1190 hospital. After the children have been thus treated for a fortnight the throats are examined to determine if they may safely attend school. The experiment, in so far as the evidence is of value, appears to have been satisfactory. As regards the difficulty of the adequate control of milk Dr. Davies draws attention to the fact that Bristol derives its milk from 154 farms and that of this number 85 are in Gloucestershire, 67 are in Somersetshire, and two are in Wiltshire. It is, however,

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... factory in a sense to learn that only four samples out of 74 examined were found by inoculation to contain the tubercle bacillus. In the matter of the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis the corporation of Bristol has decided to contribute Z1000 towards the cost of erecting the sanatorium which is being constructed at a site near Bath for the counties of Gloucester, Somerset, and Wilts, and the corporation has also, subject to certain conditions, agreed to contribute f.260 annually in order that it may have the exclusive use of four beds. VITAL STATISTICS. HEALTH OF ENGLISH TOWNS.