1939-06-05 — Page 27

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 5, 1939.

Appendicitis Hits The Wealthy EMPIRE

Likely To Be Fatal When Victim Is Rich

IF YOU ARE A RICH man with appendicitis your chances of dying are about five to two compared with those of an unskilled labourer suffering from the same trouble.

Since King Edward made the disease "fashionable" in 1902, when his Coronation was postponed for him to undergo an operation by Sir Frederick Treves, medical men have been collecting every form of data to try to discover how, when and where the trouble arises.

Somerset House has produced the Bank Balance Cluc, em- ploying the five ranks of “social status" enumerated by the Registrar General.

DEATH RATES COMPARED

Here is the mortality rate for moles

between 20 and 05:

Upper and middle classes

15.1%

Intermediate

12.7

.Skilled workers

7.9%

Intermediate workers

Unskilled workers

Claim Against Newspaper

The settlement was announced in

7.50% the King's Bench Division recently of

0,252

an action in which Lady Molra

And but for the more prompt und Combe sued the "Dally Sketch" and efficient treatment which the £1,000-Sunday Graphic" Ltd., alleging that a-year man gels compared with the £3-week worker the mortality might they had wrongly used be much higher.

Dr. Matthew Young and Mr. W. T. Russell have formed this conclusion: in their statistical study of appen- dicitis prepared for the Medical Re- search Council and published by the Stationery Office, price 18.

WORSE FOR SPINSTERS

Fewer married women die from appendicitis than single women,

her

name! ufter her association with thein as a

fashion writer had ceased.

Mr. C. Gallop, for Lady Moira, satd that, in answering correspondents, the defendants sent replies purporting to be signed by her.

Mr. Eric Neve, K.C., for the de- fendants, explained that the letters were written by n member of the staff. It went on for about 20 days without the knowledge of any respon- "The selection of the filter women sible person in charge of the "Daily for marriage as well as the possi- Sketch." The defendants offered bility that modern conditions of life Lady Moira their most profound may be less favourable those apology. women who to a large extent mustį support themselves" is the experts" comment on the difference.

Mr. Neve added that, in the clr- cumstances, they were prepared to pay Lady Moira £40, her claim for wrongful dismissal, and the tuxed costs.

The death-rate from the disease under 1 per cent. in England and Wales where the figure has remalnied almost unchanged for 20 years. In Mr. Justice Charles approved the 1035 there were 1,028 deaths among terms of the settlement. males and 1,357 among temales.

Food rationing during the war years, when the mortality rate among women declined, suggests that diet plays an important part in the discuse.

Appendicitis in American hospitals declined also after a propagandist campaign against the use of laxatives in cases of suspected appendicitis,

"EARLIER TO HOSPITAL"

It la race among Africans and Polynesians living on an abundance of cellulose found in vegetable like turnips, carrots, leeks and cablinge but primitive people contract it if

hey change to European food.

EXPENSES PARED TO SKIN

Boston.

More than H generation of travel progress was heralded. ut The New York · World's ·· Fair ' when Gay Ninelles couple drove horseless carriage to proview a modern streamlined locomo five. Ceremony. rarked 40th anniversary of invention of roller bearings.

BRA

War Office Have to Work

Seven Days a Week

MEN who served in the last war, and now want to rejoin the Regular or Territorial Armies, kept two War Office departments busy recently.

Said Col. J. K. Dunlop, Assis- tant Adjutant-General, Territor. ial Army:-"I have had to come in to-day to deal with this correspondence. The men who are offering themselves, mostly war-time officers and N.C.Os, are giving us a real pro-

Municipal expenses are being pured blem. close to the skin. For one, thing, secretaries to Mayor Maurice J. Tobin

"Only a small proportion of the have been limited to one towel a total number can reasonably be taken week. And swiminers at municipal on as officers. Otherwise the Terri- bathing beaches this summer will torial Army would have too large an have to wear the name city-owned element of elderly men. If we off- cotton swim-togs that they rented last eered the new Army in that way, year, according to Boston Park Com- missioner William P. Long.

Toledo Zoo Enlarged

there would be a shortage of young men to act as subalterns. You can not make a man of over 40 a second

lieutenant.

NEWS

[NEW DEFENCE UNITS

FOR S. RHODESIA

SALISBURY.

The Governor, Sir Herbert Stanley, opened recently the first session of the newly-elected Parliament. In hla, speech he announced the re- organisation of the defence forces after the recent visit of the Inspector- General of African colonial forces.

It had been decided to raise a bat- tery of artillery, an armoured. recon- naissance unit, leader training units, engineer units, and further to expand the air, section,

The War Offee agreed to second specialist officers to assist the train- Ing of the new units for three years. Dealing with native affairs, the Governor Bald natives showed an in- creasing Interest in local government. Filtera native councils and 78 native courts had been established to date. The lack of improvement in living conditious of natives in urban areas was disappointing. Further measures were contemplated,

There was a serious shortage of native labour, owing to diminished Immigration of labour from Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Ministèra were endeavouring to prevent a re- currence of the shortage by new agreements with the northern terri- tories.

The speech announced that the approximate result of the industrial census showed a total gross output of secondary industry of £8,000,000. Mining output for 1938 reached a new record of £1,695,736, but Ministers | were concerned at the decline in pri-

rary prospecting.

The Governor emphasised the high level of the health of the European community and also the material im- provement in native health, largely due to the new native clinics.

Premier's Plans.It is understood that the Prime Minister, Mr. G. M. Huggins, is anxious to go to London soon to discuss the implications of the report of the Bledisloe Commission on the closer co-operation of the two Rhodesias and Nyasaland, KENYA

PROPOSED INDIAN CONSTABULARY

The

MOMBASA.

Mombasa Municipality is In the last war there were about spending £500 on defence measures. Efforts are being made to raise a 180,000 omfleers from these islands."

Capt. J. U. McCormack was busy special constabulary of Indians, pend- replying to letters from ex-Regulars.ing the establistuneet of an Indian He said: "These men are keen, and regiment. each presents

Complaints have a different problem

arlsen about from the other. I like to send an

efforts to find Jobs for native recruits discharged after training. The public individual letter to each one?

demands that the men be retained permanently.

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Los Angeles. In an effort to keep square pegs from getting into round holes, the National Institute of Vocational Re- survey authors conclude: the only hopeful method of further "Under existing conditions of modern reducing the fatality of the disease is

TOLEDO, O. search of the University of California 1te it seems improbable that

Toledo's 200 is anticipating the has prepared a list of all the kinds sufficient change in dietary habits will public, carller entry to hospital and year.

to encourage, by the education of the largest attendance in its history this of jobs avallable and for which Completion of the Improve-special preparation can be made. bo introduced 10 influence thethe avoidance of purgatives or laxa- ment programme by WPA has odded The institule has found that there are incidence of appendicitis.

tives-in-cases-in-any-way-simulating several large buildings and increased more than 3,500 kinds of vocatlong-

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MELBOURNE. The managing director of Quntas Hudson Empire Airways Ltd., Mr. Fysh, says that, in the event of war, the Australii section of the Empire uir-route from Sydney to Singapore will be completely self-contained and independent.

A large engineering workshop is being installed at Mascot Aerodrome in Sydney so that the Qantas Fleet may operate solely from Australian bases.

Sydney Water Board Loan-The Sydney Metropolitan Water, Sewer- age and Drainage Board is issuing an-' other loan of £1,000,000 to finance water and sewerage extensions. This is the third loan issued by the Board within the past year

JAMAICA

OFFER OF SUGAR SCHOLARSHIP

KINGSTON.

The West Indies Sugar Company, a subsidiary of Tafe and Lyle, the largest sugar manufacturers In Jamaica, offers a scholarship to 。 Jamnica student to study at the Im- perial College of Tropical Agriculture at Trinidad, with a promise of em- ployment.

There is already a Government ocholarship at the college. NEW ZEALAND

STEEL IMPORTS TO BE RESTRICTED

WELLINGTON.

Mr. M. J. Savage, the New Zealand Prime Minister, announced recently that applications to import building steel would in future be considered en their merits.

The erection of houses and the con- struction of defence works, he said, had been delayed owing to the shor tage of skilled workers. It was necessary to conserve overseas funds for essential requirements. it was

In these circumstances, clearly in the best interests of the Dominion that the construction buildings which were not urgently required should be postponed until the position generally was caster,

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