1939-06-05 — Page 3

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.

by the

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

DEATH RATES COMPARED

Here is the mortality rate for males

between 20 und 65:

Upper and middle classes

Intermediate

Skilled workers

intermediate workers

Unskilled workers

15.168

12.7

7.07%

75% 6.2

And but for the more prompt and efficient treatment which the £1,000- a-year man gets compared with the £3-week worker the mortality might 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 Ro- search Council and published by the Stationery Ofee, price 1s,

WORSE FOR SPINSTERS Fower married women die from appendicitis than single women,

Claim Against Newspaper

The settlement was announced in the King's Bench Division recently of an action in which Lady Moira Combe sued the "Dally Sketch" and "Sunday Graphic" Lid., alleging that they had wrongly used her

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after her association with them as a fashion writer had ceased.

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

Mr. Eric Neve, R.C., for the de fendants, explained that the letters were written by a member of the staff. It went on for about 20 days without the knowledge of any respon- "The selection of the titter women sible person in charge of the "ily for marriage as well as the possi-Sketch." The bility that modern conditions of life) Ludy may be less favourable to those apology. women who to a large extent must support themselves" is the experts' ⚫ comment on the difference.

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

The death-rate from the disease 15 under 1 per cent. In England and Wales where the Agure has remained

Mr. Justice Charles approved the almost unchanged for 20 years. In 1935 there were 1,828 deaths umear terms of the settlement. males and 1,337 among females.

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

Appendicitis in American hospitals declined also after a propagandisi campaign against the use of inxatives In cases of suspected appendicitis.

"EARLIER TO HOSPITAL

EXPENSES PARED TO SKIN

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War Office Have to Work

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

lieutenant.

Said Col. J. K. Dunlop, Assis- there would be a shortage of young tant Adjutant-General, Territor-men to act as subalterns. You can- ial Army "I have had to not make a man of over 40 a second come in to-day to deal with this correspondence. The men who are offering themselves, mostly war-time officers and N.C.O.s, are giving us a real pro- blem.

Boston. Municipal expenses are being pared 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. swimmers at municipal on us oflicers. Otherwise the Terri

And bathing beaches this summer will torial Army would have too large an It la rare among Africans and have to wear the same city-owned element of elderly men. If we off- Polynesians living on an abundance of cellulose-found in vegetable like cotton swim-tags that they rented last cered the new Army in that way. turnips, carrots, lecks and cabbage year, according to Boston Park Com but primitive people contract itirmissioner William P. Long. they change to European food.

The

"In the last war there were about 100,000 officers from these islands." Capt. J. U. McCormack was busy replying to letters from ex-Regulars, He said: "These, men are keen, and a different problem each presents from the other. I like to send or Individual letter to each one."

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Los Angeles, In an effort to keep square pegs from getting into round holes, the search of the University of California a list of all the kinds and for which

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Tolctto's zoo is anticipating the has non

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conclude: the only hopeful method of further "Under existing conditions of modern reducing the fatality of the disease is! life it scems Improbable thai a to encourage, by the education of the largest attendance in its history this of jobs sumcient change in dietary habits will | public, earlier entry to hospital and year. Completion of the improve-special

Introduced to Influence thethe avoidance of purgatives or laxa-ment programme by WPA has added The institute has found that there are “incidence of "appendicitis;"

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NEW DEFENCE UNITS FOR S. RHODESIA

SALISBURY,

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

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

The War Office agreed to secund specialist officers to asalst the train- ing of the new units for three years. "Deallug" with native affairs, the Governor said natives showed an in- creasing interest in local government. Fillees native councils and 78 native courts had been established to date. The lack of improvement in living conditions 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. Ministers were endeavouring to prevent a re-i currence of the shortage by new agreements with the northern ferri- tories,

The speech announced that the approximate result of the Industrial ensus showed a total gross output of secondary Industry of £8,000,000. Mining output for 1938 reached a new record of £7,095,730, but Ministers were concerned at the decline in pri- Pary 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 Isoon to discuss the implications of the report of the Bledisloe Commission on the closer co-operation of the two Rhodeslas and Nyasaland.

KENYA

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Municipality Mombasa spending £500 on defence measures. Efforts are being made to raise a special constabulary of Indians, pend- ing the establishment of an Indian regiment.

have

Complaints

oriser about efforts to find fobs for native recruits discharged after training. The pubile

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The man-pover scheme has been Orders have been issued completed. to all able-bodied Europeans. AUSTRALIA

BIG AIR WORKSHOP FOR SYDNEY

MELBOURNE. The managing director of Qantas Hudsor Empire Airways Ltd., Mr. Fych, says that, in the event of war, the Australian section of the Empire mir-route from Sydney to Singapore will be completely self-contained and Independent.

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

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

JAMAICA

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There is already a Government scholarship at the college.

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WELLINGTON.

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

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

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