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DEATH AFTER

VACCINATION.

VERDICT AT INQUEST ON GIRL.

DOCTOR NOT TO BLAME.

The East London Coroner (Dr. R. L. Gutherie) resumed the inquest at Stepacy last month on the body

NAVAL & MILITARY

NOTES.

Messrs. Vickers Armstrong re cently announced that the Arm has now been instructed by the Admir- alty to suspend all work on the sin, gun mountings for H. M. ships Northumberland and Surrey,

It is impossible at this stage, it was added, "to state the total number of men affected, but it will be very considerable, and if the work is not proceeded with pro- bably over 1,000 men will be de-

years."

of Ethel Florence Brackley, the five-prived of employment for over 2 year-old daughter of a coal trimmer, living in Halley Street, Stepney, who died n fortnight after vaccina- tion.

In order to make officers' re- cords more complete the Admiralty are desirous of adding to them photographs of the officers at the following stages in their careers;~~

Executive Officers-On promo- tions to Sub-Lieut. or Mate (con- firmed); Commander, Captain,

At the previous inquest the father said that his child was taken to the Mile End Hospital at the begin- ning of June, suffering from paea- monia. She had practically recover.

promo- ed when there was an outbreak of Engineer Officers-On small-pox in the institution. The tion to Sub-Lieut. (E), or Mate (E.) confirmed; Engineer Com- child was vaccinated with his con sent. He was not allowed to remander or Commander (E.), Engi- her until fourteen days later, when neer Captain, or Captain (E.)" she was unconscious, and she died the following day...

Accountant Oncers.-On promo- tion to Paymaster Sub-Lieut. (con- firmed), Paymaster Commander.

Instructor Officers-On entry; on promotion to Instructor Com- mander.

Due for Discharge. The medical officer of the hospital stated that the child was admitted

Chaplains-On, entry, suffering from pneumonin of four days duration. She had had pneu- The photographs, which cannot monia twe years ago. Twenty-two be paid for from public funda, days after she had made sufficient should preferably be of the pass- progress to be marked down for disport type, taken bareheaded tuni- charge. A child in the same ward form optional), unmounted, and developed a rash of small-pox. The signed on the back. ward was quarantined and a list was and height, together with the date made of the children who had not of the photograph should also be previously been vaccinated. Their stated. parenta consent was obtained and all were vaccinated.

The child was vaccinated but, tw weeks later, her temperature rose to 100 degrees. During all this time. the child appeared well and lively. Shortly before this, she was very excitable, running about hitting, the other children. She became drowsy and complained of headache, and had all the symptoms of race. phalitik She was practically coma tese and in a deep stupor-just be fore she died.

The Coronor: Were any other children. vaccinated with the same lymph-Yes, one other...

Did the other child show any aymptoms of encephalitist-One) other child bad a temperature 16 days after being vaccinated. The possibility is that the child was vaccinated with the second half of the lymph used on the girl Brack- ley. That girl recovered and is now quite well.

The rank

As this system is already in force for medical officers, the Board of Admiralty hope that all concerned will co-operate in making it u,sue-

cess.

The launch of the destroyer Antelope took place at the works of Hawthorn Leslie and Co., Limited, Newestle-on-Tyne. This is one of. the eight destroyers of the 1927 Navy Estimates, ordered last year, most of which are expected to be completed by March 31 next. are to form a new Third Flotilla for the Mediterranean Station, in place of the modified "W" class vessels at present in the Flotilla,

They

The name Antelope is one of the oldest in the Royal Navy, the first to bear it being a 300-ton vessel built at Deptford in 1540. A ship of the name fought at the defent of the Spanish Armada. Others were present at Algiers in 1821, in several engagements during the Dutch wars, with Boscawen in 1738, and in the attack on a Dutch No Order from Ministry.

flotilla off Flushing in 1804 A Replying to Mr. Dule (for the notable, event in the history of the relatives), the witness said that he name was the destruction of the was not aequainted with the re- French/30-gun ship Aquilon on the emmendations of the Rolliston night of May 13, 1757, after a run- Committee except through a cemning fight of two hours off the Brit- munication from Professor Turn bull.

.

Mr. Duffie: Do you know that the commission recommends only one insention instead of four-Yes, but there is no order from the Ministry of Health.

They don't choose to issue the re port excent to those who are willing to order and pay for it-I cannot say anything about that.

The lymph. the witness added. came from the Government lyraph establishment.

tany coast. The last Antelope was a torpedo gunboat, launched in 1803 and scrapped in 1914.

wis

The engagement was announced recently of Lieut. Richard A. Hall, I.N., and Miss Daisy Lee Smith, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mr. Harold Lee Smith, of East- leigh, Teignmouth, Lieut. Hall is the younger son of Admiral Sir Hall, who

the Reginald

Sherlock Holmes of the Intel- ligence Division of the Admiralty Dr. Edward Weston Hurst, patho-Staff during the war. Sir Regi logist, said that he made a post-nald sat in Parliament for the mortem examination and found that West Derby Division of Liverpool the brain and spinal cord were con gested and showed encephalitis, All the other organs were healthy and the blood was free from infec tion. There was no pneumonia pre- sent. Roughly one case in 50,000 developed the disease.

The Coroner: That is a better catimate than that given to me by Professor Turnbull, who said it was

one in 18,000.

Dr. Hurst: I got my figures from the number of deaths since 1022.

Ja that in this country-Yes. In Holland the figure is higher, but Germany is practically immune. In Holland the children are vaccinated on reaching school age, while in Germany children are vaccinated in infancy.

Dangers in Lymph. Might it be due to the lymph or the technique-In my opinion, definitely no..

to

Then, however careful one may he in the preparation of the lymph, this disease may occur from time to time-Yes. The risk of develop ing the disease is much less, how- ever, if vaccination takes in infancy,

from 1910 to 1924, and later re- presented Eastbourne until last General Election.

the

The majority of the crew of the R34, who made a double crossing of the Atlantie ten years ago _met again at a private dinner at Bed- ford as the guests of Major Scott, who piloted the airship on the voyage. Major Scott now "directs airship station, Bedford. training and flying at Cardington

Admiral William Stokes Rees was buried at, sea in the English Channel. The body Was taken from London to. Portsmouth by road, and was met at the dockyard by the Commander-in-Chief. It was then taken in A hospital launch to a yacht, which went out to the Nab, where a service was conducted by a naval chaplain. A Bugler sounded the Last Post.

The four years period of the command of Brigadier E. B. Hankey, G.B... D.8.0., of the troops in Dover Garrison' and of the 12th Infantry Brigade comes to an end on September 30, and his successor will be Colonel Bir

It occurs chiefly when the vaccina-Hareward Wake, Bt., C.M.G.,

tion is performed in late childhood D.S.Q., now commanding the East.

and adult life.

"Midland Territorial Infantry Does the disease occur after any Brigade. He served in the South other complaint?—Yes, sometimes African War and the Great War, after measles and influenza.

promoted WAS

nnd

Dr. Hurst added that it seemed | General in 1917.

that the patient was suffering from

latent infection which lit up when vaccination was performed. It was

Brigadier-

a peculiarity which at the present This was considerably above the

time the medical profession was an able to recognise.

average. Last year four deaths oc- curred.

Recording a verdict of Death by misadventure," the Coroner sid that there was a certain risk taken when vaccinations were performed which doctors had, not recognised until recently. The whole thing was very much in the air. Statistica Dr. did not seem very reliable..

Dr. D. L. Thomne, medical officer of health for Stenney, said that 10,000 vaccinations had been done in Stepney this year by public vaccina tors, and many thousands of vac- cinations had been performed dur ing the past 5 years, but this was the first case of the disease reported in the borough. Ninety per cent. of Turnbull said that one of every the children in Stepney were not 16,000 died, while Dr. Hurst aid vaccinated, and since the beginning one in every 50,000 died. One could of this year 286 cares of small-pax only hope that the scientific inves had been reported with two deaths. I tigators who were going into the (Continued at foot of next column), matter would discover a remedy.

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Strong rumours have been circu- lating during the last few days con- cerning intended police action to reduce the number of public cars plying for hire on the streets of the Colony. It is said that the authorities have regarded the traffic" problem presented by the ears, when parking or plying for hire, with some disfavour and ways and ments have been considered to prevent any nuisance caused to the public by touts who solicit the custom of pedertrians.

Despite frequent prosecutions, motor-car touta still exists. Far- thermore, a positive danger to the public is often caused by the actions. of drivers of public vehicles when one wishes to engage a car. It is often the case that, even though one may beckon to a particular driver whose cur may be at the head of a waiting line, quite half a dozen will startup and swing their cars forward, ignoring completely the. existence of other traffie.

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A Daily Press representative" interviewed the manager of a well- known garage "yesterday and dis cussed the matter with him in de- tail.

"I can assure you," he said, that a move is definitely on foot to reduce the number of public cars. The police have decided not to issue any new licences except to replace existing licences which have expir ed. Even then, it is intended to reduce the total number of public cars in the Colony to 100.

"That number is really slightly in excess. At all times of the day and night empty public vehicles are parked about the streets or keeps ceaselessly prowling about. looking for chance farca. The drivers, if there is not a tout in the car, pester people by following them and pounding their horns. They get in, the way of rickahns and other vehicles and are a distinét nuisince.

Too Many Rickshaä? Similar restrictive measures should be adopted by the authorities with regard to ricksbas, too. With the increasingly excellent bus ser- vices which are being developed in the Colony, the ricksha is getting out of date. Certainly, there ar too many of them in existence anl the ricksha, coolies become positively insulting at times if their services are not engaged.

"I should say there are thres times as many rickshua in Hong Kong and Kowloon as are really necessary."

INDIAN CONSTABLE CHARGED

BOY'S SERIOUS ALLEGATION,

An Indian constable was before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at Central Magistracy yesterday on charges of segaulting a Chinese youth and isconducting himself as a police officer.

Mr. P. E. J. Wodehouse, CLE Deputy Superintendent of Police who prosecuted, and said that it was alleged that the assault took place on August 29 at about 9 p.b. The boy was sitting under a lamp in Lower Albert Road near the East entrance of. Government Hours at the top of the steps leading to the Colonial Secretary's Office."."

He was reading a book when two Indian constables came up to him, one, whom the boy identified as the defendant, made certain suggestións to him, offering him 82. The boy threatened to report the matter to headquarters and the defendant then struck him with his baton, and two amabs who were passing at the time would say that they wit nessed the assault.

Divisional Inspector Clark who was on duty that night would also speak of the complainant's injuries... Evidence was given by the cont plainant who said that he took note of defendant's number during the |conversation. Defendant first of all wanted to runaway but witnes told him that it was no um and that ho had his number. The defendant then drew his truncheon and hit witness.

Evidence was also given by the „two amaks who both said they chw complainant struck by the defen dant

The bearing was adjourned, the defendant being remanded in polies custody,