01JJ slfrgeons first-alders ma)' on occasions calIon the knowledge and skdl other experts for their patient} s good. To Private S tevemo/l, therefore, go our congratulations on good 1JJork, lnll dom.- C. F.
CASE REpORT No. I 3.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Ceylon Police Corps, the performance of artificial respuatlOn 111 the followlDg exceptional circumstances :-
On October 5 a young man of the Pettah, who. \:"as suspected of being an accomplice in coins, was arrested by and two policemen in plain clothes 111 IVlaliban Street, Pettah.
He escaped, and the Sub-Inspector and gave chase. The man crossed over to the Fort RaIlway Station and from there to t;lcCallum Road. He then made straight for the Belra through a store alongside the bank and plunged 111tO the water. The police soon came up, but. there was no trace of the man. After about 15 rrunutes a canoe was requisitioned and he was the mud. Efforts to revive him by artlfiClal respuatlOn at once made by a doctor who was called by the police. Meanwhile, a large crowd had collected an? some of the men adopted a threatenin g attitude, under the impression that the doctor and police were assaulting their prisoner. On e man rushed. at th e Sub-Inspector with a clasp krufe and dealt him two blows on the face, while several others the constables and threw pieces of iron and bnck at the police party.
't.:ve ral baton ha(O'cs were mack in ordcr t o prtvl:nt ob t1"l1ction of polic b work. ...o nfusion for a whil and in the cu{t1e a constable recc lved a. gash in the fac. \'(1h n an armed gurt I'll arrived th e crowd disp rscd.
Cm. U-llSNT.
Thi f rep orl e:\:elllplijies som e 0/ Ih e l1,hich jirJt-aiders 111tl)' (II li///('s bave to l/I tb e perjor/IJ flllce oj their dlllieJ. II iJ il/teresl illg bec;tl/ue jeJl' oj IIJ' rrw CVfr have heard rtsS(lItitiJl,g 11 rlo clor alld tl p(Irty oj police whif.? tl)O' 1I'err doillg t/.Jeir btJt 10 res/orc (/ /> atitJIl to IJ)' (,rtijititll respiral io ll, tbt'.lIIoI'clI/{'/Il.r oj n4J1 rh 1/1/1t mislakfll for ({II aJS(l/(l1 all the prllll'IIl. F
Questions and Answer s
R \PID Rm,IOV ,\L Ul 1 \T1E. 1S.
J\. O. ( outhpon).- \ L \\'oLl.ld bc extreL11ch gr;: [c ful if 'ou would (l' iv US) our op lJ1lon on th e fol lOW Ing case, at which had the c'\.l cricncc [being p resc nt.
On a wct nirtht in a badly - Lit stret.t , \'h cn on public clUl)' in' full uniform, wc wcre ca le d to proce e d \, ith the police ambulance to th e of an accident in which two dc.l erl p co ple were InJu n:d
On arrival wc round the II 'un] i nqui sitivc cro wd S Urf unclin g a lady, aged 72, \, ho was on rht O' round and sulTcrin lY intcnst. 1) ,1l!1 1kr h l! band, o b. th second I aticnL was scated Hl a nearb y mo t l[- car.
Our (irst question, as first-aie!cJ's, \Va : "I rhcft a medical p r n 1[1 authori! y ?" \ reply ca me tWIT' a doct or who state d his llu alilicauons, and who I incidentally, a 111. n who an activc part III tht 'workings of thc Bri gad c.
'\ e weI' instructed b\ the do c t or, wh ll :1 u to matically took charf"c f ' the as.:s, to [ht patients a qui klr tc: th e h?cal
The lad y was sufi rIng trom a simple ir. cnm: ot the left femur and humeru , cuts on the head a n 1 con cussion from \vhich she s ince died, and her il l! band had se;cre scalp wounds anJ concussion.
Acting under the doctor's orders, we liftt:d tht lady on to the strctcher, then the. and placed h e r husband in a sitt in g pOSltIOn on 1 seal beside hcr and conveyed th em I ,1- If) t!lC infirmary, any practical application of firs t ald.
In our opinion, it wou ld ha e been bett er treated the cases according to the Black Bo ok, lOS tea of hurriedly disposing of our pati nts in th c manner state d.
The surroulldillgs (Textb ook, pp. 14-16) do IJot have been suitable eitber for sIO]7) and for a demonstration of .skilful firsl aid, especla/Iy patients 1JJere advanced In yerll's a/ld badly J I. ever £t is 1I0t ollrs or YOllrs /0 CjllesjjoJI Ihe de cTs/ OiI 0). 1vho had 10 do his best jor Ibe IIIljol'tl/JJate p(ltlell.r in most ttyil1,17 cirClflllstances. - C r.
TREATMENT OF B URNS.
N. H. (1Iarrow). - Plcase tell me why it is that, when the a ir is excluded, burn s cease: to be: painful? U ilb a severe bl1r11 the clflicle is destroy ee!, as are a/so ptlr/ I" of. Ibe skill. the lips oj the /1(I/>i/lrf, the exqm SJ l ely scm/lIVe mrve-eJle!lIlgs, are /rJiri bare and exposed to Ih e air. i 'his resfllts in severe PI,ill, vi)ich i.r 7vh(,11 the bllm is covered and the air t'.wlildfrl.-N C. I '.
'flU T OF FH A 'fURl'> 01 RIB S A 1) FEM(lH.. Cl. 1. (ParkSLO!1l:).-At a recenL Di v isiona l practice, an accide nt \Va s ta ge d in which the patient sustained complIcate d fracLu re or the ribs ane! a simple frac ture: oi t11L felllur, both on the same s ide. , )mL c ontJ'() ers> re s ulted as to the correct mcthocl 01 tr eatmen t. mcnl ix:rs th ught th e best ml'l bocl \\as to appl) a sp linL from th e bUllo cks to Lhc ICL othcrs thou ght it best to dispen e with the splint .dtog Llher.
1 \ \()lli tl be , 'cry grateful if you woulcl kindly gi\ e 111L' \'Clur adVice on this matter. Mcanwhilc, we tha nk rOll for th e \. alll,lblc hints and adyice appearing 111 I II (; \/,1 ', n Leach l11onth.
II Il h tllis cOIII/;il/([liOIl of il!jllries the (olllplicaled /r.u:llfre oj rib ; i.e t be more Jf riollJ cOllditiOIl jro/ll the firs! !1 Jltl lldpolllt fllld r/lllhllldJ /)rioril)' iI/ IreallJlCJ//. 111 the (Ir'lIIlls /all(CS 1 J)'OIl!rl (Ol/(flltrate 011 tbe trm/lJlwt jor rhor clssorifllld with Ih e il!jlll)" and COJJ/fllt 111)'.ftlj witb (/I!)' tlf!.. 7l'(IJ'a110IJ oj tbe jractllred Ihigb 0' t he' lon'tl' lilllbs IxI' al Ih('.!,h.r, R.lIee.r, legs tll/kles and /ce t, c.
C \l'SE'> OF EPII Er 1 -D O. fA.
I3. (Clrdif1) \\ 'c learn from the Te xtbook n p. (I) that Epilepsy i a condi ci on assOCIated \vith ' ud dc n luss o( onsciollsncs, an d on p. 155 (2) that in ( )ma the pati en t is comp letel y uncon ciou Pica L tcll me, thcn.:[orc, .if a patient in an Epileptic lit to be re garde d as being in a tate of mao
The (ot/di lioll s tlrt lot(/I(y difFren/ al/d resemble each otbe r Ollly ill Ihe fact that tach ;s arcompaJJied by romp/elc 10J.f of (oI/StiollsflcJS .
COII/([ is J,slIlJl(y secol/rlm)' 10 SOIl/{' olher mllst (e. a., .4p ,)ltxy , J/i r,h j '{'!'er, DiabelCJ', Kir/my Diseasf; al/d Poisons))' it i.r /lion' 01' less gradual in onset · If IIMV It/st for /Jollrs}' and il oftw ('IId.r iJJ deat/).
O J the other /Jal/d, l:::pi/epD' iJ- tbe terll/ applied 10 a lIerl'OlIS disorder c/Jartlcleriscd 0' disturballce oj tbe jimctiollJ oj tbe braiJJ clIJd I!} t/Je complele /OH oj cOflsciolfYlleSS / it;J a/ways suddell ill olJsel J' ils dllratioll is mMsllred in mitlllt!?s : it to tis to r('mr J' CllJd 0/ itself it is rarely, if {,llfr, fatal.(. F.
DU TIES F OU lTY URGEO T . r, H. (Kcnt). --l\ S a Di vi ional urg eo n 1 would to [Joint out th at R so luti on o. in the ur g onR e p ort, \ hicb was publi hed in th
Nov(;mbe:r issu e: of TH E G A%ETIE, is capable of a double meanin g and that it mi ght be taken as a " vote o[ no con fi d cncc ." I hope that this was not th e intention of the 29 County Surgeons who passed it fj atryone do es take it as Stich, then he (or she) con/esftJ to ignora nce of Brigade Regulations, becallse Resolution No. I simply affirms the facts thaI, as laid down tn the said tlJe conducI oj re-examinations is the prillle dilly 0/ COllnly .surgeons " and tbat the 29 County Surgeons, in conclave assembled, are prepared 10 do their duty! 1'. F.
Por::;o'.1. G 13Y P I:..R\.fN"G\ -, \11. (n POT ,\SII. F. E. (Birmingham).-\Xlould you please tell m<: under which group of poisons (if any) Permanganate of Pot ash falls and also the treatment for same both for adults and infants? ,\ case of a child (I year old) \\'allowing some of the cry stals has been brought to my notice; and, as the patient was dangerously ill for [hree days in hospltal, I should like to know its effect and treatment. by PtrlJlallgallate 0/ Potash I f rare. tt7hen il does ocml', lips, I/I(;utl) and /ollgHe are s/ailled black or dark b,.oJJ,tJ " pain cOllles 011 ill/m ediatery and exlendJ- from throat 10 stomach; vOllliting is severe and accompanied !ry illtewe thir s t and dijjim/IJ ill s1JJal/olJ 1illg / abdo/llCt1 is sll'ollen and tender / plllse is weak / and patient TJJqJ pass inlo a Jtate 0/ col/apse and die jrom hea rt jailure.
As tlJe lIps and //Io{(th are 110t bflrn ed, Permal1ganate oj Potasb Jails wit/Jlil the lYon-Corrosive grollp oj poisom } and cases of poiJ'otlillg arc to be treated 011 thes e lineJ- and aJ-laid don'lI i/J the Tfxtbook (Pp. 172-174) .-1\. C. F .
Cadet News
13 ) :0IR TWEED \LI: .B.E., - \.R.R. .) J.P. Cadet orporal E. CalYert, of the Ard\,'lck .l \mbulance Cadet D i\ i ion, winner of the apta.i.n 1 R awlings Jubile Cadet Trophy has al 0 qualified for the Grand Prior's B adge, haying pa sed the tweke subjects, which included cookery.
l \t the competition in .I. "'0. I _\rea, No. IV Di [fict (Lanca!:>hire) , the Burnley Girl Cad ( were in , inning the cup for ad ts in thi ..-\rea. They paraded 3' trong and were y ry smart. Ra\,·t tall w re second only , I oint behind
The Roche Cad t Band are taking part in the May or s Proce sion when he attend church on hi appointm nt.
Found
r\ lar a ilY r m dallion: inscrib d Henrv E. Brown O. 40 136. O,Yn er hould apply to' II. Alb rt \Y./ Fr e, Rocks.ide House, sk rn, near Donca, t el'.
Correspondence
T o the Edi t or, ST. JOH I A1IBUL NCE GAZETTE
SIR,-The arti cles by C. J. S. Thompson, 1\LB.E. are not only instructive, but indicate great research. It i s however reo-rettable that the Ambulance work in Au;tria has received no n o tice in these A system of removal of the wounded from the field of battle was started at the end of the 18th century by the Sovereign. This was gradually brought to such perfection after. the Sadoura in 1866 , when Prusslans WIth tl:eu new riRes defeated a far superior force of In spite of the complete defeat the Austnan FIeld Ambulance Service remoV"ed th e whole of wounded within a few hours to a town sev ent y nules distant. The Prussians sent a representati v e immediatel y after the war to investi g ate or g am sa-tion which performed this feat, and It w as sub-sequently adopted by the German Army The Japanese hav e modelled their own ambulanc e syste m ,on that of the Germans.
A Chair of Ambulance was established a t "y ie nn a Uni v ersity and a most interestin g official was translated into Eng lish and Issued as a work. It deals with th e strategy , etc., o f a Fl eld _ Ambulance, illustrate d w i th maps and acc o unt s o t mana:uvres.
The siege character o f the Great '.X'a r le ft opportunit y for putting . e t c. , m to practice. the Bntlsh with the ex cept10n of the T ernt onal FIeld A mb ulances-had v ery little t rainin g i n peace as umt s ' before their m ob ilisati o n.
Yours faithfull y , F. R. H UMPH RE YS (1 fa jo r), Late 2nd London Field A mb u la nce, etc.
To t he Edi t or, ST. JO HN AM BULANCE G AZETTE DEAR S1R,-I was v ery intere sted in Dr. Cor b e t -Fletcher's article in the issue of the ST JOH AM BULANCE G AZETTE for November, 193 6
I was one of the sev en o ri g inal memb e r s o f th e Ramsgate Town Division which w as inau gur a t ed by Mr. Church Brasier and Dr. ill Februar y, 18 9 1 and in December, 189?, prevlOus on the South African CampaI g n, I was his orde rly 10 London for a short time. Your artIcle, therefor e , has brought back many pleasant and pers onal memories of the early days of the Bri g ade and of old comrades.
I recently retired after 4 3 y ears ' active service, ,and I should be pleased to hear of other memb.e r s . of the Brigade who served under Mr. Church Bra SIer . Yours faithfull y, W. H. UNDERDOWN, Corps Sgt.-Major (retd.), S.B.St.].
Complete St. Joh n Fam ily
" My report to the Chief will be favourab le," said Dr. F letchcr, the Inspecting officer at the annual lnspectlon of Eastb ourne DiviSIons.
There was a good attendance of interested sp ectators, including the Ma yor, 1\I1i ss J.P. (who distributed th e ceruficates f or hrst year proficiency), Mr. Charles Taylor, M.P., and Mrs. · Tay lor, Alderman Miss Hud son, J.P , L ad) latta, Mr. Bernard Selb y, :Mrs. Sydney mlth an d Miss Smith Miss Serrena and Ii s h o rt.
Dr.' Fletcher, havin g in p ected th c mc mber s of the Divisions, includin o- th e ur ln g D ivis io n and Cadets in their work, a nd '\ itness ed a gas at ta ck dri ll, pre· sented Mr. Charles Ta ylor with hi s w a rr ant and badge as Hon . Pre ident of th e Di v isio n s.
:Mr. Taylor ackno w led g ed th e h n our besto wed upon him, and said, (C I h o p e m w ife a nd 1 ;vill be able t o be of some service t o yo ur cau e.»
Dr. Fletche r, in hi s addr ess to th e mcmb er, said he was g lad t o see tha t Ea t bo urne , as going fc ! ward, " One thin g I li ke t o see ," he a dd e d, " is a cc 'nplete St. John famil y- fa, P a, far y and J ohn; a.'1d you hav e g ot it at Ea stb o urne " ex t he \vent on, was the Jubil ee ye ar o f th e 0 rga 11l SatlOn, and they confid ently antici pa ted that i t \l,-'o uld then number 100000 m emb e rs a t h o m e a nd ab roa d The work dode that da y had b ee n ve r y w ell d onc bot h by the seniors and th e Cad c t s, an d h is r port \,'( ,lid be favourab le. H e th a nk e d the Di v isional l "geons for all the y had d o n c-a nd we re go i ng to d, -also
Superinten d ent B u rn age and th c o th e r referrin g to th e i n s truct ion of th e I u blic 111 drIll, added: ee Th ese a r e dangero u s ti m s, so agaw the Bri g ad e i s coming fO[V,1a rd to do it dut y to the country "
Memorial to the late Miss
!IDlE TO E"JDOW 1 Cor.
It i s p ro p ose d to raisc a memo r ia l to thc laT(.. \I.is :Mar gare t Il oa r c, of 1 or t h E nd , H ampstead
J\ num b e r of relations and friends hav e that the b est form a memo ria l ca n take is a c( 'lectl?O ' 1 1 fo r t he ] Jampstea d Genera l ll osp lta , In \\' ue 1
H oar e was ac tively in te reste d for so man y an d it i s h o ped to" raise suffic ie nt (£5 00) to e ndow a cot.
The a pp eal i s ma d e 0\ cr t he s ignature s uf Lady
Be rtha D awk ins (c h air ma n , Qu ee n Iary's \!.ttcrruty
Hom e) , M rs Ma cFadd en (La d y tri ct OfIi Cd, 1 0;.
Distrjct, t . J o hn mbu Jancc Bri gade), the Rc\. H..
Cam eo-ie (c h air man , H a mp s t ead D istrict
A ss o ciati o n ) , an d M r. II owar d B. Figgis (hOno rar) trea sur er, lI am p s tead G cn c ra l lI ospita l). , N \V 2 WI JI Mrs. MacFadd en, 2C, B eisiz e Gr ove, .p b e pleased t o rec eiv e a ny don a tion s.
P ri o ry f o r W ales
H EA DQ UARTERS : Prio r y H o u se, 4, Cathedral R o ad , Ca rdiff.
GENERAL INTEREST
WELCOME VI SIT OF PRIO R, 11r 5 R OYAL IIrGII NES5 TH E D 'KE OF I b T
A most cnth u si as t ic we lcome was accor d ed t o H R.ll: the Du ke of K ent , K. G. , K T., o n his firs t \'isit to th e P r i ory sin ce a ccessio n t o th e office of Prior, forme rly h eld b y I L M th c K ing w h en P rince of \X ale s A ll me mb e r s of t he Or d er o n the R oll of th e Prio ry , th e o m mi ttee 1 1em b e rs rup and a funjtLd n u m ber of r epr esen ta ti , e pe r son s we r e summom.d to a mee tin g of Gene r al Assem bl y o n Friday , t\O\ U lber 6, a t whi c h His R oyal H i g hn ess he ld an lmes Il ure of 1 1embers admitted t o or promoted in the 0 der w ithin the past t \"0 years . B y t he k.indness of officia ls of t he 1 ational l\ lu seum of \\:'ales , the Rc ard 11 Smi th L ecLUre Theatre proye d an adm i 'lb ly appropriate setting fo r a function which ha" dC'icr i bed generally as dignifle d in it s simpUeit ; Membcr ot the hapte r, in thc pictures q ue blae k u andcs of the Ordu , occupIed the platform; and in the fron t cats of the main body of the hall were thc Lord 1 l a) or (A\lderman G . F . Evans, J .P .) and !'le mbLfs of the Cardiff ity ouncil, \vhose colou fu l robes formed a striking contra t. i_ bars of (he 1 ational .l \ nthcm were played on mL rrv of the Prior's Procession i n the following order: The D irector of Ccrem nies (1\ G E J. Fud ge, Lsq.), the Chaplain ( anon J A Lewis) , the ::'ub-Prchne (Thc Rt. Rc\- thc Lord Bishop of Llan dati') , th ub-Prior (The R t. Hon. the Earl of Plym nUl h, P ) the word Bearer (Captain J. co u 'ar y, O B.E.), the Prior (1l. R .H. the D uke of h.. (l1t, K.G.) K. T .) , t he "P rincipal ecretary (the Hon. John 11. B ruce, D. L. J.P .), th e ssistant Direct or of eremonies ( R. '\' ilso n Ba rtl ett, Es q. ) . The ub- Prio r, L o rd Pl ymouth , the n offered the tollo\\ ing ac.ldrcss of w elcome :-
« .Jlay it plea e your R oya l IIi g hn css to accept a most l() yal and t r ul y ent h usiast ic w elco m e from th members of the Ven rable O rder of th } l ospital of St. John of J e ru sa lem up n the R oll of th e Priory for Wales ga ther d here in G n ra l .l \ ssembly for the purpo se of an In ves ti t u te on t he occa i n of your R.oyaillighncss's firs t p u blic appearance as o ur P rior. ,Associated w ith us are the Lorc.! 1 fayor and Ci ty Corp ora tion i n lok n of t he interc h ange of services and goo cl\):i ll t h a t has 0 ha p pily ex! led si nce the Incept ion of th e Pri ory in 1918 T h ere a re also a number of c.li s ti n g u is hcc.l guc t rep res o f pUb lic depar trn nL S an d kin dre d o r gani sa ti o n link ed In SOl11e mann e r with l \mbu la n ce w or k , wh o m w e are pleased to see I ar licip a tin g in t hi s end ea ur to 37 1
ma ke t h e o cc asion w ort hy of your R oyal Highness's vis it.
" L imi tations of space h ave precluded a mo r e comprehensive representatio n of Cen t re Committees from all over W ales, the St. J obo Ambulance Association, the St. J ohn Ambulance Brigade, and the general pu b lic such as formerly forgathered in the Assembly Room at the City Hall : but you r Royal H ighness may find compensation in the fact tha t our ceremonial is being conducted in precincts opened b y yourself in the year 193 2.
" As P resident of the 'ational l\fuseum of Wales, I am pleased that the Council has seen fit to place such excellent facilities at the disposal of the Priory-in accordance with the liberal intentions of the generous donor of this Lectu r e Theatre) the late Sir William R eardon Smith
ee There can b e no q uestion as to the beneficent services to be rendered by your Royal Highness as a result of your gracious acceptance of the office of Prior-not only in furtherance of the humanitarian objects of an Establishment of the Venerable Order, but also by promotion of the highest interests of the people of this Principality, with whom his the King has been peculiarly identified over a number of years as Prince of \VaJes. Immediate proof that his keen interest in the \\" 'elsh people has in no manner been affected by his acce sion to the T hrone is to be found in his fonhcoming tour of outh \,\ ales: but a realisation that the more intimate relation rup might one day ha\e to be modified influenced his l\fajesty, when Prince of \'\'ales, to interest your R oyal Highness in the affair of his P riory. The first fruits of thi wise were eyidenced by the ,yelcome appointment to the post of L ady uperintendent-in-Chief for \\'ale of her Royal Highne the D uchess of Kent, \\-hose P atronage of our Nur ing en-ices has gi,-en the greate t possible pleasure to all rank of the Brigade and a,sur s a progressive future in numbers and efficienc\- to the \Yomen Gillt.
It not long b fore the death of our lat belm-ed :0. f onarch called the first Prior of the Priory for \,\ 'a l to the T hrone , in virtue of \vhich ucce ion K ing Edward V I n becam overeign Head of the Order. Hi :0.faje ty \va graciou -l1' pleased t o exercise hi' royal prerogative by sanctioning the appointment of hi R oyal brother on the ubmis ion of the Grand, H .R. H. the D uke of Connaught, with the happy r suI t that ther was but a hort intenral befot the Priory once again found itself under the guidanc of a Prine of the Blood R oyal.
, Steps had already been taken to establish a close connection between your Royal Highnes and the Order by your admission in the grade of Bailiff Grand Cross, whereby you became cognizant of the inner purposes and conversant with the out r ceremonial of the proceedings and functions that find such a suitable historical setting at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, the ancient home of the Order in England, of which our own Commandery of Slebech in Pembrokeshire was at one time the most pO\:v rful and wealthy appendage.
" In carrying on the traditions of the Ro yal Family in this respect yo u have equipped yourself to direct the destinies of the Prior y for Wales, "'.vhich will look to your Royal Highness to inspire emulation of that devoted sense of duty and concern for the public welfare \"\'hich is pre-eminently characteristic of all members of the House of Windsor."
Responding, the Duke said :-
"I am very proud of the honour that has been conferred upon me by his Majesty, as Sovereign Head of the Order, in sanctioning my appointment as Prior.
" I am fully aware that the King, when Prince of Wales, has set me an inspiring example of leadership in controlling the fortunes of the first Establishment of the Venerable Order to be set up under the Charter granted by my grandfather in 1907.
"Ever since Queen Victoria issued the initial Charter in 1888, and constituted herself and her successors Sovereign Heads of the Order, it has been the privilege of my family to be closely associated with your fine work.
" My brother, when Prince of Wales, asked me to bear in mind the possibility of concerning myself with the affairs of his Priory at some future date, and I was only too pleased to have the opportunity of carrying out his wishes by becoming your Prior.
"My wife, who is the Lady Superintendent-inChief for the Principality, and I now look forward to a long and happy association with you in promoting the humanitarian work of the Venerable Order through the only Priory that as yet exists in the British Empire.
"The keynote of the future of the Grand Priory is to be found in its title, '. within the British Realm,' for it exists to co-ordinate the activities of our ambulance work by means of Bailiwicks, Priories and Commanderies.
" With this in view we must look forward to the extension of an Imperial headquarters round the home of the Order at St. John's Gate-an extension capable of focussing the attention and commanding the allegiance of our membership.
"I feel that the future has great beneficent possibilities, and I sincerely hope to see the Priory contributing its full share to the development of ambulance activities.
" I well realise the value of first aid, home nursing, motor ambulance transport, and similar means of alleviating suffering in the case of accident and illness,
and 1 know that the need for assistance in such C\cry_ day occurrences is unfort1.l11atcly becomin g mOre and more urgent.
" tatistics prove beyond any doubt that the to ll of life o-oes far to counterbalance the curative m eth ods of our excellent health services.
" Of "'.vhat use is it that the birth-survi a J rat e, and normal expectation of life, increase so I ng as the death-rate and accident figures are swollen abno ll1l alh by the ravages of modern life?
"The ambulance worker i a mo t nece sa n link in modern health ser ice, and therefore I hou ld like to commend him to the approbation of the gene ral public for too often his services are taken G r gr;1n ted, and the public are ignorant of the striking fact that such services are entirely gratuitou
" I am very o-lad to be able to make t\\O ann OUllcements a< a practical contribution to the pre ent problem of eli tre
"First; the co t of c nv yance of ca c by OUI ambulance cars in re pect of tho e carried for the Public ssistance, and other ommitteLs of CnUntl Council and Local .t\uthoritie \"ill be reduc ed from IS. 3d. to . P r mile, wiLh a minimum of -: 6d. per journey.
" condly, the Commi i ncr Cor penal \rLa. has made a grant up to £ 5 ooo- to be earned ( n the basis of a pound for a p und f r the r CtI( In oi ambulance hall of prescrib d dimen ion in Inc.ditie: where no ad quate faciliti xist.
" This wi e proyi ion \\-ill sen'e to guaran tl'C' cun· tinuity to Di,- ion haying no ccuritv o f te nure in absence of a home o'f their own, "and 'I..:t the eal of permanence upon the sLimi.1lus Imp anell a former grant of £5,000 towards uniform a nd riLl Aid equipment.
"I thank you my Lord ub-Prior [or your w elcome, and under the;e happy all pice l' wilf now p rrlceed to an Investiture of those \,-hom J lis i\l a jc <;L ' h:L delighted to honour."
After the reading of the ' Exhortation " I {t. Royal Highness inve ted the following :S rIGHT OF RA E.
Evan David Jones (from ommander) omlnlSsioner, Carmarthenshire Centre.
AS
The Reverend Canon James Abraham LewI " AS CO 111:1\ D R _ Captain Samuel Trevor Beard, O.B.E. trom Officer), Commissioner, 10nmouthshire Ctnt re ; David Martyn Evans-Bevan, J.P. (from Oll1ce r), Treasurer; tv1ichael Cyril 0 wald Hurly, L. R.C. P (from Officer), Centre urgeon, Rhondda Edgar Llewellyn, M.B., Ch.B. (from Officer), Co mmissioner, Ci,ty of Cardiff Centre; Thomas l, dgar Smith, L.R.I.B.A. (from Officer), lIonorary re bltect ; William Edmur:d Thomas, O.B.E., J.P., L.R.C. P. & (from Officer), Member of Standing Sydney Williams, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Assistant Commissioner, Carmarthenshirc Cen tre ,
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John Macintosh Wilson, M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (from Officer), Commissioner, Aberdare Centre. AS OFFICERS (BROTHERS).
Sir Evan Williams, Bart, D.L., J.P., Seneschal; Captain Norman Murray Ingledew, Personal Esquire [Q H. M. Ingledew, Esq . ; The Rt. Hon. VIscount Tredegar, Almoner; Alderman George Frederick Evans, J.P. (Lord Mayor of Cardiff), President and Chairman, City of Cardiff Centre; Francis Llewellin Jacob, Former Presi lent, Rhondda Centrc; Thomas Johns, J.P., M.E., President Rhondda Fach Corps; Steven Jones, Commissioner, Cardiganshire Centre; Mthur Lucas ([rom erving Brother), County Officer, Boro ugh of Merthyr Tydfil; tuart .i\lartin, former Co mmittee .i\fcmber; Robert Vachel! de Acton Re d \\l-ood, F.R.C. ., J\l.R.CS., L.R.C.P., County Surgeon, 1'v10nmouthsrure; Trevor Roberts, .i\fember of l\ mbulance Committee; John l \rthur Sandbrook, for SC I\ ices in support of mbulance Work; Thomas Ev ans , CB.E., J.P., former Committee rvlember; Ed \ Hd Gibbon, President, Clydach Town l \mbulan ce Division; Robert Baird .i\1ilne, .i\1.B., Ch.B. (froJ 1 ' crving Brother), Divisional urgeon, Bridgend :\ mbu lance Diyisi n; Owen Temple l\lorris, 11.P., Tn.::ls urer, ity of Cardiff entre; Frederick Ernest Ree , Director of Education, Glamorgan County COL eil.
A OFFlC R (ITER).
TI1C I Ion. 11r5. John H. Bruce, Lady Pre ident an d Lady ountr uperintendent, Centre; \lr l :'.. rra anton, Lady Pre id nt, Borough of (hy·· Tydtil Centre; Elizabeth Bickerton Ed\\ 1rds, fember of .L \mbulance ommittee; Lady Ho\, He! t pncy, i\f.B.E., J.P., former Lady President, Carma rth nsbirc ' entre.
1\ ERVL G BROTllER . J oh n Borsden, Corr s Treasurer, wmta\va Corp ; \rt hu r Henry eorge Field, Corp uperimendent, Cardi ff and District orps; Frank Pearce Hopkin, lonal uperintendent, Newporc Rail\.Ya r Divilo n, David Hughes, lYLE., Divi ional up rin(en dl. nt, Trelewis Di\-ision; Eurfyl James, Di\Tisional Sup erintendent, K.enfig Hill Division; David G wilym Joh n, Corps uperintendent, 1 eath Corps; Daniel Lut he r Jones, Corps Treasurer, Barry and Di trict Corps ; John Thoma Lewis, Di i ional upertnt endcnt, 1aesmarchog Di ision; Robert Rees Pa} ne , Divisional upcrintendent, wan ea Divi ion· Jam es Perkins Privat Oo-mor Val 'b
Ho we l Bulkeley Pierce, 11.B., Ch.B., Corp urgeon, L? we r Cynon Vall y Corp ; Captain Da\ id George RICh ,trds, :tvLE., B. c., Pre ident, Tr harri Di"i ion' Chri stopher Henson mith, Transport Engin r; Alb er t Edward '\ illiams, Divisional uperintendent, Dock Division; Ivor Alfred hiv r, DiviSional Superintendcnt (Dyfan), Barry Divi ion; Glyndwr Davies ounty fficer Abcrdar Evan E ' , , dw a.rds, Corps Treasurer, Rhondda Fach Corp ; Captatn Alfred Thoma Neale E ans, Assi tant CommiSSioner, Pembrokeshire C ntre; Jonathan J7J
J efferies, Divisional Superintendent (Retired), Duffryn Aman Division; John Powell Jones Jenkins, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Assistant County Surgeon, Monmoutbshire; Gwilym Jones, Corps Secretary, Llynfi Valley Corps; Charles Gordon Mackay, M.B., Ch.B., Assistant County Surgeon, Monmouthshlre; George Edward Smith, Ambulance Officer, Llanelly G. W ..K. Division; William Verner, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Divisional Surgeon, I-ligh Street Railway Division.
AS SERVI G SISTERS. lv1rs. Sarah Evans, Lady Corps Superintendent, Barry and District Corps; Miss Mary Elizabeth Howell, Lady Divisional Superintendent, Kenfig I-lill Nursing Division; iviiss Daisy Anita Cue, Lady Ambulance Officer, Llanelly Division.
RECIPIE I OF VELLUM VOTES OF THANK Edward Thomas Bowen, Sergeant, Caerphilly G. W.R. Division; ydney Sutton Lewis, J.p., President, Pontardawe Division; :Major Arthur Reade, D.S.O., l 1.C, President, .:\lonmouth Division; amuel Cyril Varley, 1\1. " 1LD., B.Ch., Divisional ' urgeon, Clydach .L Ierthyr Colliery Division; Godfrey '\ illiam James, 1LP., Treasurer, ::-"10nmouthshire Centre; John Jones, Corps Inspector of Stores, Lower Rhondda Corps; Benjamin Thomas, 1f.R.C.S L.R.C.P., Divisional ur g eo n, I-lirwain Division; Thomas \Villiams, Counry Officer, Glamorgan; \\falter Ernest \\ 'imer, Pembrokeshirc: Cen tre Commi ttee.
The Investiture w-as and closed with Prayers, read by the Officiating Chaplain, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff; and the proceedings terminated with the singing of Hen \\'lad Fy and the Tanona] Anthem.
The care taken by the Duke to speak to each one of the In\-estees has been the subject of delighted comment, particularly by the enthusiastic of awards; and the initial "isit of the Prior ha been ucces ful in e tabli lung aver], clo e relationship of 1 yalty and affection in the heart of the Priory.
C-\RDIFF B.\LL.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent ha\Ting indicated hi rea dines to attend a ball in aid of a Cardiff Charity it became the privilege of the City of Cardi.ff Cenue, f which the Lord i-.Iayor (_'\.lderman G. F. Evan, J.P.) Chairman, to organi e a function \vorthy of uch an occasion; and great credit is due to the Comnuttee for the ucce iul arrangements made in the h rt space of thr e \'iTeeks und r the direction f the following Or!1c r : The fo t Hon. The tIarcluones of Bute D.B.E. (Lady Presid nt) , AId [man G. F. J.P. (Chairman), the HOD John H. Bruc (Vic - hairm:l..n), .i\lr. E. BowenDavies and Dr. Edgar Llewellyn (Joint ecrecarie) and 11is E. Redda\vay (Tick t 'ecr cary).
The ball wluch \Va h ld in the City Hall ha been d cribed a one of the most brilliant functions e\- [ held in Cardiff, and "\ as attended br over 800 gue t -
the limited number of tickets havIng been sold out several days previously.
Drawn up as a guard of honour in the vestibule were the uniformed members of the Cardiff and District Corps under Corps Superintendent A H. G. Field. Passing up the stairs they were met in the Ivlarble Hall by the Lady :Mayoress (Mrs. G. Fred Evans), the Marquis of Bute, the Hon. John H. and Mrs. Bruce and Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E., and Countess Brydhytte Bentinck, all of whom were presented to the Duke.
\\7hen the party moved into the ballroom and halted beneath the big chandeliers of brilliant light the band played "God Save the wng." At the conclusion the party walked to the dais, where were presented the officials of the Cardiff Centre and of the ball committee. These were Dr. Edgar Llewellyn (Comnlissioner for Cardiff and Joint Secretary of the ball), and 1[rs. Llewellyn, 1fr. O. Temple 110rris, 11.P. (Cardiff Centre Treasurer), and 1t[rs. 1forris, Captain Charles S. Mason, 1'LC ( Secretary of the Centre) and 1'1rs. 1vIason, 1irs. E. Bowen-Davies and 1fiss Edith
Immediately the Royal party reached the dais the dancing recommenced. There were two band , one in Tyrolean costume. The 1-f.C's were Ir. O. Temple 110rris and Captain lv1ason.
The Duke danced his first dance with his hostess, Lady Pl ymouth.; and then. to everyone's he entered into a " Paul Jones " and was a cha rffiillg companion to his many partners.
Additions to the Museum
Since the last report of the Librarian a numher of interesting acquisitions have be en added, the more important of which are:-
A portrait in oils of an Admiral of the Order inscribed "F. P. ANSELMI. AMAIIR, r643'" The paiflting is ascribed to Bernardo Strozzi.
A very scarce silver coin (cinquina) of Grand Master Pierre del Monte, 15 68-r 57 2 •
A fine pharmacy jar, of bulbous form, richly decorated and painted with the arms of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, 1601-r622.
An Indulgence of Pope Alexandra VI (Rogerigo Borgia) concerning the church of the Order at Castle Barnard, Co. Durham. The document has a fine pictorial initial letter and decorated borders in raised gold and colours.
A photograph of a Mandate of Pope Gregory X and now in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, issued to the Proctors of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, warning them that the privileges and indulgences granted to the said Hospital should not be prejudicial to the rights of the Prior and Convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, dated A .D. 127 I. The photograph is the gift of Dr. C. Cotton, K.St.J.
Cadets Team Test
There a Cadets' Camp in your locality. The local Cadet Di vision have been invited to enter a team for the Cadct Competitions. You four boys are on your way to the Camp and are about a t mile away and passin g a cottage when you heard a child scrcam and saw a dog run out of the gate and down the road. You also saw the dog bitc the child on the back of the left leg, and his fall to the ground which caused a bleeding wound on his right thumb Treat these injuries, taking no risks.
NOTES FOR JuoGE.-Form garden and gate with forms Or chairs. Someone to act the parr of" :L-.1orher." Mark spot s upposed to ha"c been bitten, and red greasepaint to right thumb. In the house " Carbolic" bottle (empry), box of m atches, bowl, warm water, and cord or handkerchief. Ioilier ru hes out when tcam fin ished reading card.
DET'\.lL OF TE T. lax. -:\farks
1. Offer as istance; explain St. John Cadet'
2. Speech to child and ga in his confldcnce
3 Inquire if d occor nearby (Olle mile ou'oy) .j. Inquire if doctor in Camp (Yu)
5. If anyooe :1.vailable to go to camp for d octor (i-.fother saY 5, " J w;// go, ! k.IIOIl' a IIcar (lfl)
6. Before letting her go, a k if she has piece of cord, Carbolic acid, matche , and warm water
7. And give her explicit \vrireen me age for doct o r.
8. Place constriction on left leg (bct\vecn the hean 'lnd wound) as ncar trunk as possible
9. Use cord
10. Place child in sitting position, lefl foot on ground
I I. Bathe wound 00 left kg \\·i[h wann water
12 .Apply carbolic aciJ on poiot of match to wound
13. Remoye the constriction
14. l\pply clean dressing; bandage .,
15. Su pport left leg
16. Ask colour of face (Pair)
17. Lay child down; head to side; feet rai cd
18. Undo any tight clothing
19. Get rugs from house and CO\'er child warmly
20. Examine nature of bleeding from right thumh
21. Elevate right upper Jimb; iodine to fingers (t.'1kcn done)
22. If any forci(tn bodies (_Voile)
23. Digital pre urc on right thumb...
2-+. Apply iodine to surrounding skin; allow to dry
25. "\pply clean dre ing and bandage
26. Support with small arm sling
27. Chcering words to p:ltient ".
28. Decide to carry boy insiJc house pending arnval ot doctor
29. Lay on couch; ask condition of boy (Lllllt change)
30. Method of carrying boy
3 I. Keep hcad low and fcet raiscd Judge says, " Doc lor has arriNd"
p. Report histOry of case
33. Dog bite left le.g ; wound right thumb
34. Explicit explanation of treatment gi vcn
35. Efficiency of Caplain of the Team
36 General efficiency and smartness of team as a whole
TOTAL
Obituary.
MR. W. J. GREAVE (Abertysswg Division ).
We re gre t to' record the death of if. WI. J. Grc:' es, who died recently. Mr. Greaves spent (ifteen )cars in the Ambulance movement, and through hi s the Division have lost a hardworkin g and symp athetIc Superintendent.
Among those who paid the last tribute t o him' were Sub-Commissioner N. Richard s, Dr hor Thomas, Corps Superintendent A. Williams, A 1bu· lance Officer W. Price, Ambulance Offic er E. Jones . Officer s and 1fembers of Abertyss\l:g, New Trcticgar , Maesycwmmer, Bedwas and Pontlottyn Di vl<lons were also present.
No. I. (Prince of Wales's)
The Officers' Guest ig ht helel at the Hotel Great Centra l on the 5th of thi s month was amazjngly successful from every point of view, and the Commissioner and Officer of the Di strict are to be congratulated .on the mental and ()therwise, proVIded for thcl[ guests.
J\ distinguished company was pn.:sent, the Order being represented by its ecretary-General and Di rec tor of Ambulancc, Major-General ir Pe rciva l ilki nson, K.C LG., C B., who wac; accompanied by La dy \\!ilkinson
\fter J\S SiS lant omrnissioncr E Mclntn had propose d the toast of " I the Kin g," the Commiss ioner, Captain W Go dl y, :d. " chat of « Ql:ee n lary and the oth r 1[ mber of the R oyal FamIly," l \ ss i tant o mmi 'sioner F. -< Bendix, in an effective speech, propos d th toast of th District' . guests
Replying , the ccrclary-(;cncral sai d that, with the Importance of otll r S[ ecch s in mind, his p ch would be the soul of brevity. H referred to th
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many years during which he had been invited to the District dinner, and stressed the importance of Bri gade social functions which took place from time to time all over the country.
The Secretary-General was followed by LieutenantColonel Sir Hugh Turnbull, K.B.E., Commissioner of the City Police, who spoke of the excellent relationship between the Brigade and the police, and of the value of the Brigade generally to the police in their work.
Proposing the health of "The Prince of Wales's Di strict and the President," Sir John Duncan, K.CB., CM.G., CV.O., D.S.O., Chief Commissioner St. J ohn Ambulance Brigade, referred especially to the work that was being done in regard to air raid precautions, and expressed his pleasure at the progress that was being made and the unfailing upport that he received from the District.
Replying, Captain W. Goodley, 1\1.C, Commissioner (Prince of Wales ) District, spoke of the spirit which prevailed in the District, and complimented his officers \vhose efforts were responsible for the good work. He referred also to the increasing public interest in the Brigade had been definitely evidenced during the last rn-o years by tbe great increase in Flag Day donations; the sum realised in 193 6 being nearly t\"i-ice that of 1934, a fact which prov'ed conclusi\-e lr that the public were becoming more and more aware of [he part played b y the Brigade in ordinary everyday life.
\n excellent dinner was followed by dancing in the main hall, ano the Dinner Secretary, Captain L. L. Frank -the Prince of \\'ale District Treasurer-is to be congratulated once agaul on the excellence of his organi ation.
Among tho e pre ent were: 1\Iajor-General 1I Percival \'\'ilkinson, CB., Secretan-General of [he Order and Director of Ambulance; Lady \\-rilkin on' ir John Duncan, h. .B., C.V.O., D .. 0., Chief Commi sioner, t. John Ambulance Brigade; Lady Duncan; Colonel G. A. D 0., A Chief Comnu SlOner, t. John Ambulance Brigade; 1'\. Corbet Fleccher, Esq., urgeon-in-Chief, t. John Ambulance Brio-ade; Lieut.-Colonel ir Hugh Turnbull, K.B.E., Commisjoner City Police; Lad, Turnbull' ir \\'alter Allen h.B.E.· Commandan;in- hief, 1Ietropolitan pec.ial Constabulary' Georo-e T. Foxon, Esq., Commandant-in-Chief City pecial onstabulary' C. J. Ritchi E q. O.B.E.> Deputy Commandant-In-Chi f 11 tropolitan pec.ial Contabulary; T. E. Gro"i'e_ :01.P.; G. Esq., Deputy _-\ s i tant Commissioner :0 [etropolitan Police; F. \,\ . Abbott, . q. ; Captain J. A. Davison, 11. " Assistant ommis ion r Cit, Polic; olon 1 G. _ Troup, County Controller E. ex; ouncillor and 1\Ir. \\ oodward, 11a rand 1\la,oress of Ealing
Major De Chair, M.e., New Scotland Yard; Captain A. N. Cahusac, M.e., Chief Secretary, St. John Ambulance Association; H. W. Fincham, E sq. , F.S.A., A ssistant Librarian Order of St. John ;
Captain W. J. H. Pontin, .M:B .E ., Stores Manager, St. Ambulanc e ; the R ev. Penning ford BIckford; Mrs. Cathenn e Maund, Lad y District Superint nd en t, N.S. \Y/. , Au st ra lia,
Air Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL,
O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Air Raid Precautions Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner
This is th e next step in o ur service for the G ove rnment, and the y are lookin g to us to do i t. It's a j o b that demands peculia r t a ct in procedure, and c o ncentration o f acti o n The past ye ar has p r o en the wisdom of o ur first focussin g o n the trai ning of instructo r s, for onl y now are the public and the authoriti es really beg inning to a sk fo r in st ruc ti o n .
Most o f o ur Districts and Counties now have a goo d staff o f instructors both of Gr a d e I and Grade II, thouo-h a few are slow in acti o n and eve n still hav e not put forw a rd their officers for and will consequentl y be unprepar e d when th en local authorities turn to them for thei r train e d h e lp and helpers (ve r b sap )
The m o re rapid tralrun g and ex amination of ou r own rank and file should a lso occup y the th o u ght and action of our District staffs. The influence of our personnel of 65, 0 00 trained and certi ? cated in air raid precauti o ns w o uld be an added stImulu s to the general public, with w h o m p eo ple are constantly in to u ch, and more qUlckly illcrea se th e numbers of our A.R.P. Auxiliary Reserv e, w hich i s so urgently needed to inspire the local authoriti es with our competence to m e et theu needs for th e staffing of First Aid posts.
Procedure for all these adv ances are now reg ularised, and should present no difficulties with th e new A.R.P. Brig ade Order just issued, and which th e Editor is kindly reprinting on p. 356 so that all ma y read and kn o w I
The last instructors' course in London was our most crowded, and the one for December 19 and 20 promises to be equally full. It was a gr eat di sappointment to ha:re to refuse. s.o many who w er e continuously phorung and Wtltillg after the date for application had passed. To prev ent thi s a g ain happening please aPI?ly at once thr ? ugh y our C o mmissioner, or giv e him y our reply If he has alread y offered you a vacancy.
Respirators are now more numerous, clas ses who ask for them in the usual procedure WIll probably be able to keep them for a longer period before being asked to send them f o rward,
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o. 2 .R .P . ta lkie fi lm wi ll oon be re au)a n o th er Ene gift f r o m I I. J oe G t O man an d his co llea g ues at El s t ree. P lans a r e n ow b eing con idc red of th es e two f1 lm , t oge t her wit h ther First >\id p r o p aga nd a, being I ut over by te levision,
Q UE TIO .A D ;\ Wl""'R,
Q. - \'Vha t is the b es t olution t o use for washi ng out the eyes afte r t ar ga ?
A,-For First Aider.s, douche /hl:; m·lh plaiN JlJarm 1vater I f lIIedieal .ra/Ntiolls oj ill!} ki"d {In f' eceil'fd, Il)f!)I mil be ,mpplied at the Firs/ lid POS/J for lJ-'orhr J to tlse.
Q
.-\Vhat is a reasonable lntcrpr tation of frt quently " in relation to irrigation of the cres ?
A ,-" COIl/iIJI/OIIS(Y " lJ,lolfirl be a bellt:r lJ'ord, )J'/)ile Ihr patient is tlllder tI)e Fi rst Aider's care.
Q .-l s the evacua ti on of lcwi i re b l isters Fir st Aid t rea t men t o r for H osp i ta l treatme nt onl;. ?
A ,-First Aiders sholllrl Oll ly do this IIlIder flIed;rn/ supervisioll.
Q .- large num b er of q ues t ion ha,re corne in r egarding various medica t ed so l u tions and L Ldro p for th e t reatmen t of eyes afte r gas attacks.
A -First Aiders we warm 1vater jor (olltilll/Oll.! douching , IInless those ill charge of the Firsl A id PO JtJ instruct that other soilltioll s be wed ]l) I)ieh ]J!/il be fi shb an d co rrectly prepared by those in alli hori(y To IfJ all) substance other than 1vater ,vilholll adequale hJoJ1'Ieri 0 / strength and met/Jod is dange ro/ls
Q, - Wh ere ca n a le cturer ge t chemica ls for d emo nstratin g th e sme ll s of va r io u s gases?
A .-J-Jarllliess jo rlJltfli for lI)e preparatioll o f are ob tainab le at S t. John' s G al e, and will be J/IJ.P /Jed on applicatio n
Q. - Comp o und fra ctured femur , b one protr ud ing , wound obvi o u sly splash e d w ith mu s tar d gas, what First Aid tr eatment on the sp o t ?
A, - Q11ick First A id t reatment fo r co mpound and removal to Hosp ital. A dressing soaked if] a sO/II/1On of bleaching pOlvc/er might be lair! over / IJe 1JlOllll d and pro t ruding bo ne.
HUMAN ANATOMY, OSTEOLOGY, ETC.
Articulated SKELETONS and Disarticulated HALF -SKE LETONS..
Articulated & Disarticulated SKULLS.
PELVES, FOETAL SKULLS &L. HANDS and FEET. r:r
Loose Human Bones ,,\. of Every 0 0 Description , S 0 o
Anatomical Models & Wall Charts, etc.
Largest Selection in the Country.
Inspect ion inv ited.
Railway News
Londo n and North-Eastern Railway
REpO RT OF PECI L • )'fD O\I\lITTEE 0' WOR K DURING YEAR E..'lDED EPTE\fBER 0, 193 6.
Conl riblfted L C, AlJderson and 117. Goor!Ie.J', \.fa ny intere ting facts are revea led by the Annual Rep ort of tbe re cial Ambulance Comnuttee on the progres s of mb ul ance work on t he London and Eastern Railway during t he year ended September 30, 193 6
Th e total staff em pl y d by the ompany in I936 was }<1,798, ao-ainst 171,339 in 1935 The num b er of :\mb ula nce Awa r ds gained reached a figu re of 6 392, comp a with 6,2.9 6 la t year, wlulst the classe s rormed nu mbered 333, an increa e of 22 011 the, prc\-ious year. It i of interest to note that ten lacU,es classes were formed during the period und r rev1nv , an i n crease of thr c
The num ber of o'old meda ls an d bars :l\varded was 135 and 73 res p ectively, making a total ince Incepti on of I , I32 me d a ls a n·d 889 bars. he(hc num b e r of tea m s taking part in competitions . d under the co m pany's a u pic was 213, an Increase of six compa r d wi t h the previou year. than k s are e_' p rcssed to m bu la nc e cretatles, Class and o th er official for t h e ir a sistance to the \mbu lan ce M ove m e n t
Restl/tJ·, .;\Iarks. Obt, 1hx , Challeno-e meld and First Prize: D ukinfield Works
econd Prize : e\y Holland Fern- . , T hird Prize: Gordon \\ ork
Fourth P rize : utton-inAshfield Fifth P rize: Lang\vith Loco. pecial Prize for highest Indi\-idual score: I f. J. Eaye Wagon 1Iaker, 327 29 1 t 254t 2·n 595
D ukinf1eld 0 10 5
The D ukinfield \,\'ork Team will) therefore be ne of the four team to compete in the next Groul" ompetition to decide which two team shall take part in the English Inter-Raib,-ay OInpetltlOn, and which two team _hall repre ent England in the L.l .E .R, England t'. cotland ompetition.
Southern R ail way
Contributed bJl E. A. Richards
R E:I.DING.
i r. E , G. Blackman .;\Ia tef, speaking from the chair at the pre entation of awards to mem b ers of the R eading \mbulance cla , said h wanted In re of the young r men on the Railwa y to joi n the F ir Aid 1110vem nt t th moment, he said th ere \vere not enough men to ke r the number
up, and it was a matter for concern-that there were so few young people coming along.
He thanked Doctor D. E. Murphy for his work in lecturing to members of the classes, and said that so far as he had heard, Doctor Murphy's lectures were more interesting than most.
The certificates were presented to the successful candidates by Mrs. Thorman, who, in turn, received a handsome bouquet from Miss Joan Bosley, and one was also handed to Mrs. Blackman by Miss Betty Jarvis.
A concert was afterwards held, at which the Sandhurst Silver Prize Band played.
YEOVIL.
The annual concert and presentation of awards in connection with the Yeovil Ambulance class took place at the Foresters' HalJ, Yeovil, recently. Mr. A. W. Johnson presided, and the awards were presented by Mrs. Gee, wife of Dr. W. Gee, the Hon. Lecturer to the class. Among those present were Mr. F. J. Hancock (District Secretary) and Mr. A. C. Gooding (Class Secretary).
The Chairman, commenting on the efficiency of railwaymen in general in ambulance work, said he was very proud to read in the local press of a fine performance of First Aid recently by railwavmen. He was also pleased to note that the number of FirstAiders on the Southern Railway was steadily increasing.
There were 38 awards: 7 certificates (first year), 4 vouchers (second year), 4 medalJions, and 23 labels for service ranging from 4 to no less than 37 years' service.
Mr. F. Hancock proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Gee for their services to the class, and said that the Yeovil class was considered to be one of the best classes in the West of England.
Dr. Gee, in reply, said that he had a very high opinion of the Yeovil Ambulance class, and he honestly felt that the time was not far distant when the Railway Shield would be won by Yeovil if they kept together. He hoped that it would be his pleasure to congratulate the members on this success. BARNSTAPLE.
Over fifty Ambulance men of the Southern and Great Western Railways held a joint dinner and presf'ntation of awards at the Royal and Fortescue Hotel, Barnstaple, recently, the event being presided over by Mr. W. E. Neil (Locomotive Foreman, Exeter). It was the first time that the Ambulance classes of the two companies had combined for such a function, and a highly successful gathering was the result.
The Southern Railway awards were distributed by Mr. De Pury, and the G.W.R. awards by Mr. R. W. Higgins.
Speaking on behalf of the Southern Railway, Mr. de Pury said Barnstaple held a high place in railway ambulance work. In past years they had won the Railway Ambulance Shield, and had been the best team of all the railways. The man who had been their leader at the time went away to Horsham, where
that team, under his leader hip, had also secured the Inter-Railway Shield.
"You have very good material," said Mr d( Pury, to build up and \ in that shield again. " He thought it would be an excellent idea if the young men gave up one vening a week to Ambulance work
Certificat s of merit wer [re ented to Messn. Cording, Copp, Rice and Galliford in conne ction with First Aid rendered to hunter Ili ggins wh en he met an accid nt recenth'.
vote of thanks to 11 r. Dc Pury "vas prop osed by Mr. H. Steven, , eeonded bv r fr. . Grant, and heartily carried. .
An 'e njoyable 111,1. ieal programme brou ght the evening to a cl ose
REDBRIDGE HALLENGE CUP COt\IPETITIO _ Eastl igh arriage \' orks o. I Team won .he Redbridge hallen gc up lJ1 the Southern Railwaymen s Ambulance C mp titi on held in the olise um. outhampton. This was their ccond succe ssi, e win in Group I, and on thi, occasion they secured 12 mark ut ofa pos ibIe I50. In Group 1 th e Eastlc igh team occupied the M.rst three places, two t eam s fron' outhampt n D ock chiming the last two prIzes. Bournemouth won the trophy in Gro up 2, with Pole as runners up. Thirt y-two teams tool- part in the competition, the tenth annual \ enl f it. kind organised by the Redbrid ge Centre. The entry wa s a record. and ther e '."as a prize for every c mpctitor.
11t. R. P. Biddle, Doc k and hrine 1 rana gel, preided at the prize-gi \ ing, in the absence of Lieu tel antColonel Gilbert . zlump .:: r (Assistant Ge neral 1fanagerl. 1 Ie rcad a telegram from Li eu tenantColonel zlumper expn:ssing his r grct at his ina ility to attend, wishing them a succe sful comp (: citi on, and thanking 11t. Gillin g ham, the Hon. ccret ar:" and his colleague at Redbrid ge centre for their w ork in connection with it.
The winners of the competition were ann ounced by ir. E. A. Richards ( \Ve]farc Assistant) , and the prizes were presented by 1 Ir. zlumper, to \."h om a bouquet was h artded by .Mi s Sdna P eckham.
Mr. C. G. Linton (1\ sistant c lied upon tho e pre sent to sh \V their appreci atio .o( Mrs. Szlump er's pre ence and kindness b y giVing three hearty cheers. He knew - they all kn ew - that Ambulance work had a particular interest [or )oth Mrs. Szlumper and ber hu band, and they \\'ere p oud of ther, men \.vho had put in ,0 much work to reach such a high standard of effic iency.
Commander Grahame proposed a vote of tl anks to the judges, the stewards, prize donor s and subscribers, Messrs. Toogood, the officials, an(J all helpers This was econded by Mr. C. G. \V aterJdge on behalf of the competitor.
The two judges, Doctor R. B. Dunca n andf 1. Stanley Davies, of London, replied on b ehalf Of the donor s of priz es , as did Mr. W. W. Graham, a the Hants & Dorset Bus Service. Mr. F. Trott, Horsham, Captain of the Horsham team, wh u wa. present, also spoke.
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Mr. R. Gillingham, Hon. Secretary, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and complimented him on his recent promotion.
Mr. Biddle said they could rest assured that h e would do all in his power to foster A mbulanc e w o rk, which, in this area, had its foundation so w ell and soundly laid by Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. S zlum pe r. LoNG SERVICE A WA RDS.
The undermentione d members of the staff ha ve qualified for the Lon g Service award :Bronze Medal (7 years ) : Dav id E. Finch, Clerk , Goods, Bricklayer's A rms; Ernest W. Jones, Po rt e r, Eltham ; Edward A Fo x, Ca r man, Bricklaye r'S Arms; Wilfred P. Lunn , Clerk, Dockmaste r s Department, Southampton Docks ; E dward J. James , Lo ader, Nine Elms.
Silv er Medal (14 years ) : John G. King, M o t o rma n , Selhurst; W illiam G Bright, Fireman, Stewa r ts Lane.
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co ntr ibuted b G ilbert S. H iLI RHYL.
The results of the recent examination in co nnection with the Rhyl Ambulance class showed that three members qualified for the 15 years' long -se rvice go ld medal, presented b y the L.M.S. centre. They w e re Messrs. F. 1. Webb (Traffic Department) , J. Bart le y (Traffic Department) and H IvIoid (Carriag e Department). One member, Mr. J. Parsonag e (Locomoti v e Department), qualified for the 20 years' lon g -service gold bar.
SUTTON O A K
The annual distributi o n of aw ards to succes sful members took place recentl y. Superintendent A Warren presided, and Co lonel R. Jac k son pres ented the followin g prizes: 14 first- year certificates, 7 second-year v o uchers, 9 t hird- ye ar m edalli on s, 29 fourth year onwards, labels.
SKIPTO N
The Ambulance clas s is an active organisation numberin g 45 members. Mr. E. Hardaker ' and Mr. Jonathan Baines recently receiv ed g old medals to commemorate 15 years ' un bro ken service, and Mr. John Baines was awarded a g old bar in reco g nition of 20 years' membership The local record for long service with the clas s, ho w ev er, i s claimed b y Mr Richard Edw ard s, w h o re ceive d a gold medal 15 years ago, and has receiv ed hi s third gold ba r , which marks the completion of 30 ye ar s service.
LLANDUDNO
The clas s held the first s upp e r and co nce rt recently, when it was announced t hat all the 19 candidates had passed the examination s held in March. Councillor J. H. Needham presented the foHowin g awards: First year, 9; second yea r , 2 ; and subsequent years, 7
Mr. A. Williams paid hi gh t ri b ut e to the work of Dr. Rhydderch, who was pre sented with an in scribed barometer by M r S. J. Smi th o n behalf o f th e clas s members.
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Mr. A. C. A dcock p res ided a t the r e- o pening of the D.G.M.O. Claims Office CIa s, and p resen ted th e a wards gai ned durin g the la st sess i o n.
Dr. S. Johnst o n, in r esp o n e to a sp eech of tha nks from the Chairman, co n g r a tul a te d th e memb ers on o- ainin g the " Bedfo rd " Shi eld an d the L.M .S . T e mp e r anc e Cup . Mr. J. -< M atthews, D istr ict A mbulance Secretary, r efe rred to th e good wo rk don e by :NIr. A. E Berwick , the Class Secretar y, who ha s been a succ es sful lea d er in th e D istrict Co mpe titi o n
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The Chie f ommissio ne r of t h St. J ohn .,\mbula nc e B riO'acle O,-e r eas , C lo n d J. L. Sle e m an, C. B., C.1I.G ., C.B E., l\ I.V.O. , h as 1 ft E n glan d on an i ns p ec tional tour f the t. J ohn \ m bulanc e Brigade O ve rseas throuO'hout I ndia
H e wi ll al 0 i n spect in B urma, Ce y lo n, Singapore an d B o n g 1"- 1 ng . It wi ll be rem mbe red that olonel Iceman represente J th Trand P ri r in a 52. ooo- mile tc ur of th e Co m man c.lerics of t he O rder of ' t. J ohn in oUhern Africa an d l e\v Zealan d an d the stabli sh 11e nts of th e Ord r in Au tralia C lombo and 11alta Juring 1935-3 6, a tour that ended in J une last, an d which earne d t he highe t comme n dation of his Ro yal Iiighnes tht' D uke of Connaught K RH O D lA.
,rlllllllol Competition for (C BirdJetJoJ(gh " Sl'icld.T he annual competiti n f r the 'C Birchen( ,ugh , hie ld was h eld a t B u lawayo on Oc tobe r 24 il1d wh en the m t aLi T eam r cap t ured t he hi elt trom t h e Bu lawayo D i\-i ion.
Five teams, representing l kira, mtaLi, B uL.,rayu LivinO' to ne and Broken Hill Ie p cti\-ely, tot part in t he e \T nt. The alis b ury and Q ue Qu e D l' were, unfortunately unable to participat e 111 the competi ti on this year.
On Satu r day mor nin g, O ctober 24, the team neffibers were exam ined i n individual ora l and pr1Ctlcal work. I n the individua l practical test eacl competi t or was supposed t o have bee n taking hi you ng bro ther , in cou t 's uniform, to a Scout Cam:), _ and whe n a sho r t dis tan ce from t \V n the Sco ut ft. '] trom a m otor cycle p illi on , sustaining in juries. I n ing F ir s t Aid each com pe titor was forced to i mpr()\lSe, th e o nly equipme n t avai lable be i ng pock e t chi efs, a cO Llp le of sa fe ty p in , a nd th e Sc ou t' s
In this sec ti o n of the compet iti on the major in ot the co mp etit ors did very we ll , and in t he oral test the judges were agreea bl y surprised at the kno\\ ledge di sp laye d b y t h e can did ates
Th e team tests we r e co n duc ted at the OD
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Hall, seated with the spectators, and told that they were on public duty at the gymnastic display. During the displa y one of the Scouts fell whilst jumpin g ove r the v aulting horse. By careful ex amina t io n o f the "patient," th e ambulance m en discovered th e suppos ed inj u r ies and proceed ed to treat th e ca e The doctors who w ere judg ing this test pa r ticul arly requir ed th at the manner of a pproach should b e as would inspire confidence in a real accid ent. R eVlewing the work of the various teams generall y, it is pleasing to note that all teams did w ell. A tim e limit of tw enty minutes was imposed for each team, a comp etition factor which invariably causes some comp etitors to " rush" the test, leading to a d ed uc ti o n of p oints for improper h a ndling which would n o t occur in an actual case. The m arking shee ts sh ow that where the teams lost points it was u s uall y on account of hurried attention owing to co m pe tition conditions. The teams' work in the test de fi nitel y indicated efficiency to deal with an actual em er ge n cy.
A large g athering of keenly intereste d sp ec tators watche d the comp etition.
The results of the v arious sectio ns of th e co mp etition were :- Oral Practical T ea m T e st. T es t. Tes t. Total.
Umtali 78 112 I 33! F3!
Livingstone 66 I08 t 14 I t 316
Bulawayo 57 t 1I9 t 1Ft 30 9t
Broken fUll 77 t 106 II 3t 297
Beira 47t 96 I26 t 27 0
The maximum possible m a rks o btainab le were:
Oral 80, Practi cal 152, Tea m Te st 17 0 , total 40 2.
The judges w ere Dr. W F. McGladde r y, Dr. K. M . Rodger, Dr. G. R. R o ss, Dr. J. J. F. R u sse ll, a nd Dr. J. Wa ke ford.
The Railwa y A dministrati on presented a prize fo r the b es t indiv idual w or k, w hich w as wo n b y Corpo ral C. H. Coakley, of t he Bulawayo T ea m Corpo r al C o akle y has b een a memb e r of t he Bulawayo D ivis i o n for ten years, and has had p rev ious t eam experie n ce; he is also Serge ant-Instructor in the m edical se ctio n of the 2nd Battalion Rh o de sia R eg ime nt
The memb ers o f the winnin g team w e re A mbulanc e Officer J . L. Barnett (team captain) , Sergean t J. Armstron g , Corp oral J. W. McC o rmack , P riv at e B. Lour ens, Priv ate R. D. Waldec k ; and th ey wi ll represent the Rhode sia Railw ays District at th e an n ual contest for the "Selborne" Shield to b e h eld at Bloemfontein on November 2I, wh en the b e's t t eam from each Province of the Union w ill comp et e
The entertainment progratlli'Ue in honour o f the visiting teams included a very en joyable danc e at the Palace Hot el, and a sundowner party on Sunday evening, October 25, at which the Assi stant Commiss i oner (Captain H. Allen), in the unavo idable ab sence of the Commissioner (Mr. H. Chapman, C.B.E., Knig ht of Grace of the Order), presented the Shield and the Administration's prize for the best indiv idual work.
On behalf of the officers and members of the Broken Hill Division, the Assistant Commissioner also made a presentation to Ser ge ant E. Watkins in appreciation
of his services to the Broken Hill Team an d Division since 193 I. Other priz es, gained in a local First Aid comp et i tion, w e r e pr ese nt ed to Amb 'J. lance Sisters H. Baldock and H. Vl antis, o f the Bulawayo NurSing Division Obituary
The Chief Commi ss io n e r r eg ret s t o announce the de ath of the fo llowing me m b ers of the Brigade Overseas :-
Divisional Sup e rintend e nt H. E Wh alley, Sydney Nort h mbul a n ce D ivis io n , N ew South Wales. 11.6 193 6
A mbul a nc e Si ster L. Bl u nd en, Glebe Kursiog Div isio n, N ew So uth '\ ales. 2.9. 6 193 6
Divisional ur geon C o lonel J. S P urdy, D.S.O" V .D., Sydn ey Co u n t y Co un ci l mbulan ce Division, N ew o u t h W ales . 26 7. 1 9 36
Priv at e J. J ackson, ydn ey County Counci l \mbula nce Di vi ion, ew outh '\ a les. I P936. Divi ional Sur O'eon Co lonel 11. J. P hipp s, D.S .O., tB. , Ambu lanc 'C\ outh Wal es 2.7· 9. I 93 6 D ivis ional Jrgeon T. B everidge, Chr_ist. church R ai hy ay D IVl Dr. [ew Zea.la nd. 10 9· 193 6
C o rpo ral 11. Cole, G len Afto n -Pu kemi[ o Ambu· hnc e D ivis ion , c\.v Zea land. 2.2..8. H)3 6
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T nE l \ PPOI nrE.,,"'T OF D [VI CRGEO- '>. B\ ;':, Corb e t Fletcher, \ 1. \ }' LB., ( antab), \ ,. R,t , S urgeo n -in-Chief, The t. John •\ mbu laoce B r iga d e Thi s offic ial pamphlct, issucd b y quart er s, d ea ls w i th the a.ppointment. of DIVISional Sur O'eo n s their duties and the dunes of b County a nd D istrict urgeon. _
Th e articles were compiled at the requ c·t It of t he yo u nO'er o-eneration of SLI rgeons wh () d'Slred t:> t:> <. I a n a uth oritative exposition of Brig'lde Re 1 atlOOS as th ey affec ted th eir own work . T he art! cs were o ri g in all y publ i hed in this J our n al, and \.\'ef L ,,0 well re ceived t hat publication in pamphlet form wa co n si d ered d esirable
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T he a r ticles haye bee n prepared witb the l h f t achrlCe ca r e, and contaIn muc h matena In t e orm () . d an d o- ui dance whic h could no t very well b e (O[1 taJOe b le I t' that Jts in Bri ga de R egu la t IO n s. l ee q L1l tc cer al'1 stud y n o t only b y Surgeons , b ut a lso by la ' Officerls , fi 1 res ut of th e B rigade , w ill p rove of grea t bene t ,lot , in a h i gh st anda rd of efficiency of the Bnuadc as a w h o le " es.
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CONTENTS. PA G E
Ed.i rolla\ , fro m the f! '1l1C Ln icl' \rnbulance Commin(!e " R C[l')rt
A,R P, 1 nt husiasm . The Srorv o f Amlsepuc f ro m P ace ro Li s tcr Colonel J L. S eeman' I n uia n T o ur , Brigade Ne ws Correspondence
An Im pn.: sion
Interesting Case Rcpo rt$ Questions and Answers, , Extrac ts fro m tbe Cbief CUl11mi -io ner" Report o f the r. Ambul ance BriL;.\uc Ai r RaId Precaution" , , Priory for Wales
The Grand Priory ppum t l11cncs
Census of Am b ulance taffs . , for ucs ing Di visionRailway News
CH ANCERY OF THE ORD E R,
Tl-IE TRAINING EASO l ST . JOHN'S GATE, LoNDON, E.C. J al1ua ry , 193 7 45 6 9 1-1[5 [6 16
The we t, cold and i nflu en za b ei n o' w ith u s at this 0 tIme, many ke e n fir, t-ai d e r a r e ta king advantag of
the weath er in order to indulge in a little additional tralrung, 1 1any divisions, toO, with the B rigade Final of this year already in mind, are putting in one or two evenings' additional work, hoping that their added industry mar bring them a little nearer to the g lorie of the " D e\\-ar " or the cc P errott."
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O ur congratulati o n to J r ey 1 urSlng CadeL o n completing tbeir hr t official year' s work and on t h eir very succ ful' Camp-Fire" party, a repor t of w h i h \, 'e h ave r e ceive d through 1 1i K. :0 1. Prigg 1 *
Extracts 'from the Home Service Ambulance Committee's Repo rt for the Quarter ended September 30, 193 6
At the end of September, 1936, there were 145 of the Committee s ambulances in the countr and 2 I 8 affiliated stations, making a total of 363. -
The number of patients carried during the quarter was 38,638, bringing the total number of cases carried to September 30, 1936, to 1,683,184 . A comparative of the \vork done in the resp ctive counties is pnnted at the end of this Report.
The Committee's Report for the last September quarter contained some suggestions regarding the treatment of ambulance vehi cles which mi O' ht on the b occurrence of Air Raids, bec ome contaminated b,r mustard gas. These suggestions may no w be suppl;mented by the following notes issued b y the ir R ai d Precautions Department of the Hom e Office :-
ATION' OF VEHICLE.
« All types of vehicles may be in a contaminated and ma y be splashed 'with liquid blister gas trom bombs or spattered with fine spray from aircraft. The materials exposed to exterior con tamination will be metal, wood, fabric and glass. A goo d deal of the metal and all the wood and fabric are likely to be painted or varnished and, as this will readily absorb mustard gas, the vehicles will not be easy to dec.ontaminate. completely. A further complication which may anse ma y be the time elapsing b etween contamination and treatment. In most cases however only the outside will have been contaminat;d and ?f contact will be small. It should be genera l InstructlOn to all transport personnel that after air attack direct contact with the outside of vehicles should be avoided so far as possible, since they may be contaminated.
Vehicles wruch have been exposed only to the vapour of blister gas will require no special treatment, and can be retained in use.
With. to vehicles which ha ve recei ve d liquid contamlOatlOn a few broad principles may be laid down.
(I) The Erst general treatment in all cases is ro hose the vehicle down very thoroughly.
(2) The nex t step is to give special treatm ent to such parts of the vehicle as are likely to be a source of contact. danger; the engine bonnet, driver's seat, hand rails, etc.; leaving the larger part of the bodywork to the action of the weather.
When deciding on the special treatment required the following is a useful gui de :-
(a) Bright and oil y metal parts and painted metal work are best treated with paraffin or petrol.
(b) Fabric and painted woodwork should be treated with a cream made from bleaching powder and water.
· If blister gas ha contami nated the lOtenor ot vehlcles and the upholstering is affe cted the latte.r will have to b e taken out and re crved fo :: appropriate treatment.
(4) Rubb e r tyres will ab orb liquid blis(c !..,l , and cannot b e sati factorily d con ta minated for hlndli ng contaminated s u [face should be hosed d O;\Tn and lett to weather, but it will be advisable to ) ut a clistingui hing mark on these tyr<: s so that spec ial )recautions can be adopted \vhen remoyal become r'l cSsary
The D ll o \\ 'ing is a summar y of m thod )r lecontamjnation for , -eh icl es \\ ' ith note s on th e n' ter ials an d labour im-oh- d.
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FOR PR Y Co,- r \'\u, \no
Hose d \\rn exterior thoroughly with \\Tater. Trcal handrails and other metal parts, which ha,-e to be touched, ,\-ith paraffin or petrol.
FOR GROS LIQUID 0:--'TA ,\fIN\ no :
TAb Of()' alJd Tilll{'.
2. Inen , 2. hours.
tt{ale ri,dJ' Req:, :rt d ql 1rt of paraffin or p w I.
Ho e down \\-ith ' tl:a(1\ } : tream of v;ater. B rush 2 m n, over fabric top and all hour: \v oodwork, including back and front steps, with thin bleach cream. Leave in contact for ha lf an hour then ,,,ash off Treat all metal part by swabbin g with paraffin. Finally lea\-e to weath r for 2-+ hours.
If the interior ha been Ill/ enol' :
i n p'1 wder, 1 'l Uon l'a raffin or tro l. contaminated, this will 1 0 e timat c have to be decontaminated po ibl . carefull y before the vehicle can be taken into use again. Contaminated will probably have to be: removed and destroyed.
DECO T \'\II \1'10::-" OJ
The problem of decontamination in a lar _ is consi der ed in detail b ecause it affor d .' a good illustration of the somewhat elaborate de Cl)ntamina tion arrangements which would be where there were considerable cov ered areas wit h surfaces impregnated with oil. Resort to weatherin g o1l1d be
impo ssi ble, there would be danger of gas evaporating 111 the warm atmosphere and causlOg eye casualtie s among the workers.
If a large bomb containing liquid blis ter gas explode d inside a garage two problems would arise: (l) the decontamination of .the vehicles it c?ntained; and (ii) the decontamJnatlOn of the fabnc of the building and the eq ui pment in general use. The first problem has been covered above, except in so far as it wjJl be nec essary to manhandle or drive the vehicles out of the depot while they are still in a contaminate d condition. Trus will obviously be ess ential because the greasy floor and g eneral equipmen t will all be contaminated in addition to the \ehicles. In the confined space a high concentrati o n of \ ap our wou ld soon be built up unless as much as possib le of the contaminated surface was removed to the ope n air. Th e ychicles \\' ill Jla ve to be mo\,red b y men wcaring the full protecth'e uit. They hould the n be treated as laid do\.yn above. It should be noted tha t the re is ,ome likeJjhood of the interior and the engines having bee me contaminated in the co nrami'la ted garage, because many of the engines mar ha y\,. been open for attention, and fine spray may be bl o\\ n or drift in ide the vehicles on account of the conline d pace in which the bomb burst.
The deco nta mination of the garage and permanent equIpm ent v,rill require a considerable staff and a large quantIty of material compared \.yith the treatment of an exte rior bomb crater.
Thc floor of the garag \\ ill u ually be concrete \\ ith 1. quantity of oil and grease on the surface. In rarioLls places there will b working pits \\rruch are covere d wit h timb r in a more or less grea y condition. Th e wo rks h op will contain machinery and tool. coatLcl with oil and ther e may b e equipment fo r th \\'a lung of the yerucles.
The proc dure hould be to catter hr t earth and the n dry bleaching powder ver that area of the fl oor w hich is grossly contaminated \\ rith liquid, 0 as . to absorb and de troy a much a possible of the blistet g as. This will al 0 prevent the preading of co ntamina ti on by the sub equent ho ing dO\"I;n. It bomb h a burst in such a position as to contam lOate heavily any of the id \\-alls or roof uppons, [he con taminated section hould be brushed down with pa te and a further quantity left on the wall Or pI llar to soak ill. Grea y wooden benches and boar ds covering the pit, if only lightly contaminated, mar be with by swab b ing with paraffin or petrol, which Wlll remov both grease and bli ter gas, and then . scraping to give a clean s urface If they are heaV Ily contamina ted no quick treatment will r nder then: safe, and they should be remo ed to a place OutSIde the garage for subsequent de truction.
Mos t of this preliminary work will ha\re invol ed washin g on. to concr te. Boor of water and leach pas te wlllch WIll have m 1xed with the earth and bleaching powder fir t put do·wn. It \vill n o w
be necessary to bru sh this mixture over the whole of the contaminated area with stiff b rooms for at least half an hour. While this is being done the crater should b e cleaned out with shovels, and any broken bric k or concrete removed outside. The interior of the crater and the area immediatel y surrounding it should be given a fairl y thick la yer of bleach paste, and then railed off for 24 hour s The remainder of the contaminated floor should then be given a second scrubbing with fresh bleach and water, and finally washed down .. The garage will then be safe for re-o ccupatio n, thou g h additional treatment will still be required for t he macrunery and metal equipment, which may have b een contaminated. These will need swabbing with paraffin or petr o l, and this treatment should be carried o ut in such a way that contaminated liquid is not allowed to run down on to the benches or the floor. Two treatment s with paraffin or petrol will b e required, and a final dryin g and re-oiling.
A.R.P. Enthusiasm
o O' rear ha s been th e d e mand fo r instruction in connection with A i r Raid Precauti o n s and defence ag ainst the use of g as, that the St. John Ambulance Bri g ade found it necessary to arrange a further series of intensive lecture s dealing with all the v ari ou s forms of air ra i d pr eca u ti o ns, includin g :of launching gas attacks. ClassiEcation of gases and their effects. \I ethods of d.iagnosis and fir t aid treatmenr. 'C e of ma k and protecu\Te clothing. o f dec o ntamination of pers o n and proper ty quipm enr and mana g ement of protective shelters and r oo m.
Or O' ani at io n o f aid t a n o n and con,erance o f casualtie
The la t Cour e, held at the Great Central Hotel ;:"'IaryIebone, London, wa the largest yet held by the Brig ade Officer drawn from all over the country attended, includin O' eight from Ireland and one fr o m (he Channel I , land and already a large number of application ha\re been receiyed for the further Co ur es Th \\-ork o f in tructing t h e member of the Brigade i pro O' re in O' in a yery sari factory manner, and the majority of the p c o nnel are now recel\-ing trus important training, and in a large number of ca 'e instruction i _ being O' i\'en to the general public.
The value of these Cour e, apart from actual \. .R.P. " rork lie in the fraternal meeting of Brigade from all parts of the county. The beneEts of e_rchanging idea and getting to know one another O'enerallv has been made ob\Tiou by these Courses which ha\-e pro\' d once again the 'enthusiasm with \vhich the B rigade are prepared to take on any additional "rork 11 ce: c atr for the fir. t aid welfare of the public g nerally.
The Stor y of Antiseptics, from Pa re to 'List er
By c. J. . T n ol--fP.ol', LB.E.,
COJlllllal/der tbe Order of St. jobJl of jenlsalem HOIl. Cllrator of the Hi,rtorica/ o//retioll of iVWe1lJ11 of tbe Rqyal College of m;geollJ Eng/aI/d.
The employ ment of certain to prevent putrefaction take us back to a C?f great a.ntiquity, for e,-en before the In times began the custom of embalming, peoples in different parts of the world pracnsed methods by drying and the use of natural salts to preserve their dead from decomposition.
We know that practically all the aum, resins, bitumen and a phalt employed by the Egyptian in their processes of embalming, pos esse? "vhat we now call antiseptic properties The anCient Greeks the juice of certain healing herb to woun d s receive d in war, and it is recorded that 1Iachaon o n e of the sons of lEsculapius, cured Philoctetes
Df a foul ulcer br cutting out the wound, washing i t " r1th wine and applying healing herbs a a dres ing. The effect of the wine was doubtless due to the mild properties of the alcohol it contained, and wine c on tinued to be used as an application to wound dow n t o the eighteenth century.
T ha t the ancient Greek were acquainted with h e r bs and plants possessing anodyne and styptic p r o p erties, is e,-ident from an account giYen in the Illia d, which tells us that Patrocles acted as surgeon :and a tt end ed to a wound that Eurypylus had received in t h e t high from an arrow He washed off the blood with luke-warm water, then took some bitter root, c rushed i t in his hand and applied it to t he wound; t h e blee ding stopped and the pain ceased. w a s the first -aid treatment to a wounded so ldIer In t h e Greek arm \".
Hippo crates,' the Fa t her of Greek medicine (3774 60 B.C.) recommended the surgeon to keep a wound dry a ft er it had been ca r efully cleansed. He did not agree wi t h the use of fa tt y as dressings, bu t advocated astringents , such as W111e, a lum dissolve d in vinegar, galls and the green bark of the fig t ree
The J ews in ancient times used hyssop and cedar resin, b oth of wbich possess amiseptic properties for healing wounds, an d in the story of the Good Samarita n in the New Testament, we have an illustration of first-aid treatment in the pouring of oil and w ine into the wounds of the man who fe l l by the wayside ; a custom evidently common in Pa lestine a t that time.
Ga len , the great physician who flourished between 130 and 200 .L\.D., recommended alum disso lved in wi n e, subacetate of copper and t urpen tine with o il as a dressing for wounds, but before t heir application he insisted that they should first be washed dean w i th wine.
In the early part of the Mid dle Ages , the Arabs, who h ad accumulated a consi d erable k n owle d ge of 6
the propertie of cl.rua , began to have an influence on surgery . J\ lbucasi (93 6- 101 3), who wr otc a work on surgery which with dr 'l_wi ng of the instruments at tbe tlm , adVIsed a pad ot wo ol soaked in ro oil, eith r al n or mix d \\ ith an astringent wine to be plac.cd a ,:yound ; then, as if he r cognis d the eVIl ot expo Ing a '\ ound to the air, he - adds, if the wound i found to be affected by the action of the air, an inlmen t <;ho uld be applied until suppurati n occurs '; thu s fore, shadowin a the era of aseptic surgery. It was rabs also \.\'ho first introduced the u' of the astringent gum-resin, we n( w call dr ago n\ blood, £ r dre ing wounds and arrc ling hxm onhagt. Its empl 111 nt rr bably had its origin in the doctrine of signature_" according lo \dllch, substances f th ,a me c lour or shape as organs of the body or its secretions, hac! a benellc ial effect upon th m.
It wa not until tbe elo e of the thi rtcenlh ccnturr that Theodoric, \Vh( was Bish r r cn la , near R avenna where he tuclicd medicine and Ll gen, made the result of th Xl eriencc. of his fathe r Hug o of Lucca kn wn. Too-ethcr with hi pupil, I fer de Mondeville he treat d \\ )uncL by fi rst wa hin g them with wine, scrupulou remO\ing everr f rei gn then bringing the edg s together, thus excllldi ng thC' air and any other form of dee , ing.
Previous to his time, it had been bell \ cd and taught that the be t method of treating a \ ou nd was to [r mot suppuration, and it \Va - nC Cl to use every mean to k ep it open.
In contraverting thi. practice, Theodori c "'l,d In 12 75, cc It not nece as Roger and Rola nd have written and many of th ir disciples lea d, and as all modern surgeon profe', that pus -hoilio be generated in w und. '0 err r can be gn.:atL [ than this. uch a practice is indeed to hinder nat Lfe,. to prolong the disease and to prevent the c nglut.l'1:ltlO n and consolidation of the wound," Theod orlc wa , indeed, another pioneer in aseptic surgeq Hi father Hugo is also famou a the originator o[ the spotJgia sOtl/lli/ertl or . Jeering pong, ont.:. ot thC' methods of producing amcsthe ia in the thI rtee nth century . A sponge wa. a llowed t) soak in a 1l11X: ture of opium, ben bane and the juices of hem.loc k, manwood-ivy and other narcotic, and In them and allowed to un Before US111 g, Jt wa , placed in hot water for hOLi r, then applt ed w the nostrils of a person before poeration to Ind uce sleep and deaden rain.
The discovery of gunpowder anel the u c of hiearms in wa rfare opened up a new Ilelc.l for surgeo ns in t h e treatment of gunshot wounds. For a long
eriod a belief ex isted that gunpowder, being an irritating substance, poisoned t.be and to ounteract tbis effect, warm hempseed OJI was recomas a dressing. This practice continued until rhe time of Guy de Chauliac, the great French surgeon of the fourteenth century, who advocated the use of hot red wine as a cleansing After drying the wound, a dressing of lcnatlve Ointment was appl1ed, over which a bandage was placed which had previously been soakec1 in hot wine squee.zed out. Around it, but not on the wound Jtself, a mIxture of oils of rose and my rtle \va applied.
r\rnauld de Villenem-e, phy<;ician to Peter III of ragan in .thirteenth wa a firm believer in spirit ot WIne as an applICatIOn to wounds. In one of his \1,-o rks on thci r treatment be ays," ometimes \nsbing i, necessu, but Llch washing ought to be done with lu ke-warnl dry ing agents such a wine or aqua vini (aqlltl ardell!i). Wound recently reCCl\ ed when the are \\:ashed with aqua vini heal mo "t spee dily, because the liquid cleanses and dries rhem and al 0 remO\ e an\ harmful combination
Introduced fr m the ai r." {( i intere ting to mark ho\'\' (he idea tbat a wound suffered from exposure ro the air wa growing in the mind of tbese early wor ku s in clenct.:. They seem to ha\'c had a olimmerj ng of tht.: trmh whIch was not to be reyealed cen (urie arterwards.
Fallop iu , the anatomist, In the -jxtc nth centurr, was o ne wbo aid that be had studied the action of air on wounds and it- effect·, y t the surgeons at rhat time 1,vere still relying on the red-hot cautery or boIli ng il to arr st hXIll rrhage fr m the stump of an amputated limb.
The fir t u rgeon tu doubt thi tr atment was Feln \Vuertz, of Ba Ie in the middle of the ixteenth century, who insist d on the endeav ur to obtain healing by fir t intention.
Hc stro ngly oPI ed th USc f th red-hot cautery as agg ra'\'ating pain, and wa again -t the employment of salves and dirty oils. He recommend d honey a a dressing and recogni , cd that th influence of the air on wounds wa danger us, "prov king irritation and cra mp." He alh'i ed that dre jng should be made a quickly a po sibl taking car that all doors and windows should be kept closed in order to prevent the acti n f the air on th \V undo In 15 76, Duchene, \"'riring on the treatment of wounds, says, I think it worth m ntioning that many use , not nly for the first dres ing but throuahout. the entit tr alment of the wound. impl t pid spnng water to which :om a litd oil and \-incgar. They \ ash th wOllnd with it and lay upon it wet Jint or to" and so sLlccessful i tbe result peopl are a tonishcd b li ve it th r ult ot .a charm of the magic words.) lIe. uggest. that bttle oil and Yin (l'ar mill-ht be added to the wat f, tnt:> Or he declares 'It is that vineo'ar r is(s for that if i put Into It, it is con -erv d and will nm putr [y. Oil act In the arne way, and if poured on win it I rey nts
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it from turning sour by preyenting the alI coming on to it."
Here surely we ha\-e a primitive outline of the; principles which Lister put into practice 400 years later.
It is to Ambroise Pare, howeyer, the great French surgeon, we owe the abandonment of the cautery and boiling oil which was _ the treatment for arresting h::emorrhage atter amputatlOn. Par e was born at Bourg-Hersent, near Laval, in France, in 1510, and became an appremice to a barber-surgeon. He went to Pari about 1533 and there attended lectures. Plague \yas raging in the city at the time) and he soon obtajned an appointment as cOlllpagnoll chirl1rgien at the Hotel Dleu, the great ho pital in Paris. Here he found plenty of work among the patients and made dissections and. many post-mortem examination. He left tbe to join the army, where he sa\\' much ernce on the battleheld in many countrje. He has left us a tirring account o( his " Journe y in di, ers bet\veen 1537 and 1569, \.vhich is well \\-o rth reading_ It was at the taking of Turin that he tells us, , Until [hen I had never seen \\.-ound<: made by gunhot at the first dressing.
'For the cure, John de Vigo bJd _ us cauterize with oil of elders, scalding hot, mi..,ed \vith a little treacle. Knowing tbj5 would bring great pain to the patient, I asked he t what the ,ur.geons did. I \Va told to put on the said oil ,,'ell bOllmg 111tO the wounds.
, \\'herefore I took courage to do a_ they did. At last mr oil ran short and I was forced instead to use and apply a digescive made of the yolk of egg oil of rose and turpentine. '
He feared after thi _ to End the w ounde d all dead in the mornina and rose early to disco,er that their b \ ound were without inflammation or swelling. The others treated \yith boiling oil bad been feverish and in areat pain \yith welling
"Th n' he tates, I resolyed n yer more to u. e it and burn (hu cruelly poor men with gun hot wound , (To be COr/fiJI/led)
Ob ituary
\\' regret to report the death of _-\mbulance
G. D. Howe Wigston Di ision. Ho:,-e lomed th Brigade in 1902, and the Royal lck Berth Re rye in 190. He had the decorati o n of erying Brother fthe rder of St. Joho, th e 19L.J. th G en ral ryic and Vic ton' 11 dal.::) th I ritorious eryic Royal I ayal Long' en-ice :lnd the t. John L no- ervicc 1fedals with three bac and a old 11 da I bar (L)'I. c' Rly. ) r pr ncing thirty yeaL of Ambulance work n the r, ilw. y. - H had also be n a m mb r of [he L}'1. Di trict C mmittee for man1,- \' ear • 1Ir. H w \,-ho " -I ll be greatly' n-u -: d by all \'vh kne\1,- him, \1,'as buried 00 hi s ycnti rh bJrthday.
Colonel
J. L. Sleeman's Indian Tour
On Friday, November 13, 1936, Colonel James Lewis Sleeman, CB., CM.G., CB.E., M.V.O., Chief Commissioner of the t. John Ambulance Brigade O verseas, started on his Indian tour, which will probably last until the end of Mar.
His first stop was at Gibraltar, where in the hort time at his disposal he wa giyen an opportunity of meeting many of those interested in the Order a nd its work.
Colonel Sleeman arrived at Bombay on December 3. Throughout the fir t part of his tour he was accompanied by Captain B. K. Sikand, 1LB. D.P.H. , Staff Officer for Training at Hea dquatt ers, St. John Ambulanc Brigade Overseas, India, and also by Mr. h:undan Lal, his stenographer. He was entertained by His Excellency the Governor (the Rt. Hon. The Lord Brabourne), with whom he had a long discussion on the work of the Order. His first day wa, chiefly in connection with th First Aid work on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway,
and of meeting a large number of influential residents giving them a series of lectures and ta lk on the work of the Order.
:r:eaving Karachi on the evening of Decemb er 9, he at. on 10. reports Quctta a still belDg 1n a very derelict condltlon foUo wing the earthquake in 1935, but already wor k is in l?rog ress to erect sui table buildings which will with tand earthquake hocks. Colonel Sleeman did not find the work of the Order very advanced in Quetta, but has hopes that as a result of hi talks there with the school authorit ies and other, a , tart will be made and i\mbulanc and Nursing Division formed in the near future. II e repo rts two light earthquake hock du ring his hort stay in that station.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
1 0, 1 (P RI Ne... OF WALES) DISTRICT.
NEW YEAR'S GREETING FROM THE CoMMISSIONER
« To all Officers and Members of No . I District I send heartiest New Year Greetings. May I937 be a ye ar of happiness and prosperity for every member. It will be a year of responsibili ty and hard work for us. But I am certain that is what we all. would wis h, ince Service is the watchword of the Briga de. I take this opportunity of thanking you for all your effort in the past, and at the same time loo k forw ard to your lo yal upporr in the period opemng before u "
Drs. J. Buchanan and R. Buchanan, Divisionaluperintendent L. D. White and Ambulance Officer Michinson are planning to train a thousand auxiliary members for air-raids precautions service.
Considerable encouragement to the newly-formed Fulham (IBrd) Di vision was given on December 16, when the Divisional President, :VIr. W. W. Astor, M .P for East Pulham, accompanied by Dr R. G. Dainty (Divisional-Surgeon) attended a display of first-aid work. At the close :Mr. Astor was introduced by Di visional-Superintendent G. E. G. Bushnell t o each member, and said he was proud to be the Presi-
rescue Many of the e Divisions had taken a leadin g p;l(t In the work in connection with the Quetta earthquake Ln I93 j.
On Decemb er I6 he left Lahore for Peshawar , arriving there on the evening of tha t da y. lIe made '1 sho rt journey up the Khyber P ass and afterwards met of the leading residents. There is only one ur. Ulg Division in Peshawar, formed from the wives of oll1cer of the Garrison.
He left Quetta on December [2. for Labore, arriving there on the evening of D ecember 13. Ilere he inspec ted nine ,'\m buh'tnce. four ursing and two Cadet Di visio n.undoubtedly maintained at a high standard throughout the system. There had recently been riots in Bombay, but these had subsided by the time Colonel Sleeman arrived. During the riots the Brigade had attended to 727 casualties and performed 2,500 hours of duty. The same evening Colonel Sleeman attended a meeting of the Provin cial Executive Committee of the Association, which has for many years done such good work in Bombay. This was followed by a Brigade meeting which was attended by the staff and the representatives of ten Divisions. The morning of the secon d day was given to the headquarters of the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway . In the evening he inspected some 400 members of the A mbulance and Nursing Divisions on parade which included Hindu, P arsi, Muslim, Jewish and Christian units There were three welJequipped ambulances at the parade.
On December 6 Colonel Sleeman left Bomba y by a small ship and, after a pleasant voyage, arrived at Karachi on December 8 During his stay there he had an opportunity of inspecting the f our Amb ulanc e, three Nursing, tw o Cadet Ambulance and two Cadet Nursing D ivisions, 8
Colonel Sleeman left Pe hawar on December 19· arriving at D elhi on the 20th, from which he sends last report. Delhi being the centre of Gov ernment Jl naturally follows that the headquarlers of the Order'S work and that of the Red Cross should be located there, and all the stores and equipment for normal traimng, an,d also to meet emergencies, are housed there. DU riog stay in Delhi Colonel leeman was in close tou ch \VJth Sir Ernest Burdon (Chairman of the Executive COOl' mittee, Indian Council), Miss llill (the Secretary for ,sr. John and Red Cross work), and most of the lea ding Government officials, both European and nati ve. A full account of his work there will be published w1th the general account of hi s tour on his return ho me.
IT OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF TO C-\'RDIFF
H.R.H. the Prior, accompanied by the Cornmi sioner for Cardiff, Dr. Edgar Lle\l,-ellyu, inspecting the Guard of Honour, drawn up outside the :l\'ational :Museum of \\'al s
[he Watford (53rd) Divi ion held a pecial parade on De cember 21, at which the fayor of \\Tatford presen ted Air Raid Pc caution Certificat to 5' of the 120 member of the Diyi ion. The 1Ia\' r tha nke d the Divi ion on b half of th town for 'th e they were doing in preparation for th eyencuaht) of chemical warfar . Dr. tavel), Gough (Diyi ional n) a ked the Mayor to do as much a' b could to aet th a new and much larg r headquart c or trallllng ,centre. In reply th .L layor aiel a small C0[11of the ouncil w re in p cting a uitabl buildmg He cou ld say that the matt r was receivincr uro-em attention. 0 0 9
dem of the Divi ion, ,,-ruch already showed extraordinary keenness. .
Lad): Divisi onal- uperimendent . Horner, o' th T,yickenham (63fd) Nur ing Di'd ion, gave a rno t intere ting and useful lecture on th Brigade's Air Raid Precaution , work t o m mb r of the Inn r W heel of on December 1+ -\mong, t tho e pr nt was th 11ay-oress (::'Ir:. F. Ollis) and a numb r of oWlcill r . At a r cem xaminacion h ld in the T wn Ha ll all 111 mber of the .;\Iitcham -\mbulance Divi ion obtain d Air Raid' Pr caution, 'Ce rtifi cate A cour s of lectures i nmv to be held for the enr lmem l)f 111 mb rs of th au.xiliary r
The first in p ction of the Dartford (79th) Lltsino' Division ,vas carried out bv Ladv District Officer on Decemb r 18. J\/IrS. forrish spok f all she had seen, and thanked the members for seryices o'iven at the London hospitals, \-vhieb she hoped \,' ould be extended in the cominoyear.
Lady 1Irs. DawsonDamer thanked Ir. 1Iorrish, and also Dr. and Irs. Daly, for their help and interest in the Division.
The Ley ton and Leytons tone (4th) Division h Id their annual team competition on December 1G.
Dr. D. Todd- \Vhite was the judge, and amongst the large number present was the fayor (Alderman E. Thorn, J.P.), Sir James Slade, Divisional up erintendent W. T. Broome, and mbulance Officer P. G. Jeffries.
Dr. Todd- \Xlhite explained (he nature of the te t. He said:-
"It would be considered that an enemy had ju t made a gas attack on a town. The o-a \\ a of a nonpersistent choki ng type, but, as the 'iTer)' calm, It hung cloud-like over the area. man, uffering from the effects of the gas, with a ha':morrhao-e from his left arm and a fractured leg, lay about yards -from the gas shelter. !t was the aim of the competing ·squads to attend to h1s wounds and him to the -
.5' A " team, conslstlng of Sergeant Ager, Privates Gray, Nightingale, Jones and Gillings, were the winners, with 2.78 points, and received the Eyans' Cup.
The photograph on the front cover was taken on the 21st anniversary celebration of the East Croydon and Addiscombe (36th) Iursing Divisi on.
This Division, of which Lady Di visional- uperin ten dent Miss O. Livingston is in charge, has three times won the ::"fcFadden Cup, and once each the Nursing Bowl, the McIntyre Cup, and the Mountgarre t Cup.
Members are regularly supplied for service at the Croydon General Hospital, assisting the wards and the Casualty, X-ray, Dental and Fracture clinic departments.
Five members hold the Service Medal of the Order, and Miss Livingston with bar.
No. 3 DISTRICT DUDLEY AND DI STRICT CORPS.
On November 20 Corps Officer E. Lakin, Secretary of the Dudley and District Corps, was invested at St. John's Gate with the insignia of Serving Brother of the Order of St. John.
He took his Certificate in 1897, and has retained his interest in the work up to the present time. His Brigade activities commenced when the joined Dudley Division in 1912. He assisted in forming a new Division in Tipton in 1916, and was transferred to the Division and promoted to Sergeant, afterwards being promoted to Ambulance Officer and Divisional 10
Sup rintendent, and retaincd that position Until promoted to the Coq s in 1935.
He the Long Medal and Bar, ano Ser ICC Badp;e and All: Raid Duti es ertificate dunng the lSSU d b) the Bri gade, l \ ssociatio n 1\ wards, Iedalllon, and 27 Bars I J me ursi ne; and Hygiene Pendants.
He ha rendered much yollintary ,c[v ic e as I nstruct rand ecretary to d(Jtached classes conti nuall y si nce 926, include police cla in many parts of taffords lu re, also sey tal \\'01' ks 111 th di tri ct, iiremen, Girl Guide officers, an d junior classes In the district of Tipton.
Ian y tributes ha L: b en paid him fOI' the h ha rendered in J\mhulanc e work.
IL ECOTE.
Further pI' gress rep rted at the annual supper of the ilnt:cotc \rnbu lance Divi lon, which took plac in \'\'ilnecote Parish 1 fall recently, atte nded by about .100 persons. Dr. \'{ hite id presided, and among the guest, \J,' re it J01111:\ 1 llor, ,tP ., "\s tam Commissioner Dr. D. :Mc .0 11 and Mr. Ie 011, Dr. J. V. L. and Ir. rant aptain J. 1\. \. R I., Captain rarmon \\'ay Re'i'. A. J. Price (' -i car of \\'ilnecot), fr. and frs \ I Ji ckman, Mr 'lnd 11r J. E. Paul, M rand rr.. J. C. Mitche on , l\[r and 1Irs. John n, lr. and 1\1r o. Park er, ju n., l\.Ir. and 11rs. R. \'( ' hite Jr. and 11rs. R. fro and fr s . B. Brown, ir. and 1\1:rs. \ . 11r. and i.\1r '\ B. John on, 1\lr. \'fall on (Tam 'o rth o-operati\'e ociet)), 1\1r. and i\Irs. E. j \tk in (\ nod End), rvrr. and frs. [anton :\lr. and :l\frs lem· ming, 1ft-. and fr. Ru "e lt, r-It. J-:;" \'\ ooc!, _)rp. Officer J. Bonham L1l't. 'h andl'r Re\,. E. W. P. \in worlh (Dordon), \frs. \X 'hitt: id L , Mr G. Parker, l \mbulancc Officer and \fr Ceo. \llsopp, l \mbulance Officer and Mr. . \V. T. Ro . a.::o n \X ' hitesicle pre enred a Pre , idem's Ba d l'e til ir John 1Iellor, and Vic -President" Badg to Captain J .J \. \. forri and j\fr. , \lan TEckm a. and frs. '\ hite ide and 1 [rs. Parker afterward s .i"trIbuted awards.
uperintendent Gorge Parker, in his SC\ en "nth annual report, stated tha( tbey had made pro They started the year with 82 members, and n m had 93, the increase of eleyen being accounted fa' by cadets. When they had a , 1lrFici nt numb er, he) would have a cadet detachm nl. Durin g the \cal they had tw classes, 75 being in the \'(fiLl ccotC "las. and 36 at Birch Coppice Colliery Of 111 \,ho sat for examination, I03 pas tcL
On May 15 last year, continued 1t'. Par ker, Ill' completed forty years a an ambulance man, ;1'1cl il was rather a coincidence that durin g May hi s (.Id el son, Sam, completed twenty-six years, so that be t\t/CCll them they had done 66 years' service, which Ill1g hl not be a record, but would be very hard to beat (Applause.) If he could carryon for a few mor e to see his half-century, he would be well satisfied
Mrs. J. C. Mitcheson prcsented the Mitcheson \femorial Cup and replica to Private G. Baxter, and ; medal to Corporal Horobin, the runner-up in th e competition.
The Tolson , ommemorative Cup was presented by {cColl to orporal Wood, who, and the other members of the winning team, received replicas; they were Privates Chadwkk, H. ales and W. C. To v.e rs. Members of th e second team, who received med::r. ls \: ere - Taylor, Privates Brain, Paint er lind Cox.
j\ss istant Comrnissionef Dr. j\IcColl stale d that next lulv there was to he a big in s pection at Leamington of n. 3, '\ estern DIstrIct, the Divisions of ,outh taffordshire, \X'a rwlckshnc, and \\'orcestcrshi re. J Ie.: would like to ee the \X ilnecote Division take a more prominent rart in the Dewar compctiti n.
In pror< s in g a \ ote of thank" to Dr. \ hilesicle, Dr G rant ised hi keen inten.: t in ambulance work.
In hi" rc ponsc, Dr. \\ hitcside thanked all those \\'h o had helped to prel arc th e, upper.
'\: Dr TRI T (-<. \ TER1\. ) hl nI- R1'-.G \ cup gl\-Cn in memory uf am hulance member lost in the torpedoed Ro\'al Edward d u rin g tht: \'>; 'ar has been wo for ambulance w o rk h\' :\11'. 1 'ocl D\'son, of Ketteri ng, \vho sc uncle lie s b{, rice! at -ca (lnl y : a short dIS :lnce from where the ship \\'as -unk.
'I his \\'a' rderred to at (ht: annual gathering of member' :10<.1 friends of tht: Ketc cri ng llcadquarters Di,-i. ion of rhL t. John \mbulan ct: ()n Decemb er 29, \\ 'hen the cur \\'as awarded.
"111e gal hering opened wllh ( <l., at which Supcrineende?t E. Clay pok ( hairman), in welc o min g the c mpan y sald that dur ing the \ ear a good dLal of work had been done \yhi ch on the Di\ i ion, especially a t th ir hut In the \\ icbteed P ark, when.: 304 major case had been t reated.
., \ busy lime i before us to the coming year," :\Ir. Cla\pok went on. " , \i r raid precaution- will be ro the fOrL with a cour e of !cctures, to be followed by a cerrificate examinati n which it i hoped all will take.
It is al 0 pr po cd to arrange a first-aid class for rec ruits for the Divi ion-men \\'ho will pa thelf examination and do their bi( in the public duty for which we ex ist. Ther no rccompene or reward for it, but rher<: is a gr wing d mand for a mbulance men."
Claypole said that it was plea ant ro rec o rd martness of one of thei r m mber (Ir. R. 11. Taff) who was on the spot ""hen the r cent triple road fatalitr occurred at :Kettering. lJ i tact and resource on that occasion reB cted credit on hi trainin o in the Headqu arte rs Division.
Competition award f r the year were pre ented by \1r s. \Y/. Drake Lc , wife of Dr. \'C Drake L e (Diyi -ional Surgeon), as fo11o\ :Noe l hidl: Corporal L neon (leader), Princes \'\!at on, Perci aI, Foster and 'mith Raby Cup: Corporal wecting (leader) Pri, at s Miller, Crick, Mason and Allen. Elw orthy Cup: orporal we ting (lead r), Priva( s Dy on James Ma on and r\. E. L C.
Claypole f nclividual Cup and Cenific At L : Private '\J. Dyson
Mr. C. W. Ward, donor of the" Edward J) Corps Cup, handed it to the winner, Pri vate _ Dy on. Dr. Lee sa id that he alway s regard ed the A mbulance function as one of the jollie of the year. and he h ope d to attend it for man y year 11
Dec. He - OF YORK'- GlF1 - 10 L1 ERP OOL B 4\Z.-L\R H.R.H. (he Duch e of York, Comrrumdam vf the rursing Corp, and Dame Grand Cro - of the Order o f t. .John, em orne to aid (he Sf. John _-\mbulance Bngade, Li,erpo ol Bazaar, held in t. Ge orge's HaJJ , Li\"erpooJ, on December 3rd, {(h and 5th. The Ba2:l.ar , '.\ hleb planned on a manlm o (h scale, \\'as held for three d ay t raJ e £4,000 to enlarge its headquarters in Upper Duke 'treet and to repair damage done by last winter's gale. A of t,he mo,:ey is al -o required (0 train efficiently and to eqUIp an mueasmg number of nurse and men to be ready in C:l e of emerg ency. Our ph otOgraph sho\ys :;'1rs. ]. H v.:-ife of J. H. Pari -, of Liyerpool, the chamnan t th Bazaar,. with the gifts ,,,hich con ist of a je\\'el cask t, a Pnnce Eli2.1beth bloner and a \yririn g case
Th Di..,-ision alway howed an extr m ly good -piri e, and h hoped that it would remain so, and rh the Division w ould get plenty of youna ' tee a keen. enthusiastic \yilling and able a the -enior m mbers.
The work of (he had b n of a \-ery high standard all round and he had b n pnvlleg d to take the part of an exa.m.in r in (h Corps omp etition.
He wa' pr ud that in that Compenri on PriYate :0;' 0 I Dr on gain d full marks, 1 avino- ilL rhlDg undone and doing nothing wrong aid D r. L l. He congratulat e l
him on a performance that wa a great credit to the Division as a whole.
Speaking for the yisitors, l-.h. C. \'{1. \\'ard said that it was a pleasure to be present a one of the senior ambulance men in the town.
Mr. \'qard, who presented the Edward Cup in memory of members lost in the Royal Edward Hospital ship unk in the Great War, said that he was specially plea ed to ee that Private Noel Dy on had won it.
He recalled that Mr. Dy.on's uncle, the late Mr. Tom Dyson, brother of Councillor \X1a lter Dyson, should have gone out for service with himself and other who were jn the Royal Edward.
Mr. Tom Dyson , ho\,\'ever, was taken ill, and had to be left in hospital at \X 'a tford. Later he pleaded to be allowed to go and was allowed to do 0, but contracted dysentery while on servi ce abroad.
He died on the way back to England and was buried at sea only a short distance from where the Royal Edward was torpedoed.
County Officer C. '\ Curtis, of Northampton, said he was pleased to see the continued progress of the Kettering Division, and urged members to give full support to the air raid precaution scheme
" Let us hope we shall never need it," he said. "But I want every member to take an interest in it, and to attended the lectures." part from their value, the lectures were most intere ting and educative.
No. 4 (LA 'CASHIRE) DI TRlCT
IRLAM AND CADI HEAD
As a result of a personal appeal to trade men and others in the township by the President of tne Irlam and Cadishead Division over £40 has been received in donations.
The practical help of the Hon. President in this and other ways is very much appreciated.
LIVERPOOL
The Divisional Competition organised by the Li\'erpool Central Division was very su cce ssful; five teams entered and the one led by Sergeant W/oods was the winner.
The prizes were distributed by Mrs. Grace, wife of the President. Corps Officer Searl commented on the high standard of the Division and its unique record, while the President (Mr. Grace) awarded a special prize of one guinea to Private Milburn, who obtained the highest individual marks.
An enjoyable concert followed by the" Broadcasters," and the artistes who had contributed to the success of the function were thanked by Divisional Superintendent Williams.
MANCHESTER
About 80 members and friends of the Salfor d Nursing Division attended the Unitarian Schools to celebrate the 2. 1st anniversary of the formation of the Division. The guests included many past members of the Di vision who have l?ince left the district, and many ol d acquaintances were renewed. During the course of the evening a few suitable speeches were given; perhaps the mo st important was that given by the late Lady Divisional Superintendent, Mrs. J. G. Cran, J.P., one of the founders of the Division, who gave the hi story which led up to the formation of a Nursing Unit in Salford. Other spea kers included the Lady Corps Superintendent (Miss Haliday) and the Divisional Surgeon (Dr. J. Shlosberg). Three Service
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Medals were presented to three Ambulance Sisters wh arc still serving in the Unit. ()
During the course of the evening, Dr. Shlosbcr the company with the showing of a cine fil g wh1ch he had tak e n during a recent visit to tht: Land. This a visit to the Hospital of t. of Jerusalem. VJews w re shown of the lIospit al fr on ?utsi.de urrounding country, and then Intenor, lncludlng a round of the various wards a nd the operating where an operation was in p rogr ess . All were very Impre ssed with the film, and in pa rttc ul ar the work the Ilo sp ital i. doing in that far-off land
The remainder of the evening was spent in d:lncin g and mu ical items rendered b friends of the Salfo rd ursina Division.
birthda y cake, made by two members, was cut by the ol de t serving member and distri buted with the rcm:u nde r o f the refreshments.
The evening \Ya mo t en joyable And was brough t to a close with the inging of "T h e ational Anthem. "
\\ IGAN
1\ Ja rge number of members connected with the Cadet Di\'ision as embled at the Divi Sio nal Headquarters to participate in the indi idual comp el tion for the ::Idet Cup.
The result \\'a. ::I. follow:; :-Ist, 'adet Roland (,r a\ , with 51 points out of a total of 95; 2nd, Cad ,e l};ca nt \,\ '. Lowe; and 3 rd, C::Icict \lbert l\ndrc\.\'s.
The cup was pre ' nted to adet Gra at the clo se (ft he competition by upcrintendcnt D. Iakinson, ,,'h o co ngratulateu add Gra on his admjrable display, and il dde d a few encou raging n.:marh to all who had La ken pit In the event, reminding them also that the team comp l irio n for the MacDonald Cup would shortly be arranged Inder the same condition. a in previous year,.
Omn :ARY
It is with profounu regret news" as received r th t death of Djvi ional E. \\ J "IUS, S.B.St.J., Bradford Di\'ision, Manchester and S U'or d Corps, on December 14, 1936. For many months hc ha d not enjoyed the best of health and a fortnight befor h S death submitted to an internal operation.
Superintendent '\ 'ither v:as a popular officer .• nd a very zeaJou worker in the work o f the Briga de. and Association. Hi s period of service extended over thi rt)' years, during which time he founded the Br'ldford Ambulance D ivision, competed in many of the !L ldi ng competitions, trained Boy Scouts in First Aid, aC led a examiner for them, and in many other ways devoted hi nse lf to spreading the knowledge of Fir tid.
For many yea rs his interest lay in the welfare or the children, particularly at Openshaw Ra gge d d1001 , \:0 he re each year he collected la rge sums for the Christmas Trea ts.
The members of his Divi sion and representatives fro m other Units attended his funeral on Decemb er I9, the service being held in the church where he had for so long laboured. The minister, after speaking words of comfo rt to the relatives, referred to the uscfu I life he had led and hi service to mankind.
By his death the Brigade has lost an ofEcer of sterling worth, but he has left behind an examp le to tho se must follow. His charity knew no bounds and tr uly did he live up to the motto of the Order of St. John-" Pro Utilitate Hominum."
ARDWlCK
A conce rt wa s held in December at the Ardwick '[ram Depot, by the Transport D ivisio n, when the Fust .Ald certlficates, medaland labels, awarded dUrin g the year, were presentl d b} M. Macken, Esq., Traffic Superintendent of the 1 ran"'po rt Department, and Vice-President of the Divl sl on.
In making the pre entation, Mr. Ivfackcn stated that he had a very great personal regard for all the activit Ies of the Divi sion TIe noted particularly the imp ( rlance of A.R.P. training, and \vac:; pleased that it ha been included in the curriculum. In wishing conl ll ucd success to the Division, he commended Di u'lo nai uperintendent Jameson, .E. t.J., on 29 yca r" Brigade ser icc, and on the development of the Drvision, which had a present strength of over "' 0 n embers.
An ex ce llent musical programme \va provided by th e 1anchcster Tramport Banjo, Iancl olin and Gu llar Orchestra (Conductor, Mr. rthur F. Ilill), \\h ( h ave given some successfu l radio broadcast, ,ln d ML my J ,awl' nee, solo soprano. The large nu mbu' of member and friends who attended voted th at th e.. ev ning bad been most enjoyable, and wa an nddL d inccnti\'e for th e work in the coming year.
TO. 6 D1 TR l T. lit LJ Co RP
'I11C nnual Dcial wa::; held 111 the Drill Ii all (l the \mbulancl: llcadquartcr ' 1lull on T im d ,y , December 10, and wa<; \\' cll attended b\ lllcmbc..rs and their friend.
,\ft ( an en joyabl' concert prccntec.i by
Te nnyso n and party-:-'lr. ales (soprano), 1. Irs. OliH( and Irs. Lggkt n (eloclllioni. ts ) [r. mith (ba une) and \1f. \'\ 'ainwright \"ith ':-'1r:. T<: nr ).o n at the piano, the Lady County uperIIll L de m Lady t\tkinson, \.R.R.C. made numerous prL l1ta tions.
'1'1 e first of th Sl: were made on behalf of memb r oi hl: Brigade to i\[,'. and 1\lrs. llamp , on, who rt Clivc. u a dining-room table and an umbrcllc an I t :\11 S I lampson, \\}w received a dressing case to mark In tang ible form their feti rem nt as tewarcls of the Ik adqu artcts Building of the I lull Corps. Lady Atkin on 'ai 1: " 1 ha\' e a Ycry plea ant Jut \ to perform. It is to make a pre entation to an d Mrs. Hampson as an expre 'sion of apprcciatlO n their faithful s rvicc to the Bri o-ade and to th{ . ::. ocialion ov r a period of sixteen " fo f!ive )'OU some idea of the of the b 1n 1920 the Drill Hall was in procc: of bllJ lcl ng and onl) one house wa' used fDr 111 eting '
Last :car 1,27 6 me tings \v n; held in e mparLon \\ 36 2 meetings in 192.0. inc the appointment ol Mr. and irs. Ihmp son, 15, 26 5 h,vc be n held. \d dcd to the genera l roulin work !11L1, t be mentioned Medical omforts D epot. Thi' nsidcrably ;!lc rc,1sed Mrs. 1 lamp son's duties and r ponsibiliti or "l)C unse lfishly olunte red to d \' ote a p rtion
of each morning for six years to this branch of thl: work, including the renewal of requisite stores . "The combined work and responsibility attached to this buildin g has been no easy task. 1\11 praise is due to Mr. and Mrs. Hampson for their conscientious and loyal service both to the Association and to the Bri gade."
Service Medals were presented to Divisional Surgeon Dr. Milligan, Sergeant Proud, Corporals Clayton and Rushby, and Private Brewins, Lady Divisional Superintendent l\1rs. Hatfield, Lady Ambulance Officers lYIi.SS tow and Milner, Ambulance Sisters H. Robinson, Ridley, E. Greggc:;, F. Hill and J1. Franks.
D H o we.
ernce Bar. were al 0 pre ented to Diyi 10nal B. ILlJ, Corporal 1Ien forth, Fretma\ rand Ambulance i rer L. Coate c t. nique y nts in the hi tory of the Hull orp took place when County Officer G Edward precnred the eryice 1Iedal to hi "'ife Lady Corp!:' Officer 1Ir.. Edward , and ,,,hen Corps Officer Hampson pre em d the elyice :-'Iedal to hi wife, Lady orp Officer 1Ir Hamp o n. 1\ir Raid Pr caution errifica[ wet pre eoted w Officer H. Bartrol' fficer _ \. arland, \mbulanc Offi er Eric Edward ' , Lad,orps Offic r ?-.Ir. Edward Lady \mbulance Alcer \. Longhorn, _ \mbulanc ter D. Colli o n \mong t tho e pre eot w re Lady \tkin o n, \.R.R.. ounty Ollic r Captain \\'. 1\1ch01a , O.B.E. G. Edwards, H. BartroI oum\ OHlccr 1Iis' Barron, rintcndcl1t orps Offic rs T. Lamb, E. E g g leton and Airs. EO" o- lton Corps 'erg ant-1Iajor Drs.
The Late Ambulance Officer \. .
H. Stanching and D. Collishaw, Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Ho\.vell, Lady Corps Officers Mrs. Haley, Mrs. Hampson and Miss Chapman.
Captain .S. W. Nicholas, O.B.E., proposed a v ote of thanks to Lady Atkinson and to all those who h ad contributed to the success of the ev ening , and h e expressed regret that the County Commission e r w a s unavoidably absent owing to indisposition Later Mr. Hampson expressed his appreciati o n for the gifts.
A fter li g ht f ollo w ed, with :Mr. J. Pawle y refr eshments an impromptu danc e Mr. Sellers a t the piano , ass iste d b y Mr. Thompson acted as 11.C. No. 9 DISTRICT.
This coun ty has b een fortunat e in se cu r in g Ch alleng Trophies t o replace those which re tu r n e d t o Plymo uth o n th e r e organisation o f D evo n Count y in 1.f a rch last.
Lord Mamhead has g enerously giv en a T eam Trophy for the Nursin g Div isions.
Dr. Hoerman has presented a Cup to t he Am bulanc e D ivisions o f the County f o r Indiv idual P rac tical w ork.
Mrs. Arthur Thomas o f E xeter ha s kindl y give n a Cup for competition amon gs t t he Nur sin g Ca d e t Teams.
The County Commissioner has g iv en a Challenge Cup for the Indiv i dual Practical w or k o f the me mb e r s o f the Nursing Divisions.
:NORTH DEVON AREA
The Barnstaple Associati o n has had a motor ambulance presented to them b y a generous s u pp or ter.
The Combe Martin Associati o n has purchas e d a motor ambulance from the Crawley Division.
E AST DEVON A REA.
Sir Garbutt Knott, Bart ., has presente d a h andsom e silver Challeng e Cup for competition in thi s Area, and has promised to give a r ep li ca eac h yea r to th e winning team .
MID-DEVO AREA
Captain Richard Gray, M.B., of Exe t er, att end e d the Civilian Anti-Gas School at Fallield in A u g ust last and obtained the Home Office Certificate as a First-Class Instructor. He had already obtain ed the Grade I Certificate of the Brigade.
Dr. W. C. Bentall, O.B.E., Staff Officer for A .R.P., g ave a lecture on this subj-ect to Brigade Officers a t Exeter on December 4 and at Paignton on Decemb er 5. These lectures were most informative and h ig hly appreciated.
COMPETITIONS.
The Nursing Cadet Competition will be held at Exeter on December 12, and the Ambulance Cade t Competition at Ashburton on F ebruary 27, 19 37. DEWAR SHIELD Al'-.TD PERROTT SHIELD.
The County Eliminating Competitio n s will be h eld at Torquay on January 30, 1937, and at Pai g nton o n February 20, 1937, respectively
The Preliminary (District) Competitions will be h eld at E x eter on March 20, 1937.
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Correspondence
T'o t he Editor, ST. Jon A ;\1B ULA en GAZ ETrr. DEAr:- have much pl ea ure in r ep orting on the actiVIties 111 the So uth Auckland Su b-district. Owing to the increased numb r o f d ivis ions in thi part of the Auckland Dis tri ct from o n e i n 1926 to thirty-on e in 1936, it wa s d ec id ed to ma k e this section a sub - district. This n ec essi tated t h e pro motlon of District Officer H. D. Co bb to D i tr i ct Superin te ndent and Di vi sional Superinten d n t A. Hou ston , of the Hamilton Di isi o n, to D is t r ict Office r. It \\ as also decid ed th a t a H a milt on orps be ap pr oved COmpris in g th e H amilto n Ambulance and }" u rsin g Div i si ons , t oge t he r wi th the Frankton Railu'ar mbula n ce D ivi i o n T his b rought about th e promoti on o f th e Sup er in te nd en t of th e Ff'ln kt on Di isi on 1Ir. C. lvra r hal J, to Co r ps Su perintln denr and fro . H ag u , H a mil ton Divis io n , to Corr Office r. F o r t he last f ew m onths the Distric t and Corp Staff h ave b ee n bu y carrving out the annUal l '1 SpeCti on s of the thirt -one diYl ion. In the sub-el Ltr ier. The fi r t was ca rr ied out by Di:tnct upcrin tl nd enr Co bb a t T a u ma run ui on J une 2.. T auran ,?'fl. wa s vi sit e d o n u g u st 30 b y the D istIi L Su perintcn dent, H. D. Cobb , th e othL: r officer. maki ng t he j )u rn ey b eing Di tri ct O fficer Hou ton, Corp S uperint Oo ndem Marsh all and Coq s O fficer ll aguL. Tau rang ..t. is th t fu rth e st aw ay from hea d quarters the journe y there and b ac k b ein g ab o u t 15 ° odd mi lc'. A ne", pape r re p ort is a t t ac h e d. The D i triet Officers VIsit ed Morrinsville on ep tem b cr 14. R ot o rua, ptembe r 18 , Tham es a nd P ae r oa on cptcm b r r were ta ke n b y the Di str i c t u pcri ntendcn t. Oto wh anga and T e Awamu tu \.\ ere i nspected by t h e and Co rp s Officers o n ct o b er I I ; Cam bridge, ( ctober 18 ; 11atamata, O cto b r 19, the :Mayo r b ei ng pres ent and ta kin g th e chai r at the u b equ ent ass oclati on m ee tin g , w h e n mat t ers pertaini n g to the moot h runnin g w er e di "C u ssed. The Hami lt on Co rps .wa· Insp ect e d o n ove mb e r 9. 1\ r all thes e ins p<.:c tlOm it wa s f o und that the work a n d efficie n cy of th e Divis i o ns w e r e b ei n g m ai ntai n ed. A t m ost f) f the parades th e Di stri c t Su pe rinte nd ent to all to help as much a s p oss ible t h e ap p eal .whi d lS a[ present runnin g to ra ise £4,000 to bmld a A mbulance Station at Hamil ton Onl y a fe",' D1\']sions remain to b e v isite d, a n d wi th th ese co mpleted many hundr eds o f mil es w ill have b ee n tr avdl ed.
I take this opportunit y of w is run g you a ver! happy Festiv e Sea son and eve r y th i n g good fo r the: c o ming year. Als o I w is h t o th ank y o u f or the ",. a! in which y ou ha v e g ive n publici ty t o t h e r ep orts whIch it has g iven m e mu ch plea su re to fo rwar d. I am,
Yours sin ce rely, E A H OUSTON,
D istri c t O ffice r.
To the E di.for, Sf. JO I1'1 AM I3 ULANGE GA%ETTE
DEAR S I R, -
We all enj oyed the A nti -Gas Course he lel at Winterbo urn e Gu nne r l as t year.
I arrive d at Sa li sb u ry on Sun day and wen t round the three h OLl es and the hote l to meet the V.A. D. s :d the two me d ic a l me n who we re attending the Course, an d to ass u re myse lf t h at a ll had cconveya n.ces to get to the ma ll r m s choo l by 8 -45 the morning
We all met at t h e choo1 on Mo nd ay by 9 and found D'arages provided for a ll w i th cars . The Staff Sergeant received us and showed us the classrooms, [he Officers' Mess where we coul d meet b etween lectures, read the dai ly papers a n d smoke, and. where all instructions had been put up fo r ou r gU Idance. We were the n all d irected to the la r ge lecture-room, where the Comm9nd i ng mcer rece ived us a nd gave us a short a d drc '. \\. c were formed int quads of twelve. t. John _ -0. 1 quad Wal: compo ed of the two medical offic ers, nine commandant. and myself, and had :pecl al instruction by the ommanding Officer.
The.. rest of t J hn V. \ .D.s were in O 2 quad, whlCh was mad up by [he addition of three Red eros· officers and in tructed bv the second in comman d The re t of the sqLlad: likewi - R ed Cros and r.l \. .Y..
Each squad had beell pw\ 'idcd with dres ing-room , and c\' crything had be<:n done [Q make the chool (wh ic h is used for officers only) as comfortable a pos sih le for ur usc.
Th L Officer' \Icss had been made iDto a pecial ro on for our U<;L' bet\,· n I cture. \'\' e all met ther - wrott.: lutns, read the dad) papers, had coffel in th t: morning, ,111d after luncheon the In , tructing Officers came in :lncl tal ked with u
The meals were t.:n L:J in the crgeant.' \fess and we \\ re well looked at'tc r. < Th ", work wac; but well arran,'ted accor d ing to the programme as I rcyi uslr [Q you Lectun.:s indo r and outdo r demonstration s 11teroat lr. Thi ' cour e usually take ten days but had to be curtailed to li,-e (i\[onday to Friday) , J th e choo l had to be I11m "cd to II ythe f r a pecial taff course th reo Bcsid s the many 1 ctures, thL traini ng included tb way that planes' eject 1Iustard Gas) t he preparation of a a -I roof R oom (. \ rmy method), and an \ i1' Ra i d with bornb c o,"er and gas bombs fa ll ing around. \ all ,'(;cnt thr ugh the gas ch a m ber. ' "-
In spite of the ..;tn.:nuou day_ and reading up our lectures at n ig h t, on a n d all thoroughly njoy d the Course We Jeft fe li n g that we had lea rnt a O'ood in a very sh ort f the important ubjecr of antJ"gas t rainin g. I am, yo ur s, t c.)
F ALWA "ER
South A uckland Sub-Di s t r ict Hamilt o n, New Zealand
A ss t. Cou nt y
An Impression
NORMAN W. RAWLINGS, L.M.S.S A., L.M.R.C.P., Corps urgeon S. J. A. B Manchester and Salford Corps Captain, late R.A.M.C
R ecently I was transported-in a stride-from a modern, b usy London street with its somewhat ugly buildings of commerce, shops, and more than a me r e smat t ering of poverty, straight into an atmosph ere of the Middle Ages. I n brief, I visited " Th e Gate."
« The Gate! " That wonderful old-world Baronial Hall with its flags flying bravely on high .
What a treasure is that material solidity of walls, and what g r eater treasures they enfold.
Oil-pai n tings of those in whose footsteps we tread, armour, flags , relics of age-old wars, coins, b ooks, cabinets, other furniture, and the insignia of the Order through the centuries
Carving, beauty-a collective museum of irreplaceable glory and tradition The oaken panelling and winding stair-gars echoing with the ghosts of dayS that were!
You who have seen and been in « The Gate)J will have experienced reactions similar to my own. But for you who have yet to see it, there is an educational treat .in store more than that; there is awaiting you a scene \.,-hich will make you more proud than ever of the honour which is yours as you sel\-e the Order. An" atmosphere) which cannot help but make you re - dedicate yourselves to your task ' of priYilege.
The Church- \yith it crypt and it s memoriesthe centre of our in piration.
The peace it conV'eys, its quiet tuneful colour, an d tbe thought it timulates, are in their yer y jlence a ermon in itself!
\ I cam e out of the Church my eye a g ain caugh t ight of the flag on cc The Gate " and my thought s He,\' to Colonel Trimble wh o eyer em o rL u. [() , Keep the old Flag fly-ina! )' I saluted those flag and turned on my heel.
Once mor into a modern bu , " London stree t with its omewhat of comme rce, , hop, and more than a mere mattering o f 1 Great H f l'ifagt iJ' OJlJ'J.
Well Done , Dubl in!
Ten thoLlsand mother \,"ere helped during maternit\' la t year and q)ooo nutritious meal for children \,-e'r ent to the hom of the poor of Dublin by the to John \\7elfar Committee, throuO'h it. four Centre at l\ I errion qual', Inchi eore, Charle Lan and Great trand tre t.
Found
Bronz ;"Iedallion 1 T 251137 James E. Carr. The sam can b had on application to :-D iYi,ional uperint n d nt Fox, 6, B lL'\:ton R ad, 1 Te'\y .0IilL . ncar t oc k port.
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REPORT No. 1I4.-The Officer-in-Charge of the County of Cumberland S. J.A.B. reports the efficient performance of first aid by a member of the \-x; hitehaven Division, as follows :-
Private J. E. Moore was returning home from Divisional practice on Saturday evening, October 10, he observed smoke issUlng from the top fioor of a bUlldlng let in fiats. On his informing the tenant of one of the lower fiats, she went upstairs, but was driven back by the smoke. Realising the need of prompt action, Printe Moore then put a scarf round his mouth and made for the teom, where he found three children aged 5, 8 and 10 years old, the last being a cripple. He discovered that a candle, left by the bedside, had set fire to clothes. So wrapping the children in blankets he .took them dowr:stairs to the lower fiat and left them ill charge of thea mother. Finally, he returned to the room and with wet sacking extinguished the fire. In due the police arrived, only to find that there was nothlng further to be done.
COMMENT.
Preventiott being better than treatment, it ot/b' remains for us cordially to congratulate Private J. E .i.)foore 011 good l1/ork well done.-N.
C. F.
CASE REpORT No. 5.-The Officer-in-Charge of the ottingham Corps, No. 5 District, S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid, as follows :-
At 9.10 a.m. on 110nday, October 26, Ambulance Officer Longstaff was driving the new motor ambulance recently acquired by the ottingham Corps '\ ilford Road. Near the entrance to the L.M.S. Railway Company's stables, a man was a horse, which was startled by the raClng of the engme of a motor timber lorry. The horse swung round violently, and caught a dray loaded with coal with its hindquarters, causing the driver of the dray to fall between the shafrs of his dray. The loose horse and the dray horse both bolted in the direction of Castle Boulevard, whlch is a main road, the driver of the dray clinging on to the shafts, and receiving kicks from the hind hooves of his horse as it raced along. Ambulance Officer Long sta ff observed what had occurred; realised that the man on the dray was in immediate danger of serious injury ; and promptly gave chase in his ambulance to the runaway horse and dray. He soon overtook the horse and dray at the junction of Wilford Street and Castle B oulevar d, swung his near-side rear wheel between the wheels of the dray, and applied his brakes, which had the effect of bringing the horse to a standstill.
Whilst some bystanders held the horse, Ambulance Officer Longstaff, with the of others, extricated the driver of the dray from his precarious posit.ion From a rapid examination he ascertained that the man had received injuries to his back and legs, and he immediately proceeded to load the patient into his ambulance, which, fortunately, had only received damage to the near-side wing, rear hub-cap and a few grazes. Ambulance Officer Longstaff then conveyed the patient with all speed to the Nottingham General Hospital, and left him there in charge of the Hospital Staff, whilst he proceeded to carryon with his normal duties in connection with the Ambulance Transport performed by the Nottingham Corps.
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COM fENT.
This r epo rt .rhoJlls hmJ) " the (jllalifications of a jirst-atder " shollid be pllt il1to practice. Ambulance Officer Longstaff therefore, 71)ifJJ 011'1' cordial congratulations on the manner ;,; 1vhich he exercised his resourceffllness and discr ;!JJil1afiOfl and ill so doing sa/Jed the life of his patient.-N. C. F.
Questions and Answers
TREATMENT OF FRA TURED PELVIS.
]. T. (Finchley).-W/ith reference to your .0 the query published under the above headin g in th.e ep. tember, 1936, issue of THE <!-AZETTE, may I res pcctfullr ask if you are quite correct in sayi n g that in Fig. 4' of the Textbook it show the bandage ,( round f, et and 1kles " and that the centr of a narrow bandage i sr.o\vn in hollow just abo,-e the heel, which is then aft r lIghte ning cro ed over feet and tied under sole of feet, so that it appears paragraph -+ CD) bould read rou rl hoth ankles and feet.
Stich is Ill)' opil/iol/ / al/d 1 also hold the view tbal tbe te.x·f in RIde 4 011 p 77, shof(ld be IJllrrcd 10-" (D) r'Olmd both feet a/Jd aJlklu ' other71'1'se ho)J' call ),Of( nprodllCt D ( - C. F.
CHOICE OF \R ,! 'LI G .
J. T. (Finchley).-\X·ith referenc to your repl y 0 the quer y published under above hading in the Jul y 93 6, issue of THE GAZETTE, I note that the Ban d1 Q e for Shoulder (Fig. q of Textbook) i formed with th e small and not with the large arm-sling, as your rule suggest, Is there any explanation for thi s .LlfJ' general mle holds bUelllse Ihe arllJ-sling ilJ th /" ifJsia na is flOt "s ed so !/Jlfch to sf(pport the "pper li!llb OJ 10 pf'lvide jhf loop which fixes as BaIJdage for bOlllder. .11 tbt .fame litHc 1 prefer the large al'lll-J/ifJgfor this pmpose.
By tbe 1} O)' J'Oflr lIote r/lllinds II){ j))ol th( e.......,boo fJ 1/01 abw.rys as cOllsislmt i n its details of inJimrtiofJs as it hr, and that cOlJsistmo' in millor details oftw llJaJ::p for simplificatioll, CLf j'0f( r ightIJ' sIIggeJ-t in ),0"1" qua:)' rr B(Jf;da,,e jor Shollldel'.- J.. C. F. \PPLlC \J IOK OF 1101 PAer..
K. E. (York).-1 s hould be glad if you woul d Ie mt' know the correct method of gi\ .ing a Hot Pack (1 Tuc'angTextbook, p. 161).
The members of our cla s are divided as to (h e 'Herpretation of this paragraph. ome ay that the first mackintosh mentioned should be placed 0 cr the n ilttre and that the second mackintosh should be placed (w the patient unde r the two top blankets.
Others say that the first mackinto h bould be '1ced on top of' the counterpane, which is then re n .yed, together with the sheets, and the econd mackinto sh nlaced under the blanket upon which the patient is lyin g.
As you stlggest, the Nursing Textbook is /!lost on.blgIlOIl.i 011 this point. Ij, hOJ)i(Jl)er, )lOll delete the first senterJer; of tht paragraph cOllcemed ,vith the ..I' lpplication of Hot pack, )'0 /1 11Iill have J70 difJiCIIlty i17 understallding 1vbat is really mtended.BA JDAGE FOR HOULDER.
J. T. (Finchley).-The Bandage for Hip (Fi g J < ot Textbook) is formed by passing a narrow banda gL foun d the body and by carrying the pojnt of a second undt-c th: first bandage. Similarly, I suggest that for the for Shoulder the arm-sling should be applied first and th r as point of the second bandage passed under s unless the wound was on the horizontal portlO n at t shoulder .it would he difficult without help to keep d in situation while fixjng sl jn g (unless patient (c-
li jog) as instructed. The illu trarion shows sufficien t covered to allow of a dre ss in g that need not the horizontal portion of sho ulder. Meanwhde J over.. . thank you in antICJpatlOn of your comments: J agree with )'0 /1 and COII1J)lend lea st it jclllo tlr.r and proll/oles Simplification of mstmcliolls.- C. F. CO\fPRES 10 OF BKAI ' A 0 FRACTURED PATELLA. £. J. (Newton).-As a con tant reader of THE GAZETTE 1 sha ll be plea , cd if YOll will kindly enlighten me as to correct treatment of a patient ufFering from CompresslOn of Bra in and also from imple Fracture of Patella.. hould WI.: keep the patient Bat, head and shoulders raised and proceed to treat the patella as per Textbook ?r should kee p the lower Ijmb on the ground and :' / he Compression q! Brain, being the lIIore serlotlS cond7:lofl, /1/1('/ halle prioril)' ill treatment. 1 would, therefore , treat 1t as laId dowlJ ill the Textbook· ext 1 n'o llld fix ''I broketl pO/fila as per Textbook., iglloritlg 0111)' the ltI Ride J: p. 75, to " l'tIi.ff' well and support the beod alld sholliders. -' '. C.F.
The Langley Jones Cup
1he annual competition for the H. 11. Langley Jore , Cup was held at olchest ron aturday, Decemben 5, 193 6 , when Chelmsford won by a narrow margin of eight points. The competjtion was di\rjded into f?ur sectlO.n : l"ni fo nn In , pection ) ndi,-idual ral, IndlYldual PractJcal , and Tea m 'Ie t, the judg(;s being Dr. R. D. Brad sha \.y Dr. \\. RatclifTc, Dr. D. T. Gemmell, and ounty Officer II. \\'. Lee.
'1 hL final re ult · \.\TrC :-Chdm ford, ; Colchester, \\fivcnhoc, and HaLtead, the Chelm -ford are eligible to repre ent Es ex. at the Ea"t Angl ian up ompetirion to be held at Ip ,ncb on :-'farch la, 1937.
The Langle; J ne- up ha been 1n eXl SlG ce 193 and in prc cnting it to Dr. . Bree gond wis he to the team for thclr ucce s at 112
The. four team laler al dO\l;n ro rea pro\"lded by the oAlccc and nurses of the lchc (e(
Mem orial to the late Miss Hoare Cllf',\lE TO )T.
It is prop sed LO rai e a memorial to the late r-.ri \I arga ret Hoare of I lo rth nd l-.lam p tead. \ numb r of relations and friend hay decided tha t the be t form a m m rial can take a collection for t he Hamp tead eneral Ho pital, in which :0Ii. Hoare was acti\'cl\' inrere t d f r many y ar ; and it is hoped to- raise ufficien t money (£ 500) to end ow a cot.
The app a1 i made oyer the ,ignature' of La.dy Be rtha Dawkin (chairman, Qu n r-.Iary's 1Iat rmty Ho me) Mr. IacFadd n (Lady District ffic r Ko. 1 Di stric t, St. J hn j \mbulanc Brigad ) th R Y. H. T. Carnegie (chairman Hampstead Di trict ur ing A sociation), and fr. HO\yard B. figgi (h norary treasure r, Hamp tead General ll ospiral).
On December 19 the total amount from all s urc , was £29 6 2S. It-. facFadd n, 2C, Bclsizero\Te .\Xl . 3, will b pleased t ackn \vledg any further donation before nd f January.
Extracts from the Repon of the Chief Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas
April, 1936.
There has been a net increase of 2) new Division s; 50 new Divisions (3 5 and 5 Nursing) having been formed, and 25 DIVlSlOns (20 and 5 1urs ing) having been « disbanded". dunng the year. Among these (( disbandments" are 1ncluded I Di visions which have been merged together as one unit and have not, therefore, been lost to the Bri gade Overseas; and also 4. In reality, therefore, only 10 DIVIslOns have been disbanded.
There has been a net increase of 43 7 in the personnel, so that the strength of the Brigade Overseas ac December 3 I, 1935, was :Divisions.
Ambulance 1 urslng 386 179 Personnel.
Th Cadet Branch of the Brigade Overseas ha increa ed by 17 new Divisions; 2 new Division (I3 .J. mbulance and 8 1 having. been forme.d , and -t Cadet DIVlslOns hav1l1g been dibanded during the year.
There has been an increase of I -t in the personnel, '0 rhat the Cadet trength at December 3 1 193', was :.-\.mbulance DiviSIOns. 81 66 ER \'lCE 1fEDALS ,\,,"-1) R.\Rs. Personn ei. 1,608 1,37 6
During the year the Order of St. John awarded 162 eryice :Medals and 106 Semce Medal Bar to member of the Brigade O\Ter eas.
OTHER .A W.-\RD
The Grand Prior Cadet Badge has been award d by the Chapter-General of the Order to 12 Cadet: ot the Brio-ade O\-er ea during the year 1935· Brigade 0,- rea , Headquarter_ ha i 5 6 a\\yard to member of adult DIvIslOn and efficienc}' award to member of Cadet Dhri ion. In addicion proficienc: bado-e were award d to 101 Cadet.
PUBLIC DC;T:c.
Th Brigad Over, a ha once again, fulfiUed ic: primary object a great. amount of Public Duty, and It 1 e tlmated d1ac dunng the y ar the members of the Brigade 0, r 'ea att nded to ,om 120000 ca es during the cour e of such dury. a r ar pas e in which I do not have ro
refer to the ",'or k of the members of the Brigade Overseas at some major catastrophe which has, unfortunately, involved much loss of life, many scores of injuries, and considerable damage to property. This year our members were called upon to give assistance on the occasion of the devastating eathquake at Quetta, India, on May 31, I935, when in Quetta city alone it was estimated that 26,000 people were killed. Within a few hours of the receipt of news of the disaster a party of St. John personnel from Lahore was organized by the Assistant Commissioner, Dr. Cairns, and rushed to Quetta where invaluable work was done in co-operation with the Military and Medical Authorities, especially in the evacuation of wounded from the area. The party remained on duty until June 11, and by that date it is estimated they had dealt with over I 2,000 dressings and over I,400 cases which had been evacuated by train. At Lahore members of the Brigade were on duty to meet the relief trains and members of the Nursing Divisions did extra dut y at the Hospital, while there were many other volunteers ready for service had it been possible to make use of them. From other parts of India offers of personnel and stores were made, and there is no doubt that, as in the Bihar and Orissa earthquake of 1934, the Brigade in India has once again responded nobly to the call of this great emergency. I am glad to mention that the Chapter-General of the Order has recognized the excellent service done by the award of the Vote of Thanks on Vellum to the No. I District of India, from which the detachment was recruited.
Another example of outstanding service performed during the year was the work done by the Officers and men of the No.6 (East Indian Railwa y) District on the occasion of a serious mining disaster in the Giridah Coalfields.
Public Duty performed in happier circumstances was on the occasion of the Empire-wide celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V and Queen NIary, when members of the Brigade Overseas were called upon to perform many hours of public duty. This duty, which took place in every place in which the Brigade is established, was carried out most efficiently and received many tributes, the most prized of which was that address ed to the Brigade by His Royal Highness The Grand Prior of the Order.
INSPECTION S OVERSEAS BY THE CHIEF CoMMISSIONER.
Colonel Sleeman, Chief Commissioner of the Brigade Overseas, left England in October last for a tour of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, for the purpose of carrying out a Visitation of the Commanderies of the Order in Southern Africa and New Zealand under a Mandate from His Royal Highness The Grand Prior, and also to inspect units of the Brigade Overseas. I have referred later in this to Colonel Sleeman's South African visit, but full details of this and his other visits are not yet available, nor indeed would they be appropriate for inclusion in a report for the year 1935.
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GENERAL.
I am pleased to be able to report the format ion of a new District of the Brigade Overseas in Burma with Headquarters at Rangoon. New D ivisions have also been formed at Hobart, Tasmania, where the Brigade has hitherto been unrepresented, while in Newfoundland attempts to resuscitate the work of the Brigade have been successful in the form ation of a new Division.
A number of Districts of the Brigade Overseas are interesting themselves in the matter of precautions to be taken in th case of gas attacks from the air. They have been furnished with information by the Department set up for the purpose.
With reference to the work in each Dominio n:AUSTRALIA.
The work in all Districts continues to be main. tained at a high level of efficiency. Durin g the year Sir Alexander and Lady Hore-Ruthven kindly consented to become Patron and Patroness of the New South \Vales District, and their interest in the v.ork of the Brigade is highly valued. In the New Sc uth Wales District an interesting feature has bee n the formation of a Hospitallers' Club, of which Hi Excellency the Governor has con cnted to be P at ron, and the Lieutenant-Gm.'ernor, ir Philip WI. t "cet, to be President. This is the second club of its 1 ind to be formed in Au tralia a Ho pitallers' Club already bein g In existence in the outh Aus[ 'a lia District.
C\N.\DA.
This is the first full year in which the Briga de in Canada has been under the administration o f the Commandery in Canada and I am glad to be able to report that there has been signs f cont in ued progress, one of which is that during the year s , en ne,,, Divisions have been formed.
I was sorry to lose, through resignation on ac Qu m of ill-health, the services of olonel J. Clar k" as Commandery Commissioner, but I am glad to we ll ) mc the co-operation of Colonel .1\ . E. nell, who suce 'ed. Colonel larke as Dir ctor of il.mbulancc and Commandery Commissioner.
From reports recei ed from ffic r in char e of Districts throughout Canada, it would seem that while the membership of the Brigade remain s ke en and efficient, as yet there are few opportuniti cs for carrying out Public Duty. I hope that as the Brl!,ade becomes more widely known throughou t the Dominion, and the va lue of its services more mlly appreciated by the public, this drawback will disappear.
CEYLOl'..
The strength and effici ency of the Ceylon p olice Corps of the Brigade Overseas continues to inc rea se There is now a membership of over 1 800 and th ere are 239 member!> who are in of e rvice Medal or Service Medal and Bar of the Ord er. The Corps was inspected on the occasion of the annua l competitions by His Excellency the Offic er Ad-
millistering the paid tribute to the high degree of efficlency Ma ny cases of efficient rendenng of Fust Aid by members of the orps have been reported, and the Meritorious Certificate of the St. John Ambulance Associatio n has been awarded to P.e. M. Jawan.
HONG KONG.
T he outstanding event of the year in Hong Kong was the opening f the new Headquarters Building of the Association and Brigade. This was formally opened on 1ay 9 by His Excellency Sir Peel, and will, no doubt, prove to be of great servlce to the work in the Colony.
During the ilver Jubilee celebrations the of the Brio-ade were on duty from 10.30 a.m. untll tht; ea rly hours of the following morning during the whole of the week which, I think, is a splendid tribute to the spirit of ser ice which has been so ofttn man ife st in this District.
L 'DU
1 have referrecl earlier in this report to the magn.ifi "' cn t '\ ork performed by the members of the Brpade Overseas on the occasion of the Quetta b earthq uake.
Duri ng the year, in addition to th e new District formed in Burma an \.\' Raihvav District was formed from among th; Di v i ions or' the No. 2. Di stri.ct. In this District the Di isions of the Calcutta Polrce Corps were f rmed into a su b-District.
I am glad to be able to report that the No. 2. Distric(, India, \yas inspected durin g the year by His E. "ceUen cy the Viceroy, and the o. 3 Di strict by His Excellenc y the overnor of Bomb ay. On each of these occasion, which typify the interest taken in the \\ ork of the Brigade, there was an excellent attendance on parade.
fiel d-lYIar hal ir Philip Chet\\'o de (Commander-inChief) has most kindly presented a hield for competitions among th Cadet Divisions of the Bri gade O\crseas within the Empire of India.
fALL\..
The Divisions in 1alta have maintained their trength and activit throughout the year. 11any member of the Bri o-ad e have volunteered their servIces to the Government for ho. pital and ambulance work in ca e of emergency.
E\ ZE. \LA D.
Th ere are now I30 Di i ions of th Brigade in Ne w Zealand, and 7+ Cadet Divisions, with a members hip of over 2,600 adult and 1,700 Cad ts. continued growth a ource of much atisfaCTIo n, and is a tribute to the energy and effiCiency of the memb rship.
Her Excellency Viscountess Gal-way has kindly consented to be Patroness of the Nur ing Di i ion within New Zealand.
(Contill/led 011 page 22).
By
Air Raid Precautions
w. c. BENTALL, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Air Raid Precautions Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner. QUESTIO - Al D fu TSWERS.
1. Q.: What would be done to purify water in reservoirs supp lying towns, camp s, etc. ?
A.: All arrange m ents Jor the purification of water supplY and similar t hings are under the control of authorities outside of first aid. But it is generalb' thought that the small amount oj infection in such a laJ ge voltlme of water will be harmless.
2. Q.: Would women wear the same type of protective clothing?
A. : Y es
3 Q.: What is effect of mustard gas o n outside of haversack porti on of re spira t or ?
A.: Th e same as Oil other artic!eJ') and the first -aider hlOWS how to deaf with stich
4 Q.: \V'hat is the best solution to use for washing out the eyes after tear gas?
1\.: First-aiders are best IIsillg plain nanJJ water.
5 Q.: In mustard gas, does a crisis occu r as in an ordinary case of pneumonia?
A.: 11111.S tard gas does !lot produce ali ordinaty pnetlmonia, bu t a broneho-p!let{lIIonia, Jl.1hich ope of pneutllonia never has a crisis, the telllperatllre falls gradualb' ·
6. Q.: Can one differentiate bet\veen cases or mustard gas and lewisite ?
.: The gas or gases Jl hieh are tlsed in raids, shotdd they oem)', Jl'ould be deterlilined 0' special allthorities and adequate advice supplied to ofJicers in charge.
7. Q.: When washing badl y contaminated woolen clothes which ob\Tioush- cannot be b oile d, is it necessary to wear rubber glove to protect the hands?
.:-\.: YeJ it ll'o/lid be a safe precalltion
8. Q.: If a man has a beard, is the respiraw( ffecti've? Ho,, do you decontaminate a beard?
.: Tuck it tip and pllt it ill the reJjirator , then it i.f safe IJ impossible, wt it oIl
9. Q.: How can clothing be decontaminated in a emi-rural area ,, her e there i no decontamination station available? (
.: Th e local attthorities JIIill hal'e all precautions lJIadt as to )) Ihere this clothillg i_I to be colJecfed and disposed of.
10. Q.: '\ ill patients \,·ho are only- uspected of being contaminated be allo"Ted to bath them elves, or must the y wai( to be crubbed at the cleansing centre?
A.: rr-hm ill doubt it is llJllch safer to report at tht Fjrst post for adllice as to the best proredllre.
I I. Q.: \\ ' ould a modern refrigeraror be afe to hold food and protect from contamination?
.: Y es
12. Q.: \, That i, ,- Uni n lo(h" for protectin g doors and windo\\- ?
A.: --1 trade tel'lI! lor (lI IJ ' IIM/aial /II dt of a lIIix lllr" ro/toll a!ld Jl' ool. -
Priory
for Wales
E NERAL INTEREST
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Thus the ,-i tOry t the Brynma\H L.i\f. Team brea.k_ a four Y a1'.' of ucce of G. WT. R.
The Lord :\1 yor pr ented the cup and a canteen of cutlery to each member of the winning tea.m while the Lad,- handed chromium clock to th member of the Fi hguard Harbour team Hi_ Lord hip referred to the e,-er-increa ing need for the trained ambulance man and congratu:ated aU teanL on their demon tration of abilirr to render tir t aid.
Thank to the Lord and Lady s for the encouragenent afforded h'l,- their attendance were propo'ed :-11'. J. torey, Aberga',\:enny, seconded , .- Captain T. Beard, O.B.E . ; L. Wallis
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The ommissi(ll1er, ft r I\fnnmnuth:';\1I1c, j\lKnlar h.heH1dda ntreS:1l' tt he Ct J (Ill the excel! 'nt arrangemcnts mnck Cor. n;hulal1ec fnL ' Iitlcs to b> a \ 'aib lle in connection with tht; \ "isit of 11. \1. .King 'd\\'3ld 111. t< the Special Are; on 18 and 19. \p art from the amb I.lnce dutie. paradcs werc arranged for insl)cction , and the f 11 wing letter f apprc intion \\ as recei, c 1 b) the Principal ccretal), [rom Cn.pl:1i n coffrey r:1\\'hay, Di trict Commissioner [or the L pedal \rea5 ( outh \ ale):-
Thi is jn t n. note to thank you and the l11L '11hcrs of the t.] ohn \ mbulance Brigade [or) our in co-operation and as istance in connection W IT h the King's visit to Dinas and PontypooL 1 clo no t think the arrang ments cou ld ha eben iml roved upo n, and in than king you for the part IOU pla) eel pcrsoJ1idly, I wish also to xpress my appreciation of th COLl rtcsy of your Officer ."
CENTRE REPORTS
l \KGLESEY CE l'RE, BeClf.{!JJaris Del)e!opmeJlf, - public meeting was held at Beaumaris under tile chairrnanship of the 11ayor, Alderman C. A. l oane, with the object oE
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BHI .LJ{ O( K""I1U CI f). f:'lIlh,IJ;tlflll, \t.1 I1lcltil1g h<.:ld al the Pm h Il.tl , Il a , th' Ilot1. I rs. }\Iaslair (()oper, lad Pn:s lc!L-ll( or til' (l'lltre, was introducc.:c\ by the (,1,,11 l1SS IOl1L1, I I '\It. ('()I (lI1d C. C. (olt: ll a1l1ij(ol1, 1.\1 (t., D O.) and addressed (11 (.; (.lass on th e Itllm. io n o{ V()IUllltlry \ill I )Llachments. \s (Il t; lie"," lj)jlointl'd Coullly Dirc c tor of V. \,D. ''\ ror 1\1 l'kll()cks hi t'e, "he: eXj1 I'l:'\s<: d th e hlJpc hal a clctachI11l'l1 1 ()u lc1 he rOl'I11<..:d at J l ay from I hL' tl1(,ll1hcrshil1 01 tI <.: II r" i11' l 1 I" it) n , 'J'hl \)1\ wnnls gave a demonsl ration or dldl unde r 11'. HI1\ s 1 larding. PoIlU' / 11Jl!JII!fIIJrf (Ollle .r/ Thrl l' Icam" compc.;led in tit Inlet Di\ iSJ()nal First \id (oll1l)e(itiol1 or the Ihl' Cllil"h ire COl1slahuiar\' at St. r,\ichad's H all, illClCl The Judge \\ dS Dr. \ \L Robc.:rt son lfT·is) The rl'"ult was as (ollCl\\ : I> Br ynm<1\i 2, Brc on; 3, Ystradgynlai<.;: ancl at the concImion of the competlllons Lord ;Janusk said his Jut\ r1 ere \\ as a pleasanl one on behalr of the Breconshire \tan ding Joint Committcc and the Brcconshirc Const ,b u]ary lo propose a vote or thanks t Dr Rober son fDr hi s kindness in com in g tht;re that day and g1\ 1ng 1.'1 hi " , aluable lime and also [or his trouble In prc )aring the test. I Lady Glanusk had pleasuT in presentin g the captain of the winning team \ 't h the cur. "he observed that it ,,"as a great comfllt to the public t know thal in the vent of such capabk men would be available.
The Ch.ief Constable ancl 'omm i,sionet, olonel C. G. Co le-Ilamilton, thanked her Ladyship, and alJ rhos who attended for thei r interest in the COl11pd tions.
CAR ! \RTII E HIRE E TR '. ,.Vm lieadqllarlers,-A large gathering attended a tunctJOn to mark the opening of the new headquarters p,resemcu by the malgamat d nthracit Colli ries Co. , ltd., to the Glanamman Divi ion, The n ,," has been quipped with tables, forms and store ('t'p boa[cL to meet a ll requirements, including 21
Ill< ()i Mr dlral ( ,()Jrlf( )rf , J) ( pfJ! Mr.:-' fJ r(;',iclcnl, e.;xPt'c".,ccilh( <If the l) ivi',if)J) t() Ihe C()Jflllr1ny ariel 1/(1 rly (he: Lullin y Mr. T J. I ('Ir t' gt lH <,u ppurt f n rc..:<,pfmrling, Mr. ·.;:tid Ihc j)()(tr)rs wC)trlrl h< prepar<..:d If) ,(I,iv { kelun;s in th e while he.; pcr',(mally wO lrlcl he pk:asc..:cl tf) furthc'r Ihe..: inlere s t ()f th e.; Movement in (very 1)(J',',; bk way ./ 1.R fJ C/arJe,r. Several cla 5c5 (f)r the..: gc..:fH:ral pu l)lic to fJbtaJn instfIJ( li(Jf] in the 1I1»)<..ct r)f "ir Ibid Pn'ul.llt!ons have.: been arr.anged by ()fficc..r' r) I fit ( ,cn l rc. A clas s (}f ',<..vcnty me.;mb<...rc; ()f th<.. (,ClI1 \ lahular y re.;ceive.;cl a UIlH5e rlf jecture '; (rr,m ssislan l Commissi()ncr Dr. ')jdncy William s and I,ady J )ivisional Supe rint<...ndent 'YfJ'.iS J ,. Harn(' , and !-llliJ')c'lucnt ly all (Jwtlj(i<.:d f()r (.A:rti(,catc s; and anol hc..:r class or 54) ic-c turec! hy A';';l<;tant (j}mmi ssirJl1er Dr. ( hunty OfIj(;et 'J'. J. William, f ,ady Corp s Superintendc nt MI s Ct I Y Hc.;e.; and Lad-, /)i\ isional Sup<...rintenclent J.\liss E. JIarri c ,i due f()r (,.,xamination. Ic.:anwhile.;, the training (If the Brigad e.:. pt.:rsonncl in the Centre is rrmtinuing teadily, Fu "/.,HfPf CL ·/Pf. /lo!}11'e/J PresentatIOn 0/ /lwardJ. -Lieut.- Crjlf)l.el l ,kwt; llyn Williams, J.P. (Prcciclc.nt ()f the Divi sjrm and Chairman of the r Iolywell 'rban DI <trict Cr)Jncil), pn;s lcle.;d at the annual prize. eli trib..l I()fl ()f the.: J Ir)l y wdJ Di\ isi()n. I Ie..: wac;, t...pported by thr· [Jr <"sl<.!c.:nt, Lord l\fo styn, (()lond JI. (. L. Howard (Commissioner), J.\f r. Cecil Rhode s (Hono rar: l.cn.:tar)) and Captain James -\yer (I-Iolyv.:ell). It u:as announced that Lach' Gladstone had been made an honorar) vice-president of the Divi sion; and her unavoidable absence v.:as regretted. In his repor, upcrintendent J. fit7patrick said the Division had comple.:ted tv.'o years' sen"ice. They were specially indebted to Dr. Arthur Jones, on \vhom they relied for tuition. During the first rear 2.34 hours' public duty were put in and 60 cases attended ro, while this year m-er - 0 cases had been treated. He appealed to those in posc;ession of First AId Certificates to join the Brigade.
Lord :.\fostvn congratulated the Di\"ision on it proo-re and' the Commi 'lOner , Colonel Howard, h/ commendati un.:. and referred ro the question of the prodsion of an a:nbulance. He welcomed the appointment of the Chiei' Cons ab:e a- _\.sistan Counn- Commi ioner and thanked the Chairman for the intere [ he rook in [he D i'n-ion. He aid that there were four Diyision in the COUD[·,- and it \va s hoped that another would be rormed at A aph. . 1.R.P.-The Priory welcomes the identification of Dr. IIenry Lloyd :\LO.H, [. with the Bri gade a an Honorary 1emb r folbwing hi, apI ointment as a Grade A.R.P. In auctor.
CE-TRE.
COIIIlI]' _ArM.-::\1rs. Tudor \Yi!:liam _ \\'h ha been rec ntly promo[ d to the rank ot Lady Corps Officer, i to be congratulated on haying
successfully taken the Anti-Gas Course at the Small Arms School, Winterbourne-Gunner, as Commandant of the Pontypridd V.A.D. Her qualification at this seven-days' course entitles Mrs. \Villiams to recognition as a Grade A.R.P. Instructor
The Assistant Commissioner, Dr. Tudor \Villiams, and Mrs Williams acted as host and hostess at the annual dance of the Pontypridd Division, which was attended by over one hundred guests. The duties of M.e. were efficiently carried out by Corps SergeantMajor E. Perkins.
The result of the annual Corps Cmnpetition were as follows :-
Leslies Stores Challenge Clip: Tymawr, 170 marks; Cilfynydd " A." 126; Taffs Wells, 119; P o ntypridd 117; Cilfynydd" B," 89' Dragon Shield (for Cadets) :-Cilfynrdd, 105; Treforest, 136; Pontypridd Boys' Club, 109. Dr. Gwyn Evans and Dr. NI. iitchell judged the men's competition, and Ambulance Officer E. Thomas (Lewis-lvlerthyr Division) judged the Cadet conte t the arrangements having been made by Corps Superintendent H. Clift and Corps Secretary T. D John.
Proposing a vote of thanks to the judges, Corp Superintendent H . Clift paid tributes to the unselfish way in which the Divisional Surgeons gaye up their valuable time to judge such competitions. His remarks were endorsed by Corps Secretary T. D. John, who seconded the proposition. Respondin g Dr. Gwyn Evans and Dr. G. M. 1vIitchell urged all ambulance men to persevere in their first aid studies. Caerphilly County Area.-There were nearly 250 guests present at the annual social evening and presentation of awards of the PontlottY"n Division, at which the Rev . W. Brazell presided. NIr. Daniel Williams, Honorary President, presented the Cadets with their certificates, remarking that it au g ured well for Pontlottyn that there were so many young lads interested in ambulance work. Assistant Commissioner Dr. S. B. Turner, presented warrants of office and, in his capacity of Priory Headquarters
A.R.P. Staff Officer, he referred to the subject of Air Raid Precautions. The presentation of first and second-year certificates to the adults was made by the Hon. Mrs. J OM H . Bruce; and in presenting labels the Commissioner for Wales reviewed the development of ambulance work. Divisional Superintendent James Inges proposed thanks to all who had assisted in making their annual event such a success and gave details of Divisional progress.
CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.
Alderman G. Fred Evans presided at a meetin g of the committee responsible for the organisation of the ball on November 5, which was graced by the presence of H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, Prior of the Priory for Wales . The Treasurer, Mr. O. Temple Morris, M.P., submitted an audit statement of the accounts showing a profit of £ F I 5s. 9d., a remarkably successful result, and it was agreed that the amount
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be paid into the account of th City of Cardiff Centre
The chairman thanked the committee for co-operation and expressed their indebt dne ss to the Earl and Countess of Plymouth and the Marquis and ,farchiones of Bute) the lI on. Join t Secretaries, Irs. Bowen-DaYle and Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, the Treasurer, and .01. c.' (Mr. Temp le Morris and Captain fa on \1. C).
The Hon. John H. Bruce nt d an auto graphed copy of the photograph of the Du ke of Kent to each of the Joint ecretaries a a mcment of the OC(;lS10 n. He aid that, in to the financial result, there was the good will and CO-( r ration g nerated by the function which the entre would be ut lising in the devel or ment of l \mbulan cl \,\lor k. One (he hr t things to be undertaken the trai t ng of the public in Air Raid Precautions; which other matter were dLl e for con,icluati on at a n ccti nn of the Centre Committee to be called at an earl y 4 \y/ ll: BRILl.
The whol of the staff of the. Llandough 110 pital, Cardiff, ha\Te received a cour e of .\. R.P. L ectun: from Dr. Leonard lIowell s Cardiff Centre G 1dc Instructor' and at the conclusinr ()( the CO 'If'(' a practical demonstrati n with the II L of the \)lJCt
A.R.P. van b y courtesy of thl ' hiLe on u')k oi Cardiff \Va carried out (aptaIrl ,. B. 'I ,rnt:r, LR.C. " L. .R.P.) a istcd lw County )f{lw Emrrs Jam es l \beraman.
The Prior y tore Depart ment benefited hy the kindness of the organisers of the ardiff bngir eenm: Exhibition in placing a free stand at its disp r ,1' (or the disp lay of flrst aid mat erials and requisite .
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KE JYA GA DA, n ZID \R.
The strength of the Police Di\ i ions in Kenya, Uganda, and Zanzibar have all inc rca ed the year, and from each place r ha\ been n;cel\'ed of cases of First id where mLmbcL of the Btlgade have been instrumental in a ing life or in relief in case of seriou injury
In Uganda I was sorry to the sen or Captain M. St. C. Thorn as Divisional Superi ntendeo[ of the Division, due to hi retirement fr o'n the Force on the grounds of ill-health. He h as succeeded by Captain E. G. Fish,· who, I kn ow, \rdl ably carryon the work initiated by Captain Tbom.
In Zanzibar the Division was inspected His Excellency Sir Richard Ranki n , the British ReSi dent.
OUTH AFRIC-\.
The Brigade within the Commandery in Africa has increased its strength by the form atIO n ot 13 new Divisions during the year.
An advance report from Colonel Sleeman has revealed that in all Districts the work of the is in a high state of efficiency, and that th e members hiP is exceptionally keen and enthusia tic.
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FO R PROMOnO TO THE CrRADE OF OFFICER (BROT HE R ). Colonel IcrbeTt Henry Ernest Ru l'll, 0 B.E., )LD, F R C.P. (from Serving Bmrl r).
Lleut..(.olooel Percy Gordon Blec (from 5crving Brother)
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George Golding (from Sening Brother ).
Hamilton (from Sen;ng Brother).
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A camp will be held for the nursing personnel of the Brigade this year at Rossall School, between Fleetwood and Blackpool, from July 3 I to August 7. The postal address is Rossall School, Fleetwood. The nearest railway station is Fleetwood. Tram from Fleetwood pass the gates of the school.
The cost per head, inclusive of board and lod gi n o- , for the week will be 37S. 6d for officers, and 3 5s. for members. This is less than the charge made by the school authorities this year, but the Order has most generously consented to pay the extra charge of 7S. per head.
Rossall School is most delightfully situated, being really on the seashore, for one can walk from the larO'e courtyard through the archway on to the private beach belonging to the school, of which we have the use. There is a private chapel, a beautiful dining-hall, comfortable sitting-rooms, and the windows of most of the bedrooms look right out to the sea. The food is excellent. There are also tennis courts and large playing-fields and a sW'imming pool.
There will be lectures and a certain amount of practical work each day, but as it is realised that many members wish to combine work with pleasure, making this their holiday, plenty of free time will be given in which they may follow their own pleasure s.
Regulation indoor and outdoor uniform is essential. For lectures and practical work the plain grey camp overall with black tie and belt, and soft white collar, is recommended as it is most comfortable. 11embers desiring such an overall can obtain a paper pattern, in sizes 34, 36, 38, and 40 inch, bust measurement, from the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief's office, price 6d., or the overall can be obtained ready-made from the Stores and the usual firms. The white straw camp hat can be obtained from the Stores Department at St. John's Gate by those members who desire to have it. Mufti may be worn if liked during free time. Those attending the camp must provide their own soap, towels, and bedroom tumbler.
Cookery classes will be held. Those who wish to attend must provide themselves with an oven cloth, tea towel, small pan, table spoon, fork, and knife.
Any officer or member who owns a gas mask should take it.
AIl applications must be accompanied by a 5s. deposit, which will be forfeited if the officer or member cancels her application after being accepted. The balance of the total sum due must be sent direct to the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief at St. John's Gate to reach her not later than July 17, 1937. The full payment for the week will be due unless an applicant cancels her application not later than July 23, except in the case of sudden illness when a doctor's certificate must be submitted.
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Official application forms can be obtatned by Officers in Charge of Divisions from the office of the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief.
All applications must be made on the official for m in duplicate through the Officer in Charge of the applicant's Division, and forward d by that O fhccr to the Lad y Superintendent-.in-Chief at St. John <; Ga tc, London E C. 1
The work in connection with th e camp .vul be very much facilitated if tho e wishing to att.:! d will make as early application a possible. App lutio fl s shou ld reach the Lady uperintendent-i n-Chicf's office b y June 30 at the la t t, but applications n.. celved after that date will not be refused unless the c."' '11 p already filled 10 application can be con dered after July 2-+.
Officer in charge of ur ing Divlsions are ur3cn tl)' a ked to bring this notice before their mem b '. It is sent for the informati n of all th nursing per sn nn d and not only for the benefit of the Officer in 1arg c of the Di yi ion.
January, I937.
ETHEL PERRO T'l, 1. <1dy IljJerinlet1dent-in- Cblej \ Tllrsjllg Corp.r and D J 'lJiOni.
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Southern Railway Contributed by L. _1. Rjchard r. CHATHA:'-! u"\;D Dr TRICT O'.lPETITIO
The above compet.ition for the Chatham an d s trl C Shield and Gower Cup was held recently at th e Ch .tham Drill Hall, and re ulted in a t am train d by th e .C' )tri ct
Secretary winning the competition.
After the competition the trophie ere prest: ned by Mr. C. Rogers, who deput.ised for Sir Robert G o t.r the member of Parliam ent for Gillingham
R ogers made reference to the lntereS( akc n in ambulanc work by the late Lady Gower, and thac it was very wonderful to know that in this w or d t here were !Den and women willing to give up thei r rune (0 help those who could not help them elves , through illne or accident.
D octor frob)" and fajot l'obk, the re pecti",,, J dge\ commented on the general excel! nce of the W I) k J?ne in the competition, and the latter urged that th o ::>\;. taKI ng part should do their utmost to r emit new
LECT URE AT OUTIIA:--fPTO Do KS: PION GA A,\J) AIR RAID PRECAUTIO -So
Dr. John Clayre, an expert on the subj ct of pu !l delivered a comprehensive lecture covering a st.. e) ot poison gas and air-raid precautions to "t Southampton Docks Ambulance Class and thea we nd, from the surrounding clistrict at tbe Mechanical Er 'Yll1CW Mess Room recen tly.
The Lecturer, who was introduced by lvir Uzzell (Chairman of the Dock s Centre), t. e 1 . k I 1 ria necessity of being prepared, and stated the rlS ). t re attack was one that ambulance men could n ot Ibn ? d The consequence of an air attack could not be imp rOV ise
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on the spur of the moment, and it was, therefore, v itall y nece sary for preparations to be made in times of peace.
In his survey, which lasted two and a half hours, Dr. GaYfe gave an outline of the military aspect of air attacks, a description of known poi on gases with their peculiar properties and effects, and the appropriate "first aid» treatment. He also described and demon trated the general service respirator, and permitted some of the valiant member of his audience t o sanlple the odour of several specimens of " bottled" ga. Intense interest was displayed in all the point made by the Lectur er who at the close of his talk answered a number of questions.
Commander \\;" A. Graham warmly thanked Dr. Gayr e for his interest in the Docks Ambulance Class and devoting so much of his time in enlightening them on the pos ibility of "things to come."
RAMS GATE BOROGGH C UP CmrPETITIO
The above competition was held recently in the Centenary Hall, Hardres Street, Ramsgate, and was won by the Southern Railway Divisio n o. Team. The prize s were presented by Alderman 1\1rs F. Dunn.
In his general remarks, Dr. Boulden, who judged the team test, said he would like to congratulate all the teams on the fact that they all saved the life of the victim of the " air crash," and added that, after seeing the work of the competitors, he would never fear to take a flight which might involve a su dden landing near Ramsgate
Votes of thanks to all concerned concluded th e proceedings.
CRICHTON Cl P COMPETITIO
The Crichton Cup Competition was held recentl y in the Buffet Lounge at No. 103-4 Sheds, Southampton Docks, recently, and resulted in a win for the Southampton Docks " A" team Mrs. Biddle presented the cup and prizes.
Dr. Clayre, in replying to the vote of thanks congratulated the teams on having reached such a high standard and said he wished more men would take an active part in that movement of chivalry, "First id to the Injured."
PRESENTATIO l OF AWARD, FAVERSHAM.
The awards gained by members of the Faversham Class were presented recently by Lady Alexander. The awards included five 3a-year certificates and four 2 I -year gold medals, and Carriage Examiner Owen received the Company's Certificate of Merit.
Hearty congratulations to all concerned!
lVlERlTORIOUS Lo - G- SERVICE CERTIFICATES
At a recent meeting of the Centre Committee the undermentioned members of the staff were awarded the Company's Meritorious Long-service Certificate:-
E. S. Dave y, Guard, Horsham.
E. W. Stempt, Station Foreman, Poole.
A. E. Maindonald, Loader, Nine Elms.
R. Winter, Dock Porter, Dover Marine.
G. A. Prow, Storekeeper, Fratton.
H. G. Breed, P orter-Signalman, Havant.
AMBULANCE PAS SE S
Special attention of the staff entitled to the above is directed to section 3 of paragraph I, page 7, of the 193 6 issue of the Ambulance Pamphl et.
London, Midland & Scottish Railw ay COII!rib/fled fry Gilb er! S. IIill.
BLACKBUR
n annual competition for variou s di trict departmental teams was held on December 3· The team s competin o- Great] Iarw o od, who took fir st place ; Blackburn Trafhc NO.1, second· Blackburn mhul ance Class Team, third· Blackburn Di s trict ng inccrs, fo urth; and Blackburn Traffic o. 2, fifth.
The highe t po ss ible marks f, r team and in di vidual tests were 245, th e first team coring 191 and th e seco nd 186.
Dr. of Burnler and Me Colb o rn e (Co rp , ' uperintendent, t John's Brig ade, Bu rnl ey) we re the judges.
The ennt created a great d eal o f interes t am ongst tht s taff, and a larg e nurnbcr attend ed as p ectat o r . 11r. \'c. Hep\J;-o rth acted a Chai rman an d , in hI. remarks, co mmented on the enthu siasm s h o wn in Blackburn for ambulance work, and the de ire o f th raIl way company to increase the number of taff train ed in Fi rst Aid
The prize were pr ented b - M rs Bentl e y DERBY.
A rag -and - bone merchant, ,,-hile n hi rou nd wi th hi barrow, wa struck on the jaw and knock ed int o the gutter by an o ther man. He had been drinkin g v:hs k} and eating, and the blow made a piece of bread stlck in his throat, causing asphyxia. Injur y wa s al so in flicte d to his hand br a broken bottl e
This situation faced team in the L com o tive D epart , ment annual competiti o n heJd recentl y . Wfatched by the judge (Dr G. B. Thr i ft ) (h e five te1 m from the different hops had ro t e nd the in jured 'nan before he was removed to h o pita!.
The result of the te s t 'wa that 1 o 8 h op\' 10 Z team scor ed highest point 216 o ut of a po s ibl e and so won a silver chalJenge cup. [ember of th e [e:l m, G. Morley, L. H. Barker, R. T. Th o mp n, W t(.\ a rt , and]. Hickton, were av. arded wristlet watch es o. 18 hop followed clo s 11' tw o pint s b ehind and members of the team, J. 1\. Br o wn " Farley, Pl) her , W. Deacon, and H. Tunnicliffe, recei" ed half dinn er se ts
There were 25 comp e titor s .i n th e seni or ind Id ual competition for the ir I lenr}' F o wl e r h aJl eng c Cu p Only three point separated the winner and th e c...ntra nt who was third.
In addition to holding th e cup for a year , (No. r6 hop) received a sha ing cabinet. C. (No. 8 Shop), who wa s second, wa awarded a n amb ula nce box, and H. Hunt ( o 16 Sh p ) , who was third , \Vo n a fountain-pen and pencil.
]. A. Brown (No J 8 hop ) wa s the winn er in the junior section, and his prize was a travelling ca se. here were six entrants in this comp etiti n
Dr. J. Barlow Schofield was judge for th e ind.1VJd ual sections.
DORE AND TOTLEY.
Whist drives have been held recently on behalf of the company's Ambulance Mo, ement, as a result of w hlCh a profit of £9 has been made.
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Severe fog prevented many members from atten ding the smoking concert held recently, at which awa rd we re presented for the previous session's work.
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Edil vrhl
ThL Srnry of '\ntl st:ptics Irom ParL to l.isrcr Corr ron Jencc
ThL (, "ln d Priory News
Inrcrt' '>ting Case Repons
Queslions and j \ ns\\'crs
Sr. .h hn Ophthalmic ll ospital, Jcru salt:m
A.R.P Persona iilics
Air PrcCL utions
Raihl v C\l!S Prlon for \'( ales
I L\ CER Y OF TIlE RDER, GATE, Lo l DO E.C. Febmol)') 193
The Order' s Hospital
The appeal t 111 mbers f th rd r f t. John funds for the Ophthalmic Ho pital in J eru alem IS made necessary by the expa n ion and added activiti s of an insti tut ion wh i ch is ca rryino- ou t , in i t dai ly Work, the t ra dit i n for which t he Or d er ha alw ay stood.
In 1927 Field 1farshal Lord Phtrner, in a letter to the Chancellor of the Order, \'note :" 1 sho/lld like to tell ),011 what wonderful Jl!ork IS being done in Palestine 0' the Ophthalmic Hospital of tbe Order at jerusalem The u10rk has beeJ1 of material assistance to 0"1' administratIon, and has sustained British prestige in a mallner quite remarkable. Both countries, Palestine and Traflsjordan, Oll-'e a debt of gratltl{de to the Order.)'
In 1930 Dr T. Drummond heils) :0.1. c., :0.1.P., nder- eerecan- of tate for the Colonies, u-rote that he was mu"ch impre sed by the importance of the \york being done; that it "\'\-a of great a i tance to the GO\-ernment in the opportunities for special training in eyes \,-hich it afford to Gm-ernment doctors and nurses sen-ina in other district ; that it wa appreciated by the Goyernmem a an in\-aluable health a set in Pales cine.
In 1935 H.E. Lieutenant-General It \,(Tauchope, High Commissioner for Pal e cine and Tran jordan wrote of the training chool for rab girls-an insticution undertaken and financed by the Order at the reque t of the Pale tine GO\-ernment, The school IJ alread), a SlIcceSJ and offen- areal pO.l·J·ibilities for tbe good qf this CO/llJlI]' I t JJ"Olf/d be ill 1)/)' opi::ioll a (alalllit:} if tbis school )J' J to (Ollli' to an end.
\Te ar certain that the appeal, made lac t month, by H R.H. the Grand Prior u-i11 re ult in th rat illg of the urn r quir d, of \,·hieh nearly £ 000 ha already been collected . One Ambulance Diyi ion of the Briaad ha alr ad,· come to the a _i tance of the Ho pital and \\ 'e ha.Ye no doubt that oth r Di, -i ion \vill f llow lut and a i t in what und ubt dly on of the mo t spi ndid Ofaanisationc under the banner of t . J ohn
Further information \dll b found on pag 51,
The Story of Antiseptics
from .Pare to Lister
PARE'S other discovery was made at the si ege of Danvilliers, where he used the ligature for the fi rs t time after amputations. Before thi it ,; as cust o mary as soon as the limb had been removed, to use cauteries, both actual and potential) to stop the flow of bloo d, as Pare remarks, "a thing horrible and cruel in th e mere telling." He ligatured th e vessel, recommending " good threads, t,yO to ge ther)" and also used the ligature to vessels bleeding in an ordinary ",,-ound. In recommending the practice he says, C I con£ ss freely and with deep regret that formerly I practised not this method but another, therefore I counsel th e young surgeon to leave such cruehy and inhumanit y and follow my method of practice which it pleased God to teach me) without I had ne,,-er seen it d one in any case, no) nor heard of it." He conferred \;oith other Parisian surgeons and the y agreed to t ry hi method, but they kept the cauteries at hand in case the ligature failed. It was a long time, howe el) before his teachings came to be reco g nised as bein g the safest and most reliable treatment for wounds. Pare's achievements were reco g nised b y several of the French kings_ He was appointed surgeon to Henry II and afterwards to Francis II and Charles IX. He died in I 590.
As stated, the deleterious effect of the air on open wounds had been recognised ea rl y in the sixteenth century, and among others b y Paracelsus, tha[ extraordinary man who was part mystic and part a genius in medicine and surgery. He declared that cc ature healed wounds by a curative balm if left to hers elf, and noted the benefit to a wound when the air had been excluded."
Little progress was made in the treatment of wounds until the latter half of the seventeenth centur y, when the discovery of Leeuwenhoek) the Dutch ph ys ician) was made known. B y means of his impro v ed microscope he discovered organisms hitherto undetected. Trus, and the experiments of Redi, opened up a new field of investigation. Redi proved that the theory generally entertained, that maggots were spontaneously generated was erroneous, and showed that by protecting a piece of meat with fine wire gauze, so that flies were prevented from depositin g their eggs upon it, maggots did not appear.
Huxley considered that this experiment forme<i the foundation of modern bacteriological technique, and the wire gauze, the forerunner of the antiseptic gauze of modern surgery.
Until the early part of the eighteenth century , wine, walnut leaves, aloes) myrrh, alum, nitre and borax continued to be the principal substances employed as dressings for wounds, and in the army
Part II. oj tbl' Royal Collc,P,e of \ urp,l 0';5 oj }:;· (!!,Iatld.
and na y th e boilin g pitch or tar w as still bein g llsed to arrest h tc m orrhao'e afte r the amputation of limbs nut th e theor th at the re was somcthing harmf ul in exp os in g them to th air wa, ga ini ng grou nd.
In 1720, Bcll oste a Frenc h army surgeon, became' convinced of th danger of e. -p osing a woun d to the air) and declared that 'air was a terrible ra vager of \\'01.1Qds .' He said the prc mptest meth od,; of dIe ing ought to be p refe rr ed to all others.
Another rench surgeon named De Vilklt:; \ riting on th ge ner al ' bealine: of wounds at hi ' time, \ 1h'al mab:s the ' air so harm ful lnd causes the liquid in the body to corrupt i wh en I impregnated ",ith bad exhalations. \'\ ounc.! s oughl th en to be dr ssec.! a , quickl) as po :iblc. " The vitiated air of the arm) hospita ls cited 'an example which Illust, h e said . be prc\' ented frum penetrating the intcrnal parts or out' bodics for fear it will c mmunicate to them its harmful effect ' ,. It was the int rest aroLlsed by thc proble m lfhL putrefa.ction of bodies of those \\ ho hac! di ed from plague that led t( further search for ant l-putr ci1ctin ub tance to arrest dcca\. Foremo t among the work<..:r, (n thl. wa, Plac e, who publish d a treatise on thl. pl a ue ill 172I. This little work historic, and in it, as far it is kn \Vn, the word (l/Ili.il'plic \\ as firsl Imd H e tate, Thi phenomenon shows the moLiclO of the pestilential poison to be put refactiyc; it the use of allliscplickJ a rea onable \\'a) to o ppose it, and whatever resists, and i a pn.:scn alivc 19ainst admits nol the generation of For thls purpose Placc suggested a. the mo s t Pl'OI111S ing materials, cedar Ir ish oak, cinnamon an_d 11L spices which we re used in the emba lmment ot lead bo die s cc For," he declares, 'the yirtu l:' hal preser ve d d ead b o di s from in ecL and putrehction should preser e the same b die Ji ing from t he sarnl' thin g." Thus, Place appears to hay clearl y nised the principle o n whic h anti , eptic surgery came to be founded.
Anot her inves ti gator a to the cam<..: of was Goiffon, a medical practitioner of Ly ons He propounded the theory that th e disease wa produce d b y a poison Which came from without, and thoug ht that this p o i so n mi g ht b e propagate d b little worms or insects. In discus s in g th e tr at m nt, he suggested that a Contra-poison, or what we would n o\\ tam an antitoxin, should be o ught for, thu in a remarkable way the doctrines to which Pn,..;W ul gave utterance over a century la t er In 1750, an epoch-making investi ga tion into il-;cptl c and antiseptic substances was m a de by
Prin g le which. attracted the attention or the '\cientihc world at the tJme.
John Prin gle was b orn in Scotland in 1707) and was the son of a cottish baronet. J Ie first studied at Edin bur gh University and then went to Leiden) to work und e r Boerhaave) the famous Dutch chemist and physicia n. fter graduating at the C niversity there he returned to Edinburgh and became professor of pneumatics in that city. Later) he was appointed physician Lo the of tair, Commander of the British j\rmy) and \vas ent to Flanders to serv e in th e military hospitals during the campaign in the Netherlands. Thcre he made a close stud) of the diseases then prevalent in the army. The results he arriycd at c,' cntually revolutionised militar) medicine and surgery throughout Europe. His wo rks were translated into French and German, and established his reputation as a great scientific pioneer. On returning fr rn rus military duties he hegan an in\, (,S tigation on antiseptics , which he communicated to t he Royal ociety in 1750 under the title of <c Exper iments upon asceptic and antiseptic substances, wit h remarks relating to their usc in medicine." He concluded that alkaline salts tended to arrest rat he r than to remo\'e putrefaction, and hO\ved by a series of experiments how beef could bc s preer. cd. I1c then carried out an inve tigalion into res ins and gum and compiled a table showing the rd atl ye pre en'ing rO\\ 'cr of alkalinc salts.
J IL wa appointed Ceorgc III to be phrsician [() [he Queen' . I lou chold and wa awarded the Co pley mcda I for his researches.
About the same pcriod, a remarkable \\'oman na me d Madamc d' \lconyillc aroused considerable att en tion in France from her researchc into the cau c f put rcfacti n. At fir t he published the res ult of h r \nnk anOD\ moush , and it was not known unt il year. later that the treati e cmitled En'ai POll,. rm i a I' /JiJtoire rle /0 PI/tn/action had been written by t his learn d \\'oman who c im- tigation embraced his tory, literaturc, phy ics, philo oph)' and chemi try. he haJ ob,-iollsly b n in , pired by Pringle's \.\'ork, and carrie d on the experiments on the sub tance, whI ch might delay putrefaction in her own laboratory. [-IeI' investigation c "cred a p riod of ten y ar. and lasted from 1 75 -I- to 1764. Th Y re ulted in a table she pu bJi hed cOIT11 ri ing anti ptic. which r tard a nd thos ",-hich prom ted it. hc tors aw thc po ibilit y of th iru.c for medical pucl'o es, partIcu larl y in the treatm nt of w ounds, and cJa . sified them acco rdin g ly.
, She t rmed the ubstancc that tHCLI putrefactIon" eptic,' an d tho e that prcv nted it L\ntiept ics,' cnum rating thos that \\'ould presenT mea t from one d ay to \' n months.
Amo ng the substanc she belic,' d would prove success ful in m dicine and surgery \\' r cinchona, styrax, ben zo in, camphor and bal sam of P ru. In conclus ion, sllc ob rv s, C to prc\"cnt putr facti )n
it is, above al l trungs, necessary to exclude the outer air. "
Putrefaction) she held) was a natural process, and every 'Organic body as soon as it ceased to mature advanced more or less rapidly towards destruction
In 1767) Professor MacBride, of Dublin, commenced his investigations on the respecti ve qualities of antiseptics and made a series of interes ting experiments to test the anti septic power of various substances to arrest putrefaction. His method was t o place a certain quantity of these sub s tances with fresh meat and to note.. the period at "\\-hi.ch putrefaction set in. He found that vitriol, sea salt, v inegar and lemon-juice would keep meat swee t f or four days , and that claret and Portugese white w i n e posses se d the g reate t antiseptic properties.
A few years later, in 1770, the Acad e m y of Sciencec:; at Dijon offered a prize for the best treatise on " ntiseptics." It was won by Bordenav e, a French c:;cientist, whose conclusions were p u bli shed in an essay. He adyocated experiments on li \ ing sub jects instead o f dead tissue) and contended that in an tiseptics , it was not only neces sar y to co nsider the remedies that arre ted putrefacti o n, but also t ho e which pre, ented and cured it. He strongly rec o mmended the use of astringent sub tances as preyentiyes and declared that all putrid ani mal exhalations were yery pernicious.
Towards the end of the eighteent h the (wO French army surg eon Larrey an d Percy, w h o did much to impro,-e the methods of [f ea ti n g woun d , e pecially those received in \,Oarfar e pu bli hed t h ei r experiences. B o th Larrey \, -ho \I:a surg eo n -lDcruef to C rande _4rlJlet , and Perc y, his colleague came to the conclus ion that pure cold \,,-ater wa the be t treatment f o r gun- hot wound, to which they sometimes added a little p i rit of wi ne or extract of lead.
There i a story told of the tw O ur g e on to how they came to di card [he dress i ng used a t th e time for the impl \,-ater treatment. It i said that after a battle had been fought near tra b u r g in I 85 they were call d to s e some oldiers \\'hose \vounds were claimed to ha,'e been quickl y healed, after being dre _ d by an .A.lsatian miller "\\lth a miraculou, \\-ater known to him. On inye tlgating the ource of th o-called miraculous fluid : found it was nothinO' but fresh ,,-ater tak en fr o m the mill tream in which the old mill r had a little alum. He accompanied its application bandaO'ing \,-ith om incantation and cabali tic sians, which impre ed the ufferer with it magIC powers.
The ulgeons re oh-ed to experiment on their ()\\'n account by th ' ame method and the as toni hed P rcy at lenCTth had such faith in the pur \\'at r dr ,sing that h is said to ha\' declared that he would have abandon d army if he had not b n able to 11, It. He comrleted
his dressing by enveloping the wound with a PldC of impermeable linen to prevent evaporation, as we do with oiled silk to-day.
Thus extolled by such famous surgeons as 1aney and Percy, the pure water treatment of wounds soon became known throughout Europe and was adopted by most army surgeons. Thus the old hap-hazard methods were discarded, and although some added a little alum, brandy or extract of lead to the water, the cold water dressjngs became established.
(To be continued)
Jersey Nursing Cadets
CONTRIBUTED BY Mrs K. L PRJ
TI1e Jersey Nursing Cadets send their o-reetings to all Cadets, everywhere, who read this report, and wish them a very happy New Year, both in and ou t of ambulance life.
They have just completed their first official year's work, so have rounded it off with a party, \"vhich took the form of an indoor" Camp Fire," and. they in ited their Senior Division to come and be happy with them. A large room being available, also a loyel y big piece of synthetic grass, and any amount of greenery, it was not a difficult matter to produce a field and a "sham" Camp Fire, round which the assembly squatted, played games, sang songs, rounds and carols, and partook of refreshments, served in camp fashion, each camper having brought her own enamel mug and plate! Fancy dress was optional, and with the many effective costumes, the shaded lights and wee decorative lanterns, the result was really pretty, and a very cheery evening was spent.
A silver collection was taken up, and from the proceeds a little Christmas gift-a cyclamen-was sent to the Divisional Surgeon, who is ill at present, wishing her a speedy recovery. A warm letter of thanks has been received from her.
The remainder of the money was divided between the Cadets' General and Benevolent Funds.
A few days later six of the g.irls went to help with the Christmas Tree Day entertainment at the Children's Convalescent Home, at which they do hospital duty; they had previously contributed a parcel of toys.
Their items were songs, carols, dances and recitations, and they were much appreciated by the little patients and their friends. The Cadets were entertained afterwards at a jolly little tea party, together with the other youthful guests, and enjoyed the whole afternoon themselves, as well as pleasing other folks.
II Correspondence J
To the Editor, T. JOll A m UL.\ "1el--: GAZETTE.
DEAR lR. EDITOR,-PI as lend an ear to my pleading I May we have some m re cc Cadet ews." If possible, a " Cadet Pag
How we sh uld enjoy readin g adcts own letters and suggestions.
The intr duction of cro' \" ord and other com. petitions (if con id e red su itabl , thos submitted by Cadets) would be greatly \\' leorn d.
[vIav not the Ambulance and ur ing Divi IOn of the future ha e a special place in the G ZrTrE (which would no doubt lead to Lh eir j ncr eased inter st in the affairs of the Brigade as a whole) ;>
We reLish the mol'. el under the heading " Cadet ew ," which apr ear [rom time to time, bur oh I \" hat a mall portion i our.
Thankin g you in anticipation. pp TIt E
VERA i t RO OK Lori)' Code I 0i/ia r.
[R eader T '"era 111. RookJ shall IIOt (Wi hope) ple tlrf jf. [lain / H"e are alll'(ljl.f 10 rtceil./( alld pllblish ( !·Iet aJ/d 1J'e sl(f!,gesl that she lIIaK.fJ' husdIrcJp olI.,,·vle [or Bristol Cadet YeJPJ. litre is the sparc-,dl lI '/' flted i f tbe cop), /- -< DIToR·l
To the Editor, T. JOlT J. \ \llll'L\ Ife.
D E, R IR,-There arc at present c\'cral appearing m nthly which should continue. As tbey have stood the te t, I \\' ill just enumerate thL 1Questions and Answer "; Pri ory for \,<- 'ales LV: ; St. John J. \mbula nce Brigade 'e ws; 0\- rseas 'L 's ; Competition marking sheet and r marks; th e U Jal ( tit-bits" from \ rarious ource
Our advertisements: ther are, n dOll bt, a !'( lIrce of income and hclp to keep the price of the jou ·nal to 3d., beside being a matter of interes t to re Spl((1\e buyers.
I think the following could be run in serial and would be of interest to all interested In rhe movement: The History of the r ler; the of the Order hurch; the tory of the Order Iuscum and its contents.
Talks on Chemical Wa rfa re: With such mw as Dr. Corbet Fletcher, Dr. Lakin, . J. . Tho mpson, at our command, all these would be interec;tJng, elevating and instrLlctive. Then eminent men cou ld give us written lectures on the nervou S system, the blood and many other subjects, which, alth oug h in advance of first aid, would come in m ost useful to our readers who are nurses, orderlies and of s uchlike occupations.
Centre Secretaries might write up the notes of the doin gs of their Centre from which other secretaries would glean information probabl y helpful for their own Centre
My preference would be for news from all sources. We are a uruted brotherhood, all out for the same idea, to assist man kind, and every little information gathered from these sources must help to improve om own sphere.
I am, Yours, etc., FREDERICK W. KI 1G, Post Ojjice AllIblf/ance Centre, Ill/anr! Seelioll, C.P.O., 11Io/lllt Pleasant, E .C. I.
! [hallk ),011, Reader IP". KiJ7g. Ire are 10 take )'0111' adllice abolll 7l rill en lectllres 011 the IIfJ'l'O f{S .ryslelll, Ihe blood alld allier! Stt/!/eds ]vhich are aSJocialed 1J ilh , or cOlllplemental), 10, /irst-aid. Ire pass 011 )'Olf}' lip 10 Ibose Cmlre Serrelaries who do i/ot, at pre/ml, IIJe ow' collfl)/IIJ. 1J'/lI,oet a/I tlJe 'Cbemical IT im}m' ),011 11'011/ in tbe near plfure /1'0111 ollr ./ LR.P. Co ,.,-e,rp olldCllI, and Jl'e an ),011 (J cheqlfC for half a oHima (J.f pel' 0111' Ja1l11.l1l), (( l.:,ditor;al. "-EDITOR .)
No. 27 (We t Ham) Nur ing Division
rirst \iel Ja scs, to be held at \\'hitehall Place (I (l()1 (G round rI or) Infant) Dcpartmem, Fore t G,ttc, L7, comm,cncing february 23,193 (Tuesdays) tu 9.30 p.m.
\ppro 'imatcl\ 12 lectures 6 of which will be giy n [ \l. llog g , M.B. h.B. l',nr olmcnt night- Tuesday February 16, 1937, )0 [0 8,30 p.m.
rec 3"· 6e1., including examination. Ladies only. \11 enqujries to Lady uper:n'endent, "0Iiss tr, them , 10, larcmont Road E.7 or to Lady \mbulance nicer and Hon. cr tan', "0Ir D"ke 3I, Road, ; .6. '
No . 45 (Paddington) N ur ing Division
J\ course of lectur on First , \ id for women fr.om age of 18 years will be given by Dr. J. \"' Lltc.hhcld, B.M. B. h., l\LR.C.P., at t. Perer" R oom, Elgin J. \ v nu , Paddington commenc Ing n Thur da\ ycnin cr Pc:bruan II at 8 t..: "h) p.m.
Fec 3S. 6d. for cour e, includin g cxaminatjon. Candidates " ishing to enrol are ask c.l to be at "' t. Peter's hurch R oom Elo in , \Y cnu on Thur cia\ 0 February 11, at 7.30 p.m. r furrh r Int onJo1 a tion apply in writing to Lady Diy isional o. 45 (Paddingt n) ut-in g D1\ 11 0n, .J.A.B. 47, Chlpi nham Road) \".9.
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Obituary II
LT.-COL. H. SPACKMAN
We regret to record the death of Lieut.-Colonel H. Spackman, of Exmouth, who was, until a short time ago, Assistant Commissioner for East Devon. Colonel Spackman pa sse d away on January 18, in his seventy-sixth year. He was an Officer of the Order of St. John.
The cremation took place at Bri stol.
l\ IR E. PALFREY1L'L -.
\\"e regret to record the death of::':frs. E. Palfre yman, who has been co nnected with ambulance work in Leeds for m-er 2. 5 years. The funeral took place recentl y
l\Ir. Palfr e,'man, \vho \\:as 71, was one of the founders of the Y.l\LC. J\. Central Division of L eeds t. J ohn .l \mbulance Brigade , and during the \var \,'as a V .D. at t. Jame s's Hospital, Leeds.
The interment at \\Toodhouse Cemetery was preceded by a sen-ice at Brunswick Chapel, where Palfre\' man formerh' attended. T he Rev. W. E, angsrer officiated '
Repr e entati,-e of Leeds r. John Ambulance Bri gade walked in the cortege from the chapel to the cemeten-.
Police alional First Aid Competition, 1937
The final of [he aboye competition will b held at the Central IlalJ \\ 'e (min rer London, \V. , on F bruan 26
The Judg will be: T. Lakin 1LB., Ch.B., of l\Ianche rer, and D. \\'. A. Bull l\I.D. B. h., of rony tratford.
Th preliminary eliminating c ompetltlOn for th nine P olice Di trict in England and \Yale are being held during January at Pr ron, York, Donca , t r Birmingham, Bri ghron Taunton, \"\' rexham and London • \ total f 100 teams ha\- enter d tor rll s cornI citi n:.
Th \\,lnmng team, for the la,-t fiy y aL ar a' fo]lm,' , :- '-
193 hire onstabulary.
195 " -
19'4- \\' st u sex on tabular:.
193 -Li \'e rp 1 ity Polic
19·6- "0Ietropolitan Police,
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The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerahle Order of the H08pital of St. John of Jerusalem
CRA CERY OF THE ORDER, ST. JOH J' GATE, Lo IDON E.el.
]'0 His MrgislJ' KiJlg George T / 1.
As Grand Prior of the Order of St. John in the Briti h Realm and on behalf of all 1fembers of the Grand Priory and its Priory and and of the St. John Ambu lance ssociation and Bngade at Home and Overseas, I desire to offer to you a Soveriegn Head of our Order our devoted loyalty to your Crown and person.
(Sgd )
December 17, 193 6 RTHl'R, Grand Prio/'.
BUCKIKGH->ur P .,\L\.CE
December 19, 193 6
To the Grand Prior, '
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. Jo hn of Jerusalem.
As Sovereign Head of the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, I ha, e received with much gratification the loyal assurances conveyed by vou, as Grand Prior of the Order, in your letter of December 17.
I shall be much obliged if you will express m) sincere thanks for their message to the .Members of the Grand Priory and its Priory and Commanderies.
(Sgd .) GEORGE R.J.
THE GRAND PRIORY CHURCH OF THE VB ERABLE ORDER OF ST. JOH OF JERUSALEM.
1937·
The Chapter-General has decided that Services In March shall be held in the Church as follows :-
WED1'-.1ESDAY, MARCH ro-
Dedication of the Grand Priory Church and Commemoration of the Order's Saints and Benefactors.
Holy Communion at 8.30 a.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH r4-
Eastern Area Brigade Church Parade, 3.30 p.m. Preacher: The Rev. H. C M. Campbell, SubChaplain of the Order.
'Further Services will b e announced, from time to time, in these columns.
Colonel Sleeman's T our
(ProlJl 0111' OJ/m Conupolldent. )
t\ TIGER nOOT LN
Co lon el J. L. leeman, CB., CM.e., C B. E., M.V.O., Chief Commi loner t John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, has now completed the first half of his tour th roug h Tndia, including B ombay, Quetta, Peshawar, :Kohat, Lahore, Delhi, gra, Jaipur, jmer, G \ alior, ]hansi, Cawnp ore, Lucknow, Patna and Calcutta.
He now proce ds to Burma, returmng to India in order to tar '\vith Hi Excellency the Vicero j at ew Delhi aft r which he will re urn the 1ndian tour before proce ding on to ylon, in gapore and Hong Kon g. Hi elde'r sao, a lieutenant in rhe Royal Tank Corp, i, acting as his staff oJncer, the fifth O'eneration of hi family to er in India. /:)
The tour has not proyed uneventful, [or Chri .rmas eve aw a visit to Colonel leeman's bungalov. of an armed madman, who wa f rtunately arrL sted before he could do harm-a most unwelcome form of Santa Clau ! A break of a week nece sitatcd the ew Year's holiday proved fortunatc, for H enabled him to join a hooting camp in Nep al, as rh guest of an old friend, Hi. Exccllenc) CO \lnel Bailey.
\ big game hunter f considerable expcrJ Ln cl, Colonel leeman's fortune was not to Je sert rum, for he \\'a. fortunate enough to shoot a rr:agni tiger, almo t ten feet in length, fell to. rifle when in full charge. Thi tiger had tor som e time pa t been scriou ly depleting the cattle poor agriculturist-. It wa a coincidence .that ( .olund Sleeman hot this tiger \\ ithin a short of the spot where h shot hi. first tigcr. ()\'cr thlr.t ) :'eH ago. It is rarc for the a\-crage I In e'\'en to se a tiger, and t succeed In sho.otln t., within a holida\' is a combination or or k1111 a tion, fortune and experience. ,\nother tigLl \ killed during h15 \ -is[t Ficld-i\farshal Hawn 1\1annerheim, the Regent of Finland.
Grow1nO' interest in ambulance acth it] is belOt{ shown by/:) the Indian and olonel lecm an hu\ repeatedly expre sed hi' in th e 'res with much that he has een Junng hiS presen t tour, althouO'b he has made it clear that considerabl y more /:) b r: h 1 rest requires to be done elore t e c .untry car ."atisfie d with its ambulance and nursing eA:orb . It will be remembered thatolonel Sleeman, who is a resident in Gloucestershire, formerly the 1st Regiment an? the I60th 'Wales) Bn gadc, while he wa Du ctor of Training and Chief of taff to the ew Forces during and after the G Regiment was the Royal Sussex, With which he $(.; during the South African and Great Wars
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News II
"Jo. 1 ( PRll Cl:: OF \X r\LE ' ) 01 TRICT. \11 officers and members of No. I Di strict will leam with pleasLl re that the ommissioner, who, und er medical ad ice, has been resting at his home for several weeks, i nov,' raridly reco,-e ring his full health.
The District loob forward to the. ([me, now not tar distant when the Commis ioncr \.\'ill be back to face the arduous dutie wh.ich are hefore him in this Co ronation rear.
The Tottenhalll and Edmonton 7 Di,-ision havt had a windfall ln thc form of a sjte for a nc\,' heaJquarters. This is due to the munificence of R. J. Bradlc), whose interest in good cause ' I. well kno\llo in the di. trier. The sire is in laremont 'tred an excellcnt central position. The Di,-i ion, undLf Di, i. ional uperintcndent F. J. riddleton, is now actively l'ngaged in raising the necessary funds for the huilding Good luck, Tottenham and Fdm,)llton.
\ cfinft t()r the extcn 1'.-e dC\'elopmenr ot (he work of the outhcnd Diyi ion \"a launched on [am ary 1 G. \t tbe Di\i.ion s annual dinner on that dar, :\lr. C. \\ ' i1frcd Tee, hairman aid he contid'entlv asked to back them to (he extent of during the next few year. T\\'o propcrtie. adjoi 11ng the headcltJarrers in Queen': Road han. heen purchas d, and are to he com-erred for ambulance pu rro e,.
The development programme 111yo1\· new facilities tor flfst aid cn'ices along the sea-front· the creation air raid pr cautions services, includinO' the training ot a tho usand men and women for this work, and the e tablishment of the recently formed , adet Dj\ri ion
The fayor (. \ld erman \'C Miles ) , supported by other member . of the Bench and 'orporation, presided, and the peakers included :\1r. Chalton Hubbard, ) .P., Dr. \. \,\ I lolthu 'on and Di\'i.l0nal uperintendent J. P. May B. c.
The sympathy of eyery member in o. 1 DL trict \\'111 be with Diyi'[ nal uperintendent Perc,- J. and members f the Ealing :\0.
In th e gricvous los sustai n ed b,' th death or 1\fr5. Bettison . Her death wa . rh \'csu It ()( a me toring ac cid en t at Bcac nsJ:';cld.
Mr s. Betti. on gin'n great lH1SClnteJ heir to he r husband in his Brigade work, 71nd she will be missed The funeral, which \\, 1S att nded br a large number of Brigad Officer. nnd members, \Vas at Westminster Cemctery, }tanw 11, on January 9.
At th e annual 111 cting f the Harrow and \'\ ealdstone No. 28 J)j,-ision, Divisional nperintendent
H.. V. Shrosbree, reported a year of good progress.
The Divi sion has increased its membership, extended its work materially, and given over 4,°90 hours to public duties. Special work at the local hospital had been undertaken, and three members had given seven blood transfusions.
The Division welcomed during the year Mr. C;. Higgins as President, and Dr. T. O'Sullivan.
Lady Divisional uperintendent i-.1rs. X. E. Higgins, gave an interesting account of the work of the Nursing Di\' ision during the year.
O. 1 D I TR TCT O:-"FORD
The imponan ce of regular attendance a[ drills and practices ,,-as emphasised at the annual meeting of th e \,\'oodswck Di vision of the t. J ohn Ambulance Brigade, helel. in the Town Hall recemly, under the chairmanship of Dr. F. \. Bevan (County Surgeon)\. atisfactory year <; \,'ork \\'a reported, with a ound t1nancial po.ition.
The uperintendem H. E. HO\'l;ard), refernng to the importance of member attending as man:' drill lectures and [hey could, said the mere fact of a man \"'earing the uniform of the B rigade seemed to him to be a sign that he had made h.imself effici Q[ in the scie nce of first aid, and that wa 2. thing coulJ not learn Out of a bo ok, then gabble it off in front of an exami ner and forget all about It until the next \·ear. -\lthouo-h the manning of the ambulance seemed to be the chief functionv of. the divi , ion, the provision o f tran port was really only' a sideline. He congratulated the Di,-ision on .the fact that ir \l;a 0 ,, ell en-ed by' it. ecreta.l,'Y ( ergt. W'. \XTi lloughbr ) and the Trea urer (Pri,rate 1. R. Bolton).
In his rep on , the ecretary said (he number of member. was still 12 and that there had been 4 6 drilL - an increa e ov;ing to air-raid precautions lectures. The number of first-aid cases repone d had been ,'err small, but (he \\"ork of th ambulance had increa,ed, especially' i n re pect of remova'l ca."es, although road accid nt ca e had deer a ed.
inc th appointment of Dr. Be,'an as Coum\ th Diyi .ion ha official h' been with out Diyi cional urgcon, although (he' doctor has acted in thi. Dr. Be,-;n aid he hoped fairh"oon to make other arrangements.
Thc qu tion of permanent head quaners wa, h· ugbr up by "up rintendem Hm,-ard who aid h thought that if they c uld find a hom of their o\\'n rh "ir efficiency uld increa. e, and rb,ey would b able to ha,-e more practices.
GOSPORT.
Years of careful financial scheming followed by weeks of devoted effort and hard work b y m e mb er s of the Gosport St. J o hn A mbulance B r i g ad e wer e brou g ht to a happy conclusion w h en t h e I a To r (Councillor M a jo r C. F. O. Graham) in the pr ese nc of the Mayoress (Mrs. Graham) , th e Count y Co mmissioner (Ma jor A Tenn yson Smith), Dr J. Gle n (County Officer for the Area) and m emb e r s of the Ambulance and N u rsin g Divisio ns o f th e G o p or t Corps of the Brig ade, opened th e Co rp' n e \v h ea dquarters in Forton Road, a cen t re \·\:hich h as bee n m a de from a building form e rl y u sed a s a chap el.
Prior to this ce rem o n y , Dr. Gl e n, wh o ha d acc o mpanied the Co unty Commissi o n er o n an insp e c tion of the Corps o utside the bui lding , explai ne d th a t ambulance work h a d been carrie d o n in G os p o rt since 1901, and a Nursin g D ivisi o n which \va s fo rmed prior to the War was r es us cita t e d in Du r.ing that time the y had had t o carry o ut th e lr p r acuces and d r ills in all so rts of places unde r disad \ -antageous conditions. With the f ormation r e centl\' of the Gosport Corp s a central h eadqu ar t er s ",-as c'oosidered not only d e sirable but nece ss a r y . Thi s buildi n g was considered adequate for the purpo se, a R enovation Fund was esta blished, and, than ks t o the h earty r esp o nse of th e pe o ple o f G ospor t, the necessary wor k of ma king i t read y f o r the Corps w as carried out Th e G athering - D r Gl en p resi d ed O\Ter the gathe ring inside the h all, and as sem bly includin g L ady Corps
Superintendent M r s V. Smith, D iyis i ona l Superintendent A. Stares, Lad y Supe ri nt e nd en t s :J\ 1r s Warren (Alv erst o ke) , and Mi ss Kin g (Ang lesey), Lady Cadet Supe r intendent Miss H ogg and {iss M Smith, Lady Ambulance Office r s Miss farl ey an d Miss Hallett, General W. Hu skin so n, c. :l\ 1.G. (o f t he l ocal centre) , Cadet Officer G. Shirle y (v. ho was in charge of the colour party) , A mbula nce O fficer Cooper (Fareham) , Superintendent Ha wkes (la te of Winchester Corps), Superintendent H. Rand (P o r tsmouth), Ambulance Officer Hamm o nd (P o r ts m o uth ), Lady Superintendent Mrs. Readin g ( Souths ea)
A short dedicatory service was cond u cte d b y th e Hon. Chaplain to the Corps, the Re v Can o n Gu y Landon (Rector of Alverstoke).
NO,3 DISTRICT (EASTER NORTHAMPTON
On December 15, 1936, the Northampt o n Corps held a Dinner at the Town Hall, Northa m pt o n, to celebrate their Jubilee. The Corps being fo rm e d on May 4, 1886.
The chair was occupied by Le slie W D rylan d , Esq., Commander of the Order, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P, H., Commissioner N o 3 (Eastern) District, ,Counties of Northampton and Huntin g don . The ,office.rs and memb ers and visitors present numbered 183. and in addition to the Commis sione r i ncluded the of Northampton (Mr s G. W.
Beattie, J.P ) [the Mayor wa s unfo rtunately unable to att end owing to his dutie s in co nnectio n w i th the Ro yal proclamation durin g t
A. R.R C., La d y D is trict Offic e r 1iss L. M aw by, :l\1.B. E . o un ty Offi ce r W. H. P e r c lva l, O .St.].) an d 'fr s . P e rciv al , I a jo r W. I Ill O' h e (an o ld D is t ri ct t a ff O ffice r, r e tir e d ) , Fr a nk dni tt , l3. sq., O .St. ]. ( la te 1\ S. i tan t o m m iss i o n r o . 3 D is tr ict), G. C. \ Yv 11 , Es q (late ecre ta r y or th amrton Ce ntre) , Ia jo r L es li e P. D or m a n, H. '\ i lk i nson, E sq. (late Cor ps c creta r y) , an d I r. '\ i lkin on, D r. J as Orr, 1I.B ., B. Ch , Dr. '\ ' II. M agu ire, 1 f.B ., B.eh.,
D ..A C., Geo r ()' P hi ll pot, q. (one of the or igina l membe rs of the Co rp s) ../ \ r thur R ice q (a pr e\ iou Corps Ut e ri nte nd en t) , D r. , rich haw, :f\1.D. , D.P H. ( Ii n. Di\' is ional urgcon ) , D t. J. :f\f\ Ics, :l\ LB , R. C h (I lon D iyisional urgeon ) , In specto r H. pence ( orthampto n Bor u g h P olice), In s1 ec t r Ii. Good \l,"in ( Torthampton B orough P olice), Corps upcrintcnd nt \\ '. E . Ed w :mls, :J\ LB < , D i\ i ional uper intendLnl II. I. Eu w,lrds, D i, "i ional up rintcn d nt '. J ones, D iyi s ion a l intenden t R .; u t ton, and Officcr Pitkin , r. T. \"V hiting, 11. Bl a n d , and J. Butler orp s crgcant1 I ajo r G Hine , Lady Corps upcrintend c n t i-.i i'is K. B radford, J\ R R . ., L ady up rintendcnt ).[ i5 1:. CO\\' ley, 1\[rs Jenning ;\ LB E ) 1 f r Lic\' eslc\ and Lad), D ivi i nal uperintendcnt \ [i s G ain'>! )rd, Lady mbu lanc fficer i\ (iss o opcr and \[i s H owc.
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\ po l ogies \"ere received from J \\' illiam son, O.B. E., t h e h ief Constab le ( \\'ho \Va u e tainld in Lo n don), Lieutenant-Co lonel \\ \ ndcrson, CO\.lOty O fficer \Y./ urti, uperinrcndcm \\ ' H. \Hord, 1Iajor D i ney, Ambu lance fl1cer '\ J. Ri ck, and Sergea nt T. D. J l iggi n s (one of the ori g inal m embers, joine d 1 h y 18 , 1886)
Afte r the L ova l T oasts had been d runk, D r. Orr p r o p osed cc Ilis Wo r ship the 1 Iayor i n a. \\Jtty sp eec h, in w h ic h h e sai d tha t t he h ief I aglstrate h ad t o see a little b it of the WOL t in the best of them and a li t tl e good in the worst f them and h e tboughr tha t A ld erman B eatt ie carr ied o ut hi j b admi rably
CO llf! cillor . P erki n , D eputy M ayor, rq) a nd expre se d regre t t hat owing t o the 1\11\ or 5 d u t ies in co n nection w ith Ki ng Geo rge VI p.rocla. ma ti o n , he was u n ab le t o b e P I' scn t , and he the Ma yo r h a d th at da y ca rr ie d o u t hi s h igh duti es ][1 an exc ell e nt way
H e sai d he co n si d ered i L a pr iv iJeg t o k eep p any w it h an Ord er w h ic h ha d the t r ue m eaning ot hu m an l ove a n d sacri fice. Great s t rides had been m a d e b y th eir Orde r o f t . J o hn of and since th e G rea t W a r for th e b e nefi t of the SJck a nd suffe rin g . H e was p lea se d t o see th e la dl es and r e fe rr e d s pe c iall y to H. and Mi ss T . Mawb y t wo of th e o n g w a l mem ber
of t he lH sin g Div i sion, and in conclu sion, said n o in stitution or o r g ani sa tio n app eal e d m o re t o th e com mon sen se o f t h e Briti sh p eo pl e than th e Ord e r of t. J o hn.
F ran k t\dnitt, Es q., an officer of the O r d e r an d late \ ss is ta nt Co mmi ss i o n e r, propose d cc The ort hatnpto n Co rp s , " with w hi c h h e ha d b ee n co n nected 30 yea rs H e rcca lle d th e time when a ll transport was ca r rie d o u t b v w h ee le d li tte r a n d ho r se a mb u lance an d t hey h ad v'e r y li t tl e e q uipme n t , bu t in 19 I 2: thi ngs b ega n t o i m pr ove. The then orps uperintc ndcnt , i\ f r . \). fI a rvey R ee\ cs, took step s to purc hase a m( tor ambu lanc e , and now three w e n .' cont inuous ly e m ploy eel.
12,000 men and womcn had bc e n train e d in r ir t \ id, and clurin g th Cr eat \'('ar th c :\' o rr h-
Wilkin so n, p o i n t ing out that t h e s e gentleme n were pi o n ee r s a nd di d t hei r wo r k we ll. Th ey laid th e fo u n dat ion of Am b u lance wo r k i n orthampto n as carr i ed on t o-day , and in thi s connectio n t he late M r . T H W oolston, an d Mr. W. Harvey R eeves sh o u ld n ot b e forgotte n He al so referred to some of t he o ld members who were s till carry i ng on the wo r k , ment i oni ng Sergea n t-Major Hines, who joined i n 1889 , Private R T yler, who joined in r896, Am b u lance O fficer J. B utler 1897, Divisional Superintendent Edwards 190 1, A mbulance Officer C. Pitkin 1901, and Ambulance Officer Whiting 19°5, and himself who would soon complete 44 year s se rvice, havin g jo ined in 1893. T he ,\nn ua J Co mp e titi o n fo r th e {vfarqui
al11pto n Corps dealt with no lc s than 188 co ny o \ of \\ 'ou nded and handled 22, 77 3 \\' ollOdecl soldiers. The Corps to-Jay con tcd of f1 \Te and \I'a a bout -+50 strong. He concluded by sp cially o r p .upcrintcndent \\ E u\,\Tards, artd aid n o o n e r a ll cd mo r t h an 11 th enormous am Oun t f work r ps up c r i n ten d Lnt E dw ards had do nc, a nd hc c uple d hi na m e w ith th toa t. Corp s up e r int n d en t '\ .; d w ards , in reply that o r t h a m pto n was o n e of t h e o ld e t Corp 1rt the co untr )", havi n O' b ee n for m d i n la\T , I 86. He welcome J c c ral rne m ber amo n o- t them tha t attend ed the fi r s t clas . h eld in 1 \vho althou g h n o t n o w ac tiv e m em ber ti ll to k an inte r s t th e w o rk lIe m n ti n e d NIaj o r '\ Hu g h es, [essrs G. Ph!1[ t, A. I I. Rlc e , F .t\dnitt an d H
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Hall in D ecembe r t The Cup "a _ pr ented a form e r .;\ I arqui o f for co mpetition team (including B o r o u g h and Co un0P olice team ) within the area o f the 0J orthampton Corp.
The judg e were :- For tr tcher Test: D r. W. H. :f\1aquire 1 1.B. B . h . D .c.; for Indi \ Tidual a nd T.7il'o V·oce T t: D r. J a . Orr ';\ 1.B. B .Ch . FiYe t ams ent r d a folio \\" :.J. \.B. Northampton Headquarr r D i\-i ion J. A. B \\"e don D ivision. orthampton B orough P olice. rthants ons tabulary, rthampt n D i\'ision. orthants Consta bu lary, To \\'c _ ter D iyi ion
IlErFl l.LD \T R L 'G IL \ 'E R J CB I LEE
No. -I- (LANCASHIRE) DISTRICT.
IGAN. h l:l
The Standish Cadet Cup CompetltlOn "\ as c at the Council offices, \vhen three d No Team under the leader hlp ot Cadet an. , h' h ttl of Roland Gray, obtained the trop y WIt. a 0 a 87 points out of a possible 130. The Judges Dr. James R. \Xl right (team test) and C?rps W T. Bolton (individual test). .The Chal!man ot th e Standish Urban District Councll and. ever!-l Conncillors were present, and at the concluslOn ot the t t Councillor 11rs. Bottomley, J P., presented the cup to the winning team and pri zes to each n.?-ember.
After cono-ratulatin o- the boys, he rderred to the enforced of Cadet Sergeant. W. H. Lowe, who had been called upon the e to give 14 ozs. of his blood to a patlent at the \'( 19a n Infirmary. _ _,
At a recent meeting ot the officers.ot the Corps was decided to organise a camp dunng the ummel months. Ambulance Officer T. Danson, of t!le. D · , h s been appointed to make prehmlDan IV1Slon, a ,,' arrangements, and will visit each DrvlslOn In the course of the next few weeks.
LIVERPOOL. , f Satisfaction was expressed, at the 0 the municipal year of Liverpool H RaId Pre, C ""'''''';ttee WIth the proo-ress that ha s been caut:1ons OUWll b, - r f made with the scheme for the safeguarding of .1 e and limb in the event of an aerial attack on the Cll y, Among other items it was reported that the St John Ambulance Brigade had trained 5°° men and \vomen, halls have been booked for forty-seven public to be delivered this month, and the Lord 1a yor ,1 _ to issue an appeal for more volunteers as speclal constables, street wardens, fire wardens and messengers, FLEETWOOD. ( Cin-
The second annual children's pantomIme, derella," proved very and among charitable organisations In the town ,to are the Fleetwood Ambulance and u,rslDg D1VlslOns, which have been promised a donatlOn of £25· KIRKHAM.
Tiny tots took command of the when Kirkham Ambulance Division staged ItS annual children's fancy dress ball at the Headquarters. About 12.0 were present. The M C. was Ambulance Officer T. Halsall, and the prizes presented by. ]\l1rs. Lewis. The costumes were Judged by J. Horrocks: Miss B. Hargreaves and Miss D Tomlinson.
Congratulations are extended t.o Officer, Capt Poston, of Failsworth, on h1S admlss10n to the Order as a Serving Brother.
PRESTON, f
The Dis t rict is fortunate in the appOlntment 0 Mr. W, H. Harris as D istrict Secretary from February 1 Mr Harris, who has been District Treasurer for
, 1 )re at's wi ll now ac t i n th e d u a l ro le, and all severa , d h' communications should be ad d r<:ss to lITI at Di trict Office 39, Fishergate, Pr ston his retirem nt from the of the Mldland Bank, Preston at th end or 19 3.6, he was the gucst_ of h r at a lm,entar y d d i '0111 111 c )llealJ'ul sand fllcnds, a stlVCI an rec Ive bsa l r, suitably engrav el, as a mark of esteem.
BllR TLEY.
apology for i n abi lity to bc present were read, and a telegram was despatched to His Majesty the Kmg.
O. 5 DI TRfCT SHEFf1IELD
Our present Lad y Divisional Superintendent, Mrs J. Windle, was appointed on September 2., 1932.. Three members who signed the first register are still with us to-day. We are proud of the fact that Lady Di strict Officer Miss G. Ashberry was original ly one of OU[ members.
T , h' , f-)' nusin ()" were handed to memb ers or
1 op les ,1 h f . the 1ursinlJ' Divisions at a presentation () pr m.:s In tl \ b 1b ce 11 adquarters by l\ fr s. 1ohn Th ornber, :1e , n1 u ant -,the chair bein g tak n by 1',1 ket'.
Th e r ose bowl [or first aId presented to MIS.
E l y· 'fl" Colburn Ml s , \ shtoo and \1r.. -< "-.ln1n1, 1\ "
B b laced ccood tll I I'd and rOll rth rcspcc- owe eln lT p , , _. _ 1 Bo\'1<':s an I i i s H. 1 1111111 tied for ilrS[ nve r. 1 IS. ., ')lac in the nur sing competltlOn, an d on a second I .' I- B was a\\'arded the ros e bowl. examlDa[lOn ,c, . d I' ·c l"r" ente d to Lach u[')enlltL ndcnt erylC m a \\ [ 'H · k 1 " r · ll o\'d attcr \\bl ch tnbutt: lC -lnan anl 1\1'd I. . -k ot- 1 "d\' ul,cnntcndc nt \frs. pal t t 1 c wt 1 _Cl re n anu Lach' i\lr s. \nd cr () 1, I , 0, ,. d " '110 pre entcd to th e officers b OlllJuw S o rnlCIO, \:, - T T' , behalf of the members ot the u rIng I 1\ IS100 officiating were suitab ly thanked, an I d 'OC tIL" evcnin n wa _I,ent 111 a SOCial mannct. remam C1 J '- h ()fTi ' ., I r \ deli ghtfu l e\-crling \\'a , perlt by tht..: ICer ,In<. f -· d <t- 10 I \re a on the occa Lon of the annual nen 0 (f l' 1 .' 11eld at tht! ,0-0[' ratlvc ...a L, dlDner, \\' 1LC 1 \\ as < Burnley, on Janu ary 2)., , Assistant Commis ioner Dr. R . legg, . tJ j )resided and was supp fted by the \la yor , nm kfa 'or (l \lderman and :l\liss () rad\\ ell), thc Lom1 ) 'and 'frs 111ith and o ther:.. The to;lst- misSlone1 1 master \vas uperintendent Else " Tht' The Chairman proposed the loyal tuast, I Queen Qu een Mal'), and L of IRO!:ld ' ). , 1 t I 'n tol OWl Famil)- and the Grand 1 nor, anc :.c . 1 ) .' ,. \1' \'\ ( J. 111lt1, the tat to tbe CommlsSlOncr, t. .' I 1 \V I th hIS lIsua o B F K t. J. and i\lrs. m1t 1. \\ 1 J., ., IcmT cul(wlsccl the char'm \ ssi,tant ComrnlssJO!1 r 1->0 .0' c " d ". l l eln rellltC work of the Comml Slon er, anc 10 1ar I ) . . ner t- 111' S wi[e. The COQ1ml SSJO to the UppOI t 0 - I l' d The I ad) Di strict upenntenl cn , suitably rep leT' 1 1 B E \\'a M I" \ weee a e ., b h rs, , ., tl I" ac " 1 se r so 1L "c absent, as was the 'ong1r: a propo , · '. ',. 'r W I-J. fill d ·b)' \ctl nO'- J\ ss l stanL ,ommlSslO ne was e b D" "
Gastall wben the toa t of tbe J ,ady lSlt JC, , h] T a few well-cho sen \\:or . intendent was reac eo. n r ] n subCorps uperincendent of lias i;)l1crs, mitted the toast of the .A SSl tant \Va Di str ict Officers and ar:,d. t 13 by Mr I Iolden Pr eSIdent or the ar I' of trlven . , f I wry b D · who quoted an extract ronl t le (. ' f IV1SlOn, f \ tar cUC atTIC. Capt Oates the gallant gentleman 0 1 n d" The , h . (t the rcwar (C It is the work t at coun S , n) 1 posed 1 t « The Visitors" \Vas SUCClnCl Y pr1 0 to ast toas , 'b of Bu rn ey, by Corps Superintendent C?l urn, ral letters of hi h the Mavor Fitly replted. • eve w c ,
During 9,244 hour s of duty la st year, J ,262 cases were trea ted by members of the bcIEeld ursing Division of the t. J obn \mbulance Brigade, said Corps 0f11cer WI 1\. Browne, at a elance held in the CUllers' Hall, bcFf1clcl, last month, to celebrate the Division's si lver jubilee, at which attache cases \-vere presen ted to all the members.
1n 19 2 4) be aiel, 52.8 duties were performed and 213 cases treated, while: last year the number of duties perfo rmed was 2, 156. ow, he added, ther werc also interested in air raids precaution work.
The hcf11eld ursing Division \Va formed o n January 15, 19 I2 when 28 members were enroUed.
Or Deccmber 3 I, 1936, wc had 41 members on ILe register, aJl these being enrolJed as members of V.A.D. O. 108 \'CR. of Yorks, [n 19 1 4, just beG re the war broke out there were mem bers.
DUrl ng the war, from J\u gust, 1914, to 19 18 , 170..1 mem bers were enrolled' of these 12.0 sen:ed in son capacity, cither at home or abroad. , \t tbe co I of the war 28 retained their member hip. Dunng thi , periocl there were two Y \.D. Detach·nent , '0 66 and r08, the Commandants being Mr. Bentler and 1'1 Irs , W'aller. These ,,'ere disbanckd thc \v ar b ut in 192..j. Detachment No. 108 was re-formed. ( ne mcmber \,'a mentioned in dispatches t\\'O members were grant J permis ion to wea r " on their houlder and four recci c d 1 \1"my , tri pes (Lllt: foregoing referring to tho<;c :vho retained their Brigade member hip).
The name of tw of our member, Mr Eliza Willj, and J\Ii Emil" IIartman arc inscribed on Panel No. 5 of the Oak l\l emoria l' creen, which \va erected in York 1'1 [in ster in 111 mory of the "'omen ()f the Emp irc who gave their li\-es in the r at War. OLlr hrs t Medical H1ccr and Lady uperintendeot was Dr. faud Cavanao h who after a short tim fo t nd it necessary to rc
On October 17, 1912, 11r. 'rnest Finch \Va Divi sio nal urgeon and Lady El li I?1\lSI0nal Superintend nt. After j\[r. Finch rSIgned we were fortunate in having the senyice of the following Divi sional urgeol1S, Dr. R ob n Platt, Dr. Philip Prcston and Dr. \nthony \ rench. OUt pre ent Lady Di\' lsional urgcon is Dr. Rach el Powell, whose interc ting and irlstructive ] cturha\e been of con iderablc h lp to us, for which we arc very grateful.
E llis was followed by Mrs. \'(faller as Lady Superintendent in 19 I 9, but he had to reSIgn on account of ill-health in 1932.
1frs. Clarebrough) Officer in charge of Stock sbridge ursing Division, and lvIrs, Pole, Officer in charge c f Firth Park Divis ion, were also members of our Division, as also was Mis '> R ycroft, who recently took charge of Swinton ursing Division, but has now returned to be attached to our D ivision. Ladv District Officer ';\1iss G. Ashberry and Lad y Superintendent Mrs, \Valler took part in « The Pilgrimage of 19 26 )" when a deputation of distinguished members of the Order of t. J ohn, under the leadership of the Earl of Scarborough, ub-Prior, \ -isi ted various places of interest in 1Ialta and the Holy Land, Eight members attended the Revie\v in Hyde Park, London, on Saturday, June 27, 1931, in connection with the Brig ade Centenary Celebrations.
H0 1"OGR.
Lady D istrict Officer G. Ashberry wa _ appointed Hon. en-ing Sister of the Order of St. John on 13, 1929, and the untiring energy she has shown in her capacity as D istrict Officer , brought her the further honour of Officer Sister in eptember, 1933· 1Lss Ashberry was also the recipient of a Silver Jubilee l',Iedal, on the occasion of th e iker Jubilee of I-i.).1. King George V in 1935·
Lad\, D iyi ional uperintendent Waller \Va. as Hon. elTing iter on October ] 9 1 9, in recognition of her work as Commandant during the war. T\\'o of our present member Lad y- Diyisional uperintendent J. Windle and Lad,- mbulance Officer.:\11 E. Daniel, were rhe eHum me of Thank on :r,1ay 20, 1932., in recoo-nition of their to the Brigade. Four member are in pos e sion of the Brigade Long en-ic :l\fedal and Bar denoting 20 years' efficient se!\?ice, and four member' po e s the Long en-ice 1Iedal for I year 'efficient en-i ce. en-ice stripe. for three and over ha\-e been a\yarded to 20 oth r member..
One of our ream: wer successful in gruruno- tll Birkbeck Bmvl, and th y had the further honour of repn:s nting ?\o. ) Di in rhe fiL t Brigade Final for the Perr ot held in London. Prior to thi , they \'i 'er awarded ih- r at a comp tition ar Mexbrough, The \ hb Cup has also been twice h ld.
In 19' \ve had the unique di tinction of being the first ursing Divi ion to gain the E1 e Efficiency Trophy , and incidentally the t in the heffield Corps. The 1936 shO\vs roo per cent.
general efficiency, so we have every hope, that other points proving satisfactory, we may again b the holders this year,
No, 6 DISTRICT (EA T RID I 1G), HULL CORP,
An interesting demonstration of ir R aid Precautions in a Gas Attack was arran ge d on the Corporation Field, Hull, on Sunda y mornin O" , Januar y I I, in which about 50 members of the Brigade took part, whilst many onlookers got a O"limp e o f some of the difficulties that would be met "vith in such a contingency , includin g first aid w o rk in protective clothing.
Extracts from Brigade Order read: - An air raid precaution 'stand b y has b ee n ordered , , squads are mustered at H.Q. read y t o pr o ceed to any defined area to be responsible for that p art of a scheme dealin g with fi r s taid and anti- g as protection and treatment, in conjunction with the local authorities . . . patient s collecte d an d transported to H.Q. for treatment street closing, ropin g o ff, and decontamination of roa d s and building assumed to be under contr o l of local authorities and police , ."
Between nine and ten o'clock ima ginar y raiders appeared O'ver the centre of the city and dropped imaginary gas bombs. The area most affected was the Corporation Field, and within a fe w minutes trained and properly equipped squads who had been standing b y at the Corps Headquarters appeared and commenced to render firs t aid. The work proceeded speedily as they collected patients" gassed ': or " injured," and rushed th e m from the danger zone in lorries to the First Aid Post established at the Corps Headquarters H ere useful work was d o n e in the practical experience obtained in th e formal routine and la y-out of such an Aid Po s t, which included all the precaution s to b e adopted in the immediate treatment of patients suffering from blister gas burns, or ex posure, lun g irritants, and n ose and tear gas casualties, whilst suitable attention was paid to decontamination.
Afterwards County Office r G. Edwards thanked everyone who had helped to make the demon s tration a success, particularl y Mr. and Mr s Bilton, and Mr. Tarran, without whose lorr y drivers the work of transport would not have been possible.
Among those present were the Count y Commissioner Mr. W. T. Atki n son, and members of the County Staff, Mr. and Mrs. Bilton, Chief Superintendent ]. Smith of the Hull City Police (Deputy Chief Constable), Superintendent Jaram, Inspector Barnes, and Dr. Norman Jennin gs (Hull City Coroner). Officers' Fraternal.
Arising out of a suggestion from a Bri g ade member at a c onference in the East Riding last autumn, officers of the Brigade in the East Ridin g and the Hull Corps met together on Thursday, Januar y 21,
to inaugurate an "Officers' Fraternal" to b e held quarterly at the Ambulance Headquarters in Hul l.
Mr. Charlton occupied the chair.
Proceedings were of an informal natur e, as no definite programme had been arran ge d, and the occasion r adily lent itself to friendl y con versational discussions upon many points, which after a11, was the idea of the" Fraternal."
Lad y Corps Sup rintendcnt Ir s. lI owe ll pro duce d an _ mbulanc " II hab e t" fo r th e 'Ideal" fember which is g ive n b elow :- > ./illl blllal7c(' Alphabet.
S J. A. B. ervlce J OIntly Advances B rotherh ood.
A m bulanc e and ai d to the injur e l.
B e punctual a t a ll tim e
Courage, co n fi d nee, conscienti u s ncs s
Deve lop your sen e of duty and intuiti on.
Endure hard , h ips patiently \vhen rend ering ,er Jee.
Fight for our cau e it i in pirin g
G iv a suffering patient a kindly w rel or Joo k, it costs l ittle
H elp those who cann t help themselve s.
I n pire others with y ur enthu iasm.
Judi cious ly endea\'ou r to p romote good fed In".
K eep cool \\'hen treating all ca cs, and under any circumstanc s
L eave not unti l to-morrow the duty that ,houl d be done to-da).
rak e use of every opportunity nnel you arc hound to ucceed.
eglect not a duty promised ,
o we no ill feeling to anyone.
P atience i a great Jrtue.
Q uickness of action omctime aves life.
R evi ew your past work and see if it could be improved.
S ervice be fo r e self.
T r y and bri n g as many recruits forward as po s:'able
Uniform sho uld b e wo rn correctly and martl y,
Valu e the traditions of our Order.
Work worth doing is worth d oing well.
X elude all actions that are u n worthy of the JAB.
Yield not t o a mean and c o nt em pt ible action.
Zealou sly determine to b e your friends' b est friend
NORTH RIDr G.
The death occurre d on Jan u ar y 22, of County Officer]. Walk er , and th ere c an hardl y be a Brigade member in the area who d oes n o t feel that a real friend has g one.
He joined the Middles brou g h Central D ivisi on as
a Priva te in 19 1 5, when it was formed, and he ro se throu g h all rank s to take the p os ition of Di v i sional Superintc ndent when it becam e vaca nt through th e promotion of Mr. F. P: Wilson to county rank. Mr. Walker was so succe sfu l as Superintendent that it seemed questionable whether it was wise to seek his promotion to. ou nt y Officer in 1930, but events pro ved tha t hI S work was ju st as goo d and efficient as th.at In th e Di vis i o n, and he kept up a close touc h WIt h the latter and his inA ue n ce continued to tell. I Ie was a erving B rother and held th e Sen ice {eelal and one Bar.
JIe was a shipyard worke r, but full of tact, wise in his Judg ments, an excellent first-aider and, above all, a Christia n gent lema n. Hi s ounty Com'11issioner learned to con rIde in him and to tru st h is advice on all impo rant matters, and feels that h e has lost a dear friend
\t the funeral n the 26th, officers from Eve Di\ ision acted as bearers and repre entative members of SC\ Ln Di\'isions paraded. Letters and fio\,'ers recci\ cd from nearly e,'ery Divi sion in the area te tify to [he re , pect anel affection in \vhich ,ount" Officer Walker wa held.
o. 8 ( D 1(1 OF ' 00: , \CGIIT ) DI TRI T. BRICl! ro'l,
The memb rs of the Bri ghton T \.\' n D i\ri ion of the St. John \ mbulance Brigade forgot splint and banciabc they met their friend at the .l \.qu arium Rc st'1u ranr, for thel r second annual dinner reccnth , \ [:c r the reporl th e company were entertained b,' Mr. Ich:a rel and party and the spe che \vere reduced to a rnlnJI11U m.
The chair was taken by uperintendent . L li in hi remark, traced the hi t fr of t?e Dn'1s10.n from it. formation in 1915, and emphaJse d ho\\: its work ha? not fini hed a most p ople tho ugh t It wouIe!, with the cca ing of hostilitie . On the contrary it had g r "\\'n' until to-da" they had not to be prepared t o help those who' were si ck and but h ad learn to aid those who mi O" ht be JnJure d b y chemica l in warfare. 1 [r. HU O"he wen t on thank the memb r for their f[len d s who pared" th ir 111 nf lk from orne Ln. orde r that they c( uJd und rtake th e e dutie, . the medIca l office D D ' d D i\I for' ry nan an r. 1 ackinnon, fo theIr er lces; and ouncillor 1 icholL r h[s practlca l h el p in the I a t Y ar.
ObI. Macki nn n replied and said he w a, l)lea ed to e ab le to -c I 8 t- 1 J - had port t.lat .1 t:: c ass or 19 recruits als passe d the xam1l1atl n In hr , t aid. The el octor .0 prese nted the C. Le slie Hun-he" up to t h WInDIng tea f l' - 0 1 mot le lilt r- cct lon competition \\'hich was cd by Corp r a l L. and rson.
Mr. Nic holls and Dr Dr yn an also replied. th concert was followed by a cabar t s h O\v br e USsex Scho o l of Dancin g a nd "tIcs , L. HUO"he s b
pre sented eac h child w ith a box of ch ocolates at the finish.
Mr. Hu ghes then announced that the concert and th e displa y had been made possible by the gen er osity of Mr. icho11 s.
The party next enjoyed an hour and a half dancing, for whIch thank s were due to the Calton Swingsters Da nce Band, who kindly gave their services. :\oft. H. E. Freeman at the close thanked the Band the Di nner Committee and all who had helped to :nake such an enjoyable evening possible
Ko 10 DISTRICT. COLCHESTER.
At the annual meeting of the :\fen's D i\-ision it was reported that at the beginning of the year there 43 members, and during the year two members reSIgned and two died. \\fe deeply regret the pas ing
of ergeant Hawe an old and yerY keen member and of PriYate Hayne one of our member : The number of drill during the year \ya 42 wi[h an a\ erage attendance of 26
Th Flag ,,-as a £10 7 3 d. being collected and deductlon of expen e che proceed were "hared wich ::-; ur ina- Diyi ion and £- 8_. -J.d. " 'e re added co the tunds oyer £ - more [han la_ t , ear.
During the year a Gas Course and \\'a held, and one member obtained a Grade 2 ertifica t and 22 members ob tained Grade C rcihcateL tt r of apprt:cia[ion wer e read the Essex unt:' Ho _pital onU11itte the Colche _ t r Trade Council Committ e, the Lexden Horse how Comth olch st r Co-operati" Committ e the Junior Im perial League OI1lnllttee [he L xden and hrub End Horticultural n' Comth Colche ter on ervatiye \. S, ociatio'n Committe P axm an's .t \.th l tic lub, th ducation C mmltte and th C lchester Labour Part y Committe
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Interesting Case Reports
CASE R E PORT No. lIG. - Th Chief Constable of the Barnsley County B 'orough Police F o rce the efficient performance of fir t -aid by a c e rtihcat cl pupil of the ssociation, as follows: -
At about 7 a.m. on December 6, H o race Greenwood was cycling up Pontefract Roacl, Bam le y, clo se t o t he near side kerb, when, ow i n g t o a \\ obble or a skid he fell to his off-side int o th e p a th o f th e fr o nt n ear side wheel o f an ove rtak i n g m o t r-bu s an rt ' ustained a sever e in j ur y to hi s le ft t b i g b -a co m po und fracture of femur and lar ge inci s ed w o und. Th e front near side ""heel of th e bu s s truck Greenw oo d and pushed him f o rward seye r al fee t, a nd a pp a l' ntly the injury ,"v as cau ed b y hi s c o nta ct \v1th the k e rb.
Miss Hilda Semley (a t. 2 0) wh o w a o n h er \V a ) to work with o ut a m o m e nt' s dcla\ att en d ed t o th e patient the spot. She a p plie cl i m m e diat e di g it a l pressure t o th e f e m o ral a rtery whic h ha d h een s ev ered; and s he sent f o r th e p o lic e amb u lance a n d also for her father, a bone s p e cia li s t, wh o arr ived in a few moment s, and set the f ract u r e d fe mu r \" hi c h \\' as badly displaced. fte r further att e nti o n Gr e nw ood was then c o n v e ye d i n t h e p o li ce am bula n ce b y P . c.'s Reed and Wilt on t o the B ec k ett H os pi tal , where he w a s d e tained.
C01D.1ENl'.
A J! who re alise t he imminent riange r 10 tUJ"ocwlcrl rvith a torn femoral ar tel] l, 1JJili agr ee Ibat boto skill alld ifJicienry are mecssm]1 before 0)1)' J'}Jo llid occept respon,ribililj or the t r eatment o f sllch a case . T o ltfiss the refore, g o OUF cor dial cO llgratulotiolJ s OJI the Iri/( /lJpoolIl success which cro7'Jmed her ejforts.- C. F.
CA SE REp ORT I o lI 7 - T he O ffi c e r -i n- Chargc: of Ply mouth, S.W Dev o n a n cl E Co rn wa ll S J. !\ B ., reports the e ffici e nt perfo rma n c e of Mr t ai cl in th e fo llowin g ci r cums tance s :-
Driver H. Cutcliffe a n d A tt en da n t R. .l\1ildr en ( both member s of the Bri g ade ) w e re o n n i g h t d u t y at the Dev onport St. J o hn A mb u lanc e tat io n o n Saturday , -ov embe r 2 1 t 10 10 p .m t h e)' were called to the Tamar Whar f o \., in g t o a n el d er l y man hav ing f allen ove r in th e d a r kne s. P ro m p tl y 1'(:spondin g , the y a s certa in e d t h at th e p at ient w a s over t h e quay - si de about 8 t o 10 feet b elow g round level, t h a t the re we r e n o s t ep s o r la dd erways fo r des c e n t , a nd that th e tide wa s on l y i li st clea r o f tlle pat ie nt
On re aching th e i r p ati ent t hey f o und t h at h e had sustai n e d a sus p e c te d frac tu re of hi s r i g h t leg, \.vhilsl t here w a s a seve r e co mp o u n d c om mi nu ted fracture of his left l eg, th e clo thin g b e i ng embed d e d in the w ound throug h w hich t he s h attere d b o n e p rot r u d ed
In order t o r end er fir s t a i d a nd s plin t th e in ju r e d iimbs the two ambulanc e men had a c tuall y t o kne e l in cold wat e r which \v a s a pp roac hin g 'so c los el y t o the patient
Subsequently, with the valuable help of a pol iceman and a bystander (the latter an e x - member oC tht' Brigade), th sufFe rer \\ "as plac e d on the t rc (kr, which was rai , e d by rop es to th e qu a y, and r Cnl ·ttl b y motor ambulance t o ho s pital. Thi s \V or' ,:\5 throu g houl undert a k e n in semi - darkn ess.
I a , tly, be for e the m e n h a d lime p ro perl y dn th mseh e s a nrt h ave so m e food , th ey wcre c alled out to sta nd - by- t h e Fi re Bri ga de a t a n ou ! I(;lk u ftir c , returnin g to th e \mhlll a n c e a t 1.) .111. m o rn i n g. (() \ I\I I '-. I . I I)'t'/"t rii/lmfll 10 jillrl word, wOldl }}'ollld tid qlll.llr:!1 (.\.PU."I onr drlmiml/oll lor Ihr P/lfrk (lilt! prr.) rona wit/} whid, ill lI}i" ill.ll(/I/(( Offr mlk(gll(., (rlrril,rI Oil l'olllllitllT r/Nlit.' rlJ 1IIIm/ler.f 0/ lOt d{. II 'I', /.I!)'} l't 1', do (Ol/oi'ollll(/II' {'(f(0 IIHul coniialh , 011 his !"/)rlrr oj, 1,/luJ.: pircc O( Fur/{{ )J'ork 1I'0id) 1/'(/.1' ill /1111 accord wilh lOt /)' "/ i" Imriilioll.f fI( IIJI Orr/rr , whitil )J't .I,n'/', ililt! IIh' f?,.':llJ'J "\ C. r.
Questions and An we r
TRJ \ 1'\ 11" I OF l'H \Cll IH.\) ) \\\. J. T. In till trL',lltnent Ilf Frac t rt, oj the !. m\·cr Ja \\, the Te-xth()ok 60) tell. u (, I' pa t i nt Inciicati()1l (Jf IKinL, .lb,) to \ omic, rCI1lO\ bandag 's Pk,l"L Ilu how th i should be dOlle. TIlL choice l'Cllb ml u) lie betwcen slippIng rhe bandag l's upward ,\tr the chin ll the risk of callsin.L': pain at [he l,it {II fracture ur dclaying aClion lInl} ing the knf t and ri.king thc o( rhl patiL'nl \\ 'th 1'1< <)w n \"om.it. P ersonalh I the rorm'r q thL' Ie, ser of t wo ni ls.
JlolJJe()', I?), Ihe /(Jrll'Clrri ol'er Ihl jorehead (lnd Jide Jl 'tJ)"I' OIIC), Ih{' ('II!"S. 11/ IFJill/ lois iJ the UJI!)' i1l n ,hiC/) aJl iJJocialioll (.'>:rllllillrliion ] Ojltll reS(II( Ihe IIIl/orl7tr1ol{' 1IJ0riri wIJel/ or jJru har/ hiJ 10n'/',jaJl fmssed up b): {/ calldic!alt who rf,wm/J 1/;(' lig/)III('.I'.' 0/ hiJ b,lIdaJ!.cr lI.i IlIOn' ill/porloill Iho" II.II' If,{'lil/ 17.' tim/ (0111/01' of hlJ IJrI I iel! t '\ C. F
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1:. . I I. ( Zum we re) \ t a rece nt examinar ion .1 ca nd idate hac! a \·aric{)sl:' vein to do LIp. She di J oN have a poill t.
Now, is a \·a r icosc n;ill t1 pn":SSLI rL 1){)llll?
'ol:gil'e IIJe if / poilll 0/11 I/;ot loe pmpo,r£' i.r )101 clear tlt/ri Ihal il reqllil'{,J dJ(ririrtliOIl. I. ( ,. FII,'> , 1J) (No. 21).
S C. (f, o nd o.n ) JL is sume tim e since wt:. hav e' rea d yo m amu s In g cornme nt-, " Tu t! Tut! ! " Perr ha \ c h aps, h owc\'e r, \\·c Ilia )' see It a.l2:a 1n a ter vo u
read and passed for publication the fo ll o w i n g r eco rd clan i ncident in a g eneral practiti o n e r 'S lifc. Rece ntly T wa s pull e d out o f my war m b e el at a.m. to vi s it a lad y w h o w a s stated t o b e s ufferi n g from a bur s t v ari cose \'e i n. O n my a r r iva I J fou nd t h e patient s itting upri g h t on a \'{ ' ind so r cha ir , pa le as a tThost w ith h e r ri g ht foot o n another, \v hil e a « knowb us il y emp l oyed in ba thin g t h e leg with w a rm ( lin bo il e d ) water! To my sur p rise I noted t ha t d ark re el b lood wa<; es c aping to a h eight of four in ches, li ke a founta in, in a tead" and continuous s t ream. Cm'ering thc with a pIece of b o r acic lim allCl placing my thumb thereon, I hile! the patie n I n.:m()\ cd forthwi th to llcr bed (In \\ hich I mack her liL flat \\·ith her lo\\'Cr limb raisc(i Oil an ill\'crtcd chair. Then I found the cause of the l-cIlIntain right ligarurcs lied JUSt above and just hc ]o\\' the knecjoinr, these ha\'ing been applied b) the hushand as soon as tancd. \ce ·lkss to add when I rcmm"cd the ligatures the tOUl lain ceased Illllllediateh and no further IU'1l orrhage took place.
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OJ \(,I{ \ \1 FOR fR \CT('RFn CL.\ \ leL!:.
J T. )., - With n.:fcrencL to the trcatmen[ IIf Practurct l Cla\ ielc, 1 would like to ask if \ au ha\ -c t()und diAlcllltr wilh [ig. 3-1- of the Te-xtbook. \t.1 recent cia".., \\ hen a- per I, ) , nd -i on p. M>, on rhree occa, iom T found the bnY.! ,1 bandage appliLd I cI'nfl' the, t. John and \\ as told lhat it rhu: ho\\'n in Fig 3-1-. .hoLlci not thl the broad ba'ndage complete... and the "lIng dotted In rhe porrion coyercd the broad bandage, t:"pcciall} as Rule on p. Gdirects at tention l< I fig, 10, 11 .lnci T 2? On the other hand, hg. 3), which sho\\', the whole of thL ann ling clot LLd, to causc no confu.ion. Your mm ncnls on this I,oint will hl.: much appreciared.
OJ tOI(r,i't' tlr!,}'(( lJ'ilh )O/(/" rrili(i,lIJl tlllri .\'(fl..zesriOIl, I/'birb I tOIII/JI('I/r! 10 loe ({)li/Illillet. '\:" C f
TRF\T\II '-.1 () \\ O '(I) \\Irll C\PILL\RY BLEEDI'-.C.. P. ('()lIth\\'old). - I)lease t II me wh\' the Tcxthook (p. 12) doc' not r comm nd the' application of a pad of cottOI1\\'oo l as part or the treatment of a w()und w ith G11,iiJan hkeciinlT.
Crpil/rI/)' J/'/dO/ll (II/UN tlll.\,'!e!)' ,lIIrf If.\/fflll} .rpOlllrlJ/l'{)/u Ol'l'c',f/, )J II}id> rail.• (or -li//lc' /}'c>(I/III/ i.\,api J(lplit il(lrd/oll. /11 10/1· r/.u,f 0/ /;Icc,dim' r/otJ an lomltd I)t/rl/)' Il}' 11.)( dr),ill" 0/ /-I{)or/ (.yno,l·rri 'i .-.' ,-" I' nlr, par!!), I!), (o//(//U{ q/ lilt l't J,I(.I m;/I /o/lo}J t!.lt I,!!/!IJ fI/ld pllrl!J' Ill' rii//JilJ/11 iOIl in I he p,··{',C;·lfrt oj Vloori Ihe J'Lf.rl'i.J-. (/'I'I'IOt'!fJ',!", J 1'01l1rl wi.'I.) 10lli the> had ,rlllck 10 mit,,· (lilri i)rlrl ilOI rliJt'J"/J.' ri' III thIS /'('.I}('(/ /;{,/}I '(, OI Il}l' /1'('rl/J)J{')f/ oj }J'OllJJrI.,· )j'/I)) .//. /. rI' d cap/ my ll{'f} (11/ I/.!al of )I'{)lfIlr/.r In·l/.! orlfr a/ 1111r/7)WO IIJ C. F.
A.R.P. and the Brigade Insurance Scheme
Q. - W iJ1 you kindly advise me: if the Bngacle I nsu r a n ce cheme covers OUf member.:; \\Then engaged In , \ R P instruction duties:'
\ -The Chief COlIIlJlis.rioller /;(I.· I(/km liP Ihf Matter Illit/; the COlllllle/'cial [-l1iol1 Jssllrollt"f CO/JIpal7)' , and tht 101/oJllil1l, ruling has been receizwl. "1Ft have /lOW carffulf.y cOIlJidereri Ihe qlleJlioJl oj the :(OPt 0/ ONr poliC)1 iii re/aliOl1 /0 drill atld lor lil.rlmclioll ill cOllnecfil)J1 lvitll air raid precalflioll.f, olld UP are prepored 10 .;0) that, .co (/ \ / he.re OFc carneri 011/ IIIlrle,· Il;e orders o( ll'e art n /0 Ihelll tiS COfili;f!. 17,/"thi" Iht> polic)' ' (lJ'lJill/!.> Ollt of and ill Ihe courSe of ("flie,: oj' (/ 1'01111/1(1) melllber 0/ Ihe Brigade.' Th definitioJl 11 ollirll101, l}o]J}tl'{'r, (/pp6 10 rlealh or di.rahielIJPI7/ Li,t. /0 or ill OI!) /I'll) t/'acroble 10 poi,rOII /!,aJ·.' \.R.P. [::\ CLO r (; COt'R r, 0'- \f AROI 6 '-.1)
ThL last imemlYc COLIr<;e for rhls easun \vill b<. helel at the Great _cn tral H()[el 'm 5 and 6. It unlikely thar further cnur'c" \\'ill ht: held until aurumn.
[mending ·houtd, chercr-( Irt:. II' f kadquarter as carh' a po 5ible.
Mitcham Cadet s N ew Challenge Cup
\fitcham Cadct- can congratulate them, eh- on [he new J. \1. Da\"ie, Im-itacion Challenae Cur now a\-ailahle for competicion.
Cadet Di\ ·i:ion _· \\-i, hinlT w compec [-or the Cur .;hould communicac uperimendem :' King' , Road, :'liccha111, fJr "[r. F. C. \,\'al1s, '9, te d :'f ad, La,· nder \Yenue, " fircham, who \\,111 rorward the particulars .
The hI'S[ coml ecitinn \\·ill b hetd In \1.1rcr,.
Three Long S er"i ce \\" - .1. L. 7otch , \\'dlingborough Headllllarrer, DiyiSlOI1, i: the proud or nn Ie': than thrl.:c lonp; sClTice meclals :-
Th c. John .\ [edal 1 C) ars
The I.ong :1nd G Ot,d Conduce \fcdal r' [he Ru\al ::\a\-al Rcscn e.: :\::n"al Sick Berth Rcscryc l.
The I.ong \ ledal u( rhe cI'11
Is this.l ,( n-
Sir Rohert
On Remembrance Day, 1936, Belfast and Ulster lost a man of outstanding personality, and th e St. John mbulance Brigade and ssocia tion suffered a loss that will be felt for many years to come.
Sir Robert Kennedy was in his 86th year, and, although impeded by the physical infirmities of advancing years, he had the alert mind and keen spirit of a boy.
Born in 185 I on Christmas eve at Bango r Castle, he was the eldest son of Robert te\vart Kenned y, of Cultra. He was educated at Harrm and the niversity College, Oxford, and at the former he had the distinction of winning the Botfield Iedal for French.
This great knowledge of lan guages stood him 10 great stead in his work of later life.
A true sport, he kept up to th e end his interest and affection in hunting, Alpine climbing-sport s in which, as a young man, he h ad excelled.
Leaving Oxford, he entered the Diplomatic Service, starting with the Spanish Department at the Foreign Office. His first forei g n post was to the Legation at Madrid, which at that time, just as at this moment, was give n over to 'civil war. After three years he was appointed to the Embassy at Constantinople. In 1880 he returned to London, but was quickl y selected by Lord Dufferin to go as Secretary t o St. Petersburgh. He here again ran into troublesome times, as the Emperor Alexander was killed by a bomb after having attended a military review accompanied by Lord Dufferin and Sir Robert.
In 1882, while on a visit to Ulster, he met the Hon. Bertha Ward, daughter of Lord Bangor, whom he
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married some ei g ht month late r , and from which there resulted a mo t perfect married life of 53 yea , s.
The life of a diplomat with no fixed home is no t an easy o ne. It r quir d gr at tact great vitality, and an ever-willing readine to settle in any part o f the globe, no matt r how r mote.
Such was the life that Sir Robert and Lady 1-en ne d), led until he \vas able to return to hi . Own be autiful estate at Cultra fanor in ounty Down overlooki ng the Belfa t Lough. Only a D \V of those per sona ll \' acquainted \vith it Robert Ycr hard the Lh ri lling details of hi year in Russia, onstantinoplc, ;\l onte , negro Bulgaria, Per ia, Central Asia OLuh , \m erica , etc.
lthough retirernent i looked upon as a p eriod of ease, it was not so with Robcrt. g oo d cause demanded his help and none \\'as c\' cr refused but above all his heart lay wid1 the work or thc' t. J ohn J\mbulance 1\SS ciation and Bri g ad e. \ 5 hairman and President his wise council wa s constantly in demand. 11 is r gular attendance at all meetings, conferences annual inspeclion s , co mpetitions, etc., in all weathers, C\ en in il l-health and at the ad"anced age of 86, was , stimul us and example to y unger men in r bu t health. The p o wer of such personality has had a man - llou s effect in the Brigade in orthern It- land, and We hop e tha t the seeds of interest and loyalty to t. John an d wha t it stands for, will persist and HOllri h.
Honours were showered up n him. llc rccL l\Ted his Knighthood in Januar y, 1913, but his p kasure knew no bounds when la st year he \Va made a }'-.nigh t of Ju stice of the Venerable Order of t. J ohn of ] eru sa lem in England. This honour was shared by all in the Bri gade in 1 ter.
He was predeceased by his wife by two o r t1uee months, and in a letter to the writer of thi s artlc le h e said: "I now wish nothing morc than a short time to allow me to arrange our worldly affairs in the way in which she wi hed th.is to be."
How tr ue this was was seen wh.en h.e pas ed quie tly away eight to ten weeks later.
The Hon. Lad y I e nn edy was a Dam e of G race in the Order, and two of his daughters wer arde nt workers in the cause of t.] hn.
Although the gap left is a grea t one, yet th e effe ct of his life and his work will live, we hope, for ev er. In Ulster we are proud that this man passed our way .
St. John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem
Belongi17g 10 Ihe Grand PriolY in the Brilish Realm of the Venerable Order of the J-lospital of St. john of jerusalem.
After a lap se of 695 years the of St. J ?I:n' -esented by the G rand Prior y lD the Brltlsh repr b' hId Realm, retu rned to J eru ItS. Ht. P ace, an estarted the ho pital w rk whIch gIves ItS name to Order. This yea r is the ju?il ee year of that A rk if we bear in mind that dunng the Great War W I' 1 the llospita l was closed for three years t IS a most impossible to assess in word the cnormous wh ich the Ophthalmic lI ospital has conferred the sc 50 ycars upon the poor and thc 111 Pak stinc where ophthalmia in all its forms IS such a ter ri ble SC()Ll rg
Onh' in a mall wa)' was the work begun in D ecember , 1882, when a dispensary \vithin the Ol d Cin opencd its doors. Thc l Iospltal ltselt may al J11o <; t be considered to be a (Royal Foundation," fo r had it not becn for the actiye supporr of the Pri nce of \\ ,llc, afterwards King VII, the ultan of Turkc\ would not ha\ e been 0 rcady to hel p in 1883 by the a ire on road cnntainirw a TurkIsh house. Thls Turk! h housL' has been" from limc to lime added to, and in 19 30 an anncx > in thc Corm ( f a I - han \\'a opened for the tre atment of acute conjunctiyiti ca
Cm somc \'car " pa . t the \\'ardcn of the Hospital, ir lo hn .B.E., F.R. (Ed.) .I. f.D., ha s be Ln urging- the llospitallcr and Ho C0I11'11 ittce lO prm ide accommodation tor pay1l1g pa tlcn ts, and after examining car fully the positio n the ommiuec is of opinion that th tIme 1S no\\ npe for a fm\\'ard 111 nt in dealing \\'ith_ th e I io pital a a \\'h Ie in "iew of the adyance ot me dical ophthalmic . cicnce and the erection of m?de.rn hmpita l in Palestine which will ineyitably InyltC_ co mpa ri on with that working undcr the rder ot t. J ohn. \ comprehcn iYe scheme ha , therefore, been adopt d by hapter-G neral which \yhen co mpleted, \\'ill, it is confidently anticipated, nabl the St. John ( phthalmic Hospital to rnaintain it unri n lled po ili n in the II 1)' Land. The following is a ge neral DutEne f the pr posal ,in rder of their \"hich il hoped may be put into executIon at the earliest dat :-
(a) The building of a payino- patient block.
(b) The building of a new out-pati nt departm nt, Contl g uous to the 1 aying pati nt block.
(c ) The c nversion f the old ut-pati nt d partment into an -ray and physical therapy department.
(d ) The removal of th nur ing staff fr m th Hospital into a nur e home, thu freeing th room left. vacant for im1 roved accommodation for inpatients.
(e) The e rection of a nu t cs homc- r if th nur s can be accommodated in the pr cnt \X/ ard n's Lodo-e,
then a new and more convenient Lodge for the Warden.
The estimated cost of (a) and (b) is placed at £12,000 approximately.
(c) and (d) it is anticipated should cost not more than £1,5°0.
(e) Estimate for a new nurses' home 0: a new Warden's Lodge is in the neighbourhood ot £5,000.
The above figures are exclusive of any equipment, and if land for building has to be acquired that \\'ould be an additional charge of £3,000 or more.
It should be realised, in considering th::se proposals, that the Government of Palestine has no ophthalmic hospital of its own, and relies on Hospital of .St. John to help in the task of undertaking the pre\-entlve and curati\' e work so very necessary In PalestIne.
The ten Gm-ernment ophthalmic clinics in Palestine are under the supervision of the Hospital, and a school for the training of Arab girls in the elements of fir t aid, hygiene and home nursing \yas, at GO\-ernment request, initiated by the Order. It is therefore of the urmost importance f o r the pre s ti g e of the Order, as \\'ell as for the cause of humanity in general, that the \\ ork for which the Order is responsible in the Hoh" Land should be carned on under the best possible ' conditions by its staff o f skilled ophthalmic urgeon and nurses.
It i for the purpose of putting the w o rk of the Order beyond all criticism that an appeal i nm\' made for at lea't £20000, and it would be a source of the utmost sati faction and pride co all the members of the Order if the fiftieth anru\-ersarY of the revi,-al of the work of the Order in the Hol;- Land could be celebrated by the completion of all the necessary \\"hich ha e been outlined abm-e.
Battersea and District Gala Dance
The annual grand gala dance of the 58? Battersea and District Diyi ion London Po , t Office Corp , t. J ohn mbulance Brio-ade, which is to be held at the \\'1'imbledon Palai -de-Dance on \\ edne day, 1Iarch 3 promi to be one of the fine t dance of th ason.
To n ut that their patron hall haye the rou ic which will mak them dance, th attendance of Ralph Phillip and hi Band ha been succe full" ecured.
D ancing p.m. till _ p.m.
The tick L, which are 6d. ar limited, 0 0- t iT ur tick t arly from exhibicor of po teL or post free from th - cr tarr Diyision t. Tohn l \mbulance Brio-ade Lavender Hill \\'. I 11 postal ord r must be cro sed.
Ai r Raid Precautions
- Especictlly for Surgeons
TI-flS is the Erst of a short series of articles dealing more fully with the scientific aspect of gas warfare especially for medical men and women of our Bngade. M ()st of the detai l is gathered from ,( Thl Official JJistory of the \Var-Medical 'ervin:'-," and a good deal is in .r\. R.P. Handbook \10 3 for \1edical Men and Tlus fir. t article deals 'with cla sifjcation and charartLYlstics of war gases, and subsequent ones ",til fefl" to patbology, symplomatology, and treat-
L\ IFICA TIO_
The Clt.:dical c/aJJijicotiotl oj.gaseJ is often confusing -anat ,mica l and pathological and symptomatic word are mixed in cIa ,ifying the gases, e.g., lung irritant. a phyxiant or choking gas all mean the same. For Tlttching purposes the classifjcation should be ((lOS ] tent, and I \ cnture to suggest the following :/ fnatolllicai. Pathological.
1. I',yt:: Irritant or Tear Gases or Lachrymators.
No , t Irritant-; or neezing ases or ternutators.
.'. Lung Irritants or _hoking Gases or .t\sphyxiants.
i. kin Irritants or Blister ra es or Vesicants.
Th new IIandbook Ko. 3 (for Doctors and c., ) ha another clas ification :-
Gl\otJP l.-Gase which produce disablement and death
(a) Vesicants , mu tard and le"..-i ite.
(b) Aspl!yxitllit chlorine, chloropicrin, phog nc and eli-phosgene.
(c) Para6'sa"!J, hydrocyanic acid and hydrogenulphide.
G OL P 2.-Gases used primarily as ham jng agents.
(a) J_ac!J!]'I//ators, ethyl-iodo-acetate, bromobenzyl-cyanid , and chloro-aceto-phenone.
(b) Nasal Irritants, e. chloro-dihydro-phenar azine and diph nyl-cyanoar ine.
GROUP 3.-Ga c liable t be encountered in \\-ar cond tions
(a) Carbon monoxide.
(b) Nitrou fumes.
(c) Screening smokes.
(d) Fumes which ma\ be encounter d in fire fighting.
ThlS classiflcalion i not llsed in Handbooks o.
ana 2, and lherefore should not he taught to our
ell ' R\CTERl. TICS.
I. EYE i'S.
Their ac tion is se/eclil'e, i.e . th) only attack exposed se nsory nerve en dings or m u cous membranes
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such as cornea, naso-pharynx and the respirator; t ract. Their action is immediate but temporary, and rapid recovery follows removal from the gas area. They are effective in low concentrations, and are never followed by permanent disabilities.
There are many compounds of \,'ruch the followlng are typical;-
(a) Ethyl-iodo-acetate dark brown oily liquid smelling like "pear drops"; all have the o r dinary cc acetate» odour. Boiling point 180 deg c. , and comparatively low \-apour pressure gives it a cer tain persistence on the ground.
(b) BrolJJo-ben':{)'I-ryanide (B.B.C.).- \X/hen pure it is a yellow crystalline solid, stable at orclinary temperatures, and melting at 24.8 degs. C. In the orclinary crude form, as used in war, it is a hea\-y oily, yellow liquid, which boils at 242 degs. C. persistent than K.S.K.
(c) Chloro-aceto -phel1ot!e C.A.P -Colourless crystalline solid, melting at 55 to 60 degs. C. and boiling at 245 degs C. It is non-persistent, because soon after clispersion it quickly condenses to the solid state. Used in training and by the police for dispersing mobs in some countries.
., "To E
These are all arsenical compound eli per ed by heat or detonation in the form of a yery fine, almost invisible cloud. Their action is on sensory nerye endings and mucous membrances, the same as eye irritants. Originally they \,-ere u ed because the:penetrated the early form of respirators, and with the hope that they would cause the men to discard the respirator as useless, the attacks were quickly followed by phosgene. Luckily, the respirator was made to filter the.e ternutatOrs,
The following are examples :-
(a) Cb/oro dib),dro plmJarsa::;ine (D.JJ.).- yellow crystalline solid, m Irino- at 195 deg C. and boiling and decompo ino- at -t-10 degs. C. In,oluble io water and the u ual organic okent.
(b) Diphe!!)·f (D C ).-A colourless cry, ralline solid odou de melting point 3 I.) degs. c., boiling point degs. C. In.oluble in ,,-ater: readily soluble in oil and organic oh-eoL.
i Ll.'I"G lRRITA?'Ts.
Thes act most effecti"eb; and dano-eroll h· on the respiratory muc()u. m although to a Ie s degree on the eye. The ga cloud resulting from the burst of a bomb is carried wind and the danger i. limited to th period of exposure in the cloud. All varietic, of thes · g3<,es are absorbed b\· charcoaL
and, as they cannot affect other parts of the body, a respirator is completely protective .
The following are the chief members of this group :
(a) Chlorine - The first gas used by the Germans in the Great War. Fairl y low toxicity, and easil recognised even in low concentrations, and therefore not likely to be much used.
(b) Chlorop icrin is a yellow liquid boiling at 112 degs c., and the most irritant member of the group, and is also powerfully lachrymatory, otherwise similar to chlorine
(c) P hosgene .-While dange rous in high concentrations it is easily recognised in low concentrations by its smell of musty hay . Phosgene play an important part in the s ynthesis of such dru gs a the uretham deriv ations, and salol h examine has the power of absorbin g phos g ene, so also h as sodium ph enate. High concentrations are necessary to pr o duce effecti e results and therefo r e not likely to b e used from the air except in large bombs.
(d) D i -phosge1Je is an oily liquid with b oiling point 128 degs. C. Its action is similar to phosgene.
4. SK IN IR RITA TS.
The characteri sti cs of thes e are so important and numerous that the y will be dealt 'with in the next issue of this ma gaz ine, and will b e followed b y the patholog y, symptoms and treatment of all th e gas groups.
A.R.P. QUESTIO S AND A SWERS.
I. 0. - Will the first aider be allowed to br eak the lewisite blis te rs?
A.-In an emergency, yes , w ith strict anti sep tic precautions, but better, whenever po ssi ble, t o hand the case over to a trained nurse o r medical offi cer.
2. O.-Are there an y air raid precautions issued regarding animal protection , such as horses and farm stock?
A. - Not at present. In all probabi lity such precautions will be issued in detail, and quite likely through the Ministry of Agriculture
3· Q.- What is the precise difference between solution and diffusion of gases ?
A.-A solution is when a gas is di sso lved in a fluid; diffusion is when it is dis so lv ed in the atmo sphere.
4. Q -Is there any chemical test for mustard gas?
A .-Yes, but it is in the hands of the Home Office authorities, who will issue it when necessar y, and issue a notice as to which gas is being used in a raid.
5· Q.-Can protective clothing be re-proofed after its fifth boiling?
A.-It certainly should not be used after the fifth boiling, but returned to the responsible officer for d ealing with, and pro b ably a new suit will be iss u ed .
6. Q.-Is a first aider, when cleansing a patient
with. and water, to get himse lf co nt aminated and IS It necessary to wear rubber g lovc ? '
A.-Yes, for which purpose he w ea rs a special garment for use at such tim es , and r u bber glove will be quite useful. S
7· Q - How l o n g after a ga attack wou ld It be possible to come out of the gas-proof room?
A.-Th e authorities will make kn own a sig nal will be g iven in an ar ea, :,vhen tilt:' gas raId IS 0 er, a nd second, when It wtll be safe to come o ut of the protected room.
8. Q. - Is th e apour produced when builing co ntaminated cl othing dangerous?
A.-Yes.
9· O - How lo n g will bleach pa t in a tray for decontamination of b oo ts la t ;:>
A -It will d cpend up n the amount o( USL', bu in a Fir t A id Po t it would bc "'1,"ise to j[ about e, "ery two hours.
10. Q. - How doe one tell a cootaminat td area?
.rJ. - uch an area will be identified b\' nDticcs O( railed off according to the orders of thc '
11. o.-Is a wooden door jamb occc s<;an If a cu r tain is fixed ?
A.-Tw o precautions are bett r than Olll.
12. Q.-I s it dangcrou or n t to have upholstered furniture o r carpet ?
A.-In the presence of war gase of the hlister group any uph o lstered furniture r carpet s \\ I' Iwld the gas longer and be morc difficu lt to clecon tam l'1a.tl. than plain wooden furnitur or linoleum.
The Order's Library and l\Iu se um
The Hon. Re gi nald Frcemantlc has prcslntcd a remarka ble model of the hurch of lh e IloIr epulchre in Jcru alcm It is coo trucled of walnut \;I.'oo d, with column of ivory and sih'Cr, and the marb le and mosaic floors arc repre sented in mother of pearl and ivory. It dar s from th e. brter half of th e seventeenth century.
Sir Charles Hyde ha give n a finc ma nuscript describing a battl e for the relicf of andia in 1669, in which galleys of th e rder took part. It contain a water-colour drawing of a p lan of the fight. The bindin g is a beautiful examp le of go ld toolin g on white ve llum, and b ear s the arms of Cardin al Altie ri, \i ho became P ope Clement T in the follow ing ) car .
Th e book came from the sa le of the vcry im portant "Mensing Library" at Sot he b y's la st D ecember, Mr. Stewart Per owne has se nt a numb er of photo· graphs of Grand Masters' memorials in Malta.
A census of v isi tor s t o the buildings and :Museum • ha s b een kept durin g th e past year and th ey 2, 156. There i s no reason t o s upp ose th at a greater numb er than in recent pa s t ye ar s, bu t th1S 15 the first year that a record ha s been kept.
AUSTIN FOR AMBULANCES
Where Invest117ent T / alnt iJ rnost Z!!7portant of all
The privat motori l has giy n thc lead. ::\ \\- Ho piral ,
To wn uncil ' and Public 4\uth [iri are in, 'c ting roo The reas ons ar clear. IF d pendability in runnlng, roa d ta?i.l ity cco nom\' of maintenanc an d all tIl orher \u rin tradltlOn
1 re 0 f uc ina Cl. r, ho J}' llIfth /II or e J O an: thy in Jl1 \nl bulance?
f ully quipped with cyc::rr mod rn r nt the 18 h.p, an d 20 h.p. , \ mbulance [cr, elch HI lts ? wn .spher rc m:ltkabl iny sr mcnt \'alu. D d pnce it t and pccifica tions ar a " Jibbl n rcqu r.
A PEDAL FEATCRE OF AC B orl)' of best Eup/sh (uh ami 0,1 ':, for a;:rI eaJ)' Sem i-ellij'lf.:(· ::Jlic-iIIler/cd/'td .rprilllJs Oil liOIi - lllb,.;wlt d J/;tlC for /be palifllt/ Ifll)/OJ! II Ide ":lIobrr!lcted doonl'(l)' fO,. qJ!i,l:. W/I]' IIl1d r.\:;t of J!rekbeu. Triplex !hroflolo:rt (or sa/ft)' _iN/pIe /' li/llllli01l 0}-lJll h: riOT cq!,ipmt'l/! Spi"(.:,J/ .lil :.:'.:;J IH iWl'fir,!'
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RAILWAY NEWS
L ondon Midland and Scottish Railw'a y COlltribnteri Gilbert S. Hil/' G.
The annual individual competition w as held on January IO, the arbiters being t I essf'. T. M ilne and R B remner, Larbert Section, and D r. J. Shedden. Messrs. T. :Milne and R Bremner examined first-year candidates, both men and women, and Dr. examined the senior members.
The hr t-year test w as very interesting, and it \\'as only after sevetal tie \vith fi,-e of the ladies that the arbiters were able to separate them. The result ,,'as: 1, Marion Penman; 2, Helen Ste,-enson; 3, Betty Ross. enior member: I, Robert Sinclair; 2, Jenny Syme' 3, Alex. i\Iunro.
tIr. J. Donaldson, stationmaster, proposed a vote of thanks to 1Iessrs. 1Iilne and Bremner, \\'ho, he aid, \Tere kno'\\'n as members of the" Old Brigade." HL CKLEY.
On December 3 la t the Local Police presented Foreman P reece of the Goods Department, Hinckley, \\'ith a Westminster Chime clock, in appreciation elf his services to the Police Ambulance CIa se The presentation \,'as made by Superintendem :Mason, who paid tribme to 1\1r. Preece's effort.. 1\1r. Preece suitably responded.
This year the Hinckley Police obtaineo third place in the Leicester County .Area Police Competition. Foreman Preece is Secretary of the Company's Ambulan ce class at Hinckley.
A HBOUR::\,E.
Members of the class held their annual dinne r on December I I last. There '\l.' as a company of about 50, and Mr. G. \Y.! Thornhill, who presided was supported by Dr. Q j\fadge, Mr. J. Hughe ( Hon. Secretary), and others.
D r. Madge presented six first - year certificates, four second-year certificates, and 13 labels.
T he toast of the "L.M.S. Railway Company was proposed by NIt.' C. Earl, and 1h. J. tone responded; and the health of" The Visitors," given by Mr. C. Grime, was acknowledged by :Mr. A. R. Fairclough. Mr. P. Hall toasted" The Chairman, and the health of the host and hostess, Mr. and j\lfrs. Casson, was submitted by the Chairman
Lond on and N o rth.E a st e rn R a ilw a y Contributed qy R. D. Broum
The eighth annual competition for the l' orwicb District Officers' Shield was held at the AiJwvn Hall, Norwich, on January 23.
The judges were :-Team Test: Mr. S. J. Warren, Assistant Commissioner; Individual Test: Mr. C. J. Fitch, Di strict Officer, both of London District S .J.A .B.
T h e tca m tL'S l was as fo ll o w s:" Y 01..1 a r e o u ts id e t h e a m.b ul ancc class rool rl, nt:a r a tram terminu s, chatting w it h yo u r team. Y')u sec a man ab? l1 t to f r om a I·he man (lllPS a n d then ta lL, stnklOg a shor WIndow, break ifl tt." T ime limit: 18 rn inutes .
The supposed injuries were: Injury to Cl ;! 1:'31' (CLlt tbrough), band, ;lnel strained mu scle of e r.
The tOtal m.axil11ul1l I,oint. \\'CIT ') Ro rh l heing as folJ()\'\ s: SI rcrcher Individual Team. T st. T st. r )t,l !. I)nssihlc l60 2.2C I. 0:or\\'ich 12; I ' ] )1' 2. Yarmoutb 111 12.2 ,; ). I.O \\'CStoft 92 <)\ -t. Brandon [ 1 64 T Thetford ...,R R, 16\
The n1l'mhcrs or' the I\:nrwlch team \\it: <.,;. C. P. i\fitlclktnn, C. j 'arrant and H. C. Lind r '( captain).
The shield and oak barrels \\ ere pre 'ntcd l() [he winnin g team b: i\[r. TI. \\'. C. Drur y, \'hn W;)' Di cric( ndclll ell the rime lhe com ptti+-<ol1 wa. inaugurarcd, whn e.'l'rc<;scd hi" a flt! l'l'esent once F. 1'. Crcenhdd DiHricl ,11pLrln n presided at the pre. entatioll, and \\ a" SUPPO[ ;\1r. 11. R. Statham Dist ricl Go()d Jnd P,l .\lana ger ; \11'.11. J. Rampling \ i tanr 0 uperintenelclll, :lilt! \fr. R. D Browll, , ecr· the competition.
.\[1'. Greenfield rllL 'lj'I)I'LCl,t[JCJfl t'll di trict offt crs In the onrinuccl imerest eli Iclvl'd b\' the members (\f the amhulance di\ isi()n p thl dIstrict under lheil' contrnl, hut cmpha i ed Chl necessit\· of Ill W t11l'mhcrs in order lO rnain tat number of men on lhe rai Iway.
Reference \va: made to tbe absence of t. "'. Goodl y, who ha . unJenaken the' judgin g )f tht' competition for a numb 'I' of years, bUl wa un bk to do 0 on this occasion owing to 1t1 dlt hairman remarked rhat it was the hore or all pre enl that he would soon he ahle to resume his wo rk In rh( ambulance ,,'orld.
1n response 10 ;) '\ Ole ()f [hanks LO the JlI. proposed by the cal)lain of the winning team, \. L- or Commissioner \X arrc..:n said rt1il\\,a\01en were J.mon[! rhe experts in ambulance work, and stressed the v'du ( of thesc CO III pel iri()lls in the t rai ning of am I' nCl men.
The Great Centre Compdjt10n {or the C;rcat orthcrn Railway OHtccrs' up will be; held in the Cymnasium at Liverpool Street on Thu r:ll1Y , \hrch r8, beginning at T p.m.
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With the co-operation of the six Superintendents of the lines Rescue Stations in the South ale Coalfield, the Priory is in the fortunate position of having invaluable facilities placed at its disposal in the training of Brigade personnel in Air Raid P recaution Situat ed at ew Tredegar, Crumlin, B rynmenyn, Dinas, Aberaman and Swansea, the Stations serve the colliery areas around which a large proportion of Ambulance "\vorkers are concentrated; and as one of the greatest impediments t o progress has been the scarcity of respirators this difficulty is likely to be overcome to a great extent by a systematic allocation of half the gas masks avai lable at Priory House to the Stations, \.'i here th ey will be used continuously in rotation. Each of the Superintendents has been appointed a Grade I Instructor, in which position he is competent to le cture students for the A R P Awards of the Brigade, while several have accepted appointments as .R P. Officers.
W i th 129 Grade and 13 8 Grade 2 A.R.P. Inst ru ctors on the P riory Register, the training of the B rigade in Wales can proceed in most areas; and in the more isolated parts of orth Wales, where Brigade Surgeons have not found it possible to tak e advantage of courses arranged in London or elsewhere, attendance at the lectures nQ\v being arranged under the auspices of the British 1Iedical Association can qualify for appointment as Instructors. I t has not been necessary so far to refuse requests for instruction from outside bodies; and where numb ers are too great for amalgamation with Brigade classes separate courses are arranged.
MOTOR AlvmULA.NCE TRANSPORT SERVICE
T he Committee responsible for the administration o f the co-ordinat ed service of ambu lances operated by the Priory for Wales met under the chairmanship of Colonel W . T al b o t Woods, D.O , D. S O , M e, t h e D irector of T ransport, on Monday, January 18. A repor t on t he year's working showed that 1936 will maintain the unbroken record of increase in car journeys and mi leage-the total numb er of cases carried and distance travelled being 2,398 and 3°,557 respe ctive ly in ex cess of t he 1935 figures . The following t able re Hects the ever-growing need of ambulance t r an sp or t fa cili ties; an d at the same t i me indicates t he success of a service whi ch is uni q ue inasmuch
as the fi t of cars are cor related to the exten t that ubscribers have a call not on one \ ehicle, liab le to breakdo\, o, but on a ervice of eightee n Interconn cted tations with one or more cars each. The ad,'antage of such a system O\ er the s in gly ope ra ted ambulance are c\Tidenced b y the increasing support of C lliery ompanies \\Tho are prepared i n man\, in tances t contract " 'lt h Lh e Priory for ..: \ mbulance provi ions at a g r ater cost than lhat im'olnd in maintaining their Q\'i:n car. On e p sible criTIcism of the elTice is the high le\'cl at which it is kept, a while conom), cannot be ignored, the comfort of the patient i the Q\'er-ruling factor in the de. ign and equipment [the cars.
The ninth anniversary of th e inau gu ration of the Wrexham Di i sio n was celebrated at a dinn er at \rhl Ch the members and a number of frienel were the: gue sts of the Honorary entre ecretary, l ajor R. C. Roberts, O.B.E., who presided. I Ie was surrorre1 by Dr. J. E. I J. Davies, D .SO ., J.P., th faY,or Wrexham (Alderman Cyril O Jones), D. C. E. S (Commissione r), Mr. George T. J uest (,\SSlstan t Commissioner and Chief Constable), Dr. \Y. Glt Evans, Captai n T W Mottram, M e, T.D., 1\ r.
D M. Yorwe r th, J. P., Dr. R . S Brock, rhe Chairma n expressed great lD the Di visi on; and as an o ld Terntonal Officer, sald he would like to compliment the members and the cadets on their smart appearance.
Dr. J. E. J 1. Davie said he greatly appreciated the hono ur of being President of the Wrexham Division , and thanked tbe hairman for entertaining them. I Je was please d to present two A R.P. Grade 2. InsLructor ertificates to uperintendent p. R. Ke nt and Ambulance mcer J. W. Jackson, \\'ho had qualified for the certificate at an examination subsequent to thei r atte ndance at a pecial Insturctors' Course in L on don.
Th e Divisional 'u rgeofl , Dr. Glrn Evans, recalled the initia l eA-orts of 11r. Guest, \-vho as a result of a Iettl.r to the Press, drawing attention to an accident which had occurred in Wrexham where no one was arailable to render first aid, had successfully appealed for recruits Pr m thi beg inning had sprung the keen and eAicient lnit he was pleased to scrve as
In expn:s jng the thanks of the Council for the scniccs rcndered to \,\ /rexham, the i\lavor made spwal refe r nee to lhe value of a training .R.P. and h()ped all members of the Diyi ion would make chclll sc.ke enlcicnL in thi ubject.
\n excee dingly interc ting item ,\yas contribmed lu the prog ramme b\· the ommi ioner, Dr. alt in the form of a cinemat graph entertainment ; and in a report on the year work uperintend nt Kent sta ted that U\ er 1,000 ca cs had b een carried in the am bulanc es maintained b y the Division in 19\6.
(ll .tCJ RC/\J'.: COL'" Ci CEo ·TRE. Brid,gmd COlfllty _ lrea.-:i\ Ir. Robert 'i choll, who recenth succe ded Major J\. WI . j \nd r on :i\LB., eh.B., as / \.s . istant ommi ioner, \Va th chief guest at the nnual upp r organi ed by the Ogl11 ().re Vale Ambulanc and Tur in g Di,T i ion, at whi ch lr. Tom Llew llyn, ] .P., pre ided Advanra gl! was tak n of this opportunity of placing On rccord Lhe splendid rvice render d by 1\1ajor 1\. \\ i \nd r n who ,\l,"a presented with a sih- r table lighter by Div.isional ecr tary Be"an, who sen-e d under the i\Iajor when second in command of th e 130th t. John FieJd Ambulance. 1 Ir . Ander so n received [r m 1\1rs. \ ater on behalf of the lur sing D i i ion a silver in k s tand, the pr sentation the occasio n of Major and Mr. nderson' Sl Iver we dding.
The Bridg nd Urban Di trict Council ha taken t?wa rds proper organi arion .?f adequate Rald PI' caut! ns; and tbe ucc s t the cheme lS attributabl .In no mal l mea ure to the k enn and u '. f' B nrCJTIlttlllg energIes 0 Its orO'ams r Dr R. alrd M' l b ( 1 ne, who was re cen tl y app inted by th
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Commissioner for Wa les A.R.P. Officer for the Bridgend and District Corps. On January 6 a large au dience gathered at the Noltan Institute, Bridgend, to hear an address by Wing-Commander D. e Morrison, R.N., from the Home Office A.R.P. Department, as a result of which many new classes are expected to commence. Gnder the guid ance of Dr. Milne, Bri gade Gnits at Ogmore Vale, Blaengarw, Pont ycymmer and Heolycyw are receiving instruction, while classes have qualified or are in course of instruction in connection with the Y.M.eA. Womens' Auxiliary, British Legion Women, Bank s, Railwa ymen , Firemen, Police Council Staffs , \Vestern Welsh Omnibus employees and others.
Opening of Aledica! Comforts Depot, Cwmgwrach.The establishment of a rvfedical Comforts D epot will be recorded as an important incident in the history of the Cwmg",'rach Divi sion. A large number of people assembled at th e Ambulance Hall to v:itness the opening ceremony at which 1It. William E\Tans, M.E., presided and called upon 1frs. T. )'IcClure, wife of the Divisional Surgeon, who \yas always ready to assist the work, t o perform the opening. In accepting the key, Mrs. )'1cClure expres sed O'reat pleasure in bein g associated ",-ith an occasion \\-hich would mark a big step forward in the comfort and welfare of the sick and suffering in the locality'. Following tea, addresses \yere gi\en by the ssistant Commissioner Dr. e Dr. T 1IcClure, County Officer J. Richards, :i\Ir. ::;ichols; and thanks to the opener and \ - itOrs ",-ere mQ\-ed by Councillor Albert Vo'.\'les and Councillor Trevor Lewis.
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Annual PreJeJlfotioll ot AberJ)'choll.-The Commissioner for W'ale and the Hon. J. H. Bruce paid a to the Aber ychan and Penrn-yn Di,-i ion on the occa ion of the ..-\nnual Tea held at the Abers,'chan .1 mbulance Hall. The Cnit "ere conon their mart appearance and on the acqui irion of a h ome of their own; and in rhe course of his addre s the Cornmis ioner urged rhe importance of members obtainino- in truction in ir Raid Precaution a a patriotic duty" Corp uperintendent F. \'\hite was presented with a warrant of appointment and the econd B ar to his :i\Iedal, denotinO' 2.5 ,'ear' ,en-ice 1Ir. Bruc di tributed Fir t ... id to the t\ur ino1 mb rs' and Lady' Corp uperintendent 1Ir D. elms handed medal to uccessful ream in the rec nt comp tition for the Coalo"ner' hield at Tr degar.
J 1!)JbllloJlce Hall fo l' Ookdale.-},Ir. \\'. D. \\'o olle\' :i\IanaginO' of the Tr degar Iron and Coal Co. opened a ne,, headquarter for the Oakdale Di \'l ion in the pre ence of the Principal ecretary of the Priory for \\:,'ale and a r pre entatiYe garh rinO'. I t . D. i\Iorgan Pre id nt of th D iyi ion, \yho
presented .Mr. Woolley with a golden souvenir key, referred with gratitude to the great encouragement always afforded to Ambulance work by the Tredegar Company; and the Hon. John H. Bruce thanked Mr. Woolley on behalf of the Priory for the generous contribution to Ambulance work made by the Company in presenting such excellent accommodation.
11r. Norman T. Richards, ssistant Commissioner for the Bedwellty County rea, expressed the intention of forming a Jursing Di"\ ision in the near future. Than -s to fr. Woolley were formally moved by Corps Superintendent J. Leach, seconded by Divisional Superintendent '\i/. J. Powell.
Rogerstolle Divisiolls.-1Ir. G. E. J. Fudge, ssistant Commissioner for Wales, attended a Social Concert held at St. John 's Church Hall, at which :Mr. Charles Basham presided. He impressed upon the members of the Rogerstone Division, which formed only in 1935 had made a good beginnin g and raised a Cadet Unit, the importance of keeping their knowledge up to standard and upholding the high traditions for which their uniform stood. Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E., Commissioner for fonmouthshire, appealed for new recruits, particularly in view of the training of the Brigade in Air Raid Precautions; and looked forward to the formation of a Nursing Division. Reference was made to the valued seryices of the Divisional Sur geon, Dr. G. E. Hull, and Dr. W. Verner.
Social Function at B!ackrvoorl.-Assistant Jommissioner N. C. Richards presented a warrant of appointment as Honorary President to Councillor R. Vines, who presided at the annual social and presentation of awards to the Blackwood Di vis i on There was a good attendance of members with their friends; and appreciative references to the work of the Division under the direction of Superintendent W. C. Bennett were made by Mr. R. T. Brown Manager of the West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board, who has taken a keen interest in the organisation by the Priory of the Welsh National Road Transport Ambulance Competition. Medallions were presented by Corps Surgeon Dr. C. G. Mackay; and the Rev. W. E. H. Williams handed a Silver Cup to Ambulance Officer W. E. James as winner in the Divisional Individual Competition.
A.R.P. Awards.-Fourteen A.R.P. Certifjcate s gained by students in the first class to be examined in air-raid precautions in Monmouthshire, outside of Newport, were presented at Pontypool Ambulance Hall on January 24 by County Surgeon Maj or J. P. L. Jenkins, recently appointed County Regional A.R.P. Officer.
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The report of the Superintendent of the Barry and District Corps, Mr. Charles Lennox, on the First Aid Stations maintained during the Summer {)f 1936, is a wonderful record of services rendered
by two mbulance and two Nursing D IVISions
The following summary of the type of treatmen l called for gives a total of 2,I92 cases dealt with :_
Animal Bites 20 Heat and Sunst roke
Abdominal Pain s 5 I-Icart Attack
Burns and cald - 7 6 Iiscarriage
Bruises 87 Hxmorrhag e from Blisters 83 0 zo
COl1yul ions 4 [ Ixmorrhage (InConcussion temal)
Crushed Ha nds 35 II ernia
Cramp II ysteria
D is locations 7 Insect Bite 1.'
EI ileptic ) trcntal Ca -es
Foreio-n Body in Eye 17 I Ptomain P oisonin g
Foreio-n B dyin ar In I land , Foreign Body In etc.
Throat ickne ,s
Faint, hock Col - prains and train laps 79 un Burn
Fracture 19 \'\ 'as h and Bee tin g
Grazed Limb. 181 \X '( und tre ated an d Dre sed 1 ,coS
The Barry 1 land tation wa pened at f' 1Ste' for three days, \pril I 1-13) and rhen conti m ') ush from May 20 to eptember 2.6, a period of 1 19 clap. During this time, T,464 h ur- of en,icc v;erc giv en voluntary by tbe memb rs of the \ mbulan c and Nursing Di"i ion) rhe tation bein g open 01 An average of t\',elve hou rs per da>'.
The Bendricks tation \\ 'a opcm d on Ju y ) 0 and clo ed on eptember 13, a period of 46 Jays. The total number of hour of cluty giyen was 56 ,. this Stati on being open on an av e rage of eight hour' per day.
In connection \\ ith the Fontigary (Rhoosc) , ta tio '1 grateful thanks are record ed t l Ir. H ugo Buo thbl for hi s kind interest and the great a, istance by th e provision of a tent and fully equipp e 1 Fmt id abinet for use at this tation. The tOta l ot 63 cases treated pJoves th nec ssity f thi s inn o'/"ltion. Effort are being made for the formation )t an mbulance and ursing Di yision in (h near JturC'. also a permanent First Aid tation.
The Lost Children s Creche at Barr Isla nd wbjch is entrusted by the Council to the care of N ursi,ng Member s, was open on 112. da 's , duri ng WhICh period I, 120 hours of duty were gi en an J 1,2),9 children were taken care of and rest o re d t their parents.
The Barr y Corps can be congratulated em the efficient operation of a lar ge Medical Co mfortS d ' con- Depot, and g ood progress has been rna e 111 nection witb A.R.P. training, mo st of the
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The Stot} of Anticrtics from P,1[C w ListLl Cofr('S pon dcnce Colunel Slecm an' Tour.. Brigade 'e ws Interestin Case Rcpon Questio ru; lOd •\.ns\\'Cl's Prion' fi, W ales " PoliCt; Ilonal First Aid COfnpetition OW n>l lew
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tinuation of the intere t in all branches of the work of t. JOM "which has alwaL been shown by the Royal Family.
- \nd \\Te are happy to announce that The Queen has been pleased ro retain her appointment as Commandant-in-Chief of the ing Corp and Di\Tijon , of the t. John Ambulance Bri gade.
n 5 H.1I. Queen honoured the Order of t. John by an informal ,-isit to t. John' Gate. Her Maj esty fir t inspected the Church with great intere_t and \\-a hown o,er the crypt, which, by the i practically- untouched since it wa _ con ecrated in J J 8 5
Ut n'i-ard Queen ,-i ited the Museum and th n climbed the old piral tairca e to the Council hamber, Cbanc ry and Chapter Hall, where for easier insp ction orne of the trea ure _ from th Li had been plac d.
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By her comments and questions Her 1Iaje ty sh w d a ,- keen appreciation of the work of the \mbulanc e D partm nt of th Order, and her Y'Lit is on mor xample of the interest of our R oyal Famil\' in th progre, and activities of the work of one of tl1 old ,t Order of Chivalry 11 nomed by th l ad r, hip f th King r1 , oyereign Had.
The Story oj' Antiseptics
from to Lister
THE beginning of the nineteenth century saw the dawn of a new era in surgery. For centurie men 'had been groping in the dark, and although getting nearer and nearer to the truth, the solution of that great problem which was to prove of such inestimable benefit to humanity had not been discovered.
During the Erst quarter of the century various contributions were made to the knowledge of the cause of putrefaction. Thus, Appert, a French confectioner, found a method of preserving meat, fruit and vegetables by excluding the air and virtua:lly sealing the vessel in which they were contained against its entrance.
Gay-Lussac, the French chemist, also shmved that the air contained in the bottles in which decomposing material had been preserved by method contained no oxygen, and so concluded that the presence of oxygen was the chief cause of putrefaction, but in 1937, Schwann contraverted this theory and showed that by placing decoctions of meat in flasks and sterilising them by boiling and then supplying them with calcined air, proved that putrefaction did not set in. He therefore concluded that putrefaction was not due to the contact of air alone, but to something suspended in the air which heat was able to destroy. Schwarm's discovery was confirmed by Schroeder in 1854. These and other investigations bring .us to the threshold of Pasteur's great discovery, which came from the result of his studies on the fermentation of alcoholic beverages. No one at that time conceived that these researches would have such far reaching and important consequences, and which afterwards proved of such benefit to mankind.
Pasteur found that the fermentation of wine and beer was due to living organisms and that every other fermentation was due to the same cause. He refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and proved that all fermentations were due to the presence of minute organisms or living germs, as they were first called. He divided these microscopIc organisms into two classes, which he termed aerobics and an aerobics. "There is nothing in the air," he declared, "that is conditional to life, save the germ it carries."
His conclusions were soon challenged, and on September 20, I 860, he undertook experiments at Chamonix to prove his assertion, viz., that if absolutely pure air could be obtained from all sources no change would occur in a putrescible fluid. He climbed to the summit of Montamvert, where he
By C. J. S. Thompson , M.B .E
Part III.
filled twenty Basks with pure air and herm eti calh sealed them. Of these, when examined, unl y one was found to be contaminated and that he dl'c tncu was probably due to du t uspencl ed in the atmosphere.
Two years later these conclusion wefL confirm ed by Tyndall, who, '\vriting to Pasteur later, sai d, " Fo r the first time in the history of science \\·e arc jm llled in cherishing con6dently the hope that, so f1[ a epidemic diseases are concerned, mcc1 icinc w ill so on be delivered from empirici m and plac ed o n a rca! scientific basis. '\ ' hen that great day shall COllle humanity will, in my or inion, recognise the fac t that the greater part of it gratitude will be d.lC t) you."
Later on, Pasteur made the Import,lnt add it"clO tl his investigations by showinO" that suppura tion but a fermentation of the Be. h and that t;11 migh. be prevented by destroying th germ tha t C:.1m II it or by preventing their entranCL. In 1862 , '1 gested the use of boric acid for 'Surgical F urpO'l as in the disinfection of the blood, hut it \'\ 1 nut until April 30, 1878, that be deli\ en:d hi hi tonc lecture in which he gayc to the world hi theo r) on germs. l \fter recapitulating his conclu jons and discoveries he ended by saying, " If 1 had t he l'ol1 (l llr of being a surgeon, convinced as I am of th dange l caused b y the germs or microbe scattered til L surface of e\ ery object, particular!) in the ho pml" not only '\\ould I use absolutely clean but after cleansing my hands with tht.:: gr eatc t carc and putting them through a £lame (an eas y thing do with little practice) I would only ma ke or charpie bandage and sponges which had p rc;;vlO usk been raised to a heat of from qo) C. to 150° C, and I would only employ water that hac.l been heMet! from 110° to 120° C.
It may be well to mention h re that it \va editlol, in March, 1878, who first suggested the wo r,d " microbe» as a oeneric term for the microscO PI C organisms described by Pasteur, \vbo shortly wards, in his lecture in April, adopted and made ll" C of tbat word.
It is easy to see in recapitulating thi· 1ll 1portan r chapter in the history of antiseptics and the of wounds to what end the investigatio ns and coveries made towards the end of the las c ntUl were leading. Surgeons throughout the wo rld to seek for some substance to prevent the tc rr1b mortalities that resulted in many cases fro m open wounds; Pasteur had showed the way. He wson,
in America, tried yellow clay, dried and powdered, (hen sifted through fine muslin, and as an application, the use of turpentine was revived by others, but with unsatisfactory results. Lemaire, of Paris, was prob;lbly the first to use carbolic acid in 1854, and in the year fo llowing it was tried in St. Mary'S Hospital in London. But it was left to Lister to solve the great problem, the for which been sought for so many centunes. Joseph Lister was born on April 5, 182 7, at Upton House, near Romford, iO Essex . He came from a Quaker family in good circumstances, and at the age of seventeen had made up his mind to becon:-e a He entered the medical school at Unn-erslty College, London, and O'raduate d there in 1852. After spending five years medicine and surgery in University College Hospital, he was appointed Lecturer in Surgery at the Roya l College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, and later became Regiu , Professor of Surgery at Glasgo'\v Uni versity
\; hen Li ter took up his work in Glasgow Intirmary he \\'as appalled by the terrible mortality am ong the patients in the surgical ward. Hospital disease such as septiccmia, erysipelas, pyremia and gan g rLne \\:e re scarcely ever absent. Every patient wh o suffe red from a \\'ound had to be regar ded with degree of an..x.iet) . These conditions produced ,1 pro foun d sense of disquietude in his mind and (on tantly weighed on him. 'was .to be done to les sen the \yas the question continually in his th ough ts. I Ie recalled Pasteur's injunction and he gan by {l!st in isting on scrupulou cleanliness in th e wards, on the frequent washing of the hands by all tho c a isting at operations or engaged in tfre ssing '\vounds Then he began to try yarious deo do ran t lotion and demanded the frequent changing r: r- dressings in all suppurating wounds. He bdicv td [hat putrefaction in a \vound might be ,l\·oid cd without excluding the air, by the application of ome dre sing ufl'iciently powerful to de troy t?e life of the Boating particle in it, and this led him to try carbolic acid combined with putty. He Ilrst put his principle to the test in a case of compou nd fracture f the left leg in a boy in J.\ugu t, 186 5. The re ult astonished and delighted him, and the patient reco\ ered without any ill efFect. He was now conyinced that the beneficial influence of acid a h employed it \vas ntirely due to Its . germicidal action, and it. consequent power agalnst the 'o urce of di turbanc '\vhich xi ted in the dust of the surrounding (ir. r,ktho ds of using the anti cptic were soon adopted and carrie d out in a s ties of ca,es with remarkable res?lls, the inj uries folJowing the same quiet cour e as if the skin had r mained unbroken.
On February 13, 1874, he wrote to Pasteur and sent him a pamphlet he had publi hed on the subject.
'fh*See" Lord Lister: The Jiscov<!rt'l' of untis<!ptic sllrgery, " C. J. '. (Bale , Sons and Dnniclssol1, 19H')
In this letter he says, " Allow me to take this opportunity to tender you my most cordial thanks for having by your brilJiant researches demonstrated tel me the truth of the germ theory of putrefaction, and thus furnished me with the principle upon which alone the antiseptic system can be carried out."
Lister next applied his antiseptic principle tl abscesses with the same satisfactory results.
The crude carbolic acid he first employed wa') at that time known as German creosote, but he soor discarded it for a pure product in colourless crystals which was partly soluble in water. This enabled him to use the carbolic solution for washing wounds and extending the application of the antiseptic principles. He also used it for purifying the surrounding skin before an operation, for the hands of the operator and for the instruments about to be used.
In spite of the successful results however, Lister still sought for a perfect dressing, and with great patience continued his experiments. He Erst devised a cerate which conSIsted of paraffin olive oil and carbolic acid spread on calico; but that did noc satisfy him, and he next evoh-ed a plaster which \vas composed ot ordinary shellac mixed with carbolic acid of the strength of I to 4. This lac plaster he used in the same way as his carbolic putty, and it remained his ordinary antiseptic dressing until I870'
In 1869, he '\'\-as elected Professor of Clinical Surger:.in Edinburgh and again took up his residence in that city in the October of that year.
It was at the Edinburgh Infirmary he Introduced tWO modifications in his antiseptic treatment.
One wa the attempt to render [he air innocuo u : by mean of an antiseptic spray, and the other the substitution of an absorbent gauze cL:essing fo" the non-absorbing lac plaster he had hitherto be r: using. After imprm-ing the spray everal times hL decided to abandon it, a he had discovered since its introduction, that it did not kill all the microbe:" in the air. The next tep the devising of a sUJ[able medicated gauze, and after many e:sperimenr . he decided on a oft mu lin fabric that was and porous. Thi material, impregnated with variou anti eptic chemical, till form the basi of the anr'septic and aseptic dre ing used to-day.
He employed carbolic acid a dle agent until 18 > 9, when he found that a double cya.rude of mercury and zinc formed a more reliable ba.is, and this wa: adopted, and is till known a "cyanide gauze." The origin and developm nt of the gauze dressin.; involved years of patient labour and research, and Lister continued hi riments until almost th e end of his profe ional career.
On the adoption of Lister's principles oth r ll1yestigators on the Continent came forward Wit.1 suggestions, as for in tance, Bourgade, who advocated a dr ssinO" of ,o lution of chloride of iron on lint) and
Campbell de forgan the USc of chloride of zinc. 10dine and potassium permanganat · w re u ed by Duyal in merica, and salicylic acid by Thiersch, but none have superseded the cyanic dr iner of Lister or taken its place. The acceptance and application of Lister's principle had rendered all mankind his direct debtors.
It said by Lucas-Championniere that there ,, ere only two periods in surgery; that" before Lister ., and that " since Lister." Years ago, before his time, the idea of a \-vound wa inseparable from that of fear, and in some hospitals it is said 80 per cent. of all wounds were attacked by gangrene or er) spielas. it is stated that 98 per cent. of the 'V 0 lll1d heal by first intention. Lister was probably th Erst to use a sterilized dressing, and his discoverie .· certainly paved the way for asceptic surgery which holds sway to-day. .
Truly his name will eyer be honoured a one of the benefactors of the human race, and hi discoveries, which have proved of such estimable benefit to mankind, remain as a lasting monument to his memorr·
( Conc!lIsiol7)
Correspondence
II
To The Edi to r , ST. JOHK A:\IBGL\1\:CE G _\ZETTE
DEAR SIR,-I shall be very glad if you ,\·ill explain certain mmrements in stretcher drill, as ther e is a considerable difference of opinion am o ng the members of our Division as to h o w this should b e done.
Our difficulty is that, althou g h the Drill :0Ianua l descri bes the positions of the bearers and what ther have t o do, it does not actuall y describe the variou's movements, which I learned in another Divi ion and which I feel certain are correct.
When number three returns with the stretcher (49), I belie,-e that in order to properly execute command s two and three his hands should hold the stretcher in a particular manner.
Again in 57, the procedure as to opening the stretcher is very briefly described, and I believe the right hand should be on the uppermost handle and the l eft hand held on the lower for opening the stretcher, which is then placed over from th e bod" in position as a distinct movement. '
In 58, closing the stretcher, I believe the canvas should be grasped in the centre with the right hand and the left hand used to strike the traverse.
I I am correct in stating that during all the se exerCIses the company takes its time from number one, whose duty it is to keep his eye on the rest to see the remainder are ready to complete the partleular movement, so that the whole work as one unit.
1 h pe 1 ha,'c made mys If uflicientl} clear for you to be able to explain what I wi h to know, and I shall very much appreciate your assistance on these points and any others which can explain morc clearl y than is put in th e Drill NIanual. .
Your s faithfully, l' c; J
49. SltpP0'i1Z!!' StrelcuerJ.-. is book. Inslmctor seeing lbal call1l({J slrelcher is Oil Juol/Me r uoMi!Jl!. tile IOliler l"II:lJIerJ 1/ 'ill) rigut halld) the forearm 10 be al right JJ'llh tbe borfI TIJe.L o. Bearer,) will !l1)"JI abOllt Off rOlllllla"d leut bearer al1d Illflrr/) /Jack the lI't!)' they III arched 0111, hallillef!, 011 ani/l(d al their placc ill sqllads, Illmillg ri f!,ht or ac{ordil1,!!, 10 Ihe flallk Ihe,1 marc/Jed (rolJ/ 2, 011 Ilx COllllllall d 1}} lo ) lue 107l'el' ual/dles 1JII'I1 br: re.rled OIl t ue arolflld, ,rlrelcuers to be perpN,diCIIlar , the ,·ight bal/d hoMillg the IIpper mll//(u , Il.lt hrll/d the emfre Jll"f'lcher.
3. 0" the COllllllalld Ihree , pllSh Iht Ion er htll!dlcJ 'oltg Ihe ,"rolllld 10 tbe feet of 1..\'0. the rill/mrs tbe rig,/.ll; ri.rc liP 10l/luer.
5 • Slrelc!Jll".r.-fL, book. Scparat. /be poln, halld l)oidiIlJ!, Olllfr poft., IJfllld boMillg the p ole I7('l7Iut bearl'r p/lilillg ajarl Illtlkr slIre tJx /7 tll'erJt bon are locked Slrelr/lerJ IlIIul J/ol IN' raised of/ 7ro lltld. ,r/i1z(!"r Ilal'l /Jc('!/ jolded ill ha!l, the loop (or td pilI 011 tbe pole l/{(7rrst .fOOl tllld ji·Cf md Ol'er tht 01(. r (!lie. "'OJ. tllld 3 77'ill .ri! back 011 the /rfl heel alltl 100 If) Ihr Yo. I Ihe o:2,hl .rqllad ({lid riJl' find II!,")? /0 ,!'tlde/lcr
8. Closillg 1.1" book. TIlt 3 uil! pwh ill !/Je Irmoerse /Jtlr with lu( pallll oj hi.' ;·if!,ht bal/d. 1 o I JI il/ do Ih(' HilI/( J1,itiJ tbe Ilji />(/1111 Ih pole'S.
2. RiJ(" Ihl' (wll'/' ralll'as alld tl(m f aciJlg each other , grip tl)e uOJ/d/e.f }}'(,II forward m·lh /h e iJljidt of the thigh) fold cal/I'rlJ !/folt)' all Ihe p()ltJ, ;-,?ller.,· t o :br right, tlml CIS book.
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To the bditor, r. JOi l 1\' ( \1.1:-1"1." 1.
D E.\R ' m,-Haying b n, throu g h the cOLlrk , of w. T. Atkinson, Esq., C unty o mmis t'.ast Ridin g York s, John B rigade, a member of the 8th A.R.P. Course) I thought that po ssibly VOLl and yo ur rtad [s would like tc know what my of the latest ga thering arc. I sa), hree cheers for the organisation at Bri ga de 1I adqu · rters for their g reat work and would hope that thUL may be man y suc h gat her in gs in the future.
The y do a g reat d ea l to weld the famil) of St John into a happy and really efficient one, and wtth Bentall at the Jlcad, one ha n o doubl as 10 theIr ultimate s u cces '
Yours faithfully, \"l/, h. TWINII\\l.
(J ee page 90).
c lonel
Tour From Our Special Correspondent ( Continued)
On Christma s D ay , Colonel Sleeman arrived at ,\gra , where th e Circuil IJousc had been placed at his cUsposa l by the overnor of the nhed P rov inces. During his ta y h had the opportu nit y of discussing man} of the more jmportant su bjects connected with work in India wilh :i\f isc; Tora h Hill A. R.R.C., ecretary for the Indian Red Cross and Order of t. John. The fir t night was disturbed by an armed burglar, who was arrested before he could do any harrn.
The following cia) Colonel traydkd to Jaipur, .where J:c \\-a<.. the guc_st oC Il is 1Iighne ss rhe; ahll) Bahac1ur ot Jaipur at the Palacc. He \ isite d the and Lady \'\ 'illingdon Hospitals) ancl was lmpressed by lhei r general excellence. Y1Slt ilL met sl:\'cral of the: important 'tate: OffiCIals .an of explaining to d l:Jl1 the uhJe hiS tour and the grl:at ,TaiLle of \n hulancl.: and Brtgade wnrk to the communiti-, Tl C 1Jcalht r has been c()ld during this portion J hi tour.
(h DeCLl11h r Col( lnel rCtllrl1Ld to \g •. , arri\'ing at R. ,0 :1.111., ".1<.1 leaving :l!!;ain for (,,\ 'Ii Ir 1 z. 1 - p.l11. TilL \mbulancl.: \\0\ I, '" t intr<Jducecl inll) this. loHe hr hi' bte Hi(thnc:s \{.d !lraja Ra() in whl) ,I ul'ls dc\ cJ()J11l1L11l in hi ... 'laIc and ,r;'lX' .[ ina l tial slIr'port .. () 1 death in t92 f Highc(' the ;\Jaharal1l :,clldta PrL';ldcnc of the elm c, and mll\ el11CIH cOl1tin led irs funher dey lopmcnt. \IllbulancL [eam' from C;\\·alior \\"un ,l ..;ha re of the . \ 11-] ndia Comlx it ions d L1 ri nrT h e tw nty years and great il1tLl"c:t i' taken in rlu \Ie.! Ihe \lilitan' and P()lice F Jrces. It was fortunate thal Ihe' 12th . \Jl India J:duc:ltional {I1llt r (nee was in session at the lime 0'- Colonel kem:ln's \ isir t() C;\\·aliClr. It Includednmc ll!ucatt.onal represLntnti\ es gathered fr()m all parts ut It cha. Lol()nel keman \\ a' invited to address the Conte ()n the ulll)OrLallCl' of Fi r.'t _ \id t,rY 1CC, IllS address was wcJ[ recL'i\L'd, ami a "ote ot thank. was passed. uhsL.qucnth se\ mem,uf the Congress approached C:olond kUl1, n tor lL't"thcf information rc"'ardin1r the \\ 'n rk ot- the \ ss .. 1 _ 0 OCla tlon am Brigade. In the e\- nine,. Colon 1 ,Ieen an attend d a meeting of thc tate t.he Tf,11S was follow d by a F 10nstta llOn 111 Plf:il J\ ld CtllT1CcI out the :0Ill1tan orcLS, Police and B o\' Colo!; I keman;s is '.', one the _ of Fir h s en dUIIng m\ tour 10 Indi a. Then tollowed e ann ual ge n rai m , tin cr of thl: Gwalior tate entre which wa s a((endel\y lead ino- o fficiaL and repres entatives of ) \va lior and Th e rep arts
submitted showed the extent and wide de,-e1opment of the Ambulance movcment in the State of Gv:alior. On December 3 r, Colonel Sleeman left for Cawnpore, where he arrived the same evening. On _ Tew Year's Day the morning was taken up in \.l:atchl11g H1S 1fajesty the King Emperor's Proclamation Parade, a very impressive ceremony. In the afternoon met the Civil Surgeon who, among other points dl scussed, explained the difficulties of raising).:! ursing Div-i sions , which is especially applicable to The samc C\'ening he left for Al1ahabacl, arrI\'ing about 6 p.m.
He was met bv the _ \.D.C. to His Excellenn- the GO"l:ernor of the' L nited Province) with wh( rl._ he was to stay His Excellency ir Harry KJ CI.E., is President of the Pro':incial Cemre r- the \.ssociation and takes a keen intcre:t in the \l,-ork. The Gm-ernor is also intere teel in the rr,oyement, and Her J Lad\- Hai! i ':-lCL in the Girl Guide, both· of which bodlc<; U 0,: our Textbook for their first .L\id instruction. Late [hat night Colonel Iceman 1 ft for Lucknow, : < -im:: completed the f.r '( -rav;e of his tOur.
He arriyed a[ Lucknm\- on January I), .l -;. ,,'.1ere hL wa: the gut.: ( of the Hon. Kunwa:: _ fal-:c1raj ngh, Home \kn'.ber EO the enited Pr m nce· Gm:ernment) Yicc-Patron (1[ Prm'incial and Chairman of the Execuri,-e Committe of t i: John \mbulance \ ""ociacion.
\t dinner on the of his C Cll i 2el 'leL man met C\ C'1"11 of the leading (>fficials I ot hee \\ hn "cre inte'·L [cd in ocial The wing cla\ :1. mceting ),- ['1C Exccmi\'e Commitree 0'- ;:he 't. John \mhLJancL \ ':ociatiol1 wa.::; lidd at the -leading supporter.' of the Ord r in the di, [-icc \\'crc pre. Lnt ,1nd reprc.cnratiycs 0t the medica l nd cducuionai dcpartP1Cl1ls of the em ernmcl1C. He tressed the for the mot rilorOl ,:1 1 t(aching of first \id and Home _ -ur:ing for ",Il() took up these sllbjecrs. Qu hnancL w r ,Iso consiclered. The meeting \\.1S follo,, ed b \ .1[1 \mbulanc CompLtirion' in which som -\ ·el\-e Diyi .ion, wok parr. Culond ,,'a: Impe.s d with th turn our )f both rhe adlilt .1l1d Cad t Diyisioos :1nd the. kill \\'ith which they Cl -[ied out the r nd ring of Fi rs[ \id to the injur 'd The dispby \\-as exceedingly well o[gani ed, The CPrrlpetitions w r watched by the leading m mb rs ot the commuoity and 3. large cro'wd of nati\-e,. Colonel :1 reached Patna ar 9,'0 p.m., on 15 and sp nt th ll1l)rning in conf rence with official and others int rested in our work In [he tY ning of J anu ar y 17 h I ft foe alcutta in :1 special saloon proyided by the Eas( Indian R ailwa\- Company.
Calcutta, jall/Jal]1 1937.
Colonel Sleeman arrived at Calcutta at G.25 a.m.> and was met by Colonel L. V. Thurston, V.R.S., Assistant Commissioner, No. 1 I DIstnct, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hassan Suhrawardy, O.B.E., and other Brigade representatives. After inspecting a Guard of Honour he proceeded to Government House to stay as the guest of His Excellency the Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson, P.c., G.C.B., G.C.I.E. The morning was spent in visiting the Headquarters of the Order and the Indian Red Cross Society, where he met Mrs. Adela Cottle, C.B.E., Colonel Thurston and other workers for the Order. He found the work of both bodies proceeding smoothly and efficiently, in spite of the accommodation being somewhat cramped. After lunching with the of the East Indian Railway he inspected the Railway Ambulance and Nursing Divisions, 300 strong and including three Nursing Divisions. The Units were smart on parade, and it was very satisfactory to find so .many Nursing Divisions. The parade ended WIth a march past and was followed by an At at which Colonel Sleeman met many of those lllterested in the work of the Order. After a speech of welcome by Sir Hassan Suhrawardy and Colonel Sleeman's reply, Colonel Sleeman presented the prizes. the Annual Inter-District and Annual Inter-DlvlslOnal Competitions to the successful competitors. On returning to Government House, Colonel Sleeman had the honour of an intet-view with His Excellency the Governor, who showed a wide knowledge of the Order and a great interest in its work. In the evening Colonel Sleeman dined with Sir Hassan Suhrawardy and met several guests who were interested in the work of the Order
Calcutta, jant/a,y I9.
The morning was taken up by interviews and in witnessing the Ambulance Competition of the Bengal Provincial Branch of the Association which continued the afternoon. The Competition ended 4.30, and after a speech by H E the Governor, m which he dwelt on the extension of the Order's work in Bengal, presented the prizes. At 6,30 p.m. Colonel Sleeman gave a Broadcast address "'.vhich would be heard throughout India and Burma.
Calcutta, JanualJl 20.
Colonel Sleeman left Government House at 9. I 5 a.m. with Mr. E. Hudson, Deputy Commissioner of Police to visit the First Aid Road Stations established in Calcutta. These stations were presented to the Municipality and are manned by a permanent holding our certificate, the cost of upkeep bemg bome by the St. John Ambulance Association, assisted by generous subscribers. He afterwards visited the Police Headquarters and was shown over the various branches. He found that many of the police held our First Aid Certificate. As guest at a luncheon given by Colonel Thurston, Colonel Slee72
man met a number of people representing many important organlsatlOns 111 both Calcut ta and Bengal. Later he vi ited the Sisters Clinic which is run by our AssoC1atIon and which was established in I920 by Mrs. Cottle, who showed him round. In the evening Colonel Sleema n dine d at the Bengal Club with Sir Walter Craddock, D.S.O., 1LC., a trong supporter of the work. of the Order, and met several of those whose acquaIntance he ha d made at lunch. After dinner Colonel Sleeman addressed tho e present on the history and p l lSent work of the Order and replied to many quest ions.
Calc/illo, jOllllalj' 1 r
Leaying Government Hou e at 7.30 a.m., Col onel Sleeman, accompanied by Colonel Thurston, mo to red to the Police Headquarter for an inspection c/ the Calcutta Police Corp. orne 500 Police w e '( on parade under 1r. H. L. Colson, .I.E. fyfan\ her officials and Police Officers wcre also prescot The fifteen Divisions present on parade represen ted the uropean Police, Indian Police alcutta Po lice Training School, Armed Police (fi\Tc cb 1cutta 110unt d Policc, Bailey Guard Post PolIce, I)ck Police orthern Ci\Til Police, outhern Civil )( ]IC( and Traffic Police. .l \fcer the Inspection a J er, ,onstration was gi,Tcn of tretcher clrill and l\. iJ, both of which wcre excellenr. The volunt a ry Ide of the Police Corp wa. clearl)' demon . trated duri ng that great disaster, the Bihar earthquakc, and a g reat deal of social work is a1. 0 ca rried out at th e larg er Indian Festiyals and pilgrimage. Then foll. O\ an in pection of Unils of the Bengal ub-Dlst let at Belvedere, kindly lent by His ' xccllenc y f{ r the purpo c. The Unit on parade included several colleges 2 well as some RaIl\"ay l 111 JI1 aU thirteen .l\mbulancc Diyi ion and three urs tng Divisions and one ,a det Division. .01 uch expressed' at the ab nce of Li.cut.-Colonel ". K. Chatterji, through illnes ,a the hIgh state of ncy shown by these nits both in turn-out and !n mo vement i due to his training. The band ot th lnd Battalion The King's Own cottish Borderers p throughout the parade. On the conclusion 01 the parade, Colonel Sleeman addressed the Un it :Inc! expressed his satisfaction at their turn-out and g eral smartness. t a tea held later at Belveder , ( olo ne! Sleeman wa called on to addre those pr es ent the history of the Order, of which little is k n own 111 India. L\fter dinner at Go ernment House, Col onel Sleeman had a fLUther interview with the G ove rnor. Ca/culla, jam/al)' 22.
At 8 a.m. Colonel Sleeman sailed for Ra ng oon in J.l. KaNa.
J. M. Davies Cup .
The competition for the J. M. Davie s InYltatlO l1 Challenge Cup will be held on Saturday, M arch 27' at 3.30 p.m.> at the \Vesleyan Church Hall, Pal!" Green, Upper Mitcham.
[ The St. John Ambulance Brigade News II
No. 1 (PRI CE or W L\LES'S) DISTRICT.
The final competitions for the No. I (Prince of Wales's) District trophies wcre held at the orthampton In stitute, Cl rk nwelJ, on Saturday, Februar y 27.
The re was a good attendance of members of the Bri ga de and thcir friends amongst the audience when tht' Commissioner (Captain \'( '. GoodIer, • I.e.) npl:ned the proceedings.
The Judges who officiated were as follow:,\fa sse y-Mainwaring Challen ge Cup (Ambulance 01\ iS10ns), ssistant Comm.issioner Captain F. E. Be ndi x (team), District Officer J. Kemp (uniform) ; Osho rn Chall nge hield (Ambulance Diyisions), Assistan t Commissioner Dr. W J\. Rees; Efficien cy Cup, Di trice Officers F. Claridge and Haines (team), District Officer G. S. Pa co (unifo rms) ; facFadden ChaJlenge Cup Di visi ons), A i tant Commissioner Captain H . .< \. Fenton (tt.:am), Lady District Officer 1Irs. IacFadden (uniform); 1£ uotgarret Challenge Cup (bed-making for :\Ju rsing Division ), Lady District Officer 1liss .on (team), Lady District fficer :Mrs. 1Iorrish (un, -o rm ); Brooks fficiency Cup (1 ursing Divisio s) , District nicer T. (team), Lady Di s ict Officer Lady !--.foumgarret (uniforms).
The Commi.joner, the parade, said he \\-as hap py to be pre 'ent and to have the opportunity ()f co ngratulating all competiwrs on their smart appc'lra oce. peaking f the year ahead of the Lon 10 n Di triet aptain said he mu t warn [hem tha t \\crc in for a strenuous period of "'.\'ork. The Coronation dutie. \.\-ould call for long period of Important duty. would understand ho\\.- much efficient work in thi c\-ent \\ -ould mean in the way of :1 hancing the pre tige of the Brio-ade and the Dl st -jet. Turning to the annual inspection, he explcted a parade of at least 5,000 on that occasion.
.A. bo uqu twas pr sented by a g irl Cadet to Wilr lnso n> v.: ho I resented the trophic., including tho!:'i.. cnumerated aboyc, al 0 the Rideout Cup, ,,·hich was \\ on by the \\ 'cs tern l\rea for ecuring the greatest number of award, and other trophi which had been won previou 1)'.
Rep lying to the Yot of thanks co Lady \"\ ilkin on, ir Pe rcival '\ ilkin 00 ( ecretary-eneral of the Order) congratulated o. 1 Di triet on it continu d success and the way th y \vere dealino- with increased dutit.s
Assis tant Commi ioner S. J. \';:Ta rren, in a hort speech, thanked th Judges, the stewards patient and all who had as i ted so generousl Dis trict Officer C. E. Bower announced the re ults as foll ow :-
Challenge Cllp.-r t, horeditch
(4G8); 2nd, Paddington (410); 3rd, West Ham (40 9); 4th, South Metropolitan (Greenwich) (388t ) ; 5th, Hampstead (308).
Osborn Challenge Shield.-lst, Cricklewood (220); 2nd, South Metropolitan (Korman Road) (I75); 3rd, Euston (158); 4th, West Ham (r50); 5th, Kensington (148).
AfacFaddell Challenge CUP.-1st, Harrow (z92;f ); 2nd, Temple (Z74t); 3rd, Hampstead (25 zt); 4th, East Croydon and j\ddiscombe (228i); 5th, East Ham (222).
IHotmtgarret Challenge Ctp.-lst, Gvil Service (90) ; 2nd, Finchley and Southgate (69); 3rd, East Ham (GG!); 4th, South :l\.retropolitan Gas Co. (5 8t) 5th, Harrow
Brooks EfjicinJC] CIP Uor .1\T"rsitlg DiviJiofI.J).-IS( , Ealing (r05) 2nd, Finchley and Southgate (ror ) : 3rd , East London (89); 4th, East Ham (8r); 5th" East Croydon and Addiscombe (7 8).
Sleath Gent Cup, ergeant G. Kirkham, No. 108 (Euston) Division; The Bowl, Ambulance ister .J.\. B. Ridge\\Tay,. o . 22 N. (Harrow) Division: l\facRae Cup for Cadets, 15 CN., Harrow ; \" illiam hield for A..mbulance Cadets, C. I . Hendon; the Rideout Cup, \"\e s tern Area.
The winner of the and Competitions will represent No. Di trict in the Comp dtions for the Dewar and Perrott hields respectively.
The Competition Secretary (Corps Superintendem \valsby) is to be congratulated on the businesslike arrangement> a also Private F. E. Clifford (ol o. 8, (Ealing) Divi ion) for officiating at the organ.
The Commi sioner (Captain \T. Goodley, fy1.c. presided at a little ceremony at Headquarter on the eyenino- of February 22, which> appropriately enough, wa attended by almo t every member of No. I Di trict taff. The occasion was the presentation of farewell gifts-contributed for by the staffto three retiring sistant Commissioner Captain G. \\,"'. Kendall, 1LD., and Dr. K. F. Lund, ?-.1. \., 11.B., and Di trict Officer . B. Piers.
Dr. Lund had \vritten xpres ing his deep regret at not b inO' able to attend, but Captain Kendall and Di rtict Officer Pier, were pre eut.
Captain F-::endall had chosen a cut-gla selectric table lamp; Dr. Lund an infra-red ray generator and radiant beat lamp; and Di trict Officer Piers a gold \ ristlet watch, uitably inscribed.
The Commissioner, on making the I resentations, aid ho\, deepl y he felt the parting from three colleagues with "\vhom he had worked for 0 many years. nd he knew they felt exactly a, h did. But it wa inevitable that a time should co me \-vh n the most energetic mu t decid e to tak e things as)'.
He (the Commi sione r) had alwa ys be e n fortunate in the members of h i s staff, in their loyalty and ke e nn es , a nd in the happy r elati o n s which consistently exi ted between them .
A little surprise was sprung up on Di strict OfTl cer Piers when the Commissioner handed t o him the fifth bar to hi service medal-ma rkin g 40 \'ca rs' ,en-i ce.
In returning thanks, both retiring offic r werc reminiscent of th eir l ong conn ction ,vith the Brigade, their Yari d duties and outstanding experiences They also referred to the good fellowship wbich existed not only among t members of the staff but also throughout the peLonnel of the \I.-hole District.
In closing the function, r\. i tant Commissioner J. thanked the Commissioner for being there to make the prcsentation, and expressed on behalf of the staff their pleasure at seeing Captain back amongst thern once mote after his illness.
Despite the short month of February, duties for the District have been heavr. In addition to a more than ordinary number of routine duties, special events have called for attendance of members at the British Industries Fair at the Whi te City (15th to 26th); the Shire Horse Show (2nd to 4th); Cruft's D oa Show (loth and 11th) ; and the Surr ey County Amateur Ath letic Association Crosscogntry Championships, E psom DO\v ns, on the 6th.
In the ca se of Cruft's Show, this was th e first occasion the duty had been done.
Amo ngst the foremost of the municipal authorities which are dealing with air-raid precautions i s the Corporation of the City of London. Rec ently th e Corporation invited No. District Air Raids Precauti o ns Department to co-operate, in an advisory capacity, with the preparation of exhibits s howin g g as-proofing of buildings in rooms at 17, Aldermanbury, London, E.C.
The Lord Mayor of London (Sir George Broadbridge) declared the exhibition open on February 26.
Under the direction of the Commissioner and his Air Raids Precautions staff (District Officer C. E. Bower, Corps Superintendent L. R. Allum and o ther officers), the rooms in Aldermanbury were prep are d in their initial stages, afterwards being approved b y the Corporation of the City of London and the Home Office A R.P. Department.
A corps of lecturers has been arrange d b y No. District to give short lecturettes and answer enquiries by the members at the public attending, and a mo s t useful booklet on the subject of th e preparation of 74
refuge rooms prepared and offeful Free by the Corporation.
The exhibit.ion i s said to be the fir st perm anent one of its kind in the country.
The imp ftant task has been cheerfully undert aken and very efficiently carried o ut b y o. I Di stric t \,R.P. Dcr a rtment, which d epa r tme n t is, of Course, ca rr yi n g a OTeat wight of duties at th e pre sent time.
[\ ocial Evening h eld at the Il ea dqu arters or the York R oa d , L. .n.R ( o. 107) Di vision on february 6 proved a great success. J\ CClnc.c.rt arrang d by Ir, j \ crcl l and giycn by the "Cay ,'extette under 11iss 1\ladge \,\ li 1Ii s was enjoyed by an audience including oDlcers and 111(:111'bers of ncighboll rin g D1\ isions. [ n the intC'[val, Mr. T. mith (Di\'isiona l Presiuenl) t ook the h ;lir, supported by Lad) District Superintendenl \lis'\ \\'a lker and Distri ct Of1iccrs C. C. C rcen ln e.! T. McBride flncl awards gained by members cluri ll g the year 'were PI' sentecl by tllC Di strict erintendent.
Congratulations to the Di\ l"iol1 on it. [1,o g n: 11' 1936 \\'ere gi\cLl b) the (hairmall :-tnd I) tl 'iCl Officers. \11 present wcre pkast:d to b('ar that upcrintenc1cnl II. 11. D: e \\';1S making good pro after his recent illness.
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The annual general meeting of the :-..ri! (head Diyi ion was helel at lleadguarters, the Tm\'p end Rooms, on 1 foncby, February 15. In thc Lllla\ () 'labll' absence of the Diyi ional urgcoll the chair wa taken by uperintendcnt F. Tarr, wbo was supp rted by 1 \ mbulance fficer. \\ J. Mor se and I Hutchin gs ,
The annual report sh \n the strcngth o f the Di vision as 50 members, an incrca e of 6 last year. Forty-one drills and practices were cld, the average attendance being 26; 36 me lbers passed their annual re-examinatio n and 44 wert on parad e at the a nnu a l inspect ion.
Following is a s u mmary of th e year' acti viries:f o tor Tran sport-
Acci d ents 52, In valids 2 6 Tota l 268 file s travelled by motor ambulances
Occurr e nc es treated 433
T ota l C1. SCS attended for 19 36 70J Public d u ti es attended 49 8
Hours engaged in transporti ng
The chi ef item of in terest dudn g th e year be.en the purcha se of n ew ambu lanc l." its up-to-date and l ow loadjn g gear , d es lgne d b y the DI Vlslon ,d Su d Committee; this e nabl es the pati e nt to be into the ambulance without the s train of ldu ng,
and as one memb e r said, Th e more )o()U usc it lh e more yo u lik e it. " It was c.1 eci d ecl to bring this l ow loading gear to the notice of I Ieadquane r s, so that it may be of b enc:fit to other Di visions of the Brigade.:.
The balance sheet shows a balance in hand of £90 with £100 on d eposit; the Flag D ay receipts at'£123 wcrl a record for the Di v ision, whilst a donation of £75 was recei\ 'c d [rom the Hospital League. The chic! ite m of cxpenditu re was the p u rcha sc of rhe new ambula nc e-£G5 0 .
Tarr tha nked the.: members for thc!" loyal sen ices, which had mack such a splen dicl rcpnrt possible; it hac! meanl a tremenc10us call
" The.: average alle.:ndance at the 52. d ri Us \\ a 19, and 27 office r s and men attended the inspection at Banbury on J uly I9, when the In srecting Officer, Colonel Sleeman, Chief Commissioner for the Brigade overseas, congratulated the parade on its smartnL"S, "The 20 officers and men who attended the rcexami nation on June 18 all passed."
1\0. 3 DISTRICT (W T ERJ. )
W .\ LS \LL \ D r TRICT
The Corps eliminating round in the Dewar Competition \-vas held at the \X'al sa ll \Xlorking :\len's Club on uncla} , February 28. The judges \\-e!:e :-
of Cault: lip. Bu and l:..Jlison hidu. Firsr
upon theIr ::;par' time, but he knew he could r 1)' on C\L' '\ man to do his be t for the Di\ ision and th En 1dc.
\\'n EY
1 he fact that 2..+3 ca es were handled during the yea r was rep rted at the annual meeting of the WItt ley Divi sion of the t. ] hn Brigad . l. rgeant Collis, Hon. ec[etary of the Division said this was an increase of 51 on ;935, and includ d seVl'n road accidents, ix cases wcre treated bl' n1en on dut y at the 1 nlacc inema.
"The st reng th of th e Division at 30 rema1l1S the same as in J935, " he went on to say.
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Team Test, Di\-j ional urgeon C ,her omer" \'\ -es( Bromwich Di,,1.1on· Incli,:idual Practical urgeon and up rint nd nt Lockhart Lo\\-e Darla ton British Legion Di\-i ion; Viya Voce, Officer taniforth, acting for Diyisional ur a on 1forris, ha 'etown Diyi ion.
The te, t card for (h team t st read: "You arl.· called to a man lying bejde a broken ladder on scafFold.' The injuric. con , i, d of concu sion and h:1.'n1< rrhagc from a wound on the 1 g. Th compet ing teams ho\\-cd consider:! bl ing nuin' in the Jllct ho<..L they u .c d to lO\\-er the patient {rom the 5ca11"01d.
The re ult of the comp tition \vas a follow,: -
(J) West Bromwich Divi ion Transl ort 1971- marks
(2) Wal aU Transport Division 1781U) Wal all (Palfrey \V.M.C.) Di,Tision r60-"}
There fewer comp ting teams than u ual this year, as, owing to the snowbound state of the roads, several of the. teams from the more outlying districts were unable to reach Walsall.
Amongst the guests present was the Borough Member, Iderman J. A. Leckie, M.P., who is the honorary president of the Walsall and District Corps. In presenting the Corps Shield to the winners, who have now won the competition three years running, he commended the members of the Brigade on tht? time and energy that they had given during the past year to the cause to which they belonged. He referred to the new work in air raid precautions which they were taking up, and whilst he hoped that their services would never be called upon in thi direction he stressed the extreme importance of their efficiency in anti-gas warfare.
The judges spoke highly of the work that had been put in by the different teams during the competition and said that the standard of work was really high.
Dr. Richard, the Corps Surgeon and Superintendent, informed the gathering that in the Walsall and District Corps there were now four Grade 1 instructors and six Grade 2 instructors and that 35 members had gained the Air Raid Precautions Certificate. Seven courses of instruction had already been held and between 70 and 80 members were now waiting to take the examination. He drew attention to the very high standard of efficiency which was required by everyone before they could gain these certificates, but said that this was absolutelv essential in view of the importance of the work and the great responsibilities which rested on the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Corps Secretary E. Mears moved a vote of thanks to lVir. Leckie for his kind attendance at the competition and paid tribute to his interest in the work of the Brigade. He also expressed thanks to the judges, the Walsall Working Men's Club for the use of the rooms, the stewards, the patients and everyone who had helped in running the compet.ition. He stated that the winners and the runners-up would go forward to represent this Corps in the county round, which would be held in the same rooms on Sunday, March 7.
The captain of the winning team seconded the vote of thanks.
DEW '1\ ll1u,n. CORPS 12II:-llt-;,\"L1'(, (.0:">11'111 nON. S LINT.\) FFBRUJl.RY 2 1937.
TEAM '1'E T. JUDcr: 1 lIRGlO:O-: SllFR Sum".,. YOt' \R), 'ILl-I'D TO \1 ,'\: LY1:O-:C; lkSlDI BRO"-I :..'! Lln01 1{ ()'\ In)] 11.
llurry to p<llicnt
Remo,'C ladder
Is he brcathing? 1 es peak to him. 1Ie doc' !lot n:ply
Any Yes. Where? Front of right leg o. purting or Oozing
Is wound clc::m? es. Pr:lCllln: or foreign hody 1'\ <)
Iodine lingers and wound
Dre, sing, pad :lI1d bandage
Is he stlJl \.locon ciou? Yes
CoJou r of [ace? P:ll
Pulse, ,,'eak or strong. slm\ or rapid \\ L:ak and r<lpiJ
Bn':<lthing-shallow, dccp, stcrtn("()us, slow, rapid) hallo w. rate normal
Eyes-pupils contracted, diLlIcd, rcaction to light ?
Pupils equal, 5i7c nomlal, rcan
Blood from ars r nose? i'.n. \'\ ound of hC'ld ? l'
Temperature of body? old.
Diagnosis. Concussion 3ntl h:t:morrh,\gc
Any as tance? 10. \nv heltn? ()
Telepbone? Ye. 100 yards away
Doctor? One mile. .\mbulancc:- Two miks Hospital ?
Three miles
Send bearer to telephone doclor, ambulancc, hospital. Doct Ul not :tYRilablc, ambulance in ti"e minutes
TREADLcNT.
I lead low and to one side
Undo tight c1< thing neck, chest and wai"
Fan patient
Covcr patient
Give nothing by mouth "hile
Continuous application of cold to head
IIot water bottles? ot HOl drinks";'\.o •
Ha he regained con CiOllSllt'<;<;) ('nn hc lightly w it! difficulty
Prepare tretcher
Load tfetcher
Lowe r from scafrold
Load amblJl<lnCC of patient
Extras
General smarrncs
Ability of :tptain in commal1d rnt.d
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LIVERPOOL Qt ' TlI \\\B LA'Ct. 1) 1 llhI l DrvI
The annual sen icc of the abm' c Division to()k place on unclay e"cning, fcbruary L-t, in the 11 pel of the Domcstic fission, Mill trcet, L1\ Cr 00 1. l\mong those present wcre: ommi sioner \\ C. Smith, O.B'}"',., r night of Grace; Lady ( mp Officer :Mrs. Ralli; C. Porter, Esq., erving Bro th 'I' President of the mbulancc Di, ision; and \ J. Grace, Esq., President of Central Division. T\1 r. C. Porter and Rev. G. D. Footc, vice-president s, and Acting Corps Officer T. W. James. The Ll so m were read by Messrs. W. G. Smith and C. P orlt! J"
The Missioner, the Rev. G. D. Footc, ga v an eloquent address, illustrating hi points with a ra ir of splints. He said thc world was in necd of " First Aid" to-day, but spUnts were but a tcm p ora r; expediency. "Civilisation must bring the worl d t o a condi don of mind whcrc splin ts (or arm am en ts) will be unnecessary."
After the service the Company returned to the Drill Hall, where they were inspected by the Commissioner. Mr. C. Porter, as president, thanked the Inembcrs for attending and remarked on their smart .1rpcarance. Also he assured the Commissioner how :nuch they appreciated the honou r of his presence, parti cularly considering the size of the area under his charge. 1Vrr. Porter also thanked 1\1rs. RalJj, Mr. Gra ce and Mr. T. W. James. J [c; congratulated Mr. Foo te on the I11U lcal I ortion of the service and on rhc admirable address. Finall}T he a<;ked the Commis JO ner to present to the Rev. G. D. Foote the Vice. President's Badge. In doing so the ComIll issio ner said what great pleasure it gave him. Ile [ha nk cd Mr. Foote for his intcrest in thc Division lo d his assistance. ddressing the Company the
This closed a vcry pleasant evening. Letters regretting unavoidable absence were sent by Sir F. J. Marquis, Alderman Sidney Jones, Dr. E. 1 ev-ins, and Dr. Murray Cairns (Corps urgeon).
OnIT( J\RY-
It is with regret that we record the death of Major L. G. S. Molloy, D.S.O., M.D., formerly District Surgeon, No. IV District. From r891 to 1923 he practised in Blackpool, wa s Consen. ative M.P. fnr Blackpool 1922-23, after which he practised in Monte _arlo and IIarley Street until I936. He worked ardently for the Brigade both as a Divisional Surgeon and a member of the District Staff, and in 192 wa s made a Knight of Grace of the Order. ::\Iajor Mollo y \-vas the first hon. secretary of the 11edical Board of the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, s ubsequentl y
Reading from kft: orps-Supr.
Hey"en, Registrar Cou n ty Court.
Lady lI pt. Miss hcrhcrd, Accrington, Mayor of
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Gastall. Commissioner \Y G. Sm i h, t he ::'la\'or, Mrs. Hopkinson
lorn lissioner ommentcd on the fact that aftcr all he c years of Brigade work there was still a great ' honag c of personnel and remarked that bcncf1cial a \\'a t hc result oC scicntil1c disco\cry its pro g rcss \\ a nar l''' d by a lamentable lrail of inj urcd on the road. He ' kcd for more support to deal with this problcm. D \ isiona1 ul)crintcndcnt 11rs. E. B1ease tha n ec.! the ommissioncr, orps Hic r and friends on 1I.. half of nurses, and Divisional rintendent L. J f mith thanl'cd th ommj sioner and paid a tributc to thc President ( fr. C. Porter), mentO nIn g that be took hi' dutic criOLL ly, as al 0 did \1r. WI. J. Grace, who i President of entral Di\"ision. Coq s OfIiccr T. \'<1. James quoted the mot toe of the (( Pro Fide, Pro Utilitate llominum," a ,till beIn g the best guiding princi[ al of the Brie-ade. fr. WI. r. Grace ouched for the ef11cient work of the Divl si ons in duties pcrformed the controllin rr intcrc t.
be comin g chairman and co n ultin g physician. H e joincd the Duke of Lanen ter's Own Y e om an ry a t the utbreak of the outh .l. \Jric an \\ a r and sen. ed in this unit with di tinction durin g [he Great \\ "a r, b e in g twice mentioned in di, patche and awarded the . in 1917, He wa app o in ted a magi trat e of the Borough in r 9 9, but b cau e he was n o t a r ident, resio-ned in 192.6. The fun e ral took pbce at Gold r's re n Cr matorium on February z.5. CHORLEY.
graphic d scr iption of tlle dey3. tating effects of poi, on ga , cs wac giYcn by In , pect o r R. Garth, official in, tructor in to the Lancashire C o unty Constabulary, at a public me ting h eld in th e .L\mbulanc e l-Ieadquart r" oro ani d by i\Iiss D. Cu ff, Lad) Diyisional up rint nd nt on i\fonda) eY e rring, Fcbruary 15.
The attendance of th gen ral public amply r e -
BUR. 'LEY OFFICER Dr 10:ER
Colburn, Capt.
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Burnley, Aldennan Gradwell, Mr. Sm ith , Assist.-Commissioncr Clegg, Assisr.-Commissioner
,varded the efforts made on their behalf, the hall being well Elled, and the lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, was most interesting and educational. .As a result a class will be commenced immediately, twentyfive persons signifying their willingne s to attend the first course.
Mr. Garth explained the scheme of A .R.P. organised by the Government with the object of afeguarding life and property, and summarised it under the following headings :-(1) Organisation of the arrangements for dealing with the sick and injured; hospital accommodation and the manning of first aid posts. (2) Provision for preserving the normal life of the nation; keeping telephone communication open, protection of docks, goods rards, gas, e l ctricit y and \\'ater undertakings. (3) Protection of the civil population; the proyision of heltcr" (4) The maintenance of the moral of the nation.
The characteristics and effects of ten known gases were desc;ribed, the ,,,earing and u e of protective clothing and respirator demonstrated, and the improvisation of suitable home protection for poor people amply dealt with.
Acting-Assistant Commissioner U"T. H. Ga tall presided and the lechlter was thanked by Divisi onal Surgeon J Rigb y. BLACKPOOL.
One of the most successful annual re -unio n ocial organised by the Blackpool ursing Diyision was held at Booth's Cafe, when the gues ts numbered nearly 200. Among the guests were .Acting- s istant Commissioner W. H. Gastall, D.e. 1., B.Sc., and Mrs. Gas tall, Miss Maclean (Matron, Victoria Hospital), Sister Smith, and Doctors Iredale and :J\1artin.
In the absence of Mrs. Kelsall, Lady Diyi ional Superintendent, Blackpool ursing D ivisio n, Lady Ambulance Officer 1Iiss E. Wolstencroft received the guests.
The prizes were presented by frs. Gastall. The "Martha Wood" Cup, a trophy for proEciency in First Aid, was won b y Ambulance Sister Edith Parkinson.
OLDHAM.
It is probable that the Oldham Corps of the S.J.A.B. will receive more recognition from the civic authorities in the future. This was announced at a civic reception to the officers of the Corps in the Mayor's parlour recently.
Mr. G. Halbert, Corps Superintendent, said in the past he did not think the Corps had received much recognition from the civic authorities. They would like to take their proper place in the civic life of the borough. They represented a considerable number of the community-the personnel was between 350 and 4oo-and he thought they should receive the recognition that the position warranted. He said the Corps were very gratefu l to the Mayor f o r making a start in that recognition and hoped it would continue
and that the Mayors of the future would them as kindly as they had been by Councillor TW (;(;clale.
Replying to Mr. Graham, the Mayor, CounCillor F. Tweedale, said he was pleased to accord then1 official recognition, a their work was very usefu l to the civic authorities.
PRE TO T.
The 'Dewar" Preliminary 'o mpctiti on \Va -held at the mbulance Headquarters, hap el \X 'llks Preston. ix team entered and the team chosL n represent thi Di trict, after a \' cry interestin g SL ne s of tests, \Va Preston with 229 point!' out of a pos·lblt. -+ 00.
Th judges \\ 'e re "\ sistant 'omm I!:>sioner l\1a Jor J. A. 11ackenzie, j\L l \ , 11.B, (Individual ) and D ivisional urgeon J. E. King, i\1.B. (Team Test;,
The trophies and prizes \\ ere presented h th Commissioner o. -+ (Lancashi re) Di trie r, W1 G. mitb O.B.E., r. after wlll'''h t he members were entertained to tea h\ the P r.: ton Corps.
Tom,fORm ".
The trustc , of the late 1\11'. \br;1ham O m rod , who \!"a a prolT1inent cotton manufactur er , I a\'l follow d up th ir gift of a new \faternity and (bi le! '\ elfare Centre for the tOwn by Iccicling to p ro\ iel l' a medical comforts depot for the John l \m b lan ce and ursing Divi ions.
The need for such a centre was recenrl)' cmpb :t i- cd at a meeting called to di cuss the que rion of a lo cal memorial to I ing George V.
Plans have been prepared, and the work of cl'l.:ct1 ng the buildin g will be commenced at an carly date.
B CRNLEY
The lay or of Blunley ( \klcrm an J. \,\ ' . Gn d dL JP.), when responding to the of the vi ors at the t. J oh.n l \mbulanc Brigade Dinn er of rhl o. 4 (Lancashire) Di strict and :\0. I \r ea ( or thEast Lancashire), said he had been interested in the. t. John Ambulance mm 'e ment for a long num ber ot years, and he could say with. no littl confiden ce that the l-layores had displayed a gr atcr interest t ha hl had, for <;he had b een intimately associat d ,\ itb the J. ursing profession. They v:er membcr <; Cit a noble order, for they repre sented nationa l el\ ice which existed for the well-being of all.
The toast to :Mr. W. G. milh, O.B. "., k St. ,J., t he Commissioner of 4 ( Lan ca hir) D i" riet, was propo se d b y ssistant ommissioncr Dr. ( k gg, who referred to th e ea rly history or the 1\m buLt nec movement, and said that during J937 the y \\'L'l'\" to celebrate their jubilee. He would remind the m tl:at the very Erst class to be held in orth-East Lan cl<; hlre was held in Burnley in 883. The class, whic h for ladies, was held in the Grammar Schoo] , and It was succeeded by others, includin g the Vol u n teers, the Police, Fi rem en and other organisations The
first President of the J\..mbulance in Bnwley was the Duke of Buccleuch, a relative, he believed, of the Duche ss of Gloucester. The Duke \\,as foHowe d by another g rand old man of Lancashire, Lord Shu ttleworth, who had held the position of PreSIdent for 54 rs.
Dr. Clegg mentioned that the movement had rapidly (rfOwn to success, and at the present time there were ;0 000 members in Lan ca hire.
, In response, ornmissioner mith said that durin g 1937 they would celebrate their jubilee. When one rhourrh t of the Brigade one: could not help thinkin g n of tbe place where the BrIgade wac; made. lIe was thinking of the '\0. 1 rca, which had aptly been
was sup ported by County Commissioner F. P. Wilson, J.P.) and Councillor J H. Taylor, F.R.e.V.S., M.e. The Loyal Toast was proposed by the County Commissioner, and Lady Divisional Superintendent A. G. Gardner (Darlin gton .l. ursing Division) proposed a toast to the Friendly Societies Divi sion Councillor Taylor, in replying to the toast, spoke of the work of the Di vision, and said how pleased he was to be associated with such a willing bod y of men.
During the evening the Count y Commissioner presented Councillor Ta ylor with his Pr esiden t' s badge on behalf of the Division. 1Iusic and singing helped to make a most enjoyable eyening \\"hich will be; remembered for a long time.
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ion, 15 1936. Corp OAicer .llaguc, Di tricr SU[Jr. [!. D. Cobb, Dr. \(adi on, Di criC[ Officer E. _\ Housron, D i,i-ional upr. Griffiths
dest ribe d as the cradle of the Brigade. They \1,' re pre -ld that in o. 4 Di -trict they had, perhap , the best Division f th Brigade. Befor the Brigade camt: into existence officially there \\'a in thi portion of l'ngland units f the Bri gade It \Va tated that the moveme nt tarted in 1887, but they all kne\\ that long beE re that I eriod the ambulanc movem nt had been crea ted.
!\t the pre sent tim th)' we re hal py to think that [he Briga de wa recognised a - a national organi dti l1 [luoughout not only England, but th wh ol -< mp ir c.
D-\.RLIt'\GTO
The above Divi ion held their first l \nnu al Dinner I, and 50 member- and guests attended. DIVJ si onal LlI erintenc.lcnt T Robins presiJ ecl and 79 :0:0. 5 DI TRICT • Area f IlI/blllance COli/p etition , Febnlal), _"" and 28 1937.-The preliminary (eliminating) round in connection ,,-ith the annual competition for team from the •ottinghamshire rea Ambulanc ion \1,'as held on aturda\', Februan' 27 at Bath treet chools :Kottinghan; and the' Drill Hall Forest Town, l-lansfi ld. Th test et at each Headquarters were identical and con i ted of a Team Te t and indiyidual Oral T t. In the Team Test- each team in turn "'30 informed that : "_ \ mar: aged 70 is fund hil1 O' in the road. He c n , but sufFering fr'om ,hock. The right trouser leg is soaked in blo d. H is unable to moye hi ri ght leg. (Cont/lllled 017 page 2)
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lmpccti on or Glen \fron and Pukcmiro "\mbulance Diyi
CASE REpORT No. II8.-The Officer-in-Charge of No. 3 (Western District) S.J.A.B. reports the efficient perfoID1ance of first aid as follows :-
Private Reginald F. Riley, a member of the \,\Iilnecote Division, was called out at 10.40 p.m. on January 14 during a dense fog (visibility Jive yards) to an accident on the London -Holyhead Road near Atherstone, and informed that a man had been knocked down by a motor lorry.
On arrival he at once saw' that something serious had happened, and he sent to a nearby colliery for a stretcher and also to 'phone for a doctor. .He found that a man had sustained a compound fracture of the left tibia and fibula with extensive arterial hremorrhage, and also a simple fracture of the left clavicle. Having no kit with him, he took off his scarf, made it into a tourniquet, fastened it with a screwdriver which he had in his pocket, and arrested the bleeding, the wound with his handkerchief, ",-hile he also made the clavicle safe.
Some men and an ambulance now arrived with a stretcher. He instructed them to lift, got the patient on the stretcher, covered him with coats, and carried him nearly 500 yards to the colliery Ambulance Room, arriving there at 11.10 p.m., just half an hour after being called. The doctor arrived at the same time, and ordered removal to Tamworth Hospital, where the leg was amputated just below the knee.
is the Vel] essence of first aid / and nothing tests the ejjicimcy oj a jirst aider more than the need to use whatever is at hand. To Priva te RiIVI, therefore, go our cordial congrafl,t!atiom 017 t/Je promptness with which he controlled bleedillg and arranged removal oj patient to shelter, whereb), he saved the qf JJis patient.-N. C. F.
CASE REpORT No. 19.-As a sequel to Case Report No. II 5, the Officer-in-Charge of Plymouth, S. W. Devon and E. Cornwall submits a report which describes how by manceuvring his ambulance, Driver F. Jones, of the Plymouth and District St. John )\mbulance Service and a member of the Brigade, .Dn two occasions succeeded in averting serious consequences from runaway horses, as follows :-
(I) While proceeding in his ambulance through Octagon Street, Plymouth, on his round of outpatients, Driver F. Jones saw a horse with a van out of control and running away in the direction of the Octagon. It was school-leaving time and many children were crossing the road. Realising what was likely to happen, he drove his ambulance straight for the horse, which, seeing the vehicle in front of him, became frightened and went into a shop window. As the result of this action the horse was quickly got under control, and no one was injured.
(2) While proceeding in his ambulance up Greenbank Road, Plymouth) one morning on the way
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to the South Devon and EaSt Cornwall HOSpltal Driver Jones saw the driver of a laundry van runnin; and waving frantically. Looking up the hill, he a hots and van disappearing ov r the brow at a rapId pace. Driver Jones reali ed at once wha t had happened and promptly O'aye chase. Ove rtak in g thl runa\vay as he \\Tas proceeding down Prison Hil l, hL manceuvr cl his ambulance in front of lh e r unawa\ horse 0 that it checked its speed by planting its fee l out and sliding. He carried on in thi ' way un til he slO\,\'ed dO\\Tn the hor e. Then his colleague JUl11pecl out of the ambulance and grab b cl the relO S. Hl topped his car and did the same while his com pal1on jumped into the van and appli d the brakes. As a result of this, further danger \-\'as ayertetl and nl) Olll' was inj ured.
Cm,Hm T.-PreIJeiltioll beiJlr!, Ibe pri/)/rJ)] object of jio aid, DrilJer jOll e.r /)/erits 0111' cordial cOIIJ!,ratulaliollJ Oil hi, sllccessflll applicatioll qf "I be qllalifir(ltiolls a fir.it aider J) to elJJergfllcies whicb raIled for skilful )}lbere0 he allerted riJk,r of ,wal le iJ!Juril'.r to those 71'bo //light have been kJlOcked dOll'lI I?)I IJN ho rs es aJJtl l'aJlS.- T. C. p.
Questions and Answers J'
\CTION OF PRe IC • \( 11
N. (Durban, outh \frica).- \\'<. shall be if you \\'ill tell us what is the action of PruSSl C Aci d and mor particularly, what an: the effect o f co ld \}later dashed on head and pine "hich the Text! oa k (p. 177) recommends as part of the trcatmcm in ca' of poisoning.
Prussic .Acid (so callcd /;ecaflSc it JI'aJ firs l obtc1i ;lIt from Pmssiall B/;{e) prorllfces its e.fJecl.r whether il1bl1hu , taken interllal!)" or applied to tbe brokm skill or IlIlItOl1 lIlembralle-!lJese Ihf tbree possible 1!J which the poison is illtrodll(ed into tbe -D'SINII. It is a p 01Urf:'" nen'e poiso// ll'birb rapirl!} cawes pam!)'siS of nerIJe r , OJ brain cells the reJltreJ 7J'hirb ron/rol hearl (JJ1J respiration) a//d /)farl IJIwcle.
Death cOIJlll/on(y resHlts from /·l,rph)' ia, bt'C(uIJe fbi' respiration wHal1y failr fin/, exapl lJ'hm /JJ e hellrt Ii instanlaneOHsl] stopped 0 a large dose of Ib tl poiro ,; Since death J)/cq ocmr with lighlllilZg-likf rapidity, trCilI lIJent is often of JlO avail / b/ft if treallllm/ is pos.;ibit , if is directed to cOlmteract the threatelJed prlra(ysis f)f fh( central JlerVO/lS To this el/d, Fee stilllNlo tion j, indicated as q} the admilJistration of alcohol or by !/ie fIJ of painfHI extemal slilJlllli, Jllbich, as in Opilllll re-act reflexlY on //J e JJerVOH.r -DlstelJl Cold dOlfdxJ 10 head and spine acl silJlilal'a , btft ailJl lJIore especlalu' II exciting the respiralOtJ I centre 10 iJ7c),M reri tldil Jily. N. C. F.
USES Or- TOURNIQUET.
P. (Wellington) ew Zealand). - The Te xtb ook does not give precise instructions as to the Llses of the tourniquet which you have often labelled as '0 J1 (;
of the last resources in first aid." In these circumstances I ask if you will kindly come to my help in this matter.
With a tOllrtliqlfet .rix points 1JIerit a/fention. Thus (J) i/s lISe is indicated on a' 7JJhen direct pressure fails or is ill/possible, especially ,vifh a torn main artery (brachial or /elll0ra l) , a foreign bo4J in 1POlllld or a fracture beneath JI Olllld j (2) its Ifse is a last resollrce in treatment, like slill/ lliation wilh bl'aJlc!y and banrla.gilJ,g the limbs for (o//ap se (3) its pad JJllISt be placed (and kepi) exact!} 011 t he pres.flfre poil7l 10 seCllre complele occlllSion of the (/rte:J j (4) its In/isti!lg apparalllS II/usl be arranged (all d k.ept) carefit/!J OJi the side I/;e limb exaclly opposite 10 Ih e pad; (5) its pressure must be jllst sufjicient (this 0(1ff. varies from mOlJlent 10 moment) 10 stop the bleeding " (6)'t tJJttst be relaxed (/hough left in position) lvi/hin thirty III;fltlt es, to the Textbook (p. 97), al/hoHgh) perJolJal!y, 1 consider that this period is too long-in view o f tbe pain and discollifor' caused to palient-and that dJis J lp .rhouid be taken lvithill ftftlex JJJimries.- 1 C. F.
DEFr. OF I T E" IDILITY.
P. 11. from th statement that In se... sibility is loss of consciousness) th e Textbook do c not explain what happens when rhi condition ari ses In these circumstances I shall be obliged if you will Llpply the nece sary information and so ea rn our best thanks.
h J interestillg to 1I0/e that, as tbe terlll " asP0 xia 'J rt ally llIeaJJS (plllse-Iess," so the IeI'm (insensibility" oigl1iftes a condilioll ill 1Jhich then is "/OSJ' of feeling."
DIfI'ing inseJIsibilif)' the braill ceases 10 can)' 011 its 110,.,/ 1jlllldiOII.r ]J,hidJ art dil!isible info two main parts( I ) higher /tfe JJ it/; freedolll q! /ho/lght and action, and (z. ) JOInr (or allimal) lift' for u'hicJJ the I'ilal f"nctions and cirmla/iolJ (Ire J/t/ficimt ol 'er a l'ariable period. Whe lJ, there/ore, iJlsmsibility laku place, the highes wt /res , IJ'hicb cOlltrol the high er hfe tire thrown Ollt of actlOIl al once, b/ft the lower celltres, which cONlro/ the 100J 'er life alJd especialfJ' thos e Jl'JJirb respiration and ,·trettla/ioll, ma..y still be able to do tbeir work. l 11rl' nsibifily IlIa..)' be partial or complete alld presents three degrees-nallle!)' .r/eep (from }J ,birb tbe patient tIIC1)' be lJIore or less easia' rowed), .rtllpor (frolll lJ 'birb the po lim! tiM] ill' rOl/sed Oll(y wilh and cOllla ./;'0/11 )l ,hirh the pat Ient cllllllol be rowed fllltil at leas!, the actil'e calise abate" ,· its i"fllfence
Thf lerll/' m1ls! JlO! be rOllfifJ' ed }}'itb lJ'hdt iJ poplllmD knoll" aJ a ( /it." Th e latler iJ' a .flfddm JeiZ/lJ'e in which !!Iort or less SflJere c01ll1111.,ioJlJ tlCCom}tli!)' a or less degree of lII/cotlscio/lJ'IleJJ.-l"'. C.
1 T.\RD LE .\F FOR Hy TERL\.. \. R. (Jer ey , Channel I lands).-The Textbook doc s not giv definite instructions as to how th mustard k af should be applied in the trcatm nt f Hy teria. hou ld this applied dry or wct with hot, lukewarm Or cold water? Your kind ruling will be appreciated. Had )1011 taken ),Of(r IIl'SillJ!, Certijicate,),oll Jl'ollid haN kliOT/ lfl Ibat the III/istard leaf shollld be lIIoiste!led ill I"ktIJ 'arm 1l 'ater C. p.
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Requirements in the 'Field of First-Aid Articles
To the Editor,
ST. JOHN AYIBULA:-;CE GAZETTE.
DEAR SIR,-To be efficient in any branch of wor k necessitates keeping in good health and having a knowledge of how to keep nt. That this is essential to the first aider js without doubt. Advice on General Health with reference to the Laws of Health, on Personal Hygiene, with special reference to care of teeth, as a preventive against rheumatism, as well as being a personal refinement-not unessential, especially when rendering first aid to the publiccare of the feet, eyes and skin, apart from proving useful might make for the maintenance of an AT standard of health in the Brigade.
A series of hints on Public Duties, procedure, first aid treatment, also with warnings such as refraining from measuring out doses of Sal V olacile and pouring out hot stimulants o-ver the patient' .:: face) with mention of different types of cases to be expected, of casualties at racecourses with those In the cities, would prove of in-valuable use, especiall) to the uninitiated. This is a much felt want, since it is not directly mentioned in First Aid to the Injured. The importance of members more consistently taking part in competitions, attending them whenever possible and of enc o uraging competitions within Diyisions cannot be emphasised enough as being one of the be attainment to efficienc\ :0fention of the importance of upholding the dianity of our heritage and of the uniform in goin g ro and coming from dutie might not be untimely, especially in this our year of Jubilee.
ince more talk i centred on Blood Pressure an informatiye article 0 :1 the ub jeer would be welcomed, and an article aL 0 of the different micro-organisms would be most interesting and insrructi,-
The column on ca r POrt , an d wer " are ,,-bile expanded comment from time to tim on any of the co m e ms of fir t aid pro\rides further in ' trucri on mbraced by th e keen.
P ..\PYRt·
[TJJtJllk ),011, Pap),J'lIJ'. U", rio not agre e }J lith ) 1011 Iba ! U'f sbolllrl rfm artiries 011 (Tt'lJem! healtb ) p enon,'; and rar,' of t he t ee th. T he II' lined fir st -aider sho/lld b,.lllJd lI wa i(y iJ intelliawt , and olrgbt to look after t hOle mattN'.\' for bill/Jelf ...:tJ for p topl, JJ bo pOllr bo t ,rt:>1JJIItlll/.\' ol 'er pa t ifJIiJ-' fa ce s-fld- t !!t (t1.J' ,( 1 \ T C. F. l1'oJlld J'17)1 I). n"e are doillg all ar/ idt' 011 B lood Pr fssllre a 1 )) 1111 cOll.rirlc'J'),oltr idea a/;ollt 111iri'0-orgall/J')}J'·1
Exanllnation shows that he is suffering from a bleeding aricose vein in the right calf, and has a fracture in the middle of the femur. Render first aid." Ten minutes were allo"" ed for the treatment of the patient.
The Oral Te ts were as follows :-
No. 1.- ompar ha:morthage from lung and stomach.
_ o. 2.-Classify poisons.
o. 3.-Signs of internal hxmorrhage.
o. 4.-Enumerate the bone forming the spine. The first four teams at each Headquarters qualified to compete in the Final Competition, which was held on Sundav February 28, at the Universit" Colleo-e ). b Shakespeare Street, ottingham when the followincr b teams met to decIde the result of the competition :From Forest Town, :Mansfield: Bentinck Colliery, Colliery, Tev ersal Colliery and wrkby; trom Bath Street School, ottingham: 1 ottingham
Corporation Passen ger Transport, Stanton Iro1l'\vorks, Cinderhill and 11apperley ( Jo ttingham) Corps.
The Final Competition again consisted of a Team Test and indi,ri dual Oral Tests, but in this case thc situation was somewhat different. The" accident" was assumed to haye occurred at a Fair, and the " patient" ,,\ras seen to be lying on his side and appearing to be retching. The team were inforIIl:ed that: "The patient is as you find him. Render first aid." Questioning the "patient" elicited the information that he complained of pain in the abdomen, and had vomited, and examination disclosed a swelling in the right groin, no ha:morrhage, face pale, skin clammy, pulse 100. No other injurythe correct diagnosis being hernia.
The following questions were set in the Oral Tests :-
No. 1.-Distinguish between arterial ha:morrhage, capillary ha:morrhage and venous hremorrhage.
No. 2.- What are the varieties of fracture?
1 o. 3.-How would you place a patient with a fractured spine on a stretcher with five bearers.
No . 4.-Distinguish between apoplexy and collapse from drink.
The result of the Final Competition was as follows :Team Oral Team. Uniform. Test. Test. Total. Nottingham Corporation Passenger Transport 19 54 48 121
Cinderhill 16!
The Team Test was judged by Dr. G. H. Parker, Corps Surgeon, Nottingham Corps, and Dr. A. la Touche Darley, County Surgeon, judged the Oral Test. The arrangements for the compet.ition were made by Corps Officer C. Lewendon, Nottingham
Corps, and Divisional Superintendent H. A. W en t Mansfield. Corps Superintendent A. G. Wcll er' Nottingham Corps, judged the uniforms.
District Officer G. E. hnsfield, depu tised for <:apt. P. 0uschamp, Dl tnct in charge, Nott111ghamshue Area, who wa unaVOIdabl y abSC'nt and announced that the winning team, in to holding the cc Ar a Cup" for the nc xt t\\ dve had qualified to the otti nghamshue j \rea 111 the o. 5 D1strIct ompetitl on to be held at h ffield on larch 20, where he h oped they be qually successful. The ottin gha m Corporatlon Pa enger Transport Team wer e eac h award d a cllromium-plated combined cigarette e l.se and lighter, and the ruon rs-up, inderhill T ea m) wer presented \\ ith the (C 11utton Bowl," \\ hic h they will hold for the year, with fountain pen a nd pencil sets for the indi\ idual members. D 1 tri et Officer IIardy also tendered thanb to all the o f11ccrs and members who had assisted with the a rrangemco ts.
C\ TLFFORD
.l\t the annual general meeting of th c ( a:;t b-o rd Diyision of the t. John \mbulance Br wa de the Diy i ional urgeofl, D-r. ]. J. \\'. ampbcll,;r i:lc c1, supported by Corps upcrintcnclent \. J\d dinc ll, Diyisional G. Day \mbulan ce O uce rs T. mith, E. 1 lorton and 11. chofjcld, Irp Sergeant-.i\[ajor F Tillor on, and Tcant '\' 111. Finan, the Di\ i ional ecretary.
In hi third aonual report the ecretary it would be appropriate to commence by congrat nl.1 tt ng Corps Superintendent I\ddincll , on whom the lY lno ur of Hon. enTing Brother had been c nfcrrul in recognition of his xcellent work in tbe amb Ll nee movement in general, al 0 , \mbulanc c OfE cn " Smith on recei ing hi second bar to his lan a- ICe medal, and ergeant H. l \ddin cll on 1 his long service medal. 1 S establishm nt was COI11 I de, there had not been any promotions thi year. The Brigade register showed a tOlal strength of , as against 74 the preceding year. ix new memb e :- had enrolled, and four former members had tCI their resignations. 1\t the annua l examin atl 1 in F .A. in March 6z. members w re present.
Before concluding the report he said h e \ 's hed to draw attention to the fact that by Jun e D i\ tSlO nal Superintendent Day and ergeant L. IIop ton \" ould have complet ed 30 years of unbroken service to the Castleford Division, and they were still going s t rong. This, he thou g ht, was a wonderful achic\ cment, and one of which they might feel ju stly pr?ud.
The year promised to b e a busy one in view ot the Coronation, but the uperintendent and oHicers felt the members would meet every d emand and rise to the occasion when the time came.
The meet.ing closed with a hearty vote of thanks to Dr. Campbell for being pre sent, thi s b eing proposed
by Divisional Superintend e nt Day and scco nd e d by Ambula ncc OfTiccr T. S. Smitb.
SCl'NTHO RPE.
The second annual dinner of the cunthorpe Coq:s was helel at Blue Bell Hot e l, Scunthorpe, on fh ursc1a y cvcl1lng, February 4, when about 80 me mbers a nd friends had an enjoyable time.
The toast " The cunthorpe o rp s," was proposed by \11' \Y/. D.ayso?, of Icssrs. T. Fi rth &.- J. Brow n s, who, In b1S dehghtful manner paid a high tnbute to the work done by first aidcrs in the town and at the various in the dist r ict.
J. 11. _T h aker rcsponded, and In thanklng thc members tor their suport, exthe hope that thc hi gh standard of the work \\'ould be maintaincd.
1}lring thc c\ cning presentations \,·cn.: made: to 11K' her by \ ssistant COJl1ll1i sicmer \f. C. L ayin B. " Lond. L.IZ.C.P., L.R.C., ') J ,ng.
Di,trict Of1icl.l· H. cI ntosh ITC h'ed the fo urt h bar to the cryicc ;\Icdal. Corp. Officcr \. B. ll uJ on also reCL]\ cd [he \.:n ice .\fcdal. n Cup :\'as \n.)t1. b:- Corporal \\ . . :'Incl I m ate II. C.()lIln on Jo,mh', anel lhe ;\fJddlemlso.; Cu r was al"o \\'011 b:- F letcher.
II e loaSl ': Borou gh of cumho 'pc" ,,'as prot u eel by Dlstnct OfIlct:r ;\IcInt osh, and re ponded to b \ldcrman It. V. Tomb, tbe D eputy ?-.Iayor.
01. rk 1 f o rgan J , prm d a capable chairman.
I 1tcrta inment \\'a, supplied b\?lL Burke and r. J I Kiddie, \\' \'('il on, and P \\'i nd or.
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LrI m , R U\I"FY -\ 'D D r-TRI T
01 3 the Lydd -e \\ Romne\ and DitrJn Dl\ lslon, and th Lydd ur 1ng ction held a YC,!'I dinner. The _ chai r wa occupied b,\ li S \'\ or hlp thc :0lay r ot Lrdd, G. T. Paine wbo j al so President of the Di\'ision Th e OfllCc rs, members and yi it of' prt: ent numb red 55. o 10ngs.t the gl1 ,t: of honour w e re Lad\" Di trict 111ss 11. .l lay, , .. LJ., Lad\' Diyi ional Mrs. Parti f rom "\ shfo rd Di\'ijon C and Cor ps Officer E I. Ea, lon from orp
. The D ivi ional ccrctary, . Pcrci,'a l rcpolted t1 I D" " ' d . lat t 1 1V1 lOn had shown. teady pro OTCSS unno- 19 6 Tl 1 t- 1 D ···· .::- als ....,. 3· 1e strengt lot lC IV15 10 n was 19 ; D 'o ad thad b n nrollccl and attached to lstnct d D'" Pi. a l\'lSlOn. In addltlon to rdinar:-.t.ralOlOg, 1 h ld qu al ih. d for d .. . Certl[lcatcs . Th e' 8 dnll and practic s beld
2. unng .193 6 r e well Th r had been J. pUb lIc dutIes perform d WIth attendanc of 5 J.ra nsI 1 of ,) ort c utI nUl1ibered 6 8; with an attcndanc 147· The number of accid e nt as s tr atcd by
indi v idual members 'Was 31.1 ; ()f thcs(;, r6 were road accidents.
Corps Officer L. Easton complimented Di vl i()nal Superintendent A. Wood o n the smartness and of his Di vision, and said the progress made S111ce its formation in 1934 ,,-as e.'\ceUent .
Lady Di strict Officer :\[iss H. ,0, f ay st r essed the va luable work done b y the Lydd eC[1on under the able leadership of ister ;\1rs. R. C;:oleman as member jn charge. Th ough the,- wen' tormecl only in I936, their neatness, and perseverance showe d every prospect of a well-established unit in the future.
Di visiona l Superintendent \X'ood thanked the .Section for their co-operation, particularh" thelr aSSIstance in dealing \.yi th the tran port (;f women patients.
Di,isional President G. T. Paine thanked [h<.: Brigade ?n behalf of the public for the work rh e \ were dOl11g, especially in yiew of the fact of thi' being a district with a large population scattered O\'er a \nde area. He stated that, although [he:: number of patient" rcmoyed by the Di,-i ion's ' \mbulance may mall by wirh other to \\.n.s, tact that the nearest hospital ,,-a some 18 mlle d1stant, the mileage incurred was con iderable. Pri,-ate Cracknell called for a toast to the ,-isitOt an.d. poke of great intere t and assistance Lad;' DIY1S lOnal upenntendent ;"Irs. Parris had taken the training of the ::\ur ing ecrion.
The rest of the e,Tenino- was gi,-en o,-er to mu leal Item rendered by friends of the Diyision
Corporal . Coleman, the ( D inner ecreta!\'" \\'a congratulated for the splendid arrancrements' the e,'ening, which rrm-ed a ,-ery enjoyable time for all.
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,The work don during the pa-( 50 years on behalf 0:.. the t. John _ \mbulance Association b,' ;"Ir. _ \\ ll1.1ade ,,'a commended at the annual dinner of Farnham DiyLion of che t. John _-\.mbulance Bngade whtch ,,'a held at the Railwa,' Hotel 0 \" 'edn day. ,n
The Pre idem (:0 1_r. -\ . P. Tice J.P.), who pre'id J mTer a company ot about -to member and o-uest' ,,'a d by 1Ir" Tice :0Ir. E. j.p: ( ot the etban Di trict Council), Officer C. ha.elin S.B., t. John" upertntendem H. ), Lan er ot the Farnham Diyi ion and Dr. F. Cald cott urgeon to the Diy i.:-ion . thos pr:: n_[ \\' r Police- uperint nd nt T. Runne gar , ot the Farnham Diyi ion urre,· \\·in,la d., .B. t. John ' Corp: Ottic r and up flnt ndem 0 man, of th - \l d L hot DIY! lOn, and )'1r._ \ Bab r (Pr ot the Farnham Chamber ot Commerc ).
The arrang ment for the dinn r were made b,'
Superintendent l\'[ansey, Di isional Secretary A. ."hepheard, and the Entertainments Committee. The entertainers who performed between the speeches were the Ashley Brothers, Mr. J. Barnard, Mr. G. Brambley and Mr. K. Heard, '\vith 1It. S. H. Budd :at the piano.
CHERTSEY.
In connection with the Chertsey Division of th St. John Ambulance Brigade, a special inspection, recruiting and presentation of awards night, was held at the Drill Hall on Monday, under the supervision of the Divisional Surgeon (Dr. J. D. Vaile) and Superintendent R. J. Gristock. Amongst those present were Mrs. Vaile, Mrs. Gristock, members of -the Chertsey Nursing Division, and the Chertsey Ambulance Committee.
The Division was inspected by Dr. Vaile, who remarked on the smart appearance of the men. Various drills were carried out, and demonstrations given of various. fort?s of first-aid work. There were 23 uniformed men on parade, all of whom took part in the display.
Mrs. Gristock presented the awards for 1936 as follows: Cup (presented by 11rs. Gristock) for the best record for the year, Private W. Hooks, runner-up Sergeant E. Keene; labels, Corporal L. Hampshire, Privates W. Billing, J. Duke, Thomas, Kersley and Acting-Sergeant Balchin ; medallions, Privates Hooks, Smith, Theobald and Richardson; second year -certiEcate, Private Hooker.
In proposing a vote of thanks to JYIrs. Gristock, Dr. Vaile said the cup would be awarded annually to the best all-round man in drills, duties, etc. He also appealed to the young men of the district to join, and so make the Division worthy of Chertsey. It was very necessary that they should know proper methods of first aid and air raid precautions work.
The ladies' section is progressing, and already 14 members have passed for their first year certificate. They should be of great assistance to the Division.
Superintendent Gristock proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies, which was acknowledged by Mrs. S. Lamden.
It was stated that 117 cases were treated by the Division last year, and duties were undertaken at the funeral of King George V, four football clubs, every Sunday in the summer at Chertsey Bridge, Chertsey Sports, Addlestone Carnival, and several church parades. Five new recruits were enrolled, making a total of 19 for the year, and with 35 trained men the strength of the Division was 54.
A collection was taken for the ladies' equipment fund.
Priory fo r Wales
IIeadquarteTs: Priory Bous e, 4, Cathedral Rond. Car diff.
GENERAL INTEREST
MR. HUGH L I"IGLEDEW.
On fonda)" February 1, the flag of the Order flown at half-mast at Priory Headquarters <,adh· announced the death of fr. Hugh Marray Ingk a Knight of Justice of the Order and Hon orary Solicitor of the Priory for Wales, which is deepl}' mourned by the many organisations with whi 1 he was connected, while members of the Ord L arc conscious of the irreparable 10 s the PriO f) has sustained by the passing of a colleague whose int rHy of purpose and charming per onality had eot ared him to all members of Chapter and Committe e and the personnel of the Priory of '\ ales.
o Honorary Officer has contributed ) the development and progress of the first establi I rent of the Order of St. John, and the name of Mr. I gledew v:-ill be identified for all time with that of th late Sir Herbert Lewis, K.B.E. (first Principal Sec n; u-y) as co-founder of the Priory for '\ ales. h e wru; well equipped-by direct contact \1,'ith thc work the Association and Brigade in addition to his .)fOfessional knowledge and capacity as a pra cti ing solicitor-for membership of the ub-Co m mi ttee which was appointed to confer \vith the Aud ' ritl es in London upon the scheme drawn up for the t )rm ation of the Priory. uch delicate drafting, s always needed in drawing up a new cons titution. particularly \vhere it involyes the relationship b twe en a parent body and jts offspring, made the SCrvlW of a first-rate sol.icitor indjspensablc; and it is not too much to say that a large measure of the su e 'essful functioning of the Priory's constitutional ma chinery must be placed to the credit of [I. Ingled cw.
On the establishment of the Priory :Mr. ln il deu accepted the office of Commissioner of the .it •. of Cardiff Centre, which he held until 1922, la' ill.g placed the Brigade work on a sounel footin g in. t.his area and presented a cup for annual com p Utlo n within the Centre.
After a movement to acquire ambulance halls on the part of local Divisions was Mr. I ngltd.ew as Honorary Solicitor was indefatigable in up legal documents and giving advice both to PrlOry Headquarters and local Committees.
On the death of the late Sir Herbert Le \ IS, the universal esteem in which Mr. Ingleelew \\11<; held in the Priory and by the Brigade received exr through his appointment by thc Sub-Prior as Ac Wlg
Principal ecretary to tide over the difficult interregnum until. the appointmcnt of a permanent ..,ucccss or. TblS involved hours of his time over a ')criod of six weeks, when he laid aside his important husines s concerns to deal with Priory work in an ·ndrcly honorary capacity.
Mr. Ingledew's services were recognised in June, 1918, by his api ointment as a Knight of Grace; .lOd his promotion to the grade of Knight of Justice .11 193 I marked IIeadquarter rccognition of outtanding services. When, just before his death, it was poi nted out that a grant from the Special Areas rune! towards \.mbulance Halls would involve co nsid erable negotiations in respc ct of each of the balls to be erected or acquired with grant aid, he l '\p rcs sed a clcsi rc to continue sLlch services gratuitlusly.
There was a large and repre entaliYe attendance .lE the funeral service held in t. John's Church, (:ar diff, on Thursday, February 4, \vhen his devotion to .th work of tl:c Order of t. John was strikingly -:v ld e'l t The Pnor (II.R.H. the Duke of Kent) and [he Order of t. John were represented by Sir John W. He ynon, Bart, .B.E.) Knight of Justice, who co nductc 1 to a specially appointed seat by the llCa Canon J. \. Lewis, and the Hon. John H. Bruce (Principal ecn.:tary and Commissioner for \Val s). The ub-Prior (the Earl of Plymouth) was by lr. E. J. L. Brooke, the t. John \m bu ance Brigade by 1 11'. • \. . E. J. Fudge, the CIty f Cardiff 'en tre of thc Prion' b\· Alderman G. F. Fvan , J.P., the Glamorgan Centre b\ ' \[r Th eodore Gibbins, J.P., and 1\1r. D. ,;\1. Eyans"Be: 111, J.P., the 1Ionmouth hire Centre by 1\[1'. R. \\11 son Bartlett, J.P., F .. .A. \., the Borough of 1 ewort Ce ntre by Dr. ;\fcCormac and the Rhondda Centre by Captain T. E. J.P. Other of the Priory for \\'ales included Protes or George Knox, :t-.1.L1\1.E., F.G 1fr. C T. Riches, Dr. '\ . Edmund Thomas, 1\[r. T. E. .)mItll, Sa \X7i lliam Jenkins, 1.P., J.P., ir Robert J. Web! r, J.p., Captain Lionel Jjndsay, 1LV.O. 0.B r , Sir \Villiam H. eager, D.L., J.P., \Y!. I Pethybridge, J.P., Ir. \\, '. J. Canton, 1\II. Eva ns, fro J. Owain Evans, C.B.E., 1tfrs. B. 'furner, fr. Be,-an Llewellyn, 1Ir. H. G, representing Captain T. IacLeod Carey l .B. E.,
p Jhe following Officers of the Bri gade acted as M Bearers :-Captain T. E. Richards, T.P., Dr. S. RcCormac , Dr. Edgar I.lewellyn, Captain F. P. \,tbbat ha n, M.C, 1.r. J. 11. Davies and tIr. B. E. a er ll y.
Atnol1g the floral tributes was a beautiful token the Order of St. John in the form of the eiO'htcro "J fl I d" f b tor W ss, a S1mI ar ora eSlgn rom the Prrory b ales, and a chaplet from th Officers and 11emer of the City of Cardiff Centre.
CENTRE REPORTS
BRECKKOCK SlIIRE CEo-TRE
.r1 .R.P.-The Commissioner, Colonel C G. Colt:Hamilton, CM.G., D.S.O., is to be congratulated his appointment as a Grade Instructor, followIng attendance at a Course for Chief Constables at the Civilian Anti-Gas School, Falfield. There are now five Grade Instructors in this Centre' and 36 Candidates sat a Grade Examination ar:anged at Brecon on February 13.
Centre COlJlp etitions .-Considerable interest wa taken in the annual competitions held at Brecon on Saturday, February 20, when the following Brigad e urgeons acted as Jud ges :-Dr. A. W. Anderson ( ssistant Surgeon-in-Chief for Counn urgeon Dr. G. L. Pierce, Corps Surgeon Dr. A. M. Robertson, Divisional Surgeon Dr. J. G. Morgan. Divisional Surgeon Dr. Emrys D. Owen and Dr T. W. David. The entries \vere good for all and the winning teams were ;( President's" Shield (;\fen)-Clydach. " Cooper" Shield (Nurses)-Builth Wells. " Gough» Shield (Novice)-Abercrave Lower "K. .T." Cup (Boy Cadets, Junior)-Clydach. enior Cadet Cup (Boys)-Ystradgynlais. Junior Cadet Cup (Girls)--Gilwern.
In the individual competitions, Sergeant A. Lewis, was successful in the Open Contest; 1ft. T. Phlllips, Llanwrtyd, 0:ovice; Enid 1\1. Nicholls Wells, l\ursing; \\ F. Lewis, Cefn Coed: eruor Boy Cadet.
C-\.R...\L-\RTHE..'>;" HIRE CE.'\"TRE
In his report on the work of the Centre durino- the rear 1 93 6 , the Commissioner, .;\Ir. E. D. referring to the A.R.P. de,-elopment, tates: "A; Llan.e!lr nine Grade I, three Grade 2, 38 A.R.P. Certlhcates, and 69 General Public A.R .P. haye been awarded, ,,,hile a further clas of 80 is nov.receiving instruction, with formed at Ammanford Trimsaron and Port. The LlanellI' Di-:-ision which again last year ecured champlOnship trophy for ::-\ur ing Teams in the Brigade Finals, added to it. programme of regular duty at the Llanelly General Hospital, In which members of the Ambulance Diyision are also participating. The Llanelly Women's V.A.D. increased its trength from 2.j. to 43 members. Good work wa carried out by the Ambulance Units at Burry Port and Kidwelly, where roadside Huts are taffed and road patrol duty undertaken.
FllIlrfio'I.-_\mmanford Ambulance Di,-ision, "\.·duch ha a prominent place among ambulance units in Carmarth nshire held its annutJ dinner and presentatioQ of at the Central Cafe, Ammanford ,yher Dh-i sional uperintend nt tanley
Davies presided. The chief guests were Captain A. E. Edwards, Cross Hands; Mr. Brinley Richards, Llandebie and Mr. T. D. Jenkins, Ammanford; and the large company included the Divisional Surgeon Dr. Harper, and a number of other Brigade Officers.
In a survey of actiV1tieS last year the Chai.rman stated that 536 cases were treated, and the members altogether spent 2,119 hours on duty. In competitive work their team qualified to represent Carmarthenshire at Cardiff, and members had won nine individual prizes. A very successful Cadet Team had won a prize at every competition in which it had entered.
Staff Officer T. D. Jenkins distributed the awards gained during the year, and on behalf of the members of the Division Captain A. E. Edwards presented a First Aid kit to Dr. A. Harper in recognition of his splendid services as lecturer to the Divisional Classes for many years.
D E:t--..1HGHSHIRE
Visit of Dr. IV. C. Bm/all, O.B.E.-The D nbighshire Centre was honoured by a visit of the Headquarter A.R.P. Staff Officer to the Chief Comm issioner, who add.ressed meetings organised by the Assistant Commissioner, 11r. G. T. Guest, at Wrexham on February 12; and by County Officer Dr. G. Pari Huws at Colwyn Bay on February I. Big results are anticipated from the interest awakened by Dr. Bentall's effective remarks.
Valuable Rhos Development.-The Rhos Division, of which Mr. W. Matthews is Superintendent, has embarked upon an important undertaking by t.he establishment of a Medical Comforts Depot. EquIpment to the value of over £35 has been purchased, and a public meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms, Miners' Institute, on February I, when the Rev. Lewis Edwards, Vicar of Rhos, dedicated the appliances to the alleviation of suffering. All the Churches and Chapels in the District have undertaken to devote one Sunday's collection each year towards the upkeep of the Depot.
MONMOUTHSHIRE CE TRE.
Blaina Awards.-The Hon. John Bruce, Commissioner for Wales, visited the Blaina Division on Saturday, February 6, on the occasion of the annual competition and presentation of awards. Service Medals presented that evening brin g the number of Members in the Blaina Division in possession of this cherished award to 13. The Superintendent, Mr. J. Rossiter, has given 33 years' service to the Brigade, and Private Arthur Curtis has a similar record. The Commissioner for Wales referred to the need of an Ambulance Hall for the Area, the acquisition of which is likely to be aided by the grant from the Special Areas Fund, and uurged training in Air Raid Precautions.
Madame Clara ovello Davie and her R oyal We lsh Ladies' Choir or ned a tour of the special areas of South Wales. wit.h a concert at e:vbridge on February 7, 1n ald of the funds ot the local D1VIsi on.
The Hon. John H. Bruce (Com.mi ioner for W ales) who presided, explained the work being carrie d by the ewbridge ollicries Division \vith a me mbe rship of 38, upplem nted by a adcl Unit of 56 ; and recently augmented by the esta bli shment )f a ursing Division. 1\[r. Il arry \X1illiam s, Cha irman of th J\ ercarn District Council, welcome d t he choir \vhich, he said, had upheld the tradit ior of Wales in the realm' of song.
CITY OF \RDIFF 170. l'Rl-.
The Ccntre hairman \ldcrm all C. F. 1:v<ln J.P., presided at a meeting of the Centre o m 1lttC: held in the it\ llaH , \'I,'hcn the Principal u: '(;;tan outlined the P. scheme, indic<uing the nL It; for increasing the Brigade personnel in Ca rd itf. A sub-col11l11iuee \\ as appointed to consid er t he adyisability of organi ing the it)", ward b y wa rd : and at its fir t meeting at Priory 1 Iou con Fcb r ulr y zG arrangcments were made for c tablishing in the Pen ylan, LlandaA-- anel Central \"{' ar J a a start.
The Omml$.lOner, Dr. l". dgar Llc\\'ell n, ha succeeded in persuading tht.: management of Ie Sf James Howell & Co., Ltu., onc of the leadin g 0: rdiR' Stores, to encourage a portion of [hei r taft" to obtain instruction in First Aid, and a of ()\'cr 11 fty men are receiving instruction from Dr. LkwcUyn, " isted by Corps uperintendend .1\. H. G. Field It is anticipated that a C Jam e IIowell" Diyi Sl' 1 will result in due cour e, while the femal taff are c"". ec ted to emulate the example which is lik Iy to be fu llo wed by the employee of other busine ShOll. es.
Dr. Lle'.vellyn's daughter, l-.Iary largarec i\I c KcIlzic Llewellyn, 11.R.C. ., LR.C.P., i maintain in the family tradition by undcrtaking sen-ice in th e. [. John Ambulance Bri gadc in the lHlce of ul geon to the Penarth ursing D iyision. Ll c"'\'e li yn has qualified for app intment as Grade 1 R P. Instructor, and a suming he shares her f [he ( enthusiasm for the Order, the Jardiff c nt t wIll benefit by a generous contribution of sen Ie from this family.
ursing Divisions in 'a ;'cliff han; amal g cw1ate d for a course of A.R.P. lectures organi cd by th Lad)' County Officer, Miss G. Richard. The (as s 1S being attended b y about fifty students, the lectures are being given by Dr. Bryneili ol1 J I1 ffit h. and Lady Ambulance Officer Ir s F . .J. Tyr rcU.
BOROUGH OF SWA ' SEA CE
The following letter addrcssed to the Com missio ner for Swansea, Dr. Urban Marks, camc as a we lcom e
acknowledgment of public duties rendered regularly at football matches :E. J \ BRYDELL, Nfaagersjonfeill,
So/dh AJr;ca
00. TOl ' R ENGLA D. FebJ'lI(lJY 8, 1937. L H.AR Sm,-May 1 bring to your notice a very courageOLlS act b y onc of your ambulance men at the C lotball field la st aturday, who saved my daughter ,Ina :nysc lf from a Ycry cmbarassing situation by his pron pt ancl smart work.
A a finish to our tour of the (( old country," my daug11ter anel 111) self \-isitcd wansea to see the Tnt cfn ational match, but before the end of the game g ot tit'Cel of Sluing about in the colel anel made our way to the entrance gate.
Before wc could reach the gate the f1nal whistle \rent, and we were immccliatt.:h urroundcd bv a hll'.Vltn g CrcJ\\ d all peil-mell for the gate.
D u ing the height o( tht.: cru'Ih my dau g htt.:r fainted ,lnll thi ng!' looked \ cr y ' sc rinu , but just when I was lin I,c point or collal se one of your ambulance men came barging his way to\\"arcls us picked up my d:lt. ,! h tcr 0\ cr his shoulder and towed me by the NI'J'\ ou t of tilL crowd ancl dcpo . itcel us on a park seat. e' ral liml'l the ambuhncL. man left lL to dive in to t he cr()\\ d to return L.ach time with hi man untIl 101.' ,cat looked Ii ke a small hospltal.
The n, \yhen the rLl h wa m "er, he came back and m end ed to our c\ 'ral cuts and Inj urie , but before \ c (() uld thank him, like a true knight he had yani hed Int c thc blue.
!\ t. one rc gret is that 1 am unable to thank him 10 f uson. ' 1) onlr clue of idcmity i from the oli 'c , who do not know hi name except that he the \mbulance man who act nd the recreation gro un d. \la"b e \'ou will be able to trace him from thi s. "
\\7(" in the Coloni ,hear a lot about the degeneration of the men of the old country, through unemplo}ment, etc., but I for one can b ear te timo nv that the spirit of the old crusader i not dead bu't alive , an d ha it right being in the men of the t. John \mbulance Bri gade I remain,
A yery grateful parent, ERIC ].\N BRYD EL L. E'V' IN BRIEF.
Mr. N. J. Young, General fanager of the ounty of wport Electricity Department preSIded at a meetin g of thc Cardiff and District Road
Tran sp?rt Ambulance Competition ommittee, :vherc It was decided to hold the 1937 ompetition tor the" Irs. Cornelius Griffiths CUI ' on \V'edneday, June 16. Mr. Young was re-cl cted chairman , and the secretaryship remains for another year in the .hands of 11r. H. Gould, who '\ ill be imTiting entrte s from undcrtakin gs within a radiu. of 25 miles.
Police National First Aid Competition
The Liverpool City Police are to be congratulated on winning this Competition twice in two years. cc We are naturally delighted to be taking the Challenge Cup back to Liverpool," Sergeant Hampson, Captain of the Liverpool Police Team, told the ST. J OI-L GAZETTE, cc and naturally we are going to do our best to keep it there! "
"\sked as to his impressions of the Competition generally, Sergeant Hampson said that he considered that the Competition had been an excellent example of a cc straightforward First Aid test."
The position in which the teams were placed by the Judges, A. T. Lakin, i\f.B., Ch.B., of i\1anche ter, and D. \"( .1\. Bull, 1LD., B.Ch., of Stony Stratford, in the Final Competition held at the Ce ntral Hall, ,\T'estminster, Lond o n on Februan- 2 6 a fo llo\\ s :-
Po/ice Fo rces
1. LI\"erpool City Poli ce
2. Leeds City Police
3. Birmin g ham City Police
-to Plymouth City Police ). Y Borou g h Police
6. Kent Constabulary
7" :\letropolitan Police (' G" D.iTision) Brecon hire Cons[abulan9. York City Police marks obtainable-500.)
Jlar/eJ
_ \ di tingui hed company attended the di [ribution of the Pim Challenge Cup and prizes by [he Home ecretary, under the chairman hip of 11aj o r-General ir Phillip, the Order being repre ented by the ecretary -General and the HospitaUer.
ir IYor Phillips, before the presentation poke of the hi tory of co-operation between the t. John Ambulance Association and the Police Forces of this country, an association which had progres ed oyer many years, and had arrived at a state in which the Police realise their indebtedness to the t. John moyement.
Presenting the prizes the Home Secretary, ir John imon in a charac[eri tically trenchant pea:h, complimented the winners and the 10 eL. He mentioned that the team pre ent \vere ones \\'hich had, in their own di trict competed and qualified for [h final comp eo[ion and he tre ed the importance of the t. John organisation \yhich wa no\\ucc s,fully worbne- not only in the fi ld of FiL t l \id a: regard accid nt and general ca ualitie but aL 0 in the mo t important work of _-\'ir Raid Precaution
The staging of the competition \\'as, once more xc 11 nth- arrana-ed throuah the aenero inT of 11r. J ohn of Briti h International - Picture , and the sup ri\Tsory acti'dties of that ind:,LHigabl
First Alder, 11r . « Joe" Grossman, both of whom received thanks from the Chairman for their support.
The Judges, Drs. Lakin and Bull, in tl:eir of the teams, stressed the importance ot competltors using the same method and behaving in the same manner during tests as they did in the ordinary course
"ir orman kendal, J\s:;istam Commissioner, Metropolitan Polk , G. J\.bbi ", Esq., Assistant Commi joner, Metropolitan Police (,
Captain J. A. Davison, Assistant Commis ioner, City Police.
A. K. \'( ilson, SCI., Chief COil table of Livcrpool.
Lieut.-Colonel C. C. ole HamiltOn, hid on (<lble of G. Lowl" E q., Chief onstablc of Plymouth.
R. \X ·. mith, FStj., hief Constable of Great 'r armouth.
POLICE NATIO AL FIRST AID
The Liyerpoo l City Police team
of First Aid work. Dr. A. T. Lakin mentioned especially an aptitude on the part of captains of teams to endeavour to do too much themselves and to pay too much attention to the Judge.
The distinguished company present included :The Home Secretary.
Major-General Sir Percival and Lady Wilkinson.
Major-General Sir Ivor Phillips (Chairman).
Colonel J. T. W. and Mrs. Perowne.
Captain A. N. Cahusac, Chief Secretary, St. John Ambulance Association.
A. L. Dixon, Esq., Home Office.
J. H. Burrell, Esq" Home Office.
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hugh Turnbull, Commi&sioner, City Police.
Colonel The Hon. Maurice Drummond, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
Tauranga Ambulance Divisions, and lluntly N LUsing Division. The winners in each section came before [k twO judges to determine the winne!, who was :;ergcant G. Friend, Frankton Railway, with Corporal \. Bush, Hamilton Division, runner-up.
Owing to being unable to get the serv'ices of 'llcdic.al men for the Taniwha Shield and the outh \uc klan d and 1 Iamilton Cups, the following officers did [he judging : Tani wha hicld, Corps Officer S. Hague; couth Auckland Cut, orps uperintendent C \farsl JaU, Hamilton, and Di,-isionai llperintendent cott, Point Che\rclier Diyi sion; Di \-jsional uperntcndent 1r. \X'. Thompson, Onchunga Division, Hamilton Cup.
T wdve team , [t.:prcscnting Frankton Rallw ay, (lIen Afton and Pllkemiro (two teams), IIamilt on Huntly (tv.ro teams), Point Chevclil:r, Taumarunui, .lnd Tc Aroha L\mbulanc e Divisions, l.psom, Huntly .1l1 d O nehunga •ursing Di"isiooc; came fon1;ard for ['w T' ruwha "hldd. It had bel:n deCided that the [\\"0 to p team'> hould come before (orp ,urgeon Dr. E. C. Bre\\'i for the final test.
Tht teams in the tinal were On hunga md Ilu ntl y \mbulnnc c, the ultimate ,vinners. The Doctor gave his r m:uk "cry tating that both £t".ll11' di d" t:y fine wot:k.
The sa me. team) with the exception ot the '0:ursing Dldsion s, competed for th outh J:\uckland CUI, .md it was lntended to adopt the same arrangements the Tam wha hield, but owing to the Frankton R:u l\\ ay and Taumarunul Di\ i ion being unable to Kait for the Hln-ofl', I Iuntl y- Di,·i ion with 95 point \\'lrc de clared the winners ,,-ith Frankton and TJ.llm tllnui 51..: and with 9 I :.. point
In he Hamilton Cup, open to l \mb ulancc Division in the outh \ucklnnd ub-District, only seven teams ClIne fo rward, and in th.is the Huntl y D iYlsion was .!gain successful.
OVERSEAS NEWS
C. C. H. ).lonarty, hief o n stable of Blrming h:un II
EW ZE: \L l D.
The annual Hamilton Competitions wer e heI.d on January 2.9 in St. Peter's Cathedral 1!all, Hanu!t?D , owing to the inclement weather. The for the Hague Cup was held in the belDg judged by Divisional Superintendent Green (Hun.tly), and Divisional Superintendent Griffiths (Pu kc1Jl1!O). Eleven members represented Frankton Rai lway; Glen Afton and Pukemjro, Hamilton Te Aroha art
88 \laj or 11. E. Chapman, Chid on [<lhk of "-L nr. G. T. Faxon, J:.sLj., Cummandant, or LonJon ial 0)11 srabular\'.
\t th e request of tht.: Glen \ft ol1 and Pukemjro Di\-jsinn , th Col Cup was to be held for -1 m:)o ths by the team in the outh \u ckland ubDuri.t gaini n g the most marks in the thr e te ts.
franklon Railway Di\' Lion was declared the winner, alt hou g h Hun tly DivL ion obtained mo t points, but the team had been changed in on of the tests
The work altogether wa of a high . tandard.
Di lrlct up rintcnclcnt H. D. obb, who, with DISt1'lct Officl:r I ". \. H llston controlled th compttitions, tba nked all the judges and tho c who haG. bSlst(J.
The presentation of the trophies brou ght to a du se ano ther sLlC"c<:ssful dar in spite f 61l' Y r)' ,'\' ct i o IL :J
A ir Raid Precautions
Courses, ' 1937
"All roads lead to Lon don ." Roads and rail certainl y did last month, for an onlooker near the Hotel Great Central \\'ould have een many visit ors arriving there.
What was the attraction and who "\\-ere they?
No indication of their busine s, but a brief visit into the Grand Dining Hall revealed that these were S. ].A.B. Divisional Surgeons, Officers, men and women, arriving to learn how to put the kno'wledge of A.R.P. to their members and ultimatdr to the general public.
Taking a seat, \\-e find how each member wa provided with a atchel containing the nece ary boo ks, pencil and notebook, and a badge of the Order's colours.
On the table we saw what looked to be a Chemistry Professor's stock in trade, but we soon found that these were very' capably handled by 11r. Jackson, who got his subject across to his hearers in a 'Tery interesting manner.
The Chairman was Dr. Bentall, ,\ssistant urgeonin- Chief of the Brigade and Officer, and hearing his opening \yelcome and remark. one felt quit at home and assured of a goo d tim e
The party of about 200 "vas diyided into two palTie ) each of whom was conducted bv Colonel Hunt to inspect two of the Goyernment's Beet of 40 gas yans.
11eanwhile, Dr. Bentall was recounting his experiences in India, showing how the St. John movement was progressing there, what a large body of member there are in that Continent, all of which makes us realise what a large family the St. John family is.
We may think we are an excellent body in this country and the only ambulance people of note, but we soon found that the parable of the Good Samaritan has many adherents elsewhere.
Drs. Bentall and Hiscock, Colonel Hunt, Colonel Collins, and Messrs. Jackson and Bowen covered the whole course of IO lectures on Saturday·and Sunday in a very able manner, and when the Erst-named gave his concluding lecture and remarks on the Sunday evening, there were many who would have liked to have another day of it.
" All work and no play, etc ., " is an old sayingthere had been much gas and talk of gas, but a peep into the Hall on Saturday night at 8 p.m. would have revealed what a happy family gathering there was.
We saw Sir Percival Wilkinson, our "N.C.F.," Mr. Fincham, of the Gate, and several others had joined the company; but what was the cause of all this merriment? None other than that the one and only Joe Grossman, of British International Pictures, Ltd., had come up with a whole army of great artistes
By w. E. TWI NHAM
to remove a ll trace of ga and brighten up fa milv with music, humour an d song.
Drs. B entall and Hiscock could talk of TLa , ;a' but even they now had to take seats in the aut 'cn n/
How we ll Joe and hi 1 arty succeeded woul d ha re been seen by a visit at I L 50 p.m . to hear and see a party of some 250 all joining hands aocl uld Lang Syne. 0 ordinary concert it great sight and one not easi ly forgotten-a ll ank , etc ., forgotten, doctor. nurses, t. John lUI. and women all as happy as could be.
Commissioncr Sis of o. 5 DiSlt:ict, led d \:l\' in expressing the great apprcClmion of all thL UI )an\' at the great kinclnc s of Joc ;lnd his band in 1"" 0 such a fir. t-class conccrt.
The cheering howed how great was th '" a (,," rion.
The inncr man was not t"nr the ' ment of the I [l)t('l, lO their grl,lt credit', ,\ that the l1lulritudc was" cll cared for i" l\'l'IT
The Cour c is a \'e1'\ inlLn ·i,-I.' /llle. TI : c 'l were "\ capable l11e;" but tlunks arc "1)I.ci.1 to the care and (oresighl' of Brigade I lealh in their arrangcl11t:!1ls, il1< 11" e!'l)eciR!1 great chairmanship r)f Dr. who were ma:tcrpieccs.
Bet\,'ccn lcctLlrc s WI.' l()und ",h,ll :1 1'1.'.11 1 p' famih therc \\-a: from I "ng:and , "c otblh .'" and .L\t the lea\'c ()n ,unda:- ..:\ 1.1111 )..fonday morning " "L' found that many l1l'W hips had hL n formed, and tully (laC value of such for tht: main theme had LP, and was, for the fll lllrc , thc L!,{)()d ()f humanit y And so endcd the 8th \.R,P. (r>ur<;c-tl1;n t he many more sllch gatherings!
A R.P. QGESTIOr \ J. D A ::;\\ E R "\ IR RAID PRE ACTIO."S
1. Q. Docs paran';n oil rC1110\ e musta r i
A.-It reJTIo\'cs it, but cIocs not dcstw\- lr. ( thm the mustarcl gas is carried awa> in solu'ti on i. [he. oil, which itself mu t be watched as Ii kely tu gl\c off. mustard gas vapour. What a re called sol v:at nt. mustard gas enter it, which evaporate out ot ')f uff of certain articles infe c ted, but the soluti o ltSL'1t becomes immediately infectiou and musl be acco rdi ng ly.
2. O. -Who will b e responsible for thL de ()otamination of the clothing at the first aid pos e ')
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3. Q. - How lon g will protective clothin g- rl,;II1 Hln effectiv e with frequent decontamination?
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A.-It will vary with the concentration of gas J.nd the frequency of decontamination. The officer in charge of the division will be responsible for replacing such clothing when its condition necessitates it.
4. Q.-How is water decontarninated that is Ll ed a [ first aid posts for cleansing infected patients?
_4 .-The disposal of all such and its handling in the se\vers belongs to the Public Service Department, and does not come under our first aid supervision.
-. Q.-How can you tell when clothing has been contaminated with liquid or vapour gas?
f l.-If in doubt always treat as for liquid conramination.
6. Q.-Why can a contaminated per on nor undress himself at a decontamination centre?
.A.-Because the hands with which he undresses himself themselves become contaminated, and other reasons which are
7. Q.-Do lung irritants tend to permanent damage to lungs?
A.-That depends on the amount of conceutration of the gas, and the length of time exposed before treatment is adopted.
8. Q.-How long should oxygen be glyen ll1 a phosgene case?
A.-In a case of blue cyanosis it should be giYen half an hour at a time, 'with five-minute intervals. The intelTals can be lengthened, and if the cyanosis does not reappear the oxygen need not be fu rther given. \1
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Southern Railway
Contributed by E. A. Richard.s
WATERLOO
Thursday, February I was a Gala night at the Brunswick Institute, Vauxhall, when the members of the Waterloo Ambulance Class and their friends attended in large numbers on the occcasion of tbe annual Concert and presentation of awards.
Mr. Gilbert Szlumper (Assistant General .Manager) presided, and was supported by 1-1rs. Szlumper Miss Szlumper, and most of the Chief Officers of the Company.
It goes without saying that a most excellent musical programe was provided-Miss Mansell, the Secretary of the Brunswick Institute, always sees to that. The artistes were from the principal London Halls , and the items rendered deserved the applause of thos e present.
During an interval in the concert Mrs. Szlumper handed the awards to the successful candidates, and was herself the recipient of a sheath of Rower s from members of the cJass,
Mr. C. Hatch (Captain' of the Waterloo "A" Team which won the Inter-Railway Shield again 01 1936) proposed in a dclightfullittle speech, a vote jn thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Szlumper for attemltng. Mr. Szlumper, in his reply, stated that both he and :Mrs. Szlumper had the Ambulance movem ent ven much at heart, and were most anxious to do everY lhin\: they could to further the work. They all kne w tht high standard which prevailed on the outhern and it was a source of great satisfaction to the Din and the Officers of the Company that a team fro 1011" Railway had during the last r6 years secured the Inter-Railway hield on I occasions. That wa ,\ record no other Company could approach. It was worthy of record that since the Centr e wa formed -in 1925 110 les than 37,000 First Aid a'vard had been issued. This was a ,cry creditable ngu re, but he kne,v he 'wa voicing the opinion of ail \\ hen he said that th · percentacre of staff holdin g First Aid qualifications \vas still not high enough. It \ a thl earnest wish of thc Dir ec tors that th e \mb ulancl movement should pr ogress, and hL \A'ould lil{t tf) take the opportunity of asking the --bicf ( )flicn and their departmental si rant.;; to take a r rsana' interest in bringing to th notice of tho se for hom they were re ponsible, the rcal \ .11uc of Fir r 1h1 knowledg , not only in the int rests of their coIl .l Ul in the .ervice but to themschre. It \\'a intc tl ti nt. to know that' in the la t ten ) ea rs 2. 58 new n mbe;, had passed thr ugh the \\ 'ater]oo la<;s, but I ,.\ !Ii! in mind the lar o.c number of unpl mcd ;1' \,\ 'a terloo -both in the genc..ra l offices and (n thl tation itself-be could help ft.:cling tln t, gOLJ a - it \vas, it was not good enough . The .l\mhuhllc movement was one th at cksct'\ cd c\ cn- cnc lragl' ment and he once again desired to rnakc It that 'no effort would be pared by the Di rector and Officers of the Company with a vic\\ to fur t lerin the work. He paid tribute to the SUv of Dr. Duncan, who had been lecturer to the clas' since It' 111cep ti on , and expressed his plea ure at gi\'lI the priyilege of taking part in \\bat, to hit,D , a.s h felt it was to all others pre nt, a most 111 plrHL cve111ng.
London and North-Eastern Ra il way
Contribllted by J-f. L. G rw/ OUTIIER ' RE \, O. 2 D1 r HTC I' \Mll ULA (I CO\fPETITIO •
The above Competition was held In the Cly mnasi u ll'. Liverpool Street, on februar y 19, T 937, th e; TC;l['l Test being judged by Dr. F. E. Bcn dtx and [h, Individual Test by Dr. tanley Da\ ics. Par tlcUI;ll' of the result are attached.
At the conclusion of the CompetitIon l\lr, l. Smith, Centre Secretary, spoke generally of th , progress of the movement, and complimenl'cd the District on entering ten teams. He also urge d thl necessity for further progress and stressed the
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that fresh recruits could b st be won by the individual efforts of regular First Aiders. He also took the opportunity of thanking the Doctors for judging the Competitions.
The Shield was presented by Mr. W. E. Green, District Secretary, to the winning team.
The examining Doctors concluded by reviewing the work done by the teams, givin g at the same time some practical and helpful advice.
Midland and Great Northern Railway Centre
Contribtlfed by W. Good/V"
S HIELD C01IPETITIO J, 1937·
The above Competition was held at Kin g Lynn o n February 2 5, the result being as u nde
(Maximun marks 0 btainable-; 50.)
Judge: Dr. W. Benton.
There is only one entr y for the cc Cup" Competiton, therefore the Holbeach Team will go forward to represent the M. & G.N. Joint Line in th e Inte rRailway Ungrouped Competition.
London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Ambulance Centre
Contributed by Gilbert S. Hill
3 L. 1. R a il way (Crewc 1 h c hi nc hop)
4 L. c E. R ailway (Pa rke tOn) \1. & G. ]t 6 L.i\1.. Rail way (Bu hh ury)
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6. P o lma di e (Poss ible mark" 330 )
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G rea \V'es tem R a il way :2 Lond o n & N o rth-Eastcrn R a il wa)
L o nd o n , 11idland & cotl sh R a il \\':l}
Southe rn Rail way Cheshire Lin es Com mi ttec t(.'a m Metro p o litan Line, L.P. T. B Midla nd & Great ort he rn J oint Ra ilway
So uthern & London, Midl a nd & co t ris h J o in t Railway (So m erse t and Dorse t) ., 1
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Briga de Finals
After the pr sentation of th Challenge hields and .' puzes a memb r of one of th teams inform d Us tha t" Brigade finals invariably prm-id d food for
thou ght"; that the yearly Brigade event wa an excellent opportunity for "taking stock ." \X'" e agreed, although we had an idea that the cc food for thou ght" was probably in connection with some small irreleyancy which had lost the team marks!
But this year's Brigade Finals ,,-ill be specially remembered because in 1937 H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
In his speech, the Sub-Prior made public announcement that Her 1iajest) The Queen, Commandan[in-Chief of the 1 ursing Corps and Diy-isions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, had appointed H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester as her deputy.
In humbly congratulating the Duches on her appointment the ub-Prior spoke of the encouragement which the Royal Family had ahvay gi\-en to the cau e of t. John.
H.R.H. The of Glouce ter-w'ho i, a Dame Grand Cro s of the Order of St. John-is the third member of the Royal Family to hold an official and acthTe appointm nt in the Brigad and all t. John men and \yomen in pare of the world, may \Y 11 con ider them h -e happy to be workin g 1n a cau which r c such " Tarm L1pport from our R pI Familr.
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Colonel Tour
From Our Special Correspondent ( Continued)
Ran uooJ7, jam/OJ)I 25, 1937·
After three days at sea, Colonel Sleeman reached Rana-oon at 6 a.m. on January 25· A guard of was drawn up on the landing stage, and arnona- those to meet him were Mr. L. Choon Foung, B.A., b commanding the guard of honour; Mr.
Justice Ba U, the Assistant and Captain C. R. D. Gray, A.D.C. to Su Archibald Cochrane, the Governor of Burma, with whom Colonel Sleeman was to stay.
After lunch at Government House, Colonel Sleeman had an interview with the Governor, and later in the afternoon he inspected the East Rangoon Ambulance Division at St Pau l's English High School., the o?ly Ambulance Division in Burma. The InspectlOn
proved in every way sati factory, but in. his speech Colonel Sleeman emphasised the nece sHy for expansion in a country visited b'y earthquakes and the many other risks of a tropIcal Division has a strena-th of 105, and 1ncludes 111 its ranks a member ot the Legislative ouncil, fo ur Advocates, two ccountants, one Doctor and SL\ eral professional men, and may be regarded a an O fllcc rs' Training Corps.
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Colonel leeman attended a meetjng o f the Executive Committee of the St. John \mbt '1n ce .Association, at \"i'hich w re present Ir. J usticL h U and others interested in onr work. oloncl It 11an addre s d th meeting, and then betd personal .lter· "ie\vs with many of tho e who had b en pre sl1t at the meeting.
ne re. ult of the meeting was thc lOcorp oranon in the Brio-ade of the Burma Ambulance ( {lrp, an independent unit, \l:hich bad been in 193?·
This strengthenino- of the Bngadc tn Ran g ( Clll IS expected to ha e a good effect ughout Colonel Ieeman had a I ng lntcrnt;\\' \vlth Cochrane before proceeding to the Ladit; s' Park to inspect the Burma l\.mbulance Corp -\b o 100 representati e Briti h, Bu rme e and IndIan cltl Lns were present at thi parade.
Colonel Sleeman had an opportunity of meeting a large num ber of .citizens.
Captain Ameen, after glVlng a welcome to Colonel Sleeman, outlined the position of Ambulance and Bri gade work in Burma. Colonel Sleeman, in his reply, referred to the work of the Order and its Departments in different parts of the Empire.
After dinner, Colonel Sleeman was given the opportunity of further to His The Governor the alms of the Order, the Assocla tlOn and the Brigade.
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B) a happy coincidence, ir Herbert Dowbiggin, latc I ns pector-General of the Ceylon Police, and for roam- years a keen supporter of .Association and Brigad e work among his Police, was passin g through Ran go on, and olonel ieeman had the advantage of a long cJiscussion with him on the reler's \york in Bur ma and cdon.
Tht: remainder of the morning \vas spent in interd e,,'" \\ ith active supporters of the .J \ssociation and Bor ,'co ut movements, and at the offices of the local Co mpany, \'\'ho agreed to produce a short film iIIus tra ung the \vork of the rdel'.
l t a later meeting Colonel leeman again met many local residents and also the ommissioner of the han States, who hopes to develop Association teac hi.lg in his district.
j\ ftc r thanking hi host, the GO\-ernor and Lady Cochll ne [or thcir ho pitality and for their great inte r t in the work of the Order, olonel leeman left for Calcutta on the s.s. EkllJa at 2 p.m.
After lunch at Government House, Colonel Sleeman discu ssed the work of the Order with His Excellency and Lad y Linlithgow and other members of the lunche on party.
At a meeting of the Indian Red Cross and St. ] ohn Ambulance Association, Delhi Provincial Centre, Colonel Sleeman was warmly received, and gave a short address.
February 3
Lord and Lad\' Baden-Powell and Colonel Sleeman were conducted' over the Vicer oy 's House b y an
The Corps then produced a play w.ng the necessity for ambulance work whIch \\ ';, \\e ll staa-ed and cleverly acted. This wa followe c by a play, and afterwards about 300 ha d tea whilst watching a trOUP of 's
A visit was next patd to the ZlOatul Islam High School to which many of the cadets t the , bout Ambulance Brigade belon g . After 1 m100 prizes to the winners of the nnual Dn ll Co petition, Colonel Sleeman spoke to tho e pres '1t. a
On his return to Government House ht.. la d further interview with the Governor, at whi ( 1 more general questions were discussed.
january 27· . . . . dual
Most of the morrung was spent lO lO dl\.J. interviews in which the expansion of AS SOCIatIOn and Brigade work formed the cruef topic. d d d ga r eJ1
After lunch Colonel Sleeman atten e a. a1 party given by Captain M. N. Ameen, D I\ Surgeon of the East Rangoon DJ V1SJOl1 · d Governor and Lady Cochrane also atten ded , aJ1
100 fter the inspecti n of thIS wcll-turoed- ou.r :lnd smart unit, Colonel Sleeman was presented \\" rh an address of welcome by the Burma Ambulance ( ·)frs . Colonel leeman, in his reply, admitted the 1 .Irma Ambulance Corps officially into the t. John ,mh u, lance Bri gade OYersea . .
j Ol/fwy 3 I.
On arrival at Calcutta Colonel ieeman was met by Lieut.-Colonel ir Hassan uhra\vardy and other member of the Order and its friends, who took him to the Calcutta Club and afterwards to the Lake Club. both these In titution he met many leadi ng ladies and gentlemen interested in the Order· work.
Br the kindness of the East Indian Railwav ieeman was again provided with a saloon carri age for his journey to Delhi, which gave him an opportunity for d aling with his report
De/hi, Febrllary I.
Arriving at Delhi at 7.35 p.m., olonel leeman was met by an A.D.C., who conducted him to Goyernment House where he was to be ague t of the VIcero y.
FebmalJI 2.
Colo nel Sleeman, as an old cout official, wa delighted to find that Lord and Lady Baden-Po\vell Miss Baden-Powell were fellow gue t , and he discussed fully with the Chief Scout the question of co-op eration of the two bodies.
The res t of the morning was spent at the combined Order of St. John and Indian Red Cro Headquarters.
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The Chief Commi io ner rake - a sing le spell "off duty' for the purpose of renderin g firsc-aid" t o
.D.C. and he describe it as follows: "Indescribably gigantic in ize and \yealth of rich marble, with corridors six miles in total length."
Later Colonel leeman gave an inter'de,,' to the Pre ion , hi Indian tour and tates in India has dealt most generously in regard to our work, given trong t my call for gr ater ambulance en-ice and prO\-ed mOe t accurate and fair throuo-hout. Following this
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interview, Colonel Sleeman had a further talk with Lord Baden-Powell, who und rtook to stimulate close relations bet\yeen the cout fovement and the Order in India.
The Viceregal party \vent later co an All-India Scout Jamboree, held at th :Military Camping Ground on the Kino-'s \Xray. There were -/.,000 couts on parade, gaye - a of loyalty and affection when marching past the VIceroy. An " At Home' \ya held later, at which the Viceregal party were present.
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t 5.30 p.m. a meeting was held at the IndIan R d Cross Society' Hall, lew Delhi at which Colonel Sleeman gave an address, after being introduced to the meeting by Lady LinlithgO\v. 0\- r 200 of the leading officials and citizens of Delhi were pre ent.
A vote of thanks to Colonel Sleeman was then proposed by Commander-in-Chief General Sir Robert Cassels.
A film of the inspection of the Calcutta nits of the Brigade by Colonel Sleeman was then shown by Colonel L. V. Thurston, ssistant Commi sioner, No. II District.
February 4.
At 9.30 a.m. Colonel Sleeman accompanied the Chief Scout and Lady Baden-P owell to the Jamboree Ground, where the ;epresentatives of each Province, Di$trict or Tribe were inspected separately. It was encouraging to find that the Scouts recognized Colonel Sleeman as representing ambulance acti ities.
At I a.m. Colonel Sleeman had a conference with Sir Ernest Burdon, and gave his impressions of his tour in India. He also took the opportunity [0 thank Sir Ernest for the great trouble he had taken to ensure the success of his tour, and conyeyed his thanks to Miss Norah Hill, and Sardar Bahadur Balwant Singh Puri.
At 12.15 Colonel Sleeman had a private interview with the Viceroy, and gave him his general impressions of his tour, in which His Excellency was greatly interested.
The day ended with a broadcast by Colonel Sleeman entitlea " Two Works of Humanit y," the suppression of Thuggee, and the work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in India.
February 5.
At 10 a.m. Colonel Sleeman paid a VIS!t to the St. Stephen'S Mission College, which was founded in 1881, and addressed the undergraduates on the urgent necessity for greater attention being paid to Ambulance and Nursing Services.
Nter lunch at Government House, Colonel Sleeman had a final audience with the Viceroy and Lady Linlithgow, and thanked them for the hospitality given to him and his staff and for their deep personal interest in his tour, which had been of such value to his work.
After farewell interviews with many of those who had assisted him in his tour, Colonel Sleeman left Delhi b y the 5.35 p m. train for Jubbulpore.
To the Editor, T. JOH AMDUL NCE G ,VElTE. THREE LONG RVlCE MEDALS
DEAR Sm,-1fy hearty congratulations to Sergeant Vii. J. L. Gotch, of \\lellingborough Headllu arters.
T have also been awarded three long service medals: The John ervice Iedal and 5 bars -43 Jears' serVlce.
The Long Service and Good Conduct fedal of the Royal aval ick Berth RcSerye-I8 years' service; discharged in 19 22 on reaching the age limit.
The Fire Brigade Long crvice Medal-R an lsgate Brigade, 27 years ervicc.
1 served in the Artillery Volunteers and possess the \\lar :Medals for the and the Great War. I retired fr m Town Divi ion in 1933.
for 12 year, outh i \frican the Rarrlsgate
ours faithfully,
\ H. U'DERDOW Corps Serrz.eoIJi-1U%r (rdired).
To the Editor, T. JOIr A iDL'LA 'CE GAZ ITE.
.J.A B. VETER l \N i \ND TIlE CORONATIOK.
DEAR SIR,- \ " hi I t both pro incial and :\f(;tropolitan members of the Bri?iade may re st a that their zeal to perform publIC duty at or to wanes the procession at the forthcoming n 1 doubtless fully appreciated by the auth Orltll and that the ma."imum effort for general repr ese n ltlOn is being arranged, might not some provislfm be made for these yeterans of the Brigade wh have spent the be t part of their lives doing first-ai.d work but who are now too old for trenuous publi c. duty, or are precluded from it by virtue of th eir on the present hi toric occasion? Could not a ' ctJOn consisting of veterans of the Brigade b e in cluded with those who line the Ro yal route?
If this might be thought too arduous for tho sl.. v.: ho have now passed into the sere and yellow leaf spent their more vigorous years in Brigade SLIT1.ce, couJd not some arrangement be made to prOVIde a certain number of spectators' seat at a n Omlnal fee appropriate to their means?
P \TR TOT.
To the Edito!', T. JaIl 'L\l',CE G \ / ETTE.
D EAR SIR, - On page 49 of the February \Z En;; under the headino-" Three Long e(vice o 1 The may I state that I possess l ong serVIce meda s ., St. John Service and two bars (28 rcar!l service); the Long erVlce and Good Conduct \1cd of the R oyal aval Sick Berth Reserve and o ne bar.' the Long ervice Medal of the pecial y fai th full \', CORPS ()"FTCF.R ALBI ·:RT C \SSO T
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The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. (PRI CE OF WALES' ) Dr TRICT
The Annual General Meeting of Officers of TO . I District was held in the Chapter lIall, St. John'S Gate, on Satur day, March 20. The Commissioner (Captain W. Goodley, M.e.) presided, and there was an e);:cellent attendance of Di strict, Corps and Divisional Officers.
The Comm is ioner, dealing with th work of the past year, said that, while the number of duties covered were sligh tly less than in the previous twelve months, this was entirely due to the fact that there had been fewer public events calling for their services. The strength of the District was increasing steadily toward s the teo thou and mark. I Ie hoped they would reach that mark before lon g.
The Commissioner thanked all Officers for the set lces they had given during 1936, and for their loyalty to himself. \' hen they remembered their membership f 8,000 people, they must congratulate themselves n the smoOth and happy working of the District 0 d feeling and companionship had continued amongst them, and he hoped they \vou ld always look upon ach other as friends.
l\fter reference to special ts in connection with the Jubilee celebration in the Commi ' sioner ann unccd the dat of the \nnual Inspection a June 5. Turning to rhe Coronation duties, Captain Goodley asked for the co-operation of L\ crro ne. It \v uld b he aid, a big and important job of work for them, and h was particularly anxious that it should be carried throuo-h more eHl ientIy than had e\-er a public duty b fore.
The Treasurer' report wa, pre cntcd by Captain L. L. Frank. Th past year, he explained, had been a bood ne financially. The\' had commenc d \,-ith a balance at the bank -and had not to encroach on ie ind eed, they were able to inye t it. Th ir inycstmem now produce d a small bue useful incom. The\" commenced the new year wirh a be lance at the bank so the financial ,tatemc m \,Oa', on the \\-hole, a onc, and there \\' as no need to anticipat any senous financial dilFiculti s during 1957.
Captain Frank dealt with the finances of t11 OHtcers' Annual Dinn er , which, in the pa t y ar, had shown a small d eficit. He announc d that the next Annual Dinner ( n D cembcr..j. 19" 7) \\-a. to be at the \, Tha rncliffc Ro om' and \,"incer Gard n, where there w ou ld be y [r much more accommodation. "
Referring to the lI ospi tality and Ben \Tol nt Fund, the Treas urer di closed that in 19 6 there had be n 204 sub cribers of a total sum of £57 10" and ,aid he hoped that i111£ [tant fund f)r a si ting memb rs who fell on bad tim would b sUPI by every Officer. " 10'
The auditors (Divisional Superintendents L. D White and L. Howard) were re-elected, and Divisional Superintendent .l \llen and Lady Superintendent'vIiss Pearce were elected members of the Finance Committee.
The Commissioner reported that the sum of £28 I IS. 6d. had been subscribed for the memorial to the late Lt.-Col. Brookes, and the permission of the Chapeer General of the Order received for its erection in the Crypt of St. John's Church.
The Treasurer announced the arrangement by Di strict Headquarters of insurance coyering third party risks in connection with any accident to any person, not a member of the Brigade, who might be injured by some property of the Brigade, or in some way through the Brigade's instrumentality. That "vas an important matter for every Di,,-ision. It should be pointed out, he said, that that insurance did not cover Bri gade personnel who might be injured on duty. Such an insurance had been effected in the cases of some forty members \\-ho were regularly sent out to duties by D istrict Headquarters, and he felt it would be an excellent thing if such insurance could be arranged for all member. If it were done through D istri ct HeadquarteL, ,,-ery advantageous term in the matter of premiums could be secured.
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Di visional uperintendent D. G. Goldie, ae the twenty--eighth annual meeeing of the Croydon and treatham Dh-ision reported thar, for the fir t time ince the formation of the Di\'ision, the tOtal trength had passed the 100 mark, and stOod at I I. Dw:ing 1936 there a net increa e in member hip of 42, and in the Cadet of 30. The had covered 3,-'00 duti s \\"ith a tOtal of 16,6-0 duty how: . uperimendent Goldie took the chair and wa, supported by Ambulance OfficeI' J. Dane and G. S. ook, ero-t. J. (Hon. ecrerary) and L. \. Harris (Treasurer ) .
'peaking at th annual dinner of th Barn Di\-i slO n 'apc. _ \. \Y hite- MOX :01. C. \A si:eant C0111misioner _\rea) :aid thae rne Di\-i:ion had been put on a , 0Llnd footing, and had become one of the be:t Diyisions in the \.rea The m ting pre. ided y r by Councillor T. Bard. supported by District Officer G. C Green and J. tandingford, :0fr. H. :0[, Fincham, F. of Grace of the Order of t. Tohn) and a number ot Di,-i i nal thc rs and weli-knm,-n local p ople, was well 3rt nded. \ letter fr 111 (he Lord Chief Ju tic (L rd H ware) was r ad, in which hi, Lord hip cxpre ed h.i r gret 3t :1bs nce and \\-ished the Brigad all, 1.1cce, _
The Mayor (Alderman George Gibbons) accompanied by the Mayoress and the Town Clerk (Mr. F. G. Garner) attended the very successful annual concert of the Walthamstow and District Corps, and congratulated the Corps on its work, as well as appealing for continued support. * * *
At the annual meeting of the Watford Division, it was reported by Divisional Superintendent L. D. White that a record number of cases had been dealt with during 1936-2,776. Duties totalled 4,500, and duty hours 20,500. Membership was 120. Dr. J. Buchanan (Divisional Surgeon) presided, supported by Corps Superintendent F W. IsernSmith, Divisional Superintendent \Vhite, mbulance Officer Nlitchinson, and Corporal R. F. Leaver (Divisional Secretary). * * *
A dance held by the Finchler and Southgate Nursing Division in aid of the Divisional funds, proved a very successful event, due in a large measure to the untiring efforts of Ambulance Officer S. J. Stillwell. District Officer G. C. Green, Divisional Surgeon D. W. Reid, :tvLB., B.Ch., Superintendent J. W. Taylor (Finchley Division), and Superintendent S. H. Collins (Southgate Division) were present.
1\0. 2 DISTRICT.
H..u.rpSHlRE.
On Wednesday evening, lvIarch 2-+, Dr. Corbet Fletcher, Surgeon-in-Chief, gave an extremely interesting and instructive address, entitled cc .till Evening with the Textbook," at the 11unicipal College, Bournemouth.
The audience consisted of 214 officers and members of the BournemOUth and Lymington Corps and of Poole Corps, Dorset. D r Tennyson Smith, the County Commissioner, officiated as Chairman, and was supported by Assistant Commissioner Dr. Morse, County Surgeons Bottomley (Hampshire) and Servis (Dorset) and by Lady County Officer Mrs. Hayes.
The Surgeon-in-Chief lectured for ninety minutes in his own inimitable style, driving home various points concerning the instruction of the Textbo ok, and kept his audience so interested that everyone was sorry when he finished. Assistant Commissioner Dr. Morse proposed a vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation and cheers.
BRISTOL EAST.
The officers and men of the Bristol East Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held their annual dinner at the Queen's Restaurant recently. About 70 sat to dinner. The chief guest was the Count y Commissioner, Major Norman Burgess, M.D., M.R.C.P., who was supported by Mrs. Burgess, the Lady County Officer. Other guests were Miss Struthers, Superintendent F. P. Hopkins, of the Newport Corps (a late officer of the above division), 104
County Divisional C?fficers of the Bristol Corps. The gathenng was presIded over by the D ivisional Surgeon A. J. Struthers, M.B., Ch.B.
In responding to the toast of « Our Visitors" County Commissioner Major Norman Burgess spo ke very highly of the splendid work being done by Divisional ul erintendent H. J. Pearce an d his officers in the interests of the Brigade and th e citizens of Bristol.
The Divisional ecretary, in. making hi s report, announced that the membershIp now totalled 48 men and 42 cadets, in addition to the ursin g cction .
The evening' entertainment took the for m of a concert arranged by the Social ecr tary, Pri Tate C. Fudge. The following artist contributed to make a most happy ev ning: 1Ess ora R yan, sop-ano; " June," a dainty little dancer; Mr. J. her borne, tenor; It. E. 1farch, piano-accordioni st, \,'ho also accompanied the audience in a short rou'1d of community singing.
BANB URY.
Thi annual meeting took place at the h eady ,I ters of the Divisi on, Cornhill, recently. The Pr l.. 'dent (Colone l 11. Norris) took the chair and wa sup /llrte d by the ounty ommissioner (Dr. live G iner Hill), the Lady uperintendent of th e 1 109 Divisi on for Oxfordshire (Mrs ardiner Hill), the County Officer .J. \.R.P. and Diyision al urgeon (Dr. T. F. Briggs), the Divisional urg<.. on )f the Tursing ection (Dr '\ harton), the Dn 'onal uperint ndent (Mr. 11. Baglcy) and th e Di 'l iOlla l Secretary ( ergt. K. G. Frankhn, the ecrctar r of the hilling Fund (1\1r. '\ l3cyington) who too k 0'1 the duties in January) ",,,hen 11r. Franklin resi gnL:d iter. two years' setTice, and a representati\ e numb r ot members were present.
The President a cordial welcome to aU I resen t.
Mr. Franklin read the annual report, which a' follows :-The strength of the D i\ ision wa' 48 'officers and men, this being a decrease of on l' 'inee 1935. The ambulance during the year rC '11oYe d 440 patients t and from hospitals by order ::>f doctors, and answered 126 calls to accident s, l:lkt ng a total of 566 calls. The mileage incurred \\'as 8,,6j. These figures showed an increase over the pn.!\ lOUS year of 67 and 2,282 respectiv ly. The mVl have attended all public functions where crow ds :' ere expected to gather and ha ' e at these and oth Lr times treated 169 cases of first aid, to which it has not necessary to call the ambulance. Fifty- five cJnUs and practices have be en held, and the average attendance at each has been 20.9.
The annual inspection was held on Sunday , July 19, the day on which our headquarters were op ened Colonel T. L. Sleeman, a day which man} e in Banbury will remember, this being the first time that a S.J.A.B. county parade had been held here.
In the early part of the year our Divisi onal Dr. T. F. Briggs gave a course of lectu res on
Raid Precautions and in the following examination three members were successful in obtaining Grade 2 instructor's certificates and five obtained A.R.P. certificates.
On June 21. President (Colonel H. orris) invited the DlvlslOn to attend divine service at Addcrbury, and kindly entertained the members to refreshments after the inspection had taken place on the gree n.
I wou ld like to say how greatly we appreciate the work done by the Nursing Division, and also the people that are not directly connected with the Bri csade , our honorar y auditors, Messrs. Thornton
and Thornton, and our honorary olicitors sr . Sto.ckto n, ons & Fortescue. '\ ith regard to the l11aJ.ntenance of the ambulance '\,"C have to thank Messrs. Trinder & ons for their splendid \,"ork for I do not think that we could have better than at the pr sent time.
DUrlng last year Dr. Gardiner Hill had the honour of. being promoted County Commissioner of Oxforda position which he. undo_ubtedly de erves, or his work on th formatlOn ot this Division in 192.9 and in the following years
MINEHEA D.
" The annual Competition for the Luttrell' and " Cups was held at Divi ional Headquarters, e Townsend Rooms, on Wednesday, :March 10.
Five teams, drawn from members of the Division competed for the H Luttrell" Cup, which was judged by Doctors E. T. Tatlow and H. M. Chappell. The rather a novel one , in that all lights were extmgUlshed, and the teams had to examine and treat patient the aid of one flashlight only; this added reality to the scene, and was most instructi ve to the members.
The card of instruction was as follows:- Y ou receive a telephone call to man the Motor Ambulance) and proceed to a lonely spot on Exmoor where a young lad meets yo u at the gate and informs YOU that whilst he and his brother were passing
a field at 1 p.m., the brother was knocked down from behind dby a stag and he is lying in the field some 200 yar a\yay. The teams were allowed to take one tretcher one blanket, urgical haY'eLack and fla hlamr. the ( brother' directing them to the scene ot the accident.' On examination the l?atient \'i'a found to suffering from a complicated tractur of the left nb near the scapula with a punctured lunO', fractur of one of the lumbar and lacerated wound at the back of the head. The patient had to be examined tr ated and loaded on stretcher in ten minutes. '
The re ult w as as follows :-ISt, Sergt. L. W. Harrison sTeam; runners-up, Pte. W. Pring Team.
IlELTE lE W CADET DI\ ' I lOt-: Corps Officer Ball gave them (heir uniforms
The tests were set by Dr. Bain (Divisional Surgeon), who also defrayed the expense of the evening.
SOMERSET.
The Somerset County Competitions were held at the Royal Clarence Hotel, Bridgwater, on Saturday, :March 6. Teams from Highbridge, Bridgwater, Minehead and Glastonbury entered for the Ambulance Competition, and from Weston-super-11are and Bath in the Nursing Section. Mrs. Cox (wife of the County Commissioner) presented the first prize, the "Tidman" Cup to the Weston Team, who gained 307 points, and prizes to the runners-up, Bath, with 284 points. Lady County Officer Mis. Lovill handed the Lovill Cup (with souvenirs) to the Bridgwater Team, with 401.8 points, and also prizes to Highbridge as the runners-up with 38o points. Minehead was placed third with 372.6, and Glastonbury fourth with 300.2. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded all who had assisted, the County Commissioner mentioning especially County Officer Wevell who had been responsible for the staging and arranging the various tests.
No. 3 DISTRICT (WESTERN).
DUDLEY AND DISTRICT.
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the oldest order of chivalry) has three representatives who have been severally honoured by the Sovereign Head of the Order as Serving Sister and Serving Brothers for services rendered thereto, having a combined service in the St. J OM Ambulance Brigade of over 100 years.
Lady Divisional Superintendent Miss E. Ollis, Dudley Nursing Division, was invested by the SubPrior, Lord Scarborough, November, 1936, with the insignia of Serving Sister of the Order, obtaining the First Aid Certificate 1897, and various subsequent certiEcates for cognate subjects later, whereas no Nursing Division was in existence at the time, joined the Dudley Nursing Division on its formation, 1915, becoming its third Lady Superintendent in 1920, received the Service Medal for efficiency 1930, and bar for a further five years' service 193 5, and was presented with the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935, by Lady Perrott, Lady Superintendentin-Chief.
Ex-Corps Superintendent C. Ollis, Dudle y and Dis trict Corps, first became interested in 1895, through the influence of the late Chief Superintendent J. Slater, the founder of the movement in Dudley in 1892, being actively and continuously interested until 1932, resigning his command owing to untoward circumstances. Was gazetted Honorary Serving Brother, July, 1920. For public service in London at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee received the Jubilee Medal and as a volunteer served in South Mrica during the Boer War, having the South African Medal with three clasps, and a specially struck medal
Divisional uperintcndent W. Ollis joined the Dudley mbulance Di i ion, 1906, ha ing successfully obtained the First id Certificate of the St. J oh n Ambulance Association; promoted Divisional Sup erintendent 1933, possesses King George V CorOn atIo n Medal, 191 I; the Service Medal, 1921, with fo ur additional bars, sanctioned by the overeign He ad as Serving Brother of the Order of t. John, 193 6, and invested at St. John's ate, Clerkenwell, Lon do n, February, 1937. Is aloin possession of the Ai r Raid Precautions Grade I Certificatc, February, I93 6, as lecturer and examiner in nti-Gas and First Aid for Air Raid Casualties.
The first Annual Dinner of the Bloxwich Div lsion, Walsall and District Corps, took place at Bloxwic h Wesley Church Schools, on Saturday, 11arch 6, 1937D. E Parry, Esq., J.P., President of the Divl'ion, presided, and among those present were E. F. C.ope , Esq. (Vice-President) and Mrs. Cope, the (hief Constable of Walsall (1r. Mark '\ atson) and Mrs . Watson, the Rev. Keith Jones, MI. W. \Xl isgin, Superintendent H. Lines, and Acting Ambu Lnce Officer G. Bausor.
The Loyal Toast was given by the Pres 'Qtnt. Before giving the toast of "The t. John \mbL I !'lce Brigade," the Rev. Keith Jones poke on the \·ork of the Brigade, particularly on ne\l,' duties of r Raid Precautions, and offered hi services as an air Warden.
Superintendent H. Lines replied, giving a brief report of activities of members, and paid lrib ute to Alderman P. Collins and E. F. ope, Esq. (VicePresidents).
Awards gained durin g the year 1936 \vere presented by the President; these included three l\.R.P. Certificates (the first in the Division).
cc The Visitors" was proposed b y Acting Ambulance Officer G. Bausor.
The Chief Constable ( II. 1fark Watson) in reply, complimented members on smartness, and spoke. on the great and noble work of the S.J. J\.B.
With reference to Air Raid Precautions, h e replie d to criticism of gas masks, and assured all p resen t that masks were 100 p er cent. proof. The Chief aI_so expressed thanks to m embers of th e Brig ade ro r services rendered with Borou g h Ambulance.
At the Annual Meeting which follow ed, Di visiona l Surgeon Dr. Wm. B. McCall, M.B., Ch.B., pr e iding, Divisional Secretary, reported an increase in membership of ten. Total number of casualties treate d during year, 100 Treasurer's report showed balance in hand, £15·
106 by the Order of t. John for outh African service. The King George V Coronation Medal for public duty during the Coronation in London, also the Service Medal for efficiency of 15 ycars, and four bars, each representing fi e years' additional servi ce and is still taking an unofficial intercst in the work of the Order of St. John.
CARLISLE.
o. 4 Dl TRICT.
If in walking through Rickerb y Park you were asked to aid a drowning man who had just been pulled out of the Eden, would you know wha.t to do to save his life? Dr. J. Lamberton, Medical Officer of Health to the Border Rural Council, and lecturer to the Carlisle Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, put this que tion to Carlisle R otarian s when he spoke to them of the of ambulance training at the County I lotel, and supplled th e answer by a prac tical demons tration.
Members gathered round as the Hon. l \ssistant Secretary, MI. G. Kilpatrick, la y full length on the floor, an d Mi". L. tamper, uperintendent of the local Brigade, showed how artificial respiration
caJls riches, but jt does give you one of the most gratifying experiences an y person can receive, a?d that is the warm handshake of someone whose life you have saved, or whose suffering you have lessened, and who will always remember you with gratitude."
KESWICK.
The annual Whist Dri ve of the Keswick Di vision of the St. John .Ambulance Brigade was held in the Keswick Pav ilion, and was attended by 264 players. Mr. G. Do ver was the chief 11.C., and members of the Briga de were the stewa rd s .. Before the. presentation of prizes b y Mrs. J. B. Wrvell, KesWlck Hotel, Superintendent P. S. Todd asked the company to s tand in silence in memory of the Briga de' s late Di,yisional urgeon, D r. B urnett.
shou ld be appE d; the treatmcnt must be kept up until a doctor arrived.
Et 1p hasising that lives of accident were often needlessly sacrificed through lack ot elementary knO\\ ledge on the part of by mnder , pro Laf!1berton
Said th at he and other medical men In Carlisle had been struck b y the fact that whilst artisan worker , su ch as rai lw aym n, policemen, quarrymen and rrun ers , took an intcrest in First .Aid work, tho Who m he wou ld call black-coat '\ ' orkers did not. " 110st of you ar motod ts," he said, and you kno\\ of the terrible numb r of casualtie c th re ar on the roads . I consider that every per on who drive s a car should not onh' have a kno\vlcdge of First ,\id, but that he should have a certificate in it as a condition of gctti ng his licenc c ."
"Ambu lance work" declared Dr. Lamb rton "brin gs wi th it no personal reward or what the world T07
uperintendent Todd ai d the 50 men who comprised the Brigade had de,oted the ir Sel--DCeS to the people of :K.eswick and district. H h a d recei\Ted a much greater re pon e to ills appeal throu g h the newspapers thi year and he thanked th e ub cri bers
The motor ambulance had trayelled oye r a thousand mile with patients, but he would li k e in future to se the u efulne s of the Brigade extended. T o that end Dr. 1Iackenzie had been appointed a their ne,,- Diyi ional ur g eon. The roadside ambulance boxes which th Brig:lde had placed at \Tariou places in the di trict had pro,-ed m o. t u eful, particulark th one at td1ead. H w ould like to ee more a'f these box s piac d round about th e di etricr , and if fund permitted in the town itself. The motor ambulance, which b longed to the to\yn. wa in future going to be free of charg
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II. Ilope, Esq., Fleetwoo d, President o f the Fi h :\fercha m " prcse d io g the I hicld to the winne r
Dr. Mackenzie proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs. Wivell for presenting the prizes, and Mr. ]. W. Noon seconded. Miss Grisdale, daughter of Private Grisdale, presented Mrs. Wivell with a bouquet of flowers.
FLEEnvooD.
Fleetwood were the WInners of the Ambulance Competition at Stalmine recently for the Helen Elletson Sp.ield, with 367t points. ThorntonCleveleys Division with 359 points, won a silver cup given by J'vfrs. 11. A. C. Renshaw, of Hambleton, for the runners-up.
The presentations were made by the donors,
and Miss D. Philips handed a certificate to PreesalI, who were third.
A vote of thanks to Mrs. EJletson and Mrs. Renshaw was proposed by Superintendent T. R. Bailey and seconded by Mr. G. Woodier.
The judges were Dr. A. B. Taylor (Team Test) and Dr. Lucas (Individual Tests) They were than ked for their services by Superintendent J. Sumner and Ambulance Officer J. Bickerton.
o. 5 DISTRICT.
N OTT1NGHAMSH1RE.
"Winifred Gibson" Shield and "Birkin Cup" Nursing Competitions.- The Annual Competitions for the "Winifred Gibson" Shield and the "Birkin
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Cup" were this year combined and held at Bath Street Schools, Nottingham, on Thursday, March 18 when seven Teams from the Nursin g competed for the trophies.
Each Team was submitted to a Team Test, Practical and Bedmaking Tests, for which the Judges were :_ Team-Dr. G. H. Parker, Corps Surgeon, ottingham Corps; Practical- Divisional Superintendent p. Wilson Moulds, Nottingham; and Bedma king_ :Mrs. A. E. Wood, S.R. 1., C.M.B., I.S.T.M
In the Team Test the members were called up on to deal with an accident in which a man had su stained a knife wound severing the brachlal artery. Duri l1g the course of the treatment, a workmate of the injured man collapsed and also required Fi r -t Aid treatment. The bedmakin g test for os. I and 2 consisted of making up a bed for a patient suffering from asthma, who rnay not la y fiat. 1 os. 3 :ln d 4 \.\. re required to change the bottom for a patient in bed with a bed-rest and knee pillo\\'.
The re ult of the Competition was a follows:-
E. C. Robinson, of Pontefract, Corps Officers W. R. Wigglesworth and C. Hornby, both of a.nd A. Leyland, of Featherstone; With Corr s Secreta ry W. Banham, of Ackworth, who agalQ made efficient arrangements.
\1r. Else described the Pontefract Corps as (( an exceedingly good one," and the head of as "one of the best little chaps who ever lomed the Order of St. John." (Applau se .) Although widespread, and claiming an of the whole membership, he saId, NO.5 DIstnct seemed to go ne ahead, and its progress was due to the fac t that the men, although doing voluntary work, rea lised the meaning of discipline. Work in connec tion with air raid precautions, said Mr. Else, was progressing very well in the District.
were presented to H. Rice, J. Machin, F. Alder, P. Davey, and J. H. Dixon.
Prizes for the 1936 Welfare Shield were presented to T. Hayes, H. L.l\sqUlth, and J. Machin, of Askern DI VISIOn, as .wlllners; runner-up prizes to G. Asquith, J. H .. S. Canning, and T. A. Cobner, of Sutton D IVISIOn.
The Chairman (Corps Superintendent G. Morgan) called upon the Corps President to present the Corps Secretary (Corps Officer A W. Free) with a silver cigarette case, and expressed his appreciation to the Secretary for his services. Corps Officer Free was also the A.R.P. Grade 2. instructors' certificate of the S.J B.
The trophies were presented to thc Team by :Mrs. G. H. Parker, together with in dividua l awards to the members of the Team.
The arrangcments for the Comf ctiti n we re made by Lady Corps ecretary 1i ss L. Oldfield, the Office r in charge being Lady orp upcrintendent I'. E. Paling.
Po TTEFRACT
The part to be played by the t. John A mbulance Brigade-and the o. 5 District in particular -in the forthcoming Coronation, and plans for a Roya l jubilee review of the Brigade a f w days lat cr made known by the Chief of Staff for the DIstrIct (Mr. H. C. E lse), at Po ntefract recently. lIe was speaking at the I.I th annual dinner of the oHicer of the Pontefract and District Corp, held in Messrs. Wordsworths' Cafe.
Corps Superintendent T. C. l \mery, of P ontdr'lct, presided, and with him were frs. mery, th l '" !a\"or of Pontefract (Councillor T. J. ides, J.P.), M;. an d Mrs. Else, Assistant Commissioner Dr. h.. H. B eve rle y , of Worsboro' Dale, Count y Su:ge? n
T. C. A. Sweetnam, of Hemsworth, Lad y Dlstrl ct Officer 1tuss Ashbery, of Sheffield, Corp
Dr. F. W. Sullivan, of South Kirkby, Corps S'..Lrgeo n
Dr. W. D. D yson, of Hemsworth, and Mr s. Di SOD, Corps Surgeon Dr. B. Hart, O.B.E., of Arrothorpe, the Chairman of the Featherstonc Division (Count)' Councillor B. Bradley) and Mrs. Bradley, the Chairma n of the Ackworth Division (Councillor G. E Gues t, J.P.) and Mrs. Guest, Lady Corps Secret ary Mrs.
The o. 5 District was to send to the Coronatlon 1 2 5 men out of the 15,000 would attend. .1 \ few days afterwards the Bn gade would celebrate its jubilee by a Ro yal re iew in Hyde Park; and Queen Eliz abeth, with ut being asked, had expre sed a des ire to take the salute. In spite of her p Iblic duties ller iajesty still held .the office ot (hid of the 1 Turses, and would contlDue to hold_ it with the assistance, probably, of the Duche s ot llio ucester. To the review, the District \.vould sen d 355 men and mcers, and fi\Te superior officers, an d the nur c would send two companies of 65, wit h four ofIicer and one commanding officer. ThC - \\ ould be chosen as soon as possible, and Mr. EI c' hopeu that a good many would be cho en fn m the Pontefract orps. 1\'1r. El e al 0 lcdo-ed the great sefyice to the Division of the 1:1 sLrg eon
1\ KER
..0.fcmbers of the Askern :Main Corps of t. John Ambulance Brigade met at the In ti tu te to ce 1 brate the 2. 1 S t a nnli.'er ary 0 t the for mation of the Askern "\mbulanc Di,-ision.
A bout 180 members and friend at down to t a in cluding cight members who the fir t to enrol cn :0farch 16, 1916, when the DI, lsIOn was formed.
1\ concert was afterwards given by 11essrs. H. O . \'? illiams and lamp, 1 la. ter J. \\" illiams, 1.1r. :.\lundy and 11is L Clamp.
.L \ number of pres mation were made by the Co rps President ( It. \,\lj.lliam Llewelyn Jones) a fo llows :-
.Jlm:- ix Fir t l \id certificates 17 vouchers, 9 medallions, 53 labels, scr ice chevrons to 3 I membe rs) and service medal bar to three member Jr"oJ)Jell '-Eio-ht [<irst Aid certifi.cates, 12 label b 12 home nu rsing pendants, ancl one nine y ars' se rvice bauge.
The A kern olliery R scu Brigade it)"ht year ba r \Va prcsented to J. Ilod()"kinson, and E. Priestley, who has completed 2. 1 year as a mines rescue worker, received a canteen ot cutlery.
The Llewelyn Jon s ambulanc 111 dals, 1937,
Corps uperintendent :Morgan al 0 referred to th e work being done by Lady Dh-i ional uperintendem i\uss Goodman and Lady Di\Ti ional ecretani\Ir PadEeld in connection ,,:ith the .L ill ing which was formed 20 years ago.
i\uss Goodman and :i\hs. Padfield were each presented gold wrist ,,-atche b,- 1Ir. Llewelyn Jones.
1Ir. :;\lorgan appeal d to member to bring inw th Brigade both old and ne,,- member
The Corps Pre idem e:\.."Pre ed hi appreClatlon of the ambulance mO\ rement in A kern and of th appointment of Corp ur a on D. :0Ialloch a honorary .:-en-ing brother of the Order of t. John. He aid he was pleased to _ ee som face of the pioneec of 2 I years ao-o particularly :01r. .., Da,-i , the iirst Dh-i ional ecr tary and n o w D iyi ional uperintendent of the Bullcroft Di\-i -ion and 11[. mith, who had 2 I year' unbroken ITic in .L\t th 'close of the concert th COlP uraeon (Dr. :Malloch) in moying a yote of thanks to
Lady Divisional SupetintendentMiss E. Ollis, Ex-Corps Supt. C. Ollis, Div. Supt. W. Ollis Combined Brigade service over 100 yeats
the President and artists, made reference to the honour of Servino- Brother which had been bestowed upon him as not only an honour to himself but to the whole Corps of which he is a member.
NORTH BIERLEY.
Distin o-uished services rendered to the cause of work were recognised recently, when the two Superintendents of the North Bierley.Ambulance and Nursing Divisions, :Mr. J:fenry HeWltt, of wood Green, Halifax, and Miss Kathleen 1. Bnggs, I)f Wyke, Bradford, were invested with the of office of Servino- Brother and Serving Slster respectively, of the Venerable Order of the Hospjtal of St. John of Jerusalem at St. John's Gate. Mr. Hewitt has 24 years' and Miss Briggs 22 years' efficient service. Mr. Hewitt was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of the Ambulance Division of North Bierley in 1927, after acting as Secretary for eight years. Miss Briggs has been Superintendent and Treasurer of the Nursing Division since 1931, after 14 years as Lady Ambulance Officer. Both were awarded Grade II Instructors' Certificates after examination last year in Air Raid Precautions and First Aid in Chemical Warfare.
No. 6 DISTRICT.
HULL CORPS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Hull Corps of the Brigade in the East Riding of Yorkshire, held the end of February last, Mr. C. Batley, speaking from the chair, expressed his personal thanks t o the County Commissioner and his county staff, to all officers and members of the Brigade in Hull, to the Medical Officers for their lectures, their annual and supplementary examinations and tests, the Press, the Police, and to all who dunng the past year had contributed to a highly satisfactory year's work, and he trusted thei.r c:mtinued cooperation would enable them to rnruntaln and extend their usefulness in the future.
Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Howell also expressed her thanks for the gratifying. support she had received, and she referred espeCIally to the excellent services of Ambulance Officer and Mrs. Whitewood in connection with the Medical Comforts Depot in cases of emergency.
At the end of last year Ambulance Officers and men in the Corps showed a strength of 39 I, whilst the Lady Officers and Nurses numbered 188, a total nett increase of four upon the previous year.
Public duty had been arranged upon an even larger scale than ever, and so great was the request for the' attendance of trained first-aiders that at bmes it had been found difficult to obtain sufficient members to meet the need. The duties included attendance at football and baseball matches, sports meetings, motor club rallies, boxing tournaments, race meetings, swimming galas, garden parties, the ar:nua1 match for the blind, public processlOns, PlcrucS, and outings including an excursion trip to the launch-
lng of the Oueen Ma,y, Hull Pleasure Fair, Hull Baby Show, the Yorkshire Show, Musical Festival Girl Guides and Lord Mayor's Camps, and cinemas, and many other minor events.
The total number of cases treated on these occasions of public duty amounted to 2,265. Furthe r, the members of the Nursing Divisions have given 1,002. attendances at the various Hospitals and Clinics.
The total number of ca es reported as treate d by members of the Corps when not actually on duty amounted to 17,461, an increase of about 23 per cent. upon the number for the previous year .
At the Hull Pleasure Fair ambulance men performed 43 and nurses 208 tours of duty. The cases dealt with at the Fair numbered 444.
Much useful ervice has also been performe d by members of the Corps on road duty .
Considerable zeal is being shown by membe r in Air Raid Precautions work, many having quaI l cd for one or other of the certificates issued.
Film lectures throu gh the co-operation of Drs Jennin gs and Dearne have b een a feature of the winter's work.
Competition work which is so useful in efficiency in first aid has been \y 11 to the fore du nng the year, Kingston, Hull, ursing Divi ion ha nin(t won the No. 6 District Trophy and represented the District at the Final in London for the Perrott Sh Jd
This Division also won the Hampson Cup and lC Hull Centre Trophy. The competition for the B )fl Cup was won by mbulance ister ar ner A.1C Inter-Divisional League Competitions haye been an interesting feature of this branch of the \yor k
The Annual Flag Da y was carried out ucccss l 11)' by Sergeant Fairclough and his Commit c) £225 lIS. IOd. being raised, of which £24 15 s. sd ., or nearly 1 per cent. was raised separately in Il ede and nei ghbourhood. The Corps greatly appreCl te e; the work of all those who helped in this connecti on
NE\,\'CASTLE-ON-Tv E
The first social function-a \ ' llist Driyc mel Dance-of the newly-formed ovocastrian Divisl n, Newcastle-on-Tyne Corps, was held in the II e1t on Assembly Rooms, Newcastlc-on-Trne, on March 24· About 150 members and friends " re present, including Corps Superintendent J. R. LO t!an , Vickers-Armstrong Corps, and Corps Officer C. G. Blacklock, Newcastle-on- Tyne Corps.
A telegram congratulating tl1e Divisional Su perintendent, Mr. Hair, and wishing the Division 1 ng life, was received from Corps Superintendent T. R Midgley, who was unable to attend.
It was announced that Mr. S. Smith, J.P., a hea l business man, had agreed to become Hono rary President of the Division, and had sent a chl que for £100 to provide uniforms and equipment. was a bomb shell, especially to the Superintend wt , as the Division was without funds and in a dis trlcr where funds were very hard to obtain.
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Many prizes were given for whist and spot dan CIng ,
these being presented to the winners by Corps superintendent Logan.
o. 8 DISTRICT.
eRAWLEY UR I G DIVISION.
The annual general meeting of the Crawley ursing Division was held on Friday, March 19. .The chair was taken by Divisional Surgeon R. Krught, supported by Lady Divisional Superintendent Miss Matthews and Ambulance Officer Miss Sturt.
The annual report shows the strength of the Division as 19 Ambulance isters, with the Divi sio nal urge on and Supenntendent 2 I members in all. Thirty-seven drills and practices were held over a period of I I mon ths - 18 members passed the annual re-examination and 19 were present at the annual inspection.
The Gi rl Cadets en tered the County Competitions for the first time, and obtained the Sussex Cup. Followi ng is a summary of the year's work in the ursing Di\ ision :Motor \mbulancc attendances 83 Ho spita l Duti es 180 Hut Dutie (ummer undal's only) 18 Pub lic Duties 4 First Ai d at homes 9 Dril' and Practices 37
No. 9 DI TRICT . BAR)'.; rAPLE.
Dr. C. E. urzon, the Bishop of Exeter, dedicated recen tly the new motor ambulance presented anonymously to Barn stap le t. J ohn Ambulance ssociabon. The cerem ny took place in Barnstaple Pannier Mark t, and .£: 11 wed morning service in the parish church. The Bishop was the preacher at the ervice in church, and his Lordship was welcomed by the .;. byor of Barnstaple (Capt. Wilfred latter), who is Pre ident of Barn taple t. John .( \mbulance Associatio n.
After th dedication the Bishop said in a short addn.:s s that he was glad his first visit to Barnstaple coinCIded with the pportunity of dedicating that wondt:rful ambulance. He wished the ambulance alon l' life and the Association every success.
Dr H. . Jonas ( hairman of the 1\ sociation) exprl se d the members' thanks to the Bishop. gathering included Dr. E Hoerman (.1\ sistant County Commissioner), Dr. K. G. ,\ T aundeL (County Surgeon), :Mr. J. 1. Pepperell (County Officer), Mr. WI. Latimer (Corp Ollic r), from North Devon l \r ea; l\1r. H. CotteriLl ( ectetar),), Supet·ntendent 11. J. l - nott (Barnstaple), and :i\Ir P. G Heppcnstall ( ecretary, :Motor Committee), members of the Ambulanc and Ut wg Brigades ; and Mrs. O. 1cWhinnie (Commandant, De\1o n 42, V.A.D. D etachment, Barnstaple, of The Britis h Red Cross ociety). The new ambulance i a six-cyli nder u tin costing about £800, and is equipped with special low-pr ess ure cc cushion" tyre '
Correspondence
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To the Editor, ST. AMBULANCE G AZETTE. D EAR SIR,-I hear rumours that the text-book of First Aid is to be revised. If this is so, I wonder whether a few suggestions from a lecturer of some years' experience would be of any value.
Poisons.- These should be re-classified, a separate class being given to convulsants. Strychine, Prussic Acid, are not narcotics, and their inclusion under this heading leads to confusion. I suggest that certain poisons, such as Aconite and Stramonium, cease to be mentioned by name. They are of very rare occurrence, and in any case they have no specific antidotes, and need only be treated by the general rules for their classes. Instead, Aspirin might be mentioned by name. Its use with suicidal intent is becoming daily more common.
Foreign Bodies.-Could a few lines be spared for the treatment of foreign bodies swallowed into the stomach?
I suggest something of this sort :-For smooth and rounded objects no First Aid is needed. An open safety-pin, thermometer bulb, or sharp objects generally, are best treated by giving sandwiches of teased cotton-wool, or by the admi.n..istration of porridge or suet pudding.
lodine.-Some cautions must really be given with regard to the use of this fluid. As the text-book reads at present, the only wound not treated with iodine is one of the abdominal wall with organs protruding. .( \11 other wounds, including fracture of the skull with the brain exposed, limbs torn off by machinery, etc., cc IODD."'E A.PPLIED ALL OVER THE Thi treatment i sometimes carried out, and cannor be called good First Aid. Plea e do not think that these suggestions are made in any carping spirit. I alway maintain that our text-book is easily the best of its kind, and very near perfection. Only we must be striving to make that .C venT near,' nearer still. Hence thi letter. '
YoUI' faithfulhT :\1. E. ROL
CA E REPORT No. 120 - The Officer-in-Charge of No. 4 (Lancashire) District S J A .B., rep o rts the efficient pelformance of first aid b y Ser o- eant lin F. Whittaker, a member of Stretford mbulanc e Corps , in the followin g ci r cumstances :-
On March 12 Sergeant Whittaker was called to an emplo yee of the 11etropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., T r afford Park, whom he found inse nsible as th e r es ult of electric shock sustained in the cour se of his work on transfo r mer test. Commencin g resuscit a ti o n treatment i mmedi a tel y on his arrival, Se r g eant Whittaker succeeded In brin g in g his patient back to consciousness after breathing had ceas e d for quite an appreciable time. Late r he r e ceiv ed fr om his empl oy ers a let t er of appreciation fo r his v ery c omaction, which was the me ans of p reventin g more senous co ns e quences.
CO llLMEN T.-T1vo practical lesso1ls emanate frolll this report First , there is need for first aiders to be efficiellt in resuscitation methods , because thtJl 1le1)er kilO}}) 11'1Je11 a call lvill arise. 1 evertheless , I llspectin u Officers 0110 too often state that the 1vork dOl1e 1vas good except peljorlJiallce o f artificial re spiration- probablJl beca/.lSe this valtrable means of saving life is 110t practised ojten enollgh Oil drill nights S eco ndlY , first aiders shoffld appreciate that cases of insen sibility ?uttltilJg from electric shock have been rest ored t o life after fOtlr hours' perseverance Tvith artificial resp ira tion .
I n these circtlmstances , Sergeant Alin F . merits our cordial congratulatio1lS 011 the facts that he had mastered the art of t he co rrect performance of artificial resp iration, and t hat he persevered lmtil he had the satisf action qf kn owing that he had saved a hlllllan lifeN.C.F.
CASE REpORT No. 12. 1.-The Officer-in-Char ge of Western Area N o . I D istri ct S.J A .B., r ep o r ts t he efficient performance o f first aid b y A mbula n ce Sister S. Baggaley, a member of No. 22 (Harrow ) Nursing Division, in the follow ing circumstance s :-
While on holiday, A mbulance Sister Bagg al ey chanced to enter Wannock Gardens, just outside Eastbourne, where she came across a lad y seated o n a chair, looking ill and groanin g . This lad y wa s accompanied by a young man who turned out to be her son; and as he had not thought it worth hi s while to learn first aid, he was unable to help hi s mother. Miss Baggaley proceeded to examine the part where the lady complained of pain, and drew the conclusion that this was due to a fracture of forearm, which in the absence of ambulance material, she controlled with her own scarf. At this point the young man fainted. Unperturbed by this unexpected complication, Miss Baggaley stopped the treatment of her first to deal with her second patient. In this she was handicapped by the crowd of bystanders, who by this time had gathered round the
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patients and generously offered hints - som e goo d mostly bad- as to what should be done. she had restored the y oun g man to consci ousness
Miss Bao-o-aley obtained a cardboard b ox a nd strips of cloth, with which she fixed up the fractured forearm. Then she treated hock by administerlug hot tea which sh e obtaine d from a n earb y te a house and finally she completed h e r ta k by seein g her patients (whom h e had dul y referred t o h ospltal) afely seate d in their char ab anc for th eir ho meward journey.
T. - This case is typical of t/;e tho/{soll Jr oj crue s ejjicle )Jtfy t reated l1 Jeek af t er l})eek by members ( , the Brigade at home and overseas (1)1(1 /he scene JJ'i.h its SIlJTOllll dillgS UlOldd make a tlseful le.ft for comp('titio ll plllposes I t OI7 IJI re/)/oins, there/o re, cordially 10 (0 )1l,mtlliate Alllblflance S is/er Baggolq), O)J her good 1I'Ol'k.C F.
Questions and Answer ]
""'XTER - \L C\ROTID \ R rFRY.
J. B. (C ul don) -On page 99, the Text- 10k, d ealing \\'ith the xterna l ar t id \n I,), • a l ' :_
" Th e Exte rn al arotid off u' FE i mpor ta nt b ra n ches : the a r teries of the t, r ue (Lino- u al), of the face (Facial) , and of the ba c! of the h ead (O cc ipital). The arterr Jtself is then continue d u pw ard in front f the ear to suprl the calp in the front ha lf of the head (Temporal). ,;
The fron ti piece d istinctly shows the OC t mitll co ntinu es ro u nd t o the back of the head whil t the t emp o r al i a b ranch distinc tl y eparatc.
h ou ld this read : ( T he External arotid t n' gives off FOL'R important branches: the arter it df the tongue (Lingua l) , of the face (Facial), tIle h ck of th e h ead ( O ccipital), and of the forehead (Tem p )ral).
Y om' suggesled amendJllent of the descrip/ioll ;n the T ext-book is 1I0t acceptable, becall.ft (Illo/O!llic .//y tbe T empora l is the di rect contint/atio)} a!ld Jlot a brr: 'vh the Exte m oi Ca ro tid ./1rte )]' , and became a ( /Jr meh " is an " ar m- like p rojection" 01' "offshoot" fro m the main s feJJJ - C. F.
MED DL E OME F IRST AID ( O 22).
P. B. (Fi n chl ey) - R centl y, whil e motoring t the South Coas t f o r a w ell-earne d h o liday, I came noS
a g o o d exa mpl e o f me ddl eso m e first aiel ren red b y indivi dual s wh o , kn owin g n o thin g , p resum ed to do ever ythin g A youn g gi rl w h o h a d been kn ock ed o ff h er push cycle b y a car, w as c o mplainin g of !' 'vc re pain in h er ri g ht thigh, and w as s uffering tro m se v ere shock.
I arri ve d as the b ystand e rs, w itho ut a ny attempt at examination or treatment, were tryi ng to pac h the girl into a baby Austin with a view to her re mova l to hospital. Needless to add, I stopped thi s forthwi th, examined the girl and discovered a compol: nd fracture of femur with lower fragment protrudmg
th ro ugh her underclothing. Then, by enqum es ad dressed to the crowd, I was able to arran g e for prope r treatment o n th e spot, a nd aft erward s f o r trans port to ho spital in an ambulan ce Tift ! Ttlt!! next ?-N. C. F.
BLEEDI G J\ FTE R A fPUTATIO 017 P UALANX
T. H. (P oo l- i n Wh a rfdale) - In all m y examin at io ns for the As so ciatio n-eve n i n t h e case of s tudent s who hav e an exce ll ent kno w led ge of fi r st aid - I h;n e never ye t go t the pro p er an swe r a s to h ow sh o ulc.l b e s t op p e d if a p atient lost the fir<;t joint of a fi nge r or thu mb. The an swer usua ll y given i s t o appl y a tour niquet on the radia l and ulnar ar t er ies . I d on't know if you agree w it h me; but I have t hought that the digi ta l ar teries shou ld be included in t he pressure p oints
The Text-book ilt //;e last paragraph bllt one on page 95 I(!)'s dOJl,)! lor Ihc.re cases exactly t/Je treatment J}Jhich you adl'ocate . COlJseqJ(clIl!y, /he failure to applY the correct /l'Ccltme lll in raseJ cc niHIl part of limb is mt or tom off," (.11/IJO/ in a/l faimeJJ be al/ri/JIIled to I/;e Texl-book: 0111 (rallk!.;' 1 ctll/Jlol He all)' adzloJ//age jn teaching pre.r.wre pO/1/I.\ for t/;e arteries.
The .< /!lJcricrm Tl.yt-book (1933) goes to the other txlrell/e. It does 1101 1Ialllt /he lIIoi" arteries to /Jead and fill/In , excepl with n/aetlrc to prus"re poinls 7J 1hich are 0111, indicated for Ihe /Jead (carolid, facial and temporal), a)Jd /01' the lill/us (J"bcJfllliaJl, brachjal and fellloral). Personalo' 1 hope tbal 0111' Text-book mil lleN!' folloll' Ihis (to ,HC , I'clrof!.,mdl') e,""'tlll/plt. '. C. F.
V\LLJE 01- Dl \r \-":D D \tn 1. 1 1. (Poo l-in- \'\ harCdalc).-It mar interest you to k now that 1 was the jirst , \s ociation lecturer to ad(),)t th metho d of teaching an ambulance cla S to use the dear and dumb all habel in connecti n with fir lid \ \' rk. The f llowing inCldcnc impressed me of the necessity oC ambulance w orker being able to con ersc wi t h deaf and dumb p ople In my early da ) a urgeon-kcturcr I got a 'r hone call asking me to go to an accident-man knocked do\\'n by a tra 1- car. The me senger info r med me that the man \Va <. drunk-so much so that he could no t peak Wl1It happ ene d, ha p pens i n too ma n y ca es. ome pelon, \,:ith all tbe be tint nt ioos in the v:orld, tried to g i\ e the patie n t some brandy . Being unable to wallow the liqui d , 11'10 t of i t was spilt on the man' c1o tl 1es, th us creating the false i mpre ion that the patiLnt was und er th e inau en c of dri nk. 1 was ab le to (o nverse wi th this ma n, and fo und out he had ne\ cr tas t e d an y kind of a lc o h olic li qu or in his liD I was holdin g a cl ass at thi s tim e; an d a t th e n ext meeting-foll o w in g t he above in cid n t-I to ld th story, and offer e d to get a copy of the d ea f and d u m b alphab et f o r each m em b er i f they w o ul d learn it.
This w as ag reed on; and I am g lad t o say ever y one of the members becam e pro fi cient in b ein g able to conve rse with one another Ir e thallkyofl for y o"I' leiter, and also fo,-yoll r p ractical suggestiolJ, which 1ve CO JJllll eJJd to ot/Jer D i visiolJal Sur Ueo fl s.
-N. C. F.
Priory for Wales
GENERAL INTEREST
WEL II B RIGADE
The 1937 winners of the championship trophies of the St. J ohn Ambulance Brigade in Wales were decided at Carcliff on Saturday, l\1arch 6, when j\mbulance and Tu rsing teams ;epresentative of the various Centres of the Priory, competed in the annual competition for the « Llandinam» Shield and (( .Arthur Griffiths i-.lemorial» Cup respectiyely. won their way through series of eliminating contests arranged within the counties concerned, teams participating could well be regarded as the cream of \\'elsh Brigade ambulance workers; and the enthusiasm for success in these competi tions is alwa\'s enhanced bv rea on of the attendant honour of representing the Priory for Wales in the Brigade Finals in London.
•\s in former year , the suppOrt accorded to the Priory's \,;ork by the CardiH Civic _-\.uthorities was indicated by the provision of ample accommodation in the dignified setting of the City Hall, and the attendance of the Lord :0Iayor and Lady ..\fayores Herbert Hiles, 1.1.B.E., J.P., and "\Irs lliles) Higher Brigade Officers present included ommi ioner D r. Edgar Llewellrn (Cardiff), and Lieutenant-Colonel C G. Cole -Hamilton, C::'1.G., D .. 0 . (Brecknockshire), Assistant Commissioners Captain . B. Turner, :i\1.R.C. ., L.R .CP. (Caerphilly), J H D avies (Rhondda), Captain F. P. Robathan, :01.C (Cardiff), F. R Hortop (Barry), G L. (Aberdare), County Officer \". H. Johnson (CardiH), Lad\- Count\ Officers .i\Irs C. T. Hurry Riche (Caerphilly), 1 1. Luca , :i\ I. B.E (Barry) 'and l\Ir . F. D ayies (Mountain Ash), Lady Corp uperintendent 1 11 ss V. \\' . R ee (P enarth) and 1It . van (B arry), Corp Trea urer \,'. Cotter (Cardiff) an d others .
T he t a m te t i n the nut-ino- competition represented a road accident in which a lad \,-a knocked down a b out te n yard from his o w n home Treatment inclu d e d t o home an d preparation of patient for examination b y the d octor. The men's team te t g iven in f ull below, pre en ted an eyeryday type f d ome tic o ccu rre n ce. B oth te ts called for a h io-h de g r e of ski ll; and the tandard of efficiency h o wn was co ns i d ered as b ing generally very satisfact ory b y the f o ll owing a djudicator , w hos c o mments and h lpful criti ci ill wer e re ceiyed s ubse qu entl y \vi th much i nt er est :-
Headquart e r8: Priory Hous e, 4, Cathedral Road Cardiff
J. Prosser Davies, M.B., B.S. (Corps Surgeon, Glamorgan County Centre).
Team Test-
A. M. Robertson, M.B., Ch.B. (Corps Surgeon, Merthyr Tydfil Centre).
After-Care and NursingMiss E. C. King (Matron, City :Mental Hospital, Whitchurch).
The Uniforms were judged by Captain T. E. Richards, J.P. (Commissioner for the Rhondda) and Lady County Superintendent Mrs. Paskin, Brecknockshire).
The Principal Secretary (the Hon. John H. Bruce, D.L., J.P.) presided at the presentation ceremony, following tea, and announced the results as under " Arthur GrifJiths Memorial JJ Cup (Women).
Order of Tota/ Merit. Team. Centre. }(farks. LlaneUv Carmarthenshire 33 7i
2 Barry '.. City of Cardiff
3 Builth Wells Brecknocksrure 280 '1
4 Cwmaman Aberdare 27 6i
5 Pontnewynydd Monmouthsrure 25 6t
6 Cwmavon Glamorgan County 23 8 i " Llandinam" Shield (Men).
I Tredegar Monmouthshire 317{
2 Kenfig Hill Glamorgan County (West) 30 9!
3 Barry Dock Cardiff 300 1
4 Clydach and District Brecknockshire 286 Naval Collieries andPenygraig Rhondda District 28I l
6 Treharris Borough of Merthyr Tydfil 274 i
7 Bargoed and Glamorgan County District (East) 25 8 i
8 Duffryn Arnan Aberdare 2 5
The Lord Mayor presented the " Llandinam " Shield to the Captain of the Tredegar team, and cheques to the first three teams in order of merit.
The Llanelly Nursing Team, whose names have been inscribed on the "Arthur Griffiths Memorial" Cu p on many previous occasions, received the troph y at the hands of the Lady Mayoress, while the Llanelly, Barry and Builth Wells Teams were presented with 114
cheques. to .th Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for thetr graclOus presence and encouraging words were proposed by the COITUnissioner for Brecknockshire and econded by the Commission er for the Rhondda.
Proposing thanks to the Judges, Miss E. Ha rries (Lady Divisional Superintendent of the Llane lly Nursing Division an A.R.P. Officer) welcomed t he opportunity of expressing the indebtedness of Briga Je members to th many members of the medical p rofession were devo ting valuable time and serv Ice
THE LATE MR. H. I GLbDEW K night of ] ustice f the 0 rder an d II onornrv Solicitor III the Fri tH') for \" ak to who c outstand in g services in t hL I Establishmenr and D cydopmenr of the Priory for Wal es L reference was made in thc ?l arch iSSLlL
in gIVIng ambulance instruction. The vote ,\ras seconded by Corps Superintendent J. Leach, Tred cQ;ar.
In concluding the proceeclings, the Prin cipal Secretary made the welcome announcement that the Priory had undertaken, in additi on to the u sua l monetary prizes, to meet the travellin g exp cllses of the two teams representing Wal es in Londo n )11 April 9' He thanked the tewards and Patient s fn r their services, and the Competition ecretary, 1f r. 1iabon Abraham, for the successful organisation ot the Competition.
" LLA TDr AM" TEAM TEST.
Ouesfion: "You are attending a dance in the Village Hall, when you hear that the caretake r,
who lives on the premises, has met with an accident there ., Collect a team and act as you would, Time 15 IJl1n utes.
fit/ormation; The man when hanging a picture fro m the steps .and received the following infractured thigh and ruptured varicose vein on right le g, and concussion."
Details of Test,
Orde rly approach, Captain's instruction
Notc rustress of wife-c alm and comfort
Notc position and conclition of patientface pale-remove table
Speak to touch patient- no :
Loose,n tlght clothing- neck, chest, waist
Exanune mouth for dentures-removal dentures
Test pulse?- Weak, quick? Breatrung shallow
Exarrune pupils? qual dilated- test reactlOn-slight
?Fl LId from ear, n o e, mouth-no Dec de. concussion-telephone co rnlng-cover patient. . .
Exa scalp for injur y-detect ? ab raslO n ..
Heal] to one wife' for har dke rcruef) etc., iodine, sci ssors , and he t so me 'watc[
Cut Llir-iodin e on'
Clean , dry dre ss? BandaO'e
Obtain appl co ld applica ti ons to -contlnu us]\, , \otc. pos ition
ha:.;lO rrha gc from lcO'- dar k red le g-n ote of bandage
\'Jr! ose vcin
Rem o c for no . . . . .
Iodtn l: on fi · d' n ge rs- uect digItal pressure on wound mid : :
. °fte no blood above bandage-? simple ra cture-yes
Gern1t1k extension-place limb in
le o w support I eli
°fin L finger wound - dry, dress - pad
rm ban da O'e
Band b 1
1 19: e ow and above \"\'ound. 1 t h'
fee t x morrha ge arr steel-yes-tie
Effici( 'l t " , " .' : c.xamlJ1atlOn [or other In) uriestru nk, limbs- no 1m " lsed b an da ges-place in position 1m order) "
l Pbro \ Ise splint (broom handles 2) andagesco rrectorde r ' OITer) : D d I atlent- test pulse-lmpro iog eq c to remove patient to bed
Ask wife to prepare bed--assist herfracture board bed: :
Adjust cold application on head
Obtain hot water bottle s-fi ll test for leakage
Apply covered cradle (s t oo l) over legs
PatIent re stle ss and att em pt s to vomit
Keep ?ead to one side-support-and obta11l recei ver
Speak to : : :
Testabilit y to sw allow-sips of cold (teaspoon)
Comfort patient-encourage to sleep
D on leave patient-watch conclitio D . ns report
Efficlency of Captain . . , . Smartness and co-operation of team
Toeal
r .-4I1Jbfl/OfJCe H aJI for connection \\ lth a scheme for the erecuon of a \ bul H t P d n J''l.m ance all a ontar awe the Principal ecretap- ot- th P' att d d' ,e non n e a _ I11: ee tlflg on Februarv 2 I call d i-or tho Purpose t . ' -, 0 lntere tlilg the emplorees of).1
Gllbert on s \\ orks \"\-ith a view to th' el'r t th I' contn utln a e cost. n concluding an inspirinO' addre on th'::. Istory and .erogr of the Ordero and _. e llnportance ot Fir t A..id t " th H the "\ Hal B - ratruI1O' e on J H H rullce POlnt d out that the of an Am'bul' a wa to 0" h anc e could b . t all m mbers of the public 0 trun lnstructlon ln Ambulanc w ork Ho
UrSlnO' and H\ ' O'i d " me ° _ b ne an contlntuty depended
upon the provIslOn of a permanent headquarters in each town.
11ajor W. Owen Evans, M.B.E., .r LB., Assistant Commissioner for the Pontardawe County Area, who presided, e1>..'Plained that of the £600 required, £200 has been subscribed. A site had been placed at their disposal on generous terms by Mr. S. S. Lewis, J.P., President of the Pontardawe Division, plans had been drawn up, and a start could be mad e as soon as the necessary funds were assured. References to the good work being carried on by the Pontardawe Division were made; and it was decided to refer the question of a contribution to the Workmen's Representatives.
:tvl01'-."f1.IOUTHSHlRE Cm TRE.
BrynmaJvr R eservists. - The following members hav e received Long Service and Good Conduct :Medals as Royal Naval Auxiliar y Sick Berth Reservists:
W. Watkins, O. Price, G. H. Ja yne , T. Hartshorn and W. Hughes. Efficient service in this Reserve, which is staffed s olely f rom the membership of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, includes annual requalification in First Aid and Home ursin g and completion of a course of training on board ship or in Hospital, in addition to attendance at drills, inspections, etc.
Monmouth D ivision.-Major A. Reade, D.S.O ., M.C., presiding at the Annual Meeting of the Monmouth Division, held at the Headquarters on March 20, appealed for more recruits for the purpose of supplementing the strength of the Unit, and at the same time providing a well-directed channel for useful endeavour. Referring to the excellent services of the Superintendent, Mr. C. H. Muschamp, and the five original members of the Unit still serving, Maj or Reade paid tribute to the continued interest and support of Captain L. Twiston D avies, D.L., J.p., F.S.A.A., who was unanimously re-elected VicePresident. Captain Davies urged the importance of Brigade Members becoming proficient in Air Raid Precautions; and preparation s for the Monmouth Division to receive training are in hand.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Glamorgan Territorial Army Association' s offer of the Hutments at Barry Island, where, last year, four hundred cadets enjoyed a week's holiday and instruction camp, has been accepted for August and part of September next. Details will be circulated later.
Brigade Surgeons are taking full advantage of the excellent courses of lectures o n A.R.P. given b y Dr. E. T. Glenn y, appointed by the Home Office to lecture classes organised in South Wales under th e auspices of the British Medical Association, attendance at which on the part of Bri ga de Surgeons can be considered as qualification for appointment as Grade I A.R.P. Instructors.
Air Raid Precautio ns
-Especially for Surge on s No.2
B!J nr. c. BENT 4LL O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R. C.P. ,!i,' Raid Preca tLtions Staff Officer to the Chief C omm is siO IlCl'
The first article dealt with the classificati on of war gases, and with the charact eristic of the eye , nose and lung irritants; this article will deal with the characteristics of kin irritants and the Path ology of the war gases.
Characteristics (Collti!llled).
4. - S kin Irritants.
There are two skin irritants or blister gases -· (a) [ustard ga . (b) Lewisite .
(a) Jl1l1stard G as
Chemically it is D ichlo ro-dieth yl sulphide, hich is a chloro de ri\'ative of a thi o ether, and hs the formula S(C 2 H4,C1):! In the pur state it is rlear colou rless h eavy il y fluid with a faint odo l' sai d to res em ble mustard or gar lic. It boiling p oinr i 217 d eg C, and it bec 111 s a white crystalli r so Ud at 14-4 deg . It aporises l o \dy and so is .1 lighl)' pers ist ent substance. In the crude form as u - xl for filling shells it i dark col ured, and f reezes at a lowe r temperature, viZ " 7 deg. C
(1) StabililJ' - It i a table compound Ie ' iv-ely, an d is not easi ly b roken do\vn. Heat will Lve it off in vapour; water will only hydrolyse it if boiling or b y steam ; chlorinati n by bleaching pCH.vder destroys it.
(ii ) dis olve in oil and f, ts, and in many organic so lvents , e.g ., alcohol, petr ol, tetra carbide (the chemical fire extinguisher). D ' olye d in these solutions i t will still give ofF its I arm ful , -apou rs.
(iii) P enetra tio Jl. - It goes throu g h everythin g I'xcep t metals, glass, or hi g hl y g la ze d til es, and it d(lcS 0, not b y cutting or corr odi n g the sub stance, b UI 1Il the manner that ink penetrates blotting paper-\\ Idcn1 ng in its harmful effects as it deepens.
(iv) Odour - It res e mbles mustard, garlic , hors eradish or onions, but the smell is quickl y g ot acCU Stomed to and may be missed. A chemical tert has been disco vere d in a ye llow paint which t mns red in the presence of mustard gas
(v) In sidiollS Act ion. -A part from a drop of the liquid in the eye no attention is atract ed by ItS presence, and from two t o four hours w.ill elap sl befo re symptoms are manifest. (S ee under Symptoms.)
(vi) D elay ed H ealing - Th e ulcer s resulting f!,)Jl1 the blisters are very slow to heal. Thi s is dUL to the absorption of t.he b'y the fatty Sil tissues and theu devItahsm g effect on t ht.: blo vessels.
(b) LC1visite.
This substance was introduced b y the Americans and but little u sed. Chemically its name is chlorovinyl dichlo roarsine, and it is analagous to the arsenical nose irritants. It i s liquid at ordinary temperature. It freeze s at - 13 deg. C and boils at 190 deg. C. It hydr olyses rapidly in cold water, and is solub le in oi ls, benzene and or g anic solvents. Its odour is likened to geraniums.
Pathology
I.-E)le Irritants.
In the war us es of the se ac etates the very transient swelling of the eyelids, and injection of the conjunctiv;:e were the only points in the morbid anatom y Altho ugh more marked changes occurred in the factories in Eng land where a high concentration of tbe gas or s pla shes of th e liguid produced hremorrhagic conju nctivitis and keratitis followed b y corneal ulceration. ....'-en oedema of the lungs and pneumonia an d suppre s ion of urine and albuminuria arc recorde d und r these latter conditions.
Yose Ir ritants
The. on ly pathological changes disco\-ered ha\-e been traces of arsenic in the urine . B ut doubt is cast on these fin di ngs as they were ta ken in France where the b eer was found to contain traces of arsenic, enough to effect the urine .
3. LJIII/!, Irritallt J.
The la rge amount of work on thi group may be measure d by t he fact that in the official Jledica! HistoJ)' oj the Jr'ar (wenty pages are occupied by the patho l ogy of lung irritant only. nfortunately much po t-m ortem material was available and much research w ork performed on animals. Four points are \\"orch noting in the morbid anat my-
(0) Pulmonon- 0 dcma
(b) Rupture 0·£ pulmonon' ah Ii.
(e) Cone ntration of blood with thrombo is.
(d) Petechial hxmorrhage of brain and stomach.
fa) The plllmot/oJ)' oedema is due to exc ssi\Te ecretion from the alveoli and sma ller bronchial tub s. T he trachea is 1111ed with a thin 1;eJlo":i hand hiO'hhT flui 1. P 1. t he are hea, 11y oedcmatous and much congested with blood. On sectio n frOthy erous fluid drip freely
(b) Rllptlfre of tlJe (//;'fo/i.-1 1uch experimental work has been d one on aoats confirmin o the findin a of b' 0 b the war fig ur e in this connection.
(c) COllcelltmlioll q/ bloorl.-The ll aemoglobin permay aris as high as 1...j.O w ith a corre pondinO' In cre ase in th r d c 11 count. l \ ssociated with thi concentra tion thromb osis in the blood ve el of the lung and other organ may OCCllr. a e have occurred When the pcripllcral arteries t o the limb have b come with threatening o·angrene . Th primary cause IS damage to the , ' ascular endothlium due to anoxem ia.
(d) Petechial 11tl'lIIorrhagE'J.- The whit matter of the brai n has be en found pepI cre d \\·ith these, and 17
P.M. they have also been seen over the cardiac fundus of the stomach, and in the kidney glomeruli.
4. - S'kin Irritants
The morbid anatom y changes occur under three groups :-
(a) Re spi rator y tract.
(b) Skin lesions.
(c) Eye lesions.
(a) Resp iratory tract.- There is in tense inflammation of the mucous membrane from an terior nar es to fines t br on chioles, whi ch in serious cases produces a sloughing cast of t he br onchial tree. In a few days a se ptic infection leads to a septic broncho-pneumonIa, whi ch is the commonest cause of death on the fourth day.
(b) Skin.- Thi s exhibits all stages from primary erythema to deep necrosis and sloughing of tissues. Before any change is noticeable to the naked eye there is a shrinking and pyknosis of the nucleI of the cells, followed by engorgement, oedema, and diapedesis of leucocytes. The sluggish repalr suggests the continuance of a subacute inflammatory focus . Such ulcers form an excellent nidus for septic organisms.
(c) Ej'eJ.- \v'hile vapour mustard gas produces only a transient conjuncti\Titis the liquid form will most likely lead to ulcerauye keratitis, easily infected and pr<:>ducing hypopyon and panophthalmitis. Thus results may favourably be corneal opacities or untayourably ennucleation.
The next article will deal with J)'lIJptO//lS of the ga es.
A.R.P QT.;E A..l,(D .J.-\...'( \\cR
1. Q.-How long should bifts of personnel work at a First \id post?
A.-From two to three hours' work, tollo,,-ed b,' a couple of hours' rest. .
2. Q.- suits of protecti,-e clothing be supplied to taffs of hrms who haye taken a cour e of lecture ? _.-i.-At pre ent only for in trucuonal purposes
3· Q . - hould there be an air-lock bet\,-een the .\Va bing and dressing room of a Fir t A..id po [? _'"':!.- Ye , there should be .
4· Q.- Would zipp fa [ener be of O'rea ter ,alue than buttons for protecu,-e clothinO') ;::" To, sometim they go wrong.
5· ,G.-Are there any re pirator being made for children?
..<-:1. . - Y s, se the latest.L .R.P. film in the 6 Q -C?n. wh _m "·.ill the cOc t of imprm"ing eXL twg: bmldings tor FIr [ ....-\ld po t ? ..--i.-The Home Office has at pre ent only a ked for pla.ns and the pr paration of and 0 exp nditur is asked for at pre.-:ent.
7. Q.-Is the serVlCe respirator proof against arsenical smokes ?
A.-All respirators issued by the Government are proof against arsenical smokes.
8. a.-How would one know whether an advanced case had received injury from mustard or lewisite?
A.-The First Aider will never have to meet an advanced case, and if perchance an advanced case comes to him he should immediately send it to hospital.
9. Q.-Is chloride of lime a substitute for bleach powder in an emergency?
A.-Bleach powder and chloride of lime are the same substances.
10. Q.-How many minutes should bleach paste be left on a patient before washing off?
A.-From 3 to 5 minutes.
11. Q.- Was permanent blindness of gas cases during the war due to damage from mustard gas?
A.-Liquid mustard gas may have produced cases of blindness, but one must never forget that bullet and splinter injuries may have destroyed the eye in a case that was mustard gassed.
12. Q.-Has oil of mustard any connection with mustard gas ?
A.-There is no connection between mustard gas and the mustard as we know it, except the smell of the gas is said to resemble the smell of mustard.
II CADET NEWS II
Edited f?y Mrs. Tweedale, O.B.E., A .R.R.C., J.P.
The report received from the Nursing Cadet Unit of the City of Bristol Corps shows great progress is being made by this Unit.
The numbers increase each year, despite the fact that a number of girls are transferred annually to the Senior Division.
Mrs. Wallington has been the Cadet Superintendent since its formation in 1927, and she is ably assisted by Cadet Officers Mrs. Pullin, Miss Garman and Miss Rooks.
Dr. Roberts and Dr. Kettlewell take a great interest in the Cadets and their services are greatly appreciated.
The Cadets collect silver paper and magazines for the local hospitals and farthings for the Divisional funds.
Country rambles are arranged during the summer months and visits to local hospitals, Bristol University, Fire Station, Post Office, etc., are very helpful and interesting.
We are all extremely grateful to Colonel H. C Woodcock, Chairman of the Bristol Baths Commi ttte for his generous hospitality in making responsible for the cost of the party.
The fourth nnual Competition for the Fleetwood Fish lvlerchants' Association hield and Gold Med als was held at Fleetwood in the Mount Road Church Hall.
Six teams of Boy Cadets entered for the Competition which consisted of a Team Test and he treatment of individual injuries, with question s.
The Judges were: Dr. Newsom, Team Tc Dr. Taylor, individual injuries; and Dr. Thomas, oral tests. The winners were as follows :-
1st Ardwick (Manchester) 2080 2nd Liverpool Exchange 268 3Id Liverpool North 26 4th Fleetwood.. 252-
The presentations were mad by 1-1. lIop e, E q., President of the Fish 1erchants' \ sociation, and C. Dent, Esq .
The Rev. W. R. Re ed, in propo in g a yote of tha nk to the Fish l erchants' J\ ssociation, "aid: cc Tlu work is a very plendid stimulus to boys, gi\-ing them a chance of being good amaritans, should the need arise. This Competition shows that the .f erchant have a very real understandin g of bo·rs and a dt;ep concern for human welfare.
Councillor J. P. Thomason, 1\mbulanc e Offi ce tor Fleetwood Ambulance Di vision, arran ged th e Competition.
The annual presentation of 1\ wards to the Roche Ambulance and Nursing Cadet Units was held in the Ambulance Hall, Rochdale, last month.
The Mayor of Rochdale (Councillor C. Cro wdr, J.P.) before presenting the certificates, etc., said: « One could not help feeling that with such a tradi rion as the Movement had, nothing but good could come of it . It was bound to be an inspiration t o the boy and girls and older people when they realised \ ,hat had been accomplished in the past. He felt proud of the organisation in Rochdale, and would do all he could to further its cause.
By their exhibition that evenin g and the fact that they had won so many awards, they h ad s11 )\\ n themselves efficient in the work, and he was they would render valuable service to th e community,
Cordial thanks were expressed to the May or and Mayoress, the Mayoress being presented with a bouquet and the Mayor with a buttonhole.
The Annual Party was held in the Temple Church II8 Hall, by kind permis ion of rchdeacon Welchman who presented the prizes.
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
The King ba s been gracious ly pleased to sanction the fo llowing promotions in and appointments to the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jer usalem:FOR 'f0 1'111'. ( RADE O F J(N*1I 1 Nigel Corbe t FI"tch"r, H l.S., L.R .C. P. (froUl Commalldt:r).
John William \1., },;,·1l7.lc (froln Sen'ln/( Brother) Wllfmd Chari... Skllln,'r (frolll S<- v in g Brotlwr).
Clive I. Irtliner, 1111. \I 11 .• ,\1 R eS L.R .C I'. (frolll /"\-111,;' Hrr.tll rl
CWenCtl Elder (from $/'rvlOl: Brother).
FO R AD '!! S. j{)=-: L - (,R.\j)l OF OI'F[\ I R 'BRed·Hi·!{ 1<.J11I1 1'.llri k 00111\"11, , I{., \ F. Flight Licutcna ul I "r,'n ., J,.bn Arbuthnnt. I< F (,It! lPP')lIltm"nt
T' uire to ;l1.ljm .r. II Arhuthnot).
EdwlIl J:ltlll' (.r.,,· aud 'laj Ol' Ronald, '\\.lrk,l,ton KUH:. a.H.E (on lPpolll1 nlnt •.b I'er nal E'f[uires to Col ",'1 I,. J. John "-Ic. an:!'·r (L"' II 'r htidd (on .'1pl"lillllOl'nt ,_ P.'r- >llll h-f[ulu' to Dr. I' H. h, h r,,· 1<1).
Ullonrl Wilham Brook,' l'u rd"11 f).S.(l, n.1l \I. e.. \1 H John h!gar Amold ].lIn,,-. EmC'lt !luntn Oli\'.-r. The \Ult S,unll"1 \I.lfllll )<,1111,1 ". n .1 "vtill e" (::--'-.-. \\'.) (",,,b lpl.lln).
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The I \' Till, CRAll£: UF OFHCLl:{ ::.bTEl{, FOR \1),\11: 1:\ TilE CRAil!, til' lJR THI !{ The R Rc,' '\nlholl\' 1>'wI j'lIlolt \\·illl.,,,,, (, - U1 ( .Ch"pllUl \\hlt, l!ll:gin, ThOll IS Crnest l.ernt11 Frank Vlltent Smllh Gtorg, Dickin II. Edwm Il.wid C;llltck CharI. John Ed\\',lrtb \\"llIi;un Bo" cr. I.I) \\11112 1 I"dward Ctcll 111 III WIIII;]"1 "nutTo",:: Harold H.tnku. ]aml'S Davie John \\ II:iam StllIU Bertie 110110:111. Rlch,lrd Hcnf\' Pol,' Dav,,1 ( D;1\·i,. ,\ ltlge. Wrn('St ":nrv ;\lit.h, .llIIor,' T'llm nl 1.ll1l·,t \\ ',':1\,'1", Rhom.• Ch:ul Pettil"1 C"I)"'I
.\LO. (from Officer).
FOR PRO.\[OTJO:\ TO THE GR-\OE OF CO:'lDl-\..'\l)ER (BROTHER) :--.'"ell :\IcOout:'aU. :'ItB. (from Officer) Fredenok john HUlc.bimou (irom Officer).
FOR Af) \!l - IO:\ 1.' THE GRADE OF CO\[\L",-,\;DER (BROTHE R ) Sir Henry Lindo Ferg-u,;. 'no C.\I.G., :'11.0. IT Henry Horton.
FOR PRO\IOTIO:\ TO THE GR-\.OE OF CmDtA.'\"DER SISTER \[rs Eliza \Iary Balcombe BrowII (from Officer). ,. FOR PRO:-'.IOTlO:\ TO THE GRillE OF OFFICER (BRO THER). \\ "Ired J?hn 1);1\',,,,,, lrom :::.cn.iog Brother). -\ rthur \\ ,'rn\'" Proben (from Ser,'rng Brother). Hacholl (from -, n'lOg Brother). FranCIS WIlliam Wan! from Sen.;ng Brother).
FOR .-\m n - 1O=-: 1:\ THE GR-\DE OF OFFICER BROTHER JalTlCS William Dow \\tchael Herbert \\all. BE • .\1.]).
PRO.\IOTrO:\ TO THE GR-\OE OF OFFICER SISTER) .'> Irs. ;\Iary ranny Gab,· Ir 'lTl Sner '\Irs I.' THE GRADE OF OFFICER ;S ISTER.\ .\!lss '\[an' Isabel Lambi". Catherine Fra.' 'r .\[, 'rgt'. FOR .ill\!I -;IO=-: 1:\ THL GRADE OF SER\'[. 'G BROTHER \Iajor \\'ilham r:lmptOIl Frank .\Iapp",. \\"illiam Deans PlrrNt. Fredl'rick \\ IlIi:1ln Rerry :·)lah Ch'lrlc:i E t\\"1II per.' \\'Illiam Robert ( .ordon John I3ell Thomas E pi··. Jaml'S Co<)per Thomas omernll(,. Charko \\' xi. \lin'<. '\[UN. h .lo,,<,ph h:('ams Jerem.iah Sahu,' ') ,,'''liam Bnumc. Frt'd,'rkk \\ illi:un Rou R.obt'rl :'Ilal 1111 Ha\·. Jam,.,. Dudl,'\' I; \·,m Tr I" Rt)\\,I:tllLl l'.['talll Charl'- l{ \I.e., .\1. D.• R.,-I..\ll. Hl'nn Fobun' H,lITI'. \ ;:tnlet H,'rcuit'5 \l addt',. Hubt.,rt \rtbur TOl1("·chll,'. Lil'Ut.,C01"tl{'! I\'r(\' Ho.r"ld \[ or,\' V.D. fhom.l" \ ·':I.,mt1<'r Low. Fl)R \11)[1:;510:\ I=-: THE l.-RADF 11' SER\'[ :-\ l; SISTER. \It,;,; Turnbull Barday. \lrs. Tane \\ il $01l Emmet(. \li ss Jane \Ic\\:erro\\,. \It"", \lauu Thomp ·011 )liss Eliza\)('tll Lamblon A pplegarth. \11". Y OWl F.u·quharsoll.
H.R.H. The of Glouc ster joins the =1. 1John Ambulance Brigade H
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<,l, lblllty , comfo r t, veJltllallon, (';\"/ rlf ,jilIn?, ql1l( V !r.. :Jf!lr,% " r rj J( IrJ ij l'j r 1, P., 1t. IrJ I 11 ( (h 0 k ('of rn:l L(: Ii;\/ ';. b LJ 1/ d I
Team Gllidl!s-Tealll Test.' Corp Officer G. l\lATTHEW Divisional
Supenntendent S. BILLfu'll ESS.
Individflal and Dflal Tests,' Corps O fficer]. ROGERS, uperintendent
H. E. HOWARD.
Uniforms: Superintendent P.lYURSHALL, Sup rint ndent A. G. KING.
.Marking Sheets Aflditors: Dis trict O fficer CAPTAIN L. L. FRANK, Dis trict Officer S. P ASCO, County Officer F. DEARLE, County Officer LIEUT.-COLONEL J. R. COLLI 11.C., T.D., County Officer W. ,,"IEVELL.
Jo.tfarkillg Sheets Co/lectors-AllIbulance: District Officer B. \'{/ELLS. l-lu1'sing: D istri ct Officer C. CHAPLIN.
S eatilJg alld GangJJ 'a)'s-Tealll Test ,' District Officer \'\'. A. RUSH;\JERE D istrict O fficer E. HAINE
Ituiividual alui Dual Tests,' Corps Officer \\ '. BALL, Corps Officer G. H. READ.
Entrallce afld Reception: District O fficer 1. KE::--!P, District Officer
F. E. STRATTON. -
Staff Orderly Ojfiret·s,' District O fficer \\ '. i\. RO UST •\mbulance Officer L. SrREIT, Ambulance O fficer C.
Nursing Competitions
Under the supervision of L ADY PERROTT, R,R.C. (The Lady Superintendent-in-Chief).
CHIEF STEWARD.
MRS. E. A. TwEEDALE, C.B.E., A .R.R .C., J.P. (Lady District Su perintend ent).
A SSISTANT CHIEF STEWARD.
MRS. M. HARVEY REEVES, A.R. R .C. (Lady District Su perintendem).
STEWARDS. (White Armlet).
Tealll T est,' Lady Distric Superintendem 1fIss E. F. BLANDFORD, Lady County Offi cer MRS. J. 1J. HESELTL"-"E, Lady Corps Superintendent 1:[ISS F. K. WOOD.
Ituiividual Tests-First Aid: Lady District O fficer Mrss F. E. CHERRY, Lady Divisional Superintendent MRS. H. BEVERLEY.
Home Nursing,' Lad y County O fficer MISS L. \\'HITFORD, Lady Divisional Superintendent MRS. A 11. SCHEIRBER.
Bed-making,' Lady District Officer 1frss L. CURZON-S:'fITH, Lady Divisional Superintend ent MRS. E. S.-L'lDFORD.
T eams' Waiting Room Lady D istrict Officer i\Irss G. ASHBERRY, Lady County Officer MRS. K. M. lYUY.
Team Guides-Team Test,' L ady District Officer i\frss M. TUCKWELL, Lady Corps Superinten dent MISS D. H.A.YES. !ests,' L ady District O fficer MISS D. HL'BBAR D, Lad y DIVISIonal Superintendent 11rss E. O.B.E.
Gangways-Team T est,' Lad y District Superintendent MISS R. SINCLAIR, L ady County Officer L ADY IRVING.
Ituiividuals: Lady District Offi cer MRS. E. :01. Ladv District Officer MISS A. M. PARKER. ,. En/rance and Reception: Lady County Superintendent MRS. H. BURGESS, Lady District O fficer 11rss H. B. HARVEY. PERSONAL STAFF TO THE LADY SUPERINTE DE TIN-CHIEF.
Lady S taff O fficer THE LADY FORESTER. Ambulance Sis ter MISS M
Ambulance Test Team
Tillie Limit, 20 minutes. Warning at J 5 minutes. CARD OF INSTRUCTIONS
On a Saturday afternoon you are on your way to an A.R.P.
De monstration and you have been told to meet your Officer at the Warehouse where he is employed as ambulance attendant As you enter the basement of the empty building you osbcrve two men engaged in repairing the lift, which is not working satisfactorily. You know that the hospital is half a milc away and that a strctchcr is available at the Warehouse. If anything happens act as you should
ACTION OF TEST.
An electrician is standing in the lift-shaft rcpalrlng the lift while his mate is outside working the controls. Suddenly there is a flash and the electrician falls to the ground with a burn of his l cft hand caused b y electric current. His mate at once enters the liftshaft and bends over the patient.
As soon as team takes charge the e ectrician's mate wa lks away to report to the manager. Five minutes ater, or alternatively w hen the lift-shaft is cleared, the sound of an electric motor is heard
and the lift hegins to descend. Imm ediate y he hl: mare ('uno?tlusively) !'ctUrtlS to collcct tools, lhl: shaft, stumbles on hIS face and H, caught by the descend Ln g h ft acrClss hIS his legs being within the lift-shaft.
At this moment the manager arri, es ami, ,\ (Jrkin,U; the controls succeeds in r:lising the lift a short distance tn thl' sound rlf the motor.
STAGING OF TE T.
Arrange a working lift, and on one siJl: thnen! an ,\mhulance Store Room in full iew of audiencl:. In this placl.. "rrdchcr tWI) rugs, ha\'ersack, dressings, bowls, telerhonc.:, elc. 'i.-its til room will occupy 3 minutes.
Arrange for a sistants as electrician, dcctrician' macl.. and manag<:r. Electrician lies on his back, flllly conscious, and sllstains burn of left band and implc fraction of right forearm. 1lis mate lies on his face, fully con cious though badly hocked, and sustains a sim ple fracture of peh'is and bruise of forehead. ·\11 injuriec; to be repre· sented on patient. Ambulance to be availabk.
At outSCt eparate team, placing Officer in the rr>rl; Roo m and team at ent!'Y of warchou e. Hand Card of Tnsll'llcrion t<1 Officer and also to ·team.
Nursing Test Team
FIR T AID Fime limit, 20 millll/£'[ 1/ arnil(p' aj 15 ",,,;ule c.... RD OF IN On a aturday afternoon you arc on \\ ay (f'.m .R. P. Demonstration and YOU have been asked to n1Lt'1 \'(Jur 01 leer ;It rhe house of soml: of hcr friend
You know that [hi hou e is next door to :l Hilliard 'al n, oi which the hu sband of y ur OfFicer' s friend is thl.. Propriet( and that your Officer has arranged for stn.:tcher anu I-ull lljuipL nl 10 be available at the house for a competition rraclict' nn MandaI' morning.
If anything happens act as yon shoulu. ACTION OF TEST.
Test opens with an explosion which damages the Ilrg<- pJ ate-gbs,; windO\v of the Billiard The policel11'1n flf' his Ix::It al once rings the fire alarm, wirh thl: result (hat t\\ () mim,tLs 1 r two firemen appear on the cene. Immediately after the explosion the propl ic[ur l)ut, falls down the front steps and rolls on h:lck under thL wind, w of the saloon. 'J he 6remen warn thl: team tbat the rcm.linin g .,hle · gla s may fall out a( any moment, this actu,tJl\, t.1king pJac<.: 8 minuLe from the start. The policeman is bus) \\ ilh nilichonk and tclls team to do their he ( for patiem, who expl:1ins that he- was :lit odin:.; ro (he gas-stO\T and rdusl: point blank t,) hl: 1;,h"l to If patient has not been remo\'ed \\'ht.:n furthLl' 1":J1l "f "'lass he \\ ill be adjudgt.:d as haying bel'n hir with :t piece which causes lacerated wound of hl:au and iracturc ,)f wi lh com· pres ion. These injuries must be tI'e:HL'U, thllLl t!;h no marl will be criycn for the extra work. .-\'t the outset the Olllcn is pl:lced in hnUSl: \\ iLh (h.: rro prkto[" wife and the tl:am is kn tht.: dll()r \\ hl'!) the cx.,osi"n occurs.
ST \GI'lG 01' TEST.
i\rrange SCel1l: as Billiard aloon with LUgL wwdow (broken and unbroken). l:X( door :lrrangl.. \\ ith L (this with removable front) Each building has 'Lpa::Hl: do r \\'Llh steps to pa\emenr. .\1 0 arrange J1rl: alarm post .It L'Jgl: of arcna. Arrange for assistants as proprietor of aluol1, hi" \\'IfL', a ro11c<man and (\1;0 uniformed {irl:men. The patient is COl1sci u and sustains a lacerated wound of right ha.nu with, t.:n()u" blce din an.d simp le fractures of kft leg and of right colhr-hoJ1l·. }Ic I: )'1 his shin-sll:eves and is lying on hi back. \11 inJLlrLl'S to be rcp l. nred on patient .At rhe outset the bedroom is in disorder as il i bt.:int spring' cleaned. The bedclothes, however, are folded and or use Give Card of J nstructiol1s to Oflicl:r and also t{) tL·I!lll.
Individual and Dual Practi cal Tests
i'illl e Jill/it, 15 minlltes. rr arnillJ', a/ 10 'J, )//(11.1 OFI·rcrR OR ]t.\\{(;1 (J\mbl.1 ance and ursing Team).
CARD OF J"- STIHcnONS. d You arl: visiting your married sister her IWO child .·LIl an a this moment you arc in the sittin g-room of her 'You that, except for yo ursel ves, the hou se s empty that yOlll' sIster has a medicine chcst. If anyth ng happens, aCI 11S yrlU sec fit.
TIL \1(LR'i r \.': 1) 2. C.IRI) or' IN THI On a Saturda\ a(teJ'L1o(Jn you two arc on your way to do duty at a footba ll malch and h an: a haversack. J s you rass a house it woman n sh<;s (Jut and asks you r help. She rells you that fivc minutes ago h<.:r .hushand s\\alllJ\\'l:d thL' contents ()f a rnisrm hot tic. Act 15 you see lit. Br \l(l.It\ ",os. 3 \,D 4. CARD 01' NSTIU
On a Saturda\ afreJJl(lI)Jl you (wo arc rl:tLLJ'Jlint.:: froill dut\, at a football match ami ha\l: \our havcrsack. you pass a public garagc you had our nend, who is te) one of hIS work.men <It thL' ed ,l! e rll rhe pi!. If anything happ<.:ns act as \1 II set.: fit.
URI) or- [ '" '!lll ( TIO:-: Ylm arl: :OUI C.hristllla\ \\ ith a (riend who has .1, Iltt.lc 7 ,·cars old: Latl: Dnl: night, h<;forl: \·ou hayc gone to I)(d. IILllt! intI) your hedrnnm and asks vou to come and help her: that she awakened hI' little girl's COUI h 'lnti hl:a\ 11 1eaehll1g and that she IS alarmed becaus<.: the child has nc;Ye!'
is still alight and a h;ttk of \\ .11" r 1'; on the fire. 1 'TFR
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1 \:-:IJ ,. Thl" girl rccl:ntly hecn suAL'ring
Competing Teams
\ \IBUL.\KCE.
Dis/rid. Tca", Leifer. DII ·ilioll. Leader of Team.
HORJ:.DITCI! "'OL\eRro \, 'OLYERII nIPTO:-: PRE TO:-: DI IR. T ,".HLEY r.c.I.
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Results
pI. L. Hibberd Amb. Officer Webber CpJ. E. Caddick Cpl. ..i\. CartmeU Corp - gt.-i\fajor R. M. Hargravc
Cp!. T. J. Pearson upt. G. K Bullock
Cpl. \Vi. :'.lcLean \mb. Officer T. R. Beer upt. 1 R. everwright
Cp!. D. J. Jane
Lad\' \mb. upt. E. Sutton rer 01. E. \\ iggin
Lady \mb. Officer \. L RO\\'latt
Lady upt. J. \L \\ illiams \mb ister E. 'II. Baine
Lady upr. \. mith
Ladl' \mb Officer i\fi 's D. l.lo\'d- \X hite
Lady upt. F. Reynolds \mb. ister, L. Hebbero
Lady upt. 1. \u rin
Lad\· \rnb.
RAIL WAY NEWS
London and N orth.Eastern Railway
C ontributed by UV Go od/f)I
GRE-H-EAS T E RN PI TAL AMBULA CE C 011P E TI TION.
The final competition for this· sec ti on t o o k p lace at the Mechanics' Institu tio n, Stratfor d , on W e dnes d a,· :Ma rch 17, 1 93 7 · ,
T he r esul t w as as fo llows :-
gaine d llIax illlIl J)I
Par k eston '( A "
Bishop sgate " B "
Stra tfor d P rinting \Vorks "A "
Nr ar ch " A "
Parkes ton " B "
Camb ri d ge
Kin g 's L ynn
The sp ecial p r ize fo r th e hi g h es t in di"ddual score
was w on b y Mr L. Hibb erd, the captain of th e Bishops gat e "B " team, with 54 points o u t of a possible 80.
The Pa r kest o n " A" team, t herefore, represented the Great-Eastern secti on in the gro u p competition, held at the Board R oom, M a ry le b o n e, on April 7
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Co ntributed by G ilbert G H ill STIRLING.
The increasing importance of g as trainin g i n ambulance work was referred to b y Dr. A. J. Shedden at the annual presentation of prizes h eld on February 19. Mr. J. M'Donald presided ove r th e ceremony, and called upon Mr. J. Donaldson t o make the presentation of an all-electric wi reles s set to Dr. Shedden for his energetic work as class lecturer. Mrs. Shedden presented the followin g class awards :-3 I first-year certificates, three second-year medallions, two third- year voucher s, three fourth-year vouchers, one seventh- year voucher, 15 years' efficiency medals - St. Andrew's V oluntary Medical Servi ce medal-William Millar; L.M.S. gold medal, James Kemp. Section and Clas s Individual Competition prizes :-First year: 1st, Marion Penman; 2nd, Helen Stevenson ; 3r d ,
Betty Ross. Three years and over: 1s t, R ober t Sinclair; 2nd, Jenn y Syme; 3rcl, A lex. M u n ro
The fir st part of t he even in g w as d evote d t o w hist a nd da n cing f o ll o w ecl th e di s tributi o n of award s.
CRIEF F.
Th e Cri eff b ranch h eld th ei r ann ual cup compe t iti ons o n March 7. Fi e mixed tearns co m peted for t h e Bulloch Gra h a m Cup, which wa s \von by J :Miller (captai n), liss 1\. 1 ir, Miss J. B rem ner and W 11'D o naJd
Five teams also competed for th e \"'{7jlliamson Challen g e Cup and medal s, pr esented by j\1r. James C. Sharp \,\ 'e ste rt o n, Crieff; th e win ners bein g G leneag les ( B " tea m.
GLA GO\Y.
Sur gical i nstr um ents w ere I fe. cntc d by the Buchana n tr cet C oo d D ep a rt me nt cctior, on :01a rch 6 t o Dr. F rank :Mar ti n, of Jlas,O'o\\' Cni, L ' ty, \\' ho instru ct ed t he section durin g the winte r.
S outh e rn Railwa y Con l ril)J(tcd I?JI E . ..<1 R ichards
PR E J-Io rJbolJl - On e of t he hi ghes t ho n u r was ..., en to a m emb e r of th e H o r ham fi r t 1\id class reel Itl)', \",hen 11r. E . Day cy (G u ard, ll ors ham) '\"a s prcsL te d with a go ld medal for 2 yea r' serYlc c, a 1 a meritorious service certificate
The occasion was a functi o n arran ged for the di s tribution of awards to th e I I o r sham A m bl I 'lee Class, and the presentations w e r e mad e b\
W H E th erid g e, J. P.
Mrs H. J Lay t on took the chair , and b efo n.:: the p rese n tation she pai d a tribute to th e wor k of the am bulance men on t h e Southern R ailw ay. he sai d tha t t hey were all workin g men, who ga\ t: up t h eir spare ti me , or what sh ould be t he i r sp are .ime, to helpin g o th ers, and she wou ld Jike to than o the man y f ri e nd s w h o h elpe d the me n , including doc.to rs and th ei r wives
The M erit o ri ous Ce rti ficate whi ch was ha nd ed to M r. D avey , w as aw ard ed fo r hi s work in tn ining yo un g m e n fo r co mp etiti o n s, an d in hand im this award t o him, M r. Et h eri d ge sai d th at if there was m o re o f thi s spiri t in t he wor ld, it wou ld b e a. much b etter place, an d h e h eartily co n gratula t ed M r. Davey o n the h o n o u r w hich had b een co nferre d up on him that evenin g
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Mr. Davey thanked those present for attending the function, and said he well remembered the time when Horsham was without an ambulance, and cases of accident had to be conveyed to Brighton Hospital for treatment, but an article in the local press soon righted things and an ambulance was given to the town by NIts. . V. Laughton, J.P.
The evening was brought to a successful close by an entertainment, which included community singing, monologues, and duologues, provided by Messrs. E. Chase, G. Denyer, H. Sargeant, G. Wheatland, and P. Toutle.
OBITUARY.
It is with deep regret that we have to record the passing of Mr. W. L. Girling, at one time the Ambulance Attendant at Brighton. Mr. Girling had forty years' service to his credit with the Southern Railway, and as a result of his activities with the St. John Ambulance Association, was created Honorary Serving Brother of St. John of Jerusalem in England. -
Mr. Girling was a member and trainer of the Brighton team in competition for the All-England Railway Ambulance Shield, and during the War he formed emergency transport parties for the wounded both at Brighton and Chichester.
Inter-Railway Ambulance Competition, 1937
The result of the Preliminary Competiti on for ungrouped Railways, judged by Dr. M. M. Scott of London, on March r 9, 1937, is as follows :Raibvays. Marks.
1. Cheshire Lines Committee 33 5}
2. Midland & Great Northern Joint 30 2
3· Metropolitan Line, L.P.T.B. z96}
4· Southern and London Nlidland & cottish
Joint (Somerset & Dorset)
Ma..-umum marks obtainable-4oo.
The teams of the following Railways will, there fo re, compete in the Final Competition on April 2l. -
Cheshire Lines Committee (r Team)
Great Western (2 Team s)
London Nfidland & c tti h ( 2. ,, )
London & North Eastern (2" )
Southern (2 )
An analysis of the marks of each Team in the Preliminary Competition is attached.
I TER-RAIL\X,'A Y AMBULANCE CO 1PETITIO ,1937.
PRELIMINARY COMPETITIO FOR UNGROUPED RAILWAYS.
M.
S. & L.M. & . S. Joint Rly. (Somerset and Dorset) MARCH 19, 1937·
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Jubilee T. JOH , 'S GATE, CLERKEl iYELL LONDO " E C. 1.
T he celeb ratlon of the Jubile of the 't John Am bulance B rigade began yesterday with the R eceptI on held at t. John'S Gate.
T he St. John Ambulance Brig de was fir t formed 1887 in order that m mbers of th ahead r existing t. John Amhul anc i\, sociation might haye greater opportunity for putti n g their knowledo-e of Fi r st Aid an d NlJLing to practical te t. By its connecti on with
the Grand Priory in The British R e alm of the Venerable Order of The Hospital of t. J o hn of Jerusalem (known, shortly, as The Order o f t. John ) , the Brigade took its place as a funcrionin g link "vith oldest Order of Chivalry in the world, and one v;-hich had its beginning in the 'eleventh century. The pirit and tradition of the o rigin?l "KnighL Hospitallers" which inspire the \.'\-ork at all St. John men and women to-day, numberin g 101,917 person in thi country and in our m-ers e a Empire, reach in (his year, a' climax of progress. From e,er) of the Empire, from Hong Kong Canada, Australia, Zanzibar, India, outh Africa, representati'\es of an organisation vital in the life of many races ha,e come to attend the Coronacion of OUI King and to take part in the Brigade Jubilee Celebration. to all those \\'ho ,,-ark under the eight-pointed Cro there is an as oelation of Coronation and Jubilee ina much as the crowruno- of H.::\L King George VI means to us the Coronation of the overeign Head of the Order and the inspiration and leadership of our Rm'al Famil-r and their interest in the work of St. J ol;n is further evidenced by the Review to be held in H,' de Park on the und in t b,- H.0.f. The Queen, of Kurswo- 'Corp and D ivi of the t. John Ambulance Brigade.
Following ye terday' Reception at St. John's Gate there will b an afternoon party at St . James s Palace, where H.R .H. The Duke o f Conoaught, K.G., Grand P rior of the rder, will be pre ent.
On the 2.1 tin t. H .R .H. Prince-s Alice of .Athlone will present th prize at (he Empire Fir _t Aid titions at \\" harnclifFe Room, and tollowillg the R eview by the Queen on the nnd in a special fvice is to be held at t. Paul Cathedral on unda,-, the -1rd inst , which will be attended by T.R.H. Th Duk - and Dueh of Kent
On Tu sday, 25th inst. H.'.l\I. The King, m-erelgn Head of th Old f \-o;;ill hold an 1m" 'stiture at Buck-
ingham Palace, and on Friday, the 28tJ.:. the.final social function-a party for Overseas v1sltors-wlll be held at the Houses of Parliament.
And it is perhaps characteristic of the practical side of the St. John work that the final event-held on Saturday and Sunday, the 29th and 30th inst., will consist of Air Raid Precaution courses for Home and Overseas members of the Brigade, reminding all St. John people that beneath impressive ceremonial the threads of the work of St. John-Pro Utili tate Hominem-await them.
We who know the work and self-sacriEce shown by our Overseas members in the cause of St. John will know also that this work will receive fresh impetus from their presence here at a time when the Jubilee following upon the Coronation reffilnds us of the responsibilities and the privileges of membership of the Empire and the Order.
St. John Qinic and Institute of Physical Medicine
By A. C. RmvE.
The fine work of the St. John ·Clinic in Ranelagh Road, Pimlico, may not be known to all members of the Brigade.
The Clinic treats a varied number of diseases, including skin, varicose veins, bronchial troubles, hay fever, asthma, besides arthritis in its many forms.
During 1936 over 143,000 treatments were given, and nearly 50 per cent. of the patients treated were deEnitely cured or greatly improved.
A very valuable research into the cause and relief of asthma is being carried out under the superintendence of Sir Leonard Hill and Dr. Philip Ellman, and the highly speciEc effect of adrenalin either injected or inhaled in alleviating an asthmatic attack is suggestive.
Dr. Philip Ellman, with the co-operation of Dr. L. J. Harris, of the Nutritional Laboratory, Cambridge, is determining the Vitamin C reserve in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at St. Stephen's Hospital, where by the kind permission of the London County Council a rheumatic unit is run in connection with the St. John Clinic.
A series of selected cases of rheumatoid arthritis is being treated with gold salts. The treatment is controlled by frequent examination of the blood, urine, weight, etc. The results obtained indicate the great value of gold therapy in this disease.
Mr. A. G. Timbrell Fisher is co-operating with his colleagues in a research into the pathology and xtiology of the rheumatoid type of arthritis. Satisfactory progress has been made in this difficult Eeld, and new facts have been established.
During the past year a new technique of local ultra violet irradiation has been adopted by Dr. Albert
Eidinow for the production of counter irritation of the skin- 15 to 20 times thc normal dose of rays have been appli d, and the irradiated area is im mediately covered by layers of strapping and left UDdisturbed for 14 days. Such counter-irritation has given excellent results in cases of acute sciatica, brachial neuritis, acute lumbago and Ebrositis, and many have been successfully Cl;red by one such treatment.
Reviewing the cases (about 100 in numb er) of varicose ulcers and varicose eczema treated by ultra violet irradiation and elasto plast bandages, it is encouraging to discover that in those patients ,1, ho attended regularly for treatment over 92 per cent. have been healed.
Removal of septic tonsils by pro g ressive electrosurgical coagulation by hig h-frequen cy diathermy is being carried out, and durin g the pa t year it has been possible to follow up old cases which had treatment two or three years ago, and it has b een fo und that results have been goo d, and a thorough and cl 'an removal of ton ils ha be en accol11llished.
Post-gra duate t aching has been O'i, cn in \l;-ee k-cnd courses, and a course of 2-t lcctures on thc rheu matic diseases during the winter months. In this COL rse several distinguished authorities from ther ho spitals have contributed. i Ul these lectures were \, 11 attended.
Pati ent attended the linic on the recommen d,ltion of their own doctors, and doctors arc kept in .nch with the progre s of the patient.
Pa yments by patients [or treatment arc n' de strictly in accordance with the patient's mean s, nd while all are expected to pay what they can an-I tti, over 18, 000 were treated entirely free of cost dt.. ing 193 6.
Private patients are treated in the private de partment of the clinic, and these pay fees f £2 25. tor a consultation and lOS. 6d. [or each treatment gl ' n. These payments help in ome degree to defr a} the cost of those patients who are unable to m eet the actual co st of their treatment.
The Clinic has an Advisory Committee of emi nent doctors and surgeons, who gi c their scrvices tree, besides a staff of twelve consulting physician s 1nd surgeons who see patients and diagnose complaints.
The followin g trcatments are available t o pati ents attending the Clinic :-
All forms of light and infra- red treatment.
All forms of electrical treatment, including diathermy.
Bath treatment- foam, brine, aeration, wax, steam. All forms of inhalation treatment for bro nchial troubles.
In the Orthopredic Department th ere is a equipped gymnasium, where patients are remedial exercises of all kinds, and where manipulations under an anresthetic are carried out.
Colonel Tour
From Our Special Correspondent ( Continued)
lflbbJllpore and Sleelllonobad, Febmal'Y 6, 1937. Thro ughout hi tour Colonel Sleeman found a ready welcome from all those he met in India due to his fa mily connect ion with the country. Hi; gran dfath er was famous for the many years he spen t in suppressi ng" Thu ggcc," which a hundred years ago was prevalent in India, and the origin of countless murders. His father served for many years in India ,
gee .. " Later he motored to Sleemanabad with the District Superintendent of Police, Mr. G. W. Benton, who was desirous of improving the ambulance work of the members of his Force. On arrival at Sleemanabad Colonel Sleeman received a great welcome and an address from the local inhabitants, who had turned out in large numbers. He visited a shrine w hich in 18 F had been endowed b y his grandfather with
and bo th 01 nel leeman and his so n have also en'ed in that country
He had no\\' arrived at the centre from \, 'hich hi grandfather carried out hi work in the of cc Thuggee."
Febmm:y 7.
,The day began \: ith an interviC\v with Colonel J. 11. R. He nnessy, 1. L . wh wa anxiou to start a Unit o f the Bri gade, and wa followed by a meeting With the Mother uperior of St. Jo cph's Girls' School , who was willing t start a ursing Division from a mong the O'irls under her clurg .
Afte r breakfast he inspected a R formatory chool and Industrial School, both built b y hi O'randfath er ln connection with the suppr sion of cc Thug-
perpetual light and also a,\y the beginning of the a,yenue of Peepal and manO'o tree tretchin o- alonO' the -to mile of road b e tween Jubbulpore and abad, which had been planted in memory of his o-randfather. - b Jllbbllipore, F ebmm), 8.
Durin O' th morrun O' Colo nel leeman yi si ted the Court Hou e, in wh ich hi grandfather had tri ed more than 1, 000 ca es of (( Thuggee" and later yisited the Rob It on ColI g. After lunch he had a further comrer arion ,,-ith 1ft. Bem on be fore 1 for 1 agpur at 3.-t0 p.m.
.L O(JPflF, F ebmalJ' 9.
On arrival at aO'pur at 8. q a.m., he \Va m t b\an A.D.C. and by 010nel1L 11. \\,il on, Inspecto;-
General of Civil Hospitals, Central Provinces. He was conducted to Government House, he was to be the guest of H.E. G<?vernor, Sir H yde Gowao and Lady Gowan, dunng hIS stay.
At 1 1. 30 a.m., through the kindness of H. E . The Governor, Colonel Sleeman :vas able to address a lar o- e and representative audIence at Hobuse, with His Excellency in the Those present among whom were many ladl es, showed a keen interest in Colonel Sleeman'. a.ddre s o r: the w o rk of the Order, and he was InVIted. t o g1ve a special address to the ladies on the foll o win g day. A dinner party at Government Hou se gave him a
further opportunity meetin g
leading p e ople and di scussing the objects of hi s v1 SIt.
February 10.
At 1 0 a.m. Colonel Sleeman,. accompanied b y Lady Gowan, inspected the. Railway a nd Robertson Medical College DIVISIOns on the Police Parade Ground. A large audience had see the parade and to watch the demonstratIOn. 111 First Ai d which folllowed, and which showed a high st andard of training. Nearly 200 of those. )11 parade were medical students and will be in a posmon 1n th e futur e t o spread a kdowledge of First Aid. At the conclusion of the demonstration Colonel Sleeman congratulated the Divisions on the excellent example they h ad set for other towns in India.
He next attended a meetin g of the E xecutiv e Committee of the India Red. Cros and the ?t. John mbulance Bri g ade, at he nece
Commission
and Indian ladie wer e pr ent.
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[ The St. John Ambulance Brigade News i
No I (PRI N CE OF WA LE' ) DI TRI CT
The Co mmi s ion er's Ord ers for the Corona ti o n duly wer e or: 1 9 t? officers in charge o f dre ssing sta ti o n s, Fus t l \lcl s tat 1Ons, and so o n .
These Order. have been prin ted and bound up in boo k form . T he b ook, whil e being a thoroughly workma nli ke job from a uti li ty point of view, is also mo st att rac tive in des ig n an d appearance.
bverythin g it is necessary fo r the Officer to know lS dca d y a n d 111 thodicaily set out, and a plan of the Corona ti o n r oute area graph ica Jl y shows the various sectors t at ions, tares, ambu lances, hospitals, etc. 111(; i s i n gold printed boards, with type in red an d blu c
\Itoo-c t her a mos t excell ent piece of work and , in b f its way, a no t unworthy som-erur () a great
Th l Commi ioner and tbose of his staff responsIble for Jts pr oduc tio n a re to be congratulated.
'rbe Cri ck lcwood (5 G) D iyj ion held their annua l dinner a nd dance on _ \ pri1 10 O,'c r 200 membe rs and fri nel were present. L11 erintendent G P. Har prc. idcd, and \1;a supportcd by i\frs. ;\s :i tan t ommi , ioner D r. and 1 Irs. R ees, . \ SSl tant Conmi ioner aptain and 1\ [ rs \'( lhite -Knox, the i\fa. o r and Ma yore s (C Hendon (. \l derman an d ;\1r:. R eyno ld), \ ldc rmao , and 1 1iss (H endon) , County urgeon and Mrs. Hoilrns, Di s rict O fficer an d M rs (sbomc 'o uncillor Dr. a nd Jir. Brid ge , Amb u lance O fficer Ir s Cayfor d , :\mbu Ja nce O fficer and :'\11' \X 'est, 1\ mbulance O fficer and \Irs . Ba.rden, adet c uperint nd nt Hurford, an d many o thers
The h aifman, proposing the toa t of (pnnc e f W a le s) D i trict, aid tha t unfortunately the Com mi ssioner ('apt. Wi Go dley, :i.\L C. ) w a prcn:nte d f r m being prcsent , but had ent hi- be t wishes to all] res nt.
now 13 0 s t rong ; more than 4,000 publi c duties had b een performed, and over 9 00 persons t reated, ap art from H ea dq uarters duties . Their efficiency was shown b y the array of trophies displayed that nigh t.
Ambulance Officer Cayford asked the Sup e rintendent to accept a miniature replica of the Efficiency Cup for I D istrict in silver, and Ambulance West presented Superin tendent Hart, on ot the D ivision, with an inscribed salver and a silver tea an d coffee service, in appreciation of all the great services he had rendered the B rigade .
Superintendent Howard, of the D agenham Division, represen t ed the B rigade at the opening of a new First Aid post at the junction of Becontree Avenue and Bennetts Castle Lane recently. The Post was officially opened by Councillor 11rs .. L. F . Evans, J.P.} Chairman of the D agenham CounCIl.
T he Chingford D ivision continues to and has n ow a membership of thirty-five. A ursln g Di,-ision is in active course of formation.
T he Ealing (85) Division held a most successful social on pril 3. There \\'-as a good attendance, i ncluding .J.-1.ssi tant Commissioner J. Warren and :i\Irs . ,\Tarren , D r . E . J. Selby and F. W . Paul sional urgeons), D iyisional Superintendent P. Betuon and ", \. mbulance Officer W. G. Goo de ssi tant Commis ioner Warren, addressing tho e pre ent, aid that the Ealing D ivision were :veil to the fore and their l)'o-ahead cour e \\-as ,err notlceabl e He particularh cono-ratulated the members of the Cadet D i,-ision who b had won the " J. H. ::\Iorris " Challenge Cup from in a closelyconte ted competition 1n \\.'hich D IYl IOns fr m many parts of the country tOok part.
He m enti o n s i n a Lady Gowan which 1S b ell1g tIl ed out ill e1 ght ell sd of 't he Na g pur p r ovinc e The sche me oosn . . b t rn Its m the home scheme of DI s trICt urs es , u 1 al elem entary form, and h e that )c A mbulance Cent r e may fi nd it p oss tbl e to aSSist.
Madra s , Fe bnlaJ), 1 2
After a long and hot j ou rn e y, h e a rri ve d a t , A D C an m,l, and wa s met b y th e Gove rn o r s o ffic er s of the Br iga d e 1 where 1(; N ex t a din ne r at Go ve rn me nt Hous e, I.; e d E k ' d Lad y ErslU n • wa s th e g ues t of H. E Lor rs m e and other and m e t sev e ral of th e G ove rn or s s taff g u es t s
. ( To be con t illued) .
\ i tan t mmi si oner D r. R ees, replying, poke of the proo-ress of o. 1 D istrict, and .J. i tant Comilli s io ncr ap t. \,( hite- K nox ubmitted the toast of" Success t o th e D ivisio n. " 'peaking of his do e conne ctio n w ith the D iyi ion, both officially and Socia lly, Capt. '\ hit e-Knox 1 aid to extraor dina ry abili ty fo r w inning c mp e tl bOn. uperi ntend n t, h said, had the g reat privilege ot haVing as hi s offi cers m em ber who w ere exp r t s in Uleir sp e cial sub j c t For u p er in tc n d. m _h had gre at a d m i ra ti o n; h e ha d ev e r y q ua li fi catIO n to r his po siti o n. H e (Cap t \,: hite- Kn o x) wi shed th e DiVision th e \re r y b es t o f o'oo d luck a nd p ro. p erit), .
Superintendent Har t, in his r epl y , said th pa st year had been a r co rd o n e in ey er y wa y . Th y \:'\'ere
1.)5
Taking the chair at the annual. of the Tottenham and Edmomon ( 7 I ) D1Yl .IO n, ':\1r. R J. B radley (Pre ident) initiat d a fund fO.r new Headquarters a generou donatIOn. _\. 1te had already been di Coy red, it \vas announced, and nearl £ I 00 raised toward , the co t of building F. J. 1liddl ton re[erred to the plea ure it gave memb rs have ."?th them. evenino- represemati\-e s ot tlle c1nc authontIe, becau e ie hO\ved that their ,york \vas recogni cd. up rim nd nt :i\liddleton, referring the activitie of th D iv} ion during th I'a t year, a.td tha t member had p rf rmed 2. 02. 5 dmie and dealt " Tith 6..f. case Th ir streno-th w as now '. He thanked ail members for th ir S rdc s and paid pecial tribute to the I ur sing D ivi ion , Lady uperinten d ent i\li s P arish, in r p ly, 'ai d that t hey looked upon them , elves a " b ro th ers and si t er s in a great work "
No. 2 DISTRICT. BANBURY.
The Banbury Divisions of St. J OM Ambulance Brio-ade dinner held at the Crown Hotel on Saturday ni o-ht was a very successful function. It was attended b; the members of the Banbury Men's and Nursing Divisions and visitors from Oxford, Woodstock, Chipping' Norton and the. Great Western Railway Divisions. Dr. T. F. Bnggs, the County Officer
A.R.P. Acting Divisional Surgeon, presided, and he was supported by the Mayor of Banbury (Mr. J. Cheney), Dr. C. Gardiner Hill (County Mrs. C. Gardiner Hill (Lady County Supenntendent),
W. H. TURTO ,J.P. , "\f.B. , c."\f. CEdin. 1886)
the Rev A. L. E. Williams (Acting Chaplain of the Divisions), Colonel A. Stockton, Mr. F. Dearle, Mrs. G. Barrett (Nursing Officer), W. Cattell (Nursing Sister), Mr. Bagley (Dlvlsional intendent), Captain and Mrs. Mr. Hmds, Miss J. Keyser, Mr. E. Owen Re1d (Town Clerk), Superintendent Howard, Mr. Hartwell (Ambulance Officer), Dr. F. A. Bevan (County Surgeon).
Colonel H. orris (the President) was ab se nt through illness, and others who wrote excusing the ir non-attend ance from various causes were: Sir J ohn Hewett Mrs. St. John l \tkinson, Baron ProfuIno Lady I; in g , Dr. and 1Irs. Phillips, Dr. Audland former County Commissioner), Dr. Penrose, Mr. Theo Clark, Captain and lvlrs. C. Keyser, Mr. J. Fri swell, :Mr. S. Ewins, Dr. J. C. Wharton, Mr. C. L. A shley, Mr. Ching, 1Ir. hrimpton, and Mr. Luce.
The harmon y of the evening was enhanced by entertainments by Mr. E. Elliott, of fark et Harbo rough, who seems in great demand this season. He was in Banbury the pre ious evening and at the Conse rvatl\e dinner at Oxford the previous Tuesday. H e has performed in Banbury on occaslOns , his versatile programmes of 11 109 manonett es and humorous songs of hi own composition, bein g "\ cry delightful.
1Ir. and frs. F. W. D ullingham provid eJ an excellent dinner and about 130 sat down.
At the close of the repast Dr. Briggs ho no lred the toast of " Th e King" from the chair.
o. 3 DI TRICT.
NUNEATO
The annual pre ntation of cups gi en by the Ia yor and Iayore s of uneaton for l \m buJance and ursing work by members of the uneaton Division of the St. J ohn Ambulance, was made at the Ambulance Hall, Princes i \ venue, u nlaton, la st night, by the 11ayor and fayoress (C ouncillor and irs. T. L. Liggins).
First Aid certificates, vouchers medalli ons 'lnd labels were also presented to the :Men's Di isi01 :nd Boy Cadets, and to the ursing Division and .:. ur 109 Cadets
After the presentation a gymnastic di sp la) wa given
Dr. G. H. 1acdonald presided, and amongst those present were Dr. and Miss K. Williams, Superintendent W. H. - Harris, Corps Officer J. Bon Jam, Superintendent H. Weston (Bed\> orth), A mbulance Officer G. A. D yde, Ambulance Officer J. B. Lady Superintendent Mansell, Lady Ambulanc e Othce r Capel Lady Cadet Superintendent Young, Lady Cadet' Officer A. Andrews, Cadet Superintendent H. Smith, Cadet Officer J. H. Caswell.
WILNECOTE. t
Amongst others present were: Dr. Reid, Dr. Hudson, Dr. Wynne, Mr. W. Potts, Mr. A. Mackay, Mr. E. C. Fortescue, Mrs. and Miss Fortescue, Mr. C. J. Coggins, Mr. P. Dalton, Mr. W. Russell, Mr. E. F. Cawse (a former Superintendent), Mr. Insall, Mr. Gurney and Mr. lvIartin (G.W.R.), Superintendent Hedges, lvIr. E. Hobbs (L.N.E.R., Woodford), an d many others.
The Wilnecote Divi sion ha s sustained an almo s irreparable loss on the "passing" .of Ambulance Officer W. died on Apnl 8 after a and painful Illness ; In his 60th year.. on I the foundation members of the DIvlS10n 1D 19 9, elected TreasLuer at its f1rst meeting he held the don up to D ecember 3 I, 1936, when he reslgne owing to his health; he was made Corporal lD 19 2 1
Sergeant in 1922, Ambulance Officer in 1929. He held the Long Service Medal and the Association Medallion and 12 Labels. A thoroughJy efficient ambulance man, enthusiastic in his work, he was al ways ready when called upon to attend any case to which he was called, and was an excellent teacher of the practical work at the Division drills and practises. He was a valued member of the Birch Coppice Colliery Ambulance Comrni ttee, also of the Tamworth Hos pital Saturday Committee. The funeral took place at Wilnecote Parish Church on Saturday, April 10. The Division providing a Guard of Honour and the bearers, Di visional Superintenden t Geo rge Parker being in charge. The widow, only da ughte r, son-in-law, and several relatives followed. the Boral tributes being many and beautiful. Divisi onal Surgeon and Irs. Whiteside were present.
No. 5 DISTRICT
SlIF FFIELD.
T he annual general meeting of the Sheffield Tursing Diy ision was held at Headquarters, Gell treet, She ffield, when ssistant Commissioner H. C. Else, Corp s Superintendent in charge of the heffield Corps, presided.
Lady Di isional uperintendent :frs. J. '\ indle, hea d of the Diyision, said that 1r. Else was instrumC'1tal in f rming the Division 25 years ago, and adde d that it was a great plea ure to have him in the ch'li r.
The ecretary' s report shO\, oed that there were 41 mL n bers, \vho were al so memb er s o f V.A.D. Detachmen t . 108 of \\' .R. of Yorkshire.
'fr Is con g ratulated the Divi ion on its efficiency and the splendid work it \,-a s doin g . [he member. were a cr ed i t n o t only to the heffield Corp s, but to N o 5 Di trict, and he \\'as very glad to ha c the pportunity of being pre ent.
It \"ras aL 0 ann o unced that the EI e Efficienc\' Tru phy had be n awarded to the Division for per cent. efficiency
T hose present included Lady District Officer 1Ess G. Ashberry, District Officer . H. Forster, and Cor ps Officer Browne.
D rR BY.
ince Ambulance affair were commenced in Heanor in 1888 Dr. '\ H. Turton ha been continuously connected with this work. In collaboration with Ambulance Officer J. 'V ood, As ociation cla es were first started at that time and instruction in Firs t Aid began.
In 1898 1..lfficient certificate holder were a,-ailable in th e locality, and the Heanor mbulance Divi ion was formed. This Division still flourishes in a healthy condition, and ever ince it incorporation Dr. Turton has held the post of Divisional Surgeon, as .w ell as Superintendent for many years when, on beIn g promoted to the No. 5 Di trict staff as County Su rgeon, he retired from the uperlntendency, and
Ambulance Officer R. H. Daybell was appointed to this post.
After 32 years Dr. Turton was appointed an Officer of the Order of St. John, in recognition of gratuitqus lectures havin g been given thr o u g hout that long period.
In 1935 Dr. Turton was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Order of St. John; the Earl of Scarborough at his investiture personall y thanked him for his long and gratuitou s service. The same year Dr. Turton was honoured by the Silver Jubjlee Medal being conferred on him. This year (1937
owing to the effect of a prolong ed illn e s, tile from ",-hich we all congratulate him, Dr. Turton de ired to be put on the Re ery-e. His de ire to recire from active service wa regretfully received b y ComffilSSlOner rdney 1 Ialkin, and he, together with the Chief Secretary and Chief urge on of the Brigade, have expre ed their appreciation of his long period of ervice and offered their heartfelt thank. We all wish Dr. Turton health, and that he may yet be spared many years to enjoy a well-earned rest.
NO.5 (NORTH-EASTERN) DI TRICT
Alr raid pr caution are doublino the ,,"ork of the St. John Ambulance Brigade bue the ordinary- Fic e 137
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Aid work of the Brigade goes on, unafFected by the new demands.
This point was made clear at the annual social ev.ening and presentation of awards; held at the Town Hall, Grimsby.
Dr. Deighton, Divisional Surgeon to the Grimsby Division, presided, supported by Dr. Lavin, Assistant Commissioner, Northern Area, Lincolnshire; Divisional Superintendent Gott, Superintendent Paddison, and Officer W. H. Jackson.
Dr. Deighton said they had had quite a successful year, putting in a lot of hard work, and on the whole
they had the right to pat themselves on the back that evening. Personally he was very well satisfied indeed with the work done during the past year. They had extra things to do, including the air raid precautions training, to which twenty-two men had taken the examination and would receive their certificates that evening. The results of the annual examination were not known yet, but from what he had seen of their work he felt sure they had made a good show.
The Assistant Commissioner in presenting the Service Medals pointed out that the work of the Brigade was honorary, so that these medals were
awards, not rewards. The Long SerVIce Meda l stamped a St. John man as a veteran, and it was to these veterans they looked for ex ampl e to the younger men who were coming along.. He was glad to know there were so many veteran In the Gri msby Division.
O 7 DISTRICT
SALO P ,
This year the Ambulance Competitions were held in Shrewsbury on March 6, and the Nurses in H ereford on lv1arch 13.
Superintendent Bull o ck' s team from the H ereford City Division won the Di trict up and also the Exham Cup for the b e t individual results, while Ambulance Officer Lloyd Team from the Sh rewsbury Division won the Cureton Cup, awarded to the runners-up in the whole Competition.
Captain J. Henton-White, recently Commissi o(1er of Birmingham County, and Dr. alt, Commiss ioner of Denbighshire (Welsh Priory) were th e judge.
Captain Sir Edward Headlam, County D irector of the B.R.C.S., pres ented the awards, and P1ade happy references to the co-ordination b etween the Order and the Society in the C unty of Salop.
At the Nurses' Competition, li ss Llo yd - White's Team from the Shrew bury ur in g Divi sio n No won the District Shield and the Exham Cup for best Individual results .
. .This year-for the first time- th e r e was a compt.tItlon between Cadet Nursing Divi sion s for a Cup presented b y L a d y Forester (who was, unfortun ately, unable to be present). The work was of a very high standard, and resulted in a tie b e tween Ir onb riJo-e .., and Hereford, the former being awarded the Cup as they were better in the Individual T es ts.
The awards were presented by the hy ur of Hereford (Mrs. Luard).
The judges were Drs. Sidd ons, Lubran and Col decott, and Sister Jones, of Hereford Infirmary
NORTHERN IRELAND DI TRIC T BELFAST.
It was with feelings of g r ea t plea sure and anticipation that the members of the Bri ga d e in No rthern Ireland looked forward to the visit of Dr. Ben tall,who had promi sed to come to Belfast and give one of his popular lec tures on Air Raid Precaution s
Dr. Bentall was alr ea d y well known t o the me mbers who had attended the week -e nd course of Gas lectures in London, and the deli g htful mann er In which he " tau g ht his lesson" was freely adver tised to the various Divisions on their return home .
The Commissioner and Officers of the B rigad e had gone to great trouble in advertisin g th e lecture and the only anxiety seemed to be whether the large hall would hold all. The Press, handbills, notices to the Divisions, and the inevitable sandwich-men, equipped with gas-masks, parading the streets of Belfast, gave
the lec turer and the subject of Ai r Raid huge advertisement. But, alas, what a cllsappomtI On the evening before the Jecture one of th e worst snowstorms een eluring the 50 ye ar s began, and .weather were appalli ng ProvlnClal could not. think of tray elling , and those di? ve nture arr! ved aft er great difficulty. In the Clty Jt self traffic was almost a standsti ll, trams could only travel a few yar ds at a time o wing to the "points" ge ttin g obstr ucted, and bu es could only ge t through WIth difficu lt y.
Official anc ti on \\'a given to the proceedings by the prese nce of ir Daws on Bates, of Hom e .Affa ir' in the o rthern Ir eland Parliam e nt. Co lonel
Parker, W. A llen, and A . W. 1 hnn for an evening meal, where an opportunity was affor.ded t h .ese officers of o btaining further advice and lnstructlOn from Dr Bentall.
At one period the party resolved itself a question and an swer group-Dr. Ben tall, sta nding at the table, was bombarded with questions, and one cou ld n ot discover which were the mo r e pleasedthose wh o asked and received the advice, or the lecturer himself in his assuring and effective replie It was almost z a.m. when Mr. Mann expressed, on b ehalf of those present, thei r gratefu l thanks to Dr Bentall, and to Mr. a nd Mrs. Fraser for their kind hospitality.
Belfast t. John l\mbulance Brigad e had [he
(Jordon, :.\1.P. h air man f the .L '. R.P. Conul1icre , nom inate d b y the Home ORice, \Va als to speak. otwith tanding the diflicultie of tran port about people were prccnt.
Dr. Bcntall, with h.i L1 '\.1, I good pirits, kept hi ' au dience enraptured b y the delightful manner. in whi ch he plac d his advice and instruction Speaking firs t of th terrors of aas warfare, the po, SIble method b of attack, d e cription f various. t)' p . ot ga -mas ks, the preparations ot room, Flr,t pO'L, deco ntaminati n and then all the means wluch would he prov ided to preserye and I rot ct the C1\ ilian , the kct ur r proceeded to giv ome tim 1y ad \ 'ice to tho '(' res ponsible for t.h training of the g n raIl ubJic. the conclusi n of the me ting Oml11L SlOn r im' ited the ]\ s i tant sinners, lc::u·s. D.
pri"\-jlege recently' of taking part in the Dublin Competition for men.
D r. R. \\" train, 11. D. B. c., Di trict -urgeon , Ireland and Dr. A. B. Fitzsimmons, ::-'1.B., D ivi ional urgeon, Belfast Central Division, \"ere a ked to join th adjudicator. team, the L2\f. He\' ham teamer, entered for the enior Teams ' " Championships" City of Dublin Cup, and came in econd, the Cup ha,-ing been "on b,the it,- of Dublin Di,-i ion.
The t Central Di,isi on emered r-() r [he "' oyice Cup, amI came in fourth.
Th teams wer truck \\-ith the plendid or <7a ni 'ation of th competitions and although Belfast regrett d that mor team, could not go up to Dublin, thi' 'llay be r medied next year.
LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER BOOTH ofWalsbaw who will be on duty in Westminster Abb ey during the Coronation Service
RC 'HDE _ IU R I0:G DIn
Firs[ 1\id anJ g a., mask Jemon ' [Cation. cycmeen members gained _-\.R.P Certitlca[e
The Order and its Priory
By The Hon. JOHN HAMI LTON BRUCE, D.L. , J.P .
(The Hon. John H. Bmce succeeded the late Sir Herbert D. U7 Le1vis, K.B .E., as Principal Secretm-:J' and COlJlmissioner for TV-ales in March, ·193 1,following a close association with the work of the Order, partimlarfy in the Aberdare Centre, 1vhere he held the ojjices of President and Actillg COli/m issioner. 111 this article he traces the early links of the Priory for 117ales ]vith the Order of St. John. )
A question of interest to Welshmen is, "Has the Priory roots in the soil of Wales? Are there early associations with Welsh-speaking people? Is the Ambulance Movement indigenous or imported? "
Well, let it be admitted that the earliest origins of the Order in Wales are to be found in what came to be known as "Little England in Wales," and along the fringes of the Norman occupation with its chain of castles. Curiously enough, refugees from floods in the Low Countries, settlers by virtue of a grant by Henry I of the Lordship of Daugleddau, Wizo the Fleming, and his son Walter, were responsible for the gift of Slebech and land between the rivers Cleddau in the middle of the 12th century ; but earlier still, following the Bull of Pope Paschal II in 1 13, in recognition of the Order, Jordan de Canrington had presented the church of Castellan in Emlyn ( ewcastle Emlyn).
The influence of Church and State under the feudal system is apparent in the frequent interventions of King Henry and the Bishops of St. David's in di spute s a.rising over lands bequeathed in favour of the Com' mandery of Slebech, the Monastery of St. Peter' s, Gloucester, and the Priory of St. Mar y's , Worces t er, between 1II3 and 1176. Yet, Bishop A nselm could write in 1230, "We therefore b y our auth ority con.6.r!I¥ those possessions, liberties and ri g hts which peaceably and justly belong to them in our dioces e, through the liberality of Earls, Barons, Knights and other faithful people of God, as well French as Welsh and Flemish, unto the aforesaid Hospital and the brethren of the same" : which goes to prove that the Welsh princes and chieftains were not backward in following the custom of the times, whether from generosity of heart or in expiation of sins of the present life or as insurance against punishment in the nex t world, for instance Gr yffith ap Rhys ap Tewdwr, Maelgwyn, son of Maelgw yn the Great, and others.
It is not without significance that descendants of these Welsh benefactors are concerned with the affairs of the Priory to-day, a fact which emphasises the continuity of Welsh history in spite of intermarriage with other races. As the possessions of the Order accumulated throughout Pembrokeshire, Car-
marthenshire, Gow e r and G lamorgan, a nd to a less degree in Cardi ga nshire, Radnor shire a nd Breckn ockshire, Welsh cultivators of the soil contrib ute d as tenants to render lebe ch the riche st ommande n In the Grand Prior y of E n cr laod after Clerkenwell.
existence, viz., from about II 50 to 1540, must have stimulated a wider outlook and developed a more international consciousness: and the Commandery performed a useful service to Wale s by entering as a tributary of Clerkenwell ioto the main s tr eam of Europ ean policies throu gh the provision of personnel and revenue to the hard-pr esse d Order as a bulw ar k of Christendom in the strug g le of Cross again st Cresce nt.
In 1301 William de Tothale, Preceptor of Slebech, wa s created Grand Prior of the Order in England and figured till hi s death in 1318 as the firs t Baron of th e Realm in the Parliaments of Edward I and Edward II by right of that o ffic e-w hich indicates the importan ce of the Ord er in temporal affairs. Commande r of Slcb ech , R obe rt Hales , became Pri o r of Eng land in 1371 ; and after distinguished services in the Eas t was b ehea d ed o n T we r Hill io 1 38 I, having in curre d the odium of \'(7 at T yler 'S rebels as shortli\'e d Treasurer of Richard II. Another Pr eceptor, Robert E ure, was appo int ed Prior of Ireland in 149 6 : and yet another, Clement West, made himself notorious as Tur copolier of the Order at Malta.
But it was reserved to the last Preceptor of lebech, Sir Richa rd Shelley, t o bec me not only the last T ur copolie r but the last Grand Prior of Englar:d dur ing tl1e short- lived reviva l of the Order In the reig n of Qu een .i\Iary. The Di ssolution of thl. Ionasterie by Henrv VIII in 1540 and the su "pression of the ' rder -< ngland had terminated me existence f the ommandery of lebech. Two pl.lq ucs bearin g heraldic device of the Order may ha\-e been traosfc.:rr d about' tl1i time (fr m one of the app anages o f the ommaodery) t o the outer walls of wha t has since become known as the Ho pice o f Bridg end," f r the exi ting building appears to date fro m the 16th century weyneshea (Swansea), hO\y cver , po essed the house of the Ho pita ] of t John Baptist built by J ohn de P enrice a b out I 180 for " Charitable uses for ever."
THE HON. J OJ I BRU E
For a short period r ents from sca tt ered bellLfactions were remitted dir ect to the Tr easur y in Jerusalem: but the establishment of a Comman dery at Clerk enwell on land donated by Jordan of Bricett about 1144 divert ed remittances to this H eadquarters of the Priory of England. The journeying s of Kni g hts Hospitallers and Serving Brothers between Slebech and Clerkenwell and further afield t o the seat of government of the Order, wherever loca ted, during the 400 years of the Commandery of Sleb ech's
-orth \'\' ales claims a link with the Order in the place -nam (Ysl)ytty Evan," near Cerrig-y-Druidi on, '\\hc re visible traces have long since succ umb e d t o the ravages of time. B y contrast, an i slan d in the e tu ary alo ngside lebech has surrendered a relic in the shape of a t\.vo-handed sword of the 15th century, whi ch is n o,v carrie d in procession of Chapter on cere monial occasions The piety and ideali m of the age, other motive apart, dedicated churches, lan ds and vilIs in \\! ales t o tl1e service of the greatest Or der of Chivalry in hri tendom within a few leafS of its instituti on. Tr ue, it was a mi litari t Order, whi le the ne d to prot ct pil oTims to J erusale m and defend th e Holy ep ulchr e commande d the passionate dev o ti n of I<:.ni ghts and Brothers drawn fro m lands s far remo ed from tl1e H o l v Land a E nglan d, co tland, Wal es and Ir land : ' but the compassio nate moti e to tend the sick and succour the distressed was never absent from th e minds of members of the Order whether temporarily located in
Commanderie s at home or on acti ve service at Headquarters in Jeru salem, A cre, Cyprus, Rh odes and Malta.
So, for tho se of strong nati onalist sentiment, there is cause for congratulation that the age-long connection of Wales with the Order contributed to the international characteri sti cs of the League of Tongues in foreshadowing, however dimly, the endeavours of a later League to kee p faith wi th Humanity in its instinctive striving toward s World P eace.
The "Sladen .,., Competition
The cc Slad en " Competition was held at Kendal on Saturday, April 17. T his consists of a Shield for Senior Tea ms and a Banner for J uniors, and is open to the County of Westmorland to encourage the study and practice of ambulance work.
There were fev.. er teams competin g this yea r owing to the necessity of D i,isi o ns having to take up the stud y of Air Raid Precautions, there being only five teams for the Seniors, which were supplied by L.i\f.S. Oxenholme, L.1LS. Tebay, r\.mbleside mbulance D ivision and Kendal Ambulance and Kursing D i visi o ns . Cadets from Ambleside and I--:.endal Ambulance Divisions and fr o m K endal Did sion competed for the Junior trophy. The sphere of the examination in both instances consisted of a team case, individual practical cases and a ,iva voce in theoretical work.
The results were announced after the co mpetitors had had tea and were as follows :SeJl iors.-Osenh o lme, 1 54 marks' T ebay, 142, and Kendal Kursing D i, -isi o n, 12 5.
The eillor Teams were judged by County Surgeon G. H. Edaecombe, Divisional urgeons _\.. F. Q uarm b y, and J. H. Patterson, whilst County Officer J. Wright and D iyi ional Superintendenc Stilling superintended the effort of the Juniors.
County urge on G. H. Edgecombe gave a hort lecture at the do e of tl1e pre entation of trophie on th method of arriving at a decision in team case b fore proceeding to treatment, emphasising method in place of jumpin cr to conclu ions on the information of o dd symptom ; this ,vas a piece of ,-aluable advice an d of ound practical ,alue.
The County Commi ioner Lt.-Col. \\'". B. Co ckill , propo ed a yote of thank to all tl1e e:s:anuners for th ir continuou ,,-ork during tl1e afternoon, and this w a carried by acclamation.
141 ]tmiors.-I--:.endal Caci e c Ambulance Divisi o n, 120t ; I--:. endal Cadets, 117 ; Amble ide Ambulance Cadets, 9 t·
D.r.TAILS OF TEST.
Railway Finals
The Inter-Railway First Aid Competition for the Railways of England and Wales was instituted by ' the St. John Ambu lance Association in r897.
The four Groups, i e., the Great Western ay, the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway, each select two teams by their own eliminating competitions to represent them in the :final of the Inter-Railwa y Ambulance Competition, and a preliminary competition for un groupe d railways is held by the St. John Ambulance Association, the team taking the first place in that competition also having the right to compete in the :final.
In the preliminary competition in March at t. John's Gate, the Cheshire Lines Committee team gained the top place and therefore competes in the final.
The popularity among railwaymen of the study of first aid to the injured may be judged from the fact that over 25,000 railwaymen were successful in passing the examination of the St. John Ambulance Association in England and Wales during the past year.
Since the competition was instituted the Challenge Shield has been won by the following railways or their constituent companies:-
Southern Railway
L. & N.E Railway
L.M.S. Railway
G.W. Railway
Met Rly and Mid. & G. Rly
RESULTS. Jt. times. 8 7 7 once each.
The position in which the teams were placed by the Judges, Lieut.-Col. W. Archi bald, T.D., M .D ., of Luton, and Lieut.-Col. M MacEwan, D.F.C, T.D., M.B., of Ipswich, in the Final Competition at the Wharncliffe Rooms, London, on pril 22, 1937, 1S as follows :Railwcrys
I. Southern Railway (Waterloo)
2 L.M. & S. Rl y (Crewe-Machine Shop)
3· Great Western Railway (Cheltenham)
4. L.M. & S. Railway (Mayfleld)
5 Cheshire Lines Committee
6 L. & N E. Railway (Tyne Docks)
7. L. & N .E. Railway (Parkeston)
8. Southexn Railway (Horsham)
9. Great Western Railway (Newport)
Max Marks.
Inter-Railway Fit's f Aid Competitions, 19:1 7
The distribution of prize wa presided over by Colonel J. T. \Y/. Perowne, V.D., T.D., of the Order, and the Challenge Shield, Corbet Fletcher Cup and prizes were presented by Mr. R. Holland-Martin, CB., Chairman of the ,'outhcrn Railwa y
Also present ,,,ere: - Th ecr tary-G eneral and' Lady Wilkinson. Great H7e slem Mr . J. F. Lean (Assistant to General Manager); Dr. H C. Fuller, Chief j\fedical Officer. J...AJ/ldOIl, iV/idlolJd 1Iid Scottish RaihJ/ay .' Mr. F. A. Lemon, Work - uptrintendent, Crewe; Ir. \\". E. .] ,aze nby, A -sist an[ Chief Officer for Labour and 1r. WI. tanier, Chief 1fechanical Engineer. L Olldon and ortiJ EaJ-tem Rail)) ,OJ' .' ir Ralph \V'edg \\' oo d, Chief General fana ger; ir Batho, Direc tl r ; Lieut.-Col. V. 11. Barrin gto n- ard uperintcn dem, Western ection; .L\fr. 11. J 1. IlaUida y, Pnn ci pal taff S1 tant; h. C H. Jhie f \ ccuun , nt. Sout/J enl Rai/7Jlqy.' 1Ic zlumf cr, \ss is 1m General l\fanager; Mr \'C G. Pape Ind nr \.., ..,j" 1n t to General :\fanager.
TI:Sl. Nos. I, 2, 3. and .j. have been attending a lir:'l aid pr.lLlll.C ar th e railway station and are just lea\'ing \\'hen a motor cyclist rus hes lop and teU s them he has run into a man wheelin g <1 hand-truc k JUS t utside th e stalio n On examinatlOn thc palient is found to be uffcr · ing from a compl icated fracture of thl. pchls. Then: IS 1 ho,pitJl l .j.00 yards away. First aid material is a\ atlabk In the ·t'lIl.>n l nd If aid has (0 bc rendered in 20 minutts.
11 DIVID \.L T1. T os, a nd .j. \\ 't rc called to altcml w a platl'Jayer h" If Id: by an engine whilc shunt in g operation, were in prl)l,('te:-; _ I Ie flung clear of [he Ene and i found tn h;H'c a compr>und tractu re ?t the ri ght leg and a foreign body in the Jefr tye. [I!OSt 31d mat na l is available and lht.:re i<: a b\·stander. Iirst aid to fx In eight minutes.
:Ko. 2, while on dut)' on a platform , sec a 'a from a rrain, srumble, and raj] on co thc platform , The a,ut' oc has a dislocated ankle. First a id mater ial i a\·a il abk. First lI d to he rendered in eight minutcs.
o. 3 see a man drink something OUl elf a borde ;lnct rall T he battle i" found to comain vermin killer. First ;lId nutula) IS aya ilable. First a id to be rendered in eight mimw:"
No. 5 is required to rendtr first aid to :\ man wh o wa;; spla -heJ.on both legs with sulphuric acid from a jar \\ hieh I'd I Itt 1 p:l 'I'll; lorry. First aid material is :\\'ailabk and (here is a lime allowed: 8 minutes.
TEA;,l TEST.
CARD l-L\'i'.oEU TO T, 2,3, Ar-:D 4. Y Oli h:l\ c been fi rst aid pract ice at the railway stalion and arc u 't kavln J!. I motor cvclist w ho is unhurt, rushes up and teUs you that he run into a wheeling a hand-truck on the approach roaJ (I _th e stat ion, and that his cycle [ell on him. 1Ie lifted the cycle reporting to you. There arc t\VO bystanders. The weather S cO ( and windy bur dry. Stretcher and {(rst a id material in first aid 30 yards awa y Ilospital 400 yards Ji\tant down rhL hil!. \c as you shou ld. rd TIme aJlowed : 20 mInuteS, begu1111np; when )'ou Ihl S 0.
JUDGE'S oTc.-Pa tient is lying on hi hack, race [JaIL. of petrol from cycle close to patiem, also li ghte d \\ has fallen from lips of patient. and bin ncar by , po avai labl e. Tce at s hop close by, and \yater sta ti on t..1.p.
Prompt approach to patient
Prompt removal of cigarette,
Promp t spreading o[ sand over pL:lrol stain
I\[a ke certain cYcli is unhurt
\dv ise him to rcst
)10 alteration of posilion of patient before examination -+
1'-cep back bys tanders
Is pas ing traffic a danger? (judge: No.)
Is doctor available? (jlldge: No)
Is ambulance available? (judge.' No)
Se nd for stretcher, first aid materials, a nd blankcts
EXAM INATION OF PATIENT.
Spea k to patient. (judge: Feeble reply) 3 f·.nco uraging words 3
Tell him to lie quite still
.\ny vis ible ha:morrhage? (judge: 1\ 0)
\sk bystanders for information. (judge: only him run iTlto) 2.
\ny visible deformity? (jlldge: None apparent)
Examine scalp. (judge: Normal)
Examine roce. (jlldge: Pale, no if!J wry )
t..'{amine cars. (judge: oTl7lal)
Examine mouth. (judge: l":ormal)
\.n)' false teeth? (judge: No)
\ny bleedlng from ears, nose, etc.? (judge: .l.Vo)
Co ndition of pupils? (judge: lVormal) ( ondirion of breathing? (judge.' Quick and laboured)
Con dition of skin? (j"dge: Cold afld r1arlllllY )
r.on dition of pulse? (judgl!: Rapid afld lJ eak)
Lxa mination of upper limbs , (judge: No il!jUry)
b xa mination of chest. (jlulge: No injIlTY). 2.
Examination of back (as far as possible). (judge: .I 0 lI!)tr')')
Examination of pelvis. (judge: llfarhd S1JIelling)
E.'amin ation of thighs. (judge: 0 injllTy) 2
Examination of legs and feet (judge: No injury). 2.
pa tient ca1.ling for air and restless? (judge: Yes) 4 (an patient move lower limbs? (Judge: rr'ith pain and diffiro/ty) 6
Is he ab e to pass water? (jud/?,e: Yes, a lillie)
I TER-RAILWAY
[s the urine bloodstained? (judge: Yes)
Diagnose fractured pelvis
TREATMENT.
Undo aU tight clothing
Keep good air space round patient
Gently lay him in position giving most ease
Flex or straighten legs as desired by patient
Head low
Head turned to one side
Empty hip-pockets and take charge of contents
Broad bandage round hips "
Tight enough to support the parts, but not tOO tight
Bandage knees together
Bandage ankles together
Is cold water available? (judge: Yes, tap near by)
Send for cold water
Sprinkle face with cold water
Smelling salts to nose, first tested
Keep patient as warm as possible and protect from wind
Cover up very carefully
Any ice available? Uudge: Yes, fish shop rotmd corner)
Send for ice
Give ice to suck
Place ice pack on seat of injury
Uudge al I2. miNl/les from start slates that patient is compldefy tmConsc ious.)
Carefully raise legs and bandage from toes ro hips
Bandage from fingers to shoulders
Avoid unnecessary movement of
Careful
Carefullowenng
(Team
JOHN'S GATE, CLERKENWELL, DU CAN G. MOl TEITH, LONDON, B.c.I. 4pril z6, 1937· Competition
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REpORT No. 122.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Count y of Hampshire S. J. .B. reports the efficient performance of first aid as follows :-
On February 4 Cadet N. Cocking (eet 13), of the Alverstoke Cadet Division, while on his way home from school, saw a man fall from his cycle, and on going to his assistance found that he had sustained a fracture of the collar -bone complicated by shock. So, going - to a chemist nearby, Cadet Cocking explained the facts of the case and asked for bandages. The chemist, noting his Cadet badge, promptly gave him triangular bandages and a pad, and in sporting fashion told him " to get on with the job." He also telephoned for the town ambulance. Cadet Cocking, therefore, made his patient comfortable and accompanied him in the ambulance to the War Memorial Hospital, where the surgeon commented on the neat and efficient manner in which the injury had been treated.
COMMENT.-It is good once again to record good 1vork done by a J?1ember of our junior branch, if onlY because 011 our Cadets dePfJ12ds the fllture welfare of the Brigade. I n these circumstances we cordiallY congratulate Cadet Cocking and those who are in charge of his unit and responsible for his instruction on the successful way in which he applied his knowledge when the need arose.- C. F.
CASE REpORT No. 123·-The Officer -in-Charge of Western Area, No. I District S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid b y a member of o. 54 (Brentford and Chiswick) Division, as follows :-
At about 9.35 a m. on April 28 a man who was standing on the kerb in Hammersmith Road, waiting to cross , slipped, and was struck by a passing lorry, sustaining severe injuries to his left leg PriYate Turnham' s attention was drawn to the man who was lying in the gutter ble eding profusely from the leg, and, suspecting that the femoral artery was severed (whi ch was in fact the case), he at once applied digital pressure. He was later relieved b y a Police Officer, and until the arrival of an ambulance Private Turnham and the Officer applied the pre ssure in turn. Private Turnham's prompt action in stemming the flow of blood was probably the means of saving the injured man's life.
COMMENT.- The task seems eaJY when, in the quietude of the stucfy, we read the instructions of the Text-book on how we should compress the femoral artery I t proves, however, a different proposition IvhfJ12 have to do the fob amidst the flurry and exciteJ?1ent of a street accident.
To Private Turnha m, therefore, we tender our cordia! congratulations on his excellent Ivork in trying circumstances.
-N.
C. F.
I Questions and Answers]
TIlE BITER
BIT.
K. F. (Eastern County).-IIerewith a picture takcn from a recent i sue a daily and Showing treatm ent of an aCCldent at a POlnt-to -Point Racc Meeting. I s nd it to you so that you can tell the world what you think of it and how first- aid ers should not do it. You will see that two Bri gade men in uniform are standing by the patient who is be Ing placed on a stretcher-one (it is true) g ivin g a h and but the other merely holding the bridle. )
Your proposed " beatillg" is !Jot jl/stified beca!t.rt , 011 looking at the pictllre, 1 note that atl Ofjicer and a Pr' va le in Brigade Uniforlll are face to face slfpportil/g the bo dy of the lady ,vho is beillg placed on a stretcher, 1'vhile h, u'! lay assistants supporting her head alld feet Cer lailJ ly the bridle carrier, 111ho 'J}Iears Brigade ul1iforlll) looks quite contellt to lealJe the job to his Ojjicer alld fellolv Priva t t' 1_ N. C. F.
DRES I G FOR TAR Bl:RN.
J. P. (Chipping orton).-I am empl yed h a highway authority, and, being a member of th e Brigade, I have b ee n asked to I rcpare small fir s t aid outfits for gangs f roadmen. In thes outfI t 1 have to put some dressing for the treatment of Tar and Bitumen Burns. Could you pl a e advise mc of the b est thing to put in thcs outfits for <;uch burns? our will be greaLl) appreciate d. 111 slIch cases all attelllpts 011 the part oj a firsl -a;dn to remove or to dissoil le the ta r 1}Jil/ Otlly leJJrI to tlJe ilgl/ly. COl/seqllel/tly 1 consider that the be.!" ! fin: aid treatment is to cover (and support where n{,(l'sfllry) the il!jllred part 111ith sterile dressillg alld to oblain Il! cdirtl/ aid for the patietlt at the earliest IIIOIII/llt - C. •
PER 0 AL LEANLI· OF T- \ID ER J. B. (Down outh).- ome remarks on the ah J\'C subject were recentl y made in THE GA% ET'l'E. T J'ese were, I think) rather lightly dismissed, with rcnurks to the effect that th e first aid man \vas n ible eno ugh to look after himself, and that articles on this important su bject were not necessary.
ow, I am an active member of the Brigade mel so come in contact with many other members; an d it has lon g been my thought that some membe r s are not nearl y careful enough to keep their hands, fi nge r nail s and teeth in a clean condition.
If one considers the patient, then the sight of d irt)' te eth and the odour of bad breath must be eno ug h to make a patient who is already ill actually vomit. A friend of mine was recently treated at an ic e rink for an injury to the foot (an open wound). He afterwards told me that th e first-aider's good in te ntions were not appreciated because hi s finger nai ls were black!
10 mention these items to members personally would make one unpopular. So I venture, through tlle medium of the printed word in the pages of TIm GAZETTE, to point out these things "nicely." In sho rt, Sir- What about it?
} refer to a practical problem Ivhich, though it onlY arises on very rare occasions) should be Jaced Its solution i.r IJOt " in th e u)rilten lvord," but rather in the hands oj those in charge oj Divisions, Jvho aitheir periodical Uniform Practice s s/)ouid inspect hands as Tvel! as uniforms and note af!} member ,vho errs in the manner described. Aftenvards a few quiet 1vorr/s apart frolll tlJe other members should fll;III'e that the DivisiolJ shall not be let d01vn in this way Oil any occasion of Public Duty.- C. F.
TRA PORT OF P AT IENT DOWNHILL.
L. W. (Birmingham).-If we had to carry a patient on a stretcher 30 yards downhill with a Fracture of Cranium and the onset of Compression, together with a simple fraclure of right femur and compound fracture of ri ght tibia, should we carry (C head first," as Ins tructed b y the Text-book o n p. 207 (b), or should we regard the head injury as the more serious and carr)' cc feet first" ? Your kind ruling will be appreciated
The CO!J7prtssion being the more seriolls condition ilJ itJ imlllediate risks .reellls to me to dell/alJd priori!} ill II', IlIIel1l al/d IralJsport. COlJsequeJJt!y, 1 should arrange :/i,;: such a patient shoJlId be carried d01mhill-feet first.\. C F.
TREA nu:. l' F PR \CTl REO PI,\,E.
I: \ 7 (Birmingham).-In the treatment of a Fractu r of pine on p. 63 of the Text-book, ,ye are in tructe d to pass broad bandages under head, houldc r-bladc$) buttocks) thigh and eahTe. In co n pe titions we haye seen thc broad bandage passed under patient and tied to a long pole on each sid. \'\' e ha e a lso een teams using the " loop bandage, ) pa s' ing them under in opposite directions and sec uri ng them by tying three knots on one pole and two knots on the other, the poles b eing pre,Tiou ly passcd through the loops. \X7ill you kindly inform us \\ hich is the correct method? We greatly appreciate the help we have received from you in the past and we a ait your reply .
The former is the /JIethod described it! the Text-book: and to me it seems to be the better 1J1ay.- C. F.
TH E THOMA PLI TT.
\. P. (Clevelcy ).-The Txt-book (pp. 227- 228 ) says that the Thomas plint may be u ed for any fractu re about the knee joint and bones of the leg." Surely this should be qualifi d to exclude all cas s of compo und fracture with protruding bone? Com-
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pare p. 57 : cc Do not attempt extension in the case of a compound fracture when the bone protrudes."
As a Divisional Surgeon I would also plead for a simplified method of applying the Thomas Splint. Sir Robert Jone s, in his little book Notes on Military OrthoPaJdics (p. 117), writes: "I have often fixed a fractured thigh in this splint and sent the patient home in a cab."
The method he describes is to fix the limb by extension to the splint, apply local splints round site of fracture, and support the limb by two transverse bandage slings, one at the back of the knee (or a little higher) and the other at the back of the calf.
I have tried this method in an actual case, obtaining extension by a clove hitch over the boot, and the patient travelled five miles safely and comfortably to hospital in an ambulance.
The Thomas Splint being reserved cc for first aid "nits trained to work together and equipped with sHitable appliances" (Text-book, p 227), it follows that its application would be effected tinder the direction of a medica! ojjicer, who 1vol/Id settle a'!J proble!1Js connected therewith. For this reason its description is outside our Syllabus of Instruction / and it is illc/tlded il1 an Appendix to the Text-book uJhich " deals primarily with castla! first aid rendered 0 an individllal jJ)ith improvised materia!" (ibidem).
Further, 1 understand that jn R.A. j'J.1 .C. work the Thomas Splinl is applied in all cases of fracture of the IOJJ'er limb even if the bone protmdes / that it is considered more important to get the ends of the bone as far as possible into apposition than to try to avoid possible infection of the 7J'olmd / and that it IIII1St be applied 0 the JIedical Ojjicer himself and not I?J' /}is assistallts.-l.. C. F.
Brigade and V.A.D. Camp camp or school of in (ruction for officer and members of 1 ursing Divisions will be held again thi year at Ro all chool, near Fleet\yood, from July , to \ugu t Am- officers or Ambulance ister from Q,-e rsea ,,-ho are till in England and would like to attend the camp will be warmly welcomed.
Ro all chool is ituated on the sea coast and ha its own beach. The climate i ,ery bracing.
There ''.'111 b a course of in truction in • ir RaidPrecautions ,,-ith examination. loa cookery cour e with examination. Lecture in ho pital ","ard " -ork and theau with d monsuation ) will be gi,-en. Ther will also be lecture- on special ubjecc.
The afternoons will be free, and there will be ample time for recreation TIle usual whist drive) concerts and fann- dre dane ,,-ill be arranaed.
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FINALS
WI NERS OF TROPHIES. AMBULANCE COMPETITIONS.
" DEWAR" CHALLENGE SHIELD.-Hig hest marks: '\ olverton Team I, District NO.2.
cc SYMONS ECCLES" CHALLENGE Cup.-Second highest marks: Hereford Team H, District NO.7.
"TRIMBLE" TROPHY.-Highest marks in Individual and Dual Practicals : Shoreditch Team F, District No. I ; Hereford Team H, District NO.7.
" ELLIS" Cup -Officer or Leader of team gaining highest marks in Practical: Wolnrton Team I, District NO.2.
NURSING COMPETITIONS.
PERROTT" CHALLENGE SHIELD.-Highest marks: Heme Ba y Team I, District No.8.
"CORl3ET FLETCHER" Trophy.-Second highest marks: Hull (Kingston) Team A, District No.6.
" CHALMERS" TROPHY.-Highest marks
and Dual Practicals: Heme Bay Team I, District No.8.
" MOUNT GARRET " Cup.-Highest marks Bedmaking Test Sisters and 3: Heme Bay Team I, District No.8.
-;; ELLIS" Cup.-Officer or
the lift, which is not working sati factorily.
You know that the hospital is half a mile away and that a stn cher is available at the warehouse. If anything happens, act as you should. ACTION OF TEST.-An electrician is standing in the lift sbaft repairing the lift while bis mate o uts ide working the con cols.
Suddenly there is a flash and the electrici3!l falls to the groun d with a bum of his left hand caused by elec tri c current. His mate at once enters the lift shaft and bends over the patient.
As soon as team takes charge tbe electrician's mate walks away to report to the manager. Five minutes latcr, or alternatively ben the lift shaft is cleared, tbe sound of an cIectric motor s be ara and the lift begins to descend Immediately he hears this the mate (unobtrusively) returns to collect tOols, enters the shaft, stumbles on his face, and is caught by the descendi.n g lift across bi hips his legs being within the lift sbaft.
At this moment the manager arrives and working tbe con ro ls succeed s in raising tbe lift a short distance o tbe sound of the el, etri c motor.
STAGING OF T EST.-/lrraoge a working lift; and on OOL 51dc thereof an ambulance stOre room in full view of audience In tlill place stretcher, two rugs, haversack, dressings, bowls, telepr'1ne, etc. VisitS to this room will occupy three minutes.
At outset, separate team, placing officer in the tore room and cam at entry of warehouse. Hand card of i.nstructio n s to office r :U1 d also to team.
A rrange for assistantS as electrician, electriCian' matc, and ge r.
Electrician lies on his back, fully conscious, and sustains bum of left hand and simple fracture of right forearm. I li s mate lies on his face, fully c o nscious though badly sho cked, and sustains a i Ilple fracture of pelvis and bruise of forehead. II injuries to be rep re· sented on patient. Ambulance to be available eight mln utes after it is summoned.
DETAILS OF TEST.
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Mode of reading cards and of approach
Tactful words to patient and mate "
Ask if lift safe. (For five minules only)
Ask if in pain. (Left hand; righ t forearm )
Note bum of hand; ask if bleeding. (No )
Examine forearm for irregularity. (Marked)
For w o und or signs of bruise. (None)
For swelling. (Yes); for loss of power. O't.r)
Rapidly exelude reasons against removal "
Efficiency of method of removal from shaft
With proper s upport of injured parts
Telephone for doctor. (Not al home)
And for ambulance. (Here in 8 miml1u)
EXAMINATION OF ELECTRICIAN.
Note colour of face and breathing. (Nor/pal)
Test pulse at wrist and skin (Normal )
Efficiency of method of examination of
Head, face, spine trunk, pelvis
Upper and lower limbs. (No other i,yury)
Decide to treat for bum of hand
And simple fracture of forearm
IMMEDiATE ACTION WITH 1vUTE.
Officer de tails beaters to mate
Tactful and encouraging words to mate
Ask him if in pain. (Sev ere at hipr)
Promptly exclude fracture of sp ine
By sel1fiat ion and movements of limb s
Ask if trOu er damp or b lood-stained. (lvo) and evenl y roll him on back
Orficer now end 1:karers os. 1 and 3
l'Of havcrsack and s tretcher which they prepare at attention and awa it o rders
Take stcps to clear li[rs haft quickly
I; fficie nc y of method of removal from shaft OF MATL.
Promp tly n o te bruise of forehead
\sk jf wound or irregularity of ku ll. (.\0)
ote co ou r of face. ( Pale); breathing. (Jbo//oll )
fest pulse at wri l. Or'oak); skin. (Cold)
ba mi.ne pelvi s for irregul arity. (\Ollf)
\ sk if mate can raise heels. O-r.r, bill POilll,'orrr)
E,c lude fracture of thi gh bones. (, 0111') :\ lcl injl1I\ to bladd r. (\01 mdflll)
Cover brui r;e with cold water dre ss inj.!
Re -appl y dressing at intervals
Loo en clotbes, but cover warml y Flex and st rai ghtcn lower limbs to find Wh ic h po siti on more comfortable. (KmlI bfll ) App y broad bandage round hips
Tight
fORT \\ lLUA'.l, Of\T .\RIO, C.\l' : \.D ; \.mbu lanc( 'an d 1\"ursi ng Dil i:ion -
1 Jflcl Lncy of method of e:-.al1ll11oltiUn 01 mcc, trunk, and four limbs. ( \ u olb, r l1YIlr))
DeCide treat for shock bltJlSL of f!)["ehe:ld \nd sim ple fracture of pch IS
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LI[ p:1.lJel1l ; clllihes co"n \1 annh 'hk if bicarbon:1.tc :1\, ilable. (\ fJ) (O\cr hand cotll1n-\.\'()ol · k:1\ c hl slel'S lightl) apply l:J.'rgc· 3J 111 siing' \\lIhout am clothilll!..
He.' forc1.rm ; protect hand l;tner and outcr splints (,1bolJ' to Imp.,,..r) hx splint - with t\Y O mll 1'0\\l"bl lOwer applied figun,-u [.elghl uppo rt l.irnb in large .lrl11·slIng wa rm and giye hot drink ness a nd efficiency or \\ork .\/fl/{.
,H, If is ;I\n ihhk. ( \0 ) :. 147 O electrician to ambulancl of dunng transil \ aluc 01- rep rt !l e- urgeon ( omrx [cnc\' tHO (,tticcr i. c te:1 m
l..:;L pI" B U 111 tLlf III .1-< (",-,I L in l'nnccc:s:uy crb:ll o;'I,bn:llioP$ Rcdund :uH qUC .[lLH1: (ll Jud,!!c l'nduc particip:1rion by Offic cr Olher penalric' (if .1m' THE" PERR TT" CH \LLI:: :--':C l:: .; !'i '1 :lCr' /;'lg. l1'a ks. lllELD. NUR f:-\G TE.-\\1 TE 'T ( fIRST 10 l' ORTlO:-; Time limit 2 0 m nutes. \\" a.rnim::lt 15 minu·c-. CARD OF 1:-.1 TRt'CTlO:-;S .-O n" :ltunln afternoon 0U are o n
Crt)::; t( 1;1' Deduct rCI1.lri<.'s if :lm '- L! [In,,I.
-your "way to an A.R.P. Demonstration and you have been asked to meet your officer at the bouse of some of her friends.
You know that this house is next door to a billiards saloon, of which the husband of your officer's friend is the proprietor; and that your officer has arranged for stretcher and full equipment to be .available at the house for a competition practice on Monday morning.
If anything happens, act as you should.
ACTIo' OF ThsT.-Test opens with an explosion which damages the large plate-glass window of the billiards saloon. The policeman .on his beat at once rings the fire alarm, with the result that two minutes later two firemen appear on the scene.
Immediately after the explosion the proprietor staggers out, falls down the front steps and rolls on his back under the window .of the saloon. The firemen warn the team that the remaining plate glass may fall out at any moment; this actually taking place .eight minutes from the start. The policeman is busy w:th notebook and tells team to do their best for patient, who eJ>.rplains that he was .attending to the gas-stove and refuses point blank to be taken to .hospital.
If patient has not been removed when further fall of glass occurs, he will be adjudged as having been hit with a large piece, which .causes lacerated wound of head and fracture of skull with compression. These injuries must be treated, though no marks will be given for the extra work.
At the outset, the officer is placed in house with the proprietor'S wife ; and the team is actually knocking at the door when the explosion ·occurs.
STAGmG OF TEsT.-Arrange scene as billiards saloon with large plate-glass window (broken and unbroken), door arrange house with bedroom (this with removable front) Each building has separate door with steps to pa,ement. Also arrange fire alarm post at edge of arena.
Arrang e for assistants as proprietor of saloon, bis wife, a policeman, and two uniformed firemen. Tbe patient is fully conscious and -sustains a lacerated wound of right hand with venous bleeding and simple fractures of left leg and of rigbt collar-bone. He is in his shirt-sleeves and is lying on his back. All injuries to be represen ted on patient.
At tbe outset tbe bedroom is in dis ord er as it is being spring-cleaned.
Tbe bedclothes, however, are folded and read y for use. Give card of instructions to officer and also to team.
DETAILS OF TEST.
Max. larks.
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Mode of reading cards and of approach 2
Ask if plate g lass safe. (Five minNtes only) 4
Tactful words to patient and his wife 2
Ask if patient replies. (Yes; quite clearl.J,). 2
Recognising serious character of accident. 2
Advise patient to be taken to hospital. (No)
Ask wife for 'phone number of doctor
Telephone doctOr. (Coming; meanwhile carry on)
Decide patient must be moved quickly 2
Send firemen for stretcher forthwith 3
Instruct how to prepare and place it 3
Ask if bedroom ready for patient. (No) 4
'EXAMmATION OF PATI!ENT.
Ask colour of face. (Pa/e); breathing. (Shallow) 4
Test pulse at wrist. (Weak); skin. (Cold) 4
Proceed to complete examination on spot. 2
Left Hand.
Immediately note wound of left hand
Ask character. (Lacerated); if dirty. (Yes)
Colour blood. (Dark red); if flows fast. (No)
How it flows. (Steac/y, continuous stream)
Ask if can clench fist without pain. (Yes)
Ask if pain elsewhere. (Right shoulder; left leg)
;Right Shoulder.
Ask if can move this limb. (Partially helpless)
Examine right upper limb from above down
Locate irregularity of collar-bone. (Outer third). "
Ask if clothing damp or blood-stained. (No)
Exclude any other injury to limb. (None)
Decide simple fracture of clavicle
Left Leg.
Ask if foot everted. (No); if wound. (No)
Locate marked irregularity and swelling
Mecting both bones of leg. (At junction of ,piddle and lower thirds)
Exclude other injury to left lower limb. (NOlie)
Decide simple fracture left leg
Efficiency of methods of examination of
Head, trunk, spine, and other limbs
PRELI rmARY TREATMENT OF PATIENT.
Cover wound with temporary dres si ng
Elevate hand: pin sleeve to coat
Tie lower limb toge the r with banda ges
At ankles and feet, knees and thighs
Fix limb to chest by bandage at elbow
Instruct firemen to kneel beside patient
nd to lift him on their bended knees
Quickly slide stretcher into position
Tell firemen to lower patient on stretcher
And to carry out of danger zone
Accuracy of instructions to firemen
ROUTINE TREAn,lENT OF PATIENT
Loosen clothing but cover man ,varmly
Left Halld
R emove dressing; ask if bleeding. (1\ 0)
Send wife for warm sterile water "
Pour on hand from within outwards
Iodine hands, wound, and skin around
llow dry; apply clean dry dressing
Pad of cotton-wool' bandage firmly
Place left hand on chest [or pre ·ent
Righi C/O/liclc.
Unfasten brace on the injured side
Place large pad in armpit. (4 b)' 2 illrhts)
Ra ise forearm; keep shoulder back.
Broad bandage round elbow and trunk
Support limb in t. John aml-sling
Te t pulse at wri t; tighten
Place left forearm in large :lrm-.ling
And rest it on top of right forearm leatness and efficiency of work
TRANSPORT OF PATrENT
Ask if change in [ace, pul e, breathing. (./\0)
Inquire if bedroom now ready to rt.:cei, e. (} "u)
Then ask firemen to remove man to house
Accurac\' of in [ruction to firemen
Superincend and control the remm'al
Keep patient warmly covered throughout
Tact in all dealings with patient's wife
Gross tOtal Deduct penaltie , if any et total
RFGULATION PENALT[ES.
Use of uniform as co"ering or pillo,""
Unneces ary verbal explanation
Redun dant question co Jud ges
Undue participation by OfIlcer
Other penalties ( f any)
THE" P ERROTT" CJ I.t\LLE
TEA:lf TEST-AFTER-CARE ,tND DETAILS OF TEST.
GE SIIIELD URSI "G PORTIOI'.
AFTER-CARE AND URSING OF P.\TLE T.
PreHlJIillary Aclioll.
Comforting words to wife; straighten room
Place bed suitable position, easy o[ access
Have nrc lighred and kettles on to boil
Ask for fracture boards; place in position
Preparation oj Bed.
Piece of sack i.n g tied to frame with tapes
Mattress correctly placed in position
Under-blanket smooth y, firmly tucked
Under-sheet similarly tucked in position
Two pillows in slips and correctly placed
Top-sheet tucked under mattress as necessary •
Two light and warm blankets s imil arly placed
Light counterpane plac ed over bedclotbes
Correctness of tucking in bedclothes and corners
Carefully remove the upper bedcl o thes
Place mackintosh, and then the draw-sheet
Max. Marks.
Apply temporary blanket to protect bed 2
Next place hot-water bottles in bed :z
RcapliofJ of Paliellt.
Sct.:k co-operation of the patient's wife 2
To have hot blankets and hot tea ready
Have ready small table, basins, sterilised water (hot and cold), soap, towels, cOlton-wool, scissors, pins, pail for dirty articles, antiseptics, and any dressings avaiJable 6
Put clean clothing to air, extra bedclothes, etc.
Encou raging words LO patient on arrival
of the Brigade. H.R.H. arrived in time to see one Test in the Perrott Competitions, and after being introduced to all the Judge s by the Surgeon-in-Chief, took tea with the Brigade before presenting the Shields and awards in the Winter Gardens, which was crowded to its utmost capacity.
I was much impressed with the smooth running of all the arrangements. There did not seem to be any waiting or delay, and everyone appeared to know what to do and when to do it.
The Conference of Jud ges the night before was of real assistance to us, and the helpful observations made by the Surgeon-in-Chief did much to ensure
H.R.Il. The Duche ss o f Gloucester presenting rhe Perrott Challenge hield to member- of the Herne B:l\' Team
Judges' Observations
Dr. F. L. Newton
The Brigade Finals for the D ewar and P rrott Shields, held at the 11 tel Gr at entra!, London on April 9 thi year, were most s ucce ful. It i difficult for l1:c, :who was j udgino-, to give more than a genera l desctl ptlon of the vents as a whole, because I wa not able to see any of the ompetition except the one I was jud ging myself.
DThll) resence of ILR.H. the Duchess of Gloucester, Dame Grand Cross of the Ord r of t. J oIm, and Commandant-in-Chi f of 1-using Corps and DIVISIo ns, was very lTmch appr icatcd by all members I49
thac \ve all knew exactly what was expecced of us. .[ \.fcer the con£ rence Gro man went through the action of the Team Tests, and repeated them indefatigably until the Judge were sati tied with all the movement. The actual taging of the Te tS ,yas xcell nt and the Te ts themselve thi y ar wer mo. t practical and rraio-htfor,,"ard. The' make-up of the patient b y- apt. \\1hite-h:.n ox was most admirable, and hould ha,' be n ea ily under tood by all d1e te ams
Of the actual work done in the D hield Tean1 Te t tl1e examinacion of th patient was yen" well don and the correct diagnosi wa made in' most cas s. The hL t aid work ","a al 0 done, though
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some teams were neater an d more efficient than others. I was, however, disappointe d with the way in whch the patients were mo ed out of the lift, and w.ith the stretcher work. The loading of the stretchers was quite well done, but the lifting and marching with the stretchers, nxing slings and loading ambulance was n o t so well done, and in some cases the work was not in accordance with the book.
The leadership of the Officer-in-C h arge of the Team was not on the whole good In most case officers did not realise that the nrst patient, though lifted from the lift, was not seriously hurt, and could quite easily be assisted to the ambulance, and was fit
to travel as a sitting case. If they had inspected the ambulance they would have found that two stretchers could not be loaded properly, and would not have tried to make them nt
The help given me b y my Assistant Judge, Capt . Steele, was invaluable, and with two patients gave the teams every opportunity to do their work without any delay, though with only nve 'minutes' interval between the teams, it was hardly possible to make many notes under the remarks column
The work of the stewards was excellent, and did much to keep the Tests up to time.
In conclusion, our best thanks are due to those in whose hands were the arrangements for a most enjoyable and efficient competition.
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Colonel C. H. S. Redmond , T.D .. M.B ., Ch.B.
I must congratu late all Team on the Ycr y standard f nr t aid shown by them I wa' part icu, larlv struck by the manner in which we re and neatly applied. Too often nt: fin ds, even in important competiti ns that banda ge. are applied in such a way as to be. uselc (or the particular purpose, or. a of d1 t"\ the patient. It impos Ible In any competltlon 110l to find at lea. one granny-knot but that m,ay be ,,((lIsed as du e to the excitement of the moment ra h<.'[ tha n
broad bandage for the right arm to support the left ann. In so doing they showed a good appreciation of the injury and an example of avoiding making an injury worse than it is.
I must commend one team on the prompt elevation of the left arm as soon as the ha:morrhage was found, and making use of the policeman to keep the limb elevated until the was controlled. All teams dealt with the injured hand on the spot instead of app lying a temporary dressing. I agreed with this as it avoided any recurrence of bJ eeding during tran sport.
In moving the patient from the scene of the accident to the house, good use was made of the help available. While several methods were employed for placing [he pa tient on the stretcher (one team employed the " hum an stretcher" method) in all cases the instruction s were well gi,'en and care taken to see they were pro perl y carried out.
Instea.d of losing marks by way of penalties, several reams gained e -tra marks for excellence in some par u cular-the team concerned will note this on thei I marking sheets and the reason for earning extra :narks.
In the completion of the marking sheets I was ably lSsi ste d by Assistant ommissioner Capt. S. B. Turner, wh o took certain ections of the Test. t the conelus' on of each team's work we compared notes and .lgn..e d upon the mark for each item of the Test.
Library a nd Museum
J eut. -Col. W. L. Beales has pre ented the extremely rare portrait medal of Grand Prior John :Kendall 14 80 , :he earliest portrait medal of an Englishman. The onl y other copies known are two in the British :\[u se um
Th e Grand Priory Church of the Venerahle Order of St. John of Jerusalem
] UNE SERVICES, 1937.
The Chapter-General has decided that services shall be held in the Church, in ] une, as follows :june 24, Thursday.-St. JOM Baptist s Da y, the annual Commemoration Services of the Order. Holy Communion, at 8,30 a.m. Festival Service, 2.30 p.m.
Preacher: The Lord Bishop of Durham, ubPrelate of the Order.
Cleeth o rpes and District Cadet Division
On Thursda y, April 8, the annual ] unior Fisher Cup competition was held at the Elliston Street Schools, four teams competing. The judges, Ambulance and Dodds, along with an appreCIative audience, witnessed some very keen work and the awards were given as follows:R. Lister (capt.), R. Ross, H. Laceby, F. Burton, and A. Pool, the runners-up being Cpl. A . Dixon (capt.), H Dolb y, R. Egarr, R. ] ohnson and M. Chase. The Cup given by H. Bryant, Esq., for the best allround Cadet of the ye ar was awarded to CpL A. Dixon, runner-up, Cadet Laceb y . .1frs. Pool presented the Cups and prizes to the w11lI1ers, and a vote of thanks was passed by CadetSuperintendent Birkett to all who had helped to make the competition a success.
Post Office Ambulance Centre
W.D.O. SECTIOX.
ignorance, nevertheless it means the 10 s of a mark.
Concerning the Team T e tit df :-
It was of importance to realise the seriou :>nes' ot the accident anel the risk of further dan g er to the patient; there \vas no difficult y in so doing wing to the excellent stagi n g of the Test. One team, rCll1sed this so fully that they got the patient a\\'a v r rOJ1 the scene of the accielent and into the house 'oon as pos ible, there completing the fir st aiel befo re the patient to bed. Three team failed to re altse the danger and were penalised by having tv attend to further injuries, for which they got no mark s. ,
Three teams, when dealin g \\ ith the inl ured le tt hand, decided not to support the left arm in an sling on account of interfering with the fra clUr,e ot the right clavicle, and decided to make u') .: )l the
Th r e intere ting pieces of armour have been purchase d, consi ting of a shield and breast and bac k plates. The breast plate has ornamental eno-ravb WIth the eight-pointed cross, and the circular shi.eld has decorative engraving containing the eightpOInted cros repeated eight times, All three pieces .lre Maltese or Italian of the econd half of the 16th century.
,Major L. F. laclean has given three decorations ot Donats of the end of the 18th century.
Two large views of lalta have be n purchased o , o.e lD water-colour, the other an aquatint.
Mr. Stewart Perowne has s ot a photograph of a model of a galley in the Malta Mu eum.
Cour es of Lectures and Practical Instruction on First Aid to the Injured, w-ill commence at the Town Hall, St. i\larylebone, W. I, a under:-
Female, Friday, lay 28, 1937, at 3.30 p.m. Lecturer, 11. 11. Scott " L.R.C.P., Divisional Surgeon (58-5 W.D.O Div.).
.i\lales, Frida y, lYIal' 28, 19'7, at 6.30 p.m. Lecturer, C. Preston Ball, :i\1.D., 11.R.C.P., D.P.H., L.11., and continue on subsequent Fridavs for sh weeks. '
Fee, to include Lectures 1Ianual, Examination and Certificate, 5s.
pplication for the aboye course hould be made to the Local Hon. ecretary-Dlvi lonal Sup rintendent W. V. 1. llen, 58- (W.D.O.) Division S.]. .B., Western District Post Office, W. I.
H.R H. The Duchess of Gloucester presenting the Dewar ChaUenge ShiLld to members of the Wolyerton Team
Air Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL , O.B. E. , F.R.C.S., L.R.C P., Air Raid
P"ecautions Staff Ofti,ce't' to -
Especially for Surgeons
ARTICLE No.3
Former articles have dealt with the characteristics and pathology of war gase s. This article will deal with the symptoms they produce.
I.-Eye Irritants
S)Imptomatology.
In low concentrations immediate watering of the eyes occurs, but in greater concentrations they cause pain, smarting and blephorospasm so that it is impossible to keep the eyes open. With increased concentration irritant action in the respiratory passages and lungs ensues, with a burning sensation in the throat and chest, and later nausea and retching. In this stage a patient may be dazed and torpid. Sy mptoms quickly pass off on removal from the lachrymatory gas area, and in twelve hours they almost entirely disappear.
2.-Nose I rritants.
According to the symptoms produced, these gases would more correctly be called" Sensory Irritants."
The onset of symptoms occurs within a few minutes and the sequence is rapid. Intense pain of a burning type in the nose, mouth and throat, pain in gums and jaws, with excessive and continued sneezing. There is tingling in the face and forehead suggesting involvement of the frontal and accessory nasal sinuses.
Painful conjunCtlV1tlS, copious nasal discharge, salivation, nausea and vomiting, followed occasionally by tenesmus, but no diarrhcea. There are a group of symptoms connected with the central nervous system -motor in early stages and sensory in late stages. The former are evidenced in and in some cases temporary paralysis of the limbs-irregular and patchy in its effects. The latter lead to intense mental distress and psychical depres sio n which may lead to loss of mental control. Hyper::esthesia, an::esthesia and par::esthesia of definite areas of the skin have been observed. The distribution of these symptoms is never segmental, but of the glove and stocking distribution so typical of functional disorders. R ecovery is rapid and uniform with no lasting organic lesion.
3. - Lung Irritants.
The symptoms of these gases must be divided into two groups :-
(a) Acute with violent onset.
(b) Acute with insidious onset.
(a) Acute with Violent Onset.
On exposure there is immediate sensory IrrItation of the respiratory passages, producing catching of the breath and coughing. Respiration is
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rapid and shallow. The eyes also smart and water and there is nau ea, retching and vomiting As cedema develops breathing becomes rapid and shall ow. Ears, lips and face bec ome progressi ely cyanotic, and visible distension of the superficial veins ma\, appear. Symptoms of circulatory collapse follow, with a flickering pul e f over 20 upwards, and a cold, clammy skin. The pati ent is restless and apprehensi e of his danger. The eyeba lls are staring and the lid s half closed. In First Aid and classes for the public the pr gre sive sta ges are aptly taught as the "Blue tage" and the "Gre\' Ashy Stage." The former with fair progno sis and the latter with poor prognosis. In the early days of convalescence there is often a b radycarclia about 45 to the minute. In early case with adequ ate rest the cedema of the lungs is absorbed and symptoms abate in three or four days, but without rest fatal collaps e may occur. Eighty-one per cent. of the deaths from phosgene occurred \vithin 24 ho ur (b) ACllte u)itb Insidious Onset
Some cases can carry on for a few hour without discomfort. Such absence of symptom afrcr " phosgene attack are most deceptive, and collapse come on suddenly and death occur forthwit h, P/?),sicai sig/ls.-The percussion note may remain resonant over the chest in spite of the pul monary cedema, though it is frequently impaired. Breathing may be harsh, but is never tubular. Fin e rales and rhonchi are occasionally heard. In the early acute stage, however, the physical signs give no ind ication of the very serious extent of damage to the lungs. Durin g convalescence there may be mild bron chitis and inability for strenuous work, which is often accompanied b y precorclial pain, tachycar di,l, an.cl shallow breathing. Differentiation b etween thlS condition and the orthodox D.A.H. of the Wa r 11ay be made by examining the condition of th e blood, In the phosgene case the hxmoglobin p erc entclgc 15 always increased up to 110 or 120 per cen t. The red cells are correspondingly increased, and 6,900,000 a cubic millimetre have been recorded with a normal colour index Much research work has b een done on these conclitions, and fuller details may be h ad from the Medical I-Iistory of the War. It is well to note that there is no evidence that pulmonary tub ercle or any other serious maladies have develop ed more frequently in individuals poisoned by lun g irritants than in other classes of pensioners.
4.-Skin irritants
The symptoms produced by these bli ster gases are extensive, covering the whole bod y, and are therefore be st stated in relation to the organs affect ed.
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(a) Eyes.
(b) Respiratory tract.
(c) The skin.
(d) Alimentary tract.
(e) Urinary organs.
(f) Circulatory system.
(a) Eyes.
Unless the infection is due to a drop of the liqUld gas, no symptoms are manifest for four or six hours after the attack or often longer. Small doses over several da y s act accumulatively There is severe stinging in the eyes and The ocul a r conjunctiva becomes injected espeCIally In the outer palpebral aperture, but the cornea is not affected. In severe cases there is blepharo spasm, the lids become puffy, and the conjunctiva swollen, red and puffy and may project between the lids. In severe cases the eyes cannot be opened, and fear of blindness oppresses the patient, but no ultimate blindness has been recorded except from liqui d infection. With the protrusion of two chemotic f o lds betwee n the lids the appearance is alarming. The sensation of the cornea to tactile stimuli is lowered , and may b e so for weeks. Any abrasion is v er y liable to septic infection owing to the lowered vitality, and such may produce corneal ulceration with ultimate. and opacity. In cases where there has been lllfectlOn with a drop of liquid mustard gas, unless very promptly treated corneal ulceration is sure to result with grave risk of infection, hypopyon and panophthalmitis.
(b) Respiratory T ract.
It is by this route that the mos t frequently fata l results occur The mucous membrane of t he whole tract from the nose downwards is inflamed , w hich in the earl y stages produces a profuse watery secretion more in the upper part of the tract than the lowe r as opposed to phosgene. Lary n gi tis with loss of voice, ulceration and even sloughing may occur later on. A complete cast of the upper bronchial tubes has even been coughed up in a very severe case; such necrosis may produce asphyxia by blockage within 36 hours. On the second day after the attack all the characteristic symptoms of broncho-pneumonia may develop with pulse rapid and respirati ons and temperature all rising. A septic pneumonia gen e rally confined to the lower lobes may close the chapter after four or five days.
(c) Skin.
Here again even with a splash b y the liquid g as, as well as with the vapour, symptoms are delaye d and follow a regular course. In from 2 t o 48 hours there may appear a diffuse erythema most marked over damp areas such as the axil1e and groins. This is accompanied by intense irritation v ery similar t o excessive sunburn, followed six or seven hour s later by the development of small v esicles which later on coalesce into The fluid of the blisters causes no pain and is orange in colour. If the skin is removed a raw weeping surface is left exce edingly liable to I54
septic infection and painful czema, which may ultimately produce death from general The colour of the e ryth ema v ari es very much with the seve rity of the ca es, from a pale pink (hrough the brio-hter red blui.h v i o l e t to e v e n br own. b
(d) A li/)/ enttlly Tract.
This is affected by the s \\ 'a lJ ow in g of the saliva and nasal secretio n s , and may produ ce early VOmiting which seldom lasts for more than a day. It is a transient o-ast titis with no last inlr after-effects. The b <, bowel are not a ffected.
(e) Urillal]' OlgrlJls.
lbuminuria may occur in the first 2.4 h()ur .: , especially in ca e of early death, but it doe s nor occur later. CEdema and blistering may cauc;e paIn ful micturition.
(j) C ir CNlatolJ' System.
The blood is unch anged and the h eart unaffected unles s there be pulmonary tr o ubl. Lat e ympt() ms are chiefl y du e to nervous debility.
(Th e next arti cle will d aJ with the ' ubj ect ot treatment .)
\.R.P. QUE TIO I }\ .1 \ 1 W
I. Q. - Do es bleach pO\1,'c1er keep \\' II ?
A - Only in ea led ca e" Once 01 cned , it t nc t o spoil.
2. a. -For tho e li\'ing in the coull[ry, ho w far would gas pen trate into th country from a large town which had been ubj ct to a ga attack?
_-4 ..,----- One of the early I e.. n. in the subject tL .IChc that the effectiveness of ga i. depend ent on \\ ind , weather and ge graphica l c nclilioos, al 0 ()Jl the amount and concentration ()f the ga. li berated \' uh all th ese varying factors th r e rnight be no gas bel , IDd a few hundred yards of its liberation, :md WI :l a v ariati on in the factors it might travel for mile
3 Q. - I s the vapour and steam b the boiling cl othes dan gerous after mustard gas r
A .-Certainly, but varying with the amoun t and concentrati on of the gas in\·oh ·ed.
4. Q.-Does the clean jo g treatmem by onp, water and bJeach penetrate the skin a mu tar d ,gas doe s, or is the cleansing only uperllcial?
A - It wi ll only penetratc very slightly, and sh llid b e regarded as a superficial cl ansing. Henc he imp ortance of doin g it before the ga' has tin lL cO penetrate the skin.
5. 0. - Would inhala ti on of vapour from bleach b e of b enefit to cases due to mustar d ga::. r
A.- 0, it wou ld add the trou ble of brea thlng chlorine to that of b reathing mustard gas.
6. Q.-How is it that th e nose ga e caue pa in in teeth and g um s? "
A - Thi s i s du e to what i s call ed" nerve .rdk in other words, the n erves carry the pain fro m one :::.pot to another.
7. Q. - I s there any objection to the us e of mo rp lll a for nose irri tant sufferers ?
1.-Not if doctor in attendance think s it w ise or but on ly und er medical instructi o n.
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Du ring cycral courses of lectures, questions have been put forward as to the m eani n g of certain words used b y le cturers. I jotte d many of them down, and giv y ou a li s t of them.
It show. how imp o r tant i t is that lecturers shou ld always choose th e simplcst words in thci.r lectures, \\ hich I conf ss enforces much concentration by the lecturer on the voca bulary he uses, to avoid \\'hich may b e c mmon to hjm, but n ot to hI audience debri a lin e soluti()n. \ cplic precautions.
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Brigade in the Special Areas, is the swnmary of the numerical strength in Wales, which has risen from 5,000 in 19 19 to 12,524 at the end of 1936, an increase of 46 on the previous year after deducting four Units disbanded as inactive. In connection with the extra demands involved by the Home Office Scheme for Air Raid Precautions Wales is contributing her quota of service, having qualified 156 Grade 1 and 16 5 Grade 2 Instructors and issued 800 A.R.P. Certificates during the twelve months.
A generous grant of £250 from the h:.ing George's Jubilee Trust rendered possible the invitation of a Welsh Cadet Camp, at Barry Island, where a total of 359 Cadets in four groups enj oyed a week's camping in ideal conditions; and the resultant enthusiasm not only for camping but for the Cadet Movement generally, encourages the Priory to regard the Camp as an annual responsibility.
Returns received from 43 of the 52 Medical Comforts Depots, the maj ority of which are operated by Brigade Units, show that 5,287 articles of invalid requisites were issued during 1936. Though normally a small hire fee is made, Officers-in-Charge were obliged to issue most of the equipment free of charge, on account of the distress in the areas.
The Priory's Motor Ambulances dealt with the removal of 16,236 cases, involving a total mileage of 279,535, in 193 6 , when the Service was increased b y the opening of a new Station at Aberdare.
The most important feature of the year was the assumption of the office of Prior by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, who in responding to an address of welcome on his first visit to the Priory, said, " My wife, who is the Lad y Superintendent-in-Chief for the Principality, and I look forward to a long and happy association with you in promoting the humanitarian wo rk of the Venerable Order through the only Priory that as yet exists in the British Empire." Under such favourable auspices, the Priory can look forward with confidence to a progressive future.
NATIONAL AMBULANCE Co MPE TITIONS.
Teams will welcome the announcement that Ambulance Competitions will be a feature of the two popular Welsh National Gatherings, viz., the Royal National Eisteddfod to be held at Machynlleth during August Bank Holiday Week, and the Ro yal Welsh Agricultural Show at Monmouth, in which connection the usual competitions will take place on Friday, July 23·
As in former years, the Priory for Wales is responsible for organising the ambulance contest and duties. Entry forms for the following Eisteddfod competitions, which take place on August 2 and 3, can be obtained from the General Secretary, Eisteddfod Office, Machynlleth, who must receive entries by May 1:-
1. The" Lady Lewis" Cup of the Priory for Wales, open to teams of five men holding recognised First
Aid Certificates, with monetary pnzes of £10 , £j and £1.
2. The" Lady Bute " Cup of the Priory for Wales open to team of four women holding reco gnised Fist Aid and Home ursin g Certificates, with monetary prizes of £3, £2 and £ 1.
3· The" Isca" Shield, with prizes of £3, £2. an d £1, and a special medal presented by the Eisteddfod Committee to each memb er of th e team winning the first prize, for teams of boys belonging to certain juvenile organisations, under 18 years of age, resi dent in Wales or Monmouthsrure.
4· The "Gwent" Shield, with prizes of £ 3, £2 and £1, and a special medal presented by the Ei steddfod Committee to each member of the team wi nnlng the first prize, for teams of gir l belonging to certain juvenile organisations, under 18 years of age, I e ldent in Wales or Monmouthshire.
5· The "Dr. R. D. Thomas» up, presen ted by the Commissioner for .Montgom ryshire, \vi ll be awarded to the men's team from the counti e of Cardiganshire, lerionethshire, 110ntgomeryshire and Radnorshire, obtaining the highe t number of marks.
6. The " frs. J. e Ashton» Cup will be presented to the women's team from the counties of Cardiganshire, 11erionethshire, 110ntgomeryshirc and Radnorshire, obtaining the highest number of marL
The programme of events at the Ro yal \\"relsh Agricultural Shov.' at fonmouth includes the fo llowing three contests :-
1. Silver Challenge Shield, open to teams f men in Wales and lonmouthshire, the members of \\ hich must hold a " First Aid" Certificate of a reco gnised Society. First prize, £3 ; second prize, £2.
2. Silver Challenge Cup, open to teams of ladiL s in Wales and fonmouthshire, the members of \\ hich must hold a cc First Aid» and C Home ursi nn Certificate of a recognised Society. First prize, £3 ; second prize, £2.
3· rnallt Jones" Shield, open to team s of St. Jo hn Boy Cadets in Wales and Monmou thshlre, the members of which must hold a "First Aid' Junior Certificate of the Order of t. John [ir,t prize, £2 lOS. second prize, £I lOS.
Entries, accompanied by a postal order for 2.S. 6d. entrance fee, must be sent to the ecretary, Royal Welsh Agricultural Show Offices, Monm outh , b)' July 3, 1937·
APPOINTME T OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
The Sub-Prior, the Earl of Plymouth, p.e , acting on behalf of H.R.H. the P rior, has approve d tl:c appointment of Mr. Norman Ingledew, a partner In the firm of Ingledew & Sons, to succeed hi s brother, as Honorary Solicitor. It is very approprlate that the great work so ably carried ou t by th e late Mr. Hugh Murray Ingled ew, who was respo ns 1bJe for the drafting of the original constitutions of the
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D/liai. COIPJ' DiIlJter. - Ir. D. L Eva nsBevan, J.p., Commissioner for the Glamor gan County Centre, presided at the second annual dinner of the Dulais Valley Corps, which compris es a tota l st re n gth of 354 at the Cambri an H ote l, Neath.
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The Mayor of eath (Councillor J. B. Williams) proposed the toast to " The Lady Pres ident, " 1ir Evans-Bevan, who shares the Commissione r 's desire for public service
The Hon . John H. Bruce receive d on behalf of the Priory the " David D own" shield, presented for A. R. P. Compe titions b y Dr. J. P. Prell in recognition of the services of C orps Secretary D. J. D own, particularly as A .R.P. Lectu rer.
Briton Feny Division.-The newly-appointed P res ident, Mr. A. J. Esmo nd, presiding at the Annual Meeting, referred to the formation of the Div ision in June, 1912., w hen he was asked to take charge of the Unit, and now after twenty-five ye ars he was pleased to become its first President. He pointed ou t that the knowledge of First Aid is far easier to obtain t o -day than w as the case twenty-five years ago, but owing to the demands of the present day, the services of the First-Aider were more vi tally necessary than ever before .
A repon of the Division was given by Superinte nd ent G Fish. Serg eant S. Cockwell reported on the success of the Divisional team, in winning the " Herbert Davies" Cup; and reports on the Cadet Di vison s were given by Cadet Officer R. White and Lady Cadet Superintendent Miss V Bishop. The balance sheet submitted b y Divis io nal Treasurer
A. W Kyte was considered very satisfactory; and a hearty vote of thanks was moved from the chair to all those wh o had carried out their duties throughout t he past year.
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fr W D Woolley, manag ing director of the Trede cr ar Iron and Coal Co., in formally op ening the new headquarter of th e I\b rtys wg DiVIsion On pril 17, sa id it was the fourth a mbulance hall that the Tre de gar Company, which took every opportunit y of a si tin g alway in th e exce llent work done by the ambulance m e n in th c ll ie r i s, ha d been abl e to pr oyi d e til'. R oy Tallis, agent for t he company, who presided, sai d g reat cr dit was due t the ambulan ce men of .L \b rtysswg, \ ho tu k to their wor k in diffi cult circumstances. The Di v! ion had been fortunate in receiving a gene lOU grant of equip ment from the outh \, ale and 1Ionmouth hire Com mittee of the Miners Welfare Fund on th app li cation of the P r i ory
i tant Com mi ion r orman Ri chard s, cxpressed thanks, on b ehalf of th i\Ionmouthshire C.:ntre to all wh had c ntri b uted t (he acqui itio !l of permanent headquarters; and i\fr. orman Ri chard, pre ented a 15 year service medal to Corp OIRec[ E. Jones.
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1[embers of the P riory \ ill de ire to exten d be'r wishes to the ommissioncr for Cardiff) Dr. Edgar Llewllyn whose trcnuOLlS Br igade activiti e temporarily s usp ended by the unfortunate ne cc'sity for a course of tr atmem at Bath. Th u gh aJ riscd to les en his energies, for health rca on, all ra!1 (Jt' the Br igade in atdifF \\ri ll look forward to a l'C SU n[1 tion .of , en ice on th part of their enthusiu de ( :1111ml SlOner.
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..:\mbulance Competitions will be a feature of the Aberdare General IIospital Fete to be held on Ju ne 19 ·
The ecretary, 1h George T. J one, 10 R o\.v, .r1bernant, Aberdare, will be plea ed to reeeln: entrie for (I) an open competition for teams or men for the "1f offat" hie ld and moneta ry p lzes for the firs t three teams; and (2) a n open Comp el tio n for Cadets for the" J. . P rice" hield, and mon etary prizes for the first three team.
The ho lding of a Cadet Camp at Barry Is land fro01. August 7 bas b een assured by the receipt of a grant?t £25 0 from the King George' s Jubilee Tru t. Details will be circu lat ed shor tl y.
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50). ea r of \\'ork-anJ " , , H i" .• ry of the c, John Bril!;;\Jc , 50 J\nninDary Brili:--h [ \iJ W'f):sb ip and cn'icc,; ,. , . . , 0, l!r 'e::!' RC[)fcscnrarinns at rhe oth \ nni"c an Celebracion:; cs tlng , QUL n nns and \n \, Pn. \ fu r \\ aiL's ., ,\It Ra iJ Pn.:caucions "
P.\GE 16 3 16-1 16 5 166 16
T he Reception at t.] ohn's Gate on ':"lay 1-+ proyed beyond shadow of doubt that opportunitie for Overseas and Home people to meet are fine ching Everyone from abroad was delighted to I.-isit headquarters and the atmosphere' of the Chancerye pecially the Chapter Hall-\\-as greatly appreciated One young woman-a member of me ourr .. Urican =:\ ursing Contingent, had secured the autOgraph of practically eyery esecuu\-e member of me Order and Brigade. c< I shall haye a mementO here that \\'ill intere t people in fo r the re ( of ill'- life," she told u , -, 1 ha\-e had a wonderful time and I hall ne,-eforget it a Ken:-a policeman told our repre Fie t aid in m,- countn- i such a neces in--ofteE one i a couple of hundred mile. from a doct'or-mat it is more than interesting to ee at first hand [he organi ation b hind the t. John \'\-ork. I hall ha,-e much to tell them \\-hen I go back, On arri,-al member of the O,-er ea and Home Brigades \yere met by enior members of the Order and the tead,' hum of talk oon made it obyious that people were -getting tOgether in the pirit intended. Th afternoon party" at t. Jame Palace, where t. John people were receiyed by Prince _-\rmUI of Connauaht and dle Lady Patricia Ram_ey prm-ided an opportunity for still further com-i,-ial remini cence
aHlh judg11U,u May b. ,ecommended " BOSPITAL.-" Well ,ekaed for lluir pu,pose will certa.ttl)' save the uau,er mud I,ovb/e "
CHA TeERY OF THE ORDER, T. J OlI GATE, CLERKENWELL, Lo DO E.C. 1.
50th Anniversary
L\ eryo ne agrees that th Bri O'ad 50th 1\nn1-,\- r ar\' \V r a n unqualified succe, with exceptlOn- the abs nc of F-LR.I 1. Th e Duke of Conll.aug ht, the rand Pri or and Lor l carbrough, Sub -Prior of the Ord r wh' s illn e cloud d t h happine o f a ll tho se w'ho h ped t o s th m r joic e WIth the Bri ga de.
The Empire Fir t id competition at \Yharncliffe R oom on 2I were a tribute to the organi arion b hind th Ill, Th:- proy d too, that the efficienc yof the Bri gade yers as i a yery definite efficiency and that th work thr uahout the Empire i on a high 1 , -el. Lord haft burr, in hi speech at the pr sentation of Challenae Cup and :01edallion b:" H.R.H Prin c _ ,Alice Countess of \ thlone welcomed onc again the OYer a people and _ tr 'sed dle appr ciation of \ - rr n here in ngland for th tine work that tll \' w ere doing. \,- publish th omp titi on T sts' and r ults on anoth r page.
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The Review on Saturday, fay 22, in Hyde Park by H.M. The Queen, Commandant-in-Chief of ursina Corps and Divisions of the Brigade, will be lona remembered b y e eryone \vho took part therein, or who "\-vas present. When the Surgeon-in-Chief wa presented to H.M. The Queen she commented on the increased work of the Brigade, especially during the Coronation Celebrations. Dr. Corbet Fletcher replied that the Brigade and its Surgeons were proud to do their duty; the Queen said that both Brigade and Surgeons had the satisfaction of knowing how greatly their efforts were appreciated.
We publish in this issue a comparison which is, we think, historic. Assistant-Commissioner Chambers sent to us a very precious document. It i the official pa rade plan of the Review of the St. John Ambulance Association b y H.:i\L Queen Victoria on May 6, 1893. We show with it the official parade formation of the Review of May, I937, and a g lan ce will prove that the word "progress" is not vain ly used where the Brigade is concerned.
The Service at St. Paul's Cathedral, attended by H.R.H. The Duke; the memorable Investiture by H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace-made even more memorable by the fact that the Sovereign Head had, himself, requested that all, even the most junior decorations, should be presented there, the Tea Party at the House of Commons given by Lord Onslow and members of the Order t o Over eas visitors, the A.R.P. Courses for Overseas [e mbers of the Brigade and the presentation of Colours b y Sir John Duncan, Chief Commissioner for the H ome Brigade, to South African units are all dealt \vith pictorially in this issue.
We hope the y may make a memento of one of the most important periods in the long life of The Order of St. John, the Brigade, both at home and abroad, and the Association which links both in the comm o n cause pro utilitate hominu1J2
And we are proud to congr atulate the Bri g ade on its fiftieth anniversary and to sincerel y h o pe that when another fifty years have rolled by this J ournal will record with still greater pride the achievements and progress of an even greater, stronger Bri ga de working quietl y and efficiently as alwa ys for those thin gs for which the eight-pointed Cross of St. John has stood throughout the centuries.
Duke of Kent and Priory for Wales
Members of the Prior y will be gratified to lear n that their Ro yal Highnesses the Duke and Duches s of Kent have signified their intention of honouring the Priory with a visit in October next. H.R.H. the Duke will preside at a meeting of the Chapter, as Prior; and Her Royal Hig hness will figure for the first time at a ceremony as Lad y-Superintendent-inChief of the Brigade in Wales. The programme of the visit will include a Ball in aid of Priory funds, which their Royal Highnesses have graciously consented to attend.
\ fy LORD,
Briti,rh R ed Cross ocielJI, +, Gros/) eJlor CresceJ/I, S. /[ ".] Jin] 2. 0 , 193'
On the cca lOn f the Jubil f the t. Jtl hn i lmbulance Brigade we want to send y u th e war mest congratulations of the Briti h Red ro s a ci d\' To-day when nits of th rder and of the oc d r are \\'; rking side by sid in ndeavour to (l Ae'r efficient s rvice to the co mmuJ1It y w e do not fOr a d that the Briaade w er the I ioneer .
It i fifty year since its fir t mcmb rs undcrt f) o k duty at the Jubile e of Queen Victoria. Th e hi c;t IT of tl1e Brigade from that time o nward ha s bC l a memorable one, and its rec or cl o ne of \\ 'bie h 'l e member may \\' 11 be pr o ud.
On the rec nt occasion of the ' or nalion th o e members o f the Briti h R ed 1'( 5S ()eiety who \\ ere privileged to \\ 'o rk widl. the Bri ga de [eit La , L "\ great honour t be a ociated with tho se wh o ha \ l: o r many year done 0 much in the publi c se n "icc. la" we a k you to conY,' to rh e t. Jobn \ m hulance Bri ga de a -m essage of congraLulaLion and fc i 1:';ship from the British R ed eros ' ocict)· an d it'D etachment ?
\X' e have the llonOUf to be, n l \' L o rd Y ou r obe dienL en' ant s, (Sod.) \ R 1'1 rut n "LEY Chairll/all, COII/lll i; t.
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T o The ub-Prior, The Rt.lIon. The ad of car br ough, K. ., C .B L, The Order of t. J hn, St. John' at, le rk en w c JJ, E.
St. John Clinic and Institute of Phys ical Medicine
The work at the Clinic last month wa s pered b y the bu tnke- lar g nLlmb L of pauL ntS being unable to att end for treatmen t owin g to 1.1 ck of transport faciljt ies , The number of treatm e nt giv n havin g rn len to 9,472. A Repr ese nratI\.cs of the Brigade paid a VISlt of In sp ec tlOn to tb e ( I1I11c, and were shown the work in pro g re ss A week-end Po st Graduate ourse of Ph, sica] Medicine for Doctors was held on May 22. 2.3 , and was well attended and appreciated.
50 Years of Work-and the Result
, } CO LV! P ./1 RJJO N 0" the is tbe St. J ohn ./ Illl blli all ce Association P arade pla t/ jor the ill JpeclioJl 0 f f.AJ. Th e lateQllee1l T/ iclo,.ia ill 1893.
/f e/O Jl I i.r the P arade plan jor th e 50lb f ll1l1 iz 1er rOl) , I llsp ectioll oj Ihe 0' 1 f. Tbe Queell, COII/malldallt-ill-Chief oj orpJ alld Divisions.
I II the.re tn 'o formation plmu lies tbe JIO!], oj the pro gres. 1' oj IIJ e
History of the St. John Ambulance Brigade
I.-Birth and E stablishm e nt
Fifty ,·ears ao-o on June 2.../-, being St. John's Day, b the St. John Ambulance Brigade was officially InStltuted bi- The Order of St J ohn-" as a vollllltal] civilia1l for renderillg assistallce ill civi/ial7 elll8lgenci('s." This ,vas accompli hed primarily through the enthusiasm of certificated pupils of the St. John Ambu lance Association who here and there in London and the Proyinces had combined together, since its inception in 1877, to form Corps of First Aiders and secondarily through the wisdom and foresight of highlr-placed lay and medical officiaL members of The Order.
Of the latter the laymen were John Fudey (Director of Ambulance Department and Hon. T\lanager of Invalid Transport Corps), \X"filliam John Church Brasier (D eputy 11anager of Invalid Corps),_ and Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bart. (Chanman ot Central Executive-now Ambulance-Commi ttee ) while the medical men were Sir \Villiam 11ac ormac, Bart., F.R.CS. (appointed in 1896 as first 1[edicalOfficer-in- Chief), Samuel Osborn, F.R .CS. (appoin ted in 1896 as first Chief Surgeon of o 1 District), and Edmund Owen, F R.CS (Hon Surgeon of ImTalid Transport Corps, and later third lv1edical-Officer-inChief).
The NIargate Ambulance Corps (which was the first such Corps and was established by Church Brasier in 1879) provided the model on which the component units of the Brigade were subsequently founded. This Corps took origin (1) because Church Brasier and his fellow workers, as certificated pupils of the Association, became expert in the use of ambLllance material and, realising the value of combined efforts, not only sought but were also called upon in cases of emergency to place their skill at the disposal of the public; and ( 2) because John Furley was quick to appreciate the possibilities of the idea, to test it by forming in 1879 other Ambulance Corps of Association pupils in Kent (Ashford and Sevenoaks), and to impress on the Central Executive Committee at St. J ohn's Gate practical value in keeping up a knowledge of fi rst aid which otherwise would quickry be forgotten "
The enthusiasm which had greeted the birth of the Association in 1877 was intensified as the years passed; and t he new idea of combined efforts spread with all the fervour of a religious revival, causing the formation of other uni t s up and down the country. Consequen tly, the Cen t ra l Executive Co m mittee on Jun e 24, 1887, carried the Genera l Assem bl y with it in the d eci sion t hat "the various Corps of certificated 166
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pupils of the Associatioll J/)Olflrl b(' /Jell/rled !oJ!,elher (/.1' a Bri(Jarle."
From this re olution th Brigade took its Ila ml'; and in it annual Report of the following year the
Prior to the appointment in 1893 of Colonel E . T. Tl1ackeray, V.C, as it first Commissioner or Officerin-Comma n d, the Brigade was administered by successive Directors of the Ambulance D epa rtment (fou nded 1874) of The Order. The first such was John furlcy who, known as "lIon. Direc tor of t. John mbu lance Brigade," contI' lled its destinies from 1887-1890, \-vhen he re sig ned. u bsequent Directors of the l \mbulan ce D epartment carried on the adm ini trati n f the Bri gade , with the active assistance (as hief uperint endent) of Church Bra sier, who, until 19 05 when he in turn resigned, continued 111 like manner to help the first Commissioner.
The Bri gade originated directly from the I nvalid Transpo rt orps of the J\ ssoc iation which was worke d on line s sim ilar to those which in a smaller way had proved so succe sfu l in the conduct of the :\' Iargate orp The former was founded in 1883 u nder th active management of Church Bra ier (whom r urlcr brou ght from l\(ar gate for this purpo e) to ac com[ 11 sh what in tho e far-uff day \,'a a tremendou L.n dc rtakin g, namely "the of poor (In/holl! ft, to tlt/rl )i·olll /)oJpital (1IIr1 0/ I"i(h('l" patiel/I.e, illfectioH.r (tn. r:wfp!ed.' In i( earlie::-,( day it wa alternati\'ely L,d led 'J.\1ctropu[i[an ,\mbulancc Corps, ' which title \\ a rcyivcel in 1889 by [he Bri gade · and it possesses an unbroken rcc rel uf scn-icc to this cla,'. \,( 'ith the a . s1 . tance of \' oluntecr ,- additional [Q i ., small paiel st,lff the Invalid Tran port Corps had ,) far de\' clopcd that in 86 it und nook further r ponsib ilitic ., tll c tabli hm nt of \mbu1. 1ce tations at -ational and International Exhibi11 In 10 I.ondon and the Pr()\-ince ; and on :\oyembu 9, 1886 il did it. fir t Dut y in London for th e Lord Maror's how the offcr by John Furler of thc en'ices of the Corp bing accepted by (h e Cn mmi si ncr of Polic e who r cogni cd the need fl}r ambulance arrangem nt. From thi , date onward Bri gade rersonn 1 have ne\'er once failed to undertake a'l1 bu lance dut\' in th rreet. of London and of th br lScr Pr Cities when 0 invited by (he pOllc au t ho ri tic . Thi advanc in ambulance work now required a furthe r change in the direction of rerman nt e tabll s hment. on' qu nrly on June I, 188, [he V( >iunteer ction of th Invalid Tran sport Corps, aL g mented by mcmbers of the L 01 old Corps (founded 1R 85), was regi tereel at t Joho' s at a the ( later , (). I ) t. J hn ate Division. Its first uperiotlnden t \\'a hurch Bra ier; and it fir t Hon. Surgeon wa \. ymons Eccl s 1I.B., who in present d the Bri ga de with its first trophy a il\- r wh.ich is still award d annually to the runner -Ul 111 thc Dewar hield Comp tition.
lance Crusades," as his various lecture and demonstration tours during the years 1880 to 1906 to different centres in the Midlands and the J. 'orthero Counties have been called. (To be continued)
The R o y al R eview
TIl E FOLLOWI G TELEGR:\' FRO:'\f HER :;\L-\JE STY THE QuEE T WAS RECEIVED BY SIR ]OI-L D U1'\c:\'N -
Plea se convey to all ranks of the St. John J\mbulaoce Bri gade my appreciation of their s martness on parade this afternoon. It was most g ratifyin g to me to see the Overseas Contingents so "\-,-ell represented, aod as Commandant-in-Chief of the :\ursing Corps and Divisions of the Bri gade, I was particularly pleased to see so many nurses taking part in the Re\'iew I would also ask you to conve,- to all the members \J,'ho were on dun: m\' admiration o f their splendid serTices on Day.
ELIZ _\ BET H R.
THE CHIEF CO:.\I.\U REPLY :.L 'lD:.\fIR-\L IR BA 1L BROOKE, \'("i11 you please conyey my humble dut r to Her .0.1ajesty and say that her pre ence at the Re,-ie"\.,of the (. John Ambulance Brigade to-da y and her gracious message ,..-ill be a lasting in pirati o n to all members in their \'i.'ork for (S igiled J D l", -C\S.
The Gr and Priory Church of the Venerab le Order o f St. J o hn of Jerusalem JC),'E ERnCE 1937. The Chapter-General ha decided that er;rice hall be held in the church, in June, as follow :june 24, Thllrsdq}.- t. John Baptist's Day, [he anoual Commemoration errice of the Order. Holy Communion, at a.m. Festival er;-ice 2.30 p.m, Preacher: The Lord Bish op of Durham ubof the Order.
Lest We Forget
"'1 parade uf member of the Brigade O,-er ea wa preseot at the Cenotaph on unday .0.1ar 23 for the purpo e of laying on the Cenotaph.
Th parade a embled in I-Iorseo-uard A ,-enue (Trafal ga r quare end of \Yh itehall) at I I. I 5 a.m.., and dt mis,ed in wn o- Charles treet.
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Central ]':': xecut.ive Committee published it s dec iSIon, ruling (I) that no Corps of Association member s \\ oul d be recognised except as part of the Bri ga de, ? !1c1 (2) that all members of the Brigade must be certJll catcd pupi ls of the Association whose names. ::vouJ d be entered in a register subject to anrlLlal reVISlO!1·
_ \Xlht:n the Brigade wa formed in 18 the orps ot ssociation members in the Prm inc es con i ( d of cattered and morc or Ie pr sperou ' uoit in K nt, In thc Midlands and in the orthern Countics. Of tb._ese, tho io Kent o\\'ed mu h to th - pi n er \vork ot John Furley and th r t to the 111is lonar), florts of Surgcon-:Major G oro-e Hutt 0 and his .:\ mbu-
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'mall ih' er 11 dallion, :\ . ...j.I 1869. Clifford } lId . worth.
ih' r :;\1 dallion made into a brooch, , o. F 7 2 5
These can be had bIT\\Triting .-\mb. Officer \\". W Brigg , 87 : \delaide treer.
50th Anniversary British Empi re First Aid COlnpetitions
(For tea)IIJ of mell and of 1J/omen of the t. John r1mblllaJlce Brigade ill the Brilish Realm)
Challenge Cups and 1Iedallions presented by H. R. H. PRINCES ALICE, COl' TTE OF THLONE, V A., Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Johll. Guard of Honour was found by No. (Prince of Wa les's) District . Commissioner: Capt. W. Goodley, 11.C
Under the directioll
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN D UNCAN, I( .C B. , C l.G ., CV O., D.S O. (Chief Commissioner at Home), and
COLO 'EL J. L. CB., C11.G., CB.E., LV O. (Chief Commissioner Oyerseas) , assisted by CAPT. A. N. C.-\HG AC, 11.C (Chief Secretary, Ambulance Department and Staff Officer, Brigade Overseas) and MAJOR P G DARVIL-S1fITH, C.B.E. (Brigade Secretary and County Commis ioner, Buckinghamshire)
Assistant Chief Judge: W. C BE TALL, O.B.E., F.R.C.S. (Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief at Home) ·Al\IBULA TCE C01IPETITION Team Test.
Capt A. C WHITE K "ox, ivLC, -i.B , ssistant Commissioner, No. I (Prince of Wales'S) District, assisted by F V 'BEVA , M B., B.S., County Surgeon, o. 2 District
Individual Practical Tests.
Bearer No I: T. J. ICHOLL, F.R C.S., Corps Surgeon, No. 8 (Duke of Connaught's ) District
Bearer NO 2: G H EDGECOMBE, M.B., Ch.B., County Surgeon, NO.4 District.
Bearer NO.3: Lieut.-Colonel W. ARCHIB ALD, M. D ., Ch.B ., D .P .H ., County Surgeon, o . 3 (Eastern) D istrict.
Bearer NO 4 (Leader) : W O. F. SI CL AIR, M.B., B.S., D. P.H , County Surgeon, o. 3 (Western) District. URSING COMPETITION. Team Test.
ELLA WEBB, M .B. E . , M.D., District Surgeon, I rish Free State D istrict, assisted by J. M R USSELL, M B., Ch B., Corps Surgeon, No. 6 D istri ct. 168
Ilidividlfal Practical Tests. ister o. I: rajor \"Y/. H . F. OBLE, L.11. .S . \. , Assistant Commissioner, o. 8 (Du kc o f ( { .1naught's) Di trict. ister o. 2: W / Bo TII B , D i \·i io .at J 10 District.
3: F. H. EDW \ RD S ,h ·I) I untr ur g e n, o. 7 Di s Lri c t. ister o. ---I- ( Leader): Lieut. - Colonel J. P --; '\ '. \RD, T.D. 1LR , o unty ur ge on, 9 District.
E \RY. H. J. \\i RIGGL E \\ ORTl I (. \ ss is rant Br ig ad etary and As sistant mm is j o n c r o 8 L (I t' Di trict. T eal)! L ett er. \ B D E F G
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COMPETITIO T -; ST \f BU L.\ 1 E. T EA1f TE ST. Time Limit, 20 mi nu tes Warnin g at 15 m inutes
INTRODUCTIO N TO TE T (give n 10 ealll (/1 outset).
On your way to this competition wi th full fir s! ,l id kit (haversack and stretcher) to wat ch SU J1:e men working on the scaffo ldmg 1n front of a h ous e
Emp ire Fi'rst _ \ id Competitions.
3· :.\£rs Prin g le \.lndia ) ana :.\[rs. E. Tayl o r (India)
4- THE ROY : \.L RE\ 1E\\" _ n O ,erseas comingenr mar ching past
which is in process of erection. Just after you arrive, the midday whistle goes for the dinner hour.
In any emergency which may arise act as you see fit. You knm\' that the hospital is two miles away, and that it has an ambulance.
ACTION OF TEST.
On the first platform of the scaffolding of a house in process of erection a carpenter is busy sawing wood and talking to another workman who is up the ladder with a hod of bricks on his shoulder and holding a large sharp chisel in his hand. When the midday whistle goes the workman on the ladder turns quickly round, drops the chisel which amputates the finger (while the bricks fall from the hod on to the head) of the carpenter beneath.
The workman on the ladder is so astonished that he slides hastily down the ladder and stumbles on his face, without any injury.
STAGING OF TEST.
The scene represents the front of a house in course of being built, with doors and windows. Scaffolding is erected in front of the house, with the first platform raised three or four feet from the ground, this being long enough, wide enough, and strong enough to allow of work being done on it-about four feet wide. A ladder reaches to the roof and is firmly fixed. There is building material on the scene'; and an ambulance (hidden at first by staging) is available eight minutes after it is summoned.
The necessary bricks are simulated by rubber sponges, but real bricks will be dropped behind the stage for noise effects. The carpenter sustains wound of head with capillary hremorrhage, amputation of finger with arterial hremorrhage, simple fracture of right fibula (four inches above ankle), and concussion of brain.
Assistants required as carpenter, and two labourers, one of whom must have lost one finger.
h ; RSING.
TEAM 'TEST. Time Limit, 20 minutes. Warning at 15 minutes.
INTRODUCTION TO TEST (given to team at outset).
Being in London for the Brigade Jubilee Celebrations you started this morning on a motor drive to visit the Cathedral at J onsgate. Having stopped at a farmhouse which is three miles from this famous old town, you chat to the farmer, and you notice a family camping in the adj oining field.
If anything untoward happens, act as you see fit.
ACTION OF TEST.
The test opens with man, wife, and daughter talking together. The wife and daughter then go into their tent, while the man proceeds to light the primus stove. Having done so, he goes to his car. Immediately afterwards the stove explodes.
The wife, on hearing the explosion, emerges from her tent in a crouching position, trips and falls between the tent ropes and a box on to her right side.
The daughter follows quickly and tumbles headl ong out of the tent (aero s her mother's legs) on Lo outstretched right hat1d, and trij -e her h ad on a brick embedded in the ground.
If asked, the farmer will give all necessary assi stance, including Dr t aid equipment.
G OF TEST.
The scene represents a field in which arc pi tched two small tents and outside of one a primus stO\'C Alongside is the farmh use, in which are telep hon e, full equipment (except trctcher), rugs, etc. T ent ropes and boxes are placed in r si tton near op en lng to tent 'which is us d by mother and daughter.
On edge of arena i the family motor car, wh ic h is ,,-ell cushioned and has removable seats. sistants required as husband, wife, dau ght er :lI1 d farmer. The wife, though anxious for her dau gh tt: I', escapes inj ury and is asking to be rclea ed ; the daughter who lies on her face acr s h r m oth er' , legs, is totally unconscious a th e result of a b rU Ise d forehead and concu Lon, while s he is also su ffe r'n\!; from a simple fracture of right clavicle ( repr se n by cork strapped to bone ) and a lacerated w oun d (If paln'l of right hand. The husband gets ver y exc llcd.
The t. John l \mbulance BriGade reclu e t u to publi h its indebtedness to Mr . John Ia"X wc ll , Chairman of the British Intemati nal Pictur es l .td ., and to 1frs, J ohn 11a..'\:\vell, for their contI nued genero ity in supplyin g the s ta g e ettin g ro, dIe above competitions, and to 1\[1'. larenc c 1m! :Mr. Joe Gro sman, of th e - 1. tree tudi os , for t lcir per onal upervi io n in the makin g of th c et piece: and thei r e rection.
J\1\[B L \i'\CE ,0i\IP E TITIO l
1 Il E F T E \Y \RD Assistant Commission e r 1 L C. EL F UR 1G C 11PETITI
"Cnder the supery! ion o f th e Lady uperil1ll' 11lkntsin-Chief of the Bri g ade at Hom e and 0\ LADY P ERROTT, R.R. (llomc) Mrs. (0\, ,r ,ea ':l).
I1I E F STE W \RD Lady District Sup erintendent fr s E. \. Tw ) l·.n \W , C.B.E., A.R.R.C., J.P. LADY STAFF O F FICER S TO THE L.\DY L TENDE _ 'T - I IIEF : tHome-The L\DY FORE T E R. Overseas-Mrs. E. BATTYE.
INDIVIDU L PRi\CTI AL TEST Time Limit-Practical 12 minutes; Viva Vo ce 3 minutes.
INTRODUCTION TO TEST (MEN /1. \ ' j) WOMEN).
. You are seated in the lounge of this hotel \\ altll1g for the other members of your team and yo u have a fully equipped surgical haversack with you. A porter, noticing your uniform, and know 1J1 g you are in London for the Brigade Jubil ee Celebra-
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tions, approaches you, says that another porter whilst cleaning a picture has fallen heavily to the ground and is unable to move. Act as you should in the circumstances.
STAGJ G OF TEST (MEN).
Scene represents a section of a private sittingTroom in the 110tel, and is furnished with sofa, table (with rug as tablecloth), chairs, and telephone The steps are placed across the legs of the patient, who lies on his back, with shirt-sleeves rolled up to elbows and has pieces of cork strapped to both tibre at junction of middle and lower third of leg, to represent fracture of tibire
Assistants required as porter and patient. Doctor (if called) arrives as test ends.
STAGliVG
OF TEST (WOMEN).
Scene represents a section of a sitting-room in the hotel, and is furnished with sofa, table (with rug as tablecloth), chairs, and telephone. The steps are placed across the hips of patient who lies on his face with shirt-sleeves rolled up to elbO\,,·s. Injuries: Fracture of pelvis, and shock.
Assistants required as porter and patient. Doctor (if called) arrives as test ends.
CuPs FOR INDIVIDUAL MfuVfBERS OF A::-'IBCLANCE A D NURSING TEAMS.
The Sub-Prior (Major-General the Earl of carbrough, K.G.) generously presented two cups (one for men and one for women) for award to the Bearer (or Sister) gaining highest marks in the individual Practical Test. The test for each Bearer (or Sister), therefore, is identical.
CuPs FOR AlIIBL'LAKCE TElUIS.
The" Duncan " trophy is awarded to the team gaining the highest number of marks in the competition. If that team comes from the Brigade at Home, the "Sleeman" trophy is awarded to the leading team from the Brigade Overseas. Alternatively, if the team which wins the "Duncan" trophy comes from the Brigade Overseas, the " Sleeman " . trophy is awarded to the leading team from the Brigade at Home.
Cups FOR N U RSI G TEAMS.
The "Perrott" trophy was awarded to the team gaining the highest number of marks in the competition . The" Dent" trophy was awarded on the same principle as the" Sleeman" trophy.
Commemorative medallions are given to the members (and the reserve member) of all teamsin go ld to the winners of the "Duncan" and " Perrott" trophies, in silver to the winners of the " Sleeman" and "Dent" trophies and in bronze to all other teams taking part in the competition and to the judges.
RESULT.
NURSING.
r. England (Herne Bay).
2.. South Africa (No. 2.).
3. South Africa (No. I).
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4. Eng land (I-lull).
5. Ca nada (Vancouver).
6 Hong Yong.
7. ew Zealand (Wellington) .
8. Canada (Winnipeg).
9. ew Zealand ( uckland).
Winners of the "Perrott" Trophy: En gl and (Herne Bay).
Winners of the 'Dent" Trophy: South . \frica ( o. 2.).
\Vinner of "The Ear l of carbrough' up " [or b st Individual: Ii _ lay Flockhart, o uth frica o . I ursing Divi ion.
"'\fB LA. JCE.
r. England ( olverton).
2.. outh frica ( o. I) .
3. Australia ( \X/ e t Au tralia).
4. England (Hereford).
5. South frica ( o. 2.).
6. Irish Free tate (Dublin).
7. Canada ( lontreal).
8 Canada ( o. 2).
'X'inners of" ir John Duncan' up : nrr :and ('\ 01 erton).
'X'inners of olone! leeman up: th Africa ( o. I).
Winner of (The ar l of carbrough" up " fo r best Indi\Tidual : orpora l ,\. icho11, \\ 'ohc ton Di\T i ion.
The "Collin on" Bo,vl and th e , Cockill" Cup Com petition
These event. w ere held at Kendal on atur cl.ly , fay 2.9.
They are open t o Tur in g D i\ i ions of 't o John Ambulance Bri rrade in umberland, \'\" 12 O W!'land and Fum s , the bowl being for the wor k of teams of four and. the cup for indiyidual pra ctica l merit.
Fi\Te team had entered, t\,, 'O from Carlisle and one each from Kendal, Ambleside and J Tes\\-ick.
The competition consisted of a t am ca e in llrst i d and practical work and questions in Fir st \i d and Home ursin g Kendal won the bowl with 263 mark out a possible 2.98 and Carli Ie wa second. For the cu p there was a tie between ]-\mbulancc ist rs Ellw ood , of Kendal, and J. Raven, of Keswick, each of t he m only droppin g one mark out of 24; both of t hes e Sisters are practically new to competi ti on work so that it is all the more to their credit to make su ch a good show
For the Team Case thc ounty Commis si o 1cr, Dr. W. B. CockiJl was the judge and he was as sis ted in the other branches as follows :- Practic al J It'st Aid, Dr. H. W. Mylechreest; Questions, Dr. J H. Patterson; Practical Home ursing, D r. Ol1ve Buckle y; Questions, Matron H. Brady. The trophies were presented to the wi nner s by Nfr John Somervell.
Worship and Service
A Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon S. Alexander, C.M .G., C.V.O., Canon-in-Residence St. Paul's Cathedral, at the Commemoration Service. HIS servants shaff serve Him: and they shall see His face -Rev. XXll, 3.
Trinity unday is the festival of worship. That is thc centre of its teaching, the climax of its message. It speaks to Ll , indeed, of things not easy to understand, of mysteries of faith, of doctrines which re quHe some piritual capacity and perhaps some lnte llectual training before they can be apprehended an d appropriated in any personal way: and yet th rough all this, and behind all this, it appeals to the pirit of wor hip, to the spirit of reverence, which is the si mple st, the most childlike, of human 1ttr ibutes g ift s, (( The y hall see His face." may say, the Church exists for the purpose of keeping alive in the earth the spirit of worship. Its ritual, it teaching, its fellow hip, its acraments, beg in and complete themseJ-\'e ln this. '\ orship 1' a it were, an nd in itself It aims at no profit. It ha no utilitarian purpose, you cannot buy it for ·)old or exchange it for gold, r fit it in \'yith most If our mod rn ideals of progress. It is a perfectly u <:,e l s tlling' it pre duce nothing; that is the g lo ry of it. j\nd y'e t wor hip i the \ -e ry life of com T rll unitics, the salt that keep them [rom decar, the
the striving, the dark confusions of our troubled day s , we are b egi nnin g to reco gnise th e truth which 1ring of thcir grc.:atnes , a. well a the ,ou l o f your ( \\, n ref-onal life.\nd while there i no book in the Bible which npha i2(, S) powerfully a do thi. Book of the Re\' lation of t. J ohn th beaut\· and the necessit\' t wor hip, it i , alway _ ro him an'e sentially practical 1 i ng. In the heayenl\- cin" of \\"hich he dream Ln -ice and \\ 'o r hi1, life and \\ r hip intermingle ld are in cparable: there is no \ -i ible line between tt c secular and the acr u. 'Hi el"YanL hall erve I UTI: and the\ shall ee Hi face. In that world a in this thc scryice of od is inhnit Iv 'I he work f the p t th lawy r of the 'tatesman ( " the judgc, f th cientihc di co\rer r or of th 2' tis an i as religiolls here, if undertaken in the f' -;h t pi.rit, a any-thin that we call, r think of a ) th tinc ti \y ly hti tian work, and there al 0, we 1 uppo e, tllcr will be n o on typ or form of sen IC but all life in it infinit Yariet)' \vill ffer Itse lf as act' d to od and carry ou t th 'diyin \Yill. To see Hi face will be the r of th it labour tbelr consolation for orrow, their encourarrem '. b n tna l, their sol mn warnin o- in h ur of failure and sLlf- content. Thc m ailing and purpo e of \,-hat they do and ar is the Pre nce of God. They ,ha ll see His face.' Th men who e\ren now do the bLst work in the world are tho who at livin oa, Milton said, "as ver in the CTt at kma ter's In society and in politic) \ her not much that IS hi gh and noble is thrO\vn up amid the restl ssn s, , H.;\L THE IN
Amiel a\y that" there is one thing needful-to possess God. _A t present our m.odern_ democracies I)ho" igns of moving very slow.ly, If at. all, that \vay. Absorbed in material ?linded b y the passion for w ealth and for th111gS which do not matter, except as means to an end-0 ey haye hardly I-et reached, as a ,\Thole, a true conSClOusne s of that is divine. Like cave-dwellers in some subterranean world, they hardly kno\y that the sun i shinino-. But the day may come-perhaps soon r than think-when the people not only hall realize that their problems cannot be soh-ed :vithout the key of relio-ion but also shall be surpw;ed to find ho·\\- poor and unworthy unsatisfying is a life bounded by these low hOrIzons. It needs the vision of a hea";enly city to make the life of a cit y like London, Paris or ew York, even possible for men, unless they are to be "candidates for humanity" and nothing more.
But to-day I have the special privilege of addressing a o-reat bod of men and women to whom this twofold of servi<se and worship is and must be-if they are to do anything that is worth doing-the ver) mainspring of their life. Especially I would welcome, too-ether with the nurses of our own and other couno tries a verv laro-e contingent of men of the St. ] ohn Ambulanc; from Australia, South Africa, Canada and aU parts of the Empire, \vho help us to realize the imperial significance of the Order after_ 50 years of its in England. ot you have come-some, perhaps, on a first crom different countries, classes and occupatlOns 111 distant parts of the world. You have come to this cathedral of St. Paul-the central shrine of our English-speaking Commonwealth- of which I have said before now from this pulpit that it has become, to a wonderful degree, the church of the whole Empire. "It is not only for the citizens of our northern islands that the dome soars 111tO the blue or the cross glitters to the setting sun. Far away, o n all the shores and oceans of the world, the picture of it rising above the river, in the majesty of its strength, trembles through the wak111g dreams, and haunts the memory and kindles the imagination, of the men and women of our race"; and man y of them, we hope, will be with us here to-morrow when the King and Queen will join us in a great act of worship. You have come, too, at a critical moment, a splendid and inspiring moment, in our long history, when with the most solemn and moving ceremony King George VI has taken upon him the overwhelming responsibilities not only of King but of Emperor-the father of a world-wide family. B.ut, whatever the different scenes and busine ss from whIch yo u come, whatever the various impres sions which you have derived, and will take home with you, from the pageantry and still more (I hope) from the
s1 iritual messag of this CoroJ1ation month - yo u all stand for the same thing, you all chcrish the sam e ideals, you are all ministers of the same great cause
The nursing and ambulance work done in Lond on for the Coronation er ices and procession has hee n the admiration of the \ hole \ odd The m otto of this noble Order i in t\ I art, an 1 t he , (' con ti is rooted in the £1rst: pro fide" for the faith," an d pro 1tfilitate bOil/iliff/II 'for the welfare uf men " \'X' hat is that but the vision of the apostl , , < li s servant shall serve Him, and they hall sel l is face ? The tale of the ri e and fall of the Order of t. ] ohn f Jeru akm, and of its r yivallirst in ou r 0\\ n countr\' and then in the Briti h Empire (where it ha' reached all our Domini nand praclically al l ()LI t"' C lonies) is on of th most romantic page s in the record f mankind. J\cros tb se rag \11m e the figures of marty f and saints, of an d administrators, of monk and cru aders and kn ight, in hining armour- et in the glowing colour · \\ ilh \\'hich the spirit of chivalry iny ted lhem; h lll LU none of them belonged a gr ater opportullm ()f
Overseas Representation at the 50th Anniversary
Ce lebrations
I was fortunat ly able to return from my 1nsp ect ional tour ofInclia, Burma, Ceylon, ingapore and H ong Kong, in time to again have the pleasure of
By
the Chief Co-mmissione}·. St. John Ambulance B 'l'igade Overseas, Colonel J. L. SLEEMAN, C.B., C.llI.G., C.B.E., J-J.Y.O.
for when it be remembered that the Over se as tOtal is less than o.ne quarter of its strength, and that it was not posslble to send to England in even case selected teams, it is highly creditable that the Overseas teams gained second place 1n each sectlOn, and that one of the t\vo cups presented for individual work was won bv a member of the South African contingent. -
Furthermore, a characteristic feature of these cel.ebrations was the friendly spirit of comradeship eVldenced throughout the Brigade, whether at Home or Overseas, and many firm friendships haye been made between our members as a consequence. Those who attended are, unfortunatelr, now on their ,.... ay back to their own Dominions and Coloni es, and who are left behind are regretting that su ch o ccas i ons must pro\' e of such short duration, f o r the \-i\'id keennes: and. splendid spirit of co-operati o n which they bnng WIth them is a wholesome stimulant to those \,-ho erve in the 1Iother Country.
On Trinity Sunday I am reminded of a gre at P Ot t and seer, William Blake, to who\11 a C \\' J ea rs a go, on the centenary of his death, \\'C placed a melll O l inl tablet in the crypt beneath our feet. \: " hcn Blakewatched the rising of the sun, he said that \\·hat he saw was an innumerable cornpany of the hc a\ cnh' host praising and blessing Goel. llow much m ore shou ld we on whom the sun of righteoLl s ness 11,15 risen with' healing in his wings, be ready to join in that great Trinity song-" 1101y, holy, holy, Lo rd God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glor y : g lor y be to thee, 0 Lord most High."
4 ervice, a more genuine mini try of compa SSi on, than to tho e unknown men and women who , It ke y urselve , have 10\ d Chri t and cn-cd llim in the per on of Hi brethren. That i" t( me the ' uprLl ne value of thi w rk - thar it is I ronal and inc.li\ id ual. The secret of the Good amaritan (who must b e n it n in \ our mind ) i the s cr of per onalin·. 1 It.. n talk on committees, but be i. prepared for p c r"ll nal trou ble. He d e not hirk it. lie does not C[ lI cl hi conscienc with the reflection that here is a L1" uul bit of work for omebody 1 e to take lip. I k dot' not refer the ufferer to a ociety for helping di s lr L' :-ecl traveller n the road ber\.\' en Jeru akm and Jer idlO. " \X/ hen he saw him, h had compa ion on hi 111 and went to him, and bound up his wound." Re du ced to it bare, elemental facL, it i the story of one man'· need and of one man's pity. " In a much as did it unto one of the least )f these l11y br el hrcn, ye did it unto me.'
me ling (he outh \frican Contingent just a I di d in the emenar> lebration of 1931.
()rhe r reprcsentati n from all parts of the British ( f :::\ ation had a embled, or were a,,' c!11 hling, f r thi hi toric e\ cnt in the hi tor\' of our Order. pace forbid the mention of su tha t 1 \I·ill c ntent my If by a\ ino- that had i sdL ctLcI tho e were were to the OYer ea I could not haye chos n b ttet. '
\'\ ith the Coronation and its wonderful 1:".ino- and 9ucen and the imme.nse patrioti, m of a great tollo wed by the JubIlee clebrarion in which Their played such an imponant part, ther wa abun ?am food for pleasure and delight. The onh· sad te ature \\ as the ab nce of our re\rered Grand P!lOr, Hi R yal Highne the Duke of onnaugh[ LG. , and our ub-Prior, the Earl of car}-. ., who were pre\rented by iUne s from atte ndlng the celebrations of our Brio·ade for which the y had both done 0 much. Th b Inv titure at Buc kin g ham Palace the Garden Party at t. James Palace, the en icc in t. Paul 'athedral the Rece ptions in the House of Lord and at t. J and th Parad. in Hyd \\'hen H r hje ty ok alute, Wlll ever live In the m mory of th ose pn lleo-ed to b pr sent at the cel brations. what was· perhaps the mo t marv 11 us after b:t was the wonderful in :vhich th O,'er eas etachments succe ded 1n holdl!1CT th ir own in Ambulance Competition with the b Home Brio-ade, 175
Tever have I, as Chief Commissioner o f the Bri g ade, felt so proud of command than I did ,,-hen by the side of Her ::\hjesry queer:, watching and hearing her extreme admlratlOn tor the ma g nificent sho,\\1no- mad e b ,- th e ambulance men and \vomen of the Briti sh Com-m o n\vealth of 1 ations as ther marched past s o sp lendidh", and I \Vas \yell rewarded for the 90 0 0 0 mil es o f tra\,el whIch I ha,e durin g the pa st three
rear by ci1e i o-ht of so many friend and familiar tac s of tho e \yho came to add di o-nit\- and int ere t to these celebration, and from whom i had recei,-ed great hospitality and kindnes throu g hout mr tour
Let conclude by ofiering my deepe ( congratulations to all tho e repre entati, who admirably carried out th m.i. ion with ,·duch the,· had been entru ted in accordance \,-icil the spirit of the Ider of "t John of ]eru alem.
Interesting Case Reports II
C\ E REpORT No. 124.-The Officer-in-Charge of No. VIII (Duke of Connaught's) District S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of first aid by members of the Horley Division in the following circumstances ;-
On March 12, at 1I.45 a.m., a call was received for an ambulance to proceed to the New Disp osal Works, on the outskirts of Horley. Tran port Officer Robinson, together with P.C Enticnap, arrived on the scene of accident at I I. 50 a. m., when they were informed that a man was about to enter an underground tunnel, when a skipfull of slate from the excavator 27 ft. above, fell on him. P C Enticnap 'phoned for a doctor, and informed the hospital.
Transport Officer Robinson at once descended to patient, and lea r ned that he was suffering great pain in his back.
A . stiffened stretcher, complete with " universal sheet," was lowered. Realizin g the danger of more slate falling, Transport Officer Robinson at once proceeded to bandage patient's knees, etc., as in case of fractured spine, and then secured patient to stretcher. B y this time, Divisional Surgeon H. S. Fleming had arrived Owing to narrowness of the top of the hole, the patient was raised in an upright position to the top by means of a crane.
On instructions from the Surgeon, the patient was taken to hospital for X-ray examination, when the injuries were found to be severe bruising and shock.
CO}'{"kfENT.-This report speaks for itself and tells how in excepti onal circumstances members of t he Brigade faced and solved a difficult problem in transport It onlY remains for us, therefore, cordially to congratulate them on the success which crowned their efforts .-N. C F. CASE REpORT o. 125.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Plymouth, S. W. Devon and E . Cornwall County S.J.A.B. reports the efficient .. of first aid as follows ;-
In view of the broadcast reference in D ecember last to the serious accident on the steam fishin g vessel Silver H erring during a great storm, readers of THE GAZETTE will be interested to learn of the experiences of Driver W. Cole and Privates G. Rendle and L. Cornish from the otte Street Sub-Station of the Plymouth St. John Ambulance Service (all three are members of the Brigade)
At eleven o'clock on Sunday night, Decemb er 13, the Sub-Station, situated near the Fish Quays, was notified of a serious accident there; and the Ambulance crew proceeded, of course, thinking a patient needed first aid at the quay-side, a scene of great activity at this period of the year with the herring fleets. To their surprise a fishing boat was waiting and they were taken with equipment some distance off the shore to a larger vessel, the drifter Silver Herr.ing, of which the B.B.C has since told the story of her terrible struggle while disabled in mountainous seas.
With great difficulty in the darkne ss and a 60 m.p.h. gale raging, the three ambulance men and a poli cel1lan jumped to the Silv er J-Iernilg, in the cabin of Whl Ch they found the wor t casualty, a man w i th terrib le head and neck injuri es caused by b ein g das he d ag ains t t.he boat's structur e b y the force of th e wave . It was a hopeles ca e, the man b ein g b ey nd hu ma n aid . Another fi sh erma n had b c n \va h d vcrb oar d and miraculou Jy wash ed on board again. IIe \\;t treated for a c o n siderable lac e rated wound on the le g Later he wa br ought ashor c O\T rcd b\ motor ambulance to the Central 11 spita l, and detain ed.
O\vin g to the changes of ti de later on, i t \ as possible £ r the iillcr to comc alon g. ide the quay; but a ur o-eon \, h o h ad been ca ll ed t o the extremely seriou case could pronounce lit'c extinct. The bod y had to b e remcwe d from the cabin thr o ug h a small h atchway by thc 1.1SC o f eil Robert son tretcher. In connection with till. duty, \vhich lasted from I I p.IT\' until about 2.3 0 a.m., the t. J Oh11 Am bulance men \V r drenchcd and one of them had a narrow e car e from going o\'erboard, owing t o the heavy s as Cmf.ME ' T.-C"its of the exiJt ill all parts of the British R eallJl, and undertake public duli es 1I hich VC/ly Jvithill vel)' ,, !ide limits. For pluck and perSel' fUlIICe, h07vever, this dllfJl 011 land and sea 111// be htlrd t o bl'tlt. To these three members oj the 2l'e tender cordial cOl/gratlllations 011 t/Jcir .rplmdid Jl'fJrk amidst SlllTOlllldlilgS JJ'hich J}'ere dan"e,erolfS to IUt alld limb.- . C F.
Questions and Answer s II
TR A PORT OF FR:\CT t' RED 1: \Il R.
S. C. (I sle of lan).- '\ hen they havc to tran port by stretcher a patient who is suffering from of femur (or of tibia and fibula) on the lert side of the body, should the bearers fall in n the lefL si ck or should the y tak e posts on the si d e f strctcher far thest from the inj uries ? Your kind ruling wi II be appreciated.
The instm ctions of the T extbook (p 193) are thaI the bearers lJIust aiJva)'s take up their pOD/ioll Oil the leji 0( the patient, (C unless othenvise directed qy o. 4. " - .( .F.
ELASTIC BA JDAGE A DR E I ' G
D S. (Northern Count y) - I shall b e glad if \ OLl will be good enough to give me yo ur ruling upo n he use of the modern elastic bandage as a fir st aid dressing.
Though I have had many applications for it to included in our surgical haversacks for use on p ubhc duty, up to the present I have refused 1=>ermi ssio n for the following reasons :-
(I) Because it is not at present reco gnised by Headquarters as a regulation dressing; an d
(2) Because, in my opinion, it is far to o easy to apply, and too difficult to remove for redressing purposes.
The lISe oj an elas lic bandage, being a more or less penllallelll dress il7g, is cOlllraJ] 10 the prinCiples of firs! . aid alld Brigade R eglliations / and the reasotlS given in )'0111' leiter are pelfectly sound. YON should, therefore, con litl!le 10 refllse perm ission for sllch to be used ry )'our I/Iw/bers 1 .F.
D \ GLR or P. ( ard iff).-Recently \VC discussed the treatn cnt of hernia; and, a \,' e could not agree as the out standing dangel' wilh this condition, we decided t) ubmit the point [or your kind decision
The oj a /;emia is that the prolmdiJlg bOJve/ IIll y be cOlIslrict ed by Ihe abdoJ)Jinal lIIuscies and resllit jn ob,;·tmctioll to the cirCIIlatioll (with slfbseqlletlt strangulation) of tile bowd.
1 0 gf(ard rI.{!,aillJI Ihi r, Ih e T e,ytbook tells YOIf (I) to ktep tiN patim/ reCfllJlbm/ with km es bmt and shoulders rdlH d /0 rela,y Ihe abdolJlilJal l)IIuc/es, and (2) to apply cold 10 t/le 1'l2'elliIlJ!, ) /0 lilllit t/J e local SlrppIJI of blood. I {ot f OJ)J{'f/taliolls 11'0f(/d haJ/etl the COli/plication bJl dra1ving Inort' blood 10 Ihe part. -J. .F.
TRE\'T JL"-.T or · R \.CTL'RLD L \.VICLE .
V \'V' ( obham) .- \ hen r ading the details of ' Perrott' hicld Team Te t in the current issue ()f THE G \ZLr r r, 1 ",' as urpri ed to find that in the trea tment of the fracture of thc right cla\Ticle, the broa d bandage wa placed in po ition before the sJprmrting t. John arm-sling. Can you gi, e any reaso n for this? I ha\' c cried the latter method and ha e found it impossible to obtain both the correct sling and the effect of the broad bandage. You r kind cxplanation i eagerly a\'vaited.
} 'O il an rtadillg illto th e detailed lIIarking shee t more thall ]J las in/ended, and )'on /o/' f1t / t/Jrlt the 1II0dem sheet is arrtlllrrert ( Jor cOlJl'(, lIiellce ill lIIarking on(;l, and often II II/bo Nt refertllCt 10 seqllCllce, which 110 olle can allticipate. .-lJ t lJillgJ strllld it look.r flJ ill the several copies of dr/ails (n ,hiC/) (lccolllpm!), tiN prodllction of a lIIarkillg s/;eet to-daJ') the line dealing rJ)ith th e arlll -siing ll'as acridt lltallJ' olllil/ed alld Ihell replaced ill the JJ'I'OIlg position. I II .rhort, the prepamtioll of rl lIIodem detailed lIIarkill u shed reqllire.r till/ c, patif'llCf, aIJd Jel1eml copin I-N. C. F.
PERFOR\l \ '-lCE or- ARTIFI I:\L R E . T . H. (Ri ca, i\Ion.).-PI ase could you give me In fo rmati o n r gar din ()' the correct m thod of restoring th e breathi n o- of a p r son who h as b en resc ue d from dr owning and is f Llnd to ha ve u tain d a fractured sternum, and fra ctured rib ?
The R el)isioll COlIIlIJittee hal!e ojjicial(;1 ruled in allotber that the St. John Prolle Pressllre l1 1ethod, as detailed 111 the Textbook, shoH/d be applied in all cases of aJpi!Jxia, the p resslll'e beillg lIIodified, '))J/Jen Il ecessaJj' , to avoid rJ'sk oj cOllverting simple fmctflres of ribs ill to complicated.N. C F
Priory for Wales
ORTH WALES CO:'IMITTEE .
The Committee appointed in 1936 to dev elo p the work of the Order within Anglesey, CaernanYonshire, D enbighshire, Flintshire, l\lerionethshire, and l\lontgomeryshire, met at Corwen on Friday, £\pril 23, to consider arrangements for the j oint inspection of Brigade enits in the six counties to be held on July 18 at Chirk Castle, b y the kind inv itation of L o rd and Ho\vard de \Valden. The officers pre sent
Included the Hon. John H. Bruce, D.L., J.P. (principal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales ) ; ir Henry 11. Grayson, Bart., K.B.E nglesey) ; Colonel H . C L. Howard, C.:\LG., D.S .O., D.L., J.P. (Commissioner, Flintshire) ; :\Ir. Richard J ones ( ssistant Commissioner, ':'ferionethshire); Captain H. C Lloyd (Assistant Co mmissioner, Sir Charles Phibbs (Commissioner, 11erionethshire) ; :\1ajor A. E. Priddle> D .L., J.P. (Chairman, Denbighshire) ; :\1r. R. H. Prothero (Assistant Commissioner, Iillglese y) ; Cecil Rhodes ( ecretar), Flintshire) ; Dr. C. E. Salt (Commissioner, D enbighshire) ; and Dr. R. D. Thomas (Commissioner, 110mgomeryshire) . The following \"ere elected to fill the re peccive offices ;_ 1 1ajor -General J. Vaughan, CB , Cl\LG , D 0. (Chairman) , Colonel H. C. L. (Vice-Chairman), ir Henry Grayson ( Trea urer) , and :\1r. Cecil Rhodes ( ecretary).
The Hon. John H. Bruce referred to the que tion of .l Ur Raid Precaution and the steps taken in the variou countie with a to the training of St. J hn per onnel; and it was learned that Dr. W. C. B ntall, O.B.E., F.R.C. ., L.R.C.P., -i .R. P. taff r. to the Chief Commi ioner, had accepted an Im 1taUOn to address the o-athering at Chirk Castle on thi ubject.
\\'ALE I:\, BRIG:\.D E J1.: BILEE CELEBR.:\.TIOX .
The Priory for \\'7al \\ a repre emed b,' a number of Brigade officer at the yarious arrano-ed to cel brate fiftieth anniYer ary of u1e t. J .L \..mbul ance Bngade T,, o member of the Order on the Roll of the Prior)" ,,'ere honoured by recei'\inotheir in ignia at the I nyesciture at Palace b y H.1L th King, v-iz .; The Hon. John H. Bruce as h:.night of Ju tice; and Colonel W . T. \ Vood D.L. , D .. 0., lYf.c., the S1 tant Director of Transpol't , as an Officer (Brother). Thi ceremom' was \\ itnes ed b y i\1a jor A W. Ander on Ch.B. ( sistant urgeon-in-Chief for Wales), Com-
missioners E D. Jones and Dr. S. McCormac, Lady County Superintendent :Mrs. M. F. Paskin, Lady County Officer l\1iss E. 1. Prichard Williams, and the follo\\ ing representatives of the Priory on ChapterGeneral: Lieut.-Colonel E. J. Trevor Cory, O.B.E., lvLD ., l\1r. A. G. E. J. Fudge, and Mr. Daniel Daniel, J.P.
ROAD TR..-\ JS PORT TE-UI Co IPETE IN CARDIFF.
A bou t 250 people were present recently at the Cardiff Corporation Transport Employees' Welfare Institute (Ebenezer Street) on the occasion of the South l\.fidland Area Eliminating Ambulance competition of the National Road Passenger Transport Ambulance Association for the Stirk trophy, the donor of which is lvIr. J. H. Stirk, J.P. (Chairman of the Traffic Commissioners, East Midland area). Mr. William Forbes, M.lnst.T., General Manager and Engineer, Cardiff Corporation Transport Department, presided over the competition, in which the follm\Cing six teams took part :-Portsmouth, West Bromwich, Western Welsh, Birmingham Corporation, Cardiff Corporation and the Midland Red. The two teams scoring the highest marks were: I st, I 1idland Red, 33 2t marks; and 2nd, Birmingham Corporation, 284· These two teams will compete in the final competition, which takes place at Manchester on July 4· The competition was organised by the Cardiff Transport Department, by whose generosity all present were entertained to tea.
Among those present were: Lady Lewis, O.B.E. ; Mr. J. NIcDonell, Assistant General lvIanager, Birmingham Corporation Tramways Department; 1Ir. W . E. Morse, Birmingham, Secretar y of the ational Road Passenger Transport Ambulance Association; Dr. Edgar Llewellyn and Captain Robathan, i.e., Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner respectively, City of Cardiff Centre of the Prior y
CENTRE REPORTS
CAERNARVOKSHIRE CENTRE.
A meeting of representative persons in the county was called b y the Commissioner, Sir Michael DuffAssheton-Smith, Bart., at Vaynol, for the purpose of discussin g with the Centre officers the que stion of Air Raid Precautions. The Centre President, Lord Penrhyn, pres ided , b y Chief Constable Edward Williams, the Assistant Commissioner, and an interesting address was given by Dr Delanhampty , Home Office Lecturer on A.R.P., who was introduced by Dr W. Leslie Jones, the honorary secretary of the North Wales Branch, British Medical Association. Sir Michael referred to the responsibility of the St. John Ambulance Brigade to assist in the training of the general public and urged the formation of a Centre Committee covering the interests of the whole county The meeting then proceeded to the election of a Committee, and Mr. W. T. Davies was appointed honorary secretary. Warrants of appointment were presented to the officers of the newly formed Conway and Caernarvon Division.
The first meeting of the Caernar onshire Cent re was held on fay 22 at Bangor. i\ plan for futur e development was drawn up and it was decid ed to organi e a County Flag Day.
CARDIGA lSH IRE CE TRE
heen intere t was taken in the annual Cardi ganshire Centre f \mbulance comp tltlOns, in whi ch team from all parts of the coun ty t 0 k part and entertained \ ith the officials b y th fay o r and Mayoress (Alderman and [r s Ebenezer Llo yd), and the Town CI rk (:i\fr. '\ R. Llo yd ) and fr s. Lloyd.
mong tho e present \ye re the entre Presid ent, the Earl of Li burne, and Irs. teven J on ,depu tising her hu band, ommi ioner rey n. J ones.
The fayor extended a \ elcome to the company and said he was grateful to Commi ioner teven J onl' and the Committee for having accepted th invitat ion to hold the competition at Lampeter a it was In the genera l interest to yarr the venue from "L e r to year.
eyen teams competed in the nior c 1111' tition flH the Earl of Lisburn hield, which \,·as won by Cardigan 1,vith 238t points. The other team s ,n order of merit were: Pontrh yfendigaic! , 230; Tr a\\coed, 219!' Llandyssul, 212; Lampctcr .\\ .R ., 2 IOi ; beryst\.yyth P olice 203; and Lamp cllr, 194·
P re enting the shield to the \\ inner ,the arl ()f Lisburne congratulated ardi<Tan on a line perfor mance. Everyone was pleased, hi lordship said, at the grow th of the mbulance mo\ menc in the cou nr)" in \vhich there are over forty classes. r laving rcfe rred to air raid precautions, \yhich, he aid, it was c ent'a! that all ambulance clas es should cudy, the 1 lr1 paid tribute to the seryices of ommj ioner tl' L11 Jon es
There ,,,ere four team in tbe "Eir1\ s hid " competition. Pennant and Llanilar ti d ",i(\1 2.?1 points each in team work, but the shield \Va awar ded to Pennant, who were awarded I 3 points in the individual test compared with 1 14 points f r Llanilar. Cwmystwyth was awarded 192 point and Blaenpcn.nnl 16 9. The shield wa handed m"cr by Mr, E. J. Morgan, l \berystwyth.
Two teams compcted for the Cardigan Ca stle " shield, which was awarded to Llandys ul (239); the Adpar team obtaining 227. Mr. D. D. Williams, J.p., Tregaron, presented the shield on behalf of 111'. John Evans, J.P., Cardigan. .
Thanks to the Earl of Lisburne and the don ors the shields were accorded on the proposition of Dr. Evan Evans, M.C., Lampeter. Respondi ng, th e Earl said it was a real pleasure to be present. H e paid tribute to the medical profession on the intere st theytook in the ambulance movement and their rea.d in ess to co-operate, and on his propo siti on a vote of th anks was accorded to the jud ges, viz., Dr. Budd, e1,vcastlc Emlyn; Dr. Tunn, Llanyb yther; Dr. R ces, Borth; and Dr. H. Jones, ew Qua y 17 8
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'List of the Order Invested by H.M. th e I\1ng of Members and Recipient of the Order's Service Medal
DAMES GR.-\ND CROSS.
H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, G.B.E.
H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent G.B.E. I\:NIGHTS. .' S J -\ B
The Hon. John HaUIilton Bruce (Principal Se cre tary, and Comnussloner ., Priory for Wales). ., I d)
T he -iscount Cra;p'avon M.P. (Prime Mil\lster of Nortlern re aCn. 'f B) '" JIB:'I R C S L R C P (urgeon-Ill- lue, S.J Nigel Corbe Fletcher, ?'. 'J N 1 (1' of Wa les's) Distri c t.
Captain \\'illiam Goodley, M e. (Comllli lOner, I o. nnc e
The W erge Hamber (Lieutenant·Governor of COI'dm)bia).
.-\llan Travers Lewi , r" .c. (Honorary SolICitor, Commander) 111 ana a James Ernest Macpherson (Commanderr.1ll Canada ). L d John (Chairman, Associated British PIcture Corporation, t Frederic k Keenan 1I10rrow (Commandery 10 Canada).
ASSOCIATE KNIGHT.
The Hon. :'IIalik Sir Firozkhan 1\oon, K.C.1.E. (High ComnusslOner for Indla. Late Chairman Punjab PrO\inc ial Branch S.J .A.A.).
DAME. d C )[rs. Constance \Iargaret Dalziel "-illiams (Lady Dis triet Supen nten ent. ape
Pro\ince District, Commandery in Southern Africa).
COMi\L-\l\'DERS (BROTHER ): , '.
,-\rthm Barrett Carde"', :'IL C., lIL B. (County COlUlUISSlOner, Gloucestershue, William Chaloner, O.B.E., T.D. Commissioner, Cheshire, -\.Ib Fisher (District Offi cer, Western Australia District .-\Ifred Joseph Gatt, O.B.E., :'I LC. (Corps Officer, :'Ilalta Corp, a ta Lynham Porte Honorary Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Pro\incial Branch, Commandery In C tr J -\ -\ )
Sir \\'illiam Clare Lees Bt.,. O.B.E. Colonel John Arthur Hopkins SheD,m, " District '·ic.toria, Australia). X 5 D S J \ B )
Harold Leppington (Assistant btr'e: Frederic k Portway \\ Iison (County COmmlS,lOn€\r, • Ort 1 S.] \.B.). ASSOCIATE COllDL-\XDERS .(BROTHERS).
Joseph Grossman (Studio )Ianager .-\ ociated Bntlsh Plctllfe Corporation, Ltd., Sir Hassan Suhrawardy, O.B.E., :'ILD., F.R.C.S.I. (.\ssistant Com· missioner, Xo. 6 District, (S[STER ) CO:'lDLo\...'\ be fh -\ng'1 -ev Centre Louise :'I[ary, Lady :'IIulleneu.x .GraysC?n (London-a me-m rot e e,. Committee, Priory for \\ ales).
'lilTs. Catherine Scott :'I[ax\\'ell (London\. ::'Iriss Olga Serena (London).
Lady Sybil :'IIarv Smith (Oxfordshire Count\· Centre, .].A.A.). OFFICERS (BROTHERS).
(C St· Pontefract and District Corps. .J A.B.) C.:'II.G., C.B.E., (Chairman, Glbraltar Centre S.].A.A.). C] ,\ -\ and Di\'bional George Albert Burgess (Great \\'estern Railway entre Superintendent Paddi.ngton DIVI lon, S.].A.B.). C nt· oi Frank Dearie County Centre, S.].A A., and County Officer, ou } Oxford, S,].A.B. ). Clarence Elder (Hertfordshire). IS' t d The Rev. William Frederick Elmes (Sub·Chaplain) (Did ion a uperln en en (Pro\incial Commissioner, Mani loba Distti ct Cli CGommdinandeHrYill' C S L.R.C.P. (County Commissioner, Oxiord hire. ve ar er(Divisional Superintendent \l elbourne Di\'ision, 'ictoria, Jefferies (Bristol CentrC', S.].A.A., and Divisional Superintendent, Fishponds Division, S.].A B. ) H f d hir S] \ B Ian \,"yness :'I>IacGregor, lII.B: .(CounlY ComOllSslOner,. S'.]:·\.B): John vVilliam :'IIackenzie Cbmmanclery Norman Paterson (Presldent, 'or vl 1a 1
S.].A.B.). '.1 D (Co t Commissioner Hampshire, S.] -'..B.). :'I[ajor Alrred Tenn ys.ollnSStrmlth"· D' S.].A.A: and District Surgeon, Robert \Villiam !\ agl am, ". " ,'orthern Ireland District, S.] .A.B. ) D' \ Villiam _ 'orman West-\\'atson, M.D. (ASSistant Commissioner, 1\0. 5 Istnc, Widdop (Divisional Superintendent, \\'haley Bridge DI\'ision, Talbot Woods, D.S.O., M.C. (Priory for Wales). OFFICERS (SISTERS):
Mrs. Ellen .Allen (Lady Corps Officer, Shipley and Dlstnct Corps, S.J.A.B.). Craigs Court House ):ursing
Mrs. District Superintendent, New South Wales Dis tri c t, S.],A.B.O., Australia). t d Sh'pl Y and Distri c t
Mrs Elizabeth BeU Potter (Lady Corps Supenn en en I e Corps, S.j.A.B.).
john Stanley Adkin (Sergeant, Central DlvLSIOn, Arthur Ainge (Great Western Railway Centre. S.J.A.A., and Amb Railway (Great Central Section) Centre, S] A A and Ambulance Officer, Cricklewood D:vlslo n, S.].A).B.). G'fi' d Bland (Ambulance Offi cer Kendal DivisIOn, S.j.A. B. Bleasdale (L ondon & Scottish Railway SS/'A\Aj' and D ivis ional Superintendent, H eaton Park DlvlSlon, Mane 'ri' . . . . , Thomas B lunt (Corp s Superintendent, Markham Mam Corps, S.]. 'rr')' Glam.-
Albert John Bobbett (Great Western Ratlway Centre, S. J .A.A., Ba y, Priory for Wales).
john Bolton (Ambulance Onke r, hotton 1,)ivision, Captain \\ 'illiam BowC[, 1'.0. (!'I0rlh Shield Ccntrl', .j,A.A, and Cor p. tenden l North Tyne ide Corp, .J .A.B.). , Leonard Bretsch (Great Hallwa), C nlre, \ ., and 1l1\'1' onal Superin tendcnl, 1,)1\ 1510n S) -\ .B, ')'.
Yalter Henry Brewer (DJvlSlonal SupCl ln cll(knt, Shulloll \Y,·!far,' Divisi on, \ Broad (Di\'isional Supcrin lCI1lJcn l, lll \' i'iun, (Sergl'an t, Rushden Division, :5).A.13.)., ,. Arthllr John Burnage (Dlvi,iOllal up nn,telldclll, -.J Ul.).
jo e h BUlcher Offi cr, Spcn alley. Corp., .I.A.B .).
Leotard Charles Butchcr (Divisional upenn lClldenl, Boruugh uf \\ orl hmg Di\-i s ion 5.]. .B.) b lh D' 'J -\ 13 )
Edwin Da\id Callick (. mbulance Officer, Lam c JVlsI<,>n, Harry Albert Canadine (Treasurer, Saskatoon DI\'ISloll, Saskalchcw,lll Comlllal1clcn' in Canada). ",
H R be Ciuld (. mblilance Officer, Borough of \\ nl\Nun, S.].A 13). Pelldrr CollIl'r (Great \\' l'stl'rn adwa)' Cl'ntre, S.J \ \, alld Resen'e :>ltltbay R::\1I",av S.j .H,).
John L\'\\;, Collins (GrraL \\' estern Railway Cl'lltll', ::'.J \, Barr) 1.Iu PriorY for \\ ·alcs). I
John R ober t Conle)' (Di\'15ional SuperIntendent, ch,ltl1am illH l)l>lfl l [ "Ion I (Corps Superlntendenl, 13ullcrofl COrt"', S.J B :!. Croft (Londoll.\. );orth ·l.:.a· ,m Rall"'J\' (t,r"'ltJ.a-I>l 1l "><nl'JIl)
James Da;lin ton (OI \ISIUnal :lll'l'l'llltl'ndl'lll, \\ alkd"11 1)1\ I'IOIL ,"".I \ H., James D3\'leS g (l.ondoll & North-ia-tern Ra:lw;l\, «(,reU l"lIlrdl ::-\ on .1 \. \ ., and \mbulan l'e Othcc·r. (, K 01'1.'11, ha\\ 1)1\ NfJll > ,J \ Charles Jllhn l:.d\\arcb (I i\'llonal ::-upnllll"nd"lll, L- Xl'l,'r lll\ I uil" I on l,oode (Greal \\,·,ll'rn R.lll"'J\· C"lllrt' S.J \ -\, 1I1(i \' I ulancc U!bn'r, Laiing DI\'15101l, 'j "'.13.1. Chari"" l;ro:,l\T- (Corps Olhcer, Corp-, S J B.I William ilenry Ilnrris (Di\'lslOllal ,u!,<'nntcnOl'nl, :\un caton 1,>1\ 1-1,.1.1. '"' \.13. frank Ha1.l'll (Di\'lslOnal 'uP<'nntcndenl, .1l1\1'1':n. ::- .1 .\ B Fr;nk Howard (J)I\'I'lon.11 DI\·bl"n ,j 11, Il owanl pmltl.h.' r and I lornl 'lUrch VJ uTI, {Stall Ih,i,lot1. S) \ B ). lame, .\r,Jhlbald, Kni ght '1Id<it.-,b[(Jllgh l"nll,tl IlI\ I'lon '"' J \ B,), H enr\' fohn Lcw!> (Ch('llcnh:ull Cl·IHr,. :-' .1 \ ••\., ,Inti Counl)' Ulllur. () .1), 01 L;luuCl·;;ler. ·,J. \ .B I. I • I'lOr Arthur Limbrllk \l;r"<ll \\'6ll'fIl l{ail\\.IY l.'ntft·, S.J \ ., Cwrphilh Logan (Corp, SUp,·rtllt,·Il,I,·t1l, '1' k. r".\rIlbtfOl •• " \\ lut\\'onh Corps, S.J.A,H" );<.>rllllrlll,,·rl.llJ(l\ Hassan Anlln L. KC, 1'. ,:-' COUllt\' ::-}lfI;·!()II, I I 11.1. \\'illiam (AmlJulann Dl'an .\lId eh"pt"r Ill< I 1\\-1 II \.3., I'ole \\ 't!,lPnl C,'11 lr' :-. J \ \ 11 1 luul ,<, OffiC"r Bri"ricY Ihll DI\'I>lon, .1 B , Caplaltl \\';Iham .-\r'thur 1-1.\.'<.';, L.R.C I' (A--I"l.llil C"mllll 1<"",., :\ <..rl rt Ar .1, );0 1 Prin<c of \\ ales » 1)I,trt<l, J .,\.B H '. P herl!> ( \llllllllan cc Ofhl'd.• \llrIl ll h"ln IlIn-Ion, -' II \\ 'lhur Roc (London "" ll'h R,lll" .1\' dlll·p. :-- J \ ",<I \13 I llpl'rilllt.'ndL'lll, Suttun Culdh"lrI 1l1\'hl, II, ::- II \\'illiam Ahby Rutld (Cllrp' Tran;;pon Olll!"·r. I,It' 01 ::-h"I'I"'\ loq Percy Hcrlx·[t 'C' botil'id 'Cuun ty Olflt cr, COIUlt\ oI \\ or, ,'-l, r,hlr, I ThOlila' Sissr,n (Ambulance Ollircr. Hul:,," ,'r I)1\ I I '11. - .J.\.B. 13 H enry Skertll'r :\c\\ Hllckn.lll.lolhl'rtl" l"rp!i, I F k \. ellt !.-\mlJullnl'C Ilt\I'lUn ::- ." \ \1 H L.R.l l' (Ctll llll)', llrgeon. CUUlll\·,,1 "U, <..- •·J;i B};all (Pri\ alL RaWlcllsta.ll and !i.hhn!:d,·11 nl\'!. iOIl. ,.J \ \\'l':l\'l'r l,r ,,,t \\ R:tilwJ.Y C<"lllr, .,\ ., .lm) .\ II ul c Olncer Slourbml!:,' ])1\1'1011. B.,. B I J bn \\ 'hcrnlt (Dln'lollal SC:If!Jtlrough 1)1\1-1011. Re\,. \ ntholl)' LeWIS Elhon \\ 'l lhams (, :I"'t'lllt hapl.lIt1 Ch" plull Banbury DivI,lon, S.]..\.B.).. .' .1I.d lltulane.: Ernest RoberL \\'lOl{ficld (t;rl.'a \\ Halh,.1\ C.'nlrl·, ') Othcer, :'Ilitlbil)' Rall\\'a)' ])1\'1"'1011, S.j H.)., Han' \\ 'olfclldl?n (Pnva l e, Caslll'lull lJlnwm, \ Ii I·, Albe;l Youd (London & 1"orth·Lasl"rn Rall\\,lV (( , (cat Centr.ll Sc.:t ul (enlre, S.J.A.A., ShR\'I:\(, liRUIHLR '.. Harry Cerald lzQldwater, ;'It. R.C.S L. R.C.I'. (lJIstfid follC>\ I.l. DI.lnc COllunand'rv III Southern Afnca). SISIl:.RS. .' BJ ,I' B (L d· COUnl\' Olhcer, Eal I{ldlO g 01 urk" S,J \ 11 Olhccr, ])ukinl1eltl s.J·tU:t \lrs Berlcnshaw (Lady 1 reasurer, lJukltlheld [)I\ 1,lon, 1- 'tlperin' Eli7-abelh Blatlco (Leicester :) ., and Uld\, 1J1\1,IU ll,l t"l1d cnt Sargent NUf"lllg DIVISion, j .;\.ll). al llr,illg :'I[rs. Lillian ';I[aud Boyd (Lady SUpCfllll"ndcnt, :'Il utllreal C<'nl •• DiviSion, Quebec lJislfl Cl, Commandery III ';an:ttla). r :-, j \.B.). \-[ISS Gertrude Sarah Brown (Lady Corps ili\'l"ioll, 1Il1s5 B er tha Daw so n (Lady \lI1lJulatlce Ofhccr, II 111 Ie (, S.j -'..B.). C :-0/' g Dlvl'loll S \.13 .) \Li ss Ellen llartley (Lady Ambulance 0 II,' h 'l,t lid \[id, 'orah Knowl es Kardie Jackson (Lady County Olhccr, ort, a Ambulance OffIcer, Stockport Nursing Dlvi,i on S \.13.). M.ts; Lockwood (Ripon). N' Vil'lsion, Parkinson Lady Divisional Supcnnlendent, Skipton I ur S ] A B ) I L 'll' hll r.;lllg t.-Iiss Swindc:lls (Lady Ambulan ce Officer Ashton'l1m cr- ) • Division, S.JA.B.). S d Roval H.,rutlg h of Miss Rosa Frances Margarelha Thomson (Lady upennlcll en , K nsington Nurs mg DIVISion, S.j.A.B.). R til " 'Iurs ing tvliss Mabe l Annie Lou se Ti llin g (Lady Cadet Superintendent, II Division, S. J .A.B.). SERV ICE MEDAL. Martiu v\'ill arnson (Ialc Honorary Secretar y, Surrey Counly Cenlre).
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[ The St. John Ambulance Brigade News II
o. I (PR} E OF W /\LE ) Dr TRICT Ju as t.he G \%FTTE goe to pre s, this message h'1':> been receivecl from the Commissioner of o. I Dist rict (Capta in \Y./. Goodley, M.C) :-
" Through this column in the ST. J OJ[ - 1\ :\fB L r\l'.CE G \%ETTE 1 want to thank all the officers and members or the Prin ce of Wales's District for their active coore ration in Lhe work which de\'olved upon us during tile Coronation period. It was a strenuous time, but ao; everyone concerned played his or her allotted p. rt so efficiently and well, e,'crything passed off ,atisfactorily and the Bri gade emerged from a supreme of its capacity, with added pre tige and dignity.
" II is :\laj st r the J(ing expressed his satisfaction \\'i[h our elTice } bad a letter from ir Philip Game Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police ) me: for the work wc did, and ir John Duncan (the hid '0111m1 ioner) has expre eel to me p 'r:onal ly hi gratification.
" 1 will not go into detail hcre of ca es hanelled, id ce \ ou will hayl..: learned all tJlis from other ources. it to a y that what wc \\ 'ere called upon to do, w( did to the UlmOSl of our abilit\, and if the call had bl..:cn far grealCJ' \\·c _houlJ not ha,'c been found \\ Hlng.
. I do not lhink that on an)' prl..:yiou occaSlOn me Pres: has so fully and sympathetically reported the Brigade' acti, itie". Thi' is a measure of the great at' I growing public appreciation of OLlr work. L \11 members will wi 'h to join ,,-ith me in an e. -p resc;ion of graliLUd to th( e bu inc £lrm \\·ho on Corona tion Day, lent their premises for aelminitrJ ofllc s eire sing rc't room core, an depots; al 0 to o'rhc[s who 'uppli cl beyerages, colhp ibIc drinking CLIpS and other nece ,tries, and a{l n orher who lent LIS motor yans and dri,-er All tbese were of 'cry material as_ i ,ta nce ., In C nclLIsion l\,'ould I t OLlr pride in thi _ Joh well done be a , timulus ro us to maintain contin .tally our keennc 5 and efficiency to tb hiaher standar d.
\t Di trict Il eadquarter on the , 'ening f DIay 20, tl:c C01111'ni ioner tain \,\ '. oodler 11.C prc cnted ronation medal ' to ninety-n,-o mc rnbers who, for aood character and meritoriou services," had b e n awarded th ll.l br th K ing. Befo re thc pres ntati n, the omnu lOner aid ho\\ plea ed h wa s to b e able to hand th 111 dal to those prescnt, who he kne w llad so richl" earn d them. There \Va bound to be disappointment amongst memb rs who had not reC i\? d Coronation medals He wish d it had been [ _ibl to pr snt One to eve ry member f o. I Di strict. Th Chief Commissioner had, how ey r, a ll tted a g n rous
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proportion of the medals allocated to the Brigade to o. Di strict, and on this score they could have no complaint.
He (the Commissioner) hoped everyone who had been awarded the medal would live to wear it for many years, and be proud of it, He hoped there would not be another Coronation medal in the lifetime of anyone present; in other words, "Long live the King "
At the close, the D istrict Surgeon (Assistant Commissioner Dr. E, .i\1cIntyre) said that he 'U'ould like to sa)' just two things. First to express admiration at the way arrangements for the Coronation duty had been made and how everything fitted in. Second, to congratulate the Commissioner and thank him for the presentation of the medals.
In replr, the Commis ioner said that from e\-en-one concerned there had been satisfaction at the Brigade 's \vork during the Coronation-from His trom ir John imon, Sir Philip Game and ir John Duncan. He himself was pleased and proud of the war officers and members had co-operated. He \\-a indebted to the tOres Officer (District Officer \,\' Roust), and to the Public Duty Officer (District Officer G. C Green). .
All me officers and member of the Di trict who took part in the Jubilee Celebrations will be especially intere ted in the followina letter which the Chief Commi sioner ent on DIay 2 CO the Commissioner , Dear Goodley, I \\'ant to mank YOU ,-en- incerel,' for all the a Sl tance mat you and your ga\-e Headquarters in arranging the Re\-iew on )'lay 22. Had it not been for the , -aluable help ::\' 0 . Di trict afforded u I fail to ee how \\-e could haye got dlrough the \\-ork \\-i11 you plea e com-e y- m;.' thanks to aU concerned.
\,\i11 you plea e thank )'1r. Rou t, \,·ho was on the ground at a.m. and worked splendidl y-. The ground \,-as most careful1,marked out.
Her 1Iajesty remarked to me that he had ne\-er attended a Parade that \,-a - better arrang d. I ,yould also li ke you to thank 1\1r. .f(emp and tho e who \, 'orked und I' him for all he did for the Parad rnc at t. Paul . 11 the arrangement ,,-or ked admirabI,-.
Your -incer 1,-
Th Ealing Di" i ion held its annual in pection on i\Iay 2 ,tl1 in pection bing carri d out by _-\ tant 0111111i5 loner J. \,\ 'arr n of th \\, 'e t rn Area Aft r a display sistant ommL ioner \,\ 'a rren cong ratulat dupe. B etti n and Dr. lbr (D iyjsional
Surgeon) upon the Division' efficiency. On Sunday morning, June 20, the Division will hold its annual Church Parade at St. Thomas's, Hanwell, when the 11a 'o r of Ealing and member of the To\:vn Council will be present.
O. 2 DISTRICT.
1IrNEHE-\D.
The annual competition for the " Lady Forrester," " Luttrell" and" Dr.- Hoerman" Cups was held in the beautiful grou nds of Dunster Ca tle by kind permission of 11t. and 11rs. G. F. Luttrell (President and Vice-President of the 11inehead Divisi on) on Saturday, April 24, in ideal weather.
For the setting of the team test the Ca de was supposed to be on fire and the 11inehead Fire Bri gade , who \,-ere present with fire engine and e cape, " rescued" two patients from a third- torey window, the competing teams "\\' ere required to take the " casualties" from the fireme n, them from the danger zone, diagnose and treat their injuries and load them into the waiting motor ambulance.
The first patient was suffering from asphyxia due to smoke fumes, the second had burns on the face and right ere, simple fracture righ t clayicle and complicated fracture first and second ribs, with internal ha:morrhage from the lung. T\\ enty minutes was allowed for each team. Dr s. '\ Bain and H. B. Walker (11inehead) judged the team test.
The Individual Practical tests which were held inside the Castle were judged by Dr. W. B. Bo one, of Ilfracombe, and Corps Officer A. W. Latimer (North Devon) , whilst the Oral tests were in charge of Dr. J. Gilbert, of Barnstaple.
The results were as follows :-
1. Minehead.
2" Barnstaple.
3. Ilfracombe.
4. Bideford.
5. Bridgwater.
6. Braunton.
Mrs. G. F. Luttrell very kindly presented the cups and also prizes to the members of the first four teams.
Dr. Bain in his comments complimented the members on the excellence of their work, which on the whole was extremely good, the teams had all exercised their common-sense and applied the skill the y had to the treatment. Dr. Walker agreed and added that it had been an extremely smart performance.
Dr. Boon told the competitors that in the tests he had conducted the work was really good, and Dr. Gilbert stated that in the oral tests a very high standard was reached.
County Commissioner J. S. Cox voiced the pleasure they all felt at seeing the Dev on teams again coming to Somerset to compete; it all helped, he added, to bring about that friendly spirit among ambulance men which furthered thefr good work. He voiced a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell for their
great kindnes in placing the Ca tIc and grounds at their disposal and for providing tea and pri zes for the c 1111 tit or .A word of thank wa also due to the firemen who had worked hard and the patients, \vh o had done their part plend idly.
The team t ts were \\ atched a large gathcriOlr("1)' amongst whom were 1r. I ,uttrell, 1.\1r, \\ alter Luttrell, Lady onstance R v d er, Lady Audrc\ \nson County sioner J. '. ox ,\ s, istan t Count\: C0111missi n r E. O. II erman, OUl1ty urgc nn C', ander and ounty Ornc I' J. Pepp rell ( orth De-on).
I TO. 3 DI TRICT,
The memb rs of the },ew::ring llc ac1guartcr s \kn '.; Divi-ion t. John l \mbul ance Brigade hme dUI ng the \"inter months been studying \ir Raicl Pre cauti ()ns and First . \id for J. \i r Raid a, ualties.
The Diyisi n has rcceorh- been examined, onh' three of th wh attended the examination laikd r;) satisf,- the examiner, and the succes -fu] cand idate ha\-e'received Briaade ertijicates
In presenting th certificate" lI] crinrendcnr Uaypole announced that m re members of th e Di \ ion held certificate gualifying them to deal \\i th ai r f, lel ca ualties than any other Di,i ion in the cou nty.
1 O. 4 DI I T.
RD\\ ·ICK
The member_ of j\rdwick D I\ iun returned home in the earh- hours of the J11orn inO', of 11ay I7, after a treml l; day in London.
T hey had engaged a motor coach for l\\'Cln: r )urs and they wer pick d up at Ellston at 6 a.m. an d t iK 'n to 1111thfi ld and o\-ent Garden markets.
.l \fter breakfast th \. made for r. John' " C;;lte, which was really the object of (heir trip. Bcfl ) L' the coach turned into the tfeet the\ had rec ogni'Ltl the familiar picture on the and \\"i' ,1 chorus of' There's the Gate!" The\' wer e reCl "lel very cordially by 11r. Thompson, wok thcm first through the chu rch and th n vcry rhu roug!1]1' over" the Gate." Their guide' clear cxpi:1 n,ltI')n of all that they saw \1.-ith tbe aUl10 I here rou nd took them back throu gh (be ccnturie and 11\ cd through the trial and truggJes of the Orel er, . 1 l eft L John'S Gate with an increased pri c.k III the Badge they \vear and a d termination to be \\ ()rthy of their uniform because of the yeae oC his tol'\" and tradition bell i nd it.
From Clerkenwell they \vent through the l :!l) way of St. Paul's, the Tower and the Emba llkmc.n t to the Houses of Parli ament. The rember or Parliament for Ardwick, lr. Joseph 11 ncl erson, \\ as awaiting them at St. Stephen'S e ntranc e and t llad an interesting tour of b oth I Iou es und e r hi s Most of them found the Crypt a sou rce ot wonclCJ, and the stories of the history of this beauti ful chap el were well related and eagerly absorbe d.
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• RECEPTIO TO OVERSE J\S _. \ I ITORS. rndian members of the Brigade (Ovt:rseas) al lh<.: Rt:cLpt ion; L I'd Bkdisloc, Lord Shaftcsb u[v; L o rd i\ f r LancclOt Dent and Lord Rockll:}
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-t' H.R.H. Th Duk (If F-::enr, represenrin O' (he Grand Prior a((end d the at L - P:.Il11' - C:uhcdl'.u. O ur pic(Uf' sho\\" the O\'crs a' Conringcors arri\ ing
From Westminster via Whitehall to the Strand for luncheon. The afternoon was spent at Hampton Court isiting the Palace, the Vine and the Camp of the Indian Contingent. The garden were a source of delight, the Bower beds being at their best. Then to Hampton Court via Richmond and r- ew, returning by :Kingston and Putney, so we had a good round trip.
After a late tea they split into small groups. One party went to Broadcasting House to see the Gala Variety Show, others went to the Boodlighting, and still more went to see the Coronation film at arious news theatres.
The) left Euston at 12.30 a.m. and reached ranchester tired out, a little dishevelled, n o t quite up to parade standard but thoroughl y happy. What is more remarkable amongst a crowd of tired women, there were no complaints! A good muster reported for duty at the Whitsun procession and they are none the worse for their adventures. And their slogan at the moment is " Here's to the ne:s:t time! "
o. 4 (LA CASHIRE) DISTRICT.
KIRKHAM.
The Coronation dinner, organised b y the wrkham Ambulance Division, was held at the Headquarters, Wednesday evening, :May 5, when about 70 members and friends enj oyed the excellent fare proyided. The stupendous task of preparing and cooking the repast was again undertaken by Mrs. Horrocks, wife of the Divisional Surgeon, and she and the Ladies' Committee, who assisted in the kitchen and at the tables, were heartily thanked.
An excellent concert followed, and the guests were entertained with songs, instrumental music and stories until 10-45 p.m., when the proceedings were br o u gh t to a close b y the singing of the National Anthem.
Among the messages of regret for inability to attend was one from Superintendent C. W. Heslop, who a few days prior to the function was conveyed to hospital. A message was sent from the gathering to Mr. Heslop wishing him a speedy and complete recover y .
BLACKPOOL.
At the May Ralphs Shield Competition held at Thornton, the results were as follows :-
St. Annes" A," 171 points; South Shore, 16 2 t points; St. Annes "B," 1 51 ; Thornton, 13 8t ; and Fleetwood, 129.
The Blackpool Nursing Division, who held the Shield each year since its presentation by Mrs. Ralphs in 193 I, did not compete this year. THORNTON.
As a mark of esteem, on his transfer to the Brigade Reserve, Superintendent]. Sumner, S B.St ]', received at the hands of Councillor Nickson, Chairman of the Thornton-Cleveleys Council, at a social gathering at the Ambulance Headquarters, last month,
an oak wrwng d sk and bur au, subscribed for by the members and friends of the Division, and an electric table lamE \Va presented to frs. umn cr.
Ir. Sumner has been a mcmber f the Bri o-ad e for 24 year, and it i lar gely o\Vino- to his and do gge dnes that the D ivision is now po sc sed of a suitable headquarters, fr e of d cbt. Follo winothis, a further pre ntation c f a President's v as made to .i\Ir. HOI e, Pre id ent f the after which ul per \Va served and mu ic and dan Clf1l; completed the evening programme. i\[r. umn cr succeeded by ul erintendent lvld - inlel', to w hom be t wi he are extended for Llcces - in hi new appointment.
L CA TER.
Barrow, for the second year in lleeeS ion, w o n the " Lamport" up at the - comp tition h Jei i n Friends Hall, Lanca t r. The trol hy which is it memorial t Dr. Lamport Lancaster's 61'st Di\ isi()la l urgeon, \vas sub cribed t r by members of the Lancaster .l \mbul ance and Tur in'g Di"ision.
The judges were apt. J. \. Tomb, 1 i.B. (Lanca ter), and Dr. G. :0[, Kay. upcrintcnd ent r. Helme, Lanea ter, pre ided at th prize- gi\ ng , and the trophy was pre entcei by District O fJ ice r j'"lajor F. arson 11. " l\1.B.
The results \\' re :-Barro\\', 2.12 1 oint ; Fleet\\·o ld, 201; and Preston, ther teams takin g )art were :-Pree all, Poulton-l -PrIde Mor camb c md Ulverston. .
BL ACKPOOL.
" Blackp ool ought to be proud of you," sai d the Mayor ( lderman \\1. .L \ shton, .J.P. ), after wat ch inO' the inspection of the Blackl 001 .L \.mbulance Di\ ls ioo , which was held at the Ambulance IIeadqu art-er:-;, Hornby Road. He congratulated the offic e r ' 0 11 having such a splendid body of men \vh o if cv ( they were wanted, were ready and efficient to e1 0 th it' work, and it was grand to know it \,'as y o lu nr:HY·
The Inspecting Officer was J\ctin g-A sisrant O!l1missioner H. Gastall, D. C..J\ 1. , B. c., and th e parade was in charge of Superintendent G. \\1 ilson.
O. 6 Dl TRI T. S HIRE)"fOOR.
A successful supper and dance was held on l\I;w at which over 200 were r resent, the occasion being taken to present the awards earned by m embu s during the past year and to give a hearty cc send- o ff l> to the new ursing Di vision which ha JU t helll formed.
Mr. H Gregory presided, and the guests included Lady County Officer Mrs. Anderson, Corp s intendent Bower, Divisional Surgeon D r. Fo gue and Mrs. Forgie, and Lady Ambulancc Officer Mrs. Pearson, of Whitley · Bay, who has taken a g rea t interest in the formation of the ursing Divisi on.
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Mrs. Anderson presented the Nursing awards and Dr. Forgie those for the men, which included 16 A.R .P . Certificates, as well as a Grade 2 Certificate to D ivisional Superintendent Gibson.
Corps Superintendent Bower congratulated the Division on its progress. \
No. 8 (DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S) DISTRICT .
THE BRIGHTON CORPS.
Large crowds watched the members of the Brighton Corps march through the town on the occasion of its annual Church Parade. This was led by the Bugle Band of the Brighton and Ho e Battalion, The Boy , Brigade, with permission of the Battalion Executive.
The COl-pS was under the command of Corps Officer C. Leslie Hughes, assisted by Corps Secretary G. F. Chisnall, S.B.St.]., as the Corps Superintendent, Dr. Drynan was unfortunately called to an urgent case just prior to the parade
One of the attractions was the stalwart Guardlik e Division of the Police under the command o f Divisional Superintendent C. J. Forward; then came the Town Division who, though lacking the hei O'ht of policemen, carried themselves equall y '\vell.
Preston Iursing Division formed, with th e m e mbers of the Bri g hton ursing Division, a comp o ite company under the command of Divisional up e rintendent Miss Theobald, and the cadets o f th e two Nursing Divisions formed a fourth company.
After an inspiring service the Corps re-formed outside the church and was inspected by the C o r p President, Alderman F. Beale, who was accompa ni ed by Alderman Miss M Hardy , LB.E., and the Chief Constable of Brighton, Captain W. ]. Hutchinson, S.B.St.]., before they marched throu g h the t o wn to the sea front
BRIGHTON TOWN DI V I SION.
The Division held a special parade and display on the occasion of the presentation of the President's badge and Warrant to Councillor A. V Nicholls. In making the presentation, Corps Officer C. Leslie Hughes (officer in charge of the Division) paid tribute to the interest Mr. Nicholls had in the work. Mr. Hughes pointed out that although the Division had been in existence for 2 years and had many friends, no one had been asked to accept this office, but Mr Nicholls' interest was more than personal, he had done his best to interest others in the work; in fact, he might well be called the Division's Outside Representative.
Mr. Nicholls, in reply, thanked the Division for the honour and assured its members he felt it a g reat honour, saying it was the unselfish service which they gave to all who needed assistance that had attracted him to the work and he was goin g to do all he could to interest others in the work.
After the presentation, Mr. Nicholls inspected the Division and watched a display of first aid, home nursmg, stretcher and hand seat drill , air raid pre-
caution, including th e three typ s of respi rator and the fully protective suit.
o. 10 DISTRICT.
COLCH E' T E R.
The annual re-examination wa held o n Ma y 4, when thirty member \\1 r e s ucces s ful in pa ssi nlf twenty-fi e f r label and five f o r m e dalli o ns examiner, Dr. Brad haw, said there w a a di st inct improvenlent in the an wers to his qu s ti o n s a nd in the wa) the practical work was don e , a nd, o n the whole, he was ve r y pleased with th e y ear' s w ork.
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The comp tition were h e ld in th e R oyal BLlfas t cade mical In tituti o n g r o u nd s o n l\[ay 8 1\1 1'. Ia n Fraser, P.R. and hi s tafr, whi ch in clud ed Dr.
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R. \v. M. tr ain, l'J D., D i tr ic t urgcon, and Dr. B. Fit z i m o n, D i yi i o n a l ur geon, m ack the arran g em e nt s for t h e c o mp e t.iti o n .
The entri es totalled tw My - thr ee , ix t een lf whic h w e r e from orthern ix f ro m the Ir isl rree State, and one fr o m acr os -chann e l , and of these twent y c mpeted.
There were fixe comp ti tion -e n.L o r and no' ic e men Seni o r and no v ic e \-, om n, a nd Cade ts, and thn' were g iv en thr e e t es ts- Oral , Practical and ,t rea m Test. Th e practical t es t includ e d tr ea t ment of t\\'O b oys who w ere supp ose d t o hayc u tained serious injuri e s when two motor car collided. T h e disp. Jay g iv en wa s so r e alistic that som e p eople passwg " Inst. " g round s imagined f o r a m o m nt that an accident reall y had occ u rr e d.
The jud g es w e r e : l'vfaj o r G. . Carr , Ma jor Beamish, Dr. E. J . A Dou g an, Dr. . \'{ . i\Ioo re , Dr. ]. Brennan, Dr. Hanna, Dr. Muri e l Fr azu', Dr. Eileen Gib s on, Dr. H. Mc e ill, 1.\1i s i\luss on , Matron of the Ro yal Victoria Hospital, Mi ss Bc:to n , Miss McQueen, Assistant Matron Purd ysbu rn I'ever Hospital, and Nurse Tear. 0
Dr. William Gibson, M.D., Director-in -Ch lef at the Ulster Joint Committee (St. John and Red Cr oss),
p resi d e d, and the cups were handed to the winning teams by Mrs. R. D. Harri s on wife of the Cit y (om mi s loner of Police.
The wi nn e r s wer e :-
Bcl fa t hallen g e Cup (Seni o r Men ) : Cit y of Dubli n Di\ ion, 175 } mark.
\,\ hitak e r up ( eni o r Women ) : Ha r c o urt ur s lng
Di\ isio n, 176 mark s
I o rd [a y or' s Cup ( 10\" ic c 1en) : Banbridg e \mb ulanc e Divi s ion, mark s llr geo n 's U[ (-ov i ce W o m e n) : W es t
Bd tast :\ursln g Di\-isi o n, 166 } mar ks
Coro n a ti o n Cup ( ad e ts) : 37 th B oy co ut s , 16 2 1 m ar ks
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In rh l " ar a lD c o nn cc tI o n with i r R a i d Prec auti o n s
PubliC m cc l i ng w e re h el d i n the pr in cipa l t owns in ( ou m)' D o wn and ]\ ir R a id Pr eca u ti o n s an d First \i d es re ul t i n g i n the formatio n of \ 11' Ra ld P rcca u(J o n •\u xi li a 0y R eserye D iy isio n s of th e Brigade i n B a n b r id gc , D 'o n aghadee II olnvood and Lu rgan
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Air Raid Precautions
By IV. C. BENTALL, O.B .E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Air R aid
Precautions Stuff Office r to - Especially
for Surgeons
A'I"ticle No.4
Former articles have dealt with-
I. The characteristics of War Gases.
2. The Pathology of War Gases.
3. The Symptomatology of Gases.
This article will deal with treatment.
TRE AT1rENT.
.£vIe Irritants.
Once these cases have been withdrawn from the poisonous atmosphere of the lachr ymatory gases, recovery is rapid, of those most seriously affected have usually abated by the time the cases reach the Dressing Stations. In the Great '\ ar at the end of 12 hours there was little amiss with them, and the conjunctival symptoms had almost disappeared. Simple lavage of the eyes is the only thing necessary, and no other toxic effects develop subsequently.
2. Nose Irritants, or, as I said in a former article, th ey may more correctly be called the SensOJY Irritants.
In the early stages the pain calls for relief, and is best relieved by inhalation of chloroform; inhalation of ammonia is also helpful. Rest, fresh air, removal of contaminated clothing and equipment, and Ijght diet are all helpful. For the pharyngeal irritation and pain, glycerine and menthol jujubes were found useful. In rare instances ana:sthetics or morphia hypodermically may be used to relieve the agonizin g pain. In the latter stages treatment should be directed to toning up the whole body. Graduated exercises help the muscular weakness, and a suitable environment with light work and amusement will help the mental depression together with suggestion and faradism.
3. Lung Irritants.
The essentials of treatment in this group are:
(a) Rest, (b) Oxygen, (c) Venesection.
(d) Rest.
This must especially be emphasized to all First Aiders. Every case must be regarded as a stretcher case. The walking of a few steps in the early and acute stage of poisoning may lead to sudden heart failure and a fatal issue. This should be vigorously impressed upon all First Aiders. If the restlessness is extreme, 1/ 6 of a grain of morphia may be given hypodermically, but the dangerously depressant action of the drug on the respiratory centre must b e borne in mind. Warmth, of course, must be maintained, to lessen shock and lessen oxygen consumption,
the Chief CO'Ynrn.ission er
which the muscular movement of shivering w ould incr ease.
(b) Ox)'l,eII.
In the early days f the Grcal '\ Tar oxygen ee rned of little use, but the fault \\ a in the way it 'V,-as gihn, the old-fa hioned funnel gi\' ino- thc oxyg n at some distance from the patient' mouth, and for a short time failed to produce go d results. It \V as lOt until Profe r]. Haldane d \ ised hi s SPCl al mask \\' ith a ya lved contr ol of tlle cyli nder that succe s was achieycd (Brit. i ll er!. J Olfr., Fe bruary 10, 1917, and July 19, 19 1 9)
Grey case with heart failu reo ar \ en in need of oxycren acimlnistratl n In thl way than tnc blue case. - b Plan are under con icicration for tile piping of oxygen into , pecial ward of Ih c Hospital for thi tr eatm nt th (?xygcn beIn g P,l :d from th ordinary cylmd r lOW wrage S
outside the ward, and conducted in the I i[1\.' $ aloncr behind the beds from which bv mean : t)t a " T" juncti on to e\'c ry bed the 1{alda-nc l11a"k mar be fitted. The following arc note of a typlCa l case taken from the « red ical I [i story of the \'\ -ar"
Gassed January 3 T, 1917, at 5 a.m.) reached clearing station at 7 p.m., and treated with pur e for ten minutes every half- hour.
February I, 1 0.30 a.m .: Pale and 1 aden coJ( 'If ; speech incoherent; very wcak and cml-C01l1 fl Pulse 130 to 140, weak, low te n ion and respirations over 50 per minute. ontinuou s _adminIStration by Haldane apparatus or 5 Jitre s ot OX)gcn per minute with intermi sion of 10 min ute s half-hour. Remarkabl e improvement in tcw moments, colour becoming normal, pul se fell to
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Februar y 2: Patient more conscious. Puls e 120, regular and stronO'. Oxygen 4 htr es per minute now Sl.lificient to relieve cyanos is completel y . R espirations 44 per minut e
Oxygen administration continued till the e ening of Februar y 4, and gr eatly reduced. The c anosis did not reappear and the general condition impr oved (c) VemsectioIJ .
In the early part of the Great War venesection was used in a few cases of a dvanced and serious c yanosis, and did not seem of benefi t. At No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station at B ethun e eig ht serio us cases were bled at about the ninth hour after gass in oand seven died, and in cas es of grey asphyxiation v enesection seemed eyen har mfu l, b u t f urther ba ck behind the lines, in cases of less urgent gravitr, venesection gave undoubted b enefit. Sub sequently it became the ge neral rule that blue asphyxia ca e Vi,-ith goo d pulses should be bled as soon as pos ible.
The French we r e so convinced of its , Talue that in their offi cial memorandum they stated "la saignee pour l 'ced eme est aussi indispensable que la ligature d'une artere pour l'h e morragie." T he Germans stated that if the thickness of the blood preyented the fim,- from a cut vein, the radial artery should be opened
The question of saline injection ,,-as much dic ussed, and experiments showed that owing to th e cedema of the lungs no benefit was obtained
Many drugs were tried ,x,-ithout proving of special ,-alue. A tr opine was proved to have nothing in its favour, morphia was dan ge rous, aspirin and phenacetin were forbidden in the t reat ment of the headache les t their use should weaken the circulation. Heart s t imulan t s were in the following order : oxygen, brandy, pituitrin, camphor (I grain), olive oil (5 min.), ether (5 min .) hypodermically.
Durin g the convales cent s tage great care is necessary, carefull y gra duated exercises wi th plent y of l ying down and resting, otherwise D. A .H may cause a much protracted co n va les cence. T here is no evidence to support the idea that such cases are more liable to tubercular irJ'ection subsequently.
The treatment of Skin Irritants will be dealt with -in the next article.
• QUESTIO N S AN D AN SW E RS.
1. Q.-I s a Grade 2 S.J. A. B. Instruct or forbidden to lectu re to the general public?
A.-The Home Office only rec og ni se Grade Instructors for lecturing to the general public.
A Grade 2 Instructor ma y as sis t or take a part of th e instruction, but must not be in charge of the class.
2. Q. - In large cities there are many houses with -only ground and first floor, which do you suggest for a refuge room?
A.-The ground floor.
3. Q. -Ca n any arrangements b e made to replenish th ai r in the refu O'e room?
A -At pre ent only at cons ide ra bl e c st b y an electrical pump drawinO' the air through a filter , and some commercial firm 11t the e up with a pe da l pump in ca e the electrical upply fail, but the mea urem en t give n in the textbooks for the refuge ro m are ad qu ate wi lh out this.
' BL UE RO
Th e so-called B lue eros 'gas are ar senical smoke to which w e refer as sneezing gas s or Lem utators or nose irritants. Tbe I osition of affair s in relation to uch an ext ract from the DCli6' ill in'or as that sent me is du e to the fact that quile a num ber of unofficial manufacturers are turning OUl ("a<; respirator which have not been u bmitted to the Government Departm nt for their official rccogmuon a up to tandard. E\' r) re pirator which ha the Gm'ernment tamp n It is guaranteed 100 per cent protection against the so-called "Blue Cros " gas s but can easily understan d that any manufactur l' supply the retai I tr ade with any thin 0' the\, 1i ke from a [m' that i usdc for 1'1\'th{nO', ul to' the most lype, but unlc ')s have been submitt d for r cog nition, Go\-e rnment can take no rC ' 1 on i bi lit for ,-uch sale ,\'irhout specia l leO'islation.
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History of the St. John Ambulance Brigade
The most prosperous of the Provincial Corps, however, ,\vere orthampton (founded 1886), Leiceter (founded 1882), Brighouse (founded 1882), and Margate (founded 1879). These and others were gradually affiliated to the Brigade, with the result that in 1889 it was regarded as fully established and divided into tv. 0 Sections-11etropolitan (10 Division), and Provincial (36 Di visions) Corps.
After this manner took place the birth and establishment of the Bri gade . Further, not one of the original members of the St. John s Gate Di v i ion (who, a small band of some 20 members, compos ed the nucleus of t he Brigade) could possibl have foreseen that in i ts fiftieth year the Bri g ade would ha,\Te established its units in all parts of the British Empire; that its total adult membership at home and m-erseas would in that year have passed the 100, 000 mark; and that each and all its members would continue to g ive freely of their serv ices without any financial re'l,Tard.
II.-PRIJ\"CIPA L
1887. - Instituted by The Order of St. John, as a voluntary organisation, trained to deal with cases of accident and sudden illness in ci vilian emergencies.
Undertook its first public duty, in streets of London, during celebrations of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, with the assistance of the Invalid Transport Corps, which it replaced for this purpose in 1889.
1889.-Divided into Metropolitan and Provincial Corps.
Instituted its Ambulance Transport Se rvice in the Provinces, its Corps being equippe d at first with litter, later with hor seambulance wagon, and still later with motor ambulance.
189o.-Registered its first Nursin g D ivision in London, the first in the Provinces, at Oldham, having been established in 1885 and affilia te d with the Brigade soon after its formation.
Instituted Annual Camp of Instru cti on which was open to Metropolitan and Provincial members, and was repeated yea rly up to 1896.
892.-Instituted Ambulance Station s on o pen space s of Hamps tead Heath, Black heath, and Chigwell Heath, on Bank Holida ys Established its first Corps B eyon d-th e-S eas at Dunedin, New Zealand.
1893.-Placed under command of its fir st Commissioner, who was responsible to Director of Ambulance Departm ent.
(Co11ld.)
Allocated memb ers f llfsing Di\ iSlO ns for attendance on \\Tome n dur ing street, and open spac e publrc dutI es
1895·-Con olidated its elf at it fi rst Conferen ce of Ietro politan and Pr oyincia l Offi cers w ho met at orthampton. itself into 5 Di tricts (\\'hich w re la ter l?Crea ed to Z), o n a group ed County baSIS, co n sequent upon it CHrincreas in g p erso nnel.
forma ll y it s r\n nual Compe ti tion In. aId, open to Corp . an d DIVI lOns, from all Dl tncts (as a reco gnised means of tr aining in _ \ mbulance work ) , an d rep lacing l \nnu al om petition for \ nns Eccles up, which had been held at Ca mi of In struction each year ince 93.
T ook over from the \ ociation the l)11duct of l \mbulance tations, rganised an nually since 1886 at xhibitions and ince I 90 at the R oya l Agricultural -ho\\·.
1899·-Pro\Tided 2,406 trained male personn el fo r seryice during outh \rrican W'ar, as uppJement to .l Umy :0 Iedical rp.
19 oo.-R eported that in London, and in the )ro\ Twce there had b een a marked increa 10 public duties, at street proce ions, (l'en spaces on Ban k race and a ttlletic meetings, football matche ,and 0 on.
190 I.-Established its fir t ResenT f r the !\r'11Y l edica l Corp , thr ough it 5 B arer umpanies, located a t yariou cemres in EnrrJanJ. 1903. -Es tabli shed its first R eserves f r the 1. ya J ick B erth taff.
Established Bri gade Beyond-the- eas, as a sepa rat e (though n o t yet independent) organisation in charge of a superior officer wh o was r espo n sible to the Commis ioner.
19 07 .-Establishe d fur th er R e erves for J\rmy cal Corps, for en-ice in [ili tary r Lome Hospitals during time of war.
1909 - In conjunction with Association, e s till further R eserves for Territorial J\rmy Medical Corps, b y organi ation of VOl ulltHry Aid D etachments .
19II.-Established Briga de Overseas, as an independent orga nisati on in the charge of )ts ow n Commandin g Offic er, wllo was respon sIbl e to Dir ect or of Ambulance D epartment.
1914. -Supplie cl 28,361 train ed personnel for stn:ice at hom e, and overseas with H.11. lc dwd
Forces, throu g h out duration of European War.
1915.-Establi s hed at Etaples, in France, its Ba se Clea rin g rl osp ital , which was staffed by its own mem b ers, and had accommodation for 500 sick, amI wounded soldiers during European War.
In conjunction \.vith J\ ssociation estab li shed 245 t. J o hn .I\u xiJiary IJ ospitals in Eng land a nd \X1alcs wlth accommodation for 16000 sick and wo und ed sol di ers during the European War.
1919·-In con jun ction w it h .[\ssociation, and British Red Cros oeiety, organised I fome l \mbulan ce ervicc for all parts of England and \X/a le.
1922.-In stitutec1 it -\nnual ompetition in first aid and home nul' ing, open to ll r ing Diyisions of all Districts.
Began the sub-di"i ion of its Districts into 'ou mies consequent on its ever-increa ing per onncl.
Organiseu Bo\ and Girl adct Diyi sions as R c.ern:s for i \mbulancc and urslng Di"ision , \t 1lome and 0\ crsca
19 2 .,,- Rc-establishccl its Voluntary \id Detachment as Rcscn -c for Territorial _ \rmr j\ I edieal orps . Through Di\'i -ions undertook the stafllng and conduct of \ redlcal Comfort DepoL, \\ '11ich were established and equipped b, the \s oeiation. with mc toring orlTani b instituted in England and \'\ "a!cs, a R oad n -ice 'cheme, to link up \mbulance tation on the road by first aid po t its Royal -a \"al \uxiliary _lck Bcrrh, and \Iilirary 110 pital R sen'e tor H . .\f. forct: . . crctcher quad which took it pan In the tran port of Kin er Georae V, after his illnes ) from Lond n to
19 3I. In conj unction with "\ sociatioI1, rerani 'ed the fir Empire ol11peti lions in Fict .Aid for teams of men, ancl of women from all I art of the British Empir ,a parr of the Centenan- 'e lebrarlon of the Orc1 r.
19 35 ·-I ntroduccd a tcntati,-e cheme of In rruction of it pers( nnel in the Protection of ' iyilian Population again t Ga \,\ 'arFare and te ted it in o. 1 D istrict, which at D cember 3 r 1934, repo rt d traininl)" of 6-+ I er cent. of th Divisions.
1934·-Establi hed the first \ ir Dutie s \mbulanc 00 and ur ing Di,ision at Ipswich \ irport to deal primarily with acr plan e ea Ll.llric
19 35 ·-Int roduced OL1Le of InsLruction (followed b y exam in ation) on \i r Raid Precautions or en t OJlicer of all Di , t ri cts, suitable to ac t as In truct ors f whom 100 quaJih. d durin g the y ar .
CADET NEWS II
The York City Tursing Cadets attended the comp etit ion at Bingley for the C( Mrs. Scatterl\.-" Trophv for Cadets. "
They had a most exciting day, playing games in the. St. J ohn Ambulance Hall before competing. This enabled Cadets from the various units to make friends.
After tea, when the results were made known, they were more excited still when they were declared the winner in the girls' teams. -
Colonel. Scatterly, 1 1.D., J.p., very kindly presented the trophies, each girl receiving a spoon ,yith the uncrowI?-ed King on it, which they were '\-ery proud to receIve. The team consisted of Joan :\1aclenaghan, Eileen D oroth,' _ -ewman and \'rinifred Garnett.
Thi unit 1 again ending knitted e,'e bandages for the ho pital in Jeru alem _'1. competition for ur ina Cadet ,va held in Cornwall thi year for the hr time for the Countv hield very klndly presented by Town end, Lady County uperintendent.
Hayle and 't o lye Cadet tied for hL t plac , each equal marks Each team hold the Trophy tor 1X months. Each member ot the (\'"0 winning ream were pr med \,"ith electric lantern' by H . F. Town end E:q.
.4 \ t the outh-East Lanca hire and Di,-i ion Reyiew held at winton on June there were z80 Boy ad Land 3) ° Girl adet, on I arade. Fourteen teanr of b y and fifteen rams of girl' emered for th competition in First Aid. The Judges were Dr. G. \\ ilkin.on and Dr. :.\1. 11 R kie. The r suIt \\':1 .1S follow. :Bo), Carit/,I. - L r Totrington, 19 -,-t he 'Luth-Ea t Lane's. up; 2nd th, 193-Card; rd, Roch -Card.
Girl CarlelJ·.-I TodlTlOrdcn, Lee , Cup; 2nd R am bottom, 198-Card' • rd, Norden-Card.
T. J011:\ 1:\ THE \IR.
JAN1ES
Obituary
FRA CIS CLARK HO J.P., F.R.C.S. (Eelin.), Knight of Crace, Commissioner
No. 10
DiJ'/rict.
On May 10, 1937, after four days' illness, th r passed to his rest a faithful servant of the Order, Brigade and Association. The affection in which he was held was shown by the many representatives of the Brigade from all parts of the District who attended his funeral, many of whom had been on duty all the day before at the Coronation in London. His decorations and medals were carried by his orderly in France, Mr. W. Last.
He had a long record of service, for he joined on coming to Ipswich in 1896. Every year he gave lectures in First Aid, Nursing and Hygiene, mostly gratuitously, his last course finishing in April. He had been Chairman of the local Centre of the .l \.ss ociation since the formation of a committee.
He began in the Brigade as a Divisiona l Surgeon, and passed through the ranks of Corps Surgeon to the Nursing Corps and Assistant Commissioner, becoming District Commissioner in 1923. His District comprised Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge and parts of Essex and Hertford. During his years of office many new Divisions were formed, and his visi tS of inspection were enjoyed because of his breezy manner in criticising practical work and his sympathetic appreciation of the difficulties of small and scattered divisions. He was also Assistant Count" Controller of V.A.D.s in Suffolk, orfolk and Cambridge. As a competition examiner, he was much in demand, at.'ld served many years on the Committee of the Dewar and Perrott competitions, preparing and conducting tests. He was in charge of "Fakes," and spent many hours experimenting to obtain realism in supposed injuries.
Latterly, Air Raid Precautions had taken a lot of his time, and he attended the first course held by the Brigade. As a lecturer and examiner in these subjects, and as adviser to several municipal and rural district councils, he was tireless.
In October, 1914, he proceeded overseas to establish a hospital in France, where he was later joined by a local orderly and two V.A.D.s. He became Consultant to about 20 hospitals in the area, his facilit y for French standing him in good stead. Later, after a short spell at home, he proceeded to Serbia, where he was under canvas and became consultant to Russian and Serbian hospitals. For this work he was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, and the Ser bian Order of St. Sava. On his return to England he was a member of a travelling medical board and a Referee to the Ministry of Pensions, the latter post continuing to the end.
His municipal life was equally full. For many years he was Honorary Surgeon at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. He established and operated the first X-ray apparatus used in Suffolk, at first at home and later at the hospital. This work affected his eyesight, he had to g ive it up
He was elected to the Town Council in 190 8, served as Mayor 1928-29, and was elected as Alderman. He was also a J.P, His chief work was with the Public Health Committee, of which he wa \ icechairman.
His other intere ts were many and aried. Fo r many years he was chairman of the Suffolk Autom obde Club, and held medals and prizes won in the cady days of motoring. He "vas an active Pre sident of the Ipswich Operatic ociety since its inceptiun, a Vice President of the Caledonian ociety and of the Old Contemptibles, and a member of Brit ish Leo-ion. I\mon g his hobbi e were palDtln g an d at both of which he had snCCe st u'ly exh.ibited His \vidow and daughter are connc ct<:d with the Briaade as President and Lad\, 0 'p s U, Ie ' intendent respecti\Tly of the I ps\\'Jch ursIng ( .1 j) lie also lca\yes two sons and a grand-daughter.
0IR. J. COX, COII/l/)' COIIIIJII,UIOllt'!', J.\ O. 2 DiJlricl.
The Brio'ade in Somer et has sufFered a consid cra los in pa. ino' of their (ommi 5'>i oncr, 1\1r. f. ox, l1ic '1' of the Order of 't o John, other decorati ns being 'ow nmion [d e la! 191 I, Juoil e .[ ledal 1936, Coronation 11etlal T937, and Sen ice .i\Iedal \\'ith several bar.. .i\1r. Cox commenced hi career in the \mb u lanct when quite a young man by joining the Barto n I ill! (Bristol) tretcher bearer cluad as a pri\ atc, .' ncl \"hile there worked hi way up to ergcant and re rat') cI that rank \,'hen the Brigade wa organised in it pre ent form.
In 1906 1\h. Cox, ha, ing retn rned to. 1:is natl\'e to\\'n of We ton-super-11arc, started a cll\ lSlOn there, retaining hi rank of e r geant, and later be e. me Di\-isional uperintendent; and \vh n_ in 191"', \'\"est on-super-11are and Di trict was tormeu, \\ hich consisted of three divisions ( \'\ eston-supcr- \l arc , Weston-super-11are Nursing, and \,(TorlC) 11r. Cox was appointed Corps uperintendent. The (! t the Corps continued to grO\,:: untll at the ot hl$ death the Corps consi ted ot eyen Cnlor D:\ and two Cadet Divi sions, and two enior DIYJ SlOn not associated with the Corps.
Durino- the Commissionership of the late 0 nel Cary he was appointed County Officer, and ,Her became Commissioner.
As recen tly as Tuesday, 1\fay 18, if. ox w a'i guest at the t. James' Palace Garden P arty at invitation of Prince Arthur of Connaught. Un Thursday, the 20th, he was seized with a sud den illne ss , from which he never regained consciou sne
At the funeral nearly all the divisions of the were represented, as well as elivi sions from Counties. The bearer squad was composed or John Officers, and upon the Rag-covered cofhn rested his cap and sash . The floral tribute.;; were exquisite and nume tO llS
IThe St. John Ambulance Brigade News
' 0. (PRll JE OF \V' L\.L ., , ) Dr TRICT
The annual Insp ection of 10 I (Prince of Wales's) DI <; rrict took place on aturclay, June 5, in Hyde Fa 'k , under the command of the: Commissioner (Capta in W. Goodley, ?v1.c., K. t.J.). ield-.Mar hal ir Claude Jacob, G C.B ., h. .T., K M.G., K. t.J., inspected 4,336 Officers, J\mbulanc e l\ [ cn, i.;;tcrs and Cadets, att rwards taking the salute at the march past.
\I11 ongst the guests \vho witnessed the parade f1' 11 the enclosure were a number of members of thl Order of t. J hn, cnior OR-lcers of the Brigade, an f members of the Brigade from Overseas "vho had rn. ained in London following the Brigade Jubilee ceIL brations Promin ent amongst the guest \-,,"ere ;-,{ ;or-General ir Perci,,'al \,\'ilkinso n (e cretary GI Icra l f the Order), Colonel :0100re (Deputy Chief C 11mi ssioner), Dr. 1' orbet Fletcher ( urgeonin .hief) , and Brig.-General J. \ 'hitehead, Ci\1.G., D.O ., .B.E. (1\S i tant Commissioner of the ;\1 tropo li tan P olice).
rhe Band of 11.;".1. \ 'e l h Guard were present. I he weather was exceedingly kind, prO\-idino- one ot the best day of the y ar. This probably accounted in ome mea ure for the large crmnls which lined the p.l , de ground.
fhL £1\ e ambulance battalion were commanded h\ \$ i tant omffils 1 ner aptain F. L. Bendix (: 1. I); .1 \. si tant ommlSSloner J. \, 'arren (1 O 2); As istant Commi sioner aptain \\'. Rc\.. s (1 '0 . 3); .Assistant ommi ,io ner Captain .A. C \\ '1 ite .Knox ( -t)' and.1 \ ssistant ommi ioner Cr )tain H. F nt n (1 -0. 5) The twO nursing b talions \\"ere under d1e command of Lad\' Di trict I crintcndent 1\1i J\.. 1\1. \\'al ker [(0. 'Battalion b, ng- in th e charge of Lady Di trice Officer Robinia, V, cou ntess Iount garret, and 0.:'0. 2 Lady Di trict Otll cer 11i s Grindley. Di trict Officer G. Pa co \\ s in charge of the ac1ets and Di trict Officer E BO\v [wa the Brigade _\dju tant. Befo re leaving, ir Claude Jacob addr sing the <. nmi i ner and hi taff OH1cers, said he wanted ofF r hi thank nc t nly for the oppOrtunity to H pec t such an xcellent parade but al 0 for the \\ Ir k which wa being done by th t. John _ \mbulallce Briga I. \ hile he saw a spirit in eyidence such a' that p rvading the Bri gade, he had no feal" fOl the future of olel ngland.
The Commissioner was \ pI a. cl with eyery chail of the inspection.
[he 1\Iayor of Ealing ( ouncillor F. F. W'oo ciward) an i members of the Town ouncil attended mornina slrvi ce at t. Thomas's, Ilanwcll, on Sunday, June 19, On the occasion of the hurch Parade of d1e Ealing Division Th parade was under the oml11and of
upcrintendent P. Bettison, and two Officers of the Brigade read the lessons. There was an excellent attendance, and the members on parade presented an exceptionally smart appearance.
The Royal Borough of Kensington Di vision held their seventh annual supper, dance and presentation of trophies at the beginning of the month. Superintendent W. A Sier presided and there were present Assistant Commissioner S. J. \Varren and ':\lrs. Warren, Corps Superintendent Allum, Superintendent and IvIrs. Stanley (No. 11 Division), Superintendent and 11rs. Brown 98 Division), and other D ivisional Officers amon gs t the more than 160 guests. Corporal S. \X'. Betts was the 11.C :"Irs. \"'Carren, \yho "vas presented \\'ith a bouquet of pink carnations and blue and white irises, presented the trophies.
Charlotte Cup (o pen to ::\'.CO.s only, best knowledge of drill) : Sergeant E. R. Smith, Kilburn. Oppenheimer Cup (open to Privates best knowledge of First Aid): Private G. Wilkie, h:ensington . tone Efficiency Cup (open to all ranks, hio-hest percentage of mark in First _-ud, attendance at drill, and duties): Corporal F. H. Seymour. quad Competition (First .L-u d and stretcher drill) : Corporal eymour, Private Harvey, Jackson and Dunbar (Kilburn)
Inter- ectional quad hield (on e squad from each ection, First Aid and stretcher drill) : Kilburn ection, Pri\-ates Evans, Wor ley, Orchard and Pro seI.
Deane Cup with scratch squad First _-ud and drill ) : ergeant Freeman, Private Elstone, W'hiddett (h:en ington), PriYate Jack on of the Fairlop .L -0. 8) Did ion held their second birthda,- dance in aid of the Dhisional fund on June 17' at the Red Hou_e Hotel, liford. yery enjoyable and succe ful e,-ening '\,-a spent.
\t the Annual Inspection, hal laud Jacob paused to peak to a number of members " 'ho were wearing war and other decoration, an10ngSt them Pri\yate v. Tones of the W imbledon and :.\lerton Diyis ion. Sir' Claude sp cially r ferred to the Imp rial S n'ice 1. fedal ,,' hich J one_ \,-a, a\varded to him for -t' year in Goyernment en-ic he \Va a pion er of Fir t .Aid work in hi department th Victoria and -\.lbert ':\luseum.
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BRI 'TOL ( -\DEr).
The annual First \ id and Hom NUf'ing Competitions were held eec ntly the Judg es bing: Fir t
Aid, Drs. A P. Garham and]. A L. Roberts; Home Nursing, 1Jiss V . Clear (Matron, Eastville Institution) .
The results were as follows :-
Eric \Xlelchman (H.11.) Cup: B. Lidgley's Team.
Lillie Davis (F.A ) Cup: E. Blackburn's Team. Edith ailing ton ( ovice) Cup: J. Willis sTeam.
The competitions were greatly enjoyed by all who took part
On Saturday, June I9, a visit ,vas paid to Bri tol Homeopathic Hospital, by courtesy of the 11atron, a yery pleasant and instructi,re afternoon being pent.
On June 24, the annual trip was held, this year to Blagdon Lakes.
Cadets ll)otdd like to correspond 1J'I"th members other j\il/rsillg Cadet Divisions Overseas if possible. (Overseas Cadets please 170te.)
O. 3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.
OR THA:\fPTON.
The annual" inspection of the orthampton Corps was held at the Territorial Headquarters on Sunda y, ___ June 27, I937·
The men and nurses, totalling 368 (134 men, I38 nurses, 85 cadets and I I borough police) assembled on the Market Square and, headed by their Bugle Band under Bandmaster W. George, marched to the Territorial Headquarters in Clare Street.
The Inspecting Officer was Dr. L. W Dryland, CSt.]', D.L, M.R .C.S ., L.R . C.P., D.P.H., County Commissioner, who was accompanied by County Officers W. H. Percival, O.St.]., and F. Holgate Smith, M.B.E., Lady District Superintendent Mrs. Harvey Reeves, D.St.]. A.R.R.C., and Lady County Officer Miss E . Mawby, M.B.E.
Corps Superintendent W. E. Edwards, M.B .E ., was in charge, assisted by Corps Officer E. J. Hayward and Corps Sergeant Major G. Hines.
The whole parade march ed past, headed by the Bugle Band, and afterwards were drawn up in front
of the saluting base and addressed by the Commissimler, who expressed himself well plea ed with the numbers on parade, their uniform, equipment, and the practical work carried out. He emphasi sed the need of all giving extra attention to Air Raid Precaution, pointing out that it would be the duty of members of the Brigade to provide both men and nurses to take up dutr at the Fir t id etc., stations should the 111 rcrenc arise, and it \ a expected that ev ryone who had not been thr ugh a course of training \vould d so before the close of th year.
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D CDLEY AND Dr. TRICT.
It is particularly fittin o thi, should be Tip t Jll' year for arrangin a the comI etition and ch'Th parade in connecti n with the Dudley and Di ·jet Corps of the t. John J\mbulance Brigad e be e 11 e tl-lis year the local Division attains its « mai ol ) ," and I) 0 officer, and 111en made thi annual t:\ ent one of the most sllccessful in the history' of the Corps. Fitting, too, '.vas it that Tipton hould b e the \ enue, for 11r. ]. II. wckdal wa thus afforded the (\ )portunity of welcoming the orp t o t he Trinity 1k L. rlist Church at Great Brid ge with th e work of \\'h lC, he ha been s lon g and actiYel! a'sociatcd - I.. )1'C going to liy e in r tirement at Rhrl. "" \mon o' others 011 parade \\ cre .lnl11ajor \X bb .B. (Dudley ), \. R.P. 1'p, ( I heel' B. Dunn (Lye) uperimendent \,\ '. OUi, .E., _mbulance Officer ]. Dudl ey Dayi e, .B. \mbu lance 111cns R oden, \'\ \ wc>r, Smith ( tourbrid ge), uperintendent J. I l. \\ ,'n:, .t\mbulancc OH1.cer Pole .B . ( Brierle y llill ), Iperintendent J. Taylor 'upcrintc nJenr I. \-X Eyin on, Ambulance Oflicc:r ,1Od T. \X 'a U ( Tipton), uperintendent 11. \[ ill Lye), Corporal F. olwe ll (K im-e r), aptain G. C. 1 (;,lthcock, 11. ., l\.L\1. F. .1 , Ambulance URi l:r .J. Turley (11.E. ., Tipton), upcrinrenJcnt . p'. C. Bennett (l\lidland ' R ed," Black ou nrry D1\ I In), Superinten d e nt Miss E. OJli, , Lady Officer li ss 11. llarri s (Tipton ) , uperinrc mlen t Miss S. W'akdi ld ( Kinver)
The parade, under the command uf orps :pcrintendent A. \; inbow, presented a yery nne - ght, and many peopl e turn ed out to see it pa ss on it'- way along Park Lane We st, Park Lane Eas[, liar ele) Heath and so to the church. 1\ detachment of I )cal police' were in charge of ergeant an the parade was headed by the West Bromwlch B O[Ollgh Prize Band.
o. 4 (LA CASHIRE) DISTRICT.
IRLAM A- D CADISHEAD.
After the "civic" service 011 uncla v mo rning at the Parish Church, Cadishead, f r. J. i'nclair Kerr (President of the Irlam and Cadi shead Di \ presented certificates gained b y ot the Cadet Division at a rec ent examJ nati on.
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Mr. Kerr, who accompaniec} the Division at the service, complimented the members upon their smart appearance , It was very encouraging, he said, to see so many of the boys and girls of the district taki ng up the noble work of the Order of St. John, and he hoped they would eventually join the adult DiVisio ns.
The annual COmpetltlOns of the elson Centre of th e S.JA.B. were held in St Phijip s School, 0,eb Jl1. The e lson competitors were barred, and 2 [ rro m areas includin g Todmorden, Keighley, \\ '01 "thorne, Burnley, Bury, Blackburn, Rip on and BaCt p were jud g d in irst j\id and ll ome 'u r si na b ])r. RJtchic, and I'iva I)Oce que stion by Dr. J\rmsuo .g. '1 fir, t priz e and " \\'ilkioson " R ose BO\:d
Trimble, Inspecting Officer on the Staff of the Chief Commissioner, was the Inspecting Officer. Several interesting supposed accjdents were staged and treated, and the usual competitions were held. In addressing the parade after the ins pecti on, Colonel Trimble said that he had been connected with the movement for over 50 ye ar s and had never missed attending the alli1ual review of the South-East Lancashire Corps and Division, and that the I937 Re view was the be st that he had ever seen He congratulated all members on their ve ry smart appearance and appealed to th em to keep the fla g of the Order fl ying .
Ln"ERPOOL.
On unday, Jun e 20, the annual Church Parade of the Liverpool Corps took place at St. Luke's Church, B old treet.
was wo n by Lambert (B-acup), 1 Irs. (To lmo rdcn) bin g ,ccoml, and :'\lis ' (Todmor len) wa s th.i rd.
r le priz ' wcre pre ented t the winner ' by :'\lr LO \l"ife of Mr. J. \itk n, pr idef!t 'of the \d Of! entre .J. \. 1\., and thanL wcre expr "ed by if. Il er b er t mith hairman of the 'cntre. PREsro T.
ClOg ratula t ion c re xtended t o 11i s 11argery R. on h r ar pointme n[ a L ady Intende nt, Pre t nursin g Di\ ri,ions in place of A . Howard, .. \.R.R.C., who rce nth, r til' d arter 40 year' service in the Brio·adc \\'1 1'01 .t\·o PEl DLEBl RY.
O\er 2,200 ambulance men, women, and adcts took Ea rt in the annual review and inspecti n of the Lancashire Corps and Divi 'ion on the \l.Illlto n Rugby Football Ground. olonel C. J.
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There \\-e re 1,000 men and nULes on parade, ,dlich was preceded by the Imperial ::\lili[ary Band; aL 0 pre:enc the Exchang Di,-i ion Cadet Bugle Band.
The Le son \\'a r ad by [he Corps urgeon, Dr. W .:\lurray aim, (Commander of the Order'\. Canon J. H. Jordan (\ iear of AllertOn) pr ached rhe rmon, ubject" lTice'· afrer thi - there ,,-a a march past, accompanied by the City Police Band. _ \. lderman \'-. Denton (Lord of Liyerpool) took the alute.
Among t tho e present w ere :-The Count $, of efwn the ommission r ·0. -+ District, \, ', G. E q. (Knight of Grace') th Chi f on table of Li\rerpoo l olon 1 D. C. L :dand Ono11 \ Corp rint ndent), Dr. .:\ [argaret J orce (Lady Corp 111'. John R obert ( creD.ry John .Am bulance As ociation, Commander f the Order), lr. Chad s Porter Dr. E 1 ey ins.
Sheffield Nursing Division make a "Sih'er Jubilee" sir to London.
;":0. '. Dukc of Cnnnaught' DlsrrIct) Band. Thi Band led [he :\Iarch Pasr ac rhe ROy:1l Re\ ie\\'.
An enjoyable everting was spent at the Liverpool South Ambulance Division Headquarters when Corps Sura-eon Dr. W. :Murray Cairns, O.B.E., 1LD., CM. (Commander of the Order), entertained the .Ambulance and Nursing Divisions wi.th a lecture entitled" Glimpses of the Far East," the points of the lecture being illustrated by a large number of magnificent coloured lantern slides.
There were present, beside , members of the Ambulance and, Nursing Divisions and their friends, Mr. W. J. Grace, President; 1-frs. C Porter, VicePresident; Corps Officer T. W. James, Divisional Superintendent D. Dee, and many old members of both Divisions.
Hayle (Cornwall) Nursing Cadet wh o ti ed , jth
the St. Ives Nursing Cadets fo r the " Town se nd " Shield in the County Competitio ns in l1arch lasr.
No. 5 DISTRICT. NOTTINGHAM.
In the Preliminary Competition for the " Spaight " Cup, held on Sunday, May 9, teams representing Bulwell, Cinderhill, Mapperley and Radford Divisions of the Nottingham Corps qualified for the Final Competition for this trophy, which was presented to the Nottingham Corps for annual competition by Major H. Spaight, late Corps Surgeon and Superinte ndent of the Corps.
The Final Competition was held on the Forest, Nottingham, on Sunday, May 30, when the four successful teams in the Preliminary Competition were called upon to deal with a supposed accident case in which a lorry driver received severe facial burns, the treatment of which was complicated by the occurrence of an attack of epilepsy in the same patient, while his mate, in running from the fire, tripped and sustained a fractured leg.
The total of the marks awarded to the teams showed that the winners were Mapperley with 10 5 marks, th.€ runners-up being Bulwell with 98 marks. Radford were awarded 85t and Cinderhill74 marks.
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The competttton wa. judged by Dr. M. H ouston (Di isional Surgeon, S.J.A.B.), and the" p ai ght " Cup was presented to the winning team by th e Lor d Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor E. Purser, a forl11e r Di isional Superintendent in the ttingham CO"P'l , who had been an interested pectator of t he tL'i t. Individual prizes wer also presented to each membe r of the winnin g team and the runners-up, and the Lord 1[ayor warmly congratulated the win ner s ) n their success and also the other teams on their exc clkn t display of practical First Aid treatment.
The competition arran g ements and the s tag in g of the test, which was ver atisfactory, were car ne d out under the supervision of Corps Offic er (R, F. Carrier.
A deciding test was also held to determine th e tin al result of the mbulance League Comp e titi n, w hic h has been carried on during the winter mon ths. in which Cinderhill and Mappcrle y Di i ions ti ed for the premier I o sition. The result of thi te s t adj uc cd Cinderhill Di v isi on to be the winner of th e « L L g ue Cup" \\Tith 10 3 mark, whil t :\Iapper lcy D i\ "1 n, as runners-up with 98 1- marks, wer e award ct he " Officers' Cup. " T h e pre entation of th se tr op d s, with individual a,,' a r d s to the team \ /1 also carried out b y the Lord fa r r.
Following tll e presentation of the com per ion trophie and awards, th e L o rd also pre t: te d Brig ade e r v ice 1fedal Ribbons and '\ a rra n" t o Corps Officer e. Le'wendon, .l\mbulanc e ccr F. Carrier, ergeant . Carrier and CO rp OLt r. Gilbert of the Nottingham Central D ivi io n .
In makin g these presentation s, th e Lo rd 'or said that h e kne\v, from his 0\\ n kn ow led g e, tha t ,-se awards for service in the t. John Ambul a nce B fi de were not given li g htl y, and that ea ch reci pie nt ad completed more than fi fte en re ar effic ient ni ce in the Bri g ade.
The competitions and prese ntati o n w e re wa.l c.b ed b y a large and interes ted cr o wd of sp ecta t ors, am c gst whom were Mr. 1\. B. Gibs o n, J.P. (late , \ i lOt Conurussioner, ottinghamshire rea) , Co mmissioner H. e. El se , Chi ef of Staff 0. ) )i5trict, and District O ffi cer G. '\ eller. D r. c... 11. Parker, Corps Surg eon, otting ham Co rps , lso attend ed the competiti6n.
In connection with the annual comp etiti on for he Gibson Shield, an elimination comp e ti tio n as held on Sunday, 1ay 23, th e winn e rs of which ere -Bulwell, Carrin g ton, Cit )' a nd [app erl ey D i, i ll lS. These four teams comp e ted in th e .!inal comp ct , un for the trophy, h eld on th e Forest, ottin gharr. on Sunday, June 6.
The test was well staged under ideal \.\·c n he r conditions and was watched b y numer o us and i 1terested spectators. The Jud g e, who had also prep Lre d the test, was Dr. J. H . Francis, of Arnold, and the result of the markings was as follow :-B uh\ eli, 85 marks; Nottingham City, 80 marks; M ap pc ley, 75 marks, and Carring ton, 74 marks.
T he Gibson hield was pre sented t o the Bulw ell Team by Mr. A. B. Gibson, JP., wh o g ave th e Shield to the Nottin g ham Corps in 1921 for a n n. ua l cO!11 pe ti ti on.
T he otting ham Corp s and ta nt on I ro n works, Sta plefor 1, a ncl Eas t woo d Div isio ns o f th e St. J ohn Amb ul a nc e Bri ga de a ttended th e a n n ual Churc h Para d e t o Sl. Pete r', o ttin g h a m , o n Sunday , Junc a nd were fa voure d with excell e nt weathe r.
T he l \mb ul anc e Di v ision s, numb erin g 182 office r s an d me n, a se mbl ed in f r o nt of th e U n iycrsity Co ll ege , ,lkes pear e t reet , a nd marche d to the Chur ch hC1 c!e d b y the l\CW Basfo rcl a lyatio n \ rmy Ban d.
stead y development has been aJm os t continu o u s fr o m ts inception, th an ks to it s able and acti v e Sup e rmtend ent, Mr. T. P enn, and jts d is ting uishe d Di v i si o nal Su rgeon , D r. E D earn, M. B. , Ch .B., D.L.O
A t i ts meet ing o n J un e 28 , e leven member s submitte d themselves for a qualifying test in sq uad drill, e t c., fo r promo ti on in the 1. .e. 0. ranks , and most of them gave a cr edita ble performance as potential lea d ers an d ins tru c t ors.
W h en the tests were over the opportunity was taken to make various D ivisional awards
D r . D earn' s Cup for th e winner of the Individual (B_,
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\nnual Inspecri o
, The N ur i ng D1yi si o n assembled ou t sid rh<.: ( lu rc h, com pri iog 60 fficc rs and \H , The [ a rac1 c \v as un cle r the comman d of D i triet ( )o Ece r "\. . W dl w i th orp O ffIce r C. L ewendon , '\ LM ., as Adjut arlt th e ur s in g D i \ "ision beino' un der the charge of Lad y o rp Pali ng
D r. H. F. P arke r, Co rp s ' ur geon, w a. in command
Ot [he o ttin g ha m o rps, \,-ith Co r ps Offi cer F. CU Tle r ( R) .
o 6 Dr TRI CT.
l it LL CORP: OR1'l IER T Dn T I [\;
Th e_ Hull Northern Divi si o n of th Hull o rps is
One o t the most enthu iastic ane.! pco ()" r essi,- , and it s 2 0 3
1l ome ur ing Competiti o n wa s pre , ented to Pri,ate i\ B lackman \Tho h o ld i t f o r one ',ear He al 0 rec i,-ed a n1ini a tur replica o f the "cup as a pe Lonal sou,-erur. \. g la , di h wa awarded to P ri \ a rc J. R my ,on a ,e cond prize .
T he W D. Hepton Cup fo r comp tition in Fir t . \.id ,,-a s pr s n ted to Pri, "at G. H. \\atson, who h old it for on \' ar. He rcc i\' ed a Fir t Aid O utfit as a p pri ze \. , Paragon Fi rs t Ou tfit w a awarded to Corporal H. Be,,· II as second p n ze.
Fir t li d C r tiEcate w ere pr m d to P ri , -ates W Han on J. O. Vine G ,, ' orrall, an d G W' allace
Dr. \\ ' B ntall \.ss i tant urgeon-in -Chi f and
Air Raid Precautions Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner, was the inspecting officer on June 26 last at the Annual I n spection of members of the Hull Co rps with Beverle y Division The Inspection was held on Hull1Iuni cipal Trainin o- Colle g e oTounds by kind permission of the Educa tion Authoritie s, and ,, -as attended by close upon 500 members
The followin g mornin g , Su nday, the officers and memb ers of the Hull Corps paraded for Divine Service a t Coltman Street, Hull, 1-1ethodi t Church, where Dr. Bentall, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., demonstrat ed his ability and versatility by g iving a dignified yet cheerful address g reatly appreciated by the congreg ation, the general comment being that no finer discourse had ever been heard at any Ambul ance Parade in Hull.
H U LL A D E.'\.sT R IDING OF YOR K HIRE.
The Annual Inspection of Ambulance and ursin g unit in the East Ridin g , other than th o se of the Hull
T he" First an d L ast" H ouse in England at L and's En d.
Corp s and neighbouring unit s, w as h el d in t he Recreation Gr o und, Driffield, o n Sunday , Jun e 6
The da y was ideal for the event, and a lar g e comp an y was att racted to the g round to witness the vari o u s displays by the companies present.
About 200 officers and members of the follo w ing Divis ion s were on parade : Driffield, Malton, Bridling ton, File y and Sherburn, and the y presente d a smart appearance .
Sir A rthur A t ki nson, K.B.E., Kni g ht of Grac e o f the O r der of St. John, inspected the companies and was i n uniform, along with Lad J Atkinson, L a d y Count y Superintendent.
A procession was formed from the railw ay stati o n, headed by Driffield Town Prize Silv er Band, to th e Recreation Ground, where the companies paraded in front of the grandstand. Sir Arthur Atkinson took the salute as the various divisions m arched pa st.
The cup presented b y Sir Arthur for road hut duties, which had been won jointly by the Driffield and Plax ton Bridge huts, this year occupied a prominent po sition in front of the stand
No 8 (The DUrE OF CONNA U GIIT'S) DIS TRJCT.
The r e i ew of Kent Units of o . 8 (D uke of Connau g ht's ) Dis trict b y Admiral ir E dwa rd Evans K.C.B., D . . 0., LL.D., t oo k place on l1nJ:l\' Jul y 4, a t Do ye r. ",
Bef or lunch eo n th e [ ayor re ceive d hi guests at the Gr a nd H o te l and the Comm issi ncr ( l r. Lrnc!it . Rich ard ) intr o duc ed the l \d mira l, L ad y Perr ott, an d h i s taff.
t thr ee 0 cl oc k, afte r t he 'Ge ne r al all le," f o llo\\'ed b y- t he ati na l / I..n them , had b een pIa. ed, the reyi ew b ega n, fo ll O\l:e d b y th e m ar ch pa 'l. in column o f r o ute, o 1 an d 2 Battali o ns to t. Mar " Chu rch '\,"hi l t the re maind e r o f th par ad e marc cd to Sc. J ame hu r ch fo r th ir rcs pec t i \ t.: sen icc '.
Aft e rw a rds, d ur in g tea , the :l\Iayor, [he .L \. JIli ra l, and the om m issi ne r \ i ired each tea ro< 111.
T he ac ti\ 'i t ies of the K ent unit during the )car 19 36 may- b e gauged the fo ll owing f1gun.: tr e ngth, 1,46 4 men, 4 ' 9 \\-0111L:ll , 286 girls, 238 b oys , t o tal 2, 469,Case of acci d ent a n d i ll nes' trcatecl 1 2 91).
1I o tor am b ulances o perated 37 ca es rcm!) \ d 17, 9 55 mi leage 19 , 76
R oa d acc ident treated mi leage rt.: 111 \1llg them t o ho pital or home 10,5 12
R oad fir t-aid station, 20
H ospital atte n dance b y the l\ur es, 3,0.+8 tt endance on motor ambulances the _ e:, 1,22 3·
H erne B al" :\ur ing D i\ i ional team won th e
P errot t Cha llenge hicld in the ,All-England fir s" \id and H on1e -u r sing om p etition , and rcpn:, \..1tcd Eng land i n Empire Competitions , and wo n ihe Em pire t rophy .
H e rne B ay -ur ing D i\'isiona l team won 1C premi e r tr ophy f r Eng land (Lady P errott Chalk Shi eld) in I9 36
TO 10 DI TRI CT.
C OLCHE TE R.
T h e annu al i n sp ec tion of the bssex D iyi ions of the I 10 D ist ric t arra nged for the H orse Show g r ound at Colcheste r ha d to b e transfcrr d to -he Colc h ester Drill }- Ia ll. T h ough cramped for S1' ee, th e res p ec tive d iv isio n s, who pa r ad ed u nder 0 Offic er H. W. Lee , and L ady Sup er intendent \lrss M. B. O we n , S.R. . ( u rsi ng ec ti o n), were able t o ca rr y t h r o u gh an i nte r es ting demo nstration
Ther e were o n p arade some 2 50 members, c0111prising th e Co lc hester, Ch elmsfo rd , B ra in tree, Har· w ich, D edham, Wa lt o n, Clac to n, W ive nh oe, Mannin g tree, Hals te ad, Dunm ow , and affron Division s, th e Colche s ter, Ch elmsfo rd and 1Ian\ lck Nursin g Divi sions, and th e Ch elms fo rd and Braintree Cadet Div i sion s
20 4 r\t 2.3 0 th e G en eral l\ sse mbl y w as so und ed b the Gra ve end Bu g lers ancl th e g u e t s pr o cee d ed to "their r especti,'e en cl osu r es , whil st t he 1 Iayor , Ad miral E an s, L a d y P erro tt and th e Co m m i io ner Wl..n t to the saluting b a e.
T he inspecting offi ce rs wer e D r J. S. Bree (Acting Commiss i o ner fo r 10 D is tri c t) a nd Mrs . P o r ter (La d y D is tric t u p eri n tenden t) The vi si tors include d the fa ror and Mayoress of Co lchester (Mr. and Ir s. Ge ra ld C. Benham) and D r. J. L. Hamilton. Sub sequen tl y, D r. B ree presented the P res ident's Badge to the f aror of Co lc hes ter and Vice- P resIdent's Badges t o D r. E . Wir th an d Councillor W . W. Town se nd. fr. F . J. mi th , also of Co lchester who was u na b le to at te nd thro ug h illn ess , wi ll also one Long- ervice lvIed als were also presen ted to P rivate \X,' T \ c bs tc r (olchcster) , uperi nten de nt Ba rrell and Priva te Bar b er (b oth of D edham D ivisio n ), all of \\ ho m were congra t ulated on their faithfu l se r v ic e
1 O RTll R IR E L ,, \ i\ D ( L T E R ) DISTRI CT. } Jo hn erTice arra nge d b y Wes t BL Ita t .:\ u rslOg D l\T1SlOn, under the supervisio n of :\[iss B. \\lhitaker, LaJy D istric t fficer of t he Or der cl t John took place at t . n och's P res b yterian C}ufch 011 unda)" June 20. T he R ev G Young, \. , preached an eloquent ermon on the history of e Order oC t. Jobn •\mong those at the \,11ich was largely a Ltcnded, were 1 I r. Ian F r aser, I E: (Commis loner), 1\.. \ Y/. :0 I ann ( R.P. Officer, 0:o: t hern Ir eland) B '\ hitaker (Lady DistrIct mcer), \I rs K irkpatrick (Cadet Officer), If. J. I I. Rea ( \ si tam Commi ioner D own and l\r magh) ancl \I i Prcntic (Bangor). In addition, tr-c following -\ mbulancc and :\ ursing D ivi ions were rtpre ented: Banbrido-e, Lame, Bangor, B lfast, oulh Belfast, and Central.
No. 2 Nur ing Division
'0 2 0:'ursing Di,i ion cele b rated th ir second b ,thda y' by a rlln into the glorious urrounding (')untn'
On J une t he)" jou rncy'ed to a de oombe b,' (ilara b anc wher, by the kind p rmi sion of l\Ir· . Bruce \\, i11 s, of tbe II u c the)' w re taken o , -er 1 t lc o, -eJr garden
On tht.: return j Oll_rl1C y" a surprise picnic supper \,-as tdkcn on the top ot B ox Il ill, amid the fine cenentherc, under [he kindly eye of their n w nt. \ de t our W(l madc, arri " in o home at 1 p m., aft [ a ,-cry njoyab Jc c, ening .
Ba rker Cadet Challenge Shield , 1937
. r\. com p tilion i s bein a h ld at 95 , haw "tre t, llverpool .comme n cing at 2 p m., on August 2 , 19)7 , an d I S ope n t o Cad e ts of o ...j. Lanca hir
Dlst ric t, ag s 12 to 18 Entr y form may be had from H on D iy i sio nal cr tar)" \\1. te ll o , 1 , rnar tr e t, Eve rt n, Li ve rp oo l, 5. En trie s t o b e in not la te r than A ugus t 2 I , 1937 .
2 0 5
The Annual Festival of the Order
T he Grand Prio r y in the B ritish Realm of the Venera bl e O rder of the Hospital of St . J ohn of J er usalem he ld i ts annua l festival on T hursday, J une 24 · The anniversarv service was conducted b y the R ev E J. Percival , Sub -D ean of His :L\ fajesty's Chapels R oyal, an d the sermon was preached by the Bishop of D urham, a Sub -P relate of the Order, to a cro wde d congrega tion .
T he of the Chapter-Gene r al, prece ded by the Chol! of llis 1 Iajesty's Chapel s R oya l an d the Chap lai ns, walked in pro cess i on from the Cha nce ry a t St. J ohn's Gate t o the Church
After the service the Gene r al Assembly of the O rder ,,'as held in the Chapter Hall at St. John's G ate Lieut .- General Sir Aylmer Hunter- \Veston, Chancellor, presiding.
L etters ,\vere r ead from H.R. H. The D uke of Connaught, Grand Prior, and :L\lajor-General The Earl of car b rough, Sub -Prior, regretting their inabilinto b e present on account of their recent indi position: l\ I ajor- General Sir Percival \Tilkinson, ecretan-, General, and D irector of the Department; Colonel J. T. \\ Perowne, Chairman of the Order's C?,phthalmic. at Jerusalem; Colonel E J. Kir:g: the ; :L\lajor-General ir John Duncan, Chiet ComrrusslOner, t John Ambulance Brio-ade at Home ; and Colonel J L. Sleeman, Chief Commi sioner, t. John _ mbulance B rigade O,-ersea, reported on the ,,-o rk of their respecti,-e department during the year.
The Chancellor in to a l.To te of thanks for presiding said the ab ence of H.R H [he G rand P rior and of the ub-Prior ,,-a o-reath- reo-rerted b,all pres em, who ,yished them bgch a" complete health. He ,,-as yerr glad to uch ta, -ourable report of the work of the Order durino- the pa t year. He heartily- congratulated ci1e heads of the , ' arion department concerned \.mong th o: e pre eor were :-Lieut.·Geneml -ir .'\\'Im r IIumer\\ c$[On (Ch:1Occllor\ Sir P rci\:1I \\ 'ilkinson ( ecretary-Gcneral :1I1d \\ ilklO on the Hon. -ir \\illiam Goschen ( Rccciycr-General Colonel J. T. PefO\\ ne (Ho-pit:lller) and \(rs [he Earl ot _ Onsl ow (Almoner, Colonel E J. (Llbr:1nan)..! E. freshheld E q., LL.D. (Regi:u:1r, Bn gad ler-_Gen 'r:l l ot hafresbury (Director of C remoni's and the Counress ot Sir John Dunc:ln (Chief Commi'sion'r, 'to John at Horn<olond J. L. :lee111:1n (Chief Commi"ioner, -r. 'John Ambuhnce 0\ :ll1d -"l rs 'lcem:1n E. Y. Gabriel Liellt.- R. C. (' 'cret:uy) H. Pirie-Gordo:1, Esl.l: ( \ SiSLlnt Di recror of Ceremonic), }'lajor Sir \.lg 'roon the llon. Florence \mherst, :\Irs \. H. :\[1'$.•\rkip. son, rh' Elfl l)f LiyerpooL Lieut.-C olon 1 Turnbull. Lad\ 'rCcl!:!"h, F. r. Ros her, Esq Lord :lnd L:lch· PI 'nd 'r, 'ir Rc'n.ud :lI1d La.Jy 'con. Dr. \\". E. \udLtnd, Colonel E: D. B. L.orJ :lnd Lady, C'cil, rhe Bi 'hop of ,lbr:1Iuf, tb- Re,: \\ , H. llornby- W.:r Bishop Palmer .\.rchdeacon How' n [he Dean of Bocking, rh 11.ey. C. l Iunon, the Re\-, C. C. Perch [h Rey. H. G. - h3.ddick rhe Rcy. \\ P. Bickford, rhe Bey. Jamcs Black, the RL
C. Perowne, the Countess Brassey, the Vis ount S5 Goschen, the Viscount and \ i 'co unte s BJedisloe, the Lady Sydenham of Combe, the Do\yao-er Yiseowltess Harcourt, Lieut.-Colonel O. E. Boulton, Colonel Sir Robert and Lady rmstrong-Jones, E. Ralphs, Esq., Sir Edward and Lady Gait, Sir Louis and Lady Dane, Ur. and Mr T. H. \\". Chambers, Mrs. E. La eelles, [an wart, UptOn Prior, Dame :Maud l1eCarthy, Hon. H;enn the Do\\'ao-er Yi countess Plw11er, Mal or-General S1r Fredenck S\'ke, ir John Beynon, Lieut.-General ir Alfred Bingley, Colonel S: _'\.. N. Copeman, Sir Herny Sharpe, Colonel R. J. Blackham, Major-General Sir hal' Philipps .1Iajor J Orton, ,',l.D., 1\[r. and 11rs. G. Sa\,,'er SurO'eon-CaptalU M. Knapp, 111 sR. Cox - DaYles, Major E. B. Pooley,. L.R.C.P., Colonel R. R. .Captain 1\. . Cahusac, Sir Geofhey de l1ontmorency, H. \\. FlUcham, Lad\' Rumbold, ir William Bt., Lady Suong, H. Danes Esq:: Galford, Sir Joseph Byrne, the Marchioness of ormanby, Bngadler-General J. G. Browne!. Lady .Allardyce, Lieut.-Colonel Sir James Colonel C. de \'i; and Mrs. Crookshank, Lieut.-Colonel \\. \\. Dove, Mrs. E. i\J. B. Thome, Mi s E 11. Rideout, Lieut.-Colonel E. \'X '. Golds\\ onhy, Captain the Lord Hanis, Lieut.-Colonel H. f.lamilton-Wredd.erbum, Sir Louis Knuthsen, Captain W. Goodley, Lieut.-Colonel Ir John Chanellor, Colonel C. \ r E. Duncombe, Lady Dalrymple Lad\, Inverclyde, Lady Phillips, Lady Lewis, Lady l1elchert,. Lady ::-1alcolm, Captain J. D. Rogers, Lady Trotter, the Hon lUcent l1aior-General Sir Sydney Crookshank, the Do,",rager Duchess of Grafton, the Hon. Katharine Thring, Lieut.-Colonel -\. E. and ).[rs. Elliott, the Countess of Lind ay, ::-li s Treloar, Faith, Yiscountess Downe, Colonel H. C. \'\'ortham, Dame Una Pope- HennessY, G. SkeffingtOn Smyth, the Dowager Lady Baddele\' the Countess Fitz\\"illiam, the Countess of eftan, the of Exeter, the Rev. Canon J. T. Lewis, the Re\,. B. S. Lombard, Sir Harold Marti, Sir Robert GO\\ er, Commander the Hon. Henry Cecil, the Hon. )'1rs. Copland-Griffiths, tbe Han. ::'-1rs Sh3\y-:'Iellor, Ladv Peters, Lieut.-C o lonel G. amman, 1Iiss -\.lexander, ,',Irs. K.imrnills, Lady Inglefield, Mis s Y. Byrne, the ReI'. Dr. T. Carter, Captain T. O. Fraser, L. " ' hite, ,',Irs. Reeycs, ::-[rs. Tames, T. O. )'Iein, Esq., 1Irs. Douglas, Mrs. Denchficld, ;\1 rs. Fahvasser, S. B. Piers, Esq., the Lady Gainfo rd, Lieut.-Colo nel P. ).f. Bam e Colonel T. R. \\narren , the Rev. \\ ' F. Elmes, Lieut.-C o lonel \\'. L' Harnett, 'the Rev .1.-1... Lombardine, C. E .01iln es Hey, E sq., S. Embleton, Esq., L. Whittaker, Esq.
Cornwall County Parade
Members of the Ambulance and Nursing Division in Cornwall, numbering about 700, assembled at Truro for their annual Church Parade, and heard an inspiring sermon from the Bi shop of Trur? (Dr._ J. W. Hunkin) in the Cathedral. A gathenng ot close upon a thousand members of St. John Ambulance Brigade and ursing Divisions presented an imposing spectacle as they were drawn up on parade in St. George's Road Pla ying Ground, and here they were inspected by Lieut.-Colonel W. County Commissioner, who was accomparued by Assistant County Commissioner W. W. John ston, ex- County Commissioner E Trounson, Dr. F. S. Toogood (County Surgeon), County Officers Landre), and Dr. R. H. Hadfield, Mrs. Townsend (County Superintendent of the Nursing Divisions), and Miss C. H. GryDs (County Officer).
County Officer Landre y (Bodrnin) and Corps Officer Tresidder (Truro) were in charge of the parade, while the local arrangements were in the hands of the Truro Division, under Superintendent F. Graae.
Truro and Camborne Bands accompanied the procession as it marched to the Cathedral,. while in Boscawen Street the Mayors of seven Corrush towns 206
and other clignitari s fell in at the h ad of the sion and led the way into the Cathedral. In additi on to the Mayor of Truro (Mr . .A.. J. Roberts) ther e we re the 1:vlayors of Bodmin (Lieut.-Colonel F. M. L Bawden), Helston (Mr. \Y/. J. Ro gers), Penzan ce ( Ir. R. Thomas), St. lve (tir. \Y/. P. Toy), Liske ard ( ir. E. Spurway), and J. Fitze (Launceston ), together with Iessr. L. J. Carlyon (Town Cler k of Truro), and R. C. Austin (Town lerk of FemancC' , 1Iessrs. '\ Ro e, H. W ' Vinter and [i ss P ecld ll (City l\Iagistratc ), the D puty- 'lay r of Truro A. R ichards), l \.lderm n F. R. Pascoe, \Y/. [1. orn e\',) \Y/ J. r emp, ouncillors J. R. Paull, \ J. Delbri dgl) B. O. 11itchcll, P. Track, 11. Thomas, r. J \'( illcock, and A. J. 1Ian ell (member of Tr u City Council).
The Bi hop to k as his text the 40th n:rs of the 25th Chapter in t. Mattlle\V' G, p 1," nd tl.l' King shall answer and say unto thcm, Veril y 1 unto you, ina much as ye ha\ donc it unto one 0: the lea t of tl1cse br thren, ye ha\ e d ne it U nt ) 1Ir.' , Thi chapt r in St. Matthcw's Tosp el, 11 said, ,,'as one of the mo t remarkable chapters i n tl whole literature of the world. Th modern { : the ",Torld S religions had b 'ought i nW light cleme nt of truth in th mall. I \.nd d,at wa not suq [i inl'. For if they believed in od at all, they I1lU beli e\ (; tllat no human being was ul ide] lis care and jn tcrl t. In other religion they found to ome eXlcl1l p ,ua ]J, I to elements in the hristian religion.
After the en -ice the ounty Lommi si o nL r aOll tlle Corni h i\Iayors took the . alute aL [h e !lurch past of the Di\-i ions at the C; n:cn.
The of Truro expressed a \\'Clc OIll C 0"1 behalf of the city, and aid he was glad to se c suc h a fine muster, which, he undcrstood, wa a re co rd to such an occa ion in Corml,'all. That dar wa ' u ni q for in addition to him ell" th re were ' ix l\f a yor s f)t' Cornish borough present, a , ign that the c n h. the t. John A.mbulance Briga Ie wcre rend e ri ng .11 the County were appreciated. The Brigade \\ re rendering a voluntary service for which th er were devoutly thankful.
Lieut.-Colonel Blackwood voiced thanks t o the City and to the Truro Divi ion for entertainin g the rally. The parade, he said, was one ()f the line r turnouts they had had in ornwall.
The Mayor of Truro presented a long n icc me dal to Mrs. Thomas, late superintendent of the Red rurh ursing Division
In the evening Camborne Town Band (under Ir . A. W. Parker), gave a conceJ't at Truro City f oot h,dl field, and there was an attendance of about 400 p C(J pl The collections amounted to about fro.
[ at Brighton Review 'I
Two thousand members of the ussex and urrey units of the t. john l \mbuJancc Brigade TO. 8 (Duke o f Connaught' ) District were reviewed on Brighton Front on June 2.7, 1937·
Por two hours [adeira Drive was closed to the ordinary traffic, and thousands of people, in bathing costum sand oLhcf'\vise, watched the march past from all points of vantage.
In the centre of Madeira Drive a stand had been erected, and from the ' top fluttered the flag of the Brigade. The weather was ideal.
The of Brighton (Councillor John Roudey, l).) attended with the ?\1ayoress (11rs. Routley), and 1e re\'iew was conducted by Lieut.-General ir J ll11C 1 lanigan, K.C.B., .:0LG., D 0., DirectorC, c neral , \.rmy Medical ervic s; omrnissioner ... . \..
RI chard , K. t.J., commanded the parad ; Lady D is trict upcrintendent ?\1rs. C. Falwasser, C. t.J., cing in charge of the Battalion.
Extending a we1c me, the said that Brighton had a regard for pe pIe who determined to do someth ing and do it well without regard for their own welIt was refr shing t find such a large body of ne n gi\ ing their time and trength '\'ithout reward or lo ry in the scrYlce f the community. The world needed uch dedicated efficicncy, and for him they ju stified an optimistic vicw of the ,·inue of mankind.
ir James Hartigan expre ed pI asur at the ssurancc that Brighton appreciated the etyic s of the Brigade. I Ie would like to repeat that ther wa no r glory; it was carried on in a high sen of \.luty The), w r all perhap inclined to regard the Brigade a a matter of cour e and to overlook the o rgani7.ation that was n eded to brino- it up to the high standard of fficicnc), wruch wa 0 characteri tic of it. f he work of the brigade was e entially work of p acc, tnci they all sincerely hopcd that it would n \rer be alled upon to do am' thino- el e, but ther w re living In troubl som tim s, and for that reason they must prepare.
Commi loner E. l \.. Richards made a charming spe ch, in which he cony yed to the -layor the sinc r thanks of th Brigad
Following the parade a s rvice was held 10 the
Dome, the Vicar of Bri g hton (Canon john C H. H o \.\') delivering the address. The Chief Constable of Brighton (Captain W. j. Hutchinson), Alderman nIiss 1YIargaret Hardy, 11.B.E., JP., and Alderman F. Beal, J.P., were among those present.
Canon How first cong ratulated the Brigade o n reaching their jubilee. They had been maintalrung their magnificent work in this country for fifty years, and latterly also abroad. But though the British Branch may only have existed for fifty years they could trace their ancestry back to William the Conqueror anel. the first Crusade. He would next like to pa r tribute to the fine work of their organizati o n. It was one of those institutions of which the country sh o u ld surely be proud, but they were inclined to ta ke t hem fo r granted, like the police and hos p itals, \vith o ut inquiri ng much about them, although the public would be annoyed if they were not about. They had a fine record of increasing acrivity, and in 1936 the r had dealt with well O\Ter 600,000 cases in this countr\. 'Xnerever there was danger and ne e d the y were at haneL
, I should like to commend the work of the Brigade to the boys and girls of this country,' he aid. I wi h that more of them w o uld take it up as a Taluable pa time. 1r would be so much more , -aluable for them than the friv o lities which take up , 0 much of the time o f our yo un g peo pJ e a t pre em.'
Mter the service the whole parade were entertained to tea by the 1Iayor and Corporation.
The organi ' ation of the event \yas undertaken b,\.5 istant Commi ioner H. J. \\Trigo-lesworth, wa efficiently a i ted by Di trict Officer \\. and Corps fficer G. Chi naIl. Di trict Officers E. J Prew and haplin acted a -\.s i tam _-\.dj utauL.
The band ' rakina part included (he GraT'esend and Distri ct Di\rision, Ha ling Di\Ti:i o n :wd the Brighton Boy Brigade Band.
Overseas
The Chief Commi ioner regrets t o announce the deatl1 of .L \ i rant Commi ion r E. R. Carney, Tran District, ommand ry 111 outhern _-\'frica, n February I, 193
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Interesting Case Reports II
CASE REpORT No 126 - The Officer-in-Charge of P I) mouth, S. W. D evon and E. Cornwall County, S.J.A. B ., reports the curious sequelx to a case treated bv members of D e onport Division, as follows :-
'On June 20 Transport Corporal Hooper and P rivat e R Scantlebury were called from the Devonport St ation to a h o u se for a case of gas poisoning and they rushed there by motor ambulance, taking the " 1 OVOX" resuscitation apparatus, \'vhich was used with success. The unusual features of the case were the sequel, namel y, when the patient's son broke the w.indow of the bathroom where hi mother was overcome he sustained a lacerated wound of his hand with broken glass. A little later a woman from next d oor , on kneeling down to assist the patien t, cut her knee on the broken glass. This meant that the St John Ambulance !vIen, on their arrival had three cases to attend and all three \yere taken 'in the ambulance to the Prince of W ales' Hospital, Devonport.
i.s alwq)'s stral1ger than jictioJ/. Had sl/ch a case been set ill a competitioJl SOllIe critic.r Jvould have labelled it as impracticable. l\Tevert IJe/ess , it serves the purpose of emphasising the teachillg of the T extbook, which , in par. 4 (a) Oli p. 14 IqJ'S it dOlJm that jirst4iders have a threefold dllfJ,- to the patient, to third parties alld to theJJJselves.-K. C. F.
CASE REpORT Ko. I27 -The Officer-in-Char ge of the County of Oxfordshire S.J.A.B. reports the efficient performance of first aid b y a member of the Oxford City Division in the following circumstances :-
On !vIal' 5 Private G. T. E Squires, whilst carrying out his duties as a van driver, was proceeding along the main London Road when he almost witnessed an accident involving two small childr en and a motorcyclist He got out of his v an and ran to the jnjured, finding on examination that one child was su fferin g from fractured base of cranium with laceration of brain' that the other had sustained fraction of tibia and fibula just abov e the ankle joint and that th e motor-cyclist had arterial h2emorrhage from right thumb, concussion and abrasions to face and leg.
D irecting the motor-cyclist to g rasp his right wrist with his left hand until he could attend to him, Private Squires sent one bystander to telephone for a doctor, police and ambulance and another for blankets and material which would do for splint s and bandages . This done, he proceeded to tr eat his patients, placing a pad and bandages over the left ear of the child suffering from fractured base of cmnium . and wrapping her in some of the blank et s which had been brought along He next turned hi s attention to the motor-cyclist and treated him b y applying a tourniquet, dressing the abrasions, etc., and wrapping him in blankets.
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He t h en improvised sp lints from a b ox and b andages from a sheet w h ich a b ystand er b rought and splin ted the fractured tibia and fibula of the econd chil d, covering h er also with blankets.
At this point the doctor arrived and infor med him that he wa unable to do any more than b e had and to carryon. With the arri\Tal of the ambulanc e Private Squires left hi van in cbarge of the poli,e and accompanied the t\ 0 children into Oxford h distance of 7 miles). The motor-cyclist, bow VCl, "was obstinate and \vould not g to hosp ital and so he \va left until his return in char g of tbe doct or.
Arrivino- back, Private quires 1 ad d the cycle on to his , Tan and took the motor- cycl i t ) Ius home at a distance of 14 mil es fro 1 the 'cene of tbe accident. I Ie had not, howen , liill hed hi g od \vork as the m tor-cycE t' \\ J! collapsed and he had to treat her and look aft I" th e m both for sh ck, e tc., until fu rth er as i tan \ as forthcoming.
Primte C. T E. SqllireJ' lJt' tmdt cordial (ongratlllatiollJ 011 JJis ,I!(C((J.rjnl In·a/II/{'II. Qf ,ret/eral seriollJa' ilyflred pa/iml.r, /01' 71'1)0111 Ill' har to improvise the IJI'ceSJf7I)' JplilllJ balldttf!,f'J (llId drt,'J ; s In vel)' tmlh this (ollJlilltled a SU't'!'!' Inl of hi.r as a jiut-aider " bllt Prillel/f' Jqllirr.r ll'r/J I'qllal to 'be occOJ'ioll ami acted 11 ilh endil to hill/Jill: I)i.r IX,,; ,iON ( d the Brigade.-· F.
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TRE.\'T\!E:\,'l OF q)"r
C. R. (Karch rn oumy) Recently I \,'as ask ed question about which you may' pU'haps me. 1\ certain member of tbe rank and Jill', wh o i' a man of experience, told me that he \\'as accllt()I1 H:d to treat case of co ll ap e by gra ping thc patie nt' head at the side \'dth both hands and by prc:s imr his thumbs firml}' on the cemre of the forehead. / ' asked me why this treatment was alwa) s succcsst r\s a surgeon I repl ied that the mcdwd was \\TO and useless.
I agree m/h )'our mliJ/g.-?:\. F.
B .\DGE. OF R :L" K FOR l·RGLO'.";
C R. (Torthern ounty).-On Coronat ion Da\ I obtained seats in a stand along the route through uc Bri ga d e ; and so 1 wore my t. J ohn (.L \ si<;tan t Commissioner) in stead of my military uniform. ,\t an ambulance station ne ar llW stand I saw a man m a severe epileptic co n v ul sion 'and naturally 1 wen t to see if I could be of assi tance. I was told that '1 surgeon had been sent for b ut had not yet aui, Ct1. Th ose in charge of the ambulance s tati on noted 111)' rank badges, thou gh they did not recognise me as '1 Bri g ade su rgeon until I told them so . Then all \Va, well and they were g lad of my as sistance.
In these circumstances I suggest the advisability of all surgeo n s, whether in the medical or the administrative section of the Bri ga de, wearing a distinctive badge-s uch as red braid round the shoulder strap s of the tunic.
Th is malter has alrearfy bem referred to th e appropriate COII/mittee I nole, hOlvever, that ),Otl 1vou!d go further thtm js proposed and place the special badges of rallk upon JIIIgeo fls ill th e lechnical and also in Ihe section 0/ Brigade. - C. F.
PORT BY J EAT.
\ ;.\1. ( Batter ea).-Thc T ex tb ook tells us how to ca ry patients b y the two-handed sea t (p. 182) but gi\ es no in tructi o n as to how we should lay the parie nt down on arrival at the ambulance station. 1t ee m s to me that the bear r shou ld be in st ructed to ca rry patient on to th e grou n.d sheet a nd then drop on to th eir left knees.
Iiy Ihe omiJJion of atl)l reference 10 lowering a pafieJZt lI'/' ha.r bee II carried by the two-banded seat, tlJe Textbook ,ie J to /lie 10 il/jtl' liJal tl)is is 10 be done 0 the illS/mclioll.r for liftillg palient.
While I call1lol appreciate the adllOlltoge of both beareu droppi,zf, 011 to Ihtir Ie/! kJl('e.r, I remember that I used to h ad) the IllfI)I/;erJ 0/ Dil'i.riOIl, JI 'heli 1I)f)' bod 10 ,llrry tJJ'o-htlNd{'(/ s/'(/I cl I'el), befll!}' pali[JJt, 10 face each off) r , 10 drop 011 10 Iheir righl alld left kJ,eeJ" to place their betided /e/I tllld n:(}I)1 kllrt'.' iii COllttlCt ill/Illedia/ely behind tbe Plllil'lll, 10 liJi palil'lll illlo a silliIJ<f!. position, 10 mise th p alifllt 011 10 their bCllded kllNJ alJd jillala ' to asslfm/' (HI J'e (1 pOJilioll brjort' ofJ F
\ C \ L 01- Cc '.1I \LED 1 Ll :\U RRII \GE. 1I. D. (Tottcnham). W'e had an intere ring ca c to tr eal this week. \ poncr at king's Cross Good ra ti on was pll a barrow loaded \\'irh \"ire fel ri ng interlaced w1[h batl n,. In 50m \t;ay an ob tr uction on the platform cau, co [he roll lO trike rhe ')orter in the grt in callslng a s\\'clling a laroa ar. orang \\ hich I recognised a a 'blo d tumour.' Th l' was carried , tretcher to the ambulance rO O' l1, where \\e cxcluded further inj my and applied a c'IId water com[ r S to tilt: 'we lling. Later we ren ,)\ cd palicn t to ho, pitaI \,'here the house urgeon inned my diagnosi and exprc. s cI his ati.faction Witl Our t reatment.
.\s on or two Ycry junior member, 0'" the Di \·i 'ion Were I resent 1 took thc opportllnity of dri"in.g h me that 1nt rna I Bl eding can occllr in tb limb and that thi was tru ly a case f _o nccalecl 1
1 JJ'e folloll' J/rirl{)' I/.I( Ih, Tr:\:lbook 011 p 117 lJ'e Illwl cla.rJijy (/ blood 11111/0111' " (1.1' a Hl'crt' JOl'li oj bmi.fe. Jjke ),011, /JO))'tller I prefer 10 .rpMk COIFeoieri J lrrlllorrhtlgf' ))'hir/J tcrlll, aJ ),011 rig/.)t!)' (Olle 'J billea/h _rkil/, ill to joil/Is olld a/J'oji'OlJl illlrm(li orgCl.'IJ III ot/)fr JJ'ordr, this term i.r //lore oll-t'I//!Jl'r/rim!, Jor ,hi,r (ype Iball Ihe (J-Icplllol'l'ha,ge ji'olll IiI/al/al Orga11s)J of Ibe 7 fxtuook (p 12 1).- C. F.
20 9
Review
G AS : A SYNOPSIS OF DEFE -CE o B y John Fenton, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O ., D P.H. London: Dale, Re yno ld s & Co. Price IS. net.
This littl e Synopsis of D efence against Chemical Warfare does not pretend to be a textbook. It is rather intended primarily to assist members of the Bri ga de t o become b et ter acquanted with the mass of details and facts which go to make up the subject. It sets these out clearly and concisely in tabulated fashion and so renders their mental absorption less difficult, for which reason we commend it wholeheartedly to our readers. Ind eed, our one criticism is that the absence of an index militated against its use for rapid reference.
Th e book represents the written notes of lectures given by the author who, as D eputy 1fedical Officer of a County B orough and as a County Surgeon of the Brigade is much concerned with the theory and practice of defence against gas. It recei,Ted praise from Dr. W C. Bentall 'who , as Air Raids Precaution Officer to the Chief Commissioner, tells us in his Foreword that the author has achiev"ed remarkable succes in condensing a wealth of accurate information in a sptematic form free from padding and confu ed arrano-ement
St. John Clinic and Institute of
Physical
R ,\.. 'E L\GH RO_-\D, .\\.1.
Colonel J. L. leeman, the Chief Commi ioner of the t. John Ambulance Brigade, paid a ,-isit co the Clinic and had a talk with the :.\Iedical uperintendem, ir Leonard Hill.
ir Leonard Hill howed Colonel leeman o,-er the Clinic and explained the work in detail.
Colonel leeman expressed great urpri e and plea ure at the up-co-date for phy ical treatment oft red b,' the Clinic.
Treatment to the number of IZ.,r - ""ere o-n-en dmino- the month of June and the following is a "mpl of th lett L r cei\' d from OTateful patients :_
"I regrec I hay not write n before to explain that o\\-incr to ab,ence from town, I wa unable to att nd tbe CEnic for mI' bnal \yeek" tr atmem but I would like to sa,· thac' I deriyed great benefic from COUL and \- grateful the uni,-er al kindlin ss and attention '\y11.ich I recei,-ed.
(, • t the end of m,' cours I had attained the hig-he t weight ars past, and th rh umatic
\,'a practicall:; broken dO\\·n. I am not o-oing to say that all pain are gone bur wh n I that I hayc b en able to indulo-e in o-entle tenni again 'i'OU will reali e tbat th r ' .l, a great improycm nt."
Professor George Knox, M.l.M.E., F.G.S., Direcwr of Ambulance, presided at a meetino- of the Ambulance Committee of the Priory for Order of St. John, .held at Priory. House, Cardiff, on June 29·
A list of 35 appOlntments in the Brigade to which approval was given included the followino- Nursino:-Mrs. Bickerton
Superintendent, Pembrokeshire Centre; Mrs. Hamilton Ingledew, Lady County Superintendent, Rhondda ; -Mrs. M. H. Lle.wellyn, Lady County SuperIntendent, Carmarthenshire Centre; and Mrs. 1IorrisThomas, Lady County Officer, Rhondda Centre.
T. E. James, Surgeon of the Clydach Vale DIVIsIOns, and an Honorary Life Member of the was. appointed to the Examining Staff. In this connectIOn the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Bri o-ade in Wales, Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E., arrangements for a of Bri gade Surgeons . which the questIOn of appointments to the Exar:umng Staff as as other matters affecting the medical aspect of Bngade work will be discussed. It was noted that during the months of April and May a total number of 325 examinations and reexaminations for Association awards had been arranged by the Priory.
A report by Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E., Commissioner for Monmouthshire, on the conduct of the Welsh contingent of one hundred Brigade members who participated in the Coronation duties in London was read; and in connection with the repre sen tation of the Brigade in Wales at the Review by Her Majesty the Queen on May 22 and Service at St. Paul 's Cathedral 23, the Committee expressed thanks and appreCIatIOn to Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge Assistant Commissioner for Wales, who took of the Welsh personnel.
Captau: L. Twiston Davies, D.L., J.P ., F.S.A., was appolnted to fill a vacancy for a Priory member on the Welsh Home Service Ambulance Committee which is representative of the Priory for Wales and British Red Cro.ss Society, while it was agreed to co-opt the servICes of Mr. P. T. Jenkins, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Monmouthshire, on the Ambulance Committee in place of Mr. T. Ashley, recently transferred from the Swansea Division to th e Scotland Mines Inspection Division.
a to giving effect to the special recruiting campaign Instituted by the V.A.D. Council to increase
the V D. strength, the County Controller of V oluntary Aid D etachments in Glamorgan, Colonel A . W/ . Shee?, C.B.E., T.D., LS., had invited the P ri oru to nonunate a Female Assistant Controller for th e Cou')jt\' and the name of Lady County Officer fr s. S 13 : Turner was unanimously approved for this app ointment.
The Council of the Priory, which met ubs eq ucntl\' under the of Dr. D. Rocyn Jone;, C.B.E., consldered the programme for the yj "it of Their Ro yal Highnesses the Duke and Du chc' of :t-::ent on October 19 and 20. .t\. small sub -coml 'tree was appointed w form an executiv e commi tt l.e for organising the ball on that occa ion.
R eference was made to the death of Lord K \ Lan t, Sub-Prior of the. Pri?ry for \Vales from 19 12 to 1931. stood m SIlence to mark appreciat ion ( f hi contribution to the devclopm cnt of the Pnory and sympathy with Lady K ylsan t in her bereavement. The uniform of the t. Joh n \mbulance Brigade was in marked evidenc e at tl ,c old Parish Church of Llangunnock among the rge of people who assembled to p a) :1 last respect. The Priory was repre scnt d br its PrInCIpal ecretary and Commissioner for \\1 es, the Hon. John H. Bruce, D.L., J.P. ; and am on the floral tributes was a design of the eight-pointed c ')ss of the Order bearing the following inscripti o n "In proud and grateful memory of the Sub-Pri or (IF the Priory for Wales, I92.2-193 r', on behalf of all me l' er of the Order on the Roll of the Priory."
It was decided by the Chemical \'V' arfare P rotection Sub-Committee to organise a Refresher Course in A.R.P. in Cardiff on a week -end in eptem ber, in to a request from over a hundred q uaHied Instructors on the Priory Roll, of whom the rt arc now 246 Grade I and 2 12 Grade II. The se kc.tion of nine Brigade Officers for attendance at a cou ce at the Civilian Anti-Gas School, Falfield, from August 23 to September 4, was confirmed.
CENTRE REPORTS
CAERNAR VONSHIRE CE TRE.
proposed visit to Caernarvon by Their Maj esties King and Queen on July 15 has given a fil lip to development in the County, in which a O ntrc has been formed and is actively f un eno n -. mg. Following a meeting convened by th e (Iud Constable, Mr. Edward Williams whom the Centre is fortunate to have as Com.missio ner to
II JOE GROS5MAN A POPULAR AND )NDEFATI6ABLE WO KER FOR ST. JOHN
Sir :Michael R. V. D. Assheton-Smith, a strong Divis i on has been formed in the town of Caernarvon, with Dr. Ifan Huw Jones nomin at e d as Divis i onal Surgeon, 1Ir. T. J. a s Sup erintend ent, Mr. \f/ . "\ illi a ms as Amb u lance Officer, and 11L J. W. Pri tchar d as Secretary
Effo rt s are being made f or this Unit, and the equall y strong V aynol Division, to be equipp e d with uniform in time for the members to participate in the first aid duties being org anis e d b y a joint St. John and B.R.C.S. Committee, of which l\11rs. \Villiams Ellis is Chairman.
GLAl\fORG U CO UNTY C E NTRE.
Inspection at C ae rp hillY C as tle.-The historic g round s of Caerphilly Castle provided a picture sque setting for the Ambulance 1vlen, Nurses, Boy and Girl Cad ets who paraded over 500 strong for annual inspection on Saturday, June 5. The Inspectin g Officer w a s the Commissioner for Wales ( the H o n. J o hn H. Bruce), who se staff included th e Su r g eon-in-Chie f f or Wales (Dr. D. Roc yn Jones , C.B. E ) t he Assis ta nt Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales (Major A W. Ander son, M.B., Ch.B. ), and the Assis tant L a d y Superintenden tin-Chief for Wales (Lad y Le w is, O.B.E. ) .
1'vl oNi ro UTII lU R E ENTRE BJ),Il I/J(lJ1lr 1Jail Opel/ing -.L \. n eff rt in 'which the e n erg ies and enthusia 111 of the loca l D iyi iO ll has b een centre d for many years has becn broug .t to fulfilment b y th open ing of the B rynma\'n \mb ulance H a ll. The ceremony was I crformcd by the 1Ion. frs. J. H B ruce, and the guc ts included Cap tai n S. T. B eard , O. B.E ., omm issioner [or shire , for whom the occasio n had a particular as h e can cla im to have initiated this sccond ( :dc '[ unit in '\ 'al s forty ,-ears ag ; J\Ir F. \\ 'ccb, Pre id en t of the who'" has un tinted help i n the enterprise; olone! C. Ie-lla milton, C1 1. G., D. ., Commi ioner for Brecknoc bhirc;
fr s . Cole- I Iarn.ilton; and rcpresentati\ es of the Br ynma\yr ounc i1. .1\ con idcrablc amou nt of alte r at i on an d decoration to the commodioll premi ses in Bou n dary t reet, \\"hich ha\ c been aCl[ .,ired on a 68 years' lease, hay been carricd OUl by , -oILlntll'Y lab our ; an d gratitude \ya exprc cd [or the ,1. e JcOmc gran t of £.+5 from the pecial \.reas Fund for l\ mbulance Ha lls and a gift of chair and table fro m the J oin t Committee for [ onmouth hire and otl th Wa les of the 1 E ners' el fare Fund.
The Commi ssioner for \,\ 'ales carried out an i n specti on of the B rynma\, r D ivision, which ha a memb ership of 25 men and -1-1 adet; and rr c.cnred L o ng Service and Good Conduct l\ lcdals to the fo ll owing members of the R oya l a\'a l \ u'\ilwrr Sick B erth R eserve : Corps Trea urer T. llart sharn , D ivis i onal uperinten d ent Price, \m buhnce O fficer W Watkins, P rivates G II. J ayne and \\ Hu g h es P OJ7l)1pool Corps I llspeclioJl - It . 1\ . G. E . J. Fudge , Assis t ant Commiss i oner for Wales , accompani l'ci b)' t he Surgeon- in-Chief far Wales , D r . D . R ocy n J o n es, C B. E ., inspec ted the P onty p ool anJ Di srn ct
Co rp s a t P o n typoo l P ark o n J une 1 2 Ten totallin g 340, t ook p ar t, and a programme of pr actical tests include d an A. R.P. di sp lay . The I nsp cctil:g Officer co mm ent e d u p on the excelleDt manncr w which the w o rk w a s ca rried out, and present ed a bar,
A fter the inspection the parade w as a ddr esse d b y the Inspecting Officer, wh o cong ratulat e d th e ssi stant Commissioner, Captain S. B. Turner, :tvLR.C.S ., L.R.C.P., on the satisfactor y displa y o f numb er s and efficiency It w as particularly cre ditab le that, d es p i t e the adv erse effects of unemploym ent, the s tre ng th of the Brigade in the County A rea sh o uld have increase d by 34 on the 1935 figure to a total of 92 3 ; and g rea t credit w as due to Dt. Turner and Lad y Co unt y Officer Mrs. Turner for the progres s being. m a d e on th e ground w ork carried out b y the former Ass i s tant Commis sioner, Mr. C. T. Hurr y Rich es, and Lad y Count y Officer Mrs. Riches, who se presence at t he Inspecti o n was warmly welcomed. The o ld an d the new wer e min g led .in striking contrast b y the a sse mbly of a modern representation of one of the o ldest Orders of Chiv alry within the ancient w alls of the Castl e ; and the demonstrati o n in A ir Raid Pre cauti ons w hich spectator s had w itnesse d t hat aft ern oo n showe d that the Brigade w as capable o f keep ing p ace w ith humanity' s latest possible n ee d. T he r o utine w ork o f th e Brig ade in th e C o unt y A r ea inclu d es the maintenance of nine Fi rs t Aid P os t s and t hir teen road side b oxes ; and du ring 193 6 t he m emb ers attended t o 4,437 cases o f accid en t o r sic k n ess P arade at Po rth cawl.- Vi sitor s to thi s p o pular seaside r esor t o n Saturday, June 19, w er e privilege d t o w i t n ess a p ar ad e of ab out 500 Bri gade memb ers , w h o marc he d al o n g the P romen ad e t o t h e Gr ee n under the co mmand o f A ssistant Co mmissioner R. 1. ichol1. The o ccas i o n w as the annual inspe ct i o n of th e Bridgen d and Di strict and Llyn fi Valley Corp s of the Bridgend Count y A rea, which w a s conducted b y the Commissioner for Wales, who was accompanied b y Assistant Lad y Superintendent-in-Chief (Lady Lewis, o .B. E .) and the lI o n. 1h. J. II. Bruce . The s i s ta nt Commi s i o n er w as co n g ra tu la te d on the sli g ht incr ease of s t re ng th w hi c h m.ar k ed his fir st year of office i n suc ce io n t o ra jor A \1/ J\ nderson, 1LB., Ch.B., a nd sa tisfaction was exp ressed \vi 1.h the r apid p rogress b ein g rn a d e in th e d i rection of ir Raid P recau ti o n s '\ ith in the B ridgend and Distr ic t Corp s, wh er e D r. R. B aird 1 1ilne has ginn an ene rget i c 1 a d a s A. R.P. O fficer , there are now 2 0 G ra d e I and 2 I Gr a d e II i n truc tor , while 50 m em b e r s h ave o btai n e d A. R.P. Cer ti 6ca te and 113 m ember of th e genera l publi c h ave qualified for the G.P. Cer tifica t e . i mi lar develo p ment can bc expec te d fr om t h e L l ynfi Va lley o rps, where M[. D. \1. J o n e , up erin ten d nt of the B rynm nin \l 1t1cs R e scu e ta tio n , has accept d office as \ R P Of ficer and ,,,ill b e ta kin g a co u rse a t Fa lf1e ld i n ptcm bcr.
denoti ng 20 ye ar s ' se r vi ce, to Ca d e t Superintendent J. J. P a r ker, P o nt newyny d d. D r . R ocyn J ones was very favoura bl y i mp ressed wi th the standard of efficiency revealed , a nd handed to Divisional Superintendent E. Webs ter, P o n tnewynydd, a second ba r on completion of 25 years' B rigade efficiency, Officers prcsent inclu d ed the Commissioner for fonmouthshire, Captai n . T . Bear d , O.B .E ., ounty urgeon Lieut.-Co l one l J. P. J enkins, Assistant Commissioner G. II. o u nty OfTlcer G. F. Tuckwell, Corps SuperintendenL F . 1clm, Lady orps upcrintendent Mrs. D. :\el ms, orps Officers J". I 1. .\ l lcwiu, 1. Tibb and J. Rickards .LYe7J,l-Jeadql/arfers/or Ji·ede,gar - fr \ YJ. D Woolley, Managing D irector of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., in forma ll y opening the new Headquarters of the D i\ ision, said it was the fourth am bulance ha ll that hi company, which took eery up portunity of assi ting in the excellent \,vork done b\ the ambulance men in the collieries, had been , )lc to prm' icle.
\ 1r. J, R oy Tallis, agent for the company, who presicled, "aid great credit wa due to the ambulance en of wg, who had stuck t their work in 1',()St diAlcult circum tances. The D i\-ision has been fortunate in receiying a generous grant of equipment fro m the loint Commiltee for :-' l onmouthshire and ')u th \\ a1c' of the \ fincr ' \\'clfare Fund, on the q )plication of the Priory \ istant om111lssioner Richards cxprc cd thanks on behalf of [he entre to all who had contributed the aC(luisition of p rmanent headquarters; and lr _ orman Richard p1' sented a 15 years' service mc ual to Corps llicer E Jones.
PnInR OKI:.IIIRE
The ama7ing growth of the ambulanc mO\-ement In PLI1lbrokeshire \\-a amply demonstrat d at Hcan Ca tie, Launder foot, on aturday 19 when -cigh[ teams competed for trophies in comp titions organised under [h auspice of the Pembrokeshire ent r
The competitions were held in. the loyely Hean Castle ground', b y kind permi ion of the entre P ·c.ident, Lord .Merth, r, and Lad,' 1 1 rthn. Th \' cccupicd cycn and a half hours, ai-td it i Interesting to record that of the t\\'ent:'-eight c rnpetin 0- teams mill. teams were comI osed of ladie \ large numb r of sp ctators watched what pro,- d tu be an admira l Je demonstration of skill ancl cnthu ia 111, amo ng them being 1\1[. D aniel Daniel, J.P., Boncath ommi,sioner for Pembrokeshin.:, and Captain 1\ . T. [\ . l-: \ ' ans (ChiLf 'onstable) the \ssistant ommissioner, who ha be n mainhn:spon iblc for populari ing \ mbulance work Pembroke hire, and to ",hos organi ing th rally was a I1n tribute.
The competit ion ec retar)" I nspect r R. J. Jon Haverfo r d w e t, \\ rked i nd fatigabl), t e nsure th smooth fu n n ing of the leno-t h y prog ramm . T h
organisers we r e fo r tunate in having the assistance ot a cap abl e group of judges and a diligent band of stewards . The judges were :-l\. mbulance Lea rTu e and Daniel Daniel Cup, Dr. D. II. Pennant, D.SD., Saundersfoot; Elliott Alves Cup and St. John and B. R .C.S. Competition, Dr. L. H. Tern' Goodwick ir Hugh Thomas Shield, Drs. H. Tenb\.' and T R. Griffiths, Saundersfoot; 11rs. Edwards Cup and l\frs Foley Philipps Cup, Dr. D orothy Rees and Dr. H. ::\1.C The stewards were : Divisional Superintendents A. D. Ridley, Tenby, and C H. Lawrence, J.P., Ha,\Terford-
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cenrun- of en'ice and srili "no[ OU[" Front RoJJ', righi to 11t: _\ - [am Commi ioner G. H. 1'\elms (30 years); Lady Corps upr. :\frs G. H.
ye-.ars)· \,'e t ( up r) :.\[ SL. W • L. Lewi , Frank H. \\ ' _\llen, -\'llen, C. 0 Bri n, • \.llen, J. 11umford, R. H. TO\\-n:end H. L. .lame , P. D. T. H. Philpin A. Jones, J. J ohn Le\,·i: W', :0Iarhia L. W'illiam ', H. B James, S. J. Clark, H. Bowen, W· Rudo'e G. 1'iffith.', L. Faulkener Dough _ -icho1:1 and \ Jriffirhs. Th pltiem:," mu. c nor be forgow:n w rc [c 'c J. Drugan R. T. wens P. Bar t" D nni Griffirh. and Treyor O. r.ifrith, . r at interest wa taken in a Hom Office o-a first of ic kind to be seen in the County . Th
Constable, himself a qualified Grade I instructor, who is doing splendid , ork as St . John .A.R.P. Officer for the County, in organising classes for the instruction of the Brigade personnel and general public, had made arrangements for the visit, and ambulance workers and members of the public passed throuo-h it at the rate of twenty an hour under actual b gas conditions.
The rally, in w'hich the Pembrokeshire Branch the B.R.C.S. participated, concluded with a vote ot thanks to Lord and Lady proposed by Colonel W. J. Evans, Tenby, and seconded by :Mr W. G. Lewis, Milford Hayen, and heartily endorsed; and a vote of thanks to the judges, moved b y Lady I,or Philipps, and seconded by Mr. Daniel Daniel.
The magnificent trophies were presented to the captains of the winning teams b y Lady lvferthyr, 1-1rs . Bickerton Edwards, Mrs. Foley Philipps, Lady Ivor Philipps and lvIr. Daniel Daniel.
The 'J;Tinners were :-
j1fale Competitions :-ELLIOTT ALVES CUP, open to teams in the Pembrokesrure Police Force.-1, Haver(Sergeant Iveme y, captain; P.S.'s '\ G. Davies, J. H. Gough, W. 1. Morgan and H. J. 1Iakepeace), 165 marks; 2, :Milford, 143 marks; 3, Goodwick, 139 marks; 4, Tenby, 127 marks.
A},fBULANCE LEAGUE.-I, 1ilford Police (P.c. F. Hughes, captain; P.c. 's J. H. Watts, S. P. 11ead, C. L. Richards, \Y/. G. Humphreys), 150 marks; 2, Camrose, 126 marks.
SIR H UGH THO:\I AS SHIELD.-1, Jeyland, G. W.R. (T. J. Thomas, 11.11., captain; H. Roach, G. P erry, A. V John, T. Mends), 285 marks; 2, 1·Elford Police, 264 marks; 3, 1YIilford o. I, 260 marks; 4, Haverfordwest Police, 259 marks; 5, 11ilford To 2, 239 marks; 6, Camrose, 229 marks; 7, Elford o. 3 219 marks; 8, Kilgetty, 210 marks; 9, l\filford Ko. 4, 184 marks.
D _I\J'.TIEL D A_NIEL CCP.-I, Fishguard and Goodwick Cadets (B. P ointer , captain; N. Harries, E. Jo hn, R Whiffen, F. Collins ), 182; 2, Pencw, 145 marks; 3, Manorowen.
Ladies' Comp etitions :-l\1RS . BIC KERTON En-WARDS Cup, FIRST A lD.-I, Milford o . 2 ( iiss A. R. Joshua, captain; Misses Mirian Kerr, W. J. Sheriff, 1. Reynold s) , 138; 2, Milford o. I, 129 marks ; 3, Haverfordwe st, 124 marks; 4, arberth, 120 marks; 5, Milford Haven NO·3·
MRS. FOLEY PHILIPP S CUP FOR HO ME NURSING.I, Haverfordwest, 201; 2, Narberth, 171.
INTER-COMPETITIO:--J BETWEEN ST. JO HN AMBULANCE AND BRITI SH R ED CROSS SOCIETY.-I, St. J ohn Ambulance (Milford No .2 ), 147; 2, British R e d Cross, 73.
BOROUGH OF 1'v1ERTHYR TYD FI L CE TRE.
Mertl?Jr's Loss.-Quite recently the Prior y had with great reluctance accepted the resignation of the
late Chief Constable D. lVt Davies as Commi SlOn eI' for Merthyr on account of ill-health; and a Velh lln Vote of Thanks of the Order was awarded in reco gnition of his sixteen years' tenure of office. .\ 11 ranks of the Bri ga de in the Centre shared with the Prior y a great sense of lo ss in the severance of th at long and valued link; and it wa earnestly hop ed that a period of re t and freedom from re r nih ilIt ies would render him fit and a ble to resume activit ICS. It w as therefore with g reat sorrow that they learn ed of his death on June 20. The Principal represented the Priory for \X/a les at the fUll l'J 11. Local Bri gade nit s were present in large I1umlK'r ; and aBora l tribut wa sent from the Priory.
Cel/tre L11{'{'tlllg.-, \ t the annual meeting of entre ommittee held at the alcm I Iall unde r ht: chairman hip f 11r. W / J. LL.B. it as reported that, owing m mber- lca\'ing the eli [rict, the strength of the Di\ri ions had fallen but (I\Cr 4,000 ca s of accident and ickne. s had be n atll clcd during the past year, while a new 1 ur ing D 1\ on had b en formed at Treharrris under .i\fr. all . a. uperint ndent. i\ Ie r. u. t, Keen c' 311c1"dn had recently lea ed to the Priory ll,e prop rtie now in u . e as divi ional heauq uaner at D( ·wlais and B edlin 0', and \varm thank wen.: expres sld for their generosity. \ new home for the \k dlOl omfort Depot i necded in r; anl the Corporation has been asked to pw\ric.k the rn IrCU accommodation. It \nl. nOted thal all the Oi \ ion: are recei,-ing training in air raid precaution ; and that Captain D. G. Richard , had .1ppointed A.R.P. Officer. The Centre meers \l. ere re - elected, and 1\Ir Cattick (Treharrj ) and M T R oderick ( Icrthyr Vale) were elected memb t r ot the Centre ommitt e.
rr re/collJe to CO/J/I)/I.I'.I-IOI/{'}'. - \t meclI n" of Council of the Priory, held on June 29, '\"'. J Camon ",vas cordialh' welcomed into the Otl iL of Commissioner for \( which he has accL p d in succession to the late 1\1r. D. 1\ 1 D a\ ies, much t the satisfaction and deli gh t of local l e[sonnel, wh o are well acquainted with 11r. anton s disp ositi( )11 to help fonvard the Order' work, to which he has g.n:r: generous expression since he became hair mlll at the Centre man\T year ago. :01r. as o.;u l1C the important r61e' of ommissioI1cr \\'irh rh e nfidence and good wishes of a]] concerned.
BOROGGJI OF EWPORT CE , TRE. \t the Central P o lice OAlcc, in the preSe l! e of the Chief Constable, fr. '\ . 11. Robin on, and lhllLlt 70 members of the Force, warrant of appo lfllll 1cnt were presented by t he Deputy Mayor, Cou ncillor E W. King, to Office rs appointee! to th e 1 L \\ )Orr Police Di vision.
The Deputy 1vIayor was introduced by Dr. S. McCormac, Commissioner for Newport. Cou ncJI.lor King said that he was glad the police were showlIlg such interes t in th e First Aid work, and was proud
oj the fact that he had obtained a First Aid Certificate in 1890.
The Chief onstable thanked Councillor King 011 be h alf of the police, and he said that it was realised tbat it was essen tial for policemen to be efficient in first aid in these days. nder the energetic leadership of Inspector E Rowtborn, Divisional Superintendent, the members of the Force were becoming keen first aid worke r s, and the police division was a real" live ,vi re." It was hoped that j n th e next two or three \ ars a team wo uld compete for the national police 1bulance trophy.
The promotions were as follows :- To Ambulance ()l1ce r, P .. George Thomas, P.S. Thomas Rose; t· ergeant, P. . C. W. F. Bartlett, P.. . R. ewto n, P. c. r\. Millin; to Corporal, P.c.' s
T. J. Davies, J. Holmes, F. J P ovey, F. H. J\Iillini p, H. , \rnold, E P. Lewis. Dr F. G. D. kerr , Poli ce ur geo n, .was also appointed urgeon t the Police Divisi n.
R TO. DDA ENTRL:.
RJJondda Fach Otps - The annual competitions for 11' n, nur es and cadet within this Corps were held at th e Duffryn cho Is, Ferndale, where the gathering in'l uded Captain T. E. Richard, J.P., 11.E., Commis sione r for the Rh ondda, and It. T. John, J.P., i\L E ., who r ferred in terms of warmest praise to the e:re llcnt ,\york of the Brigade .
The competiti n for the « Dr. G lanville " \.Va \\'on by \\·ith a total of 11l',rk s. The captain of the team was Corporal Jos eph R \ nold. Ii s Irenc Jame captained the Ferndale ur es team, who ,yon the hield I resented by 1Irs . .l. )rris- Thomas, \Vh ha just been promo ted to the ran k of Lady ounty fficer. The Dr. E. J. nIorri Cpp for Bo)' adet wa ecured by I T ylor stown tt: m, captained by ade t Robert Cheal To. I fl rn dale Girl Cadet team, captained by 1Ii Eleanor won the 1 It P. Pendry up.
The pre cntations made subsequently by the C .mmiss joner included A .R .P . C rtificates o-ai ned b\ c"geant Prank Tinkham, Lady Di'Tisional UpCl:intend nt ris athle n Jon s, ..: \.mbulanc iter.
B:ttrice \X jlliam, 1 1. 1Iatthe\vs, 11. J. Davies D. Leach , 1. J ne and E . 110rgan.
f\.·em A.fid-Rhondda COlIJpetltiom -l\ good tandard of pr ficiency \Va demonstrated at Bodnngallt Sc lOots, Ystracl, when ambulance teams of the U pp r and Mid-Rhondda orps competed for the E. \\ dlis Cup (m n), Lady Vaughan '\ illiam Cup (11llrses) an d ir Rhy \'(lilliams up (cadet ) [he judges wcr Dr. 1\ Coleman, TylorstOwn (test), and Dr. E 1Iilc \Villiams, P nynraig (th ory). \djuclica ting for the if Rh y \\l illiam Cup for Cadets were Cadet ul erintendent E. Tracer and Cadet Superintendent T. Br ook
The pres ntation of tr o phie to winnino- tean1 \\'a l11ade by Lady ounty up rintendent 1:1rs. Hamilton
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in her capacity as president of the compet1tlOns. Results :-W. E Willis Cup: 1 -aval " A" (Superintendent E. Rees). Lad y Vaughan Williams Cup (Nurses): Fernhill (Superintendent Miss Edwards). Sir Rh ys Williams Cup (Cadets): Llwynypia ,
After the competition the large assembly was entertained to tea, and a happy occasion concluded with expressions of thanks to the Lady President, the J udges, the Ystrad Di vision, and able competition secretary, Ambulance Officer T. Hopkins. Brigade Officers present included County Officer W. E Abraham, Corps Superintendents J. 11. Jones, D. J. Rosser, Corps Secretary W. R. Matthews, Corps Treasurer G Edwards, and a number of Divisional Officers.
:\JE WS IK BRIEF.
Entries are invited by the Secretary, :iY1r. A. E. Lovesy, 84, The Avenue, Pontyc ymmer, for the Open Competitions for teams of men and Cadets to be held at Pon tycymmer on Saturday, September 25.
The Treharris Division desires to announce the open competitions for teams of men for the "Dr. Leigh" Challenge Cup and Cadets for the" W. D. Clee" Challenge Cup, to be held at the Ambulance Hall, Treharris, on Saturday, September 18. Entries to be sent to Divisional Secrerary A. Hunt, Bank House, Treharris, close on September 15 II
Correspondence
To tbe Editor of the T. G --\zETTE. DE \R IR,-The account of the Roya l Re,riew in your June is ue fail to record the intere ring fact that a company of 18 surgeons (including e,en ladies) was pre ent on the parade ground (between the urjng and 4...mbulance Barralions), and for the first time in our hi tory had the honour of leading the Bri o-ad in the march-pa t.
The inner stOry of dus innm-ation 1 that the acceptanc b) urgeon of the im-itation to be inpected at the Revie,\- "ere far more numerous than \Va anticipated Consequently, two da)- before the ,. n t th Chi f Commi ioner asked me to decide Jor or against their taking part in the march -pa _ L \\ ithout he itarion I accepted thi further in\'itacion on their behalf· and I am told that the compan:arned high praise from the man) experts who watched it carrying out this moy ment.-I am, yo ur fai thfull y)
CORBET FLETCHER, 5lfr eOIl-IJJ-Chif:l
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SANDO\VN AND RYDE.
The awards for the I 936- 37 session in connection with the above classes were presented at R yde recently, when a social ,vas held at the St. John's Parish Hall, Ryde.
Mr. Bell referred to the interest taken by the Southern Railway staff in the first aid movement and concluded with an expression of thanks to the members of the class and congratulations on their achievements.
REDHILL AND DORKING.
The need for more young men to take a course of Erst aid was stressed at the annual distribution of awards to members of the Redhill and Dorkin g classes at the Ambulance Hut, Redhill, recently.
Mr. P. Harlow, Station-master, presided, and supporting him were Mr. E. A Richards, Dr. Anstey Chave, Mr. T. Belsey (Loco Foreman), and Mr. H. Hunneybell, Class Secretary, Redhill.
In his annual report Mr. Hunneybell said that this year they had had a record number on the class register and the examination results were good. Several of the members had helped to form the nucleus of a class at Dorking which had done exceptionally well. Mr. Hunneybell said he wished to thank Dr. Chave, their lecturer, and the Committee and members for their support, and he hoped the members would assist him still further by increasing the number of those in the class. There had been an increase in each of the Eve years of his class secretaryship and he did not want it to slip back.
The awards were presented by Mr. Richards, who had a word of congratulation for each recipient, and expressed his pleasure at the opportuni ty of shaking hands with so many old friends. He said that Mr. Hunneybell had given them a very good account of the Redhill class and of what was being done at Dorking. He was struck by the remarks as to the difficulty of getting the young men to take up the work. He wondered whether it was due to the fact that we live in a material age when the reply to almost any question seemed to be, "What am I going to get out of it?" His reply to such a questionin connection with ambulance work was, "Nothing materially; but you are going to get a great deal of joy in doing something for someone in distress."
It is with regret that I have to announce the decease of Mr. C. Oxley, Inspector, Advertising Department, Waterloo.
Mr. Oxley was a keen ambulance man, having gained his Medallion in 1908 and qualifying every year since
that date. He was also the holder of the 2I -yea r Gold 1Yfedal offered by the S.R. Ambulance Centre.
SOUTI-IA1IPTO DOCK S.
The Chantry Hall was Elled to capacity (there w ere nearly 600 present) on the occa ion of the ann ual presentation of awards in connection with the ab O\ ..: class. n excell nt non- top ariety concert, eon ,pered by Mr. H. J. lng , the Class eeretary, follow ed the presentation, and a pleasin g programm e of elections was played from their repertoire durin g cour e of the evening '
E\ HAVEN IBl1LA 1CE
High tribute wa paid to the \vork of the m mb of the ewhaven mbulance class on the occa'>1 ()n of the annual dinner held reccntly in conjun ct on with the members of the local Di\T i i n f the t. John Ambulance Brigade, \vhen 0 er 100 at down a-t the Sheffield Hotel, pre ided O\Tcr by 1\1r. R. J. Ca d\\ Divisional Iarinc Ianage r , an j upp rted l v 1fr. E Richard, \,( Telfa re Assistant, l'.1r Rich a ' Captain J. R. Henderson eneral . \ si tam, . ,haven Harbour, 1frs. Hend er on, .\1r. C. J lor! Chief of Freight Departmem, '01r. \,\ ar re t , Chairman of the rban Di tri ct ounei ] 1fr. ar r f1+and many other.
Following the pre entation the awar 1 by:'fr . A. Richards, wh o in turn, \Va the recipient )f a floral bouquet at [he hands of little Joan oom b .t most enjoyable was sp nt in
WIE Dr\T I IO:,,(\L r O IPETI rI O
A very enjoyable evening was pent at the Lion Hotel, Exeter, recently, when the h Junction 1 "0. I Team \\ ere entertained to congLH u'a them on winning the shieJd in the \,\ eSlun DI\ ion 1 mbulance ompetitions.
:LvIr. \"'(' Keil 1 IC ided at the dinner, and In 1 usual able manner made the C 'Cnl go with a S\\ 10 r
The Chairm,an, in rcply, aid that for man y \"I n he had taken an acti,re part in .. \ mbulancc \\'(Jl+, a J that he was always ready and willing t( gin; all t 1 c assistance that was possible.
The Exmouth Junction No. Team aL 0 com peted on Saturday, :i\lay 8, for the" Rowe" Cup, wh icl io.; an annual competition between team in thc CI L Tof Exeter. This event wa ke nlv conte tcd, and "hi team succeeded in winning \Vi th "the Exeter 'ity p olice T eam a close seco nd.
COLMER SI lIELD CO fPETITIO ,YEO V L
A tribute to the service being rendered by a mbulance men and women throughout the counti') \\ as paid by the Mayor of Yeovil (Alderman C. Cl o th·er) at the annual First Aid competition at the D rill ll dlJ, Yeovil, recently, for the Colmer Shield. Five tcams competed and the winners were outhern Raih\ny " B," the holders, who also gained a ncw trop h } the Hart Cup, for individual work.
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The auclience saw treatment of a street accident, where the " patient" w as treated for fractured collarbone, bruise , and concussion. First Aid had to be rendered in a time limit of 17 minutes and afterwards there were indi idual te t .
The judges were Dr. J. Barlo",,\' (Tean1 Test), and Dr. C Gee (Incliyidual Test), ,\ ho both said they were impressed by the smartness displayed.
At the conclusion of the competition silver vas s were presented to the winners by the 11a,·oress whilst the runners-up recei,,-ed cloc·ks. ,
London Midland and Scottish Railway L"TERN:\TIO AL A1IBGL.-\.::-KE CC)1,fPETITION.
The ninth international ambulance competition bet'l. een the three leading teams in Scotland and a
Parade at Skegness
Rain fell heavily when units of the St John Ambulance Brigade from towns in the southern area of the County took part in the annual rally and inspection on Skegness cricket ground About 35 0 were on parade, Lincoln's contingent numbering over roo.
Ann Elizabeth Midgley Memoria
l Shield Competition
The final of the above comI etition was
aturday, 5th inst.,
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similar number representing England was he ld at Glasgow on J une 25.
The Manches ter (Mayfield) team won the competition Crewe (machine shop) team was second Lady Bruce presented the cup and prizes to the teams gaining first and second places, whi le Sir Robert Bruce, a director of the L.M.S., propo se d a vote of thanks to the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association and to the judges in appreciation of their services.
Replies were given by Colonel D . J. Mackintosh, Chairman of the Council of the Sr. Andrew's Assodation, and Dr. T. F. Greenhill. Mr. John Ballantyne, Chief Officer for Scotland, presided, and congratulated the teams on their proficiency.
The teams were examined in three sections by Dr. T. F. Greenhill, Glasgow; Dr. W Duncan, ; and Dr. T G Rennie, G lasgow
The results of the contests were as follows :-
Teams from the following Divisions were 1))c to compete :-St. Hilda olliery, uth ewcastle Tram\vays (Haymarket) ; Felling Colli .' Springwell; and Washington; but t\VO were un able to attend, and the result was :-
I. ewcastIe Tramways (Haymarket).- ni fe) 111 24·4; drill, 75 ; total, 99 4·
The total possible marks were 100 for dn ll nd 25 for uniforms.
The Judges were :- Drill: Capt. R. D. Fm [he and Staff-Sergeant F. J. Simmons, R. .M.C \ I .) . Uniforms : Major G. \'il. Wright, M.M., D., R.A.M.C (T.), and County Sergeant-Major J W/. Stobbs, S J.A.B.
The Shield was handed to the w.inning te al 1 by Councillor Mrs. F. E Tay lor, J.P., wido\\' () [he late Sheriff of ewcastle-llpon- Tyne.
In the morning there was a parade at the Clock 10wer and a sen icc in t. Matthew's Church, the preacher was the Rector (Canon A. H Morris). \s istant-Comlrussioner Captain G B. Armstrong the inspection in the afternoon and took the salu te at the march past, being accompanied by Dist rict OHicer F. F. Gibson (Lincoln), Dr. Hadley (1 wcoln), Lady Di,isi nal urgeon Dr. Yermedy (.. [' alding) and Dr. Pym ( lcaford).
The parade: was under District Officer G. \. J 1dcr by, of Boston, and was comprised of the f( llo \\"ing units : Lincoln orps (under Jorps Superil .: Ln d nt eaton); Boston, palding, Bourne and s ( uperintendcnt 1\101 on, paIding); tamfo d, llorncastle and \\ 'oodhall and leaford ( uperinn d nt ewell), i'( urscs from Lincoln and Spalding (1 d) Di triet ( fficer :2'. Ii IIan-cy paIding); and 1.1 co In, Boston and kegncss adets (\mbulance () lcer Dobb, Lincoln).
\ssistant Captain G. B \rmstrong, a res ing tht.: units he. wa \ cry plea ed at the g Kral smartnc. - of the parade under difficult con ditions
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" The 't o John man is a wcll-known per on to the but 1 do not think the public appreciate the U Lfulncss, and the work done by the t. John i\urse he training receiy d and the effici ncy attained )ul d e\-er occasion arise, be it air raid or epidemic, tb country ,,-ill find them a real a "ct. On public dt ues I am su (c tllCY are better able to deal with ft. ,ale ca uahie - than arc the meo, and where crO\vds congr cgate their attendance has been most valuable an I their ,vork ,'ery cr ditable."
'1 hu spoke 11[. harle Porter ( erving Brother of th e Order of t. John), President of the Li,·erpool So .lth .L \mbulance Divi -ion, on handing over to Dr. Margaret Joyce, Lady erps uperintend nt, Li \ crpool orp, a beautiful ily r hall nge Cup by the Livcrpool uth l.lfsing Diyi ion (1\liss Ka\ anagh and 1lrs. Youlton). Thirteen teams contested (each t am t\\TO urses).
'\1r. Char les Porter, the donor of the cup, take a ke u 1 intcrest in the work f b th the \. s ociation and the Brigadc, and has al-o ass! ted financially.
'l he Judges were Dr. 11argaret Joyc and Dr. Foley. \mo ngst thosc prc cnt were Lady Corp Officer L Ralli, , Lady Corp OH1cer j\1i's i\I. Bcl1ass is, ..) Lady Coq Officet 1iss E . .L \. Craig, S.S, also Corps Officer C S. I.B.E.
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Teams Compete for New Association " Cup
Ambulance men from all parts of Hull and the Eas t Riding assembled at the Hull Technical College, Park Street, Hull, to compete for the 'Coro nati on Cup."
This competi tion was the first of its kind, the troph y h aving been put up for competition b y the Secretar y of the "Carver" Cup competition, in the hope that the hard practice, tudy and competition will result in increasing firs t aid efficiency of the ambulance workers in the district
(Chief Constable, East Ridin g), upcrintcndent 1[uc!dleston e (Deputy Chief Consta bl e ( ast Rid ing»), Inspector Hai g h (W ithcm sea) , Llperintendent J line s (Pocklington), uperintendent Teasdale (L. E. R. Police, Hull), Inspector Fullerton (L .E.R. Pol ice, Hull), Mr. S. Cooper, North-Eastern Centre Secret ary (York) and :Mr. W. T tkinson (County C0111missioner, East Rid ing, St. John mbulance Bri gad e)
The teams in the competition \vere et the followi ng problem :-
" The landlord of a public-hou e on the out kirts of a small country town ha fallen do\vn int o l'le cellar, having inad er tentl) left the trap- dllor AT o. 4 DISTRICT'S REVIEW
When ambulance men were arcending ima g inary casualties durin g the Rcyicw thcy were caUeu to deal with an actual casc o
The following I teams competed for the trophy :
D o ck Engineers, No. I (L.N.E. R. ), Hull Pier (L.N.E. R. ) , Bridlington Division (E .R. Police), Withernsea Division (E. R. P o li ce) , D riffield Division (E .R. Police) , Paragon O I (L. .E.R ), Hull P olice (L.N.E.R. ), Beverley D ivision (E.R. Police), Pocklington D ivision (E .R. Police) , Brough Di vis ion (E R. Police), and Dairycoates, Hull (L. E .R. )
The competitors entered both team tests and individual tests.
The judges were D r J. M. Herman (Hess Ie) for the team tests, and Dr. L. F. Wilson (H ull) and D r E. M. Dearn (Hull) for the indivi dual t ests
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Results :-
I, Dairyc oates (L. .E.R.), 68 points; 1, Pa ra o. 1, 167 points; Brou gh P olice, 164 p Oints; Hull Pi er (L. E.R.), 1621 points; Dock Engineers (L. .E.R ), 157 points; Brid lin p1n!1 Police, 1561 poin ts.
In the individual tests, thc following wc rl the awards :-
I, P.c. Falgate (BroLlgh Police) ; 2, J. Barker
Attending the competition were Mr. J. E . R ya ll 220 io the backyard open. The trap do r i ft. by 3 ft.; there are six steep steps, piral. I Je weighs 13 stones; it i Ie).30 p.m. in c[ her. Render £irst aid. You havc full equipment. "
(Bridling ton Police); 3, P.c. Smith (Brough Police); 4, P.c. R. D. Huddlestone (Driffield) ; 5, P.c. G. E. Dickinson (Brough Police).
The Coronation Cup and the pri ze s won by t h e individual competitors were handed to the v,-inner by Count y Commissioner W. T. tkinson, who congratulated the teams who had t a ken part, and stressed the necessity of a wide knowledge of first aid b y memb ers of the ge neral public. Everyone wanted to help in case of accident, he said, but there w ere t oo few who knew rea ll,- what t o do in the be t intere . t of the patient.
Thanks to the donor of the cup and 11r. A tkin on for pre sentin g the prizes w ere expressed by uperintendent Huddlestone. 1Ir. G. H. Oakes pre , ided.
Brigade Prepares Overseas Instru CtOT
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In connection with the 'Jubilee" celebration. of the St. John AmbuJance B rigade, a highly intensi,'c course of instruction in Air Raid precautions and defenc e agains t the peril of poisonous gases ,,-as arranged at the Great Central Hotel, 11arylebone Road, Satu rday and Sunday, May 19 and 30, for the benefit of OYerseas members of the Brigade then v isitin g London.
As far back as July, i935, the St. John Ambulance Brigad e was asked by the Home Office to undertake the staffing of F irst Aid P osts and the instruction of its own members and the general public. In that year nearly 1,500 G rade In str uctors and 1,000 Grade 1 Instruct ors became qualified. T he former are recognised by the Home Office for lecturing on behalf of Councils to the public, or conducting examin ations. B y 1936 fully half of the 75,000 memb ers of the St. J ohn Am bulance Bri gade were instructed in the rendering of First Aid an d treatment of cases of gas poi soning in Air Raid s
This year the St. John Ambulance Brigad e are instructing classes of the general public all over t he country , particularly in the larger towns and cities. In Li ve rpool no fewer than 100 classes have been held, and series of lectures, usually launc hed b y a public meeting presided over by the Mayor, have been g ive n throu g hout the Kingdom.
The instruction given to the O verseas representati ves included-
Methods of launching g as attacks.
Classification of war gases and their effects.
Methods of diagnosis and first-aid treatment.
Use of ma sks and protective clothing.
Means of decontamination of persons and property.
Equipment and manag ement of protecti ve she lter s and rooms.
Org anisation of air stations and conveyance of ca sualties.
And this was fo llowed by an examination fot tho se who wished to qualify as public instructor s
The demand for instructors both at home and Overseas grows rapidly as the general public realis es the necessity of being prepared for possible air raids in the event of this country ever bin g n\-o lved in war.
The most dreadful e nemy of all is gas, but kindl ie r im - mi on h as I roduc d effecti c me an of dealltl g wi th it Gas ma k" protecti\ -e clothing and fir efighting appliances to cope with the d amaging cHe crs o f ga and inc neliary b o mb s h a\'c co m e into bU lg, and the pr oble m now i to instruct th nation in ,i.1.t pr ecauti ons that can be tak n il1 the average hOll sc h III without elaborate apparatus or technical kno\\·k dge.
B y thi io, trueti n a gr at deal can be clone to safeguard the population again. t a danger \\ hi d is hoped, will ne\'er materialise.
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CONTENTS.
Ed.i a rial ( ('ro nation Duty in Westminster Abbcy
Co l m el Sleeman's Tour Briga de ews Case Reports
Quc>t ions and Answers Priory for Walcs
Boo k Rcy iew
Promo tions and Appointments
Co lres pondence
St. lo hn Clinic and Institute of Physic3.1 Medicine Nc' Headquarters for Danford
IL-\ CERY OF THE RDER, T. JOH T ' - G \TE, LERK.EJ.'" :\'ELL, LONDON, E.C. 1.
Bri sto l Chamber of Commerce A.R.P. Co urse
D uring the week-end July 10-11, 1937, the first A. R.P. Course organised jointly by a Chamber of CO!Ilm.erce and the t. John Ambulance Brigade was held at Bristol, over one hundred tudent being prese nt.
The Chairman of the Course was Dr. W. C. Bentall, ? B.E., F .R.C.S., and the other lecturers were ir L. R. Allum, Mr C. E Bower, O.B.E., and. Corps Officer G. J. Creech (Bristol) 1Ir. H. J Wnggleswor th also came from London and acte d as Sec re tary of the Course.
The lecturers were welcomed b\- ::\1r. S. W. Cornwell, President of the Bristol of Commerce, and 1fajor Korman Burgess, :LYLD., Commissioner of the County of Bristol St John Ambulance Brigade, who had jointly arranged the course.
It was explained that the object of the Course was to train selected employees of the \"arious Bristol commercial fums in A .R. P. so that, if they were successful in passing the examination for a Grade I instructor's certificate, they could then instruct the other employees of their fums in this important subject. It was felt that, as instruction in A.R.P. was to be regarded not as an emergency measure, but as part of the general education of e\"eryone in this country for many years to come, i t would be best for every fum to have its o\\"'n permanent instructor or instructors, drawn from the members of its own staff, who could periodically give courses of instruction to the employees. The instructor would in most cases be members of the Countv' of Bristol A.R.P. Reserve of the St. John Brigade.
The County Commissioner for Bristol had put this scheme before the President of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce who had received it with enthusiasm.
Dr. Bentall was asked to arrange a week-end course similar to tho e \yhich ha\-e been held so successfully in London, while the Bri tol Chamber of Commerce circularised the Bristol fum and made the necessary local arrangements.
The Course wa held in the ballroom of the Grand Hotel, and the Chief Constable of Bristol kindly gave permis ion for the tudents to be taken through the gas chamber at the Central Police Station under the supervi ion of the Police A.R.P. Instructors.
The Course wa rno t ucces ful and at its conclusion ",err he art'- yote o f thank s were accorded to the lecturers for their en'-ices.
It is felt that thi cherne is worthy of the consideration of other large citie ,a it should ensure the instruction of the largest possible nun1bers of the general public in the shortest possible time.
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Cue Is wt:n: nCl\v hl..ginning [I) arriH:, and at G a.m. \\ \\'l'nl lin duty, leaving the. ister-in- w ',; \.: the Spl:1l in tht; J Jut alld s t 1t in order. 'I lis iirst dUly was rather cUl'laiilxl, as we began h, Ii bOll r later (han was t:.·pl:C ted, and so at G.3 0 \\l mack our (irst shi lt." Tl1e () C himself supcr\'i ed this rin·1l changt:-()\'Cr, which \\ as ah"a\"s "tarted b) the Llrse on jn the 7th post, all the (JcheL bing instructed to \\ ait untiJ rdie\?l:ll. The Sr'lcm \\(lrh:d cxcellcnlh thClugh there \\'ere one two tlda) sowing t()' ltc., and the medical !'t.llf also 111Cl\ l:d round, and \ isited the \-ariou
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It ertain ly was a llHlSl \\"()ndc..:rful c. [1erit:ncc 1 () begin wi th, there \\ as the..: beautiful setting of rllC \l)bey itself', with the 1100r em L't'CJ cntircly by the ,(ltt b l uc carpet, excqJl ,'or the" l nkn )\\,11 \, 'arrioL) tOlllb, on \\'ll ich rested the glomus wreath of r d rOSl:S se nl b y 1'11e:11" I\[ ajc, ti cs. , \ 11 the hanging :Vl rc o f blu e a nd ciull go ld brocad , and t h theatre ltself wa s ca rp t d wi th du II go l d, agai n , t w hich
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Colonel II Tour
THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER (OVERSEAS) CONCLUDES THE STORY OF HIS TOUR
Time has not allowed me to write a full description of my tour t o India, Burma, Ceylon, Singapore, Hon g Kong, Aden, 11alta and Gibraltar; for my return home coincided with the Jubilee celebrations, with the result that small time remained for dealing with that aftermath which must always follow a Chief Commissioner's tour: those reports, meetings, letters by the hundred to reply to, from the many met \,-ith in far-distant parts, etc.
I hope, however, to shortly find time to \\-rite a descriptio n of certain of the incidents met \\-ith during my tr ave ls, and to give those who read the G _-i.ZE TTE some idea of the splendid work which is being done by those who represent the Brigade OYerseas.
The following summary of the tour will, however, proye of some interest.
A t Gibraltar I had the pleasure of addressing those members of our Association \1,'ho rendered such magni ficent service to the refugees of the earlier days of the turmoil in Spain, and of thanking them on behalf of His Ro ya l Highness the G rand Prior. Alth ough the Brigade there has been in abeyance for fourt een years , steps are now being taken to reform it.
At 1'vlalta I was glad to once again meet those who had rendered such valuable service during the anxious days through which this historic island in ou r ancient histo ry has passed during the past two years In my 1936 visi t I found our work there greatly handicapped by our establishments being relegated to an obscure and quite unsuitable Headquarters. Having represente d this to His Excellency the Governor, I am glad to report that this has been remedied, and that we no w possess most suitable headquarters and one more over associated with our ancient history.
Aden has for many years been without a branch of ou r: Association and Brigade; but, as a result of my two visits-and through the deep interest of His Excellency the Governor-I was able to attend a m eeting at Government House at which it was agreed to commence the formation of both.
India gave me a wonderful welcome in th e forty odd cities and towns I visited durin g my tour, during
which I had the unique distinction of having my so , an officer in the Royal Tank Corps, and an Office r ;[ the Order, to act as my taff Ofl1C r. Calcu t 1 Bomba y, Lal10re and Lucknow stood out for t he strength and efficiency of their ambulance servl ce, while the standard of efficiency generally shown \\ a ver y good.
Thanks to the imer s t being sho\\'n in our work y His Excellency' tl1e Viceroy' and l11c icerine ar greater att ntion is now being paid to ambula nc service in I ndia It is not before it \\'a time, fu r 1 regret to haye to say that oYer fifty cities and lDportant to\vns in India are to-day without any rm of ambulance service what oenT
The great out tandin g need in India lO-day IS tor Kursing Di, i5ion5, for it i a regrettable fact t t at, for its population of 355 millions, India es but I5 ur ing Diyisions, as compared wiLh w Zealand's 70 odd for its population of less 1 an two millions. We are fortunate in possessing such a Chief Commissioner in the Empire of India as ir Ernest Burdon, while I should be failing in my dunif I failed to mention three other outstanding fig ure in our Sen-icc there, namely, :Miss .1 Torah I Ell, Hassan Surhawad y and Colonel Thurston, all of whom gave me great assistance There were m. or incidents in the Indian tour \vorth y of mention, but tim e forbids more than a passing referenc e.
It \vas not une,-entful, for Christmas Day 'vas ushered in by an armed lunatic acting the part of Santa Claus and breaking into my bungalow; \\ 'le a week of Christmas holiday brought me the Inest tiger I have ever shot, one of three bagged in a \\ ck, and First Aid of a major kind, seeing that all were preying upon the cattle of poor agriculturist s. At Bombay also I had the unique privilege of inspcc llng a foslem" Purdah" ursing Divi sion , the all wearing their bOllrkhos, who had done splendId service during the riots which had just concludec....
Every hospitality and consideration was show l1 to me from the Viceroy and Their Excellencie s the Governors of Provinces, by Government DC} artments and the Railway Services; while I was Qlost
imp ressed by the anxiety of those who serve the interests of the Order to extend it s va lue
India has been much in the forefront of recent tllnes. I have known it intimatel y for 35 years, an d have returned amazed with the progress of thoug ht which has occurred within recent years; as also with the deep loyalty to King J and 'th rone \'v hicb is st ill possessed by the great majority of her people.
In Burma, too, I received eyery kindness, while I was fortunate enough to be able to persuade the Bu rmese. \mbulance orp, an organisation originally f )r med in opposition to our own, to transfer its alleg iance to our Brigade Overseas. The result is [ha L 180 Bur mese ..< mbulance mcmber5 \\'ill suppleme nt tbis Bri gade in Ranr;oon and <;Cl an example
or the rest of Malaya. The folly of spending millions of pounds upon other forms of defence and to neglect to provide for the ambulance needs of its ci"iJ in-habitants compelled my speaking most strongly upon this matter. The result of my criticism was that the Government of 1'vIalaya did me the honour to invite me to return there in order to help \\-irh thi s \-jral reg uirement.
Hong Kong was a most welcome change in t!lis respect, for here I was to find oyer 400 well-trained Ambulance men and 300 Sisters of OUf Overseas, or, in other words, more -ursing Divl SlOI1S for its population of I,OOO,OOO than India , BJrma, Ceylon and Singapore put together.
In the l\ew Territories, too-350 square miles of China leased to the Briti sh GO\-ernment for twenn--t1\-e \'cars-our Brigade O,-erseas run nine clinic· a'1d
throug hout Burma which will unquestionably be followe d.
Ceylon showed 111 orne I,500 member of its police who also belon g to our Bri ga de O\"er easa sp lendidly disciplined, smart body of l \mbulance rntn scattered all ,'er the i land and takin a the deepe t ir 'erest in our \\'ork. In my judgment, thi const itutes by far th strongest and 1110 t efficient Police C. )rp s in the Brigade Over ea nfortunatelr, hnwe \-er , ther i no lyil Ambulance Divi ion in the res t of Ceylon, while it is sad to have to r port the to tal absence of ursina Diyisions of the Order, particularly when the Red Cro h:wc reccntly succl'L ded in forming four V.i'l Detachm nt and ha\Te a fUt ther seven in view.
\t Singapore, the most vital Imperial strategical in the Far East, I received the greate t disapp0 lntment of my overseas tour, for I arrh'ed to that there is not a single Ambulance or Jursi noDl\' lSio n of any kind whatsoever, e ith r in ingapore 23 1
on the island of Chaun-Chaw a hospital fifrr beds. In Hong Kong itself, our Brio-ade operate Neary \Taccination tation and attend ' the hurt of hundreds of poor Chinese \\-ho eek refuge in the night "helters. All this has been made po ible by thE ,-aluable and ympametic help of the representatiy Chine e and by the energy of our Director of 'lmbl1lance Alfr d .
I ha\'e no\\" \ -i ited e\ ry important part of the British Commonwealth of in the .en-ic of the rder and no\,-h r eLe ha\-e I a better apr reclation of the , -alue of the work of than that ho\\ 'n by eh Chine e lil } long Kong; tn fe\,- other place I \,-itne" cd appr'Oaching the o-enerous e.-pre. uf gr tirude sh0wn by the Chinese.
.01y tour of 19.3 6- ; - took 111 O\-er '7,000 miles, and includ d I 1-+ insp ctions, 1 3 sp che. and addres s II-+ banqu t' and official r cepti0l!- eight \\ ir Ie s broadcasts ,l11d 197 111 "tin a and conterences.
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The St. John Ambulance Brigade News !
No. I (PRINCE OF WALES) DISTRICT.
Officers and members of I o. District will be interested and gratified to read the following letter, which the Commissioner has received from the Chief Commissioner (Major-General Sir john Duncan) :-
"My DEAR GooDLEY,-Many thanks for your report for last rear, which I have read with the greatest interest. Your increase of 607 members is highly satisfactory as is the large number of new divisions. This latter increase is a fine proof of the energy which you and your officers are showing in the work.
"Will you please thank your Lady District Officer and your Assistant Commissioners for their most 'satisfactory reports which show what excellent progress is being made.
" Your District has been called upon to perform most onerous duties during the past rear, and from what I have seen myself they have carried out their duties in a highly satisfactory manner, which has brought credit on the whole Brigade. The number of cases dealt with is proof of the value of the services rendered to the public.
"I must congratulate you and your A.R P. Staff Officer on the excellent progress made in connection with the A.R.P. scheme. I attach the greatest importance to this duty. I would like to thank all concerned on the energetic manner in which this work is being conducted.
"Finally, I would like to thank you for the enormous amount of time and energy which you have devoted to your duties in connection with the Brigade, and I would like you to express to all ranks in No. I District my most sincere thanks for their self-sacrificing services which they have given to the public, which have called forth praise on all sides.
" Yours very sincerely, "(Signed) JOHN Dt: CAN."
As this issue of the GAZETTE goes to press it is too early to give details of the sum collected during the District Flag Day on July 2.4. However, advance indications suggest that the event was a successful one.
The Commissioner desires to thank all those who so whole-heartedly assisted and assures them that at the earliest possible moment the result will be announced It will be evident to everyone that the work of collecting returns and accounting takes some time in a district as extensive as No. 1.
It is with ery deep regret that we report th death of District Officer G. S. Pasco, who passed aw a suddenly at his horne on Wednesday, July 28, at t ht. age of 72. years
The funeral took place on J\ugu t 3. Th re w a a short ervice at the Prio!', Church, Clerkenwcl l followed by a lyillg-in- tate -for one h ur, \:vh e n number of officers and member of the Brigad pal their last respects. Aftenvards Lhe cortege left fL, the Golder's Green rematoriu111.
District OHicer Pasco had a long and honourab l period of service \,' ith the Brigade and his pass i n · will leave a sad gap in th tall at District Headquart erwhere his quietJy eHicient c ntrol of the adecs the Districc caused him to be looked upon a a Y C valuable officer and endeared him t the heart o f rI with whom he came int contact.
District Officer Pa co enrolled in the \'\ altham sLO Corps in January, 1916, and wa appointed Ol Officer in August of 1923. 11i - appointmcnt to charge of the Cadet - came in July, 1932. Ilc w made a erving Brother of the rdef in 192-+. t enthusia tic member of the Ho pitallers' lub , I had occupied the Pre id ntial cbair.
For a number of year i\1r. Pa co had been a Pe IIu of the Zoological Society and \Va a rharmaccll ti Cl' chemist by profe i n.
Kensington o. 9) Nur ing Divisi n hel d 1 special Air Raids Precautions meeting reccntl y 1t their headquarters, t.] ude' hurch Hall. '01 1mander lv1ackenzic, Ai r Raid Precaution Office r )[ Kensington had promised to speak, but h e \\ ,unfortunately preyented by illnes His place \\' .1': taken by 1fr. \'(1ebster, TO\yn Clerk of Kensin gt( " who gave a very interesting and helpful descript il n of the preparations that are being made in the Bor OLl S 1 illustrated by maps of the different localities.
Lady District Superintendent 1£iss A. 1 1. \\ 'al r 'f and Mrs. Dunbar, President of the Di iS10n, \\ L present, and the meeting wa attended by Bri g e members, A.R.P. Reservists and some Ken sin gt )l1 householders.
A very enjoyable ocial was held by memb ers of the Lambeth (No . 99) Division at Kenningt on, at which there was an excellent attendance, incl uclI 19 Captain J. Grant-Morrin (Divisional urgeon), A mbulance Officer A. Callick and Mrs. Grant-M orr i 1. Thirty members were presented during the int en al with medallions, labels and A.R.P certificates \11 Efficiency Cup and silver medal, which had been \\011 by Private W. R. Llewellyn, was presented, and also a bronze medal to the runner-up, Private J. D ye.
o. 20 (Hampstead) Division held a successful garden fetc, fun fair and dance at St. Stephen'S Church Garden and Hall on Saturday, July 17, in aid of Divisional funds.
Dr. Corbet PJetcher ( urgeon-in-Chief) opened the fete, and was supported by Dr. W. Arthur Rees (Assistant ommissioner in Charge of Northern \rea).
During the afternoon sc eral well-known artistes presented a cabaret, which was g reatly appreciated.
bou t 120 friends attended the dance in the ' vening, which was led by the Pearl Dance Band.
, \ successful treasure h u nt wa. al so arran ge d, and was won by Ji ss Bett) Barrett.
The function wac; org ani sed by Private \. Bllzzcl, an d pr vcd a cial and financial success.
The Inspecting Officer was accompanied by th e Lord Mayor of Bristol, the Sheriff, the Count y Commissioner, Major Norman Burg ess ; County Surgeon H. W. M. Strover, O.B.E.; Lad y County Superintendent Mrs. Norman Burgess; Count y Officers A. COttOD, M.B.E., and G. T. Usher. Mter the General Salute and the Inspection, the parade was formed into column of route and then marched past, headed b y th e band The salute wa s take n by the Lord Ma yor.
After th e march pa st the Lad y :2Yfa yoress p rese nted 10 Service Medals, I Ba rs and two R.::\. A .R Long ervice Medals
The Inspectin g Officer ,in the co ur se o f his speech, said: cc I shall have the ve ry g reatest plea su re i n g iv in
and of
No. 2 DI TRI T.
(Ot; TY OF BRI TOL.
The Annual Inspection of the County of Bri rol was hcld at the Bri tol Ga work Recreation Gr o und no the evening of June 10 the Inspecting Officer bei ng Major . T nn)'son- nlith, Commi ion r for Ha mpshire.
The two Corps, consisting f 16 1. \ mbulance Di visions and three Divisions of Bor ad ts, marched fro m the Drill Hall t the parade ground headed by the Brigade band.
At the parade ground the two Corps were drawn IIp on the left of the saluting bas ,whil on the right were the four Nursing Divisions and one Division of Girl Cadets. The total numb r on I arade \ as ne atly 700
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I would cong ramla t Co m m i si oner on the fact that he ha • uch a smart and efficient cou nIT brigade. I t oo k the o pp o rtunity of i nspecting you r headquarters thi afcernoon, a nd cann o t but admire your ambulance erv ice ,"\ hic h mu t b e a yerr great a et to the cit". '
i\1ajor Korman Bur a e pr oposed a vote of manks ro :Major Tenny on-Smith, the Lord :May o r and (he Lad,- 1Ia,ro r s and the he riff of Bristo l and t he i\Ir ' Yi,Tian Robin 'on f o r th eir pre enc e at the inspection. H e also ed the regret of the President Hi Grace the Duke of Beaufort, h G , G.C.V.O. at hi inabilicy to be pre ent o\YI Og to official duties in London.
The \-ot of thank \Va econded by Ie H. G Tanner, J.P.
The inspection, which was witnessed by a large and distinguished gatherin g , was one of the lar g est and m o st sp ectacular ever held in Brist o l.
No. 3 DISTRICT. WILNECOTE
E v idence of furth er pro g r ess of t he Wiln eco t e St. J ohn A mbulanc e Di v i si o n \vas fo rthc oming o n Tuesday ey en i n g wh en a parade was h eld an d the n e\>.-ly form.e d ca d et unit and dru m and bu g le b a nd of the D ivis io n mad e th eir fi rst public app arance
T he D iyis io n " fell i n " at t he P arish Hall , and, m u stering a b o ut fifty men an d eighteen cadet s, marched to Wilne cote H all grounds, len t for the occasion by ttlr A lan Hick m an, where an inspection, march past and p re sentation t o one of the members f or efficient servi ce took p lace.
Led by the b and, whi.ch is b eing traine d by Sergeant1Iaj or Atkins, of Polesworth, the parade of the Division along Watling Street arouse d a good deal of in t erest They mar ched with precisio n, and the cadets looked smar t in their g r ey flanne l uniforms an d b la ck caps The p ara d e was in ch ar ge of Superint endent G. Parker, and inclu d e d Am b ula nce O ffice r s
G . A ll sopp and W. T. R o llason
Among those on the p arade gro u nd were Captai n J. A. A 1tforris (Vice-Preside n t o f th e Di v is io n, who wo re the b a d g e of the Briga de) , Dr. J. H. Whit eside (A rmitag e) , Superintendent J. H. Evan s (Ru g eley) , Dr. J. V. L. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Paul, Mr. A . H . T . Crowson, Mrs. G. P a r ker , and Mrs. G. A ll sop p.
The inspection was carried out b y Dr. Whit esi d e and Superintendent E vans. A ft erwards, le d b y Superintendent Rollason and the band, the Di vision marched pa st in fours and in column the salute being taken b y Captain Morris.
Mrs. Paul later distributed chevrons to the f o llowin g : Privates W. Painter, E. H. Wilkins, E. Beech, B . Bartlam, F. Earp, G. Wood, E. Deeming, J. Spo o ner, A. Maxfield and C. J. Linnell.
Captain Morris, addressing the Di v ision, said the y very much regrette d Dr. Whiteside, the Div isi o nal Surgeon, was not present, but he had sent a wo r thy substitute in his brother. It was a great pleasure t o him to attend to make a pres entation on behalf o f the chairman and the directors of Messrs Morris & Shaw, Ltd., to Reginald Riley who sav ed the life of Walter Morgan. Unfortunately, on a ver y fogg y ni g ht, Morgan was run over in Watling Street by a big lorr y, which cut off his foot, and had it not b een for Riley there was not the least doubt, from what the doct o r said, that Mor g an ·would hav e died Dr. Cowie said it was due to the treatment of the pat ient and hi s care until the arrival of the doctor that saved Morgan's life. Although Rile y had no pouch or proper equipment which ambulance men usually carried when on duty, he did that wonderful work. With a
couple of handkerchi e f, a tie and a screw-driv e r he made a tourniqu e t and prevented Morgan from bleedin g to death, and it w as with ver y g reat pleasure that hi s firm g av e him an illuminated addr ess.
Captain :tvI o rri s r ead the addr e s as foll o w : "To R g inald F. Ril ey It g ives u s grea t p le asure to record th e m e rit o r ious Fir s t A id rvice yo u rend ered to Wlalt r 1 10rgan durin g a d e n se fog on J anuary Lt, 19 37 , a t 10-4 5 p m , wh er e b y hi s li fe w as preserv ed b y pr ese n ce o f mi nd, in genuity, exc lle nt work and care shown t o hi m a t the t i me of this accident . Morris an d Shaw , L t d., Bir ch Coppice Colliery." (Applause. )
T he _ cou ld not let that occa ion pass witho ut thanking 'ul erintench::nt Parker, added aptain 1Iorris. E \ -er ybody in the district knew what had to thank him for; if it were not [or 11r. Par kl::r they would not have the \,\lilnccote \mbulan cL D ivi ion and the \" ndcrf1.l1 work thc\, did. \ s Co lliery Company th y knew thc 1m aiuabk iLL t11ey had rendered to per ons who had uffered from accidents in the pit. lIe congratulate d the D iYlsion 011 their smart appearance and th e soldierly manner in which carried nut the march past an-d also the band. Tl{e cacll'ts j()oked o r dinarily smart an 1 he hoped they would go on LO b ecome as u eful to the communitv as th D iyision. CHE TER
Historical Pageant, /1(6' 5-10.-Gn.:at praie IS du e to Che ter \mbulanc and Di\-isi()l1S of th e St. J ohn Ambulance Brigadc, whose \ ()luntary \\'or k in attending to the many accident and sudclcll i11nc d uring pageant rehear al and pageant wcck has bcc '1 so m agnificently and carried out. Both .Am bula n ce and ursing D i\-isions were pres ent when the first rehearsals took place. The first aid p ost t ook the form of a fully equippcd tent with thr ee b eds and electrical equipml::llt for boiling \vater, et c Eighty-five ca e were dealt with during th pageant an d tattoo performances ancl rehear al , i n clu ding a bad case of burning when one of th e p erfo rmers se t fire to his wig with a ligh ted cigarette, a g irl wi th f r actu re invo l ving the elbow jo int, cut brui ses an d faints, etc. T he member worked e\'cry aft ern oo n a nd ev eni ng , taki ng I 20 duti in rotation
The eve ni ng du ties were from 7 p.m to I 2 midni ght each ni gh t, and this serves t o sh ow the acrifices th at amb u lan ce me n a n d women a r e pre p are d to give th eir lei sure h ours to t h e cau se . T wen t y mcn under the sup ervisio n o f A mb u lance O ffice r \YJ . J . llas sa (S B. of the Ord er) , assi sted b y e rgea nt \ Y1 tockt on and Ser g ean t W. R. Jagg ard, a nd six tee n nu rses und el Lad y Div i sio n al Sup erint e nd e nt Mr. W \Vhit c, S.R. ., wer e o n d llty each clay . Dr. M ary PlaCL (Cou nty Officer) an d Dr. P ycroft w ere i n a t tendan ce each d ay.
There was a p lea sin g ceremon y at the of the Che s ter Dj vision of th e St. John Amb ulan ce las t month, wh en Mr. W. C. Fo x , Pre ss agent for th e Chest er Page ant, was pres e nt e d with a b ook by
If. W. J. Has sall o n behalf of th e officer s, N .C.O. s an d men and wo m en of th e Ch es t er A mbulanc e and l:r sin g .Di vis i o ns of the St. J o hn Am bula nce Bngad e, 1n o f th ei r es teem and apprecia ti on of va l ua blc servJCcs ren d ere d i n conn ec tio n with the raid p recaut ion lectures On coming t o Chester 111 Mar ch M r Fox became acquainted with the St. J ohn Amb ulance , a nd, as lecturer and examiner in air rai d for the t. JOM Ambulance Bngad e, o ffer ed h1 S seryices to t he hes ter Division
M r. Wil fr ed tockton, presiding, said 1\1t. Fox came i n to their m i d t through the P ageant, when they neede d to pull through the J\ .R.P. lecture _ TIe ha d gIven them valuable assistance and demonin p ractica l ways the action gases they 1111gl1t have to leal with. They appreciated his erVlCes, and felt they could not allow him to leaye (he ter without some form of fee gnition The book they were gi ving him, "T. .:; . Lawrence by his carried with it the goodwill of the \\:ho le ot \ mbulancc and ur ing Dil.'1sions
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The oilicial opening a secti >Dal hut at Blackp ool ,va pertormed by l\1r. J. leigh, Pre ldcnt ot the" \1110" "\ssociation, a local charitble organi. atJOn, July 19.
Acting \ssistant ommlSSlOner \\ - II. Ga_tall and poor to the door being unlocked the V1ca r ( [ Bbckpool, Re\ \\". Yate , :0.L \., offered pray'c r. The (hairman was by sc\ eral loc al gcntlemen, who bore testimony to the yaluable work performed, and before for refre hnc nts the upencr on behalf of hi ... \s ociation, uonation of EYe guineas.
j\ ! r. T. \ kCanc.lL mcntionc.d the need for erectinO' on the .ite. of the l.re ent headquarters a new lent bUllclI,?g, and 1n addition to giving £lye pound, pr.omlsed ity hundred pounds a oon a the coml1u ttec made a start on the nc\\' building.
BOLTO .
The ann ua l c tion of the Bolton Corps \\'a co nduc ted b y ASSIs tant Commi sioner Colonel C. H ' T. D. , LB., a i ted by ..( \ cting is[am CO rruruSSl ncr WI. 11. Gastall, D. 1 1. , B. e., District fReer F. Lomax, 1\ l. B. E. and attend d by the Mayor ,l od M ayoress of Bo l ton \1,r1nO' to' inclement wea th e r th e orig inal p rogramme could not be carried Cl ut, but fort u nate ly th j\ rti llerv D rill Hall wa place d a t t h d isposal of the orrs'throuO'h the kinclncs of the fficcr Commandino-. Followino. the \larch Past, tilC 1fayor, who had to leaye 'I ddrcs. ed para? ' and_ express d not only lll: thanks but th gratitude ot the ouneil and to\\ -nspeo ple generally th rcady and \\,'i Lling a sistanc' ,Iffor de d b y thc BrIgade. I\t the condu,ion of the Inspection , and prior to addressing the C 1'p and spe ctator , Co lonel Redmond pres ntcd a number of
Service M e d als, after which Corps Superintendent Lo we called for three cheers for the Inspecting Officer an d his sta ff
The annual inspection of the Lytham Division s was carried out by Acting Assistant Commissioner \Ii. H . Gastall, D C.M ., B .Se. , who was sllpported by the J\!Iayor of Lytham St. Annes, Councillor Riley, J.P., and Alderman Sherman, J.P., an ex-:0.,f ayor of the Borough The event was watched by many interested supporters, and at the conclusion the inspecting officer congratulated the officers and members on another
lsucce ful year" work. Certificate \,'ere presented d1e :0.fayor, a w 11 a Certificates to memb r of the Cadet Di\-i ion.
The Annual hurch Farad of the :\Ianche tef and orp. \\'a held on June 2 I93"1, at t. Ann - Church, :0.fanche tel'. Headed b,- the Oldham S=orps Pip_e Band, d1e J mbulance D i ,-i :ion. marched h0l11 xtord Road "ration b,' of "t. Peter':, quar \yht:1'c they were ioined b,- th Nursin")' Diyisions and the Band of the Roche 'Cadet
There w rc 522 on parad , including mam- from neighbouring 'orp and Divi , ion. and this oU
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church of St. Ann's was full to standing room. ::Many friends could not find seating accommodation.
The lesson was taken from the 13th chapter of the Book of Romans, and was read by Divisional Surgeon E. A. IYIarson.
Canon F. C. Williams, R.D., Sub-Chaplain of the Order of St. John, gave a most inspiring address, in which he declared natura l law was the will of God. It was not God's world which was wrong, but we who lived in it. The world's troubles were due to disordered minds. The neglect of men and women to obey God's laws had destroyed it, and it was the duty of members of the Order of St. John to restore that order of God's law.
The Commissioner, Mr: W. G. Smith, O.B. E., Ass i stant Commissioner W. Maxwell Reeki e, O B.E., J.P., and District Officer Major E. S. Burt Hamilton, M.C., F.R.C.S., were present, and Corps Superintendent W. E. Naylor was in command of the parade.
The Annual Inspection of the Manchester and Salford Corps was held on the Stadium, Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, on July 3·
Accompanied by the Deputy Lord ivIayor and Lady lvIayoress, Sir William and Lady Davy, J.P., the Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief W. C. Bentall, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., took the salute of 55 z Officers, N.C.O.s , ivlen and Ambulance Sisters, including Cadets.
After the Inspecting Officer had welcomed the Divisional Surgeons and Yisiting Officers, Messrs. Leslie and Harper were presented with their President's Badges and Messrs. Emery and Fairfoul their Vice-President's Badges. The parade marched past, accompanied b y the Roche Cadet Ambulance Division Band
A very thorough inspection in line was made by the Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief, who was accompanied by Sir Wm. Davy, J.P., who was deeply interested in the many and varied public duties each Division performed, particularly the units responsible for the Belle Vue Gardens, etc., and the M.A.C. Athletic Ground.
After the inspection in line, a detailed programme of First Aid and Nursing work was carried out by all Divisions. Sir W. Davy, J.P., who is an old St. John man, through the microphone explained to the spectators the advancement made in artificial respiration since he first took up the study many years ago.
Four Grade I A.R.P. Certificates and one Brigade Servic e Medal were presented, the former by the Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief and the latter by Colonel C. J. Trimble, C.B., C.M.G.
There were also present Commissioner W. G. Smith, O.B.E., and members of the District Staff, Major V. R. Kenny, M.B E., Postmaster of Manchester, and many other notable peop le interested in the work of the Brigade
POULTON-LE-FYLD E
When the Poulton-Ie-F ylde Divisions were inspected by Acting As istant Commissioner W. H. Gastall, D.C.11:., B.Sc., on the Grarnmar Schoo l Playing Field, a comprehensive programme was gone throL1 g h, including a mock air raid on a munitions facton represented b y a temporary hut, which, after explosion, belched forth clouds of smoke and finall y burst into Barn s. The fire was attacked and subdued by chemical extinguishers, and an impris oned workman gassed and injured wa re cued by a squ ad wearing respirators. He was then conveyed by motor ambulance to the first aid post, spectators had the 01 portunity of examining t he up-to-date vehicle, which wa kindly provided by Chief Officer Varley, of the Blackpool Fire Brigade, and the different tyt s of respirator used. A loud speaker unit also proyided and crccted by the Bri gade, was a most u ful adjunct, enabling a runni ng commentary to be given throughout the afterno on by Corps uperintendent T. Bd , Res" an d 1Ir. Varley,
CHURCH P:\.R \.DE
It has been the custom for some year for u ni t in this Distr ict to attend Di-v ine en ice a t l oe I churches either the Sunday before or after t. J ohn' D ay, if June 20..1- does not fall on a unday This year many large parades were witnessed, and 'pccial sermons preached, and on the whole [he weath er \Va favourable, though at Preston, on the unir ' formed up outside the Pari h hurch alter the sen'ic 1 the rain fell in torr nrs, This, howcyer, di d no deter them from marching to thL: \,Tar \ic mori :,i where a wreath was laid.
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CLEETIIORPE
During a gas attack there would not bL mu ch worry about the cut of a rescuer's co lume, but 1f there is anything more hideous than a ga attack it must be the costume worn by the bravc rescuc p atty.
This impression must have been left in the mi lds of many people who, 011 July I I, at the us 'ex Recreation Ground, saw a demonstration of air l,ud precautions, following an inspection of o. 5 Di strict of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Clouds of imitation gas, emitted from bu cketc; rolled across the ground, effectively scattere d section of the spectators facing the wind, 1fen idl to the ground, « wounded by shell firL:," and out t,o render first aid went the ambulance men in tb t.lr waterproof garb and gas helmets, which made them look like deep sea divers.
It was all very interesting and instructiv e, and served a very useful purpose in demonstrating som e idea of what might happen in case of a gas attack.
The Scunthorpe Corps and the Grimsby, Clcethorpes, Keadby, Gainsborough, New Holland and
Lou th Division s were all rCIJresented S h I h d " cunt orpe a sdo a b a women s nLlrSlllg division, and there were ca ets , oth mate and female As th J li ' ey StOOCL In a ne to g Ive thc general salute, the bJack and white unIfo rm s lo oked very smart in the sunshine.
The inspecting officer was Mr I I C E ' J (A ' ( ' ., , se SSlstant ,omffilSSlOner o. 5 District) of h ffi Id h > , e e ,w 0 was accomparued b y [rs. Else . District Officer Maclntosh, of was in charge of the arade a n,d ?thers 1D unIform were Irs, BjrkbeckP I ad: DIStrlct uperintendent) Dr I C I ' (\. C. -J ( " . . ' . JaVln .f sSlstant mmlss JOner for orth Lincs) Dr J C T C d ((' , '. , row en ,orps cunthorpe), Dr. Deacon and Dr \. II. Delflhton (Grim by), Dr. V. Best (Cleethor cs) ' an d Dr. kirk ( Tew Holland) with D' " 1 P , J1 tendent ) tt (Grimsb' v) uper- d J' IV1SlOna uperln ten ent J. Paddison ( leethorpes), who is recovering m a brok n arm, ,,:as prcsent as a civilian, , The :r.ray r of CI ethorpes (\lc.lerman ' ,Houghton) ,llld the 1.\1a)"o1'e5 saw the proceedinO's with \ld an d -r. r G h erman H r, (;orgc, (oLlnClllo[ and \lbert Cox, ft. H, Ra\' cnhdl, 011-. La\ ' in, 11rs, T. '\{' , Ellis (C o mmanc.lant, lcethorpe" ection of the V \ D ) en d other. 1
T he in pccLing othcer ha\ ltlg taken the salute \\ alked do\\ n the line there "'as a 1 b. h " ' " marc 1 past t c companrcs the Ie thorpes iIvcr Prize Banel r O\ ,.the musIc. , \ir raid precautions disp1a\ p. (,1 I and Di v i ions, ahead" r c!recl ,to, toJj()\\Cd, \nth \ ' arioll demonstrati o n' , nt h rst a1el treatment other Di\ i ion s . . " 011 pa1'ad were then formed Ll o n t ec ot a cJuare, and 1J r , Birkbcck n dalllOns I? ndant label to member' of the urSlt1g Diyision. The recipients were J.p e.tlntenclent Doughty, adct \\Til_ . "\mbL11ance isters Barker Philli Ob d Jm be, \"\ Thcat, Jackson andPBolli eg wur th. b n
Birkbeck afterward congratulated the . -ur ina on tl-:c _,how it had made, wished n s 111 the tutU[C, .0Iembers ot t. John 1 .1 l; satd, had" -(;n' cd in peace time, and they lav e to en e tn \Va t' l" d b b I rIme. n OU tedly it ,,,as their ( 'Idt) to thell15ch es in air raid precaution work to gain certi ficate or in trucror certificates, y gave a gr at deal of their pare tim ro the work an desen cd \Try encouragem nt. orru11i sioner Els was to haye handed 1£Cela.ls ,to. members but they were n t ayailD ; : " The lcclplcnts-to-be are:- ervice DIcdal : up II. (1 ew Holland), l\ 'I Sel b eant J. (Gum by) ro-eant B C
'v 1 sea a d P' . ,'b " S n rl ate C. lIodson (Gainsborouo-h)'
Serylhce Bar, Ribbon a.nd Cross : E' mt t (Gnmsby).
T hbe Assistant Commissioner also addressed the mem ers 1 'd' ins e ,an c Sat 1t a not always his pleasure to p ct a lot of men who had carried out their work 2)7
such an exemplary ,m.anner as they had done tha t ay, It been ,a prtvllege to him to see men come on parade wlth unJforms in perfect trim.
The gas demonstration was excellent and proved to the that something was being done so far as raId precautions were concerned. Someone had sald to him that day that he hoped it would never be wanted,
They all hoped it never would be wanted but it was as well to be prepared If people knew were prepared they would not be read" to attack
In Dr. Lavin had a ne; Assistan; CommisSIOner who was gOing to give every possible help he
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could. He could fe 1 proud ro be in command of uch men.' were second to none in the wh o le of No. 5 DIstnct.
Dr. La,in concluded the proceedino-s b \ thankin a concerned includin a the "bli Co attendin a . b pu 'c for No. 6 DI TRICT.
1 ORTH OF YORK ' HlRE.
,On July the ValEhall purchased b) tl:e representin g rh D.D.C., the E tOn DIY1SlOn, local employer and medical men wa, h::nd:d o\"er to the Di:-i,.ion and accepted on thei; behalt by County' COmnl1SSlOn r F. P. \\",il'on.
Th y hi 1 , which COSt m -er £600, wa clear of debt when the ceremony took place thank th , . _ " ,s to e rg hc help ot the COn1l1uttee and \iitl1 the ru? ot grant the H.::>. Committee. The Vlcar ot ,outh fBank dedicat d the runbulance and repre entatJ.ve' 0 other local Di,risions were pr' ent
On July 17, on the invitation of Colonel L. M.e., V.D., D.L., M.P., a County In pectlon was held at Thorpe Perro\v Hall, Bedale, \-\Then ten Divisions were represented by some 170 office.rs rank and file. After the inspection each. DIvI s:on demonstrated some aspect of First work, lDcludin g the "Thomas" splint, the rocki?g stretcher for artificial respiration, transport .ot stretcher over obstacles, treatment of patient w1th clothes on fire, etc., and after the march past before County Commissioner F. P . Wilson and Colonel Ropner, all present, together with a number of visitors, were very hospitably entertained t o tea. The hall and very beautiful grounds were then thrown. open .to all, and a very happy evening was spent lD boaun g on the lakes, cricket, bowling, clock -golf, cr?quet, etc. Colonel Ropner and his parents are showmg a. very real and practical interest in of the Bngade in the North Riding, and theu klDdness and - for the happiness of all concerned made the functIOn a "red-letter" day in the county.
SCARBOROUGH.
The annual inspection of the Scarborough Ambulance and Nursing Divisions took place on June 27, in the High School groun:Is: After an demonstration by both DIVISIOns of bandag1ng, stretcher drill, etc., the salute was taken at. the march past by County Commissioner F. P. Wilson, who was accompanied by County Officer J. Pearson. There followed a very realistic display of A.R .P work by the men. Two planes circled over the ground, loud explosions .were hard and volumes of smoke appeared. WearlDg respuators, the men attended to the victims and conveyed them through an air-lock to the decontamination centre. One of the pilots was supposed to have been brou ght down, and he was duly recovered from amongst the b:lshes and treated. Two of the Brigade men were with complete protective clothin g When the dIsplay was over, the many spectators grouped lnto parties to hear talks on the prov1sIOn rooms, the use of gas masks, etc. The D1vIsIOns .are to be congratulated on the :fine work they dorng in this often crowded resort. In the everung there was a Church Parade to St. Peter's headed by the Town Silver Band.
No. 9 DISTRICT.
ST. IVES. ffi I
Mr. W. R. Hollow, e.e., presided at the. o.. cia opening of the new premises of St. I ves DIv1sIO n, St. John Ambulance Brigade, in Dove Street.
He said he was very pleased to pres1de,. this was his first public function since ?is. and he had refused a large number lDV1tatIOns. He congratulated th e on theu new premises, which would hold theu and equipment, and he now had. pleasure In calling on Mr. E. H. Best, J.P., to open them.
Mr. E . H. Best said he would like to say, how sorry he was that their President, Mr. J. Daruel, J.P.,
was unable to be present at the opening ceremony , and he was sure they all regretted the absence of Mr Donald Jarvis, Headquarters Staff Officer.
He congratulated Superintendent Care and the men of the Brigade on such central and roo n:y premises where they could not only house the Ir motor but also had sufficient room for practice on the ground floor and a room for social work on the first floor, size 38ft. by 30 ft. All of them from the cradle to their last resting place We re liable to various kinds of illness and accidents. To-d 'lY they may be in full health strength and. to-morr o \\' something happened reqUlnng the of th e ambulance, and, after receiving the.Ir skIlled and tender care, they realised and the goo d work that was being done by day and rught through out the country.
He thought, on this important occasion, he wo uld like to do something to start a fund so that thL 'e fine premises may eventually become the pro pert} )f the Bri gade
He understood uperintendent Care and his m n in about six months had raised sufficient mone y to purchase the motor ambulanc , he felt sure j" a beginning were made that arc ':1 ld his Ambulance men, who were held 1n such estl'm by the inhabitants of our ancient borough, soon raise the required amount.
He then presented uperintendent are .\\ 'ith. (2C. amid cheers. Ile th n said: " I eleclare this bud dIng formally opened for the use of t. IYes Di,ris; n, t. John l\mbulance Brigade, and may God ?less_ prosper your ,roluntary work to thc slCk and InJur L Superintendent are said he :'lr. r his kindness and his thought; It was a surpn st.. 0 him and he would soon form a commitLcc to 0 into' ways and means to raise the sum,. and \',' he.n that was an accomplished fact the ambmon at his life would be fulfilled. He and his men were \ proud of their new premises which were cquil1 to any in the count)'.
Mr. W. Hollow also expressed his thanks. to 1r. Best and said it was a great surprise to him, ld he sure St. I ves folk wou ld rally around and b Ip the Brigade all they could.
PLYMOUTH. f
Organised b y Corps Sergeant-1IaJor A. Parki n, 0 the South-West Devon, East Cornwall and Ply mouth County Staff, a very successful revival of the County Ambulance Cadet competition for the Sloman Cup and the gold medal presented by the lat e Mr. Art hur Dale (Editor of First Aid) took at the Hall, Plymouth, on Jul y 23. The Judges were LH,;U\l Colonel J. P. Stephens Ward, County an f County Officer T. D. Perkins, with the co-operatIO n 0 Corps Officer e. M. Ball, Staff Officer for Ambu lance Cadets.
13 E County Commissioner H. V. Miller, O , presided at the subsequent function, and p.aid to the officers and members developm g C
actlv1t1es. Lady IIumphreys, Officer of the Order, graciously presented the trophies as follows:cc Sloman" Cup, Plymouth Central Cadets; "Dale" Gold Medal, Cobourg Street Public Central School Cadets' First Team. Prizes were also awarded to individual members of three teams, and Cadet Cecil Dugg ua, of the Public Central School No. 2 Team, won the special prize for the competitor with the highest percentage of marks. •
The St. John Ambulance Brigade personnel in the Plymouth Port and Gartison Area were well rtpresented at the night coast defence exercises last II-onth, when air raid precautions were tried at cl.rtain important southern ports.
During the night of the" black out" in Plymouth a fleet of scycn ambulances stood by at four stations, their crews wearing respirators, and in some cases steel helmets and p rotecti ve clothing. urses were on duty, as well as men anel seycral private car owners co" opcrated.
The model gas-proofed room at the otte Street, Plymouth, t. John Ambulance tation created a lot of interest.
Betwcen 1 anel 2 a.m., after the C raiders" had b en O\Tr tllC por't, the Admiralty telephone exchange \Va" supposcu to be elemolished, and the St. John 1\. nbulancc..: partics were tran ported to the scene a fa l as was safe in the darkened -t reets. upposed ca ua lt il had to be located by clues gi\ren by chalk m, rk" found \\'11.h the help of hand lamps. fhe Di\ ision at rock and alta h (towns also in the Plymouth Garrison area) ,'ery effectively orga.nised their ambulance work and some quite re:llistic night practic was carried out, including S) stc matic message transmission with the Central \\7atch Room of the St. John mbulance Service, adjoi ning the Plymouth City P olice and Fire Headqllarters
Encouraging messages regarding the air raid service h,n e been received by the County Commissioner from the bief mnUssioner of the Brigade and the 'o mma nder-in-Chief f the Port of Plymouth.
IRELA D DI TRICT.
The t.] ohn mbulance Brigade i n Belfast were in dted by the ranel Orange rder in 1 ter to undertake First Aid duty at the annual demonstration at F naO' hy on July r 2.. \t thi rally which commemO rates the victory of Kin g \,\ illiam at the battle ot the Boyne, 0 er ..j.0,000 people take part. The division on duty at the field were the Belfast Central lusing Division anel the Li\1. Railway Dn is ion. Mr. J. 1\ k lunay, Divi lonal uperintl nd cnt, L. 1. .) wa in charge, a sist d by ply th, Ambulance Officer, and 1\lis J. IlYine, Lady Di isional uperint nd nt entra! ucin a The British Red Cro ocietv had also a ti mall unit assisting.
At the rallying point, Finaghy, over seventy cases received attention, consisting of faintin g, epilepsy, and abrasions on hands and legs. Two cases were went to hospital.
A g reat deal of time was spent in looking after children who had got lost, and keeping them occupie d until their parents were found.
4 (CHESHIRE COUNTY) DISTRICT.
CHESHIRE Cm';::\,TY
The Review of the St. John Ambulance and Nursing Divisions for the County of Cheshire was held at Hazel Grove on July 17 last and \,-as favoured with g loriou s weather. There were about 300 men and 200 nurses on parade, including a :::\ursing Division \vbich had come all the \va\' from Wallasev on the extreme \\-est of the T he unitS inspected by the County Commis;ioner, Lt.-Col. \\'7. Chaloner, O.B.E., T.D., J.P., who \vas accompanied b y ..<\ssistant Commissioner Capt. P. Reay, County Officers J. .'l K. Ferns and T. _\.. Prickett and County urgeon Dr. R. :\,"ightingale and County Officer Dr. Place. There were also presen't Diyisi onal Surgeon Dr. Picton (Holmes Chapel), Councillor R. Dean, J.P. (Chairman of Hazel Grove and Bramhall 'C.D.e. ) , Councillor C. Allen (Vice -Chairman), Councillors J. Gosling and]. Prescott, It. F. E. Capper (Clerk to the Council) and Others The Commissioner was receiyed ,,-ith the general salute and after the inspection and march past of the units complimented the member on their man appearance and the excellent ",'ork they \yere doing. He referred to the need for _-\ir Raid Precautions and said there \yas one thing the Brigade could do and that was to urge the public not to get panicky and lose their heads. He hoped that \,rar would not come and belie\'ed that the communit'\," as a whole had sufficient commonsense to know that war ","as not the to ettle their differences. _-\. number of Long - en-ice and Bars were distributed and the Commissioner specially referred to the record of Diyi ional uperintend m ]. H. \Tiddop whom he congratulated on gaining hi fifth Bar and attaining -to e n-ice in the Brigade.
Councillor Dean said he ,,-as yery happy to take part in the Re,-ie \\ and congratulated the Brigade in dle w ork th \" wer doing which wa carried out in a quiet and- uno tentatiou manner. The Commi "ioner, on behalf of the ounty thanked the ouncil for gmnting the use of the field and al 0 for th int r -t d1e, had cak n in the Re,-iew. "\. 'sistam aptain P. Rear ,e cond d the loo t of [hank , \\-hich cani d with acclamation. At the conclusion of the Reyi w th members marched to \\ Yesl " unda," an cxcell nt t a wa lTed. tea tile band played for dancing on th field and a very pl a am eY'ning \\'a spent.
Mr WI Wilton, District Officer, Bclfa t, supervi ed th e First Aiel i\Iobile Patrol, which was on duty along the rou t e of the procession. He was a si ted 2'9 by members from Central, North, South and Fortwilliam Di visions.
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REPORT O. I2.8.-The Officer-in-Charge of the Ceylon Police Corps, Brigade Overseas, the efficient performance of first aid in the follO\v11l.g circumstances :-
A bo y named , aged 8 years, a kite on the morning of April 5, when hlS klte o' t cauaht in the branche at the top of a coconut tr ee on fhe premi es of 11r. A. D Duncum, of Chadene. nt Ro ad, Wellawatte.
:Mr. Duncum gave the necessary pern: ission to the boy to recO\Ter his kite; and the boy climbed th tree which was about 45 feet high, mak111g and USl11g a ring for his feet, as is usually done in these parts
When the boy got to the top of the tree, he 10 his rope ring. Consequently he was unable to come down, and cried for help. 1Ir. Duncum prompdy sent his aardener Raman up the tree to upport the boy and felephoned to the Police Stat.ion at I 1.5 6 a.m.
The constable on duty (P.e. Harrun ) recen-ed the messaae and sent P.e. Rafaideen to the spot at once on a bicycle He then reported the matter to the Inspector E\Tarts, who at once. telephoned to :i\Ir. Duncum's bungalow, got detaIls as to. the position was and then telephone.d to the Fue Bn ga dc, explaining the situation, and asking them If. they help with a ladder. at the said that he would enqUlre If this \,-as possIb ...e, and telephone again.
In the meantime Inspector Evart ubInspector Wirasinha and Sub-Insp ector Henricu s to the spot with three constables, who were summoned from the Barracks. They went to the spot in a car. Inspector Evarts again rang up the Fire. Bri gade and was told that permission had been received to send engine No. with a 55-foot ladder.
Inspector Evarts then went to the spot, with him two other constables and the statlOn first aId hamper. When they arrived at the scene, Raman, who was supporting the boy, called out that .he thought the boy was feeling faint as he was call1ng for water. Sub-Inspector Wirasinha sendin g some water up the tree with sal volatIle 111 J t . A small bottle was therefor e procured from Mr. Duncum's house. Inspect or Evarts put about 30 drops of sal volatile in some water in the bottle and handed it to P.e. Rafaideen, who climbed the tree with the bottle in his trouser pocket, and handed it to the bo y , who drank it. P.e. Rafaideen remained up the tree and assisted Raman to support the b oy.
The difficulty of getting a b oy down a tree on which there are no branches from wh1ch any foot or hand hold or support can be o btained will be appreciated. All that coul.d be done was to hold the boy until a ladder was obtamed.
On the arrival of the Fire Brigade, a ladder was put up against the tree and a fir cman a.nd Chief OfYi ccr \V e r a-inghe climbed to the top of It. R aman and P. e. Rafaid e n passed the boy (v"ho had been up th e tree for a I eriod of 55 minutes) on to the should. rs of tIle fir man, who came dO\vn the ladder carrYlO g the boy.
Cmu.IENT. - This rep 01'1 illlfJtmle f JJ' ell /be prop r me tbe qllaliji((1tiolls CJSelllial /,o,fiI'Jt rlidcJ'.f aJ /aid d0 1lJ! Oil pp. 16-18 oj the Textbook. 7'b1lJ, 77 'e lI oled 1;)(' prolli "! actioll taken Oil a telepMIIe IllfSStlf!,e, tbe f!.ood _fellJC Jbo. IT by the /JoflJeho/der ill .f{'//dill<..f!, his f!.,r1rdf'llcr liP I/;e tree 0 j,pport Ihe tlnd ,?}I the illJ1!eclor ill forlh1l'ith the aJJiJ/clIlc(' oj the fir e a/J{I J'"td()' tbe ·))Ii.rdolll tbe policc cOIIJIcIb/C who carried .cl /JIi_\.'/1Ir1' of .ral l/ olalile alld li'atcr liP Ihe Ir{'{' 10 Ibf /rllll/mi!, /Jq)' alJd relllaiJled /0 (lssiJt ill hilJl. To <111 there/ore, 1I'e tmder cordial 011 J! Of)(/ I/' orl;, e. F.
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Pmso'.; r); ,BY \ R BO" \ [0 n:-. r I I
1.. (Day "'ould like tel kn<l\\' if it' is :h rirTht thino' in a C:1._ c of l)oisnning b\ :arbon..\ [()I1()XI b \:"t t giye an emelle. I shall abu great Iy (lhhgCl you will tell me \\ hat arc the leading symptoms J J is the correct treatment.
.L Js /be poiJolI i.1 illbalfd, f ;(n i.1 JlO olj{'c/ ill admil!is/en all eII/dic, ('lim tholf!!..h patim/ if rOIlHiollS (lIld able _fJJ'alloll'.
n ;e rJlld D'IIIP/OIIlJ" /oIIOlJ'ili'!, :,:po.l/m ci ( I) alld IJMdtiC/;l' (2.) plfl.re (/t firJ/ /;0 11 I. rapid (/ml .fll/tlil lalcr (3) l'Olllili,Zr!. (llld )I' oj 101 lililbs ai/d (+) COIl/a. Fl.u ItI.f/-J/(IIJlc'ri Itl rl )0)' -'"0 bOHn or el'ei! dtl)'.f /'tll/oval/rolil th{' iilj"ftJ/(/' of tI} C 'l r.
Tbe liJlOJ of treal)//en/ are 10 (I) keep palitllt p.!. (2.) p''Ol'ide )i'eJb air l'a{y, (3) per.ieNl'e wi!h art,fci I respiratioll jor bOlfr.r I} (4) tld/)/I/JI.r/er o.,:, }: (/1 0' illbalatioil or I}{'tler _ftill JI ilb 5 PCl' cell/. Car ll!)11 dio.yide, (5) take pro/)/p/ steps to keep pa/mlt }}'arm '?J' blallkets) bot Jl'Clter bot tie alld Jricl iOJ/ 10 lilllb_r, (lilt! (0) Jtllllt/late palient I?JI bol coffee IlIOIIlb. F.
Ql'\LIFI :\TIO FOR Fm '1' \10 O ·. RTTT"lC \TE.
B. R. (Broughton Park) .-l hay for many ye , ,·s been much interested in first aid and I ha\Te becr :1. subscriber to THE AZE TTE D r the la t four yea t : but I am in a post as a child's nmse and do not Let sufficient time off duty to be ab le to attend lectu ns. Please tell me if there is any other way by whi ch 1 could qualify with the object of taking the first lei certificate. This would pro e most useful, bcr.au5C there is always a risk of accident and sueld n illn ess in a nursery.
The rules and regfllalions oj tl}e Associcltioll reqllire Ih,,/ for its first aid certificate instl'uctioll must be givm ({ medical practitioner. Tbis may be done either ill a. d {1JJ or by private tuition . In either case the said practl t/O Tle r
must certify thai he (or she) has pi'ovlded the necessaJY illJ/meti01l.
0, 7vhiie 7J1e J)III/pclthise l1Ji/h you, 77Je regret that there is /10 olber 7JJCty Ollt OjYO!H diffiCIIIIy.. C. F.
1 ·Tn. Cl'IO OJ' DI VISIO•.
M. R. C. ( outhlands).-As a Divisional Surgeon 1 would ask your advice with reference to the instruction of member s of my nit. Do es Clause 228 of Brigade Regulations mean that I must stick closely to the teaching of the J\s sociation manuals?
The Chief COlI/lIIissioller IN/J officiallY mled that Clause 2.28 is to be read a_f _figJli)joiIZg tbat all illslmetion 1IJust be /;r/Jl'd eXc!IIJ/N{y Oli the _ l.rsocialiofl IlIalllfals. This ruling, hOJJ'eIler, doeJ 1I0f preclllde aI?Y Slll/!/Ofl jrom referring in bis (o r bel') ilutmclioll to //Ie/bodJ oj Irealll/eiJI other than those IIrlmed ill Ihe li/aIlNrl!J-, prol'ir/cd that he (or she) makes it dCtl r /hal slIch lilt thods an offtside tbe J)'llablls oj Inslnlctiofl dJ prf'JcJ//f(1 in /b{' ls.rociatioJl te F.
TRL \'1'. n- T 01 PR r CD KLE.
G. B. ( o]'wcsL c\'cn) .- \t a recent Divisional PracticL ambulance sistcrs were gi\"en test cases; nd WL \\"<:1'1.: asked to criticise each other's treatmem lhc rcor. Uur first case read as follows :" You an.: walking in a wood and are ten yards from a \\ llLn you comc across a girl with a badly pra incd [ClOt. Rend er tirst aid '" Une amhulancLister aplliccl the oyer shoe a nd the n it \\ Ith culd water; but she held the
foot with toes pointed to earth. I remarked that she sholl ld have eased the foot into as natural a po sit ion as possible before applying the bandage; but I was told that this did not matter so long as the bandage was Oil. This seems wrong to me because a fracture can be mistaken for a sprain.
The comjort of tbe patient controls the situalioJ1)' and Ihe foot Jhou/d have been bandaged in a position most comJortable Jor patient. Incidentally, Ihe te.rt readJ-, " badlY sprained joot)) 7vhich definite1j1 excludes all po bili!] ojfracture -_ e. F.
TREAT_rENT OF FRQ:\r P AD L
G. B. ( "orwestseven) .-At a recent Di\Tislon aI Practice an ambulance sister had to treat a patient for arterial bleedin g from palm of hand She applied pressure on radial and ulnar arteries, and put pad in the palm, closin g the fingers on pad, but she laid the base of the trian gular bandage on [he front of the wri s t with it s point up the back of the hand. When I remark ed that this \-vas wrong I ,,-as tOld that it did not matter and that either ....a\· would do.
On tbiJ poillt I agree Jl'itb ),ON" alld I cOJ/dell/l! Jhe lIIethod which ),Of{ describe becatfJe , 11 hen the patieilt pulls 011 the point oj the ba/Jdage , preJ'SlIre iJ- e erted ill the oppo_I-ite directioil 10 the natllral path of the c/oJing jilil,erJ COllseqHent1j' preJ'Slire i_f much less effective than it jj in the T extbook e. F
ISurgeons) Conference & Week End
WE are advised by the Surgeon-in-Chief that the Annual Conference of District and County Surgeons will take place in the Chapter Hall at St. John's Gate on Saturday, October 16, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
It is proposed to follow up the Conference with a Surgeons' WeekEnd Course open to Surgeons of all ranks in the Brigade. This would consist of a series of addresses and discussions on various subjects connected with the medical work of the Brigade; and, starting after tea on Saturday, October 16 (on which evening there might be a Surgeons' Dinner), it would end about 5 p.m. next day.
As the Week-End Course can only be instituted if a sufficient number of those interested give early notice of their intention to attend it, the Surgeon-in-Chief asks Corps and Divisional Surgeons throughout the Brigade to communicate without delay with their District or COlUlty Surgeons who will be kept posted with the progress of arrangements. The cost (including hotel accommodation if desired) would be comparatively small and will be announced later.
A joint inspection or the Ambulance in the SL,{ counties of North Wales was held In Chirk Castle Park on Sunday by permission of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden. The Inspectin g Officer was the Hon. J. H. Bruce, J.p., D.L., Commissioner for Wales in the absence of Colonel James L. Sleeman, eB'.c., M.C., C.B.E., M.V.O., Chief Commissioner of the Brigade whom he was to have accompanied on the Inspectlon. It was foll?wed by a drum-head service with an address by Dr. WIlson, Bishop of lvIiddleton. The band of the 4th Batt. K.S.L.I., conducted by Bandmaster G. Hart, played during the inspection and for the service; and after tea the Castle was open to visitors during the .earl y evening, a charge being .made ?enefit Bngade funds. It is tluee years SInce a slffillar parade was held in the Park, and the first occasion on which all the counties were represented.
Many hundreds of spectators from all parts of North Wales watched the inspection. The Ambulance men present numbered 694, and there 200 guests in the special enclosure. The rr:ade an impressive sight as they paraded for lnspectlon and marched past the Commissioner, who the The whole event was carried through WIth military precision, and reflected .great. credit upon the Commissioner for the Denbighshire Centre, Dr. C. Salt, who was responsible for the arrangements.
The principal officers who accompanied the Hon. John H. Bruce included Dr. W. C. Bentall, O.B.E., Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief, and A.-R. P. Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner; Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E., Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales; his predecessor in office, Colonel J. E. H. Davies, D.S.O., M.R.C.S., and the following Commissioners: Dr. C. E. Salt; Dr. R. D. Thomas, Montgomeryshire; Sir Charles Phibbs Merionethshire; Sir Michael R. V. DuffAsshet;n-Smith, Bart., Caernarvonshire; Lieut.Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, Bart., K.B.E., Anglesey; and Colonel H. C. L. Howard, C.M.G., D.S.O., D.L., J.P., Flintshire. The staff officers were Assistant Commissioners G. T. Guest, Denbighshire ; Captain H. C. Lloyd, Richard Jones, Merionethshire; Edward WIlliams, Caernarvonshire ; R. H. Prothero, Anglesey; and R. Yarnell Davies, Flintshire; with County Officers Dr. G. Pari Huws and David Jones, Denbighshire.
Dr. F. H. Edwards, Surgeo n for Shropshire, County Officer Forrester-Addie, Shropshire, and Dr. R. E. L. Downer, late Commissioner for Sh [opshire and Herefordshire, were also present.
Following the Inspection and l\Iarch Past, the ommissioner for \Vales addressed the parade. He expressed his disappointment th at , after completing two strenuous Empi re tours on behalf of the rder, the Chief Commissioner for Overseas \va unabl e to attend owing to illness. HO\),'ever, he \\ as sure that Colonel Sleeman would have wished 11j m t o congratulate the parade upon the numbers that had turne d out, and upon the equipment, uniform, the genua bearing and smartne of the march pa t. They \\'er e all exceedingly grateful to Lord and Lad), Ho ard de Walden for their courtesy in offering them such a heart y welcome to Cbirk and for entertaining them to tea; and Lady Howard de \ alden, Lady Presiden t of the Denbi ghshire Centre, was rendering very exceptional service to the cause of the Brigade and amb ulance work in Iorth Wales. He pointed out that the results of the inspection three years previously in th at same part were bearing fruit. The j \ ssociation "\""or k had so increased that the 1,750 successful students lfl 1935 compared with a total of 1,9°0 at the end 0 193 6 ; and the Brigade had grown from 495 at the end of 1935 to 73 at the end of 1936, while there we 'e 694 actually on parade that day. The Centres to be congratulated upon new Units were Denbi ghshirt: in respect of Colwyn Bay, Llanrwst and t. lartin 's ; Caernarvonshire in respect of CaernarvoIl, Vaynol an d Cesarea; and Flintshire in respect of Llanasa, 111l1mer's Works and Shotton Divi sio n s. lIe wished to thank every Commissioner and Assistant omrrus sioner in North Wales for the outstanding result s 0 their enthusiasm and hard work during the past year combined with the loyalty and keenness of th e officers and all ranks.
The Rev. Canon J. W. Lloyd, Vicar of Chirk, co n ducted the short service which follow ed. Sub st.. quently the Bri ga de and guests were ent ertain ed to tea in a large marquee at the invitation of Lord an d Lady Howard de Walden, following which all rank s were addressed on "Air Raid Precaution s," b) Dr. W. C. Bentall, who in an admirable speech emphasised the responsibility of the Bri gade in the important work of Air Raid Precautions.
AMBULANCE WORK AT THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW.
The three competitions usually included in th e pro-
gramme of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society's annual Show attracted keen interest at Monmouth, this year's venue; and the following teams were successful :-
Class I: Silver Challenge Shield for teams of men in Wales and Monmouthshire holding recognised Erst aid certificates, for which there were six entries, won by the Momnouthshire Police team, with Pontypool Road, G. W.R., team second.
Class 2: Silver Challenge Cup for teams of women, awarded to the Denbigh 10 V.A.D., with Monmouth 10 V.A.D. second.
Class 3: C( Arnallt Jones » Shield for Bo y Cadets of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, won by Fishguard and Goodwick Cadet Team, with Waunllwyd team second.
The trophies were pres ented to the winning teams in the main ring by the Mayor and Mayoress of Monmouth, Councillor the Rev. W. Owen andl\frs. } ones.
The Mayor took an opportunity of referring to the services r endered by the voluntary personnel on duty during the \.vhole period of the three days' Show, which had been ably arranged by the Commissioner for lonmouthshire, Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E.
Two fully-equipped tents were erected in the gro unds; 'ln d the duties were undertaken by tVle lve Units of the Brj gade and the local detachment of the British Red Cross ocjety . Treatment of a total of 43 cases, fo rtunatdy none serious, was recorded.
RO AD TRA SPORT CE CO fPETITIO •
The third annual competition for employees of pas senger sen ice undertakings was held at 1ewport, Mon., under the chairmanship of i\1r. 0;. J. Young, I.B.E., eneral Manager, County Borough of l 'ewpo rt lectricity and Tramways Department, on July 21. The marks gained by the four teams were as un der :-
Order of I1ferit. il/dillidNal. Practical. Total. \\"l es tern Welsh, Aberdare 314 Cardiff Transport Dept. 273 Electricity and Transp rt Dept. 2..j.6 117 36 3 Caerphilly U.D.C. 173t 8 I t 2.55
The result was satisfactory inasmuch as the trophy wa s secured by an Aberdare team for the first time after having been held by Newport for two years in cucce ssion, while the entry of the Caerphilly team marked its debut into competition work.
At the presentation ceremony, for which a large ga thering assembled in the Town Hall, ewport, the Ho n. John H. Bruce (Principal Secr tary a nd ommissioner for "\ ales) thanked the Chairman for his unfailing support and mentioned that but for the gener ous interest of the Corporations of Cardiff and Newport the event would have fallen through. It was proving extremely difficult to interest the employee s of Road Transport Undertakings in \.mbuance Work, particularly as very few of the buses were equipped with first aid outfits, with the result tha t the men were in a dilemma when accident
occurred. He made a strong appeal for provision of ambulance requisites and the training of drivers and conductors in first aid.
The Mayor of Newport, Alderman I. C. Vincent, presented the" Lallie Cornelius-Griffiths" bowl, congratulating Aberdare team on their success and paying high tribute to those responsible for the development of the Ambulance Movement.
CENTRE REPORTS
BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.
Centre Meeting.-The Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Cole-Hamilton, eM. G., D.S.O., presided at a meeting of the Centre Committee at the Sl:Lire Hall, Brecon, on Jul y I, when arrangements were made for the Centre Inspection to be held on September 18, at Christ College Grounds. In a report on Centre progress, it was pointed out that there were 33 Grade and 9 Grade 2 A.R.P. lnst.rUctors, while 141 members had obtained the A.R.P certi ficate. The strength of the Bri gade in the County had grown to 839, comprising 19 Ambulance, 8 ursing, 8 Boy Cadet and 7 Girl Cadet Units.
Abercrave Divi.sion.- There was a large entry at the annual sports organised by the Division, at Abercrave Sports Field (kindly lent by Captain Cecil F. Gilbertson, J.P.), on July 3.
The judges of the many and events were Captain Howell A. 110rgan, J.P. (who also acted as starter), Alderman 11. W. J.P., \\". 1forgan, Alderman Hor H. Lewis, Captain C. F. Gilbertson, J.P., ReV". W. Edward Jones, B. A., Captain G. W. Doe and and .Mrs. Lewys D a,;es. 11rs. Cecil F. Gilbertson, Honorary of the Division, presided, and thanked the organisers and 'Y:orkers for their efforts.
CITY OF CA.RDIFF CENTRE.
Realistic A.R .P DemonstratiotJ.-ln connection with the annual inspection of the Ambulan ce and Nursing Units within the City of Cardiff Centre, held at Cardiff Arms Par k, on Sunday, July 4, a realistic display in Air Raid Precauti ons and treatment was witnessed by a crowd of over two thousand members of the public. Aeroplanes from the Cardiff Aeroplane Club co-operated; and their circling the ground was heralded by loud siren signals, and a display of well-simulated panic. 11embers of the " public" were seen to fall writhin g from the effects of a variety of noxious gases, and Brigade Units with gas masks and a panoply of protectiY"e clothes and apparatus dashed to their a istance The 'sufferers" were rushed on stretcher to the emergency base (the Arm Park Pavilion) to the accompaniment of ympathetic applause from the pectator Th e of the qu ad' was prompt and effectiye and hmved clearl" the valuable \\'hi ch the Brigade is competent to render in times of
The parad , which comprised the t\'"O Corps within the City of Cardiff Centre, ,'iz.: Cardiff and Di tricr
and Barr y and District Corps, was inspected by the Hon. John H. Bruce, J.P., D.L. (Commissioner for Wales), who was accompanied by Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge (Assistant Commissioner for Dr. D. Roc yn Jones, C.B.E., J.P., M.D. (Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales), Nlajor A. W. Anderson, lvi.B., Ch.B. (Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales), and Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E. (Assistant Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales).
The units had previously marched from Nluseum Avenue to the Arms Park, under the command of Dr. Edgar Llewellyn (Centre Commissioner) and Captain F. P. Robathan, M.e., Assistant Commissioner, accompanied by the Melingriffith and the St. Saviour's prize bands.
The Hon. John Bruce distributed service awards to a number of members, and supporting him at the saluting base during the march past were the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Sir Herbert Hiles, M.B.E., J.P.), Mr. O. Temple :Morris, K.C., M.P., Alderman G. Fred Evans, the Chief Constable of Glamorgan (.Mr. Joseph Jones) and others.
Appreciation of Ambulance Services. - The following letter addressed by the Chief Constable of Cardiff to the Principal Secretary of the Priory for Wales is a welcome expression of public appreciation of the value of the services rendered by the St. John Ambulance Brigade on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Cardiff. Over fou r hundred Ambulance men and nurses drawn from the Cardiff Centre and Caerphilly an d Brid ge nd Count y Areas reported for duty at 9.30 a.m. to the Commissioner, Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, an d A ssistant Commissioner Captain F. P. Robathan, M .e. Firs t Aid P osts w ere staffed and streets patrolled continuously until after the departur e of Their Majesties; and no less than five hundred cases received treatment for sickness and slight accidents. Serious injuries were few, fortunately, thanks to the timel y assistance of ambulance personnel, whose services and conduct have been the subject of favourable comment.
CARDIFF POLICE HEADQUARTERS, LAW COURTS, CARDIFF.
J ul y 16, 1937· VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KI NG AN D QUEEN TO CARDIFF, WEDNESDAY, J ULY 14, 1937·
SIR,-It gives me the greatest possible pleasure to inform y ou that the very large detachments of officers and men and nurses which y ou placed at the disposal of the Authorities on this occasion performed their noble work in a most admirable manner.
The Authorities, public and everyone concerned, were most fortunate in having glorious weather for the visit of Their Majesties, and that was one of the factors which caused the exceedingly lar ge concourse of spectators along the Royal Routes within the city.
The services of the members of your Order were frequently called upon-happily not to attend to serious cases-and I am sure the public were most appreciative of their presence and their work.
The Police always welcome the presence of your detachments at any concourse of the public, and I can ensure you that they were doubly welcome on the 14th instant.
I shall report this fact to the Watch Commi ttee when they next meet when they will doubtless di rect the Town Clerk to convey to you in appropriat e terms their appreciation of your services to them and the public.
Finally, I desire to add m y personal appreciati on and thanks.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, (S igmd) J. A. WILSO , Chief Com/able.
The following letter has been r eceive d b y Dr. Edga r Llewellyn, Commissioner for the Cardiff Centre, from the Honorary Secretar y, Car diff Ju venile WelfarL Council, re ga rdin g the Am bulance D emo nstration in which two hundr ed and Eft y Cadet l embers of tht:
St. John Ambulance Br igade participated :-
JUVENILE EMPLOYME , T BUREAU, E TGA TE TREET ,\RDIPF.
DEAR SIR, - I am directed b y the Lord lay or Alderman Sir Herbert Hiles, 1I.B.E., J.P ., Chairm a of the Juvenile Welfare Council, t o expre s the appn. ciation and thanks of the Council for the co-operati o which yo ur o rganis ation ga,re in the D monstrati on and Display at the Cardiff l \rms Park on \\7c clnesda y last.
Everybody was deli gh t ed the Di play which yo u r organisa tion made, and also 'with the item whi ch yo u pr esented which was so efficient I shall be gla d if you will convey t o all those \v ho gave active co-operation how much the Couo al appreciates the help which \vas thus gi,ren, and \yhien contributed so much to the general success of the function.
Yo ur s faithfully, (S;gl1ed) BEN WILLIAM, 110", Secretaty RHO NDDA CE TRE.
Mid-Rhondda Corps !JJspection.-Headed by the Llwynypia Pri ze Drum and Flute Band, over 1. 50 members of U nit s in the lid-Rhondda Corps marc hed through the streets of Tonypandy to the De Wio tr''1 Field on Saturday, July 17, when they were in spect I by Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge, the Assistan t Commis sior r for Wales, who was accompanied b y the Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales (Major A. W. Anderson, M.B., Ch.B.), the County Commi ss ioner, Cap tain T. E. Richards, J.P., and Lady County Sup erinten dent Mrs. Hamilton Ingledew.
Warrants of Appointment were presented to Mr. H. McVicar, J.P., as President of the Mid-Rh ond cla Corps; Cadet Superintendent E. T. Rob erts, Ca det Officer J. H. Lowe; and a service medal ribb on to Corporal J. Jayne, Llwynypia. The Inspecting Offi cers
th<.: officers and memb er s of divisions lO all of their work, and urged all the boy an d I? lrl cadets to raJl y round th ei r Offi ce r s dal Wattsf01'lm -A cry of C( Men drownlllg sta rt e a lar ge au di ence at the ann.ua l inspection of the Rh on dda Fach and Low er Rh on clcl a Corps of th e St. John l \mbul a nce Bri gade at Wattstown onSaturda men and nur ses rushed to th e tbe fic ld, [r)llowed by the crowd where they dIS C vcr.c d th at three apparently unconscious men we re bel of? ou t of the wate r by thr ee o ther s wh.o J In full y clothed. u rses applie d 'utlfi Clal r espuatlOn , and specta t ors were relieved to hear that It was a ll part a displa y. nothcr demonstratIOn o f Air-ra1 d Precautions gas attack t reatmen t under th e supervision of Air Rru d Bade n A dams was also a feature of the proceedlllgs which attracted considerable interest. bout 350 n:e n, nurses and cadets were on parade, <llld the Inspcctlllg mce r was ivl ajor A. W. Anderson \L B., h.B (As istant Surgeon-in-Chief for \Vales): 11:0. complImented them on their smartness and effiCIency .
The aptai n T. E Richards, JP., 1. h , [resented vanou warrants of appoint to ;\lrs. f Ia.mIlton Ine;.lcclcw (as Lady uperintendent); ,lIs . .i\laud T1nkham, Pontyg\vruth, and .i\Iiss C. Jones h'! (a; Lady Corps Superint ndents)' Mr. Leyi Phillip, \'\ attstown (as Presidem of the LO\1:er Rho ndda arps).
).;cws 1"-;' BR IEF
The ouncil of the Pri ory ha decided EO is ue an \p pealy) mcmbers of the rder in Wales and Brio-ade (r [s tor contribution to a memorial tablet be EO the of the late Hugh .01. IngleI laoorar), to th from its incep1937, 1n the Pan.sh Church of St. J ohn B.lptlS l, :UJl11,_ where a memonal tablet commcmorot the late ir IIerbert Lewi , K.B.E , as hr t PrIoCIpal tcretar} and Commis ioner for ales.
. St. John' s Day in Calcutta [he has receiyed the following c .b le. WIth rdercnc to the observance of t. J ohn's Day In Calcutta :.. Calcutta . eneral, Chancery of the Order cc ]h'G ' t. 0 nate, Clerkemyell, " " London, E C. Comm moratlOn service held at St. John's Church, alcutta, June 2.4, conduct d by Rev. C. Devolle (preacher, Rey. P. I I.igham), attended Bngadc l \ mbulancc, NursinO" and Cadet D1vlslOns and .A sociation m mbers .-COTTLE.'
Jel'sey A.R.P." ProO'ress
D,Th,e Jer ey Di v isioQ (No.8, Duk e of Connauo-ht's A lstn ct! h.as the personn 1 p assed t .R.P FIve Grade I lllstruct ors, 10 Grade II instrucors, an d 18 A.R.P. certificat ed members.
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A OF AIR R AID PR ECAUTIO. 'S B y Major orman Hammer, M.R C.S. London' J <?hn Bale, Sons & Curnow, Ltd., 83 -9 I, Tltchfi eld Street, W. Price IS. By post IS. 3d
Thi s bo.ok presents 126 questions and a?-s.wers on .au .rald precautions, the protection of C1Vll populatlOn 1ll chemical warfare and the first aid and subseguent treatment of gas casualties.
!t was Erst. in September, 1935, and, already III 1tS third edition, it has clearly established Jtself as a corr:mendable aid to instructors and of the Bngade studying for their A,R.P. certtEcates .
Hammer , who is a Count\' Surgeon of the Bngade , 1S to readers THE GAZETTE by reas<?n of. his lllteresting and instructi,,-e articles' and he IS acttvely in pro mulga ring a led ge the .precautlOns which indi,-idu als and w111 .ha\-e to take in the e,-ent of o-as attacks trom the aIr. b
Co?seguently,. his questions are pre -e minently practtcal his ans\vers, ,,-hich are authoritative serve to points which are sure to arise in course ot teaching and practice.
Cour:ty Commissioner F. P. \\ 'ilso n contributes an lllteresung Foreword in which he empha i es the need for should the e:nergency arise, to help to a, ert paille and EO render hrst aid. the has a mosr useful index through which rderence to. special points can be quickly hed' and, ha,rtng been brou o-ht rio-ht up to date It commends itself to all concerned. b
FIRST QCERIES _-\':\'"'D B," A. T. Lakin, Ch.B. London: L. Jl. S: JiagaziJie E u ron House, E ton, 1". ,,".1. Pria 2d B) post 3dlittle 40-pag d booklet i a collection of answered during the la t (\\'0 ,-ears on behalf ot the L_.:.\I. :.\L-\.G_-\.ZI;:-';-E by Dr. Lakin who a: a ot the Tex:book ReYl sion Committee: \\ lth the authonty of this high office.
It 1 by a most u eful and in trucu,e Fore,,\-ord, trom which it i imerestino- to learn th t the author found t< t?e last t\',-o of queri: the rr:ost . of the_many happy rears spent 1n connectlOn ,nth rrul,,-a\" rust aid.
The. que tio.n hay been - cla'sified under the h ad.111g.s namely Fracture Hxmorrhages, Re plr<1tton, \\ ouads Burn Poi on and lisc llaneou. . on,equently, r ad r of THE GA ZETTE (to wluch Dr. Lakin ha contributed mamand most h .lpful arti_cl ) will be ,,-ell advi ed purchase th 1r. coPY torthwirh and pick up further Items of kno","ledge concerning the T )"lbook and fir t rud a ther travel b, train, [ram tr o lle ybu s or tub e! .,
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerab le Order of the Hospital oJ St. John of Jerusalem
His Ma 'esty The King h as been graciously pleased to sanction. the following promotion s in and appointments to the Venerable Or der of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF K NIGHT.
The Hon. Vincent Massey (from Co=allder).
Lawrence Roger Lumley, LP (from Officer).
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF DAME.
Mrs Alice Vincent JIl assey (from Co=ander).
'FOR PROillOTIO TO THE GRADE OF COlllM.A.l'IDER (BROTHER).
Lieut Coloncl James Philip Stephens Ward, M.R. C,S ., L.R .C.P. (from cer
Major Edmund W illiam Herrington, T.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. (from Officer).
Ernest Mcintyre, lILR.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Officer).
Sydney James Warren (from Officer).
Sir Harold Spencer !Ilorris, KC (froI? Officer).
Captain Alc.'Cander Campbell W hite Knox, IIl.C., 1I1.B. (from Officer).
Sir Walter McArthur Alien, K.B.E (from Officer).
Archibald Kennedy Wilson, C.B.E. (from Officer).
Ca t ain Harry Frederick Comfon Crookshank, 1I1.P. from Officer).
Lirut.-Colonel William Lear Beales O.B.E. (from Officer).
FOR N THE GRADE OF (BROTHER).
Lieut -Colonel Walte Rothney Battye, D.S.O" I1I.B., F. R.CC·S S · L R C P
Surgeon R ear·Admiral Perciyal Thomas Nicholls, C.B., M.R. FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF COhlllL>\NDER (SISTER).
Miss Alice Maud Walker (from Officer)
The Lady Plender (from Officer).
FOR ADl\IISSIO)! IN THE GRADE OF COMMAl"iDER (SISTER).
Eileen Mary, Lady Wal",-n. FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRillE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Walter Duncan Liddell (from Servlllg Brother).
Thomas Davies (from Serving Bro.ther)
Hugh Thomas Williams (from Servlllg Brother).
Herbert Arthur James Wrigglesworth (from Ser\"1ng Brother).
Albert Casson (from Ser,ing Brother).
Th omas Smith (from Se[\ing Brother)
Clement Fletcher, T.D. (from ServLUg Brother)
James ]\[unro, O.B.E., M.C. (from ServIDg Brother).
FO R ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER).
Colonel Philip Henry Mitchi.oer, T.D ., M.D" F.R.C.S.
The Rev. Reginald Hampson Myddleton B outh (Sub ChaplalU).
Richard Errington Loveland.
Sir Alfred Edward Faulkner, C.B., C.B.E.
Sir Henry Walker, G.B.E.
Edward George Fudge, C.B.E.
Arthur John Macphail. d \1
john Vincent Sheffield (on l!-ppointment as Personal Esqwre to Lor o n_on.
Charles Ernest Cameron Wilson, M.B.
Captain Alberto Charles Dawson.
Patrick O'Neill.
George Campbell Vaughan.
George Thom as Foxon, O.8.E.
Colonel Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew, T.D., M.P.
Sydney Walter M.D.
Sir Frank Hillyard Newnes, Bt.
Captain Walter Douglas Campbell Greenacre.
FOR PROMOTIO)! TO THE GRillE OF ASSOCIATE OFFICER (BROTHER), Kwai Chung (from Associate Serving Brother).
p FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE GRADE OF ASSOCIATE OFFICER (BROTHER).
Aw Boon Par. FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER). Mrs. Sibyl H enrietta FitzMaurice of Orkney. Miss Grace J ennings.
Lion el Eugene SutchfTe, M.B.
Sanderson.
'vVoodward.
Marlin orley.
Parson. Henr" John Colburn. George Herbert Iles. .• urgeon.Captain Richard l.OUls Casobru, M.D. FOR ADMISSIO;\ 1)! TilE GRADE 01' LR\ I:-'; l, S ISTER liss Ellen Mabel 1\1rs Ethe l li a), Clarinda Rowbotham, A.R.R.C.
Miss Sarah Mowbr:1\" Cburcll.
Miss Mary Ali cc Prince.
Mrs Harriet Ruth lla lcv.
Mrs Katharine ;\Iay.
Mr Alice J enner. PRIORY FOR WALES FOR TO TilE GRADE U1- KNIGHT.
Pro fessor George Kno" (from Cornmandl'r). ., FOR PRmIOTlO;\ TO THE GRADE 01· Cm lMA (Bh.ullll·l,)
Hugh Sidney Cann (from Wneer).
Theodore Gibbm (frcll11 Ofl1ccr).
Sir Robert John \\ cbber (from Officer).
John Ham Da\"I'!s ([rom Officer)
Colonel Claud George Cole·Hamliton, C.M.G., D 0. ([rolll OII1<:<'r).
Charles Salt, M. H. (irom Orflcer).
FOR PRm!OTlO:\ TO THE GR.\OE Ul - {51:-> II
The Counte>s oi 1'll'lnoulh (troro OfllC('r).
Mrs. Lallie Cornelius Grinllhs ([rom Ollie"r). FOR TO TilE GRA))! OF (II I ICI !{ ( BROTIlI I{ George John Ho\\ lands (froUl J:!rolhcr).
John Wilford Cooper, L.S.A. ([rom Sc[\·ing Brother).
George Thoma Guest (from e[\'ing BrOlh"r). • Captain Svdney Booth TUnlcr, L.RC.P (from '[\'lllg Brother Foi;: AmlIS 10:"0/ N THE GRADE OF or-FIn R (BROI HLR ).
John Owain Evans, C.B.E.
Colonel Henry Cccil Lloyd Howard, D.S.O.
Charles H enry Keen.
FOR PRO:\IOnO;\ TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISI ER).
Miss Bertha Price (from Serving Miss EYelrn George Harries ([rom. Ser\"lng Sblcr).
Esther Rec-s ([rom Se[\'1ng !>bler).
Mrs. Mabel Lucy Turner (from Scrvmg der).
FOR AD;I[1SS10:-: 1.' THE GR:\.DE UF l3IWfH EH.
Thomas Acker\,. William Powell Bodmall.
Arden Henr...- Coppage. Arlhur Da,-1es.
Benjamin Evano;, Theophilus
Ebenezer Thomas Howe James lugs.
Philip Thomas Jenkins.
William John Leduury.
William James LlltlLRobert IItyd :\i choll. John Charles ParKer.
Alfred James Po""ll. John Philip Prell, :\I.RC.S., L.R ,P. orman Carlyle Hichards. Andre\\ Robertson, M B. L.R.C.i'.
COMMA;\"DERY IN SOL.,THER" AfolU L\. FOR I N TilE GRADE UF SERVIM; BROTHI - R Samuel John Barnes.
James Cuthbert. CO\fi>LA:\OERY IN 'EW ZEALA.'D. FOI{ IN THE GIUUL UF DA:-'!E
The Viscounless Ga!way. " FOR TO THE GRADE UI' COMMA1\ULR (BI{Lll HI·f, J ohn Brin e (from Ufficcr).
Charles Stuarl Falconer ([rom Officer).
Maj o John Restell Thomas, M.B. (from Olllcer), William Young, M.D. (from Honorary ., FOR ADMISSION 1 THE GRADE OF COMMA DEl{ (BH011 H-.l,l Hopeful Gibbons, M.B.E.· 'I{) FOR PROMOT[oN TO THE GRADE OF OPFICER (BR01HE John Wyllie Shanks (from ScrvIDg Brother).
Sidney Edward LangstoJle (from Serving Brothcr).
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTEl{).
Mrs. Mildred Cracroft Wilson.
FOR ADMISSION I. TilE GIll\DE OF SERVING BROllll ·I,. Andrew John Crawford, F.R.C.S., M.D.
Robert Stephenson Jordan Fllzg<:rald, P.RC.S. AUSTRALlA. NlCw SOUTII WALF.S. FOR ADMISSION IN TIlE OF OFFICI:.. R Major Arlhur Edmund Colvin, C.B.E. 1\I.C. WEST AUSTRALIA. .., roOR PRO:lI0TION TO TIlE Gl{ADE OF (S ISII' I), Mrs Emma Harriet Parker (from Officer).
Correspondence
The Chief Co/)/missioner asks /IS to p/lblish the jolf07ving tte r received by hillJ Jrom Colonel J. L. Sleeman, Chief ( olJ1lJJissione r (Overseas) : Brigade Overseas 1ieadquarters,
fy DF\'R IR Jon " St. john' s Gate, Clerkenwe!l, London, E. C. I. juty I, I937.
Now lhat most of our overseas visitors have left lur shores, I wish to thank you and through you all th ose other members of the Brigade at Home who in a \ uiety of ways did so much to add to the pleasure and h lppiness of their fellow-members from overseas wh o came to take pan in the Jubilee Celebrations. Ir would be impossible to refer to the many kindsses h( wn to the o\"erseas members, but I must \ a worcl of thanks to tho (; who gave up so much of their time to the A.H..P. ,ourse, \,' hich was greatly at )feciatcd, and tu the examiners who have subseq\;c ntJy examined so many overseas members. I sure that the many contacts made \vith members of the llome Bri gade by our oyerseas member have re ulted in mutual esteem and I know that mam' of ou r 0\ cr ca visitors will carry back with them' the recollection of their meetings with members of the H(l mc Brigade among their happiest memories and find in them a source of encouragement for the ambulanc e work they are carrying on in their o\\'n countries.
Believe me, Yours sincerely,
TA IE L. LEIDL " - Chief Commissioner.
111 jor-GetJeral Sir john DJlncan, K.C.B ., C.lII.G., C. V-.G., D.S.O., Headquarters, St john AllJb,datJce Brigade at Home, t. joht/s Gate , E .C.1.
To the Editor , TlIl:. T. J on ;\IBULA CE G \ZETTE.
Dl '\R IR,
\\'ith rC£ rence to your interesting article of the Prog res of the Brigade, and the printing si d e by sid of the plans of the r ecent R oyal Review in Hyde Pa rk , and that of tl1C on held on fay, I 89', at Windsor by II. L ue n ictoria you mention name as ha ing supplied th latt t.
I was onlv the channel of communication; the real credit for i due to Di strict OR1cer J. Hill, No. 5 District, ""h o 1 hould imagine would b the onh man on I arad in llyd e Park, who was pr esent at both these R e · iews.
I enclose a phot og raph of this officer, who has had
a wonderful record of service, and ask for its insertion in your next issue.
He joined the Tibshelf Division in 1887, under the late De puty Commissioner Stuart C. Wardell, and has had continual service since then He was a member of the Stretcher Bearer Company at the Windsor Review
He transferred to the Birchwood Corps in 18 98, and when that Unit came to an end after the War> he and others formed the Somercotes and District Division in 1924, and has been in command of that Division since then.
In 1farch, 937, he was promoted to District Rank, and is still an active officer.
Yours faithfully, HARRY C. CfL-\1IBERS, Commissioner jor the COUI10' of
To the Editor, ST. JOIL'" GAZETTE. IR, I haye the honour to enclose photograph of two members of 'D" Division, \\'ho took part in the Pa t, in H"de Park.
Sergeant \\hite'joined CD» Division, 1899, and in one of the oldest members of the Sheffield Corps, and his seryices ha,-e been continuous in " D }} Di\"ision. Corporal J. ycock joined 19 5, and his services have been continuous in " D " Diylsion.
Both members hold the Brigade errice 11edal and V. .D \\7ar Serrice Badge.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully, ISAAC H. WILLIA.lvfS, Divisional Ojjicer.
The jolloJ)/ing correspondence is published at the reqmst oj the Co/mo' COlll!JJissioJJer jor P!J'/lJotlfh .' COIlfF(j' Headquarters, P (ylJlollth.
To Ol.:NTY TAFF OFFICERS, _-u'JD ju!), 27, 1937. OFFICER CmnL\. '-'DING 'U AL L'J PECTIO T, GUILDfL\LL QUARE, JULY 9, I9 > 7.
I hay yety great plea ure in forwarding, for the information of ail ranks, the foilO\yino- copy of the Chi f Commis ioner' congratulation on your recent Brigade Jubilee pecial : \.nnual Inspection. With ir John Duncan s DIes age I recei,-ed a copy of the Inspecting Officer s r port to him' thi also ha been copied for you Colonel C. 1. Ellis \\-a well pleased "\, ith you all.
In tran Hutting these ncouraging communications, I wi h to add the cono-ratulation expressed recently b y th Officers and Committ e of the Plymouth and
District Ambulance Service \-vhose financial help and support meant-so much in arranging the function.
I am most grateful to all who contributed to the success of the Inspection.
HEDLEY V . .r lILLER, COIllIfJ' Comlllissioner.
St. Johll's Gate, C!erkemJle!!, E .C.1. Jtt0' 23, 1937· THE CO"CNTY CmDIISSIQl ER.
I am directed b y the Chief Commissioner to forward copy of report on the Inspection of the Units in ym.u .Area on July 9, by Colonel e 1. Ellis, and to convey to you his congratulations on the organisation of the event. He is very gratified to learn of the c ontinued progress and efficiency of the work carried out under your command.
(Signed) P. G. D ARVIL-S IITH, Brigade 5 ecretCll),J1fIJI 17, I937·
SIR ,
I have the honour to report that in accordance \}.Tith the telephone message recei\Ted from your office on the 8th inst. (subsequ ently confirmed by a letter); I proceeded to Plymouth on the follo\\-ing day to inspect the St. JQhn Ambulance Brigade Unit of that city and from other towns in the Brigade's County of Plymouth, South-West Devon and East Cornwall. The occasion was a combined and Jubile e Inspection of the Ambulance, Nursing and Cadet Divisions under the command of 11:r. Hedley V. Miller, O.B.E., the County Commissioner.
Very careful preparations had been made to receiYe the Chief Commissioner of the Brigade Overseas, with all appr.opriate ceremony but, to everyone's disappointment and regret, he was unable to be present owing to illness.
All ranks, however, made the best of an unfortunate circumstance and everybody associated with our Order's work in Plymo uth, who could attend, gave me a warm welcome. An accident a few days before the Inspection prevented the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, the local President and Knight of our Order, from attendin g as his Lordship had planned to do.
A copy of the programme is enclosed, also specimens of invitation tickets, the Dedication Hymn, the parade state, the formation of the Units in the Guildhall Square (the Civic Centre of the City of Plymouth) and other papers.
A list of those attending, which includes the Lord Mayor, is enclosed together with the officers on parade and the names of the Units they commanded. Great care had been taken by all ranks to produce a smart turn-out and I was much impressed both with the inspection in line, which was very individual, and with the subsequent march past
The very clos e and cordial co-operation III the City of Pl ymou th b et we en 11. 1. Servicc , the civil authoritie and ur Order, \-vas demon trat ed, [ only b y the official welcome I received frolll t he Lord 1Iayor, who accompani d me througho lll the Inspection, but by the followincr plea ing detail s:
The Royal Jm"y (by favour of th e omma nd crin-ChieE's Headquarters) and by courtesy oj t he Royal aval Gunner) chool, Dc\ro nport ( l l n1mander parke8), provided th aval a lu ting D IS, the flagstaff for the t. John Bag at thc salu ti ng ba e, al 0 flags and stands f r the march past.
They a l 0 fitted the dai and provided p '01 rl )made barriers to form an nclosure for the I rd :J\layor s leading guest fficcrs from the R >y al also kindly undertook the rcsponsibi l! of lining out the parade ground in the Juil lh, ]] , quare.
Lovely banks of Bow e rs and plants wcre SUI pIk e! and tastefully arrang d by the.:; ity orl'u!', h n Parks and arden DeparLment by COLlrte y II the City Engincer and the uperinLcnd nt of Par k
The Police (un der ul crintenclcn t \, '. 1L who personally attended ) \\'cre most he lp'u in rnaking nec es_ arr traffic arrangements ,1l1 d in reserving the whole of the C uildhall f( the inspection of thc Bri gade Diy isil ns. The ( tdhall and nei crhbou ring buildi ng were made b ht when darkness began to fall by the colourcd " put on' specially early, to the inLCI'\. t of the ity Electrical Engineer (or hi represent. c), and that of ?vir. P. Colc) the F,l1tcr tain Il1 m' manager.
It \}. ill be realised, therefore, that the im pl )' rant authorities of the city were mobili ed to h el the Order's reprcsentati es at Plymouth to render a rcat reception and to do honour to (he Chief omm i<; lOer O verseas in this Jubilee Year.
After the Inspection a social gathering was held at the leading cafe in the city (Goodbody's), and attended by nearly 400 Officers and members of the Bri gade and prominent supporter presided over b y 1'vft. \X', Edwin Beckly, M.e, B.Com., one of Pl ymout h's leading business men and the Chairman of the Association. On being called upon to address th e a se 11 bly, I outlined the evolution of transport for the <;lck and sounded fr 111 th e earliest times to the prcs cntday method b y the" Monospar "aer -ambulance.
Some 1,000 spectators lined the four sides Guildhall Square and, thanks to a compr ehL 1S1\'e system of loud-speakers the Lord Mayor and 1 auld easily address them as well as the parade. The Chaplain of the Forces (Rev. S, J. Squire s) and the local Ambulance Chaplain (Rev. E. Marshall I\IO) le). were, thanks to th e amplifiers, able to condu ct ;1 but impressive Jubilee celebration and Re-d ecli c:ltlOn service. Before and during the ceremony mu si c, was supplied by the City Mission Band (Bandmaster {,}. f{. Robinson).
Mr. Miller, and his staff, together with Ass ociation and St. John Ambulance Service Officers, n ot forg et -
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treated b y o ut Orth o p x dic Surg eon, b y what is known as Arthrotomy a nd L avag e
With assi s tan ce he w as gra du all y able to sit up, and finall y stand u p, an d walk , w i t h ai d, along the ward. Some weeks later, as hi s progress b ecame mo rc sta bilis ed h e was able to ,va l k in the ward witho ul and is now, after I months' treatme nt in the hospita l di charged, being. to C?ffi l. h i m self as an out-patient to the ClinlC to contmu c treatm en t in or d er to main t ain h.is progress.
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The Annua l Ch urch Parade of the South Auckland Su b-Di st rict was he ld at St . Pe ter's Cathedr al, Hamilron, on Su nday, Ju ne 20.
Twenty-two Am b ulance, ursing and Cadet Divisions were rep r esent ed an d came from Cambridge, Glen Afton and Pukemiro, Hamilton, 1 Lun tly, Matamata, Otorohanga, Paeroa, Rotorua, 'auranga, Te Awamutu, Te Aroha, Thames and Wail'll. The parade marched from the Winter Show duildings to the Cathedral, led by the South Auckland aledonian Pipe Band District Superintendent H. J. Cobb was in charge, and also on parade were )istrict Officer E A Houston, Corps uperintendent . Marshall, Corps Officer S. Hague, 27 Divisional ffice rs, 20 .e.O.'s, and 181 other ranks, making l. total of 230.
t the Cathedral the service was conducted by the D ean of Hamilton, the Very Rev T. P. Weatherhog, an d the Lesson was read by District uperintendent f D. obb.
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The patient (a man) was suffering from advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis, with a conside rable deg re e of wasting of the muscles He was co m pletely crippled, and was unable to wash himself, dress himself or f eed himself, for the last n ve years . H e w as co nfine d to bed.
He was treated in the Clinic's rheumatic unit at St. Stephen'S Hospital as an in-patien t with Insulin t o improve his standard of nutriti on, h eat, movements of the an ky lo se d joints, WIth su rgmg faradism to the wasted mu scles
Slowly the standard of nutrition .improve d, at the end of I I months he had g amed I t st one 111 weight. This increase in weight imp r ov ed his resistance and general wellbe111g. The kneejoints, which had been ·distended with fluid, were
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The c mpctiti n for the Hague up and the Cole ;\ crnorial Cup was conducted and was in charge of L rps uperintendent e. j\1arshall and orps Officer S. Hagu , of the Hamilton Corps. The results were as [ollo\.vs :-IIaguc Cup, and indiyidual test in First Ai d and Home 1ur iug : 11iss P . \,( inter, Hamilton u rsing Division, ; L. \\,ilkins, Iluntly Ambulance Dl\Tision, 2.; ole fernorial Cup, for team of five: Hu ntly Ambulance Division, I; Frankton Railway Am bulance Division, z
Corps Dr. E. C. Bre\yi s, the judge of the fina ls, complimented the competitors on the efficient ma nner in which the tests were treated. He also prt sented the cups
Warrant of appointment \,'cre presented b\" the District uperintendent to District Officer E. A. H )u ston, Corps urgeon Dr. E. . Brewis Corps Sl perintendcnt e. farshall, Corps Officer . Hague, Corps; Divisional uperintendent F. Mitchell, Hamilton Diyision; Divisional uperintendent G. 11aync, Frankton Railway Divi ion; Ambulance 01Ticer \ 'X!. 11cDonaugh, Frankton RailI?ivision; Divisional Superintendent S. R . Birse, \v aibi Division; Divisional Sup rintend nt J. Hamilto n, Te Aroha Divi ion; Ambulance Officer Han'lllton Division; Lady l \.mbulance Officer M ISS Dixon, Han'lliton ur ing Division; Cadet G. Gwillum, Paeroa Cadet Division. FIVe Year Service Certificates to Pte \"{T Allen, Ambu lance Division, and Cpl. Bennett, anulton Am bulan ce Division.
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New Headquarters for Dartford
Everyone concerned did their best to express adequate appreciation of the magnificent gift of new headquarters for the D artfor d Division of St. Tohn Ambulance Brigade by iiss 1farie Serena. .
All confessed themselves unable to put into \,'ords the feelings so fine a gift had aroused, and rvIiss Serena, in turn, in a speech of obvious sincerity, said she was overwhelmed by the gratitude expre sed in '."iTord and action and in hearty cheers.
These are the outstanding features of a red letter day in Dartford, on which the voluntary ambulance and first -aid services became possessed of a most valuable and the town of an insp,iring example of most timely and most needed generosIty.
The opening and consecration of the "Serena" headquarter? in Princes Road, Dartford, was preceded by the dedication of a new motor ambulance, and the attendance at the service which '."i-as \'N·orth,· of the occasion, included the' rvfayor and fayoress of Dartford (Councillor and Mrs. Alec \Xfe bb ), Canon Elliott 1litchell, R.D., who conducted the services, lv1.iss Marie Serena, the donor, J\liss Olaa Serena, Sir Percival and Lady Wilkinson, Commissioner E. ; \. Richards, Assistant Commissioner lv1ajor 'o ble, :Mr. T. S. Moore, Superintendent Brookw ell, Dr. T. S. Cockrane, Divisional Surgeon, 1Ir. R. B. Smith, representing Messrs. W. F. Blay, L td ., 1-1r. Gerald E. Burgess, the architect, and 11rs. Bu rgess, 11r. and Mrs. A. H. Foster, Alderman and 11rs. A. \X'. Smale, Alderman and 1-1:rs. W. A. Ward, Alderman J. White, Councillors Mrs. E. C. Botten , 1rs. G. B. Hunter, Mrs. F. Welch, R. E. Blackman, J.P., A . V. Taylor, H. V. Mell, E. T. Lendeyou , E. E. T. Harle, Councillor and Mrs. J. F. Snell, F. R. Gro ves , 1h. J. James Hurtley (Town Clerk) and Mrs. Hurtley, fr. and Mrs. Everard Hesketh, Dr. M. W. Renton, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hobbs, Mr. J. A. Brentnall, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hogbin, Mr. James Lack, Major Pochin, Mr. A. V. Patterson, Miss Brookwell, and Mr. W. J. Willeard. An apology for absence was received from Lady Limerick, and a message of congratulation from Dr. Thomson.
VISITI G DIVI SIONS
The parade of Ambulance Divisions, Nursing Units and Cadets, led by the Dartford Borough and British Legion Band (under Conductor Nickolls) and the Gravesend and District Bugle Band, included . the following: Assistant Commissioner H. J. Wrigglesworth (in charge), Major Noble (Assistant Commissioner), Superintendent Murray (Chatham), Superintendent Conley (Chatham and District), Superintendent Day (Maidstone), Acting Superintendent
11liss llla11>ie Serena 's 11lagnificent Gifl
Early (Gravesend), uperintendent Cole (Rochest c ., Superintendent A. Brown (Farningham), and Di stnl Officer Anwell (Northfleet), ursing Di\' isions unck Lady District Officer 1Ess 1hy, Lady District Officcr Irs. Hubbard and Lady Divisi onal uperintcnclc nt Iiss J. S. .Anderson, attended from Dartford, Chath al and Gillingham, Gray end) Maidstone, Roch e,:>t u' and Tonbridge The Dartford 'ackt orps para ded in their new uniform, under ergcant -< b·ard.
At the dedication of the new motor ambulance t he Mayor said that when it was known that the D artford Diyision was to be the recipient of :Miss ;"Iar; erena's gift it was felt that their appreciation of th gift should be in a form \\hich would show h "" much they ,:alued the generous donor's int rc st in the work, and al 0 contribute to the efllciLnc\ of the local ambulance service. A new motor ambul :u e was needed, and it \,:as th ught thal that was to e appropriate occasion to provide it. \n associ at 'on had b een formed in the town to assist the D an ford Diyision and he hOI ed that many \· ould fo Il )" i-.liss erena's splendid example by gi\"ing if all he support they could.
The dedication of the motor :lmbuianc W:1'" to' · lowed by the opening of the nc\\' hcad'-luan cr 'Jy Lady \Xlilk.inson and its consecration by the \ IC r of Dartford. l \t this ceremony ;\1r. Ccrald 1' Bur the architect, presenting to }.,lis J\Iarlc 'el'Ln,l a · e " aid it was a great I ri\rilegc and honour to h:l.\ e }) en entrusted with the design and supcr\ isiOr1 0) th e building. Than king i-.1iss crena for her C()LI" te y, he expressed the hope that her in. pectio l' ( )f th e building \.vould find that it completely filled lht, '1C d her great generosity had recogni cd and ..,( to sa tisfy
Expressing her thanks for the gift, \li s$ " r na presented the key to Lady Wilkin on, \\ hI) th to opened the door and \\'ith great pleasu rc c.k cl.1 red the" Serena" headquarters open.
The company then entered and assembled j 1 the ambulance hall for a meeting presided ()\' r h) 0 111missioner E. A. Rich ar 1s, supported by the and Mayoress 11iss l\1arie erena fi ss Ol ga Sl: re oa, Sir Percival' and Lady \;vilkin;on, 1-1aj(\r 1 lb1e, Mr. T. S. Moore, Canon Elliott litch ell, D r. I. Cochrane, Mr. Gerald E Bu rgess and ;'lr T. B. Smith.
Bouquets were presented to 11iss Iaric. ; " nc 1 Miss Olga Serena, Lady Wilkinson and the ll'esS of Dartford by Master Tom Cochrane, iis s n.::da Ward} Boy Cadet W Addison, and Miss J oan respectively. Miss Marie Serena was also pr L·..,cn ted
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with a souvenir key, in a leather case, the Yale ward having been treated with silver-gilt, with a substituted silver head of the St. John Cross, mounted upon a suitably inscribed silver shaft.
Mr. Richards said it was impossible to express all that he felt in regard to Miss Serena's gift to the Dartford Division.
He pointed to the arterial road fronting the new headquarters, upon which, at a quiet time, vehicles were passing at the rate of 40 a minute, as some indication of the need for the services of the Dartford Division.
He was glad to know that the Division, which had rendered self-sacrificing service, would now have at its command a truly magnificent building, in which the members would be able to advance their knowledge and perfect their public service.
Mr. Richards cordially acknowledged the cooperation in the scheme of the Dartford Borough Council and assured them that no call upon their aid would fail of ready response. As Commissioner, he thanked Miss Serena for her gift and said that every man and woman, boy and girl in the Division would ever remember her wonderful generosity. (Applause.)
Miss Marie Serena, addressing Sir Percival Wilkinson, Secretary-General of the Order of St. John, then said: " I have the greatest pleasure in presenting this building to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and shall be pleased if you will accept it on behalf of your organisation. "
Sir Percival Wilkinson, in reply, said he had the honour, as Secretary-General of the Order, of accepting the deeds of the Serena Memorial headquarters, the magnificent gift of Miss Marie Serena, to be held for the use of the Dartfo rd Division of the St. John Ambulance Division.
Sir Percival outlined the growth of the ambulance work from small begi.nn.i.ngs in the enthusiasm of the individual who worked to serve his fellow men. The work having been commenced, it grew from within itself; ambulance divisions were formed to meet the demands, then nursing divisions for another aspect of the work, and, looking to the future, cadets were enrolled and trained. The Dartford Di v ision had taken these successive steps, but it still needed a permanent home. There were no w some 150 Divisions throughout the country which had such accommodation, but in most cases they took years and years of effort to procure.
But to Dartford a fairy came along and waved a wand, and in six months they were possessed of this house, and a splendid house it is.
" Thank you, Miss Serena, for your great gift and the thought that went with it," concluded Sir Percival, amid applause.
Miss Serena then added to her gift a very charming speech which she commenced, amid laughter, with the well worn words, "Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking." Continuing, she said, "Before saying a few words to you all, whom I hope to call
my friends, I wish to heartily thank Lady Wilkinso n for so kindly coming here to-day to open the building, and Canon Mitchell for giving God's blessing to thi s house, where I hope peace, happiness and health will always reign.
"My heart's desire has been accomplished, an d I trust that my endeavours will be appreciated and th e headquarters may be of use in rendering assistan ce to those in need of first aid and nursing service, and that in your leisure time you may be able to come an d enjoy reading, writing or playing games. It will give me great pleasure to come and see you all from tim e to time.
" I have also to thank Mr. Burgess, the archi tec t for his delightful design; Messrs. Blay, the builders, and all their men who have given their labour t o till pretty house, which I hope all the inhabitants cf Dartford will admire.
cc We are told to take any good example that com es one's way I am th erefore follO\vin g m y siste r'-, who has given St. John Ambulance B rigade at Slou gn what I am now giving to Dartfo rd I d o h ope sincerely my endeavours to help Dartford will be in every way helpful and successful.
"I also thank Mr. T. S. 1foore for the v alua ble help he has given me to carry out this sch eme. T have had it at heart for a long time, and with out his assistance I should have been unable to accompl ish my desire." (Applaus e .)
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The Mayor said that the appreciation of t he to n of Miss Serena's gift was be yond expres sion in \vo d . The remains of the old headquarters outsid e \V ould convey, perhaps, better than an y thin g els e w hat th v felt about the splendid premise th at had been so generously provided. He could ass ur e Lh e do r or that her g ift would be put to the b est po ssibl e use lnd he also felt that D a rtford would help th o C \\'or kcr in her borders whenever they co uld. The d ifficulties which were encountered by a Division like Faruiogham had been under considerati on and would be borne in mind. Dartford, said the :Mayor , w as a busy town, full of wants, but not full of fai ries , and he hoped that the ev ent they were celebra ting that day would inspire others to follow the example.
Superintendent Brookwell, speaking parti cularl y the Dartford Division, also thanked Mis s Seren a tor her gift. " This is a very happy day for us," he said . " And for me," added Miss Serena.
The distinguished visitors and th e m emb ers of the neighbouring Divisions were entert ained to tca at the Church Hall, where Mrs. Brookwell w as in charge of the arrangements. At this gatherin g Co mmis sioner Richards thanked Mrs. Brookwell and her h elp ers fo r their assistance, and the Mayor ag ain referred to the good fortun e of the Division and the town. S.upcrintendent Brookwell thanked the visiting D iv1Slo ns for their support, and also the Mayor, As sistant Commissioner Wrigglesworth and Mr. T. S Moore.
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" Oversea s " Please Note
We have recently seen the first proofs of the Order 's n ew Cll ri tmas Card fot 1937. It will be r ememb ered in 1933 the first card was issued showing a nav al engagement b y the O r d er's F leet in the Medi t erra n ean Thi s was followed two years later with another, b oth copies of water co lours forming part o f a u ni qu e collectio n at St. Jo hn 's Ga t T hi s ye ar a d ep arture is b eing ma d e. The int rior of the S1:. J o hn' s Chur ch at Va letta , Ma lta, i b eing
reproduced in colour, a work of art, and notwithstanding the fact that it is issued in the form of a Christmas card, the picture itself can be framed and would make an ideal Christmas gift.
On the back of the card is shown a reproduction of the Holy Sepulchre photographed from a model in the Nluseum at St. John's Gate.
The reproduction is from a water colour by G. F. Brocktorff, 1825. The church was built by the Grand .i\Jaster-La Cassiere-a t his own expense, 1573-1577 The decorations are verr elaborate, the vault being painted with scenes in the life of the Patron Saint and the floor consists of 400 tOmbstones of Knights in inlaid coloured marbles
We are informed that the price of the cards is ten shillings and sixpence per dozen, or they are sold singl, at one shilling each. For the information of the many readers who write us at the end of the year as to the printing of their own names and addresses on these cards, the additional cost is 2S 9d. for twelve car d s; 3S. for twenty-five cards, and 3S. 6d. for fifty cards.
Any further enquiries should be addressed, not to u , but to the Stores Department, St. John's Gate.
'" Carver Cup" Competition
The seyenth Carver Cup" Competition is to be held on Saturday, October 2, 1 937.
Ley ton First Aid Lec tu r es
cour e of six lecture on Fir t Aid for men will be given by the Divisional urge on at Goodall Road chool, L yton, E.IO, commencing on Wednesday, Octo b er 6, 1937, at 7.30 p.m
Parti cular from Ambulance Officer P. J effiies, 71, Selby Road, Leytonstone E.l1.
JERSEY INSPECTION
The annual inspection of t . ] ohn mbulance Brigade (Jersey Division) took place recently at Springfield . The members met at the Queen's Assembly Rooms, and, headed b y St. James's Bo ys' Bri gade band, marched via Bath Street, Beresford Street, HalketT Place, King Street, New Street, Val Plaisant, Victoria Street, Stopford Road to Springfield.
The numbers on parade we re ;Two Staff officers.
Ambulance Di vision.-Two officers and 26 o th er ranks.
Nursing Division.-Tw o o ffic ers and 37 other ranks.
Boy Cadets.-One officer and 16 cadets.
Girl Cadets.-Two officers and 24 cadets .
The total on parade was nine o fficers and 103 ot he r ranks.
Mr. O. L. Aubin, Dist rict Officer, was in char ge of the par ade, and the officers in charge of the section were Div isional Superintendent ]. L. Lynn (Am b ulance) , Lady Superintendent Miss M 1. I esse ryy (Nursing ), Cadet Officer W. ]. Irving (Boy Cade t s) , and Lad y Cadet Superintendent Miss K. 11. P r igg (Girl Cadets )
The inspecting officers w ere Commissioner Er nest A Richards, K.St.]. ; Assistant Commi ssioner H. J. Wrigglesworth, S.B.St.]'; and Lad y Di strict Superintendent Mrs C Falwas ser, CSt.]'
The units hav in g formed up, the y w ere minutely inspected b y the Distric t Officers , who w ere accompanied b y Dr. ]. R. Hanna (County Surge on), Dr. H. ]. Shone and Mr. O. L. Aubin.
Mr. A. M. Coutanche, Bailiff of J ers ey , and 11rs. Coutanche arriv ed shortly after wards , and the Bai liff inspected the Di vi sion, subsequently taking the salute as the units marched past.
Mrs. Coutanche w as presented w ith a b o uquet of carnations by Cadet] oyce ] est y.
This was followed by the units go in g throu gh all branches of first-aid work, which was clo sel y examined b y the v.isiting officials.
The Bailiff said i t gave him the g reatest pleasure to attend that afternoon. He particularly wanted to be there, for as the y probably knew, on Saturday afternoon the y did him the honour of makin g him President of the Brigade. He welcomed that, for it would enable him in the future, not to come as a visitor, but as one of their great family. He had made some promises, but he meant it when he said he wanted
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them to know that if he could be of help at any tim e they should call on him as one of the family.
He had had an opportunity of seein g them at work. He knew nothing about it, but he kn ew th at the work the y were doin g and the demonst ration the y had given that afternoon was extremely sa ti sfactof).
They were compelled to te s t themselves t o comp ete against other , and that wa s h y P o ple cam e 0\ r to ay whether the y w ere doin g \: ell r n ot. Dr
Shone had t o ld h im that if th e vi itors did n ot fiml things as the y hould b e, th e told th em 0 in pIa l 1 language. That was as it sho uld be, otherwise the!" would think them se lves I e rfect Th ir "\ ork ha d b ee n put to th e test and exam in ed by their superi or offi ce rs , ",-ho had found th e work well and truly don , w hich a grea t ati facti n t o a ll.
Th e Bailiff co n g rat ulated the parade on its excc dingl)" fine turn o ut and then thanked t he official s t )r co min g to the I sland and kepi ng th em L1I to t he mark. H e asked th em to l ook n him a a mem ber of their fami ly and to call on him if the), \\ 'anted hel l'" They were bound n ever to refu e help and there w a no greater oath than that. I Ie thank ed them for their ser vices to the tate and t o the I sland.
Ch eers were given for th Bailiff and th e p:u acL was di smissed
The members and friend . then 1 roceeded to I.a Pulente, where tea was ervecl at La P ulente Hote l.
ommissioner E. A . Richards said it was a deli ght to him to have the opportunity of coming to Jcr s \ again and inspecting them. H e called to m ':1l' that it was three year since he wa here la t.
H e wou ld leave Jersey \vi th happy recollecti un, conscious of the fact t hat g reat pro gres - had bccn made and that he cou ld lea\"e the work of the Or er and the Brigade in t h eir keepin g
They were a long way from headquarter, and he wished he cou ld see them more freguently, and h? ;t. the pleasure and joy of a hand sha ke from o lu frien (l .
The y knew all about the Bri ga d e, or ought to, O Llt he had to admit he could not tell them all about t he Order, which dat ed back to I099. inc e the n members of th e Order and the Bri g ade had deV OLl'l l. service to render succo ur t o the sick and needy. It there was an y thing better, then he would be p1ca-;c cl to hear o f it.
The Commissioner paid a tribute to the of t he members of th e Division who took part lil. th.. ambulance work in connection with th e Coronat lO n : h e found th em o ut in Squar e, which one of th e hottes t places 111 London. He reallst: l what the memb e rs were doin g in upho ldin g ambulan ce
work in Jer sey with credit to them selves and the States to whom they belon ge d.
He was plea se d with the in specti o n, and impressed with the grea t pro gress b y the ambulance and nursing sec tions, and it was a d eli g ht t o see the bo ys and girls taking part, for they w ere th e recruit s for the Di v isio n, and their de sire for the wo rk, and to be a ssociated with omething with no h ope of material r eward He was leaving t hem on the following morning w i th the full knowledge that h e was leaving friends behind, an d he hoped to have th e pleasu r e of inspecting them agai n, and to thank them for all they we r e doing for the Brigade a nd the Order. Finally, he had every affec ti o n fo r them, and hoped that every success would attend their future efforts.
Mr. ser expre ed her p leasure at comjng aga in and seeing the nur ing divi ion and cadet. he was p leased to hear the Com missioner speak of rheir progre ss, and thanked all for \,"hat they had done inee la t year. he \I."as very proud of them, for they had impro\' cd tremendously since he last saw Lhem 1 thing plea ed her more than to hear rhe Co nHui sio ner ay h \\.' please 1 he was \.:ith the parade that afternoon (J\pp la u e.)
Dr. J. R. llann a thanked the friends of o. 8 Di trict for coming to Jer cy. They looked fo!\\-ard tho e yj it, for they made new friend and 1ecamc me [c attached to ol d friend.
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\ sistant 'ommi si ner I-I ]. '\ 1riggle worth aiel he sa w the b eginning of their \\-ork in ] eI ey. ! Ic was very proud of them, for it was his priyileg be : \ djutant of the revj w in Hyd e Park and knew \\' hat they diel . Un Ie thcir fforts were co-oIdinated .I nd con troll c1, rh ey could not clo big things. Thank ,\' ere due to Dr. Hanna for teaching them and g tting hem many things and also his friend :i\1r. \ubin. I kne\v the w rk of b th behind the cene. \t the Zopl rC\ ie\\' in Hyde Park r,[r. \ ubin wa pI' .c nt, .n d hc got him to takc charge of the -+th ompany, o . 7 Battali o n and he congratulated him on hi ' ' \ ork They had two offic ers in ] er er who diel lre rncndous work behind th<..: cenes.
Their latcst success wa s in haying the Bailiff as Pre i d ent, and he had told th 111 to ask and they will rece ive. He a keel them to give a ch er to Dr. Flanna an d 1 f r. \ ubin fot: their w rk Thi wa lu tih en.
Mr. O. j \ubin said he was on ly too hap Ey to do all he could for th e Brigad ,and would continue t do so w h il e they want his service . II
A.R.P. "Mernoriser
By County
T -ears
- yeLd spasm
A-pparent blindne ss R -eassure patient
G-as mask 100 per cent. A - pply soothjn g lotion -top goi n g to F. f\. P. , etc.
l:'\-on-persistent
O - dourless -icknes s E-arache
G-::neral depression
\-rsenical -mokes
P-ain and pneumonia
H-oarsene s O-xygen deficiency - TR E TCHER
G - as mask 100 per cent.
E-xtremely fatal
:.\'-o n-persi tent
E-ffectiye 1,000- 2 minmes
C-hok ing H -o ar eness
L-iyidit\50,000-10 " 7o,000-LachrymatOr deficienC\" R -E-<- T .
I-nflammati on of lung
:.\'"-on-per i'rent
E-ff cti,-e 2,000- 2 nllnures 10000-1 0
:;\I-us tard mell
C- e soap and ""yater -ulphur d ri,"ati,-e T -erri bly per i tent \ -pp l}" Bleaching Paste ere. R-ar 1\- fatal
D -e la \:ed anion
O - iL kin cloche
I-m mcdiate tI arm nt
L-ea , -e bli tee
L-iquid yapour
\'\ "-ash wi th waeer
I - mmediate action of RLenical poi"oninol - rritant
T-erribly per ist nt
E-YRCU te bli ters.
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St. John In Cornwall At Madron after
400 years
The re was a time, fo ur hundr ed ea rs ago , when Madron Church belong ed to the Knig hts of th e Order of St. J OM, one o f the oldes t Orders in th e world. Recentl y, in the hi sto ric chu r ch of St. M a dron, a service to the n o ble Order w as held f o r the fir st time in four centurie s.
The service on the Gor st anni v ersar y of the ch ur ch was very impressive, attended as it was not onl y b y large numbers of the gen eral public, but b y the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Col. E. H. W. Bolitho, accompanied b y Mrs. Bolitho and 1vliss Ann Bolitho. In addition members of We st Co rnwall St. J ohn Ambulance Brig ades were prese nt, under the County Commissioner, Col. D r W. Blackwo od.
The church choir, augmented b y m embers of th e Mousehole Male Voice Ch oir, san g that wonderful anthem, Blake's " Jerusalem, " whilst the ancie nt prayers of the Order were said.
The service was conducted b y the Vicar of Madr o n ( Canon H. R. Jennings, M.A. ) , w ho has re centl y had the honour of being made a member o f the Or der, whilst Officers and Serving Broth ers w ere the r e, though, owing to the absence throu g h illness of Col. Sleeman, Chief Commissioner O v erseas, no Kni g ht of the Order was able t o be present
The morning had another event of great intere s t in the presentation of a vellum to T r ansport Office r T. C. Cooper, of Penzance, in rec og nition of hi s services to ambulance work. In makin g the p resentation, Colonel Bolitho sai d the rest o ration of Madron Church in the last ei g hteen months had - been largely due to the work of Can o n Jennin g s and Miss Borlase, both of whom he WllS proud t o hear had been honoured by the Order of St. J OM, which thus recognised Madron as one of its oldest hostels .
The Lord Lieutenant paid a striking tribute to the St. J OM Ambulance Brigade, those unpaid men w h o had to devote so man y hours to the work and stud y of first-aid, which was of such primary importance He appealed to the public ' to do their share b y maintaining the ambulances, which actually co st £3 a week to run.
He congratulated Mr. Cooper very warmly on hi s work and on the honour conferred on him.
Col. Blackwood said that no transport officer in the county more deserved recognition than Mr Cooper
Ambulance Units pre sent were ;- Penzance A mbulance Brigade; Nursing Division and Cadets; Cam50rne Ambulance Division; Pende en A mbulanc e Division and Cadets ; St. Ju s t section of Pendeen 2
Ambulance Di v i sio n, an d H a )rle and llelston mbu-lance Div ision
Canon J ennings chos e an ext r e m I apposite text, " Inasmuch as ye h ave d o n e it u nt o the lea t of one of the se m y b re thren ye ha e d one i t u nto me "-and, in the course o f his serm o n, h e dealt with th e history of the Order an d wit h St Jo h n m bu lance B rigade, which ha s b een buil t up on the t r ad i tio n s of the Kni g hts of St. J o hn.
Canon Jennings sai d h e r egre tt ed the illness of Co l. Sleeman, Genera l Commissioner for' mb u lanc e W orks O versea s, h ad preve nted them from having a Kni g ht of t he Order of St. J ohn pre ent, bu t he \\ra::; g lad to see some O fficers an d e rving Bro thers of th e Order as we ll a the men of the mbulanc e Bri g ad e.
Thi s was a n historic cca ion. I t wa the 60Ist anni vers a ry o f the co n ecrati o n of th e ch urch, which was perfo rm ed on J u ly II, I 336, b y the Bishop of Exe ter, in the presence of the Lor d Prior and Knigh ts of St J ohn. It \>.'as -too years since Madron was lo st to the Kni g ht s, and 400 years si n ce the prayers of the Order wer e ut tered, and si n ce officers an d membe rs of the O r d er h ad assem bled in that a ncien t church
The Order of St J ohn was foun d ed to care for sick pilg rim s wh o we nt to th e H o l y Lan d.
There w as tr adi tio n that t . fadron had set out on such a p ilgrimage, b ut had s t oppe d at ladro n. Man y of th ese pil grims reached their j ourne' end si ck and exhaus t ed, and a ban d of merchan t form e a little hospi tal at J eru sa lem t o t end th m
In th e co u rse of a few years ce r tain no bl e Knigh t t o o k up -the wo rk, an d soo n these kindly soldi er ' w ere m a d e gua rdi an s of the se pulchre, an d were given g round n ea r it on whic h to buil d a h ospi t al.
Th ey ultima t ely forme d th e mos t excl u sive and ari stocratic knighth oo d in E ur ope, w hich was 300 year s o ld er tha n t he Ga rter i ste lf. Their hospital co uld a cco mm o da t e 2,000 pati ents, an d irrespectiyc of their ran k each of the K ni ghts h ad t o t ake his tu rn in nursi ng the pati en ts
They save d E uro p ea n ci v ilisation fro m d estructio n. The Order st ill con ti nue d T he D uke of Connau ght w as its Grand Prior, and R oyal Princes w ere among the Kni ghts of the Order.
To thi s anci ent O r de r Ma d ro n was g iven in the year 1200, and for 3 5 0 year s M adron p eo ple lived as tenants of the Kni ght s, who appoint ed th e and owned the tithe s and the g le be, and fr om tIme t o time kni g ht s and th eir squir es res ted in M adr on.
It was difficult t o r eali se n ow th at in those days M ou seh o le w as o n e of th e i m p ort a n t h ar b ours of t h e co unt ry. Pilgrims Je ft the r e for the II o l y Land, and the r oad to Mo u schole ran al ong the present Bo sca thn oe Lan e, and at Landithy any b ody could have tw o d ays' boar d an d lodging fr ee.
Madr on m us t t h en have b een one of the busy places in the king d om . T he n ews of the world must have fi lte r ed t hr u g h there as men rested on their journey Th e Ord er was fo u nde d in re lig i on and it had maintaine d it i d eal. He was g lad of the opportunity to say a word of thanks to members of t. John Ambulance B rigade. Their work was started 50 years ago an d had now spread in thousands over the whole Eno-li sh-speaking world . They were who witho ut reward ga e up their spare time to qualify for se r vi ce t those who needed their he lp.
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To the Edilor, T _ JOIl - 1B LA 'eE G \ZETTE
D EAR IR,-The Cadets of the Bristol East Di,-isio n spen t a plea ant t ime in camp at \\1yke -R egi, near Weymouth.
The l art)" font adct uperintendent, one adulc member as cook and twent\'- three Cadets, left Bri tol Temple 1 f ead tation at 9'.30 a_m. J\fter recei\ring a few word of advice from orp, uperintendent ca rgeant who also kindly ga \-e ach member of the party a quarter-pound block of chocolate, 0 off to \' Ykc-Regis and camp. 1 S oon as we arrived ou r cook made tea and the adet oon ettled do\yn to camp life. On unday morning we had a parade t the lethodist hurch where we r ceiy d great kindnes fr m the Rc\, :r-..:: 1\lford and his stewards.
D uring the week each Cadet carried out the duty a detaikd f r him, and when the nd of the \'\'eek came man wer the regr t of the adet at ha\' ing to leav uch a 10 ely lot . On aturday quite a su rpri e awaited the adet Llperintend nt, who \Va as ke d to receive a having outJll [or himself and a jamdi hand ccnt for 111 wife, and a wish express d that Cadet D i i ion should organise camps of thi de cription
We ar ind ed greatly indebt d to the Officers and friends wh have enabled us t organise and run this ca mp 0 succe sflli l y and a ll hope that this is the beg inning \\'h reb), We may b privi leged to meet each o ther in such happy company.
This camp b egan on Saturda r, July 3 I, "\.1 ntil atur day, ugust 7 Trusting that you will acc pt my firs t att empt to help fo[\'\'ard the Ca d et cau e and oll rjourna l the T. J 011 1 \fl)l'L\, E )'\ZETTE, 1 a.m, You rs tru l y, G. 1 10u T ,"'..IN, Carid III.
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Obituary II
LIE 'T.-COLONEL f\OR1vIAK J\IACLAREN, T.D., F.R .C.S., ETC.
Assistant-CoJl1missioner J.Vo 4 District
We regret to record the recent death of L t.-Col. orman 11aclaren, one of the leading members of the medical profession in Carlisle. Aged 6I years of age, Lt.-Col. .iYIaclaren, who had been in failing health since January last, died at Watch Hill, How lill, the residence of his monther.
Much of his public work in Cumberland was in connection with the medical services. He was Consulting Surgeo n at the Border Counties' Home for Incurables and t he Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Home at Silloth. He was a member of the B ritish 11edical Association, President of the Border Counties' B ranch of the ssociation in 1923, chairman of the English division in 1919-20, and branch representative in 1934.
He gave a considerable amount of his time to the betterment of the nursing ervices in Cumberland. He \yas Assistant County Commissioner of the L John .t\.mbulance B rigade, a eITing Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and County Controller for Cumberland and Westmorl and V .D. 's He \'\"a appointed a Justice of the Peace for umberland in 192 , and in December, 1933, wa elected chairman of the Cumberland Ward :Magistrates in uccession to 11t. ::\" orman Fletcher, of Eden Bro'\n. His chief recreati on, were the study of heraldry and archreology.
Over s eas
The Chief 'ommi ioner regret to announce the death of Divi lonal "'uperintendent 11. N. Kanjilal, No. 17 Calcutta CCni\-er ity In titute) Ambulance Di,-ision, No. z District, India on July 28 19'7
Th hief Commissioner reo-ret to have to announce the udden death of eruor Di trict uperintend nt]. . \\,hite, of the ta O'o Di trict, New Zealand while on holiday in corland. \,{Thite, \"ho was a en-ing Brother of the Order and the hold r of the en-ice .01edal and Bar \'\'as one of the oyer ea yisitor at th Bti O'ade Tubilee celebrations in .i\lay last and on th occa ion of the Royal R eview in Park one of the hYe m -er a members who -\'\, l' selected br r ason f th ir long senrice for pr sentation to Her <..
The Chi f o 11111115 Sl n r l' gr t to ha'\-e to announce Ih d ath f or poral R. P t rs of the N o. (European and .t\. no-lo-Indidn) 2. D istrict India ;1 Jun 3rd, 19'-;'.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
1 O. I (PRII CE OF \)(,'ALE ' ) DI TRICT.
: \n interesting and outstanding record of s .::vice in the Bri o-ade is provided by D is trict Officer J. I">... emp and his L adv Ambulance Officer Irs. Kemp, who have ju'st co;npleted a combined total of sixty years' work.
- District Office r },::.emp, w ho is an Officer t? e Order has been in the record section at D lstnct Headquarters for the past se_yen years Before hi appoi ntment to Di strict Staff he was Corps Sup erintendent at Walthamstow. Lady mbulance Officer 111s. Kemp was made a serving Sister of the in July and belongs t o \\T althamstO\v ( o II) ur mg Division.
In the City of London the recor d t otal of £77 was raised on the recent Io. Di s trict Flag Day
The good offices of the Mayor of St . have been secured b y the 1 o 58/5 (W. D.O. ) Dl vls10n in an energetic driv e for recruits. Sup erintendent W. V M. Allen is arran g in g courses of so that intendino- members may qualify, and mVltes evellTone to send for information the right spirit. All success to this" live» DI YIS lon.
Ca tholic members of the Brigade in the London District are to hold their second annual Church Parade on Sunday , September 26. The v:ill be for Ambulance, ursing and Cadet D IVI lOns. 1 I embers taking part assemble at Victoria Station at 3. 15 p.m., and will proceed to the Chur.ch of St. P eter and St. Edward, Palace Street, for a serVlCe and address b\- Fr. W. Higgs on the work of the Brigade at home and overseas. Colo nel J. L. Sleeman, C.B., Chief Commissioner for Overseas, has b een invited to inspect the parade after the service
Superintendent E. Ta ylor invites intendi.ng to be present to send their names to him at 3, WarwIck Road, Southall.
District Officer J. Standingford presente.d first certificates, vouchers and label, and gave an mterestmg addre ss on the origin of the Bri g ade, to members of the Fri ern Barnet sec tion of the Finchley (No . 93) Divisio n, on August 11. Superintendent J. W. Tayler, who presided, of the deve l?pment of the section since its formatlOn at a meetmg twelve months before, and Ambulance Officer F. W. G. Din es said that the section had a very useful nucleu s on which to base a division, which he was convinced they would form before very lon g
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REPORT OF .L \ \L 1 PE TIO. T J ULY 18, 1937. FROlIr COLONEL C. 1. LLlS I SPECl'ING TO TIlE I lIEF ER.
IR - I hayc the honour that, in acc rdance wit h the in'trLlction received from yom 0[I1cer on 1937, the mcers and men of the of \\To rcester and part of tafford h Ire were In pecte d by me on unda)" Jul), 18, on the Rae ourse , at 3.15 p.m County Officer \ ' .L \ 1Il ro m \Va in charge.
The occasion was a combined [ arade of thc men 'ber of TO. 3 \Y.fe tern Di trict to celebrate (localh ) the Jubilee of our Brigade.
Preparations f r e\'ent had been go in g on for abo u two year, and it was the bio-ge t parade the (:n : missioner (Major J ohn Orton) had ever prepared t or
Very great disappointment 'was, eallS u by the sudden iUne of raj l' ( rt on fOllr days befo the review was to take p lace. The absence of the .r hard-working and popular 'ommissioner was keen l: felt by everyone pre ent. _
Details have not ,ret reached me, but I wa wtorm ecl on the day that 2,000 members w re pre , nr.
1.uss 11. Lethbridge, C.B .E., inspected the \\ OIl1C [:, whilst lvfajor Dan il- mith, .B E., r. 14. \\ Dn-Iand very kindly and ably aSSl me D r. ( ssistant Commissioner) and yan us Ma\ n r accompanied me . The weather wa s fine and ,'cq h or.
The members were well turned out as rega n uniform and equipment 11)' impres sion was t hat every member had done hi (or her) be t to mah success of the dav and well they succeeded. Q mtions \vere ensib'i;r answered, and 1 \Va particu.lar i. pleased with the way the Cadets replied t o Clu e tl OD : A thorou gh inspection was made of the content s It the pouches the water-bottles. e\'eral compan l were asked to torm hand-sea ts and the respon e \\ ( better than one usually sees.
The lviarch Past was excellently carried out.
1 was very pleased to meet so many 111 n in uniform drawn up separate ly for pre an d i n spection. Several of them were. old frlen e .
Another pleasing incident was: 1 was wfonne? tlut there were a lot of blood - donors present, and 1I1 n rema rk s I than ked them o n behalf f the Order.
After the March Past a Drumhead ervice W :l, held, led b y Canon Russell, T.F.C.
After the service I was called upon to address the vast assembly of ambulance men and women, p llh k etC the lar ge number of o nl ookers. My remar s W 11 followed b y thanks and a welco me from Dr. Mc 0
Te a was su b se qu en tl y se rved to aJl distin guishe d v isito rs and members in large marquees. There are two comments 1 wish to make :_
(I) That on any si rniJar occasions the General alute is naL blown, nor the fla g broken until the Inspecti ng Officer i s on the field and ha s taken up his position.
( 2) After much careful, genera l and generous preparat ions the re was no microphone provided to speak into. Thi s app li ed to the offtciating clergyman and myself.
far as I am concerned, I felt that with such a huge audience it was a fine orportunity to speak of the; work of the Bri gac.lc and of the Order. I had becn promised a microphone and it was very disconcerting (and disappointing) to be told, at the last moment, tha t t here wasn't one.
If the pre ence of a sen io r and experienced officer i. , orth while, a presumably it was, facilities should ha , 'c been provided to enable him to be heard.
\n address where only the people close by can hear, i most boring to tho e who have to stand further afie ld,
I ha\"C the: honour to be, H, Your Obeciient eryant, (gel. ) . 1. ELLI C%J/e!.
Officer 011 loe Stoff of toe Chief (0/)/111I.UIOller.
Dl'DLJ:.Y .\ -D Dr STR.ICT.
The annual inspection of 1 0. 3 Di s trict ( \X 'estern) of t. J hn \mbulance Bri gade, compri ing the cou ntie of \'\ 'arwick hire, \'\ 'orcester hire and ouch ' cafford , hi rc took place on the racecour e, \X 'arwick, a t unday when the insp cting officer was Col. C. J. Ellj, T.D., of th e headquarter London .
The wh ole parade, drawn up in three columns o n i rin g of oH'1cer and member of l \mbulance a nd Divi ion, Lady Officer s and iter of -urs in g Di yision, fficers an d adet of adet ,)iv1 in, numb r ed bet\\'cen four and h\Te th ou and Du dley and Di st rict o rp under the c mmand of l:Orp uperintcnd nt 1\. '\ inbow, .B., upheld th traclition s f the o rrs and helped to make the Ins pection a ucc e s; 2--f.0 memb er, all rank, being p re sent.
Corps uperintendent \\fi nbO\ was ably supported by th orps staff officers present, orp ecrctarr F. Lakin, .B" orps ergeant- [ ajor H. \"X/ebb, .B . and R. P. Corp mcers c. Ollis .B., and B. Dunn Division repre ented in Dud ley and t Corp s were as follows: Dudley Di vi ion ( up r1nW. Ollis, S.B.); tourbrido-e D ivis ion ( uperJn te ndent Da vies , .B .); Bri erly Hill Di vision (S uperintend ent J. H Watkins); etherto n Divi sion (Superintendent J. Ta ylor); Tipt on Pari sh Divi i n
(Superintendent J W. Evjnson); Lye (Ambulance: Officer Cooper); Kinver Di vision (Superintendent H. . Congrove) ; M.E.C. Tipton Division (Captain C. G. H eathcock, lvLC, M.M.); Black Countr y ,\lidland " Red" Division (Captain P. C. Bennett).
Nursing Di visions represented: Dudley Divi sHjn (Lad y Superintendent Miss E. Ollis, S.S.); Tipto n Divi sion (Lady Officer Miss M. Harris); Kinver and Lye (Lady Superintendent Miss Wakefield).
The inspection over, the parade was formed up in columns of companies of 40 each, and marched pa s t the saluting base in double companie s to the s traim of martial music supplied by the regimental band of the 7 th Royal Wanvicks.
J-1 hollow square was then formed and a drum-h ead service was conducted b\- Canon Claude A. H. Russell, lYL .l\., T.F.c. -
The R oyal Show was held in Wr o tter sley Park, \Volverhampton, from July 6 to July 10.
T he Ambulance duties at the Show were u nd e r the direct control of County Officer 1[orris Chri s copher (Officer Brother) , to \l.-hom all matters and que stions relating to this \l.' ere referred.
Corps uperintendent F. G Jackson was in charge of all mbulance Units.
Corps Secretary H. '\ atkins \vas on dun- each da T' at the how, having sacrificed a \veek of his holida ,:s to do this work_
Corps urgeon J. \'\ell s, ':\LR C. ., LR.C.P., \,-a s in charge of the 1Iedical Officers.
The :\'ursing side of the work was undertaken b,the Bu hbury l\ursing Di\Tision, under the command of Lady Di\risional uperintendent D elaney, and tw o detachments of the B riti h Re d Cross under the commands of the Hon. 1fr H. Littleton ( rafford 66 Detachment) , and .0.1rs. B. Cridland ( [affo rd 20 Detachment)
It i interesting to note that thi is the fir t time [he ur ing D ivi ion of the and the Detachment of the B.R.C. ha\-e "or ked together, and it i hoped that it may not be the la t, as the co-operation \\-a \velcomed.
Various turns of duty \\-ere arranged from the , ' ariou Di\-isions in the Corp. ConlITlencino- at 9· 0 a m. to 1 3 0 p.m., 2..30 p.m. to 8 p.m p.m. to 1 p m., I p m. to 9 30 a.m., .0.Iedical Officers were on duty from 10 a.m. until 2.30 p.m and 2.'0 p.m. co 8 p.m.
The Officer '"h o undertook the were:Corp urg on J. \"X/ell, 1LR.C. L.R.C.P.· D ivisional urgeon J. H. Richmond, l\.1.B., B.Ch. L.R.C.P. 1LR.C. " \Toh erhampton Divi ion' Di y] ional ur0- on . Bn-ne Quinn, 1LB ., B .. Bu shbury D i\-l ion. Divi ional - uro-eon \\7. L. Reid, 1LB. Ch."B. \\-illenhall; D ivi ional urgeon D. \Yaddell Co ele\' D ivision . D r. E . Fri n o-Ie, Bri tish Red Cros Detachm nt. Th yariou l \. mbulance nit \y ere dra,vn from th Di vi ion compri ino- the Corp under the command of the following :- \\ olverhampton Diy! ion , Di\-i -
sional Superintendent F. B. Coley, mbulance Officers W. Hughes, G. Watterson, and S. Brick; Bushbury Division, Divisional Superintendent F. Lockley, Ambulance Officer Lench; Willenhall Division, Divisional Superintendent \Vilcox; Wednesfield Division, Divisional Superintendent Price; Thompsons Bros., Bradley Bilston, Divisional Superintendent H. Osborne; Co seley Division, Divisional Superintendent G. Wilkes; Corps Officer H. Knight was also on duty.
Cadets were supplied by the Bushbury Cadet Division.
Both the Ambulance Units and the nurses were kept busy most of the time, and 260 cases were dealt with.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited the Amqulance Hut also many other visitors including Viscount Bledisloe.
A letter of thanks has been received from the Committee of the Royal Show.
ARDWICK CADET
This year 104 Boy Cadets from Ardwick, Heaton Park, Post Office, Levenshulme, and Irlam and Cadis head Cadet Ambulance Divisions spent a happy week under canvas at St. Annes-on-Sea in July.
Divisional Superintendent B. Powell and Cadet Superintendent R. Charlesworth were in charge. The weather was ideal, being bright and sunny throughout, and before long boys and officers had the appearance of old campaigners.
On arrival the usual preliminaries were gone through, and on Sunday morning a Church Service was held at St. Margaret's Church. This resulted in a visit to the camp by-the Vicar, who arranged a cricketmatch between the choristers and a Cadet team,; the latter won by a narrow margin.
Each morning physical training was taken on the beach before breakfast, and after the meal the tents were inspected and marks allotted; lectures followed and there was special preparation for the examination in Clerical Ability and Public Service. The examiners for these proficiency certificates were Divisional Superintendent (Res.) G. Copley, and Ambulance Officer J. Hartley.
The winner of the" Jubilee Cadet" Camp Cup, a trophy presented by Captain N. W. Rawlings, L.M.S.S.A., was Cadet Killey, Ardwick Cadet Division.
On Wednesday afternoon sports were held, when the camp was visited by a large number of visitors.
The last night in camp was given up to the usual " sing-song," which took place in the marquee, and during the interval Mrs. Roberts, of Manchester, who has kindly consented to become Vice-President of the Ardwick Cadet Division, presented the prizes and =!.wards, which included the silver medal for the best
boy in camp to Cadet Jeffs, lrlam and Cadis head Division.
The Officers and staff were thanked for their effo rts on behalf of the boys, and as a mark of appreciati on, each received a small souvenir. " uld Lang Syn e," followed by the National Anthem, concluded a v en" memorable evening. Everyone was early astir Oi1 the last morning in camp and, shortly after breakfa st, willing hands made the work of packing equipment an easy matter, and the camp was duly struck. The happy contingent returned to Manchester in goo d spirits and obviously considerably benefited b y th e sea air, good food, and excellent weather.
During the week there were many visitors attend in g the camp, among whom were Lady District Sup erintendent Mrs. E. Tweedale, Corps Surgeon Cap tai n N. W. Rawlings, L.M.S.S. ., and }.t[r. Leslie, H O ll. President.
ACCRINGTO
Shorn of the spectacular display v. hich would ha \ l' marked the review of the units of o. rea, had th e weather permitted the event taking place in Oak H ill Park as originally intended, the programme, C01"siderably curtailed, had to be carried out on aturd a\, August 14, at the ccrIn g ton Headquarters, wi tn the supplementary accommodation of the Drill H all of the 4-5 Ea t Lanes Regiment, T.. The atten dance of units from all parts of the area, though rep re sentative, fell considerably below normal num erical strength, about 500 parading, but it was not t o UC wondered at, considering the wretched cli mat ic conditions which persisted throughout the grea ter part of the day. Consequently too, the parad e was witnessed by only a handful of spectators, bu, disappointing as it \Va to all cone rned, it pro " d a well-organised function.
The Inspecting Officer, the Depu ty Chief C on missioner, Col. G. A. Moore, C. LG., D.S.O., \1.' ,5 accompanied by the Commissioner, 1r. W. G. mit " O.B.E., Assistant Commissioners Major fack enz ic) Dr. Clegg, and W. H. Gastall, and Lady Di stnct Superintendent Mrs. E. Tweedale, C.B.E.
Befitting the occasion and the valuable servicLs rendered to the community by the Brigade, a ci vic welcome was given by the Mayor and Mayoress of Accrington. The various units were smartly u ntformed with the urses looking the picture of neat ne sS and efficiency, and Boy and Girl Cadets add ing effectively to the fitness of the display, provid ed 't striking spectacle, and one which did the moveme'1t the greatest credit.
Gracefully expressed appreciation of both Am bLlance and Nursing Units, with their juvenile organi sations, was the keynote of the addresses which foll owed the inspection, and most interesting was the con nection of Col. Moore with the Accrlngton Corps, whi ch sent out 40 men to the South African War, 1899 -01, for, as a young surgeon, he commanded the zz nd Bearer Company, to which many of these men we re attached.
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COMMEilIOR..ATIO ER\ ICE, 193-.
The Proccs ion caying John's Gate. I _J
No. 4 (LA CASHIRE) DISTRICT.
The parade \vas commanded by Corps Superintendent J. Smith and among the senior officers present were Corps Surgeon Harbinson, Lady Superintendent IvIi s Shepherd, and the Rev. A. W. Greensill, M.A., R.D ., Hon. Chaplain and Corps Treasurer.
The Accrington Corps Pipers' Band and the NorthEast Lancashire Military Band played selection s during the afternoon and in the evening a concert and dance was held.
N ELSO
The Annual Inspection of the Am bulance and Kursing Corps and Divisions of Brierfield, and Barrowford was conducted by Assistan t Commissioner Dr. R. Clegg, C. St. J., at Edge End, elson, th e residence of Capt. and 1£rs. P, M. C. Hayman. The parade of close on 200 was commanded by Corps Superintendent Bannister, elson, and after the inspection of the ranks and march past, various demonstrations of practical ambulance work \vere g n- en .
the conclusion of the inspection, 1Ir. Sam uel Holdem, Barrowford, was presented with his P resident's Badge by the Inspecting Officer.
lvL\N CHE STER
The Manchester and Salfo rd Corp s underto ok t he l oading of two trains at Victoria Station, Manchester, on the occasion of the Annual Pilgrima ge to L ourde on Frida y , July 30, and also the unloading of the trains when the Pilgrims returned on Saturda y, A u g ust 7. A s there were 30 stretcher case s and 20 bed patients these had to be handled v er y carefull y, and, under the v er y capable supervision of Corp s Officer J. Fox, who was in charg e of the arran g ements, this was very successfully carried out,
On the return jou rne y, A u g ust 7, the trains containing the pilgrims were over four hours late. Th e Officers and men paraded at Victoria Station at 4.0 p.m" the time scheduled for the arrival of the train s, but the railway officials informed the Officer-inChar ge that the train wou ld be four hour s late, and at 8.0 p,m. they were again advised that the trains would not arrive until after 9.0 p.m. It is very pleasing to note that the Officers and men, who v olunteered for duty and paraded at 4,0 p.m., remained until the trains had been unloaded.
SPALDING ,
Surfleet, a village in Lincolnshire (writes Miss H. B. Harvey), has for several y ears had in its midst, durin g June and July, a band of strawberry-pickers. The y come from London, and comprise men, women and children. The contrast in their way of living must be very great, for here their quarters consist of a barn and a shed in a field. The barn is partitioned-off cubicles, and these are the sleeping-quarters of the party, their beds being sacks filled with straw. I remember going out one stifling night at midnight, 268
to fetch a woman suffering fr 111 sunstroke to hospital. The heat in the barn was inten e, and w e had to b e conducted to our patient by men with lanterns. The shed is a large brick building with an open fireplace in the centre, and here all the cooking takes place, and the meal are served This year th ere were only 50 in the camp and the Spaldin g ur sin g Division had made arran g ements to be on call in case of accidents. The first call came n a unday afternoon. A small bo y rushino- int o the shed, collid ed with a woman carryino- a pail of boiling water. The boy was badly scalded on the neck and back; th e woman got off mor e easily. The o\vner o f the fields hurried to Spalding in hi car and calJed o n ou r Ambulance Officer, and she and a nur se w en t b aCh \.vith him. Th ey treated both patient, and decided the bo y must go to ho sp ital. H e s tron g ly o bjected , but the y us e d tact. Our ambulanc e an w a sent for , and the lad tak en for eco nd aid. The i ter -incharg e cong ratulated o ur , \rnbulanc ister on her work, and detain ed the patient. Thi s w as the begin Din g of daily yi sit t o t h e camI, \mbul ance ister mith b eing the willing vi itor.
he found ome minor ca ualtic , mo, t day IlCfL is a li s t of cases she reported :Dres si n g on \v oman' sca ld ed a rm Bo y with cut on hand and arm.
Blister s dres ed ttention to corns.
ick b oy, t empe r ature 99. T\\ o da\ s later , tempereature 104- ur e ent for' d Clor ; b oy rernoyed to hospital. evera l sma ll cuts; blistered heels. eptic sp ot on face.
G raze d back.
One da y, in th e course of cO lwersacion the camper " men ti o n e d th e ubject of payment; they \\,r ere told om work is e nti rely yoluntary. " But haven't rou a b ox into which we could put some th ing?" " O b, yes, some time patients li ke to o-i e to our cau e. " urse went to see th em to sa y good- b ye, and sa \\ so me whispering going on, a nd th en one of th e women came and proudl y pre ente d her with zs. Gd . in pennies, Th ey had passe d " th e hat " round, an d this was t o put in her b ox. Th ey were an exceedi ngh nice crowd, and most gratefu l for the a tt e nt ion \\'C had given them.
o. 7 DISTRI T.
A most successful Parad e and Serv ice was held o n Sunday, July z 5, by the County of alop.
The Parade took place in the grounds of Castle, which provided a most admirabl e and hls ton e se tting, much appreciated b y a lL The fortunately was fine, and the Divisi o n s, both urS1l1g and Ambulance, turned out in goo d strength, some z 80 being on parade,
The Inspecting Officer, the Hon. ]. H. Bru ce, Commissioner and Secretary, Priory of Wal es ,
remarked on the g ood turn - out of alJ ranks, and sa id that he appredated very much the keennes s a nd efficiency f all. After the In s pection the parade marched past the Inspectin g Officer, who took the salute, and the band, kindl y Jent b y t he Commandin g Officer of the Shrewsbury School Offi cers Trainin g Corps, proved itself t b e equa l to th e occas i on
The Parad e marched th roug h th e town in co lumn of route t o St. had 's hu rc h, where th e\, marched past the Ma yo r, Mr. C. Beddard, b efo re the c hurch. Th e se rvic e was c nclu cte d b y th e R ev. J\ 1\ 1. H o lli s, B D ., a nd lasted some fo rt y minutes. Grcat intercst \-"as sho\),"n in the Parade by the: g cnera l pu bli c and there was a good in church. After the cn icc the Parade wa . dismissed, and members and fricnds took tea in .i\Iorri Hall.
TO. 8 (F C01\'l\'. \ 'CC f iT ) Dl T RI JT.
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\b ollt 9 00 pilgrim to 1. i ieux and Lourde s, Illcludin g many blind and cripple ca e , le ft I larbour special steamer, th e s ... W'orrhin g , on Tuesday ni g ht.
The main party or OIl1C 00 arri,"cd in t'\vo pecial train (rorn t he dioce e of J lcxham and ::-\cwca tlc-onT, ne. Other weI" from thc 1 -ensal, oho and C;)P nha g en lre t district s of London. The leader \\' a the Re \ " Joseph M a cCormack. Th cwha \' cn Di\' i ion, under D i\ isional up e r. ntcmkm C. K. R elph, helped to mO\"c 2. 5 stretcher a e and mat1\· other s
ROCllE..,nR.
\rter [WCnt\, yca rs' , e n "ice, Di \"i lonal upenntc ndcnt "\. ole re ig ned. J lc \\' ill not ever hi s m nnection \\ ith the D i"i i n entireh- as h has be e n )laccd on the Bri g ade Rc e[ve of - fficers, and will he reb) bc able to retain his rank and uniform and u rn out with his old Di vision on parade or duty \' h n ncc sarr o Joining th e R ochester Di vi ion in )ct ber , 1916, and t h e Br igad in 191 h s e n " d ncle r th e Jat up r int nd ent pencer ill during the \\'ar, d oing duty a nio-ht orderly at [roud V. l \ .D. 110 pital. H also did air-raid duty.
1 fr. o le has worked Yen" hard. In 192.0 the )ivi i o n had no am bulan ce ' o r quipment worth peaki n g ab ut, and very littl fu nd s B y his perse\' r,nce and love of th e w ork he leave a Di i ion of 1:1 cn f, tt y- nin e tron g-all fully e quipp ed In addiUo n t o that the Di v i sion ha s an a mbula nc e that i one of th e finest on the r oa d, and i, so e qui pped to he able t o deal with an y accident or illn e S. It is .t;ratifyin g to know that th e Di v i ion is o n the friendlie st term with the it\, P o lic e, the Kent c unt,' Co nstabulary, and the Cit)TFir Bri ga d e-thr ough th e pe rso na] fforts of Sup rint nd e nt Col. Tw e nt}" }e ar s of hard work, hell in g the sick and suffering' he may well be proud of hi achievement.
CAMBERLEY.
The fla g da y heJd on Saturday in aid of the Camberle y and Frimley Di v i si on realise d £38 os. lId. The fla g day w as organi sed by Miss Mack, assisted b\' memb ers of th e Women's Section of the Briti sh L egi on.
D OVER.
The T own Jerk reported that a letter had been received from Mr. E Richard s , Commis sioner for TO 8 (Du ke of Connau g ht's) Di strict, St. John Ambulance B ri g ade, tendering the best thank s of the B r igade for aJl that was done to en s ur e the succes s of the annual reviC\.v which wa s held o n Jul y 4 1'\0 one more than he reali sed the tremend o u s amount of work involved if the e \'e nt wa s to go without a
hi[ch, and that it did 0-0 \vith o ut a hitch \\-a d ue ro excellent <taft' \york. Hi taff Officer ,,-a full of praise for the ,, "ay 1 Ir. R an om ( the Committe Cle rk ) carried out th arrangement and the Chief C o n tabl e for the excellent ,,-ork by the p o lice. He o nly ho ped that the knowledge tha t pas ed o ff at i.::would be orne compen arion f r their effo rts. He al 0 \\ -ished to to [he :0Ia and C o rp o ratjon t he b e t thank f the B rigade for their ,,- o ndelful h ospitality to all rank on the o cca ion , The 11ay r said that \\ "a \ -en' <au tacton- He thought they all thoroughly enjo):ed themseh-'es, and c\ -ccnhi n o- \y nt offyery sa tLfactOrih" ounci11or Gat.: T he best th r yer had."
r \v"a lk er : 'Put D oyer on th map agall1.
ADDISCOMBE.
The annual inspection of the Addiscombe Division was witnessed by more spectators than usual. It was held in the Addiscombe Recreation Ground (by kind permission of the Croydon Corporation), and was taken by the Assistant Commissioner, Hamer Russell, CSt.]., who inspected the Division.
At the conclusion he complimented officers and men on their efficiency in all departments of work, on the excellent manner in which books and records were kept, and on the motor ambulances The officer in charge of the parade-District Officer E J. Prewwas congratulated on his untiring energy in cal-rying out the traditions of the Order.
Among the visitors were Councillor A. L. Boddington and Mrs. and NIr. McDiamid. CHICHESTER.
Mr. W. ]. B. Trotter, District Officer of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, who has put in three years' hard work in connection with local air-raid precautions and made the subject thoroughly his own, had a large audience when he spoke to the Rotary Club at their July meeting on gas and anti-gas, and the various precautions to combat the threat of air-raids and bombing. He stressed the claim that the work of the committees concerned with these measures was not a warlike activity, but was designed to educate the public to meet, if necessary, a danger which might become very real. In case of war, he pointed out, aeroplanes, carrying 2,000 lbs. of bombs each, could be bombing London within ten minutes after passing over the Isle of Wight. He made the claim for Chichester that its anti-gas measures made it one of the most advanced towns in Sussex in that regard, and mentioned that it had just completed appointing a system of " street wardens." In speaking of the gases in existence for war purposes and the methods by which it is claimed that immunity can be secured from anything but a direct hit, he made the comparatively comforting statement that no new g ases were likely to be used. Still, one never knows what Science has got up its sleeve, and by a growing number of harmless people nowadays Science is getting to be regarded as the old proverb regarded the Greeksthey distrust it even when bringing gifts.
QUEENBOROUGH
The opening of the new ambulance headquarters at Queenborough took place recently before a large gathering of townspeople. The weather was glorious, and great interest was aroused in this splendid achievement, mainly brought about by voluntary labour. The members of the Queenborough Division are to be heartily congratulated upon their endeavours.
The different units paraded outside the Borough Hall, and marched to the Guildhall, headed by the Gravesend Band, where the Mayor and members of the Corporation joined the procession and proceeded to the Parish Church.
There was a crowded congregation, and the Vicar gave a very appropriate address.
Afterwards the procession re-formed, and marche d to the new headquarters in Rushenden Road.
County Surgeon Dr H. A. Madwar presented a key to the Mayor, on behalf of the Division, and in accepting it the Mayor said he was sure that the new headquarters would be a lasting memorial to the loyalty of the Queenborough Division in the interests of humanity. He reminded them that the new headquarters had been provided with practically voluntary labour and voluntary subscriptions. Only a little skilled labour had been paid for, and he had no hesit ation in saying that those who had accepted a little payment had done the work with a feeling of joyfulness, because it was for such a noble cause. H e heartily congratulated all those concerned in the wor k and thanked one and all for their generous SUI port.
Councillor Stevens then handed the key to Assistan t Commander John Day, who accepted it on behali of the Order, and thanked the Mavor for his interest in being with them that to perform th al ceremony. He also endorsed all that had been aic' regarding the splendid efforts of the Queenb orou gl Division, and asked Di isional Superintendent Fagg to accept the key and to take charge of the buildin g.
Divisional Superintendent Fagg said he was prou d to accept it and the building as a trust \ hich the l would always endeavour to honour and uphold . I Il also referred to the sacrificing labours of ey er) member of the Division in making such an eve nt possible. He then asked the Mayor to open the ne \\ headquarters which ceremony followed the dedicat IOn by the Vicar of Queenborough and the singing of " Praise God from Whom all Blessin gs flow."
Before the Mayor declared the new headquarte r open, Master Alan Madwar presented the with a lovel y bouquet of rose
Inside the building, l\ssistant Corrunander D a unveiled a portrait of County urgeon Dr. H. \. Madwar, whose heart and soul, h e said, had been 111 that project. Largely through hi s efforts , they h ad achiev ed their desires, and he was pleased to carry out that duty in honour of their popular Surgeon.
Dr. H. A. Madwar, in responding, referred to t he generous support he had recei ed on all sides, and paid a glowing tribute to the work put in by t he members of the Di vision. He also thanked all the different firms who had helped in vario us ways wi th material and other things; also all the friends for their financial support.
Members of the general public then in spected the building, which w:;ts grea tly admired by all present.
Amongst those who attended the ceremony were' Queenboroug h Djvision S.J.A.B.; Sheerne s-on-S ea Division; Sittingbourne Division; Sheern ess-onSea Nursing Division and Cadets; Legionaires (Men's and Women's Sections); Queenbo rou gh Town and Sheet Glass Fire Bri ga des; Isle of Sheppc ) Corps Officers.
The Mayor was accompanied by the Town Clerk (Mr. A. Everett), the Town Sergeant carrying the Mace, Alderman B. T. Ma yland (Deputy Mayor), Alderman J. S. Bills, Captain E. W. Jaffra y, Councillors Mrs. E. S. Weekes, J.P., Miss Jaffra y, Mrs. Turner, J. J. Clark, E. Thompson, W. Lodder, R. J. Jennings, J.P., the l\1ayoress (Mrs. Stevens), Mrs. Beaumont, Mrs. Day, and other prominent residents in the Borough and district were present.
The parade was under the charge of District Officer B. T. Beaumont.
out under the supervision of a flag committee, comprising Division Superintendent C. K. Relph, as chairman, Sergeant A. Matthews, Corporals T. Packham and W. Clarke, Privates B Lawrence, J.Townsend, A . Combs, and Mrs. J. Payne of the ursing Division, with Mr. W. J. Griffiths (Division Secretary).
WORTHING. £ 70 for Ambulance Work. Between a hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy fla g sellers coUected over £170 for the Worth-
TUE ORDER OF ST. jOH1': It\: RHODESI.-\..
\T HOUSE, S. RHODESL\, 25TH '\(.-I.RCH, 193 -. Jealed: Ilis Exccllt.:ncy Sir Herbert ranIer, G.e.;\LG. (presiding Kni,;;ht of Grace) left 10 rI!!,/JI: Lt.-Col. T. E. Robins D. .0. (':da re.r Cere monie); \Ir. H. Chapman C.B:E. of Grnc..:); :\1r. \. \'\ \nd erson ( word); Olsrncr O,TIcer \'\ J. Ra tandard ) ! His the Bi hop of Quthern Rhoocsia (Right Rev. E. F. Paget, M.e., OR-iclatlng DISc. upt. \. \[organ (Procc sional Cross); The Han. G. :'L Huggin ,FR.e. (K.Q!ght of Grace).
The lvlayor and Corporation, together with th e officers and units on parade, afterwards partook of tea in the Borough HaD.
D RTFORD.
Since the opening of the new headquart rs I,OO O pe rsons have insp ecte d the building, which will b open for inspection on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The members desire to thank all who have con tributed towards the funds.
EWIJ:\.VE
As the result of collection in Newhaven and dis trict the Newhaven Division received the record Sum of £39 I IS. -J.d. The collection were carried
ing Di\'ision of the r. John t\mbulance Brigade on aturday.
H -\. TIKG'.
The band of the Ha ting Town Division visited Eastbourne to play in the carni,al proce ion. Thi \\-as at the pecial reque t of the Eastboume Carnival Committee.
CHERT':&:Y.
Th annual flan- da,· on behalf of the fund of th Chert ey, Addle tone and Egham Di,i ion rai ed £48 15 s. II d. (Colltil/Hed Oli page 274)
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REpORT No. 129.-The Officer-in-Charge of Central Area, No. D istrict, S.J.A.B., reports the efficient performance of Er t aid by a member of o. 2 (Haggerston) Division in the following circumstances :-
On June 29 Corporal J. Brown was called to a house where in an upper room he found a man l yin g unconscious and not breathing in an atmo sphere laden with coal gas Quickly turning off the gas and dragging his patient into another room, he forthwith commenced artiEcial respiration At Erst there wa no response to treatment; but, after a period of fort y minutes, the patient began to show signs of recover y When breathing had been fully established, the patient was removed b y ambulance to hospital where he made an uninterrupted recover y
Cm.f1..fENT .- This rep ort emphasises the pressing need for patience and perseverance in the pelJorll/ance 0] artificial respiration and also for frequent practice 0] its movem ents, without which pelJect results cannot be obtained. To Corporal J. Bro wn , therefore, we tender cordial congral!t!ations on the success which on this occasion croJJJIled his patient and persevering efforts - J C. F.
CASE REpORT No 13°. - The Officer-in-Charge of t h e County of Oxford S. J .A.B . reports the efficient assistance rendered b y Ambulance Sister Lilian F. Plant, of the Banbury N u rsing D ivision, as follow s :-
On April 9 Ambulance Sister Plant, who onl y re cently joined the B rigade, together with tw o members of the B anb ury Ambu lance D ivi sio n, who we r e in charge of the ambulance, was sent into th e co u ntry to b ring a woman who lived in a caravan, into the Poor Law I nErmary at Ban b ur y, for her confinement . On arrival, she found the patient alread y in lab our. As Amb ulance Sister P lant thought the mat ter u rgen t , she sen t t he bea r ers off post-haste to the n earest vi llag e wi t h instructio n s to bring back the do ctor o r the D istrict Nurse. In the meantime, the patien t w as delivered of twins; and, when the District N u rse arrived, sh e w as complimented by her and t o ld t hat t here was nothing fu r t h er to b e done except t o co n vey the p ati en t and r er b ab ies t o the I nfirmar y, wh er e sub se q u entl y sh e m ad e an excell en t recovery.
CO MMEN T - T he primary ol?ject of the Brigade is the performance of pubNc duties which vary widelY in their scope. This rep ort tells o f an emergent)' which fortunatelY for all concerned, is rarelY encountered by first aiders For this reason Ambulance Sister Lilian F. P lant merits OU?' co r dial cong r atulations on the successful manner in which she dealt wi t h her patient in dijJicult circumstances - N C. F.
Questions and Answers
C011POUND O1 [PLICATED OF lI m-1ER(·s.
G. B . ( orwest- e en).-At a recent Di vis ional Prac tice I '\\ a to ld to imag in e that, h avin g my kit with me, I \ a \valking along a c un try road whe n 1 came acros a I er on who had b ee n im-ol cd in a car accident and wa uffering from "a compound complicated fracture of humerus and bl edino- from the bra chial artery" ( these are th e ac tu al word ). 1 \;I:as also t old that n o one else wa, pre ent, thou gh n few minut s later a bystander appeared. L I said that I would place a hard pad in armpi t controlled b y figure-of-elght ban dage tied ( ff in 0l'!'! ) Site armpit, place hnt at rlo-ht angle- ane! support il small arm slin o-. If mv bystander had now ani, eel I \-vould send him for d'oc t r and ambulance. Me an while I would cover patient t minimi e h ock an d attend to the injured arm, which 1 \, -o uld do b \' cutting up leeve and by applying iocl in e and dressin g . I qu eried that, if the doctor and ambulanc L had n ot yet arrive d, would it harm th arm if I aplli u co l d (sterile) water to the dressino- t o helr congeal th blood.
The other mbulanc e iter were horrified a( 111 suggestion of u ing cold wat er; and I was told rh ;r I should have applied di gita l pre s ur e to the subcla\'l an artery and go t my b ystander to take (Urn with nK , and also that I sho uld have sem for (he ambulan n: before the doct or. This seems wrong to me; and I think that I was ri g ht to tr y the axillary fir, t. In an y case I would stop the hxmorrhage mchow !
You do no t tell me the site 0] tlJe 1J 'olllld ; alld cOtlJt'qlleJIl[} 1 cannot gzve a mlillg Oil tlJe poillt rais ed 1J1 til!) (cUt pad and bandage compressioll of the axillmJ' aJld digitr' compr essioJ] of the subclaviall artel] are eq/((t/ljl difficllll, lvhich fact makes me admire the sllpfrb cOI7j7{/('I]ce of rO lf' fillal statemellt
011 the lJ'hole, 1 thillk that, IJad 1 been the first aidtr, ! wortld have applied lemporary digital pre.wlre Otl Ihe .1/1/ cfavian artelJI lmtil the arrival 0] the I?)' rtallder, ll'holll lvould have told to slit up tlJ e sleeve alld expose the This done, 1 1vollid have given imlmctiom to dres s II. lvound.
My next move ),JJou/d depend 011 the sile oj the WOIIII{/ If this at or belO}v the middle 0] Ihe arm 111 'oH/d Ih t fix up the patient as ShOl1Jn in 55 of Ih e Textb ook because the brachial artery is already ll!j!fred and the loss 0 blood is alreacry endange ring the patlellt's life and becaf(Je t he broad bandage round his bo& i s esse?llial to the cOlllro. 0] the axilla/y artery. In oth er words, the lVOlllld oj the arm in this case i s the more serious i'V'my f rom the first ai{l vielvpoint , and deman ds priorily in treat/J/enl over IlJe frat tured arm
If, h01vever, the site 0] the 1vol,md lvere higher up the au)! then these l11aniptllatiol7s cotrld not be effected ) and, aJ II
/in ! aider, 1 shollid be forced 10 rery 011 continuous digi/al pres sure Oil jhe s lIDc/avian art ery. In these cirOllllstances, 1 cO I?fe ss that 1 do 170 kl101V h01V J alii to .rend Jor doctor alld Jor allJDlllclIlCe /./I1less 1 am allouJed a second bystander !
On the q!festioll of 1I ril1g cold 17Jater Jor a }/Jomul, 1 7/ lholehearted!y 1J litb )'0111' Jel101v All/blllance Sisters and 1 am erl'falfy horrified! If/ha/ challce have YO Il of cold slerile 1J la ler (e rtlo lzg a COlllil)J' road" al7d1J'hat ,good 1Vould it do?
The less (/ first aider iJJle)Jeres }JJith a ]]'olmd, th e bet IeI' is il for the patieJIt's ll 'olfJId R elllelllber that the Textbook (p. 96) 01lljl allo])ls ),011 10 lise sierilised Jvaler Jor J)la.rhil{f!, a lJlOlflid (1) if the l1-'olftld is obviotfS(y dirly aJJd (2) if aid caJJllol be proCllred at ollce and frallk6' 1 hope Ibal this illSlmcliot! 1l'ill be dele led frolll Ibe fleX! edilion of the Tex/book.- i. C. r.
TE Il"'IC.\L I" TRl'CTlO'\' OF ,;\f. B. ( orthlands).- _ \ s a recently appointed Diyj ional urgeon I s hould be obliged for your help in a list of recent books which will best help me in my task of prO\-i ding proper in truction for member of my \ mbulance unit h'rsl alld JorNllosl ),ON 11111.1'1 possess and master the . Lrsocialion Te.y/book 011 Jl·bieh all fint aid instmc/ion IIIIIS! be based, a_r laid dO}}11I ill Clause 2.28 0] Brigade This is essenliell becallse it is !Jot ahl'a)'s realised Ibat first aid iJ- rl .I-pecial science and delllandJ' ((/ reJIII s11l1)' I!JI IIlt'dical practitiollers al/d lay persons, IlIlIDDlJllllilIUlI!lIUlIlUllmUlIlIIllIlIlUUIIIUlIlJlUlllIlIIIllIUIIKlIIlIlIlIlllUlIlIIlIUlIlIUlIl1III1U::IIIIIUlIlIlJllllIllllIlllElIIlUllliC"
.rince the Jo rm er must bring dOl1m, and the latter hrll1,g "tp , their know ledge to the standard which separates il Jrom lIIedicine and surgery. Further, 1 doubt if any texl book }}Jere ever dissected page by page and line by line as is FIRST \ID TO TIlE I NJURED, lvhich is an addilional rearoll for you 10 master its teachings and instructions.
Further the T extbook merits carefirl sttfcfy frolll the point oj vie]v also 0] re-examinations and competitions } and for the latter it is most important to be able to justi)) eac/; and evelY detail oj your marking sheets shotdd tlJe JJeed arise. R emember that these also will be suijected to JJlerciles.f dissection, especial(y by disgruntled cotllpetitou. Incidental& 1 hope, that YOIl rvill see to it that eacb lIIember of),01lr Ambulance Unit is also (if he is not alreacfy) qlfalified il1 Home lVllrsin,g and that he re-qualiftes each .year. To this end refresher courses 0] lectures, Oil both slIi?jects are usef1l1 } and what 1 have alrear!J1 written abollt first aid applies also to lVttrsillg.
.For the rest, it 7vill repqy ),Otl to stur!J' the pages of THE GAZETTE and especial(y the Case Reports and QuestiOJu colu/llns, JroJJl 1vhich ),Ott will gather /liNch useful inJorlllatioll relative to the iilS/ruc/ion 0]your 1I11it, even though at tillles )'01/ ilia), perhaps see fit to disagree "0' COlllllletlh and answers.
LaJtlj', in the advertisements published ill the journal ),011 n'ill find reference to aid bookJ- written ry authorities, 1II0St 0] Jl!hich are based Oil praclical exp::rience of the of imparting tec/mical ktlOJl'iedIJe to IC1.J member.i. C. F. ,
Surgeons) Conference &Week End
As announced last month , the Annual Conference of Distric t and County Surgeons will take place i n the Hall on Sa tu rday , Odober 16 , commencing at 2.30 p m.
The suggested Week End Course , open to all ranks o f Surgeons throughout the Brigade, has created considerable interes t It i s as ye t too early to make a definite statement , but it is urgently des i red tha t those who would like to attend will communi cate at once (if th ey have not already done so) with their County Su r geon , or direc t w i th th e Surgeon-in-Chief at St. John ' s Gate if the position of County Su rgeo n is vacant.
The Week End Course is planned to include addresses and d iscuss i ons on the medical work of the Brigade. It will commence on Sa tu r da y, Odober 16 , at 3.30, with a tour of st. John's Gate , this being follo w ed a t 5 p.m. by the opening session of the Course and at 7.30 p.m. by d i nner.
On the following day there will be a morning and an afternoon sessio n, the latter ending at tea-time. 2.73
(Conti1Jued /rolll page Z71)
CoBHALVf.
The annual collection in aid of the Cobham Division realised the record figure of £46 17S. 9d., an increase on last year of about £6. The collection was organised by Mrs. A. Hamilton.
RAMSGATE.
Nine hundred people received first aid last month at the St. John Ambulance hut on Ramsgate sands.
REDHILL AND REI GATE.
The total collection at the flag day was £208 IS. 4d.
No. 9 (NORTH, EAST AND MID-DEVON) DISTRICT.
SIDMOUTH DIVISIO
A fine piece of rescue work was carried out by the members of the Sidmouth Division on August 7. Two young men, who were visitors to Sidmouth, were unwise enough to attempt to climb down the face of the cliffs at Lade Foot, a descent of about 500 feet Half-way down they found they could not get any farther, neither could they get back again.
The beach attendant saw their plight and sent a message to Superintendent Irish, S.J.A.B., who summoned members of his Cliff Rescue Squad. These lowered Sergeant Hart and Private Cyril Irish down the face of the cliffs to where the two young men were stranded. Meanwhile, Police Sergeant Stanning made his way along the beach to locate the youths and assist the rescue party from below.
It was fortunate that Sergeant Hart was wearing a protective helmet, as a large piece of flint became dislodged and, rolling down the cliff, struck him a severe blow. The two Ambulance men managed with difficulty to get the youths down the cliffs with the aid of ropes, and they were then taken to the town suffering from cuts, bruises and shock. This is the third time during the past two years that the Rescue Squad of the Sidmouth Division have been called out for a similar purpose, and carried out their work successfully.
RED RUTH
Superintendent C. C. Pellowe, of Redruth, was assisted by the following Officers from neighbouring Divisions :-Lady County Officer Miss H. Grylls (Redruth), Mrs. Thomas (Lady Superintendent, Redruth Nursing Division), Superintendent R. Jory (Illogan), Superintendent S. T. Bowden (Stithians and Carmenellis), and Ambulance Officer Peters (Stithians).
The proceeds for the week totalled £z6 4S.
Owing to the large increase in the work and numerical strength of the Division, the present headquarters at Clinton Passage have been found inadequate to cope with the demands and a new headquarters is to be erected at Basset Street, on a site
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of ground very generously given by Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Bartle (Redruth). Work has been started on the building and when completed it should prove a great asset to the Ambulance movement in Redruth, and the Division will be in possession of a large and up-to-date Ambulance Station.
County Surgeon Dr. Morton Palmer has been appointed County Staff Officer for A .R.P. as from July 7· He County Commissioner H. ]. Vick attended the Course at the Civilian Anti-Gas Scho ol at Falfield from August 9 to 2I.
A.R.P.
There are Z4 Grade 1 Instructors in the North, East and Mid-Devon County, of whom 14 are medical men; in addition, 30 Grade 2, and 151 Rank-and-File Certificates have been issued to successful candidates.
MID- DEYON AREA.
County Officer G W. Hingston has been appointe d Acting Assistant County Commissioner as fro m August 3, and Captain R. A. P. Gray, 1.B., ha, be c::: n appointed County urgeon as from July 12. REDRUTH.
From August 11 to 17 an Exhibition of (he replic as of the Crown Jewels (kindly loaned by the Daih Sketch) was held in the loun ge of the Regal Cjnema, Redruth (by kind permission of the proprieto rs )
The Exhibition was open to the public, a small charge for admission being made, and the proceed were 1£1 aid of the Divisional funds.
The opening ceremony was performed on \'<'ednc s day, August I I, by the Hon. Mr. Justice Hawke, wh spoke highly of the work of the mbulance jll Redruth and district. Lt.-Co1. W. Blackw o ot' (County Commissioner for Cornwall), it. Har n Rich (Divisional President), It. James Glasson ana ex-County Commissioner E. Trounson (Vice-PresIdents) also participated in th e ceremony.
Northern Ireland District
ROYAL VISIT-JULY 28, 1937.
It was with pardonable pleasure and enthusi asm the officers and members of the St. John Ambula nce Brigade look forward ed to the first visit of Their Majesties The King and Queen since their Coronat ion to the City of Belfast.
Elaborate arrangements had been made by the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners, and over zoo members fo the Ambulance and Nursi ng Division s were allocated to posts along the ro ute through which the King and Queen would pass. Owing to the large mileage it was necessary for so me Divi sions of the Brigade to transfer th eir member s to three separate positions, commencing at Belfast Qu ay, running through High Street and Done gall Place, to City Hall. After the ceremony of presenting lo yal addresses, etc., had been completed, the route followed was via Balmoral, Lisburn and Hillsborou gh,
after lunch, back to Balmoral, Stormont and on to the Royal Yacht in Harbour.
At the City Hall, Her Majesty the Queen inspected the members of the British Legion at the conclusion, of which the Commissioner for Northern Ireland, Mr. Ian Fraser, and Miss R. Sinclair, presented to Their Majesties. The following Senior Officers of the Brigade were also presented :- District Surgeon R. W. M. Strain, Assistant Commissioners D. Parker, 1\ W. Mann, W. Allen, Lady District Officer Miss B. Whitaker, County Officers Mrs. L Kirkpatrick, W. Wilton and S. G. John ston . Mr. Fraser asked permission to present five Senior Officers of the British Red Cross Society, and the following were duly presented: Dr. ]. Macintosh, Major D. McVicker Mr. ]. c. Hamilton, Iiss S. Allen and Mrs. E. :L\1cCombe.
After very mixed summer weather the day of the Royal Vi it opened beautifully fine-enhancing the beauty of the City Hall and the magnificent decorations which were everywhere to be seen. As the d ay progressed the heat became more intense and as a result members of the Brigade had a busy time. Round the it)' Hall, where the crowds were densest, the member of the .].A.B. and B.R.C. were busily empl red, yictim after victim falling under the rays of the un and heat. Many who had waited for hours with notrun g but a hurried light breakfast, made the work of the Brigade an arduous one. It is computed that between 1,000 and 2,000 people received First \id throughout the day, and their services were never mor appreciated.
On the following day the Commis ioner, :Mr. Ian .rra er, rec iyed the following letter from the Prime [inistcr, Lord raigayon: -
DE \R lH FH. \:ER,
1 hould like to take the tir ( opportunity after Their laje tics' departure last evening to express to yo u the grateful appreciati n of our Government fo r the help which \vas so willingly and efficiently afforded y sterda y by you and your able band of ass istants from the t. John Ambulance Brigade an l the Briti h Red Cross ociety. I heard on all sides no thing but praise for the manner in which your difficult task was carried out and I should be glad if you \vould kindly COnyer our acknmvledgment and wa rmest thank to all who c ntributed 0 materially in making the Royal Visit one \"hich \vill live lon g jn the memorie f the people of Ulster.
\' ours \-ery sincerely, RAIG .-\. N.'
There were no serious cases with the exception of two or three heart cases requiring attention, and a me morable vi it, which willli c long in tbe memories of Ulster pe pIe concluded at ab ut 8 p.m., when Their Majesties, amid the thunderous cheers of thousands of the loyal subjects, went aboard the Ro),al Ya cht totum to Eng land.
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The Brigade and V.A.D. Camp, 1937
The annual Brigade and V.A.D. Camp was held at Rossall School, Fleetwood, from July 3 I to August 7. Lady Perrott honoured the camp with her presence for the week-end.
There were 160 in camp, including 64 officers from the various districts (I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Wales, orthern Ireland, the Irish Free State, and one officer from Canada.
This was an exceedingly happy camp of instruction.
Saturday was Reception Day, and in the evening a whist drive was held, which helped to create a friendly atmosphere.
On Sunday morning about 90 attended Holy Communion in the School Chapel at 8 a.m.
The celebrant was the Bishop of Blackburn (Dr. Herbert), assisted b y the Bishop of Ripon and the Suffragan Bishops of Burnley and Lancaster.
In the afternoon a Drumhead Service was held on the Foreshore at Fleetwood b y kind permission of the Fleetwood Council.
Three special trains conve yed the members from the school to Fleetwood; here they were joined by members from Preston, Blackpool and Flee tvlood Diyjsions.
The y marched from the cram terminus along the Promenade to the Foreshore, headed by the Roche Ambulance Cadet Band, who also played for the hymns. The address was gi\Ten by the Vicar of Fleetwood, the Rev. . G. tanton. i'\ineteen pounds was collected for the St. John Hospital in Jerusalem. .i\Iondar morning the \,,'o rk began in earnestReveille, roll call, prayers, breakfast, room inspection, drill, lectures and practical work.
There were t\,·o wards and an operating theacre. Here lectures were given by the ':"Iatron, :i\Its. Bayley ( Q.A.I.K.R.), also practical ward \\Tork, assi ted bv ister :L\fr \fhite ( .R. T.)
Lecture on Air Raid Precautions \\-ere given in the school by ergeant F. Gildert, of the Loyal Regiment. All were gi\Ten the aa chamber test. are , -ery arareful to :i\Iajor G. G. Williams, <}fficer Commanding the Dep ot the Loyal Re giment, for his help and co-operation in thi subject.
The lectur s and demonstration in cooker, were in the capable hand of 1\11SS H.:L\L mith, who wrote the cooken- book. \\ \"ere allO\\'ed the u e of the splendid kitchen of the chool for this subject.
The follo'wing special \\ ' re ai,en : Dicipline and Ho pital Ec..iql1ette, :L\Ic. Fir t in 1\Ir. on, C.l\I.B. ; peClal Gase \nth D mon trations and from Tank, by D. N . .Allen E q. (a S1 ted by II. Thorn on and 1It. Grega), of Imperial 01 mical Indu tri ; the administrative side of : \.id Raid Precaution by :L\Ir T,,-eedal
Besides sea bathing \.ve were allowed the use of the school open-air swimming baths.
:I\Irs. Beverley was in charge of the s\vimming parties
A loner evening was given on Tuesday to enable b those \vh o wished to attend enterta111ments 111 town.
Thursday evening a fancy dress dance was held, and prizes gi\-en for the best costumes.
The judges had a very difficult task as there \vere so many very fine characters and costume.
Friday morning was Camp Inspection. Col. C. J. Trimble, CB., CM.G., D.L., etc., was InspectlD er Officer, attended by W. H. Gastall, Esq., D.C.i\L, B.Se.
The Mayor of Fleetwood (Alderman \X. E. Simpson, fp. ) honoured us witI: his presence, the Headmaster, Col. Tnst,. and .i\tfr Captain Rawlin gs and NIts. Rawlin gs, and .i\IaJor Bampfield and :tvlaj or Nlackenzle
The Inspecting Officer was with a general salute, follo" ed by inspection 111 line and march past. The music for the latter was supplied b\T th e " choir."
This was followed by a supposed accident, ",hen first aid was rendered; practical work in th e wards and theatre.
Inspection of the model decontaminati on centre and a mock air raid
In the afternoon the examinations were held. The examiners for Air Raid Precaution s were :J\1ajor ?-.fackenzie, R.A.NLC, and Captain J Rawlings, R.A.NLC.
The examiner for cooker y was .i\Trs, Baker, 1st Class Diploma Teacher of Cookery.
Forty-four passed in cookery..
In the evening some very interestlDg presentatlOn s were made to the staff by officers and members.
The one to Mrs. Tweedale bore a card with the following inscription:-
To our Commandant, who ever points us further ?n and leads the way, with the gratitude and affectlOn of the officers and members St. John Am bulance Brigade, Eng land, Wales, Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and Canada.
V.A.D. Camp, Rossall. I937·
After the presentation sports were held. The winners in the tug-of-war were so strong that they broke the rope. (Rossall. air !) ((
The evening closed with the SlDglng of Auld Lang Syne " and (( God Save the King."
Saturday morning" good-byes" were sald to close one of the happiest camps yet held.
The Camp Commandant was Mrs.
CB.E., S.R.R.C., assisted by Miss Insh Free State and Mrs. Pas kin, Wales, and Miss Mawby, Northampton, Joint Quartermasters Miss Sutcliffe, S.R.R.C, and Mrs. Beverley . Matron, Mrs. Bayley (Q.A.I.N.S.), assisted b y Sister Mrs. White (S.R.N.). Cookery Lecturer, Miss Smith.
Clliorine as an Antidote to th e Effects of Sensory Irritants
By MAJOR F. R. Hmr"PIIREY .
The use of chlorine for the relief of the irritation caused by nose irritant gases, or, a the Americans call them, " toxic smoke ," appear to have been 0 erlooked on thi side of the tlantic. Probably becaLLc little stress has been laid upon their effects.
The 1Yledical Re earch Divis! n f d ge \ ood Ar enal, Mar yland, ha publi hed a rep or t on a seric :-of experiments upon men volunteer - \\ hichi ndicat es the severi ty a.nd duration of sufferin o follm;t;'ing th l inhalation of the sub tance known as D l \, Dt\ Cya n (o r DC) , and D t (These poisons are g iven in full in .l\..R. P. Handbook o 3, recently published.)
In the report referred to it i shown that' chlori nl react chenlically to all of the e I roduci ng ,o mcthi else which is qui te unirritating.
The three " D "are very 10 olubk, and therefore remain m rely unabsorbed n the urface 0 1 the mucous m em bran es; and thus the chlorine ha a n opportu nity of acting upon them. The Bri ti h Medic a \"X"ar Hi tory ays that palliative uch as chlorofo rn admini tration relieyes only slightly, and that morph i L required for eyere cases.
Chlorine r e li e es in from two to twcnt\· minu te", vary in g with the nature of the smoke' and eyerity of th e ca e-the e fig ur e ba ed on thl effects noted in the experiment. Tho , e men wh o were used as " control, being gas ed but no chI 1'i I1l g iven, suffered from the effects for from 1 to T( hours.
The Germans seem to have u ed a hi gh exp l Sl\ she ll containing a small glas bottl e with the irrit anl , and the combinati on do e n o t appear to hay been a effective as they expected.
The administration seems to be simpl e. J sma cylinder of chlori ne is used; the patient i placedin first aid work - in a tent, and chlorine is allowed to escape into the air of the tent, the strength bein g m aintained at a point just below that sufficient to cau se irritation; that is, a concentration between 0.015 an l' 0.019 per litre. The patient is left in the chlorine un LJ , relieved.
(Ref. Journal of and Experilllet7/a i Therapeutics, Vol. XXXV , 1929. Pllblished Bait/m ort Ma1yiand.)
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Devon V.A.D. Becomes Air-minded
In connection with D evon Air Day on Saturda y, July 24, 1937, an interesting feature was the dem ontrati o n of .Ai r Ambulance transport of " patients" from the Air Port at Plym outh to the Air P ort at J Jald on, and from th e latter port t o the Air P ort at I: xeter.
Lnder arrangements made b y- the County Conlrol1er of De,-o n Voluntary. id Detachmem s, V.A.D. personnel at Plym outh , Tei gnmou th, and Exeter were called int o seryice at their respectiYe Air P ort , (he members of th e Order of St J ohn and those of the B.R.C working tOgether as one bod,' , \-iz , D cyon Voluntarr \ id Organisa ti on, "\\-hich 030 members in it personnel.
The ero-Ambulance "\\-hich ,\-as used \\'a , equipped with all nece ssa ry appliances, including a n o x:-ere n apparatu and bl oo d tra nsfusion equipm e nt, a nd tran sporte d a patient \\'ho was sufferiner from empyema from Plym o uth t o Haldon in 15 minute and a patie m uffering "'ith a brain from Hald o n to Exeter in ten minute.
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In ea ch ca e arrancrements \'-ere made w'hereb, ' -to John and R e d Cro s \\-or ker had their " patient ; in rea dine by road amb u lance for the arriyal of th e "\ [ono par 0 that there wa no
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Th e 110nospar ero-Ambulance ,va supplied b\ the General itcraft Ltd.
The Cadet Camp instituted in 1936 with the aid of a Grant from the King George's Jubilee Trust, from which source a final sum was allotted to the priory this year, is again accommodated at the well appointed Hutments at Barry Island, by the kindness of the Glamoragn Territorial Army Association, where a total of 100 Cadets can camp together with comfort; and the applications were so numerous that it became necessary to allot a quota to each of the Ambulance Divisions.
The first week, August 7-I4, was occupied by the Girl Cadets, who enjoyed an excellent holiday under the unstinted care and able organisation of Lady County Officer, Mrs. S. B. Turner and her capable Assistant Commandant, Lady County Officer Miss E. A. Gravenor, who were in charge of the first Senior Nursing Camp as Commandant' and Assistant Commandant respectively in I936. While the primary object of the Camp, to provide a holiday home for Cadets in return for services rendered during the course of the year, was fulfilled, every advantage was taken of the opportunity to raise the standard of Ambulance activities, to the extent that sixteen out of eighteen of the older Cadets qualified for A .R.P. Certificates at an examination held on the last day; and between happy times bathing and visiting local beauty spots, lectures on "Bed Making," "Camp Etiquette" and other similar subjects were listened to with interest. A particularly popular outing was a visit to Porthkerry Park, with tea at Porthkerry Rectory, at the kind invitation of Mrs. Henry Gethin Lewis, who gave the Cadets an excellent time and was herself entertained in return with an impromptu concert from the girls. Visitors included Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E., Lady Superintendent-inChief for Wales , who was accompanied by Lady County Superintendent Mrs. Hamilton In gledew; the Hon. John H. Bruce (Commissioner for Wales) and Miss V. Lovett (Assistant Secretary); Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, Commissioner for Cardiff; Dr. S. B. Turne r, Assistant Commissioner, Caerphilly County Area; Assistant Commissioner F. R. Hortop, Barry; and Di visional -Surgeon Dr. J L. o 'Flynn. Lady Divisional Superintendent Mrs. H. M. King assisted at the Camp on several days; and members of the Barry Hill Division helped to prepare the Camp. The g irls returned to their homes in all parts
of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire and Monmouth, on August 14, fit and happy and all lo oking forward to renewing the friendships made with members fro m other districts another year.
Equally good weather favoured the three Camps fo r Bo y Cadets on the subsequent weeks, terminating on Saturday, September 4. Three hundred boys, ma m" from some of the most distressed areas of outh Wal es benefited by a bracing holiday; and County O ffice r A. Blandford, 1\fonmouthshire Centre, kindly to ol charge as Commandant during the \.vhole period. Grand Prior's Cadet Badge.
The distinction of being the first Cadets within til e Brigad e in \'V'ales to qualify for the blue riband of Cadet efficiency belongs to two members of th e Fishguard and Goodwick Cadet Division, viz: Cadet Sergeant B. G . Pointer and Cadet Corporal R. Wiffen. Cadet Superintendent G. H. E Point r, who was tL e proud recipient of the Grand Prior' Cadet Badges on August 28, thus fulfils an ambition to \vhi ch he has devoted commendable enthusiasm; and " 'hile the two successful Cadets have won the award on their merits they owe much to the encouragement afforded by their Cadet Superintendent, whose lei Ul> has been almost wholly occupied by mbul anc..: \'V'ork since the formation of rh e Cadet nit in 19 32. The Division is particularly fortunate also in hayi ng a Surgeon in the person of Dr. L. 11. Terry, \vh o for many years past has made the study of Ambul ance Work a lively interest in the Fishguard and Good\vil k area.
It is just four years since these two promi sin g Cadets qualifled for the first Certificate by effici en cy in Knowledge of the Order. The next subject ta kl..l1 was Preliminary Hygiene in the case of Cadet Poi n cf and Swimming and Life Saving by Cadet Corp on l Willen. Subsequently the two qualified concurr ent! ) in the following :-Cooking, Clerical Ability, Pu bli c Service, Fire Fighting, Sea and Boat Trai nin g, Camping and Rambling, Natural Study, Ph ysical Exercises Preliminary Home Nursing and Han dicraft. It is worthy of mention that attent ion has not been concentrated on these subjects to the detriment of the major study of First Aid, as th e Goodwick team has had a remarkably succe ssful record in Ambulance Competitions, havin g won the. premier awards at the Royal National Eisteddfod of
Wales and the Royal WcJ.sh Agricultural Society' S Annual Show on many occasions, and held the Pembrokeshire Centre Cadet Shield ever since it was presented by the Commissioner, Mr. Daniel Daniel, JP., for Annual Competition
Ambulance Competitions at the National Eisteddfod. A heavy programme of Ambulance Competitions was crowded into the first day of the Royal ational Eisteddfod of Wales at Machynlleth during Augusr Bank Holiday.week; and no less than sixteen Medical men were kept closely occupied throughout the day in deciding rhe comparative merits of th e Teams, which travelled from all Counties, to contest the open
The" Dr. R. D. Thomas" Cup for the team from Cardiganshire, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire gaining the highest marks in the open Competition, was won b y Bryneglwys Quarry Ambulance Team, in charge of Mr. David R. Rob erts.
Another Cup, presented b y Mrs. J. C. Ashton to the Women's team from Cardigans hire, Merioneth, Montgomerysrure and Radnorshire gaining highest marks in the open Competition was awarded to Welshpool No Red Cross Team.
The" Lady Lewis" Cup of the Priory, for which there were fifteen entrants, was won by the Mon-
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Championship trophies of the Priory for Wales. As in former years, the Hon. John H. Bruce, Principal Secretary and Commissioner for \'V'ales, was responsible for the Competitions and Ambulance arrangements, which were carried out jointly by the personnel of the Order and British Red Cross ociety in Montgomeryshire and neighbouring Counties.
The result of the Competitions was as follow :The" Lady Bute" Cup of the Priory went to the Bu ilth \'V'ells .J. .B. ur ing team, in charg of Miss D. M. Price. Wei hpool o. team B.R.C. came second and Welshpool S.JA.B. Nursing team third.
The Llanrug Girl Guides, in charge of 1i s Lily W illiams, secur d the Gwent" hicld.
mouthshire Police team, with Bargoed S. JA.B. Team second and Breconshire Police Ambulance [hird.
The c Isca' Shield, open to teams of boys under 18, ,,-as won by the Treharris Division Cadets, with Dyffryn mman Cad ts team econd, and Fishguard and Goodwick third.
CENTRE REPORTS
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r the kind in--dtation of the Centre President Lord P nrhyn and Lady Penrh yn, the : \..nnual Com: petition for the Penrhyn" Cup took place on aturday, Jull' 24, at Penrhyn Park, where a lan;e gathering of tean1S and tho e connected with th work of the Caernarvonshire Centre ",'ere entertained
to tea. Among the guests \-vere the Principal Secretary and Commissioner for \Vales (the Hon. John H. Bruce, J.p., D.L.), Sir Michael Duff-Assheton-Smith, Bart. (Commissioner for CaernarvQnshire); Sir Henr y Mulleneux Grayson, Bart., K.B.E. (Commissioner for Anglesey); :Mr. Edward Williams (Chief Constable) Assistant Commissioner; Mr. W. T. Davies and 1r. G. W. Roberts (Centre Secretary and Treasurer respectivel y) .
E ight Teams competed, with the following results :-
1st, Caernarvon Divisi ona l P o lice. 2nd and 3rd (tied), Co m" ar an d L. l.S. 1 o. 1. 4th, Llys faen. 5th, Pwllheli Police. 6th, L.11.S. o. 2 7th, Port Dinorwic. 8th Caernarvon.
The Caernarvon Police Team, whose marks were lot ahead of the runners-up, thus . secured the Cup for the second year in succession.
The Judges were Dr. H. W. E Dicke y, Pwllheli (Team Test) , Dr. G. Pari Huw s, Old Colw yn (Ind iv idual Practical) , Dr. G. P. Williams, H o lyhea d (Oral). The" patients" were supplied fr o m B oy and Rover Scouts from Bangor, in charge of 1fr. Norman Woodhead, Assistant Scoutmaster for the County, who acted as timekeeper; and two o th er Scoutmasters, Mr. D. C. Evan s and 1fr. J oseph Williams, of Bangor.
The Captain of the Team receiv ed the Cup at the hands of Lady Penrhyn, who cong ratulated th e winners and commended all competitors on th eir good work. The gathering was addressed b y th e Hon. John Bruce, the Commissioners for Caerna rvonshire and Anglese y ; and a vote of thanks t o L ord and Lady Penrh yn was proposed b y the Ma yo r of Bangor, the Reverend O. Mado x R o bert s, and seconded b y the Chief Cons table.
C A RDIGANS HIRE CENTRE.
The Commissioner for Wales (the Hon. John H. Bruce) inspected the Aberystwyth Ambulance and Nursing Units on Sunday, August I, accompanied by the County President (the Earl of Lisburne), the Commissioner (Chief Constable Steven Jones) , and Sir George Fossett Roberts, O.B.E., President of the Aberystwyth Divisions. The men's unit, which has a strength of 25, is responsible for the maintenance of a Home Service Ambulance, and dealt with I 16 removals last year; and over 200 cases received Fi r st Aid t , reatment by members of the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions. In addressing the parade, the Commissioner for Wales expressed the hope that other towns in the County would follow the lead of Aberystwyth; and that all Ambulance Units would make themselves proficient in Air Raid Precautions He thanked Lord Lisburne for the help and support he at all times gives to the Ambulance Movement.
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Lord Lisburne took an opportunity of than kinn· th e men and nur ses for th ei r va luable ervices connection with the visit of Th eir Majestie s to Caernarvon in Jul y
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111'. . G. E J. Fudge, the A sistant Commis , ioner for ,\ r ales, ha inspected a number of the Monmouthbi re or p this year. l \.t Trinant a parade compti in g the Ambulance, ur si n g and Cadet J\mbul ance and N Llf ing Units within the West l onnl0uth Corp s \ as head d by the Blaina adet Bugle Band; and Corp uperintendent J. Gibbs, \\Tho wa in command, was complimented on the smart apf earance of the Corp The Insp ecting Officer, \\·ho was accompanied by the Commissioner for l\ [onlTlouth hirL (Cap tain T. Bear d, O.B.E.) t h e , \ j, tant Com mis io n er for the Centre (Captain L. Twi ston Dayi es) O.B.E., J.P., D.L., F.S A ) · and l \ ssistam 0111 misslOner orman Ri chard Bedwellt\T ounty 1 prese nt ed Dr. R. canlon with hi ot Appoi ntment as Corps urgeon, while Captai [ Twiston D a ie handed to the D octor hi Certificat e of Appointment a a Grade I A.R.P. In struc({)[ . Co rp s Officer Gibbs had the pleasure of recci,rin b', o n behalf of the Corps, two ilver ups ne hayin !' b een presented by the b ertillery Police for, martnc ss among the Am bulance Di visions and the other ginll by .R .P. Officer A. T. \X1i nb o rn, for a imi lar puq ml among the Cadet .
On aturday, August 21, fr. , \ -:. }. FuJg l: conducted the Inspection of the Vall e\ Corps at bercarn, whe r e he \Va again supported b , the Centre Commis i n er a nd 1\ i tant ommj ,sio ne r. Corps Officers in charge of the parad e wC le Cor ps Sup erintendent J. G. ollier, orps ecreta '} W. S. Harris and orp torekeeper T. W.' 0 born l Mrs. T wisto n D avies presented a Grade I /I•. R.! Ins tru c t or Certifica te to Ser geant E. \XI '\ ' id gl R ogerstone Di visio n ; Grade II ertificate to 01'[' Secreatry W. S. Harri s, Di visiona l upetinten dc nt H. C. E am, Ri sca, Di vis ional uperintenden t J. Dav ies, R ogers tone , and D ivisio nal upcrintendc! t D William s, Celynen Collieries; w Il ile D i\risio nal Superintenden t E. F. Paget, Cwmcarn, recei\red Cl A. R.P . Certificate.
CITY OF CARDIFF CE TR.E
The Barr y and Di st rict Cor p s, whose Mr. E. W. Sanderson, is at the moment of writi n undergoing an A.R.P. Course at th e Civilian nt i-G <; School, Falfi eld, has been ke pt excee din g ly bu <:\ with the I sland First Aid hut, which i s staffed co ntinuousl y from 9 a.m. to sun set duri ng the wh o 1 summer p eriod. It was not unusLlal for th e hu t to remain open until midni g ht on th e A u g u st Ba.n· Holiday week-end; and up to the end of the thIr d week of August a total of 2)700 cases have recei, cel treatment this season.
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RHONDDA CENTRE.
At Tregarth, Creigiau, by invitation of :Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Frazer, Ambulance Sisters from Nursing Divisions in the Rhondda Centre held their annual Individual Competition, followed by tea and sports. There were about 70 competitors, and the Division scorino- the hio-hest percentage of marks was Tylorsb b 'bl town, who o-ained 26t per cent. out of a PoSS! e 30 per cent.,bwith the Lady Lewis Nursing Division, Trehafod, second, only half a mark behind.
Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E., Assistant Lady for Wales, presented a Warrant of Appointment to Lady County Officer Mrs. E. Morris-Thomas, of Maerdy, on her promotion from Corps rank.
Captain Taliesin . E. Richards, J.P., Cominissioner for the Rhondda Centre, who was accompanied by Mrs. Richards, expressed the Nurses' gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Frazer and to Lady County Superintendent Mrs. Hamilton Ingledew for her splendid services to the Nurses of the Rhondda.
Those who acted as Judges for the competitions were Lady County Officers Miss Gwladys Richards (Tongwynlais) and :Miss E. M. Prichard Williams (penarth), Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. C. Thomas (Cardiff), and Ambulance Sister Miss G. Evans (penarth). The Competition Secretary was Lady County Officer Mrs. Morris-Thomas; who V:'as assisted by Nursing Officer Mrs. Richards (Ynyshir).
Among the visitors were Elizabeth, Lady C.ory, C.B.E., J.P., ' Mrs. Handley Ferguson, Mrs. Shirley Beavan, Captain Sidney Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Levi Phillips, Mrs. (Dr.) Fraser, the Rev. W. L. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis (Pentyrch), Assistant Commissioner J. H. Davies and Mrs. Davies, A.R.P. Officer J. H. Thorne, Corps Superintendent J. Hill and Mrs. Hill, Lady Corps Superintendents Miss C. Jones and Mrs. Tinkham. '
NEWS IN BRIEF.
In response to the request of a large number of Grade I and Grade II A.R.P. Instructors in Wales, a Refresher Course will be held at the City Hall, Cardiff, on September 25-26, to which all Instructor s and Brigade Surgeons have been invited. Captain S. B. Turner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., the Priory Headquarter A.R.P. Staff Officer, will preside, and Dr . E. T. Glenny, one of the Lecturers appointed by the Home Office, has kindly consented to give some of the Lectures.
The first Conference of Brigade Surgeon s within the Priory, convened by the Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales, Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E., J.P., will take place in Cardiff on Sunday morning, September 26, when a number of the Doctors will be attending the A.R.P. Course in Cardiff; and many important matters affecting the Medical aspect of Brigade work will be discussed.
RAILWAY NEWS
Southern Railway CO TRIBUTED BY E. . RICH RD
A YEAR' COMPARISO
As a matter of inter es t, particulars of the awards gained under the of our Centre for the year 1936- 37, as compared with the year 1935 - 36 are shown below:-
From these details it will be seen that, although 495 first year candidates qualilied durin g the sessi on , the final fio-ures show a slight decreas e. There IS a very real for seeing that every effort i made t o bring home to those members of the staff who hav e not ye t qualified in "Fir t Aid to the Injured ': th e value of knowledge in this respect; to the candidatL himself; to his colleagues in the Service; and, la st but not least, to his own famil y, and a ll those who have already received an award are asked to do all they ca n to secure recruits to the forthcomin g cla e.
COMPETITION
Preliminary arrangements have been made for next year's Divisional Competitions. It is anticipated that these will take place commencino- the first we ek in March. The places of competition will be an nounced later.
DISTRICT SHIELD.
With a view to stimulating intere t in the Amb ulance :Movement, throughout the lin e, Sir Herb ert Walker, our General l\1anager, has presented a " cry handsome shield which is to be a\varded annu all y to the District showing the greatest increase in proportion to th e number of staff employed ltl the district. The basis to be used to enable ? decision to be arrived at in this connection is to award :-
Certificate candidates Voucher
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5 points.
The numbe r of points gai n ed will be worked out on a percentage basis pro rata to the of men employed in each district as recorded In the latest censUs available.
The Di strict surrendering the Shield at of the year will receive a Br onze Tablet for exhib1tl ofl as a permanent record in exchange.
It can be said without fear of contradiction, that the progress or' the Southern Railway Ambulance . . atter Centre both in regard to Class and CompetltlOn m (and let it be never for go tten that our teams have
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secured the Inter-Railway Shield on nine occasions during the last 12 years), has been the direct result of Sir Herbert's keen interest and support of the First A..id movement amongst the staff.
As President of the Centre since its formation, his interest has been unfailing, and the gift of this Shield is just a further evidence of his real desire to encourage the First Aid Movement amongst the staff of all grades in the Service.
As will be appreciated, the Shield is a very handsom one, and its provision will undoubtedly be the means of stimulating interest in the yarious Ambulance Districts.
It is nice to know that, although Sir Herbert' s retirement necessitates his resignation as President of the Centre, his name will for ever be associated with the work of " First Aid to the Injured" on this railway.
CLASS AND COMPETITIOK ARR_-u'JGE::'IENTS.
The pamphlet giving particulars as to the provision of ambulance equipment at stations and depots, the arrangements for the formation and conduct of ambulance classes, and the conditions for next year's competitions will be re-issued shortly.
Copies may be obtained from the Ambulance District Secretaries or from the Welfare Assistant.
REDBRIDGE C UP C01IPETITIO::\TS.
The Committee of the Redbridge Centre are arranging for the Annual Competition to take place at the Coliseum, Southampton, on Saturday, ovembet 13.
This competItIOn will be eagerly looked forward to by the competitors and visitors alike, and there is every reason to believe that it will prove as successful as its predecessors.
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The awards gained by the members of the above class were presented recently by Mrs. Harrison (wife of the Class Lecturer). After the presentation, Mrs. Harrison spoke on the cause of" First Aid," and said how pleased she was to be with the members once again.
During the evening the Masquerades Concert Party gave a very enjoyable performance.
RE-ORGANISATION OF DISTRICTS
On and from September next Am bulance District No. will be divided as under :-
DI STRICT No. IA.
Charing Cross and Cannon Street to Dartford (all routes), Bromley North, Sevenoaks via main line, Westerham and St. Mary Cray to Sevenoaks (Bat and Ball), and Bricklayers' Arms Depot.
Mr. W. llagell, relief sianalman, Dartford, will be in charge of this area.
DCTRICT O. 113.
Victoria and/ or London Bridge (exclueli n,l' London Bridge) to Bickley (including Cryst :11 Palace and Catford Loop Lines), Coulsdon a nll intermediate Branches and tations, ou th London Line (excluding London Bridge) , utt ()n and imbledon Chase, Ladywell to ddi c mb e, Woldingham and Haye, Batter ea hop al' d Runnin g Sheds and Stewarts Lane.
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ir Emmanue l Hoyle recently di tributed awar d aained br member at the proficiency examinat ll t1 held last 1Iarch. The awards con ted of 3 Lab c , ..j. , one Voucher and 5 Certificates. 111.: s H. R. BrO\\m and Rob ert Drak e recic\Td Gold 13 (25 year c)
In recogniti n of hi sen'ice as lecturer, Dr. I ngh a·l' was presented with a leather ch in and collar-ca' c b the chairman 1\1r. 1 Iu ff.
CHE TER.
\.t a recent meeting of the Permancnt \'\' ay c Lti '1 of the Eng ineerin a Department, Inspector R Phillips presented member with awards ga ,I d durin g tbe 1936-37 sea on The e consi ted ut. ix ivIedallion, eyen Bar s, fi\'e Vouchers and 1 t' 1936 Certificates.
Inspector Phillips also referred to the succ S" \\ 1 which members had met in local and eli trict co mltitions and said that 30 prizes had been gai ncd L'n the department in the course of t\\·o seasons.
CREWE.
Gifts consisting of a sih'er cigarette case ,w c .1 holder in a silver case were recently present" d t) Mr. l \lfred Brookes by the men of the orth tl m Shed, to mark their appreciation of his sen ", It. W. E. Blakesle"; also handed to 11r. Brooke he Gold Label for 35 years' e(yice to the Ambu 11 let! 1Io\'ement.
It. Brookes was awarded the erbian Cro 's uf Mercy by King Peter I for his work in Iaced( 1 H duri.ng the Great \Xia r, and in 1919 received the O r le L of Servi.ng Brother of St. J ohn of J erusa lem. Ie also holds the Brigade Long ervice lVIedal 1 H, L.M.S. Gold Medal and Bars for 30 years' Ambu lI lCC work, and the L. W. Silver Medal.
Mt. Brookes is secretary of the Steam :::' hcds Welfare Committee, and in that capacity ha s bee n responsible for raising consjderable sums of money for charity.
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A ir Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL, O.B.E .•
F.R.C.S., [j.R.C.P., AiT Rai d P1·eca.utions Staff Office,)' to - Especially
for Surgeons
AR,TICLE No.5
Former articles have dealt w.ith-
1. The Characteristics of War Gases.
2. The Pathology of War Gases.
3. The Symptomatology of War Gases.
4. Treatment of Eye Irritants, Nose Irritants and Lung Irritants.
This article will deal with the treatment of the skin irritants.
TREATMENT OF SKIN IRRITANTS.
This subject is divided into three sections-
A, Preventive Treatment.
B. Curative Treatment.
C. General Treatment.
A. Preventive Treatment.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon preventive treatment, for the grave disasters resulting from a mustard gas attack are absolutely preventable by adequate knowledge and practical teaching.
(i) The protected or refuge roo m is the first and most important line of preventive treatment that the public should be clearly instructed in, and it would be a very valuable demonstration of this important fact if every medical man immediately arranged for such a room in his own residence, which would carry more weight than any amount of theoretical instruction in the matter. Many Councils have, with the co-operation of members of the Brigade, fitted up such demonstration rooms in their localities, and many architects are planning for such rooms in the new Council houses. Such a room also answers the numerous questions which crop up relative to children too small to wear respirators, animal pets, etc.
(ii) Respirators. In the treatment of vesicant gases it must not be forgotten that a respirator entirely prevents ' that effect of mustard gas which is the commonest cause of death, namely, lung trouble. It also prevents eye trouble, though not preventing skin trouble.
(iii) Protective Clothing. This added to the use of the respirator renders anyone who is obliged to go out when the air is laden with mustard gas immune to any of its effects.
Preventive treatment is also available immediately after exposure in an attack, by immediately removing affected clothing so that it no longer gives off the vapour, and by immediately removing any drops of the liquid gas on the exposed skin or on the eyeball, but the last-named condition, the eye, needs very prompt action (see below, under eye treatment). It must be borne in mind that provided wounds other than gas are not immediately endangering life, clothing
the Chief COll1.1nissioner
should be completely removed and the patient thoroughly cleansed in order to remove the contaminant before the wounds are dressed.
It is well to emphasise that chloride of lime is the one chemical which decomposes mustard gas, and it must be clearly borne in mind that solvent s o f mustard gas, such as petrol or the mineral oils, usually dilute it and the solution itself may be a means of spreading the infection.
Chloride of lime or bleaching powder may be made into an ointment by mixing equal part b y weight of " sub-tropical" bleach and white jelly, while a good bleach paste consists of " sub tropical" bleach mixed to a creamy consistency water, roughly one part of bleach to one or two p art of water. Bleaching powder is ordinary chlorid e ( lime, while "sub-tropical" bleach is the same sut · stance with the addition of quicklime. The use 0white mineral jelly is essential, yellow mineral jell y 1 1 contact with bleach may produce intense heat or cve fl combustion in storage.
B. Curative Treatment.
This we will deal with under the or g ans affected. (i) Eyes. In the case of liquid contamination, whic l is very rare on the eye, it is essential, even 1 painful to the patient, to effectively open the lids en: 1 by means of a retractor, and with a small piece t cotton-wool held in forceps to mop away the dr op ( liquid as much as possible (remember, the pie ce (f cotton-wool is a source of infection unle s destro ye d.
Copious lavage with warm water should be im m· diately proceeded with and a few drops of liq ud paraffin may be dropped into the eye. Cocaine shou ld not be used because it tends to loosen the co rne 1 epithelium. Frequent douching (not dropping) of the eye must be continued with boracic solutio n, normal saline or 2 per cent . solution of sodiun1 bicarbonate. The great danger here is the devel opment of a corneal ulcer owing to the lowered vitali )' and tendency to sepsis, Atropine in a I per cent. ointment should be instilled night and morning and the pupil should be kept well dilated until the co rnea has become quite smooth. Should the disch ar ge become muco-purulent a 2 per cent. solution of argyrol or protargol twice daily is good. Should the cornea appear grey or roughened, the ulcer may be cauterised by a light application of carbolic acid put on with a dry brush slightly moistened with the liqUld. If hypopyon supervenes sremish section is indicated , and it is quite possible that a condition of p anophthalmitis may supervene leading to the nece ssity of enucleation.
(To be continued)
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CO NTENTS f ditori I A ir Raid Precautions t:ntrL I bnnint: :l I-in" \id Unss 13rigad e Nc\\'s .' ) Irst 1m c liturc in Rhodcsi,t h crsL.b ( lrn:spnndcno.: Inte r esting Case Rep o rts I lmC en icc r\l11buiancc Prio ry for \'<7ale s (1t.!Ct t:ws u rgcon \'\ ·cck-End Cour'«: Railway News b rigade rders
IIA CERY OF TIlE ORD ER ST JOlIN'S G lUE, CLERKENWELL, La JDO l E.C.1.
Sa l ut e to A rti s t es
-'LR. P COl/cer/J come and 0·0; and we would not have cause For com pla int i f cone rts fdl
short in qualiry as their passe s . That thi n t [he ca c wa pro\-ed on arurday, eptember 2, when Mr. " Joe" Gro sman exceeded eyen him elf in the galaxy of talent which he presented.
Indeed, it afe to ay that ne\-er wa the enthuia m of an audience tined to hiaher pitch than \\-hen he introduced :\[Onty B anks who, after a fe\,- words of good will to [he Briaade left the [age and brought back with him :'\[i _ Gracie Fields.
he in rum, spoke a fe\,' word or- appreciation and follo\yed these up with a superb demon tration of her kill in h\-e mo t deliahtfuI son a It wa no wonder, therefore, that the audience almo t ro e to [heif feet, cheering their appreciation of her wonderful .1OglOa and of her great kindness in grnng her Se rYICe S at a c. J ohn Cone n
J. \t thi point the uraeon-in-Ouef in a fe\\- wellchosen w ord com-e'l-ed the arateful thank of the Br igad e to the anist and abm-e all to :\Ir wh o paid all ex en, to Clarence Elder who controlled the taae direction and to " Joe who in his o \\ -n ininutable fa , hion, conducted the proceedin a , .
In bri ef \ .R.P. Cone br ak in th Instructors. for 1[r.
\- n- 'turn" was xcellent; and the r t of ptemb l' 2 - prm-ided a w onderful arduou, ta ,k of qualifying a . \.R.P. It \,-as moreo\ r a personal triumph
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HOSPI TAL OF ST JOH OF JERUSALEM
Air Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL, O.B.E.
F.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., AiT Raid
PTe cautions Staff Officel' to -
Especially for Surgeons
ARTICLE No.6
The essential treatment is free and almost continuous lavao-e with arm water or one of the bland b solutions referred to o n page 28G. The exc eSSive pam may be relieved by hot applications over the close d lids ever y three or four hours, but the eye must not be bandaged as anything which prevents free dischar ge is bad. A brown paper may be necessary to prevent light falling on the painful eye, but should be discontinued as soon as p ossi ble as of the programme of fighting functional disorders which so frequently ensue in this t ype of case.
When the swelling of the conjunctiva has subsided and the acute stage is over, the use of atropine should be dispensed with and an astri ngent lotion should be instilled three times a day. The following has b een found ver y effective :-
Boric aci d gr 10.
Zinc sulphate gr I - 2.
Adrenalin ( in 1,000 solution)
Water drachm tto the ounce.
Should photophobia and lachry mation per sist apart frbm evidence of any lasting lesion in the eyes, blistering of the temples on alternate days and douching the eyes with very cold water twice a day will be found of value.
(ii) The Nose. This rarel y calls for treatment, Should there be pain and distressing dischar ge a 5 per cent. solution of bi-carbonate of soda may be employed as a nasal douche, and in the rare of a persistent muco-purulent discharge with epistasis, an astringent lotion or 2 gr. of Z1nC sulphate with boric acid is helpful.
(iii) The Larynx. This may be sprayed with paroleine or by inhalations, the following being useful :-
Menthol, 10 gr. in tinct. benzo in co. I oz. A dd one teaspoonful to a pint of boiling water and inhale the steam.
The functional aphonia which is a frequent aftereffect may be dealt with ' either by re -education of speech, or by direct faradisation of the vocal cords, with blistering of the skin over the larynx.
the Chief C01nlnissionel'
(iti) L"l/gs. lways that involvem.ent is the commonest cause ot d eat h at ter a mu stard gas attack, f req uently occu rring on the fourth Or fifth day (the actual figure recorded b y the \'Q"ar Office records is 2 } per cent. of the ga ca es). The devitalisation of the whole of the re f iratorr tract make ' septic infection probable. Routine emf lo yme.nt of vo latile antiseptics from the ear Lie t stao-e be helped by applyi ng a Burn ey Yeo inhaler c _ a pad of gauze on \vhich a few drops of the tollowll1 g formula should be place :-
l 1enthol g r. 20.
Chloroform .. 1111n Go.
Creosote mIn 60.
Ot- eucalypti rmn . 2 0
Tinct. i odine 1111n 30
Sp. vini r ect o to one ounct.:
This is also verv u eful if an an:c thetic ha' to be given, as without it, it ha be.en found almost im possible to produce an£esthe .la, the an.'Csthct lc sets up severe coughing whIch IS uncontrollab k Tr eatment of broncho-pneumonia bould be eark instituted. The employment of expectorants is g<?oci, and the heart must be supported by l11(;ans ot recoo-nised stimulants. Vene ction and the use o t oxygben has not prO\Te d of yaluc in these ca e (v) Skill. Infected clothin g. hould be peed Y removed , all hair should be clIpped short .(h e pa ti ent smeare d over with a blea.ch paste .provld 111 no blister s have d eveloped. Thls paste IS a1lo'.' e( to remain on from three to five minutes and the!' should be removed by copious application of soap and water. So far this tr eatment shou ld have been done at a cleansing or fir t aid po t, subsequentl ) the treatment will v ar y according to the ?ature and degree of the burns. I n. a mild case ot erythem,: with n o blistering resultwg, there may be some desquamation and pigmentation just like a ba:? sunburn . The irritati on may b e eased b y the applicatIO n of dustin g powder or calamine If. the condition i s go ing on t o vesication it IS Imp?rta n: to eliminate any se con d ary septIC -.In the last war use was mad e of euso l and Dakl ns so lutlO n,but they are to o painful for continued use on ra\\ surfaces. The application of oi ntments and paste s also are contra-indicated b ecause of thelt tend ency to seal up dischar ges The bli ste r s should evacuated under aseptic conditi ons w ith a syringe, pressin g the walls of th e bli s te r with a stefl e
swab to enSllre complete evacu ati on The intact epithelium should be allow ed to collapse and seal down the raw su rface underneath; this may have to b e repeate d as se rum may reoccur. Aft er seps is has b een o,-erc me healing may b e helped by Lassar's pas te :Boric acid gr. 15
Powdered lead acetate gr 5 Zi nc oxide gr. 30
ParaIf111 to one ounce
One of the best methods of treatment however is a continuous bath, soakin g the whole affected area in 'wa rm and frequently changed boracic lotion; it is both soothing and fficacious.
These mustard hlisters, especially of the more seyere type, in spite of the utmost care, are very slow in healing owing to the penetratin g effect of mustard gas clevitalising the subjacent ti'sues and without the utmo t care they are liable [0 develop sepsis, which ma" lead to a general septiG'Cmia and ultimateh- death many weeks after the first infection -
C. General Treatment
I? the fir t few days after exposure a light diet is clcsHabJe for all case. Vomiting nausea and (pigastric discomfort sh uld be dealt \vith by the administration [fluid only, especia ll y milk and beeftea may be gi'.cn freely and plenty of water.
The follo\ving extract ir m thc « Mew cal Hi tory of the \\ 'ar " IS of great \"alue :",!,hc management of the com-alescent pcriod prondes the g rcat te t for thc meclical officer's ability, because he i required not only to treat the di ease , but to re tore morale to cut short hospitali ation, and lO men ut of thc ,lough of self-analysis which so oft n follows ga ing '
QUE TI ;\ \ND "\ " \\,ER.
I. Q.- '\ hat would be the effect of washing down thl. streets after a mu tarcl gas attack where the drain di. charge int the ea cIa eta city?
1. - The \olume of wat r in the sea would entire l counteract harmful olutions
2. Q.- \X'oulcl zipp fa lena be quicker and handier than buttons for 1 rot ctiyc clothing?
.- becau se the corroding eff cts of the ga e ffilghl lxe'.'cnt the zipp being undone, and the la tage \voulcl be wor e than the Ii r. t.
3· Q. - In a late cas \vhere bli ters arc alrcady tormed arc there any di tingusihing featur es which wou ld help a first-aider to recognis e the cause?
r i. -Yes '\ hen produced by mu tard o-a the blister is Rat and su rrounded by much rednes . \'Q"hen produced by Le\visite it rises up from the skin almost li ke an al')ple on a stalk, and there is no redne s around it.
4· Q. - D o gases remain 19 n9 in painted wooden post or parts of hOll s constructed of \ ood ?
A. -Ye s
JERSEY CENTRE Annual Report
In presenting its annual report the Committee continued and increased activity.
The Centre is in a satisfactory :financial poslt10n and the membership is maintained, but with a certain amount of effort both could be improved.
It i s with regret that the Committee record the death of Mr. C. Bird, an old and ,-efl: interested member.
First \id Classes for women and men ha\Te been held, as well as a Preliminary Home): ursing Class for Girls.
The " D oris Le Cronier» prizes ha,-e , as usual, been awarded and are appreciated.
On the occasion of the annual inspection oi the B rigade an informal dinner was held, and [he inspecting officer were the gue t of the Centre. Dr. Bentall, O.B.E., .flir Raid Precaution Brigade taff Officer, one of the inspecting Officers, gave an imeresting lecture at the TO\yn Hall, at "'lihich rcprescntatiyes of the tates were presem, and also the Officer Commanding the R oyal Island of J
The a,,-ards for the year were distributed at the Town Hall b\- H. E. Lieur.-Goyernor, Pat ron of the Centre.
'" \. ne'.l,- respon ibility ha been placed upon tre entre in connection \l,-ith the .:\ir Raid Precaution cherne, and it i our duty to shoulder this ,,'ith energ\' and succe s. In this connection the States of Jer e,' ha\-e a ked us to co-operate ,,-ith them, and representatiyes of your Committee held a conference \\'ith the I land Defence Committee. eyeral of the members attended an \.R.P. curse in L ndon, including Dr. hone, the Pre idem, and it is with plea ure that your Commitree tace- that he was the first to obtain the Grade I Lecmrers' crtificate.
l\ n •\.R.P. Cla _ was formed \\-icil Dr. "hone a. lecturer' an examination wa held and a nu,:,nber obtain d certiti.cat s. \. ocial \\' ork has b en starred, In 1n a humble wa> - ha commenced its act1\-ities
The H on . ecrctary has held the dual [ OSt of Hun. Trea.uccr and Hon ecr tan- for m-er 2) ,-eae, and h ha , ugg 'ted that on a'ccount of the' increa ed work the duties be di\·id d. The Commiuee agr e. and recomm nds that the rul s be altered accordlngly. It i \"Cry to report that xcellent progre s ha b en made b,' [he _ \.mbulance Brigade and Tursing Division and also by th Cad ·L reHects much cr di t on th Officers; tbe . pirit of voluntan ' rvice w hich the,- hO'.\' in the \'I;ork is ap r reciated b}' the public.
INDIA.
BOMBAY.
"" Sir "Ernest Burdon (Chie;f Commissioner for India of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas) in$I,ected the Bombay Corps of NO.3 District recently. The irispection took place in the compe>und of the Eip'hinstone High School, where the members of the divisions were drawr.J. up
Sir Ernest on arrival was received by Mr. G. Wiles Assistant Commissioner for Bombay), Captain F. N. Kapadia (the officiating District Superintendent) and -other officials. Sir Ernest first inspected the nursing division consisting of Parsi and Muslim women, and then passed on to the Parsi, Jew, Cosmopolitan, Hindu, Maratha, Radiant Club, People's Muslim and Cadet divisions.
After the inspection, Captain F. N. Kapadia read a short report of the work done by the Bombay Corps. . He said that next to No. 2 District, theirs was the largest and strongest in India, having on its roll two nursing, one cadet nursing, ten ambulance and three cadet ambulance divisions with a total of more than 600 members. The Parsi Ambulance Divisions, the oldest, was registered in 1904, and the youngest, the Muslim Nursing Division, was registered in 1935· All castes and creeds w.ere represented in the District, and the divisions did useful work at public functions and during riots and political troubles.
- Sir Ernest, in his address, thanked the members of the various divisions for giving him an opporruruty to meet them. He paid a compliment to the Farsi Division, which had a record of service to its credit. He also complimented the Parsi· commuhlty in providing a headquarters for the division, and expressed the hope that the other divisions also would soon have their own headquarters. Referring to the nursing division, Sir Ernest said it was very encouraging to see purdah women taking to Ambulance work. That was an indication of the interest w omen were showing in home nursing.
Sir Ernest suggested that i t would be very useful t o have a college division i n Bombay. He was also o f opinion that the activities of the Brigade should be extended more and more into the mofussil. He regretted that, owing to financial difficulty, it had not been possible for t he Headquarters to do much for providing better equipment to the Corps, but r ecently they had received a contribution from the Silver Jubilee Fund. A sum of Rs.800 had been allotted to Bombay from that fund. The Headquarters were also contemplating the appointment of a staff officer whose services will be available, in the matter of administrative and training work, to the Assistant Commissioners.
Mr. G. Wiles thanked Sir Ernest for his suggestions and the allotment of Rs .800 for their district. The
Chief Commissioner then visited the Headqu ar ters of the Parsi. Division, w?ere he was 'by Mr. PanthakI, the Superwtendent of the DIVIsio n.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Etnpi1'e Exhibi tion: Johannesburg.-It is estimated that more than I,OOO ambulance workers wiU take a turn of duty during the period of the Empire Exhibition. Four First Aiel Stations will be established in the grounds and ambulance workers will be in attendance from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. dail y. The preparations for adequate First Aid services are being completed by the St. John Ambulance Brigade and the Red Cross Society conjointly.
It is likely that some members of the Rh odesia Railways District intend to pay a visit to the Exhi bition between September I5, 1936, and Janu ary Ij I 937, and in response to an invitation receive d fr om the Commissioner of the Transvaal Province District, they might welcome the opportunity of taking a turn of duty at one of the First Aid posts in conj unction with members of the Transvaal District and the S. A. Red Cross Society. Any members who may be attending the Exhibition and who are prep ared to assist should give their names and dates of th eir stay in Johannesburg to their Divisional Offi cer (or Member-in-Charge) for transmission to the As sis tant Commissi9ner. All dut y at the Exhibition will be done in uniform.
Examinations.-More encouraging examination reports have been received during the past m onth,. a total of 103 candidates having qualified for Fi rst AId awards.
At Bulawayo on July 24, I6 passed an exa minati on conducted by Dr. K. M. Rodger, and on J uly 28, 30 pupils of the Chaplin High School at Gw.elo qualified for the Junior First Aid Certificate foll owmg a course of instruction given by Mr. A. S. R obertso n. The Surgeon-Examiner was Dr. Harwo od Nas h (Government Medical Officer).
On July 27, 28 and 29, Dr. W. A. Rail, of Umtali, carried out examinations at which 42 members proved themselves efficient.
The last report received deals with tests co nd ucted at Salisbury by Dr. C. .W. Robertson (Government Medical Officer) on Au g ust 5, when 15 m embers passed the prescribed examination.
Briga de Personnel. - Mr. c. _ 1. Bull (Superintendent of the Bulawayo Ambulance Division) been appointed . Acting Corps Officer for a p erwd of approximately two months as from Augu st 15· During his absence from the M r E. R. Baldock will be Ambulance Officer-in-Charg e .
At Salisbury, Mr. H. L. Fox has been app oin ted Acting Hon. Secretary during the absence on leave of Mr. H. G. Florey. Miss E. M. Izzet Ambulance Officer of the Salisbury Nursing is also on leave until early in October. Th e affairs
of the Nursing Division are being managed by a Committee, of which Miss S. Ramsey is the Hoe. Secretary.
Completed Lecture Courses.-Dr. Forjaz, of Beira, recently gave the final lecture of an interesting series much appreciated by the members of the Railway First Aid Section established at Beira.
A course of similar lectures given by Dr. Manning at Lu saka has also been concluded.
Ne 1)! Classes.- The Bulawayo Nursing Division has organised classes of instruction in First Aid and the attendance is very promising.
A native class consisting of 50 candidates has been formed at Umtali under the auspices of the Umtall Division.
Blood Transfusion Groups.-Calls on the Blood Tra ns fusion Groups at Umtali and Bulawayo have been made during the past few weeks. The Transfusion Groups are not confined to members of the St. Ambulance Brigade, and those interested are invited to make themselves known to the Brigade Officers at the various centres
NEW ZEALAND.
OAM ARU
The starting of ambulance classes in Oamaru dates back to the early nineties, for it was on April z8, 18 91 that a public meeting was first called. The Mayor (Mr. D. Dunn) presided and there were 50 present. It was decided to form a branch of the St. Jo hn Ambulance Association. The Rev. A. B. Todd was appointed chairman; Miss Seth-Smith (afterw ards Mrs. A. McCaw), secretary; Mr. E. P. Lee, hon. secretary and treasurer. Mesdames Gould and He adland, Misses Hewat, Macdonald and Waddell Messrs. Crombie, A. Headland, Lindsay, £umpter and D r. de Lautour were the first committee. The surgeon-instructor was Dr. H. A. de Lautour and the surgeon-examiner Dr. James Whitton.
The Oamaru Ambulance Division of the Brigade the. distinction of being the fourth oldest dIv1S1o n 111 the Dominion. The Dunedin, Auckland and Dunedin Nursing Divisions preceded it. The Oamaru Ambulance Brigade was established on October 18, 1899' Dr. Ga:-land was the hon. surgeon, Mr. Hugh Thomas supenntendent; ; Mr. Harding Grenfell, first officer; NIr. A. Bloch, secretary and tre asu rer; and Mr. W. Strachan, inspector of stores.
Oamaru Nursing Division comes seventh on the lis t of establishment in the Dominion, dating from September 22, 1904. The hon. surgeon was Dr. MCJ\dam; lady superintendent, Miss M. Bruce; first nurSI ng officer (now nursing officer (now Mrs. B. de L ambert); hon. secretary, Miss N. Bee; hon. treas urer, Miss L. Morley; inspector of stores, Miss M. Beswick.
officers of the Brigade to-day are :- District .1?r. R. S. J. Fitzgerald; Ambulance D1VIslOnal Surgeon, Dr. E. E. Butler; d1vIsIonal superintendent, Mr. W. J. Davies; ambu-
lance ?fficer, Mr. Joseph Kearns; sergeant; Mr.. ,T, GuthrIe; corporal, Mr. A. North; secretary. and treasurer, Mr. H. C. Jeffrey ; Nursing Division : SU.rgeon, Dr. E E. Butler; lady superintendent, Miss M. H. MarwIck; lady ambulance officers, Mesda!TI es Asher and A. Skirving; inspector of stores , Miss M. Ny; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. A. A Batsdell.
The present officers of the Oarnaru St. John Ambulance Association are :-President, the Ven Archdeacon J. D. Russell; vice-presidents, Mrs J. Forrester, Dr. R. S. J. Fitzgerald and Mr. W. DavIes; secretary, Mr T. J. Guthrie; C. J . Emmett, A. Misses J. B. WIlson, M . H. Marwick, Messrs. H. C . Jeffery and H. Barclay. .
The motor ambulance of the Brigade was purchased In 1918 and was found of great service during the great pneumonic influenza epidemic o f that year. The splendidly equipped 40 h.p. modern ambulance in use to-day was purchased in 1927. A record of the trips made b y these ambulances shows a total of 2,412 trips made and of 37,762 miles travelled since 1918. The total number of accidents attende d to i.o. the last ten is 824. These figures show the great voluntary service given by the members of the Brigade. The figure s for the Nursing Divisio n are equally impressive.
Oamaru officers who have achieved high distinction in the Order of St. John are the late S- M. H. who rose to the rank of Officer, the first to be promoted to that office, Messrs. Hugh Thomas (now of Christchurch), W. J. Davies and T. J. Guthrie, all of whom are Serving Broth ers, and Miss C. Sumpter , who is a Serving Sister.
WANGAl'.ru(
Mr. John Brine, a foundation member of the Toynbee Hall Division St. John Ambulance has had a long experience and association with the work of the Venerable Order of St. John. Taking a, cO'Jrse of First Aid instruction early in 887 the olcLMetropolitan Centre, he gained the certificate in April of that year, the signatures on that certificate being V. B. Kennett-Barrington (President of Centre), J. Dundas Grant (Surgeon-Instructo r), W. Collinrido-e b Surgeon-Exanuner) , W. J. Church-Brasier (local hon secretary)
His Home Nursing and Hygiene certificates show the signatures of Robert Milne (Surgeon-Instructor) , H. C. Tunstall (Surgeon-Examiner), Herber t C Perrott (Chief Secretary)-autographers any St. John member may well be proud t o possess. The Jubile e of Mr. Brine's contact with the work of the Order coincides with the Jubilee of the St. John Ambu lanc e Brigade to be celebrated in May, I937.
Although frequently '-, doing duty" as a St. J OM first-aider for several year it was not until 1894 that Mr. Brine was fffially adrrutted at a full meeting
tember 10, after a long illness. A Requiem 1\1ass was said at St. Peter's, \'\lest Harrow, on Monday, 13 th , which was attended by a large gathering of her old colleao-ues in the Brla-ade, including District Officer F. and District C?fficer Robinia Viscountess Mountgarret (represenung \Vestern Area), officers and members from No. 22. N (Harrow) Nursing Division and No: 18 N Division. Lady Divisional Supenntendent M1ss Baxter and 1\{rs . Barker represented the Lady Hospitallers' Club Corps C. \1/. took part in LJ"e servIce. Followmg the serVlCe, took the cong r egation to Golders Green Crematonum.
Miss Stanford-Campbell joined the in Dublin in 1910, ,vas promoted Lady Superintendent of Clontarf Di,-ision in I and soon after appointed to the Orthopredic V.A D. in Dublin. During the Easter rebellion lD Dublin in 1916, :Miss Stanford-.Campbell .c.arried .on under fire, and later served in vanous capacmes dunng the Great War. In 1924 she was transferred to Lond?n, being attached to No. N NurSing Division where she remalDed until 1928, when she was to take charge of o. 18 N Nursing) Division, in ,vhich post remamed unul failing health compelled her to retue.
An interesting evening was spent at Leopold Road Schools on Thursday, September 16. The occasion was a gathering of the No. II and Harlesden) Division, No. 16 Division and No. 50 N (Willesden) Nursmg DIVISIon.
As a fitting conclusion to a successful of lectures on " Air Raid Precautions" these Dl'VISlOnS were assembled for the distribution of A.R P Certificates. After inspection by the Assistant Commissioner, who was accompanied by Distr.ict Officer F. Claridge, A.R.P. certificates, numbenng. forty, were presented. The expressed his delight at having this opporturuty, especially as there were members of the general public among the recipients.
Following the distribution, Commissioner and District Officer Clandge lDspected the two Ambulance Divisions, and witnessed a display of stretcher work, handseats and bandaging .
The Assistant Commissioner congratulated Super. intendent Stanley on his award of to his medal and on the efficiency of his DlvlslOn, also Superintendent Moro on his good display.
The Hendon (No. 15) Cadet Division recently completed their annual holiday and training camp, which was under the supervision of Cadet Superintendent F. H. Hurford, and held at Salcombe In excellent weather, the periods of training were interspersed with trips to places of interest in South Devon and in assisting on the farm where the camp was located.
King's Cross G.N.R. (No. 13) Divi.sion has suffered a loss by the retirement of Supenntendent J. G. Palmer on ac<::ount of age
Joining the Division in 19°4 as a Private, Mr Palmer passed through the ranks of Corporal, Sera-eant Sera-eant-MaJ' or and mbulance Officer, o '0 d . becoming Divisional Supennten ent in 19 22
In August, 1914, Mr. Palmer joined the R.A. LC. as Sergeant, and in June, 19_19, transferr ed to the Reserve with the rank ot RegImental SergeantMajor.
Under 1\1r. guidance the Division made a-reat pro a- ress' at the present time it has a membero 0' d ship of 120. In 1932 h. Palmer was admLtte a Serving Brother of the Order
The following courses of lectures will be held at District Headquarters, 10, Briset treet, Clerkenw.ell, E.C. I :-Ptactical Fir t Aid for men, commencmg October 13; lecturer, Capt. F. E. Bendix, L.R.C.P. M.R.C.S. Applications should .be. made to Corp s Superintendent C. F. Peddie at Dl sttlct Headquarters. Practical Home ursing for women, commenclng October z· lecturer Dr. Loui a \Y/e tlake, l\LB., B.S. to Lady District Officer (iss F. E. Cherry at District Headquarters. The fee 111 each case is 3S. 6d.
Regret will be widely felt a.t the ne\! s that Ambulance Officer \'{falter J. Barn, who lectures at the London Hospital, has had to undergo an operation on his eyes Due to this, mbulance Offic.er 1 will not be able to give his usual lectures thl Winter, and officers are requested not to write for dat s only to be disappoint ed.
o. 3 (WESTERN) DI TRI T.
REpORT OF A U \'L
From Colonel C. 1. Ellis , In pecting Officer, to the Chief Commissioner :SIR,-
I have the honour that, in accordance with thl: instructions received from your office on Jun e 3, 1937, the Officers and men of the Counties of Worcester, and part of Staffordshire were 111spected by me on Sunday, Jul y 18, on the Rac e Course, Warwick, at 3. 15 p.m. County Officer W. 1\. Hirons was in charge.
The occasion was a combined parade of the bets of No. 3 Western District to celebrate (locally) the Jubilee of our Brigade.
Preparations for the event had been going on for about two years, and it was the biggest parade the Commissioner (Major John Orton) had ever prepared for.
Very great disappointment was, therefore, caused by the sudden illness of Major Orton four days before
the review was to take place. The absence of their hard - working and popular Commissioner was keenly felt b y everyone present.
Details have not yet reached me, but I was informed on the day that over 2,000 members were present.
1\1iss M. Lethbrid ge, C.B.E., inspected the women, whil t Major Darvil-Sm ith, C.B.E., and Dr. L. W. DryJand very kindly and ably assisted me. Dr. J\lIcColl ( -\ ssistant Commis ioner) and various 'Mayors accompan ied me. The weather was fine and very hot.
The memb rs were well turned out as regards uniform and e q uipment. iy imrre sion was that every member had done his (or her) best to make a succes o[ the day, and well they succeeded. Question were ensibly ans\,vered, and J was particularly pleased 'with the way the Cadets replied to que tions. \. thorough in pl:ction \vas made of the con tent of the pouches and the water bottles. everal companic. wcre asked to form hand-scats, and the respon se was bcner than one u ually sees.
The Past was carried out.
I was \Try pleased to meet so' many medical men in uniform drawn up separately for presentation and in pecrion. c\Tral of them were old friends. -\nothcr pka ' ing incident-l \\ a informed that there wcre a 1 t of blood-donors present, and in m\T remarks I thanked them on behalf of the Ord e r. .
J \fter the ?\1arch Pa t a Drumhead erVlce \,-as held led by ,anon Ru ell, T.Ee. \frcr the en icc 1 wa ' called upon to address the \ ast a cmbly of .l \.mbl1lance men and women, plus [he large number f onlookers. 1 [y remarks were follo\\TCc1 bv thank and a wclcome from Mr. 1cColl.
Tea was' subsequently en' ed t all distinguished yi itor and member in large marquees.
There are two c mments I wish to make :_
(I) That n any similar occa ion the General Salute i not b.lo\.vn, no(_ the flag broken until the in pecring Officer IS n th field and has taken up his po ition.
(2) l\fcer such careful, general and generou . preparati n there was no microphone prmTicled to speak int. Thi applied to the officiating clergyman and myself.
As far as I am concerned, I felt that '\yith such a huge audience it \\'as a [me opportunity to peak of the work of the Brigade and of the Order. I had been prorni ed a microphone, and it \va very disconcertino- (and di aplointing) to be told, at tl1e la t moment that ther wasn't one
If the presence of a senior and experienced officer is worthwhik, a pr sumab ly it was, facilities hould have been provided to enable rum to be heard.
An address where only the people close by can hear is most boring to tho e who have to stand further afield.
I ha e the honour to be, Sit, Your Obedient S rvant (Signer!) . 1. ELLIS COLO lEL
1I/Jj)ec/iJ7 Officer 011 the Staff oj the Chief COIIJllliJ·Jiollel'.
No. 4 DISTRICT.
WESDlORL,iND AND CmIBERLA D.
These Counties have lost from their staff Assistant Commjssioner Lieut.-Colonel orman 1\,faclaren, F.R.C.S., whose death occurred on August 12 He was a man keenly interested in Ambulance work, and it was due to him that the Carlisle Divisions came into existence. He was an honorary surgeon to the Cumberland Infirmary for over 30 years, and on his
retirement he retained the office of Trea urer and was acti'Tely engaa-ed in the formation of a fund for a new operating theatre. He \,·a _ at,tached to the Border R ea-im nt (T. r'l.) and setTed with it in Inclia during the \,Tar, and at it conclusion rai ed a Casualcy Clearlla- ... tation Unit in Carli_Ie but this wa dibanded to meet retrenchment in eC\.-pen e• a member of th Territorial r\.s ociation he ,,-a ab-ay acti\T and for a , hort time prior to hi death "","as County Controll r for V.A.D. work. He had been in po r health for more than sis: 1110nrh. and the last work that he did was to examine the Carlisle
CillET ]. :KILLEY, t'l.rd'\Tick Cadet Diyision, me winner of me " Cape \1. 'X'. Rawlings" Cadet Jubilee Trophy, \1"hicb wa co mpe red for at me A nnu:d Camp a t : \. n ne'
Diyi ion in gas work, and he attempted to do the same for the Carlisle Nursing Division when he was yer) ill, but was obliged to desist. He "as a pleasant colleao-ue to ,",'o rk with, and he took oyer a good deal of aru1unistrative work in connecti.on with the Carlisle, Cockermouth and Kes,"vick Division
He was buried priyately at Hayton, and there was a memorial service held at St. Paul's Church, Carlisle, conducted bv Canon Gardner of Scotby, and Rey. 1. 11:. of Carlisle fter the openin g prayers, the psalms " The Lord is 1{y Shepherd" and "I will lift up nune eyes" ,.-ere sung The Bishop read the lesson from the 2. 1 t chapter of Revela tions.
The Church was filled with representatives on behalf of the Infirmary, }.[agistrates, 11edical Profession, Carlisle and District Nursing . Association, t. John Ambulance Brigade, Red Cross, Boys' Brigade, Territorial Army Association, \Vorkshops for the Blind, Hospital Saturday and Sunday Fund, County Constabular y, British :Medical Association, Rotary Club, etc.
Barker C adet Cballenge competltlon took place at the Headquarters of the E:s:chano-e Ambulance Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade, 95, Shaw Street, Liverpool, on August 2.8, 1937, six teams competing. The Shield and prize- were presented by W E. Searle, Esq , S.B. Secretary for the Liverpool Corps.
Results as follO\.. :Individual . Tealll. Liverpool -orth 96 I. 101
2.. Ardwick 90 94
3· Exchange 98 79
4· A.T.M. Liverpool 60 t 74
5. West Derby 66 65
6. St. Helens 65 5 S
Superintendent R. L. Lewi s, of the Exchange Ambulance Division, took the chair, and remarked that the Shield was given for the special benefit of Cadets between the ages of 16 and 18, a s the y were at the present time only being utilised as messengers for the Senior Brigades He called upon fr. Sear le to present the prizes Mr. Searle replied, and said that he was very glad to see the competition bein g held in Liverpool, and that he hoped the Cadets would eventually become as efficient in the seniors as they were in the Cadets. He then presented Shield and medals to the winners. The competition was judged by two eminent surgeons, D r W. D uncan and Dr. W. H. Broad, who complimented th e teams on their knowledge of First Aid and their efficiency in competiti on work. A vote of thanks was given to the Doctors by Ambulance Officer G. R. Gough, and was seconded by Ambulance Officer J. H. Kennedy, of Exchange Ambulance Divi sion
Apology for non-attendanc was recei \ ed from th c Comrnissioner, also the donor, :Mr. J. J ,uta.
The Superintendent, in his concluding remarks , hoped that this competition would be one of the 1110 t , uccessful in the orth of England.
\ CCRI GTON.
It i with deep r eg ret tilat \y announce th e d eath of ergeant T. 1.faudsl y, wJlich occurred with trao-ic su dd enne s about an hour after attending the weekly drill.
For about 2. S " ergeant tlaudslcy e n 'cd in th e Volunteer and Territorial l \rtill e ry and in 19l...j. joined the Brigade, being drafted for ervice to a Military Hospital. For hi long and honourable service he \,vas a\\'arded the V luntecr Lon g en'ic :Gledal and tIle erVlce l e dal and Bar of the Order
He was laid to re t with l\rnbulanc e honours, and w e pay tribute t the memory of one \\ 110 , cr\'(:d hi s day and crenerati o n n o bly.
CHORLEt.
It i \\'ith regret that \\ 'e a nn unc the death of uperintendent T. Fielding, Brigade R e er\'e, after .1 long illnes. For 29 y aI's Mr. Fielding. en.'cd in th e Blackburn Corps, attaining the rank of 'uperint endent. On hi r emoval to Chorley he was attached t o the Chorley Di\'ision, and on the ignati n oC th e Divisional urerintendent t< ok charge until I93 6 , when for health reasons he remm-c d to Blackl 001 and transferred to the Br igade Resen.-c. In len 1 he was adnutted to thc rder a, a ing Brorh er. Th e interment took place at the o n September 10. T o hi wid \\', who is a Officer in the Bri gade and his t\\' child r n, \\ <: offer sincere condolence.
TALL.
An accident occurred on Bacup Road, Rawtcn stall, o n Tuesda y, Jun e 2.2., 193 im-o h -ing a pedal and a motor car, in which tile cbst, J ohn Ped , of Cra"\ shawbooth, SLl tained injn rics of a nature, viz., fracture of the ba e of the skull and arm and a compound fractu re of the n se Two memb ers of the Rawten s tall Ambulance Divi ion rendc red \'en yaluable assistance ( Pri ate S. Philb r on and Em Cadet H. Bur gess) fter carrying out their dutie ..; to the injured man th e ambulance wa summoned and the two men, along with a police constable, 'accompanied him to Bur y where the injured man received attention and \vas detained
o. 5 Dl TRIeT.
OTTl
I congratulate the city of ottingharn on the great progress it ha s made in Air Raid Pr ecaution .work ,_ said Assistant Commissioner 1J. C. Else, Ch lef ot Staff No. 5 District, Nottinghamshire Area, sp eaking at the An nual Inspection of the Area at \X/e lb eck
Abbey on unda y, eptember S, J937. I ha ve to you for what you have s hown me to-cla y, he cont Inu ed, and to tell yo n that yo u are a credit t o yourse l es and a creelit to the County of ottingham, and a generaJ credlt to th e Bri ga de. 0 Finer b oely of men and women coul d be drawn up in lin e for an In spec tlll g Officer t o sec than 1 ha\. e seen to-dav . 1 h ope that the CounLY of ottingham will under tile gui dan ce of Captain P. J\Iuschamp, a It lId under the late command of \ ss i tant ommission r .r\ B. CIib so n.
With the se words in tilci r cars the P a rade was eli m!s cd aft what \.\'a _ a very fine parade of the , \r a 01 the t. John ,\mbu lancc l?ngadc In the yery beauLiful ground so kindly k:nt tor the occa ion b\' I Ii Gracc the Du ke of P ortland
P.C, G.C t. ]'
The Parad e, under t he command of 1\S iSLant Commis, ioner 1 [u champ with D i trict Officer SJ. E,. ] larcl y, \c1jut a nt, \\'as c1ra\vn up in six gro up s taclOg the composed of 1,290 officers and men, 188 ] .ad), Of1icers and i teL. Tile Inspectin g ( nIcer, \\ 110 \\ as accompanied b\ \s i5Lant Commi. ll hambers ( D erbyshire) \ssi tant 01l1)ncr \rm strong ( Linc o ln hire ) , \ i tant om1111 loner BC\ 'e rly the of \\ 'o rk op, >.lansfield, Nc\vark and Captain P opkes , Chief on table of wa receiycd with tile (,cneral alute.
The }\far ch Pa t by Di\'j ion \Va an imposing sight an d \\ >11 carn our music being rro\'ided by the , hneoak and \\ 'hi t\\'c II ollier..,. Band.
The Brigade Colc;ur \\'Cre carried and due honour w as paid to lhem.
The In ' 11ccling ff1cer prc.entcd ro 3 Officers and men en'ice medal and bar four to m mbec or the \'\ orksop Divi sion, four ;0 m mbers of the '\Jan fidel Di\-ision four Lo member of th utton Portland Di\ ision, lhree co 1T1embeL of the Dl"i ion SC \ 'c n to membe rs of the '\lanslldd Collien' Di\ jsion threc to member - of rhe entral Di\-i one to orp_ I kaclquarrer, one to I Ju cknall Di\ "isio n twO to \,\ 'e Jbeck Di\'ision 111e t) \,( 'llitwell D i\ -isioll onc (() DiYlsinn, and one to B cnt in ck Di\ i ion.
Prompt at zero hOLlf, -1-.2.0 p.m., an R. \.F. bomber came upon the parade \\ ithout \\'amin o and n'a\ C h - b' : m a tast ot machlne gun lin.: resulting in mam who were promptly tr at d, and whilst dOlllg 0 th en my again swoop d down, this time ost n ibl), using tear gas and mustard gas. Th / 'l R.P. quads arraycd in 1 rotcctlYe cJ thing and gas ma k then attencled to thi ' further which bad b fall n the parade, and th ",icrims r ceivecl prompt attention. The di sp lay by the R ,, \.F brought m cmorie' back t o the larlr number f be-medalled men on parade, and will no doubt result in a further lar ge number of men to tak the J\ .R.P. COLlr e of in truction. Tb sta fT who were tesponsibl for the arrangements were as follow :-"\ ssis tant
Adjutants: Di strict Officer L. Ward-Walters and Corps Officer T. Machin. J\ jdes-de-Camp : Count )Surgeon A. La Touche-Darley, Di s trict Officer \. G. \'X1ell er, Officer Captain E. P. W. J.\1115champ. Officer JD charge Colour Party: District Officer C. W. J enk in son. Officer in charge ursing DiviSlons : Lad y Di s trict Officer ;"l i55 W. Gib son. Orderly Room: Di visional Superintendent H. )\. Went. .Officer in charge of Bands: orps Officer R. J. \Vl lson. Officer in charge of Car Park: Corp Officer F. Carrier.
brake on towing bar. she runs smoothly whe n being (O\ycd The engine \,a raken ou[ and from by a carann builder, who upplied and hxed stand - the re t \ya done by the [\\' 0 men In the ca e of a "ery -c riou - accident (when dangerous (Q patient) thc ambulance elO trailer and pa t ient tmight to ho pical ·0 6 DISTRI f' YORKS.
On r _ I, Pri\-a te H. :,[aj or, of the Divi sion ,ybils t pa, in g along a s[r [in the saw a cbild's h ad abO\-e tbe in the Harb our se \ -e ral feet from the ,hore. He is not a :trong s wimm e r but he instaml\- plunged in and brou o-hr the child sat' ly o ut. Th cbi ld - taken home treated and ntually r r ed.
Thi i , the third r cue from the wat er effect d b\ of th in about tw h-e
No. 9 DI STRI CT.
R EDRliTH.
The staff of the recently Redr u t h r\ mbulance D ivision has been fully established by the appointment of four new corporals staff nO\\r is :--President, Mr. Harry RiCh; V lcePresidents, ::-'1r. James Glas on . and :Mr. E:dgar Trounson; Hon. Treasurer, :'Mr \1.'. H. D iyi ional urgeon, D r. A. :Macdonald; DlVlsional Superintendent, C. C Pello.we; \mbulance Officers, . Seymour and F. Polkmghorne; Cadet Superintendent: C V, I:1?lland; Sergeants,. R. J. Blarney and J Olson (DlVlslonal Secretary) ; Corporals H. R WiUiams, E J. Davey and E. J. Golds\\-orthy
Dr. ..:-1. A. (D ivisional Surgeon) commenced a series of "First Aid" Lectures to the prospectiye new members on Monda» Septen:b.er 20. There \\'as a good and .It 1.S that about 17 \\-ill take then exanunatlOn for Fu t Aid Certificates and become enrolled as members of the Diyision.
A collection from passino- motorists was or.ganised by the Redruth Wlth the of the Redruth Nursing DlvlslOn, on Saturday, September 4 on the Scorrier- Ambrose Road and the result" was very gratIfpng-the sum of £ J' 5 I7s. 3d being raised.
BRICKLAYERS' ARMS
The presentation of awards to the ambulance men attenclihg the B:1Cklayers Arms Class was held at the All Saints Institute, ew recently, the occasion also being the annual competition for the Miles Cup
The competition was simple but ar:- d emphasised the need for a knowledge. of Fust. in the home. The arrangements for this competlUon were in the very capab le hands of G. whilst Dr. (Hon Lecturer to the Bncklayers Arms Class) ac ted as jud ge
Mr. A. l Green (Class Secretary) welcomed th?se a ssemb led and intro du ce d Mr. A . Cob b (Locomotive R nrun · 0- Superinten d ent') the latter afterwards preu b "1:. 1 did senting the awar ds to th e succeSSlL1 can ates. ·. Th W ere a number of Air R aid PrecautlOns ere £. h Certificates for present ation , and in relerrmg to t ese, M A J. Green said that he h oped these would not be r T he A. R.P did not teach or encourage gas warfare , as p eo ple imagined , but they were taught how to look themselves and oth.ers f First Ai d point of VIew sho u ld the nee? anse, rom a . h' t and had satisfied the examiner 111 L lS connec lOn. :NIr. Cobb in brief term s stated pleased was to attend and give support to those In .the b 1 movement He spoke of the leIsure tlme am u ance . . . the men gave up to train others l1:tereste,d to gam a knowledge of First Aid He saId he nad enjoyed the afternoon and would always be WIlling
t o g ive a11 th e s u p port h e co uld to su ch a d eserving cause He then p resen ted D r H. A I?u n ]op (Hon. Lec t urer for sorne years t o B ncklayers Arms .men) w i th a si l er tea se t and salver . D r. D u nlop SUltably rep li ed an d thanked the class for their gift
The remainder of the evening "vas devo ted to entertainment-dancing, cabaret show, etc., the organisation of the event being in the hands of 1r. C Hani on, assisted by the CommIttee.
St. John Clinic an d In stitut e o f P h ysical Medici n e
The total number of treatment given in ptt:rnber was 13,251.
Patients arc beo-inning to return to th Clinic after b I the holiday lack period and a busy penol ,cems likely this winter.
In October a course f lectures is b in!?; every Friday afternoon at -l- o'clock, to last tor a period of six month These lecture are for memb er of the medical profession, and the subjects cove:-cd are physical method f treatment in yarious d: ea es. The lecturers are member of the medical taff of the Clinic and seyeral distinguished doctors from other institutions.
Sir Humphrey Rolle'ton is giving the inaugur al lecture in October.
The Clinic has been appointed a Re earch eocre by the Empire Rheumatic Council, and a research worker is to be appointed. The CouncIl have mad e a grant to the Clinic to CO\Te r the salary of 75 0 per annum to the research worker, a po Ible um in excess of this for expenses.
The work will be carried out in the Clinic\ laboratory here, and at St. Stephen'S Hospital, where the Clinic has the use of beds for in-patients.
The money for this research has been put up b) Mr. A lexander McClean, and the research ments now commencing will mark the of an effort to discover the cause of rheumatIsm.
Fl eetw oo d Shiel d an d Medal
The Fleetwood Fish Merchants' Association and Medal Competition for Boy Cadets, r,ancashue D ivisions, will take place on November 20, 937· Enqui ries to Ambulance Officer J. P Thomason, 80, Milton Street, Fleetwood.
First Investiture • In Rhodesia
The sable mantles of Knights of Grace, with thei r snow-white Maltese crosses, and the flash of a 14th century sword, lent a solemn brilliance recently to the first Investiture of the Order of St. John ever held in Rhodesia.
The Investiture was performed by His Excellency the Governor ( enior Knight of Grace of the Order in the Colony) on behalf of the Kni g ht Commander of the Commandery in outhern Africa (the Earl of Clarendon) in the hall of Government I lOLl se before a clistinguished gathering.
mong those who received their insignia at the Goyernor' hands were Lady Stanley, the Prime \1i.n.ister (the Hon. 11. Huggins ) , 11t. H. Chapman, CB E., and the Officer commanding the outhern Rhodesia Forces (Colonel J. forris, CB.E.).
The ecretary of the Commandery in Southern Africa, Mr . \. 1. .Ande rson, travelled specially from Cape Town to tak part in the ceremony.
The proce ion which entered the hall at noon was headed by the master of ceremonies, Lieut .-Col. T. E. R bins, D. . . ( om mander of the Order) . .0.Ir. J. Rastall (Officer) followed with the red and w hite standard of the Order. fter 11r. Chapman an d Ir. Huggins had follO\.\'ed in the black mantles of Knigbts of Grace, 1r. .i.\. Morgan ( erving Brother) carri d the silver 11alte e processional cross before the Bi hop of Southern Rhodesia (officiating chaplain) La t of all came His Excellency the Governor, the Pre iding Knight, preceded by tl1e ancient sword of office borne before him by the Secretary.
Mter the opening prayers b}' the Bishop, Rt. Rev . E. F. Paget, 1LC, 11r. Anderson presented the po tulants, Erst a king them to promise their lo ya lty and devotion to the Order and its purpose, "the defence of the Chri tian Faith, and the service of the Poor and Suffering."
Thus admonished, the po tulants received in turn the insignia of their rank fLom the Presiding Knight, as follows :-
Knights of Grace: 11r H. Chapman, CB.E. (promoted); the Hon. G. 1. Huggins (admitted).
Dame of Grace: Lady tanley (admitted).
Commander: Lieut. - _0 1. T. E Robins, D 0. ' promoted).
Officers: Col. J. . Morris, CB.E. (admitted), and \ 1r. W. J. Rastall (promoted).
Serving Brothers: lr Morgan and 1ft. F. W. A ustin (admitted).
After tl1e Secretary had read the farewell letter sent to the Knight Commander (the Earl of Clarendon) by Sir Herbert Stanley on behalf of the Order in the Colony, and Lord Clar ndon's reply, the Pre icling Knight, in a brief speech, congratulated those who ha d been promoted or admitted.
Most people, His Excellency said, knew s omething of the Order of St . John. Rightly was it called the Venerable Order, for, despite breaks in its history, it was probably the oldest order of chivalry in Christendom. It was venerable, too, for the work it clid for mankind.
They were all sorry that their Knight Commander, the Earl of Clarendon, had left their shores, but they would g ive the fullest loyalty to the new Knight Commander, Sir Patrick Duncan.
Sir Patrick was a very old friend of his own, and they had been at the same university and college. He was su re the new Knight Commander woul d be as unremitting in his work for the Order as the old. In Rhodesia the Order had existed only on a rather small scale in the past, and the work that had been done was principally due to Mr. Chapman. Most of the members of the Brigade Association hitherto had been railway workers, and he hoped that excellent tradition might long be maintained. He trusted also that the Order might take the opportunity of establishing its ambulance and first aid work in other spheres of national life, particularly on the mines.
So uthern Ra ilway
.L \rran gemenrs have been made for a lecture to be gl\-en w member. of the staff at Brigh ton during th e month of the actual date being notified later.
Tbe ,ubject of the talk \,-ill be 'HintS to Competiwrs before, during and after competitions,' and the speaker will be Dr. R. B. D uncan, of Kensino-wn, who is \Yell known to all .R. A.mbulance men.
It is hoped that as many members of the taff as pos ibJe will attend the lecture, which should proye of inyaluable help to all interested in competition \,"ork, a \Yell a, w First o-enerally OBITL-\.RY
It is with deep regret that I lnnTe to announce the death of Dr. Rogers, the popular lecturer w the Guildford CIa s. Dr. Ro ger has been connected \vith the Fir t ...:\id \York on the outhern Rail,,-a,for many years-in fact, prior to the formation of the outhem Rail\t;a,- Centre in 192 - and he \Yill be greatly mis ed by all \\'ith wh om he came into contact. ER ICE
Long en-ice daIs haye been a \,"arded a under: Gold Jlerlal (2 I ),ears) -Herbert dams Rlf. ignalman, Bri ghton. BrolJze llIerlal (7 ),ears).-Perciyal G. Hobbs, hed Labourer outhampton D ocks ' Frank J. Head, ignalman Ore' W'alter D em-er iQ'llalman :i\e,,-ha\r n; Ronald R. Hadock, Cleaner, Loco Bourne111 u th Cen tral. .
\J ESTERN AUSTRALIA,
GER ,-\LDTON SUB-CENTRE,
The A,ssociation has provided ambulance, Fi [s t Aid and medical stores and attention for the lor and needv free The ambulance, always ready for instant use, housed in our o\vn garage in the grounds of the Victoria Hospital, and manned and tended by the yo luntar y senrices of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, has answered 250 calls during the year, of which 201 were within the Geraldton :Municipality, and 49 i n the surrounding country, some as far as Dongarra, Sandsprings, Tenindewa, East Yuna and orthampton , The total rnileage was 4,363, a record for a year's working. The yan has been present at football matches and sports meetings, and took part in the Coronation Celebrations.
As a result of the classes for instruction in First Aid, eight men have passed the prescribed examinations. The thanks of the Sub-Centre are due to Dr, Ie leer and Dr. Watkins for their valuable help in this vital branch of the Asso ciation's activities, and the successful candidates are to be congratulated.
The new ambulance, which embodies many modern improvements, was dedicated according to custom and handed over by the :tY1ayor eMf. R. Carson) to the Association, on whose behalf Dr. :tY1cAleer formally accepted it before a representative gathering at Birdw ood House on Sunday, December 20, I93 6, from which date it replaced the o lder van in use since the inception of the Sub-Branch. The new van was made possible by the generosity of the people of Geraldton and district, by £ 100 from the Lotteries Commission, and by selling the old van.
The Sub-Centre thankfully acknowled ges the valuable help given during the year by the local medical practitioners, who have freely given th eir time and attention to the cause. With the doctors we desire to thank the members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas and the'ir officers, Their good work has been greatly helped by the railway men throughout the Division, the pulice force, matrons and staffs of hospitals, specially by the hospitality and kindness of the Sisters of St. J OM of God, by Toe H, and many others, notably Mr. Frank Green and his shop staff and the traJers of Geraldton by g iving prizes, Mr. F. Liston (Ambulance Officer at Yalgoo), Mr. Speedy (Nanson), Miss Patricia Whelan for typewriting, and Miss Edna Simmons and Miss I vy Simmons by their ready help with country patients. We desire to pay tribute to the help given by members of the Head Centre in Perth, also the Mayor of Geraldton and the Town Council, who have allowed petrol for indigent cases
It is desired to make special mention of the , raluable help of Mrs. 1 ancarrow, who, a, teleph ni·t and by laundr - work for the mot r ambulance, has no \\ for e'ight year given freely very vital sen'ice to th l St. John mbulance ociation.
r\dyice ha been received from Head .entre tha t negotiations are proceeding it a result of which it " hoped to secure the land for a hall uitable for acti ities of the ociation, specially the h o ldin g o r" classes for traininr- of personn 1. Our account " show we have £10J, qs. lOd. in the fund
Throuo-hout the tate on the Sunday next after th l' Feast of the atiyity of t. John, Baptist, the Pat rc >l Saint of the Order memb er of the t. Joha 4\mb l 1arlCe Bri o-ade and the Tu r sing Di,-i ion, accordin to custom, attended their place of \,'orship 1 uniform
SO TH AeCKL.A D L-I3-Dl TRl 'T
A very pleasant social e,-ening and dance ,,,a s hcl J in the Parish Hall Huntly, on atu rday, , \u gu t -, \l,'hen the Huntly J\mbulance Div i:;ion cclebratec.! 1 tenth birthday. Tb e haJI was ta, tefulh' dccoratl in the Order ·Colours. There wa an attendance about 150 including e\Teral vi.itor', and memb(· were present from the Onehun ga, J Iamilton and C k n Afton Divisions, including Di strict uperinteo(k t H. D. Cobb and District Offic r E. A. Bou , ron, (If Hamilton, Superintendent Thompson and Cad l Superintendent IcCarrhie, of Onehunga, up L'rintendent Griffiths, of Glen -' \fton and Mrs. 11. 1). Cobb, Hamilton.
Enjoyable dance mu-ic was played by the ] Orche st ra, and Mrs. B. K inson gave appreciated extras Corporal F. i1kinson \\'a of Ceremonies.
Superintend en t G. Green and .i\it-s. E Shcf\\ in were the host and hostess, and Pri\Tate J. Moo die announced the guests as they arri Ted. Before dance commenced, Corporal \'(111kinson read apolo gll' from Commissioner C. J. Tunk s and Corps OffIc e of the Auckland Corps; also from the rrank to.l Railway mbulance Division. uperintend nt Grc l'l spoke of the histor y of the Divi io n si nee its formati (In ten years ago. District Superintendent Cobb al s() said a few words in the interests or the Bri gade, and presemed photographs to the competition team th at represented the Division at the comI ctitions for 19 37, the team having won the South Auckland, Hami lton, Auckland and Gaze Cups and the Waikato Tani \\ ha Shield. Certificates for First Aid, 1edallions, Lab el:" and Service Chevrons were also presented
Distric upcrintcnclent Cobb presented Superintcnclent Green with a heautiful ' clock from the members of the I Luntly Di"ision, the gathering singing "POI' 11e's a Joll y Good Pellow."
Thomp so n, On chunga, brieR\' addr s the assemblv. upper was senrccl by ladie of the J lund), ur jn g Di visions, who also pre.ent c1 a birthda y cake, which was accepccd Iw uperintenclent Green.
1.ady upcrintcndent Mrs. E. herwi n made a short speech and pre. ented :0f rs. C. C rcen with a si kcr dish from rhe urging Divi sion.
During the c\'Cning ongs ,,"ere gi\Tn b\ ,\fi ss J I'in on and )\[1'<1. 'her \\ 'in, Ir ish jig by Mi sM. r [arm ,,'orth, and e lo cution br Mrs. E. L. Fraser, all of \\'hich \\ 'C IT cnjc reel.
\l11ong those present \\'ere: Lady upl.:rintendent L upcrintenclcnt \tr ached Mrs. J. J. Turner, -ur ing 'i. ter C; reen, Baldwin, fcrgu ,o n, \\ 'alkcr ;\fis. s 1,. Kin on, J. Ru ton, Co tn, \fcado\\'s, II. Dodds, J ,a ciy Il1lcndcnt i\[rs. II. D. Cobb and l\[r F. j \. Housron (J iamilwn) J. Cr en, \IcCarthie (Onehunga), Th mpsnl1 (Onchunga), \. l .a\\'sol1, \'e Grecn ( \uckland ,, 1I. C;a\ 'i n, nr. F. \\ ' ilkinson J. {;lootiie, I I. Burton, M. \ll\\'oocl, 1. I IUlchinson, K. ald\\ ell, J I. r chscnfcld, BcnnefL ( Onehunga) , r.. rrascr, l.iSll'r, J l. ;a\in Jnr., r. G. Clemuc .J. Cunnin1tham, C. J. ( \\ cn, B. 1'111 on, R. Gardncr .r. TIJgham, l)'I( C :cninr. ,\Ii <.:sc " \[, hcr\\'in, B. B. I( I!1S011 r lUnLcr, C. Perry, E. I Jigharn, (,linn (OhCl1C\\:1I), F. [';1irhLIIsr ,\f. J larmswonh, J. Bowron and l)ornfrctt.
Correspondence
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DI. \R SrH, - l to it phocograph, \\'hicb lrLL r \\'111 b' ultabJc tor rcproduccion in [he C; \I.rr II , oC Ollic r (R s.)F \mbulancc
Officer F. Carrier, and ergcant C. Carri r, who arc all recipients of the Brigac.k i\[ chI and arc all members of the C ntral \rnbulance Di, i, ion of the '\Oltingham and of th same family.
COf[ OrTic'r ( R es ) r. arricr nrolled in the D i"isi( n on December q, 19 16 , In whlCh Dl\ 'lSI0n he wa' successiycl)' a[ l)ointcd l \mbulance Ont cr (January 20, 19 22 Ul) rint nd rrt (i \U gUst T 1927). During hIS s lTlce with th Division, Coq, Officr r \\'as a memb r of the V. A.D. ['rom the dat of enrolIn cnt in the Bri ga de until the di banclment of th e Detachment alter the \\la r, ane! was ahvars t be fourrel o n duty \ hen v r th.e Detachment was calle 1. H
was also a most Bri gade member, taking hI S fu ll share of the act!vltles of the Central D ivision including competition work, in which he proved worth as a Recognising his vaille as an officer, DJ VISlOnal Superintendent Carrier was attached to Corps Headquarters in 1928, being promoted to Corps :ank on September I of that year CC:)fPS arner rendered equally faithful and serVlce to the Corps, being always ready and wdll?g to undertake any dutr which was requested of hJm, frequently at no small inconvenience not to say expense to .himself, and it was a matter df regret after twenty years of really « acti,re " sernce, Corps Officer Carrier v:as transter.red at his o,\'rr request, in last ,'ear, to the Bn gade Resen'c of Officers.
Before being placed on Reserve, ho",'e,'er, Headquarters recogni ed Corps Officer Carrier's seITices by the award of the Brigade eryice in 193 6, and we are happy to record that although officialh" on R e e[\e "the enrice of this most popular and respected officer are till always at the disposal of the orp, and the nor-infrequent call in chi direction are. till met the same readines s and self- acrificing SpIrit as \vas e'-lnced throughout the \,'hole of Corps Offic er Carrier's service.
, \mbulance Officer F. Carrier, who is the son of orp Officer Carrier, commenced hi_ Bri o-ade sen'icc under hi ' father in emral _-\.mbulance D i,-i ion on December 3 T, 19 2 I, being promoted to the rank of Corporal in 19 2 9, and _ mbulance Officer Jurre 3, 193 6. , \mbulance Officer Carrier ha ahYa,- e'l".-inced ame pirit \\'irh regard to Bri gade a his tather, and recognition o f this wa- b,' th e a", 'a rcl of the Brigade en'ice to him the annual in pectiorr of the :\ ot cin fShamshire Area on pten"lber 5 la r. • \mbulance Officer Carrier was a member _of the .Cer:-tral Di,-i ion team which repre,emed :-\0. 5 DLrnct In the 'Dewar hield" comfinals in 1925 and 1927.
C. Carrier, a brother of Corp Offic er arner also enrolled in the entral Di,-i ion on 3 I 192 I. and was promoted to hi_ pre.em rank ot erg am 1Q I92.9. He al 0 has rendered valuable en-ice to the Central Diyi sio n, and ,,-as likewi a memb r of the Di"i ,io nal team repre,eming Di triet in the fimls in I92) and \\ Hh \mb ulance Ollic [Carner ergeanr Carrier's cn-ic s were r cognised by the award of the Brio-ade eryice Medal at th ... \r ea In p etion on eprcmber -. Th phor gmt h \\'a taken after the Imp ((ion on tember and the combined sen-ice rendered to the Bri gade these rhree memb [5 [Oc als O\-er 50 r ar-. I am
Y urs fairhfulh , . F.. \\ 'LT (Di'\;i lonal up - rintendent),
Interesting Case Reports I]
CASE REpORT No. I3I.-The Officer-in-Charge of No. III District (Western) S.J.A.B reports the efficient performa....lce of first aid by a member of the \Valsall Division, as follows :-
On 11av 2.6, Private George Morrall was eno-ao-ed in - first duty at the Fire Station. At 8.301:> p.m., a message being received calling for immediate help for a middle-aged man wh<: had attempted suicide, Private 1\£orrall proceeded 1n the ambulance to a house where he found his patient bleedino- from a se,Tere throat wound. Immediately applying digital pressure the artery, Pri:vate 110rraLl kept this up untIl the police-surgeon arrn-e d and continued the same until the patient had been removed in the ambulance to hospital, where he was forthwith admitted as inpatient and unfortunately died two days later.
Cm.D.IEJ.>::;T.-I,i the earliest days of the AnociatioJ1 the control of bleedillg and the treatl17ent qf fractures quick!J established the va/r-fe of first aid lvhich was and established as a special science. Private .Morrall, therefore, JJJerits our cordial in that he ':S maintaining the St. John traditions alld m that by hiS prompt and efficient action .012 occasion he succeeded in getting this patimt to hospztal abve.-N. C. F.
CASE REPORT No. I3 2.-The Officer-in-Charge of No. VI District S.J.A.B. reports the efficient performance of Erst aid by a member of Craghead Colliery Cadet Division, as follows :-;:-
On July I4 Cadet John Campion and three other boys were playing together when one of the boys jumped over the fence, slipped and fell .on a glass bottle, severing radial and ulnar artenes. the boys shouting hysterically, Cadet CampIOn ran to the scene and immediately applied pressure above the wound, at the same time asking the boys to seek help. Instead they ran away!
Seeing two men he asked them to lift the boy over the fence while he still maintained pressure. These men then lifted and carried the hoy about 300 yards up an incline to a 'bus stand. The driver and conductor helped to put a tourniquet on the brachlal pressure point and they offered them a ride; but the boy thought that he could manage to walk.
They set off, but the boy nearly collapsed while Campion was half carrying him. A policeman came on the scene and put the boy into a 'bus and took him to hospital, where he had nine stitches inserte?
After the operation the matron and surgeon saId that Cadet Campion had saved the boy's life and that he had done a noble deed.
COMMENT.-As a record of pluck, perseverance and efficienry in first aid, it would be diflicult to beat this report
of good 11'ork 1l ell dom 0' Cadet Johll Campioll, 1JJho deser1.1edly takes his place among Ihose who have 1V0l1 a letter of cOIl/Jllel/datioll ji'om tbe ComJllissiomr Tt, thel:efore, ol7{y reJllaills for IfS 10 add 0111' cordial COI7gratulatiolls aiJd to proplJesy ,lor Cadet Campioll a notable career i17 the Brigade .-- T C. F.
Questions and Answers
TONGUE FROZE T TO RE FRIGFR:\ TOR.
L. V. (Toowoomba, Allstralia).- "\ peculiar accident was reported in the Joc:11 pr ss recently Unobserved, a boy (eet. 6) \"\"as licking the \"hich had formed on the pipe of a refrigerator when hi tongue became frozen to the pipe. Joticing hi s predicament, his mother gave him a quick pull wbich jarred his tongue and lac erated it badJ\', sk in [rom th e tongue being left adbering to the pi] e and the bo) being unable to wallo\\- for omc day.
This accident created a good deal of am ong members) \\ -ho are connected with rhe Qut:en sland Raih\-ay Centre, a to the ri ght' method of releasing the boy. ome, L1gge teo that warm \vater should haye been poured mer the tongue while others thought that it h uld han" been loosened by chipping awa? the fro t. The argument against the first method is thac the warm "'ater \\-ould kill the tissues (as in Fr st Bite) and again r the second method is that this carrie !!ra,'e ri k of the chisel slipping and cutting the tongue.
We shall be grateful for your ruling as to which method is the more correct.
All ?lIethods of releasillg /he are accolllpallied l!Jf risk qf further il7j!ll)'- 0" the }},hole, bou'e/'fr, I fallOlf!' pot/ring over his tongue h,kf!1varlll N)a ler 10 each pillt of wbich one or tn)o lablespoonfuLr q/ salt haN been added. The addition qf salt has the effect qf 100J-1eriJlg the freezill<..r!. poi!!' of Tvater and so liquefying the ice.- . C. F
FRACTURES OF BOTII CL.WICLE
P W. (Green Lanes).- houlo an accicknr occur as the result of which a man sllstains simple fractures of both clav icles, what is the best rncth oo of supporting both upper limbs? J ask as the representati, 'c of my Di"\Tision, the members of which adopted different methods of treatment for such combination of injuries, not one of which was the same. \X 'e asl, the favour of your opinion, as it i impossible H.r support both upper limbs with a St. John ling. Treatment n)ill depend 017 Ihe degree of slwck presellT.
If this is mild and iJ fit 10 rvalk a shorl distance or to be J7101)ed ill a Sillil1,f!, posilion, then ),Olf call adopt the method 1vhich uJed to figure ift /he Textbook. This taught first aiders to keep Ihe pa/ien,'s rholliders ]1ltll back 01 means of narr011/ bandages 7Jlhiell are lied rOllll d each arm (dose to the shottlder joint), passed diagonal6' across the back over Ihe opposite arm and tied loge/her ill front just bel01JI the patient's hands, his forearms beill o
placed across hiJ chesl. /he Textbook used 10 teach that the forearms should be raised and supported these Iwo baJldages, 1 prefer to advise the use qf a third (broad) bandage j)assed Iwmd tnmk and hoth elb01vs to keep the flexed forearms cOtJifortably .mpported
If, hO]JJeve r, shock is lIIarked, as it probably 1votfld be 'Pilh a pa!ieJIt 111ho Jlls/aillS sllch combinalion of fractJlres, the paliellt 7J'O!//d have 10 be removed on stretcher il1 reculllbent posi/irJII. /11 Jllch cirCllmslallces ),011 J'hollid keep both 1tpper limbJ in close appOJilioll /0 /he patielll's bo{!y, with the forear///s extended alongside his Imnk or flexed across Ihe cheJI and kept ill Ihis pOJ,:tiOIl {?JI a broad balZda,ge passed rouJld ptllietJl'.r body and upper li/)/bs.--N. C. F.
CLE :\"SJ 'G KLLETO-"';-.
R. ]" ( xcroft).-I should be yery glad to have information a, to the hest methnd of cleaning a skcl ton \\'11ich we have acquired. The bones are in excellent condition; but with year of neglect, the du t, which 11a settled on the gentleman, seems to ha\e eaten into hi bones and no amount of dusting re ults in a appearance.
III "if]/' I/;(' a.e.t oj Ihe skeleloll alld the {om/ilioll bOllfs J do 1101 think IIJa! ),011 (all do l'C1J' milch ill Ibl' JI 'a)' qi r/ttlllsillg. YOII /;oll'e/ler, If)' scmbbing JlI.:lh /)o t soap), ]Jloler 10 whirl) a ii/tie soda (or all/Jl/onia) /;{IJ btl'll adr/rc/-/Jeillf!, mrryit! "0/ /0 do ir!J'IIIJI to the Il ires 1l'1Jich lillk up bones al/djoillts.-N C. F.
VTT.l.UIT OF I.TIVE
F. \. (Bulawayo, Rhode ia).-. \s an iUustration of th e remarkable "\ itality of the l \frican Ja ti,'e I forward to you the follO\\:ing detail of an emero-encv attended by Brigade members. The particulars given are authentic
On the morning f \\'e dne day, J LIne 30, a nati\'e woman was knocked down by a hunting train. Members of the Bulawa\'o Railwa\' Division of the 't. John J\mbulance Brjgade \'e-r eas were called, and found the woman suffering from mutilation of left leg immediately below the kn rio-ht foot I:> em h el, uperficial injurie to che t , mouth and head The patient was ano informed the am bu lance men that he wa xpecting to be confined and that the accioent had cau ed labour pains to begin. A doctor was ummoned, and beinosati fied with the attention being o-iven by the bu lance men, he gayc the n ce sa r)' instructions and went on in advance to th hosrital. The ambulance men compl t d their work efficiently, nan ported the I? atient to ho pital, whet' :1.n 01 ration \va s performed the arnputacion of the left leg The other inj uries \\'Cre attended to, and shortl" aftenvards the infant was bom. Both mother and chi ld are proO"ressinO' \-ery sati faetorily. - v I:>
We thallk Jlo/( [or .rei/dille:. a Illo.r/ illteres/illg report, alld ]}Je cOlIl,ratlllate 0111' collea.ol/fJ· 0/ Brigade OLJers faJ 0/1 ,good 1110rk 1Jlell dOl/e.-N. C. F.
\.HA TG ING SnEETS OF BED.
J. A. (Cricklewood).- With reference to changing sheets of bed for case of enteric fever or fracture of leg as laid down in Tursing Textbook, p. 63 (B), would you please explain why in this case we are told merely "to untuck" and not "to remove" the upper bedclothes? The instructions gi\-en under A. on p. 59 state: "The upper pillow and all the top bedclothes are removed except the sheet (and, if clesjrable, one blanket)."
Rell101'ct/ of the upper bedclothes is not called for ll)hm the ullder sheei is being changed qy the head-to-foot me/hod as do not impede the movemeNts of the nllrSfJ', 110r become disarranged in the process. Also , their removal and replacement lJ!OIf/d involve a more disturbance of Ihe patient.
./'llternativeb', whet! the tinder sheet is being challged fry the side-Io-side lIIe/hod, i/ is obviolls!)' more convenient hal 'e the Itpp er beddothes oll! qf the l1/C9' ll'hile the patient IS being tllrned aJ described tmder CA.) , page 59. The) caJ] be riplaced wilh less discomfort to tbe patieJlt than 1tbry had /0 bp straightened and rearranged.
Devon Promotion
News has been today that Lady uperl11tendent :;\1rs. H. A Hastings) of the Shenvell 1 ursinjS ion, has been promoted by the Chief CorrurussIOner of the Brigade to the rank of Lady Corps uperintendent on the staff of the COUnh" Commis ioner for Plymouth, South-We t Deyon and East Corn,,'all.
Irs. Hastings gained her First _-\.id Certiiicace in I9 1 5 .later qualif:dng in the St. John KUIsing Course. he did t. John Voluntary -L-\.id ,,-o rk durin o- the \\ ar I:> aad was the tounder-Superintendent of the herwell DiYi. ion, .one of the most acci,-e t. John ur:-r t 111 the 'We t ot England. he is a en-:ino- iter ot the Order of t. John of Jerusalem and hold the Order eryice ilIedal and Bar for lono- and efficienc member hi1 he is a member of the Committee of the Plymouth and Districc en-ice and an exceptionallr popular officer.
Shepshed Fete
hepsbed t. John \mbu lance •\..s o Clation arranged a Fete at th re id nc of D i\"i.ional urgeon R. \r. Pat r on, on aturda yT , eptember -t. i\ottin o-ham Play r' Ca rni,' al Band ,,-a in attendance. There wa al 0 a baby show which attracted 62. emrie:. The chief attraction howe"\- r \,-a a mimic air raid. The ter hire \ cro Club co-operaced b:' dropping flour bomb Loughborough C ntre lem th eir ambulanc in charge of ergeant Collins and the Re cue quad in full kit was in charge of Dr. Pac ron.
The r suIt \Vas a r al thrill for th large cro\\-d pre. 'nt
Home Service Ambulance Committee: Extract from Report for the Quarter
Ended June 30, 1937
.A.t the end of June, 1937, there 'were 147 of the Committee's ambulances in the country and 2.32. affiliated stations; making a total of 379·
The number of patients carried during the quarter 38,580, bringing the total number of cases carried to June 30, 1937, to 1,802.,756. r\ comparative table of the work done in the respective counties is printed at the end of this Report.
As will be seen from the above summary of reports from Home Service Ambulance Stations, the number of patients removed b y the ambulances in the June quarter was 38,580. OYer one and three-quarter million cases have been carried since the Service was set up. A question that is constantly asked is, what is the reason for the extraordinary increase every year in the number of patients removed by ambulance?
It is recognised that before the War, Am bulance Services were practically non-existent. To-day the ambulances of the Home Ambulance Service of the Order of St. John and the Briti sh Red Cross Society alone, carryover 150,000 cases a year There is, of course, more than one reason, but one of the principal causes for this great demand is the steady annual increase in the number of patients treated in hospitals. The distrust of hospitals, once so strongly held among the poor, seems to have definitely passed away. It needs but a glance at the Hospitals Year Book, published by the Central Bureau of Hospital Information of the Joint Council to gain some insight into the great developments that have taken place during recent years in the work performed in the Voluntary Hospitals of the country. Every year from 1,000 to 3,000 more beds are required and are provided in these Voluntary Hospitals alone. Council Hospitals are also steadily increasing in number and efficiency. In spite of the great increase in the work ,carried out by the Council Hospitals, the number of new patients treated in Voluntary Hospitals alone, during the last complete year for which figures are available, amounted to 1,325,000 in-patients and 6,000,000 outpatients, a total of 7,)25,000. Thi s is an increase of nearly 130,000 in-patients and 600,000 out-patients on the number treated four years ago. Both Voluntary and Council Hospitals depend on the Ambulance Services for the transport of their patients Indeed, it may be said that it is the setting up of Ambulance Services throu g hout the countr y-work of which the Home Am bulance Service was the pioneer and the Order of St. John and the Briti sh Red Cross Society the instigators-that has made hospital treatment on the scale it is carried out to-day possible. There seems no reason to expect that the demand for ambulance transport for hospital patients is likely to diminish Doctors are more and more dependent, for the successful treatment of their patients, on the facilities that are offered by hospitals, but are not so
ea ily applicable in the home. Radiology, Bacteriological Examination, Cardiograph and Electrotherapeutics are among the weapons that the progre sive doctor must have at his disposal in hi fight against disease and it is in the ho pital that he find s them.
On voluntary r \mbulance ervic the extensi n of their work ha made demands \\ hich might have been expected to overwhelm voluntar), workers, bu t the demands have been met 'without flinching. Th e future may throw ey n greater ta ks on am buIancc transport. Ho pital and the ital ),stem are the subjects of constant review and the indicati n arc that increased co- perat io n and do er team work bet\veen the Health ervice, of the countlT must come and it is on transport that the f uch objects will depend. Even yet [erhap the incr eased mobilitr of th e ick, which the ] \mbulance en' ic c afford, has not been fully reco gn i cd. That will enable schemes for the gr uping of Seryices to be carried out O\'er area which but a short time ago, would not hay e b een po j blc. Treatment of a patient fifty mile from hi home at an Ins titut lon where special facilities exis t for the trcatment of hi p articu la r ailment can be as easily effccte I, thanks tn modern invalid tran p rt eryices, as in the hosI ital of his home t own which may be, perhap, lcs-; adequately equipped for that particular work. Such exten ion of the range to be coycred byambulance transp or t would, of cour e , throw increa cd o bligation s on mernbers of the rder of t. J hn and of the British Red ros ociety on wb se boulders rest the re spon sibility for the work amI efl1ci ncy ot" the Home Ambulance ervice but it i safe to sa\ that such obliga ti ons will be readily accepted as and \vhen th ey arise
County of Hertfordshire
Count)' COllllllissioner.- II. L.\. GLEY Jo:-:-£'.
A .R.P. Staff Officer.- J\. GC;Y \X'IDDIC mI::, " The Woodlands," Hatfield R oad, t. Albans. (Telephone: St. j\lban s 1649.)
AIR R AID PRECAUTIO TR CCL \ R O. 5· In structors' C ertificates
As the resu lt of Instructo rs' Examinati St. Albans upon the dates shown, the A.R P. Certificates have been i ssue d :-
Dr. C. J. P. Grosvenor, M.B., Ch.B., Divisional Surgeon, Stevenage Division.
A / O. C. Greenwood, Stevenage Division.
o s held at following
Grade I. 2.0/12. / 36
Grade 1.
/ 12 / 36
Mrs. W. T. Grosvenor, Hon. Member, Grade 1. Letchworth Nursing Division. 20 / 12 / 36
The hief Commissioner has appointed the undermentioned Brigade Grade I Instructors :-
Dr. W. G. tewart, lYLB .E., M.B., B. " Divi sional urgeon, Ware Diyi ion. 2/ 3/ 37.
Dr. Jurin T o tton, L.M . .. A., lIon. M mber, lIarpend eo Divi si on 3 1 / 3/ 37 ' Telepholles.
The teleph nc number of all l\.R.P. In structors who h ave a telephone must be r egistered at ounty ] l eadquartcr and the County Council (A .R .P.) Ofi1ce
ill at! plea e send in their telephone numbers torthwlth t o th e A.R.P. taff fficer. fficers in of Di v jsions are requeste d t o bring thi s dJrcct lOn to th e notice ot Divisional urgeons and all Other _ concerned. ./\n )' change of number houJd b e notlhed as and when it occurs _ Jdd,.esses
J\n )' changc adcJr. of a member after obtaining an A.R.P. ( In strucwrs 0,. Rank and Fil ) must be 1l0tlilCd to the taff fficer immedjately by Div isiona l ecre taries. fficers in charge )f Di\ ' i ions will please give ins tru ctions accordingly.
.-1.R.P. Co"rseJ q/Ills/mcliol/.
I\rt ention i called to the In truction i ued \\ ith regard to \tt cndancc R egi ter The R egi ter III IIJ I h ( \\. :
1. Fu 11 name , of aJl persons atcending th e Class (whether the), comp lete the lU e or not) ; 1. 3· 45· Th full po "tal addrc
The uate of each lecture attended' \, ' hether pre ent at the examinati n or not;
\'\ hcther or not t he canuidate holds(a) \ fir t \id ertiEca te (b! \ H ome Nursing crtificate' and Jf 0(r) The clate or dates of is u (Thi information will in future b noted on all ]a R egi ter ) Officers and mher aC[Lng a Instruc ror tc non-Div1 jonal CIa . e h uld call the attention of the la ecr tan to the n ce sarr u c tan. t o supp ly th e sa r y I arcicular's Will rc su lt In d lay in issuing Ccrtiricat s and in unnece ary corrcsponclcncc. Errotll))}
With refercnce to pag 3 of th "1 I emorandut11 upon Co-oI eration with the o unt y Council' issued to all Instruct o r, l111d r Cost of lass s ' r ea d:
Examiner's Fee per Cla s n mg 2.0 exce d£1 o 30 7
For each addilional 2. 0 or part thereof £ r 0 Headquarter s Fee-
For class not exceedi n g 20 10 G Return to Duty.
With r efe r ence to the l etter of February 22., 1937, addressed to all Di visions , Corps Officer A. G. Widdicombe has now re turned to duty, and all co rr espon dence on A. R.P. matters should in future be addressed direct to him. In struc tors and Divisional ecretaries please note
(Signed) H. L.I.:--;-CLEY Jo:-..r:s, COlltll)' Commission er
GOSS IP·
That golden occasion we call" Opportunity" Rarely'S neglected by man with impunity.
- The L egendJ· .
And that's a " dig" at certain Officers who do n o t appear to take the opportunity to read the A .R. P. Circulars and ::\Iemorandum \vhen the\' are issued I sympathize \\'ith them for ha\' ing to' do so, but I ympathize 'with myself far more for having to \nire them. Like the policeman's, rhe lot of the A.R.P. taff Officer is not a happy one, but it be far easier if Officers \yould memorise has been i sued
By rhe way, talking of policemen, I see that a certa in to\\'n council propose to purchase truncheon _ armlets, whistle and chains for 100 "Volunteer 1\..R.P. \,\'ardens." the \\'ardens going to run a b our helter-skelter hitting people oyer the head if they don t run fa t enough for coyer? ow I understand the County Council insist that Fir- [ Aid hould be taught!
D r. TottOn i a Home Office First Class (' A er6ticate) InstructOr and Examiner, and qualified at Falfield. He has shown a o-reat intere [ b In the B riaade and apan from his A.R.P. enthu i asm is keen to form a D i,-ision of hi s o \'''n at R edbourn ood luck to him in rhe effort
The Harlow Di yi ions are al 0 ne\\'comer to th e County. \.[ present they are in the categon' of " dark hOLe, " bur I ee from a Pres notice i: ued as 1 ng ago a :i\Iay 19'6 that the\ ' "ere then under in truction in "t\.R.P. (Y es of , "ou Diyi ionarer home may \yell it up and take uperlnt nd nt H awk w orth i. reported to aid thar he i no pe imi t and I hope that th r ult of th D \" ional training have justified the statement. H e wa at least more optimi tic than the reponer who sugg sted that wh n the had completed it cour e it ,,'o uld out' ! I m getting o n YOur t:ack yery hortl:-", up rintendem so I hop you can hnd me a fe\," ?
A lm osr eye n Centre in South \XTal es was repres ented at the -Week-end Cou r se in Air Raid Precauti ons arranged b y tb.e Priory on September 25- 26 B y the kindness of the City Corp or ation, the cour e , J,-as held in t he City Hall, and the p ersonal interest tak en b y the Lord' 1iayor (Alderman Si r Herbert Hiles , ?vLB.E., J.P. ), demonstrated b y his atte?-dance at certain lectures and g enerosity in ent e rtaimng all_ the students to tea on both da ys, w a s a source ot encourag ement to the Brigade office rs wh o gave ul? a w ee k -end , \vhich happened to b e favoured w It? particularly fine in order t o i mprove their capabilities as A.R.P. Instructors.
All Grade I and Grade 2 Instructors, of whom there are now (September 30) 542 on the Priory registe r , and Brigade Surgeons of all r anks were invited to attend the course, and no les s than 13 0 accepted. Of this number 20 were Brig ade Surgeons, who ha,-e thus qualified for appointment as Grade Instructors.
Captain S. B. Turner, M.R.C.S 1 L.R.CP., Prior y Headquarter A.R.P. Staff preSIded o v er the proceedings, which commenced at 2 p.m. on Saturda y with an add r ess from the Lord Mayor, who extended a civic welcome to the students and expressed good wishes for the success of the course. Dr. Turner was assisted in the lectures b y Dr. Tudor Williams, Assistant Commissioner for the Pontypridd County Area, who attended an intensive course at the Civilian Anti-Gas School, Falfield, from August 23 to September 4 and qualified for t:l:].e First-clas s Instruct,?r's Certificate; and Dr. Elliott T. Glenny, Medical Instructor appointed by the Home Office for the South Wales Area, whose excellent lectures were greatly enjoyed. By arrangement the Chief Constable of Cardiff, Mr. James A. Wilson, O B.E., the majority of the students went the. gas van on the Sunday morning, Dr. R. Baud Milne, A.R.P. Officer, Bridgend, and District Corp s, kindly taking charge of the demonstration.
. Tex tboo k s, including the recent valuable additlon t o A.R.P. literature, viz., " A Synopsi s of Defence Against Gas," b y Dr. John Fenton, were and Dr. Glenny illustrated his lecture on Act1ve Means of Collective Protection" with many ing exhibits . Dr. Turner was particularly in dealing w ith the Organisation of a Decontammat1On
Centre for the l
and built b y Corps Surgeon Dr. J. P. Pre ll a nd Corps
Secretary D. J. Dow n , ea th ou n ty l \ rca. n charge for a tt end
dent was supplied \vi th
re which are d e tai l e d b elm\' for the b enefi t f t110S C a rran a-in a-
S ATU RD \y, SEPTEt-lEER 25.
2 30-3.20 p. m. The H isto r y an d genera l Gas W ar fare The po 1tlOn o t 1-I e di cal 1 I en and F irst id Perso nn el. (Lecturer, D r. E ll iot T. Gl enny)
3 .30 - 4.1 5 p. m. M e th o d s of u i ng he mi ca l l \ a- nts; effe cts of w eath er. ( L ec t u re r, Captain S. B. Turne r)
Tea Interval.
5.0-5.50 p .m.
6.0-6.50 p.m.
Dinner In terval.
l ean s of P ersonal P ro tec t io n. (Lect ur er, Dr. T. Gl enny) lean of Co llective P ro tec ti o n, pa .sive a n d acti , e. (Lecturer, D r. E T. Glenn y).
8 .0 -8.50 p.m. \V ar Gases (exclu di ng Blis ter G ases) and thei r effect (L e cbn e r, D r
Tud o r Willi am s)
F ir st A id and l edica l T re atm en t o f
Gas Cas u a lties , othe r th an Bli ster Gases. (L ecturer , Captain S B Turner)
S UN DAY EPTE)' fB E R 26.
10.0-I2.0 p.m.
Gas Van D em o n s trati o n at Ca rd i ff
Corporation W estern Sewe ra g e Pumping Stati o n, P enarth near El y River Bridg en, Cardiff (Attendanc e o pti onal) .
2.0-2.50 p.m.
Tea Interv al.
4.30-5.20 p m
5.30-6.20 p.m.
Decontamin a ti o n o f Ma teri al an d Per sonnel. ( L e cturer , D r. Tud or Williams).
Or g ani sati o n o f a D econtami natio n Centre and Firs t Ai d Po st. (L ecturer , Captain S. B. Turner).
Blist er Gases a nd th eir Trea tmen t. (Lecturer, Dr. Tud or Williams)
H.E. and Inc endiar y Bomb s, T reatment. (L e ctur e r, Ca pt. S. Bai n Turner)
-6 .30 -7.2 0 p .m.
JY1cth o d of ] ns truction in Respirator Drill and Care of Re s pirator. (Lectur er, Dr. Tudor Williams).
u pp er l n t c: r\,a l.
8.30-9 30 p m. R evision o f all su bj e ct s tak e n in th e ou r se (By Ca ptain S. B. T urne r).
CO".FrRF E OF B RI GA D E RGEONS
The (irst Co nfe re n ce o f Brig a de ,urgeo n s of all ranJ-s in \X a les \.vas ca ll e d o n u n c1ay , Septe m be r 26, D r. n . Rocyn J o n es, C. B .E. , since his appointment ;J u 1'geon-in-Ch icf for Wa les; and a represe n tati v e a ttendance from no le ss ,than five counties augurs well for thL medical aspect or Bri g ade work. D r. Rocyn .1(10(.-; was uppo r ted by- his \ ssi <; tant urgeonIn-Ch id', \ {a jo]' J\. \\, ,\ nder on, Ch.B.; a nd those p re nt \V re :- D r. Edgar l.lnn:lhn , ioner for Cardiff; D r. J 1 1. \'\ 'il on; (nmmi ' ioner for .i \ berdarc ' D r S. B T u rner, Comm issioner for the Caerphilly Count\ \rLa; D r. C. \ rmstron g , .I \ ssistant Commissioner, J OU!1[) \ rea; County urgeon s Dr. J-. Le\\'\ s-L]o\C] , \ lcrionethshi e; D r. E. J. H. Hudrtc Bar;\,; Or. ' . 1,. Pierce _ \ berdar ; and Dr. ]. 'P. J. }:nkin riflithstO\vn' ,orps urgeons Dr. \. 1. R obe r tson Treh.arri D r. W/. B wen h-en, lacsycwmmcr; and D r. C. G. i\fackar, Bbck\\ ood; D i\ isional D r. R. J.\'eri t \, Garndiffai t h; D r. H. H. lathias, T enby; Dr. t.' . DL\, D owlais' D r. J. W / oop f, h eni;oH ill; D r. \\, Bu mett E\-ans, Milford Han'n; D r. 11. Pugh Builth \\ 'ell ; D r. D \ V. R Thoma , \be 'C\ n;n: Dr. : \ Bence, Cardiff; and D r. I . \\.. .. I-IardmaIl , J1C[,Sto\\' .
Cl o se con ideration was niven to the question of the fir t aid contents of the indiyidual hayersack c1n- ied by Brigade member , on which certain recom:11endations b n submiuecl to Headquarter. l-ro m the
The Ch airman referred to the vari u point. In clude d in th excellent b roch u re on the du ties of Briga d e urgeon c m pi le d b y t h o f the B rigade a t Home, Dr. orb et Fletche r, and co mmended J( [or st ud y b y all u rgeons
The imponance of J\.R. P. w ork \Va emphasi ed , a nd d octo r who had not y t q ualified w er urge d to at ten d th Q courses a rr an ged b) the Chief Comnissioner in Lon d o n o r recognised cour e in \'Xfa les. I t w as una nim o L1 s l\' decide d to ho l d a Conference ann u all y on a u n ci a)' mo rning i n t he au tu mn at a p lace to be dec id e d.
CENTRE REPORTS
B RECKKOCK HIRE CEN l RE
The annual in pectio n of A mbu lance u rsin g and Cadet Unit. in t h.e Br ec kn o ck s hire Cen tre to ok p lace at the gro und of Chri s t Co llen c, Breco n , on atll1' d ay, 1 8.
The In s pecting Offic er wa s th e Ass ista nt Commissioner f o r Wale s, Mr . A. G. E. J. Fudge , w ho was acc o mp ani e d b y th e Ass is tant Lad y S upe r i nt e nd entin- Chief for Wal es , L ad y L ewis , O.B. E., the Cent r e Com miss jo n er, Lieut .-Co l onel C. G. Cole- Ha milt o n , CM G , D .S .O., an d Captain S B T urne r, M. R. C S. , L.R. C. P. , H eadquarter A. R.P O fficer. A large g at h e r ing of guests i n cluded the R t. Re\T the Lord Bi sh op of Swansea and B recon, the Hon. Ivor
g :-lcmbers i o r G u ard o i Honour a t -
t, 1 LP the :Mayor and .thyore , of B recon (1 I r. and 1 Ir . E. J enkin ), l\1r . "eline l\ Iay b erry 1 1a jor an d 1Its E F. Cockroft, Colonel Ffrench l\ Ir . P. J. 1Iurray :\ (i s E P " Tell :i\ [1' . G . E. .tlr . Cole-Ham.ilton and D. Franci . The A sistant Comnli ioner remarked that h w a s impr d by the fin turn-out and me smarrness of the cadet and " ' a glad to see so many mem b ers of the Con Eabulary takina- an actiYe part in Bri gade w o rk. He congratulated th B uilm urs in a- Divisio n on having " -on the cup at th
Kursin
edcling of \ [i Phylli Turner,
National Eisteddfod. Ladv Lewi commented on the smartness of the ursing Division and noted a g reat improvement on last year. She \"\rished them continued success in their winter work.
The Commissioner for Brecknockshire referred to d1e obligations ot the Order of St. John in recrard to Air Raid Precautions and appealed for further recruits for this ''lork and the Ambulance movement generally.
The proceedings concluded with a Nrarch Past, the Assistant Commissioner for \'Vales taking the salute; and music was provided b\' the Brecon ex-Service l\1:en s Band.
C-\R::-U.RTHE::--:ISHIRE CENTRE
The :Kidwell" Division held a social at (he To\.yn Hall on Saturday evening, September I, \yhen medals were presented to the two teams who had won the Studt Shield in the Carmarthenshire Centre competition and the Llandover y Shield at Carmarthen.
Among those who attended were the :Ma yor, Councillor D. G. Evans; Alderman and :Mrs. John Morgans, :M r. J. Jones, Nurse 1-Iorgans, 1-1r. and 1.1rs. E Squires, Dr. A. J. Beckett (Divisional Surgeon) and Mrs Beckett, 1Ir. and 1{rs. Ernie Barklay (Doblin), and Councillor H. J. Owens.
Corps Superintendent J. J . Davies, Burry Port, gave an address on the ,vork of the Bri ga de, and stated that the high standard of efficiency attained by the Kidwelly Division was due almost entirely to the assistance given b y the Surgeon, Dr. Beckett. Since the Kidwelly and Burry Port Divisions had taken up road patrol work on Bank Holida ys accidents had been less frequent and these two Divisions were the rust to introduce road -patrol work in the area.
Mrs. Beckett then presented the medals given b y the Doctor to the members of the winning teams.
PIDfBROKESHIR E CENTRE.
The Town Hall, Pembroke, was the scene of an interesting gathering on Thursday, September 23, when 24 certificates for proficiency in Air R aid Precautions were presented by Sir Henry Philipp s, Bart., the Centre President.
The Deputy Mayor of Pembroke (Alderman W . J. Gwilliam), who presided, thou gh t that every person in the class had every right to feel proud of their achievements. Business men and others had sacrificed much valuable time to attend the clas ses and by so doing they were performing a duty definitel y for the benefit of the commuruty.
Sir Henry Pilllipps congratulated the class as well as their instructor, Police Sergeant \ylilliams, and stressed the importance of increasing the Nursing Classes in the County Commendable pro gress had been made, but there was still scope for mllchneeded expansion in First Aid and Home Nursing work,
The Chief Constable (Captain A. T N. Evans), who is also Assis t ant Commissioner and A R.P.
Officer of the Count)r, explained that the A. R.P scheme is not a military movement but an endeavom to safeg-uard the public in \\7hich the Order of Sl. John had accept d d finite responsibilitie Councillor John Rmdand s supported the appeal for more classes in Anlbulance an d , \.R,P. work in the general interest of the J ublic.
BORO lJGH OF L" TP.E.
Lady Rhys \Y illiams, Lady President of th Centl' C-, gave an inspiring address on the occasion of ti1 cl \nnual Centre Competitions at Pontrhc ndda, Ystra d , on Saturday, eptember -+- he reminded the asscmh l that th e Order of t. J obn supplied (he majority (l ,' the train ed ambulance men in 191-1, and in pite of tl horror \,-hich e en'one feels for war, and our grC ttt re oh'e t maintail; peace, th rime had come the possibi lity of another g real call for these scn in.' must be faced.
In the care of the ci "il.ian 1 opulatiol1 tht: Orclt r had accepted a deftillt r spon ibility; and she l1'.a( le an earnest appeal for recruits for the \mbulann a n 1 ursing Classes.
The four competitions Cor adults and cack attracted 16 team,
Th ere " ras keen competition for the chief pr izc the Sir Charle \'(larr n 11allcnge L'hield, for \:\ hich '\,-a won by the Colliery (Pcn) OG11 " team, followed by Ferndale. Other award. were: l\1i kin Challenge hield (Nur c_): I Ferndale; 2nd, l\ (aindy and Eastcrn. H, H. [err ett Cup (Girl Cad ts): Ferndale. J. H. Da vies Cup ( B oy Cadee): Lewi s. Superintendent T. Perkins, captain of the Y :r team, won the Hurley Davie Cup for the fxdrilled Di ision, and mbulance ffic r Thomas (Lady Lewis cc B" Team) the Price ] Rose Bowl for the best captain in the \\ 'arr"n Competition.
Assistant Commi ioner Georgc Payne, '\\'ho recently left the Rhondda to live in P-o[[hcawJ, \ ,b presented by Lady \\7illiam with a \\/estmin 'tt' crumes clock in recogniti n of his 50 year) wor k un behalf o[ the Brigade; and frs. Parm: r cciv ct! a service medal for 15 years' efficienc\'.
EWSI BRI EF
The following rune nominees of the Prlon fll r \Ylales who attended the Course at Falftclcl on August 23 to Set tember 4 each succeeded in the First-class Instructor Certificate :- Dr. T udor \"'Villiams, Ponryprid d ; Dr. Thomas J o ne " Cwmllynfell; A.R.P. Officers F. W. Barr y ; C. Griffiths, Aberaman; D, M, Jo nes" Brynmenyn; C. M, Kitto, ew Tredegar; J. H. Thorne, Porth; W T. IXlinborn, Crumiin; and Ambulance Offic e r T. L. Da ymcn t, Cardiff
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TEAM TEST II
CARD OF I NSTRUCTION.
Your havc new J:fcadquarters, and with iron palings front. 't 0':1 Ii "e arc at practIce and expect tbc Divi siona l Surgeon In about 30 mInutes, It IS a Gne evening. You have an ambulance and tel ephone at .Headquarters.
You hear a crasb outside, l\ct as you would in real circumstances.
STORY OF ACCIDENT.
.:\ \'an boy is ridin ,'5 his horse back to the stables. At the top of thc road .In whIch DIVISIonal Headquarters arc situated an exbaust of a pas lng mOlOr-car causes a terrific bang; the horse takes fright and rushes wIldly down the road, crashing intO the palings in front of ll ea?quarters. The boy is pitched on to the spikes surmounting the and then Falls to the ground. The horse, in turning to bolt agaIn, knocks dO\\ n a man who is hurrying to the scene.
OTE TOR JCDGE,
It is found lh;]( the left leg of the "anboy's trousers is torn above the knee and _ soaked with blood. 'lark a deep punctured wound on outs.lde ?t lo,nr third of thigh going inwards and downwards 10 the dlrecuon of the popliteal artery. There is also a deep lacerated wound four Inche long on the left ide of the scalp, which is bleeding profusely, (\\ ou.nd to be shown with red greasepaint on that part of thc caJp.suf?plled by both .the temporal amI occipital arteries, say, two IOchc In and t\\-O Inches behind top of ear.) "anboy to be warned say In a da7.cd_\1,'ay, \\ hat's the matter)" if spokcn to by the officer In charge 01 t<.:am.
Le.ft leg t.o be placed in an unnatural position, foot being marked to gl\'C c"ldcncc of ha,lng been caught an d "io lentl y twisted; to. \\ car old. while fhnncl trousc.:rs undc.:r ordinary trousers; f:1.ke In!unc on whltc lert tcou er, Pallent 1\:0. 2 to be sitting up complaining of pain in left Inclined to left slJe, fracture of c ollar-bo ne (Q be laked \\,Ith mdted candle and adhc in: pia ter, Large cable to represent ambulance.
Judge to rend cud of instruction, and ",hcn he ays" You hear a one stc:" .trd is. t,o make a crashing sound' with tin tray. Patlcnt to gu Into po '!(Jon aftcr team entercd Headquarters.
DETAIL OF TF.T. ;\1:1.'1:. :,(arks, fm'l}ed, If _-I(lioll
I. nicer immediale" im es(iCiltes cause of crah
• Calls 10 [cam to come at once '. , ,. Bringing surgical haversack and blankets , -1. ',os. 2 and 4 to attend to \'an boy lYing s' '.;os. rand 3 to man (:\ 0. patient) I all Bo).
6. Test for con ClOU ness by speech ::tnU touch (Dazed, alld nil/tiers, " /I hal'S Ih( fI:alltr? ")
- .:tunon not to mo, c; encouraging ,yard ).:Ole hxmorrhage left leg and ItS unn,lrural position
9, Ask co!our o,f ('learld). purting (rtf)
1 0, pres ure to fcmoral artery 10
11. • \sk If blcedlng controllctl (l'c's, if (orml!;' applittf)
12. pply tournIquet 10 femoral nrtery
13· sk if bleeding c.ontrolled () 'u, if (Orml!;' applied)
q. One bcarer deraded to teady injurcd umb
5· 1\:ext examine bleeding [rom scalp
16. Ask colour of blood (Scarlel). lf spurting O-u) ,
17· Imme?_late ure on tcmporal artery at pressure point IS. Ask It bleeding controlled O'u, if prusllre correct!;· applred) , ,
19 · Ask if wound clean (l'u). Ifforeign bodies (.\'0)
20. i lsk if any irregu larity of bone is to be seen at bottom of wound (No) , ,
21. Iodine fingers, wound and su rrounding skin
22. Clean dry absorbent dressillg to wound 2
23' Form pad of conan 001; bandage ti ghtly
24· Remove pressure from temporal and occipital arteries • 2
25· Ask if bleeding still controlled
26. Maintaini.ng pressure on temporal and occipital arterics until direct pre ure applied to wound ,
27, Co\'er warmly bel o 'w and above patient 2
Rouline Examination of Vall Boy
28. Spcak again to boy (Slill muliers ill dazed TJ )ay)
29, Ask colour of face (Pale)
30 sk nature of pulse (Feeble)
.\fax. :'\(ark"
I. Ask if any fluid or blood from ears or nose (No) 2
32· If eyes bloodshot (No) If vom iting of blood (l\'o)
33· Exclude other possible injuries to head (f\:one)
H· Next examine left leg; expose site of wound .,
35. Find deep punctured wound ,
36 Ask if :vound cl.ean (Yes). If any foreign bodies (J'v'o)
37· If any Irregularity of bone (Yes, lower /hird) ,8. If protrude (No) ,
39· support of injured limb until splints applied
40. Rapidly exclude injuries elsewhere
4 1 -:r: o and Jeft. clavicles, region of shoulders
42. Upper ltmbs; nbs; spine , ,
43· Abd<;>men; pelvis; and right lower limbs (.\'o l1e)
44. EffiCIency of method of examination
45. Apply hot-water bottles after testing Pa/ien/ l\ o, 2.
4 6 Note man is suPPOrting left elbow and head inclined to left side , , ,
47· Encouraging words to man , 4 8 him to indicate site of pain (Lifl elOl'de illdica/ed)
49· If arm. feels partially helpless (Yes) ,
50. If (Yes) If bone o,eriaps (J'ur
51. If (Yes) Ask if pain elsewhere (.\ 0)
5 z. Sme,lling salts to nostrils after resring
53· Rapldl:.: exclude injuries elsewhere
H· Method of efficienC\' of examination
55· COYer below and a60\'e patient : : :
56. On,e bearer sent to tclephone surgeon and ask for instructions (Away tn'O minules) Judge.says: "DoctOr called to an urgent case, theretore dIrects that both patients be taken to hospital in motOr ambulance,"
5 Bearer to refill hot-water bottles
Further Trealfllenl of r -all Boy·.
58, Straighten leg gently; retain in posidon
59. Tie feet firmly tOgether ., ,
60, Pass se,en bandages under patient
61. Chest JUSt below armpits ,
62. Pelvis in line with the hip joints
63, Both ankle
64. Both thi ghs above fracture
65, Both thi ghs below fracture
66. Both legs
6 , Both knees (broad bal/lioge)
68. Place plint along the injured side
69, Armpit to jus beyond foot
70 ecure plint by tying bandages
71. All bandages tied o,er splint
72 Excepting bandage of ankle -.,. \'C'hich i applied as a figure of eight
4· And tied below the feet ., , - 5· Iodine fingers, .',ouod and _surrounding skin '.
76. Clean dry dressing; pa.d ot wool; bandage firmly
80. Remo\'e. the coat; unfas.ten brace on injured ide S1. Pad (1 Ins. thIck and 4 111S, across) in armpit
8z. raise forearm well up
3· Keep111g shoulder as far back as practicable
4, SuppOrt in St. John ling ,
5· ecu re injured limb bnnly to side
6. Broad bandage round elbow and trunk
87, Feel pul e (prC'.Jl'lil); tighten sling
S. Further encouraging words ,
89· -,\sk if he feels \yell enough to \,'alk to ambulance (J'ff) "
90 Keep covered warmly b low and abo,e until remo,ed to ambulance
Trallsporl of Paliml.
9!· Motor ambulance brou g ht into nearest position to patient
92 tretcher unloaded and placed with head one pace from end of ambulance ,
93· os. and • tum right, kneel on left knee
9+ Pass loop of buckle end of sling o,er rear handle
95· Buckle ?O\\,O\yards: carry sling under and round the opposite handle close up to the canV'3S
96 Back to rear handle, round which t\\'o or three turns are made
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97· Pass transyerse strap round pole
98.
102. No. 4 disengages, rises, turns to left
105.
II4.
5.
II6.
IIS.
Is patient conscious? (judge,' i -es)
Reassuring patient with encouraging words
Caution re physical and mental acti,Tity 2
Patient states: "I cannot see anything-everything seems blurred "-then, after a slight pause--" 11y right shoulder hurts and T cannot raise my right arm."
The patient will say, when anyone attempts to move his right leg: "Oh! 1\'1y right knee hurts! "
BruJsed knee suspected
Ankles and feet tied together
Figure of 8 bandage
Correctly passed, correctly tied in correct position
Broad bandage round both knees
Correctly passed, correctly tied
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Written message safer than verbal
Stating nature of the case 2
Stating whereabouts of patient
Stating if going to move him
Stating destination
Stating route to be traversed
If the captain exercises his discretioll and decides that, owing to the nature of the injuries and the condition of the patient, he will take the patient to medical assistance illstead of sending for it, the team will receive full marks allowed for sending, and 10 extra marks.
Decision to take patient to hospital Extra 10
Has the doctor arrived? (judge,' No)
Has the ambulance arrived? (judge (if it has been sellt for) " Yes)
Where is it? (judge,' At the end of the street)
What is the road like? (judge: Level)
Prepare and
Blanket on
Correct position of bearers
Correct support of patient
Care of injured parts
Careful lifting of patient
Providing the stretcher
No. 4 resuming his position
Slowly and gently lowering patient
Examination of patient and dressings
Stand to stretcher
Lifting stretcher
Not using
examiners being DivislOnal Superintendent Copley and Ambulance Officer Hartley, of Lytham St. Annes.
It was a very keen competition, the winner this year bewg Cadet Killey, of Ardwick Cadet Di vision
\X/ ed n e day was ports Day, when everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves' a number of local l'csident attended as visitors. '
The long line of tents, each with the equipment laid out and the large marquee for dining and concerts WIth the Hag Hying at the entrance to the camp made a \'CIT impressive picture on the sandh.ilL.
the usual trench fires they had an J\rmy cooker, kl11dly lent to them, which enabled the boys to ha\-e roasts) besides stews, etc Frida), night the usual sing-song J) took place in the marquee, at whIch the pre entation of prizes and award took place. The winner of the silver medal for. the best boy in camp was adet Jeffs, of Irlam. ThL \\-a a ,ref popular choice.
CADET NEWS
By MR . TWEEDALE, CB. ., A.R.R.C, J.P.
The {anche ter and alford 'orps, l\.rdwick Cade t Camp, was held the last week in July at t. , \nnes-onSea.
The number attending this camp ha\ c increase d each year, and this year 104 Boy adet from Ardu'ick Heaton Park, Po st Offices Division, Levenshull11L and Irlam and Cadi head Ambulance Cadet Di\ i attended, and spent a very happy ,veek in Camp under canvas.
Divisional Superintendent B. PO\vell and CadetSuperintendent R. Charlesworth were in charo-e.
The advance party had tea rea d)- for the main part r • on their arrival, after which camp regulations \"\ er e read, bedding issued, and the boys allocated t their respective tents. A camp bank \va opened for the boys to deposit their money.
A Church Parade was held at St. 1argaret's Church on Sunday morning, and the Vicar \Va yet) interested and impress ed by the Cadets
He paid a visit to the Camp early in the week, and arranged a cricket match with his choirboys, which was duly played.
The were the winners, but only by a \ -cr y narrow marg1n.
Each morning physical exercises on the beacJ l before breakfast. Mter breakfast tent inspecti on, followed by lecture s in connection with the Troph } (the Jubilee Cadet Camp Cup), presented by Captai n N. W. Rawlings, Corps Surgeon.
The subjects this year were Clerical Ability an d Avenues of Public Service (approved by the Commissioner, W. G Smith, Esq., O B.E.).
The examinations were held on Thursday, th e
\1r:. Roberts of 11anchester (who has kindly can cntcd t become Vice-President of /I..rdwick adet Di\rision) pre ented the prizes, etc., also souto the.Offlcers and staff a token of appreciation WIth expreSSion of lhanks for a very happy) successful camp.
The singing of" _ \.uld Lang yne" and the 1 ational - \.nthem concluded a \ -ery memorable evening. th? e who yi ited the camp ,-,rere:Lady D1 tnct upcnntcndent i\lr T\-\' eedale, CB.E., .R.R.. J.P.; \$ i tant sioner \Xl H. Ga D. B. 'c.; orr urgeon aptarn W. RawlIng, Ll\f.. -E.,1f.R.CP Le lie,E q.,andH. Hon . Pre idem.
Everyone wa carh- a, tir aturday morning, and ,1frer breakfa t, hands the \vork of p acking equipment an casy matter. The camp was du ly truck" and a happy contingent of adets returned t Lhcir hu!ne in good spirit, good he alth, and benehted by the sea air, good food, weath r and a happy week under canvas.
For Cadet Cooks
R EC IPE FOR }\[r"T-JELLY FOR TITE \'?INTER.
.1- pint water. pint vinegar.
Two table I oonfuls sugar.
Four tablespoonfuls of finely chopped fresh mint. oz. of gelatin
i\IET1IOD.
.L\lix the water, vinegar and sugar together and hn ng to boiling point.
Pour over the finely chopped fre h mint; cover, an d allow to stand for two hours.
train, and put the liquid in a pan with the cre latine an d heat until gelatine i s dissolved. Put into and When cold cover tightly.
Surgeon's Week-End Course
Applications for the course ha ve been most satisfactory, and owing to the numbers attending it has bee? to make an alteration in the previous nOtificatIOn and arrangements are being made as shown below.
Uniform will not be worn, but as a means of mutual and quick introduction it is suggested that members should wear (as was done last yea r) visiting ca.rds pll1ned to the left lapel of the coat inscribed with the member's rank and th e Count\' Corps or Division.
Satllrday, October 16.
2.3 0 p.m. Assembly in the Chapter Hall for an address by ?\.lajor-General Sir \Vilkinson, K.C':\I.G., CB., Secretary-General of the Order, Director of .J \mbulance.
Inspecti on of the Chapter .Hall, Church, Library, i\luseum, etc., In conducted. panies by ?\'Ir. \\ H. Fincham, Assistant Librarian, and others.
3-45 p.m. Re-assembly in Chapter Hall for address by the Surgeon- in-Chief on "Duties of Surgeon ." This ,,-ill be followed discussions of certain items which haye' been submirred for decisions of the Conference.
5. 0 p.m Tea in the .Chapter Hall. F ollO\'\-in g this Surge on \\,111 make their (0 the Great Central Hotel, [arylebone
7·15 p. m. Function Dinn er will take place, commencrng at 7. 5 p.m.
SWJ(I.?)', adobe!' I
A derailed programme \\-ill be a,-ailable for member on ani,al at the Chapter Hall on aturday. ome of the more important items (0 be di cu ed are 'Faked Inj urie , i\Iaintainino- Intere't in Divi ion " 'Preparation for and Conduct of Com1 etitions
Conference of Di trict and Count\ ur g eon will follow the di cus ion.
_ t the dinner it i, hoped that (he ecretan--General of the Order, the hief Commi , ioner for O,er eas the \S i tant hief Commi sioner at Home the Chief ecretary of th "\s ociation, the Brigade ecretar", and fro J. Gro sman who \vill brino- \\"ith him oni.e of his famous El tr e , tars, will b pres nt. dress or dinner ,,-ill be worn
In order that th m nu of thi fir t dinner of Brio-ade can be not only a ,om-eni r but also a record of the it is proposed co print th names of those prom nncr to attend on the m nu card
A jilll n'Port the SfII geoJls Tr 'eek-flld CO/IJ'J'f IN'!I be pllblished ;n Off!' !/{'X/ is/lie
RAILWAY NEWS
Southern Railway (CO);lTRIBGTED BY E. RrcH.-\.RDs)
Th'E EBIS.
.A yery enjoyable evemng was organised at Nine Elms recently, the occasion being the ambulance concert and presentation of a\\'ards to the succe ful candidates.
1Ir. :Marshall (Goods Agent) presided and \,-a supported by Irs. lIarshall, officials of the Company, together with representatives from the First Aid classes in the district.
During an interval in the concert l'frs. 1Iarshall very kindly presented the awards to the men who had qualified for such, and was herself presented a handsome bouquet on behalf of the member of the class.
1Ir. Sims (Class Secretary) thanked 1Ir. and 1Irs. 1Iarshall for attending the function, and said he hoped they had all enjoyed the evening. He knew that lvIr. lv'Iarshall, like most officials of the company, had many calls on his time, and they at Nine Elms really did appreciate the efforts which he and Mr-. had made to be present.
PORTS:-'IOGTH.
A pleasant musical evening was organised recently at Portsmouth, at which members of the staff were presented with their ambulance awards by Mr. F. England. Mr. England said it gaye him much pleasure to distribute certificates, etc., to firstajders in the Portsmouth district, and was pleased to see that there were one or two old stagers among the recipients.
Mr. E. Montague acted as chairman at the function, and at the conclusion of the musical programme a sketch was given by the Women's Railwa y Guild. WI);lDSOR.
The presentation of ambulance awards to the successful members of the Windsor class was held recently, and was we1l patronised by all interested in the movement.
Among those who attended was Dr. Osborne (lecturer to the class), Mr. Reeves (stationmaster, Windsor), and Mrs. Reeves, Mr. Toze (stationmaster, Virginia'Water) and Mrs. Toze, lvIr. Makepeace, and H. Barrow Guildford (district secretary).
Mr. Reeves spoke highly of the progress made during the past session, but said he hoped to see more recruits coming forward this year, and, to give the men a lead, proposed to become a member of this first-aid class himself.
A musical programme was also arranged and all vo ted the evening a success.
This i the fir t function that the members of \'qindsor ambulance class have organised, and, it is hoped, will be the forerunner of many ucccssful social ev ninas.
DOCKS.
:Member of the outhampl( n Docks classes m et in the Recr eation Room at the Docks Fire tatio n r cently to recei e the awards gained at a recent fir s l aid examination.
1.fr. R. P. Biddle CD cks and 1[arine J\[anag c r presented the awards and was supported by Dr. 11. C \tt\\-ood (H n. Class Lecturer ) i\Ir. 11. , \. h on (Assistant Dock and l\[arinc Manager), 1 [r. . C Baker (r pre enting apt. Han e)" Dockma s ter , 1Ir. 1. Jones (Fir Brigade urerintcndem ) , ;\lr. 11 lngs 1Ir. F. . W ren, l\£r. P. Donohoc and otl1L rs :Mr. E. "lTzzell (chairman of thc Dock s C:ummiu cl' pre ided.
After presentin g the awar Is Biddle thaok n Dr. tt"' ood far inter e and continucd , upp 0rt Thanks "\'e re also extended to ,. J. Baker ( Ch ecre tary and In tructor)
1fr. Biddle comm e nted on the exccllcm \\, UI which had been performed and cxprc ed hi, kC L intere t in the ambulance movement in th e Do ck He al 0 mentioned that ir llcrbcrt \\"alker 11.1 l giyen a shield to b e a\\ -arded each year to lhe Di" w ct ho" Tlno' tlie greate t interest in proporti o n lO li t: number of stafF e mployed, and expre s, eel thc J c"i n.: to see it in the po e ion of the Docks Ccnlrl:.
Dr. : \tt\\'ood replyin g on behalr or himsel f ail I Ih official, tated tllat the greatc , t rcward he co uld h 1\ C for hi work in th e call e of rir Sl \iel " \\ 'o uld h for th e members (0 continu c to g et 1 00 PLl' cel passes at exarr..ination. Commentin g on the ne e d f( nev.- members, he aid that a greater fcd i ng 0 1 CO l' fidence existed amon g all the Dock men b ecal , they knew that a qualified First J\id man. was WIt hi n call should he be needed, ancl, therefore, as th e lll m ment expanded thc efficiency of the Dock s i ncr e:1 sl 1
The NIechanica l Engineer'S Department tcam ga an interesting demon tration of comp e tition \v a r k A vote of thanks was proposed to 01r. Bicldle rIr presenting the awards, and to the team for th eir \\ l llplanned and instructive exhibiLion of a comp e m il)ll test.
Mr. Biddle replied congratulating the J\.Iechan il ;ll Engineer's team on their fine display. lle prom j'>Cl I to give a trophy to be competed for by th e fire Brig adt: members, the manner of the competition to be arr an ge d by the Docks Ambulance Committee.
FELTHA:-I.
First-aiders in the Feltham Di trict met the ot he r evening to receive their a wards at the hands of E. S. Moore (wife of the Western Divisional L o comotive RL1nnin g Superintendent) after a year of wry successfLll work.
For long hard service , .. for
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:Mr. Barrow, the District Secretary, in introducing :Mrs. :Moore, extended from the Feltham Class a hearty welcome to all the visitors. He also COl1o-ratulated the Felthan1 Class upon its organisation. He said that the function they \vere attending that eyenino- was the first of that' nature and had been in the Feltham district and complimented the members of the class upon Its succe s. They had a fine secretary in 11i:. Upton, and a fine committee, and if they continued in their present fashion they would be at the top of the tret' very soon.
11r. Upton proposed a vote of to 1Ioore and to the visitors who had gl"iTen their support to the function. He thanked also the class for its loyalty both in competitions and in the class-room, and the members of the committee for their ever ready help.
lYrrs. Moore, \vho was presented with a bouquet by 1liss D. Upton, congratulated the "''linners of awards and appealed for eyen greater enthusiasm. 11r. Moore also stressed the value of ambulance work, and expressed the hope that more would be heard of teams from Feltham in the future.
During the evening a very enj oyable concert was arranged by Mr. J. James, with Mr. W. Bardell as. compere. This successful functlOn was brought to a close with dancing under the guidance of Mr. W. Jones.
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BU SHBURY.
The 9th annual distribution of awards was held at a smoking concert on August 16 when 24 label s, three vouchers, five certificates and gold medals ( 15 years) to :iYIessrs. A. Brown, W. H. Carter and H. Lythgoe were presented.
Dr. A. Byrne-QlUnn was presented with a Rolls razor in recognition of his services as Class Lecturer. BROMSGRoVE.
At a recent meeting, Mr. T. L. WiUiams presented the award gained during the 1936-7 season. These consisted of 13 labels, one medallion, five vouchers, six certificates, and a gold medal to 11r. T. Price for 15 years ' service.
SPRINGS BRAKeR.
Six certificates, two vouchers, one medallion and 22 labels were distributed at the recent presentation night held under the chairmanship of Mr. T. Keary.
Tribute was paid by Mr. R. Jones to Mr. R. Hart (Hon. Secretary) for his untiring efforts on behalf of the class , and these sentiments were supported by Messrs. R. Foster and J. B. Powell.
GLASGOW
The L.M.S. (Glasgow (Women's) Ambulance Section resumed its meetings at 302, Buchanan Street, at 6 p.m. on September 30.
Air Raid Precautions
The Chief Commissioner ha made arrangemen t, for week-end A.R.P. Instructors' Courses to be he ld at the Great Central Hotel, larylebon Road, Lond 0, N.W., on the following week-ends ( aturday a nd Sunday) :-
1937· September 25-26.
October 30-3 I.
193 S. February 5-6. March
December 11-12. April 23- 24.
The Time-Table and Syllabus for each Course \\'1 1 be as follows :Saturday.
1.0 p.m. Lunch.
2.0 p.m. Introduction.
2. 15 p.m. Nature and .l?roI of \X'at' ',Methods ot attack tr 111 the all'. Effect of weather on gas. Classification and types of \ ar Ga es.
3. 5 p.m. Blister Gases-Characteristicc; and ]juries produced.
4· 15 p.m. Tea.
5. 0 p.m. Blister Gases-Treatment.
6.0 p.m. Protection of eyes, nose and lungs respirators. Fitting.
7.15 p.m. Dinner. Sunday.
S.30 a.m. Breakfast.
9.3 0 a.m. Gas Chamber with Respirator-. .
11.0 a.m. Protection of the by Protect ] e Clothing.
12 noon. Interval.
12.30 p.m. Decontaminat ion.
1. 30 p.m. Lunch.
2.3 0 p.m. Protective R oom and Air Lock.:.
3.30 p.m. Respirator Drill.
4.30 p.m. Tea.
5. 0 p.m. Poisonous substance not used ofFc nsive agents. First Aid Posts.
6.0 p.m. A.R.P. Casualties organisation.
7.0 p.m. Dinner.
The number attending these Courses is limited, and therefore nominations must reach the Chief Co 1missioner at St. J obo's Gate 1/ot later than fifteeH dtlj's prior to the date of the Course for 1vhich ently is made.
The fee for each course WIll be 35 s., payable the nomination. This sum provides for lunch, lea and dinner on Saturday and Sunday, and slee pl lg accommodation on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning. In addition, each student wi ll be supplied with a satchel comprising Textbooks, nembook and pencil. Those requiring sleeping ac cc 111modation on Sunday night will be required to an additional fee of Ss. 6d.
It is not essential for students to have sleep ing accommodation at the Hotel, especially if they dvire to sleep out at relatives or friends. In such cases a reduction of 8s. 6d. will be made from the fee o f ) 5s
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Her 1fajesty the Queen has been g raciously pleased to continue to hold her appointment as Commandantin-Chief of I ursing Diyisions of the St. John A.mbulance Bri gade.
Her 1fajesty has appointed H.R.H. The Duche of Gloucester as her Deputy.
B.O. 681. FROCK CO.n.
A ne'\,- pattern Frock Coat has been apprm-ed for op tional wear by Superior Officers. The old pattern is discontinued but officers may out coats already in their possess ion
B;O. 682.. OF UNITS-ST.
LA-rCE BRIG.-\DE .A.l"D BRITI SH RED CROS SOCIETY.
In view of the great importance of training sufficient personnel to deal with the Air Raid Precauti ons Scheme, it has been decided mutually between the Brigade and the British Red Cross Society that it i unsound for either organisation to limit its activity by the agreement that no new unit i s to be formed in a town where a unit of the other organisatiofl is already in existence. Accordingly Commissioners are now empowered to authorise the raising of units in any locality where opportunity offers.
B.O. 683' ADDITIONAL SUBJECT FOR CADET PROFICrE CY BADGE.
In view of the fact that instruction and examination for the Certificate awarded to the rank and file of the Brigade on Air Raid Precautions now forms an important part of Brigade work, Senior Cadet s, i.e., those between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, may be allowed to count the Raid Precaution Certificate 2S a qualifying subject for the Cadet Proficienc y Badge and for the Grand Prior's Bad ge
B.O. 684. CORRESPONDENCE.
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" Clause 394. Line 2.. After « and" add " members of the Royal Family or their representatives, whether of a cOflgratulatory nature or othexwise."
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" Carver Cup," 1937
Through the continued kindnes of the Hull Education Comm..ittee, the Paragon (Hull) Class weI' able to hold the 7th Annual Competition for the Major \X'. H. Carver 1.P., up, on aturday, October 2..
There was a record entry for the Di s trict, with t\\-en ty teams competing.
Divisional Surgeons Drs. E. 1. D earn and J\. G. 1 Iinn, of Hull, 'were the Team Jud ges ' '\ hilst the Indi,'i dual tests \Y I' taken by Dr. impson, of Hessle; Divisi onal urgeon J. G. Lindsay and L.F.Wilon,Hull; o q s urgeon ,\. 1. iillar,Hull ; and Dr. H. E. '\ atts Waters (Deputy City oroner) .
The teams were asked to gi , rc treatment and assistance to a , -e rr common type of treet accidenL namely, a lad on cycl skidding in the tram lines whilst riding down a busy thor uo·hfart.: on a \ 'et day },Iajor \'(f H. Carver, 1LP., in pre enting the cup and prize, drew attention to and thanked the competitors for their unselfi h "work for the benefit oC humanity. He al 0 drew attention t the hours which are given up by ambulance people in order that ther may be more efficient to d al with the accidents and emergencie of lif _'I Thei r s was a noble work."
He mentioned that, ,inee the last competition, Superintendent Huddleston, of th East Rid ing Police, had been honoured and irn-c. teel \"ith the..: insi g nia of Sen-ing Br other of the rder of t. John, and he congratulated him and the Ea. t Riding Force.
Nlr. J. E. R yall, Chief C nstable, Ea t Ridin g Police, proposed a vote of thanks to the Doctor s for their work and for o-l"ing up much of thci r valuable time to help the Ambulance f ovement and the competitors, also to the Hull < ducation o Illmittee and their staff for their continued kindness in providing premises, etc.
Superintendent Huddleston, in upporting the vote, mentioned that he felt the honour of enring Br other was an honour to the Force to which he had the privilege to belong.
(Superintendent Huddleston, b y the wa)" is on e of the most ardent workers for the Ambulance Movement in the East Ridin g Police Force, and sonic years ago, when nominated for an award by th c police authority for special police work, purchased a shield, and thus e t the "Wes!:V.Tood Shield" troph y for the East Ridin g ambulance teams. )
The East Ridin g Police were repre cnted b\ Superintendent W. E Robson, B rough; uperinten dent E. Hinds, Pocklington; and Superintendent Cook, Beverley; amongst others noticed wert.: Messrs. S. Cooper, General Secretar y, and G. H. Oakes, Hull District Secretary, N.E. Area, L. & N.E. Railway; County Commissioner W. T. Atkinson and County Officer T. Lamb, East Ridin g, Yorks., S.J.A.B.; Corps Superintendent E. Soar, Dearne Valley Corps, S J.A.B.; and Mr. E. H. Fowler, Station Master, Hull Paragon Station.
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The fo llowi n g acquisitions have been ma d e b y the M u se um :Th e Kendal lvledal . - T his is a b ronze p ortrai t medal
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Ke ndal, Tu r co p o li er, an d l at er G r an d P ri o r of
England, at the famous siege of Rhodes in that year. Executed most exquisitely and evidently with almost photographic perfection, onl y two other examples of this beautiful work of art are known to exist, in the collections of Prince Frederich Von Saxe-Coburg Gotha and the Comte de J onghe. It is the gift of Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. B eales
The tV'es to!1 Seal Matrix.-Some months ago, when Messrs. B enskins, the brewers, were excavating for the rebuilding of one of their houses in Herts., a seal ma trix of Sir J ohn Weston (Grand Prior, 147 8- 1 4 89) was turned up. This piece, ca st in latten or brass, is in a remarkable state of preservation, and forms an interesting addition to the treasures of the Order. It was presented by Messrs. B ensk.ins.
lvfiniattlre of the lvfarqt-tis of interesting miniature on ivory of the :Marquis of Granby, by an unknown artist, has recently been acquired. The 11arq uis, who achieved fame at the Battle of 1linden, is re p resented wearing the Cross of the Order. This is another gift from our good friend Colonel Beales.
SeqJlitJ of Pierre d J .A1,bu.ssotl. -r\.nother present from the same generous donor is a gold sequin of the Grand raster, Pierre d'Aubusson, one of the heroe of Rhodes, who obtained his Cardinal's hat in recogniti on of his services. Gold coins of Rhodes are rare, and this forms a valuable acquisition,
Bf:'"{atJt of Tnpolis .-T he Librarian, Colonel E. J . King, has recently added to his already e.nensive gift of Crusader State mintings, by the gift of a Bezant Saracenat of Bohemund IV, Count of Tripolis. Thi han d some gold coin is in a state of remarkable preservation, and is a -';Tery handsome specimen.
Other recent acquisitions include a sixteenthcen tury breast-plate and back, together with a lar oe circu lar targe or shield, all bearing the Cro s of the O rder, an d a s\vord of the same period etched along th e bl a d e with a series of eight-pointe d crosse
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Surgeons" Week-End Conference II
!he First Conference of Briga de Surgeo ns has been held, and was attended b y some 125 Surg eons of all ranks-technical and exe cutive. Looking back on the yarious events, we are happy to state, and without hesitation, that it was a magnificent success, and a personal tribute to the Surgeon-in-Chief.
Medical Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners as well as Surgeons from the Irish Free State and the Priory for Wales came long distances to share in the discussions; and at the close we had the impression that there was a unanimous feeling that the time spent had been really worth while.
On Saturday, October 16, at 2.30 p.m., the official welcome on behalf of The Order was extended b y Colonel Sleeman, Chief Commissioner of the Bri gade Overseas, who said :-
" Dr. Corbet Fletcher and Surgeons of the Briga de , -I want to bid you welcome to our Headquarters on behalf of the Secretary-General, Sir Percival Wil kinson, who, unfortunately, is absent on account of a slight mishap, and who wishes me to express on his own behalf, and also on that of my Lord the SubPrior, their deepest regret at their inability t o b e present here to-day at the opening of your First Week-End Conference.
They desire me to thank you for the work which you have done, and the interest , stimulus and encouragement which, as members of the medical professi o n, you give to our lay member s in the cause of first ai d .
No one w ho knows th e work of the Sec re tar yGeneral and the great part w hich h e has played in building up our organisation, could but feel a very deep regret at his absence. I know how much he was looking forward to having the pleasure of meeting you. However, that very happy duty has de volved upon myself; and I want to assure yo u that as a result of those Tours which I have made in various pa r t s of the Empire, there is no duty which I should prefer -or no pleasure which I should prefer-more than welcoming members of the medical profession in order to be able to express to you our intense satisfaction and gratification for the work being d o ne b y Brigade Surgeons both at Home and Overseas.
Now I do not want to detain you. You have a long programme before you; and I know that you have to see many valuable and historic souvenirs and relics of our Order. I should, however, like to take this opportunity of stressing, as a layman, the value of your work; and I can do so perhaps better than the Surgeon-in-Chief. I should like to compare this great organisation, to which we have the honour to belong, to a great and mighty ship ploughing its 324
way over the seas and carrying h ealin g to aJl parts of our great Empire. It is not a n inapt s imile wherr you remember tha t for thr ee hund re d yea r of jts history our Order was a maritime organisation, our members serving on the sea and o n the l a nd, or, in other words, fighting o n the ea and h ea lin g o n the land. If yo u will loo k up a b ove you at th e Standard there, yo u will see the Ensign w hich was actuall y carried at th e prow of the ship of th e I-ligh dmi ral of our Order thr ee centuries ago in man y a Fight ag ainst the enemies o f the Chri tian faith. Now thi great ship of healin g of oms has o n its brid ge a Roya l dmiral (who is our G r and Prior) an d many distin g uished Offic ers a its deck s taff. It carries as i t s cargo of healin g 120,000 expert and t raine d fir taiders (me n and women) ro all parts of the world; but our ship could not proceed were it n ot for it Chief E n gi neer and his colleag ue, the Eng ineer who see tha t the machi n ery j s in wo rki ng co ndi tion, and who look after it in comI etent fa hion . I r efer to the Surgeon-in-Chief as the Ch.ief ngineer, and to you Surgeons as the Engineer , who k ee p the good ship" ST L CE BRIGAD E' functioning as it should and does. Were it not for your services, yo ur self-sacri fic in g services (for I see a' g r eat deal of t he medical profession in variou par t of the \-\'odel), thi s would n o t b e possible. I know of no hard cr wo rk ed body of men and women. Your spa r e time is very little, and yet you are always willing to gi\'e so much of it to this work £\.lso, whcn you give it you stand t o l ose financia ll y more than other indi\Tiduals who give their services to the Order. I would take this opportunity of saying to you how much \\'e recognise th a t, and how we realise and appreciate that but fo r your labours an d the great ervices you g ive as a b o d y of expert meclical men and wom en, ou r whole organisation wou ld unquestionably c m t o pieces.
This is bui lt up of two things: first, there i tradition; and tr a clition plays a far bi gger part than probably most reali se who have not had the oppor tunit y as I have to go overseas You would be amazed at the influence of tradition even in d emocratic countries such as Australia, New Zealand an d A frica, and even where I have just co m e f r om , China, Hon g Kong and Canton. The respect of all these peoples, as jud ge d b y incident s which I have myself seen, is very lar g el y built up upon the antiqu ity of the Order of St. John. It certainly doe s not me an anything unless it has something to offer to-day; ?ut fortunately, we are able to offer the most anCl ent history of any or g anisation in the civilised world There are breaks in that hi story; but the hi story
goes bac k for ove r eig ht hundr ed years. Yo u and J h av e the great h o nour of wearing in our me d als and O Uf dec ora tion s exac tl y t h e same badges that were worn b y OLU predece sso rs ovcr eigh t hundred " ears ago. ow there is n other organisation in the w h ole wo rld w lLich can do that. T here is no othe r organisation in the whole wor ld which can say o','er cight hundred yea r s ago it was running a Jr: Jeru a.lem, and can also say to-day that It 1S st dl runOln g a hospJtal in J erusalem . It is a mo ex tra rdin a:y and marvellous thin g. 0 in th e first place we bUlld upon the antiquity of the Order of St. J o bn , an d that is why you will n ot ice that a ll wh o are imbued t he right idea of the t. J ohn . \ mbu lan cc t\ Soc1atlOn and Bri ga de rather harp lI po n that. orne, h wevcr, may occasionallv think that it is a little fusty or ol d-fashioned.
Ri ght ba ck in the bu h of Australia , the ( our back" as they call it, in \, lestern J\u stralia, I heard of sIx men (who ha c to hard for their li ving) cutting tree s and bUI1dlO g a hut in which to mect t,or of dcy oting th eir even in g t o studying h:- t ald (which the y have made their only hobby) t r thc), have I em the day_ cutting timber. ow when ' ou analrse (he mind or the e men and the why they 'gi ve so much time to thi you n:a ll c that it i bec.ausc _thcy feel proud ac b lon g lO g t o an organlsatl(}n or such an hi torical and ancient character.
'cc ndly, we han: your sClyices. Ladie and gentlemen, thc understanding, lhL: sympathr and the help ( F th 1 rofe sion i ne\"er failing. On la t Tour lrollncl thl: IllO (mao-nificent Cl of in i ndia and in Ch ina at ll o ng K onp-, ju t a'S k L:n, Jll s t as cag r to make a succc s of our oro-a ni a(jon as ware in 0 without keepir; you flny lon g r 1 hould like to sa\ that thcrc i no bod\' of men or ladies of the profcssion 1 prefer to mc than YOLle h-es.
,\l y ra k take , me m c( con iderabl scretch _ of coun t ry. I expect to bc starting off again next O1<.>oth; b Ul J want to glory in thi oppo rtuni ty f bCln g the fIr st to \Vclcorn in thi s hi toric Gace .H ou c 11 ga therin g or urgeons of th Bri gade dra\\ n from aJt parts of England, \'\ 'alc and H ere \v sit in a buildin g which for a lmo t even cemurie. other. of the timc for the same purpose \X, e arc In a bUlldwg \vhich re unded to th blo ws ot Watt Tyl r', violence \'K'e arc in one \\ hich controlled the de tinic of th Ord r for mam " ce ntu(i e b efore the British constitution wa for m d. We ar jn a bujlding which (although o Olc what In adeq uate I n iz because our interests are expanding a t suc h a ra te) contr I thc ,\'ork and int r st of the Associa ti on and the Bri g-ad all over th mpire . I cou ld te ll YOll a lot mor ; but time does not permit.
1 cou ld tc ll ) () u many tl-:ings of which you arc p robably u naw are, h ow that JO ll ong K ong 700 hin se lTl::n and women a re hi gh ly tr ai ned in fi r t aid, man\, of them pro] a bl y b r now put to the t est in Hanko\\:,
Ca nt on and Shanghai-volunteers for the Chines .Red Cr oss. We have no knowledge officially; bu In the new terrjtorie s of China I found nine Clinics erve d b y three Chinese doctors-all members of the St. J ohn Ambulance Bri gade, and in a part of China where I have never before known a hospital or a doctor. As an instance of the value of the work in those far-off places of the Empire, I would mention that 74,000 casualties have been dealt with at these Cljnics
We hear so much of the perils and dangers of gas warfare. ometimes we hear so much about it that words are inclined to fall upon deaf ears, as time goes on ;. but I like to give one note of warning, for 1D May of this year, when I was at Hong Kon g, I was asked to go to Canton. I \\-'ent; and there I was mec by the Mayor of Canton and a certain number of Chinese medical men who thought that ,-vas perhaps some remote possibility of Canton beIng attacked by air. I found that abom 90 per cent. of the Chinese ladies and men considered Air Raid futile and unnecessary-just rather a reactlOn of \\Tar. Since then a know Canton has been ubjected to air on 34'differeot occ asi ons; and, but for the fact chat the Cantonese came t o Hong Kong and aw what we \,:ere doing in the t. John .l\mbulance Bri gade and fashioned upon our work what i described as their Red Cross ociet"" things might have b een far ""or e In fact, some our Offic e r s, who had retired and sertled ,,;ere actually teaching 0 rou will ee the of those seryice :,\1)" last "ision on steamina- a,Ya,' from a platform wa lea,-ing behind aboD[ forn- to fifty men and thirty t o forty Chinese ladies all dre sed ill Red Cross gear headed for the e,-ent which are still happening. 0 while \ve hope we shall never be ubjecred to air warfare or bombardm nt from the air, I \'-ould emphasise the importance of beino- prepared now.
Time is very short; and H. \\'. Fincham, who has great knowledge of the Order, ,-err a1l..'\lous to how you the different trea ure ,yhich are hou ed \>:i thin the e historic ,valls. 0 I end my addre , of w lcome by calling to your minds one more factnamely, that de d s are of greater importance than word ; _ and I again say ho\,\" much ,,"e app reci a te the work ot the member of the medical profession.
You will perhaps remember the o-reac occa ion of che Jubile of the B(i o-ade thi ,"ear ",hen repre- b .' se ntati,"es of th Brio-ade from e\-e r} part of the Emp ire were ga th e red in Byd Park. In thi connectio n I w uld lik to cona-ratulat "OU on the fact that t'o r [h first t ime in th lLi t r)' the Brigade you w r elected to 1 ad in that great march pa,t H.M. The Queen. Th re ,,"ere those wh o thoua-he that b the urgeon-in- hief had rred in accepting thi i nvi tation on your b half· but " 'hen it came to the march pa t th e mpanr of ura-eon ( r 18 strong, includi ng s \" n ladies) carried them , h - ,lik r na-
dier Guards; and I congratulate him and those of you who supported him.
I will now conclude by saying that I shall look forward very much to seeing you all agai n on some f uture occasion."
Follo w in g this address, the members were taken in two parties on a tour of inspection of the Gate, th e Church, the Librar y and the Museum, the conductors of the parties being Mr. H. W. Fincham, Assis tant Librarian of the Order, and Mr. J. Thompson. This tour had the effect of revealing to some of the Surgeons the antiquity of the movement to which they belong; and we can appreciate the rema rk of one of them, who said that he would return home with quite a new understanding of the Brigade and of his duties and with a new inspiration for further service.
At 3.45 p.m. the Surgeon-in-Chief made his report, and spoke on the" Duties of Surgeons." This sp eech we hope to reproduce, as well as full reports on the Sunday sessi ons, in our next issue. Tea was serve d in the Chapter Hall at 5 p.m., and this w as rendered the more enjoyable b y the very efficient help given b y uniformed officers and members of the Hamps tead Nursing Division, to whom the members of the Conference return grateful thanks.
Dinner was served in the Great Cent ral H o tel, Marylebone, on Saturday evening, when there was a full attendance of members of the Conference and their friends. The reception was at 7 p.m., b y th e Surgeon-in-Chief and Mrs. · Corbet Fletcher. The loyal toasts of "The King, Sovereign Head and Patron of the Order," and "The Queen, Commandant-ill-Chief Nursing Divisions and other members of the Royal family," were given by the Chairman, Dr Corbet Fletcher.
Divisional Surgeon Margaret Trotter proposed the toast of the "Venerable Order of St. John," and in the course of an excellent speech showed a considerable knowledge of the history of the Order and its relationship with the Brigade. We noted that she thanked the Order for its valuable help in the past and the promise of help in the future. She also referred to the extensive journeys round the Empire which had been made by Colonel Sleeman, whose name she coupled with the toast. In his reply Colonel Sleeman referred to the world-wide interest in the Brigade which he had found in his journeys, and he expressed his great pleasure at being present on thi s occasion.
The next toast was to the members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade; and Miss Annie Trout showed a rare gift of eloquence and clear speaking She spoke as a member of the general public who had '. 32 6
frequently seen the work done by St. John men and nurses on public occasions, and had marvelled at their self-sacrificing devotion to the work. Without this work ther e would have been much unnecessa r y suffering, and this work had b een made possible onl y by the careful trainin g g iven b y the medical profession. Sh e thou gh t that in the training much thought and preparat.ion had b ee n necessary-not on the hit-or-miss m ethod, like th e man who, d e ir ous of finding consolation, allowed the Bible to fa ll open and read the first verse seen which happened to b e " And Judas w en t out and han ged himself," and then, not fee ling sat.isfied with this, opene d the book again and this time read " Go t h ou and do likewise."
11ajor A. T ennyson Smith, 1 1.D. , County Commissioner, responded, and referred to the great increase there had b een in the number f public duti es , and quoted his own experience with the b eac h duties at seaside places in Hamp hire H ass ur ed the proposer that the Brigade would be ready to meet all demands which might be mad e upon i t
Then Dr. W. C. Bentall, As istant urgeon-in-Chief, g ave the toast of " Our Friends," includi n g in this the ladies who were present, the g uests and the artistes, and coupling with the e the name of Co lonel Moor e, Assistant Chief Commissioner, and J oe Gro ss man, of Elstree. He was delighted to see uch a large number of ladies t o grace the proceeding , and paid tribute to Sir H. Lindo Ferguson, \ ho wa present, and had been so clo sel y asso ciated with th e Commandery in New Zealand. He also sui tab ly thanked " Joe" for bring in g so many of his star from Elstree to entertain the compan y Colonel Moore made a characteristic r esponse, hi' Irish wit being prominently displayed. He expres ed himself as being deli g hted to be pre se nt at thi s Fict Dinner of Bri ga de Sur g eons , and hoped that he would be privilege d to joi n them again on all future occasions. Joe Grossman amu sed the company with a number of stories, and re vea led the fact that h e i as good a raconteur as he is an organiser of concerts for the A .R.P W ee k-End Cours es. His r egimental story w.ill live in the memor y of many of those present.
The toast of " The Chairman" was moved b y Colonel C. H. S. Redmond, Assistant Commissioner for Lancashire. He g ave high praise for the work of Dr. Corb et Fletcher, not only as the Chairman, but also for his work throughout the year, and in dealin g with the many queries from members of the Brigade which he answere d so well in the columns of th e periodicals. He suggested that ne x t time the surgeons
marched as a Company at o ne of the big ln spe ctions the Surgeon-in-Chief should be mounte d on a white hor se , and should lead the attack with his own war cry of " Tut ! Tut! I" The toast was taken w ith musical honou rs and w ith marked enthusiasm. In his reply the Surgeon-in-Chief expressed his very grea t appreciation of the large attendance at Week-End Conference, particularly as this gave lum the o p portu nit y of meeting so many of his co ll eagues, and of creating personal friendships which could not otherw ise be formed. IIe reminded them of what he had said at the Saturday Conference that they w re all working for one end, viz ., the continued well-being of the Brigade as a whole \Vhilst there must be a of discipline, he hoped that they wou ld be fnends from the top position to the latest urgeon appointed to the Brigade. He then read a n.umber of telegrams 'which had been recei\'ed amongst these being mes ages from the Earl of Sub-Prior of The Order, from the hIef Commissioner, and from Colonel Charles Trimble, reciprocating the good \.vishes transmitted by the Conference. The last named who is the enior urgeon and G.O.1 L of the Brigade which he has served conlinuou ly for 53 years, wired : Let eoco olle can)' tOt lorco oNd pos.r it Oil, bllrnillg .r/rolle/;' to loe glol), of 0111' Order ([lid toe welfare of o/l1l/0I1i0'·" A. N. ahusac struck a happy nOte because In Ius wire he \\:ished the Conference _ J.1ft/f!)' O(/jj), re/llms of /oe while the telegram trom ounty urgeon \'7eb ter caused amusement a jt arrivecl, addressed to "C rdite Fletcher." , the guests were the Brigade ecretar)', .\faJor P. Dalyil mith, and his 1 S tant i\1r. 11. J. '\ ' riggle worth, :i\1essrs. H. '\ Fincham W -' Pape, Peter h rney, ot THE ST. JOHN .J\MB LANCE GAZETTE, George E raft, of Fint Aid (he last named being the R ecorder of the Conference. The organiser for the Cont renee Md Dinner was District Officer E T. 1ulburn, the hard -working ecretary to the urgeon-in-Chief.
l..lilday, October 17, was divided into two se ions the subject for the morning bing' l\laintenance of Interest in Di isions," and for the afternoon 'Preparation for and Conduct of ompetitions." numb er f interesti ng addres es were give n, and, as alr eady mentioned, we hope to give an account of in a subsequent i sue. t 4 p.m. th e General Conference closed amidst expressions of satisfaction and a d es ir e for a repetition in 19 38
At 4 p.m. th e Di strict and County Sur a-eons met in their own Conference for the purpose of considerin aand submitting r eso luti o ns to the Chief Conunissione:
The Grand Priory Church of the Venerahle Order of St. John of Jerusalem
D ECEMBER SERVICES, 1937.
The Chapter-General has decided that services shall b e held in the Church, in December, as follows:
D ECE:\-fBER 9.-The Re-capture of J erusalem Holy Communion at 8. 30 a m.
SUNDAY, D ECEMBER I2.-Festival Service, 3 30 p.m. Preacher: The Venerable the Archdeacon of London Sub-Chaplain of The Orde r. Brigade Officers of London Area Church Parade.
The Order's Ophthalmic Hospital , Jerusalem
The Ho spitaller informs us that 1 It. Humphre y Bowman, C.1LG , C.B E., has been appoillted b\, H.R ..r::. the to be Hon. Secretary of the Hospital Comrruttee lD place of fajor G. Richards resigned
The following units of the St. John Ambulance Brigade have subscribed to the Hospital Appeal Fund :-
Bracknell Di'iTision East Riding of Yorks. County 1 o. 16 (Hampstead) "'ursing Division
o o the summer break the Club resumed its actlvltles on Friday, October 8. An excellent number of members gathered at the Bonnington Hotel, Southampton Ro,,', London, W .c., to hear an address h,' the Tarlor Bowie on " Scottish Humour." The everung proyed a most enjoyable one.
The Hospitaller s' Qub
At the opening of the meetina- the President referred to the of a Past nIt. G. S. Pasco, and also of 11aJor Hossack, Honorary l ember. 1Iember present stood in silence as a mark of re pect
Future Club meetings will be held on Friday , ov-ember 12, D ecember 10, January 21, 193 8, February 11, 1farch I I and April 8.
The Club's .A.llnUal D inner will be held at the Conn aught Rooms, Great Queen Street, W.C.2, on aturday, February 19, 1938.
"A.R.P." Week-End Courses
D etail of these courses ,,'ere given in the last issue of T HE GAZETTE. It should be noted that these cour es are open to non-Bria-ade members thu making it po S1 ble for selected members of laraBnus and send their key men these. course of Instructlon, and afterwards to be e.--,;:am1l1ed for the Grade 1 (External) Certificate."
Priory for Wales
Head quar ter s : Prior y House , 4 Cath edr al Rd . , Ca rd i ff
VISIT OF THEIR ROYAL HIGH ESSES THE DU:R.E D DUCHESS OF:R.E T.
:0.1embers of the Priory for Wales united on October 19 and 20 in extending a loyal \velcome to Thei r Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of J--:'ent on the occasion of their first vi it to the Priory and, indeed, to South Wfales. The Duke had memories of a visit on ovem.ber 6, 1936, when in his capacity as Prior, he e:onducted an Investiture, but the Duchess made her debut amongst the enthusiastic gathering who were eager to see the Greek Princess who by her beauty and charm had won the hearts of the people, and whose gracious acceptance of office as Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales had gi,-en a wonderful :fillip to the Nursing Services of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ,vithin the Priory for Wales.
PRIORY B_uL , OCTOBER 19 .
Their Royal Highnesses having indicated a willingness to attend a Ball in aid of Priorv funds in connection with their two days' visit South Wales, a Committee under the chairmanship of Lady (Herbert) Le"\vis, O.B.E , Assistant Lady Superintendent-inChief for Wales, with the following Officers, organised a which proved in way worthy of the occaSIon :-
Presidents,' The Rt. Han. the Earl of Plymouth, P .C, and the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Sir Herbert Hiles, M .B .E., JP.) .
Lady Presidents,' The Countess of Plymouth and the Most Hon. the Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E. Treasurers,' Sir William Seager, JP., D .L., and Mr O Temple Morris, K.C, M.P. Secretaries,' Mrs. Charles Keen and Dr. Edgar Llewellyn.
Ticket SecretatJI ,' Miss E. M Reddawa y M.c"s,' Alderman G. Fred Evans, JP.; Mr. O. Temple IYlorris, K C, M.P ; Mr. Charles S. Mason, M.e.; Alderman O. C Purnell, JP.
The Cathays Park buildings were flood-lit in honour of the event, and the scheme of coloured fairy-light s from tree to tree all over the Park and across the Feeders was remininscent of Coronation time.
The Duke and Duchess and their host and hostes s, the Earl and Countess of P lymouth, were met on arrival by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Alderman Sir H er b ert an d Lady Hi les), the Hon John H. Bruce, D .L., J P (Pri n cipal Secre-
tary and Commissioner for \X'ales), and Mr. O. Temple Iorris, LP. trikinaly prominent on the Duchess's lovely gown of white and ilver was_ the broad black ribbon of a Dame ,rand Cross Order of t. John.
ouyenir programme ",'ere handed to the by Miss .l 1. lvIaidment, Lady Divi s ional upcrCardiff Emergency' Di"i ion, and Miss A. A. Rosser, Lad" Diyi ional uperintendenl, Cardiff City Division; and Her Royal Highn S5 wa:-attended by Corps Officer .i\Ir F. T yrr 11 and Ambu lance ister :0Irs. \"X:'. o tt er , as Orderlies-in- '\ aiting.
The Royal party then ascended the stai rs, which were lined \\-ith masses of chrysanthemums to the farbk Hall, wher e nearly a thou' and gues(s, mostly member" of the Priory who had come from all part of \"Xt'ak.." including many lar ge parties from mth Wak..;, waited to cheer them.
Th e Hon. John Bruc e presented the largui s and :i\Iarchioness of Bute and their elder dau{rhtcr, Lad, Mary Walker, Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.'., the Hon. frs. John Bruce, the High heriff of Glamorgan, Captain J. Elliot Seager, 1rC, D.L ., J P., and :i\Ir..,. Elliot Seager, Sir John Beynon, BarL, CB.E., JY ., and Lady Beynon, Sir Henry E. Philipp, Ban., Sir Evan Williams, Bart, D.L. J P., ir Rob ert Webber, D.L., JP., ir. and Mrs. D. L EvamBevan, Lieut.-Colonel Trevor Cory, O.B. ' ., Profe sur and 1Irs. George 1- nox, Dr. and 1Ir Rocyn J ncs, lr. orman In g ledew, :0'1r. and ir. mith, fr. and Mrs. Pennant, Mr. and Irs. R. W'i)"on Bartlett, and Dr. and Irs. A. W. Anderson.
The Royal party then moved into the ballroom, and Austin Moreton's Band, in their T yro lean co tumcs (who gave their services free), led the crowd in the singing of the ational Anthem.
The ballroom was strikjn g ly decorated with clusters of Bags (arranged under the upervi sion of the Oty Engineer, Mr. George H. Whitaker) and a red, white and blue colour scheme around the ban d platform surmounted by a big golden crown. ,\ happ y reminder of the name of Prince George, which the Du ke was known for so many years, was to be seen over the Royal dais, where a Bag of t. Geor ge was intertwined with the Greek flag of the Duchess's native country
It was on this dais that several officials we re presented. They were Dr. Edgar L lewell yn a n d Mrs. L lewe lly n, M r . Ch ar les Keen a nd Mrs. Kee n , Mr
VISIT OF T.R . H . THE DUKE (Prior) and DUCHESS OF KENT (Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for W a le8) to THE PRIORY FOR WALES, CARDIFF
iho"c,' Tht.: (he g uard of honour At the IJ aU, Cardiff
The Duchess of 1( <.:111 ,\ nursing di\<ision
-rJ/ 0 r ight: The Lad y \lay o res - \ L-tdy Herbert Hil es) , Lady Herbert, H.R.H. THE L\.DY -:c\ - CHIEF FOR \\' -\LE , the -\SSlStant Lady uperinJem-rn-Chief for \''" ales ( Lady [Herbert] Lewis, O.B.£. ) and [he H a n :\irs. John H. Rmce (L ad y llperintendem)
O. Temple Morris, M.P., and Mrs. Temple Morris, Alderman G. Fred Evans, J.P., Captain C S. Mason, M.C, Alderman O. C Purnell, Mrs. Fred Evans, and Miss E. IvL Reddaway. These presentations were made by Lady (Herbert) Lewis.
MEETING OF CHAPTER.
On Wednesday, October 20, His Ro ya l the Prior presided for the first time a meetlng of Chapter in the Council CIty Hall, at a.m., wearing his robes of a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order.
Following the reading of prayers by SubPrelate (the Bishop of Llandaff), the Sub-Pnor, the Earl of Plymouth extended a welcome to the Royal Prior. He said :-
" Your Royal Highness and Confreres,, "There are certain milestones along the road of life in the history of Institutions as well as. Individuals, ; and it is no exaggeration to aSSIgn to this Meeting of Chapter a place in the. annals of the Priory as the first occaSlOn upon whIch we have been honoured b y the attendance of a Prior. , In presidinO' over our deliberations, Your Royal Highness, they are necessarily circumscribed. ip point of time on this occasion, you are a willingness to identify yourself aCti',:'dy WIth the task of administration, in respect of which all Ex.ecutive Officers and Members of Chapter have direct responsibility.
"It is not inopportune to the definitlox: of the Powers of Prior' as set forth m the RegulatlOns of 1932, namely, 'The Prior shall consistently wi th the provisions of Charter, and tJ:e Regulations for the tlme bemg of the Pnory exerczse the government oj the Priory. He shall convene the Chapter and preside at all meetings thereof.' .
"Your Royal Higho.ess' presence here to-da y 1S implementing the pledge implicit in yo ur acceptance of office at the hand of the Grand Pnor; an? we do well to remind ourselves that under our Regulations : , The Priory shall be under supreme jurisdiction control of the Grand Pnor and the ChapterGeneral, and all the acts and proceedings of the Priory shall be carried out in general accordance with the Royal Charter of 1926, the Statutes and Regulations of the subject to such tions) to such modiEcatlons to /SUlt local conditlOns a.s the Grand Prior and the Chapter-General shall from time to time or at any time approve.'
" And the following is the of our bility for the work of the the original or speCIalised lines :----:- ProVIded a.lways that within the spirit. and of 0-e Order the Prior may at all times exerCIse and en) oy the fullest measure of autonomy and self government in matters of purelY local interest, but so that the exercise enjoyment of such powers shall not derogate from the supreme jurisdiction and control of the Grand Prior and the Chapter-General.'
C Because your Chapter is aware of the obligations laid upon its membership to support Your Royal HiO'hness in discharO'e of the dunes of your office b b 1 thi by every means in their power, we come s opportunity afforded Your Ro ya l Highness to call upon any Executive Officer for a report of the pa t year's activities, if such is your pleasure."
Responding, H.R.H. the Prior said :-
"My Lord Sub-Prior and Confreres,
"I want to thank you very much for your kind words of welcome, which I much appreciate as an indication of Chapter's desire that I shall take part, whenever possible, in your deliberations.
"I am here to-day because I am very interested in the work of the Order, and I want to promote its best interests through the medium of the Priory, of which I am proud to be Prior.
" It is natural to refer to the Reg ulations on such an occasion, and I note that you , my Lord ub-Prior have not referred-no doubt, on purpose-to one of the statutory duties of a Prior. Thi duty pr vide. me with a very valuable means of making my office_ effective, namely: 'He hall appoint for a term ot three y ears, expiring on the eve of St. ,John's D ay, in every third year, subject to th executive officers, and he shall also appowt for a similar term of years the members of Chapter other than the Knights of Ju stice.'
" I regard this power of appointment as bein g important.
" Although it is impossible for to be very often, it is advisable that a Pnor should vlsll his Priory, and preside at meetings of Chapte r, as often as possible, if for no other reason th a n to get to know personally those upon whom h e must ,r el y for the succes sful carrying out of our common aun
"A further re g ulation pres cribes ;-' The Pri or may at any time delegate to the Sub -Prior p oweL as the Prior may think fit. The Sub-Pnor shall be, as far as the Prior shall determine, hi s chann el of communication with the Chapt er .
" I feel I am very fortunate in hav in g at m y di sp osal the lon g experience and wise g uidance of such an able administrator as the Sub-Prior.
"In spite of preoccupations which have place? Lord Pl ymouth in a position of international responsIbilit y, where he has earned the most grateful of the nation because of his wise and tactful chaIrmanship, he still finds time to supervise in det ai l Prior y affairs on my behalf.
" I should like to ta ke this opportunity of con g ratu lating him upon the discharge of his office, and of thanking the executive officers and Chapter Memb ers for the loyal support accorded me during the past year through their activities.
" I have now much pleasure in calling upon some of them to render severally a report."
A statement of the financial position presented b y the Treasurer, Mr. D. M. Evans-Bevan, J.P., revealed
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that steady progress had been made, and while the debit balance ha s been only sli g htl y reduced, a res erve fund for the replacement of ambu lan ce cars had been built up during the past six years whereby paymen t of bank inLerest had been avoi ded. A small margin of profit in 1936 placed the balance sheet in credit for the first Lime to the ex tent of nine guineas.
A hope was expr esse d th at the forward movement sponsored by His Royal Hi g hn ess by way of spe cial e fforts, like th e Prior y Ball, would gradually elirninate the lon g-s tandin g d e bt, with the most d ynami c effect upon the Pri o ry's capacity fo r service.
.Mr. Charles H. r een was appointed a trustee in pJac of the late II. H ugh .M . I ngJedew to act In conjunction w ith the two trustees at present 1n office, v i z. the Ea rl of Plymouth and Mr . D. 1. E \'ans- Bevan.
fJi ut.-Colonel E. J. Trevor Cory presented a report as 110 p i ta ller of Briclgend, in which reference was m ade to the "'ork proceeding for the preservation of th e ancienr structure known a the Bridgend Il ospice.
The Dir ec tor of \ mbulancc, Professor George 1 - nox, 1 Ll..i\ f. E., F.G. " rt:ported on the work of th e .A sociation J partment vduch was responsible for the issue of 15,837 First l \i d and Home Nursing \ \,'ards to succe sful examiner in 956 cla ses held during 1936. "\n increase i n the strength of the Brigade to the total of 11,524 was accounted for by an expansion of 'ndet 1 [embcrship, which off et a reduction of personnel in ambulance eli,-i ion 'l.vithin tlle pccial areas con cqucnt upon nugration to other parts [th country
I n a r t't:l'encc t the / \l11bulance Transport en-icc, ;'Ir. James Griffith, M.P. Di rectOr of Transport, stated that the number r cases carried rose by 2,) 9 8 ro 16,236 in 1936, while th nulcage grew by 30,537 to 279,535, the figure bei ng doubled in the last five or six years. Concurrently, hire charges have been reduced bringing the sen-ice, which is econd to none in co-ordinated efficiency, within fa\' ourable comparison with the standard for the wh Ie country . The report of the R egistrar was submitted by the Assi tant ( M1'. E D. J one ) in the absence of 1\1r. Edmund L. H ann.
BY L.\DY UPERr"TEKDB T-IN-CHIEF
Th e apr arance of 1ler R oyal Highness in the uni form of Lady Superintendent-in- hief wa gr e t e d with keenest enthusiasm b y the la r o-e crowd gathere d outside the en tr ance to the City Hall, where the Duches s \vas met by th e Briga de H eadquart ers Staff and in spect e d a uard of Honour drawn from Units in the Cardiff Centre; a nd i nside the building inspected over four hund red ursing 1Iembers, accompanied by Lad y Lewis an d Lad y County Superintendent 'the Hon. 1Irs. J. H. Bruce.
GENERAL As E rBLY.
Immediately after the pri va te meetinO' of the Chapter, its members, clad in their flowing black
mantles with the badge of the Order emblazoned in white on the left breast, entered the Assembly Hall and took their seats upon the dais. During the waiting time there had been sele ction s by Garforth Mortimer Js Orchestra and the singing of the P o ntypridd Welsh Ladies' Choir (wearing Welsh co s tume) conducted b y Madame Muriel Jon es; and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress followed by the Mayors of Welsh Boroughs and Aldermen and memb ers of the CardiH City Council, fully robed, had taken their seat s in front o f t he dais.
Moments passed, and then came the Duchess's Pr ocession, followe d b y the entrance of the P rior's P rocession in the following order ;- The D irector of Ceremonies (11r . A . G . E. J. Fudge), the Chaplain (Canon J. A Lewis), the Sub-Prelate (The Rt. Rev . the Lord Bishop of Llandaff), the Sub-Prior (T he R t. Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, P.C), the Sword B earer (Mr . J. I acLeod Carey, O.B.E.), the P rior (H .R. H. the Du ke of Kent, K.G .), the Principal Secretary (The Hon. J ohn H. B ruce, D.L., J.P.), and the l \. ssistant Director of Ceremonies (1fr. R. Wilson B arden).
\\lhen the trains of the 1. ational Anthem had died away the Sub-Prior (Lord Plymouth) said ;" Your Royal Highness, 11 y Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,
, To-day's proceedings will e,"er be memorable in the annals of the P riory as the firSt occasion upon which a Prior, in honouring General Assembly with his presence, has been accompanied by his wife; and I hasten to express our sincerest gratification that Your Royal Highnesses ha,-e een fit to vourseh-es with the work of the Order of St. J OM In \v ale. I t has been the good fortune of the Priory to have a memb r of the Ro"\al Family in o cc upation of the highest office since iI. ' establishment in 1918.
"T hi happy relationship i enhanced by the significance of the role \\-hich Her Royal Highness has g raciou s ly consented to a sume as Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales, ince every movement in the affairs of men to-day is paralleled by an organisa tion of \\-om n for similar, yet distincti,e purpo es. T he Pri ory is indeed fa,-oured by the joint interest of Y our R oyal Highne ses in the acti,-icies of an .L mbulance i-,[o,emem ",'hich offers opportunity for the exerci e of rour of leadership in influencing both m n and women the highest ideals of , -oluntary Iyice.
The Briti h Enl.pire cannot scape re ponsibility for its world-wide connections' and the Order of t. J ohn b y the Ro yal Ol.an r of 1926 function C in the British R ealm ) In times of peace and "ar alike the Ord r i one link in th chain that binds our co mmomvealth of nations wiEll. the bonds of lo,e and duty___irre pecti,-e of race, class or creed. How important, then, that the Priory shall not be fo und wanting in the duties that devoke upon the Order
of St. John in defence of our ancient liberties and the achievement of a lasting peace; I refer particularly to the obligation to supply technical reserve for the :Medical Ser ices of the Forces of the CrownNaval, 11ilitary and and to the added responsibility for a vital section of Air Raid Precautions.
"While the Brigade in Wales has responded nobly to meet the needs of the Reserves, which are the Order's particular responsibility but confined to men, the same enthusiasm has not been evinced for the V.A.D. Movement open to men and women alike. Yet the need for mobile and immobile members is so urgent in view of an expansion of the Armed Forces, that the V.A.D. Council has issued a call to an intensive campaign, which your Brigade Advisory Committee recommends shall be brought to the immediate notice of all Divisions. I am authorised to state that Her Royal Highness concurs in this appeal to Nursing Units; and her gracious acceptance of office will undoubtedly evoke a response to the need for leadership in this respect as for all purposes of our ursing Service.
"On the women's side a welcome increase in the number of units and recruitment is offset b y a constant drain upon the strength of Nursing Divisions through enrolment of members upon the probationary staff of hospitals-whereb y the Brigade becomes a most useful employment agency to its own detriment, but honour.
ratio of female to male personnel in Wales has always compared unfavourably with that in England; and the proportionate representation of women in the Briga de must be improved, if the requirements of the V.A.D Council and Home Office
A.R.P. Department are to be met. It has to b e recognised that there is no longer the same necessity for Ambulance Sisters to nurse outside their own homes, as District Nursing is now adequately organised-thanks to public funds having been made available for County schemes; but a knowledge of both First Aid and Home Nursing is invaluable in enabling women to deal with cases of accident and illness in the home. 'Air Raid Precautions' impose an added responsibility upon the householder; and women must rertiember that men may be carrying on routine work at a distance during the incidence of raids Further, decontamination centres require to be staffed separately by both sexes; and Brigade members can volunteer for this specific duty, which is of vital importance to the State, over and above domestic demands upon their A.R.P. knowledge.
" A more peaceful exercise of leisure hours is to be found in the running medical comforts depots, for which a rota of men and women must be made available if advantage is to be taken of a forthcoming grant from the Commissioner for Special Areas to be administered in collaboration with the Ambulance organisations and County Nursing Associations.
"I am able to announce with gratitude that the 332
Commissioner has also agreed in principle that those Cadets, already enro lled, who are dependent upon unemployed persons, widows and old age pensioners can be provided with equipment wherever lacking. Continuity of membership between a Junior and Senior Division offers scope for a lifetime of servicethereby guaranteeing the u efulness of such expenditure of public funds.
" All units of the Brigade are better equipped than ever before as a result of the welcome assistance afforded last year by a " Special Areas grant towards the uniform and First Aid material in respect of the unemployed membership.
c( Those broken in the war- with it by-product of human wastage and disability-a re still cared for by means of the War Emeraency Fund, jointly administered by the British Red Cro s Society and ourselve ; and welcome collaboration with that body is promoted through the Joint Council with it Welsh Home Ambulance Service and Ho pital Librari es Scheme.
" In those and other ways too detailed to menti n, the Prior y is endeavouring-not un ucc essfull y-to sustain high traditions enshrined in \Vales in the Commandery of Slebech, the Hospice of Bridgend, our present headquarters at Pri ory House and in every Ambulance Hall and, still more in the devoted lives of Association and Bri gade membersthe Honorary Life :Membership and of the Medical Profession-and all '\vho have been admitted to or promoted in the various grades of the Venerable Order, to which we are so proud to belong under the guidance of your Royal Highnesses a Prior and Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for \''('ales.
Responding, H.R H. The Prior said :-
"11:y Lord Sub-Prior, fy Lords, Law , and Gentlemen,
" Your very kind words of welcome gi e my wife and I much pleasure. We are very glad to think that our presence is helping a work of humanity in the best interests of the Welsh people.
"As Prior, I look forward with real pleasure t s ustainin g the prestige of the Order of St. John in Wales, and to promote the progress of the ambulance movement.
"The fact that I have just presided over the deliberations of Chapter will prove, I hope, that I take a very serious view of my responsibilities to the Sovereign Head of the Order, His Majesty the King and the Grand Prior, the Duke of Connaught.
" My wife has asked me to say how please d she is to have been able to take on the position of Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales, thus acquiring, like myself, an interest in the welfare of the nursin g services of the Brigade within the Priory.
"I can assure you that my wife, although unable to be with you as often as she would wish, will follow the high traditions of the Order in Wales
" The Lord Mayor and Corporation are to be congratulated on the way in which they have assisted the ambulance work, particularly as it has enabled my wife and myself to enjoy the facilities placed at the Priory's disposal on this occasion, and that of last night's ball.
ee I would now like to speak of the ways and means of putting into practice my wish to further the interest of the Priory.
" I think that at the present moment nothing would be more constructive than the establishment of our work on a firm financial basis.
" The pioneering developments of early days, and the formation of a motor ambulance tran sport service involved us in heav y expenditure, and resulted in a debt, which is only b eing slowly and laboriously liquidated.
"It is very important, therefore, that the Prior y should. be placed in crcdit for two purposes of expansJOn, namely the loanin g of money to Di vi ions for the purpose of equipment, and for the erection of ambulance halls.
, It is e ential that this , hould be done as soon as po,ible in .order to take ad\-a ntage of the gran t of th omrrus ioner for the pecial l \.rea " which expire on Apri l I, 1938.
"The Priory ha alracly advanced con sidera ble urns in both direction, and the liquidation of its debt \\'ill alone guarantee continuitr to this most dfecti\-e stimulu of local initiatiye
( It was a great encouragement, therefore, receive a generous promi e of £1,000 from an anonymou donor after last year G e neral _\ssembly, and I hope that a scn s of frorts -of which last night' ball wa one-will place the Priory for the first time on a financial footing to urilise its credit for a fOI\vard mo\'cment.
ee l \.m ong our many dutie , that of a ting the Government in carrying out the I lome Office cherne of \ir Raid Precautions is one of the most important.
" I want, therefore, in my official capacity a Prior, publicly to thank the 2.65 rade and 277 Grade II Instructors who have b ecome certificated under the Priory; an d to congratulate the Briaade members b and CIVilians who are in possession of .R.P and (General Public' Certificates.
« I shall watch your progres with particular and anxious attention.
" On land and sea and in the air there i always a danger to human life and health that calls for all the fir t aid kn wI dge and, kill that we can give
" As many mbulance men and \ omen a can b mobilised through the agency of the Order of t. John ar scarce ly nough to deal \.vith such accid nt
" I know, however, that the fine spirit of the members of the Order of St. J olm will enable them not only to deal effectively with the innumerable probl ms
which confront them, but will help them to rise superior to all difficulties and make them worthy of so noble and so ancient an Order.
." I am proud to be Prior for Wales, but I am prouder stIll of the exce llent work of all those who are members of my Priory."
(A list of Members invested by H.B.H. The Prior for Wales will appear in our next issue.)
Correspondence
II
"Planning a First Aid Qass" A CORRECTIOi\ II
To the Editor, TH E ST. JOH GAZEITE. D EAR SIR,
On page 2.94 of THE GAZETTE for Ocwber there is an article headed" Planning a First Aid Class." As the article might give the impression that the Association recognises. gil-en by lay persons, I want to make It qLllt e clear that candidates who wish to be examined for First Aid CertiEcates must receive not less than twelve hours' instruction by a qualiEed medical practitioner.
Yours faithfully, A. CAHU AC, Chief Secretary'.
To the Editor, TH E T. JOH:-:- DIBULA "';rcE GAZETTE. DE -\R IR,
"\\Tith reference w Captain Cahu.sac's letter, I am afraId that I Q\Terlooked the regulation requiring doctor to give at least ru-eh-e hours' instruction in a fir t aid course, and that the demon tration of bandaging which form part of the course are to be gi\-en 0' them, and not delegated to qualified lay member. The practice of delegatin a the tion of banda a ing , I believ e, a b sun-ivaI of the temporary war-time mea ure \\'hen such demonstration by qualiE d lay member was permitted.
Yours faithfully, R. 1.
For Girl Cadet Cooks
CHRISDL\. PUDDING '\ ITHO UT EGGS.
-t 02S. flour, -t 02. bread crumbs, 4 02S. suet -t 02S suaar (brO\vn), -t 02S currant 2. 02. ultanas 2. 02.S. raisins } teasI ?onful n:-ixed I teaspoonful baking pO\'I:der. 1\hlk to mlX \,·ith .Alethod : ieye th flour, grat or chop the suet stone and chop the raisins, put in the bowl with the oth r ingredients, mix altogether "'ith milk. Grea the pudding ba in put in the mixture) cover with grea eproof paper and cloth. Boil for 5 hours.
Air Raid Precautions
By W. C. BENTALL, O.B.E. , F.R.C.S., L.R.C uP., Air Raid
Precautions Staff Offlcer to - Especially for
Surgeons
ARTICLE No.7
SURGEO_ TS IN RELATION TO INSTRUCTION.
In former articles I have dealt with the Pathology, Symptomatology, and Treat:rr:ent of" War Gases. I am now passing to the subject of Surgeons In Relation to Instruction."
The Home Office has ordained that nobody is qualified to in A.R.P. unless he a certificate recogrused by the Home Office to certain regulations issued under the conditions of the A.R.P. Department. · Qualificatlons and experience acquired in 0e Great War may .be valuable but in the subject we are now dealing with must b; considered" a back number" (N.B.-The actual nomenclature of the respirators is changed.)
For all instructional purposes a teacher or lectli:er must be in possession of one or both of two certlficates :-
(i) A "C.A.G.S." Certificate, which means the official certificate of the Civilian Anti-Gas School, Falfield, or
(li) A Grade I Certificate of the S.J.A.B. or B.R.C.S.
Those of the second group may be inscribed with the word "External," which implies that the holder has been examined and passed by one of volu.n.tary bodies (S.J.A.B. or B.R.C.S.), under specIal conditlOns Jaid down by the Home Office, and is not connected with either of the voluntary bodies. This cov.ers picked leaders of industrial firms, Banking Comparues, Chambers of Commerce, etc., who have taken a special course, so that they may instruct the staffs of their firms.
For Brigade Surgeons these certificates can only be obtained by certain procedures.
(a) To obtain a C.A.C.S. a. must make application through his COmmlSSlOner to be nominated by him for a vacancy at The Home Office has privileged the S.J.A.B. WIth two courses in August or September for our and in the early part of the year each COmmlSSlOner received notification from Headquarters that he may nominate a certain number of Officers selected by him. These vacancies. are all?tted ill proportion to the Brigade of his County or District. A physical certificate must be produced, there is an age linut of 55, and other pOln.ts which the Commissioner has to carefully ill his selection. At a later dare the applicant will receive full instructions as tc? detailed procedure. Third-class rail fare will be paId by Headquarters,
the Chief Co»nnissione1'
and the fee for the School, which is 6s. a day, to board and 10dginO' (the instructional fee belng carned by the Home Office), and £1 for extras The cour .e is for ten days (from a Monday to a Fr:day), and 1 of a strenuous nature, mentally and ph YS Icall y.
(b) To obtain a Grade I Certificate of (he .S.].A.13. or B.B.C.S.-Both these voluntary orgarusatlons have now tandardised their Instructors' Courses .and Examinations under Home Office approval, and this has been done the certificates of the two .b odle are equal and interchangeable. A In Brigade is allowed by the Home Office, In of supervision and control by his CommlsslOner 1,n A.R .P. matters, to receive this Grade I Instru ctor Certificate without examination if he has taken one of the modern instructional cours es (not a postexperience or course), either under our. own orgaru ation such as one of our London Courses, or one of the recognised ervlce Cou I' CS. Methods of instruction are as an part of courses as actual knowledge of the subject. Application for attendance at our monthly courses at t:J:e Central Hotel should be made to the C?mffilSSl0ncr, who is allotted prop ortiona te for each COUIse. These points are cO\Tered In B.O. 685, para. 12 (0).
Permit me here to state that this B O. 685, which should be in the hands of evcry (through regular channels) is a most comprehenslv.c Order, gives all necessar y detail for 10 all A.R.l matters and if carefully studied WIll prevent the of enquiries which come to H.eadquartec , showing that the Order has not been digested.
A Commissioner is also allowed to recommend a Brigade Surgeon under the .special t o for a Grade I Certificate w1thout exar:unatlon, If has attended one of the modern Serv.lce Courses tn connection with the Army, avy or Air Force.
Another point is of to Surgeons in thi s connection, viz.: the posltlOn of the Home Courses to members of our professlOn organ:sec1 under the B.M.A. These class es have been J?rovldc d by the Home Office for Doctors merely to g iv e them information in so important a matter deal with questions on the subject ansIng In practice. It is a purely voluntary c?urse, no re giste r of attendance is kept, no exaffilnatlon and n o certificate granted (only a formal recogrutlon th e Doctor has attended the course). Therefore. It IS n ot the intention of the Home Office that this course justifies the issue of a Grade I Instructor's Certificate.
The next article will deal with Surgeons in relation to the instruction of the General Public.
QUESTIO AN D ANSWERS.
r. Q. Would not" steeping" the oilskin clothing in bleach powder solution decontaminate it equally as well as boiling, and so lengthen the " life" of the suit?
-1. An unnece ss ary use of bleach, ali of which is requircd for u se on patients, and mu st be conserved.
0. Would a onc-piece garment be possible?
A Experimcntally proven as le ss satisfactory.
;
. Q. Has the possibility of using zip-fasteners, especiall y for the heavy clothing , instead of buttons, b een serious ly considered?
A. Yes-usele s becau se gases corrode metal, and the zip will jam, and you'll not be able to get Out of clothing.
.:+ Q. Why clean underclothing under protective clothing?
.- 1. (]) General hygiene.
(2) To avoid any pos ible irritation with the copious sweating
(3) To a," id eptic infection in the eYcnt of a wound penetrating clothing.
5· Q. Do you upply r spirator after person has had a dose of phos gc nc ;l
rl. cs jf there is any ga s till in the air .
II OVERSEAS NEWS
11 DL\.
\ very successful t. John Ambulance demon<[ration was hcld at Barn s Court, imla, in cptember, by kind permi ion of His Excellency [he Governor and Lady Emcrson, under the auspices of the imla Di strict entre t. John Ambulance \5 oc iation.
The proceeding beg an at 5.30 p.m. with reports on the work done by the Association in imla during t he current season read by Dr. I ohammad Yusuf Khan, IIonorary ccretary for len's CIa ses' and .\1i s Thorne, Honorary ccretary for '\ omen's Classes. Thesc wcre followed b y reports on the work of the Simla Ambulance Divi ion, St. John mbulance Briga de Overseas, read b y II. A. Cardoza, uperintendent, and on the imla-Delhi ursing Division, read by Mrs. Webb-Johnson, Lady Superinte ndent Members of both Divi ions were present in uniforms.
Lady Emerson then gave away over a hundred certificates, especially noticeable being the number of first aid classes held for men, most of whom work in ffice and have to attend after office hour
The proceedings ended with some lively demonstrations. The juniors were well represented b y the boys of the Harcourt Butler High School, and the Cadet ursing Di visio n of St. Thomas's School. A peaceful picnic scene rudel y disturbed b y an aeroplane accident, and the treatment of pilot and passenger with improvised first aid materials, was cleverly shown by the Simla-Delhi ursing Di vision, and the realistic boxing match, ending with a fractured jaw, which was skilfully dealt with b y the Am bulance Division, were both popular items.
After a vote of thanks b y Colonel Gale, I.M.S., Chairman of the Simla Centre, His Excellency closed the proceedings with an impromptu speech, in which he said how much he and Lady Emerson had enjoyed the demonstrations, and how agreeabl y surprised he was to learn that the Association had so many helpers and so many learner s in Simla, and he congratulated all concerned.
Among those present were Sir Sikander H yat Khan, .Mian Abdul Haye, Mr. Manohar Lal, Major Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana, lvIr. and Mrs. 110rton, Ra i Bahadur and !vIrs. Dhawan, Colonel Reinhold, LM.S., Rai Sahib Sohan La!, Miss 1 orah Hill, Sardar Bahadu r Balwant Singh Puri, and many others
Obituary
Th e Chief Co mmission er re g rets to announce the d eath of Ladr District Officer !vIrs. 11. C. Dav , Wanganui D istrict, 1 ew Zealand. I9.8. 193 7.
Liskeard Am.bulance Division
\X/hen the Liskeard St. John Ambulance Di,-ision paraded in the Fair Park recently for the annual inspection, mention was made of the need for a new car.
The Inspecting Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Blackwood, Coumy Commi sioner, complimented the men and Cadets on their smartness and general efficiencr expre ing the hope that before the next inspection the Di\Tision would have a new ambulance car. r\ s the inspection was favoured by fine weather, Colonel Blackwood went to considerable trouble to make his visit a yery thorough one. Ordinar y drill was carried out, and uniforms, stretcher and general equipment examined. He referred to the in tructional classe throughout the COUntr in air-raid precaution _ and appealed to as many men a po ible to a Grade I instructor for the ci,-il population.
Dr. Cooper also stre ed the importance of A.R.P. and said the motto of th Diyi ion should be Preparedne
The President (1\II. Templ e Rob ert) aid Colonel Black\,-ood had painted a \Te ry sombre pictur of what might happen in the future, but it wa a warning in time, and it wa the business of the Divi ion to prepare for any ey ntuality.
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II
Interesting Case Reports
CASE REpORT No. lB.-The Officer-in-Charge of the County of Cornwall S.J.A.B. reports the efficient assistance rendered b y members of the Pen zance Di'v1sion in the following difficult circumstances :-
The call was received at 2 p.m ., on Sunday, July I I, and the motor ambulance, in charg e of Transport Officer T. C. Cooper, together with Team Driver H. G. Kessell, Privates L. Broad and C. R. Tonkin and Divisional Secretar y .lVI. Salvadori, proceeded to the quay The steamer, the L iberiall , of Liverpoo l, had not then reached the Bay; but on arrival it anchored two miles out. The lowmoor stretcher was shipped on the pilot boat, and the ambulance men, accompanied by the Port Medical Officer, Dr. W. Leslie, proceeded to the ship. Here it was found that the seaman, a Dutchman, h a d fallen 40 fee t , and had been removed to the ship's hospitaL He was semi -c onscious and in great pain, having br oken several ribs and damaged his face. He was transferred to the stretcher which, with the a id of the ship's derrick, was slung horizontally over the shi p 's side into the small boat below. The sea was chopp y; and the return journey was made at half-speed to avoid drenching the injured man. A lar g e crowd witnessed the arrival at Penzance, where the ambulance quickl y brought the man to hospital. Further examination revealed that the ribs had penetrated both lungs, and that the windpipe had been fractured. The team were asked to call at the hospital at 6 o'clock to remove the man to the operating theatre. On arrival the y were informed that the man was not in a Et state to be operated on; and, in fact, he succumbed to his injuries on Monday.
COMMENT.-Th is report reminds us that the fi r st Corps of the Association (Ivhich became the model for all subsequent Units of the Brigade) was founded in 1879 at Margate" for duty on land and sea" " and # proves t hat t he traditions then estabHshed are being ·splendidIY maintained To those members of the Penzance D ivision, t herefore, we tender cordz'al congratulations on their good lv ork amidst difficult surroundings.-N.
C.
F.
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TREATMENT OF FRACTU RED SPINE.
J. P. (Hounslow) .-In the treatment of Fracture of Spine when patient is lying on hi s face, and a shutter (with blanket) is available, can the shutter be re g arded in the category of "all the assistance possible" (Textbook, Rule 4, p. 62 ) , and used as a support in rolling the patient on to his back? The patient could thus be rolled direct on to the padded shutter. Your kind ruling will be appreciated.
Rftle 4, OJI p. 62, refers rather to assistants than to eqlfipm ent, and stresse s the lleed for first-aiders no t to attell/p t to move a patient sll(feriJlg from Fracture of Spine ItIltif all available assistallts have been careflllIY instructed in the task lJJhich thry are abollt to III/dertake.-N. C. F.
TREAnm T 01' EP IL EP Y.
J. P (Hounslow).-In th e treatment of E pileps y, accompanied b y conv ul sio n s, d oes the "T reatmen t o f Insensibilit y" rule i n regard to having the h ead turn e d on one si de still apply? doctor, supervising a Brigade member wh o wa t rea tin g such a case, and seeing him turn t h e head sideways after each movement, remarked that this served no usefu l purpo e. The object of having the h ea d on one side in insen ibility was t o prevent the tongue falling back on the epiglottis; and, h e exp lained, this was not lik ely to happen where the m.uscles of th tongue were tautcned or contracted.
Th e criticislll alld explaJlatioll are pe,fectiy correct,. and the first-aider n'ill be canjing Olft the illstmctions of th E' Textbook if he stands 0 a/ld watches his patiellt, reacfy to take actioll if in the intervals betJl1eeJJ the COllvlI/sions the patimt should sho)JJ siglls of choking consequent ot! his tongue fallillg backJ}Jards over the glottis.- C. F.
Dr AG OS1 OF J\ POPLEXY. P. (Cardi ff).-In it description of Apop lexy on p. r63, the T ex tb ook tates that ( 0 igns of In) ur y are necessarily present." This entence ha s a lways b ee n a stum blin g block to me; and T hall be gra teful if you will exp lain it.
The sentence is incolllplete, and shollid read: ( 1 0 sigJls of i'YJIIY to head are Ilece.r.rari/y preseJJt " In other words the diagnosis of Apoplex"y rests 011 the siglls and symptoms of Compressioll of the Brain combined nl;/h t/;r absence of histOJY (or e-vidence) i'!j"'Y to the head.N.C.F.
'" A.R.P." Complimentary Variet y Performance
October 30, 1937
The members of the St. John Am bulance Brigad e assembled in London to undergo training in Ai r Raid Precautions ask us to convey their than ks to Joe Gros sman, Esq. (of Associated Briti sh Pictu re Corporations, Ltd ) and the following Elm, stage and B.B.C. artists: - The Harry A cr es Novelty Orche stra , Connie Chalmers, ] oe P earso n , Italia Conti (Accompani st, Mr s . Jean Jam es), Peters and Carlton, R onni e Wilde, The Carlyle Cousins , Ella R etfo rd, Nat Traver s, Talbot O'Farrell, Bill y Morton, Megan Thomas, The Three Admirals, Ray Hunt and Partner, Th e B e lasco s, for the splendid entertainment provided at th e concert.
II The St. John Ambulance Brigade News i
No. (PRI CE OF WALES) DISTRI CT.
The Harrow an d Wealds tone Ambu la nce and Nursing Divisions arr an ged a most impressive functi on on aturday, October r 6, for the opening of their new H eadqua rt ers.
After an inspect jon of the Divi ions by Colonel J. T. Woolrych P erowne, V. D., T.D., Kt.J. t.]., he declared the building open, and the dedication was made by the Rt. Rev. Bishop E J. PaJmer, D.D., ub-Prelate of the Order.
otab le amongst those present was the Commi sion<:f of o. 1 (Captain W. Goodley, lvLC., K. t. ].), the SSI tant Commissioner, 'V estern [ r. idney]. \\l arren, C. t.].) and their staffs, DIVISIonal urgeon Dr. Burn, Divisional uperI r. V. tro brec, Lady Divisional uperIntendent frs. Higgins, the hairman, Harrow rban Di strict Council (Councillor R. Watt Cowan, J. P .) and other ouncillors, Clergy of the Church of England and fini sters of the Fte Churche , and local o ctor
The was filled to capacity for a sh.ort servIce \l, hich followed, at which prayer were aId and an address given by the ub-Prelate. .Lifter a for ouncillor Cowan presided over a bu l11es meetmg. The hair man in his addres said lhat that occa i n wa of ut tanding importance to Harrow. fter forty year the Divi ions had at last found a home of their wn. 1. great step had been taken further alleviating human suffering. ftef deallnO' \vnh the many activiti of the members and their added w rk in connection with 1\..R.P ., ouncillor Cowan said that uch \ onderful ervice called for the highest prai e, and on behalf of the citizens of Harrow he wished to offer them all hi thanks.
olonel Perowne the deed of the property from Lady DIvlslOnal uperintendent 1r. on b ehalf of the Grand Priory of the Order, saId that every member of the HarrO\v Divisions should be proud of their new building. He \velcomed the a ttendan ce of the Chairman of the Harrow Council si nc e it was imp or tan t that the work of the Orde; sh ou ld b e kni t closely with those re pon ible for l ocal es p ecia ll y in view of the pos i bl e danger that eXlste d m case of war. 1Iember of the Di i ions had worked hard, he said, to provide their new hom and the Ord e r would b e told by him of the succe which had atte nded th eir efforts.
Captain Goodley, proposing a vote of th ank - to Colonel P erow ne, said it was a long time si n ce he had seen a Divisional Headquarters opened with uch 7
pleasing ceremony . T he history of the Harrow D ivisions was one of which they could be justly proud. He was sure they would go from strength to strength, an d their headquarte r s continue a credit to the Brigade.
ssistant Commissioner Warren, seconding, said that as the Officer-In-Charge of the Western Area, he was proud to be associated with that ceremony. He hoped that the example set by the Harrow Ambulance and 1\ ursing Divisions would be an encouragement to every other Division in the Area.
uperintendent trosbree, in a short, witty speech, thanked all who ha.d helped in providing their new he.adquarters, explamed the various means used to ralse the £600 w hich the land and building had cost, and made espeCial reference to members and their friend s who h2:.d given their labour to provide addi[lonal parts ot the building they might otherwise have had to do without.
t the close the Commissioner presented a large number of which had been recently won by members ot the mbulance, 1 ursina and Cadet Di visions. 0
The nnual Church Parade of Catholic members was held on unday, eptember 26, at the Church of . Peter and Edward, estminster, and was attended br a as embly of members, Nursing Ister and Cadet from Divi ions throuO'hout London and the home countie . 0
A embling at Eccleston Bridge, Victoria, the parade marched to the Church. The sen-ice was attended by Colonel ]. L. leeman, C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O , . ( Chief Commis i o ner for OYer ea), - upported by Assistant ComrrusslOner Fla \:in (No. 8 District) , Lady Di tric[ Officer 111ss W. Gnndler, Lad y uperintendent 11i E. 11. Tucker and uperintendent] E. Tavlor.
The addres ,,'a O'i\-en b)T the Rev. W LT:O' oh · h r 0 I1100' ::T IC \VaS 101l0\1,'ed by Benediction of the Ble ed acrament, glven by Father Murra J ' a i ted bv Father Higg s and Father Hallandell. .
Led by C lonel leeman th parade marched after\y ards to .the ground of \,\Te tmin ter CathedraL Followmg In. peccion, Colonel leeman, addre in a the m mb rs , aId that he had only just r turned from a tour ov rseas, and h \v nt, BriO'ade member. a k ? him to O'i\re their be t wisbes to No. r ot '\ ales) District, b cau e that \l,'a the Di _ tnct ther usually came into touch \\ Tith more than oth 1'. was grateful to tho'e who had o[o-an1 ed th rvIC and th o-athering togeth r ofo the
If ever there were an age, concluded Colonel Sleeman, in which stress should be laid upon the importance of ambulance work it was the present one.
Half a million people had, during the past seven years, lost their lives through motor accidents, and war clouds on the horizon, which he hoped might never materialise, all demanded that organisation should be prepared in order to save life in emergencies.
Catholics were holding their end up in the Brigade throughout the Empire, and they provided a living link, and were carrying on the same work that their Catholic forefathers did 800 years ago, serving in the Order of St. J OM.
Assistant Commissioner Flavin, on behalf of the members present, expressed their thanks to Colonel Sleeman for his courtesy in inspecting and giving his address, also for the interest he had shown in their efforts to bring together the Catholic members of the Brigade.
In a recent issue of his paper, the Editor of a London suburban journal (The Record) wrote a very interesting article on a phase of No. District work which rarely receives attention. Here are extracts ;-
"Motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, spectators at sports meetings, football matches and most out-door functions where crowds congregate have been accustomed to find in attendance the soberly-garbed members of the St. J OM Ambulance Brigade, ready the instant there is any trouble to render first aid and relieve suffering without asking for any reward. The fact that they were volunteers was tacitly accepted. At the back of my mind there was an idea that the St. J OM Ambulance Brigade was quite a wealthy organisation, and that somewhere someone over the actual workers was making a good thing put of it.
But when, a little while ago, I had occasion to go to headquarters to interview the District Commissioner, there was a great awakening. When objection was taken to attending in the evening, it was mentioned quite as a matter of course that this official had to work for his living during the day, and had the evenings only to carry out his Brigade duties. So in the evening I went. Up and down the building desks were occupied by Commissioners, Public Duty Officers, Stores Officers and others, all of whom after their day's labours turned to and did their part to ensure that the main organisation of the ambulance work was carried out efficiently and inexpensively.
The St. J OM Ambulance Brigade is a wonderful institution, and I take off my hat to those men who give their spare time behind the scenes week after week in a cause so unselfish and noble."
In order to strengthen the V.A.D. movement among the Ambulance Divisions, the Chief Commissioner has appointed two Officers who will concentrate their attention on the development of this
branch of the Brigade obligations. District Officer F. Claridge has been appointed Assistant County Controller for the County of Middlesex, and District Officer T. McBride, Assistant County Controller for London. These appointments are in addition to their responsibilities in connection with their respective areas, and take effect fro.m July 2I, I937. Both these Officers had considerable experience of V.A.D. work during the Great War.
All who know District Officers McBride and Claridge will realise that they will not allow these to be merely nominal appointments, but will put into their new duties best efforts to extend the V. D. movement among the Ambulance Divisions, rebuilding the old detachments and finding new units.
The Commissioner would be grateful i f uperintendents of Ambulance Division would get into touch with District Officer Claridge or District Offic er McBride to ascertain in the first place what the obligations will be, which are very clearly outlined in a pamphlet issued by the W.O. General Training Regulations for Voluntary Aid Detachments. Copies may be supplied on request to District Officer F. Claridge, Grasmere, Moss L ane, Pinner, or District Officer 11cBride, 54, Parkhurst R oad New Southgate, N.II.
The Commissioner is desiro u of increasing the size of the o. District Drum and Fife and Bugle Band, and is hopeful that members will volunteer for this service.
Applications from Brigade members who have a knowledge of the instruments are invited. Name and address should be sent to the Band President (Di strlct Officer Captain L. L. Franks), at Di trict Headquarters, ro, Briset Street, London, E.C. 1.
r\ most successful concert was held on October by the Southall and Norwood Ambulance and Nursing Divis ions, at which awards were presented followin g the recent first aid classes of the Gas Light & Cok Co., Southall. Mr. C. F. Collins presided, and paid tribute to the excellent work the Brigade was performing in the district. Mrs. Collins presented Mrst aid certificates, vouchers, medallions and lab els to the successful examinees, being thanked in a happy little speech by Mr. E. Rowland Willis (Assistant Engineer, Southall Works of the Gas Light & Coke Co ).
Mr. Willis also made presentations to Dr. M. J. Arnott, who had given the lectures, and to Superintendent J. E. Taylor for his assistance with the classes.
No. 63, London (Male Immobile) V.A. Deta chment of the 58 5 (W.D.O.) Division St. John Ambulance Brigade held their -first War Office and County Controller's Inspection on Saturday, October 23, I937, at the Institute W.P.O., W. I. Major J. H. Bank s
(County Controller) and District Officer T. McBride (Assistant Controller) were present. .
The detachment' s present strength is 42, and of these three Officers and 27 members were in attendance on parade, and were inspected and examined by Major Bin gham and the County Controller. Both expressed their satisfaction at the appearance and smartness of the detachment, also for their work, both individual and collective.
No. 2 DISTRICT. MINEHEAD.
The Annual Inspection of the linehead Di vis ion was held in the Women's Institute IIall, on Wednesday, October 27, the Inspecting Officer bein g Dr. D. L. Beath, O.B.E. (County Commissioner), assisted by County Officers S. J. Baile y and W. J. Tottle.
"I don't want to flatter you too much," added the Commissioner, but I think your Division is one of the best in the county; you must continue the good work you are doing, and keep up your reputation. In presenting the Long Service Medal to Superintendent Tarr, the Commissioner said he was well worthy of the award, and the turnout that night reflected great credit on him.
Dr. W. Bain, in his remarks, thanked Dr. Beath for his attendance that evening, coupled with their congratulations on his appointment as County Commissioner. "May I also express," he said, "our loyalty to the Order, the Brigade, and to you personally as our Commissioner." He could assure Dr. Beath that the Minehead Division would be found efficient and ready to carry out any work the Brigade rna; order them to undertake
Thirt y-fi, , -e 111 mbers were on parade, including the two Dln slO nal urg eo ns. This was considered a oood b 111Llster, ecmg that s veral member had to come a considerable di stance through drenching rain. .l Lembers of the newly-formed Bishop's Lydeard ction attended as spectators.
r\fter the In spection the Commis ioner pre ented the \'{7arrar:t. o.f .l\..ppointm nt to Dr. H. 11. Chappell as extra DIVISlOl1aJ urgeon, a long-service medal to Superintendent F. C. Tart, and 25 Air Raid Precautlons certificatcs to members.
In hls remarks the Comn.ussioner complimented the on the of the parade and the effiCIcncy of their work. I Ie had Ver\T few criticisms to make, and these were of a minor' nature. Their turnout was smart, and so was thcir drill. He knew they were all keen on their work; the stre tcher drill was quite good, and the bandaging was all correct.
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The Commi sioner paid a strikino tribute to the administration of the Dh-ision and the way the records and. books were kept. They had set 'up a standard which was a model for other Divisions to follow.
FollO\\'lng the Inspection, uperintend nt Tarr presented Private A. F. Bennett (who is lea,"ino tl1e district) ,,"ith a sihTer ci gar tte-case, subscribed for by the members. uperint ndent Tan said ther all regretted Private Bennett wa leayjno them and -the\' \vish d him every succe s in hi do'main and hoped h w<?uld continue hi membership of the Bngade. Pnvate Bennett nimbly responded, and as UT d the members he ,,'ould continue hi as ociation ,vith the Order.
Refre hments were afterward er;Ted by ",i, "e of the members who were in charge of 1\ [1's. G. H. Hawkin.
:'\cwtuwn \mbuhnce and Di,isions
HAMPSHIRE.
Ambulance and nursino- teams from an area extendino- from Bournemouth Portsmouth competed in annual competitions arranged by the Calmore Nursing Division.
A challeno-e cup o-iven by Mrs. Gulliver for the b b b M' nurse with the neatest uniform was won y ISS Brenda Parrett, of Meyrick Nursing Division.
At the close, the prizes were distributed. by Ma)or Tennyson Smith, who said that at a recent lllspectlOn he was much impressed with the efficiency, of the Calmore Division. They were well up to thelr work, and he congratulated all concerned.
Cadets.-Southampton No . Team, 91; minster (Bournemouth) No.2, 88; Charmlnster No. I, 87; Southampton No.2, 86; Calmore No.2, 78; Calmore No. I, 77; Southampton NO·3, 67·
The Annual Inspection of Hants. V.A.D. o. 2 was held at Calm :J re Hall on Saturday, October 2. The Inspecting Officer from Netley was accompanied by Major Tennyson M.D., CM. missioner). The scheme mcluded a patient sufferIng from the effects of mustard gas, who was dealt with by a rescue party and brought some distance to the decontamination centre, where he was cleansed and treated. Other cases included fractures and dislocations caused by falling debris, the result of a hi.ghexplosive bomb; an aged person was als? found III a cottage near by suffering from pneumorua. She was removed to the emergency hospital and treated.
The visiting Officers expressed themselves well pleased with w?rk, said that all V.A.D.s proved very effic1ent III thelr. wc:rk.. After t±:e Inspection tea was served at the mvltatlOn of Miss H. C Everett, Commandant.
No.
3 DISTRICT (WESTERN).
ANNUAL WHIST DRIVE i\ND DANCE.
The Droitwich Spa Ambulance and Nursing Divisions held their Annual Whist Drive and Dance on Thursday, October 14, at the Winter Gardens.
Alderman Evans was M.e. for the whist drive, and Divisional-Surgeon Dr. ]. W. T. Pa::ter.son officiated for the dancing. The prizes were di stnbuted b y the Mayoress, Mrs. G. Dowell.
A most enjoyable evening was spent by o,ver 25 0 patrons, the Joint Social Comffilttee makmg the
arrange¥lents. The music for dancing was played by The Winter Gardens Orchestra.
Among those supporting the function Corps Surgeon Dr. F. S. :Nlackenna, Corps Supenntendent and Mrs. G. Fulloway, Corps Secretary E. J Sanders, Lady Divisional Superinter.:dent and Mr. H. ]. \Vythes, Corps Sergeant-Major and Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. H. E. Allen.
Thanks are due to Lady Divisional Superintenden t Mrs. K. N. L. Neligan and the Social for organising what proved, once again, to be a sooal and financial success.
TOTTINGTO N.
Saturday last was a red letter day in the histc:ry of the local Division of the St. John Ambulance Bngade For the first time since the formation in 1895 the members have a cup for competition. Mr. Hardman , Gorsey Clough, President, has given a cup 0 commemoration of Coronation Year, and also to stimulate interest in the movement. The competition com menced at 3 p.m., with eleven competitors, and marks were allotted for questions, bandages, smartnes, uniform and percentage of attendance. At the close of the competition Miss Mona Morgan formally presented the cup to the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
District Officer Loma.."\:, e.B.E., Bolton, was present to receive the cup on behalf of the Commissioner of o 4 District.
Dr. Leiper, Honorary Surgeon to the Tollin gt n Divisions, accepted on their behalf.
Corps Superintendent aylor, S.B.. t.]., ranchester and Salford Corps, was the judge, and in announcing the winner made many helpful suggestions for future work.
Certificates were also presented for success in th e Air Raid Precautions: Grade I, Trevor Hughe s' Grade 2, Harold Barlo w, A. R. P. Mona Morgan, Mary Morgan, Alma Price, Gladys Price, Clara Hand, Marion Ratcliffe, Harry Vernon, Harry Jack son; Medallion, May Denton.
Lady Superintendent M. Bentley moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Hardman and the visiting Officers, and Cadet Superintendent S. I sherwood seconded, and Lady Ambulance Officer B. Booth suppo rted the motion.
The proceedin gs closed with tea, and a err enj oyable time was spent.
No. 5 DISTRICT.
ASKERN MAIN CORPS.
Members of the Askern Main Corps of the St. J ohn Ambulance Bri gade returned recently, after havin g spent a most enjoyable in at Their programme and routlne make mterestmg reading. On Sunday morning the members attended a church parade to St. Matthew's Parish Church (at which the members of the Bentley Ambulance and Cadet Division were also present under the comman d
of Ambulance Officer E. Allport). The Askern Main Corps was in charge of Corps Officer A. Sudworth, Corps OffIcer A. W. Free was Quartermaster, and other Officers present were Divi sional Superintendents Smi th, ield and Jagger, Ambulance Officers Callow and Machin and Corps Sergeant-Major Bowen. Excitem ent tarted early for the men in camp when a haystack (one of two) in an adjoin in g camping field caught fire. Then the men howed that they are not only first aiders in ambulance work, but also in firefighting.
The week wa spent in first aid instruction and drill. On Wednesday District Officer Bunting paid a visit and inspected the men and the camp, and was much impre sed by the appearance of the lines, particularly a tent of the ampsall and orton Di\' ision men.
second ly of the scientific scheme which has been evolved to rid them of their most appalling aspects.
The "casualties" and "injuries" were arranged by the Assistant Corrunissioner, S.W. Area, W.R. Yorks., Mr. H. L. Thornton, assisted by his A .R.P. Staff Officer, Corps Officer H. Harrison. The injuries from high explosives included gunshot wound, abdomen, with bowels protruding; gunshot wound, patella; gunshot wound, palm, with arterial bleeding; and others, jncluding a hysterical woman
The "casualties" amongst the womenfolk were led by Lad y Divisional Superintendent Miss Cheetham, who very successfully portrayed the hysterical woman. The orders were that it had to be cc life-like," and as the bombs exploded the screams and calls for help were so realistic that the crowd were absolutely silent.
H ( J)DER 'FIE LD.
There were reproduc d \\ -i th tartling r alit)' cene' that are likely to arise in the event of enemy 'plane' piercing our aerial defence and dropping their death-dealing loads among the civil population.
The ring f searchlight on the hills encircling the tov:n oon had the enemy 'plane in their beam, and the two anti-aircraft guns fired round after round.
The 'plane rclea ed its 1 ad f' H.E." bomb. The military, semi-military- and civilian units were tao-ing their (jrst m ck air-raid n a big scale, and a cr wcl of 20,000 people gather\.:cl round the barric ades on the site of the demon trati n, and \.vere deC[ 1)' im pres se d by all they saw eluring the highly exciting " attack" on the G neral Post 0A.1ce. -
The object of the demon , trati n was not to t t the I\.i r Raid Precauti n Services, but t gi e an illustratio n, (jrst of the danger of air raids, and p
Corp - uro-eon Dr. . B. Ball led one rescue parry, and Divisi onal urgeon Dr. D. F. Barratt led another section, all uitably dre ed in protecti\'e clothino\\ -ith respirator at the" Ga alert." b
The injuries from high explo i,-es had no sooner be n treated and cleared away b efore the plane was circling again and dropping hi incendiary bombs, \\'hich t the houses on fire, which necessitated th e callin o- ut of the hre bo-htino- senTices.
Then two Or three dull thuds denotino- that o-ab bombs had been dropped, and the 'Ga alann" \\ -as immediat ly- g iy n. The re cue squad were ao-ain called out tbis time with respirators hood and prop ely in po irion. The" ga 'casualtie mustard spla hes on face, inYoh-ing the ere, in which immediate treatment '\\-a nece arr spla he of ll1U tard on the body cases of pho gen and tear ga
The Decontamination quad were alled out, and
Ip wich Di\-ision
treated the severe contamination of the roadway, swilling the liquid down the drains, and then scrubbing bleach paste on the roadway. The shell craters were sealed with bleach mixture.
The "All clear" signal was given, and all the services were taken in lorries to the baths.
His Worship the lvIayor, Councillor J. Barlow, made an appeal to the public, through the loudspeakers, for volunteers for the different services.
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DARLINGTON.
No.6 DISTRICT.
The members of the Darlington Friendly Society's Division are very proud that Superintendent T. Robins was recently invested with the insignia of Serving Brother of the Order.
Superintendent Robins has been the mainstay of the Division since its formation in May, 1934 The Division has opened two First Aid Posts in the District and carried out football and cinema duties regu'larly each week.
At a social evening, held in the Darlington ursing Division's Headquarters, on October 22, and atten.ded by members of Division and members of the I?arlington Nursing Division and friends, a presentatlOn was made to Superintendent Robins for his long services in ambulance work.
The presentation was. by the Councillor Taylor. The g1ftS mcluded a set of ffiilllature medals, and a clock to Mr. Robins, and a handbag to Mrs. Robins. Councillor Taylor also presented the newly-elected Vice-President, Mr. J. with his Vice-President's badge and also certIficates of promotion to the following :-
Sergeant Routledge to Ambulance Officer.
Corporal Ditchburn to. Sergeant. Privates Logan, Wilson and Clack to Corporals.
Councillor Taylor was accompanied by Mrs. Taylor. Also present were Hope Wilson, Vice-President, D r A. Llgham, DlvlslOn Surgeon, and
Lady Superintendent Gardner, of the Darlington Nursing Division.
At the Official Opening of new Headquarters the members of the Division, drawn up as a Guard of Honour, were inspected by Corps Superintendent L Y. Simpson, Stella Coal Co. Corps representin g County Commissioner S. Embleton
Mr. J. G. Goodenough, General Manager of lvIessrs. Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., performed the opening ceremony.
At the subsequent gathering :Mr. D. R. Brooks, Chief Collieries Agent, who presided, introduced to the packed audience Mr. Goodenough, who spoke of the efficiency of the Division arrd of the growing need for first aid due to the pre ent trade boom brino-ino- into industry large numbers of new employees had, unfortunately, the effect of increa in g the risk of accident. He congratulated the Division on its fine new headquarters, and hoped that it would prove an incentive to further successes.
o. 9 DI TRICT.
REDRUTH
The Annual Inspection of the Redruth Ambulanct: and Cadet Divisions was held at the Trewirgi Schools, Redruth, on lvlonday, October 25, when the Inspecting Officers were Lieut.-Colonel WI Blackw ood (County Commissioner for Cornwall) and Corp Officer G. Tresidder (Truro). The Division, which was in charge of uperintendent C. C. Pellowe, wa practically at full strength, only three member bein g absent through sickness, while the Cadets, und er Cadet Superintendent C. V. Holland, were also \V 1] represented. The usual ceremonial and stretche r drills were carried out efficientl y by all ranks, and thL new N.C.O.s performed their dut ies very creditably.
During the evening an interestin g ceremony took place when. Lieutenant-Colonel W. Blackwood presented the President's \)(7 arrant and Badge to 1fr. Harry Rich (the new President of the Divisi on); and a Vice-President's Warrant and Bad ge to Mr. Edgar Trounson (a new Vice-President) In making th e presentation, Lieutenant-Colonel Blackwood that the Division were fOltunat e to haye such mfluential o-entlemen as Mr. Harr y Rich, Mr. James Glasson b and Mr. Edgar Trounson taking such an mterest 1D their affairs, and he thanked them for coming forward at a time when the Division needed support. Mr. Rich said he was glad they had emerged so satisfacto:il) from the recent difficult postion, and he was lookin g forward to the time when the Division would b e transferred from their present inadequate h eadquarters at C]jnton Passage to the new building s Basset Street, on which building operations were 1D progress, so that for future inspections, competitions, etc., outside accommodation would not have to be sought for.
Ex-County Commissioner E. Trounson the development of the Ambulance movement 10
Cornwall since he joined 27 years ago, and said that he was proud to know that both Corps Officer Tresidder and Superintendent Pellowe were both members of the Redruth Division when he was the Superintendent, and he congratulated them on their rising to their present ranks. Mr. James Glasson (Vice-President) said he was glad to be associated with such a fine body of men, and he wished the Division every success, and hoped it would maintain the reputation as the leading Division of the county.
At the conclusion of the inspection, LieutenantColonel Blackwood said that it was two years since he last inspected the Redruth Division, and he cong ratulated them on their wonderful improvement in that time, and he had no hesitation in saying that they were the smartest and most efficient Division in the county, and he thanked uperintendent Pellowe, the Officers and N.C.O.s for their untiring efforts to bring the Division to its present state. He also emphasised the fact of all Divisions in the county seriously taking the Air Raid Precautions Courses. He said that the time was coming when the County Council would have to make all arrangements for the protection of the ci il population in case of air raids, and it \\'a up to the t. J hn l \mbulance Bri ga de to be ready and so fficient as to bc of valuable assistance when necessary. lIe hoped Redruth Division would not be lacking in supplying instructor, and urged as many men as p sible to take the examination to qualify for their certificates.
uperintendent Pellowe recorded thanks to Lieut.Colonel Blackwood, Corp Officer Tresider, the President and the Vice-Pre idents for their presence.
NORTH R IREL l TD DI TRICT
The r port of the Northern Ireland St. John \l11bulance Bri gade pre ented at the annual meeting provided a striking record of the g od work bein g done through the Bri gade in 1.;1 ter by the devoted men and women who interest themselve in its objects.
nato r \'X m. Gibson, :r.LD., President, occupied the chair, and th r was a go d attendance.
fro \. l\1ann, lIon. ecr tarr, pres nted the report \ hich showed that there are at pr S nt t\v ent)' registered Divi ion in the t. John .Arnbulance Brigade- ten mbulance and ten urslDg. 0 n e\v Divi ions had been formed during the past year, but there had be n a definite inc rca e in p ronnel. t the moment ix more Divi ions were in process of formation, and it \Va hoped the e would be registered hefore the end of the year.
ixty-two examinations were held under the auspices of the St. John AmbLllance ssoclatlOn (U lster Centre) for the year ending ept mber 30, 1937 · This wa an increase of de en over last year, and was the largest numbcr of Association examinations ever held in orthern Ireland in one year. It was from these classes that they hoped to recruit new members for the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Considerable progress had been made with air-raid precautions, and classes in air-raid precautions and first aid had been opened in Larne, Coleraine, Aho ghill, Ballymena, Lisburn, Lurgan, Banbridge, Bangor, Donaghadee and Holywood. In Belfast lectures had been given to classes in the Union Infirmary, Electricity Works, West, orth, South and Central Divisions, Fortwilliam, Fisherwick, Life-saving Societies, BaHyhackamore and Willowfield.
AIR-MID LECTURES IN Lo DON.
Forty-two Brigade members were sent to London to attend the week-end course of air-raid precaution lectures, and it was hoped to utilise the services of these members as assistant instructors when required. At present eight members of the Brigade had obtained Grade I Certificate. Those Officers are acting a instructors in Belfast and district.
II CADET NEWS II
The Bo y Cadet Squad Competition for the" Barker " Challenge Shield was held last month at the Headquarters of the Exchange Ambulance Division, Liverpool. Six teams competed.
The Judge were Dr. W. Duncan and Dr. W. H. Broad, who complin1ented the teams on their knowledge of first air and their efficiency in competition work.
The result was as follows :-
1st, Liverpool -orth, Indi vidual 101, Team 96, Total 197.
2nd, rdwick, .Manchester, Indi'l,-idual 90, Team 94, Total 184.
3rd , Exchange, Li'l,Terpool, Individual 98, Team 79, Total 177.
The 'Barker' hield and l\Iedals were presented to the by E. Searle, Esq., who spoke ,ery encouraglilg1r to the Cadets, and he hoped they would eventually become as efficient in the eruors as the,were in the Cadet . .
This competition is open to Senior Cadet beru-een the ages of 16 and 18 rears.
The d ono r of the hield ent a letter expre sino- his I' gre t at his inability to be present, and hoped the competition \vould be a great succe s.
Superintendent L. R. Lewi , of Exchano-e Division b, took the chalt at the meeting, and Officer G. R. Gough proposed a \-ote of to the Judo-es econded by Officer J. H. Kenn edy. b
The prize of a First id Ca e for the be t es ar on Camp, \vhen the rd\\ Tick Boy Cadet held their Annual Camp at St. Anne -on- ea, was won by Cadet J. R. Cooper, age 16 year, for the followinoessay. The Judge was Captain 1 W. L.I\1.S.S., M.R.C.P.
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RAILWAY NEWS
Southern Railway
CONTRIBUTED BY E. A. RICHARDS.
District Shield.- The Shleld presented by Sir Herbert Walker to tbe District showing the greatest increase in proportion to the number of staff employed in the District has been awarded to District 4a for the Session 1936-1937.
Mr. F. Trott (District Secretary), Horsham, and hi Class Secretaries attended for the presentation by Sir Herbert Walker, and were congratulated on being the recipients on the first occasion the Shield was presented. Sir Herbert Walker stated that it was probable that this Shield would not be won by any one District on two consecutive occasions, and for this reason he considered they were fortunate to be the winners in this instance.
Mr. W. G. Pape, as Chairman of the Ambulance Centre, congratulated the men and asked that they would continue their good work on behalf of the movement and endeavour to obtain all the recruits they could during the present session.
Presentations.
DARTFORD.
The waiting-room at Dartford was chosen as a meeting-place for the members of the Dartford Ambulance Class in order that they might receive their awards in respect to their successes in the recent examination.
The presentation was in the very capable hands of Mr. Rattey, Stationmaster, Dartford, who remarked on the progress the Dartford class had made, and impressed on all present the real value of a knowledge of first aid to the injured. It had given him much pleasure to present the awards to the successful candidates, and he wanted it to be known that he might be relied upon to do all in his power to further the interests of the Dartford Class.
NINE ELMS.
The presentation of the awards to the members of the Nine Elms Loco. Ambulance Class was made recently at the Locomotive Dep ot by Mr. A Moore, Locomotive Foreman.
Regret was expressed that the Divisional Locomotive Running Superintendent, Mr. E S. Moore, was prevented from being present. The latter had asked that his pleasure in realising that the Nine Elms
Locomotiv Class was till on the upward grade might be made known to those present, and he h ped that the time was not far distant wben h e would se e the Divi ional Shield at that d pot.
r\.t the conclusion of the presentation Mr. A Mo o rt: presented to 1\11:. H. Lunn (retired Driver) a ca c of pipes which had been subscribed for by th memb e r s of the class in appreciation of his lon g er ice an 1 untiring interest in the Fir t Aid Ioycmcnt at 1 n l' Elms.
RE -\.DI 1G
The annual concert and pre entation o f awards and prizes in connection with the R adin o- CIa t oo k place at Reading recentlY', ",·hen Ir. E. Blackma n, Stationmaster, presided 0 er a lar g e and entbu iast ic gathering. Supporting the Chairman were Mr. L. ,\ Thorman, Locomot.ive Foreman; Dr. M. F. Iurrh ), Class Lecturer; Ir. J. Winterbourne and 11[. 1 L Skidmore Mrs. Blackman, \-"ife of the tationma te l' , presented the a'wards to the ucces ful candidat e
Reference was made to the fact that the 10caJ Officers were alwars willing to g ive the Ambulan cL movement all the support in thelr power. Instances of meritorious first aid work performed durin g th l. year were and tribute paid to tbe skillecl assistance afforded on many occasion. Reference \\' a also made to the unavoidable absence of 1r. E. \ Richards, Centre Secretary, and to the retirement of Sir Herbert Walker, who had always shown muc h sympathy and interest in the Ambulance work. \ hearty welcome was extended to his succe sso r, Colonel Gilbert S. Szlumper, who, it was announc d, had accepted an invitation to become President of th e Centre.
The evening was brought to a close by an exce llenr musical programme arranged b y the Committee.
BRIGHTO T
Arrangements have been made for a special lc:ctLl re to be given to members of the staff at the Oddfello\),;s' Hall, Queen Street, Brighton, at 7.30 p .m. sharp, on Friday, November 12.
The subject of tbe lecture will be " Hints to Competitors before, during and after Competitions," a nd the lecturer will be Dr. R. B. Duncan, of Kensin g ton .
It is hoped that there will be a large attendance of members of the staff in the District.
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CONTRIBUTED BY ALBERT S. HILL. EXTRACTS FROM THE TViTELFTR Al'.TNUAL REpORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING J UNE 30, 1937. ClaSJ'es and Exami11(Jtions. StIllJII/alY of R esults since 19 25. Number of Students passing for:
The entries in the Di stric t Competitions each year since 1925 have been:
the following four teams qualified to take part in the Final Competition held in London on May 3, 1937 :-
1. Derb y 3. London "B."
2. Glas gow" A." 4. London" A."
Tbe res ults of the Final Competitions for men and women an d the Inter-Railway and International Competitions are set out in ppendix" B " hereto.
FIRST Am R ENDERED
A number of Meritorious First Aid Rendered case , during the period under review ha e been submitted to the Company's :Medical Officers for adjudication, and wi ll be considered by the Central Ambulance Council.
LONG SERVICE :NfEDAL AND BARS.
Long Service Medals and Bars have been awarded to members of the staff since the formation of Centre, as unde r :Englalld alld IVales. Scot/and Tota l.
Long Service Medals 2,953 780 3,73 3 Bars: 20 years' service 1,3 86 501 1,887
" " 675 3°7
RECOGNITIO T OF SERVIC E BY TIlE ORDER OF ST. JOR
During the past twelve months recognition of services to our Centre has been awarded by the Order of St. John to the undermentioned :-
Dr. Dunkin, Coah-ille, Serving Bro ther.
Mr. P. M- Bleasdale, Manchester, Serving Brother.
Mr. J. O. Ibeil, Wolverton, Serving Brother.
Mr. W. A. Roe, Birmingham, Serving Brother.
Mr. G. Smith, Burton, Serving Brother.
Out of the entry of 450 teams in 1937, 61 took part in the Preliminary Competition, from which the following nine teams qualified to co mpete in the Final Competition held in Blackpoo l on April 16, 1937 :-
1. Camden Goods.
2. Bri sto l Loco.
3. Mayfield.
4. Crewe Machine Shop.
5 Wolverton.
6. Crewe Copper Shop. 7. Accrington
8. E d ge Hill Good s . 9. Uttoxeter
Consequent upon the number of entries for the Women's Competition, it was decided to arrang e for both a preliminary and a final round. Nineteen t eams in 1937 competed in the Preliminary Competition, and
Mr. A. E. Beech, Wolverhampton, Vellum Vote otThank s.
Mr. J. Cheetham, Manchester, Vellum Vote of Thanks.
Mr. T. Clewlow, Longport, Vellum Vote of Than ks.
Mr. J. Jackson, Mirfield, Vellum Vote of Thanks.
Mr. J. Prout, Wickwar, Vellum Vote of Thanks.
Mr. J. A. House, Leeds, Vellum Vote of Thank s.
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and the Divisional Welfare Supervisors during the twelve months under review.
The continued generous assistance provided by the Railway Company in connection with the general organisation, the gift of prizes for competitions, long service medals and bars, and the additional free tickets, etc., have been greatly appreciated by all concerned.
In conclusion, I would again pay tribute to the courtesy shown, and assistance given, by the officials of the St. John Ambulance Association and the Prior y for Wales.
CO:MPETITIO RESuLTS. Final Competition, April 16, 1937.
I. Mayfield (Manchester) 3 81 mark
2.. Crewe Machine Shop 36 9t "
3· Edge Hill .. 361
4· Crewe Copper Shop
5· Camden Goods F8 t "
6. Uttoxeter .. 3 14t "
7· Wolverton .. 313
8. Bristol Loco. 308 t "
9· Accrington 27 0 (Possible marks, 44 0 .)
W"omen's Final Compe tition, Mcry 3, 1937·
I. Glasgow " A " 3 1 9 marks.
2. Derby 30 4
3· London "B" 28 5
4· London " A" 243t (Possible marks, 4 00 .)
lnter-Railwcry Comp etition , April 22, 1937.
I. Southern Railway (Waterloo) 378 marks.
2. L.M.S. Railway (Crewe Machine Shop)
3· G. W. Railway (Cheltenham)
4. L.M.S. Railway (Mayfield)
5. Cheshire Lines Committee
6. L.N.E. Railway
7. L.N.E. Railway (Bruton)
8. Southern Railway (Horsham)
9. G. W. Railway (Newport) (Possible marks, 480.) 349 348t " 34 1 340 3F .3l7t »
International Competition, June 2 5, 1937·
I. Mayfield (Manchester) 477t "
2.. Crewe Machine Shop 472
3· Mossend 458t
4· Motherwell 45 4t
5· Dundee West 438
6. Edge Hill Goods 418t " (Possible marks, 600.)
(THt ACCIDENTS
SYLLABU WAS EVOLVED BY THE MEMBER 0 THE MINEHE D Drvr 10 .)
Approach : (I) Care for self.
(2) Tact t o patient or patients. (3) Tact to bystand ers.
Came of Accident: Might still be active. If still /1.cti l)e: Danger to (I) Patients . (2) elf. (3) Bystanders.
HistOJ7 of Case:
Obtainable from: (I) urroundings. (2) Bysta nder s. (3) Patient.
Examinatioll: Essentials: (I) Br eathing (2) Obvi u hremorrhage.
(3) Unconscious state.
Doctor, if nece sary.
In Cases of Two Patients: Di crimination of preD rene e for treatment b y abO\'e xamination.
Prefere!1ce il7 Order:
(I) Life before death.
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2) Ceased breathing before (3) Hremorrhage before uncon ciou state.
(4) Unconscious state.
(5) Temp orary treat ment of wound , before: fractures.
(6) Temp orary sec unty or tracture befor full treatment of wound.
(7) Full treatment of wound, bef re
(8) Splinting before removal.
One Patient or Each Patient.
Thorough examination for funher injuries:
(r) By enquiry from patient.
(2) B y efficient examina[ion accor d ing to irst Aiel.
Equipment for TreatIJJent. Obtainable from:
(I) First Aid equipment.
(2) Improvi sed equipment from surroundings .
Order of Treatment (Shock a/I the time) :
(I) Caution to patient.
(2) Ceased breathing.
(3) Severe hremorrh age
(4) Unconscious state
(5) Poisoning
(6) Treatment of wounds.
(7) Fractures.
Removal-Means :
(r) Stretcher, hand -seat and ambulance.
(2) Improvised mean s .
OFFICIAL GAS CHARTS
No. I Chart shows gas derivations.
No. 2 is a fu II and complete educational chart of II Typical War Gases."
Everyone taking an "A.R.P." Course should be in possession of these charts which are now available for general issue to a" St. John organisations at a nominal fee.
(Each Set comprises one each of Chart No. I and No.2.) postage ORDER FORM
To The Publisher, THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE GAZETIE, 19, Cursltor Street, London, E.C.4 . Date 19
Please send set(s) of the St. John Ambulance Gazette Official Gas Charts, for which I enclose remittance for in accordance with the above price list
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Address '" ADDRESS LABEL.
Essentials f01" T?'attSport: (I) Efficiency.
(2) Comfort.
(3) Speed.
Before removal, collection of belongings.
Destination:
(I) Hospital. After previous warrung, stating nature of case if possible
(2) Patient's home, after:
(i) Tactful warning to patient's relatives.
(li) Preparation for reception.
(iii) Preparation for Doctor if necessary.
(3) Doctor-after previous warning if possible.
Report to Doctor in af!Y above Places:
(1) Diagnosis.
(2) Treatment given.
Await Dismissal.
Tactful report to patient's relations.
Report occurrence to Secretary for Brigade Records.
New Medical COlnforts Depot Opened at Todmorden
There was opened at Todmorden recently a medical comforts depot which has been made pOSSIble throuo-h the o-enerosity of the trustees of the late b b Th' Mr. Abraham Ormerod, of Walsden. e premIses have been built as a ,ving to the existing St. J Ambulance Hall in Victoria Road, and should be inestimable service to the Ambulance Brigade and Nursino- Division and to the public generally.
The buildino- is of Yorkshire stone in keeping with the existing and has b een built to the plans and specifications oLMr. J. E. Stott, Lie. R.I.B.A. are two rooms on the ground floor, one of which IS a sluice room for washing and sterilising appliances. This room is fitted with tiled walls and a large earthem ware sink with slate drainers. Hot water is supplied by means of a geyser. The other room on the ground Boor is II ft. by 20 ft., and contains racks and cupboards for storino- sheets, bed tables, crutches and other equipment. b In this room chairs will be kept. Upstairs is a room which I to be fitted for sick nursing purposes and classes and demonstrations will be held for both men and nurses. Th e entrance hall, staircase and each of the three room have been suitably decorated.
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Figures that Count
The fo ll o win g re turn s rcr rese nti ng t ,, - lye months' wo r k o f t h e Pl ym o uth an d D istric t Jo ho J\mbula nce c rv icc s p eak fo r thc m sc k es. 560 R oa d \ cc id e nt cases ; T,09 9 ' Oth er Ac ci dent an d udd e n lllnc ss Cas s , " m a ki n g a comp le te t o ta l of 1,659 cas de a lt with th ro u g h o ut o n e rea r co n s ti t ut e a r ecor d of ervic e of whi ch th e Pl y m o uth a nd u ni ts ma y well be proud.
The d ai l y and hou r ly records will probably be of interest t o other units.
R O:\D ..:\CCIDE."'TS undays, 46; Wednesdays, 74 ' Sa t urdays, 10 2 Ivi onday , 80; Tuesdays, 8 Thu r sdays, 83; Fridays, 92;
HOCRLY RECORD. Other AccidenlJ' and Sudden /lllJessu.
I Sattlrdq)" October 16, 1937.
by N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.A., il I.B., lU.R.C.S., Etc., Swrgeon-in-Chief
LADIES AND GENTLE1-ffiN ,-Yo u have had your official welcome from The Order' and we are a-rateful to Colonel Sleeman for his kind words. Now, as Surgeon-in-Chief, I would like to thank you for the way in which you have responded to my invitation to attend this Week-End Conference.
Letter from the Chief Commissioner.
First, however, I have a letter which the Chief Commissioner has sent to me, and which he has asked me to read to you; and I would add that he has expressed to me personally his great regret that he could not be with us at our Conference.
His letter reads as follows : " I am extremely sorry that I cannot attend the Conference of Bria-ade Sur- b geons on account of an engagement of long standing to return to Scotland to-night. I particularly regret that I cannot attend this representative gathering, as I have liked to have expressed to the surgeons my Sill cere thanks for their devoted services to the Brigade.
" As you know, I always mention, when I have to speak about the Brigade, that, were it not for the whole -hearted llssistance of the medical profession, we could not possibly have reached the present high sta ndard efficiency. distinguishes the Bri gade. public author1t1es recognise that efficiency, wIth the result that we are entrusted throughout England, Wales, and Ireland, with the organisation of first-aid wherever it is required.
"The service rendered by the surgeons is of a different nature to that rendered by the other members of the Brigade, for, in the case of the latter, it is something quite different to their profession. It is a hobb y and a change from their normal duties, whereas in the case the they in their spare time are really exerClsrng theu normal duties.
" I would like, particularly, to thank the surgeons for the large amount of work -which they do in connection with the competitions. This has resulted in a high standard of skill, whereby the interest of all has been maintained at a high pitch.
" I would further thank them for their assistance in connection with the A .R.P. Scheme, to which I attach the greatest importance. It is largely through their help that our side of the scheme has been able to advance so far.
" Another task which they carry out so well, and is invaluable, i s the lecturing and examining. This must entaIl a Jarge amount of work in their spare
time, for which all the members or th e Brigade must be grateful.
" Finall y I wish your Confer nce the ucce ss which it deserve s . I am sure that it \lo m afford a ,raluabk means of discus sing common problems."
I ma y add that we are sending telegram our lo yal gree tin g to the Sub-Pri r, who p erso nall y deputed Colone l Sleeman to welcome yo u on behalf of The Order, to the Chief Commissioner, whom we thank for his kind lette r, a nd to olonel Charl s Joseph Trimble , wh o is the enior urgeon, and lS still serving in the Bri gade whi ch he joined in r883.
Annual R eport q( SlIrgeoll-ill - C)Jifof.
Last year I gave an account of my stewa rd ship to the Di st rict and County Sur ge n at th eir fi r t Conference ; and b y so doin g I initi a ted a procedure which , I be adopted b y ucceeding Sur geo ns-inChief. Thls year I render it to y u becau se, after discussin g ways and means \\'ith the Brigade ecretary, and other members of H eadquarte r s taff I have invited s ur geons of a U gra d es in ngland, \,Vales and to me.et m e h e re, partly that I rnight fi nd OLL[ theu difficultI es, and partly that we might become personall y acquai nted.
My job i s to increase the efficiency of the medical service; and our jo b -yo u rs and mine-i s to work for the con tinue d well-being of the Brigade as a who le. th en, I .want all grades of su rgeons to appreCIate tha t Bn ga de Re g ulati ons recoa-ni e them a. masters in the ir ow n departm ents. has b ee n t oo much diffid ence o n the part of some of rou, and especially of Div isional Surgeon, who eve n think that the y are jus t figureheads. That time h a' long since passed. Our work is grO\v in g at a tremendou s rate; a nd we have grea t responsibilities for seeing that the teachin g shall b e of the bcst, and for carrying ou t our duti es as m e mb ers of the techn ica l sectio n of the Bri gade
Throu g hout m y Br iga d e career I have felt (and often. said) that th e sur ge on s were n ever o-ive n a fair d ea l by Brigade, District, or Count y and only last year I reproved th e Brigade Sub -Comm it tee on this score. As I was shortly afterwards prornoted to I had t o work out my own plan of actlOn.
Conse qu e ntl y, I decided that a ll new l y- app o int ed surgeo n s should receive a p e r so n al lette r from th e Surgeon-in-Chief. The first point w hich I make in this letter i s that if the ne w surgeon is a ske d to wor k
for nothin g, there are 35 other members doin g the same thin g , for thar is the proportion of su r geons to total m mbership if my arithmetic is co rrect. Two other points which I s tr ess in my letter of welcome: deal with uniform and notepaper.
There was a time when su r geons seemed afraid to wear uniF rm; a nd in this connection I note with atisfaction that urgeons of the you n ger generation realise that it is an honou r to wear Brigade uniform. I t br i n gs you int o closer touch with you r Divisions; a nd 1 well remember the fir t time ] turne d out in uniform and how proud my Divi ion wa to have me with them on public cluty.
ext I emphasise th<.: need to usc official stationery in 'OU Briga Ie correspondence. I low many of you wrote LO me on p ri vate notepaper with reference to thi Far t 0 many 1 You should alJ nlake usc of officia l stationery; and you should sec to it that your nam sand ae!dre .e. appear on the paper. Further, if, as urgeon-in- J receive a letter written on Brigade ane! if I know that my corre pond I1l aLa wears uniform, then I have po irive cvidcncc that he (or she) is a keen and efficient surgeon.
'hurd) after my promot ion, I \,'cnt a step further; an 1 I brought out the b oklet, on « Duties of ' urge( n," which ha. proved most useful to my I'll q o. c. \X'e ha\'e some copie here; and, if any of you ha\ c neyer S en it y u are free to take a copy tn-day.
\ n( ther thing which 1 found \Va that the C unty u rgcon was not being recognised as he houle! be. ,'0 1 "rarreel to end them official letter . and I han: be n a plaguey nuisance to them . I found them \vork to do ; and I urged th em to do in their Countie or \ r a. \.:hat I \\·a doing from Brigade Headquarters name ly making per onal c ntact as far a. is possible.
Finalh', lao t \'ea r we had the first onference of Di. trict 'and C;unty urgeons from wh ich"\\' w nt away fcding that we had don good \v ork, and that we w<.:re the better friend. for having met.
Tbra 1)f/1l1Jomblc DIJenls
that Conference, thr e memorable thin o ha \ 'c bappened an d hould be noted.
First, at the B rjgade J ubilee R eview, Her Majc't) the ueen, when as your repres ntative I wa pre ,ented (() her, was graciously pleased to comment on the work of th Brigade, and its surgeon with these w () rels :
., 11 leas 1 )'0/( /JaiJe I be sali4a(fiOIl 0/ klloll'ill!! tbal . )lo/lr 1J 1o,:k is greal(y' appr;'cialerl."· . 'ec( ndly, you re. ponded 0 well to the invitation to be in pected at th sam R view that two day before the e n t, the hief ommis ioner a ked me to decide f or, or aga in t your taking part in the march pa t. 1 S yo u know, 1 accepted' and 1 \Va. to ld afterwar d s that the Compan y of urgeon ( 1I8 s tr o n g , includin g 7 ladies) led the Bri ga d e in a manner which earn ed favourable comment fr om the o nl oo kers.
Thirdly, it has always struck me as a slur on (he surgeo ns that till now the ; \nn ual Report of the Bri gade has conta in ed no special statement dealing with medjca l matters as these affect the whole Brigad e. You wil l therefore, be pleased to hear that in the T93 6 R eport you will find a review of the medical work contributed by myself, together with an analysis ()t the medical strength compiled by my Secretary, who is a better aritbmetician than I am.
R e.w/lflions oj La st Year's Conference.
J\t last year's Conference, we passed four rcs{JI Lti(ms which we submitted to the Chief Commissioner, with the following results:
The first resolutiorl wa that, except in circum"ta nce certified by the Commissioner, no re-examination should be conducted by the Divi siona l Surgeon. \fterwards, someone wrote that this was an insult to D ivisional urgeons . I t is nothing of the kind, because Brigade Regulations require the County Surgeon to conduct re-examinations personally, or, at least, to nominate the examiner. The Bri gade Sub-Comrnitrec \va sympathe tic and later approyed this resolution.
J Io\\'eyer, the County Surgeon s are doing their work o plendidly to-day that this difficulty is disappearing. The econd resolution was that, where necessan' , fe-examinations might be conducted by a Surgeon on the 1\ ociation list, so as to prevent the unfairness of putting on to the D ivisional urgeon the onus of rejecting one of his own member. This also \\'a sympathetically considered and appro\' ed; and it ha been acted on in certain cases
The third resolution provided anocher succe s fIn tbe Conference. orne of you in Countn' di triCL have been fi hting for year·s to obtain for mixed cla e of in truction; and you were further handicapped by ha,-ing to face the' expenses of two examination. You will be plea ed, therefore, [Q know that in special circumstances you can now hold your mixed class, and furthermore you can al '0 ha,-e one exarrunatlon
The la t resolution aimed at building up a of fir t-aid films. This proyed a difficult undertaking; and 1 fear that \\-e ha,Te not got far in this directiol!. DlllieJ
Once again I empbasise thar all ranks of , urgeon.: are rna ters within their commands' but- as 0 oft n happens - th y must not be bacb\'ard in coming forward. In other tbey mu t gi\Tc tangible e \ idence of their wi h to undertake their re ponsibilities in order that they may their priyilege:. Tim \\-a. when the po , L of urgeon-in-Chief and his \ sistant were held by m n who ho\\'e,-er l'fnminent in ouc profes.ion, wer 6gureheads a hr ,'is the Brigade wa s concerned, and the r cord.: ar sil f1( about the doing , of mo , t of I redec '0[,. Ele, n year. go, however, Th Ordet: promot d my late chief, 01 nel larencc I. Ellis, to Brig adc H adtaff con equ nt on the need for exp'([ control of th technical aspect of the Final Cnmpetitions; and thu it fell out that h wa th first
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Divisional Surgeon to win his way to Surgeon-inChief. In like manner, my assistant and I both graduated as Divisional Surgeons, and h ave passed through executive posts to our present positions. Of course, yo u all know Dr. Bentall as the A.R.P. expert. I would add th a t he has proved an e::-<cellent Assistant; that he carries out what I ask with speed and efficiency; and that in his A.R.P. wanderings he is able to make contact with surgeons and so link up all branches of our work.
The post of District Surge on is now what it used to be, because, owing to the large increase of personal and public duties, the Districts are bein g divided into Counties which work in direct connection with Brigade Headquarters. Further, and for the same reason, the Counties are again being sub-divided into Areas, each of which should have its County Surgeon. Consequentl y, there are to-day only seven D is trict Surgeons, of whom five are attached to the Irish Free State; and the post of County Surgeon, in my opinion, has become the most important in the technical section of the Brigade. Incidentally, I will whisper to y ou that during the past ye ar I took steps which resulted in our getting rid of two Coun ty Surgeons because they were not pulling their weight, and because there were keen juniors qualified and willing to take over their duties.
The County Surgeon is responsible for countersigning forms B.F. 7 for the appointments of Corps and Divis ional Surgeons. In this connecti on I am told that already I hold the record for referring bac k these forms. I will not approve them unless the y are endorsed by the County Surgeon, for the simple reason that I look to him to make friends with his juniors at the outset, and to take a fatherly interest in their careers. Only thus can we maintain that personal contact which is so essential to our voluntary work. Incidentally, I had to send back a B.F.7 last week for verification of name and sex of applicant; and I found that " A lexandra" was, in fact, a mere man!
The other duties of County Surgeons are the conduct (or at least supervision) of the annual re-examinations and the control of the technical side of the County Competitions.
The duties of the Corps Surgeon are the same as for the County Surgeons, except, of course, that they are on a smaller scale. The Corps is not an essential link in the Brigade chain; but it does serve a useful purpose, especially in the smaller towns.
The prime responsibility of the Divisional Surgeon is the proper instruction of his unit; and g reat i s the debt which the Brigade owes to these officers! Once again; I want to emphasise that the strength of the Brigade rests on the happiness and prosperity of each individual unit, and that the strength of the unit depends on the close and cordial co-operation between the Divisional Surgeon and the Superintendent. Further, the surgeon is the senior officer in the Divi-
sion, and, a such, is Chairman of the Divisional Committee; and he must carry out his duties if his unit is to flourish.
To-day I have not attempted to deal with all the " Duties of Surgeons," because time will not permit, and we have ye t to di scuss the problems which have been placed on our agenda for your decisions. 0 I will now close with the request that you should all read, mark, and imvardly digest my bookl e t on the ubject, if you have not already done o.
(A flfrther ar/icle ill this series-" 1I7stmclion/ro))J (/ LcrylllalJ's Point of VjC1})," by District Officer E. T. Milb,-1m, }})ill appear in olfr jaI7HOIJ' is.rue .)
St. John Clinic and Institute of Physical Medicine
The number of treatments g iYen in the Clinic durin g November amounted to about 12,000. In addition to the ·weekly post-graduate lectures given at the Clinic every Friday during the " 'i nter, a special refresher course was given in connection with the Briti h Po tgraduate Medical School, and 25-30 students from all over England attended.
This contingent, having been ntertained to tea, made a tour of inspection round the Clinic, conducted by Sir Leonard Hill, and watched the yarious treatgiven in the different \\'ards. After this th y attended the lectures given by Dr. Philip Ellman on "Physical Medicine in the Rheumatic Di eases (Assessment of Physical and other 1cthods)," and expressed great enthusiasm
This lecture had attendances of well over 50 students, which is very encouraging, and goes to show how much the e refresher courses are arpreciated by the medical profession.
This course of lectures is held everr Friday until the middle of 1ay, I938, and 'new wishing to attend are cordially invit ed, and should they require any further particulars t0ese will always be sent on application to the Secretary. The course ic; entire ly free of charge.
South African Colour Presentation
Our cover this month shows the Consecratioo of the Standard given b y Major-General Sir John Duncan, Chief Commissioner of the St. John Am.bulance Brig ade at home, during hi s recent visit to South Africa.
The presentation to the units was made by H.E. The Governor-General, Sir Patrick Duncan, Knight Commander of the Commanderr in Southern Africa
ST. JOlIN Al\IBULA CI':<: BRIGADE JEWISfI DIVJSJO DINNER AND DANCE
The St. John Ambulance Briga de No. 30 Eas t London Division, the Brigade's onl y J ew sh division, held a dinner and dance at Stern's LIOld, i\,fan ell Screet, Ald ga te, London, E. Photo s hows: - 1\ group at one of the tables. Left to right (start in g 4th from jeft) Mrs. FenLOn, Capr. 11. F<.:nton ( r\ ssistanr Commissione r cntra l \rca), Jrs. Franks, ap lo L. L. Franks (Disnicc Officer), Mi ss Walker Distric[ Superintendent), IYlr. J. 1. RafaJowsky, J\1 r. Corbett Fletcher (urgeon- in-Chief), '\Irs. panjer and Mr. J. Spanjer (flo n. President o. 30 East London Division)
SNOWDOWCOLLIERY
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Air Raid Precautlons
By W. C. BENTALL, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Air Raid Precautions
Staff 0 f1i.cer to -
Especially for Surg-oeons the
SCRGEOK S IN REL\.TION TO THE I STRUCTIO T OF THE G El'-TERAL P UBLIC
It is really remarkable throughout \vh.ole country how confused the procedure for mstr,uctIOn of the general public appears to be, and I say this several weeks of travelling through many countles and meetinO' maIl) Municipal Councils and many S.J.A.B. officers. - Reall y the procedure has been stated by the Home Office. in NO.5, which, if carefully. read, save quotatIOn here, and allow more speCIal adVIce to the Surgeons of the Brigade.
In the Brigade, under advice from the Home Office, we have been preparing for two and a half years a staff of instructor.s by special courses and carefully devised examinations.
When the BriO'ade Officer in charge of A.R.P. in any area is for instruction for the genera l public, he should nO.t be expected to apply, to Brigade Surgeon holding a Grade 1 Instructor s Certlficate to conduct such a course of ten lectures-?or shou ld he do it himself, but he should seek a of lecturers, each as far as possible a specialist in his subject. Firstly, the S.J.A.B. <?fficer should municipalit'i- who has aked hlffi for If they have 'any CA.G.S. instructors, and If so, t o suggest that he should be as ked to take the lecture on Decontamination, or the A.R.P, scheme as developed in that town. Again, he should ask the repr-esentative if they have. any local Grade 1 Instructors to take one o r two suitable lectures, then to our own men, he should consult the Surgeon, eIther his own Divisional Surgeon or, preferably, the Count y Surgeon, as to the best doctors to lecture on the War Gases, symptoms, and treatment. Then amo n gst the lay Brigade members, a Grade 1 lecturer the goc:d sergeant-m ajor type should be found. to mstruct 111 Respirator Drill, and a bmlder or architect to lecture on First Aid Posts and Protected Rooms. So the healthy feeling is maintained amongst all concerned that we are not trying to grasp everything for Brigade. This procedure will de£1n.itely accomplish three thing s :
( I) It will prev ent the possible suspicion we or any member of the Brigade are amuous to keep instruction to ourselves.
( 2) It will cement the necessary spirit of co-operation amon gst all bodies concerned.
( 3) It will widen the interest of the public amongst whom each lecturer will tap a different circle, In the preparation of your lecture, be sure and have your note headings clear, and never read a lecture.
II Correspondence
Chief CO'J1unissioner
Cast your mind back to the types of bad and good lecturers of student days-avoid the former, and copy the latter. A hva ys put your on a blackb ard as a syllabus of what you are gOl ng talk aboutit will' keep you and the clas from losmg yo c::r w.a y. Fire the lecture off in your study, carefully con Idew: g your approach to the subject, and the you wIlI use. If you have not time to do th e thin g , 1t IS wiser to let another man tak e t on to save a fiasc
The Sur a- eon a ked to lecture h uld carefully not e the subject b of the precedin g lecture, and also that of the fo llowin O' lecture in the course, and make refere nce in opening the former, and in cl o ing to the making some remar k s uch as 0 have made very clear to you th e ubJ ect of o-an d- so i n your last lecture, and I am following that n by taIkinO' to ) ou about C So-and-so "-d o not create the by action or hint tl-:a.t YOll are an isolated lecturer. ex t in imp ort ance IS t well comb out from your ,1, ell-prepared lecture 0 1.1 r usual professional appr oach , phrasiology and word wluch () naturally flow from us! The bed ide manncr should a-ive place t o a touch of the popu lar cO!lledmn, and will have class in th .ho ll ow ot your and what you say In the latter Sptrl.t :nll be while much sai d in th e former Splrlt w111 be At the clo se of a doctoe s lecture I ha\"c otten heard the following question s asked, " '\ .hat do you mea;; b y sepsis?" C \Vhat is the re plratory s),stem?
" What is a lesion?" C \'X 'hal do you mean by a compress? "
At some point duri ng you r lectu rc (and this to all le cturers), make some reference to the cxamJ.nation at the end of the cour e, never en large on ltS severity, alwa ys take it for granted t.hat eve.ryon.e will sit for it, remembering that our pnme o bJ ecl ts n ot t o create the impressio n of what a wo.nderful s u bJect it is, but to populari se th e whole sub ject, and so b:, widespread interest and knowledge, [0 decrease the possibility of panic ga ever be USC? )
The next article of thi s senes WJ ll deal \\'l th , \. R I. examinations.
otice of Sur geons i s direct e d to a s mall " r\da s of Gas Poisonin g," reprinted b y Hom e Office, and largel y of extracts from th e large" Medical HI s tory of the War.
This pamphlet is priced at I S ., obtainable from Hi s Majesty's ' Stationery Office, J",lO gsway, London, W.C2.
'It is specially recommended as of use to OLU d oct rs.
To I/;{' .L:,dilor, Tm: T J OlT1\., 1\ \JB 'L.\. Cleo: GA%ET'I L D EAR ] have often wondered what is the reason that the t. John \mbulan ce Bri gades retain their present me th o d of s tr etche r drill formation, instead of adopti ng the R. l \ ,lVr.C method, adopted, I think,. in 19 28 I \ S a drill instructor of many yea rs cxpenence, and takin g t hl' clecpe t intcrest in stretcher drill, ome time ag() I tried out the R. \ .J\1. ,. method with two teams, and a ll agreed wi th me tbat it \ as a better method, for severa l reasons, among t hem bein g , 1 o. 2 ( t. J ohn formation ) j always in position for liftin g the over ob!:>tacks, load ing an ambulance, houlder carr) in( t etc. ha\ in o neither to run around the nn the (Take pOSt," or run back again \\ hen the IT10yement is completed.
Then again, in LIppI)' stretchers," the mO\Tement i performed smo tbl)' by two bearer, instead of the prcscnr clumsy me th od of C lope arm" tr le , mostly to t hl' detriment of electric light g lobe s and sha d e when l1l'r!'ormed in a ha ll.
In carr) ing a patient a long di stance it is casier for the bl'arn to change oYcr, allowing aL 0 for the four bLar cr<; to carry the tr tcher.
From a ceremonia l poim of \'ie w, \\'ith stretchers, in coh.lmn of routc, there i certa inl y no compa ri son, t.he R.\.\L meth d being morc spectacular, and all o \\ '$ Ll1L' strelchers to be changed from one pair of bcarer s lo the other pair w ith the greatest case.
Du rlng the recen t or nation elebration , in Kew Zealand in which lh e t J hn Ambulance Bri gades look part in the I roce i n in the \-a rioll to\\'n, I wa . wId thal in \ llington the B rigade carrying tretchcc in the r. J ohn . \mbula ncc formation, attempted (0 change tr tchers on the march, \\ ith ludicr us a nd clumsy r su It s, \vhilc my Bri ga d e (with the permission of the ExecLltive fficer s) marched in R .l\.M. ,formation, the s tr e tch ers b eing cha nged with the greates t ease and preci ion, and the display wa warmly app lauded and favourably' commented upon th public.
Th en again, throughoUl the Empi re [here Il1U be hundreds of ' t. John l \.mbulan cc Brigad e members wh belong a ls to branche s of th e T rritorial uruts of the H. l\.M.C., th reCor ha ing to usc two diffi rent type s ()r s tr etch r d r ill, and in the cyem of \-var, membL r S of lh e Bri ga de s would of cou rse have to lea rn the R ,, \ ,M.C method.
1 tru l I haye made myself quit e cl ar in the foregoing remark and will look forward \vi th inte rest to your rep ly why the St. John .t\mbulanc e Briga d s tjJJ relain their present method.
Yours faithfully,
C II. B T ll LR, J erf!,MIII, j apiel' Oil lisioll, J.j. / I.B. (OIJeI'Sea,r)
To the Edtlor, THE ST. JOll" G
I am pleased to have thi s opportunity to ans\\ (;r your correspondent from apier, :c\ew Zealand, whr is evidently an ardent member of the St. J ohn Ambulance Brigade. There are too many points in his letrer to permit of a brief reply.
In the first place I would refer him to our Brigad e:.: General Re gula tion: T he latest edition of texrbooks, ".0. fan ual of D rill and Camping for thl St. John Ambulance Brigade," published by the St. John Ambulance Association, will be used for instruction in drill. I n the beginning of these B.G.R. the following paragraph appear s :"His Royal Highness The Grand Prior has be en pleased to anction these re\' ised regulations, and to command that they shall be strictly observed by all ranks of the t. John Ambulance Bri gade."
This means that the introduction of am' other form of drill is therefore out of order.
Our present drill manual has been compiled from " I nfantry T raining, 1926," and" R.A.:\LC Trainin f,', 19 2 5," and has been in use for all units since 1927.
The late st R. .:\LC ,Manual was issued in OctOber, 1935, and diffe r s very little from this earlier manua l of the S.J. .l\.B.
If \I'e Con ider the reason for stretcher drill, the carrying of patient, \I'e may be the better able to weigh the merits of thi or that method.
Le t us tart with the actual lifting of the patient \\'ith three bearer on the left of the patient and one on his right.
In practice this has been found the easiest arrangement of bearers for the lifting of the patient on to t he bearers' knee, and allo ws the fourth bearer to place the tretcher beneath the patient and to ease the patient on to the tretcher. This arranO'ement of b earers i the same in both manual. In the t. John Manual this settinO' is the ba is of Our drill, and in m,opinion is quite efficient. The introduction of ambu', lance car ha eliminated the need for Our memberto carry a loaded tretcher a di tance long enough to call for the nece it)T of changinO' bearer.
Your correspondent' reference to expenence on Coronation duty a little urprising Our London exp erien ces in thi eyentful year may perhaps be of interest t o him.
On Coronati n D a\ - Ma\ 12. \, -e dealt \vith about 10,000 asualti \,-ere in mo ( ca es pick d up on the roadside, and in a large majority of ca e ,placed on to a tretcher with a mirumum amount of drill. On bear r usually found it necessar:: to pr ced. th loaded tretcher thr ugh th cro\\-d 'ometim s thirty d ep, 1 a\Tlng one bearer t o watch the patient.
The patient \Va tak n to on of the casualty clea.cing tation b hind the cro \\ 'd, and d ait \,-ith by the
sta1:f on duty there. If it were found necessary to move the patient to hospital this was done by car. I cannot therefore understand the attitude of the critics in a town in New Zealand In all cases we must consider the welfare of our patients, and method in drill must take its proper place.
Our First Aid 1fanual, last edition in I 9'; 5, also gives us a yery clear definition of the method of the Brigade in stretcher drill, and also calls upon us to be resourceful and discriminating. We therefore must meet our needs in emergency by the most suitable means at our disposal.
SYDNEY J. W .-\R REK.
Surgeons' Week-End Conference
(Th e r ecipient the following l etfer has as-ked /1.1' to publish it.)
DEAR GEORGE,
I was so sorry you did not come to the Surgeons ' Conference. You missed something really good, and your prophecy that it would be a (C wash-out" was all wrong.
Colonel Sleeman welcomed us at the Gate, and the Chief-as we all call Corbet Fletcher-and Bentall, with White-Knox, Milburn-the Chief's Secretary, and Wrigglesworth, did the rest.
I will show you the programme when I see you and tell you all the details later, but I came away with my eyes opened.
I have always felt that Brigade Headquarters, on the medical side, was rather unapproachable; but now I know otherwise. The Chief wants the cooperation of every M.O. in the Brigade, whatever his (or her) rank. We were all asked to take part in the discussions, and we did; and if at any time we want to write to him for advice we are to do so, but on ojjicial paper.
You know how surprised Brigade H.Q. was when we turned out in such numbers at the Coronation Review. I think that the same thing has happened over this Conference. There were about a hundred and twenty-five of us-all ranks; and we were so enthusiastic that we all agreed that it should be an annual affair. Make Sllre you come next time and bring your Divisional Surgeons as well I
The old idea that the M.O. was an accessory to the Brigade has now gene; and it is realised that the Brigade could not get on without us. So take care that your Divisional Surgeons run their units with the active co-operation of the Superintendent, and not the other way round.
Another thing which I realised forcibly was that the County Surgeon has the real well-being of the county in his own hands. He must keep in contact with his Divisional Surgeons-just as the Chief .does with us; and he must help them to get ideas to' keep up Divisional interest throughout the whole year. Not always an easy job.
It was a very cheery show. We were genuinely welcomed, and were made to feel that our work wa appreciated. It was well organised; and we learnt a lot. Personal contact does more than all the letters in the world.
Forgive me for writing this when I shall see you so soon; but I had to tell you what you had mi sed, and how much I enjoyed it.
Yours ever,
r. H. 1:<.:.
P.S. - RemlJ:1d me to tell you of :Milburn's story of the flr on the [eiling, and of \Vhite-Knox's grucsome faking of injuries.
OVERSEAS NEWS
INDIA
L.lHORE.
From Dil;is/olJal SlIperiJJ/mdm/ J..Akshllli 1. araill 1 ·'ald.
The following arrangements were made dming the visit of Their Exce llencies the V icerov and the Marchioness of Linlithgow to Lahore (;n October 22 and 23,1937. First r\id posts \-vere constituted at important roadside junctions, etc. Ambulance car, which were kindly placed at disposal by the Punjab Provincial Centre, t. J. .A. (t,vo), and the T.W Railwa y (one) \,'ere stationed at the First Aid posts, and were kept ready for transport of accident cases. First-Aid materials and refreshment to the t. John Ambulance Bri gade workers were very kindly supplied by the Punjab Provincial Centre of the t. John mbulance Association, who a lso placed at di posal the services of their First 1\id instructor, Dr. Din Mohd. Our Distr ict Surgeon, Lieut.-Colonel \\1. Ro sStewart, e.I.E., T.M.S., kindly informed us that he had made arrangements for one of his civil medical staff to be in readiness at the civil dispensary available in case of emergency.
The Divisional Superintendent of the F.e. College and Government College Am bulance Di"i sions were unfortunately not free to undertake ambulance d u t)' on the dates in question, bu t all available members of the F.e. College Ambulance Di vision and of the Government College Ambulance Di\ ision readily responded to the call, and in accordance with your orders, I took charge of the entire arrangements.
There were no major accidents to be dealt with. Thirteen minor accidents occurred, and were promptly attended to by Ambulance men on duty.
Obituary
The Chief Commissioner regrets to announce the death of Divi sional Surgeon and Superintendent Dr. G. H. Crump, Northern Wairoa Ambulance Division, Auckland District, N.Z., deceased May 6, I937·
( Continued on page 38 2
Liverpool Corps Officers' Mess
The newly-formed" Officers' Mess" of the Liverpool Corps held a dinner and dance at the Constitutional Water Street, Liverpool, last Saturday, the 20th 1nst. The event was so successful that in all it will become an annual affair, and great :redit IS. due to the Mess President, Corps Officer F. C. Wl111ams, S.B.; the Mess Vice-President, Mr. W. J. ?race (President of entral Division), and the Comrruttee, viz.: Dr. E. M . .i.\1aca lpin e Di visional .uperintendents D. J. Dee, J. Tabernacle, Lady DiviSIonal Superimendent Mr. J Iall, Lady l\mbulance Officer :Miss M. Jeffer on ,\mbulance Officer \XI. H. special prai e to Divi sional Superintendent r. Armltage for his splendid arrangement.
Amongst the many pre cnt were Dr. W. Cairns (County urgeon), W. G. mith, O.B.E. Col. E. impson (A istant loner), the R eI'. Powell ,;,\liller (Hon. Corp haplaJn), and 1r. tockron Adamson (County ,ontroller of the British R e d Cross ociety). .
. dinner Colonel D . C. Leyland Orton ( orp upenntendent) propo cd the toa t of the" Order.»
The movement, he said, was the olde t order of in cxistenc , its record going back to the <; l.xth cen.tur)" ,,,hen it \Va a hospice for Christian I?dgrlm In the , it),. The fir cru aders in 1099 found the hospltalln full \\.'orking order. In the outh i\.fncan '\. ar there were no fewer than 2,046 member of the BrIgade (out of a tota l membership of 8,2,33 ) engaged In the good \.vork, 61 of whom died from tllne.
In tnc European \X 'a r the number \'\,'ho en-ed with the amounted to 26,950, of whom 1,077 died. ommlSSlOner \Y? C?'. mith resl onding, said that the , ork of the Bngade had much influence with the peoples of many nations and creeds . I ts member. ,vere. t at the hospi tals and camps for the parush vicbms; at. they were een among th e sufferers of the ; In the ruined city of Quetta te.nded e stncken by the earthquake . and I_n India, Chnstlans, J ews, and other creeds w re fund working under the \\ hite Cross.
Dr. Murray Cairns proposed" Our Guests" which was replied to b y I\1r. Stockton Adamson (B'. R.e. .) and Councillor E. ]. Deane.
Durjng the evening a telegram was rcc ived stating that the Exchange Cadet Ambulance Division team had won the Fleetwood Fish Merchants' ssociation' mbular: ce Shield in co mpetition ther , and Jater in evemng this team arrived at the dance with th e shield, and A. ':Mos , the team's captain, was conby the County Surgeon (Dr. WI Murray Calms) .on the team's success, and also shook hands ar: d pralsed the boys sepuat ly. A great welcome, as them.
CADET NEWS
To all Cadets we wish a happy time this Christmas, and a very and successful ew Year in your and In your home, with "lots" of opportunltles to do good. Make the most of them.
The words and actions of even the smallest of us counts.
I.t is the actions of each individual that makes the natIOn. We each have our little part to play. Be worthy of the badge you wear.
. The First .L id Competition for Boy Cadets for the FIsh Merchants' beautiful trophy was held at Fleet:vood on Saturday, ovem?er.20. This competition IS open all Boy Cadet uruts In o. 4 District.
The Wlnners were Liverpool Exchange Di,-ision. The test was a vet): interesting one, and the judge were yery pleased Wlth the high standard of work. .
FOR GrRL CADET COOK
Gr:\'GER S;\' AP 4 02S. of butter or margarine.
8 02S. of Rour 1- lb. of moist sugar. oz. of ground ginger.
A little golden syrup.
..liethod.-Rub the butter into (he Rour, add the sugar and groun:I ginger. 11ix into a paste with the - yrup. Spread thinly on greased (ins and bake. When done, cut into strips and roll round the finger.
The Order's Librar), and
The intere t taken in the :;\lu ceum well mainramed, the nUI?ber of visitOr for the -ear ,,-ill be largely In excess ot that for la t ,-ear. -
.l \s it ha: b en the holiday period little has been added to ,either the Library or ,;,\iu eum, but Dr. e. O:tton, Kl11 O'ht, ha given a leaf from an iilumina[ed l111. al of the 15th century. Colonel \\. L. Beale has O'iYe? a gold equin of Grand .:\faste; Pete! d \u bu on, 1 780. ,;,\1ajor H. A B.aJbi Commander, ha gn-en hi \,-ork on (he ieO'e of [alca, 15 6,5 and E. J. Kin O', ha c add d to hi collectlon of coin of the Crusader tate a be7ant of Bohemond I , Counc of Trirolis: [197- 12 3'
Walworth Dhrision
(?wing :he numerou r quesL from orncer of :-anous DI\"lSI0n of the, r. John Ambulance BriO'ade In c:>uth London, cour es in First Aid and Home Nut :n preparation for the Brigade Certificate EXamlnatIOn ar bel!1O' held at th W al,,"orth ' l' l b 1\ en, nstltute. .ntormation from W. T. Jame ,1Le. :f\LA. at theJn 'tltute, John Ruskin (Junior) L. .c. chool. Bere- ford tre t Camberwell, .E.).
The Grand Priory in the British Reahn of the Venerable Order of the Hospital o{ St . John of Jerusaleul (Aulbulancc Departtllent)
THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS
(A ll previolfS Brigade Orders all this slfbject are cancelled. )
Under the tenns of the Horne Office, Air Raids Pr ecaution c Department, Circular Letter of July 9, 1935, and the TO. 1 of 1935, The Order of St. ] ohn anG The Bntl sh Red Cross SOClety been asked, and have agreed, " that their organisations ,,-ill so far as practicab le be placed at the disposal of both central and local Goyernments to supplement officia l resources."
Local uthorities, upon whom the main onus for the general organisations for this important work of -,\ir Raid s Precautions is laid, have been advised to consult ,"vith The Order and The Society upon such matters as come within their respective provinces.
This is work of national i.mportance, and work which is also of vital personal mterest to eyery member o[ the commufljty
Feeling that special trainin g in the .subject is o bviously necessary in order. that .the Bngade be in a position to carry out Its obJects as defined In Clause 5, General Regulations, a definite sylla?us .has been produced, covering instruction, -and the g ranting of certificates to thc:se who qualIfy ; this is circulated herewith, to be studied and followed b y those concerned in organising such training.
- Copies of the Go:ernment Handbooks on the subject as may be a'nIlable should be and used The y can be purchased as requued from the Stores St. ] ohn Ambulance Association.
1. GEl'.TERAL CON TROL OF T RAINING
Civilian An ti-Gas School and Grade 1 Instructors, acting under the direction of the Chief Commissioner thro u gh the Commissior:-e,:, will ha:e control of, and responsibility for, all of Bng ade personnel.
With reO'ard to the trali1.li1g of personnel for .local first aid (firs t aid parties and staffs for 6rst aid posts) i t has been agreed between the Home Office and th e St. John Ambulance Brigade that the Brigade will bear the cost o f trainin g its own including persons who have taken a course of A .R .P. instruction, and are speCla IJ y recruited to supplement the ordinary members. Where there is a shortage of personnel for thesc purposes and further members are re quired for the A. R.P. Res erv e, the H ome Office has recommended that the l ocal authority shou ld assist in the arrangement of classes to enable th e necessary preliminary .training to be ?:iven
2 R ECOGKITIOl\' F A Tl-G \S I'J TRl' TOH.:--.
Extracts from Horne Office (A.R.P. D epart m e nr)
Circula r Anti-Gas Training, dated ] uly l a 1937:It has been decided, as a r sul t of experience ()f tho se who have pass ed throu gh th e ivilian ;\n t iGas chool, that an instruc to r wh o ha b tained a Second Class cer tificat e a t th e chool may b e used for the same purpo es a one 'who has obtained a First Cla s certificate. The distinction bet\\· en the tWO sho uld be regarded merely as one of qualil:. A first cla s instruct o r should b e lL ed in pr fere l1 cc where he is available, but where no 6rst cla instructor is avai lable a secon d class instruct or may be u cd for aJl purposes of local training Both may b e d e cribed as 'Instructor (C .G .. ). RecogmtloJl IS aha g"'eII as illdicated bela]]" 10 Grade Ill stmctors of Ihe ft. joh" AlJIb1llaJ1ce Brigade, and the 13riti ch R ed Cro s ciety. The Secretary of Stat e i g lad to tllat the St. John Ambulance Bri gade and the Bntl h Cross Societ y have agreed to ex tend thel r examH1ations for instructors to per ons o th er than th eI r o wn members and to award a certificate a Grade (Exte rnal) Instructor.' These will be reco g nised by the H ome Offic e a.s to tl-:c orrunarv Grade I In struc tor s. It I S belIeved that thl ' for External I nstructors will of value especially to indu stria l and c mmerClal _ establishments which need to secure for members ot their st aff's a recognised qualificati n as anti-gas ins tructor. "
" T o g ive the Voluntar y Ai d Course or the hort Course : Instruc tors (CA G.S.) and Grade 1 Instructors (i ncludin g External of the t Tohn Ambulance Bri g ad e or the Bntl sh Red Cross Society ."
Grade 1 Ins tru c tors are recog ni sed by the I l ome OffIce for g iv in g public anti-gas instruction.
Home Office re co g nition is not g ivc n to Grade 2. In structOJ:s of the Briga de for purp oses of in s tructiol1 on behalf of a local authority or t o the general public.
The y may, however , be utili sed in. the training. of members of their own Bri ga de unIt, and as sIstm g CA.G .S. and Grade Instructor s in all classe s.
3. CIVILIAN ANTI-GAS SCIIOOL (CA.G .S. ) .
The primary ob ject of the School i s to train in s tructors, the main courses, are of two weeks'
duration, and cov e r th e who le field of civiJjan antigas preca1.lti ons.
Home Office all ocates to th e Briga de tw o period s of two weel-s each annua ll y a nd the Commissioners are allotted a certain number of vacancies for selected members in rossession of Grade I ce rtificat es; 1I0t Ollfl' 55 'years oj and /1 IJ' r.rsel/llOl Ihal cal/didaleJ 1)III f/ be passed medicallY fit 111 all res/Jecfs before t/Jeir J/allle.r are ,fNbmitled 10 Ihe C/.;ief CommissiOJler.
The School fees and tran: llin g exrenses are met by th Bri ga d e.
Commissioners sllall keep a \ 'V'aiting List of those selected and cJigible to be nominated.
The allottcd to the Brigade is usually the month ot "\ ugust . The Channel of Communications for those \I,'ho qualify still remain s as laid down in Brigade R egulations.
4 · Tn OF BRIG \ Dr. \. RY. I STRL'CTORS : CR \DL r.
Ca) Persons eligible T/.;o.r r II/ embers oJ the who /)al'l: a p,ood rttllldtlJ'd oj edllcatioN, aJ/d are deftllite!J ' rapable oJ leadJil(!!, and ler/mil/g.
(b) l\umbcr of hour' instruction- not less than nine, plu n t 1c than two hours' instruction and practi ce in Re pirator Drill. If and when financia l Of other considerations make it necessary this course ma) be comprcs cd inlo not less thar1' one and a half days.
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t' ) 'yl1ahu,> will be ba cd on H andbooks ' os. I) 2 and -1, and the V. \ ;. lIabus (Para. G) with special 1 1 ()ims lntroc.lucecl relati\ ' c lO leaching and lecturing.
Cd) The test paper (\Hill e n, lecture, and o ral) \\ hi h contain in trucli ns, \\'ill he is ued b\' the Chief Commissioner. Th e Itcilln leJI a)Jd oral I/;/IS! be l'olldllcltrl firsl dlld oJlty Iho l( who obtain 5 p CI' cellt. ii! Ih e. I( IJJ 'O .m/:j('(IJ (all be allo)l'(' r/ 10 ,ri t for tbe JJ'ritttll
The \\'ritlen papers will be returned to the Chief Commis ioner for rnarkin lT [()rretber \\'ith he mark obtaine 1 in the oral te -ts en terecl on \ .R.P. F -I
The examination shall not be helel at 1'$ th an se\ C'n da y' interval from lhe end of tbe c ur e The examinati on mLlst b condLlct d by a i \.C or Crade 1 ln structor appo i ntecl. by the Commissioner and \y jU consi t of :-
i. A w ritl en paper of fOLlr (Ill stioos for whicb one hour sba lJ be allowed if n.:quired. marks 100. ii \n oral t , t of not less than 11\re que tion \, [ax. JOO.
iii. \. lecture t st for w hich paper are dr awn up.
(J) The percen ta ge of mark. Cor a pass will be 75 11c r cent. under each head of c. -aminat ion, i.e. \nitt n lectur ) or oraL
e.g) The COULC and th xamination must b e held b\· aLlthorised in tructors and examiners, and at a I)jace, approv d by the o mmissioner.
Cb) The result f the writt en examination will b notified tn th e Co mmi ss io ner on \ .R.P./P 5 and
Jnstructors' Certificates will b e issued to successful candidates b y th e Chief Commissioner.
(i) .In the event of a candidate failing to gain marks in the written examination but gains a pass In the ora l and lecture examination, such candidatc may be granted a Grade 2 Instructors' Certi6cate.
INTE -SIVE COl RSE FOR I :-\',)TRCCTOR S (a) Cour.res ill London .
The in order to provide for advanced l.nstructlon for those unable to spare the tIme or OWlng to lack of vacancies are unable to attend the two weeks' course at the Civilian Anti-Gas School will arrange for week-end courses at the Great Central fl otel, London, commencing at 2 p m. on Saturday and fini shing at 7 p.m. on Sunday during the winte'r months. Fees are payable by BriO'ade Lnit or indi"idual attending the course. b
The Commissioners will be allotted a number of yacancies for each course and those desiring to attend should make their application to him at least 21 day s preceding the course it is desired to attend. '
These courses are also open to non-members of the Brigade.
Dates of the courses "\vill be notified to the Commi<;sioner well in advance.
(b) Provillcia! rr7cek-end COl(rs eJ-.
On reque t the Chief Commissioner "\\'ill be glad to \,'eek-end cour es in any pIO\'incial town tor the Brigade, Chamber of Commerce, or other tablishments or Organi ations
). OF BRIG mE A.R.P. I:-\' TRCCTOR : GR-\DE 2.
Co.) The instruction hail follo\\' the same aeneral line as laid do\\-n for In tructors, Grade 1, bexcept that the written paper is omitted from the examination.
Cb) Th examination hall be conducted by an examiner appoimed by the Commi sioner hi, Ii [ of In structors Examination paper \,-ill be supplied the Chief COlTImi ioner.
(c) The percentage of mark for a pass will be 75 per cent. under each head of examination (lecrure and oral).
(d ) A eruhcat will be i ued to each succe ful candiGate by the Commissioner.
(e) On i sue of each certificate the Commissioner will forward to the Chief Commi ioner noti6cationof-i sue lip V,>... R.P. C 2) together \"ith on copr of \ R.P. /F 2.
(f) Holder of Grade 2 Cerci6cate ma,' one month after date of examination, with the apfH'Oyal of th omm issioner, sir for Grade 1 examination " i[hom further in truction, a)/{! t/.;(')' ]Jill I/o t bE' rcqJlired to Pa..H tbe ami test Ultt thfJl will /.;alJC to PlUS t he lecture alld lJ'rittell teJts.
The investiture of members of the Order on the roll of the Priory on O ctober 20th, opened with prayers by the officiating chaplain (the Bishop of Llandaff) for peace, for the King, for all the Royal Family, and for the sick and wounded.
Then standing and speaking slowly and with due solemnity, the Duke read the exhortation to the 43 mem b ers invested, and presented 29 votes of thanks.
Nursing Offi cers of County and higher rank, Lady Presidents of County Areas and certain Headquarter
Represent atives were presented to Her Ro yal Highness, the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales, who afterwards presented a Colour to the Brigade.
An important item of the programme of this memorable occasion was the Presentati on of a Brigade Colour b y the Duchess, who figured at a Priory function for the first time as Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales. The Colour was consecrated by the SubPrelate, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, in the following words: " As a Sign and a Symbol of Duty to God and of Service to Man, we dedicate this Colour, and pray that they who shall behold it may be called to a ne"v loyalty in the help of men in their time of need. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." The colour party consisted of Corps Superintendent C. Lennox (Barry and District Corps), Divisional Superintendent A. J. Jenkins (Cardiff Emergency Di vision), and Sergeants W. J. :Thomas (Cardiff City Division) and J. Stephens (Barry Dock Division).
ffi1,ffiERS INVESTED.
AS KNIGHT OF JUSTICE.
Lieut.-Colonel Evan James Cory, O.B.E., M.D. (4.10 37) (From Knight of Grace), Hospitaller of Bridgend.
A S DMIE OF JUSTICE.
Lady Ada Mather-Jackson, O.B.E., J.P. (I9.II - 36) (From Dame of Grace), Lady President, ::Vfonmouthshire Centre.
AS KNIGHT OF GRACE.
Professor George Knox, 11.I.LE., F.G.S. (4.6.37) (From Commander), Direcror of Ambulance.
AS COlvl11ANDERS (BROTHERS).
Hugh Sydney Cann (4.6 37) (From Officer), Assistant Commissioner, Borough of Swansea Centre.
Lieuc.-Colonel Claud George Cole-Hamilton, C.M.G., D.S.O., Chief Constable (4.6.37) (From Officer, Commissioner, Brecknockshire Centre.
John Harries Davies, F.A.L.P. A (4.6 .37) (From Officer), Ass istant Commissioner, Rhondda Centre.
Theodore Gibbins, J.P. (4 .6. 37) (From Officer), Chairman, Glamorgan County Centre.
Charles Ernest Salt, M.B ., Ch.B. (4 .6.37) (From Officer), Commissioner, Denbighshire Centre.
Sir Robert John Webber, J.P., D.L. (4.6.37) (From Officer), Member of the Priory Cbapter.
AS COM1L\ND ERS (SISTERS).
Lallie Cornelius Griffith (4 .6.37) (From Ottlca), i\fcmbn of Ambulance Committee.
The Countess of Plymouth (4- 6.37) (From Officer), Member of -\.lmonry Commit tce 1\ OFFICERS (BROTHERS).
Gwilym Ewart , \eron -Tbomas, D.L. (22 .5.36), [ember of Trans port Committee.
John Wilford Coopcr, L.S.A, <+6. n) (Fr m Brother), Divi'ional Surgeon, Kenfig IIill Diyi - ion. \'{i illiam Bryn mor Davies, J.P., 11.E. (22.5.36), Cbairman, Rhondc.h Centre.
John Owain El'ilnS, C.B.E. (4.6.37), ;-'kmber of Committee.
George Thomas Guest, Chief Constable (4.6.37) (From Scn in),! Brother), Assistant Commissioner Denbi ghshire Centre.
Charle Hen ry K ee n (4.6.37), :--lember of Finance Committee.
George John Rowlands (4.6.37) (From en ing Brother), Count\ Officer, Borough of ewport Centre.
Captain Sydney BoOth Turner, M.R .C. ., L.R.C.P. (4.6.37) (rron Serving BrOther) Assistant Commissioner, aerph ilk County and. Headquarter "\.R.P. Staff Officer.
.-\ OFFICER ( I TER ).
The Hon. \Iastair Cooper (22.5.36), Lady Pn:s ldenr, Hn:ck nockshire Centre.
Miss Evelyn Harries (4.6.37) (From c.:n ing Si ter). Di\i - iom l Superintendent, Llanelly ursing Divi ion. j\fiss Bertha Price (4.6.37) (From Sening i tLf), Lady OLlnt \ Officer, Carmarthenshire Cemre. :--fiss Estber Rees (4 .6. 37) (From St'fying Si ter), Gdy Corps Superintendem, Llanelly Corp.
Mabel Luc y Turner (4.6.37) (From Saying ister). LIth County Officer, Gla morgan Counry Centre.
1\S SERVING BROT! IERS.
Thomas Ackel)' (+6. 37), Corps Inspector of Storcs, Abem\'(JO Corps.
William Powell BoJman (+6.37), Corps c.:cretary, Lower Rhondd a Corps. r\rden Henry Coppage (4.6 .37), COUIHY Officer. Brccknockshin.' Centre.
Artbur Dayi es (4.6 37), County Officer, Glamorgan County Centre. Benjamin Evans (4 .6.37), Di"isional uperintcndcnt, Mae reI! (Central) Di vision.
Theopbilus Har ts horn (4.6 .37), Corps Tn:asurcr, South \\' aIL, Border Corps.
Ebenezer Tbomas Howe (4.6.37), Corps Lower Cynon Valley Corps.
James logs (4.6.37), Di isional Superintcndent, P o ntl ottyn Division.
Phillip Thomas J cnkins (4.6.37), 1fembcr of Ambulance Committee.
William John L edbury (4 .6.37 ), Corps InSpl!C10r of Srorc.:s, R.hondda Corps.
William Jame s Li trle (4.6.37), Corps Treasurer, I s lw yn Corps. John Charles Parker (4.6.37), Corps Treas urer, Upper Cynon Valley Corps.
Alfred James Powell (4.6.37), Corps Inspc.:c tor of Storcs, ewporr (Mon ) Corps.
John Phillip Prell, :"'vLR.C.S., L.R..c.P. (4.6.37), Corps Surgeon, Dulais Valley Corps. Norman Carlyle Richards (4.6.37), L\ssistanr Commissioner, Area.
Andrew Morron Robe r ts o n, M.B., Ch.B. (4.6.37), Divisiona l Surgeon, Ynysfelo Division. Edward Williams, Chief Constable (4.6.37), Assistant Commi .sioner, Caernarvonshire Centre. Tudor Williams, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (4.6.37), Assistant Commis.ioner, Ponrypridd County Area.
AS SERVING SISTER.
\'flS S Alice Annie Rosser (22 6) LID' l.ardifTN D'" ·5·3 , acy IVl s lonal Superintcndcnr urslng IVISlon. OF VULLU\( VOTES OF THANKS.
Llt:ut.-Colonel John Edward f Jcnry Da v ics D.S.O :vI R C S (4. 6 .37), Member of Chapter' S : : ·Ch·· 'f' 01' Wales. ' urgeon -lJ1 - Ie Da,id IdTre"s J\{ E (f 6 ) Off 'al \f \nthracit·. C 11 " C' ·37 , ICI - essr, [hc ; \malgamated t: 0 IC ry ,ompan\' Mrs. BhnJ y Jcnkin (6 ) II Lbnharan Division. 4- ·37, onoratr Prc.:s ldc.:n t, Brynna and Dl1.'l\·idCJoncs (4- 6 37), Offici a l, \fc ssrs. The ; \nthraeilc Itry ompanv.
D avi d John Thoilla \( F (6 ) narchog Di\ ision. s, 4· '37, r Innorar} Mcmbc.:r, \[acsT Or- PRIORY VOTE OF TIf KS. ,Wilham M.I (22'3.37) Di\:isional d C lyda ch and Dlstnct DiYisioll.' urt:rtntcn t:1lt,
D:l\ IJ 1):1: \l.C:, J,P., F.R.C. (iz·3.r), .\fcmbc.:r of thc taA.
John \L \1. (zz.3.37), Oi, isi onn l uperinrcndcnt. Br\ llunman Dlvlslon. 'J
Thcophillis (z:!·3.37). \bertillc.:rr \[on. Thomas Hoehn (22·3·37), Di\ isinnal uperinrcr;dc.:nt Taib'lch Port Talbot Division. '
Mrs. Il ann,lh ll yde (n 3·37), Lad\' Di\-i ional upcrilllcndenr, \b reynon lIrsing Dil ision.
Mrs. Ann. 01',1 Jcnkin , O.B.E. (22.3.37), Membcr, \bcrd :l n.: Ccnrrc ommlttcc. .Bcnjam in John (22·3·37), i-,!cmber, Pcmbrokeshire cntrt: Commlttcc.
E.van John Jon es (22·3·37), 1\m bulance Officer Durrryn \m m DIVISion. . •
Lcmuel Jones, J.P. (22'3·37), \s istant ommissiollcr \b:.:ravon County Arca.
J ohn Kingman (22·3'37), Corps ccrctal-Y, Cardiff nnd Dlstnct Corps.
Cbarles Mitchell Kitto l\l.F. (22.3.37), Corps Trell.'urer, Riche Corps and A.R.P. Oflicer:
David Lewis (223 37) Ofli' I \,( \ th C 11 ", Cia, " .lessrs. fhe· Ama gamated , n racltc 0 lery Company.C Bternard Evan Mabcrley (22'3·37), County Offi cer Cit\, of Cardiff en re. .
David Owen ( ) D' I Divi s ion. 22·3·37, IVIslona Superintendent, Godrergraig Elizabeth Paule y (22·3·37), \.mbulance Sister Barry l\'ursing IVlSlon.
Mfg. Mary. II. Phillips (22.3.37) Honora ry Pres idenr, united anonal urslng Division. James Powell (22·3·37), Bandmaster, The Helingriffith O .CY:il Rogers (22 3·37), Ambulancl! Officer Caerphillv G W R JVlqon. -' Pcrcie George Smith ( 22.3'37), :\lcmbcr Rhondda Cemre Com mlnee ,(2Q·3?)! former Lady Divisional Super- enlJg I -..urslng Dlt"l Slon.
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1 ,20r CtO er, 1937
lohn Charles Tad r (p D' ,'-' 1 Oi"i'i o n -.j.) Hll ona CcreLlry, ero " KC\5 \\"ilJi :U11 Jobn \\"nJr'rs (,? '- ) C T Corp. -_.)., orp urer, Lo'\'\'er Rhondda Joseph \\ ren \22'3'37). Ambulance Officer, Griffith to'\\'n Di,i,ion
PRE TO HR.H. THE OF L.\D\ FOR \\'. \LELADY PRESIDE! T the. 'D:lIne omm.1nder of CI't,' ot- C J '11 of the Bntl h Empire (Lnd\ Pre-idem a [I entre , The Lad\, Blyth '''oo d (Lad\' Pr "idc nt G C \) L d' \cl :. '. - ' 0\\ er oum\' - rea .\ of the :\Lost Excellent Order r e h 1 C mpl rc; juStlCC ot the Peace (Lad\' Pr>sidem :'[on mOut s lire entre). ' ,The Hon. l\{rs. Alastair Coopcr (Lad\' Prc'id'm B 'kn k'b· Centre). <,;. rcc oc:; Ire ( Continued Oil page 3 69)
Interesting Case Reports
CASE RE pORT No_
134. - Th e Offic er- in-Cha rg e o f the County o f Hampshire S. J.A.B., th e report submitted by Di,-isional Sur creo n R. Re yn o lds Garrett on th e good \vork done by m emb er s of the Bastlei g h D iyisi o n in conn e ction \v i th th pani sh Refugee Camp established at Eastlei g h f rom t o September, 193 7, as f oll o w s :
On 1ia y 2. 3 so m e 4,00 0 r efugees arriye d in E a tleigh and w ere camped in a thirty-acre field in or th Stoneham, one-third of \vhich w as mar h y g r o und. About 2.3 0 'wer e adults, th e rest r an ge d from ab o u t 5 to 16 year s o f age.
Divi sio nal Superintendent E S. Guppy go t int o communicati on \,-ith the 1iedical Officer of t h e Camp and offered the sen-i ces o f the Di,-i sio n, \\Chich \v ere readily a ccepted; and arran g emen ts wer e ma d e to have officers and men o n dut y a t th e cam p. Duty was commenced on M ay 25, and from then OQ"\,-a r ds unti l the closing of the Camp on Septembe r 18, ambulanc e dut y was performed regularly.
Arran g ements wer e made to h av e as man y men as possible on duty in the evening b e t:v.7een 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., and two men from 10 p.m. to 6 a .m. Extra men were on duty during the week-end s The men on duty at night w ere in charge of ledical Tent NO.2, with instructi o ns to call the d o ct o r on dut y if necessary. The r e v;as little or no discipline amon g the refugees; and t heir habits were objectionable i n the extreme, and o n Ma y 26 it was disclosed th a t ther e were ca.ses of typh o id fe v er amon g them.
The men were at their own work durin g the day; and therefore the night work was a g reat strain on them. So I approached the Medical Officer o f the Camp towards t he enc:l of June and sugge sted that perhaps it was no longer necessar y to have the men on dut y all night. He was m o st emphatic in his reply, saying that he placed g reat reliance on their help; that the matron and nurses felt so much safer with them about; and tha t the effect of Brig ad e uniform had a ve ry salutar y effect on the children. The men handled cases of measles, scarlet fev e r , and scabies, as well as the u sual medical and accident o ne s ; and some of them were wisel y inoculated ag ainst typhoid fever.
There was great lac k o f or g anisation in the Camp; and the Brigade men did mo st u seful w o r k . For example, one drenching night I went up t o the camp and saw, near the entrance, a small bo y about six years of age, sittin g on some wood, wet to the skin, with a sodden blanket on him; he was shivering with cold and wet I took him to two different administration tents, wjth no result. A Brigade man came on duty at that moment, and immediately took charge of him and got him fixed up. Knowing the camp and
it inhabitrults as well a I do I have no doubt that there were many similar cas es in 'which our men wer e called upon to put matters ri g ht.
Ther e are 34 m e mber s of thi s Divi sio n, a nd th e t o tal number of hour s of duty p er fo rm e d by th e m \;I.-as 3,051.
I think that th is ac bl v ement i a m o st c re ditable o n e especially wh e n i t i r em emb er e d that th e re wa: typh o id fever in t b e camp, and tha t th e unpl eas an t habits of th e r ef u gee r e nd e r ed th e r i k f in fe ction a ver y real one; and 1 a m p lO ud to b e th e ir D iy is io nal ur g eon
Cm.n.f EJ.'J.T -This report -,peaks for . (Ind all thai reillaitJ s f or JIS ill the l!ame oj the is to le llder cordial cOllg ratlflatiollJ to tbe alld lIIelllbers tbe East/el(Jh D ivisloll 011 t/Jeir mos t efjicifll t clctioll , JJ 1hich TJlaJ ill f lfll accord J1 ith tbe b(f[,hest tr;ditiollJ tbe Orde r St j ohn .- C. F.
Questions and Answers
Fo ccn F ITTIN G \V S. (Barnsley) . - I wou ld be plea ed if yo u \ o ul d g ive me a list of th e e xac t content s o f th e Br iga d e pouch There has b ee n mu ch di eu io n on thi s pa rt in o ur Div isi on r e centl y, an d It \va st a te d that la t eh its contents have bee n' cha n ge d. \'(/ e ha \ e loo ked thr o ugh" G en e ra l R eg u latio n s,' but ca n fin d no thin g ab ou t pouch con t e nt th e rein. } -Of.( will jind a list of pOllcb /itlillg.r ill " D I'tSJ' Re,wtiatic17s f or 4V1bulallce CO IPS alld DilJisiotls , ' a!/d 1/ )'O f( lo ok lfP B.O.657 (December 12 19 34) )'014 will jill(/ ibat t hi_r waJ a17Jende d Iij the additioll of one s/l/all boltlf of f al T"olatife and one small JJleasure glass - C. f. -
AL C OH OL P R t..: I AC ID Por aN I' c; V S. (Luton ) - l sh all b e pl eased t o h an: yo ur opinion with r egard t o the use f alc o h o l in Pru ss ic
Acid Poisoning Th e T ex tb oo k i ns t ruct s u s to g i freel y brand y " On th e othe r h and, th e Mi nist r y o f Health publicati ons tell us n o t t o give alc oho l, c g ., see "The Fumig ati on of hip s with H yd rog en Cyanide" ( Septemb er, 1937, H.M Stati o n e r y- Office) , where the main fir st aid t re atm e nt is g ive n a a r ti fi cial respiration with oxyge n, the antidote being m ag nes ium oxide followed b y p e rmanganat e .
In the A.R.P. co ur ses a lso th e re is no me ntion o f brand y in. the tre atment of p ru ssi c acid cas ual ties.
W hen rendering / irst aid as a member oj th e Brigade , or a .r a certificat ed pupil o f the Associa tion, YON JJJust fol 101v th e instructions of the T ex tbook, which is 'your auth ority for action. Rumour has i t that the revis ed Textboo k 1J}ill no t advocate the administration of alcohol 111 thes e circuJ)l Jlance s , -N. C. F.
(CoJ/ t inlied f rom page 36 7)
II lrs I n k: \,- Philipp (La d y Pn;sidcnt, P e.:m brokcs hin Ce n re.:).
1\lrs. \\' .I. Can to n (L ady B oro u g h o [ J\l e.:rt h yr TycJrd Ce.: n n .:).
\frs I) \1. Eva n s -Jj (;\ an Lath il r(;s icient, cath County rca).
\I rs. I; l.I ewe.: lli n J acoh ( La d ) P res id ent, B ridgen d Count)' A rca).
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i\l rs. II :lIn iton i ngIt.:Jc\, (L ady ('mint)' Supcrintend<..:nt, RhQl1dda Ct.:ntre.: )
;\1 rs. \I. II. L1 <..:\ t.: lI yn ( Lady ,ountv upcrilltcndent, Carmanht.:nsh n; ( (, Ilt r )
\I rs. Bickcrton Lad\ up<..:rinrendenr, P<":I11hrokt.:shirl C Clllle). '
\I rs. L I r lurn R1Cht.:s ( L ad, COUI1l\ Office r , Glamorgan Count, Cl·IH r<..: '
Bcrtha Price ( Lath County Olli Ct.:r, Carl11anhen s hire Centre )
I ath Hndl1l"\ ( Lady OrTiet.:r, / nnnvlurh s lrt.: lCl1lre )
\I rs .' H. Turnt.:!" ( Lad,· f:oUIl\I O fficer. lounn· ( Lntl"t ,
\I r \1. I.ucas, 1<: mber I)f thL \Iust ,cdlent Orde.:r of the.: Bntish I 1I1'll"C ( Lady COUIl[\ ffie<..:T, Cin or ardiH Centre )
\lt s..; c. \1. C. Richards ( Lacl\ (.o unt \ Officer, (it \ of Cudiff (.cnUL
Iis I . \I. Pmchard \\ dliams ( Lad \ COL l1n 0 Tiea, .it y of Ctrdifl ( CI1 ' I(; )
\l rs I D.l\ ICs (Lad y Otlicer, \bLrdart.: Centn:)
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\f rs ( ) llldlliS ( ILlnhLf ut \mbubncc Committee
\f rs. C,cr.dd Brucc (.\!ember of \mhulanct.: CommittLe ) :jizabLth, Lady Cory, ommandu o l tht.: OSt I- xccllcnc rdcr ur th e British Fmp rc ( \k mber o( \Imonr ommittt.:c.
I \ L'I:l L OHI t ( \ss is mnt t.:cr<..:(ar;., Prinn for \\ ale:» CENTRE REPORTS
Dl-" BI ,11 I rTH.I (1 -::-- TRC.
Tr ib u[cs w the ofEcer a n d me n of t he 'ol w \, n Ba\' yo lunt a r :. \m b ul ancc Co rp s for the ready
In wb ld: t h e y h ad o f th e n cw l yrm ed .Co h",:yn Bay DI YJS 10n o t the B ri gadc t o qu a li fy t o r rcg lstra t lOn, w e re p ai d at a j im supper, o \ er wblC h the 1\ fa yo r , o u nc ill or ll enry P ar r \' , J.p. , pr e idctl. , 1\ n cnth us ias ti c w elco m e w as giv n to 1\ [ r. T.
Gu st, C h ief ons tabl e of D enb iah s hir e , a nel / '..ss i_ 0 t a.nt omml lO n r t o r th a t o unty , w h o pr se nt ed
FIr t \I el _and J\.R.P. c rtlfi ca tes }1 g av e a v iv id acc o unt o th c t errible p os, ibiliti cs of an air raid an d point e d oU[ th a t e en Jo h ' n Bar si tu at ed as i; was o n th e \'\!es t coa t, could nO[ co n s{d er i tse lf safe. A n p oi nt o f 1\. R.P. che m e h e w a pr p a r1l1g w as th e es ta bb shm ent o f F ir st r\ i d P osts a n d
Casualt y Cle a rin g Sta ti o ns and th is \V a w h ere th e .first aid 11"1 e l1 w o uld b needed.
The ( olwyn Bay D ivision, registered thi s \ ear , ha, mad e an excellent beginning; and the members are actua ted with a fine spirit of service In response to an appea l b y D r Pari H uws , flfteen members volunteered t o act on a pane l for blood transfusion at the local hospjtal.
Other likely de,-elopment s in the County to be expected shortly are ne\\.- D i'l.-isions abour to be re g istered at and possibly Ruthin.
L.\\lORG \" CO(J:":Tf CE.."TRE. Hall Opening
The first ambulan ce hall to be erected under the g ran t scheme of the Commissioner for Special -\reas was by the H on. John H . Bruce, J.P., D. L., P rlnclpal ecretary and Commissioner for \\ales, at R e o lven on O ct ober 9. It was pointed out that t he D ivision was indebted to ':'lrs . Jenkins, Presiden t f t he D ivis ion , and ;\ 1r. D ':'1. E,-ans-Bevan J.P., COffiffii sioner fo r G lamorgan , who had made tanti al dona tions to the b uilding fund; and the Commi. sioner congratula t ed the D i'l.'"ision on not beina too ambitious an d deciding on a mode t building of£500 rather than saddling themseh-es with debt at the Outset. D iyi ional Headquarter gave a en e o f permanence to the w ork of the B rigade.
\\ jl liam J enkins aid the yalue of the m o vement w as nor realised There had been a remarkable ac\yance in am bu lan ce work in ce the time he \,-o r ked unde!grou n d, an d w hen a scarf and a piece of material cut tro m his ja cke t w ere u ed a b andao-e , \,-hen he w as in jured .at w ork. \. mong tbose al 0 w ere )'1.r. Ben .R ichar d s, 1\ I r. R . T. Prytherch (Di,-isional uperintendem \',," \.. T hatcher , ;\1 r. J. R lCha rd s, :Mr. D. R eynolds M r. \\' T. Richard s, 1Ir. D. J. j o hn , Corp urgeon D r. :Mc Cl u re, )' Ir. R Ge ar s 11 r. D J. E Yan. and P olice uperinten de m YC D oo lan.
lVe!.rOIJ Preselltations
.l \.t a m ee ti ng hel d at the ocial Centre Hall on ov em be r I, m em ber _of the on D ivis i o n paid tnb u t e t o th e e rnc e ot t ,,-o officers of the Bria ad e 0 lr. O\V n J. Hu g he , tor m r e cre tar y of th e Lin d sa \Corp s, wh o ha s r e igne d o win g t o ill-hea lth afte r years, and 1Ir. Sanl u el H ughe s, wh o h a b een e cretary o f th els o n fo r 12 years.
Dr. G. Pari Huws County Officer, Dcnbi g hshir , propo se d the toast to olw y n Bay V o luntar y \mbulance Corp s, w ho r efe rr ed to th e Co rp s as t he" S ilent Se rvic e," as i t w o r ked qu ie tl y a nd effici e n t ly w i t h out pa y r:n ent or rew ard. It was to b e congr atu la ted pa rtJ c ularly o n th e fine m an ne r in whi ch i t h a d come to the ajd of the new Co lwy n B ay D ivis i on of the: Bri g ad e, w h ic h they had he l ped to train. Respond ing to the toas t , If. H Anderton, Chief O ffice r of t he Co r ps , sa id a very happy relat ionship exis ted between the two orga n isati ons . O t h er speakers included :evIl'. T. E.. Purdy (Cha ir man of the Corps ), 11 r. F. H. ,utcl dfe, J.P (Vice - Chairman) Alderman Ro b ert Howard (Mayor-e lect) , and D ivisional Superimendent p , W. L umley.
The Hon. ,Mrs. J. H. Bruce, who deputised for her husband, the Principal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales, presented Mr. Owen Hughes with a clock, and 1Ir. Samuel Hughes with a china cabinet. Mrs. Bruce also presented certificates and other awards to members of Nelson Ambulance, Nursing, and Cadet Divisions.
Dr. R. H. Terry presided; and the Assistant Commissioner, Dr. S. B. Turner, referred to the sense of loss shared by all on the retirement of 11r. Hughes on account of ill-health. Councillor T. Jenkins proposed thanks to the visitors.
C':)'ltatlt Divisional Headqllarters.
In the presence of a large number of Ambulance men, nurses, boy and girl cadets, 11r. D. C. Williams, on behalf of Messrs. W. D. and D. C. Williams, the contractors, handed a gold key to 11r. D. M. EvansBevan, J.P., County Commissioner, who declared open a new Ambulance Hall at Crynant.
The Rev. D. Emlyn Lewis, B.A., Vicar of Crynant, presided at the function inside the building, supported by Dr. C. Armstrong, JP., Assistant County Commissioner, Rev. L. M. Lewis, County Officer John Richards, ex-Superintendent of Police Rees Davies, Corps Superintendent W. H. Sinnett, Corps Secretary D. J. Down, Corps Treasurer M. T. Richards, Mr. S. J Lloyd, general manager, Messrs. Evans and Bevan, Ltd., collieries, and a number of Divisional Officers. In his opening remarks, he emphasise9 the desirability of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the human body, and in these days of prolific accidents, it was becoming a practically essential knowledge. He hoped that the hall would fulfil its important purpose, and he wished it every blessing.
The Rev. L. M. Lewis, Salem, said that he was an old Ambulance man himself, and was very interested in the movement. He hoped that the Division would not rest on its laurels, and wished them every success.
Dr. C. Armstrong, JP., Assistant Commissioner, presented a silver cigarette case to Mr. Bevan, as a souvenir of the occasion, and a token of gratitude for the permanent home provided only by his generosity. Mr. Bevan, County Commissioner, said it given him great pleasure to assist in the erection of the hall. With the completion of one now in construction at Aberdulais, there would be a chain of halls from Cadoxton to Banwen, a record without parallel for a wide area. He trusted that the hall would prove to be most useful and beneficial to the Ambulance cause in Crynant. He expressed appreciation to Sir Charles Venables Llewellyn for so kindly granting ground at a nominal rent, and also to the contractors for a great deal of free service done by them.
PEMBROKESHIRE CENTRE.
Pembroke Dock Awards.
Lord Merthyr, as Centre President, presented A.R.P. and First Aid Certificates at a well-attended
meeting at Pembroke Dock 011 November 3 ; and in the course of his address, pointed out that the two types of awards typified the manner in which the Order of St. John maintained an age-long service, and at the same time prepared itself to meet the most modern emergencies. He complimented those who had qualified.
The Centre Pre ident was accompanied by Lady lvlerthyr, both of whom were warmly welcomed by the Chairman, the Rev. D. D. Bartlett, M.A.
Mr. David Thomas, Secretary of the mbulance Class, reported that all the nineteen men who sat the examination were successful, and the result of the A.R.P. Class was equally satisfactory.
E\"S IN BRIEF.
Lady County Officer Irs. S. B. Turner has been appointed Assistant County Controller for Glamorgan, in which capacity she hopes to recruit several new detachments from ur ing Diyisions in the lamorgan County Centre.
lvliss 1. M. :Metcalf, R.R.C., Lady County Officer (Reserve), City of Cardiff Centre, attended the service at the Cenotaph on Armistice Day, as representing the ursing :Mem bers of the Brigade in Wales who did active service overseas during the Great War.
Liverpool" De Vere Shortt" Competition
The" De Vere Shortt" Cup Competition was held at Liverpool on Saturday, October 23, 1937, and was won by the Edge Hill Goods Team \.vith a total of I9z t marks, working on a handicap of 14.
The Liverpool Waterloo Dock Te am were second with 181 marks, handicap 3.
The judges were: Team Test, Dr. W. Duncan; Individual Test, Dr. P. L. Regan.
WESTHOUSES.
The Westhouses Class was revived in 1936 after a lapse of 14 years, and 18 members out of zo were successful in the examination. This year it is announced that 2Z members sat for the test, and all were successfu l.
CA1-vfDE
The biggest, brightest and best of the annual presentations of awards arranged by the Committee recently took place.
The chair was taken by Mr. C. ixon, who wa accompanied by Messrs. Tand y, Reynolds, and Milburn.
The following awards were distributed; 13 certificates, 4 vouchers, 7 medallions, 5 I labels, 4 15-year gold medals, 120-year gold bar, 3 25-year gold bar, and I 35 -year gold bar.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade News
No. 1 (PRINCE OF WALES'S) DISTRICT.
Under Sttperintendent Sier, members of of Kensington (70) Division, in conjunctIOn WIth the i lir Raid Precautions Department of the Borou g h, took part in a mock air raid 00 ovember 12.
The members, with full equipment, paraded at the \X/arwick Road depot of the Council, where they changed into the protective clothibg to be used in emergencie, and service re pirators. Accompanying d molition and decontamination the y journeyed by car to Lots Road P ower tatlOn, where the m ck ;lir raid was to be taged.
1\ mustard gas bomb '.vas presumed to have been drol ped, and a portion of the roadway was. off den oting the contaminated area, approprJate 19n, hein g erected.
The dec ntamination squad carried out their parr of the work with chI ridc of lime and water. During this process a member of this dccontami.r:ation squad was ·\.:cn t [alJ to the ground, and was ImmedIately , re cued by the tretcher party, who diagnosed fractur of bones in leg and arm. Patient and bearers were all in full outdoor protective clothing.
ambulance rcmo\'cd the patient to the \'( 'a r\.\'ick Road DepOE, which had been fitted up as a dres ing ro m where the work \v a examined by the Ofticdr or Health, who con g ratulated' the tretcher quad on u1eir work.
The displa y \\'as gi ,'en b) tll BorouD·h of Ken : ingt n for the bend1t of \ i, tor from all parts ot the country, Jncluding members of- th British Red Cross , ocictv, who applaucled.
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\[cmber s of Paddinoton C4-5) ursing Diyi ion recently hdd a well-atccnded meeting make a l r sentati n Lad y Diyi, ionai [r. Git ha.H,]. The presentation took the form ot a plated coffee ,ct 1\1rs. Git ham retiring from the Brigad tJ1rou a h ill-health after nineteen years de\'ote d selTlce. who has come into \,>ith 11rs. Citham will join \vith her fellow m mbers in wi hing her speedy r estorat ion to health.
The Ealing Di vision has received from me TownCouncil of Ealing the 1.1111 of five guinea a a mark of the C uncil's appreciation of the work the Diyision carries n 111 the area.
Kensington ur sing Divi sion co-operated with me Briti h Red Cross Society in demonstrati ng tJ1C exhibits at an Air Raids Precalltions Exhibition held during the econd w ek in ovemb r at the l--:ens i o g-
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ton Town Hall. The Exhibition, urganised by Commander C. L. Mackenzie, R. ., Air Raid s Precautions Officer for the Borough, was designed on very simple lines, so that householders, hotel proprietors, and people living in flats could see clearly how to protect their rooms cheaply and effectively.
There was an excellent attendance.
Lady District Officer Lady :),.10untgarret, Mrs. Dunbar, Pr esident of the Kensington Nursing Divisi on, the Lady of Craig's Court and Wimbledon Di visions, and many Officers and Ambulance Sisters gave valuable supr0rt and assj ,tance.
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2 DI TRICT.
The Compton Cup Competition, run by the Southbourne Tursing Di vision, and open to all S.JA.B. ursing Diyisions in Hampshire, took place on October 23 at t. John'S Headquarters. Five teams entered.
The Team test was giyen by Dr. Bottomle\" O.B.E., .i\f.D. Two men \I:ere injured when their ladder was knocked down b,- a motor-car, one had both thighs broken, and the other a dislocated elbow. ;\.fter first aid treatment, the patients were taken into a cottage hospital, the first to a specially prepared bed.
ister Bellamy judged the bedmaking; ISter Thoma and ister Harding gaye tests; .i\1rs. Gater, :\Iiss man and :01r. Bo\\;n kindly checked the marking she ts.
.i\1ajor 1101"- , A, istam Coumy Commissioner. pre ented the prizes.
JIqrick 1'\. Di,ision, led by "'\li:: Jone, Lady Divisional uperintendent won the cup \yith 16I} mark.
SOlfthbollme ;(. Di\-ision, led by .0li _ Cox, \mbulance i, ter, ccond ,,-ith 158 } mark
Thi s Di\-ision \von the H. -. prizes gi\-en \)\\-ton Lady Diyi -io nal uperimendent.
11ajor :010rse also pre ented :0Iis Hoop r \mbulanc iter, with a Grade I .R.P. certificate.
.f\b out s Yenty , -isitor wer entertained to tea b,(he outhbourne ursing Di,-ision. Among thos' present were Dr. Bottoml y, O.B.E., .i\I.D. Coumy urgeon, hjor Morse ...-\ssistan( Count y- Commjssioner, R e\-. J. Campion, Corp ChaplaLl1, .0liss i,h, Lady Corps up rintendent, 11r. Cuff, Corp , ecretan- D r. Hall, Di\Tisional uro-con, 1li Gardiner and Irs. \\1ilson, Corps Officer-, and l\liss E,-erett and Miss Matthias, Lad\> Di,-isional uperintendents.
No. 3 DISTRICT (WESTER ).
DARLAS T O (BRITI H L E GION) Drvr IOI
An interesting function \-vas held on ovember 8 at the \Vhite Lion Hotel, Darlaston . The ladie of the Darlaston British Legion Di'dsion invited the men of the same Division to a upper a nd social evening. Divisional Surgeon Dr. Lockha rt Lowe \-vas in the chai r , and there were also present as g uests
1Ir \V. G. Berr y (Chairman of the Darlast o n U rban District Council) NIt \V. J Carter (Clerk of the Council), Capt G. W. Partridg e (President of the Darlaston British Legion Division), 11:r. E. M 11ears (Corps Superintendent of the \X1alsall and D istrict Corps) , Ambulance Officers Mr. and Mrs. Horne (Darlaston Associated \Vorks Division), and some fift y others
Capt. Partridge presented a number of a\.,-ards f o r Fi rst Aid, Home ursing, and Air Raid Precautions. Divisional Superintendent R. C. Fowell w as presented with the A.R P. Certificate as a Grade I instructor, and was congratulated on his appointment as A R.P, Assistant Corps Officer. Dr. Lowe remarked that h e was proud to think that out of all the Divisions i n the Walsall and District Corps, their own Div i sio nal Superintendent should be the one to attain this honour. After handing the Examination awa r ds t o the recipients, Capt. Partridge congratulated the members of the Nursing Division upon the good work they were doing, and their re g ular attendance to duties. He did not quite realise, he said, that they had got so far with Air Raid Precaution wo r k, but Darlaston people would be ver y g rateful to the m f o r t he work they were doing.
Responding to the toast o f " The Walsall and District Corps S.JA.B.," Corps Superintendent Mears reviewed the growth of Ambulance work in the district, which commenced in 192. 3. Darlaston Division was one of the original div ision s, but after about 18 months, came to an untimel y end. In 1928 , however, things began to move, and to-da y ther e were 12. Ambulance D iv ision s, 6 Nursing Division s, and 2 Cadet Divisions, comprising a total personne l o f 500 men, women and bo y s trained in Fir st A id work. After giving a most interesting and instructiv e address on the subject of Air Raid Precautions, Mr. Mears pointed out that the Darlaston British L eg ion Division held the unique position of being th e o nl y A mbulance Divisi on attached to the Le g ion, a distinction of which the Leg ion sh o uld be proud. H e concluded b y saying that while the Briti sh Legion w as a comparatively new organisation, the S.J A. B. w as one of t he oldest Orders of Chivalry, and th a t both should link up augured well for the futur e . Replying to the toast to the Visitors, Councill or W. G. Berr y spoke on the important position Darla ston held in the engineering world, and the di sastrous effect an air raid would hav e on the output of armament nece ssjties. He especially stressed the point of the expense of the required Air Raid Precautions, and felt -very strongl y that the Government sh o uld do their utmost to foot the bill.
"l\liss 1 Vale (Superintendent of the British Leo·jon. N Ll[slng Division) spoke of the uniforms, she said meant." service" to the wearer. The S J.A.B. \vere bUIlding up a vast organisation in this aod other countries, a nd a trem endou numb e r of men. aod \;y omen '\\-ere renderin g s rvic e . E v e r yon e should be activ e \v orkers in th e S J.A.B. The r e is n o mor e Christian ,y o rk than h elp i n g peopl e who cannot help themselve s 1\. mu sical pro g ramm e w as co n t ribut e d b v l es srs.
S. Griffith a nd J\. N1orga n.
The Iati o n a l Anth e m broug h t a m ost s ucces ful even i og t o a cl ose . o . 3 DISTRICT (E.L \ T E R 1)
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The annual co mpet i ti o n fo r t h M ar q u is of or thampton s Cup t o ok pla ce at th e A mbLl lan ce 1 Ie a dquarter s , 1:.ing Stree t, o rtham pto n , o n Sa t m el a \ , ovem be r 27, 19 37 · The j ud g in g \-vas ca rri ed o ut by Dr. J as O rr , j\I.B., Ch B fo r th e tr etc h r te: t , w h o \I,-a as is te d b y- Di'\ i ional up er in te nd em 11. l.
E d\y ard and D r. J. J M yles, .;\LB. , h .B., for th e Individua l and V iva V oce te ts , who \\ 'as ass iste d b\
A mbul a nce Offic e r C. Pitkin '
T h is co mp e ti t io n is op en t o teams \\'i thin th e a r ea of the 1 Ce ntr e , a od fiye co mp ete d . l \ t the am e time, team s fr om the K e tt er i ng, o rt harnp -
t o n, T O'v\-ces te r, and \V'el li n gboroug h Di\'i si on, of the Co unt y Co n stab u la ry comp e ted in t h e P ym C u r
E liminatin g Co mp e titi o n
The s tr etcher test wa s : " "\ deaf and d u m b man had b ee n kn o ck e d d ow n b y a motor car and upon exa m inin g hi m , h e , vas f o und to h a\'e recei v cl a d ep ressed fractur e of th e sku ll, and co m po und fr uctu re of the ri g ht leg , and was s uffe r in g f r o m ve n o us h e m o rr h age."
A ft er a cl ose a nd i n t er es tin g co m peti tio n , th e judges p lace d th e t eam s as fo ll o w s :
I st : r\o r thampt o n H ea dqu a rt e r .]. , \.B. 'ergt. H Coo ley, Cor pL H. York , Pri Ya tes R \X
Ta rry , G. Clue, and E Leig h to n , '\\.'it h 2. 6 3 ma rk s.
2n d: o rthampt o o B o rou g h P o li ce, T ea m o
P. C. Stone, P. c.s L egga te, Ilun ter, M oss, a nd
Ho r n, with 243 m a rk s.
3r d : Northampton B o r o ugh P o li ce , o. 2 T eam: Insp ect o r Go o d w in, P c. s J o h nso n, G e dd e,
D e akin, an d Gr een , wi th ma rks .
4 th : or thampt o n Di v isi on Constabul an' :
Serg t H. P eel, P.c. s Wha lley, M C. Ma yes,
F. H. Clifto n, and \ X1 Willey, wi th 20 11 m arks
5t h : T ow ce ste r D ivi sion Co unt y Co n stab u lan : r c. s ff. E , Wilfor el, W. H M o untfo r d, J. W. Kirk, A L. Thic k , a nd \Y! }-I. H a rri s, w ith [8 3 m a rks.
In the P ym Cu p Com p et i t io n, th e j ud ges placed the teams as foll o w s : 1s t, o rth ampto n ; 2n d , K e tterin g ; 3r d, To wce ste r; 4th, Welling b oro ug h.
The pri ze f o r the b es t Ind ividu al wo rk was awa rd e d to P c. L egg at e o f th e o rth a mpt o n B o r o u g h Poli ce Team, o 1.
After the re s u l ts b a d bee n aOll o un ced, th e c up and prizes we re prese nt e d to t h e w inn e rs b y Dr. Ja s Orr , a nd both he and Dr . M yles a dclr esse d a few rem ar k s t n the team s, con g ra t u la tin g t h e w inn e rs a nd comp limentin g all o n th e hig h s ta nd ar cl of t h e wo r k the: h ad ::;ee n th a t aft ern oon D r. OO n said th at th e team making th e lar ges t n u mb e r or mistakes w(nd el learn thc most, a nd wo uld p ro h a bl y be a t the top in a few years' t im e.
\ v ot e or th a n t() the d oc tors was propo ed by Corp s Sup e rint e n dent \X· I M B .E., ancl the n th > tea m s and \'isitors adjou rn ed for tea, the ca t ri ng b ei ng a b l) carried ou t b) M rs. J L Blancl, as, is te el b y from J lc adquarters D iyjsion , Duri ng tht: afternoon the compet ition was watched a num be r of ofJiccrs anel f r iend, inc luding : Dr. H. F. P erci\-al, .B. E . County urgeol1; D r. \ . H. l agu irc D i\is i() naJ urgeon; upe ri ntendent '\. orris , 'o u n t \ Constabu lan Tm,\'cester D iyi ion' \X'i lliams, _onstabulary, \X·'clli ng b o ro ugh D iv ision; \ mbulance Officer r. T. \\ ' hi ti ng , ortharnpt()11 anel _orp ergeant-'\ [ajor C;. H i n e ) of -o r thampton' Lady D i"isional uperime nd e nt \[ iss H CmdC) , 1 Icadguarters Di\-j 'io n; I .a d y Di vj::;ional 'upcrin tcnclent .;\Irs. 1. J ennings, \l B. E . Casti ll ian D i\ ision; l. ad} Ca d et upe rintcn d enr 1:3 i!linton , ll eaclquarters D i"j , ion ; f ]. Il ayward and \ 11'5. 11. I. and Lach \ m b u lance O Hicer \1 i5<" F r l owe, ' \ rrangemt:ms for the compet ilion were made b\ Co rp up u intendenl \\ '. E, ard5, '\ f. B.F:, te d b ) Centre and Corps ' ccrctary E. J. J la y"a rd a n d ofilce r" and members of the Il cadquartcrs D iv i io n.
\ polog ics \ \ crt: rt:ct'i\ ed from rhe \ 1ayor and \l ayo r e s oC .\. orthamplUl1 t he ounty Commissioner (, D r L. \\' D r} land), D istrict uperimendent (:\ lr \'C J l. ()unt) UfEccr W·. l 1. Percival \f ajo r ,D isne}', the Chief nn table of to n ( fro ]. \ "illiaITI 'o n, O .B. E.), Lady D istrict Officer ,\ l iss L. \ LB.F , Lady 'orps uperintendeOl
Us r..:.. Br ad Ford, \ R R. C., and L ad\- D ivisional ' up er in tcn d C'nt .i\ frs " Licycs ley, of pencer Di,-ision.
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Th office rs of the :\l anchc cer and a lford Corps
held t h ir te n th annual d inne r at the Victoria Hotel, \I anch estcr, aturday c\ en ing 1m mber 6.
Ca n o n F. Paton \\ ' i llia m s a u b- hapbin of th
O rd er, p ropos in g the toas t of the Corp s, referred to the ove n:v hel min g re, pon5i bilit \' of those in tluthmit\·
\\ he n th e Cm'crnment and 1\ 1.lthorities
[lo t agree on who w as to fo r air raid p recautions, hu t was g lad to note that there min'ht be ol11ethinn in th e or a com p rom ise. :-' Prera ration esse nti al, an d neg lect to ta ke cl ue pr ecaut ions, as reg ar ds th e g enera l p u blic ) w ou ld llndoubted h 1 ad t u panic, with a pp al l in g re s ult s The fact th ar' tll re \vas in th e c it )' a b o d y o f me n a nd w OlTl c n \Vh ,a cri-
(i ce d ti me a nd s t ren gth preparing to do so m eth i ng in t he event w hich t hey si n ce r ely hoped woul d never occ ur , was a source of great rel ief to the Chief Co n stable. Th ey were doing a g reat national and local se rvice, and whether they as members of the Order wore a tabard or tunic, a yisor or respirator, their spir it was the same.
The .0 f ayo r of , alford (Councillor Peter j\shcroft), proposing the toast of T he O rder, spoke of the numerous valuab le public sen'ices performed, and expressed his grali tude and thanks on behalf of the three townships of l\ fanchc<;ter, alford, and tretford.
\Ir , \'C the Commi'sion r responding, said chat the Order had been on ch ,ame work rhat it tarted for nearly 900 years, first dealing \,·ith roa d casua l ties among d1e pilgrims to and no w , throughout the BritLh Empire, milli o os had been trained in the princir lcs of first aid, home nursing, and sanitation, ready and \"iHing EO help th , ic k and suffering
\ mong oth r: " 'ho _poke D r. T. ( D l\ ijonal 'urgc()l1) olon 1 . H. S. Redmond (. \ ss istant Cummissioner), ouncillor J H. ,\1 achin ( Hon Treasurer), 11 R e be (, \ ssistam Comrnissiooer), and COt} s Superintendent \, '. E.
Naylor. Capt. N. W. Rawlings, Corps Surgeon, presided.
FLEET\VOOD.
The tenth annual competition, open to Lancashire Cadet Divisions, for the Fleetwood Fish Merchants' Shield, was held at the farine Hall, Saturday afternoon, November 20, under the presidency of Councillor C. H . Dent, Vice-President of the Fleetwood Ambulance Division. The President of the Fish Merchants' Association, Mr. H. M. Brown, handed the shield and medals to the winning team, and the second and third teams received their medals from the Mayoress, l\1rs. C. Saer, JP. The adjudicators were Divisional Surgeon Capt. S. Newsom, Dr. \'{T. Unger, and Divisional Superintendent T. R. Bailey, while the arrangements for the competition were made by Ambulance Officer J. P. Thomason, J. P. After a comprehensive test, there was a difference of only four marks between the first and fourth teams, the results being: Liverpool Exchange, 207 points; Liverpool North, 204; Ardwick, 203; Fleetwood, 201; Great Harwood, 157t; and Thornton, 134. The usual votes of thanks were passed with acclamation, after which the competitors and friends entertained to tea.
BLACKPOOL.
The Blackpool South Shore Nursing Division held a sale of work, November 19, in the Unitarian School. Miss Millington presided and the opening ceremony was performed by the Mayoress, Councillor Mrs. Qua yle, who said that the work of the organisation was very near her heart, and spoke of the leisure and pleasures they sacrificed, their reward being the gratitude of those in need of the help the y gave. The stalls were opened indi v idually b y the cutting of white ribbons suspended from the stalls to the platform, b y Mrs. Thursz, Mrs. D ye r, and finally b y the Mayoress. Bouquets and sprays were presented to those officiating b y four girl cadets, and thanks expressed to the opener and chairman b y Lady Divi siona l Superintendent Miss Smith, and Lady Divisional Superintendent Mrs. Monks. The proceeds, including donations, amounted to £26 6s., a very happ y result, and a satisfactory addition to the Building Fund. A whist drive was held in the evening.
CHORLEY.
_ Organised b y Miss D. L. Cuff, Lady Superintendent, Chorley Nursing Division, a lecture on A.R.P. was given at the Town Hall by Inspector Garth, of the Lanes Count y Constabulary, and his detailed address was amplified by the Chief Constable, Capt. A. F. Hordern, who stated that if this country had control of the situation, another war would not be allowed, but unfortunately there were other people in Europe not so stable and sensible as the British. After enumerating the dangers of air raids, he stated these could be countered to a large extent, and it was essential for everybody to be in a position to act promptly,
and the knowledge that the general public was in a position of readiness would be helpful to the police.
Inspector Garth ilJustrated his lecture with lantern slides, and spoke of the characteristics of poison gases and the measures taken to counter them. The provision of shelters and suitabl. protected rooms wa. ably dealt with, and the use of respirators was demonstrated. Dr. Rigby, Divisional urgeon, thanked the lecturer, the Chief Constable seconding, and the Mayor, Coun. R. Gent, also ::ldded his tribute. PRESTO.
The importance of R.P was 'tressed at the annual inspection of the Preston Corps by the inspecting officer, A. sst. Commissioner \V. H. GastalJ. The Mayor and Mayoress of Pr e ton, Councillor and Mrs. J. Harrison, witnessed the inspection, and showed much interest in the various phases of the work di!'played. Presenting award amI prizes, the Maror congratulated the members on their efficiency, and commented that it was good to know that young people were taking an actiye part in something which ,vas of real service to their fellow-men.
The Corps President, Dr. Huo-h Riddell, propo d a vote of thanks to the ,Mayor and l ayoress, and tht. Vice-President, lajor A. E. Rayner, seconded. Corps Surgeon Major T. H. C. Derham, who presided, moved a vote of thanks to the inspecting officer, which was seco nded by the Corps uperintendent, Capt. E. F. Millington.
ine officers of the Corps hayc obtained In truct [.' certificates, and 61 members l\.R.P. certihcates, and among the recipients of award by the rder \vcrc: Capt. Millington-bar for 40 years en'ice; Divlsio nal Superintendent \Y,J. J. Fo ter-bar for 35 year service; and CorpI. ]. Eck rsley, ervice rnedal.
BL.-\.cKPOOL.
Large crowds gathered 'when 11. R.Il. the Duke of K.ent visited Blackpool, Thursday, Ocrober 21, for the official opening of the new Victoria Hospital, the Lifeboat House, and the extension to the prornenade, but fortunately the Brigade members on duty were n called upon to attend any erioll case.
IRLA...Vf A D CADI HEAD.
The annual inspection of the lrlao1 and Cadjshcad, Lancashire Steel Corporation, Irlam and Cadishead ursing, and Irlam and adishead adet Division, was held at the canteen of the Lancashire teel Corporation Works, through the IUndness of the managingdirector, Mr. ]. Sinclair Kerr, O.St.]., who is the President of the Irlam and Cadis head Division. ThL inspecting officer was Col. C. H. S. Redmond, TD., S.B.St.]., Assistant Commissioner, assisted by Major E. S. Burt-Hamilton, M.C., S.B.St.]., Di strict Officer. The Ambulance Divisi o n carried out squad and stretcher drill, triangular bandaging, first aid to detailed cases, and transport by stretchers. The Nursing Divisions were given first aid, roller bandaging, and home nursing The Cadets were not lacking
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in showing their knowledge of how to render first aid and remove cases by stretcher
Mr. Sinclair Kerr has presented a cup to the Cadet who obtains most marks ror good conduct, martness on parade, not breaking rules, not being late on parade.
This was won by aclet Corporal W. J. Jenkins, with 3 18 marks. There was a close runner-up, Cadet L. Green, 312 marks.
This cup was presented to the winner by Mrs. llamilton, who also presented certificates to the Cadets and First Aid certificates to Girl Cadets. \mon g-st many spectators there were present at the inspection Ir. J nes (Clerk to the Irlam Urban Di trict Council), ouncillor Enticott, and fr. e'\illc, J.P. Corps uperintenclent \,(/illiams, of the '\ arrington Corp, took c mmand of the parade. Cadet- upcrintenc.leot barlcsworth, j\rdwick Divi'ion, fanche tel' and alford orps, was aL 0 present.
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ouncillor Clune, prescOling certificates and brooche. La members of the abO\ e Di\ ision recently, : -
,( 1 am SUfC wc all a great admiration for the work \\ hich is unclertak n b\' the members of the 't o John j\mbulance Brigade ' 0 that the duty I now have t perform is one which o-ives me the greatest pleasun.:. I have to pre ent certificates and brooches to dc'"cn ladie , members of the \\'hitefield .. ursing Division, who ha\'e attended a cour c of lectures and have 1'a. d an examination in air-raid precaution and first aid [or air-raid casualties. 0 far as I know, these awards arc the first which ba\ e been made in (he area, and I am ure they are richly des rved.
Lady upcrintenc.lcnt.\L J. Kay received Instrucror's ertiJ1cate and Brooch; ... \..mbulance ister \. 1\. Bickc.:rdikc., ..( \. Bradsha\\", j\. 1IcGarrachy, \faJtby, A. ewbury, B. Russell, E. harples,:.\I. utcliITe, \\ alker, and t\mbulance tudent E. Pasmorc received C rtificates and br oches for examination l\ir-Raid Precautions and First Aid for Air-Raid Ca ualtie Lady uperintendent J.]. Kay was the lectur r for the coursc of lectur S. ;\'0. 5 Dl TRICT. GRB-Ism.' .
1\ hurch Parade was held on unda, , oyember [4, I937, in connection with the lay oral Sunday, when the members of this Division accompanied th ,Mayor, Councillor C. E. Franklin, to the G rimsby Parish Church, guite a go d mu t r attending including Officers W. H. Jackson, WI. Fletcher, j\... 1 1. Ely. After the servicc, members I araded in the Town 1IaJl quare, when the 1\ssistant Commissioner, M. C. Lavin, Esq., pr scrrted crvice medals to the following: Cadet uperintendent R. '\ almsl y, Corporals G. Cbandler, J. Howsam, and S rgt. Griffiths. In a fcw wcll-chosen. r mark, the Commission r 375
pointed out that these were awards, nO[ rewards, and he urged those present to strive still further to carrr out the traditions of the Brigade. Grjmsby Division has now 20 members who have obtained the Service Medal.
o. 6 DISTRICT
EWCASTLE-O ' - TYNE.
The newly-formed Division of Newcastle-on- Tyne held their first dance on \Vednesday evening, ovember 3, in the Brighton Assembly Rooms, ewcastle-on- Tyne. Two hundred and eighty Brigade members and friends were present and enj oyed a programme of old-time and modern dances. The :rvLC. was Superintendent Stanley Hair, and the dance secretary was Pte. John Waddington. The idea of the dance was to stimulate recruiting, and it is expected that quite a few new members will turn up at the First Aid Class to be started \-err soon.
The ovocastrian Diyision is alread y showing signs of being a real live and go-ahead unit, for although only formed nine months a g o, tbey have a strength of over 40 men, 35 of [hese fully equipped, including greatcoats; 15 have A.R.P certificate s, and 15 have joined the 11.ilitary Hospitals Reserve for service in the C\Tent of \-vat. The whole of the equipment and uniforms have been purchased by the Divisional Hon. President, }\1r. am Smich, J.P. 1\1r. Smith has offered to pay for tbe equipping of as many men as carr-be recruited, and has already subscribed £200 to Divisional funds.
Go FORTH.
The Gosforth ursing Division, Kewcastle-uponT):nc Corps held a very interesting e\-ening on Fnday, To\"ember 19, when they were invited to a film display at the house of their Di\-isional Surgeon, Dr. H. Brenton Porteous. The films had been hired from 1Ie r . .Kodak, Ltd., who had also enclosed one with their compliments.
Th programme consisted of one film on The Blood, , one on Control of H::emorrhao-e ., one on b ) " Care. of \\T7 oun ds," and one on Carrying the InJlued. The fifth, lent by .;\Ie r .Kodak was on "Life aving and Re uscitation after Drowninoand
Though the films were not produced exactly a our hand-book details in one or t\\'0 items they were ne'\-erthel s enjoyed especially the demon tration, ontrol of Bleeding," which the m mber of the Diyision decided gaye them a \ Tery much better in ight into the subject than they had had bctor
The evening \va. clos d \,"ith coffee before the memb t .eparated to go home through a sever storn1.
No. 7 DI TRICT I-:IEREFORD.
The nece sit)' for takino- precaution ao-ainst air raids was forcibly, y t e:xpJained by Col. J. L. I eman CB., C LG., CB.E., .i\I.V.O., when speak-
ing at the Town Hall, Hereford, to a special meeting of the St. John Ambulance Bri gade t.using Divisi n on Friday afternoon. Hi illustration was that of China. He visited there in J\Iay, when many peopl had no fear of and now, within so fe\-v months, it was suffering from the horrors of air raids.
The meeting had been convened by J\Its. E . Hopton, the Lady County Officer, for the purpose of forming a new division and new classes. The chair ,:\ a taken by Dr. I. W. MacGregor, the County Commissioner, and he was supported on the platform by Viscount Hereford, the Mayor of Hereford (Ald :Mrs. Luard, M.B.E. ) , Col. J. L. Sleeman (Chief Commissioner for Overseas), Mrs. Hopton, Dr. e. W. Walker, and Lt. Col. C. H. Little, D.S.O., Air Raid Precaution Officer.
Among those \:\-ho were present were Lady Hereford, several officials of the Brigade, and many junior members.
Dr. MacGregor, in opening the meeting, said that there was ample need for a new Di,-ision in Hereford. He paid a tribute to fine work done by J\1iss Long, the Superintendent of the ursing Diyision, and went on to say that they might find that a lot of people would be needed to extend the work.
SHROPSHIRE.
An enjoyable whist drive and dance took place at the Morris Hall, Bellstone, recently.
The members of the . Shrewsbury o. 2. ursing Division, together with their Lady Divisional Superintendent, Miss A. B Lawrence, were responsible for the arrangements, and the y and their friends and ably served refreshments during whist and later for the dance. The prizes were the generous gifts of several leading firms in Shrewsbur y, and were presented to the fortunate winners by Ambulance Sister Miss E. M. Matthews (Shrewsbury No. I Nursing Division). The Ambulance Division kindly supplied stewards, and the duties of M.e. (whist and dance) were carried out by Mr. T. A. E. Roberts. The attendance was affected by the weather, it being one of the worst nights this winter.
The County Surgeon, Mr. F. H. Edwards, F.R.e.S. (ED.), and County Officer Mr. T. R. Forrester Addie, honoured the gathering for a short time.
ROSS-ON- WYE.
Recently a three-wheeler car overturned on a sharp bend in the Ross to Gloucester road at Longhope. The occupants, a man and woman and a girl, were thrown out.
Private Fred Hendy, of the Ro ss-on- W ye Division, who was working near by, was quickly on the scene of the accident, and immediately sent a motorist to a First Aid box half a mile away for equipment, while he made a rapid examination of the patients. The police constable phoned for docto1; and ambulance.
Pte. Hendy suspected and treated the girl for fractured skull and concussion. The man and woman
had severe contused and lacerated wounds on face, hands, and legs .
The equipment having arrived, Pte. Hendy dressed and bandaged the wounds, and placed the patients in as comfortable position as possible.
Pte. ightingale, who lives a mile away, was notified by a passing motorist, and immediately hurried to th accident, taking a Brigade haver ack, and help d Pte. Hendy to complete the dressing of the patients ' wounds. By thi time doctor and ambulance had arrived
The doctor ordered the immediate removal of all three patien ts to Gloucester Ro ya l Infirmary, and complimented Pte. Hendy on the efficient way he had dealt with the patients.
A there \,-a n attendant on the \mb ulanc e, Pte. accompa lJ ied the patieD[ co the
An X-ray examination of the g irl proved that th e diagnosis of a fractured kull was corrcct.
o. 9 Dl TRI T. REDRl'TH .
The course of First Aid lectu res giv n in till' Redruth Ambulance Headquaners by the Divi SlOnal Surgeon, Dr. J\.. A. Iacdonald, has arou ed con ider abJe interest, and there has been an allendance of well over forty memb ers and new recruits at each lectu re.
The lectures haye been both intere tin g and in tn,lCtive, and all ranks have b en gr atly b enefi ted by them.
Dr. W. Blackwood (of Cam borne ) was the examiner of the First Aid Class of new recruits on Ionda\ , ovember 29, when the largest cla for a number (')f yearS took the examination for Firs t .I\id
The results are being awaited with int eres t.
The transport work of the Redruth Diy] ion J" increasing rapidly each year; 533 patient w rL removed in the motor ambulance durin g 1936 this being a record for the Divi ion, and it was doubted if the flgure would be pa sed for a considerable tim\.:. But calls for the ambulance have been so frequent this year that the 1936 flgure was passed on Octol er 29, and up to ovember 30 no Ie s than 59 0 patients were removed, an extraordinary number, con idering that the population of Redruth and Distric t is 10,000.
On Friday, October 29, a Flag and Ballo on Da ) was held in Redruth in aid of the funds of the j \mbulancc Di vision, when the sum of £ 1 I was collected. ThL event was organised by Mrs. P. B. va ns ( Redruth ), assisted by Mrs. E Wilton, Mrs GunD, M L. \'C Walters, Miss E. Trounson, Miss Michell, 1\[i s King, Miss J. Eastwick, Miss Pol g la se, and j\ {i ss E. Hitchens.
It is very pleasing to report that the Cadet movement in Redruth is once again becomin g popula r. There are about twenty boys being prepared fo r thei r examination, and this shou ld bring the strength f th e Cadet Di vision back to its former sta nd ard.
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o. IO DISTRICT.
Members or the 1St Division and Orwell Division of the t. John Ambulance Brigade, with their friends, forgathered at the mall Co-operative Hall on ovember 6 for thei r annual dinner and presentation of awards.
Dr. Eric Biddle was in the chair, and supported by Divisional Superinten dent s Sawyer and orton.
When proposin g the toast of the Ambulance Divisions, the Commissioner, Dr. W. F. Fryor took the opportunity of tracing the history of the Ambulance NIovement in Ip swich. The fact that he is one of the oldest serving member enabled him to recount personal experience associated with the early days of thc movement In his opinion, a person must be a bit f a fanatic to tackle First Aid with the seriousness it deserved.
l\n appeal was made: to friends of serving member to enroll in cIa .. es ror the tudy of Air Raid Precau tion 0 that Fir"t _ \id posts be fully staffed. uperintendclll of the 1St Di vi ion, in reply, ,poke of the great help he had received from members of th medical profession, and thc untiring effo rts of th e ecretary (Mr J. Oliver).
The first D ivision ha ! until recenth' the: rare di tinction of hei ng the onh l \mbulance Divisi n In with n lad y at ite; head.
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The presentali()n of ,l\\'ards in connection \\'ith rhe abm e took place ac the R pI and Forte ' cue Hotel, Barm;taple rL:ccntl), the chair being taken by i\lr. \X. L Neil (Loco Foreman) , who \\'as , upported by :0fr. E. 1\. Richard i tant t o General :\lanagcr) Mr. F Causey ( tationmaster, Barn taple), Dr. Kin g (11frac ombe), and other inter , red in Anlbulance work.
.1\11'. C. r. D I)u ( \\" 'c tern Divi lonal U[ erintenclent), in proposing the toast of " The Ambulanc Mln ement," said that ambu lance work was omeyer)' near to the heart of those pr'scnt that e \'c rung.
'\1r. E. 1\. Ric harcls responding, aid it \Va ' a pleasure t him t o attend that cyening to meet old friends, and perhap s make ome new ones. \X ith regard to ambulance work, h wa happy to be abl to te ll them that so far a the outhern Railwa\' as a whole was concerned, the v at' had been a recorrl on . They should b at' in mint! that they mu t neC ssarilr lose members, and he t]lought they should con e ntrate on fi lJin g up the vacancies in tb it cla,s y ar by year.
In conclusion, Mr. Richard s congratulated them on keeping the flag flying in their district, and assured them that if they had any sugges tion s to make for the well-being of their classes, or the extension of the ambulance movement, he hoped they would make them known.
GUILDFORD.
A s tron g appeal for more railwaymen to take advantage of the facilities offered them for learning first aid was made b y Mr. J. Bridger (Stationmaster), who presided, and ot her speakers, at the annual concert and presentation of awards to the Guildford Ambulance Class members, held at St. Saviour's Hall, Guildford, recently.
R\sr:-':G TOKE.
Great success attended rhe smoking concert at the Grapes Hotel, Ba singstoke, recently, held in connection with the pre se ntation of ambulance awards to the successful candidates of the Basingstoke First Aid Class. The large room was crowded to its utmost capacity, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the very excellent programme which had been arranged by 1 ir. e. G. .o oper. During the evening a presentation \vas made to Dr. H. Radford Potter, who for the past t\veh-e years had acted as Hon. Lecturer to the class.
_ \ 'HFORD.
On hi retiremem from the ,vorks at Ashford, Kem, :\Ir. \Y. Boniface was presented \,-i[h a gift ubscribed to by the ambulance men and his fellow \Torkers.
In making the presen tati on :'Ir. ]. T. Henneker referred to the excellent seryices :0Ir. Boniface had ai,-en in the cau e of first aid to the men in the works, and wished him good health and a happy reEirement. :'[1'. Boniface, replying, thanked them all for the tanaible way in \'l:hich they had hown appreciation of his work with the ambulance men. It had reall\been a pleasure to him to further the 111m'ement among employee in :\shford \\ ork , and he hoped that the presem good fellow .hip in the work which ted would continue.
1-:.--\. 'T LEIGH.
\. tam gorilla caped from a [ra':ellin a circu pas ing through Easdeigh recently. The animal ambled through an open garden gate cau ing one , -o ung woman to faint whilst another ru lung to her [anc.e slipped , fractured her right leg, uncon CIOU
_ \t I a t that wa what nine teams raking part in [he first annual competition held in the Town Hall a tleigh, w er 1 d to belie,-e !
Two team, of \,-omen ,y r includ d a competitoL, and all those taking part had to trear the ca ualtie m ntioned ab \- . Dr. \\". 1.. Bigbey was judae and th ma.."imum points he could award \nlS _ - o. The pre ented by Dr. R. Garrett wa won by Ea tleigh, with 212 point.
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REDBRIDGE.
Southampton won premier awa.rds in the eleventh annual first aid competition of the Redbridge Centre held at the Coliseum, Southampton, recently.
In Group I, Southampton Central secured the first prize and the Redbridge Challenge Cup \vith 112 marks and in Group 2 Southampton Docks secured the cup and first pri ze with 5 marks. In both instances the maximum marks were 150. Thirty-two teams from a wide area competed, and Southampton Central won for the sixth time since the competition was started -in 19 2 7.
The General Manager (1h. Gilbert S. Szlumper), who was accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Szlu mper, presided for the prize-giving On the platform was a representative gathering of visitors and railway officials, including the 1'Iayor and Mayoress (Councillor and Mrs. G. H Prince), the Earl and Countess of Radnor, Sir Sidney Kimber, J.p., and Lad y Kimber, and Alderman Mrs. Foster Welch, JP.
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At the annual dinner, Mr. J. Nelson, secretary, stated that the membership was well up to stan dard, 37 names being on the register.
Dr. R. B. Thomson spoke of the high state of efficiency attained by the class, and afterwards distributed the following awards: six certificates, two vo uchers, five medallions, eighteen labels, and go ld medals (15 years), to Messrs. Wilkinson and Wright. CRICKLEWOOD.
Arrangements have been made for a class t o be held at the 1'lessroom, Carriage Sidings, Cricklewood, each Thursday at 5-45 p.m.
The class secretary is Mr. J W. Childs, Carriage and Wagon Department, Cricklewood, from whom all particulars may be obtained. DERBY.
A wards gained by members of the Motive Power, Department Class were distributed on October 28 by CoL J W. Watkins at a concert given b y L.M.S. employees. Mr. H. B. Buckle presided, and was accompanied by Mr. W .J. Blake and Dr. G. B Thrift.
The awards consisted of seven certi6cates, eight vouchers, seven bars, bar and gold bar (25 years), 1ft. T. Wesley, and silver medallion, Mr. S. Oxspring.
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GREAT CENTRAL SECTION FINAL AMBULAKCE COMP ETITI ON, DECEMBER 2, 1937.
Result of the Final Competition of the Great Central Centre, held at Marylebone on December 2, 1937·
Challenge Shield and First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Tuxford Grims by Dock New Holland Ferry 278 mark1'. 260
Maximum marks obtainable, Goo. Special Prize for highest indivi dual score, Mr. H . Hunt, Signalman, Tuxford-7I, M:ax. 110.
The Tuxford team will, ther efore, be one of thL four teams to compete in the next Group Competition to decide which two t eams shall take part in th Eno-lish Inter-Railwa y Competition and which two shall represent England in the L.N.E.R. England v. Scotland Competition.
Northampton
On Sunday, October 24, the new ambulance \Va. dedicated b y the Rev. Canon J. Trcyor Lewis, }'1.1\., Sub-Chaplain and Officer of the Order, Vicar of 1\Jl Saints, who was accompanied by his churchwarden:-. (Messrs. W. Yorke Groves and G. H. Cooper), and the singing was led by All aints' Cboir under Choir master R. Richardson Jones, B. ius., F.R.C.O.
The Ambulance men and nurses, with a detachment of the Borou gh Police, paraded at the Fire tation, and headed b y the Headquarters Bugle Band under Bandmaster W. George, marched yia The Mount.. Abington Street, and :Mercer Row, to the. \Y1. c Front of All Saints' Church where the DedJCatlOl1 Service was held.
Canon Lewis first addressed a fe\y remark<-; to tho c on parade, and pointed out that they did right bringing the new ambulance to be dedicated to tht. service of humanity.
The following -(among t others) were prescot The :Mayor and 1Iayoress ( Id erman and Mrs. G. \\. Beattie), the Chief Constable (J Williamson, Esq., O.B.E. ), Dr. L. W. Dr yland, D.L. (County Commissioner), County Officers W. H. Percival and \X Knight (Olney), Lady Di strict Superjntendent W. Harve y Reeves, A.R.R.C., and the officers on parade were: Corps uperintendent \V E. Edward, M.B.E., Corps Officer E J. Hayward, Divisional Superintendent H. 1. Edwards, I\mbulance C. Pitkin, F. T. Whiting, J. Butler, and H. Bland, Corps Sergt.-Major G. Hines, and the werl in charge of Corpi. York. The Borough Police were in charge of Superintendent W. H. Afford, Inspectoc F. Goodwin and A. H . Sp ence . Lady ursing Officer s on parade were Lady County Officer Miss L. h. Mawby, M.B.E., Lady Corps Superintendent Miss}.... Bradford, A .R.R.C., Lady Divi siona l Miss E. Cowley, Mrs. I. J ennings, M.B.E., and Mr S. Lievesley, Lady Cadet Superintendent Miss Howe, Lady Ambulance Officers Misses Chapman, Gaimford, Purser and Macaulay, and Lad y Cadet Office ] Miss Billington.
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TEAM TEST ]
CARD HANDED TO Nos. I, 3 AND 4·
The team are members of the police force of a l arge to\vn. \Vh ilst No. 2 IS patrolling his beat a quarter of a mile away the rest of the team are in the police station waiting for their turn of duty. \'<? hen the necessitv arises , acr. Time allowed, 20 m inutes.
CARD H A DED TO NO.2.
You are a member of the police force of a large town. \'( hils t patrolling your beat , which is a quarter of a mile from the police station, you see an electrician and his mate ''''orking at a street" feeder pillar" ; suddenly there is an explosion and the electriGian is Bung into the middle of the roadway. The other members of the team are at th e police station, where there is first aid equ ipm ent. A ct. Time allowed, 20 minutes.
POSITION OF PATIENT.
The patient be found lying prone in the roadway; the right side of face a nd head on the gro un d ; ri g h t forearm undern eath the body and the left arm s tretched out on t he road. Injuries \vill be marked with grea se paint where necessary INSTRUCTIONS FOR STEWARD AT THE POLICE ST ATION.
The team (excep t No.2) must be kept in the station until a m essenger arrives.
If a police whistle is heard, take no n otice of it ; the above instruction srands. D o not have any argument about it-carry out the instruction.
Listen to the message delivered. Take particular notice of what the mes senger says regarding :Ambulance; Electricity to be cut off; Medical assistance.
Note if the statio n staff are asked to attend to these matters
The nearest telephone is at the police station.
If they telephone fo r the doctor tell them: "The doctor is out ; they will send him as soon as he c omes in."
AnyO!(-e u sing the telephone at any time during the test must be detained for 3 minute s.
The message should be reported to the Judge as soon as possible after the team has left you --do it quietly so as not to interrupt the test.
See that the materials are read y for each team
INSTR UCTIONS FOR THE PATIENT.
(judge will act as Ihe prompler. )
You are kneeling in front of the" feeder pillar ".
When the explosion (or sudden Bash) occurs, quickly stumble into the roadway-well away from the "feeder pillar "--'<Ind lie face do wnward s: right side o f the face on the ground; right forearm underneat h the body; left arm stretched out on the road with the palm d ownwards.
You are now unconscious-so lie quite still.
Later the team will tum you over o n to your back-Now listen carefully to the test-t he Captain will ask the Ju dge" Is the patient consci o u s?" and the J udge will reply" Yes " -this will be the signal for you.
Begin to g r oan and then try to sit up---you cannot-so lie back again and say" I cannot see anything; everything is blurred." (The Jud ge w ill reply to any questions asked.) Count 10 sile ntly and then try to lift your right arm-you cannot-so say" My right shoulder hurts and I cannot lift my arm. " (The Judge will reply to any questions asked by the team.) After thisWhenever anyone tries to move your right leg, say-" Oh ! m y right knee hurts. "
(The Judge will answer an y questions by t he team.)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ELECTRICU"," s J\UTE.
You are looking in the toolbag with your back to your mate
When the explosion occurs-carry on until called by the policeman.
If you hear the policeman'S w hi stle go to the policeman. Then d o exactly what he asks you to d o.
He will possibly ask you to take a message to the police station.
Be careful that yo u g ive the message exactly as it is given to you.
If you are asked to come back with the team--do so and do whatever they ask you to do and nothing else.
If you are not asked to come back with them-quietly d isap pear until the next ream comes in
These notes are for guidance and will not be given to Ihe men concerned.
FuJI marks will only be awarded when the work is actually and correctly done.
Proceed prom ptl y to the sce ne of the accident
Caution the patient to lie still
Encouraging words to the patient
Any response? (judg e : No.) z
Realising the patient is insensible. (Slal ed. )
Tact and speed in ta king over the case
Noting a ny possible sources of dan g er
Noting any clues to diagnosis IF TH E P A TT E."lT IS TUR E D ON H[S BACK Deduct [0
Colour of face? (jlldg e : Pale )
Can I feel his pulse beating? (jlldg e : Yes. )
Can I feel him breathing? (jlldg e : }-t's )
Stating that he cannot eave the patient and get help 2
Asking the electrician's mate to assist him
Asking the electrician's mate: Are you a First Aider? (jlldge : Vo )
Asking him to take a messag e to the Po li ce tat ion
ATURE OF TH E J\fESSAGE-
Written safer
OF T EA-\{ ARRIV ES. If the electrician's mate is as ked to com c back a nd help
Keeping back a crowd. (judge: i V o crolJ d the road is up .)
TO TH E C. PTAIN
he saw What he has fo und o ut What he has don e
Explicitness
Inquiry r e electricity
If the e ertricity is tlol « Sll itrb ed off " al! ),om t ouching th e pillar will rece ve t1 sbock and be r fll d red fIlJCOII
IlS. H e ",usi receivc c01'recl lreatm elll or IJ 'hich lIIar ks will /Jot be ,t!,l/'C/J, and Rill.!! IW! resum e ph)'s ral 01' men/al artivi l) u ilboll tbe ro nsmt of a dar /or
Captain takes contro l and instructs
No. 2 to carryo n \\ ith trea tment
'Xrhen possible, to examin e rhe hea d
To keep a careful w a tch on the pul se an d breathin g ot to fan the patient
Q( to e..'X.a min e he eyes
To report an y chan g es at once
One man to steady and suppOrt the lo wl: r limbs as found
One man to cover the patient warmly 2
Examination of back o f trunk (judgt: Yo sigllJ of ifyllf)' Ollnd. ) 2
Examinati o n of back o f low er limb s. (jlldgt TO sig ns of injury f Ollnd. ) 4
Exami nati o n o f left u pper limb
Bu R.." O N LEFT P ALM.
Promptl y cove r with co ttOn wo o l Whole cloth banda g e li g htl y a pplie d
Careful handlin g of the limb
Placing a blanket on the r oad
Carefully turnin g pati e nt on hi s b ae k
With all the as sis tanc e po ss ible
Special care of the r g h t upper limb
Examinati o n o f th e head co mpleted.
WO UN D 0 RIGH T SID E O F FOR EIl EA D.
Size of w o und? (judge : As indica t ed. )
Ob viously dirty? (judge : } -es.)
Bleeding? (judge : Yes slight .)
Avoidin g further c o ntamin a ti o n
Discriminati o n in the us e of io din e Exira 4
Cover wound promptl y
RepoH to cap ain Not to apply di rect pressure. (S tated.
Possibility of fracture (S lal ed .)
Not searchin g for a fracture. (In/en/iollal. )
Ring pad applied
Bandage li g htly
EXAMIN ATION OF EY E S.
Easily opened (If correctl y tes ted: jlldge : N o.)
Bloodshot? (If correctl y e xamined: judge : No )
Respond to touch? (If correctly tested: judge: Yes.)
Are the pupils d ilated ? (If correctly tested: judge: No.)
Are they equa ? (If correctly tested: judge: Yes.)
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A E\\ ser vice is o ffered " G aze tt e " read ers w hich ",i be l) he lp in (h e ir famil y li ves an n will b e o f va ue to a ll p arents hIS th e Intro ducti o n ? f a C\li1d Ps)'ch o log)' Secti o n in NEW I J F.A LT I I (Co nsultin g E dl tV r Sir \X t \rbuthn o Lan e Bt CB.) This Secti o n th e o f a E u ro p ean p sy chi a tr'ist rep ut e and g v es d e a iled gU Id a nc e o n ma ny problem s o fp ysch o logy with whIch al l ra ren ts a re fa ced. T h IS feature w as introd uc ed in the is sue an d bas p rovc d a n o utstanding success -\dvi.ce is bem g soug ht b\ rea d ers all over th e co un try "Gaze tt e " re ad ers w ho ilrc rcg u b r r ead c rs of E \,\ lI E. \ L T H are Invited to sc:.nd their pro bl em s to this burea u fo r fr ee gu id an ce NEW ll EALTII IS 1110S.t p op u la r o rth o d o x h ea lth ourn a l in the co.unt7)' a nd has wtth It m any medical and saentlfic tl mh o!lt les. It o n sale at bo o kstall s and news agcnts on th e S[ of c:lch momh, pnce 6d. In cas e o f difficulty, send Sd for each Is su e po st free, to: (S.d.) NEW HEALTH, 39, Bedford Sq., London} W.C.l
nce yuu ar e establlshed \l'dl be amazed at the increasing numbe r of calls u pon your sernces. F?! a feu' a month you can start training in wed ish :\Iassage. It you ar e quaJll1ed
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Do they react to light? (If correctly tested: Judge: }-es.)
Testing unconscious state
Can he be roused? (jlldge.: Yes, lJ1ilh dif!imll)'.)
Report to captain that patient is in a state of stupor, "'hich may deepen into coma
Loosen clothing about neck, chest, and waist
Exercise watchful care on breathing and pulse
Pulse-Rate? (judge: Quick.)
Character? (judge: Weak.)
Breathing.-Character? (judge: 5ha/101J'.)
Odour of the breath? (judge.' As fOfl11d.)
E.xamination of front of trunk, groins, fork. (judge.' Vo sigm of '?Jury fOlmd.) 6
Examination of front of lower limbs. (judge: l'..ro signs of ilyury found.) -t
E.xamination of right upper limb. (judge: iVo signs of injur) foutJd.) .,
Test for limpness. (judge: Non e.)
Temperature of body? (judge: As found. )
CARE A..'ID CONSIDERATION FOR THE PATIENT during the examination, shown by-
Promptly covering all wounds
Not uncovering the patient unnecessarily
Not leaving the patient uncovered
Steadying and supporting injured limbs
Not moving limbs until sure that signs of fracture are absent
NothinfS overlooked
No symptoms mentioned
Careful and sympathetc handling 2
Testing unconscious state
Overseas News
( Continued from page 362 )
CEYLON POLICE CORPS
The' Annual Inspection of the Ceylon Police Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was held on October I, 1937, by His Excellency Mr. M. M . Wedderburn, e.M.G., Officer Administering the Government. Owing to unfavourable weather conditions the inspection was held inside the Training School buildings.
For the first time representatives of the Colombo F,ire Brigade, the Ceylon Government Railway, and the newly-formed Nursing Division, all members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade (Overseas), were present.
Following the inspection a demonstration of First Aid to the Injured was given by 16 of the competing teams who had taken part in the competition for the Challenge Cup, two teams of the Police Boys' Brigade, one team of the Police Girl Guides, and two teams of the Colombo Fire Brigade.
After the inspection and presentation of Medals and Cups his Excellency addressed the parade as follows :-
" Inspector-General, officers and men of the Police Corps and other Units of the St. John Ambulance Association: In the first place I would congratulate you on the very fine display this morning. I have been for several years at many of these parades and displays, and I am here again, astonished at the efficiency of this display. That efficiency is evidence of hard work on the part of instructors and keen. and loyal co-operation of all ranks. I think I may sayit has been said before, it is still true, and more true to-day-that the police forces of the Empire have a very high reputation, and among the police forces of
the Empire the Ceylon Police 'stands very high indeed. "I congratulate all those officers and men who have been decorated this morning for long and efficient service, and commend their example to others."
AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA.
:Mr. J. W. Collings, Secretary of Australian Aerial Medical Services (Victorial Section) advises that Dr. llan J. King, the Section's Flying Doctor at thc \Vyndham (W.A.) Base, made three mcdical flights to Hall's Creek, some 2.40 miles from \\.l yn dham, during the la t seven days. Last Thursday, in response to a call to attend an urgent maternity case, Dr. King flew out and transferred the patient to Wyndham. During the "\.veek-end he made his periodical routine visit to Hall's Creek, when several inhabitants from the surrounding di tricts were examined and treated. Yesterday the third flight \Va made to attend a white patient aged 62., with a fractured skull. The patient taken to Wyndham in the aerial -ambulance, but unfortunately Dr. King report that his hopes of are poor.
The above trips again demonstrate the grcat bcnefll the Wyndham Base, which is maintained by Victorians, is to those in the orth- West of Australia. Before the inauguration of the servic two year ago, there had been only t\>. O visit b y doctors to Hall's Creek in a period of thirty years ; \\'hat a difference to three in seven da 's.
The Hospitallers' Qub
There was a good attend ance of members of (be Club at the Bonnin g ton Hotel, L o ndon, W.c., on Friday evening, 1 0vember 12, to hear a paper g iven by Mr. G. Roebuck, F.L.A., Boro u g h Librarian o f Walthamsto\\ , on " The 1io dern Id ea.' The r apcr was most interesting and educatiy c
The Club held its annual dance at th e ora TIotel, London, W.e., on Saturday, October 2.3· This function, as usual, proved a most succcssful and enjoyable one, there being more than a hundred members and guests present. [vir. F. E. Stallard undertook the duties of M.C., in which capacity he again prayed his outstanding ability.
The Club's annual dinner will be held at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, \Y/.C.2, on Saturday, February 19, 193 8
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