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" MARCH OF THE CENTURY II meant plenty of work
of the bigg L combined dutie underraken by the Brigade in r c nl year occurr d on December J8th and 19th, when the Mar h of the enlury organi ed by the Nell' oj the J orld. took place. "lore than' _00 member o[ the Ser ice tarted from Birmingh am on the llO-mile march to and the starred fir t-aid po ts at intervals of five mile along the enltre route. lember from Wan ick hire c:>rthampton hire, Bu kingham hire, Bedford hire. shire a,nd London Di lrict all look part in the duty, which wa a parlJcularly arduou one becau e of th \ eath r - it rained contll1u:-msly--:- and th timing which in orne ca e called for an ail-night Vigil.
The took its toll and so did the faCL that the mar her had to 111 heavy boot- along the hard roadway. So it was not surprt mg son:e of the po t had plenty of work to do. One of the arwlckshlre po by two memb r help d for a time by other) dealL wllh over 50 ca e in two hour
A Hertford hire member walked for three miles with on of th marche r s, to help him along. In Buckingham hire ten men were out on dut [rom 10 p,m. to 7 a.m.
T b l? mobi e fir t-a d unit from Ealing, manned b London
D Jstnc l members, dealt with 95 asualti ,mainly blist red et a n d remall1ed on. th job from midday on a turda [i 3 a.lll. on Sunday mornll1g.
_. It R egenls P ork, Iher( W(f plenty 10 do ,r " piggy-back" JOT a c01,])oml who. C lender feel 'hclI 'ere c lltmsted 10 the l ell der care of llhilluer Chri lille 'J'hack (')'(IY, of I1cwnnga1/, w tll( 1I1obile first aid IIl1it,
The Official Journal of the ----. Grand Priory in the Br itish Realm of t he Most Ve nerable Order of the Hos pital o f St John of Jerusa lem (Incorporating SI. J ohn Ga Htt e and Th e Ca de t)
Edite d by RONAL D LEES
A t 10 Grosve nor
Ph oto : )-[ erc llr y Ph o os
TillS di splay uni which is now available to all divis ions in S.E. Ar ea Lo nd on Di s trict , has been provided out of Area f unds a nd co nstructed by S t. Jo hn pers onnel ll he ar ea.
It is the type of simply designed unit that could ea sily be made by Briga de counti e a nd areas for their own use It is transporta ble , an d all t he di vision ha s to do i to pro vid e a table to take the cen tre piece whi ch is s even feet ong. T he t wo s de pieces a r e three-sid ed c ree ns, of which only wo are shown i n the photograph owing to limited sp a ce a vailable at the pa rticular show- the Eltham Trade F air
The total cost of he unit was £17 lOs. 8d. , in cluding mater ials, pa int , sp ec ially fr a med pos ters, an d enla r ged photographs (from the local n ewspap er ). T he s tan d is, a s ca n be ee n, a dap abl e t o va r io us sizes by ex ten ding th e s creens or omitting them if nec es a ry.
D RAMATIC MOBILE TABLEAU
PUBLICITY I N A CTION
D U R I N G (h · la l twelve 111 0nth tb e Hinckley l1l b ul ance D i ion, 11 a been bu s ily o r ganising p Ub ic ity eA'or ls on behalf of t he Brigad e and thei r work n (hi direction h a been een by mailY peop e. Du ring J une he divi ion orga n ised a fil m how, in tation being nt to lhe Po lice, iv il D efen e o r p, t he F ire B ri gade, Senior Sco u ts and any of t he g ne ra l publi who m ight be in t re ted witb a view Lo gaining new member.
The fi m p laced empha i on t he trealm ent of inju r ies li ab e to be sus tai ned in co l ieries, par icu arl t he u e of Ho lger ei l en. At the end of J une (he di ision staged mock incident. The make-up work \ a arried out b Mr. " ard, ho al 0 rendered fir t aid a ted by two member of [he nursing divi ion up ri n tenden t A. Tompkin and I i olgate. The ca ualtie who vo lunteered were r. Lowso n, rs. R ob inson (\ ife of the uperintendent of the mbu lance D i i n) and Mr. a nd Mr. obi n n' two daughte rs. T he in ide n t taged co ered a \ ide range of injurie, for a uperinle nden( R obin on pointed out: I wanted to depict th arying age group o f the ca ualtie becau e it i nee ar to ho\ that injurie and kne come (0 young and old alike."
The photograph taken by Divi ional Officer Da ie were mounted in a pial d isp lay board a nd , together w th ha ndbill exp laining he work dOll by the B rigade and other information re le ant to the divi ion, were di played for two and a ha f week in tbe foyer of the O deon inema Hinckley, by kind permi ion of the manager, Mr. Taylor, whose advice and practical help proved invaluable D uring thi period whe n the di play wa on view, the editor o f the Hinckley Times & Gua rdian pubJi hed ome of these photograph and gave the public a plen d id accou n t of the divisio n's work.
A DESCRIPTIVE forry en lered by B1'ighlon, JI ove and D7' tri t enlr e, S.J.A.A., in Ihe name of the Order of I. J ohn, in a v ehicle proces sion which 0 O1-gani ed by t11 Fed ration of 11 S C. t' I ndustries 'in Seple l'IIber, 7'n B7'ighlon and JI ove T h e scen e portrayed was a pedes l rian c7'ossing, on h ic h an injllud ?1lo t orcydis t and ({. pedes l7'l:an ere lyi ng and a g7'OUP of bys tanders at each end of t he eros ing, w h o wllil t and 100lfi Jlg on in a he lp ess wanner, wen de7Jicteci 10 be th-inking " J w s h T c07 d d h elp."
.ilL t h e 7'ear end of the fo7'7'Y a pos ler exhorted 7nernbers of Ih e pub l'i c to apply to Brighton P olice, Fire and Arn bu la'llce Stations for part /:cu !MS of clo. ses, o w h i ch t he7'e was a reasonable r esponse.
Common Sense • Resuscitation
The Principal Medical Officer , Major A . C . WHITE KNOX appraises the various methods of artificial resp i ration
I"N recen t tim e th e re ha bee n a g real dea l o f th eo ry pro p ou n ded to h ow the va ue o f va ri ous met h od of r e u ci tationa n dweacce p itornotaccordingloou r own be li ef. I per ona lly am not a g reat believer in t he theory idea for I be lieve that YOLl can make a lheory demoll trate practical ly anyth i ng yo u w h: bUl J am a great be l iever in re ull , and 1 a k my e lf af ler a period or 50 year inlere l in thi ubject what ha e been the re ult of the app lication f t he ar i u m thod of artificia l re piration. It a greal p i ty t h at thro u ghoul the world there are ery few figu res whic help u in our e timate and what figure there are cannol b br ken d wn into the impor tant ub-di ion howing: the cau e of a phyxia- how long the ubje l have b n ubjected to the cau e- how oon a r ti lcial re piration \ a commenced- how long it wa carried Lit - the method u ed- and many other pieces of information whi h ould help u to e timate the alue f the ariou meth d . I can nly take a r \ r the ommon method and di u them [rom mown e p rience and the e perience of other \ hich ha come into my po ss e sion J 11a1 1 not ta ke inL account the t r ong bias in certain direclion and the almo t ma h teria in other but tr y and gi e the pr a nd n r r e a h m th d.
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ontinent and a very efficient method it proved to be. Th ere are many variations of this method, but they alJ give a positive exha la t ion and a positive inha lation thus giving a much better ventilation of the lungs than the Schafer method. Aga in howe ver there are disadvantages. The victim is in the face upward po ition with the dangerou possibility of inhaling vomited matter, mucous, etc. , and the production of inhalation pneumonia. It is not so long ago that we were forced to accept the ruling of the surgeons on thi s matter that the unconsciou s victim showing signs of gurg ling breathing mu s t be p laced in the prone, threeq u arter prone, or semi -prone po s ition and though supporter of the face upward position argue that the tongue i no more likel y to obstruct breathing in the face -upward posit ion than in the face-downward position, I am a great believer in the Jaw of gravi y I am not in fa vour of the .• Thompson " variation of the Sil ester method , as belie e that the p r essure over the upper abdominal organs may readi Iy cau e considerable damage. Jaw the fir t demon tration of the Holger eil en method in operthagen at the International Conference in 1932 and was s o impre s ed by it that I wrote a long a rticle on it on m y return to England , but i t had a poor reception andwa not reall y full y considered until the S.A. reju enated it and pro ed that it was the ideal method of artificial re piration. Thi \.Va so recent that it must be within the memor of all tho e intere ted in the ubject. It again h a the ad antage like SiJ ester of a positi e e , balation and a po itive inhalation and theref ore must gi e an e cellent ventilation of the lungs. It a1 0 has the ad antage of the fa e -down po ition and the lowering of the po ition of the operator hand on the victim back an undoubted ad anrage. It i now recogni ed that it i an undoubted ad antage to rai e the forehead of the victim higher rhan the position obtained b placing the forehead on th cro sed hands and it may be an ad v antage to keep the face dO\ n instead of turned to one ide It is n \ re ommended from Denmark to keep the head fa e dO\· n with the forehead on th cra ed hand and the hand rai ed about _ in. on a boo heap of and or imilar medium. Though it is emphasised that pre me aD the back hould be kept" ithin the tipulated limit there mu t be om variati n of pre ure according to the ph ique of the ietim. I n all of the e three method the great ential i a free a irwa and for that r ea on it i e ential that the bin mll t be kept well forward. If it i not kepr \ ell fon ard there i certainly great dange r tha t the effo r t of the operator though cont inuou a nd well meant. will be of no a ail.
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f outh-to-mou rh though p ra et i ed fo r 11lan "ear b y g n Tal pm titioner at childbirth, ha com ba k trongl y into til pietur in r ecent times and it undoubtedly work. It gi v an ex ell nt v ntilation o f the lung and the inhaled air of the op rator w uld appear t ontain quite ufficient xyg n f r the r u itation of the vi tim y t h n , hould th re be an criti i m of the meth d ? It i right
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Photo: Brighton Fire Brigade 2
Common Sense In Resuscitation
• Continued /rom paa e 3
that we hould consider that ntlclsm and having conidered it, make up our mind hether we can carry out this method or not. It is a face-upward method which for the reasons already given , I cons i der a disad a n tage. It is a omewhat d is gu ting method to app y and in pite of the emergency I fear many operators will fail to continue f r the requisite time requ ired. I h ave ye t to fiIl.d a n one who has practised thi method and given me his impressions. It is impossi ble to prac tise it in a p rac tical" ay and it is not as easy as it sound. There are not availab le suffici e nt manikins for p ractise and I can only sugge t that practi e be done wi th a b a lloo n in order to get the rhyth m conectly. The Ambu -Interna tio nal Manikin from Copenhagen is ingenious bu t costly and p racti cally unobtainable
FOR CH IL DREN
The hyper-ventilation syn drome c aused by the oveTbreathing of the operator can produce dizziness and asphyxia, though I do no t think this is a serious risk. B ut it can interfere with the rhythm. I have made ome experiments vlith t he fitting of mouth and I find that there are a num ber of mouths which are difficult to eal by the operator owing to the va ri ation of size and though this may so und somewhat ridiculou it is nevertheless true ; and if the thumb is to be included as well, it is more difficult till. There is undoubtedly a considerable quantity of air which gets into the stomach and mflates it and which has to be e x p ress ed at interval s. Th ose are all disadvantages of the method. Do they constitute a real criticism? 1 beJieve they do: but I do no t consider they are s t rong enough to have suffic ient influence on those who can overcome their repugnace to perfonn the method. With all its disadvantages it s undoubtedly of great value as a resuscitation method especially in children, an d lmdo ubted ly a fu ll description of the method should be widely published (for it cannot be p rac t ise d ) so that all those who wish to use it may have the op p ortunity t o do so.
I do not wish to rai se the question of airways, for I do not believe this question is yet settled even in America. Personally I do not like the ide a and if I were doing thi s method of artificial respiration I should certainly use the mouth-to-mouth method and not the mouth- to-airway.
I have also not raised the question of the Minuteman ; Re su s citator , Po rt able Mark I; the Ambu. Ruben B ag or similar apparatus, for though extremely efficient they serve a different purpo se and require apparatus for their application.
The notes I make are the results of my own observations and are an attempt to give a fair and u nbiased opirrion of the methods mentioned without the complication of scientific details They do not necessari ly reflect the opinion of any organisation to which I may belong.
UNVEILING OF TABLET TO FORMER BRIGADE MEMBER
OX Aug u s l 9/h. 1 ,59, ill SI. Palll's Cliurch B V/(tII('II/oul/l. th e RI. R evd. J. R. Taylor, forll/erly Bishop of orior (lllrI JJan, dedicaled len bell alleZ ullveiled a lreblet 10 the IlI elilOry of tlie T'iCQ1" s wife. JJr L allie Xarris (wllo died ill Xo ee Jllber 1 n.j7). (f member of th e Brigade sillce H133. who callie to Bv/(melllo/(ih ill 19409 and tl'Cl a D il.·i ional Offic r oj th e BOll1'lleliIOllth Xllrsill.!!. Di vision Bo/,/melllollih Corps, IIlllil sl!r rl .from till' Brigade in 19 56 The erl.'ice was attmc/e(/ by 1mbulall c(' 01111 Sur. ing J ell/bel'. oj tli e Brir1(ule.
Ber ksh ir e ' s S uc c e ss ful Ba ll
THE Annual Ball arrang d by the Council of 1.. John for Berkshire wa held with great su e on o\ember _ th, at the Berks hire Golf Club, col. The band of the R )al Hor e Guard p layed for dancing and there wer wonderful prizes to be won at the Tombola. Among lhose present were: Th Marque of illingdon (Presi dent of the ouncil) and the Marchione s of illingdon: Lord and L ady Fo rres; Lt.-Gen. Lord Fre) berg, and L'1.dy F reyberg; Sir Rob ert and Lady Renwick: Ir hi ef Marshal Sir Philip J oubert a nd L ady J oubert (Chairman of the Ba ll Committee); Lt.-Gen. ir William and Lad Ln.llt n; ir Leslie Gamage and the Hon. Lady amage (Pre ident of th e Ball Commitlee).
HAVE YOU A QUERY? The well-known " Q uest ion and Answer" series is being revived in an early jssue an d t he Editor will welc ome any questi ons on tr aining , practi ce first-aid , and other topics of gener al interest
HUMAN BJOLOC Y. by Johl1 Cib on, f.B., h.B., D.P.M. ( Fab er & Faber, 12s. 6d.). Student working for examinalion ill w hich this one of t he ubjects wi ll And Dr. ibson' book illvaluab e. I n compact form it co er the ground ery mprehensivel y, and indeed readably. Hs readability, together with the rema r kably full illu tration of the main points make it al 0 an attractive proposition at the price, for a ll who are intere ted in taking their first aid knowledge a stage further and finding oul more a bout how the bod y works.
THESTORYOFTHECROWTHOF UR 1NC, by Agile E. Pa vey, S.R.N., D .N.( Land.) (Faber & Faber 36s.). Fir t publi s hed in 1938 Mis Pavey' boo k beca me at once the a uthori ta tive work on it s vast subject, and is a trul y enl hralling account which presents a multitude of fact in a mo t readable a n d attrac ti ve form Famolls persona lities are described a we ll as t he g rowth of t he nurs in g movement in different countr ies. Thi s latest edit ion ha s been brought full y u p-to-date to cover developments s in ce the la st war a nd M is Pavey' references , for example, to the Ord er'S ho pita l in J erusale m e mbod y the mo st recent deve lopments.
Our Recruiting Probl e m
By Major LEON TA L B O T , Area Comm i ssioner , Hampshire, Uni ver sity Tuto r in Social Anth r opology
I T i dangerou to rega rd u r pre ent ack of recru it a a pa ng pha e which wil probably die a natural dealh with lh e ending of ational ervice, a nd to think that we can afTord to jog along in the mcantime. To begin wilh, the problem i lOO wide pread to boca ually di mi ed, since a imilar l,o rLage of recruit threatens the future i ten e of almost e\'ery olllntary uniformed organi ation through Ul the country.
Indeed. lhere i little e cuse for hoping thal the iluaLion will impro\e, bUl e\ ery rea on f r fearing that it \ ill become more senou. It could e\en be true that the day of the yolunteer in uniform i pa ing. Thal there no place for him, or her, in the ocial pattern of the fUlure. or i there an) thing in the hislOry of the pa t few hundre year t ugge t th al we can look r r\ ard \.\ ith c nfld nce lo an e entual relurn f the Golden ge of the \olunt er whi h many of u rcmember from the day of our own youth.
[n medieval time f r in Lan e. \\ hen the Order it elf was young. neither prince nor iJeasa nt, mer ha nt nor mercenar) had any tIme for \ luntary organi ation u h a our. \ rk of charit) \ ere a lmost emir I) limited to the A'on of lho e whom w might regard a being pr fe ionall} concerned the Church and the Order of Knighthood.
S e/f-i nt e rest
Wilh the pa ing of the mona lerie and of the o-call d ge of hi\ alr) e\e n the e good ende<)\our fell imo de a), the Tudor, Stuart and eorgian reign being more or Ie completel taken up with If-inter l in ne f rm or an th r.
Onl y amid the rdered ecuri t) and ocial stability of .lhe ietorian did the urge to erve mank1l1d reall) begin to ari e among Lhe people o[ the e land s, the more a dventurous carr) ing their good ende,l\our toward the far corn r r the earth \\ hile lhe m re homely-minded turned th ir attention towards lh foundin o[v luntan ., movement " \ ithin our own hore. ·
Wh e re the e 0 ially-minded indi\ idual were prCJ ared to lead, the young r m mb r of the c n:munity \ ere pI' pared to [0110\\, If the road led a\ ay from parental dOm1l1aliOn and toward a greater d gre of elf-imporlance.
The uniform of the volu n te I' b am a sym bol of comrade hip in a worth cau and ga e to it wearer a per onal di tinction which the averag per on cou ld n readily acquire in hi \ orki ng life.
So il i nOl to be wondered atlhat 0 man OUI' great oluntar uniformed I'ga ni atLOn .o f today owc their r igin to the !'Ictonan. age a nd it innucn ce- th Brig ade Itself, the olunteer and Ter ritori al, the Scout a nd Guid and many other;
TT7£ alway s like /0 encourage thought rr alld stimulale ideas. Many will IIOt agree wi/II Ihi s ar/ic/e and may feel Ihell Ihe idea Ihal voluntary service is waning is ol'erslated. The Brigade s indeed grealer ill s lrellgfh 117C11l if ever has been before in peace lime Good progre ss has been made recelltly ill reillforcing the adults from the ca dels. el'erthele s, there is 110 room for cO lllplacellcy. The demands for our help of/ell ill crease more rapidly Ihan our membership. There is an urgent need for JIIore Cadel Officers. Jll el'ilClbly all of LIS (Ire gellillg older and will lIeed replacing as lime goe 011. it is right that Ihese problems should receil'e crilical eXClminalioll alld Ihe l iews of readers will he welcomed.
togelher with a ho t of non-uniformed bodie concerned wilh everything from the sa\ing of oul to the presenalion of footpath.
The Ar t world \ ar. with it tragic affront to the \er) foundalions of human ociel), broughL forth a frantic effort on the parl of the po t-war younger generation to et the world once again on its feet. o lhal the lwemie" and early lhirti itW another great up urge of )oung men and \\omen intem upon dedicati ng their pare time lO the en ice of mankind. BUl purpo alone will not uffice on e th e initial thrill has departed. and the efforl \\a doom d to fai lure \ en before
lhe econd world war brought about its Anal collapse. The Golden Age of the Volunteer, born of the self-satisfaction of the last century, has died amid the doubt and confusion of the present one.
So we now li ve in an age almost as devoid of the voluntary spirit as was that before the mighty voices of the great Victorians first made themselves heard b y the multitude . An age in which there seems to be no popular alternative to tbe lust for per onal gain and lavish spending, effortless leisure and second-hand experience.
Res tl e ss
But this does nOl mean that tbere is nOlhing we can do about it. It is true that there are powerful influences working agai nst us- commercial interests il1lent upon advocating the gaining and _pending of mone) as the only worth"" hile form of human acti\il), economic interest ,\hich see in eery olumeer a threat lo somebody' bread and butter. official circles \\ hich are prone to regard the unpaid \.\orker as an uncontrollable nuisance Yet in pite of all thi there are other tendencie -increasing tendencies-working on our beh alf. Young people. e\er re lie ,eyer eeking for omething ne\\. are growing increa ingl) restl -s o\'erthe pa i\ e delight of looking and Ii tening omething completely new in pare,time • COIl/inlled 011 pagc 6
TAKI NG THE AIR ( I)
A .Y .oj co,ope!'o tioll bCtllWII Ihe R I.P. alld .J l.B. II(/') taken plac e at , I blll.gdoll to fI,lllllg 10 lIIelllbns holdillg _ IiI' , : lI('IIdant.' Certificate::;. The , (blllgdoll j)1t'ISI(III Itas oblailled Trallsp ort COII/lllaild permission to fly ill their (1II'erajt. (flirt rccently th (' first.f/igltt took place. "[chell this pictllr(' ,cas takm. Tlte IIlclllu('rs t'ny IIIlI ch cnjvyed the flight. ll'lIich 1m ,' lIIade ill {/ B ei.·erley aircraft. alld Ihc.I/ 1( ('I"C 1II0si happy thai Ihe slIpply oj papn bad, prol.'idl'd n'os handed back !l1I1I ed Tit/' R I. F. ujJic('rs a/ Ibil/gdo II arc mosl (,"II IJIlI io 'lic abollt tlli ,' ,'1'111111'('. alld it is 1I0ped tfljlJl'IlI (f J/ubil e Pirsl lid TN/I11/raill cd to fly to ally majol' ill('idclI/.
Our
Recruiting Problem
• Contilllled J7'0111 page {j acti i ty is required some new c h a llenge some new adventure, some new ideaL; and th mind which discovers s uch a thing will give mpetus to a wave of eager young fo llowers as powerful as any which swept t hi country in the days of the Victorians. But what? tha t is the question.
Wha is it that the young men an d young women of toda y are wa i ting for a the drllll1 their heels in f r ustration , or seek through the savage rhythm of blaring trumpet and throbbing drum tbe fulfilment w hich only a savage tribes man could re eal to them ? C a n we in the Brig a d e, alo n e or in company with the other uniformed vo luntary organisations , find the answer and lead the way?
Research
THE OLD BRIGADE
T ". Il' ills. Th e C'oIlIlIlOlIr/ery
Wilt hire & Berkshire
I shou ld like to see a research team formed at Brigade headquarters level and charged wi th such a task They would h ave to succeed where so many committees bwe already f a iled-to define the need and to in vent a means of satisfying it in terms of a ., new look " in Br igade activity. rrERE another photooraph Jrom th e Brigade's arcliil.'es 1 litt er was bllilt lill by tli e
or hould t hey limit their considerations to the Brigade itself. Why should not the whole of t he uniformed voluntary organisations stage a combined attack upon the pro blem with ourselves i n the lead?
Only th u s could we hope to overcome what is, perha ps , our greatest difficul ty, the presen t " fashion trend " away from vol unta r y service for the community. For i f we were sufficiently strong and convincing to b e able to persuade the B.B.c. and the Press to c ome in strongly 00 the side of vo luntary soci a service, half the b a ttle would be won.
The task of such a research team would be almost heart- breaking in its difficulties its findings and recommendations would be unpalatable and almost impossible to put into effect, but i ts success would lift u s out of a state of stupor whi c h cou ld all too easily drift into a state o f coma and beyond.
11 Gippe sl yk (I pswich) Di visioll oj th e Brioade l( ith thr ee bicycles ({lid a stretcher. ({1Ir/ used ill the s -ree ls dW'ing LiJe-boat a ll1'day ill 907. Th e Dh'isiollal ll7J er illlen{/elll ll'(fS F. I-I. Good er ham (fiJth frol1l righi , tcem'i ng sash). Cap Gooder/wlIl {(' I/o Sellt 11i(' photograph joined th e B Tigade in 1 895, and is s till 011 th e Reser ve aJter II 101lC! alld h Ol/oll1'lIblf cmeer. H e was made a S er v ing Brolher oj the Ord er iii 1 92:2.
• T h e E ditor wo uld like to h ear f r o m an y d is o n which p o ld- ty p eq uipment similar to the above - litters, hor e amb ulance etc. I 0 a nyo n e p in old-fashioned nursin g a nd ambulance uni fo rm d a tin g from 1920 o r ea rli e r
LETTER
Thanks for the Knee-Rugs
fa y I through " TH E RE VIEW" make widely known the ve r y va luabl e help given by the ursing Cadets and o thers w h o supply our d e p a rtm ent with knitted k nee rugs for h e b e nefit of war disabled exservicemen a nd elderly nur se of th e Armed Forces. The se rugs give enormou pleasure both for their cheerful colour a nd warmth and also for the kindness o f h e makers
Th e ingen u t y shown in using up scr aps
TAKING THE AIR (2)
of the membe?'s of the Banbu-ry D ivis i on w h o have been taking thei?' Air Attendants Certificate. Th e course has been taken under the ins truction of the Medical (OjJi cers of the AeTo 11edica Service of the Roy aZ Air Force (an d has taken six months to complete.
Visits were made to the H ea dq ua1 teTS of TTan sport Command for practical instruction on the larg er ai1'CTajt inc luding I,he very late st" B ritannia" w hich w a s being jilt ed or use wi th the Royal Ai?' Forc e. A fl ig ht to t es t the candidates was taken at a local s tation and all 19 members came tln'ough with flying co ours.
Th e co -opemtion of th e Medical OjJic e-rs oj the Royal Ai? Fone h as been excellent an d VeTY much appreciated by a ll th e members of the B anbuTY D ivision.
By Capt. J. DOCWRA-ROGERS
Knight of the Order
\ I LT HJR""e ha\ e on several
Lockeridge, in the same district. where the Order held a house a nd land, a ll t races have di appeared BERKSHIRE
J hope lbe makers of t he rug \\ ill a ept our grateful thank a w 11 a the g r ali ude of the di ab led pen ioner and \I ill be encou r aged to continue their good work
Your fai lhfully, uri e l \ at 0 11 Directo r t. 101111 & Red ero ExServices War Disabled H elp Deparrmem.
Photo: 1\. S r "'.' II .' , II./
6 of old wooL and in th va ri et of lil che and plea ing de ign r e markable
Much Reb uil t
The m;]l1or far mh ou e has obviou - tra s of h<1\ ing been lhe dome tic bui ldi ng of lhc ol11mand ry but wa much rebuilt after the Di o lu io n it \ ulcl b e inter ing lO explo r hc cel lar. The e tal wa give n to th H ospitall r by a lt er Turb erv ille in 1210 a nd ab ut 1427 thi ommand ry bec;]111 a m a lgamated \ ith T rcb i",h in rnwall. The Ord r held land in Ihe adjacent pa ri sh of Swallo \· clirre and pro\ ided lh haplain for the c hurch th r Olher propertie in Wilt hil' \ er (he form r T mplar Preceptory at R ockley nea r 1arlborough, whi h keep it name at T e mple a 1'111. Lillie rema in to be een h re a pa rt from me old ma so nr y and whnl wa obviou Iy the fishpond. t 7
In the reign of Henry II , aude. Countess of Clare. a great benefacl re of the Order granted to the Hospit allers the manor o f Greenh am, outh of ewbury, and at the same time Gen 'ase Paynell ga e the iJlage. BrimplOn Manor. in the next parish. wa also given 10 the Order in J 19 or earlier, by Simon de Or ille. wi th the adjace nt manor of BrimplOn Court , also known a halford \ here the original house of the Order a ppears 10 have been sit ualed; in fact in the 13th century the Hospit allers are de cribed a be i n g" of Sh alford" and in 1302 Ed ward 1 sta d lh re o T he knight held the Chapel of St. Leonard at Bri mpton which i mentioned in Dome day and in the 14th century acquired the pari h chur h. 0 far a Greenham is co n erned no remai n still e ist of any Order buildings here and the church wa completely moderni ed in I _ -
Blocked W i ndows
l BrimplOn the church ha like\\ been re built but adja ent to the manor f arm i tbe original Torman chapel. in the north \ all of \ hich i a doorway of the a le 11th century and in the tympanum i a \'ariety of ro pate. Th e windows, whi h ar la ter, hav e bee n block d: there a re no interior feature of intere-t and th building i nov u d a a barn.
b ut half-a - mile to th uth -ea ( i S halford F a rm_ original I) moated, the exterior of \I hi h Georgi an. 0\ ring a con id rabl y older building . a feature al 0 to- b found at Brimpton Manor F arm.
The Ord r re i\ ed in om from the following hur h in B rk shir. \ a ing a nd fton near Iderma IOn. and \V 01hamplOn (a t ",hi h the y a ls o held the manor): in the Tewbur> a rea the re were Sp ee n adja eOl lO lh at to\ 11. East 11 I y atmore and Blewbu ry in Ind in; th PI' bend of thut name f ali bur athedra!. In the north f the county the) uc eeded to practically the whol of parsholt, including a grang of th Templar - t Bu kland, near Farringdon, they held th Ianor of l. John' and at" om ret otrage" in th villag are (he re main of Illedi \al building.
The rem aining prop rty Tempi ron, n.ar Killlbur). in the extreme outh-we ( of the c nnty, where the manor \\'apreviously a T mplar po e sion.
BRJJIPTOS. B erk.s. Th e doorway oj the '-orman Chapel
T
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BRAVERY AWARDS
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HE fo li o. ing te egram \Va cnt b tb e ol11miss oner-in - hier t H .R. H
P rll1c ss [ arga r mmandant-in- hief t. J o h n adet;
All officers alld adets of the I. Johll Brigade selld YOllr Royal Highness Ihell' besl lI'i he for Chrisflllas alld he coming year.
P rincess Margaret replied a follow:
J h ave received witlt /illiCit pleasure rOllr telegralll and send my hesl wi he;' for Cltnslmas a ll d lite ell' Year 10 all officers 0111 cadet of tlte I. John JIIbu fOil C(! B ngade.-JlfA RGARET, COlllll1alldallt-illChief.
Y DHA up.-La tyearan Tndi,idual
First id ompetition wa held in the B righton area and it wa a popular other areas asked to be included. It wa deCided to divide the county into three area. Each area ha a trophy and the 1\\0 finali from each ambulan e and nUT ing ad t area competition compete for a ilvcr bowl given u b) r Elizabeth Wyndham, former l y P ublicity Officer of the rdef of St. John. Thi year the final were at Worthing on aturday ovember 7 and the result was a tie between Lancing Ambulance adet and Haughton l ursing Cadets. T he winner, after a veroolle t was Margaret Burchell, aged 16.
TREAT JEM ROUGH
f wa tcr. ] t appea h at n tr yi n g to protect he r you n ge r b w th e r who wa wit h her s h e s li ppe d d wn t h e teep ba n k and fel l n he wa oon ., n oat ng n her back about six een fee t out f r om t h e bank and he wa moving towa r d the centrc of t he pit." Alan Bax ter cued her. The fo ll o\ ing ext r ac t from officia l reports tel l the story o f Alan' fine ork.
Police: "Whe n the alarm a raised h e boy Ian Baxter
hea rd the c ri e and came 0 er he field from a remote pool wherc he h ad been' h ing, r ipping off h clothe a he ran. and without a n y he ation cntcred thc poo l. " t'vlr 0' ei ll (a ne ighbour who wa called to the ce n e): and walll to the chi l nnd c m m enced b ringi n g Ei ee n to the ank. ileen i a hca\y h i ld and Ian h dome difficu l ty iI1 getting hcr [0 the bank and whcn they were a di tance of about three to four f et fr III thc be nk 1 \ aded into the water t wai t d pth and a ted th boy with the child to the bank. I a\\ the conditi n f Eil en Bain and traight awa commenced artificial r piration on hcr \ ith the assistance of Ian Ba'(ter. Breathing a ob ened after a hon whi le and the ambulance wa ent for then took Ian B a ter to my h me and c lean d him up a he a bleeding from cutS and cratche on hi leg su tained from rubbi h in the pit under the wat r.
Police : I n ie\' of the bra e example et by t hi boy, 1 am ure he i well \\onh of a uitab le award a the water in tbe pool i ob tructed underwater with alit pe of rubbi h including crap barbed \\ ire, a oLlrce of danger to "immers at all time.
Neville knew what t o do
TH EV ILL J aged 16, i a adet in. the Ab wg mbulan e Di, ion n Jul 7th he had been pani ipating in the R hymney Secondar) ch ai p n at the teddf d ield, Rhymn ), and had ju taken pan in the mile race. \ or"men empl ycd b) the uth I,; ale Electricitv Board \\ere carr) ing out repairs to elcctri al in tallation of the treet lighting y tem, an.d a e\ ille wa coming out of the pOrt groynd hc ]\V a man hanging from the \\ ir - tripped to the \\'al - t, due the heat. ie n ti d park at hi lb \>,. nother man \\<1 climbing LIp the 1< dd r , and although he attempted 10 hold him, h fail d do 0 and he 110m 20 feet to the gr undo
By Ihi time a crov d had gathered, and ill LOok charge o f the ituation, appr ach.d Ihe patient and made an c\<ll11ll1ation
He found thal he had recci\ed \'ere burn on on elbow (right to the bone. and burn n the hand nd ba k, The p a tient wa not breathing.
He applied artificial re piration, and inquired f r first aid material fr m Electricit) Board workmen.
n ne wa a\'ailable, he a ked the crowd for any I an handkerchief and u3ed the e as t mporary dres ing for th burn. H e aloin tru ted b wnder t go for medical a tance.
e continued npp ying H tifi ial re piratio l1 and whe n Ih ambulan e arrived h accompan ied the patient t 11 pita!. and continued to app ly artificial re pirati n under th up rvi ion of the nur e n cha r ge.
A the n q u st i ll e wa compli m ent d by t he jur and the comner for hi prompt acti n.
H i own ob er ation we I' that if he had not b n t rai n din compe ition wo r k h e wou ld n e e r h;.l\e b n 'lble t o tnck e he cn e ev il le has I'eceived a Meri r ou en ic Cerlifi a l r hi fi ne work.
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Michael , age 14 , saved life
AM - RJ T IO S Service Certificate has been awarded to 14-year- o Jd Cadet M ichael John B arrett, who was e n ro ll e d w th the Wyc h wood Ambulance Cadet D ivision, O x ford hir e, on September 7th, 1958.
O n Jul y 5th, ]959, whil t bathing with other boys in the river, he ac e d wi t h great presence of mind; he not only assisted in rescuing a boy who was unconscious from the water, but carried o u t a r t ific al r espiration with great persistence for 2 0 -25 minutes a n d succeeded in re torin.g b r eat h n g. In the opinion of Dr. Gordo n coll, he saved tbe life of this boy. Hi s action, carried o u wit h out supe r vi ion and with great determination, was in the highest St. John tradition.
TO Y - MAKING O N T V
A M B UL E and nursing cadets of the Hethersett Cadet rt D i ion, orfolk, were televised in D ecember by the B B .C. showing them making toys.
T he cadet had been busy since the end of September making soft toys for children in D r. B amado Homes and hospital for Chri tma , T hey h ad to cut out, sew by hand and finish the toys theme lve T he materia l used was coloured fur fabri.c, and they are stuA'ed with kapok or wool clippings. The toys ere inspected by the cadet officer to make SGre they were proper ly finished and then packed away for di triburion at Christmas. The number of toy made was 64 at the time of the broadcast although orne cadet had still some toys to complete. pecial feature wa a doll made from a piece of wire, then padded with cotton wool and covered with pi.Ilk felt-then d re ed. H air took three evenings to make and put on, Knitted toy included a teddy bear and a bunny.
T h e cadets worked 552 hour to make the toys, and the proba t ionary cadets 50 hours, One cadet, Tina Carr, made 14 of the tOys including tbe doll and the clothes which were perfectly ewn.
T\ a probationer ambulance cade[S painted Chri tmas card to go with the tOy
S T . J O B T HO'£"SE 1 TE ll S
C ONCLUDING THE STORY OF
The Priory
I F the traditional conception of Aberdeen as the home of parsimony still exists outside the music -hall it will be rapidly dispelled by a v isit to the three hou ses in a su burb of the granite ci ty, which represent t he focal point of St John endeavours in this part of the world. As in Edinburgh , t he Order s activities are co-ordinated b y a committee and the general effect of a li ve organisat on is the result of the untiring efforts of a handful of good people who have str ven over the past ten yea rs to build up almost f rom nothing, an organisat ion of wh ich they may well be proud.
A lb yn Place is a wide road of handsome gra nite houses, and of these a group of three comprise the Order 's headquar ter s for AbeTdeen and North -East Scotland, the St John Nursing Home and urses ' Home, and the house recently bought so that tbe Order can expand without fe eling f rustrated-and the exp a nsion w ill certainl y be in a w orth -while direction. Out si de No 24 t he hea dquarters, s a symbol of the e nduring heritage o f the Order , the ancient St. John Well , wh icb origina lly stoo d on S t. John 's Croft in Gilcoms ton , held by the Knights of th e Hospita l of S t. John of Jeru sa lem from 1124 to 1563. The well was moved he re an d rebuilt in ]955.
It was in 1950 that the first house was bough b y the Aberdee n Commit tee, who raised £20 , 000, which has now been paid off by t heir own e fforts; half of tbe middle bou se was bought t o provide for extensions, and the thi r d hous e was the gift of Mrs J A. Ro ss, an Officer (Sister) of the Order
The St. Jolm Nursing Home is now the only one of its kind in 10
of Scotland
owned inst tution, but prerer p ace and privac y. Thi s the y can get at h e St. John u r in g H o m c, w hether they a re rich or poor , a nd w ithout r gard to ra religion or colour. The home is r un on a non-profil making basis pro v id ing all se rvice s at cos t price. Th e r e a r e 19 bed , bu L t hese are not a d equate and there i u uall y a wa iling sl. A s in o ther si mil ar p lace n Sco tl a nd th e di ffe re n ce between actua l cost a nd what th e p a tien ca n pay is borne by t h e l. J ohn organisation, but it is worth m entioning th a t berdeen ha\e sta rted a system h at might we l be copied by o th er Sr. J ohn bodies all o ver tb e Briti h I sles w hi c h h ave t he ta k of r a i ing m o ne y for a specific purpo e Thi s a gi r s hop, housed ill a co n verted gar age a few ya rd s away from th e Ho m e. Th e adie of the St. John As ociation of S co tl a nd (Ab e rd ee n) - formerl y called the Friend s of S t. J ohn- r a i e t he n ece sary fund by th e sale of gifts a this shop, b y the sa le of knitted a nd o th e r goods made b y t h e m se ves a n d f ri en d s a nd b y bolding var io u fun dr ais ing fun c tion s
An important point a bou t tbi s aid t h a t t h e nu rs in g s lafT never under any ci r c um sta nces know w h ich or th e ir pa ti ent ha been help ed a nd w hi c h has not. But 0 f a r fees h ave been subsi di sed t o the extent o f we ll o ve r £3 ,000 , a nd in the p a L yea r close on £ 1,000 was r a sed for this purpo se a lone. The H o m e s now well-e stab li sh ed, with accommod at on for 20 pat ients, a nd und e r Dr. Swapp it s en e rg et ic W arden, is pr ocee ding from s trength to s trength There are Jove ly ga rd eJl a nd s umm e r ,
hou e w he r e p a t ie nt re qui rin g pl e nt y or fr esh ai r can obta in it, a nd in the adjo ining h o u e con ulLi ng rooms w here do c o r a nd urgeon m ayi nt e r v ew he ir pa t ient s Where ver th e O rd er run c tl on th e r e I need for a headq uarter - a p lace where the eade rs mee a nd in uitabl e urrounding In Aberd ee n thl JS Lo b e rou nd , 111 an illlpre ive form , al 2 4 Alb y n Pl ace, w here there h as been I rep a red a fir t- cla omllliLl ee Room ? de c orated w l h o f a rm and prov ided Wit h a rom we lJ la n ch e t, In a u llab!y palle l led ch a mber. Be lo w it i Lh e A s ociat ion H a l, where SIX rresco pane ls ill uslrate ep l de o r th e hi tor y of Sl. J o hn 111 Lh e n rth- ea t f Sco Liand The w h o le of th e interior h as been d es g n ed with taste and dignit y Th e imp rcs ion g i en to th e v ISit or I o f alert a nd progressi e action a nd thi re nec great c re d i on co mmitt ee m e mbe rs, 0 a bl y I d b y th e hairm a n M ajo r D av id G o rd on o f H addo , and ec ret a r y, 0 1. I. M . C rul ck ha nk the o mmill ee m mb e r are g i ing so reg ul arly and un tlntmgl yo f Lheir e r e t h a t it wo uld be invidiou o ingl e oUl a n y na m e f r particular menti o n way now up th e coa L LO Lo the Moray Firth.
Lhe \ 11 in e it a bl y link ed n t h Illll1d w lLh Lhe name o f J. Ram ely acd n a ld. Her, overlooking th e go f co ur se a n d b yo nd th al the Firlh it el L i o ne f th e mo t recent en Lur es of Lhe rd e r [ l. J ohn. in o l la nd kerrybrae wa b uill 111 th e 't hirti e b y a \ e Jl-kn wn re dem, a nd no e pen e wa pa red L mak it n r th mo lu u rio us ly-appoll1ted ho u 111 Lh e di tn c l. H e g irt ed it to the r de r it now a re t
h m e avai la ble for conva l ccnt allent from ho pll a l who
do n t n d nur ing aLtenti n, and for e nain elderl;.: people oung people who wi h to take a holiday toge Lhe r , ror III tanc , rtcn a r ra nge f r their parent to come L. kerrybrae
H pice f t. J o hn a nel an b u re Lhat th ey \ il b e a veil
ca re d f r a if th e erc a home in e lh e Ord e r a quired kerrybrae, it ha ad mll1l tere d, pril11aril b a H u e ommi lt e C h a irm a n J Mr
Br o \\n or Oil pJc and 0 c ra ll b) Lh e rd e r Mo ray o mm illee, under it h a irman lon el ou t r. o nta h< eben e tabli hed ith Lh e ho pital of onh-a t Llanel, a nd during th e w int e r 1110rrths th co at m o .phere r the h me ideal for om'ale ent h o can rea d In th e oungc, a tch el vi io n th ere. ea t the.ir meal. in a n a lcove a Lhey J k u er th e Finh. a nd a L night re llr e lO th e beau tifully fi lt ed bed rool11so m c or \,hi h ha c; private b a thr oom.
B d a). t hc) a n t ke wa lk in thc lO\\nand on beach 111 the bra c in g a ir of thi lovel). pen c unL ry Ide. IL I II1d eed re, ardn g for lhe if at r n to ee th gl , o r health r turn LO th e chee k o r her g ue a the day b y. During Lh e umm e r m o n h th e hou pen a a h Ii la) home ror e lde rl peop le of b.ot h e C in n d of u h rac iliti c pre fe re n bin g give n LO reured ergy, tea he r e o r th e n and .o th er o r mod r a e III a n \ hull 0 L otherwi e e nj O a holiday. nyone who is inLe re ted in the pos ibi lit) o f a ta) at kerr)-
STRANGE GOINGS-ON AT
I YO ll \ and red b y mi Lake Lhi \enin.g in L Lh e large b a k rool11 o r th Vill ag In itut yo u might thi nk you had 0 111 upon he e ne of ome fear ful ac ide n l.
- e r yw here men and" omen in the pro e o f bing lI:u ed up in a rin g w hile bandagc. I nert figu res on th e noo r lied or s Lrelc h ere d. Large men \- ilh a rm immobi e. H ead n\\fapped in w hit e co \ eri ng .
But he re i no a l a t r ph Witne tho e health red f-lc.e happil y a bso rb e d th e burSL s of laug hl er, the udden pLl lll g off o f Lh e ban.dage w hil the ca ua lt " chang p lace \\ Ilh t h e rc cuero
Our urve y of Lhe present work of the Order of S t. John in cot and i a lmo t complete. It has unfortunately not been po ible LO menLion all it acti itie -Lhe help taken to homes o f the ic in many outJ ing pans through Its MedIcal Comfons D epoL D epar tm en t. for instance. or the p lend Ld hbrary a nd mu eum o f bo ok and ite m connected, ith the history of t he Ord e r in cotland, w hich i maintained in Gl asgow.. But enough ha been aid to shm that a (Our of the P nor) cen tre is indeed a timu lating experience: the re is an awareness o f the pa l. cou pled with an ent erprising de ire (0 fa e the future in a manner worth) of Lhe great tradition of the Most enerable Order.
THE VILLAGE INSTITUTE
girl or woman. Tonight it i all George, udrey or D aphnw. P e rhaps tomo r row out 111 th village we hall rey rt to a p lite Good oming," Mr. o -a nd- 0." B ur at t. J ohn a ll barri r a re down and we ar jU [ 0 many human bemg mixing a ily b au e we are doing what \ e Im e. a mona the lilll !IT up move the figure of the D o tor Wife. helpi;g and ad\ i ing, ugge ring and praising. All are eager for her appr val. H a an hOLir gone already? The b II [Jugs and here 1 D octor, r ady to gi\e bi 1 ctur n Fir [ id. Ba ndage.s a re whi ked away. Th bu cene is hu hed aud we. ar Ittll1g round \\ ith n b ok , a b orb d in the fascmatlons of the hum a n body. Then, afte r question aud we on more break liP il1l linl gr up , a" cup' of are pa s ed round. Onh th n do we r member that w ar lUdl\"ldua I \\!th our own d3y -t -da y problem a nd in an atmo phere of 0 dome ti c hauer w br ak liP with you next i\lond a;.. e h eri D :1phne. Go dnight Geor ge. " W JE FRIE
Th e nitiale d would kn that a ll thi aCLi i y parl of th wee kl y m ce tin g of th l. J h n mbulan e B rigade, whe re men a nd wo m e n of a ll age a n d cia mingle \ it h uninhib i d rree dom LO ex pre th ir urge to L nd t h e human b d v a tch the poli ce m a n y e lding hi big fr a me t Lhe lill ie hOLi ew ife who is deftl y dea lin g ,.v iLh hi im ag in ary nj uri e or Lhe firemen , la rge d a rk fi g ul·e in th e ir unifor m helping or being h Iped by 1 1 br ae bould \\ rite to Lhe Matron The Hospice of S t. John Lo ie m outh. ....
REVIEW CBOSSWORJ) No. 9
INVESTITURE OF MISS CHECKLEY
J[i:ss Ir e ne Checkl ey, St. John Headquart er Officer f07' Malaya, LIllO has recently tOUTed England , r ece ived two hOllow' fro771 th e High C0711711isSlone7' JOT th e Government of flialaya , 1'n London. The awa Td we re th e tat e l H el-itoTious ll edal, and the J.l lalayan equivalent of th e O B.E - Ahli Al angku Seaam ( H onol"m'Y) in the OTder of Pangknan Xegam
)I A LTA Flag Day results and gifts from England
ALTHOUGH not as successful as last year, the re3ult of our Flag Day is gratifying The collection amounted to £388 ; our t a rget figure was £400, this being the sum we need each year to cover our running expenses which do not include an y salaries , since we have no paid staff. The money collected goes to the furtherance of our work in Malta and Gozo
Our own members collected £265 from the va rious districts, t he Services raised the handsome sum of £115 on our behalf and two friends in Canada sent us £8 tow a rds ou r Flag Da y colLection
We are very grateful to a ll tho se who contributed their co ppers, silver and the odd pound note; we are also thankful to t he man y helpers from outside the Brigade, who spent hours of their f ree time helping us to help others.
OUR collection of county shields and old m a ps at headquarters has recently been increased by the county shields of the East and the Wes R id ings of Yorkshire and by a old p cto r ial map of Somerset. T hese very welcome gIftS came from Briga d e visitors to Malta who fe ll in ove with hese islands and wished to 1ea ve a sma1l mem ento of their visit.
NIGERIA
Work for Brigade in Cup semi-finals
n:embers of the St. J ohn Am bu la n ce B rigade of the Nlgenan P orts Authority were highly com mended by football. fans and other mem bers of the pub ic for the ye oI?en serv ices they rendered during two semi -fina s for the NatIOnal Challenge Cup O ne was dur ing the recent chaUenge football match between P lateau and Lagos ( pol ice) when .Okpalaeze, Plateau cent re- ha lf clashed with Lagos (pollce) nght-half- back and fell wri thing with pain for a wh e .aDd later l ay still.
The: B rigade men were qu ck y o n t h e scen e and a f ter applyi n g fust a Id, later took the injured p l ayer to t he hospital.
SOUVENIR FOR VISITOR FROM TASMANIA
FROJI L alll/CI'S /Oll. Tasl1I{(l1ia, 0 l,fl I/ I/Ces/oll, ('of/"ndl, came ;'Iir 8. Em i ly Pfl I/Ik}) ('r (/eJ/) {( forlller (listric/ offi cer Jor S. Ta sma llia. Th e i'isil arose Jro lll fI Ill/'('tillg in Malt a, dll7'ing til e 1" cent Jlluil ee celeum / io ll s. /l erc 11 rs.
D. J .• hUntr, Di visiona l Offi ce r, is pr ese ntillg t o H r'. Falllkll N a. souven i r oj h er pisit in th e Jorm oj (J pitoiogmpll oj th e OU /h {!.II/I' ..iTch, Lau nces o17 li sa in IIl e picture are lJi v i:s ollal Pr e.·idClt/ !11T. B TulJord, T'i ce -PT eMdell / JI lT s. J If 'o nJl({ CO Il {(lid D ivisi ona Superintendent M 1"S U ll1. P. [f eo ley. Th e occasil)n W(L8 the nn71lw l llsp ec h071 of ,OI/ lI ceS O Il ' lI n ill g f) i1'isioll.
CLUES
0 0 \ \1 1 trained first-aider will n er lr at in tbi manner (7) a rbon dio x id , faeces, swea t , urin (7). ffec led in dl-e a nd m a nn r (7). 4. Hold reserve of ca r bo hyc1 ra te (5) 5. 6.
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Compiled by W.
A. Potter
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Around and About
OMMAl D E R Y OF ARD GOLD AWARD.-On e o f our nurs ing members an Gillespie of Glogher ursing Di vision, h as won th e Duk e of Edinburgh's G old Award the seco nd girl in orthern I reland to do o. an, who lives at cCrea P a rk Clogher, is a Girl Guide L and R anger also.
Mro, IGHT PREMrERE.-Slanley Baker, star of Yesterda y 's Enemy, came to Belfasl for the lster premiere of rus latest film and appeared on the stage of the Ritz Cinema with Freddie G ilroy, the ne'.\' European bantamweight champion.
At a midnight matinee in aid o f the Order of Sr. J ohn the star of the film was introduced by Mr. C li fford elson, of A.B.C. , who presented him with an Irish shillelagh.
After being inlerviewed on the stage, M r. B aker introduced Gilroy, who was received with prolonged cheers.
The Lord akehurst, Go ernor of Ireland and Lord Prior of the Order of Sr. J ohn. and many ci ic dignitaries, attended the show, at which artists of the Ro yal Ballet from Convent G arden presented excerpt from well-known b allets before the film. T he stage show also included Joe Jenning , ,. the very young man of music." who charmed the large audience with hi inging.
CYP R -S
DR IAZI MIERA. the ivl inister of Health, pre ented prize in June when nearly one hundred B ritish, Greek , T urki h. rmenian and 1aronite boys and girls from all over Cyprus competed in the Second nnual Fir t Aid Competition of the Cypru St. John Ambulan e Br igade in the ground of [he English chool. J ieo la.
LO-"TIO , DISTRICT
IRPORT FIRST AID POSTS.Personnel from the ambulan e and nur ing division in lhe area perfomled during the 1959 sea on 1. 6 _ hour of duty and treated _73 ca e
L,\TIIA
T HE Commissioner -in - Chief of th t. John mbulance Brigade ha recei\ed [he follo\\ ing lett r from the e retanGeneral. India. Lt -Col. C. K. Lak hmanan: Dear Sir.
I alii directed TO thallk )'011 for your cableoram of the 10Th SepT ember cOlIl"eyill o greeTings from Caders ill Dwlalld TO lhe Cader in Illdia on rhe occasion of rlie CadeT Day, whi h we comlllllllicated TO ollr Dis/r icrs cOllcemed
[II [lldia rhe Dar H'a celebrated on Ihe J'rli eprel1lber a pre\'iollsly COll1l1lllllicared (Il1d The CadeT hGl'e reciprocnred hearrily rhe good Iri he they hare for rhe cader ill Englalld. We hall be 1110 orate/it! if YOII will killdly cO Jl\'ey rhis message /rom ollr ader ro their olllrade ill Ellglalld.
Nursing in Badio ..Tlae'rapy
Concluding the article by Miss C. TURNER, S.R.N.
(Nlost oj th e pmc/ices d eSCTib ed refer 10 the H cwn m e1"S lIlilh H ospital and may mell vmy in oth e r cen tT es)
CARE. In coming to the basic nursing of the patients it should be remembered t h a t Radiothera py sometinles produces generalised systemic symptoms of
m a la is e as well as the loca l reaction.
S ystemic Rea ction to Tr ea fm ellf. This depends to a large extent upon the area inadiated and t h e volume of tissue invol ·ed.
P a tien ts often feel tired and depressed are nause ate d which is sometinles a ccompani e d by vomiting There may be a drop in the blood count causing a low resistance to infection The reaction m ay b e 'w ors e two hou rs after treatment.
T r eatm ent. Treatment of the se symp toms should include adequate r est. ExtJ:a fluids up to at least six pints dail y including s od a water and glucose fluids Adeq uate light diet from the di et kitchen if necessar y, high protein milk is very useful. Anti -sickness medicines such as Pyridoxine , A vo min e. Tr a nqui llisers such as Largactil. Careful check on the blood picture especi a lly the white count.
Lo ca l Reaction t o Treatment The skin reaction depends on the dosage to a large extent , fair skinned people react more rapidly than dark skinned ones (of the white races ).
1. Skin becomes red and any hair falls out-erythema.
2. Skin becomes bright red and peelsdr y desquamation
3 Skin peels and is moist-mois t desquamation
N.B. It is never called a burn. The w ord " bum" suggests that i t was caused by acciden t or carelessness. It should be c a lled re a ct ion and compared to sunburn. The reaction is frequently expected (it does not a lwa ys a ppear) and c lears up very well on the whole. This reaction should heal in two to hree weeks following the end of treatment. It may lea ve some permanen t pigmentation of the skin whjch ma y lo se so me of its resistance becoming easily injure d and healing more slowly. Dilated blood vessels m ay occur.
Tr eatm en
Before the start of treatment skin area
shou ld b e thoroughly cleansed, any zincoxide plaster or Elastoplast beingcompletel y removed with ether. All forms of lotions, oint ments should be discontinued (unless spec ifically ordered b y a r a diotherapi st. During treatment damage to skin should b e avoided by reducing pre ss ure , e.g. tight clothing, bras sier es, c ors e ts , collar and tie, s houlder straps.
Skin must not be washed, must not b e exposed to s trong sunlight, must not have any applications of oin tmen t , pow der or lotions containing heavy metals wh ich increase ra diat ion a bsorption, e.g. boric ointment, dusting powder con taining zinc and oxide, it must not ha ve dre ss ings fixed with zinc oxide plas ter o r Elastoplast as again these increase radiation a bsorption
a nd dama ge already damage d s k in (peel i t off).
The skin a rea may be t rea ted \ i 11 acriflavine solution 1-1 000 or oda-bicarbonate soiutjon as ordered by the radiotherapist.
Sinuses in the treatment area may be p ack ed if necessary with eusol packs acco rding to t h e radiotherapi t's instru tion P re me areas may be rubbed gently wi th zin 0 ide free dus ting powder. If a moist desquamation occurs it must be treated wit h f ull aseptic non- touch echnique. For small areas gen t ian vio let o ne per cent. olution may be applied and preferably the a r ea left exposed. If covered h e gentian violet mu t dry thoroughly first. L arger areas and a so folds in the skin may be treated with paraffin ga uze Thi s should b e used sparingly and discontinued as soo n as the new skin has formed o prevent the area becoming so dden
All the a bo ve must depend on t h e r a diot herapi st's individual preferences.
An y dressings whi ch do no t r eq uire a bandage may be co vered wi h cellotape only.
At the end of treatment un til the reactjon clears completely (three week s or so) the patient must not wash the a re a. ivea cream or calamine lotion may be applied o dry desquamation as ordered by th e radiotherapist.
Sca bs from Rod en t ulcers ma y be removed wi th h y drogen peroxi d e or odabica r bon ate so lution as ordered.
Moist desquamation sho uld b e allowed to be a normally continuing th e sa m e methods of tre atmen a above.
Again 110 plaster or celfotape shou ld be used on irr a dia ted skin as it tears it off.
H ead. Ha ving described the c hanges which may occur on the outsi d e of the body it become s obvious t h a t reaction and inflamm a ti on may very we ll occur in ternally as weU. In caring for p a t ient s h aving radiotherapy for a cranial tumour nursing observations mu st be acute as c h a n ges occur in this con dition ext remel y rapid ly. In te rcra ni a l pressure may in cr ease and severe hea daches may occur acco mp a nied b y vo mi t ing Magnesium su phate e nema s m ay b e helpful as also intravenous injecti ons of glucose 50 p er cent. 20- 50 cc. which may be ordered B aldness wi ll certain y occur and may we ll be permanent a l thoug h in quite a number of cases the ha ir does re-grow.
E.N. T. Cases These are in some ways the mo st d ifficult to nurse In these cases severe mucosal reaction will almost certainly occur in the treat ment a rea a n d the mou t h etc., b ecomes very painful. Im a gination is required by h e nursing s taff to ensure th at t h e p atient b as an adequa te in take of fluid s and diet. L ocal analges ic s should be given b efor e food. F req uent mouth was h es wi ll be r e quired If necessary semi -solid or even fluid di et from he die t ki chen during the 14
later stages of l'ea (men t mu t b e g iv n Th e p a tien h ou ld be warned at h s tart of treatment, a nd t he importance of a n adequate diet ex p la in e d to h im In rare ca e tube fee ding m ay be n ece a l')'. a refu I wa t h mu st be kept on the patien t
,veigh t. The en e of taste i 10 t a nd ma y take two month s at I as t to return The mouth ma y remain dry fa irl y p ermanen t ly.
The pain in lh e mouth should clear up fairl y quickly at thc end of r eatm ent a od n (\\, O week norm a l di et s h ou ld be tol e raled.
If tbe eye en ter th e tr alment a r a lhi s may well b come inflamed an 1 t h lid ti k tOgether. Ba h e the eyes a nd li se cas tor o il drop not bor a ic. ataracl ma y be ca u sed by rad at io n but can be tired by operation. High do age may pemlancntly damage the retina causing permanent blindne
Thorax. The trealm nt of the br a ( or lung may cau e oe opl1agiti a n d d fficulty in wallow in g. Th e patient hou ld be reassured and p a lli a live mea ure undera k en (a a b ove).
A bdom ell. 1f large areas of th abdomen are trea ted diarrhoea, nau ea and \omiting frequentl y occur and may cause lhe pati nt great dislre H eavy m tal mj tur again hould not be gi e n uch a bi muth. halk and opium 111a be give n liberally a l 0 k aol in a nd morphia a rdered. In m re severe cases we have tried a mi morphine and t a rch and opium enem a with varying s uccess .If rea t ion i ve ry sever treatment may ha ve t o b e di con tin ued for a few day Frequency of mic(uri lion may omctil11 occur. Th e fold o f kin in the groi n may b e affected and hould b e treated \\ i(h genti a n violet or p a r affi n gauze Bon e pain due to t umour growth u ually responds dramati ca ll y 10 -rays.
Iti important to re member that the tr ea tmen t of r eaction following radiotherap y wo uld be qu ite unlike any treatme n ordered for ca ua lti e u ffer in g f r om rad iation in nu clea r warfa r e wh ere t he radiation to wWcb peop e wo uld be ex p ed wo ul d b eno rm ous ly in c r ease d
BRIGADE SURGEONS ' CONFERENCE:
Harrogate in May
T H E next co nfer e n ce of Bri ga d e surgeon (all ra nk s) will b e held at th e aim H ydro Hot el, H arrog ate, on Friday_ Saturday and Llnday May 6lh, 7th and 8th, ]960
A u sua the main conference will be on the Saturd ay a ft e rnoon a nd unday morning and a fl e m oo n (w ilh the dinn er on Saturday evening), but a rr a ng e m en are be ing m a d e for lhose s u rgeons who wi h lO a t te nd o n Friday even in g and alurday morning for informal di sc Li ssions , e tc.
D eta il s of the programm e a nd a l 0 co of acc ommod a tion , etc., w iJJ be ready at dist ric t cou nt y ll ead qu a rter s during (h e latter pa rt of J a nu ary J 960. It is h oped th at s urgeon s will boo k the dates and th at as m a n y as pos ible atlend hi s imp o rtant tr a inin g course.
Promotions and
HE R M A J EST Y THE QUE E N has bee ll gracio us y plea se d 10 sOll c /i on Ihe fo llowillg p r o m o tioll s ill CI nd appointm e llt s
10 The Mos/ Ve ll e ra b le Orde r of Ih e H osp ilal of I Jol711 of J erl/sa ell/.
O R PROMOnO TO THE G RADE OF K T [ GHT
0 1. e ffrey Fau l IeI' Page, D .. 0.
Wi ll iam Bain, M B., B. M.R L.R P The Rl. H on Sir Edmund Villier in hull lockdale.
F R DM l 10 IN T H F KNIGHT
The H on. Humphrey i ary Gibb, .B
F R PR M T IO TO T H E DAM ary El hel El izabe t h, M i hal mer , I rs. I Sulcliffe, Folwcll.
OF B.E , ell ambridgc. I.R Har Id Hall. elby O.B.E. , F o
Appointments
John Francis Gal e W ard ra ncis Jdr is Jon es. W i lli a m Arthur T homas Sheen. Will iam Lesl ie Ashmore.
Jo se ph Fin c h R egina d B ar ry Wo o ll a rd D ona ld J ohn Mor an. J ohn Melc a lfe Ball. y r Simp o n.
Norman Hull ey. ifford J ohn P ickell, M B.E., M D anie l J oseph O'Brien. P atrick J oseph Cass id y.
Dr. Mi c hael Th eodou ou.
Dr. H aro ld Griffin Yyse, O. B
F OR ADMl 10 T T HE GRADE O F OFFl CE R ( BROTHER)
urgeon ommande r H en ry M ark D arlow, R ., M.R S., L.R P D r. Salvino a ru ana
U.- 0 1. W ilJ iam D avid K enny, O.B.E.
- dward H umphrey Browne, C.B.E.
Lt.-Gen. Sir Br ian harles H annan Ktmmin, B .E
John Sloan IcLintock, B Huben Pilman, O.B.E.
H ugh La al11 Good on. ajor Ronald Audley Stoute. aurice i wyn Byer, O.B .E., M.B.
John Thomas Meller.
F OR iVfI 10 THE GRADE OF OClATE OFF lCER (BROTHER)
H. R.H Pr ince hula of Thailand, G.c. .0.
T he Hon. Enche J amil bin R ais.
Dr. H aji ohamed bin Mohd Ib rahim.
F OR PROMOTlO r TO THE GRADE OF o FFI CER (SISTER)
Rachel b elin, [ 1'. Cad bur y.
Emily Ellzabeth Freda, i Gomm. lice ay, i r. Hood.
Florence Winifred, Mi s Paul. Lillian Glady, Mr Capie.
D orothy , Mr. cFadyen. da, i ha rm a n argueri(e. Mi J efer on. EI i, r. orford.
Laura D ai y, I r. T aylor.
Ethel lice Doris , Mrs. Parr ary Elizabelh, Mr. R ol ton I.B
M R . , L. R .C.P. i i n ildr ed, i Leather, M.B.E. nnie nge la , M i Ba rry
D O ot hy May, Mr Lidg ley.
Lar Kathle en, M i D onavour-H l kie.
FOR DMI 10 T THE GRAD OF O FFl ER CSI TER )
Eileen B ea rice, i B lack. l argare t Eveline, Mr. tarking.
Quah C hin Seng.
R ea r-Admir al G eorge A r thur Tnnng , C. B.,
D.S O
Major Tn eo bald Seymour S teua rt Martin. orman Albert Frederick Manning.
Bri g. Georg e Cumming Gra y, C. B.E.
Colin Sidell.
Dr C h a n H ee C hee
eil Hugh Allan Ma ckinnon, M.B.
Dr John Willi a m Sekagya Ka s irye.
Dr. WiLli a m M ercer D aly.
J ohn Ed wa rd Fi s her.
William John W e lls
H erbert F rede ri ck Kn ott.
Ha ro ld J ames Moo re.
Leslie Beech.
Sidney Clarke.
Samuel Thomas Green.
Leslie John R ose.
StanJey J ohn Griffiths.
Arthur Edwin M cGuinness. D ennis Orlik.
Charles Frederick H aylett.
Arthur G arfield R aven croft.
Walter Fr ederick J ones.
Arthur Leslie J ones.
Alfred Wainwright.
William Ho ken. P ercy Pea rce.
Thomas Lindin P etters.
John Stewart Moffat M. B
Ernest Albert Widger.
William Martin Edwards.
John Henry Adlingron.
George Edward P oulter.
Malcolm Mellish
Wilfred George R utley.
Frederick Haydon Hollingshead, O.B.E., T.D., M.B
Stanley Gordon Cheffers.
Herbert J ame R endel. R alph Lawson Johnson Sharpe.
Frederick Simpson.
George Wilson Spark. M.B.
John Clark Forbes, M B lbert Ed\ ard John on. alter George B aker.
J ohn P iper.
Eric rthur Ru ch. lbert Castell Quiggin.
Franci Charles R olfe.
Harry ictor i e. orman George Cro sley iUiam Jolley.
B en B rereton.
J a k Edward.
Lt. -Col. Arthur Rigg Edwards, T.D D a id 0 borne H ugnes,. D. lexander R o bert Harbin on, M.B.
W illiam Hiram B urn
vY il li am Ale ander Jone
Francis Gregory.
Lesli e R an on. H e tor Frederick mith.
Frank H arri on
Edward P ett.
F I PROMO 10 r TO Tl-lE GR DE F O FF I ER (BROTHE R )
Wllfrid H erb ert Dunn M R L.R P ukh a agar D atta, M.D. Cha rles "dwa rd H onoralus Lloyd. lexand r Th oma M man.
Henry Francis Parke r Ib ert Septimu D av i n. A lexa nder Burn O.B .E.. ., M.B. Er ic imp on mitb. Deni K enyon Gait kell, M.R. L.R P Evan Roderick e ll ing ain. William D ew hurs t. Geo rge Im eson.
Th Th R v.
F OR D E O F
Dr.
Rob rt \ Villiam Br adley.
T homa Leonard Hurt. George lbert Lo ke. Charles illiam \ a lgood. lfred amuel ragnell.
Harold Fred ric Mulligan.
Thoma Ri chard Je sop.
Clarenc ondaL Lifford
L onard Benjamin y ill G org Ra mond Green
Jo epl1 Georg arner.
John \ illiam J n George Fred rick rkin-.
• COl/fil/lled all page 16
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
• Con/inlled from page 15
Ian Fletcher , I 1.R.C.S., L.R.C P,
Perci va l Aitken R odger M B
John cram Mo yse, M.D.
Henr y Mandiwall , M B. , B S. , L.D.S. , R .C. S.(Eng.)
Albert Simeon Butcher.
George M a rtin Dupont.
Frederick Jame Harvey.
Leslie Charles Gotch.
Cha rles Edmund Ekin
Geo r ge Wortle
Willi am Penny Blackstock, (LB.
v illiam Gib on.
John Raben Dalk in.
Edward Richard F ry Pogmore
Fr ank Chambler Ro se.
Geo r ge M ackay Gibson M.B.
Vincent George Ba rnett.
Arthur Squire
Alfred Edward Fitchett.
H erbert Bee.
Francis Daniel Ba tters.
lbert Edward Ro w.
Allen Francis Crees.
Stanley Charles Tucker.
Francis John Willeard.
Henry Baxter.
Jehn evil George Troughton
Walter Thomas Smith.
Gordon Milton Mitchell
George Albert Yates.
George Parks.
Per c y Howard James
William John Wakelin
George Barker.
Gilbert Coates.
Alexander L aird Bro wn, M.B.
Arthur Atkin.
Andr ew Ra istrick.
Edley Harrison.
Richard H enr y Knott.
Albert Ed wa rd So ar.
Leonard Crouch.
Charles Cadm an.
George Crowther.
H arol d Horn
Arthur T ownrow.
George Gravil.
Harold William Reeclman .
George Savvas Savvi de s, O.B.E
Dr. Arnold Rose.
T. Kingstone
Claude Peter Fabi a n Bould en, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
FOR ADlVilSSIO IN THE GRADE O F ASS OCIATE SERVING BROTHER
Elaguppillay Paramasivam.
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad.
Achuthan R aja Gopal.
John Burgess
William Bu sch.
M. Raif.
Major O F. Muftiza de, O B.E.
F OR ADlVilSSION IN THE GRADE OF SERVING SISTER
Margaret Gert rude Mrs. Ball.
Mabel Ed ith , Miss Redm an M B.E
Lilian P a tti, Miss Davis.
Phyllis, Mrs. Swind ell.
Gladys Ellen, M iss Overton.
Florence Rub y, Mi ss Daniel.
Dor a Lilian, Mi ss Harri s.
Ru th Maud , Miss Bu tt.
Mon ca E ileen Mi ss White
delaide Nell ie, Mr Mead
Mary J ane Mrs. Stow.
Hettie Ma Mr Shepper n. K a thleen Mar y, Miss Boden.
Florence Mi J enkin
Dori Joan, Mr Arthur. Elsie, Mrs. Trewrell
Alice 11' Bo Ie.
Ra hel , Mrs . Han on.
Clarice Betty Mr Wr ight.
Margaret E ll en , li ss Howes.
Dori , Mr Fredrik en. E elyn Ka te, Mi ss Smi t h
Adeline May, 'Mr Burden
Esther Finlay, Miss Grant.
Lillian , Mr Br ad ey. Muriel, 1i s Rennold on.
Marion Amy, Mrs. Spurgeon.
Kathleen M ary Mis wa llo w.
E di t h Ellen [rs Symes.
Evelyn An n ie M r . Purk e .
Clu'istine Jan e, Mr s. Sp end iff Ma , Miss Campbell.
Dorot hy K a thleen Mrs . Palmer.
Vera Margaret, Mrs. Qu irk.
Lilian, Mrs. Kell y. Beatrice, Miss L e Huqu et.
Mildred Alice Mi s Rapson.
Maude Emma Mr s. Col[hup. Ellen Irena Mi Swettenham.
Eva , Mrs. Wood s.
Jessie f i s R o s.
Frances, Mrs. Thomp so n.
Mary G reen, Mr Watson
Winifred oran, Mi s Goodw i n.
Jane Mrs. Forb es.
Grethe Lowr y, Miss Conant.
Vera Vivian , Miss Mal yan.
Charlotte Loui a, Mi Frampton
Gertrude R ose M iss H odson.
Georgina Kate , Mrs. Penfold
Ethel Mar y Wheeler Miss Barney.
Flo rence Elizabeth Miss M artin.
Helen M a rion Miss Wallich.
Monica Beatrice, Mrs. Ja cobs.
Lilian Alberta Ka e, Mrs. T ose a nd.
Edith Isab e , Mrs. Elswortb
Rachel Eunice, Miss M a rtin.
Marjorie , Miss Gib so n.
Elsie Ba rb ara, Mrs. Fryer.
Gwendoline Margaret Alice, M rs. Cooper.
Constance Violette, Lad y Os born.
Audrey Muriel Mrs Ki ng.
Annie Emily , Mrs. D enyer.
Hilda Mercy Mrs. Wil on Doro thy Ida , Mrs Call ier.
I vy, Mrs. Winter.
Gladys Margaret Mrs L ane.
Irene Sayee Mrs. Burton.
Sarah Emily, Mrs. D re w.
Annie, Mrs. Wilson.
Joan Miss Andrews.
Ethel Ann , Mrs. Gaunt.
E dith Margery, Mrs. Sewar d.
Margaret , Mi ss Wass
Ed itb , Miss Stevenso n Eunice Lili an, Mrs. Tbompson.
Vera , Miss Ca rlton
Harriett G r eaves Mrs Quance.
Sar a Maria Keyland , Mi ss Watson
Lillian Maud Miss Ch ap ma n The Viscountess Mountgarret.
Maude Elizabeth, Miss Jones . Oli ve, Mrs . P arso n s.
Joan Thursto n , Miss Thom pson.
Julia, Miss Kalispera.
Pam ela Anne, Mrs Ch attey.
Mollie Margaret Mary, Mrs. T aylor.
Mrs Takouh y D evaetian 16
FOR ADlVil 10 11 THE GRADE O F AS OCIATE SERVING S I STER
a talie Elizabe tb , Mi awrence.
Mr Ak ile 1sl1iJ1
Miss Guner cat.
F OR ADlVilS 10 THE GRAD 1 0 E QUIRE
Major Edward H e nry Bouhi er Tmb ertTerr y, M (o n a pp oi ntm ent as P er nal E quire to ir H em 1mb rl-Terry).
Ia n Mar us l oore rase r. (o n a pp oin tm en t a Per anal - quire to Bri g. [an Fra er).
Priory of Scotland
F OR PROMOnON TO THE GR D Grace /f 1'S. Don a ld on, l.B.E
F OR PROMO T IO 1 TO THE GRADE O F COMMA DER (BR THER)
01. M ic ha I Ba lfour H utchi on R itchie, D .S O. , O.B. E.
Hu gh F e rg u o n,
l m GRAD 1 0l\1M ER (BROTH ER ) rlajor D avid George l an le'\ander rdon of H addo, T.D.
FOR PRO 'lOTIO OHE GR D F OFFI CE R (BRO HER) ajor PaLrick Tobias T el fer- moll It. M. OFF[
Do t, Mis Il an.
F OR DE 0
F OR AD:VO: lO N ) D SE R 1 G Isabella , [ i Br own. Mildred, Mi s Margaret, Mi Dud geon. Irene, Mr K e l ey. Betty W arrender, Mr . ampbell. Bell Mr Kirkwood.
Ba rb a ra Ann Mi ss Greig. Hil da Ro e Mi Ed \ ard. M a ry Web s te r, Mrs. Gordon R .l',. Sybil Irene , Mr H amillol1, O.B.E. Margaret SUlheriand Balle r by, Dr. Langton. argare Isabe ll a McLardy Mr. ellar.
F OR AD SIO THE GR F SERVJ G Sl TE R (TEM POR R ) Margaret, Mi s Baxter. Grace Thom so n, Mrs. Robert son.
A further list , gi.ving promotion a nd appointm en t n th e Priory of u tralia, Commander y of rd s, an d t he me ri can Soc iety of the Ord er wi ll be publj hed ne ,' month.
leicester's new H.Q.:
Persistence rewarded T
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reporl. IJIlI all ackllOtderlge his scheme 10 be a success. DOllaliolls oj elJlIipmen JIll'lli.·lIillg.' and Jree advice Jrom experl.· are i'frY 1I111c11 apprecialed and ha ve h elp ed in the jillali atioll oj O!iT efforls. 1101 Jor[!,ellillg bequests. a 7.col1derJIti effor in all flte il/jll/ ell ce oj R'llicll is greatly c'ailled W e mllsi Ilot Jordel Ihose t'lio hm 'e pas"ed all. Jlany spent [l great deal oj their eisure ill rloilll!, Iheir pari lIot 0111.11 in sen'ice bill ill lrailling and raising m Olley.
S ote llcal tce hai'(' Ihese excellenl prell/i"es as a Heamjlwrl e;s all are 'i.L'l lcolI/e. They arc nol 0111.11 Ihe Ill?'i.l' H eadquarters of the Orr/ er ssocialioll ({nd Br idade, blll all Ihose ,dzo are I. J ohll mil1ded {Ire cordially il''i.·ited 10 come and ilZ-pecl Ihem ([11(/ !telp II·' 10 lliailliaill Ih elll.
O J 'FES 10:\'S OF A A GALTY
UNT I L I (r a ined a a casuallY 1 could not haye belie \'ed- Th a t any fir ( aider could bandage a tmgIng nettle again my broken leg!
- ThaI I could f el a \ iolently ick and sc a red o n the top cunk of a four-berth ambulan
- Th at an) body ould w lk pa t an injured per on who \\:\ crying OUI for help. and take no noti e!
- Th a t [h weat from re ue men fa e would a mall) drip onto m wn!
- That i( would b 0 diffi ult to a t in ' n ibilit)' \\'h n the gnat \V re bilin" me
- That it would hurr 0 much to ha\'e one' unpadd d ankle tightl bandaged I g th r! -Co Iwlry ill/illarioll.
PRESENTATION AFTER 52 YEARS
AGOLD wr ist-watch w a s presented to Mr. W. E. Bag ley , ofUttoxeter, at the annual dilli1er recently of th e Uttoxeter Corps, as a token of es teem b y his fe ll ow -m em bers for 52 years' f a ithful ser vice , 1907 -1 959.
Corps Superintendent J F Leese paid tribute to " Bill "
B a gley, recOlmting his a chievements within a n d out ide the Br igade. The Cor p s President 1r. A. J. Fryer , J P presented the watch to Mr. Bagley, saying they bad heard a record of se r vice which must be h e envy of everyone in that room.
Th anking him Mr. B agle y said it h ad been a great plea Lire t o er ve , and he would a t\. a ys treasure the gift.
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A COMPLETE sm ve y is being m a de of the insignia and meda I f-\. of the Order of St. John since wa s revi v ed in England. 1. For this purpose t he Editor of tbe R EV E\ would be ve r y grateful if any reader c ould lend a cop y of the St a tutes a nd
Regula ons of 1888 1907 and 1926. Indeed , an y d e tailed inform a tion rega rding awards prio r t o 1926 w ou ld be welcom e.
An y mater i a l supplied w ill be handled w ith gre at ca re a nd r eturned a s soon as possible.
T.A. Appointments for Brigade O'fficers
TRM NlNG COURSES AS REUN [O [ s. - Rec or d number s we re a g a in rea ched in both the orth and South W a les Officers
Training Coms es which beca me more popul a r e ve r y yea r.
Indeed these Courses are looked upon b y m a n y as a n a nnu a l r e union which is a "must ," a nd thi s yea r t h er e was e ve n di s cuss on in South Wales of t h e possibilit y o f a pa rt y t rav elling o the North on a kind of excbange visit.
At both Courses the acc ommod a tion is e xce lle n t. In th e
South at Barr y a large Y.M C.A Holida y Centre o ver looking the sea is reserv ed for our exclusi ve use All be bedroom s, either single or double, ha ve hot a nd cold water a nd th er e s a large lounge for recreat on and t erraces and lawn s on whi c b t o stroll between sessions In orth Wales a t Rhos-on-Sea the Cours e is in an hotel by the sea where t he Managem ent go es all o ut to gi ve sa t isfa ction and where it is inc r ea singl y beco ming th e habit fo r O fficers t o bring beir husbands or w ves as th e ca se ma y be, for a week -end by the se a; though t was int e resting to see that Mr. Meurig Willia ms fa s cin a ting film m a d e at Rh ydlafa r Hospital wa s irresistible to quite a fe w, who h a d primarily come for a holid a y. Mr Jones, the ne w m a nag e r who e ven ran the Saturd a y e vening s o c ia l for us has offe red to reser ve the whole hotel nex t y ea r if w e can guaran tee 12 5 residents If each orth Wales Count y could bring a n increase of six on their figures thi s yea r , then this add ed a d vant a g e could be as s ured
As for the Speakers-they were ag a in oUL s tand ing A t B a rr y , Mr. H Pro c or FR.C.S. of Birmingham A cc iden t Ho spita brough t home the urgenc y of speed in c o nv e ying the seriou sly injured p a tient to hospita w ithout th at cup of ho t, sweet tea b y sho w ing coloured pho ogr a ph ic slides ta k e n at Bir mingham Accident Ho s p ital. The se sho w ed p a tient s a nd clo s e-ups of their wounds when they were a dmitted , s ome f ew hours after blood trans fu s ion and op era t ions, a nd then at different stages of their progress. In Nor t b W a les th e Corresp onding lecture was b y a nother e minen s urgeon Mr. E. W Meurig Willi a ms, O.SU. , B.Sc ., M B ., Ch B .) M .C b. ) mentioned b efore , whos e subject wa s " A Sur ve y o f the Trea tm ent of Fr ac u r es. "
At B a rr y, MT. J. D. Gib s on Vic e -Princip a of th e Briti s h R ailways School of Trans port D a rlingt o n , g ave t wo en t hra lling session s on " Ho w to Teach "; a s ubjec t w hich was a l s o a dmirabl y dealt wi t h in North W a les b y Mr. W G Cro ke r M A of B a ngor Normal Coll ege A both Cours es four Officers ga ve ima gi
lecturers.
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C ommis si o n er f o r W ales, M r. .1-1 G. Lew i , K U., J P., a nd in (h e o rt h b y tb e D epu Y h ie f Co milli io n e r for W a e.
C ol. R M yddelto n , M 0. , U ., J P., D L. t both
Courses t be A ss a n t Sup e r n tend en t - in -C hi e f fo r W a les, rs.
C. G Tra he m e D SU. , J P an d t h e h ie f O fficer ur in g
C a dets, M rs. W. R. r aws hay, g a e ex e ll e nt ta lk.
Tbe e vening at B a rry was g i e n 0 e r Lo a d e m o n s t ra Li o n of the Kineti c Method of Lifting as ap pli ed to ir ti d , a dm ir a bl carried out b y Mr. S Ste e n of th e Brit h Tr n po n 0 111 -
mission as i ed by a t ea m o f Barry O ffice rs a nd Cade ts; a Ill OSt li vel y r es ume of t he M a ta Cele br atio n b y" Three who we re th e re "; th e Gu e rns ey Brig a d e Film" n mbul a nce goe sea " p res ented b y Mi s Z D Drui tL, Tra inin g O ffice r ; a n d last but b y n o m ea n s east, Co mmu n it y S ingi n g led by r
Jack Hough ton o f th e Y.M .C.
A r eport o n th e e Confe ren ce w ould n o L b e co mpl e te t hout refer e n ce to our t wo ch a pl a ins, th e R ev. J K ea ne a t B a rr and th e R e v K U nd e r w ood a Rh o - on- ea, wh o led t he Sund ay morning wo rs h i p r e mirlding a ll th at th e m o ti ve und ery ing a ll our e nde avo urs is esse nti a lly" F o r th e F ai th " a n d " For t he S e r v ice of M a n k ind."
'0 II I T tJ A B Y
W e d eep y regret t o ann o un ce th e f o f/o willg dea th s:
Miss I da E. F ineh w h o j oi n ed th e Bri ga d e n 19 13 und e r M Ho a re in Hamp s tead. On th e ou tbrea k of Lhe 19 14 wa r h e beca m e a V A.D a nd wo
C aen Ward To wer s a nd a ft er wa rd s a th e M a nor Hou se.
Bet ween h e wa r s s h e b ecam e a n o ffi ce r in t h e 16th H a m ps tead Nurs ing Di v ision und e r Mrs. M cFad d e n w hose hu s ba nd wa s th e di visi ona s urgeon Sbe was a m e mb er a nd ca pL a in o f
he c omp e tit ion Lea m s e nL e r e d for th e ational omp e Li t ion o f th e t. J hn Ambu lan ce Bri gade a nd H a m pstead t ea m w on th e
Al Engl a nd T ro ph y t w ice. Durin g t be wa r of 1939 Lo 194 5 s he was In of t he
Ga s Squ a d a the I- a m p Lea d G e n e ra l H o plt a l , and orga nl.se r
o f th e m o b ile V A D w h e n th ey we re ca ll e d up f o r ser V ce.
Ith
G en e ra H osp iL a l. he wa an o ffi cer -s is t e r o f th e Ord e r an d a so of h e T-l a mp s ead ur in g Di vis o n a nd wa a way t
do
n y dut y t he Bri ga d e a k e d of he r h e ke pt th e ?I VISIOn g in g an d Jlad classe at her ho m e a we ll a at Arst a id pos s at Be lT id ge 1:10 u D ome t ic c e nce Co ll ege, H a m p ead. Sh e al 0 o r ga n i ed Fl ag D ay for m a n y yea r Onl y t hr ee day before he d ied he. a id " Th e Bri gade m a.de m y life" a n d s he rta in ly livecl u p to ILs motto" F o r th e Fa lth a nd e r v ce o f a n k in cl."
* taft' e rg a n t be rt JOIl of Fri ar P a r k Ambu ance
01 Io n tafford hi re, after a horL illnes. M r. J ones was a m e m ber 'of t he o d Sa ndwel l Di i o n promoted sergea n L in 19 6 and he lped Lo Fou nd h i latter d I Io n HI
o luL y ea m e d hi m the app intme n t to Laff s er geant Lhl yea r , and, at> ho ld e r of h ervi e Me d a \ and a m en.l ber o f t he a iona l H p ita ervice R ese r e, hi membe r hip has been one in the b t tradition of B rigade service.
* Divi ional up rin te nd e nt mo Robin on o f the P re twich mbu lance O i\ ion vVe o r p, o. 8 ( anche ter and a r rd) rea, D uke' of L an D i lI:ict w ho away on J a n uary h, 1960 afLer a ery long Iline D I L uperin tendent R bin on had been a member o f the Brigade J 936 a n a l 0 had a longer connection with tbe soclaL.lO n m onn e ( ion with hi fir aid se r vice f r t he Britt h R a tl ways b y \.\'hom he \ a mployed. He superin te nden t o f the P re l wich O ivi io n in 1957 after er Il1g for many yea rs a D i\ i nal {'ctary and, under his leade r hip t he ha a mo ( doubl d it numerical lrcngth. a guard Wi t h t he B ri l i h Raih ay hi proud momenl came la yea r when.he wa ho en to be the guard to roya l train on the occasio n of l er l aje ty' \ i it to an a e retar for fir. t aid la es o rganised b the Bntl h R a h a al th.e Ictona Lati n Man he ter, D i\ iona l uperinten<:\enl R obll1 on kept in tou h \ th all the arrangement and co ntll:ued hi. ecretana1 dutie for t he cia e, all the im e he \ tck, h lch wa for th e greater part of la t year. Th Briga d e ha 10 t a a nd ffic ent fficer, and hi mile and he rful persona l ity 'i lll. b e ad y mi d by member. fello\. offi r and all ho knew h tm. *
Pri l'a te H Wi a mor of the Pre t\ ich D i\ ision. after .a pro ong d illne and p riod o f ill hea th. R ight up Lo hi
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ic C l inic ( O ut P atients' p ept.) wh lcb she m 193 1. Miss hwell who was appomted S e r vmg S ister III 1946, wi ll be g rea tl y m issed from her work.
* Walt er Coekshaw J.P whose sud d en deathcal?e as a shock to member s o f Lee d s Ci ty Ambulance D IVlstOn, of h lch he h ad been a ery active P resident fo r over 30 year:>. H e was a l 0 a great orker in the Metho d ist Chruch, o f which he had for many yea r b een a church was always to give he lp a n d advice to anyone III need, and never Illissed the oppo r tun ty to p u b licise the .of the was ver y d ear to hi h eart, b oth on CIVte: and pu b lLc occ aslOJ?-S. It can tru ly be said he Ii ed fo r the fattb, and for the service of m ankin d Hi pas ing will b e profound ly felt by all.
* y illiam Ern t Y art S uperintendent of the S outb Shield B o r o u g h mb u lance D ivi s ion, who d ie d u d denly O? D e<:,ember 2 1st. M r. att jo ined th e B ngade rn 1936 and 19 ) 3 as promoted to llp erin end ent of his D iyision. the. past fe\ ea rs i n a d dition to his normal B rtgade duue he up a er effec ti e Cas u alty M ake -Up G roup and upplLed patients to all t he loca Com p eti ion. O fficer member of tbe loca l D i ision attend d the Funeral erVlce and formed a g u ar d o f ho n our for he cortege.
* Offiee r V iliam Enright o f H ord en Am b u lance ,D ivision. H e enro lled in th e B r ga d e in 19 2 3, and held the erVLCe Medal and three B ars' h e wa a d mitted o t h e O rder m 19 57 H e wa s held in g re at a'rrection and tee m b hi colleagues and all who kn e\ h im.
* 1r Tho m a Po rt er a f ound er member o f the B in gley t. J o hn m b ul a n ce oc iati on, d ied on D ece mb e r 16th aged H e wa t he la t o rig inal m e m ber an d en'ed I 9.) to 1 9 , wh n he le ft the di tri to wo rk in R erford, ortmgham. " here he aaa in took u p am bulance wo r ? I n the 19 14 -1 war he serve d w it h<>t he R .M b o u t 0 year a g o h e re turne d to a nd b e ga n bu n e ther, being f <? r o m e ti m e 0 iate d .lth his eld e r s on. H i Olrnger on IT. Fr e d enck D P Olter i ta nt h.ie f o n a ble o f ott in gh am.
* fember 1r. F lorence Jone at h e age of h h a d b e n a m e mber of t he D roit h 1 ur Olill ty o f W o rc te r f or f our y ars. h e d id fuU -t tme tramll1g f o r the at on a l H o pi ta! e r v ce R e r v at the. \ o r ter R oya l Infirm a r a nd wa aer y n te re t e d and actl\'e mem b r of the Bri ga d e.
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came up to her in Malaya and said" I have waited 1 years in the hope that I hould one day be able to thank ou per onally for what you did for us and now I can do it. "
She had a very clear administrative brain and was always able to see the main point at i ue Her leader hip during the 18 year she wa Superintendent-in-Chief raised the statu s and the standard of the msing Division beyond all r ecognition She had the comage of her con iction , and great determination when it came to putting through anything she though wa right.
The tremendous expansion of the Brigade 0 er eas owes a great deal to her understanding and vision and to her very accmate perception of the individual need of each country. She will be long remembered for a wonderful record of achievements of infinite benefit to the Brigad e. There must also be a great variety of personal memories that will long be cherished She will be missed far and wide by people of all races, creed, colour and cla s. She set, for all to follow, a magnificent example of courage, self-sacrifice, and devotion to duty.
Tributes to the life, work, and personality of Countess Moun/batten have been received at Brigade headquarters from aff parts of Britain and the Commonwealth, testifying the remarkable affection and respect which she had earned. It is, as readers will understand, impossible to print all these tributes and invidiou to single out anyone for publication. But the testimony is there per anal, heart-stirring and eloq uent.
EDWINA MOUNTBATT EN TRUST INAUGURATED
SO man y inquiries h ave been ma de a bout t he poss ib ili ty of open ing a fund in m emory of Co un tess Mou nt batte n that it has been decid ed t hat it s hould b e done T he trus t will be f or t h e wor ld- wide b en efit of the t hree ma in causes to which she de voted her life: T he St. J ohn Ambul a nce B dg ad e, t he S a ve th e Childr en F und , an d th e nursing pr ofess ion
Vis count M onkto n has kindl y u ndertak en t he chair ma nship , and all contributions s hould b e a ddr essed to hi m c/ o Mi dlan d Bank L td ., Poultr y, Lon don , E.C.2, marked " E dwin a Moun tb atte n T rus t. "
Hallnlork of Grea t n ess
This moving tribute fa Lady Moun/batten, written by SLR ARTHUR BRYANT, C.B.E. LL.D., appeared in "The Illustrated London News," and is reprinted by kind permission of the proprietors.
THEdeath of Lady Mountbatten-in midst of her never -ending work for others , and Without even an hour's cessation of duty-was so in keeping with her character and life that it was, one felt, just as she would have wished it to be. She was a very gr eat woman, one of those rare individuals, some famous and other s not, who bear about them the unmi stakable hallmark of greatness. Her wealth, h er good looks, her famous ancestors and glittering connections were only an outward shell and would have counted for little in the world without the warmth of heart , the vitality and the splendid courage , selflessness and above all humanity of this remarkable woman She both her'inherent qualities and gifts and her accidental assets unsparingly in the service of every generous cause, and her passing will leave all those who 2
W ITH L ONDO N CO LLEAGUES
aS E of th e Ina t re ce nt Brigade eve nt aI/elided by ounless JIotlntba tt el1 wa the :21s anniversary dinner oj the 13 ,' (Wille den) Diui ion. Tili group, tak en on tliat oeca iOl/, includes lIlany w ho had worked clo ely r ilh ollntess 1.1I01l1ltbatten in London: 01 G. F. Pa(Je ( 07llllli sioner Londoll D istrict), .lIr. Richard avendi h (Di tri cl uperilltenciell t (.:V)), 1 r. A. E. Steed, JIr II Jr GladrlJin, Lady Jlol1l1tbatlCII, liT. H. Bush, Dorothy, Lady Effel1boroll(Jl!. nr. tOllsfleld, (Inri JIT '. Blilanowieli.
serve such causes the poorer for the 10 of an unfailingly loyal and magnificent ally. For h \ a like r r atheart ; her sword was at the er ice of pilgrim. It i , ala, so no longer and e er one, ho en ount red her in one or other of the countle work for all iat in g hunlan sufiering to which h dedicated he r life and In whose er ice she died , still at the h ight of h r power , will be aware of ju t how much he or he ha 10 t. one can calculate the sum total of t he er i edwina Ulltbatten gave to other, becau e no one e cept her If can ever have known ju t how many acti itie of mer and social betterment she ai ded and encouraged and ho\ much by per onal intervention, he did for each. Her da were crowded with them and no one \ ho kne, h r, e en tho e who knew her best , can have een more than a part or the whole of t hat untiring life of love and ervi e. ( onl knew her slightly and in connection with one of the in.numerable charitable activities to which he de oted elf, bu t in the fifteen years with which, through it, 1 wa a ociat d with her , I never knew her once to fail to give the help that was nece sary ju t when it wa needed and in th way in which it was most likely to achie e it obje t mo effectively. Often that help wa una ked, for he eemed to know instinctively when her intervention wa wanted and to give it without fu s or 0 tentation. Her tact and instinct in the e matters arose, like everything el e he did, from the quality of her heart ; becau e he felt that help wa needed, it was not in her nature to refrain. from giving it ungrudg ingly an.d she did 0 w ithout counting the co t to herself. She never appeared to be too bu y to attend to any matter that called for her intervention and understanding, however eemingly trifling.
There must be tens of thousand, probably hundred of thousands, of men and women living to-day, in a ll part of the world, who at one time or another learnt from per onal experience the worth of Lady M ountbatten' work; a ve ry different thing to t he superficial picture of her pre ented by the popular Press and by her public a ppear ances. To work with her or to encounter her on any occa ion of trouble was to be made aware of her instantaneous kindness, good sense and warm generosity. She h as left behind in counLless hearts a legacy of affection and gratitude ba ed on s uch personal experience. Though we can carry nothing out of this world, those who leave such a legacy behind can be said to leave the world rich. Like her great-grandfather,
GRAND PRIOR'S BADGE THEME
* The Tillle s, Fe b ruary 22, 1960. t J L. H aml110 nd an 1 Barbara -I a111 l11ond .•. L rd harte bUI·Y,'· p. _76. o nstflb c and o. Ltd 1923.
T Il • 'I. Johll stall ,l"US part of the r Ullllg Plymollth 1 gl'liibitioll held al Jlartin· s Gote 'chool Bretoll .,ide. Plymol/th. from D ecember 30th to Jalluary 2nd. lr rall,s!ed bylhe COl/lily Publi ci ly Officer and th e COlillty Carlet Officer (S). its th eme l.l"fIS the Grand Prior' s Badoe. 1 white card 011 {( yellow background stoted hail: the azcard could be ,LOll. ([lid a/so lis/ed the badge subjects. j -ellotl' ribbolls indicated some of the subjects which had been illustrated by codet die-i. ions. Th e Lord Jlayor of Plym oll th (Cllr. P \ '. TJ" ([shbourn). ,,:ho opened the e. ll/ibitioll. showed co/!siderable illterest ill the staff as did r·ice-. l dllliral L. ( B. P cile (. 1dmiral uperilltelldent oj II.JI. Do ckyard D emnpor t ) lcllo tOllred the e.rhibitioll on the secolld !lay. ll u/Iliries indicated that shortly iL·e //lay har:e sOlli e lIew recrllits
Cliff Rescue Earns Aw ar d
Aofficial Lelter of Commendation has been ent b\· the ommi sioner -in-Chi e.r to Divi ional uperintendeiu E. G. Goodmg of the Idmouth t. John mbulance D ivision in recognition of the service of ix member of the di\ ision a nd him elf" ho took part in a cliff re cue on Sund ay, October 4th.
lad was lranded on the cliff through losing hi nerye. and could not go up or do\ n. The Brig ade turned out on the national emergency alarm stem and had loaded the ambulan e and we re on their \ ay in ten minute.
Di isional Offi cer F. Qu aintan e and Pte. K. Conant and Ro Gorman de cended about 100 ft. at the POt indicated a neare t , carrying more coil of rope. The then forced their \ a down through den e undergro\, th and thorn bushe to a pot where the y could de cend till further.
Oth er member of the di i ion m ade their \Va down throuo-h the d n e undergro\ th and t horn bu he further a lo[lCT the cliff-top and joined up ith thei r oUeague. '"
On the a nd everal hundr d feet blow, crm d of people \ ere wat hing, and one, with great pr en e of mind drew an. arrow in the nd to indi ate the po ition of (he outh who was clinging peri lou to the lifr fa
0\ Di i ional Offi r Qu aintan an d P te. Ro Go rman. were I \ ered _00 -2 0 ft. to r a h the uth. and" ere soon. being hau led ba to the fir t level. The then had to fight their \i a ba k thr ugl1 the thorns and und rgrO\vth, reachi ng the top at _.45 p.m.
Brigade member taking part in thi mo ( diffi ult a nd trying r ue v er Superint ndent E. G. Gooding, Di isional Officer F. Qu ai nt a l1 e, ad Offi r R Oldre. gt. Broom , P t K. nanl, Ro Gorm an M al o m Gorma[l, R Jenkin and Cadet R Pirlll Th ommissioner-in- hief ha written direct (0 1 r. Oldr a nd Cadet Pinn a member of (he adet D ivision. P lice on table R. Croot, f Sidmouth, al0 rendered a luab le a i (an
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1. Contain oxygen-rich blood (9, 5).
10. Current to stimulate muscles (7).
11. Nursing for infectious disease (7).
CR,OSSWORD No. 10
Compiled by W. A. Potter
9. R.A.F back to single article in t he distance (4).
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15. Skin for bandage or slmg ()).
ONE FAMILY - 3 MEMBERS
A R if 1 "LYG for /he (lilli/wI ( /I/(re" Parade are ])i visiollal IIperill/elldenl ./, laler, with lIIorc Ihall :2:2 years ill Ihl' BriGade, Jl rs. E. laler {/lid Iheir daughter Jiiss Edilh later, 14 years old. lcilll lIIore thall zOO hOllrs· e/"'i ice ill Ihe Pre,'lolI Royal Infirlllary. - 1/1 Ille falllily 01"1' ill II/( PresloJ/ ('alp and Ille Corps is prolid llial 011(' local family sholiid lim'" /Ie" a sjlll'lIr1iri rernrr] oj s )"Picr.
Army Unit
Division's New Ambulance
T
HE R ,A.O.C. / R .E,I I.E Di ion- al
The new Nursing
Sllr, ing Cade
Uniform
12 Care for division of mankLnd (4).
13: Nerve for travelling? ( 5)
14. Smooth side to the wound (4).
17. D evelopes muscle (8)..
18 National Service begmnmg Jul y 1948 (6),
20 Breathe out and die (6).
22' Liaaments enclosing mov a ble Jomts (8).
25: Sapper to go back for a g iant (4).
26. 70 deg. to 90 deg. F. (5).
27. Granny unwanted (4).
31. The skin for London T own (7).
32. Opening into the body (7).
33. For the casualty s relatlVes (7, 7).
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2. It is confused withylcer in the ear (7).
3. Doctor begins fashIOn (4)
-4 Examination which may give dlagnosls, but cannot lead to cure (8).
5 Gauze f or a pack (6).
6: Weird of act on (4)
7.Inailitfust.(7). ? :8. Extending F irst AJd ap p ltance. (8).
16. Micro-organism for baker and brewer (5). h 'd 17. Formed by frontal bone sp enol , malar bone and maxilla (3-6).
19. Is a cover for incompetent -.:ein (8).
21. Or diaphragm or mind (7), 23 Minor operation by Surgeon - or Knight? (7). , 24. Do s e of drug causmg death (6). 28. And 28 bones here (4). 29. Rather old - fashioned (4), 30, Suits convulsions (4).
13 Command Work s hop ldershotnow h as its own ambulance , omething the Sup e rintendenl M r F. ickham, First-Aid Atlendam at th e work hop, ha wanted for 10 year.
Th e ambulance which has been pre enled to the divi ion by work hop emplo ee , was handed over recently to Colonel J B. Douglas wbo i Commandant of 13 Command Wor ks hop by M r. F. F. G. Fulbrook, chairman of the truslees of t h e canteen committee.
DO WN : 1. Ineptly ; 2. Excreta; 3. Foppish; 4. Liver; 5. Latin; 6. 7. Evenings; 13. Smart ; 14. Arcs; 16 A/?ex: 17. Fracture; 18. A p enent; 2 0 21. Di sease; 22. D ent-ist; 25. ASlde; 26 B read.
Me Fulbrook, whose co mmitt ee rai ed the mone y from amortg t he e mp oyee LO buy the ambu lance, said 10 year ago ther e was not enough to buy a pedal car, bu t tbe committee had worked hard , p a rticularl y under th e guidance of Mr. J Hastings, civilian works officer, who assi ted Mr Fulbrook in making the pre entation, Replying o onel Douglas prai ed tbe work done by t h e Sl. John Ambulance Brigade and he said the acquisitio n of an ambu ance wou ld he l p recru i t in g in the e tab l ish ment.
POR the fir l lime in '0 y a r " a ner de igrt f uniform for nur irtg member ha be n introduced, The main hang s ar implicily, a bib-typ apron, e nomy in wa hing alhere are rtO tiff ollar and uft, In an em rgency thi uniform cou ld be" rn ove r ordinary I Ih e. For Ih e fir t tim too the cadet will wear the ame dre a the adu lt, a it is de igned for a ll ages.
D etail of Ihe new uniform ar :
DRI for I UR II G PER 0 NEl (including DET ). - Dress of app ro ved grey c !Lon material o f but[On thr ugh design with se lf-lurn down emi· tin" col la r Back fuUn e provided b) inverted pi a t taning from entre f yoke wi th dart a ai t Ie e l back a nd front. One larg eam po ket eac h ide of dre s Two bre t patch 1 0 ket \' ith flap a nd Brigade button 0, 15incent r offlap. Full leeve elinplainatarmhole ,ga th ered irtlO inche emi· tiff cun- 10 ed with bulton 0.14. Threeinch hem lO dr ss whcn (ini hed Separate emi - - tiA" whi e co ll a r to Cover grey coil r whi h buttort to dre s eparate tiff grey 2 inc he of bell of dre material fasten d with m eta hook and bar. Simil a r b e lt for a det , onl l 4 inch id Officer will wear a mc pallern dre in black an,d \ hite st riped m a terial.
Nurs irtg Officer will wear amc pattern dress in black and w hil e cbeck mater ial.
PRON for NURSI G PER ONNEl (exc luding C DETS). - White CO lton a pron of quare bib design, Thr e gored skirt with ai lirte d a rt on back pane l t into I : inch wai band whi h extends beyond edge of back panels and clo d with three linen but tons. Two and a h a f inch hem at bottom wh 11
tlni hed. Hem al [Op of bib ro be 24 in hes; ide hems to be pron fa tens to dress pocket buttons. Bold t. John ero in atin titch in centre of bib. ew mea uremeflt chan are required and are obtainab e from the Stor s D epartment.
With [he pattern dress if nece sary ro attach the medallion to a r gulation bar pin obtainable from tbe tore D epartment. Pri ce 6d
Owing to unexpe led diffi ulties supplie of the ne\\ unifornl \\ ill not be available until prill l.
BELFAST MEMBE RS HELP HANDICAPPED PEOPLE
Yllrsillg JJ ellt/)n
Pll % Croydol/
PO LiC E WINNER S IN CROYDON COM PE T I T ION
DEFENDING their title against strong opposition from four other local teams " Z" Di vision Metropolitan Police (here seen in action during the test) again won the Centre's Fi[st Aid Challenge Cup in a Competition held at Croydon Fi[e Brigade Headquarters on December 8th last.
The runners - up were the Woodside Station of the Croydon Fire Brigade who obtained only 3! marks less than the Police; No. 13 (Croydon) ursing Division , S.J .A.B. and the Addington Section of No 183 (Shirley) Ambu lance Di is ion were also congratulated on their performances.
The test was judged by A / S / O E. B. Hamley, S.W. Area Competition Officer, and centred on a casualty suffer ing from concussion and several fractures resulting from a falling packing -case. Realistic make-up and acting was provided by the local South Eastern Gas Board first aid team and the competition was watched by a large number of Centre members and friends, together with senior local Police and Fire Brigade officers.
Inc[easing interest is being shown in the competition and Centre has been asked to consider extending its scope to admit teams from industry and public services in neighbouring areas.
JUNIORS COMPETED IN PORT AUTHORITIES TESTS
THE annual competitions for P o r t Authorities were held at the Caxton Hall London, on November 5th, 1959 , when nine teams co m peted for the senior trophy and seven for t h e junio r trophy. T he junior section was an innovation this year in an endeavour to stimu l ate interest among those holding on l y certificates o[ voucher awards. The events were organised in conjunction with t h e St. J oh n Ambulance Association.
Sir K enneth Sinclair, D. L. (Pr esi d ent of the Assoc atio n) presented the trophies a n d medals- to South ampton in h e sen ior event and to P o r t of London Authority in the junior even t.
Mr. F. D Arney, eB.E. (Ch airman of t h e Executive Committee) we lcomed the guests including Mr. Horace F. Pars h a ll (Director-General, St. JGhn Ambulance Association) who expressed his pleasure at the encouragem ent given to first aid by the D ock and Harbour Authorities Association , and welcomed the inaguration of the junior event.
Diagnosis of Fractures: a simple scheme
By J . L. TEMPLE, A / Count y Surgeon, Somerse t
O
NE of the problem of teaching fir aid i the pre entation of facts in u h a nlanner that the y are both rem mbered and understood Recent! at a Count adet Officer Trai ning
Conferen e 1 describ d a imple cheme for the diagno i of fracture which seemed to meet with general approval and might b e help ful o other.
T h re are eight y mptorn and ign of fr ac ture de c ri bed in tbe First id M anua l and these ma y b e group d in p ai r a follow:
Symptoms : pain and 10 o f pow r. igns eell: welling and deformit) iall S fell: tendem ss and irregularit ).
Sign s /lor fo b e sO llghr : crepitu a nd unna tur a l mo ement.
Furthermore half of the indicate a u pect ed fract ur an d the other four are definitely diagno ti c. Suspiciolls Diag no ri c P ain D e formit
Loss of PO\ er lrr eg ul arit
Swelling repitu
Tendernes nn a tur a l m o e m ent
This is of ome prac tical u e in decidi ng tr eatment. for a asua lt y showing only ign s and )'m om o f a u pe t d fracture needs Ie a ttention if time a nd c ir um t a n es pre than one wit h di a gno tic ign. Thi ma) be of imporLance in th e vent of ma s di a t rand gi e ome guidan to the Fir t id r in assess ing priorities.
The cheme m ay be reprodu ce d on a blackboard in diagrammatic form , the tran ver e line di idin g th e u pected from the certain frac tur e.
Ask P ain
Lo of powe r Swelling
Lo ok Feel
Defor mi t I rregularit
Unnatural movemem
Crepitus
Aloid
More Dean &
Honours Chapter for Team
THE Dean and Chapter Colliery" "Tea m added further glory to their illustrious name hen th e won t h premier " open" competition in Du rham ount. tre Coroner Graham Challenge Shield , a nd fini hed 25 mark in front of their nearest rival Hetton -I e- Hole D ean and h pt er gained 369 m ar k s out of a po ssi ble 400.
The ent r y, 47 teams , was a record for this popular competit ion the troph y for wh icb - a large a n d handsom e il e r hield -i thought b y many to be the most beautiful trophy of it k i nd in England.
The Commissioner presi ded , and the trophies we re pre ented by Lord Lawson , President of the Durh am St. John Coun ii and a Knight of the Order. Among other pre ent were: Lad y Lawson; the County P resident, Mr , Stan ley Embleton and M r. F. attrass
BISH O P AUCK LAND U R SING DIY! 10 21 st BIRTHD AY A P PR OXIMATELY 60 m embers, husband s a nd fr iends met together for dinner in t he Queen s Bote l Bi sho p Auckland, to ce le brate the 2Jst B irthd ay of the Bi s hop Au c klan d Nursing D ivision. The County Secre ta r y, Mrs. R. W at on , proposed a toast to t h e divi sion , and cut a large and beautifull y decorated birthd ay cake. A delightful su rprise was the pre entation of a lovely bouquet of flowers b y the members to Di v. Supt. Mrs. Bradley. Amongs t those prese n t were ounty t afT Officer Miss E. Scur ock and County Cadet Officer Mi s O Addison.
The Long Wait
A fi Im that affects us all
TH - importance of knowing ome thing about first aid ha been tre e d many tim a nd in many ways. it is gen rally accep ed that fir t a id ca n aye Ii e - b ut people do not rc:ali e how \ ital it until i t too lat e. and they a re Jeft helple I) 10 king on a th e vic tim un·cr.
r\ t home, a t \\ork, on the road and on the beaclle , accident ar happ nin g a ll the t im e wi th out arning. knowledge of fi r aid i ne \\a) of en uring th at a life not tr ag ca ll y wa ted, and t bring home thi fa t the l. J oh n mbulance oClatlon ha prod u ed a hon tilm which dramatically illu trate - the helple ne of an ordinary man who ge t in\' hed in a eri of a cc ident and do\: n't know what to do.
nlJtied" he ong \ ait," the film feature eorge B n on a Bill Ja on. the little man to whom ey r) thing happen in th spa e of t\\O day. iyc time he i all d upon to cop \\ith an a ccident and the time he i fa cd \ ith a 1 ng, n ne-\\facking walt unti l help c mc. Th e film point it moral impl), dram<lti a ll ). \\ ithou t Ie hnical detail of fi r t aid practice, but tre ll1g a ll the time, a it entertain, th e yalue fa kno\\ ledg of fir t alt.! The film i n L de igned, C\ pt indir ct l) a recruiting pr o p:l ganda for th' l. John mbulancc Br gade.
Th e pot ntial audience for this film is vast; indu trial concer n pri\ate and nationalised: motoring or ganisations : wo m en's club and guilds; film societies; R otary clubs: Young Fa rm e r Club - the e are ome of th e possi b ilities for local e ploitalion. T he purpose of the film i to drive home to audie nce the n eed for a fir 1 aider in ever y home. tr ained b) St. John. a nd with this in mind , it i planned that \vhen local howing are arranged, details of courses a\ailable should be made known to the audience
The film, v,hi h ha been wriuen and directed by Max\\ ell und n, i a\ailable in 35mm. and 16mm sound black and hile. Th e 16 mm. \er ion, for non - the a trical ho\ ing. has a railer r ferr ing to l. J ohn mbulan e so iation First Aid our e. Dur ation of the film is eighteen minute.
D ai l regarding ource of upply of print for non - the a tric a l di tribution will be publi hed in the next i ue of the R E\ IE\\'.
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Promotions and
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ER 1AJEST Y THE Q UEE T
has been graciously pleased TO sancrio n lhefollowing proll1otions in alld appointmel1ts
TO The j\lfost Venerable Order of the Hospiral of Sr. Jol1n of Jeri/salem.
PRIO RY OF AUSTRALIA
Priory Executive
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF KNIGHT
Brig. Sir Kenneth BaHan Fraser, C.B.E.. E.D., M.B., F. R .A.C S
Rober t Stanley Steel , O.B.E.. M B. M.R.CP F.R.A.CP.
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF DAME
ybil Elizabetb , Lady George
FO R PRO lOTION TO THE GRADE OF COMMANDER (BROTHER)
Selwyn Grabam elson, M. B. M.R.CP. F.R.CP.
FOR ADMISSION THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER (ASSISTA TCHAPLAIN)
The Ver y Rev. William Pye B addelev. Dean of Brisbane.
_ lew South Wales
FOR PROMOTIO T TO THE GRADE O F KNIGHT
Sir Harold George Alderson, K.B.E
FOR PROMOTIO J TO THE GRADE OF COMMAi"\.1DER (BROTHER)
Frank Lawry Firkin, M.B.
Major Brooke Moore, M.B. , F.R .C.S
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Charles Daubeny Batem an, M.B.
Walter John Gea rside.
William Thomas Seargent.
FOR PROMOTI O N TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
Elizabeth Reubena , Miss Ambler. Marjorie Alexandra , Miss Higgins.
FOR ADMISSI O N IN THE GRADE OF SER VING BRO THER
Paul Maxwell Alliband.
William Arnold Conolly , M.B
Athol Wilson Cust.
John J a mes Gray.
Wilfred Thomas Linsley.
Favio Phillip Opitz, M B. Ra y mond Claude Ross. Lindon Worlledge Wing, M.B
FOR ADMISSI O ] IN THE GRADE OF SER VING SI STER
Madge, Miss Napper.
Mary Ann, Mrs. Johnson.
Josephine, Mrs Jensen.
V ict oria
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Maj.- G en. Sir F r ank Kingsley No rr is K. B .E., C B , D.S.O ., E. D ., M. D
F OR PRO M OTIO TO THE GRAD E O F COMMANDER (BRO THER)
o r man A exa n der W illi am Billing.
Appointments
Robert .Jam Dymond
rthur George Hall, Cl.E. M.B.E.
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
Ida Mr Fre man.
Ilary Annie, Mr rer a r.
FOR ADMISSION I J THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER
Colin Sach
Harold Jame Bro wn.
Alvie Glenross Micbael. Harold Frederick Moss.
Rob rt Leslie Craig ie. Stanley Mer yn Bi shop.
FOR AD rrSSIOI'\ IN THE GRADE OF SER ING SISTER
Thelma Charlotte Elizabeth , 'tVliss Pe veriH.
Gladys Irene, Mrs. Hulls. Vivienne, Mrs. M a cKa
Dora Ma y , Mr Do w land.
Lily Emily, Mrs. Da kin.
South Australia
FOR PROMOTION TO T HE GR DE OF KIGHT
Lt.-Col. Edward Warerfield H ayw ard.
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF COMlVIANDER (BROTHER)
Stanley Symons , M.B.E.
Cyri I Grosset.
F OR P R OMOTlO TO THE GRADE OF C O MMANDE R (S I TER)
Vio let, Mis Wat o n M B E.
F OR P R OMOTlO TO THE GR DE O F OFFI CER (BROTHER)
Henry Gordon Pre t, M. B
Leonard h a rte M abe.
K ennet h Gordon hapter.
FOR PROMOTlO TO THE GR DE 0 OFFICER ( ITER)
Jean Ro a Mi Mc lili a n
F OR ADMISSIO LJ 1 THE GRAD OF SERVIr G BROTHER
Walter T h omp 011
Llan Jame R oney
Willi a m Jeffre y taunton
H einrich Willi a m .Jam chenk
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
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FOR DM ) 10 1 THE GRAD SERVI G BROTHER
John Lovejoy
Fred T h o rp e Les lie Willi Bere ford lark.
FOR ADMl SIO I THE GR DE 0 1 ERVJ I G S1 TER
Margaret , Mr McDowall.
Mab I a ne , Mrs William Commandery in Western Australia
R PROMOTIO TO T H 1 GR K JGH
Bertra m lar e nce Chen .B
Queen land FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRA. E CO MA DER (SI TER
Doroth y l a ) , Mr Da id on
FOR PRO 10TlO I T TO THE GRAD OFFl ER (BROTH i' R )
William Cha rle Le li e How e ll. idney harle Olding
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TO P G. E.C. FI RS T AID GIRLS
Bn g. Ie Lell s Daw k in s. M .C., B E D., F.R o OF OR 'LU V I. DE OF
Commandery of Ards
F OR PROMO I TO TH GR 0 0 KNl H Rob rt lewart Miller.
F OR PRO ono TO HE GRADE 0 OMMANDE R (BROTHER)
Ll.- 0 1. eorge Gregg 0 B F.R P
Rich ard H e nry M c 0)'
William Alben Ry an l B.E D ., ourtenay Ie ander Ri e hlllington B V.R D R \ R (Rtd.). ,....
FOR PROMOTlO TO THE GRADE 0 < OFFICE R (BR OTHE R )
C h arles Murra
FOR PROMOTJO TO THE GRAD OF OFF! ER ( ISTER )
Dell a Elizabeth, Mr Simms
FOR ADM) [0 r I THE GRADE OF ERVI G BRO THER
Major Thomas Henry Redfern Dowzer.
James Green.
R obert M a rshall M.D ., F.R.CP
Thomas Patters on
FOR DMI 10 T I THE GR DE OF ERVING BROTHER
Jo se ph at ha n L e wi s, M B
FOR DMIS 10 1 1 J THE GRADE OF ER J G SISTER
Dori s Rh o d a, rs. ole.
M a rga re t I a bel Mrs. Craw fo r d.
M a rga re t, Mrs Donnan. Frances Weller Mi s M a nn
Dor a, Mr is h.
American Society of the Order
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Brig J o h n .Billi a m Fergu s on Treadwel l.
FOR PROMOTJO TO TH GR DE OF o TE
Edw a rd Kunh a rdl a rren
Dr. R. To, nley P a ton OF
Edir o.r }ViII all)' rr a ining Ideas Gild wrtnkles /llIIlar to rhi
A R E DER, lr. T. of the lara ale mbulan e
DI. I lOn, o. Durh am ha ubmitted a Idea "hich other divi ion ma v I h to a d opt. H e write: Thi an Idea whicb es member to read heir b k It al a crea te intere t. Ea h week I give all th members three que tion a rd each of whIch h a a question all it a nd tb p age referen e in th e manual. The followmg \. eek the cards are hand d ba to me memb r in turn taking the book a nd turnmg to the pag indicated. r an heck qu tion for accura y. Ea h member In ro obrain the mos1 pint a nd to do 0 mu t read hi book .· · 9 ANDOVER BAZAAR REALISED £100
A T (( , ery Cliris l lllrts B a::ao r, th e ndOi:er D n 18lOns realiserf I::l 0 0 for th eir II.Q Bu i ld ing F und Th e ba :: aur a:a .' ope n ed by the C uu ntess of B re cklluck. C o n ro ll er of th e B r i va de s Orerse((s D epar tm e nt. w h o is h e re see n accep ti ng a posy of j/Oll" f' Tsfrolll J III/ior C adel lIaria n "iltshire
Lutterworth Presentation
S PERL TE DE IT R Bl L E Y. of lhe Lutrer w onh Di v is ion of he S t J o h n mbul a nce Briga de. seldom mi e a Bngade function. p a ra de or meet ng. a nd in recognlflon of th e w o rk he does fo r he Sgr. J Young. on beh a lf o f r he dl I Ion pre h im" h a pipe. Thl u!"pn e f o r Binle y c a me durmg an evenmg of presentations when the d i i ion m e t a r their hea dqu a rrers 1r. G. C la rke t he Di is ion al ic ePresident. pre ided. a nd am o ng t he gu el omed by Mr. Bll1le y. was re a Superm lendenr H. John ton , wh o pre ent d r. John mbulance Briga de a nd 0 iaawards Other gue t who arrended Superintendent Rob n on. of Hmckle y Dr. [u rra y (Divi ional U[oeon ) the Matron of Lutrerworth Cott a ge Ho tal: a nd re a ra ft" Offi er P y .] a k " on. of LeI e rer.
The Bini) Cup for Efficiefl y wa prented to the a det di\ ion for a nnual competition and was won this ea r b C a det J hn Hin on.
During t he ev ning a further pr enr · rion wa made to uperintendent Bi.nle when ad uperint ndent Tille a ked him to a pI. on the di i ion· b half, a medaJ[ion ?btamed last ear from alta b upermtendenr TIlle y when he \Va a memb r of a part of r. J ohn member repr ntinD" the adet of Lei and Lie tershire tbe Jubilee Celebrall n f the 1 land·s Briga d
Perth Cadets
w ith T r o ph ies
P ERT II So. 1 Ambulan ce Cadcts, JT"estcm Australia, wilh trophies they won in 1959. These ar e the Donaldson M cld (Cadet , ) nnd th e E. R. Pa coe Cadet Competition Trophy. Jl em bers of th c team (left to right) ([re: Back row: Cadel Officer rT". Stu bbcrfi cld, Cpl. G. Cadet SuperinlendCllt B. E. JIitchell. Front TO! : Cpl. R. Wa tsoll, R. GirlCl00d (Capt.) , Cpl. B Panlall,
Holiday C l u b
T,O promote interest in t he Cadet movement, and to keep ah v e 1 spirit of friendship between th e youth of va7'ious Taces in Kenya we instituted an experimental Cadet I1 oliday Club, initially for girl Cadets only, fOT the foUT weeks of the C n'istmas holidays Th e three upstairs rooms of our spacious building in Sairobi were turned over to Ihe Cadels, and chain, small tables, annchairs, a pTOjector blackout curtains and a tabl e-tennis top were introduced, Twenty Cadets of various races- Goans, Asians, I smai ties, EU1'Op eans, etc.met together each day for nonna l office hOUTS (this main y to accommodate parents regw'ding the tTansporting 71TOb em, etc ), i,e. 8.3 0 - 12.30 and 2.00-4.30 and there attended courses of l'nstruction, istene d to talks on a va1'1:e ty of fa scinating subj ects, and were ta ken ou eac h d ay on an expedi ion to new'by p la as of interest Th e accent th e w h ole time w a s, obviously, on St. John, but this point was never lab oure d , th e keynote be i ng congenia l and en ertaining amusement for the gir ls, w ho h ad h ad a particularly hard term at schoo l and th eTefo1'e 1'equired a well-deserved " bnak."
A trained nursing sis er ins tr uc t ed them, in a concen t1' ated COUTse in Pr eliminary Hom e Nurs-ing, and this was the only St. John course s 't tdie d dur ing th e per iod. (Incidentally, all h e 10
giTl.s were .' u cce 'sflll, ((lid C erlljicol('s iL'etr' prcsclller! ollly a fe<L clays ago.) Talk s, givell by IIICIII/;er .· of Ihe pllbli c COllsular taff, s rz[f of th e .l I edical 1'railling chorJi, 0111' mell , I .J ohll
Offic e1's, ele. in ludeel ((/IIong .·1 Ih e ir slIbjccts sll ch rii t'erse (flirt in t eresti ng l opics: The g. f. ociely for Ih e jJ r(,l'Clltioll
( 'nl ell y to 1 I1il7lal s ": ., l ccessol'ies alld /f all' 10 ( W ThcllI ": l ccidenl Jl ake-lIp": Guidin g ": ". ( 11i1llOI I ,ife by (/ TT 'hile ll ulller": ., Bollel ": J/ "ol/il J<:dll('((lioll ('(111 1)(
Fun'-' et c.
Ench day parties of g irls 'wer e lakell 0111 10 !' orioll s Illac es ()f illi eresi. in cludill{J, tile hospilal ,' Iilc IIl'il Jga 1'; 11011, Ihe EU1'op eall II ospi lal , Ih e Prin ces s EIi :::' (lb r lh l l mpilfll. r ic (flirt
olso to places not nec ess ((1'ily cOllllecler! 7cilll I .}O/Ill '>It c h (/s
L egisla ti ve COIIIlCil Ih e Bmi n[!. Bi scllil F(fClol'Y, Ih e ,'hell
D epo l , the Carylldoll JIli sr/l ll/. Th e '1.'ariO ll 8 ('on 8ulales rtnd Oil ('Olll/){Illirs ILY f(' ([Iso lIf() s generous I'll 10an il1 f, Ihe lor eliesl .fi/III S, lc liicil WI' rl' s ilml lI Oil /1/ost afteTl100 17 S. Th e Clliled Slat es IlI fOrll/fllioll sen'ice u'l'r(' pmlicli arly h elpfll/ in llii .· Tespe I.
In all, th e giT!.· had a l' elllmkabl c I/Oliday. ('crioillly Ih c.'!
w er e all mosl (lppre c iatir'e ((lid O}JjJC(/red I 110 1'0 IIghly 10 elljo.'!
Ih emselves, 7IIi t'illg ICe /l alld ulls elfcons ci rlllsly 01 01/ lillle s.
( Th e facl Ihat no 1jrican girls were il/cluded is tlifll we hm.'c I/O lfrican Cadels w h o Iit'e Il eor enollgll 10 risit Iill' ('Ilib rflc il r/f'.lj.)
11 a parly which we llire w 10 e nd lit e p c riod before I/Ie re cess fOT el'(lJllple, eve ryolle lIIi ,l'er/ logellier rldigillj'lIl1y, all thoTOughly el/joying Ihe1?/seh 'e s In (fll, Ih e ('add l1 o/ic/ny ( ' 1111; fun c lion ed f01' f01lr pocker! 'ee ks. find l/ir pilol sc i/ rille W([S Sll successftd that il lei ll SIiTely be con l illllcrt ill l/ir IlItlire. 0111,1/ next time 'ilh doubl e Ih e nU1lIber oj' ('adels (flit! jJos s ibly mi l'ill[!, th e sexes. JiVe h ave em ned 1J101ly Ihin gs durin£', lhis sc ll £'lIIe, Ih e lIIail! conclusion being that th e Cfub foslrTer/ 1110re inl er-rrtcia!islII than many individual mee l ings or talks collid eveT hav e dOlle
Much of the success of Ih is CIIi/; as dlle 10 Iil e effo)' l s of aliI'
two S een tari es, NiTs. R uthe1:fonl ond Jlr s. F is h eL 11 rs. Ruthe1:forcl 1:11 parlieu la7' diri ({II e nOTIIIUlI S amollnl of w ork ill h.e1' own t.1:me, preparing th e lim e labl e, wr iliug fe/l er 10 IiiI' various individuals conceTl1ed and fo ll owi ll {!, n il Ih ese w illt letten of thanks 10 a ll peopl e w h o help ed Ih e C lub i ll any wa y TIVit h 01.l 1 thi s va luob le help Ih e C lu. b w 0111d II [) I I/Cive beell possible.
This p h otograp li was tak en in Ih e Joyer ti, e .\' ew D ono v all
lVlaule Th eat1'e and s h ows M?' J11(/'IIfe, 011 Ih e left, Mn. M argaTe I R ut h erford D ivisiona l Supe?'il1l e lld elll , (i ve l. J ohll
Ambulance Br gade Cade s, an d Mr. J ack j1 I B ennion, G. lY!. , Colony Cadet Office?', Sl. John 1mbu allce B 1'igade. JIIfTs, Maule had presented eomplimentm'y tickets to th e Cadets, as ([ cu lminat?:nf!,' trwt. " for th e C ade t Jl oliria!j ( {If,b
JIrs. 1! II,ro n/ , ((1Ir1 lite ill/pressir'c arroy of r/lll s lli e frl s l/t ey WOII r//(rill{!, J D.')!),
[ Sl'ERE TED ,pecla lol' al Ille B rigade s .·Ialld at tlte amping ([lid O utdoor Life E ,I'llibitioll O lylllpia- ir J ohll .HUIII, of E'L'eresl. alld IIOLl' ecrelaTY of the Dllk e of Edl11bllrg h 8 1wal'd .'chellle (cen tr e back). Cadet both a//lblllallce III/I' ·in d gore regular delllon. l ralion.· al the, talld, each oj' rL'll/ cl/ attrac/ed large croll'ds because the" incidelll bedall reillt a/1 e lec lrlfyin g ,·c realll. _1s a re· lilt of the stOlid. fifty enquiries tl'ere receii:ed fro/ll prospeclh'e recruits-adult. ([lid cadet.'!.
Photo: Photo Con'rag,
Si x Grand Prior 's Badges for one Div is ion
IT (1 J.; l/tes e c fldet s '£' up (/ re co rd for o lle dil isilJlI ill OIlC 11 ¥ (f1'; ,r Omlld Prior's ]3 or/fI,c ll'illll('fS l ilh /lteir " (perilllend(,lil, Jl i8 , R, L(/7( rrl/('e (celllre). Tiley or /' , y,h 1([ Lrgg ( 1 0), (ad e /t ella J o In/ SO li ('I ti). Corporals P a tri cia I?"lIenl (16), 'IISOII ('1('111 I'll Is ( 1 (j) (flld ( per il Pri es ( U), ([lid .'5ergrnnl J orgarel B oorll/ull (1 ,') 'Til e pi clur e W(/S takell al th c {fI/IIllal ('/lrolllleni c('rell/ollY of /III S U ..j,7 I1 I aldm cC' CoolI/b e ( ailel \ ; If,/,sillg Dil ision. The presl'lIlal ions w('/'(' marie bll Ill e -' Jay or of H alde ll cl' ('ooll/be li d. J. h'. W esi.
How NOT to do -t , I •
From a talk by DR. J. C. G RAHAM ,
Fac t ory M ed i cal Off ic e r,
H. J. H e inz Ltd.
I WANT to di scuss some of the point that are difficult to leaTn from the te -t book but are very necessar y to produ e good first aid.
The relationship of the first - ai d er to the casualty is seldom a n ide al one , though , I know we tend to judge it by what i een in the somewhat artificial onditions of competitions. I think m any people in competitions look upon an uncon cious patient as a difficult problem , bur when I watch first-aiders dealing w th consciou casualties, I often feel it would not matter \"hether they were conscious or unconscious.
Your c asualty is a human being , he can talk a n d in most cases what he tells you will gi ve y ou the diagnosis which you then confirm by your subsequent exa mination
The same situation ex ists in yo ur docto r' smgery-he lis t ens to your complaint and then examines you.
Have you ever thought for a moment about the difference between yo u a nd yo ur casualty. There a re two main differencesyo u are fit and healthy-he is not. You are skilled and confident-he is ignorant a nd frightened. (Ignorant in te rms of his injmies.)
When you feel fit and healt h y it is extremel y difficult to put yourself in the casualty's place, but until yo u do he casualty will ha ve no confi dence in you. Th e quiet approach, giving the njured one plen ty of time to tell y ou what has happened and where there is pain is essent ial. Supplem entar y quest ions may be needed fr om y ou to qu alify the t y pe of pain an d what makes it worse, but a quick-fire bro adside of questions is wro ng. If you put the words in t h e casua lt y' s mouth by such q uestions, you a re sure to get wrong answers. Can I llustr ate thi s by tak ing a simple injury like a muscle strain or rupture. If one adop t s the cross-fire technique it wou ld go so mething like t his : " Now lie still old m a n , we're first -aiders Now this pain yo u 've go t. Is it a udden sharp pain a t he seat of injury?-
Yes Is further exertion difficult or impossible ?-Eh." Would it not be better if went like this -" Now just you lie quiet till we ha ve a look at yo u. You 're in good hands and we'll look after y ou Tell u s all about your pain ." T hen if all the answers are not forthcoming a bout the injury, yo u can ask :-" Where exactly s the pain ?
What is it like? I s it a sharp pain or a dull ache? I s it stabbing or tmobbing? Is it difficult for y ou to mo ve y our arm or leg ?" (or whatever part is njured ).
B y thi s means you allow the casualty to give the description ratber than putting words into his mouth which he ma y not un d erstand.
Just as a thoug h t ha ve you e ver t r ied to write d own on a piece of pa p er a ll t h e di ffere n kinds of p ain that are d escribed and all the differe n t hings t h at make p ain
worse? It s a good test and when IOU ha e done this, set down on t be opp o ire id e of the page , t11 conditions in which each typ of pain occur
Returning to our original t heme, in taki ng th e his tory from a a ualty DO OT bully the pat ient with questions. nother point that must b recogni ed abo ut injured and sick per on is that. what you may con ider important-namely, the injuries, m ay not be th mo [ imponant thing to them. Frequ e ntl y a badly injured man w ill expre an,xiety for his wife and family, and every effort hould be made to meet his "vishes in sllch matters. will come back to this que tion of messages later.
E xamin atio n of th e Pat ent
I said earlier that the hi tory of the casualty gives a very good clue as o the diagnosis a nd that the exami n ation co nfirmed your findings. I walll no to pend some time on this aspect of first aid. It is often don e bad l y. The first mistak e i t h aL there is no method abo ut the wa t s done
The second is that it is done b y memorising sect ion s of the textbook rather than relating the examination to tbe his tory.
I want to forge for th e moment about he dramatic situation of severe haemor rh age or asphyx ia w hich is obvious and needs prompt ac ion. Let us consi der for a moment a suspected fracture Let u re ert for a minute to ollr histor aga in Vhat wi ll the casualty complain of?
Firstly-pain.
Secondl y-loss o/power or use of the parl.
These are the two things that will be uppermost in the ca ualty 's thought and your immediate action mus t be to g i ve su pport.
ow w h en YOll turn to m ake your , amin atio n the first part of it i :- JI/ spec!ionLook aL it. To do Lhi the injur d area I11U t be expo ed - ou cannot ee through clothing.
The other point La remember i that you want o expo e th e oppo ite ide for compari on. Having done thi what can you see? ou will nOlice a n y wellil/g or Deforll1ity and) OLi will ee an wound or di colouration of the kin. You may ee olher thing that may be imp rtant uch as mark of vio lence. You ma notice hor!elliI/g. There may b ab n orma li1ie which haYe been pre ent for ome tim and ar unr ated to the pre ent injuf, Llch a birth mark r car of pre iou injuries. gain, let me repeat, compare with th e other id e.
The n xt tep in your e -amination i o gently feel the injured area and the emphai on gently. Thi \\ ill imm diat I) re ea l any Tel/derlle - t nd 111 onfirm the asualty' ym l lam o f Pain. fter tend erne the next ign you \\ ill e li cit \ ill be onfirmation of what y u hay en - you wi II I tect Swelling. I f ther not much welling. there ma) b lrregllfari!y.
I don t \: ant pend any 1ll0l'e time n thi particular prob lem. 1 (tnt, however, to lea e you with a fev\ thought f ran \\ approa h to the amination of ca ualti
Wh a t are your en e Do ou u e th mall when doing fir aid?
I. H earing- fo r th e hi tor).
2. ighr - LO look at the ca ualty.
3. ensa!ion - to el \ hat y u h,1\ e n
4. Smell orne in Lo certain diagno e
5. Your en e of lasle.
• Contill/./('(/ Oil lIe I't pagl!
How NOT to do it!
• ('(Jll tillll ['(Zj'rrn r/ previo1ls pa{!,e
And, of cour e, the most important sense in fir t aid i your ixth ense, which I lik e to think i co 1/1111 on elise.
Be fore leavi n g the xamination of ca uallies, what other thing are done badly by many fir t- aider ? Genllel/ess i needed at a ll time. Thi i se ld om considered in comp titions or real life wilh it i the con tant n eed to slIpporl the injured per on or part.
[lhink at the conclu ion of y ur amination you mu t indicate clearly two thing, either t a judge in a competition, or LO the per on concerned with econd id in real life, and rem mber: thi may be the ambulance dri r or the operat r on the telephone -ch(tnge U I11U t indicate clearly the diagno with ondition Ii ted in order of importance and the per onal d e tails of the ca Llalty.
Hidden a\ ay on p. 123 of the new book in the chapter n i"iI Defen e, i a note ab ut c a ualtics. It al 0 mentioned on p. 127 but the empha i eem to be on wartim II ca ualtie hould be properly labelled at all time.
Thi bring me t th que tion of mesage. t thi tage in the management of the ca , thc ab \e dctail are kno\; nand tbey mu t b mmunicuted ac uratel). u uall ,by leph n to thc doctor ho pital or ambulance tation. tate clearly the place of th ac ident or in idem; th namc and addre of the ca ualty; the name. addrc and 'phone numb r, if kno\ n of the near t relative. Th diagno i in order of imp rtance. \ hen it is appropriate the empl er hould be n tified, al the police. inally. h n giving uch a me ag. gi\ ur 0\ n nam and ident it ). nd for our inf rm ti n how I ng will aid be in coming, and h wing will it take to g lth ca ualty to the n ar ho pita!. H a\ ing gi\en 1h e detail o\er the t lephone a k thcl11 to b rep ated ba k to 1I nfirm th ir accura
r ea tm nt 1 \ nt no\\ t put in a f \\ plea for the treatment of ca e. 1 ha e a lready tre ed (he fact t hat r a lIrance a nd e tab li hing , nfid n ce i o f fir t imporlan e.Th e ne t thin g i to e tab li ho ur priori tie hen dea ling with multiple nju rie a n d with more th an o ne patienl. I n bot h ituation hock i the mo t important con id e ration In th e multipl injuri do rea li e a nd r emember lhat the frac ure of a I n g bo ne like the femur, be it on y a impl e fr ac ture, a far more signifi ant facto r in the production o f ho k than a cut or wou nd w hi c h ma y ha e produc d a fev ta blespoo nful o f bl d Th e bl ood h a t ill bee n 10 t 11 co n id ra ble a m oLi n 1 from t h e circul ation, perhap t wo to thre pin t, b the fr actu r e, although not a dr p i visi bl
Wi th m ore th an o n e ca u a it y to deal \ ith, t h e ho c k ca e t ake priorit over a ll orh r thing.
It tell you in th e n ew book , a n d did in the o .ld book tbat re pi ra tion and haemorrhage a re th e fir s t pri o riti e Th e a re- bu r
it a l 0 e lls you in the n ew book that esta bli s hed s hock is a pr io r ity. The difficult hi ng for a n y first-aid er Lo reali se is h at even in the absence of obvious externa l haemorrhage and obv iou s concea led haemorrhage, ho ck is due to loss of b lood. The only excep tion to this is in the case of burns
The mo st important co n side ration in the treatment of shock is speed Minules a re va lu able, and whatever you may do in co mp etitions, in real life, every action which brings together the casualty and some bottles of blood is a life saver.
DO OT WAST TIME.
The other point about established shock is the que tion of warmth. A patient who is cold and pa e from a shut-down of the blood supply to his skin is using what remains in his effective circulation. to supply uch vital organs as the kidneys and the brain. Heating the urface of the kin may open up the circulation and side-track blood from the more essential organs.
The more serious the injury the les s need there for heal. 1 think probably blankets could be done away with in first aid or at least reserved only for the protection of a patient with moderate injurie in cold eather , or the patient uffering from minor nerve shock of the type caused by fear or the reaction to a nea r-mis accident.
DO "lOT" ARM P J'-. E TABU HFO HOCK.
Dre sing and Bandages
ith shock treatment, the treatment of wound repre ent the two greatest advance in accident care in the la 20 years. From 1940-1949 19 deaths occurred in Birmingham from minor indu trial wounds-12 from epticaemia: i from tetanu or 10 kjaw. From 19-0 to the present time there ha\'e been none and no mall measure of ucce due to the training of firstaiders in the correct method of dressing wound. Here,lcangiveyoufivequiteciear and definite in truction about the prepared t rili ed dressing which is the dre ing of hoice in all ca e
Do IIO! apply lVilholll firs/ washing YOllr hallds.
Do 1101 shake Ollt whel/ IIsing il
Do not tou ch the inside applied fO Ihe wo un d.
D o no t t ie over /he wound.
Do not use weI dressings on woullds or burns.
H aving considered the inner dressings, w h at of the triangular bandages used to app ly ove r them by some first-aiders,) The first need is to pay attention to the folding of bandages and lo make sure that when the book says broad bandage make it one and narrow when it says narrow. good principle is: -
Do not use narrow bandages o rer soft /issues. ext: -
Do nol tie on Ihe injured side
Do not tie grannies.
Do nol leave knots unpadded.
Do nol use valuable triangular bandage s for padding when other things are ami/able And finally,
Do not forgel to ies! the circulalion when lIsillg slings, either by looking at the finger nails or feeling the pulse. would leave you with one final thought about first aid which, in contrast to my last comment, has nothing to do with competition work.
Do not forget that the particular treatment given in any circumstance, must be related to the nearness and availabi ity of econd aid. Some of the very best fu t aid in the world may consist of nothing more th a n getting a patient on to a stretcher and calling for an ambulance. What want to find is a way of setting a competition so that where this i done, coupled with gentleness in handling , cleanliness in wound dre ing, reassurance and establishing confidence. peed of di posa and adequac y and accuracy of mes age, can achieve the same marks as shouting out all the symptoms. ign and diagnosis, coupled with running through all the bandaging and splinting. etc.
The latter tend to" pull in t he marks ince if everything ha been done. marks must be given, even when done badly. As judge \.\Ie must try to angle fu t aid in thi direction and, at the arne time. keep ufficient in a te t to make competitions interesting.
PROGRESS IN THE C LEAN HANDLING OF FOOD
Repor on E x alJlinations held at Wilton Work s, Imp erial Chemical Industri es Ltd. under l he allspi ces of the St John Amb/llanc e A sso ciation
THE increase in communal f eeding since the Second World War has been reflected
i n the ste a d \' rise in the number of reported
c a sos of food poisoning. Despite the m a n y impro vements in kitchen design, the in roduction of sta inless steel and other imp e r-
vi ous surfaces impro ed refrigeration , etc , t h e ren d up w ards stiU continues.
I n ord er o help staff appreciate the dangers of food poisoning , to foster a sen se of responsibility in e a ch indi v idu al, and o create conditions under which the danger of a n outbreak of bacterial food p o isoning w as conside ra bl y lessened , Dr. S Jenkin Ev a ns
Senior Medica l Officer, Imperial Chemical Industr es Ltd ., W lton Works recom-
m ended t h a t a " Clean Food H a ndling " Course should be held for aU emplo y ees of the Ca e r ing Dep a rtment. This course
comm e n ced a t Wilton Works in the earl y months of 1957, and since t hen , all 220 members of the c atering staff ha ve a tended.
Secretary for the course wa s Mr. F. Anderson, a ssis ta nt catering ma n ager , w ho was re s pons ib le for organ ising the whole programme, a considerable ta sk in th at a ll classes were taken in normal working hours
E a ch group of students attended four oneh our lectures as follows :
(a ) The C a u s es of Food Poison ng- D r.
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W Co o ke and Dr. S. J. Luckas.
b) Per so n a l Cleanliness-Sister B Todd.
(c) The Impor tance of Clean Premises a nd Utens i ls - Mr. G. H. Darbyshire
C a tering Man a ger.
Cd ) Open Forum for Discussion
c o n-
du c t e d b y b e Secretar y- Mr. F
A nder s on
Each lecture w a s illust rated b y an appropriate fi lm-str ip, and each course member was gi ven a handbook on the subject publi s hed b y the St. John Ambulance Association. Simultaneous ly, a poster seri e s in humorous vein , en itled" Horrible Habits ," was displayed on kitchen notice boards.
At the conclusion of t be course, each member sat an oral examination set by tbe St. Jo hn Ambulance Association. The first courses were composed of canteen manageresse s, chefs, supervisors and senior waitresses to set a standard ; of the total number of 220 ca t ering staff taking part hroughou t he period, just under 4 per cen t. failed to pass the examination These people attended a further course, with comp ete success
culprit's en e of s
me. L a s tl
The principle of supervisors taking the classes firs t is important, indeed, there is a good case for a more advanced course for supervisory staff. T h e open forum after each course is most valuable, as careless habits brought to light in fra n k discuss ion tend to disappea r , or, wh en they d o appear, a re e as y disposed of b y appealing to
s ince a ll taff have taken tile course, there no excuse for a re essness on the grounds of I didn 't kno " In eft'e t , Dr. Ev a ns objects in ponsoring t h e cour e ha e bee n achi ev ed In the
wi s h t h at the p a in g of u c h a cur e houl d beaconditionof r ewithin th compan y as th e medic a ex amination, would ee m a lo gi ca l e p. - R eprinte d , w i t-II perm iOI1 fro m " Q u a rt erly."
of Lancashire' s The last Three Great Doctors
WiTH the d e a t h o n Oc ob er 9 th , 19 59 of D r. R ic hard Clegg, la te s s istant Commissione r in ch a rge o f
o. J r ea, Duke of L a n ca te r' Di st rict , we h av e lost th e las o f he thr ee gre at do c tors , Trimble Pool ey a nd Clegg w h o laid the found a tion for the grm th of thi great dist r ict.
I be iev e Col. Poole wa th e :5rst to start g ving lectures e ven b efore he qua lifi e d in 18 86 wh le h e wa s a ct ing as Disp ens ing
Assistant to h do ct or bro t her in Rochd a e
He c o n t inued to w o r k for the Ord e r in an ev er w idening capacity ill his co m p ul-
sor y r etirement at t h e a ge of ov er O
Co l. Trimb le , l a ter Commi s ion e r f or th e
Old o. IV D i tri ct, which includ ed
We s tmor la nd a nd CWl1b e rland , a nd at on e time the I s le o f M an an d Ir e la nd as we ll a Lancashir e, w a s do in g s imilar work in th e Preston area. Well lo ve d th r oughout thi
v ery la rge district he p e nt a grea a m ou nt of tim e v is it ing hi s div s ion s a nd knew th e m a nd their problems wel1.
W it h wha prid e does t hi di strict re m emb e r t bat n ot o nl y d id Trimb le rece i e th e
ra rely a a rd e d G o ld M ed a l of t he Ord er fo r ga ll a ntr y und e r enem y b o mb s w h i e comm a nding th e St. John Ho spita at Etaples, but th a his s u ccessor as Commissi o n er, W_ G Smith a so received he
Gold M e d a f o r Rrst a id w or k u n d er fi r e in Dublin in 19 16
Cl e gg was the third o f th es e great Rg u res.
He began gi ving :5 rst a d ect ures in l 893 at A ccri ngto n a nd soo n ex en d e d h is effort s to the s urround ng tow n s, h elping to fo r m cen tres a nd sti mul at ing his m ed ical c o llea gues to help. In 189 7 h e b ecame surgeon t o the Acc r ing to n Di v is ion and was v er y a ct ive i n spr ea din g t h e id ea of a uniformed bod y of men a nd w om e n who were fitted b y training o d eal wit h cas u a lt ie -
This p on eer of the Brigade v si te d hi s
di v is io n s on hor se b a ck , in uniform , a nd is s t ill remembered b y old me mber s rid n g o ver th a t ver y hill y countr y in ?- ll weath e r s. All three of these men we r e not co nt e n to be tea chers only t h ey to o k a li ve p e r s on a l interest in e ver y deta il of t he wor k, p e rsua ded otber busy pr a c t itioners to he lp a nd set a n e x ampl e b y we a ring uniform. It w as the y who s timul a ted the di vis ion s to build their o wn h alls All over Lan ca shire outside the large cities halls were built, most of them very well fitted for their purpo s e In addition to a large hal l t h e re a re u s ua ll y offices committee rooms and a kit c hen for ight meals, but some of them are much more e laborate In many vi ll ages the " Ambulance Hall " was the only building suitable for public meetings and was let out for va r iou s activities when not needed by the Briga d e or Assoc iation.
o e h o ca m e back \\er fi ll ed w t h mi iona l- zea and b 1902 \\e
h ad 0 er ty di i o n , ome in th citi and h e we t.
M any mo r e went to the Great ar in
t he R or in t h e ick Berth Re nc.
Clegg was surgeon of two u iliar ilitar)
H o pita l in hi own area. H c wa after\ a rd urgeon to T h e e nand to n H ospita
l first me t Clegg a s t a n mee t ing in lhe yea rs jus t be fo r h e la t \ a r \- hen he wa
A s i t a n Commi ioner in cha r ge of o. 1
A rea ( o rth East Lanca h ir). H e wa th e n wo rkin g ha r d a Brigade ir Precautio n O fficer, G r ade I " and \-\3 al 0 doi n g t h e ordinary \J ork of hi a r ea.
T h is fo r midab le I oking old ge n tleman
wi th hi h eavy m ou La he and eyebrow, both w hit e at thi s time, could be ver) d og m atic but he wa n e er bad te m pered a nd was a Iway is tene d to wit h re p ct.
H e was, like so m a n y L a n ca hir e m en, a pe rfectionist a nd i nc lin e d to be imp a ie nt of t h e tact ful co mpr o mi e o f aut h ority.
On para d e, at a n in p ec t ion h i larg st r aight fig ur e, dr ssed in h e o ld - fa h o n ed u nifo r m o f a s up e r ior office r w ith n a rr O\\ t. ove ra ll tr o u se r br a id e d fr oc k- coat wit h sas h a nd , w h en greatcoats we re wo r n, his clo a k , m a d e a n out ta n ding a nd m pres ive fi gure
H e s om e tim es sa id th e youn ge r gene ration was becoming so rt Th e r e was n ot hin g soft a bout Cl e gg. Ti ll h e eft u s a th e a ge o f 80 he c ontinu e d to ta ke hi c old bath eve r y morning. Whil e he w as d ee pl y res p ec te d and h eld in some awe , we oved him a nd were di s tr e ss ed to 10 e him C legg a nd h two gr e at co lleagu es h ave become a tr a dition in the district. Old m e mber a y, " We shall not see th e ir like aga in . E. B. H
Masonjc Hospital Visit N
UR ING M e mb ers o f 141 Gr eenfo rd a nd o rth o lt Nur s in g Di v is ion l. John Ambul a n ce B r iga d e , e nj oyed a ve l'y II1te res ll1g tou r o f Th e R oya M aso ni c H ospita , co ur Pa rk , w h e n th ey were co ndu cted t hr o u g h t h e v arlou W
rd s a n d T ec hni ca D epa rtm e nt s b y M e mb ers o f t h e
H o pit a l o mmill ee
Th e H os pit a l h a 2 6 2 be d hav ing b ee n co n s id era bl y augme n te d b y t h e n e wl y o pe n e d W a kefie ld Win g, it s wards co n-
ta inin g fo ur w ith bed in t h e wa rd s o f t he n ew w in g,
t h e w h o le b e in g fitt ed w it h eve ry mode rn re quir eme n t in clud in g
111 up-t o -th e- min ute r ad l logy, pa ho log ica a nd p h ysio-
th e ra p y d e p a rt me n t, th e a ter n c l uding a rea ll y wo n de r fu ll y
co n tru c te d Im m e l' I n pool for t h e treatmen o f art h ri is and ImJi a r cn e; t h ere i a 0 a we ll eq u ipped sc h oo l for its
nul' e. Oth e r pec a l features include a piped supply of oxygen o n tap In each o f h e ward of the Wakefield Wing and a lm o a ut omatic mode l aundry, I' garded a a
In the fu t ure deve lopmem of t he aundry r ade. ery hearty hank a exp re ed by D i isional uperintende n t Mr M. D e a l to the H o pilal ommittee and (0 r Y. W h ite who h a d 0 kindly arranged the tour; a n d among t h e p re ent were rea u perintendem (R) E aug h an and D ivi iona l P re idcnt Mr L. M. Vaughan: r D P orter. R , .C.M Cadet Officer
J. 0 cr- mbulan c l: Oi\i ion, Cadet uperinI I' _ a\le and adet rn er Mr _ L. Bine - 125 ur Ing 01\ I Ion.
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much regretted.
ff' e deep y regret Lo announce the following death.' tkin on J an u a r y J 6th, at P lymouth I rs. tkln nrstJolned the B ngade with Devonport ursing D ivision 18 y.ear ago. She did many duties at Greenbank Ambulance tallon P lymouth, and. escorted several out - of-city removals. Sh.e left D e\onport D IVISion to become Superintendent of St. ur mg Cadet Di vi sion at West Hoe Plymouth. ThiS diVISion later making Its headquaners in Catherine Street. Mr Atklns was a keen and loyal worker for St. John and especl3l1y the cadet movement. lllness compelled her to ret ir e in J uly la year. The funeral at St. Judes Church Plymouth was conducted b y Ll:e icar the R ev. J. R. B lyth 'a nd wa l;retely a t te n ded by B rigade members pa) ing their last respects a well -lo\ed colleague.
* N ur in g e mb e r r. L ilian l\a Jo r on J an uary th at the age of 69. member of J41 Gree!1ford & Torthol[ 1 urslng !J !vi ion, t. John m .b ulance B ngade. sillce April 193 , she JOined the Hammer. mlth _ & Acton D ivision and \\as transferre.d to Greenford J[l 19)4: but she gained her first First Aid at D enbighshire, shortl after her marriage In 19 1,). ell In Greenford she performed many duties a t y_ eekl meetmg of G reenford old age pensione rs and at their o ut ings, and re n dered valuable er ice on dUl at the reception o f ref ugee from H ungar recently e corting many of them as far Colche tel' overnight. after long day on duty at London Irport. rs. allo r was apPOinted D ivi ional Secretary for a hlle at the commencement o f the D i\ i ional S uperintendent rs. C. D e al) takmg O\ er command of Greenford & ortholt u r ing D ivi io n in 19 - 6.
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T hese R ep icas are designed to add realism to training courses
P E R F ECT rep icas of w ounds h
h Elect r ic t. J ohn mbuaclean, w h o was 4 5. was a
THE " DANCO " SER VICE is re n owned fo r REGUL ATION UN IF OR M FOR OFFICERS & MEMBER S OF THE S. J.A. B. WRITE OR CALL FOR DETAILS [:b e ® utfittin g 1Lb. FOUNDED BY NURSES FOR NURSES 53, " DANCO " HOUSE, WELLINGTON RD S. STOCKPORT London : 33 V ctoria Street S.W I B irmi n gham: 224 Corpora ti on Street G la.gow: III Union Street First F!o o r) Liverpool 57 Renshaw Stree t M anchester: 36 K i
ver keen a nd rella bl memb er. othing LOO much lrou bl e for him in helping with any du t ie a n d the divi ional members will mi his conll·adeship. He had b ee n witb h divi ion inc it fOTmation i n 1957.
orp s Sgt.-Major John William Frand , S.B.St.J., of Weliingborough who died in J anuary , held the record for the counlry a the longest serving member of t h e Brigade. In a ll he erved 66 year. A w m onth ago d eclining hea lt h partic ularl y failing eyesight, compelled him to give up active intere t. t the same time h e a so ga e up the positio ns of tr asurer to he Welling borough Corps ; WeLiingborough Hea dq u arter Am bulance D ivision and WeUingborough Cen t re of the oci a tion. Mr. Franci wa enrolled in the Brigade a a b ugl e r a t the early age of ] 4 , specia l permission being obtained from t. John' Gate for this step to b e taken , after showing keen interest in t he work b y acting a p a tient for the men training Th ere we r e no cadet in tbose d ay and ucb action i not possible t oday Hi father, then a sergeant w a s a keen comp tit ion m a n and led m a ny teams of t h e Wellingborough Corp a it was tben (now i t is Headquarter D i ision ) and y oung Franci w a a m e mber of several of th e m fi guring in the early fin a ls of the Dew a r Shield compet tion. In 1897 a nd 1902 they were succes sful in gaining the premier a ward. When olun teers were required for serv ice at hospitals in South Afr ic a during the w a r th e r e Pt e. Fra ncis 's name went up and he s ubsequently ser ved the re He rec eived the Queen s a nd the St John South African W a r medals , tl1e former being presented t o him , among m any of hi comrades b y King Edwa rd VII. H e was promote d Sergea nt , Staff Sergeant and n ime was appointed the fi rst Ser geantMa j or of the Welli.ngborough Corps in which po he s e r ve d over thirt y y ears He w as made a Ser v ing Br o ther o f he O r der n 1928 T he reasurer s hips he took up in 19 15
holder of t he offices went aw
emporarily ill1
end of the war- but he remained so
yea rs o d. The fun era l a Finedon wa attended b y a numb e r of officers and members of he Brigade including C ounty Superintendent (A) C a pt. J S P a rker , O SU (w ho repre ented t he
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Greatcoats £15. ursing Officer·s uniforms £l6 16s. Od
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ro SCE T CAR DS 18s. 6d., 1.000 5 s. 6d. , Penci ls Tickets Posters , Memo. Samples free. - T rcE 11 Oakland Gro e, London, W.12.
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COMPETITION
DI WOODIE TROPHY. First Aid Competition team te only. April 30th 1960, at D er b y. Entry forms and details from W. Everett 76 Foremark Avenue, D erby.
BRIGHTON
Ass istant Safety Officer
pplications are i.n ited from uitably qualiRe j per on for the post of tant a G ty Officer.
The appo intment w ill be made between Grad A.P.T. 11-1 2 (£946-£ 1 131 per an.num) of the lational Sa1ar a le fo r Ga Staff and the s tartin.g sa lary will be dependent upon the qualification an.d ex p rience or the ucce rul candidate.
Applicant hould ha e a thorough knowledge of the Factorie ct and be ,.veil informed on the accepted principle of ac ident preventi on. Expe rience in First Aid organisation i an e ential qualification and it will be nece ary to be able to drive a car.
The Officer cho en will be ba sed at rea He adquarters Southampton but concerned \ ith accident pre ention throu",hout the Board r a.
The ucce ful applicant will be re pon ible to [h Board 's Safety Officer.
The ucce ful candidate will be required to pa a medical examination and. unl a1read, · subject to a Pe nsion Scheme by irtue of th a ' (Pension Right) Regulation 195 0 wiJl be required to join the Bo a rd Staff Pen i n cheme. Forms of Application ma be obtained from the PER SO EL MAN GER 164 Ab o e Bar , oUlhampton, to hom they hould be returned b\ 29th April J 960
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Yo un g women a b ove the age of 17t years with a good st andard of educ ation wishing to take up nursing as a career are invited to apply to the Matron of the above Hospitals.
Illustrated brochures detailing t he excellent tra ining facilities offered at the se ho spi t al s will be sent on request.
Bot h ho spi tal s are sit uated close to the sea-fr ont, the centr e of the t own and the Sussex D owns and a r e within one hour 's train journey of London.
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The St. John Ambulance Brigade h as a proud record of service and confi d ently expects to pl ay its full part in the futur e, particular ly in the event of a national emergency. But it can do this only if its members are organized in advance to carry oue dut ies which ensure the best use being made of their special skill.
The Brigade has undertaken to increase the number of its members already in the National Hospital Service Reserve. Many Div sions are joining the Reserve as complete units and you are asked to join through youl· Division. In a national emergency your training and experience would then be immediately available and would be of indispensable value in the efficient staffing of expanded hospitals and first aid services.
A medical examination is no longer necessary
No obligation to commit yourself [0 any specified number of hours of service n the event of war
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IS the profe ion r kill and knowledge. Skill to h ea l, knowledge to know lile ingredient of healing. A important to yo u a yrin ge and scjssors i your tablet of Wrigh t' Coal Tar Soap. Wherever you call, alway remember to keep Wr ight' handy in your bag. The Go l den Tabl e t in Bath and Toilet Si zes
As an S.J.A.B. member you are entitled to these privileges I. 2 3. 4 An N H S R badge on joining the Reserve.
You are not obliged to give up more time ro extr a duties or training.
You may, if you wish undertake hospital work or exercises w ith the Forward Medical Aid Units and you w ll then rece e a personal issue of a uniform on free loan as well as travell ng expenses
You will have the opponunity of attending specialised and adva n ced co urses arr ang ed for N H S R me m bers.
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The St. John Ambulance Brigade has a proud record of service and confidently expects to play its full part in the future, particularly in the event of a national emergency. But it can do th is only if its members are organized in advance to carry out duties which ensure the best use being made of their special skill
The Brigade has undertaken to increase the number of its members already in the National Hospital Service Reserve Many Divisions are joining the Reserve as complete units and you are asked to join through your Division In a national emergency your train ing and expe r ience would then be immediately available and would be of indispens a ble value in the efficient staffing of expanded hosp itals and first aid services
As an S.l .A.B. member you are entitled to these privileges
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WEST AFRICA DIARY: I .
Progr@ss in Sierra L@on@ and Ghana
By MAJ.-GEN. J. M. KIRKMANJ Commissioner-in-Chief St. John Ambulance Brigade
THER are 0 many part of th Brigade over ea \ hich one \ ould like to i it and 0 few chan of doing 0, that it i al\ ay hard to decide here to go if it i po ibl to get away from England at all. I decided that in 1960 I co uld give far more help in e t frica than anywhere else. Ghana was already an independ nt nation of the Briti h ommoowealth igeria i due for independence in the autumn of ]960 , and Sierra Leone likel y to become an independent nation nol 0 ery much later. It seemed to me th at the St. John ouncil the Brigade an d the Association in all th e three countries might b glad of advice and encourag menl in their ta k of passing graduaUy from reliance on our Headq uarter in London to a role \ hich i more independent and elf- upporting.
Foreign lours are a lways in lined to be e bau ting becau ether is so mnch to see a n d to d scu a n d so many p Ia es and so many units wh ic h omm i sioner s in overseas ter ritories quite rightly wish to be visited. I t herefore decided to go by ea both \ ay 0 a to fit in a l ittle re t before a nd particularly after, tOllIing We t Af ri ca. I ai led ju 1 before hri tma a n d had a pretty rough ea all t he way to t he Canary I sla n ds and that in cluded hrl tma dinne r in the Bay o f B iscay.
SIERR LE O NE
On Jan uary 1st I a rr ived at F reetown, h e apita l of Sierra
Leone, a country that used to be known as the .• White an' Gra e until malaria and yellow fever had been brought under control. OUI t. John work in Sierra Leone had until recently been almo t entirely centred in Freetown and in the poli e, except for the Tarrant D i i ion an open divi ion that has kept going valiantly doing public dutie in Freetown for orne years. In 1959 hO\ ever, the Order ent out r. Pilbeam , a Brigade officer from Tunbridge ell, a a hole time Headquarter officer to help in both Brigade and ociation ork.
Most of my we k in Sierra Leone" a pent in or near Freetown where I sa\ His E celieney The Governor the ini ter of Health, the Mini ter of lin the D ire tor of edi al Servi es and , of cour e, the officer of the Brigade and s 0 iation. I visited the P oli e Training cho01 at Ha tings and presented certifi at ,I inspected the k nand hard - orking Tarrant Di ion, and we had a sp endid demonstration of first aid by Brigade units, followed b y the Po ice" B ating Retreat." I al 0 managed to vi it the town of Bo v hich entailed a dr e of a bout 160 mil ea h way in the Order's Landro er and 0 er pr tt dreadful road. I had to ancel a vi it to the diamond mine area at Yengema becau e of certain industrial and political troubl
It was all mo encouraging t th big e ent in Fr etown the fir t aid demonstration \ ere e ' eli ntI done and among those parti ipating wer not only two of the poli e di ion of th
Briga de who are old hands, but also three complete y new divisions who ar e first forming in the Railways , the Ports , and the U nited Africa Company His Excellency The Governor, Sir Maurice Dorman , was there as well as many other important p eople in Freetown, and I am sure that they were as impressed as I am at he skill that these t.hree new formations showed I t was also v er y pleasant to see ther e L a dy Dorman , who started her n ursing and first aid knowledge in St. John an d whose daughter is just abou t to follow in her foo tsteps
New Divisions
I w a s still more encouraged wi th m y visit to Bo where two completely new d ivisions , and the firs outs ide the Freet.own area, h ave recentl y been fo r med through the en thusiasm of the Deputy Commissioner D r. Caruan a I inspec ted the 1st Bo Mixed Di vision , all dressed in whi te with black belts although they had not ye got their Briga d e uniform, and also the Ros a r y Conv ent Nurs ing Divis ion an d I sa w demonstr a tions by both I presen ted a large number of cer tificates t o th€m a ll an d the reci pients included the charming Mother Superior of the Con vent a nd one of t he Sis t ers who had a ttend ed the classes with the girl s. Altho u gh thes e girl s, who are a ll n on-E uropean ar e still at the Con ent the y h a d all , being over 16 a ken their a dul t certificates and their s t andard was s plendid There ought t o b e lots more coming on. I underst an d that a s a resul of m y visi t , two more embr yo di vis ions h ave star ed classes in Bo alread y, and that t here ar e a lso no w two cl as ses in Kenema , an other importan t place in the midd le of the co untr y, where St John has never existed before and who se Princip al M edica l Officer I had the good fortune t o m eet in Freeto wn. So I think we can say that all is going w ell in Sierra Leone A kn o wledge of first a id is spreading well in the P ol ice, where in f a c t, ever y po liceman attending the Recruits Scho o l no w has t o ge t a St. John certifica te before he pas ses ou t. The reall y s a tisfactory hing , ho wever seems to be that fi ve ne w divis ions h ave been fo r med since la s summer and four more seemed t o h av e got going with t heir class es within a month of my vis i t.
GHANA
I fle w fr om Sierra Leone to Ghana on January 9th and sta yed in th at country un t il the 17 t h. During that t ime I visited A ccra, Kofo r i dua, Kumas i, Tanale Takoradi , Sekond i, Elrnina, four d iffer ent gold mines at Konongo , Obuasi , Pres tea and Tar kwa, an d a Training College a Winneba I inspected para des of police c ertifica e holders and addressed them in seven of thes e places, and had good Brigade p a rades a t Kumas i, Obuasi and Pres ia plus , of course a splendid parade at Accra which I will r ef er to later.
When in Accra I met His Excellency The Governor-Gener a l, Dr Nkrumah the Prime Minis t er, and a number of other ministers including t he Minister of Health and the acting Director of Medica l Services Dr . Bannerm an who is a ls o incidentally, our own D strict Surgeon and is acting Chairman of the St John Council The Commissioner of Po lice , Mr. Marjetey wa s kindness itself. He is President of the Brigade in Ghana. He, with our Commiss ioner , Mr B a ffour a nd a number of other officers met me a nd regaled me a t the Airpor t when I a rri ved H e pro vi ded me with a new police saloon car wit h an excellent police driver which wa s at m y disposal t hroughout, and in which I tra velled some hundred s of miles o ver ro a ds of all ypes
Police Enthusiasm
The police were splendidly keen ever ywher e. At Koforidu a, wher e I s topped for a very short vis it on my way to Kumari , I found that Bri ga de m embers in the Police had been brough t i n from all six districts of that province, many of them over 100 mil es , s o t hat they c ould parade for me and an excellent p a rade it was. At Kumasi there wer e not onl y police on parade but also a new open d ivision formed by the Briga de Staff Officer there Mr. E. D Hunt, whom man y of the Brigade in the County of Lin coln will kno w well. I believe that since my visit there he has s tarted new clas ses for another 40 men and 15 women-a splendid effort. The highligh t of m y visit was the par a de at the Police Tr a in ing School a t Accr a the evening before I left Ghan a. I arri ved at 5.15 p.m. and inspec ed a parade cons isting of three police di visions wit hin the Brigade, all looking very smart in St. John Ambula n ce Briga de uniform ; a n adult nursing di visi on ; both bo y and girl ca de ts ; and a representa tive detachment from he Bu ilders' Briga d e These atter a re an orga nisat ion formed b y the 2
K U M :1.S1 : A d1'OUp a l the pamde l.rJit h (leJll o r ight) !lfr. E D lf un l ( B rigade lat! Offi ceT); AlT T. ackey (Assi lan l ommi, iOller o P olice) th e Commi ioneT -1' 11 - hieJ; and D r D F. oles, (H eadqu ar te rs Offi cer). S t anding at [he back are member oj l h newly f orm ed" Open D ivi ion a t Kuma i,
Gb ana G overnment t o p rovide wor k fo r yo u ng men who m ig h t otherwise be unem plo ye d 0 les t ha n 225 o f t hem already hold
St. John cert i.ficates. After th e parade h ad marc hed pa t an d 1 ha d a ddres sed t hem , the p olice the m el es took over a nd beat re trea a very imp ress ive cer emo ny. W e he n ad j o urned o t he Police Mess f o r a cock ta il pa rt y. I t he n r us hed off to Gove rnm en t House for an ext r em e y h urri ed ch ange a nd r et u rned t o t he Po li ce
Depot again f or a D inner in t he O fficer M es at w h ic h the pr incipa l gu es ts wer e H is E xce ll en cy The G o ern or-Genera l , m e lf, a nd t he
Briga de Co mmi ssio n er. I came away from Gh an a, n ow a w h o ll y in depe ndent countr within t he C o mm onwea th, w it h the f ee i ng hat our t. John ork t here is going a long er y well. Thi largely due to our 0111.miss ioner , Mr. B a ffour a ve r y b u y Go ernment er nt who yet fin ds t ime o ta ke a tre men do us inter t in the Brigade; to our Headq uar ter Offi cer , Dr. Co les who has wo r ked so hard, but unfort unately leaves in Ap ri l when he r husba nd M r ole, \ h has done m a r vel f or u to o , retLres from t he G haoa P o lice-in which he is one of the l ast re ma in in g Eu ropean offi e r Th encoura gement of the Co mmiss ioner o f Police, Mr. Ma rje ey ha al so been a tre m end o us ben efit. ot o nl y is he keen tha t e er police man should h o ld a c urren t S t. Jo hn er ificate , but he co nt inues th e arr angement of ea rlier d ays whereby we ha e a sma ll police building in h e centre of Accra a the St. J ohn Headquarter, and gi ves a gr ea deal of h elp in other way.
Atmosphere of Progress
I had ne ver visited Gha na b ef or e and the main impres io n I brough t a way wit h me oth er than in r ega r d to o u r own Br igade a n d Asso ciation work were wof ol d. F ir tly, the atmosp here of progress t hat is being m a in tained in A ccra itse lf w h Ls new b uil din gs fine r oad s, a nd a f eelin g of s pace a n d ti d ines. econ dly, th e way in which ev er ywh ere I wen t I met wi t h co urte y frien d lines , chee rfu smiles and a rea d iness to help. Th is occ urr ed in every wa k of life f rom His E xcell en cy T he Go vernor- G e nera l down to he lo rr y dri ver who m one p assed o n t he d us ty road, a nd fro m t he Co mmissioner of P olice d own t o t he la joined constable, of whom I saw a ver y con sider a bl e n umb er. In a dd it io n of co ur se, I met wit h the greatest ho spita lity wherever I wenl.
When I left on J a n ua ry 17t h, a fter m y eight- day v isit I ha d he feeling that, in our wo rk , a ll was going very well. I was st ill more encouraged wh en , on m y way bac k to E n g lan d, my boat sto pp ed for a fe w hours a t T a kor a di o n F ebr ua r y JOth Our bus y Brigade Commissioner mo ored o ver 180 mi es f r o m cera wi th Mr. o e to d iscu ss S t. John m at te rs wi h m e an d to ld me t h at, s in ce I had left three weeks earlier, six n ew cl asses h ad star ted in A ccr a, the Obuasi goldfield s h a d sta r ted full re-exa min atio ns a nd Mr. Hunt h a d in Kuma si s tar ted n ew cl asses wi th 40 m en a nd ] 5 wo me n • T o be Con ti n ued
LAST TRIBUTES TO COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN
"A Great-hearted S
E R VI E in m em ory o f t he la e o u nLe s Mo unt balten of Burm a th e dea rl y love d S up eri nt e nd ent-in- hi er o f th e Sl. J o hn mbul ance Bri ga d e wh o was bu ried at sea o n T hursday, e bru a ry 25t h , we re he ld no t o nl y in a. l pa r ts o f Great B r itain, b ut a l o in ma ny Co mm o nwea lt h o untn es, whose people and partic ul a rl y me m ber of t. J o hn , w shed to pay h omage to a g reat la d y w ho ha d vi ited t hem, li ved among t hem a nd e nd eared herself to their hca rt
On Mo nday, Mar h 7t h , We tmin ter A b beY:' wa filled with 2500 men women and c hil d ren from a ll wa k of l fe- her h u band, daughl r th e Roya l f ami ly, sta tesmen and o rdinary fo k who. e p re e nce wa a testimo n y to the rema r kab e place she h a d he ld III th e aflectio n of her co unt rymen and the people o f other nat io n
M o t noticeab l i n t he co ng regatio n we re t he bl ack a n d white un iform o f Lhe 700 Bri gade me m ber , many o f whom had travelled ma ny m il to be pre nl o n th m morab le occasion.
Poig nant t her were' one remembers the sll1gll1g of Psalm 130:" ut o f t h d have 1 called unto thee, 0 Lor d Lord, hear my oic"; the Les on, fr III Pr verbs XI, beginning at e r e 10: " h can find a irLuou Y oman? fo r her price IS far abo e rubie ,. read b th e Ver y Re er nd the Dean; the mo ing hym n " J erll a lem "; and abo \e a ll the addre by the Archbishop of ant rbur , whi h wi ll a sured ly live long in the memories of tho \ ho heard it. e are pri il g_d to b ab l Lo gi e b ow the fu ll text of thi addre , h ich \ e are u re \ il l be o f out tanding intere t to al l who kne\ and \ rked \ ith Lady LOlli .'. 3
And other seed fa ll s among thorns, and is choked by the cares and ric hes of this ife and brings no fruit to perfection: 0 fruit to p erfection - bu t fr u it, eve n o ut of a thorny soil. And here the para ble comes closest to us all, Here is ollr own expe r ience depicted. All o f us here give our da ily care to ou r busy concerns; and however exacting they may be, we find in them our riches: we be mi e rable and poverty stricken without them. And our fiches, all our reward we find in those very cares which demand of us all our thought and labour. In this kind of work a once careful and rewarding Lady Mountbalten was wholly- engrossed , embraCing all the ca res and all the riches of such w6 rk-devot ed to them utterly. H aving adopted a cause or a care, she organised, advised, administered, initiated; a d ding to everything her vLvid imagination, her energy o f leadership, her converting power. I shall not attempt to Ii t her labours here. Pre-eminent among them were the Save the Children Fund and t he St. J ohn Ambulance B rigade, and indeed the whole Order of St. John of Jerusalem. T hey can stand for all. She served them and by serving them so devotedly made them living agents of mercy aU over the world. Lad y Mountbatten was descended from a great philanthrop ist, Lord Shaftesbury: and was herself a very great philanthropist - bearing all the riches and all the cares which attend upon such a God -given vocation, For this great career of service her praise is known throughout the world. But, as you will a l have observed, in the tributes paid to her b y t,he writt n and the poken word, the tributes were not to the quantity of her work but to it quality. Out of the thorny ground witb its care and riches we all are trying by the grace of God to shew some harvest , some fruit , knowing well that it is n,ot fruit to perfect!on. But here in Lady ount batten we behold fruit borne to perfectIOn. , And as for the seed in the good soiJ, they are those wbo hearing the Word , ho ld it fast in an hone t and good heart and bring forth fruit " thirty -fold, sixty-fold, a hundred -fold, T he Word to be heard and held fast is the word of God's love: the weapon to be used is the sword of Charity, without which anyone of us is counted dead before God What most mo ed us all were the personal tributes to Lad y ountbatten infinite e penditure of personal interest, personal co ncern to pe r on : her time la bour and sympathy given direct to persons in their distre ses-to per ons known as persons, as children of God, often astoni hingly remembered over many years as persons but alway 10 ed and erved as persons at personal cost to her elf triumphing over every ob tacle and fear. The golden harvest field is made up of depend on, an infinite number of ingle heads with it own perfe tion, prung from and nurtured by the good Oil belo\ It is t he qualit y that ounts. t her passing the quality of Lady Mountbatten ' s har est wa rel ealed in the tribute from humble imple folk aU 0 er the \ orld peaking not so much in term of prai e a in the accents of deeply felt gratitude and affection It as shewn best of all perhaps in the fact that when she died b oth Houses of the I ndian Parliament stood in ilence in her memory. he had been called with her hu band a i eroy, to lndia at a time of agon In presence of the terrible Punja b rna acre hOI could an yo ne peak the ord of Charit 0 that it could be heard over the raging pa io n of tho e da Lady Mount b atten poke it in the onl way in hich it can b heardby her per onal inter enrion. without thought for her elf, to see hat ould be don and ee that it wa done-but far more than th at, to see tho who were uff ring and peak to all whom he could reach the word of love and courage and God' pea e. When the I n dian P arliament tood in ilence it , a proof that th word of harity had been heard and heeded and revered and had not been fo rgott n.
" s for the d in th good oil, the are those who hearing the ord, hold it fa t in an hone t and good heart and brinC' forth fruit " in it perf) tion.
" Lor d, " h n d id e e thee hungr and feed thee ot" thirst and gi e th e dri n k? trang ra n d \-vel ome the or nak d and cloth t h e? ick or In pri on and i it th e? nd the King \ ill an wer them'Trul I ay to ou, a ou did it to one of the lea t of th e m brethren , u diEl it to me .' ,
Lay up for yoursel ves treasures in h eaven, in the hearts of men an d in t he heart of God: for where your treas ure is, there will your hea r be a so.
Two days earli er, R ams ey Abbey, close o Lady Moul1tba t t el1 s Hampshire country home of B road ands, had been th e scen e of a memo rial service which, less grand in sca le, was de ep ly mov ing because it was more intimate and the spontaneous t ribute of the local people to a gracious lady who lived with all d was lOlled by th em all.
A procession of the Mayors of H a mp shire and civic offici a ls walked from the Town Hall to the Abbe y. T hey were headed by the dra ped mace of R omsey council wh il e mem ber s of Romsey Bo rough Council wo r e bl ack rosettes on th eir gowns.
The family mourn ers arrived b y car. Admira l of t he F leet , E arl Mountbatten, with the Queen of Sweden , his sister. Lady Br a bourne , Lord Bra b ourne , Mr D avid and Lady P amela Hicks the Hon. Norton Kuatch bull, the Countess of Brecknock and Sir Francis Cassel.
The address of the service was given by the Bishop of W inc hester, D r. A. Willian1s , and the service wa s conducted by Canon W E. Norris , Vicar of Romsey
D uring the ser ice the Russian Contakion of the Departed ,v as sung b y the choir and a fa v ourite hymn of Lad y Mountb a tten 's,
B lake s " Jerusalem, " was a so sung.
D r. Williams said:
" h ave the privilege of speaking these few words today about Lad y Mountbatten, whose death h a s brought so deep a sense of persona l loss to a great multi t ude of people in man y par ts of the world.
" Here in Romsey that sense of loss has a special and peculiar intimacy, for here she was at home d welling among her o"I'n peop le.
" And , of course, I remember as I speak to you th a I an1 speaking to very many who knew her far better than I : I can only tr y to say simpl y what I believe is, and long will be in the hearts of us all. And in one sense, i t is not difficult to say this.
" For anyone wh o met her, if even for a short time and in a crowd, felt at once a personal welcome, a true and warm recognition and remembrance.
" She had the precious gift a nd grace of caring ind ivi duall y for all sorts of people and they knew that she cared .
" She reall y wanted to help an yone who needed help: she gave her lively energy and co ur age and resource, a s we all know, to good causes among man y people and races , and becau se t ho se good causes never b ecame for her impersonal bu t appealed to her becau se they were concerned wit h the lives, the happiness, and he troubles , of actual living people, men , women and children because they called ou t her affection and her sympathy, she called out an answerin g lo ve .
" She was granted a life of gre a t va riety and opportunity Amid all the sorrow that she was no longer with us , we were, above a ll ,to thank God for His gift to meet he calls of th a t life of a spirit so constant and so strong and gentle in its response to the needs and as p iration of th ose among whom her days were spent.
" Here at home, in Romsey as yo u well know , she was ever ready to put asid e the rest an d quiet of which she must often ha ve felt n eed in order to give the hap p iness of her support and presence to the concerns of her friends and neigh b ours in this place
" She drew st rength from her affection fo r h er home and from her worship in this A bb ey, from all these familiar scenes and memor ies. She knew that it was mo r e blessed to give than to receive and sh e will long be remem b ered h ere for endless acts of kin d ness
" May light perpetu al shine upo n her a nd m ay God comfort a ll those who were most near and most dear to her hear ." Th e cont in gent from the Bri gade, Coun ty of Ham p shire included Area Vice President, Cen tral Area, Mrs. W. P S Curtis representing Col. Cu rtis, Coun ty Commissioner who was un ab le to atte nd owing to sickness) Co u nty Vice-P res ident H o n M r s C ubitt , Co un ty Su p er int en den t , Nursi n g D ivis ion s, M iss L. Coo per , County Surgeon , D r. L. M. Mayb ury, Cou n ty Ca det O ffice r B r ig adier
B Web b -Carter, D. S. O ., O B. E ., Co u nty Sta ff Office rs, A. L. Aymes , R H arr is, Mrs. B on d and T . W . Bu lpitt. Area Commissio n er, Eastern Area , D r C. N Burnba m-Sl ipper. Ar ea Comm is sio ner (R ) O . J Francis, Corps Su perintend en t, South am p ton N ursing Co r ps M iss M. A. T ho m as. Cou n ty Secre tary, S J A. A., D Hill R epresen tative fr o m m an y oth er Ha mps hire town s attended -to gether with a detachmen t fr o m h e C o unty of D o r set. From co lle a gu es, frien ds a nd co un t ess p eo ple and orga n isation s in Br ita in a nd all o ver he C ommonweal th , t ri bu tes h av e con tinued to · r each t h e C ommissio n er-in - Chief' s offi ce b y every p ost We snould like to p ublish each and everyone of hem, but sin ce this is 4
CO U T ESS lUO XTBATTEN in peeling the parade of I John Ambulan ce BTi <1ode memb er a lhe 71lral ovemment Offic es, J e elt on, N01·lh B 07· n eo, on alurday February 2 Ih. clearly imp ossi bl e we hould like to menlion simply lh at t he a t r ange of human activitie which lh ey repre enl ha been a reve la ti on to all who have rea d them. We shall let the e three, written by the distinguished he a ds of three great humanitari a n organi a l ion speak for all:
From : H elen, Duches s of Northumbe rland, C.c. V.O., B .E., Pr esident of Bri tish Commonwea lth urses War Memorial rl llld :
On beh alf of m y fe ll ow Offi cers a nd ouncil of the Brili h Commonwealth urses War M emorial Fund , I am , riling to yo u to offer yo u our most sincerest sympathy on the greal io you ha e suffered o n the trag ic d ea lh of yo u Sup erinlendent-in- hie[, Countess Mountb atten of Burm a. The whole world knows of the magnificent ser ce whi ch he ha rendered to th e Order of st. J ohn, o (he Br igade, and a l 0 (0 t he sister organisation Brit ish R ed Cross Soc ie ty in (he many join contacts which you ha ve.
We on this Fund are mourning her as a Vice-President fr om t he ver y beginning of the birth of th is Fund , and as aery generou donor of sc ho larships for nurses As wi th everything e se s he under took, Lady Mountb a tten ga ve her whole h eart and mind to her interests with u s So , in the loss which we feel we ca n a lso to some extent m easure yours.
Fro m: The Lady S empilf, Chairman of Ce ntral CO Lin cil for the Ca re of Cripples :
It was wit h profound regret th at I learned of the sad lo ss to your organisation occasioned by the su dd en d ea th of yo ur Superintendent-in-Ch ief, the Countess Moun tb atten of Bur m a On behalf of the Centra l Council do wi s h to extend to you our heartfelt sym p at h y, and at the same time ex press our admiratio n for the magnificent work performed by Lady Mountbatten during her lifetime , which h as been such an ins p iration to us all.
From: D ame May Curwen , Chairman of B riti sh Council for Aid to Refugees
I a m writ ng on b ehalf of us a ll in the British Co u ncil for Aid to R efugees to offer our dee pest sympathy to you and aU your s taff on the d eath of Lady Mo un t batten. I myself feel that have su stained a p ersonal loss, as I am sure do a ll who h ave ever had tbe p rivi ege of wo r ki n g wi th her
CANADA ESTABLISHES MOUNTBATTEN FUND
ST John Ambul a nce National Headquar te rs in Canada has a nnoun ced th e es tab lis hmen t of a fund in memory of the late Countess Mountb a lten of Burma who had won th e admiration and a ffec tio n of many m em bers of th e Brigad e on her v is i ts to C anad a.
Beca use of Lady Mountb a tt en's li fe long interest in nurs ing , purp ose o f the fund wi ll be to provide bursary assistance for nurses in Cana d a.
D ona t ions will be we lcomed fr om bot h m ember of St. J o hn a nd other who knew and admired La d y Mountbatten
WORLD-WIDE TRUST FOR HUMANITY
Do T [O ha e be n comi ng by every po t for the Edwina Mountballen Tru 1 which, a announced in the February i ue of the RE 1 ha been esla bli hed on a world-wide b a [or t he b enefit of the thr e organi a tions to which Lady o untb atte n de oled 0 much of her life. Th ey are the St. John mbulance B rigade the ave the hildren Fund and the nursing pro[e ion. lllhe Tru L' re ources ill be di ided equally between the three cau e It ha now bcen announced thal the objects to which the funds wi ll be pecialiy de oLed are world-wide. Th e Brigade to ponsor courses [or people 0 er ea to study nursing a nd fir t aid and to end olhers a er ea lo ad i e on he e ubj cts. The Sa ve The hildren Fund, ill heJp the tuberculou children of Korea-o er haii of lhe chi ldr n th at i -a nd will train doctor and nur es in thi 'i ork· an d Lhe hare d voted to th nur ing profes ion will be u ed for ur ing R e r h Fello\ hips open to nur es and midwi es in the oiled Kingdom nd 0 er ea 11 donation hould b addr ed to Lord onc ton, care of M idland Bank Ltd ., P oultry London , .C. 2. , marked Ed. ina Mounlb a tl n Tru t.
THE LONG JVA IT
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fi lm Th e Long Wait, whi h was d crib d in the February i ue of the R EVIEW, has no w been tra de shown and it i hop ed will get wide cinema di tri bu tion. The 16 mm. ve rsio n f or n on -th eatr ica l s ho wing w ill be shown in the near fu tu re to int ereste d bodie, and prints will shortly be a aila ble at a co of £1 3, in luding po ta ge. The film featu ring George Ben o n an d other well-kno wn actor is d igned to imul ate awar nes of t he need for fir aid in the home and at wor k a nd in everyday l ife generally, and will be a va lu a ble m ean of putting th e St. John mes sa ge 0 er to facto r ies, club , e tc ., all 0 er th e co un try. It is hop ed t herefor e, th at St. John headqu ar ter, p arti cularly at County lev e l, will obtain copies for sbowing within th e ir own a rea s where there is a great demand for this type of film. The film ast for 18 minutes, and a t the end is a tr a iler " r efe rring to St. John Ambul a nce Associ ati on ourses and giving th e addres of the headquarter in London. To help 10 a recruiting for courses, etc , th e nan1e and address of the local headquar ters can be ad ded to individual prints a an additional co t of £7 per print.
THE TRADITION OF SERVICE
It was in the Book, so he knew what to do
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UR1N<;J the sch oo l ho l idays, on J anuary 4th, 1960
Prob atlO nary Cadet K Green , of Kingsteignton Ambulance Cadet Di visio n , S. Devo n , was cycling with a friend Bernard Long, who fell off hi s machine, severely cutting his tbumb on so me g lass; the seemed to be a r terial as it kept sp urting. Gr een Immediately applied dig i tal pressure to the brachIal artery a nd st.opp ed the flow of blood; still grasping the arm he took he patIent to a little shop which was the nea res t place, a lthough it was some distance away. The man in the shop ap pli ed dressing and bandage to the thumb and took the boy by car t.o hospital where some stitches were put into the woun d While the man and bo y were going to hospital Cadet Green returned to the bicycles and took t.hem home. This piece of first aid was particularly creditable because si?ce Green joined, there have only been five meeting rughts: he IS 13 years old and has not attended first aid classes before He what to do from the first aid book lent by the above D lvlslOn a bout three or four weeks earljer.
Award for Cornish Membe r
SGT.
E. S STEELE, St. Blazey Ambulance Di vision, has been awarded the R oyal H umane Soc iety's Testimonial on P archment in connection with efforts to rescue a drowning man at Par on Jul y 19th, 1959. Unfortunately, the man was drowned, in spite of repeated attempts at rescue made by Sgt Steele and two others.
Progress in Belfast Transport Division
I B elfast last year S t. John ambulance covered 33,593 miles carrying 4,110 patients.
The e figures were gi ven by Mr: R E. M. Humphreys district transport officer, when he preSided at the annual dinner of the headquarters transport division of the Brigade in the P ark Lodge Hotel.
Mr. H umphreys aid that one ambulance was engaged hole hme on duty for the Ho pita! uthorit y, accountina for 23 ,4 61 miles and 3,662 patients , which is a reduction rhe previous year' figures. There was an increase of 2 140 miles run in connection with motor cycle races and point-to-point fixtures· there were a1 0 more trips with patients to and from Eire
Th e D ivisional Superintendent, Mr. J. Green who was congratulated on being admitted to the Order of t. John in tbe grade of Serving Brother, ga e a review of the activities of the divi ion. He said the had added t\ 0 ambulances to tbe fieet and a new die el am bulance would be del ivered shortly. tbanked the nur ing member for their , ork and the officer and men for their uppor t throu ghout the year and referred to tho e who had devoted 0 much oluntary time to the mechanical maintenance of the fleet.
PHO T O GR A PH
C O PlES of the pho tograph of Coun tess Mo untbatten on page one of the Febr uary REVIEW haye been requested by many readers
We are g a d to ann ounc e tbat prints can be obtained from the R e,iew
O ffi ce, 1 0, Grosyenor Crescent , Lon don, S.W.l P lease state the sue required A pr int measur ng 8" x 6" )vill cost a bout 4s., other sizes i n proporti on
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BEl' IE"'"> "> CROSSWOIID No. II
Presentation to London Veteran
CLUES
ACROSS
1. E xamination may disclose important sign in hea d inj uries (4 ). 7 of the brain ?
10. Aspira te for an orgamsm (8).
11. Has two dimensions (4)
12. Came the height of t he fe ver (4).
13. Infectious in the fi eld ? (8)
14 With no t hing o spare (4)
16. D mension of the chin (4).
17. Point to Tetanu s prophylactiC for residences ( 5)
19. A doctor t o it makes the Cll'CUlt (5)
20 Shallo w op en (5) ".. "
21. Medicine oft en given for mdlges t LOn (7)
22 Young child (5 ).
23 Once f ourpence (5)
24 Incise to l e t out pus ( 5)
26 R a ce a round in s h a de (4)
28 Double existence a Oxford (4)
30. Thi s ship can gi ve Tube!culosl s (8 )
31. Munitio n s of the upper lImbs (4)
32. A plague (4).
33 This orga nism may be a bare on e (8 ). Often heart y a s w ell (4)
35 Sets a n examination (4).
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2. Artery of tib ia or talu s (5)
3 B etween w orlds (5).
4 Contort t he bo y in p am (6)
Compiled by W. A. Potter
5 E x trem e p a ll o r (2, 5,2, 1, 5).
6 D a nge rou s wh en in the mouth a nd hro a t (5)
8 Una wa re of sen so r y imp u!s es ( 11 )
9 Heal ri b ti ps f o r eye con ditIOn (11 ).
14. Laundr y fo r b e d-li nen? (7, 4).
15 P asteur m a d e i ts bite less drea d e d ( 5 6).
] 7 Supp or s r e m a ins ( 5).
18. Ligh t t o u ch w th the elb ow (5). 25. Begin to knit (4 2).
27. The eg belo w th e knee (5).
28 A bit o f a nd , a pp ea rs , is t ena nted (5).
2 9. Ob s tru c ti o n of th e b owel ( 5).
S O LUTIO N TO CROSSWORD No 10.
ACR O SS: 1. Pulm o n a r y ve ins; 10
Fara dic; 11. B a rri er 12 Race ; 13 Mot o r ; 14 . Lint ; 17 . E xercise; 18. H ea lth ; ? O.
E x pire 22 Cap sul a r ; 25 Og-re ; 2 6. T e pid ; 27. Knot ; 31. Kenti sh; 3 2. OnAce; 33. T a ctful mes sage.
DOW : 2 U tri c le ; 3 Mo-de ; 4 N ecrop sy; 5. Ribbon ; 6 Verb ; 7 Init ia l ; 8. Stre t cher; 9 A-far; 15 Sc arf ; 16 17. E ye-socket; 19 V a nco se; 21. 23 L a n cing 24 Leth al ; 28. Toes ; 29. LIef 30 Fit s. 6
(t he Co mmi ion r) had va lu e d t11 advice a n d va exp r e n ce in Br iga d e mat te r w h ic h M r. Dun fo rd h ad 0 read il g i e n h im w h e n he fi r t camc to entral
Area and ho ped that Mr. and r Dun fo rd would Ii e ong t o e njoy t he te lev i io n e w hi c h t hey pro p osed o pur ha e v ith the p roceeds o f th hequ
A / S/ O W a re, the ne t peake r , r ca ll ed
ho w Mr. Du n fo rd a nd he h a d jo in ed o. 13
K ing Cross Di v is io n at a bo u t t he a me
t ime a nd h ow heir progre in t he B r igade
h ad m arc he d tep by ep unti l Ana lly bo th h ad co m e to Ce n tra l rea tafr, Mr. Dunf o rd as Area Superintendent and he a rea S taff O fficer ( Fi nance). /S/O a re con-
cl ud ed b y wi hing both Mr. and I r.
D unfor d a lo n g and h a p py re t ireme n t.
Area S uperi nle nde n l Mi R ort h (N) o n be h alf of t he ur in g D ivis io n s t hanked Mr. Du nford f or hi u n fa il ing a nd c h eerful h e p t o he di vi io n a n d added her wishes to th o e of Mr. W are.
Area Surgeon D r. S a i l Stee le lated how highly h brot her, Dr. Russell Stee e, t he ate A rea Commiss io ner, a lued the ervice of M r. D u n fo r d a n d how he per ona ll y reg r et e d th at t he t im e h ad come for r. Dunfor d to re ti re.
B r ig. W ieler prese n ted the cheque to M r.
Dunf or d a nd t h e br ooc h to Mr D unfo rd.
H e sai d he felt hi g hl y h ono u red in bei ng asked to d o h i st r ess in g th e examp le et b y b oth an d co n clud in g by wi hing them a long an d ha p py e njoym en t of the aut u mn o f th e ir li ves.
M r. Dunfo rd in his re pl y h a n ked eve r yo n e f or t h e loya lty a n d respect g iven to h im dur ng his service and sa id t h at h e a n d hi s w ife wo uld a l ways t hink o f ent r a l Area wh en lookin g at th e ir a nd t hat hey would eve r b e m in dfu l o f th e m any an d lasti n g fr end s hip s hey h a d f o rm e d M rs. Dunford a lso s tres ed th e va lu e o f fr ien d ship a nd ho pe d t h at Area S up e rine nd e nt Cam er on a n d M rs. Camero n wOlild enj oy s uch f ri end ship dur ng th e ir se r vice
RICHMOND'S DISPLAY
PllOlo: O' J rll'a Ph olo(Jrapher8
to
AT (l recell/ [f ome afe/,Ij El liibilioll in Ri chmond , Ilrr e,lj, fli e Brigade "ad flti s effeclir'c sland, w hi ch C/rOll.'ed favourable COllllllen/S froll/ f/i e visilurs.
THE HOME - that Dall-gel·oILs Place
By C. P lONGlAND , Area Cad et Offic e r , Surrey
(. FT R
T TD i the immediat e and temporary care gi en to the i ti m of an a id nl or udden illne "- 0 re a ds thc opening enlen e f the introduction to our pre ent day manual, and um up all that Arst-aider do and are prepared t do ev ry da y. But I think w hould all a k ourh ir thi i indeed ailthal \\e can do. 10 or our training deal with the curc " - rath r than the " prclcnlion " bUl in th e day when 0 mu h mor pUblicity a nd inforll1ati n on the pr venlion of ac ident i avai lable. ought lie no t lo be in th rore rront preaching the of Pr c l entio n being betl r lhan ure.·'
Tru c, \Ie are probabl nOl able to do much b) way of prelenting a udd e n illn ,although perhap i er li v ing could pre \Cnl ol11e. R garding ac ide11ls-parti ularl in th home - mu h an b aid and d on.
The hier vic tim a re. of cour e, old p ople and childr n , and in m y icll' th e hi f ontribuLOry cau e i thoughtles ne s. \ e ar a ll guilt) at ome time or anoth r of br aking om o f the 1110 t elcmen ar'Y ru le or afety, uch a omitting to put mat he out of reach of litlle Ange r F r m all t he tali li avai lable it appear that ther are four main type o f hom a cident: Fall burn and aId, poi oning and un'ocation. II i to a i t Ar -aid rs to recogni e a nd pr ev nt ha zar d that the following detail ar pre nled.
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Elder y p op le are hi f vi lim of fall a lt hough lhey an happen to u a l a l ome time Or a n ot her. T he rea on for old peop le bei ng m 1 affec tcd ar , of COLII' e, m os tl y phy ica l, po r eye ig h t, bad et, a rth ri ti r rhe u m al 01, heart nd iti on and m u c le weak ness.
The au e of fa ll an b umm ari d un I r he fo ll owing headi n gs: (0) Floor' (b) F u rnil ur (c) tai r ; Cd) L ighli ng; (e) Common bad p ra li c (0) Floo rs-w hen loo h igb.ly po li he d o r wh e n ca r pet a r r u ffle d can be very da nge r o us. P rev nlion- u e of n o n- lip po li h, a fe ly corner o n m a l , an d d a rding o r l' pai r of ba d ly w o rn o n s.
Carrymg loads downstairs whic h
on a kitchen
instead of
Grease or
n . BURL ND CAL D. Usually resulting in painful and disfiguring accidents if not fatal. hief vict ims are the old people and very young. Bum causes can be grouped under: (0) Infl amma ble materIals; (b) Gas,oilandelectricfires (c) Open fires; (d) Common bad practices.
(0) Inflamm ab le materials- Wince yette, netting and ce llulo d toys should all be avoided l ike. the plague. There are n :)w materials on the market of a non-mf1affilllable nature thal serve the ame purposes as above and should be a ked for when purchasing. Make sure that cleani n g solutions uch as petrol and paraffin or paint thinner are kept m a safe place and are not u ed near naked flames.
(b) Ga , oil or electric fires-Should all be well and when purchasing make sure that the guard mesh IS enough to pre ve nt young ters from pushmg thmg between It, also that the guard is well clear of the of heat. Particular attention hould be gi en to oil heaters, see that they are s rupulously clean and in good working order.. When a.hghr they should be tood on a fum foundation not lIkely to sltp or tip over. e er ca rry these stoves from room to room when a l ight.
(c) Ar.:!s-Can be ery dangerous particularly to young lers or old people who ma y fall on them All ay provide fi regu a rd. lever ha ve mirror or clo ks. on the r.nant1epiece as they encourage people to lean 0 er and m so domg can ignite hanoin o Garments uch a night -gowns, kin or dre es. p jama h safer garment than a night-dre s for little girl lever u e either paraffin or petrol t? tart a or nd avour to dral it by holding a nel paper III front It. (d) Common bad practices-Leaving nut hes. or cigarette lighter wh r adventuresome youngster an ge t at them. moking in b d.
ca ld ar u ually au ed by: (e) Hot -water bottle; U)Teapots, etc.; (g) Hot ater or liquid (e) Hot-w ater bottle -Filling th e can ause nasty said an d hOLLld be carried out very carefully to pre ent blow back," 0 erfll iing, or bur ting. !lNay hold .over a lnk if po ible hen Alling. The use of bottle 0 ec al 0 crongl recomm nded.
(f) P an handle, .- hould alwa be [':trned a\ ay fro m the fron t a hou ld ketlle pouls. M any hddr n are e[lousl aided ach year b grabbing at an overhanging (<7) Teapot l. omaining h warer or liqUid hou.ld be kept ou t of rea h of Tab le - loth hould not be a 11 01- d to drape but hou d b urel fa t ? d pre em todd r fro m pulling them off. hen aldmg It:IUlds a.re about. th pIa e for the _oung ter i in a pb y-pen or hlgh - halr. (II) Hot \ at r- for aning purl?o - hould ne ver b ", ft where litt! one an rea h l' p lay lth It.
ill. POI O N NC
I n t he h me two gr up a count for a ll thi type of ac iderit: (0) apo ur or ga es; (b) L iqu id or ub tan
(b F ur nilu re- See th at old peop le's b d s a re n ot o hi g h 7 a n d ch a irs n ot t oo ow, chairs w ith ar ms sho uld be p rovided to h e p lh e m t o r ise m o re eas ily. For ba bi es, m ake s ure that.the h a rn ess o f hi g h cha irs, etc., is adequate a
(a) Vapours or gases-Coal gas poisoning a r ises fro m leaks blocked fi ues, faul ty app li a nces , fires lights left t urned lo w and draug h ts blowing them out. Imp arred sense of s mell.
Safety taps should be fitted where er p osslble. Chec.ks for leaks should be regularly made n ever 19nore the sltghtest suspicion of a leak. Regularl y inspect ta ps for Turn off at the main if leavincr the hou se for a long period Never use a communal meter if yo u can av oid it. Turn off all taps before inserting coins in a prepayment meter.
(b) Liquids and substances-Into thi s group come the favourites of all competition judges, taking sleepmg tabLets or d isinfec tant s, etc., in mi stake fo r something quite harmless.
All medi cin al drugs sho uld b e lock ed away and h ave clear labels. All poisons should be in r ibb ed poison b o ttles for easy jdentification in an emergency. Throwaway any left -overs a ft er treatment is concluded.
Poiso nous clearun cr materials such as detergents , caustic soda, or any acids are d:adly poisons if swallowe d , these and rat poisons or disinfectants , etc., should all b e kept m a safe place , and should never be put into such containers as lemonade bottles or similar
Children should b e suitably instructed on the dangers of t ouching or eating poi sonous berries or fungi.
N. SUFFOCATIO N.
The main caus e of hundreds of infant deaths each yea r , and all the more sad when a little extra care cou ld preven many of them
Causes can be grouped into three: (a) Suffocat io n in sleep; (b) Inhaling foo d ; (c) M scellaneo us
(a) In Sleep-Use of deep soft pillo ws should. be ab!illdoned in fa vour of small firm ones P arents should a VOId hav mg bab y in bed with them as man y dea ths are caused b y the overlaying the bab y while asleep. Preven t pets from m pram or cot by using safety nets. Remo ve plastlc blbs durmg bab y's nap, as the y can cover the f ace and nose hke a mas k.
Bedclothes should always be firml y tucked m t o prevent them riding up and covering the face.
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b) Inh a ling food-Never a llow a b a by to feed Itself from a propped up bottle, the y should be fed in po sition,. that is-held firmly in the breast -feeding pOSItIOn Before laymg a child down a lways bring up the wind.
(c) Miscellaneous - Smouldering release car bonmonoxide gas which can be fatal to babIes-never arr clothes b y hanging them too close to a .,
Bab ies automat ically put things mto theIr chief dangers here are fiuffy fabrics , butto ns, w o ol from clothlllg and dummies being swallowed.
R emem b er a bab y is helpless-only you can protect them fro m these dangers.
There are man y other preventable accidents caused. b y negligence and ignorance but for the purpose of thIS art Icle these form bu t a small proport io n of home accidents, nevertheless, the first-aider would do well to study the safe us e of power tools, hand tools, electri city, and shotguns, etc: When it is realised that there are more fatalltles from home accidents than from the much publicised road figures, it is an indictment against our modem educatIOn and civilisation.
T he first -ai der who feels he or she would like to know more about this subject will find the publications b y the Ro yal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on h ome sa fet y very helpful and quite modestly priced .
Br igade's quick
ATfive minu tes past two on the night of Janua ry 21st, Mr. L. Wilson, Super in tendent of Settle D ivision recei ved a call saying that an express tralll had come off the ;ails at Settle Church Two mi n utes later he sent out the first ambulance which arri ved a the scene of the crash in three minu tes, the driver rad io ing back with news of the type of accident.
With this information, Mr Wilson alerted r escue unit and went with them , taking a ll the eqUIpment III the depot that might be of use. His son D on ha d gone WIth the am b ulance , and Mrs Wilson accompanied her husband calling out t he Briga de members on the way.
BOOK S HELF
A SHORT HISTORY OF URSI G, by W. R B e tt , M.R.C.S., L. R. C.P. F.S.1.(SC?t.) (Faber & Fape r , 12s. There a re many more deta iled hl sto n es of the nurs ing profes 10I?bu t for general p urposes they are nO t perhap 0 u eful as thIS account which gives the br oad ou tline the develo pment of nur s ing the changes in social ta tu , clothmg, sa a y and so on - a ll the in tere tin g id eli ghts that make the ubJ ct come to life. A particularl y valua ble part of the book I It de crJl?tJOn of the opp ortunit ies ope n in these d ays o tbe g irl who WJ h es to take up nurs ing as a profes lOn.
A LAMP IS HEA VY, by S heila }.facka?, Russe l!. Pan 2s. 6d.). In the foreword MOlllca Di ckens . T hl book, w ith its qui k clarity of tho ught and tyle , It S. notous hunlOur , d eep in s igh t and appea to the e m otion be a delight even t o \yho n ever et foot mSlde a hospital. " It is a descnpt.lOn which be T h o e who ha ve worked in h o p lta ls WI ll be VI Id ly rem in ded of m8.0- Y situations, gra ve a nd gay; t h?se wh o ne e r et foot m one can t fai l to laugh at the dIsaster or to be 0 11 e d WJth sympathy and ho who c ho e th iS profession which when consldered dl pa lOnate ly w llh a ny othe r, would seem: to have so few m a teri al rewards to offer.
HYPNOSIS IN TREATMENT by Willialll Moodie (Faber & Faber 18s Od. ). Few su bj ect h a e aro u ed more er y than this , he qu estion of bow far h ypno IS can be eflectt e in t he treatment of illness. D r. MoodIe h a had a great deal of experience ill this field which means that he ha . to ay can be regard ed as a reaso n ed, balanced an d practic a l es tlm ate of hypnosis can ach.ieve-and even Jmport a n t, what It cannot do Although it touc hes only JOdlrectl y up on wo r k of Brigad e members, hi s is a w.eU worth tu d,YLn g numerous case histories make fascll1atJOg a nd rew a rdJOg readJO.g for all wh o ha ve to te nd th e sick, and it is e t hat h pno I h as a valua bl e contri bu t ion to make in the healtng of tbo e\' ho are ill not only in min d but in bod y.
Aer Lingus Job fo r Veronica
AT the age of fifteen, pretty Veronica Burn of Abbot Wo od, Dem esne. Road , m a de her first air journe y, and dUrLng the decJded t hat one d ay she would become an air hostess. She JS now the on ly ortherner among 20 Irish girls with Aer The fir t four yea rs of Veronica 's workmg Ilfe---:she prefer. ,.tncJde nt ally, to b e called" Robbi e "-were spent With the MInJ .t r y of ?t Stormont. She wi ll have s ix weeks' prellmlnary tr a mlng III Dublin a nd should be flyi ng by Easter.
Sh e had one specia l qua lification fo r her new good k no wledge of first aid and n ursing whIch she gamed the Holywood Di vision, st. John Ambulance Bng a de , of which she is still a member.
dash to rail crash
On the scen e th ere were no l ghts , so Mr. W ilson rigged up the mountaill lights, and work went on in a raging blizzard until 4 a.m b y wh ich time ten patients h a d been taken to Skipton General Hospital and 67 people t aken to Settle Statio n. Five d ea d had been taken away.
The District Traffic Superintendent of Briti h Rai l ways has written to Mr. Wilson complimenting him and hi s staff on " a magnificent job of work ," par t ic ula rl y ill bringing the uninjured passengers to the sta tion, which lightened the task of the rescue workers.
FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS, TOO
YMKHANA events a re us ua lly f un, but wh en H ava nt CH amp Ambu la nce, Nursing and Ca d et D ivisions were dO ing du ty at t he R o und T ab le gymkhana, t hey had t he ir bigge t " pa ti ents" to d a te In addition to g ving first a id to a numb er of mi no r ca ua lli es, th ey were also asked to treat one or two horses which had suffe red cuts whil e parLi ci p a ting in Lhe s how eve nt s.
UNUSUAL DUTIES
A CERTI FICATE THE HARD WAY!
BUILDERS' BR I GADE ACCRA DUTIES
E.MBER of the BlI ilde rs' Brigade Ghana, u;ho helped to man the First did Po st at the econd D evelopment Plan, Accra. 'Th e post roa run in co -operation u:ith the Gha na Red ro ociely , and member on duty put in 1 0 hOllrs, treating 50 minor ca JI embers on duty were drar.r;n from the Offi cers Wi ves l ssociation th e Armoured Car Squadron, Ghana Police and the Bu ilders' Brigade.
Tanganyika Retirement
T. -COL. c. W. LEVER TT , O.B .E., O SU. relinqui hed co mmand as Territorial ommi ioner for T ang a n ika on J a nuar y 15 h 196 0 Lt .- 01. Le erett has comma nd ed the Brigade in T anga nyika f or t he pa st four years, and reti re d f ro m Her Maje ty Over eas ivil Ser ice at the end of Fe bruary, ] 96 0 During hi s per iod in command, in teres t in the Br igade has been ustai ned, and not on y h ave the numbers of th e personn e l qualifying in D a r es Sal aa m increa ed considerably , but division h ave been f orm ed at other centres througho u t Tanganyik a
DR. BAIRD "S FAREWE LL TO Z ANZ IB AR
AGROUP at a fare-well tea par ly in Zanzib ar given by the student lay lec tur er for Dr. D. A. Baird, O B.E. , Chairmall of the Zan z ibar centre. t. John Ambulance A ociat ion. D r. B aird i ill the centre of the oroup wearinG a light sliit and dark ti e. On hi lef lIfr. Paul, the Han. ecretary. A suitcase wa pre ented to Dr. B aird at th e party.
Historic Occasion York
THE first American bran ch of the Ord er of St. Jo hn of Jerus a lem ca me into b eing in the Catlledr al ofSt. J ohn the Di vine w here sixteen pers ons were invested b y Lord Wakehurst , Lord P r i or of the Order , who is also Go vernor Gen eral of orthern Ireland. He was assisted b y the Righ t R ev. Hor ace W. B Donegan, Episcopal Bish op of ew York who is a su b-p re la te of the Ord er.
Hugh B u llock president of the Pilgrims of t he United States and Associate Commander of the Ord er, presented the postulants to the Lord Pr io r. Each received, while kneeling , a neck band an d black mantle emblazoned with the white cross of Malta.
T hose invested an d their ranks were:
Knight - Briga dier John W illiam Fergu son Treadwell , assistant secretar y of the American Society;
Associate Knights-D r. Gr ay son Kirk , Vice- Chancellor ; B asil O 'Connor; Dr. R To wnley P aton, Hcsp ita ller , and Edward Kunh ardt W a rren Secret a r y and T reasurer.
Associate Brothe r Commanders - Cornelius Van Hemert Engert and Dr. Derrick Vail.
Associate Commander Sister-Mrs. P a ul Moore.
Associate Offi cer Br oth ers-Al bert Willi a m Atwood, D r. Frank Gerbode, Sam uel Willi ams Meek and R aymond P aton Slo an.
Associate Officer Sisters-Mrs W. Vincent Astor and D r. B ar bara B a r t lett Stinls on Ser ving Brothe rs-Dr Herb ert Fr ancis T rap a nd W illiam Peter Burns Wregg
The Lor d Prior a ddres sing those newly invested in the name of Queen Elizabeth II and H.R H the Duke of Glou cester, th e G ran d Prio r , said in part:
" R emem ber always that the Cross which sh a ll hang upon y our breas t is t he sign of Man's R edemption, its fo u r arms sym boli se the Christian vi rt ues, prudence, temper a nce , justice and fo r titu d e; while it s whiteness will ever remi nd y ou of the purit y of life required of Chr st's sold iers and ser vants. Rem ember a lso that the mantle w ith wh ich you are in ves te d is the out ward sign of y our dut y t o act in defence of he Chris t ia n faith , and in the serv ice of t he poo r th e s ick and the suffering."
The ceremonial included the regular ser vice of evening prayer and singing b y the cathedr a choir. It ended with the nationa l a nthem s of Great Brit a in a n d the United States.
Prior to the ser v ice, th e officers of the Amer ican branch held a bu s iness m eet ing in the Synod Hou se. It is under s tood that the bra nch nten ds to direct it s cha rit y chiefly to the field o f ophth a lm o logy Dr. Paton, Ho sp itall er of he Societ y, is Surgeon 10
D irector of Ophlh al mol ogy at the Manhattan Eye -a r and Throal Ho spita l, and f o und er o f the al io n a l -ye Bank for Sight R estoration
Later, Bi shop D o n egan a nnou nced tb al th e chief endea ur of t h e Am e ri ca n br a nch would be [ ur!heran e of the \ ork of he Ord er s hospita l in J eru a le m dedi ated o pI' e n tio n a nd c ure of eye dis ease.
Oxford
By Cap t ain J . DOCWRA-ROGERS , M.B.E
I th e preceding a rticl e f lh i se ri e we have d ea lL a lm ost e ntire ly w ith lho e pr pe rti e which we re origina H o pila ll er foundali ns for the si mpl e rca o n lhat a ll th e more im porta nt Temp la r po e on, with the e ceplion of tho e in London, appear to have been norlh or the h'unes. oming n w to ford hire we And a tro ng Templar nucleus wi th o nl y the mall ommandery of landAeld and the former terhood hue at 0 ford und r H o pitaller control. The aller wa remo ed to Buckland in ol11er el hire in 1 180, bUlthe property continued a a L J ohn e tal until the D is olulion. A hapel had been built h re about J 2 4, but when \\e i ited the district last eplernber the ite wa co ered by a new hou ing-e lale; it i , howe cr, only WIthll1 11 Ing memory that th e Ja t trace of th e Order bu ildi ng ha e di ap peare d.
The Manor of Merton was given by Simon de St. Liz or Senlis, Earl of orlhampton, in J J53 but never assumed the status of a Prece ptory either under its original owners or the Hospirallers
There was however a grange here on the site now occupied by the manor farmhouse, built by the D'O yley family in the late sixteenth century, which was used as a courthouse by both Ord ers. There is a dovecote here, which may belong to the lalter years of the Order.
The advow on of the Church, dedicated to St. Swithun. was given to the Benedictine of Eynsham Abtey by David, King of Scotland, but it is fair to assume that the pre ent Church of the time of Edward J r, was buill by the Hosp italle rs, as Lords of the manor. Sandford came to the Templars as late as 1236, given by Sir Th oma de Sandford, and was of sufficient importance to admin ister those of their mall properties in Berkshire and Hamp shire.
Wh en we last saw Lhis site at Easter J958 it had become a country club and caravan camp, a form of hospitality which our predecessors could hardly have envi aged. The Order is first mentioned as being here in 1325 and by 1433 and ford had become one of the original ommanderie of the Grand Prior's ,< appanage." ] n 1512 Leland wa ent to render an account of thi estate to the Grand Pr ior; this is still in the Bodleian. Sandford then comprised 250 acres. two watermills. two fisheries, do eCOle and orchards. A fine coat-of-arms of Sir John Kendal, Gr a nd Prior 1489-1501, built into the outh front of the present hOlI e. bout 1-24-5 thi proper!), \ ith CO\\ley and the attached P riory of L itllemoor, pas ed to Wol -ey, who u ed the revenue toward th founding of Cardinal College, O xford. later to become Chri t Church. The patronage of Sandford Church \\a al 0 held by the Order. There are everal mediaeval buildings still here. but the y have been 0 much adapted to modern need that it i difficult to determine their original purpose after the lap - e of year. O,er a doorway in the barn is a Cro s-patee of the thirteenth or fcurteemh century.
:Here al 0 i till" T mple 1il1," but the older building ha been ucceeded by one of the early nineteenth ntury. There i however, at Lhe 1anol' Farm a fine dO\ ecote of the iden tical dimen ion
COlltillued 011 Ile.rl page
Th e L01'd Prior inves ts one of th e r ecipien ts
J1 E R'TOS 0 1011. The dOl'ecole, lL'ith Ihe 1 icar, the R et,. Dr •1111)0;'.
'J'8J1PLE Coa t- oj-arlll P LR J ! , alldjord.O ,ron. oj Grand Prior, ir John - r J{ el/d al. 11
Exeter Police Team
Triumph Again
not a pprec iate wh a t hi gh stan dar d s of training were requ ired thr o u g hou t the police f o rces of the co un tr y in first a id an d si milar fiel ds of kno wledge
JlIdges:
TPltoto: Sport & General
H E Pim Cha ll en,<1e Trophy is presented 10 the 'winner', Ea' eT City Police, by 1111'. D. L. Il Renl on (lJarlialllenlaTY Gild rSecTe tary of Sta te).
Team Tes t: J S B INNING, M. B. Ch. B. of Ha r pend en. I n di vi du a l Tes ts: ALL W ALKER, M. B ., C h.B of W olve rhampton.
SUMMARY O F MARKS GAI1\1ED
P LACE
M AXIMUM M ARKS:
1 Exe ter Ci ty P o l ice . . · · · ·
2 Metr op o litan P o l ice (" L " D ivi sion) · ·
3 Wes t Su ssex C o n stabulary" B " · · ·
4 Li verpool City P olice " 2 " · ·
5 B edfor d shire Cons tab ula r y" A "
6 West Riding Con st abul a r y" C "
7 Staffo r dshire Polic
8 Glamorg a n Po lice N o.1 ·
9 Ea s t R iding Consta b ular y · · · · 10 Glasgow City P olice No 2 · · ·
TWELFTH WIN FOR WEDNESBURY
FO R the t welfth su ccessive year the Wednesbur y St. John Ambul ance Brigade tea m emer ged w inners of t h e premier aw a rd in t he a nnual d is trict first a id comp etitio n s Co rp s Superinten d ent G. Moseley the Wals all a nd D istrict D iv si on's new chief, tol d the eight competing te a m s and m em bers of t he public who cr o wded the Ruber y O wen con cert h a ll th a he was dis appo nted that onl y eight tea m s ha d entered. Th ere are 2 5 d ivisi on in Walsall and each o n e could pu t a team in the co mp e tition, h e sai d Each team had to dea l with a motor cycle accident in which h e dri ver had gone into a dia b etic coma and hi s pas senger on the pillion had b een thr own on to some b arbed wire a nd in the
THE ORDE R'S HERITAGE: OXFORD
Co n tin ued f rom p r e viou s page.
a nd appearance a s the one we foun d at Tem ple Gr a fton , only som e 17 miles a way and which will b e ill ustrated in the W a rwick shire article.
O f the remaining properties under these Temp lar P r ecep tories , were lands in Wallin gford Ble chingdon , Fewcot, As h H a mpton Gate, D en ton, S tok e L yne, Easing t o n War p sgro ve , Ho r sep ath an d G arsi ngto n At Har d wick, north of Bicester, the Or d er were patrons of the Church but this pro b a bly came under the Comman d ery of Hogs h aw
p ro cess h ad s ustain ed sever e lacerations. Whi le t h e sile n t nur e and an1 bu la n ce men were fi ling ioto the main ha ll to carry out t he ir exe rcises d own below in a n other sma ll er ha ll th e nu r ing a nd a mbula n ce ca d ets were u n dergo in g h e ir co ll ect ive a n d in divi du al tes ts. T h e cadets ha d to dea l wit h a woman who had fallen down Ome stone steps whilst collec in g empty mi k bottle from an up tairs flat. S h e was co n scious but dazed and severely injured. large a rt er ial wo und had b een susta ined in the left fo rearm a n d he wa comp a in in g o f pains in t he left knee a n d rig h t ann.
Sp eakin g before the presentation of tr op h ies, Dr. J. F. Dues bur y ju dg e f o r t h e ad ul t ea m tests, said that he considered the test dlffi c u lt. The teams di d n ot seem to think so. T h ey were ery m uch be tter than t h e ones he took last year, he comm en ed.
In hi s r e por t o f the com pe tit io n s, D r. H. A. O'Leary, ju d ge for t he ca d e tea m s said th at t h e hr ee tea ms disp aye d so und k nowled ge, but h e warned: " In d ea ling w it h an acciden t, w here t he re is b ro k en glass make sure t h at it is cleared fr om the scene, a nd a h aemo rrh a ge mu st a lways b e t reated n rst." Arte r ia l bleeding mu s t have pr ior it y an d th e l im b s h o ul d be elevated. The b andaging mu s t b e don e w h ile th e lim b s e eva ed , he po in te d ou t, b efore congra tula t ing th e ca det s o n th e ir showi n g.
Dr Du es bury referring t o th e nurses efforts sa id t h at h e h a d not ced that the sugar in the di a bet ic m o tor cycl ist's p ocke t h a d b een tas ted b y one m ember of t he teams. " D o n o t taste wh a t y ou ma y fin d in pock e ts It m ay b e a v er y d a n ge r o ll s h a bit ," h e w a rned.
The trop h ies w ere p r es ente d to th e winners b y A r ea Superintendent J W C larke, who sai d th a t a fter seei n g th e a ft ern o on 's displa y, he belie ved th a W a lsa ll and di s tric t w a s o n the up gra de
ABE YOIJ GIJILTY,
AS th e co rn pet it io n season is starting again it m a y be J-\.. in tru c tive a n d provocative to consider so m e of the regula r fau lt s t h at rec u r w ith even the best teams.
U nfo rtun ately, j u dges have d ifferen i deas and teams wi ll always try to di scove r t he foib les of the judge and to solve a pro blem in some elaborate way rather than by fo ll owi n g the manual in its general rules or by using what might be calJed basic first aid.
The app roach o the patient ti ll varies from an orderly arrival to pandemo n ium w h all member of the team fi ring question re danger, h ae m orrhage, telephones and reassurance and adv rtisement of t heir efficiency as fully trained firstaider.
Many team que tion the by tander for a hi tory by asking " what happened' (not that they listen to the answer) and forge t t hat t he conscious patient can be full of helpful information both as to his inju r ies a nd for local knowledge.
Equa ll y wrong are til0 e team that Ii ten too carefully to the patient and treat hi pa infu l injury of which he complains, such as a prai ned ank le, before the obvious severe haemorrhage. When the leader do find the haemorrhage, too often he immobi li e him elf by dealing with it him elf, and far too many team apply indir ct pre ure on a pre sure point as the fir t method of control and a con tricli e bandage instead of further pad and bandage if h a emorrhage recurs.
Many team do not appreciate that a phyxia has two stages, early and l ate and that breathing till pre ent in the early tage, but artincial respiration must be started insta n t y if the breathing i [ebl or unduly low and not d layed ti JJ breathing ha lopped.
In. fracture though the nnal bandage may look perfect many teams do not apply the bandages in the correct order nor do lhey reali e there i a rea on for uch an order, and many t h ink that p dding pu hed in after the bandages are applied is a eff ti e a that which laid down.
In fa ial burn many think the mask of " clean lint" is a ub titute for a " leri le " dre ing. ost con ciou patient ha e to ubmit to a full e aminal ion of their eyes in the ame wa y a patie n t \ ho r ply are a ked if they are breathi n g. f o t am show surprise if a ked to make up the so lutions they 0 r adil mention; thi perhap i not surpri ing, as few know thal poonful mean " level " and not" heaped" poonful ; nor do they remember the relationship between gla e and pint
La tl y, when they ru n out of in piration and ha e a moment to pare at the end the ong- uffering patient must be moved to a b d or ouch e en though th ambulan e is due in a minute or two.
Al l the e fault are due perhap to a determination to beat the judge," but they are ba d fir t aid.
-C O fP E TITIO N JUDGE
Coventry Transport Win
FOUR fir t aid team from ov n try Tran port Department and oventry Post Office took part in thei r annual co nt t for the Hen haw trophy at the 0 entry Tran port cant n, Sanday Lane.
The winner were a team of four nursing m m ber from the T rans p ort Departmen t, who gained J points ou t of 200.
T h e P ost Office Ambulance Centre won econd and thi r d place with 141 and 124 to gain a il er plaque and si l er h ield.
T he t rophy was pre ented by Mr. Henshaw, Head Pomaster, who aid h e was g lad to be associate d wit h the movement a nd hoped t hat m u ch wo ul d be learnt from t h e co nt est. He commented on h e high tanda rd of efficiency s ho w n b y a ll com petito r s Mr. R Fearn ey, Covent ry Tran port e n gineer a nd m anager
sa id t he annu a l contest d id m uch to f ur t h er t he work of t he firs t ai d moveme n t. Trai ning in fi r t aid wa d e ira bl e to pre pa re for t he h azar d r esu lti ng from in creas d tr affic an d th e s peed of mod em life.
T h e t es t con s is ed of a n im a g in ary roa d acci d en t in whi ch t h e tea ms wer e ca lled to tr eat two p a tien t fo und lyi n g in t he roa d.
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20th label, from the Lord Nlayor, Sir Edmund Stockdale.
London's Lord Mayor presents Awards
T wo hundred workers in the City of London- from tbe G. P .O ., P olice, T ransport Stock Exchange and business concerns- received first aid awards form the Lord Mayor, Sir Edmund Stockdale, at an impressi e ceremony in the Mansion Hou e recently.
This wa the second annual presentation , and was organised by the City of London Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association. The e ent was 0 ershadowed by the recent tragic death of Countess Mountbatten of Burma to whom tribute was movingly paid from the platform both by the Lord Mayor and by Mr. D. C. Maclean, D eputy Director-General of the St. John Ambulance Association, who presided.
Expressing gratitude to the Lord Mayor for not only allowin g the ansion House to be used for the ceremony but also himself coming to present the awards, Mr. Maclean also thanked the Chairman of the Centre, Sir Irving Gane, for his support Mr. Alan Lamboll , the Secretary and Mr. Weatherley of the G.P O , for organisi ng the courses and presentations. Group-Capt. Heath, County D irector (London) , was a1 0 present on the platform.
The Work of the Wome n Police
WHE you need an am buJance for accidents or other emergency ca e , dial 999! It will receive in1ll1ediate priority Gfaction e en over a call to hitehall ]212
This ad ice \ a gi en to ur ing Members of 141 Greenford and ortholt ursing Di is ion , St. John Ambulance Brigade and their friend, \ hen Chief In pector E. Cottle- fetropolitan Police-gave them a taLk on tbe work of omen Police.
Tracing their origin back to 1907 ',: hen the first Policewoman was appointed without uniform and unattested to the present trength of 530, uniformed and \ ith pm er to arrest, Mis ottle told them that their work is largely concerned \ ith the welfare of children and women, which was ver much strengthe n ed by the passing of the Children's ct, 1933, from which d ate t he alu of their e, tence wa much more rapidly accepted by the general public. Their duties in luded in e tigation of u pected ca of cruelty to children protection of young girls oming into the Metropolitan area from outside distri ts and aiding in tra ing reported mi ing p r on S h e paid high tri but e to tho e who ser ed under her and, referring to t h e connden e hi h the g neral public ha e in t h eir P o l e Force as a \ hoI stated there is none finer in e istence a n ywh reo
F irst aid to the injure d i , of course, an essential in the traini ng of each member of the For e and Chief In pector o ttl e ga e an e' ellent e position of o-o p ratio n b tw en the S t. Joh n A mbul a n ce B riga d e an d the P olice on d uty together at publ ic func t ion and proces io n , a well a at the ene of s treet a nd ot h e r accide n ts.
Phot o: Sport & General P C. "HaTry " vVebb, of lhe City Police, receives his 23rd a w ard, and
H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ROYAL AT BRITISH GUIANA H.Q.
DURLYG
he?' Tecent visit to Brigade headquaTters in BTl'lish Guiana , rI.R.H. the Pn ncess Royal (w eaTing Guides llnif01'ln) accepted rd.JO small gifts for her gmnd-childTen. Lo oking on, f1'07n left to 1'l:ght, cITe 11lT. B. S. Rai, Lady Guy 1111's. S. L ee and NIT. J ohn D UTey.
OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL IN S. AfRICA
TH E h ospital celeb rated a double occasion on December 3rd.
The hospital was eight years old and it was just one year since the Baragwanath Ho spital outpatient clinic started at the S t. John Hos pital.
On s uch an occasion one in va ri ab y considers the past a nd ponders over the future F our outstanding considerations fr om the p ast come to mind. F irstly, in spite of t he hu rry, competition and endless a-::tiv ity characteristic of modern s:)Ciety, there still beats a beart full of consideration for others, pumping ife blood in the form of encouraging interest and support in money and kind into many charities that help care for those handicapped in various ways.
The St. J ohn Ophthalmi c Hospital knows only too well how impossi ble it would ha ve b een to carryon its wo rk " in the service of mankind" witho ut this warm support, and is sincerely gr ateful for t his ass istmce in its efforts to p revent blindness.
Secondly, the incidence o f eye di seases is high and a constant stream of p at ents attends the clinic s, t he tota l for th e e ight years b eing just over 112 0::10. The nee d for the continu ation of the humanitarian work un d ertaken by the Order of St. J ohn is as great as when the hospital first sta rted
Thirdly, preventive measures througb education a re an urge n need, and the training of n ursing staff wbo can impart information among their own friends and those w ith whom they come in dai ly contact in their work , is an important phase in the struggle to prevent blindness.
Lastly, eye disease does not occur only in urban areas nor are patients from rural areas anxious to seek assisla nce far from he ir homes. T he mobile unit whic h carries specia li sed knowledge and treatment into the isolated rural a reas p lays an im p ortant pa rt in bri dging this gap an d dealing w ith dangerou s reservoirs of disease. And the fut ure? Most im p ortant on t he progr amme for the future is the continuation of all phases of h e wo r k of tbe hospital , with financia preparedness to rep lace and a dd to instruments a nd equipment, and for expansio n as soon as the need makes such a step necessary. T here can be no slackening eithe r in t he work or in the efforts to support the hospital a nd its wor k financ a ll y. -from " T h e Call " 14
BeCI·uitnlent tllloOllgl1
"Pi,outes of Pen zallce
Divi ion s can come i nto xi tence in. a ll kin d of
cIrcum sta nce, a s t IllS r e port how It wa wntten by Mr
Samuel Ra dfo rd who ba s been Divi ion a l Officer to Mr. Richard Jame who fo rme d the Jinja Divi ion a t year in Uga nd a.
He is tallin g over he new Kakira Divi ion a D ional S u perintend ent. iT. Jum e will band over t he J inj a Divi io n to Mr. E ri c Skilton, on tra nsf er o M bale, , her e it hoped et anot her Div i ion , ill shortly be forme d.
I'm sure Miss B ridget D 'Oyly u te would be agr eably urpri e and appreciative, that the Pirates of Penzallce were dil:eclly responsible for the advancement of the work of the Brigade oversea
P erhap you don 't know where Jinj a i ? veil it i at the very b egin nin g of t he Ri er ile where lhe river begin it long journ y from Lake Victoria to lhe ea.
It had been decided to make an allempt at producing the opereUa. wh i h is a b ig undertaking for a mail European communit , and after a rat l1 r st ick y ses ion with our mu ical dir ctor, Mike Lee e (also a Lay Lec urer of the Brigad ), lwo of us drifted ou id [or a smoke and a chat an d a bit of" cool' fre hair.
One thing lead to a nother and we eventually found that \ e both had an inter tin theinstru lion of Ar t a id My olleague was a !fale ur e Tulor and wa in ci1arg or the Medical Training School here in Jinja. I had left a divi ion in a ir obi , where 1 had enjoyed the work both of public-duty and in the Di i ion. 1 wished to tart again in Jinja, 0 during a nd bet\ een r h arsal we decided to start operations in the ew Year of 1959. The edi al T raining School wa the mo t ideal place for uch work 0 after seeing tbe " Pirales " through to a " howling ucce ,a letter wa sent to t h e local employer with a dale fo r comme ncin g lhe cour e
To be truthful we did not have mu h hope On the d a te or lhe first class, we found we had aboul forly lud nl ; for th ond c lass a long came more and the next cia e found till mor until we had gra e doubts of the numter we could handle a there were only two of u to do it all. \ e man aged, omehow. and in e then have instructed and pa ed about] 50 men, of whom e en became Lay Lecturers and s larted two divi ion
But, like all good thing , th e e are not to continue at J a t f r u
My colleague i going further up inlo ganda and 1, oon, hall go to Nairobi. We do belie e tha.t the wo rk \\ ill n. are DOW enough in struclors, men IO terested In the Job of con 011dating and pre sing on wilh further in lruction.
We b oth can go our sepa rate way sure in the fact that the eed we have sown will bear good fruit and that Jinja will have a permanent name in tbe annals of lbe St. John mbulance \\ rk.
How was YOUR di vi ion form ed ? If yo u have a n in te r e ti ng stor y, the E di tor wo uId be de lig hted to con id er it for pub licalio n in the REVIEW
Missed his first meetjng in fifty-seve n years
WHENthe Jersey Centre of the Sl. John Amb ul ance A sociation held its a nnuai general meeting in it was the first im e in fifly- even years that Mr. Philip Le Ma uner, the chairman, was unable to be present. Mr. Le Masurier , la. t year became a Commander of the Order of St. J ohn, wa ill at hiS ho m e at St. Saviou r The chair was taken by Jur at S. D. Gr aham, a vice-pI' sident of t h e Centre, and among points which emergecl were tbe facts t hat income b ad exceeded expendi ture by £129 5s. 6d., a nd th a an incr eased numb er of Arst ai d a nd nursing award h ad been gained during he past yea r A notable event bad been the visit of H R H. P rince Margaret, but it was reco rded wit h regret lh al three member who h ad ren de re d va lu able service to t b e Association ha d di ed during the year: Major E. P. Le M as uri er, Mi Martha Mes ervey, and Major T. F. V Coo ke
SURREY'S CONFERENCE
Our Day and Age
OV " R 10 0 officer and member [the t. John Ambulance Divi ion in urrey had a mo t in tructive and enjoyable co nference at etley Bou e, omshall, on the J2th and 13th March J960
In hi opening remark, the ommi ioner, Brig. ". E. Read, B. E., M paicltribute to tbe late ou nte Mountballen, who e sudde n death in orth Borneo whi le engaged in l. John activities came a a gr at ho k to all e pecially member of lhe Brigade
The ommi ioner th e n welcomed Lady waylhling, B - who has recen tl y been appo int ed ounty ice P re ident of th e ur ing Di i ion.
The th me of th e o nfer nce" Our Da y and ge" allowed a wi de of ubj e t t be deall with. The ountes of Lim eri k, G.B. L .L. D ., pokc of many aclvanc mel1lS made ince the beginning of th entu r y poinling out thaI ome of the dis coveries cou lt! if WI' ngly u d, pro dang rou and could au e much uA er ing rear, ancl a fecling of in curity to ountle s people.
The i Lant ommi ioner-in-Chief, r. H Taylor-Young, F. R. ., p ke or the great need For continued training in Arst aid by th .:.. Brig a de a n d the publi in co-operation ith the i il Derence r,li e a th \ a erlain to be a large number of asula tie requ irin g attention aft I' an atomic incidenl.
Dr. T. Be rr y, eclical mc r ( utrition) at the Mini try of H ealth gave a m tint re (ing accou nt of lhe work carried out b hi d par(ment.
The remarkable ad ancem nt in urgery during the pa 1 100 year a dealt \ ith b Mr. F. Gill. F. R ., in a 010 t inlere ting addr entitled" The H i tory of ep i ." rter the unday morning en ice ondu ted b (he rchdeacon of urn; , the en. J. d ludden. the member tood in ilen e r m mb ring with gratitude the greal amounl of work carried out for th Brigad by the In t ounle untbatten.
Youth of Today
onC ren e Ii t ned ith inl r t to Mr. H. Ru therford, hi f on table f urrey, and to Dr. J. a colt v ho poke on th e " Youth of Today" and tre ed the n ed for g od home life the pro\ i n r youth organi alion and club apabJe of providing interesting and in tru live par time occupation and a better under tanding of lh ir problem b their IdeI'.
The importanc o[ a new outlook toward the mentally i ll " a stre ed by Dr. L. Barber, the Ph y i ian up rin tend nt f Brook'i ooel H ospi tal w h n h ga e a 010 intere (ing ac ount of tJ1e progr mad in th treatment o[ th mentally ill and the ery s ali rying re ult obtained. The member of th Brigade ould play a n important parl in the r habilitati n of patient "h n they r eturned home.
Lady H ea ld O.B. , ounty uperint ndent ga e detail of he new un iform which ha recently been appro d for u e by th ur ing di i ion
rea urgeon Dr R outhern's talk on "Man' Oxygen R equirement "wa follo we d by film and a d mon tration of lh \lfi nute Man 0 yg n apparatu b the Brili h 0 yg n o. Ltd., hi pro v id ed a most in lere ling e ion - p ially for Lho em mber w ho are invo lved willl emergen cy work.
In summi n g up Mi Dull rant, R.R , .R. D. th riga de Training Advis r co ngratulated the organi er' on obtain109 such a br illi ant panel of peak r. ft rward Mi R. ohen, he ounty T raining Officer wa h anked ror Lh great a m ou nt of Nork he had carried out t o en ure the u ce of the Confere n e. T he Deputy Comm i ioner , aptain' F. J. rtwright C. 0 B.E., R. (retd.) broug ht the on rere n c to a ose.
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P ltoto: T homas A.
Brigade Offic ers and speakers at the conference included (left to right): Dr. L. Barber Physician Superintendent, Brookwood Jl ospital ; D r. J L. Wa ycoll, County Dir ector S.J.A.A. (Surrey); Lady TJ enld , O.B.E. Count!J Silp e rintendent (Surr ey): II. S. Taylor J oung, Esq F.R.C.S. , Assis an Commi 's-ioner -in- hief; L. Dllff Grant, R.R. ., S.R.S. , Training Adv iser, H.Q.; Brigadier E. E. R ead. C.B.E., ;11 O. T.J , CommissioneT ( llrrey): L ady Srwylhling, County Vic e -President Surs ing D il: s iol1 s ( urrey): CapUlin T. J. Cartwright, C V.O., O.B.E. R.S. (retd.) D eplIty Commissioner (Surrey )
TWELVE PIONEERS
START NEW UNIT
I a small room above Christchurch Pol ice Station recently, 12 men" of the adventurous type formed themselves into a unit dedicated to a e the Ii es of those in difficulties on cliff, mountain or at ea. Each one enthusiastically agreed to subject himself to commando-type training to meet the demands of the rigorous topography in which the unit hopes to operate.
Their leader a man, ho e life has not been without ad enture. He i Major Leon Talbot, of Ringwood , a man \ hose work ha taken him a far a deepest Africa where he Ii ed with a avage tribe.
We tern rea Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brig ade in Hamp hire, ajor Talbot concei ed the idea of forming a ea , cliff and mou.ntain re cue u.nit u.nder the auspices of the St. John movement.
are ult of the pu blica tion of his idea he recei ed a number of application from men of varying ages and capabilities. He brought them together and enlarged upon the idea. ltimately, he aid, be wa.nted the DU leus present to be a highly organi ed, competent and efficient unit capable of carrying out r cue work under the mo t trying condition.
To achie e tbi each member would be required to train himself in all a pect of rescue \ ork, to acquaint him elf with the equipment and method used and to reach a high ta.ndard ofphy ical titne
" Bu t" he pointed out, " it i no use being able to save a p r on if h i going to die on your ha.nd ." He prapo ed that the fir t thing to be done \' a to put each member through a course of first aid.
ajor Talbot th n asked ea h ma.n to put fon ard hi individual qualifications and tate which a pect of re ue" ork in \ hi h he \ ould choo e to further hi knO\ I dge.
" I el it would b a good tbing for u to become a team of peciuli t 0 that wh n we tart recruiting eacb could take c harge of one parti ular ubje t," he explained.
Th qu tion of equipment wa rai d. 1ajor Talbo t aid he had LO a or £ 00 at the unit' dispo al and he thought that th ir fund could be maintained by organi ing ocial function.
II agreed th at the e ential equipm nt for ea h group should be given pri rity. Landrov r rope, radio equipment a.nd la unch \l ere mention d a being ne e ar ajor Talbot aid that a building for headquun r would be n ed d, rably in a onv nient po ition for the unit' work.
THE FIRST AID MANUAL
Is it right? - Is it wrong?
From a talk by Dr. A C. WHITE KNOX, O.B E., M.C .,
Principal Medical Officer, S.J.A.A. , at a conference in October 1959 organised by the British Railways Ambulance Centre, Eastern Region
YOU have all had time to read the book, to learn the book , and no doubt ha ve b egun to ask yourselves: " Is it a good book or a bad book ? Can we improve it?" That is what I set out to :find in putting the arguments down on paper. I have called it " Is it right, is it wrong?" We have all played that game and I hope yo u will pla y it with me now, and in the la ter djs cussion You will see that I ha ve put down some faIrly obvious questions, amounting to a total of 31. I may not be able to deal wi th them all, bu I will deal with some of the argumentative ones. The first one has given me qillte some thought; is says: ..'
1. Is it rio-ht to have the dlfferent first aId orgarusatlOns us in 0- the book ? Does it do away with the competitive spirit an d esprit de corps?
There is no doubt that if we are not careful we are hable to f a ll into a sort of careless age if we do not have the competitive spirit going on all the time St. Andrew's Associ at ion teach one way; we teach It another waJ:'; the R ed Society does it another way; the contmental bodi es do It still another way; and international bodies way.
I have just come back from a most mt.ngumg. conference at The Hague in Holland where I went With the Idea of tellmg them about the British experiment. For ten years we have been workino- for a common textbook, and after which we have been a ble to "'acilleve something I told these continental and intercontinental bodies the work of producing a common first-aid text book took us ten years, so it will probably take the international bo dies fifty years to do it, so let's start , and let us start NOW so hat we can have the same sort o f international agreement w e ha ve been a ble to accomp lish in Great B ritain. Competitive ideas are of immense va lue a nd we must watch carefully that those are not done away with just because we have go t together and agreed on certain basic I am the first chairman of the ad hoc body which Will deal with new suggestions for the manual, and I want to put y<?ur minds at rest right away and say we be tremendous changes ; justlittle alteratIOns :vhlch be corrections and improvements on the vanous subjects m the b ook will come later.
When we came to the last of our meetings to produce the stan d ard textbook there were still some basic points on which we could not agree, and as a result we sai d " Righ t; on these points there shall be three votes, one from Scotland a n d from the B R.C.S an d one from ourselves, and the one who is defeated must accept t he decis ion of the other two." This is how the las t points were ultimate ly agreed. I just mention this to you: Keep up that com petitive spirit; keep up the arguments as to whether y ou are a little better than your felloV:' I hope that the competitive .and a rgumen tative SPIrIt W!ll not die out and allow the first aid movement to b ecome Just a series of" Yes," " Yesses ," all the way along.
Too much detail?
2. Is it r ight to have such a detailed of the anatomy and phys iolog y of the body ? Is It e ssentlal to the understanding of fi rst aid?
I know there are qu ite a large number of members consider that it is rather ridiculous to go into the detaIled cellular construction, anatomy, and physiology of the body, and to minute ideas of ho w it functions. Well, it is argumenta-
tive. There are others who say " We want to know far more a bou t the bod y." The Scotsmen 10 e this theory bu in es ; their original book was full of theor y which wa accepta ble' bu it entai led a tremendou amount of r ead II1g to a bs orb. We hop e we h a e put sufficiently more anatom y a nd more physio logy in to the boo k to m a ke it intere st ing , but not tiresome so far as learuing is concerned.
3. Is it right to adhere to the use of tbe triangular band age when the roller bandage i so much more common in eery day us e?
How often do you see a triangular b an d age out id e your own work? I rarely or never see one. The roU r bandage ha been to some e tent replaced by tube gauze and that kind of thing but there is something very handy about t he triangular bandage and I think we shall have to keep it f or ar o u s reasons which you know- sl ing and that kind of thing , but I do a k you to practise the roller bandage Don ' t forget it in the new examina tion paper when yo u come up for a nnual re-quallfication' it includes bo t h the roller and the triangular bandage Prac'tise the use of the roller bandage in order to make you completely efficient. I was as ked the other day by a ect!on of my own people" Will yo u come and give a demonstratIOn of roller bandaging ," a nd I \ a amazed, although lhey \ ere ery expert fust-aiders they did not know tbe e rets of roller bandaging work.
Now there are more ways of applying a figure of eight bandage than the book demonstrates, and to ee a. fir t-cla " figure of eight" bandage done on a hapely leg IS a work of art· to see the criss-cross in exactly the same Idth aU the way is the art of rea lly fir t-clas Try it out; it will be come more and more essentIal a first-aId teaching goes on.
A false idea?
4 Is it right to use su ch diagrams as Fig. 30, P age 41 to help understand the circulation? Do es it gi e a false idea of the circulation?
I tillnk i is wrong, but I was out-voted at the meeting, so in it goes I do not like that t y pe of i llu stration, and I can tell you that in t he P reliminary Book (which has no"",:, left m y h a nd s and s n the hands of tbe publishers) , th a t you wil l not find that kind of picture in it.
New Preliminary First Aid Te x Book
Man y people are asking me when the Preliminary Fir Book is likel y to be publisbed. It has left m y hands , but I think when you see it you will :find it is a picture bo ok very much on the same lines as the nur sing preliminary book , with references to the pictures rather more than theory in the text. I asked for and was ab le to get a co mpletel y new set of illustrations for the Preliminar y Book and though I considerthat the pictures in the Adult Book are very good and the y are probably very descripti ve , some of them will have to be corrected b ecause they do not li ve, and I t hink that for young people doing pre lim inary work it is essential that the pictures shall live. You will :find that the pictures are of the same style and idea for Malayans, Chinese a nd Indians and for all k ind s of di ffe rent nationalities , so that the Pre liminar y Book can b e wi desprea d over the w hole of our Commonwealth.
S. Is it right to use the word "cas ualty " in place of
" pati e nt ?"
Ye s! A cas ua lty is a person s uffering from a
ch a nce accident a pa ti ent is a s ufferer from so me a ilm ent.
If yo u look in your di ct ion ary yo u wi H see thi s is right. We a re not apparently perfecL1y co nvinced yet, because in s pit e of a very deta il ed s ur vey of the final issue of th e book before it was printed to e r adicate eve ry word" pat ient" that existed in it, ix still rem a in ed un di scovered, but di scovere d now, and will no doubt in due co ur se be put right.
6. J it right to appJy pres ure to the pressure points as per the illu tralions n the ma nu a l or may they be applied in any o ther way as described in the text?
It is true that we give yo u certain instructions about the app l ica tion of pressure o the pressure poinl s, bu in the illu s lr at ion we only give you one way of d o ing it. There are olher way. We have been cr il ici e d quite strongly b y important bodi es for not app ly in g pr e ure in rather different ways. For in tance , in Lhe subclav ia n pres ure goes in from the opposite id e Man y people lhin k it hould go in the o ther way In the arne way we apply pr essu re lo th e femor a l p ress ur e point from the body ide because we thought the cas uall y might be ab le to apply the pr ur e for himself but the re are many organisations who defin ite ly believe it s hould come in from he feet side so that the pre sure goes in to the pressure point, not rather over it. Well I am giv ing yo u both way in the preliminary book the text i till the a me but you ca n app ly il in the way that you think be t 0 long a it effic ientl y applied. think tha t is fai r en ough and it will get over orne of th e criticism.
7 I s it right to u e th e method de cribed in the manual for arre t of haemorrh a ge from th e no e, and if so why? P.53
This is a quesLion onlinually being put to me. You know lhat w now sit back in front of th e open window with the head
On Knowing All The Answers
By Area Staff Officer FRAN K FREWI N (S.W. Area , London District)
Sweek ago I as iniled to give a talk on the Brigade to a ec tion of th ouLh H o leI ociation. The talk bad t embra e the Order and it Foundation. Ten minut e had been allOlled to que lion ; in the e ent a ady barrage \ a m intained for a much longer perio d. orne \ r impl, thcr required ome lhought, and I offe r a elect io n of the e in th hope th at the may be of intere L lo future pea ker n our mo eme nl.
" YOII say tlim all Br igade members are IInpaid : that surely doesn ' l app ly to doctors - I knoll' Ihe y' re paid Jor le ctu rin g."
The diA'erence b tween a do tor Ie lur ing lo an As 0 iation or il Defence cl s (\ here he need not be a member of the Brigade) f or \ hi h he recei e a fee and a Di i ional Surgeon thing fellow Brig a de m mber for v hich he is not paid had to be e plaioed There eemed to be nobody in t he audience who had previo usl y appre iated thi difference.
Wh y i th ere sllch anilllosity between the R ed Cross and St. J ohn ?
The imple affirmation lh at thcre wasn't a n y a nimo ity did not eem entirely to convince the audie nce Two concr te examp le of elo e co llaboration between the two orgaru ation did ne erthele , eem to bring convi tion. The two e amples were the obviou one: the Joint ouncil, outside wbo e offices in Grosvenor rescent the Red ro a nd the St. Jobn cross a ppear together' an d the new common textbook. Other exan1pies wi ll come readil y to mind.
" Can I do vo lunt ary work Jor the Brigade H ithout wearing uniJorm? "
The a nsw er wa, obviou ly, yes-as divisional treasurer, aUd it or, social organiser and in ma n y ot her administrative jo bs. The audien e seemed interested in the fa t that Llch peop le an b e integrated into a loca l division first as an au iliary and later as an honorary member. I thought it was not out of place to mention here the many fie ld of activity open to member of the Association
" Do you ha ve to buy YO llr own uniform ? ' A fair answer was, I think, no, though promotion to the more senior ranks carries with it the privilege of bu ying your own.
forward, pinch the nose, and we h ave been criticised for t ha word " pinching" which suggests force, whereas it doesn't need any force at all, and I would suggest the ca sualty be asked to do it him self. He won't grip too tight, whereas the first aider might. The whole idea of bringing the head forward is to acc um ulate a little pool of blood in the nose instead of allowing it to r un back into the throat, so th a t clotting may take place on that little pool of blood It is efficient and it does wo rk so I think it is right.
8. I s it right to ra ise the leg as high as possible in arresting haemorrhage from a burst varicose vein? P 54.
Well , yo u know it was at right angles at one time to the body. It has now got " as high as possible" which to me is at right angles to the body. I have said that most cases of burst va rico se veins occur in dear o ld lad ies w ho have had varicose veins over a period of years, and in my opinion it is not dignified to lay her down with her leg at right angles to the body, and besides I don't think it is necessary. Again I am outvoted by the other two organisations; for all that I think it is wrong! Is it right? I s it wro ng ? I would not know.
9. I s it right to accept the idea that loss of blood and blood plasma is the main cause of Established Shock"? P. 55.
Well , again this was a matter which was discussed internationally at considerable length at The Hague Conference and we are right. It would appear that it is generally accepted III spite of.all arguments about the shock question, that it is the loss of flUid out of the circulation which is the great cause of es tablished shock.
• To be continued
" If I join the Brigade could I do exclusively part-time voluntary lVo rk in a hospital and not do first aid?
Tricky! I hedged slightly by saying that the regulations state that a member must carry out duties to the satisfaction of the divisional superintendent. If this officer were satisfied with such limited acti ity- and it would certainly be best to seek his or her agreement beforehand -all well and good.
" You spoke oj the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusale m Is it ill fact ill I srael or ill Jordan?"
I didn t know. Tbe answer is, I :find, that it is in Jordan.
" Can you choose the duties you perform ? "
Tot a new one I know I attempted, as many ba ve before me to tell the que tioner that, on the one hand, the divisional superintendent does his best to send members on duty to events that most interest them' and, on the otber, to point out that the raison d'etre of a first aid du ty is first aid, and that joining the Br igade to get into places free as soon detec ted and not tolerated particular questioner was, I am sure, sincere; but expenenced lecturer will agree that one should always suspect the motives of such a questione r who may \ ell be endeavouring to trick the speaker into making a statement that suggests that do join the Brigade to get in free "-and get a\ ay WIth It.
" J am in the Civil DeJenc e Corps : can I also join the Brigade ?"
Many lecturers have, I am sure, been asked this. While the answer i , of course, yes, one has always to exercise considera ble care not to say anything that may be subsequently quoted o a local authority C.D. officer a suggesting that we are endeavouring to people away from Civil Defence We ha e to remember that C.D. offi er are up agaillst a wide body of opinion that holds tbat C. D is useless in a nuclear age, whereas nobod y would deny t he alue of the Brigade in peace time.
" You say that the Br igade is a purely civilian organisation: why, then, do you use military ranks ?
The Association and Brigade were founded as a result of the impetus given to fu t- ai d b y the Franco-Prussian War \ hen its val ue was recognised from the many li sa ed in the fieldb y soldiers.
Thus, initial ly, the subject was id ntified in the founders' with the Army and so, when the Brigade ,;vas formed, rrulitary ranks were adopted, though it is to be noted that only in the" non-commi ioned ' ranks is militar nomenclature retained.
That wa my an wer to this :final question, gi en on the spur of the moment, and I adhere to it-unle someone k'IloWS of a better one!
Competitor's Eye View of N.H .S.R. Finals
By Cadet Supt HARRY NEWELL , Gaumont Ambulance Cadet Divis ion , Bradford
A FTER spending many hours training and entering com- 1\.. petitions , our tea m , Bradford " A " Group, were on the ir way to the ationa l Finals at the Ro yal Albert Hall, London on ovember 14 th, 1959.
It was 4 50 p m. on the 13th when we ;v ent on to tile platform to board the train to London.
The journey was uneventful and we arrived at London at 9.45 p.m. W e were met by a mem b er of the London Ho pital Group wh o had a coach waiting to transfer u s to St. Leonard s Ho pita l, Shoreditch , where we were to be acconmlodated during out stay in London.
Upon our arrival there we were welcomed by the as istant matron who took us to our va rious rooms and then to the dining room for supper.
The men were in a sma ll ward and the nurses in he nurses home, while the doct or was in a n oth er part o f t h e hospita L
After a good meal a nd a f r iend ly chat we retired for the night. I a woke at 6. a.m on th e following morning, a wash, a sh a e and then a wal k the m a in st r eet for a morning p a per returning to join the others for breakfast.
After breakfast a coach arrived to take us on a two -hour t our of Lon d on I think the coach driver must h a ve shown us all th e hospitals in L ondon! Also all he brid ges cross ing the Thames We s aw too , the display wagons lining up for the Lord Ma yor s Show.
R eturning to the hospita l we all changed into our uniforms , had dinner and then set off for the Royal Al bert Hall.
We were shown to our room. where we were isol a ted for over two hours before taking our place in the arena. The arena was lai d o u in the form of an emergency hospital and staffed by t he R .A.M.C. As we en tered , nine R .A. M e. personnel left , for u s to carryon.
T here were man y casualties for us to work on. Persona lly, I went to the slightl y injured section where we had plenty of scope.
PRIOR PRES ENTS RAIL WA Y AW ARDS
M EM BE RS of the Card iff D is trict of the Wes t ern Region of the British R a ilways Centre of the S J.A Association received their first aid awards at the h a nds of the P r ior, the Lord Aberdare, K. S U at a funct ion arranged at t he Cit y Hall Cardiff. The e vent was organised by Mr. R A. New son , O St. J who represents the Western Region on the Ambulance Committee of the Priory for Wales
Mr. J H F. P aige, D istrict T raffic Superintend ent, in his remarks as chairman referred t o the i m portance a ways attached to encouraging first a id work among railway workers. Lord A ber dare paid h igh tr ib ute to those respons ib le on the railways for the interest taken in t he St. J ohn movement. Most of the a rge industrial undertakings now a p preciate the value of first aid , b ut the r a ilway undertakings were pioneers in setting up an organisation within their administrat ion to foster the st udy of first aid
A mu sica l programme was given by the P enarth Male Voice Choir under the conductor Mr. R. E. Jenkins and the President of the choir Mr. H. B Meredith, K.SU., J .P had a d ual interest in the occasion, being th e Assistant Treas urer of the Pr ory. The presence of nursing cad ets in u niform d istri buting t h e pro gr a mmes b rought into the programme a touch of Brigade service.
GL AM ORG AN
O VER 5, 000 HOLIDAY MAKERS TREATED.- Once again the officers of the B arry and District Corps ha ve made a n anal ysis of their summary of services rendered during the past summer season at the very popular seaside resort o f B arry Island and the a djaGent be aches at Llantwit Maj or an d Rhoose. The cas es treated at these first 18
A nurse a nd m yself took o ur pos tion in the centre of a row of cas u a lties and proceede d wi th o ur work.
M y fir t ca e wa a n h y teric whom, a ft er a tten tion frorn our
M. O ., I e co r ted from the arena
The second case- b li nd ness due to fJa h (eye qU ickly padded and bandaged).
Third ca e numer u cut and bnu ,and at thl pOint one of the Judges called me a ide to que tion me on the uni t' f u nctions.
Upon re u rn in g to t h arena I went to a child who was crying The child had meas le ! At once I .took to a corner of the room and called fo r our M O H e immediately o rd ere d her evacu a t ion and m y elf al 0 not to return to the co mp e ti tion un til the fin a l whis tle twen ty -five minu te late r
C a n you ima gine me sitting at t he edge of the are n a watc lling everyone b u y? t lea t on saw me an d wondered WilY [ did not r e t urn.
With the end of the te t we l eft th e arena and were t opped by anotber judge who r e qu es ted t be M O. to end four au iliar ies for qu est ioning " You yo u you a nd yo u " wa the word and in we went , thr ee m en a nd one lady, but the Jud ge wanted two of each.
Af te r the" qui z" another wa it unt il th e re ult were m a d e known.
We all l ined up in the aren a for co mm e n ts from the platfo r m " J u st a fe w words took over twenty minute a nd th n t he announcement Stoke fir t, Brad fo rd ,. "e ond P e terboroug ll third orth De vo n f ourth, a nd finall y t h e a iona l Anthem and dis mi s. Back to our room , anothe r qui k wa h and c hang e a nd out to the Gro svenor H ote l for d irm er th n a axi to Whi te hall Th eat r e for a s how.
We came out at 10 .3 0 p m and our party p li t up am going one way w hile our party we n t to ee the ig ht at Piccadilly Circus. At l1. 30 p.m. we took taxis to ou r ho pital, h a d late supper and so to bed.
At about 2 a.m I h ea rd the wa rd d oor op en a nd in wa lk ed th e M.O. o ee if I h a d got measl es or if a nyo n e had bee n infected!
We were up a gain at 7.30 a.m. had brea kfa t, a. mall gift our hostess on to t he bu s t hen t he train, and a r n ed back In Bradford at 4 50 p.m fo rt y-e igh t hours a ft er lea ing.
No;e. St. L eona rd 's Hospit a l wa one of the ho pila whe r e nurse Edith Cavell pent sam of her year as a m em ber of the nursing profes ion.
l11K R A. XEW OX
Di s tTi cl A mbu ance eCTe l aTY, wa a lll on u
aid stations in 1959 total 5 , 151 a wo n der ful testimony to the s treng h of the vo untary spirit wi thin t he Brigade.
A campaign aga inst the carelessne s wh ich h a in pre iou year accounted for a large proportion o f the ca uallie due to b roken gl ass is reflected in tbe figures. evertheless woun d of va rying kind s s ti ll top the classified groups in a tota l of 2 0 78 w ith ting and bites accountLng f or ano ther 557 Eye injurie number 3 12, bum , blisters , sunburn and scalds adding 458. In a mi ce l la neo u Ii t of injuries, va ryi ng from hea d aclle to m iscarr iage o ne is impre ed by the severity of so me of t he cas ua lti es treated an d it spea ks we Jl for the competence of t ho se on du ty that only 135 of t he 5, 151 cases were sent t o ho s pitaL
C AE RPHiLLY COUNTY AREA. - Area Commi ssione r W J. k rme has won the practical s uppo r t of t be Gellygaer Ur ba n Di s ric t Council :rangible proof of the h igh estimation of S L J ohn serv ices came in t he form of a gr a nt of £50 from the Council whose Medi ca l O fficer of Hea lth is a Corp s surgeon. Similar generous action i now b eing t a ken by t he Caerphilly Urban Dis trict ouncil. Th e e d o nat ions are earmarked for the organisation of first ai d and nur s in g competitions. Se nior and cadet leag ue competitions are runnin g cont inuo us ly h roug h out the county area.
A la r ge gathe ring a ttended a fun c t ion arranged o do honour to Corps Superintenden t Charles H ya t t, S B SU. a nd Mrs. H ya tt who h ave gi ven 90 years' ser vice to t he Brig a d e M a n y of the speakers- who pa id t ribu te were in re mini scen t mood in recounting the changes and d evelopment s durin g the 45 yea rs over whi c h Mr. Hya tt can look b ac k upon Brigad e ac ti vit ies. Present a t io n were made to both Mr. a nd Mrs. Hyan in token of the app reciation a nd goo d wishes of B rigade colleagues and local townspeop le.
N OTICE TO SU BS CRIBER S
In or d er to a\'oid dl a ppointm e nt , it pa r t ic ularly req ue ted hat Chrul e of ad dr o r q ua nt ity of copies sho ul d be notified to t h Re ie l Alee b t he fi r t da of t he mo n h. T hi will e na ble arr a nge me nt to b made wi th t he p r inte r , who d patch th e copi
om tim notifl ano n r ece ive d too late fo r a lte r ation n t he n xt ue hould too ma n co pi e be r ece il d, the u b c rib e r ho uld ke p t h m a nd will not be cbarged If too few a r rec d the a dd it io nal cop i wi ll b n t later.
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Area. Presenting it Mr George Da vies , O SU who recently r elinq uished the Area COD1JTllssionership on being appointed County Superi n tenden t for Monmoutb shire sa id Mr. Rees Morgan was a n offi cer whose unfa iling courtesy a nd understanding of members' probl e ms had m a d e h im a natural cho ice f or the chief post in t h e widesp rea d Silurian Co un ty area.
Mr. D avies reviewed the a rea 's work, r eferred t o the promotion of Corps Superintendent Eric Bro wn to th e rank of A r ea
returns regularly.
SILURJA CORPS COMPETITIoN.-The Abergavenny Ambulance H a ll took o n t he appearance of a casua lty clearing station when a va ri ety of accidents were staged to test the skill of senior and junior am bul ance and nursing teams and select the entrants for the Silurian County Area Competition. The four successful teams were Abergavenny " A " Ambulance, Monmouth ursing, Abergavenny Ambulance Cadet a nd Monmouth ursing Cadet. The competition was a bl y organised by Area Superintendent E. assisted b y Corps Staff Officer R. D A. E vans and J F. Thurston Refreshm ents kindl y provided by the Abergavenny ursing D ivision were much appreciated.
D IVISIO TAL CELEBRATIO AT T REDEGAR.-The P resident, Mr. G. W. Dickinson , O.SU. , J P. presided at the annual dinner of the Tredegar D ivision at which the Chairman of the Council, Cllr. G. T ufton J P ., extended a civic welcome to the guests and spoke in praise of the wo rk of the Brigade. CoL A. J . Chaston, O.B.E. , M.e., T.D. D. L., Commissioner for Monmouthshire, presented warrants of appointment and service medals. A particularly interesting incident \ as the presentation to cUr. G. T uffin of photographs o f the Tredegar D ivision in 1927 and 1956 to be hung at B edwellty H ouse in the collection of photographs reflecting the history of Tredeg ar. Other speaker included D r. K M. Wheeler , D eputy Commissioner Galbr aith, Miss E. Kinsey, e.SU. , D ivisional uperintendent D . G. Jones and D ivisional Secretary P. J Har e.
U SOLICITED PRAlSE. - iss E. Kinsey, e.St.J., attending a meeting of the County Youili Sub-Committee in her capacity as County Cadet Officer had the pleasure of hearing Ald. J. J. P anes express appreciation of the training of cadets in the Brig ade with the consequent interest in hospital \ ork. Apart from the large number of cadet w ho were encouraged to take up a nursing career many member were taking hospital training as nursing auxiliaries in the atio nal Hospital ervice R e erve and ld. P ane said he did not know what \ ould have happened in times of tress if they had not been a bl e to call upon the H S.R per onneI at need.
ABERDARE
The annual ball of the t. John Council for berdare wa a great ucces ociaIly and financially. The guest "ere received b y the Lady President, Lady G. F. William O.SU The officials present included the Chairman S ir Gwil ym Ff. \ i]]iams e. B E, O SU ., Commi loner E. Janle K. 1. J D eputy Commissioner Dr H. B. P ierce e. SU ., J.P., County S uperintendent Mrs. R 1. Protheroe. O. t.J. and r. L D avies. County Cadet Offi er r. P Harrison Rod erick wa the Organising ecretar. Abercynon J ubilee elebrations will long be remembered in the town which has ben fited b Brigade service for over fifty year. well organi ed week-end progranID1e included a cele b ration upper at, hich a milllber of the founder member were guests of honour. o mmi loner Emr s James referred to the good foundation laid b y the early pioneer which had tood the t t of later trials and Dr J. W R B attra m (Divi ion Surgeon) in responding to the toa to the b ercynon D ivision a sured it foun d er that no effort \ a being spar d b y the pre ent mernb rship to k ep the St. John flag 11 ing in ber yno n O n the unday fo11O\ ing a revie\ of th pper and Lo" er Cynon Valley Corp took place at Abercynon The p a rad e wa the mo impr ive ene Ln the localit and the re ie, ing officer a th Ch i f Commjssioner for ales 1r. H. G Lewi, .SU ., J.P t the saluting b a se the bief Commi ioner was well supported b , local dignitarie. Tbe er 'ce at Be thania Chapel was condu ted b y the R O Ed\ arc ,ho e theme wa " The Ideal of ervice."
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Enrolment Ceremony in Ashford Church
HAD anyo n e b een in A hford Kent, on a recent Sunday they wo ul d h ave found t he pa ri h churc h crowded for evensong. In Maidstone, they would h ave seen the church packed on Sunday evening, at Fav r sh a m , too Why?
The vic e-presiden t of th e cade ts wa enro lling the new members. Encouraged and upp orted thro ugh o u t by th e lergy, the cad e ts fee l when they take their ow iu the c hu r h hat i is a solemn and inspiring event, to be remembered all t heir li ves. It h as been truly a maz ng how int re ted and impres ed the co ngreg at ion has been, and on all ides we hav e heard what a wonderful th ing it is for the children and the ir famili es to take part in this ceremony.
Countess Mountbatten wrote to the vice-pres ident: " have heard of the 'wonderful enrolment ceremonie of cadets, which you h ave recently carried out, a nd I can't tell you how grateful we feel. "
After the se r ice i over, the party h as gone to the church hall where parents and rel ations ha e been invited to join the cadets and ha e refresbmentso The v ice-pre ident make a point of meeting everyone and it ha been 010 t heartening to find how mu h the parent have app reci ated being able to join in he ceremony. We have decided, in Kent , that we hall always, if possible , bold the ser ic in a church and "e ar extremely gratefu l to the clergy who ha e 0 willingly cooperated with u in thi. Tbe cadet are th e nur er of (he Brigade and it is fe lt that the action of the e hildren in promi ing their service to mankind makes it for t h em a memorable da Where b e tter to offer that se rvice than in th e church itself?
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PROGRESS IN NIGERIA
Ma j.- Gen. J . M. KIRKMAN , Commissioner - inC h i ef, concludes his report on a vis it t o W e s t Afr ic a.
o SUNDAY, January 17th I arrived in Nigeria, a country in willch I was to spend three weeks, Till may sound rather a long time compared to my eight da ys each in Sierra Leone and Ghana People do not always realise, howe ver, that Nigeria covers an area as great as that co vered by France, Belgium, Holland and West Germany. Its population of 35 million is act uall y less than that of England and Wales but none the less greater than Ken ya, Tangan yika, the Rhodes ias and the Union of Soutb Africa put together.
The Brigade and t he Association have, albeit in a somewhat mixed form, been going on in Nigeria for some time in the police the ports and the railways. Progress in all three organisations has been excellent in the last two or three years, Among the objects of my tour were to see the results of this progress not only in the capital cities concerned, but also in the country as a whole. I also wanted to see what progress had been made outside these three government organisations and what prospects there were for the future, particularly within industry, As a background to all tills there was, of course, the fact that Nigeria becomes an independent nation within the British Commonwealth in the autumn of 1960 and it is most important in this vast territory that our work for mankind should be a ble to carryon without a hitch, and indeed to expand all over the place, for the work is greatly needed.
I spent the first few days in the area of the federal capital Lagos. Here I met H.E. the Go vernor-General, and many other impor tant people and I addressed the St. John Council I spent a day with the ports authorities in Lagos and in Apapa. I spent another day with the Railways who are concentrated largely in Ebute Metta, a nd I paid a most interesting visit to the police train ing college at Ikeja, near the airport. Excellent parades in Briga de uniform were put on for me b y both Ports and Railways.
I learned that the ports , at least in Lagos and Apapa, had reached the unusual stage in Africa of having far more applications from employees to join St. John than they had instructors to handle I found that the railways were getting their first aid par ties established all over the three regions of Nigeria, had first aid equipment on many of their trains and particularlY' with their breakdown trains, but had great officer difficulties apparently due to rapidly-
PREETOlV V: Tl'al chill r! a di play ollhe Polic e GTOlind U .R. th e Go ve rnor. Sir j\lcl1I ric e Dorman is ill th e cen lre. il11'. Pi/bealll ,
II.Q. Offi ce r is gTcetinr! M inis ter oj l1 eo ll/1 1Ur. 'i'oplima 'd obeh; Lady Donnan and th e C'olllmissioner-ill- hi e] arc 011 th e ri 1h l.
movi n g personnel. [learned that in the police, as a hole, n arly eer y new recruit now does a St. J ohn fir aid cour e and a great many of the young officer, called Cadet In spector, qualify as lay lecturer while sti ll at the Federal Police ollege. The main roblem therefore to fit th young con tab le , a nd liJJ more the older consta ble up to certificale t a nd a rd and to pep him there
Ha viJ1g learned these b as ic fa c t in the area of the federated capital at Lagos I then \ ent out to ee how it wa all going in lhe fi Id Here I should perbaps e plain that although there i a fed ra l government in L agos, and the poli , railwa and ports are federal organisation there are, loo three region in igeria, 1 ortbern, Eastern and Western each under their own go ern r and their own governments for dealing ith region a ralher than federal ubjects There is al 0 a fourth (erritory, t he Briti h Cameroons, w ho e ultimate future ha till (0 be decid d, I st a rted off with the northern region in ompany \ ith our headquarter officer in igeria r. hri lie and we fJe\ to it capital K a duna, a nd then vi ited by air or b roa d the towns of Zaria Kano (where the international airport i), Lokoja, oko to, and Jo lncluding R ayfield and Burkuru, t K a no (h airpo rt authorities staged an air cra h demon tration for me which wa full of lessons - the need for peed the prob lems of \ ind , fire and smoke, the need for the correct priority in treatment and in e acuatio n of numerous and varied casualties, a nd 0 on. T met and addressed keen police constable \ ho held t. John c rtifieat or hoped to do 0, nearly everywhere I \ ent. Tn Jo I i ited police. railway and, a bo e all, the tin mines.
To the Cam e roons
From the northern region 1 went on to the ameroon where I vislted Buea, Tiko, Kumba and Victoria Here wa a tremendou contrast from the vast plain of the northel n region with their hot and dusty winds. Here there i a mountain over 13 000 feet high and stayed at Buea, on the s lopes of it, where yo u find pink ros es blooming a ong the road ide and a ll so rts of pleasa nt flower in the garden The police are a keen on fir t aid heLe as anywhere else, but the ma n need for nrst aid kno w ledge almo t ce rtainly in the developing industry. I vi ited the Cameroon D eve lopment Corporation in Vi cto ria and al 0 Cad bur y a nd Fry's cocoa organisation a well as a rubber plantation n or near Kumba In all these activit ies we can give great help if only we can mu ter the required instructors.
We then returned westward to Enugu, the capital of the ea tern region, from where I visited the cement work at Nkalagu and went down to Port Harcourt stoppi n g at Owerri on the way down, and at Aba and Um uahia on my way back We hope to be able to start classes in he cement works at once and we can almost certainly give great help to Shell/ B.P at Port Harcourt. The Nigerian port authorities themselves h av ing made such plendid progress at Lagos and Apapa are now getting going at Port H arcourt whe re also the railways are closely in with them. As at Apapa and Ebute MeUa both of t h ese orga n isations have at Port Harcourt got first aid posts established in their heds and
work hop s with a P!"oper organisation of trained Brigade members at hand to d ea l wlth the larg e number of cases for treatment fortuoately mi n or, that crt?P up in th e e p aces. Back at nugu mall w ter e ts were police, rarlways an d the coa l-mines.
The police III 1hls region as elsew here, were sp lendid ly keen and mdeed 1 had a lready met and adressed many of them at Port Harcourt, and on my way there and back.
The Coa l Co rpor ation at En ugu s particu la rl y important becau e of the great need f?r r:rst-aid in any deep mining Since they started on fir t ald tramll1g 1Il1957 they have constructed classes for 461 employees, of whom 50 have gained full first aid certiJicates' the greal difficulty being tbe high degree of iJliteracy The St. fi rst aId a nd a mbulance .a.rr ange rn e!l ls there a re good and I hope tlla.t, a a re ult of my VISit,. they wl now be able (0 form a f ullyand Bngade dlVl lOn complete witb officers, 111 eac h of thelr:f ur coal-mine.
From Enugu I flew on to B enin in the western region and immedlat ly went down to see the police at Sapele some 30 miles to the whi ch eerned to me the hottest and most humid I VI Ited In what, all along, wa a pretty hot and often quite hurne? tour. After for t he night to Benin we motored mtle to Ib adan, topprng at Akure on the way. This, togetber WIth odd 185 miles by road each way to P ort Harcou rt on the pr.ecedlng two day s, plu apele, meant Lhat we had done 700 miles by road of varying quality in four day, At Ibadan J again found S1. keenness among the po li ce. In two ear they l-: a d ral ed their number of certificate holders from 50 t<? 6 7. 1 I It d newly-built police training college, and a lso 1 Ited the Unl r Ity ollege Ho pital which 11as recently been omplete I at a co t of se eral million pound. On February 7th
J return d by to Lago where unfortunately was promptly rerno ed lO ho pll a my elf. Howe er, running rep air having been ted, 1 wa able to and ai l for England on the 9th, m ling t. John fn nd agaIn at Takoradi in Ghana on the 10Lh and our H O officer at reetow n in Sierra Leone on the l3tb. e t day (he hip topped at Bathurst in Gambia. H.E. the ernor wa a\ ay with the French High ommissioner at Dak ar but 1 '. able to ha e a loog talk 00 t. lohn matters witb the ommls loner f Police while tbe sh ip was in port. On February 22nd I gOl back lO Li erpool.
* * * [n to m sea. journey totalling ome 7000 mil I was able, '. hrle III e t In ca, to 0 er orne 4,500 mile by air and 2000. by r ad -a nd a ertain amount of pretty i ndifferent road I lnclud d In rhe la t figur I i iled 41 differ nt places in 9 day, and me of the apital citie more than onc 11 re er I vent I found a n encouragiog intere in the work of rder, ocialion and the Brigad e In nearly eery country r regl n I met th 0 ernor ini t r of He a lth and DL.r (ors or edlcal r ic , orne of the latte r alr ady b ing Bngade urg on an d other howing a keen inter in our work. I m t \ Ith the great ho pitality and court y where er went I am grateful to all ,hether rhey were governors, pollc c mml loner or our own Brig ade officer, for doing 0 much to r:nake m tour 0 u rul and 0 aluable. I \ a particularly truck Ith cheerful welcome I got e erywhere from police on table, rad, ay \ orker , min r a nd all ort of other peopl Wl 1O do John work in one form or anoth r. Of tb 2 ,000 odd mdes I by road? al mo t all f it wa don in car pro ided for me by p Ilce , lone r and with quite excellent poli driver. The tour as a (mn g on , bu t I am ur e that it wa a valua ble one for ork. The many Brig ade or A ociation gatbering that 1 VI I( ed and addre sed appeared ery glad to be i ited and I my elf wa grea tly c:nco uraged by the keenn s tllat I aw, by the progre that I h r e are already tabli hed, by the lent to whIch It now e m s pos ible that our traininoWIll be in indu tr. I understand tbat at lea ne\ cl. ill Leone and eight in Ghana h a e a lr ady tarted mce my Vl l( to tho oLlntrie. They had indeed started )J e fore 1 pa ed again through their port on my r turn vo age Jll early. W ow,e a great d bt to our thr e headquarter officer the three coun lrl es conc rued as much as to our Brigade commlSloner and. oth r offi er withoLlt who en oW'agem nt and ent hu s la m neIther so iation nor Brigad could mak the progre that It doe
Of the three countries in my actual tour on i already indep ndent, one becomes independent thi a utumn and one a ear or so later. am full of optimi m that our work \ ill go on a n d. wrll progres just as it bas done in all oth r nation of the Bntl h Commo nwealth.
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To the Editor
RES U S CITA TIO N : Mor
Dear Sir,
e Common Sen se
Maj. C. White Knox's article " Common Sense in ResusCitation (January 1960) having .been shown to me may I ventu re to ask for the courtesy of your journal to comment on it? As a great admIrer of the work of the S,l,A.B. and a former member I know of t he great s hown in resuscitation by members: My own expenence specIal research in this field and attendance at some recent SCIentific meetings at which the subject has been discussed lead me to belieye that the divergence of views may sometillles be due to protagoDlsts of the new overstating their case and for proponents of the old to err on the side of caution.
Whatever else the current controvers y of artificial respiration will teach first-alders, the following facts seem generally agreed' ALL METHOD EFFECTIVE
(1) All methods. of artificial respiration, when carried out a re effectIve m resto ring breatb.ing Some are more effectlve than others as shown by scientific experiment on subjects who ha ve been ):>rought as near to the asphyxiated state as the recent a d vances make possible. The methods in their order of effecttveness are, firstly, direct air resuscitation ( by or bellows), secondly, Holger ielsen's, thirdly , Silvester s, fourthly , Schafer 'S, Ther efore anaesthetists and tramed medIcal per onnel should learn the most effective
The mos.t practical method for first-aiders and life-savers to be trailled ill and practise is in dispute.
Proponents of direct air resuscitation (inclu ding mouth-tomO!ltb, mouth-to-nose or some breathing appliance) say that their 'York sbows that one film show or demonstration wi th a mani.J?n enables untrained personnel to carry out the method effectlVely.
any concerned in fir t aid training in this country have rheir doubt and find the. older methods more satisfactory to teach apd pos Ibly less objectionable. Although many of these objectIOns can be. overcome if the training includes manikins devices to prevent dtrect contact of mouths an? infected breath, 1 carefully out. s Maj. White Knox so rightly POLOt out, these are not yet obtainable in this country. Ho\ e,:er traillillg problems can be overcome once it has been deCIded It 1 worth while ro do so.
(3) The Importance of a Clear Airwa
Above all, .recent research has demonstrated the importance of cl.ear al.f\.vay. In fact whilst mo methods of artificial r prration are effecti e, little or no air can pa to the lunoowwg to ob truction of the airway Further the cause of ob truction are the oft tissu in the neck 'o f the uncooscio per on and principali the back of the ton !me . To ent rhe ana has to use a rigid alf",:ay ill erted lOto the mouth or no e-and pull well up on tbe ja,w to extend on the neck. The fir t aider must be taught to do and not to turn the head on one ide. In the face-downward po ltion il?e fo:eh ea d hould be ele ated on hands and support and kept lD tJu po ltion. In the face -upward po ition ready pres ure mu be exerted on the jay to keep the head extended. To summan e , Holger ielsen is still the mo t efre (i e method that can b e u ed for training. baring in mind that the air, a must open and kept ,? ientific Tiden e now eems to re eal that duect .au re u ItatlOTI methods are more effective. Recent confirmatIOn of th.e e vie ha e been obtained from ienrific rudy under the au pI e of the Ro ya] a The next step. urely, must b,e to work out the e method can be taught effecti ely and illlply fir what demonstration are pra ti able and \ h at trallllllg a Id are needed.
Like iYfaj. hite Kno , I must a1 0 add that my ie do not neces anly reflect the opinion of an organi ation to wbi h I may belong.
Yours in erely, WYN HAM R. DAVIES ( urgeon Lt.-Com., R. I P. M.B Cb.B., D.P.H. D.I.H.) Jomt ervj 1pb ib iou arfare Centre, Poole, Dor t.
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CLUES
ACRO SS
1. Eccentric scho l ar indicates serious eye injury (9 -5 )
8. Metal in pain for rapid breathing (7).
9. Circulation through the liver (6).
11. H er e. O is yellow! (5)
13. Insects from the miser's purse? ( 5).
14. Anatomical box (5).
15. Wood-80 % bony (5).
17. Field Marshal's instruction to cricketers ( 5).
18. C le an surgical instrument (5).
19 Animal encased in metal produced b y bacteri a (5).
20. Fungoid skin infection (5).
22 P arts returned for credi t (5 )
23. D riven to open a gap (5).
24. Trick by insect 99 (5).
26. O rnamental1eg bone? (6).
2 8. Each bud gives a drinking spree (7).
29. Emergency for fi r st -aiders (8, 6).
DOWN
1. B eg for the learnin g of mischievo u s spiri ts? (7).
2 Prairie farm (5).
3. Colic of babyhood (5).
4 Carefree w ith card ia c atrophy? (5 -7).
Compiled by W . A . Potte r
CANADIAN NEWS thall trailled in 1959
POR the fi rst time in peacetil'!l e hi s tor y St. J ohn mbul ance ra In e d over JOO ,OOO Ca n a dians in a single year. Training re ult for 1959 how tha t a total ?f 10 _,354 pe r on took l. J hn cour e In first aid hom nursing a nd hild ca re. The e gra ti fyi n g re ult r pre ent an increase of 8·88 pe r ce nt. over 195 Fir L a id tr aining increa ed b 7·7 per ent., home nursing b 22 ·3 per cent a nd c hild care by 1·6 pe r cent.
ew peop le taking training totalled 78 930 while tho se taking mor e advanced e' f o r oucher, l eda II on , Label a nd P enda nt t tailed 23,424. Only in two othe r years-the wartil!le yea r of 1942 and ] 943-ha l. John training e 'cee ded the 100 ,000 mark. The year 1959 the ixth ear in ucceion that l. John trai nin g ha increa ed. The 1950s saw 735,529 Canadians tr a ined by St. J ohn.
In commenting on the training figure, he Chancellor, Mr. Gray , e'tend d " inccrc congratulation and thank t all who by their comb in ed en'ort , made these plendid re ult po ible.'.·
" Training the publiC III first aid, hom e nur ina and hild care more important today ever before," he aid. " Thi i one of SL J ohn' prime functions a nd il I most heartening to note Lhi uptr nd. It i hoped that the pace of training I ill continue to gain momentum from Oe t to eoa t."
5. Sound to immobilise fracture initially (3).
6 Emergency complication of peptic ulcer (1 J).
7. auseating (9).
10. The acme of n a usea (2-4-2- 1-3 ). 12. Athlete s discharging ulcer? (7, 5).
16 Ma y cause h e patient to take sho r t shallow breaths (6, 3).
21. Not to be given for shock (7).
24. Take Mable for walk beginning before lunch (5).
25. Herni a support (5). 27. Ferret for bricks (3).
5. As white as a sheet; 6 Sting ; 8. Unconscious; 9. Bl epharitis; 14. Blanket batb; 15. Rabid an mal 17. Stays; 18. Nudge; 25 Cast on; 27. Shank; 28. Is-let ; 29. Ileus. 4
A •• st,·ay Sllield of Arms of IJ,·iol· Willial" Weston
By FRANCIS w . STEER
Tl-l R e ident ia ry next to the gateway to the Bi hop' at C hich e ter wa rebui!t in the last quarter of the nllleleenlh cen tu ry, bu L IL ret ams a reset doorway of the twel fth cen tu ry, a mu c h re tor ed fourteentb centur y window, a n o ld fireplace and t he g lass which is the s ubject o f th is note. In a modern ori I window on the fi r t Aoor are two s hi eJd of arms. On e of th e e the we ll-known quartered shield of We ton : 1 alld 4 Ermine 011 a chief a zure jive bezcmts; 2 and 3 Argellf 'hr ee callie! able a ll with a chief of the Order of t. J hn of J e ru sa lem (Fig llr e I). The shie ld i set on a bluishpu rp l roundcl within a wreath of green aves wi th grapes a nd red ber r which ha e be n mad e up with other fragments of gla and partly cut away on b h ides. The cro on the chief of he Order ha n t been eaded, but it hape has been left lear glas in the piece of ruby. From the hape of the shie d and he de ign f it surround, Lhere an be no doubt that th is gla dat from th e ec n.d quart e r of the ixteenth century, th e period f illiam e ton' term a Grand Pri or before the Order in - n g la nd I a di oj ed by H enry VH f-o n May 7th 1540 the da of e Lon' death. The e nd hield i nclo ed in a \ reath of bay lea e and berrie bound ith rib a nd all executed i n bro"" n and ye ll ow. (Figllre 2). The mu h faded a rm appear to be a lion rampallt c r Oll/lied or, impa l ing, 011 (! saflire jil'e wafer bOllgels; the latter m e y be a 1 oar repr entatl n of the arm of acheverell (Argellt 0 11 a sC/liire a::lIre jil'e waleI' bOllgel or) and the former for a branch of the lifton \ ho bore Gille C/ lioll rail/pant argent rOJl'II d or. The daughtcr of the la t male heir o f the ache e r 1\ of 0 rb hire and ottingham married into the fami li e of liflOn a nd Pol. Belo., thi hield i a croll in cribed faglliji cale de/1l1I m ec um and a capital letter T art of the a me te arc on th riband. Bel w the \ e Lon arm i a roundel. probab ly German in origin, in y 1I0\.v and bro\\ n lain , hOI ing a r wned \ oman
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H E Right Honourable The Lord akehurst Go ernor of orthern I reland and Lord Pr'io r of the Grand Prior y of the Order of st. J ohn, paid a short it to the nation's capital in Januar y, ha ing prcvious ly visited he n ited States he ld an investiture in ew York It y for newly admitted member of the rece nt ly formed American Society of the Order of St. John In Ottawa Lord Wakehur t wa received by Hi Excellency the GovernorGeneral and Pri or of the Ord e r in a nada who graciou Iy gave a luncheon at Gove rnment H ouse in hi s honour to which ome o f the enior member of the Order were a so invited.
* A photograph of the D uk e of Tortbumberl a nd, wh o a l oha vi ited Cana d a, appears on another pa ge
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Fig. 2.. Ii elcl and scro ll. standing in a field of grass and flowers and holding a pair of cales in her right hand' on her left arm is a nimbed dove. Scrolls benealh are in cribed, i n black letter s, Athfhuel Falconer. Smaller quarrie in this window are painted with birds and oak leaves.
Tradition has it thal this gla s carne from H a lnaker House in the parish of Boxgrove a few miles from Chichester. Th at great man ion, now a piclLlresque ruin, was last occupied as a stately home b ya r y wife of James Stanley 10th Earl of D erby; she died in 1752, aged eighty-four. There not, so far a the pre ent writer is aware, any evidence to link Prior Weston with H alnaker or, indeed. directly \ ith the county of Sussex except (as Capt. J. D ocwra-Roger K.St.J. , showed in THE REVI EW, July, 1959) that lhe estates of the preceptor) of the Knights Templar at Poling continued as pan of the possessions of the Order until its s uppres ion evertheles, the survival of a fragile example of the contemporary arms of William \ eston in a hichester house perhaps sufficiently de erying of a permanent record in the Library of the Order. It ought ro be mentioned that the exi tence of the glass described abo e is al a noted in ictoria Coun ty Histor y, Sussex, vol. 3 ( 1935) p. ] 5am much indebted to Capt. J. C. 1acIea n R. for facilitie to e amine thi glas.
MR . PLU M B'S HALF-CENTURY
AT RECE IT IHTIN G of the Faversham cla of the British Railway Ambulance Centre, tribute was paid to Mr. S P lumb, ho has recentl pa ed hi 50th e amination in first aid.
Pre nting him with a cheque on behalf of hi fellow las mate. Dr. R. He land. the Examining urgeon. aid that he had much plea me in making the pre entation on 0 rare an occasion and he hoped that Mr. Plumb \ ould continue ro pre ent him elf for reexamination in th year to come.
Repl Lng briefly," am," a he affe tionately known to e\'eryOl1e, tbanked the do tor and hi fello\. la -m mber for the mark of appreciation and indi ated that it is hi intention to carf\' on with hi fir t aid pra tice all the while hi health will permit hii'n. I r. Plumb ha been in the en ice of the R ailway all his working life. nfortunat Iy I hil t working at DOI er a a hunter when a young man he had th misfo[[lme to 10 e a leg in a mi hap there. Th i did not deter him, h wever, from taking hi fir t ertifi ate in fu aid in 1910 and h ha ontinued to take his re -examination ever year in In 19_0 , \ hen (he 10 al Railway mbulanc [ov ment a amalgamated with th I. John Ambulan B rigade h bec ame a m mber of the organi ation and till a R erl'e Member of Faver ha.m Divi ion. lthough now in hi 2nd year h till r main rema rka bly a tive in pit of hi di ability, and i all a s r ''l d , and wi ll ing to turn out for publi dutie if required.
Hi oth r hobb ,a pan from first aid, i the growing and judging of I eet pea, for which he is known n a tionall y. having ompeted and judg d in Sl eet pea exhibitions on a na iona l ale throughout th cou ntr y.
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quarlered shieli/.
C o nt inuing t he Principal 1fedical c onnn e n ts
Is it right? - Is it wrong?
From a talk by Dr. A . C. WHITE KNOX , O . B.E ., M C. , Principal Medical Officer, S .J . A.A . at a conference In October 1959 organised by the British Railways Ambulance Centre, Eastern Region.
10. Is it riaht to get the casualty off to hospital quickly for blood and operation in severe injury, or will a hort rest help to prepare him for transport? P. 56.
Great continental experts, both surg1cal and physlologlCal, ara ued on tills subject. We have plumped on the slde of getting the patient off quickly for blood tr ansfusion, even to ! he extent of minimum treatment but t here lS stIll a school will h says" You are going t o cause your patient consi.derable in tro uble and danger b y the quick transport m those senous incidents ." Well is that right or is it wrong? It is an argumentative point. 'We have plumped on the side of quick blood transfusion, although I have no doubt that other st;rrgeons ha ve come across cases where quick transport followmg a severe incident has gravely aggravated the shock condition We have to a bid e b y 'the rules so far as our training goes , but it is a question for thought.
11. Is it right that alternatmg current 1S more dangerous than direct current?
I have come last weekend from a Conference with the Electricity Bod y at which there were tremendous electri.cal experts as well as first aid ex perts, and I I?osed the same q uestlOn to them. Believe me, though I have applied to the Headquarters of the Electricity Body to see whether our is correct, and have a definite reply to the effect that it lS correct , there were experts at that meeting who not agree. Well ,. that is most intrilruin.a from my point of Vlew. One man went mto all the squar; roo""ts, and what have you, me that in both cases the casualty may hang on to the live Wlre or live rail I think the book statement is substantially correct.
ART IF ICIA L RESPIRATION
12. Is it riaht tha t the Holger Nielsen method of artificial respiration is the best method of resus citation.?
13. Is it right that in he present mstructlOns lt lS that the air passages are frequently not open and that no alr can get into the lungs?
14. Is t right that the Mouth to Mouth method lS more efficient than the Holger Nielsen method ?
15. Is it right that the Schafer method is of little use as a resuscitator?
We will take these altogether.
Tills is probably the most a rgumenta ive in first aid at the present time, arid it was a tremendous pomt of arl5l:lment in the International Conference at The Hague. The ChaIrman of the Holger Nielson Committee on that method of resusci tation was quite willing to admit that in some undoubtedly the airway was not open when the Holger NIelsen method was performed. And the criticism of c?urse came originally from America, where four years ago lt was demonstrated. conclusively that there was no method equal to the Holger Nlelsen method' and then t he Americans changed their minds recently and say' now the Holger Nielsen method is no good and you must use the" mouth to mouth" method. Well , it has been suggested that America was wrong and that the Americans based their opinions of the p a tent airway on a modijicat!on which they did themselves, and not to the real method of domg Holger Nielsen. Unfortunately, if you look in your book you will find that the illustration shows that we adyjse the head to be turned to one side, when the forehead is placed on the crossed hands. The Chairman admitted t hat this is a point of 6
error and that the head hould be face down a nd that in tea d of the forehe a d simp y being on the crossed hand lh at a book, a heap of and a bllUch of gra a nyt hing YO Ll like s hould be placed under the hands so a to ra i t he forehea d ; bring the chin up and you will al ways , without fai l, gel a pa tent or open airway. There is no eart hl y rea on wh y you houldn know , and if you are doing i t may I s uggest that sligh t bange in the method. Mouth to mouth! Anleri ca i so ld co mpi lely on mouili to mouth method. Thi c ountry and otber ho are making enquiries into it are not sellled on it y t. I , per onaUy, as ad iser from the St. John poin t of iew, believe that it h a definite pos s ibilities. I would prefer th a t th a pplic at ion of tbi method should be r etai ned for childr 0 say up to the age of 12, but I am not happy about it u in ad ult. Th e re are oot many of us who are fitt ed ph ys ically and ana tomica ll y to do t h i metbod of artificial respiration. You rea li e tbat tll ca u aLly is on his b ac k (they call him the " tim in E urope and at be Interna i ona l onference), and his mouth w id op Q' t he operator thumb i i n ide hi mouth kee ping tbe tongu e back and the a irway op en; chin up and we e pec the operator mouth t o cover the whole of th a t. W e ll t bere are not m a oy mouths capa ble of doing it Ab olutely true !
The gorgeous lad y medi ca s tud e n t who perform d in the :film had a mouth which as a bno r mal com pared to mo t of u And for that very r easo n the continental peopl w re i n lioed to sa y" W e prefe r, and it is much easier, to put the heel of the hand under the jaw cover the mou th an d bl ow thr ough the nose ." Well , if you like to do it the re is no o b ct ion it eem to me to be a bette r way t han doio g it through the mouth; it s much easier o make a seal tbat way. I fmd it e -tr em ely difficul to make a seal especially if the patient m ou th i big and your mouth is rather small
The question of using the artificial ainvay wa di c u d a t long length and it was agreed that in the lay m a n 's ha nd i t could be a dangerous instrument. I agree, quite fr ank ly, I am not pre pared t o accept the artificial airway method of blo \ ing into the end of a tube making an ar tificial ai n ay into the patient's mouth. I am not going nto th e di a d an tage or advantages one way o r another.
Take Schafer s method for a moment. chafe r wa iolent ly criticised because of its small ventila tio n; you queezed t he air out of the lung and y ou hop ed that the ela ticity of t he lu ng would bring it back to no m1al , and it would fill up w ith a ir in that wa y Look at mou h to mouth or mouth to no e, or mouth to a irwa y, yo u blow the lun g up , then you take your pressure away, yo u rel y on the e a ti city of the lung to collapse back into the second movement. I cannot see an y dillereDce at all, it is going in one way in Schafer in mouth to mouth the other way.
People argue about the elasti city of the lung in asphyxia a nd that there was no change of movement, we ll , the y can argue one way, but if they argue one way Ul ey will have to argu e the other way as weU. And then , of co urse the question of vom it; the face upwards po s ition ; and all that, are disadvantages, but I do feel a nd my colleagues on the other org ani sa tion are not prepared to go as far as I will, a nd t h a t is to ay that for children aesthetically, it is much les s obnoxious t o blow air into the mouth of a child than t is into a n as ph yx iated adult with vomit and dirty froth and a ll that kind of t hing around tbe mouth and nose I do not b elieve that any great proportion of t he operators will be able to do it without th e mselves being sick. Well, they are all things th a t you mus think of. Is it right, is it wrong? I am prepared to accept it up to a reasonable
age whe re the chi ld's mouth is sm a and tbe chi ld is not so diffi Ll lt to deal with fr 111 Lhat posiLion mouth to mouth or mouth to no e, and I think that for children it probabl y ba s somet hing in it. We a re g ivi ng full dis c u s ion to i and next month at my Surgeon ' oDference, I h ave again invited a repl:esentative of. h e American Air orce to bring t hi film agaJJ1 how l.t to m y urgeons, a nd to b ea r cand id Iy what they thmk about It an d I ha ve a perfectly open mind i n r egard to i L a I1d 1 a m q Ll ite pre pa red o accept the general trend of opinion in whichever way it hould go. Poo r old Sc hafer is st ill quite a favourite method on the continent, a nd ilve te r (though a diffe rent method) is st ill a tremend o u fa vo urite in Germany. Th ey wiH a r g ue it is beL ter jf he victim i. face th an face d ownwa rd s. Then yo u have ve ry WI d e whether any of them s right or a ny of them IS wrong, so It IS rea onable to take a gener ou view of them a ll
OXYGEN
16 I it right to m ake oxygen more readi ly avai la ble and, or a yge n + 5 p r ce n t. O 2 ?
We are conce rn ed at the m ome n t a to whether the use of oxygen ho uld be m<?re rea dil y avai labl e in your amb ul ances, and we h a e agree d Just recently to advi e our amb ula nces in th e B r igade w ho a re no t under th e age ncy of t he va rious coun le to carry pure 0 yge n. e are not prep a red to go to the extent of carrying a 5 per cent. a ddition of carbon dioxide but we head i ed th u e of the' Ox ygenaire " apparatu : wh Ich sc re, on to a 48 cu. ft. or 24 cu. ft. cylinder of oxygen.
It !l a. a tube (an length you like), a plastic tube which te rmll1 a te lJ1 m a k hich goe ery readil y 0 er the mouth no e, a nd t he a e t abou t it i you can lea e yo ur cyli nder ill th e ambulan or in it po ition In t hi s way, i i veryea y o cont rol the 0 g n b a small pre ure bulLon c lo e to t be rna .k. u run yo u r tub e ou t put it o n st raight away a ft er
ha Ing a r!, anged \ hat nO\ ot 0 ygen yo u require at the ope n ing o f th e ylll1de r you can ontro l it a yo u wi h off a nd on at t he a ua ll ' id. '
FRACTURES
17. J il right that you hould ne er a ppl y a bandage over til 9cat of a fractur ') (R i b , elbo\: , pel ankle) P. 2, 8 , [ 'o ur e it i n't right. II i one of the little thing hal reep
It is the ank le and foot bandage in fractured patella. I have no doubt you have tried it. You won't be able to do it, not according to the illustration, it i not possible. But there again, liltle changes take p lace in the editing part of the book in the later part of p r od uction. Ma y I suggest tbat you use the ordinary figure of eight which is under the splint over the top of the foot, cross and t ie below the feet. It is the recognised figure of eight bandage for an ankle and foo t.
BURNS AND SCALDS
24. I s it right to use the sterile dressing only in bums and scalds? P 98.
According to all our instructions it is right. It is about the only thing in wbich the expert are agreed that we have done a good thing in the changing of our original instruction. Without a shadow of doubt now, the burn and scald clinics prefer their cases without aoy chemical treatment of any kind; no ointment. Mi.nd you I don't think that applies to any little burn which you get in the house which doesn't go to hopsiral, but I am talking about tho e ca es which do go to hospital. So difficult in a fir t aid book to say" ow this is correct if your casualty is going to hospital but it is not correct if au are going to keep it at home." T here are many little burn ointments and tbings which yo u can keep in the household for mall bum which are prefectl y good just in the ame way as variou anti epti : perfectly good in those mall ases y hich are [rea led at home but in the cases that go to hospital; we are lia ble to be critici ed b the urgeon and what have you and we mu t do \ hat they advise us.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS
25. I it right to include the common causes of unconsciousne b name \ hen the results are imilar? P 10 \ ell, hone tll', I do not think it i I do not care what type of un OnSGiOLlSne S it i ,with ome very very few exception ; and that long li t which i u h a horror (0 the candidate b fore examination. I \ oul d like to ee that kind of thing go out of the body of the book and go into the ppendix. In the ame wa ' a I would ay: tak that 10 ely table of poi ons in your book - well. I think th at tabl of poisons hould go to the Appendix al 0 I do not like an fir (-aider learning by rote this table so that th y an quote it to the examiner. I do not like that pe of fu t aid, I never have. and I ne\ er will like it. Be ide OLl knower well when au are d aling \yith a poi on a (you do not get man of th m), you are a ked if ou po ibly an diagno e what the poi on is, tbat you are (0 end a not o the do tor. name the poi on, or a 0 ar it as you can in order that he ma be equipped with the orre t antidote \ hen he ome. I may h told you before that th do tor d e not have th lea st id a wha t the antidot of that particular poi on i , bur it doe at lea give him time to r ad it up before he com along to th par t u lar ca e. I n v r knew anything ab Llt ho" to d a l with poi ons n an emergen y until I (Ook m Fir t id e r tifi ate, I am ure no other doctor do either. nyw ay. I would like to e i t go into th ppendix along with that long l i t of all e of un on iOll n e .
• To be Concluded
7 to the llo sp ita , or the time i.n whi ch you find th e in cide n t o r the accid ent case in cluded in t he journey as well ? Well , I have no doub t in m y own mind what we meant origina lly when we decided t hi s t hi ng a bou t journeys, th at it should be from th e time in wh ich you fin d the case to the time you get them to hospital. Bu t that is not what the book says at t he present time. Someone says" What hap pened to the ost ten minutes? " In one case it says twenty minutes and the other case twenty to thirty minutes , and t hey demand to know wbat has happened to he 10 t ten minutes. Well, I had to get round that one as b est I could in my reply , that it does not exactly say thirty minutes, in one case twenty to thirty minutes , whatever it may b e. To get over i I ha ve been cowardly in tbe preliminary b ook, 1 have added on e more golden rule to the present number of golden rules in the book, and that is that in those cases where the incident is an eme rge ncy one, it m ay be better to do a minimum treatment of securing the injury, whatever it may be, and get your casualty off to hospital quickly. 22. I s it right or possible to apply the ankle splint and foot bandage in Fig. 62? (ankle and foot) P 93.
NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR KAMPALA
His E xcellenc y h e Go ernor of Ugan d a, Sir Frederic k Cr a wf ord K.C.M G. O .B.E. , K.SU. o p en ed the n ew H ea dq uar ters of the S t. J ohn Ambulance A ss oci ation an d Bri ga de in he P r otectorate ca pital of Kan1pal a on Febru ary 25th, 1960 it m ar k ed the culmin a tion of five years ' h ar d wo rk an d end eav o ur. The buildings consis t of two blo ck s c onnecte d by a c o vered way; the first block conta ins, on the ground floor , offices for the Commissioner an d H eadquarters Officer wi th their offi ce staff, a gar a ge large enough for two m oto r ambulances an d on h e upp er floo r there is a commodio u s flat f or the Hea d qu ar ters Officer who is thus a b le t o b e, literall y, on top of h is wo rk. Th e second block cons ists of a large a ssembly hall wi th a sea ting cap a ci ty of 200 It h as a lar ge stage which w ill be mo st u seful for mee tings , lectures an d even for d r ama tic performa n ces T he U ganda Br anch of the Assoc ation owes a grea t deb t of gratitud e t o t h e O rder of S Jolm in the Uni te d Kin gdom for it s gener ou s help n the raising of t he £1 1,000 wh ich t he new H ea dquarters h ave cost In 1955 the O rder made an o u right gran t of £ 1,200 and in 19 58 a dvanced a fur h er £3 000 by way of a lo an at a very lo w r at e of interes t. The Go verrunent of Ugand a bas a lso b een most gener ou s h a ving made a grant of £2 ,000 in 1958 t owa rd s th e B uilding F und The r emainder of the mo n ey h as b een ra is ed l oca lly
When Sir Frederick o pened the building , he did s o in he presen ce of a l ar ge and d istinguished gathering whi ch included the Worshi pful the Mayor of Kampala Mr . J Kulub ya, C. B. E ., C.SU ., who is Cha irman of t he Executi ve Commi ttee of t he St . Jo hn Amb ulance Associa t ion , the Hon H. J Croot , Minister of H ea lth an d Dr. C. W D avies , D irector of M ed ical Ser vices. A la r ge cont in gent of St John Ambulance Brigad e personnel was als o present. His Excellency wa s met on arri val b y t h e D eputy Co mmiss io ne r
D r. J R. H amerton C.St J ., T. D who , in he a bsence of the Commissioner, Mr. M J. Macoun O St. J , is Acting C o m mis si oner,
D r Ham erton re ceiv
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Assem bl y H a ll Ih e Cha i r m an of COLIIlCil, G riffi n Q makes th e opening ad ire ,' and D r. E. M , C lark, O d ., Ac t ing D e put D irector o f Medical
Ser ices to ge th er wit h t he Hea d q ua rt er O fficer, Lt.- o J. E. M. J am es, O B. E., O SU Dr. Cla r k is ice-Ch'li r ma n or he ecut. i e Committ ee of t he S t. lohn mb u lance oc iation a nd a l 0
Di v s ion a Surgeon of th e E nte bb e A mbu la n e Di i io n A fte r t he R oya l Sa l ute Hi Excell nc in pec ted the parade of st. J olm Ambul a nce a nd ur sing perso llJl e l whi h \ a u nder he c omman d of Di vis io n Su peri n ten dent lame o f the J inja m bu lan e D i v ion T he pa r a de con i ted of 12 officer a nd over 100 ther r ank s d rawn from m any di v is o ns in t he P rote (o rale, in uding m embers fro m K a mp a la, J inja, E n t.ebbe a nd Bombo. Sir J o h n
Griffin, Q .c., th e Ch a irman of the t. J oh n Cou nc i in Ug nda welcomin g H i Excell en cy, re ferred to the great 10 the Brigad h a d u s ained in t he d eath of Counte Mountballen of Burma the Su perinte nd en t- in -Chief of (he Br igade and \ ho e funeral at sea took place on t ha t d ay.
Hi s Excell e nc y in hi s speech befo re declar ing he He dquart r op en , firs t p a id tri bu t.e to the work of Counte MountbaLLen and went o n to say t hat he had take n a clo e in tere in the aCLivitie of t he Ord er of St. J ohn bo h in Uga n da and in other territorie in whi ch he h ad serve d. H e sa id: I n t he United K ingd m. mo t of t h e socia serv ices wh ich t he State n ow pro ided, ta r ted rrom sm a ll beginn in gs as a re ult of t he huma n itarian in itiative of loca l vol untary bodie ." T he patte rn n ganda, he aid, ha bee n ery different. Her e t he socia l serv ice had grown lip for the mo t pa rt not as a result o f the spo n taneo us A-orl of the local peop le, but on tbe initia ti ve of extern a l f orces T he o rdi nary t eop le tended herefo re to lo ok to suc h fo rces as the M ssiona ry Societic , or to t he G overnmen t or to so meo n e e lse to provi d e fo r he m in tead of co m ing toget her , in a s pirit of e lf-h e lp , to see how t hey thel1lselve could meet the n eed s of th eir own comm u n ty, t he Governo r aid. H e we n t on : " Th at is why I regard th e wO I'k o f uc h bodie a t he St. J o hn A mbu la nce as o f s uc h val ue in th is co un t ry." He ga e the ass ura n ce th a t th e G overnm ent fu l y recogn ise d th e" hi gh va lue" of t he co n tr ibu t o n wh ich S t. J oh n was mak in g in Uganda an d would cont inu e t o g ive i eve ry po ss ibl e su ppo rt. H e co ng ra t u la ted t h e Ass ocia ti o n 011 th e com ple on o f " th is fi ne buildi ng " a nd pa id par ticula r tri but e to t he wo rk o f 0 1. J a mes, th e res id e nt H eadquarte rs' Offi cer , wh o wo uld sh o rtl y b e leav ing after two yea rs' ser v ice A fter decla ri ng t he Hea dqu a rt er s o pen and un ve in g a pla qu e commemor a ting t he occa s o n , H is Excell e ncy ins pec te d th e b uildings and t he n joine d th e gu es ts fo r ea.
ADUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND VISITS CANADA
D ! 7'J XG' J [J ED v isitor 10 Ili e S/. J ohn l l11bulance Fir ·t ( icl ) a I a l th e H oycil W ill er Fair in Toron o, annda was III Dilke oj Sorllllllll/) er iand (ce ltr el, PI' id nl oj lhe t. J ohn OWl it Jor .\'orlllll III beriCl II d. 11 i· Lords hip po ses here in Jront oj liz Pa s z jtll officials oj th e /. J ohn OLlIlCil for the pro- ince of On/aria - Colon el 1 .1 1 H inclair (in ulliJorm) and Brigadi er 1 J1 '/I mb erlCllld
THE 1.111.1.0. tDE I N I N
DIA
der ed wer e the R at haj a tr a f est va l o f M ahishada l and the distu rba nce in a lc u tta in connectio n wit h the food agitat.io n and s tud ent s' p r ocession on Septemb er 1st wh e n 54 persons were picked u p wi tll in j uri es fr om th e streets a n d 5 J among them removed to bos pitals. The An il Chandra D utta Memor ia l C h a lle nge Shield Competitio n fo r Cadet Ab ul ance D ivisions was he ld during the period an d 27 div isions were inspected on d ifferent occasions.
CENTRAL AFRICA LOOKS AHEAD
THE "FrFTIES" were eventful years for St. John in Central Mrica covering the establishment of the Commandery and the building of headquarters at Salisbury and at B ulawayo. During th is period the Federation came in to being, the Centenary Exhibi tion was held and R oyalty visited us. The European population increased greatly and Brigade members faced a rapidly increasing demand for thei r services.
ow, on the threshold of tbe " sixties," the prospect before us is of even greater activity, and even more r a pid growth and expansion. I n the immediate future the Brigade is faced with a wide variety of pub ic duties. The Queen Mother 's tour embracing the opening of (he K ariba D am and the Central African T rade Fair will in itself make remendous demands on per sonnel. European men and women in all parts of the country are coming forward in greater numbers than ever before for fi r st aid training. We hope that many of those who become qualified wiU join our ranks as full members and share in our activities.
Social and political changes are imminent and a multi -racial regime is emerging. We anticipate that the higher standard of education wbich so many more Africans are to attain will lead to a wider appreciation of the value of first aid training and of the basic principles involved, and accordingly be accompanied by a considera ble expansion of the work among them.
D uring the" fifties" a Rhodesian nur ing team brought back for the first time from South African finals The H ewat Shield." CompetiLion work promise to be keener in the future with standards well up to the high level s obtained in our be t years. We hope during the" ixties that ambulance teams too will break through to top honours in inter-pro vinc ial final.
The decade ahead oilers a stimulating challenge to aU St. John people. ay we u e our energy and imagination in facing the work and pro blems before us in the er ice of humanity.
MEDALS
MAKE
MEMORIAL
A so rEL ymbol of Ihe pride wilh which our m e mb ers serve the OrdN oj t. John and th e Brigade. ")J r. G. H. Dav ey. former up erin t enden of th e 'Torqllay Ambulance D ii'i ion has had hi medal , meda lion and label moullted on thi oak pall e
Our Bt!cruiting Problt!m
By T. L. ISAAC, County Training Officer, Keht
T he Re view is an op en fo r um, wh ere views on tr ainin g, Brig ad e affa ir , et c., ca n b e expr esse d. T h e E di to r of t he R evie,,", do es no t n ecess arily a gree wit h t he views of contribu t or s.
MAJ. LEO TALBOT'S recent article under t his headLog wa s pessimistic- delibera tel y so I am ure that Maj Talbot does no t rea lly believe that the Br igade is doomed but he is right ill wanting to shake us all out of our apa t h y and he not alone i n thinking that the Brigade must h ave a " 1 ew Look.
Bu t the picture is not completel y g oom y and a few di vision a r e managing to thrive despite the odds. The spirit of ervice is not dead---consider the hours of duty that are recorded each year and the Case Reports and Awards tha t appear in the REVIEW. Certa inly the Brigade is facing a challenge b ut if it met by determination and enthusia sm we shall win. Si xt y years ago conditions were excellent for building up the Brigade There were no ri val attr a ctions such as radio, tele vis ion and cinemas: easy t rips to the sea side were not possible and spare time had to be sp ent at home or at the " local. " Voluntary societies pro vided an opening for people to t a ke up a new interest and organisations sprang up catering for all tastes. Some ha ve already vanished, others are as strong as ever while m any a re tottering on the brink. Although no wad a ys here are so many other attra ctions we all have far more spare time than was usual 60 yea rs ago a nd mos people e ventually grow tired of having all their amusement pre-packaged We must however , show poten tial members that the Brigade not a waste of time. People want to spend t heir time usefullyconsider the growth of the " D o-it-yourse lf " mo vement. Bu t we w ill not attract new members or even hold the present ones unless there is a real and ruthless drive t o br ing the Briga de b ack to life.
Teachin g Meth ods
T he Brigade is only one voluntar y society a nd we are no t alone in wanting new recruits. We may someone to come along to a divisional meeting-what does he find? Assuming that there is some first a id practice being done- and this is by no mea ns certai n -the equipment will probably cons i,,;t of a few bandages , splints , blankets and stretcher. The next week the same item s of equipment will corne out, and the next week and every week Man y divisions do not possess a blackboard , nor a set of charts, nor anything else that will make an interesting change There is seldom a definite p r ogramme and Superintendents wait to see how many will turn up before deci ding what to do and very often the e vening is used only for general conversation. Once a year the D ivisional Surgeon gives a course of lectures-the same doctor , same lectures, same jokes same audience
Compare this to other organisatio n s- not all, but the successful ones. Members know some weeks ahead exactly what they w'ill be doing each week and the progr a mme is a s varied as possible, They will almost certainly have the latest equipment for teaching and prac tice and ever y endeavour wi ll be made to maintain interest. D ivisions lack funds; but all divisions started off without resources. Why are some able to own their own headquarters an amb ulance and good equipment whi e others cannot afford even a black b oard? It is a question of targets and energy. If a division wants something b adly enough it will get it Many Superintendents who for years have used the same equipment and methods are content to let teaching contin u e in t he same way they wer e ta ugh t. This attitude is out-of-d ate Yo u ng peop le a re growing up in a scientific age : at school they are showered with visual aids and mo d ern teaching metho ds. They wi ll not remain in an orga nisat ion t h at t h ey consi d er to b e o bso lete in its raining. M oney mus t be spe n t on better teach ing equ p m en t an d it might be usefu l for a list 12
r egula tions ountle hould not e ape a ll
he should acquire i tems th a
For e a mple, ever county ho uld have
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coul d be u sed for s ho w ing fi lm b y a n y di i io n in th co un ty. Offi cer mu s t k eep up to d a
t h teac hin g m e th
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nd be pre pa red t o experimen t with new id ea D o c tor \ h o c nn ot te c h a nd h ho w no ign of impro vin g ha e no pl ace in a co ur e o r lec LUr es
Choice of a doc tor w ho is w illing to gi e ne I ture h uld be a n ea s ier propo s iti on a nd th e va r ie LY will a dd i nt ere t to he co ur e
Visits t o hospi ta l a mbul a nce s a ti o n , fir e [at io n , e tc. ca n be instruc i e and will m a ke a we lcom e c ha nge from bl ac k book t eaching
Rea lis m 10 tbe majori ty of di I Ion 99 per en t. o f t he t ra ining i don e at headquarte rs P a t i n w t h fra ct u red fe m u r bli g in gly lo we r themsel ve onto blanke ts w bile othe r m e mbe r pr e pare LO app ly th e regula t ion band a ges to a fr ac t ure w h ic h a h ay 0 ur a tl y in the middle of th e haft a nd wh ic h ne e r ca u es th e pati n t a n p ai n or di scomf o rt. Stretchers a r e ca rr ied 0 e r t he u Ll a ro o f ha ir depicting a h ed ge or chalk line for d itc hes. H o \ m a n me mb r ha ve ex tr ca ted ca sualti f rom a cra hed car o r fr m u nde rn eat h a lorr y, ca rr ied p a t ie n ts downstairs o n a ca rryi ng s hee L or passed a loaded stretcher 0 er a prickl y h edge? W e ha e un r ta in urnmer weather but wh ile he s un is s hinin g me mb e r wi ll e nj o o rking outside in as near n a tura l cond i io n a p o bl, coupl d ith good ca sualt y make- up On so m e occa io ns re hea r ed in ci d e nt can be st a ged in place w here th publi c w ill be a bl e to watc h a nd th is will give the memb e rs confid nce fo r deal in g w h rea l ac idents whe r e there a re in va riabl y sp ec ta to r S hor t -te rm Commi sion one of these sugges t ions will be effect i ve o r e ve n tr ied if th e Superintendent no t k een Offi cer s a re a pp oi n ted a nd n o d o ubt in mo s t cases tbe y are a fi rst full o f nthu ai m a nd ea ger LO m a ke the di vision flourish. But ten or twe nt y years la ter , di a ppo ntm e n ts and setbac ks h ave dampened th e zeal a nd th e di i o n o ft e n ta gnates. Regulations m ay pr even t a n imm di a e ch a n ge but I wo uld suggest t ha t all new officers a re a pp o in ted fo r fi ve yea r t th e end of that time t hey can offer th e msel es for rea ppointm e nt but will have to justify an ex tens ion Thi s hould be n o f o rm a lit y; the Area Commi ssioner or Are a Sup e rintend e nt c on ce m ed s h o uld want figures of gains a nd los es of m e mber de a i o f con.1pe tititions entered, public duty hour s, a verag e a tte ndance al mee tings, etc., a nd on y if the officer h a s shown hims e lf to be comp e e nt h o uld he be rea ppointed If a new appointm e nt is to be m a d e an y me mb e r should be eligible and he promolion ex am s hould ta ke in to a ccount pers ona ity and initi a tive far more than a t pre sent. M e mb e rs complain of slow promotion and thi change wou ld be an i nduc e ment for a ll members to work hard for the Brigad e These s hort-term co mmissions should not be restricted to di visio ns ; all officers hou ld b e appointed on the same terms excep t for he s upe r ior officer who are a lready on three- year appointments Officer not rea p pointed need n ot leave the Brigade and possibly the y could be offered an honora r y officer ra n k, witho u t autho r ity, rather t han have to r evert to the r an ks.
P r og r a mm e lt eem t r a nge th a t an org a nisa tion like th e Brigade is s o
100 e ly controlled. The di vi ion a re the Brigade yet no e nior officer know wh a t go e on in the di vis ion Th e re is th e a nnua l in s pec tion the I' -exa min a tion a nd th e a nnu a l re turn a nd in ma n y ca e thal i th e only kn wl edg e the ounty St a rr has of th e di v ion 's work I a m s om e tim e a ke d where a p otent ia l recruit
c a n a tte nd a c o ur e ec ture bu t it is no go o d my as kin g th e Ar ea ommi sione, wh e re a COLII' e i be in g pl a nn ed - he d oe n t k no w.
Pl a nned programme a re n Oll -ex i te nt in ma ny d iv i ion s a nd m e mber will qui c kl y ose inte re if th ey a lway have o wa it un t il it ee n ho w ma ny will turn up befo re any wo r k is p rop ose d S up ernt ndents s hould be r eq uir ed 1 ubmi t a trai n n g pr og ra mm e t th e Iea mmi s io ne r fo r eac h three m o nth s a nd o nl y i n.
e e ption a l c ir um s ta nce ho uld there be a n y d evia t io n In
a d d iLi o n, th e re h. uld be a di vis io n I log-b ook in w hi c h to rec ord ee ry \ ee k det a il s o f th wo rk d o ne. J1 n ua l in s pec ti o n in their
pre e nt fo rm hould cea e to be co m p ul s or y b u t eve ry di vis o n h o ul d b vi it ed by a e ni or o ffi ce
a n pe p e wi ll ay t h i "oul d be n oop ing a nd d isa p p ro ve.
Bu t t he d ivi ion i not th e I r ivate p roper t y or Lh e u per int e nd e n a nd th ere ho ul d b no bj e t i n to enior ffi ce r who a re re po n-
ibl e r I' th e d i\ i on m a k ing u na nn ounced v its. In m o t ca e
th e it o u ld be o f a f r ie nd ly na t u re a nd co u d be o f use o th e u e rint e nd e nt a a n o p po r t un i y for d cu io n M o reover, if t he up er int e nde n t ha o me lhin g to h id e then it h o ul d be d is-
o er d: if he i d oing hi jo b h i not likely to m nd whe n h i di\ ion r ei\'e a vi t.
en c ince nearl a ll the ambula nce ervi e \ a taken over by t he
I cal au t h ri tie the Bri gade ha not found a new ou tl e [o r it
me mb er' de re t e r ve Th e num be r o f h o ur pen o n publ ic duti es ce rta inl y indi ca tes the con t inu ed dem a nd fo r fi rst -ai de r s a nd
s. raj. T al b ot asks for a co mm ittee to exa mjne the pro blem. agree wi t h him wh ole heartedl y so lo ng as the committee (a) on i ts of vigorous membe rs most of whom have served in the ra n k ; (b) is for med t hi year; (c) reports without delay, an d Cd) is a ur ed t ha i ts fin d ing wi ll not be fi ed a n d fo rgotten
* Co r responde n ce is inyited on this s ubject.
CADET OFFICERS MEET IN THE NORTH
m orab le K ing eorge 1 iVlemoria Lead r hi p T ra ining he el in qu ick uc e ion in t he o rth o f En g la nd \Va held at D evon hire might \ II ha e 1 d to a
was a d mi ra b le; th eir determinatio n to give of t heir best and to enjoy th e m e ve to t he f ull " as splendid ; an d th e ir com b ined a b ili ty a nd sh ness were broke n d own an d the fi rmest f ounda tions of frie nd hi p we re lai d O n b o th courses, too, the k in dness an d co urt esy o f a ll w ho attended them more han repaid the la b our of th e K in g G eo rg e I emorial L ea d ership -Trailling Team , con is ti ng o f Mi ss Pa m Moriso n D r. Cecil D rake Mr. Charle B o\ e r , lr G eorge oo d h ill , i Tancy Sale , iss G ena K ing ford , an d Lt.- Col. nhur Goring. W e ll do ne L ancashi r e, Yo r k hire orthum berland and County Du r ha m ! You sem a lo ng t he ve r y best o f you r ver best. T hey have r e turn ed to you [efre hed a n d r einvi g orated Make goo d use o f them.
HISTORY AFLOAT
1 lONY decora led Jo r Ihe ca rni va l parade by one oj the Officer oj p e nce S U i nC! D iu on It depic t I J ohn ' Ga le, and m ade f rom emp ty ca rdboar d bo,l'e8
First Aid and the of Medical Present State Knowledge
WHILE first a id in its earl y s tate dev eloped m a inl y on a olunt ary basis , is no "" r equ i ring more and mor professionals , including members of hea l t h services, a mbulance dr i · ers , police force , e tc Howe ver, d evelopment of tea c hing a nd training b as become independ ent of the deve opment of medic a l science. It is n ow b eing recogni se d that pr esent -da y knowledge of injur y should b e the b a sis for the theo ry and pr ac tice of fi r st a id
The m a in de velopmen ts in m edicine and s urgery includ e the t ransfusion of blood pl a sma , surgi c al r epair of injured tis ue anaesthesia, antibiot ics, cau ses of infectio n, cir culator y r oubles, meta boli sm , et c These d evelopm en ts h ave laid the emph asi on t he need fo r promp ac t ion which ma y be paramou n t in savin g t he life of the cas ualt y i e. as sp eed y e va cua ion a po ss ible to a hospita l , f or injuries to th e bones and muscles which m ay a pp ear slight on the surface may be ex tremely dangerous on a ccoun t of possible i n ternal bleed ing or nfec tio n It is t herefore essential in t heory at least t o distinguish rea fir t a id trea tment which wi ll be gi ven onl y in terms of the med ca l care furnish ed subsequently, from th e d efinite care of minor injuries which i nevit a bl y sometimes falls to th e lo t of t h e fir taider. The difference is of particular importa nce in c ons idering the treatment of open wounds the common ser ious complication of which is infec t ion In this case therap y will be direc ted to its preventi on With t he except ion of the la rge wounds which require surgical treatment and precludes any fi rs t ai d action , the ca re of al other wound s can be bas ed o n that principle. The first a id treatment for a ll wounds including burns consists solely of co vering them wi t h dr y g a uze , a s ter ile p a d or an y clean materiaL Excep t in t he ca se of conta min a tion with dirt or mud , there is no indication wha tsoever for a n y clea ning of an y kind save tha carried out b y a surgeon do ctor or nurse. There is equally no pla ce fo r an y a n iseptic lotions or oin t m en t s for loca l a pplica tion of antibiotics All anti septi cs tha t ca n k ll germs can damage human tissues and in t erfere wi t h h ea lin g
The wound should therefore be co vered immed atel y aft er t he accident wi th an y material av ailable an d left alo n e un t il medical action When the wound is bleeding it needs more p a dding and bandages over the top , never an y local attack wi th for c eps un t il the time of formal s urger y
In emergency
Primar y emergenc y wound dres sing does no t require the was hing of hand s unles s the fa cilities a r e immedi a tely ava ila ble, which is r are. In that c a se they must be washed and d r ed car efull y For the trea tment of minor inj ur y, the firs t-ai der wi ll u s e soap and water as i n ordinar y was hing in a bo wl o r b ath o r under the tap When the wound is tr iv ial so th at n o dressing s needed but there is a sl ght ooze , mercurochr ome m ay b e used to dr y it up. Wounds requiring band a ging need o nl y to be left t o heal by themselves.
Ano t her aspect of fir st a i d t r eat m ent which r equires a complete review in the light of present medical kno wledge is the reatment of shock. A fir s t aid level it is impo ss ible to ex pec to be able to distinguish different t ypes of sh o ck ex ce p t in terms of dur at ion and the ex ten t of injury. Pure n er ve sh ock ca n only be di a gnosed from t he known a bsence of s ignifi cant injur y and the spontaneous and r a pid reco ver y of the patient. A persistent state of shock ma y be just a s dangerou s whe n the injuries are concealed as wh en as sociated with o ver t bleeding In addition , all patients with major wound s, limb fr a ctures or trunk injuries may lose dangerous amounts of bl ood without an y external haemorrhage. The chief emphasis in the t ea ching of first aid for major injuries must be that speed y evacu a t ion to hospital is the firs essentiaL Certa inly the e vacu ation mu s t b e gentle and major limb fr a ctures should be splinted simply but effectively. The first-aider may prevent the operation of factor s that make the patient worse but h e does not in fact trea t shock , which will either recover sponta neously or needs tran sfusion. This le a ds to speak of old -fa s hioned remedies the main objection to which is that even their consideration sugges t s tha t they are part of a ctive treatment. They can only serve as a
di ersion from t he need
n o longer con id e red u eful or neces a r y.
(Bulletin , Intern a t io n a l C. D Orga n a ion )
TIlE S T UFF OF Y OU T I I
By D r. C H DRAKE County
Surgeon , Glouces t ershire
A talk to Cadet Offic e rs
YOU Ca d e t Lea d ers h ave a tr em end o u Iy re pons ible jo b .
Ther e is a wea l h o f spl endid youth growi n g u p a nd how they d evelo p d ep ends so la rgel y on t h o e w ho ha t ll job o f lea d ing the m Th is is a f ar larger ta k t han me rel eaching them first a id and mai n tainin g so me degree o f d iscipline. It m eans under ta nd ng he yo ung l ve in your care their pro blems an d diffi c ulti es a nd he pi ng them to teer hroug h t h i tricky ti m e in hei r Ii es so hat t hey w ill beco me the plendid men an d women they can be . So often th i not ea y and ca ll fo r all we have in he way o f patience, tact and u nder ta nding an d a bov e a ll a real love fo r these yo ung t h ng.
Adolescence is a d iffic ult stage. Let u ha e a look at om of th e p robl em s met. It is usu a l to co n s id e r hi s ph a e a taking place in b oys between 13 a n d ] 8, a nd girl between J2 a nd J 6 years. It is th e d eve o p men from the chi ld to the a d ul t. 0 o f ten we thi nk on ly in ter ms of physical devel op me n t whereas t he deve o pm ent of t h e mind is eq u a ll y or eve n more imponant.
PhYSica l deve lopmen t. The boy rapi dl y grows out of hi clot he, his voice breaks, a nd h is sex o r gans develo p and ac ti e.
Th e gi rl 's bo d y changes from t he s end er boy I h t ype to a round ed , m ore f eminine s ha pe. She ex pe r iences changes a sexua l d evelo pment o ccurs an d men t ru aL ioo takes pl ace M ental deve lopm ent. Th is akes p ace a long w ith t he ph y ica l de velopmen and is o ft en d e pen d ent on it. Mu c h o f th e emoional upse t is du e to th es e chan ge ta k in g pl ace i n the bo d y I n the early s tages of gr o w ing up they lo o k a II wT o n g-ei th e r too l ong a nd la nk y or else to o sh or t a nd f a t. So o ft en th e IS a
ma ss of s po ts. Th e ni ckna mes so o ft e n u ed d raw a tte nt IO n to these oddi t ies: " Sp o tt y," " F atty," " Sk inny" a nd so o n
Thi s lea ds to r es en tmen a nd wi h i t sh yn ess a nd aggress ven e
like you ought to be playing footb a ll in stead of loanngabout. "
The r eal ans wer cou ld qui te po ss ibly be tha t becau se he is huge and h e ft y he need to lo a f about as r es t is ess ent ia l dur ng this period of r a pid g rowth
E mbarrass men of ten oc c urs in bo ys when th e i r voi ces brea k a nd Lh ey find when th ey a re s pea kin g t ha t a s qu ea k udd e nl y com es. Som e fee l awkw a rd beca use of h a r growing on tbe f ace. A good ea d er will n eve r dra w a tt en tiorl to t hese p o in ts an d
certa inly n ever m a ke [Url of th e you t h
Tb e m os Limpor ta nt thin g a b o ut t hi s a d o lescent
a ge I th e o f the perso na lity. H ere is th e po in t wh e re mo s t dIffi culti es a nd c Ia h es occ ur but we mu s t tr y a nd und er tand o ur YO UJ1g f olk s
Up to no w tlley h ave bee n dep e nd ent on p a rent s teach er s a nd
o th e r a d u lt s. Ever y thin g ha been pl anned f or a nd they
b av.e no to ma ke d ec i ion o f a ny im po r ta n ce N ow a st ro ng
d Ire f o r ll1d e pe nd e nce s tar t an d if we a re goo d lea ders we mu s he lp a nd en c ou rage i t in ever y way. Th e yo un g
mu earn to be e lf- re li an t. They want passio nately to be them se lves a rld are on g ua rd again be in g pus hed aro un d We
ca nn o t h o pe to dea l u ccessfult y w it h th e m unless we real se
thi Th ey w ill r es ist any effo r o f o ur to imp ose on the m our o wn wi ll and ways
o me fi n d th s i t ion fr o m u t er d e p ende nce on a dul ts to m d epend ence very d Lffic ult. They beco me awkwar d a nd e ven cru el in he ir atti tud e, e pecia lly to their pa r ents. Y et we have t app r eciate t ha t fact th at if they d o no t gain thi s in d epen d ence th en rio u tro uble will f o llow a they grow o lde r and a re u na bl e to f ace up to l ife' pro bl e ms
T h yo uth t h a e p lenty of op po r tunitie f o r trying out h i wmg. H e w d make rni takes. Q uite ike ly he wi ll not do a ell alone a h e wo u ld if you had hel ped h im bu he m u t learn to d o h i!l1 elf and by h i m i ta kes. As leaders , you mu t g l e h un opporturut l to take re ponsi bilily and o make de i ion on hi own ou m u L how that yo u h ave onfidence in him our job to land back and let him do his be t u naid d b U wi l h l be know ledge t hat you a re behind h i m to g ive h Jp 'i h en h e n eed i t. It i 0 easy to find fa ult an d to cr il icise and b ame. ha t the ad ne ds mo t o f a Ui encourageme n t nd p r a t e \ 11 r e pra JS pos ible. Th e Ir i h have a wi e say in g: P ra i e youth and it \ ill pro per. " Tlli gro\ ing ense of sel f- re lia nce often take an awkward puts our back u p It i o ften expre ed in an u g y and JrrllaLlng hat om time appears to be a ggres i enes or ne o ften only a poor way of a ert ng hi inde p ndence.
P helD: Regetlt Press
T 'l-l E n e-c.fJ l11ayor ess oj S unealon is Sursing -llember H ilda If"arr an m emb er oj Sun eaton _ ' ursing D i uision. County and Corps Officers are proud oj this ach ievem ent lIiss Tr a rr is the fir s t in the D i visi on 's history o r eceive this honour.
t<:> I?oint , taking different routes a nd being tested for tlille. an d When they arri ve they can plan and act in d ea ling With t he ca uallies. T his is only a rough idea but this is the o r t of thing we s hould be doing O ur St. J ohn cadet life and that in the adult div isions too, can be so thrilling tha t the ?ogey of our young people lea ving will go . The trouble so often IS that the leader have 10 t the ense of ad venture and imaginatIOn and then everything is so deadly dull.
Hero Worship. Another characteristic of a dolescence is the tremendous pos i bilities of hero worship. Ma ybe i t will be for a school teacher, or a well -known athlete or a film star or even a lea d er. If you hould be the o bject of his wo;ship you are In a dangerou po ition but if bandIed carefully can only lead to good B u t If you let the young person down then he will be s<:> d J ill uslOned chat sourness may cr ep in A young lad had as hi hero the na t ural science m a ster \ ho \ as an enthusiast. He ha d been able to fire the imagination of till lad with a lo ve for nature. But the rna ter let the boy down b adly. T he boy turn d completely aga inst all natural cience and refused to take any further inter in bird , animal or flowers.
Another real daD;ger a deli ate one where sex comes subtl y ill and poil the pJcture. Be most ca reful in your handling of Y01;li C!ung folks that hat y ou ay or do i not misinterpreted
It 1 1 e not to talk WIth any lad or lass entirely alone b ut always ha ·e others round a b out a landers 0 ea ily ari e and can ru in a leader.
T h e Commotioll of Adolescell ce All these changes taking place lU the bo d y and mind of the grO\ving young per on leads to a tremendou commotion. In many this takes a normal cour and gradually settl down and the youna- adult gains control? .er hi emotions and ph ysical reactions.
Dot so norm a L In th period - 0 per cent. of JU enile delinquency 0 ur Nl an y come from homes which reflect thi commotion taking pIa in th ir O\vn li ves. Homes \ ere th re open hostibty bet \ n mother and father on here all n obl id eal are n red at. child from ucb hom is often u piciou, ullen, r bellio u and resen tfu of all fr iendly ap proach
So m a n y at till s a ge become awkwar d a nd clum sy. They are disgu sted to find tha t the skill th ey h a d w hen 11-12 yea rs has now gone. So often the y are tired a nd li stless P e riod of res t are essentia
Th l often I h ?wn by gaud y ppearan The gi rl defiantly appl l her li p LJ k a Ign a l thal now she is mi Lres of her own fa Le. The bo pon loud lie a nd colourfu oc wi th the a meidea. H oweay Li lo be c rnfulinstea d ofa ll owi ngthi p ha e to q u ie tI pa [/l/a g ina/ioll e\ power of imagination a re a, ak ned. H re Ii a Lrem odou potential fo r good o r e it. e fmd our ad I cent da ydreaming 'V ben he hould be li tening to our talk 0 -' ar a Qno ed. nd et he i aw a y on a flight of fancy \ hlCh parL of thJ de eloping imagination. He i picturing Jum elf a the hero in orne lerrifi ad enture or romance. Hi life is oflen co loured by th pic e ent \ here he i alwa doing om great de <;I and real life eem horrib ly dull in oml2 a n .on O ur Job J to l ry and ead tbese w il d flight of unag ln atlOn lU tO good avenue. H r we can ma ke u e of this i id im gi nat ion by making a live t he heroe of o u r O r d er ; T h e Ble d erard, R aymond du Pui an d the o th r s. e, in the Or d r f t. J ohn , ha e a wea lt h of h eroism and roman e to draw from. Heroic deed occur d aily as \ ell and an be used as fOCll poin t for our t a hing Adventure V ith thi ensiti e imagination com an increa ed sens of ad en t u re. There to tbe ado e: c nt the i ion of ex ili?g po ibil ti es ly ng allead. L ife can p erha p become and the he a lthy minded young fellow ha that in1patient stra ining afte r ad enture. H re again we can an d h oul d h arn lh i feeli?g in o ur attempts to lead o ur young people. G ive ta k whi c h ca ll for tlle er y b t in yo u h. 0 often e go on n such a. humdrum way WiUl n ot hi ng to ca pture t h im aginat io n an d h l ad en tu ro u s l ong in g e t, if \ e p lanne d our Di iona l w ith t h i in m ind, til re i 0 m u h we c ou ld d o. It wl ll mean h ar d wo rk f o r th e lea d er- b u t t hat' what lea d er " are f <:>L atc h t he of 1h Duk e of di n burgh a, a rd s an d mm a t t h e ame Jd ea o f a d enture an d elf-r lianc M a be , e can l? lan exer ci wit h an element of a d e n tUl"e in t he m , e .g. a sen o us e pl o I?n h a ta k n p Ia e a t a g iven p o in t a nd t here a r e m any ca u a ltl Sen d s ome of your enior c a det ea ding
L One often h ea r s the gibe : " A great heft y fellow
f o t d el in quen y i du to a failure to control the variou em o tio n \ hi h ha e b ecome more and mo r e powerful in thi o f a d ole ence. T hi in Iud pugna iou n s and s Ifa e r tlv ne " and \ itb it the adjusting of the wakenina- e ' ual feelings. '" g o o d lea d r hould knO \ the ho m b a kground of hi
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cadet He will know when the lad ha come from a and wi ll do a ll in h is power o smooth out mental w hich arise His ob i s mor e d ifficult and Ius respon Ibi ll y the grea ter but there is the s.a tisfaction of kno wm g tha.t : y o:n g life h as been s a ved fro m d Is a ster. the tUlmorl on in the gr owing m ind, w e mu prov Ide a WIde varI et y of a illetic , so c al cr eati v e and aesthet Ic O ur Cadet S ylla bus If w ell u s ed prov id f or a ll this
To um up t h en tl1is can be a .ver y d lfficu t p e rIo d for the y oung person and fo r those he is w It h 1115 p ar en ts, te ach er and leaders B ut w e, as c a d et lea ders , ha e a tr emendou s r es ponsIbility to tho se in our di vi sions . T h e y need fa r mor e tl1a n o ur t eaching , they need our friendship. They m u st know hat we are gen uinel y inter ested III them and rea d ,Y to help tl1e!11 they need our help. Our job IS not \ d iVI lO n al n i gh t i s 0 er , in fac t a good lea d er s IS ne ver is an end ess amount of hmking , plannmg , p r ep ar mg and 0\ e r and a b o ve all t h e kno w le dge tha we a r e al wa ys r ea d y to h e lp our y oung folk s wh e n difficul Ies a n s e. Let them kn o w th a t c an come to you a nd will a way s b e w elcome an d that you WIll o-iv e the m of our ver y best. We ar e respo ns ib e f or s ome 70 ,000 y o ung peop e' and e en m ore a s the problem g o es o n fr om the c a det d visi ons to the adults a s our are promo te? M y a ppeal o you is that w e f a ce up o tlll S t a s k of L ea dership m.a b gger way an d mak e our resolve that these y oun g WIll grow up n t o and hea l thy a du lts wh o WIll be w or th y of he high est ra d ltlOns of St Jo1m.
Q U ESTIO N ANSWER
- w h er e y our questions ar e by th e Prin cip al
Me di c al Offic er M ajor A C. Whit e Kn o x
T rea tmen t of F ractur es of th e L ow er L imb. Page 91.
(a ) When ilie journ ey o bos pital is expe cted to take a bou t twe n ty minutes
(a ) Do es t he wen ty rrun u tes begin when it is d ecid e d o sen d f or a n ambulance o r
(b) when the is l.oad e d into the a mbul a n ce. In oilier words, a ctual Jolt m g t un e.
Th e straight an swer to t his que ry is i. e. time ha t it t akes to get o t h e ho sp ta l aft er t h e cas ual ty S lo a.ded mlo he wl1bu lw:ce. do not t h ink t his was t h e ong ll1 al II1 t en /On but we h ad be t te l let it g o at t hat.
See a lso page seve n of t h is ssu e
would b e gra t eful for y our a dvice on he foU owin g su bject , our di visi on al competitio n t eam recentl y acro ss patient s us t ains tbe f oll owin g in jur es : ConcusslOn ( Compr esslO D s up ervening) an d is ba vin u diffi c ul ty n br eathin g (gurgling thro ugh ti ons) He a ls o fro m a frac tur ed spine in the l umba r Tr ea t ing t h e mor e seno u s m Jur y first, h e cas ua lt;: was p]ace 9 1!1 be fully pr one po s ition ceas e s a f ter 4 if thIS S n ot d o n e) t raction b eing a pplied to and whilst t url1ln g.
After a f ew m o m ents a mb u l a n ce anlVes, br m gm g bl a nkets a nd s tr etch e r o n which h e had to b e p l a ced.
W e a do pted t h e method as stated i,n a ppendi X nme (9) In manu a l ; we r ece ve d no m ar ks as his was wro ng, It was f a r eas ie r to lif b y bl a nket in t he prone po s l lOn was h e m eth od tha t was wa n t e d in hi s p ar t ic ular com pe tl t lOn , but which metho d is conec t in su ch c a ses?
CORNISH CADET HELPED HIS INJURED FRIEND
o ld ina o ne e nd and liff o r d P ill he ot her, J o h n Gra ham lipped a nd b oat cam e do wn on top of him H e LOl d Ca d et Pi ll th at he cou ld not m ove ,a n d t h ought that hI e g was b ro ke n. Ca d e Pill lift d t he boat off hi m on Idered wh at wa to be d o n e. H e wa not ure whet her t h li d wa com ng n or go ng out, and w het he r it wa safe Lo lea e hi fne nd near lhe edo-e o f t he wate r w hil e he we n t for he lp. H e t herefore ca r fu ll y ca;ried hi fr ien d o he op of t h beach.
T h e n , fi nd in g h e cou ld n ol c lim b th e sea-vall, he deC ided o b orrow a b oat f ro m the beach, r ow ac ro LO the tep an I a k the s ta ff at t h e G ree n bank Ho e t telephone for an amb u lan e.
B ef ore do ng this he carried out an e amina ti on o n hi friend' found th a h e hact a fr acture, told him to lie ti ll and nOL to m e hi legs at a ll an d after m aki n g comforta bl a. po Ibl , amed out h is programme fo r obtammg help. H e did not a pI any i mp rov ised ba nd ages , a be though t t he Ie t he leg \ a mo\ed abo u the better.
The A mb u a nce men, "vhe n t hey arrived, r und it uld be diffic ult to get Lh e in j ur ed boy up the sea-wa ll , ?, \ ll h th help of th e F a lm o u th nit of th e Fire ervice, and gUldanc to th pot fro m C li ffo rd P i l, J o h n Graham \ a put on a tre lc her, Lrun G rred to a b oat an d r a ised to t he quay, from where the mbulance took h im to h osp ita l , w he r e it wa confi rmed t h a t had a fract u r d le fL fe m ur Cadet P ll showed great presence of J11md a n d It IS a pomt h a t he i o ne of t he J11 a ll est boy in hi D i i ion.
THEY RE TELLING THE WORLD
TH E R E was an UDU ual item on the agenda of t he W e I all and D istrict St. J ohn at their 1-:1 .a dquan.r the W a sall R ai lway Stat io n at their Apnl meetmg. Thl read "A p poin tmen t of a Pre Officer.".
Speaking to the members on lhls Item Corps. Superintendent Mo us ley sa d th at m any knew Mr. Jone ,Per ona ll y and .of the many t imes h e had been to theIr compe(lllon and peclal funct io n s with bot b his camera a n d notebook and (hey had been very p eased w th the r e ults.
A sho r time ago he had spoken to Mr. Ford J ones a to the poss ibi ity o f becoming t hei r P re s Officer and he h ad agreed to undertake t hi s d uty. H e h ad put th iS up to H eadquarter a S ta fford a nd t hey were d elighted.
M r. F ord J ones had now been made a n aUXil a ry the Ord er a nd h e was p eased to p resen t h im t h a even ng Wit h h iS badge. b "
" I h ave pr ov id e d yo u Wit h ll lS add res a nd te ephC?ne n UJ11 er, sai d Mr. M o usley, " a nd any it en: in co n nection Wit h your ow n par tic ular un t it s d esi re d to pu b ll c lse, I a m ure M r. Fo r d J o nes
w ll b e on l y too p eased to h e lp JD a n y way he ca n
" W e h ave in d eed ma d e histo r y f o r we are the o nl y d iVISion in Sta ffo rds h r e who has a Press Offi ce r. " o w, what a bout th e r es o f th e S ta ffo rd s hi r e D vis on E DITO R TH E RE VIEW.
er w hi c h th e o mt he cu lminatio n of a 17
rec r u it in g ca mp a ign o rga ni sed by ou n tyCadet Officer 1. O Williams, w h o h as undertaken responsib i lity for promoting the .H.S.R. a p pea l o n the St. J oh n si d e in Me rionethshire Mr. G. L. Williams, secretary of the Caernarvonshire and Ang lesey Local Co-ordinating Comm i ttee on which Mr. J O Wi lJ ia m s represents the B r igade, stated a t the meeting that the two cou n ties named above were second in Wales in respect of the number of recruits to the reserve and the prese n t raLe of expansion was encouraging. ursing auxilia r ies have been enrolled at Blaenau Ffestiniog, LlandrilJo a n d Edyrnion.
At Ferryside the meeting was organised by the local nursing division which owe d its origin five years ago to the efforts of Co unty Sta A' Officer Mrs Marker, O.SU. ( .H.S.R. County R epre entative) who was successful in getting seven nursing di vis ions established as a resu of her work n this field. Col. C. W evill, O. B.E., T.D. J P ., D .L presided supported by Dr. D G. W J enk in s, D ivisional Surgeo n and Mrs. J enkins, S.R. l The D ivisional Superintendent ( Mrs E M. Morgans) and Secretary (Mr. K. D Ford) were responsible for a weU-organised campaign. A persistent eA'ort to increase H .S R. strength in the P ontypridd ounty A rea has been pursued by the energetic County A rea R epresentative for the Reserve, D ivisional Superintendent H. J Beese. Through the series of meetings and demonstratio ns the membership of the Brigade has been increa ed an d hospital training is being undertaken voluntarily by the majority of the auxiliaries.
I r Richard Da vies, Cardiff County .H S.R. Representative is responsible for 362 nursing auxiliaries. While the majori ty full members of the Brigade , the interest of those unable to commit themselves to Brig ade duties is maintained by means of special l ecture and visits LO hospitals of particular interest notably St. Lawrence PLa tic Unit at Chepstow, Sull y Chest Hospital an d Cardiff Royal Infirmary. The training programme is supplemented by the St. John courses on the ario u subjects allied to first aid aDd nur iDg.
GL 'lORG
PRIOR T BRIDGE D AREA third bir th da y of the inauguration of tbe Bridgend County Area COmmittee was celebrated at a dinner which was honoured by the presence of the Prior the Lord berd a re, K.SU Lord Aberdare aid that tbe record of achievement of the County Area Committee was an impress ive record but only" h at was to be expected of Bridgenda town of great tradition dating back to a fifteenth century ho pice of the Order. He congr atu late d the officials and committee on building for the future on the foundations of the past. ] n the Our e of the three ear the rea Committee, onstituted on the line of a St. John Council, ha held t\ enty wellattended meetings and a number of sub-committee meetings. It is widely repre entati,e of all pha e of local life, indu trial and 0 ial. To de\ elop on the As 0 iation ide, area organiser are being appointed to explore openings for c\as e here none ba been held. The Brigade command a larger member hip in thi area than any other COUnty area in ale and pre ure recent I brought to bear ha re ulted in a greatly increased re pon e to the H R. appeal. In addition to routine a [ivitie a eries of pecial le ture by min nt med ica l men open to tbe general public a well a st. J ohn per onnel ha\e been held at internl ince the autumn of J958. n area comp tition bring ng in t am from all concerns intere ted in first aid i to be held in ay and another innovati n is a service of rededi ation to the Order to be held at Bridgend on th nea re st und ay to t. John' Day.
The Hon r J. H Brn e D.SU had been pre nt with the principal e r tary at the inaugural meeting of the ommittee and he congratulat d the offic rs and committ e on the magniii ent work carri d out which he aid had been an enom10U n ouraaement to P riory headquarter.
oJ11mi sioner E. G Howell propo ed tbe toa t to the gue"t a n d Ilr. (I I r .) Elizabeth omer, J.P., in re ponding said the B ridgend rban Di trict CouDcil wi 11 d to pay tribut to th work arried out and t thank tl1 Offic r and members of the ommittee for tbe er ic s provided
OLDEN JUB ILEE CHEBR TION - antymoel Ambulanc D ivi ion looked ba k ov r 50 ear ' r i e at the Golden Jubile el bration o n t h 19th lar h, presided over by Mr. D I. E. illiam
Maj. A. W. Anderson, K.St.J., M. B. Ch. B ., a former Assi tant Chief Surgeon of the Brigade who retired from tile B ridgen d Area Commissionership in 1948 , presented the Go lde n Jubilee certificate to Divisional Superintendent W. H. Johns who received it on behalf of the antymoel Division. Maj. Anderson recalled takinc:r the first anlbul ance class in Nantymoel 50 years ago when much'" more ingenuity was expected from fiTst -aiders Splints and other material for practice pmposes had to be made and it was soon found that the collieries were well disposed to, ards tho e prepared to sacrifice their leisme to fit themselves for service in emergency.
Mr. C. James expressed a tri bute of praise on behalf of the U.M He knew how much the miners had benefi ted by the skilled assistance of members of the Nantymoel Di vis ion who had not 'counted the cost of giving their time and energies in maintaining their efficiency rec:rardless of recompense . Jubilee placques were presented b y S. Gordon S .B St.J., to two fo under members , Mr. William Williams and Mr. Evan Enoch; and 1r. W. B Cleaver Area General Manager , N.C.B ., handed similar pl acques to present members. Proposing the toast to the Brigade, Mr. D V. Llewellyn , M.E. Area P ro duction Manager, expressed his admiration for the given b y its members to the alleviation of suffering. Responding Area Commissioner E. G Howell , C.SU., M.M., said that N antymoel was the most active ambulance division in his area. A short history of the division printed in the progranmle is a story of steady progress and indomitable The financial problem was eased when the Syndbam Colliery employees agreed to a monthly contrib ution of one penny, amounting to £50 per annum, similar being taken later at. the 9cean Colliery. This support contillued for some years and ill 19)8 the colliery lodges agreed a contribution of one penny per week be made to benefit the Nantymoel , Ogmore Vale and Bl ackmill Divisions. A notable achievement in ensming futme success was the acquisition of permanent headquarters. A collection of trophies at the ambulance hall testifies to the high standard maintained in the competition field. Dming the Second World War the division played its part in Civil Defence and in the War organisation. Amon c:r the first divisions of the Brigade to organise a Blood Donors Clinic,'" antymoel still maintains a clinic twice weekly at the divisional hall.
M O M O UTHSHIRE
The Ruperra Corps suffered the loss of three active workers dUl'inc:r the pas t month. The late Corps Sup erintendent J A. P arry was the founder officer of th e Trethomas Ambulance Cadet D ivision later holding the offices of Area Cadet Officer and finally Corps Superintendent. He held the Service medal and had taken a prominent part in competition work. Corps Staff Offi cer Harold Hendy , S.B.SU. bad held various in the Bed was D ivision and was a member of tbe Bed was colliery rescue team. At the time of bis death he held the rank of Corps Staff Officer. County Superintendent G. E. Davies with other officers represented the Brigade at the funeral services and in both cases Brigade colleagues acted as bearers. Members of the Brigade attended the funeral of P te. Ro wland Edward Williams who bad remained an invalid since being severely injured in tbe 1939 war.
M O NTGO MERYSHIRE
In one month the county of Montgomery lost two devoted officers. Dr. D. B. MacVittie, O.SU., the Commissioner , died at tbe early age of 47 after a serious illness He had taken a keen interest in the Brigade from the time he came to the county and entered partnersbip with Dr. R D avies-Jones, K.St.J. whom he succeeded as Commissioner in 1956. Dr McVittie was identified with many organisations and his passing was mourned in a wide circle of friends. The death of Dr Arthur Gordon Smith , O.SU ., County Surgeon of the Brig ade and Newtown's senior medical practitioner occurred with tragic suddenness ActlVe up to the moment of his death at the age of 59, Dr. SDllth was closely connected with the public life of the town and county.
The Prior has approved the appointment of the former Depu.ty Commissioner Mr. Thomas Edwin Jones, O SU ., as sioner for Montgomeryshire. Mr. Jones has a long expenence of Brigade service. His work for the of was nised by a dmission to the Order as Servillg Brother ill 1951 and ill 1958 he was promoted to the grade of Officer (Brother)
BORO UGH O F RHONDDA
FIFTY YEARS' SERVICE CELEBRATED.-Ex-Commissioner W McTiffin, C.St.J., presided at a dinner held. t? .mark the. Go1de?Jubilee of the Lewis Merthyr Ambulance DIViSion of WhiCh he IS
President. Comm issioner Gwyn Morri, C.S U ., welcomed the guests, the Mayor lh·. J. H. Lewi responding. R ep lying t o he toast of the Brigade, propo se d by Mr. Garfield Isaac, J.P ., the Hon. J. H Bru ce B.E. K U., J P ., D L. , Princlp a l Secretary of the Priory said tbat he a nd M rs. Bruce brougbt with them per onal greet ngs from the Prior , the Lo rd Aberd a re, K.SU., the Lewi s Merthyr Di vis ion had well and tru y upheld the traditions of the Brigade in W ales ma int aining a largem mbers h ip an d po ssess ing a permanent headquart r H e pre ented the Jubilee Certificate to Di is ion a l Superintendent W. J J o nes.
The his tory of tbe di i ion wa briefly umm a rised by ex-Div i io nal Sup erinten dent R E. John , w ho e plained the origin of tbe title an d recalled t he division great ucces in ompetitive work
Mrs. R S. Morris-Thomas, D .SU., pre ented the Pre ident's b adge of office to Mr E. J enkin a nd was t hen the recipient of a serv ice medal b ar at be hands of the Brigade Secretary, Commis ioner W Mabon braham, K.SU.
FERl"ffilLL MEMBERS CQUIRE 0-'; HOME.-A gr at occasion in the history of the Fernbil Ambulance Di ision wa the official opening of the new headquarters. Thi wa perfor med by tbe Principal Secretary, the Hon. J H. Bruce , .B.E., K U ., J P., D. L., who conveyed a message of thank and good wi he from the Prior The building , whicb eat 140 peop le wa dedi at d by the Rev. J E. Pugh (President of t be Fernhill Cadet Di isi on) and the Hon. Mrs. J. H. B ruce D. U ., paid tribute the kill of pl. Bundockinm akingthe ommemorationplaque he had t hel leasure of unveiling.
In the unavoidable ab ence of the hief Ol11J.ni ioner for Wal , the Chairman, Commi ioner Gwyn Morri , O. tJ ., pre e nted warrants of appointment and e pre ed the bope tba t a nur ing division would be formed. E pr sing the d i i ion thank f r hi upport, Mr. Morri called upon the mayor of the RJlondda , Mr. J. H. Lewis , J.P., to present first ai d award. Divi nal Superin tendent S. C ull wa warmly th an ked for hi s r ices a nd a clock sub cribed for by the di i ional member wa presented to ex-Divi ional Officer J C. Thom a on com pl tion of 35 year serVlce.
'OBITtJ ARY
We deeply regret to allnOl/nce the jo/lowillg deaths Pte. Alfred Sage , p assed away on March 7th after a shor illn He was a very ac tive member of the Tunbridg Well Di vi ion f r 28 years, served eight years a paid ambu lan ce dri er for the Divis ion an d the la t nine year with the K ent County Ambulan Service. During the l ast War he wa a full-time m mber of ivil Defence and had continued as a Voluntary m ember ince. He ill be sadly missed by man y, and member of t. John and th ounly Ambulance Serv ice acted a bearer s at the funeral.
* Mr. T. H. Seaton, M.I.C E., F.R.I.C.S. , Vice-Pre id ent of Burnham-on-Crouch Ambulance Division, who died udd nly on his yacht. Mr. Seaton had h el d the post of Vice-President from 1956 and was an enthusiastic worker for the Di vi ion , attend ing all meetings and lectures and obtaining fir st aid certificate. He gained his Medallion in 1959 and will be greatly mi ed in Burnham.
* Anthony Brookes , S.R. ., B.T A., at the age of 23, a the result of injuries received from a motoring acc id ent. Tony join d the Chel tenham Sp a Cadet Di vision when he was 11 years old, and was an enthusiastic member. He represented the Brigade on t he Junior Accident Prevention Council for seve ra l years and was hairman for 3 years; he also served on the Cheltenham Youth Council. Nter leaving the Cheltenham Gr ammar School, he commenced work at the Cheltenham General Hospital as orderly, until h e was old enough t o commence ursing Training. He joined the staff of the H ertford County Ho s pi tal a nd, after 3 years' training,. gained b is St.ate Registration Certificate. He then went to St a ndi sh he t HospItal to study for the Britis h Tuberculosis Association Certificate. In 1958 he entered the Royal Army Medical orps a nd at the time of his death was stationed at onnaught Hos pital Hiodhea d. He was buried at Cheltenham with Military Honours and at the Service were Officers and Ranks of the R.A M.C. , a lso the Matron
and members of the ursing staff of Standish Hospital by whom he wa h eld ill higb esteem.
The St. John Ambu la nce Brigade was represen ted by t he ounty adet Officer Mr Hawkins, in tbe absence of Mr. Hawkins, O.(A), and Area adet Officer Mr. Le Gre ley, Div. Supt. G. Evan, adet Supt. Lewis, Adult Membe r John Freeman and a contingent of adet.
Hi you nger brother , Douglas, is a present member of the Spa adet Divi sion.
*
Ca det H. C. Ha U who joined the 88th (West H a m) Dlvlslon u11937 and was made a corporal in 1942 His intere t pread to the cadet ec ion f the Brigade a nd he beca me a cadet officer of .35 West H a m adet Di vi ion the same year.
Four later he was made s uperintendent of the divi s ion , whlcb po s ItIon he held Llp Lo hi death
He wa a we ll-liked and re pec ted lead er and all bis spa re time was devo ted to his boys and the Brigade work in general, for he wa well known throughout the whole o f the aS lern Area for his wiHingne s to do a ny job a ked of him, and for the way in which he carricd out anything to which he wa a ign ed.
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Mr. " G.I-Iawkin of Bri tol , who pa ed away i n bo pita], afler a hort dIne on pnl 6lh at t he age of 80 years. For 40 yea r he 'i a hon. tr a urer of th e Bri tol centre. He wa made a s rving broth r in 1938, in 1947 an office r brother , and in 195 9 was made a ommander o f th e Orde r. He al 0 erved for 25 year on the finance co mmit tee of the ou nt y of Bri sto l, St. John Ambulance Brig a d e. Ith ough over 80 year of age r. H awki n led an active life until the lastmonlh
* Jo ep h Ra y nor , of H eanor .B.) Ambulance Di vision D erby hire. Mr. R a nor \ a for 50 year in the H eanor D ivision and \ a their sc re a r for 2 year. Joining in 1909 he beca me a orp,?rai in 1923 later being to ergeant in 1930 with app IIllment to ambu ance officer In 1949. In J9 9 he wa admitted to th e grade o f el ing Br other of the Order of l. John in recognit ion of di tingui hcd er ice l. John Mr. R ayno r , who was 66 y ar of age, was awarded his el ic medal in 1929 together wi lh fi e en ice bar. H e retired in 19-9 a fter working rno t of hi tim in the coal-mining indu tr and tbe ! idland ener a lOrnnibu :; in addition to hi ork f r l. John he held th po t of hon. tralOer to th H eanor Town f tba ll lu b.
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n O R SE CL'A RD P 1RA DE-an d during a lull , a chance /0 see the procession.
Wedding Day
mb e r her \ a a n ad d ed
pe r a n a l inte r in h is g real e en l becau e of P ri nce s Ma rg a ret's p it io n as o m ma n da nt - in -h ief of t h Cadets.
M a n y lu ky ade l fr o m a ll par ts o f the count ry" ere a b le to
see Ih pr o e io n f ro m a eat in t h e H or e G u a rd P arade, and
seve r a l ot her e r e n th bb ey.
It og t h r nea rl y 1,4 00 m e mb e r w r e on d u ty a ong tb e rou le
take n b y t h pr o e ion, an d a spec ia l d eta hme n t was se e led for dut y in id e We tmin er bb ey. T hi inclu d e d lh a h a mpion
Bri ga d nrs t- a id tea m - D ea n C hap er Co llier
Di v s io n a nd p a ld in g Nul' ng Di i io n- wi nn e r at e ar's
at ion a l Fin a l Th ey f rlun a ely h a d t o t reat o nl y thr e a ua lti e
I t wa a nn e, wa rm 111 0 rn n g, a n d b y II a. 111 rep o r t we r rece i e d a t Briga d e antra I-I Q , ew S c otla nd Y a rd o f fain ing cas s a ll along th e rout e. M a n y pe c ta t o r s h a d s pe nt the ni g ht o n th e p a e -
m e nt a nd we re th r f o r e v uln e r a ble o th e h o un. The re we r e
P LRJ,T 1JIE :-"TT Q"C -LR E - '1t'her e th e ero-l'd dell 'e t of nil, al/d en ualtie !lea ry ,cere probably
ALL OVER, but the records In U t be kept of this histori c duty.
fortunately no really serious cases, but by the end of the day nearly 1,200 casualties had been reported
The va majority were faints but one was a small girl who had to be " dried out" a fter falling into the lake in St. James's P ark, a nd a nother was a TV camera man on a high perch who was treated for mild vertigo.
The arrangements were hand le d ve r y smoothly b y D e put y Commissioner Charles Bower, D istrict Superint e ndent E. A. Wheble and P ublic D uties Officer Derek F enton. Ph otograp h s by courtesy of Sport & General Press Agen cy.
LOYAL MESSAGE
The following repl wa rece ived : " I send Ill y s in ce r e thanks to YOLl and all those who joined in YOllr very kind Ill es age, lvhicll 1 deep y appr eciate. (Sig ned) Marga ret.
Increasing Industrial Interest
Ambulan A ssoc ia
lllg
ation recei e d their certificate f rom the Lord M ayor (A ld. R ob lll Kinahan).
The uccessful candidate: included stud nt s from th e Techlllca Col1eg ,youtb organi a t io n and indu tr a fi rm ,a n? a 0 memb rs of h e Hosp it a ls Ser vice Reser e an d motonng orgal1l atlon
Also inc ud ed amo ng th recip ie nt ere many parents attended the co ur e in fi r aid in order to be ab e t o cope WIl h accident in the home.
The oc a ion \ a unique n that it wa thc fir l time l. John Ambulance Association awa rd s had been pl e entcd by the Lord Mayor of Belfa tin t be City Hall.
Addressing the recipient, Id. Kinahan congratul a lcd lhc!11 warml on baving take n th trouble to m akc them el e pc rfect 111 he a rt of fir t aid. Everyone, he sa id , should be ver gra teful to them for m a king hemsel es ex p ert in" t b i grea t iencc."
Lt.-Col. G. Gregg D eputy ommi ncr, l. J ohn mbul a n cc B riga d e, pok e of the wo rk of he Bri ga de a l:d ye cd ho\ h recruit for both t he am bul ance and nm II1g d VI Ion \ re requir e d
The same applied to tbe cadet orga ni ation b cau c il a from lhe ca d et movement that the ambulance and nur ing p e r onnel of th c Br igade in the fu ture wou ld be dra n. _
Major J. A. Mitchell, Chairman of th Belfa t Commltl c of thc Association, presided, and al 0 pre ent at the ceremony was Brig J. y. Ca lwell , director of the A ociation
PICTURE OF COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN FOR ROMSEY
HI TORlC OCCASION at Br oadlands, the hom e of th e Nloun tbatt ens, recently, when a painting in oils of th e late Coun tess Mountball en , S U1Jerintenden t- in-C hief, was presentecl to th e B OTOugh of Romsey by the I ndian Prim e M inis ter Mr. NehTu , on behalf of th e artist lVIr. S. N. S wamy Th is photogTaph taken after the ceTemon y s ho ws (left to right ) Mr. D avid H.ick s, Lady P a m ela H icks VlTs P andit, Earl Mountbatten of B u;'ma, the May or of R omsey (Co7-mcillor H.. G. Mackrell) , Lady B Tabourne M r. Nehnl an d Lord Brabourne Readers of th e REvmw wi ll r ec ognise th a t the painting is a r epTOduction oj" one oj" the last photogmphs tak en of Lady Mountbatten, w hich has appeared in th e F ebnlar y RE VIEW Copies of that photo[!,raph may be obtained from the R Evmw office, price 4s. post free.
Lh ey are
111 Ih e foregrolllld of th e rOOIll in t Jam e , Palace w h er e a nwnber of Ih e eddil1 g pI" s e ll/ we re di played.
Fabian stories at Conference
BLACKPOOL was again the venue of the Duk e of Lancaster D istr ct Weekend Conference. The Conference was formally opened b y the Mayoress of Blackpool, Mrs Machin. A ote of thanks to the ayoress was propo ed by the D istrict Commissioner, Col. Y. F. Royle E.R.D.
The annual report bad been printed and cir ulated to all delegates, bu t befo r e the discussion on the past ye3.r' achie ements took place, Col. R oyle welcomed the Assistant Commissioner-inChief, T. H S T a lor-Young, and Major Bun Hamilton the f ormer Commi ioner of the Du ke of Lancaster s D istrict, and Mrs. Bur t Hamilton.
Col. Ro yle co ngratuJ ated Area S uperintendent Mr. Ka y of 0.8 Area on hi a\ ard of the M.B.E. and Mrs. Sutcliffe on her promotion to Dame of tbe Order of St. John.
P hoto: Ra y molld Forll
Special award for bravery
PECl L BR VERY ERTlFlC TE has b n awarded by the
Li e rpoo l hipwreck an d Hum ane 0 iety to Mr . El i Wr ight o f P ou lton Ro ad, Fleet\ 0 d for h av ing res u d a chi ld from drowning in th e M ar in e B oa t ing L ake, at Fleeh ood.
Mr Wr ig h Di v i ion a up er inte nd e n of t be nursing di ision
o f F eetwo d l. John mbul anc Bri ga d e , wa ta king he r dog f r a walk on th low r promenade o n De mb er 15th
After h r a t te n tion had been attracte d by so m e c llildr n who were cryi ng , he aw omething flo a tin g toward the middle of the a k
She threw oR- he r coat, r a n 100 ya rd a ud plunged into t he lak , I never rea li ed it wa 0 d e p , he ai d ater. -It wa up to my wai traight away The bo w a floating fa e do'i nward
But h e opened hi eye when I pick ed him up in m y a rm w.ork m a n on th ea wall sa w me on he e dge a nd came to he lp 'i ith ht co lleag ues."
Dr. Bernard Haye M.B B .S. , D the anae tbeti of the B lackpool and Fylde Hospital Group , was tbe first guest speaker. H e pres nted an intere ting urvey of the History of Anaesthetic. peep behind tbe sene of Scotland Yard pre ented by Robert Fabian of the Yard \ a humorou and entertaining After hearing part of Fabian repertoire of anecdotes, all the delegat took their eats for the conference dinner in very good bumour. Guests at the conference dinner included L ord Cozen -Hard D.L. , J.P., hairman of the Coun ii the ociation County Di re tor, r. K. Clifford Cook, F.C.A., Major and Mrs. B urt H amilton , Mr. Robert Fabian and D r. Bern a rd Ha e . Sun day morning began \ ith a horr chur h ery ice and the nursing and am bul ance per onne! divided into two group
O pportunity \Va afforded [0 ee a film ho\. Olle fail's ChalleJ/ge and Cardiac Arre r, whil t the otber group di cussed future polic ith the Commi ioner and D istrict uperinrendent ) Lad 1ary Hesketh.
Civil d fen e proved a ver controversial ubje t and it became quit e obviou that Lancastrians will a · ait future poli y " rj th om impat ence. s istant Commi ioner r. Ta lor- ouug pro oked a great d ea l of di c u s ion o n omperition organi ation. T h tin1ele te t wiLh bonn pint for peed \ ill no doubt be a drill night [Opic for man month.
The tape recorder flannel grapb and film proje [Or were all utilised in a ta lk on T raining b Lt.-Col. G. teele, the D i tri t Tr a in ng O ffi er. Thi \ a followed b a free period wh n all di tri staff offic r we r e on dut y to di u matter pertaining to th Ir own branch fter a final ion of di u ion the Commi Col. F. R o brought et ano ther ery u ce sfnl Conference to a 10
CROSSWORD No. 13
CLUES
ACRO SS
1 Bi t of r es t can pr o duce this in ury! ( 5-4)
8 Golf connec t ion s (5).
9 Slgn ch a ra cteri sing a n inj ur y or d lsease (10)
10 Secretory organ of E n gla nd (5).
13 T oo much c a rbon dio xi d e in t h e blo o d of this b a b y (4).
14. Metallic Extremities ? ( 5).
15. Sou h American ree c ut fi rs t (6).
16. N u tr i ent , purg a t iv e, or stimu lant (5)
18 C a ptain Cook d is co ver e d th e c ur e an d preven ion of thi s d is eas e (6)
19 Untid y tr a nsport for he injure d (6)
20. R a ise in rank ( 5).
22 Dishone s t fello ws in a p a ck ( 6)
23. Part of bod y in heart or s oul (5).
24. B ag s for s uppo rt (4).
2 5. Too ls used for bo wel motion ( 5).
29. Sensitive pa r of Retin a-or skin s ep s ls (6 , 4).
30. Most numerous in 29 (5 )
31. Ma le sting to stre ngthen joints (9)
DO WN
1. After fi rst a id t he Editor comes b a c k t o d ie a w a y (4)
2. D rug o r exa min a on perha p s (4).
3. Te n p en ce to nurs e (4).
4 Gre a di s co very of B a nting and B es t (7)
5. Banis h 49 in W estern Rive r (5 ).
6 A s o lid tonic for this jo int injury (11)
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7 E ases kids in d ermato og ca t rou ble (4, 7).
11. D e liberate infect io n wi th cow -pox vir u s (J]).
12. R ays pro du cing Vitam in D in h e sk in ( 5- 6).
15 Sto p t he ame (4).
16 Commo n to a n imals, needl es, a nd po tatoes (4)
17. E a r t w s t ed fo r a ong tim e (3 )
2 1. Pl as te r for fr acture o f T i bia a nd Fibul a m ay b e s een at Lo rd s or the O va (4 3)
24. Of breath or b o ttle m ay help in d iagn osis of inse nsi bil ity (5).
26 T o be a ble to d o t h is may b e l ife -saving (4)
27 Co m pou n d Frac ture (4).
28. It is I nfl a mma tor y su ffix (-4).
S olution to C r osswo rd o. 12: Ac r oss: J I rregu la r pupil ; 8. Pan-t in - g ; 9. Porta ; 11.
O chre; J3 Moths; 14. C hest; 15 E -b o n y;
17 B a t- on; 18. Lance; 19. T - o x- in ; 20
T inea; 22 Stra p ; 23. Wedge; 24. An t -i c; 26
Br o o c h 28 Deb a u c h; 29 Bl eedillg vesse l.
D own: 1. rmp-lore; 2 Ran c h ; 3 Grip e; 4 Li g b t- hea r t ed 5 P O P .; 6 P erfo rat ion;
7 Lo a th so m e; 10 A s s ick as a dog ; 12
Running s or e; 16 Bro k en rib ; 2 1. Alco ho l; 24. A-m-b le ; 25. Tru ss; 27 Hod 4
EDITORIAL
D E R Sm , T 0 erheard the fo li o. ing at the n gloF r enc h ports at the White ity, and I tho u ght you might like [0 include it in the St. J ohn RE JE\ Fir st Fren hman (pointing to om l. J o h n mbu lancemen):" Qlli sO I//-its?"
(W ho are h ose men?)
econd Fr n hman: "Les secO l/r s"
(F r t- aide r ). A SL J o hn m bu lance ma n "crhcard t h em and remark d to hi pa :" H ere, the y are ca ll ing u 'S KER · You r incerel, C l K
D EAR SIR
fee l J mu t d raw aUe n t io n to \ hat f e I to be a n in c reasi n g rend amo n g fir L-a ide r , fo llowi n g D r. T e mp i' e ce ll n artic le on fractu re he sta r Dr. T emp le rightly puts 10 of power a a ymptom b u t at Pll t u nd er h is bea d ing" A k' ; h i put it a m o n g s ign. II t oo f requen tl y in
co m pe t itio n a n d regre t ta bl y in rea l a c id ents, fi rst-a ide rs as k :" an yo u 1110 e o u r eg?" Th e d amage th at cou d be d o ne i r a f racture wa p resen cou ld ob io u Iy b co ns id e r a b le:
TIlE OltDERa S HERITAGE: No.9
Buckinghalnshire
By
Capta i n J DOCWRA-ROGERS M.B.E
The Order's Heritage: • con;inued from previous page.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
passed to the Order from the Templars, but was ceded shortl afterwards to the King s favourlte, Hugh Ie Despenser: at Cholesbury , to the west of B erkhams ted , the Knights of St. John presented to the living from 1259
In the extreme south-west of the county is another block of the Hospitallers' properties centred around High Wycom be and Marlow. At the former they appear to have acquired Temple Marror in the north-east of the town, and St. John 's Wood still reminds us of the Order's occupatlon. Farther down the river, the local Wye, were two " fulling " mills for the treatment of cloth, one at Loudwater, the other at Gosenham or Gosham, attached to the Manor of Fenneils, a name perpetuated in Fennells Wood.
Two miles north of Marlow, near Seymour Court, is Widmer, a property of exceptional interest which has hitherto been overlooked , so far as the O rder is concerned. The records are conflicting as to whether it was ever a Templar establishn1ent; the HospitaUers certainly had a house here as early as 1262. Adjoilling the p resent farmhouse is the early 13th-century chapel, which has been converted into a two -storey bullding Below is the crypt or undercroft , until recently used as a dairy , which is a gem of late orman vaultin g forming two aisles of four b ays each with a centra l row of circular columns, whlch are repeated in seml-circular waUshafts with grooved capitals.
The main building of the chapel has a large 14th-century east window, now bl ocked, above which is a good example of a" vesicapiscis." Since the D issolution this property has been held by different local families including those of Borl ase and Clayton -East; it now belongs to Mr. William White, who takes great pride in this interesting relic of our past.
In 1248 the Hospita Uers also acquired lands in Marlow from the Master of St. Thomas' Hospital in Southwark, and :in 13 12 succeeded to the Templars' lands in Little Marlow.
On the Oxfordshire border is the early Norman church of Radnage, on he site of which men h ave wors hipped since before the coming of Christianity. Tins was a preceptory of the T emp lars, given to them b y King J ohn in 1215 it passed to the Hospitallers a century later and was retained by them until the Dissolu t ion.
NOTE .-We ha ve been asked by Capt. Docwra-Rogers to state that the "Temple Mill " referred to in the la st article of "The Order 's Heritage" on Oxfordshire relates to Sibford Gower a nd the pas sage should ha ve read:
" Sibford Gower and Sibford Ferris, in the north-west corner of the county, considerable estates, were g iven to the Templars in 1153 and eventually came to th e Hospitallers, who, at the Diss olution , held the manor in Sibford Ferris and a chapel in Sibford Gower."
Th en follow s, as did appear in the article, " Here also is Temple Mill "
We regret this omission which made a considerable part of the article appear inaccurate.
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DIOR SHOW'S £3,700 FOR W. RIDING FUNDS
HER 110YAL l-llGDNE T Il E D " IlE OE o LOUCE. TI;: n '/TIo t
<lTaciot(, ly honour d Ihe I John AlI1buln'/1c e BTi.gade in flie We l
Ridin<l oj York hi 're by he r lJ7'e el1c e al th e P?'esenlal 'iol1 of tI, e
SU'Jn7lleT Collection oj th e HoLt e oj Dim' at Rndd ing Park,
IIarr oga te, by kind p erl1li Ss :on oJ Captain and lilT'. Evem rd
Tla dc IIjJc on Apri.llsl, 1900.
Qv C'r 1,000 p opZe at/ encled thi Shoz, w ll:ch was Jollol ed by a Champagn e Buffel. T Ile swm oj 3 ,7 00 wa Tai ed Jor Ule
PT esidents' App a l Ft(,nd oj th e l. John "bnb'lIla.n ce BTiga. cI in ilt
We t fl'/:clin<l oj 'O Tkshir e, This event was oTganis ed by a O?ll'lllillee l 7th th e Coni'll, s oj Sca?'boToLtgh, Pr esi dent oj the W e Ridin g, (md Ih e T'i cMwl e l UouJ1,lgarr et Chai rman oJ th e App ea l ' ollllllillee.
DUTing Ih e e enin<l th e Duch e oj Gloli cestcT dr ew th e 1 innin<l tick ets in a TalJle for a £100 Dior ciTe:;.', a £ 10 Dior ha l , tockings, cmf and pelfume, kindly <liven b!J Ih e II ou 'e oj Dio?".
Th e St. John Ambulance Brigade ha ve 10 Ihank aplail1 a'l1clilIrs.
EvemTd Radcliffe for th e loan oJ their beauliJll1 hou e, lv hicli CO IItrib Lded so gTeally 10 the u cce sand pleas'UTc oJ lh e e enin<l and alo the 07l1mittee Jor all their hard ork n makin<l Ih e occasion sw; h a wonderful 'u cce financially.
Th e pictw e ho w th e Duch e of GIOll ces ler drat illg th w illllin fJ ti ckets J01' th e TClJJle.
ST. JOHN FETE ON BANK HOLIDAY AT HISTORIC CLIVEDEN
THE RT. HON ViS CO T STOR has kindly gi n perl11i io n for Lil St. John Co unci l of Buckingh a m hire and B rk hire to hold a ret at Cliveden h i hi toric home nea r M ai denhea d , on SaLurday, Jul 30th to raise funds Lo further tbe \' ork of tbe Order foundation, the St. John Ambulance Association a nd the l. John mbul a n e Brigad e, in the two cOllnties.
The Fete is to be opened b y film tar Ri c ha rd Todd \ h ha always shown a great personal interest in tbe work of the rder a nd who lives at Shipley, near Henle y With L o rd LOr a Pr e id nl and such people a Lad y Joubert de la Ferte a nd the Hon Mr Frances Stonor as joint Chairmen, r. Rich a rd Todd Lady Curzon, L a dy hatfield, Lad y Freyberg Th e Hon. La d y amag Lady Forres Mr T. M Bro\ nrigg , The R o n. Mr Bo\ ate r, Mrs T. Boothman and Mr John Horlick- to 111 ntion but a fe , on the Committee, tbi promlse to be no ordinary f eL , but one of the outstanding events during the Bank Jolid ay week-end in the Tbanles Valley-t hat area which during the summer m nth becomes the playground of London.
In addltion to tours round Ii eden T:-fou e a od a dmi s ion to th e chapel, provis ional plans include a Dre Show by a le o [ Windsor-a branch of the John D Lew is partner hi, - a Life Saving Display by the St. John Ambu lance Brigade taged at tbe swimming pool, and a large number of ide ho w including a Tombola with magn lficent prize, and a R a ffle which includ e a prizes a case of Whi key and a Wire l.ess Sel.
Ever miodful of the problem of parent wiLh you ng c hildr e n, a special Chlldren 's Corner is being TUn b y La d y Forre , a dct
Vice-President of he Berkshire St. J ohn mbulance Bri ga d - \' here for t he modest entrance fee of 3d., parents may lea e their children in the a ble hands of the Br igade to enjoy their own ide how including pony rid es.
Further particulars may be obt a ined from :
Ca) Mrs. M Long (Hon. Secretary t. John oun ci l for Berkshire), Foxley Cottage, Binfield Berk Te l. : Brack nell 382, or St. John House, Re a ding. Tel.: Read ing 54671.
(b) J M. N. A ichoIls, Esq. O.B.E (Bucks. Publicity Representative) , St. [cholas , Taplow, Slough Buck Tel.: Burnban, 590
(c) Mrs. Booth am CSt. John Ambulan ce Brigade, Buck ) , Lynton C base, D atchet, Bucks. Tel.: Da tchet 302.
Clifford's Award for Bravery
'. \DET CLIFFORD PILL oj Falmollth 'adel JlIIb ulane Di v i:,ion bcen ,'('III (/ L eifer oj COII/m endotioll by the IlIeJ Jor Ih e .(' reell elll malliler ill which he cleall illl an accident a youllg oj Ill S oll: Jallll(n-y 7th a t reCllballk B each. n ear 11 IS h re bCII/<I cOIlClralulaled by Ih e Coull ty ComIIIISSlOller Jor Corm 'ail R ar - l dlJliral L. 1, B Olilwood.
Peterborough Winners
CADETS' VICTORY MEANT
A MOTOR OUTING
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II by til e Tl ollll es D' VISIOIl :-" 0. 1 ealll in
OUTSTANDING FAMILY RECORD
Photo: Yorkshir e Post
CADET NE" TS \VALES
CHAMPION AMBULANCE CADETS. Ambulance and nursing cadet from many parts of Wales took par in this year's Welsll Brig a de Cadet Finals in Cardiff. The Assistant Conmlissioner -in-Chief was on the panel of judges whose awards placed the winning teams in the following order: L a dy Herbert Lewis cup , mU'sing: 1st Gl ynnea t h 2nd Cwmaman and 3rd Ebbw Vale ; Twisto n-Da vies cup, bo y cadets: 1st Pontnewyny dd, 2nd Glyncorrwg , 3r d Penrlliwceiber. The Cadet Officer s Uniform cup was won by Cwmaman Ca det ursing team and the Gwyn Morris Uniform c up by P emhiwceiber Ambul a n ce Cadets. The Gl ynnea th Nursing and Pon tn e \ yny dd Ambulance Cadet teams ha ve the honour of representing W ales in the Cadet Finals in London. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Ald. Mrs. H elena E ans) p resen ted trop llies to the winning cadet tea m and watched a dem ons tration specially stage d for her. East D enbighshire acted as " host " county to the Sixth Annual competition for cadet t eams in the six counties of North Wales, the Conm1issioner of that county, Captain R G E ans, M.B.E. K.St.J. J.P. , presiding supported by the ConmJissioner for Flintshire Mr. R W Bankes, C.B.E., K.St.J ., and the Training Offi cer for Wales (Miss Z. D. D r uitt O SU.) A high standard wa reached in bo th staging and team performances and Fo rden (Mont.) Ambulance and Ban gor (Caerus.) urs ing Cadet teams were successful. Two of the judges, Dr. Sheila R ei d and D r. D Ro wlands, pr esented the P a ri Hu ws ambulance and Earl of Po w is nurs ing cups. County Officer W E. Jon es, O St. J. , was mainl y responsible as competition secretary for the smooth runnin g of the arrangements and D ivisional Sup erintend en t (Mrs ) H. Findlay dealt most adqu ately with the pro visi on of refreshments
ST. JO HN CADET FLAG BLESSED. Over 350 cadets with heir officers assem bled a t Maesteg for a church pa r a de and service a t Bethania Chapel, Maesteg, conducted by the Re v C. Jenkins.
The personnel assembled under the parade marshal, Corps Sergeant Major H. Jones Llynfi Valley Corps, and headed by the band of the 6 h B tn. Welch Regiment marched along Commercia l Street, Bethan ia Street, under the comma nd of Area Cadet O fficer R. H. Jones and Area Cadet Officer (N.) Mrs. A. P itch er, S S.SU.
The salute was taken b y Lt -Col. Kiernan , Officer Comman ding 6th Btn. Welch Regiment, supported at the base b y a num b er of officers. The occasion was the blessing of the new fl a g an d it was fitting that t he Maesteg Central Cadet Divis ion , as the first ca de t unit to be registered in Wales should have the ho no ur of ca rr ying the flag to the church. Corps Offi cer Mrs. Scourfi eld a rr anged tea at the M aes teg Ambulance Hall.
ANNIVERSARY PARTY. It was a da y to remember for 80 am bulance cadets and friend s who attended a party given to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bridgend Cadet Units. The chief gu est, CUr. (Mrs.) E. Somers, Chairman of th e Br idgend D. D .C., h a d the pleas a nt tas k of cut ting a cake suitably decora t ed for the occasion and the festi ve tea was followed by a n entertainment a nd games. MILFORD HAVEN PRESENTATIO NS. Keen s uppor t for h e cadet mo vement was shown on the la rge attendance a t a presentation ceremony held a t Milford Ha ven at which o ve r 50 cadets were presen t wit h p arents a nd frien d s. Lady Marion Philipp s, w ho was welcome d b y t h e Chairman, Cadet Sup erintendent S Morris , presented first aid certificates to 19 cadets, congrat ulating the divis ion up on its s u ccess. cUr. and Mrs Cleaver h a d recently donated two silver cup s to be awa rded to the cadets gaining the highest m a rks in the examination and had pleas ure in presenting th em to the winning ca ndidates Certificates signifying the success of the Milford Haven Ambulance Cadet team in the county c ha mpionship competitions for the D aniel D avid cup were among the special presentations, which included a personal gift to cadet Tony P otter on leaving to join the a rm y. CHIEF NURSING OFFI C ER WELCOMED. Mrs W. R Crawshay, wh o is already known to most cadet units throughout the Princ ip a li ty carried out an enrolment cer emony for 20 am bulance cadets of the Clydach Vale Ca det Division. She was in troduced by Commissioner Gwyn Morris O SU., who outlined the history of the cade t movement in the Rhondda and stres se d the important p art i co uld play in mee ting the challenge of the ch a nging times Spea king on behalf of many parents pres ent , Mr s Phillips expresse d the hope that the di v ision woul d one d ay pos sess a home of its own w he re the ideals of the cadet movement cou ld be fostered under b etter conditions t h an those a t present obtaining. 8
A rewarding vocation:
Care of the old people
WE ARE mor e and mor con ciou of the increa ing numb e r o f men and women who g row old in oW" nlid st. Most of tbem ar e, we bope, weU cared for by their famili es but we know man y w ho h ave no relatives, who for all sorts of r ea ons cannot or prefer not to li ve with t ho se th ey have an d who mu t e ither " go it a lone" or pend their a tter yeaI' in a Home if they can gaiJ1 ad m i sion. There are over 2,000 regis ered Hom es for o ld people in this country an d 1110re a:re a lways b e ing op e ned, either by loca l gove rnment \- eJfare au thorities or by vol unta ry organi ation The difficulty of en i find uit a ble people to r un them
Fortunately many younger p ople like old people and weJcom opportunities of helping to make their li ve a ea y an d p lea a nL as possible. 0 one can do this moreeffecti e ly o r more rew a rdingl y t han the matron of a residentia l Home, and it i urpri ing that it do es not occw" to more women to take up thi wo rk a a career. For th r are many opening in diJferent lype and izes of homes in all p arts of the co un try, and a ppropriate Lra in Ln g for th e work i availa ble to uitable candi d ates. Tbis is pro id ed, in course a ting 14 week, by the ational Old People' W lfare ou ncil a part of the Kin g George VI Social Ser ice ch me. The age limiL i not a ery rigid one but the mo uit a ble age i probabJ b lween 30 and 50 The fee for tbe cour e i £45. It i open to a ll Ludenl to apply to their Local Education Authorities for grants for fee and maintenance, an d grant a re al 0 a ailable from the King G eorge I Social Service F und Th ese two our e together hould e nsure that grants are a dequate to meet the ba ic lraining 0 for all st ud ents who are acce pt ed for the course, and n LUdenL sho uld be deterred from app l ying for traini ng on fin a nc a ground
The cour e include lectu re di cu io n and d mon tr ation p art of it is spe nt actually Ii ing a nd \ orking in old peopl home, and a month is spent in a geria t ri uni t of a ho pital, \ hile arrangements can be made for luden t ho ha e not alread had a n nur ing experience to sp nd three months in a ho pita!. The theoretical part of tbe course in London, but the remainder may be in any part of t he country.
Thu eq ui pped, the matron and a i tanL matron of a home, \ ho has a lso a sympatbetic understanding of the need of o ld J op le an d a knack of creating a happ and friend ly almo pherc among residents and staff, hou ld be a bl e to enjoy t he ali fac tion of making it a rea l home by running it eper ll y a nd s moothly. In doing 0 , she can a ls o earn a good a ary. nder ra e de ided by th ti nal
Jo int Co unc il for Local Authoritie Admi n istraii e, Profe ional , Technic a an d Clerical Ser vices, the a lari es for matron i n charge of homes provided by local authoritie rang from £420-£525 p er annunl plus full res id entia l emoluments al ued aL £225 per annum. There no one sa ary cale for a i tant matron, but the ir sa laries are approximately £300-£400 per annum agai n \ jtb full res identi al emoluments alued at about £150-£ l O Hom e provi ded b y voluntary organisation have no set ca e, but man y P< r ates comparable to t he loca l a uth orities.
Tr a ining cou rses are h el d once a yea r in lhe a utumn. T he d le of the next course a re August 15t h to Nov e mber 2 rd none who is interested ho uld write to Th e Secreta ry aliona l Old P eo ple 's Welfa re Co un cil , 26 Bedford Square , W J he will be pleased to supp ly full particu lars a n d application forms a nd a l 0 to a nswer any special que tion
Royal member resigns
H .R.H. PRI NCE WJLLTAM OF GLOUCESTE R has resigned bi s memb e rship of th e loca l ambulance di vis ion on eavi ng Eton o ll ege at the end of M a rc h having been a m emb er fo r the past 15 month.
Durin g that period Hi s Ro ya l Highn ess qu a lifi ed for one yea r's Brigad e efficiency, ga ined th e Association ' vo uc her a nd medallion, and did 29 hours' transpo rt du ty as an amb ul a nce at ten dant a nd two hours public du ty.
In Mauritius After
Cyclone " Carol "
BY MRS. H. COLDMAN
They stayed at their posts, knowing that their homes were being damaged a nd in so me cases demoltsbed.
A}< LD lzi hOll .·e and po sse s 'ions destroyed by yclone \. arol, " eal (/ sal/dwich provided by Ih e H eli e quad.
1 RR[ ED in Ma uritius on arch 10th 1960 having been offered to th aurilian l. J ohn organi alio n by the t. John mbulance
Bri gade H eadquarter , airo.bi, K nya , as a vo lun lc:er Sta.te
R gi I r d ur c. and my ser VlC a epted by the ill auritiu dealing wiLh immediale relief work on the Island after the I rribl e di aster cau ed by the cyclone named" Caro!. This di a ler fell ne month after" Ii " - another c clone which demoli h d building and ble\ dm n tree - but" Carol " will go down in [aurilian hi tory the mo terrifying, "id pread cala trophe that ha been prien d ince 1892
The aircra fL cir I doer the i land at about 3,000 ft. before landing- \ hi h ga c u a clear iew of the i land de a [at ions, afl i land na tl n d b \ ind and raifl; forests, plantations, homes of a ll ize , h 0 1 ,factori ,h ngar a ll demoli. hed or half hich remind d me of bomb damage on an IJnmen e cale dunng the la ar in Engl a nd' but 1 soon reali ed that thi wa omething morc lerrif ing b au th e ordeal of th e people la ted (wentyfour hour \ ith a lul l of three hours called the " centre "-and nothing be don --e cept to take helLer i n whate er building \ r avai lable and \ ail for the cyclone 10 blm It If out.
On arri al 1 \ a taken to thc Reduit Go ernment Hou e where Hi E ce ll e nc y and Lad evere ll gave the Red Cro s orker and m e f a commodation an d made u feel quite at h m, nd \ ho ere 0 v ry kind in ery wa I hall ne er forg t tbeir wond rful ho pita lit y Fir t id an d immediate r lief ork \ ere carned out dUrLng 3l1d afte r t hc c clone by the Maurit ian poli e- who are th t. JoJm first-aider of th isla nd trained b t John fir t aid I cturer - and who ake e eac h ear. The police force in the is land numb r ], 157 - including 2 women police-of thi total number 720 are trained and ertificated St. John fir -aLderthe 28 policewomen a l 0 ta e hom -nursing c rtifi Th o lony ommissioner of the t. John Ambu la nce Bngad a Dd om m io n e r of P olice i Mr. Mauri ce Des aux and the St. J o hn Amb ul a nce Bri gade Secr tary Mr Boz lle, a enior po li ceworn n both wer on home I av , and mi d " aro l. ' Mr . Mc affe ry, the Ac ing C mmissioner of P oJi e and lli wife and M iss Whi ting wh o ac ts a ony R pre ent t t e of the St. John Ambulance Brigade o n the Bri ti h R ed ro s Societ Co mmittee have all do De sterli ng work. E igh t hundred injured were treated a nd tak n to ho pital b t he police fir t-aider during and afte r th e cyclone. Ther were 3 deaths which" er a lso d ealt with b y the police organisatio n Stories of br aver among t police are egio n a nd I think we hould be ery proud of th Ir co ura geo us work a nd m ag n ifice n t d isc ipline and en e of duty.
Te n after" Carol," first aid work naturally came t.o an end, and as a district nurse for the St. John Aplbula?ce my work really became relief work, tban u::unedlate first aId nW"sing. The D.M.S. Dr. Lozonski, needed traLiled to give anti - typhoid inoculation (T.A. B .). The populatlOn of the island is approxlllately 600,000, the area 750 .square miles- P ort Loui s the capital of Mauritius, has a of 77.'295. The Senior ed ical Officer of Health, Dr. Balgo blO , who LS M.O:H of Por t Louis, asked for aid, trained nurses, and dentISts to help with t h e inoculation programme of Island. The Briti sh Red Cross nurses, sent to the Island from London and Ken ya, all worked together in this campaign. Miss the director of the ortbumberland County Branch of the Bnt I:Sh R ed Cross Society, who has had world -wide expenence of relief work during and s ince the 1939-45 war, was my colleague for thi operation" T.A.B." We went out in teams to all of Port Louis, to dispensaries and centres? and t? dLStncts other than the capital. These teams cOllSlsted of sarutary lllspectors -sometimes student nW"ses or e ven clerks. One team would meet at the Medical Health D epartment office in Port collect all the yringes needles-sometimes forcep if we were lucky-a primus stove, methylated spmts by the bottles, cotton wool for swabs matches, paraffin-and, of c'?l!I e the T.A.B vaccine which either came from Kenya or iauotlUs or both-the bottle being kept in giant Thermos flasks filled ice All these things plus the team-two dressers a?d a sarutary JDSpector, i s Jordan and myself would eIther go ill t\ 0 cars even squ8:sb into one provided by pri ate olunteers or the police and dn e off to chool or centre and dispensary allocated to us for that day- ometimes we would isit two schools a day... iss Jordan and my elf would actually gI e the lljectJOns the dre er would be responsible for the sterilising of tbe needles syringes forceps and bowl and the of cotron wool swab prinkled with methylated spmt (for clearung the arm). Another dresser or sanitary inspector" ould crub up and prepare the syringes and dra\ up the accine-and keep u well supplied. Schoolma ter the police or clerk or young nll!ses ould act as interpreters, and the poli e , ere "onderful III the cro\ d in order , in queu so that we a flow of and adult Each inoculation as gIven WIth a ne, srenli ed need le-my colleague Mi Jord an and I gave 0 er 17 ,000 Llloculations during Lhi campaign , in ten day. , Our other acti ities were i iting rural famIlIes without homes, li ing in chur hes chools or even neighbour , lean-tos" or collapse d thatched roof. Some areas had small illages comp letel y demoli hed, u!rounded by wateE ' Flacq district became my pe lal area. about 1 quare rrule , and among many of tbe mall villag and to\vns-the .ones ha e remained uppermo t in my mind were Mar d u tralia and Bel-Ie-Ri ve. Tran port in the early tage 'i a prOVIded b a ino - j 1auritian ai TueFee ho a teacher at the Beau Ba III Teacher' Training Centre. She had her own ar, and was mo t helpful by giing up her da off Thur da and unda 111 order to dri e 111 round to the e area Mare d ustraLia was a mall hamlet of thatcbed creole-type hou ompletely demoli hed -and urrounded b water uprooted tre broken br a nches an d d bris Here Tu eFee a nd I cam a ross a mall hild aged four year who ha.d. injured dur og the c clone b the roof falling on hin1: The llljurl wer not r erious no bon brok n but fi e a br a IOn and cuts not de p on hi head. The father a labourer on one of the ugar estates n ar by- but thi \ a hi ow,? he had cut the h a ir roufld the brui and cut on hI son s head and had co ered the head \ ith a cloth-this he aid , he had een the dr
HELPI NG HAJ.'<D from the Acting B ?'igade Commissioner 's wiJe in Nlauritius, McCaffery,
do , in the sugar estate dispens a ry where he worked , I dressed the wounds first with M B. cream taking more hair away round he areas, and u sing a weak antiseptic solution to clear t he small se ptic places- then put clean gauze and lint covering and finally a capelin e bandage which was much admired b y he vi lla ge who had c ollected around by tbis time.
The house had b een built of large lar vae-lik e stones to a bout 4 to 5 ft, in height and then tb a tch for the rest of the four walls to roof level-with a thatched roof- wooden poles s upported the roof from the insi de and a f ew had been placed around the outside to try and keep tbe roof from b lowing awa y. This structure collapsed sideways bring ing d own t h e stone walls which buried p a rt of their furniture- beds , cup b oards and table s, The father and mother (tbis was heir only child) wer e living inside the roof propped up by po les and bits of broken furnituretheir son with tbem-on w et mud floor s-the roof leaking (yo u could see the da ylight through it) and the entire house s urround e d by swamp. I told the father to t ake the child to the nearest di spensary, the next d ay- which h appened t o be a Monday a nd the da y w hen the dis pensary wa s open ext door to this man was a dear old soul, aged 78 She had rheumatism very ba dly-an d had had a b a d fall during the c yclone , tearing a mu scle in the left shoulder. There was no dislocation- I was able to move the arm quite freely. Her h ouse had gone-a complete wail flattened she had t aken what shelter there was with a neighbour who fo rtunately had four walls standing (w ooden slats a nd half a thatched roof) surrounded b y swamp and fa ilen trees. I gave her" cafenol " tablets with directions to take one then and th ere and one before retiring for the night. She was ver y gratefuL Another child , aged 15 years, was the next patient I found in this de vasta ted area-very weak, unab le to stand- sh e h a d bee n in hospital treated for anaemia Her mother was very much worr ied and o b v iously ha d taken pa ins to try to get her daughter seen b y a doctor. Thjs child could not d igest her food , I r epo rt ed thi s case, and advised t h e mother to ake the young girl to the hospit a again, Lagdev Ta b oo, aged 44 years, was sick in bed for on e mo n th -had a wife and sick ch il d ren- wife very anaemic, Had seen Dr. Ringadoo in P ort Lo u is but co uld not afford to have sec ond consu lt a tion- had no pension This man l ooked ver y ill- cough with sp u tum- h ouse wa s damaged by the cyclone" CaroL " I repo rt ed this case and on re v is ting t he a rea was to ld that the man had got his pension, b ut had mo ved somewhere else and cou d not find the f amily T h e ch l d re n were qu ite well ooked after b y th e mot h er. 10
Mme St. P au l- with a fo ur -m o n t h -o ld ba by , h ou e
b aby aged one
I had police an dri ve r (policeman) and a noth e r o n table w ho acted a interpreter a nd bod yguard!
GIFTS TO COMMEMORATE JUBILEE
TWO MO T WELCOME OIFTS-a et of tv 0 chair f ro m he hurc h of th e O r der in C lerk e n we ll prese nt ed by th e Lord Pr ior and the Chapter-General , a nd an antique grandfather dock pre e n ted by the 360 v i iting me mb ers from Br ita in Au (ralia, Ca n ada and M a laya- have re e n t ly been a dded to th e H eadquarter of he Brigad e in M a lta to m ark th e ir Golden Jub i lee la t ptcmbcr.
Th ese gift are now adorning the beautiful ha ll , which vi ilor to St. J ames Co unt e rgu ard in Valella wi ll no doubt remember. Lt.-C o l. J ,Abe la, the Br igade ommi ioner , \ rite: Bot h t hese g ift s have ad d ed in no m all mea sur to the dignity of the main h a ll. They a re g reatly adm ire d by vi ito H eadq u a rt r "
Th e gr a ndfa ther c oc k which d ates back lo J 780 and i th e v rk of Joho P ull1m e r o f L on d on wa c h o en by dmiral D ick , the Deput y Commis ion er-in-C h ie f \ ho wa kind e n ough Lo rr nge f or it s dispa tc h through the Admiralty , The Go ernment of M a lia h e lp e d by wa iv ing customs du ty on bo th gift
Th e Co mrni ione r of the M a lta Di t ri ct goes on (0 rile: " I hop e that through the medium of T HE R E IE our gcncroLl benefactors w ill kno w h ow greaU we appreciate th e gift a nd [ as k them , o n be h al f of my di tr ic to accept our he a rt fc llthanks."
T here is stil l a m a ll s uml e rt o ve r and it th e ime nLion th at one or two old pr int of London s h ould b obtained for the it of London Room at the Va letta headq u ar e r
PRESENTATION
TO COL. JAMES
Staveley Youths
100 per cent fi rst-aiders
UNDER a schem e just s tart ed, every young s er joining th e Staveley I ron &; Chemical Co. Ltd. , near Chesterfield, D erbyshire, takes a course oj fir st aid in. truction during working hours, and undertakes an ex amination Jor th e St. J olm As ociation Certificate. I nstruction is giv en by the works medical officer and ambulance attendants every one oj w hom is a St. J ohn man oj experience Th e picture shows a new class under practical instruction from (centre , left), ;'011'. H arold IIipwell, w ho is a corporal in th e Ambulance D ivision oj the Work s Corps. Assis ting him , and r eady to deal with questions , is Pt e. TV, R. ;'olea rs Th e scheme w as inaugurated by th e jirm 'g chairman and managing director , J1r. S. TV. Q,St.J" who is Corps P resident,
in a recent Civil D efence exercise, Also shown were travel films loaned by the British Transport Commission. D uring an interval for light re freshments R ed Cross and S1. J ohn members were seen animatedly discussing detai of such units, the hall being well co ered with publicity material , and a stall well stocked \ ith enrolment forms
Association's Progress in Dorset
REVlE t 'O the past year's" ork of the D orch ter Centre of the S 1. J ohn mbulan e ociation at the Centre' annu a l meeting at Dorchester, th Chairman , Dr. Mel ille [cLeod declared , The centre no\ well establi hed and in the next 12 months we hope to consolidate and e pand the er ice we offer to the commuillty'"
The hairman referred to the ontinued good work done by the appea l LIb -committee under the leader hip of frs. Pope , and that of the publicity committee under the leadershIp of I/.r. T. G. Hou e.
Dr. M cLeod al 0 appealed for m ore public uppon in fir [-a id cia e. itb ever-i.ncreasing road ac idents be felt every motori hould take at le a t one course and bould alo carr a first - aid bo in hi car.
THE CLOCK and (r ight) on e oj the cha:i?'s pTesenled to the B?'igade in Malta by th e Ord e?·.
I-Col. E. JJ / -. JOlli es, lL'ho has beell lJ eaclqllar er' officer oj Ihe rder ill ['1(Ulda Jor Ihe pasl Iwo !leal's , 110 ,' noll' refir ed, and ollr piJolograph shows him receiving a Jrm:we l/ gifl - an inscribed gi l ver Jrolll I he JJa!lor oj 1(0111])01((, .Ill'. 11'. I{lllllb!l o , C. B.E., z ho i,' ehairlll(lll oj l/i e J I 1 cellire cOlI/lllillee in ['gal/da. Th e cerel/loll,l] ook plac e ai/he hOl/le oj Ill e. Lelill a Briaod e COl/ulli ' iol/er Jar Cgal1da Dr. J R , 11 alllerlol/,
SUCCESSFUL RECRUITING CAMPAIGN
TO H EL P REC RUIT I 0 for th e Forwa rd l edical id ni of th e a ti ona H o pital erv i e R e rve a film h ow wa g ven at Shelly H a ll Pl ymout h recent! by th e pub ic re la io n departmen t of the ocal 1. J ohn mbu la nce Brigade. M r. yri l Pr a n e Co unt y o mIl1i ioner fo r Pl y m o uth W , D e on a nd E. Cornwall, Lo ld 100 me mb ers of St. John togeth r wi t h 4 0 r epre ntati e of the R ed ro t ha t PI YIll Ollt h hou d have f ou r uch unit in it C v l D efe nce. A fi lm Operarioll Shlill/e cock s h owe d tJl F , M u. in actio n 11
ti vitie ment ioned b the ecretary, r. E. r Ailen in her report in luded the succes ful ount pagea nt and floral display 11 Id la ummer.
Th e trea urer. I 1r. D. Koehli. aid the pageant's net receipt \ ere L 7 \ hich were u ed to help the Brigade at county level a \ ell a th D orche ter Brigade in that LOO a paid off the debt on th SL J ohn H all.
H e a id fund h ad been d pleted b om £90 during the year but thi wa due to the help given to other ec tions of t. John
The o unt Di re to r. Bri g. F. S Hawkin th a nked everyone for their " ork f or the centre and al 0 appealed for increa ed upport. Pr aising the work of the appeal sub-committee he a id h at in about four years the had rai ed \ ell 0 er +2.000 to ard the co [ of th J ohn hall alone.
Brig . H awki n introduced the gue t p aker. Lt .-G eo , !r
Bria n Kimmin Cou nt D irector for mer et, who poke of hi hopes of s imil ar centre in hi county and congratulated
Dor t a nd the Do rchest r entre on theIr progre
Th offi r including the Presiden t 1r. G rardon , \vho pr id d w re r e-elect ed.
Ph oto: Stlu io Five
A G lifE OF HOOP- h 'l.. w as one of th e attra cti ons at th e op em:ng of new headqu arter at F eltw ell 1. O1 jolk H ere L a dy Cook Cou n ty
PT esi dent of NUTsing D ivis ions t:r ies her s k ll. W th heT ar e (l eft
to rig ht)
Mr G. M. D upon t, A r ea S u p eTinten dent, LOTd A mh erst oJ
Ha ckn ey , A Tea Commissi oneT, YlT G. S. Elwin, A r ea S eCTe taTY an d
!\1fT A S Butcher, D ivi si onal S u p erin ten dent
One Man's Re-exam
I T was certainly " the morning after the night before." The County Superintendent (on reser ve) a woke from uneas y slumber.
Had he dreamed, he wondered, or was his memor y suffering from some confusion-" delayed shock," perhaps. It was unthinka ble tha such things could occur in the H.Q of the Die-Hard Divi sion, where a n Association Course in First Aid h ad been arranged , or indeed to himself.
Yet his recollections were crystal-clear. Much occupation with a dministrative duties , while ac ti ve h a d left him few opportunities for practise but he had wished , at least to appear to know the new book though he was of course under no compulsion t o take are-exam
He had chosen the second night of the examination to gain a further day for a final re vision, and in the hope that the doctor would by then be a little" browned off " and less dispo sed to ook for faults. Wha t a come-down it would be if he were " fa led ." He had t hen entered the room in the usual state of " nerves ."
The examiner had not yet arriv ed, but a good collect on of examinees were there, including many no vices The i ns truc tor was giving some final advice. The doctor , he said , seemed still to be examining on the o ld book, and not the new one. The previous evening he had asked candidates to demonstr a te " Silvester 's" method of a rtificial respiration. " If he does - well don't a rgue with biro ," he said. " It's not in the new book, and you h a ve no t been trained in it. I will lie down and you will take hold of m y arms and I will guide you through it. You are certain , " he continued " to ha ve a question on h a emorrhage He will put a man on the floor and tell you he has been stabbed in the thigh and there is artificial bleeding-' Get on with it. If you hesitate a s mu ch as 15 seconds, he will say the man is dead and you will have 'had it.' Just kneel at once by the casualty s side (not by his legs, or the blood would be spurting into your face) Grasp his thigh as high as you can, and place your thumbs over each other on the fold of his groin- don't fuss and fiddle about trying to find the place-once you have got them there, keep them there. " The County Superintendent had listened with attention. He hadn't bothered with" Silvester's" method , anyway, for a long time, and hoped he would be the last of the bunch- a large one-when the doctor would be wishing to get home quickly
The examiner appeared, sat down and looked at some papers while the secretary explained. He selected the first three to go through the mill-the County Superintendent was amongst them! " Put a dressing on that man's elbow," be said. This, to the County Superintendent, had always been an easy one since his first test 19 years ago. But examination nerves supervened. He had been 12
revising his " Ro ll er Bandage ' a nd ought at first to a pply a triangula r bandag as a figure of elgl1t- and had almo ucceeded when he caught the instructor' disapproving eye Speedi ly recovering bis nerve (almo t) he reapplied the bandage with the poin t up and to th front of U1.e 1.1 ppeI ar;'11---:-onl y to be gree ted by a fro\IVn from the ca ua lty . Qmc kly readJustmg that, he turned the pomt down o ver the knot and for good m ea ure a pplied an arm- s ling hoplng to hide any f u r ther faults. Th e doctor. ca me o ve r, niffed , took off the ling , loos e ned the point , e a mll1ed the knot , and grunting as if di a ppointed, " r ef » went off A few minute 1 teI he a ked the ounty SL1p e onte nd ent to treat a healthy-looking sp ec imen f or fractur ed pel vi Down wen t the specimen on the mat a nd the oun ty Supe rintend ent h uoted , frantically as u u a l fo r the n ece sa r y ba nd a ges - of wh ch the s tore h a d a lrea d y been looted Armed with a hort plin t he ought to p a ss them under tl1e " natmal hollows - only to find th a health y pec imen h a d none a nd h a d to be a ked d a m a ged pel vl notwi t hsta nding , to a r h hi ba ck a nd ea e hi legs !
bbed
g b a nd th e re i a rt er ia l b leedin g. D o wh a t is necessary." Th e Coun ty Sup e rint e nd ent rem e mb e r ng recent a d vice, acted promp ly, t brew t he ca u a lt o n t be fl oo r. took up a p o tion ou o f th e way o f a n pu rli ng bloo d a nd gr a bb ed t he thigh as h igh u p as b co uld , c ro ng hi thumb er each otber o n th e f old o f t h e groin , a nd a yed p u t. Th e e a mm e r grunted once m or e. ow d e mon tr a e " h said, " Si l es te r's me thod of a rtifi cia l re p irat io n " Tbe k ndl in ruc t or a c tin g as "ca u a lt y» pl ace d him self on hi back on th ma t , h i a rm folded a ga in th is c he t- lookln g not unlik e a t ru ed [0\ l ! Th e Coun ty Sup e rinten d en n o \ so m ew h a t a t oi hed a nd n o a littl e in a dr ea m g r asped the a rm at th e on ly a a ila b le poi n t, a nd r elax ing , fo llo we d tbei r mo ve me n as th e" ca u alt y» ob l ig in gly w a ved h em in th e a p proved ma rm er.
The doctor grun ted a gain a nd wal ked back to h i a t , \ he re he put an u nfortun a te girl candid a te h r ough h r , . vi a oce" pace .
o w ca me a h or t wa t a nd tb e n a ca ll to the m iner b e.
Our candid a te till ditherin g a litt le ne r a u Iy a\ a ite d fi r t ques ti o n- How wo u ld he trea t a wo und of t he a bd o me n ? T hl wa
fin e-h e h a d lo o ked th at u p o nl y t ha t m o rnin g. Wh a t " th e ex aminer per i ed , wo ul d h e do " if t he int e rn a o rgan pr o trud ed ?
T h e Coun ty Sup er in te nd e n t ex pl a ined Wh at! " e claim d he
do ctor " is th at acco rding to th e n ew book. ] n o th in g aid abo ut
the u se of sa li ne?" " N o , said he o u nty u pe r in te nd ent.
" I d isa gree enti r el y,' sa id t he e a m ner, a nd di agreed so om pl ete-
l y a nd a t s uch en gt h th at o ur can d ida e e ca ped th e me m or y teas ing " qui z" o n po is o ns , which other wi e he h o uld h a e h a d
H e had mark ed himse lf m enta ll y a t a bo u t 45 per ce n t., bu t a he rose fro m th e ta b le h e caug ht a g limp e thr oug h l he co rn e r o f his eye of a row of" t wen ties "
The C ou n ty Superin tend en t settl ed h im e lf f o r a fin a l n ooze.
If he wer e suffering from " del ayed s h oc k " h e r fl ec ted the pa ti ent
h a d no w been re m oved fr om he cau e a nd th e ap pr op ri a e treatmen t, in the sh a pe of hi ea rl y c up of h o l tr o n g weet tea, would sh ortl y a pp ear - he " old b oo k was certa inl y oun d on th a t point. Mo reover , b a rrin g acci den ts , h is " lab e l " wa su re ly in the bag . C omfo r ted by s uc h th o ught , he urned 0 er a nd fe ll into the deep a nd untroubled s leep of th e uoju t. « On Reserve."
Promotions and Appo intmen t s
H
ER M A JESTY THE QUEE N has bee n g rac iou sly pleased to sanction th e jollo wing prom otion s in and app ointl1l ent s t o Th e Most Venerable Order of th e Ho spital o St John of J erusalem.
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF BAILIFF GRAND CROSS 0 THE RECOMMENDATIO OF THE GREAT OFFICERS OF THE ORDER
Sir Harry Charles Luke, K.C.M G.
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF KIGHT
Air Ma rs ha Sir Patrick Brunton L ee Polter , K.B.E.
Lt.- 01. Sir Rich a rd Ba rre lt-Lennard Bt.
FOR ADMTSSIO IN THE CRADE OF KNICHT
The Ea rl of Mun te r, P , K B. (L ord Li e u ten a nt of Surrey)
H L L.- o J. Sir G eo rge M oori ng , .M G. (R es id en of Z an z ib a r).
H Th e Vi co u nt Dunross il P. c., M (Go v. -G en. of Au s tr a li a).
H ."' ir R a lph F ran c s Aln w ick Grey, K M G , K. V O
O B .E. ( overn o r o f Bri li h Gui ana).
H. M r . ha rl e Robb e r ts wa rt (G ov. -Gen of So u t b Africa).
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF DAME
Flora ec il y , M r . Burt o n.
FOR ADM! 10 IN THE GRADE OF CHAPLAIN D APPOINTME T A US-PRELATE
Th e Rl. R e . Wilfri d r lh ur Edmu nd Wes ta ll , Bi h op of Credi to n
FOR PROMOTIO TO T HE GRADE OF COMMANDER (BROTHER)
B rig . ir Ie a nde r Bevi Ue G ibb ns Stanier , B t. , D .S .O ., M.C.
B r g. lin Edwi n Arr ot B rown in g, B , M
J o hn ha rp r a n t , M D ., R S h a rle lewa rl cL eod
R eg ina d L fL ull ive r.
,a mu el T h oma D en n ing
M i ha e lW lliam T urner.
F OR AD HE GRAD O F C OMMA mER (BROTHER)
ir e lie a m a ge
FOR ADMI 10 HE GRADE O F CO MMANDER ( I TER) ooring ( ife o f the Resid e nt of Z a nzibar).
D uma i1 (W i fe o[ th e G o -G en of Au ra ia)
d y Gr ey ( iIe of the Go v rnor of Br it h Gu ian a).
if of he G ov. -G e n of o u th fri ca)
O F OFFI CER
FOR PROMOTIO
H il da W atso n Mr s. TO THE GRADE OF OFF ICER (SISTER) h allen o r.
FOR ADMJ SJO T THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
M aj D oris E ll en P rice
M aj. Eva Th o r pe, A .R R C.
Margaret H e e n, L a d y Scicluna.
G wen JJia n Sa lier L ady P almer.
B a r bara Schjeffelin, Mrs B osanqu et.
FOR ADMIS 10 THE GRADE OF SER G BROTHER (ASSIST TT-CHAPL n
The R e v George O wen Charles D ux bur y
T he R ev. C a n o n Arthur R ussell Mill bourn.
F OR ADMIS 10 IN THE GRADE O F SERVIN G BROTHER
George Mat thias R oberts.
J oseph E benezer Byron.
Her bert H enr y Harris on Dr. Va lentine Holland B arker.
R a lph Ambros e Elton
Kenne [h Cameron P ile.
Leslie Edgar Spaulding
J ohn Carey-Hugbes, M. B
Sit Sui g.
Lo T im Fook
Cyr il Henry Michael West.
Geo r ge R obert B olion
Les li e H ay hurst.
G eoffrey Arthur Jenkins
Alfred D emain orris.
Willi a m Benne t t.
Joseph Green.
J ohn Jackson.
Alan Edward J ar vis.
Willi a m Lidd leU
Sidney Charles Hudson F ossett , O B E
William H ewitson
Wi lliam J ohn Sco ts burn eils on illiam H orsman R eynard
Fr a nk Ernest Colvin Barnes
ic tor Les lj e D a sh .
John B enj amin Armitage R eynolds R .C. S ,!L.R C.P.
Maurice Keith Spooner.
R o y il t on
Ch arle s H enry Wood
Gor d on B urnett.
L es lie Rich a rd D in widd y
Le lie Edwards.
L eslie J a me H ill.
F rederick Bram\ ell Ho we.
Le lie George Shepp a rd.
iUi a m D ouglas Thomas.
ubrey J a me a lden
F OR AD 'II 10 I THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Mich a e l are H ook.
Ib ert " yn r a ier.
a p t. J o hn ic hael H od ge s D S O R
J o hn u ng Dr yde n M B.
aj ir L ird efie ld H ar ton , R E.
Erne: t B nes t.
H arol d 0 ti er a u
M j - en. W illia m D illo n H ug he .B .E. , Q H.P , F.R .C. P.!
Co l. Jo eph n ton R ee d .B E. , B
L l.- o J. K 11n et h G ard in e r G a ll oway
Lt. - 0 1. J o hn Ri c ha rd Phi ll i p Th o m a , T.D
T in10 th O ' Lea r , O B .E
R ol a nd R o ber t all in g ha m
ArUlllr Ll oy d P o tter , M D M R O.G ., M B. b B , M .R .S ., L.R .C. P . emeot G eor ge Burro w, M B
G ilbert J o hn And er on
Pet er wen B ro di e, O B. E. Gera ld Sm edley H er e
FOR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF SSOCIATE OFFICER (BROTHER)
Tb e Re v. anon E d ward W e O B.E. D D ., Li t t.D
Keith Kan 13
G eor ge Edmund Le, -Watkins
illiam Char es J ohnson.
F red Beckett.
K enneth Je e Brook.
aa B o lt on Store
AIEr d evel l.
John R icha rd P ygot t.
J 0 ep h T hom a a age
Cecil Turner.
v illiam T in d all oung
G eo r ge Ander on D arney, B .E.M
R icha rd Rh o d es.
Jo hn Leslie Colling
Br igh t Henry ill iam T uUett.
Ernest lfr ed Charl ell.
Samu el J enkin E an , M. B
D o rr ien L anc lot Hill tanle F et h er St okoe
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF ASSOCIATE SER G BROTHER
L eung Shiu S hu
FOR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF SER Oli e J ean irs. Oller en s ha w.
Joan Mr Highet.
SISTER
Sybil Carmen, Miss Harper.
Marie An toinette Muriel , Mrs. McLeod.
Yvonne Carmen Therese, Mrs Peres.
Ethel Gertrude, Mis T ylor , M B. E.
Barbara Eleanor , Miss Copeland.
Zoe, Mrs. Botsford.
Grace , Mis s Ba rthoLomeusz.
Evelyn Ma Miss Bristor.
Hilda , Mi ss Cocker oft.
Dora E llen Miss W a ite
Alice Florence, Mrs. Eastland
Rub y, M r s. Wa tson.
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE O F ASSOCIATE SISTER
Miss A w Si an.
Margueri te Mrs. A beygoonewardene.
Miss L eung K a m Yuk.
PRIORY OF SCOTLAND
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF COMMAl'IDER (BROTHER)
Arthur Albert F itzgerald Peel, D.M ., M .A., F.R.P.F.S.
James W a tt, M.e., D .L.
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER
Edwin Stuart Falco ner M.A.
Dunca n Macintyre-Keir
FOR PRO 10TION TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
Jean Aitchison , M iss D awso n S.R. ., S.e.M.
FOR ADMISSIO I IN THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER
Lt.-Col. George William Bru ce, TD.
Henr y Sc ott Swan.
Kenneth James Can1p bell.
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF SERVING SISTER
E lsie Alexander Forsythe, Mrs. T ait.
Janet Gillespie Cowan, M iss Henderson, M .A.
Frances R oss, Mrs. Hami lto n.
PRIORY O F C NADA
FOR ADMISSIO II THE GRADE O F DAME
Mme. Pauline Vanier.
PRIORY FOR WALES
FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF KNIGHT
William Mabon Abraham M.B.E.
Rober t Wynne B ankes, e.B.E.
FOR PROMOTION T O THE GRADE O F DAME
Margaret Mina Philipina, Mrs. Wilson.
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF COMMANDER (BROTHER)
Edward P at rick Coyne, M.B. , Ch. B
Col. Willi a m Robert Cr awshay, D.S.O
George Edward Davies
Col. H enry Rober Humphries, TD ., D .L.
Brig. J ohn Gwynne Morgan, e.B.E., TD. , M.B., B.S ., M.R.e.S., L.R .C. P ., D.P H ., D.L.
George Albert Watson.
FOR PROMOTIO
L a d y Evans Bevan.
TO THE GRADE OF COMMAJ\TDER (SISTER)
Lad y Jenkins.
FOR PROMOTIO N TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER
Rees Evans Davies. (BROTHER)
R obert William Edwards.
Rh ys Williams Evans, TD.
Wyndh a m Clifford Hole
Arthur Jenkin s
B ryn ley Thomas Jones. J obn Haydn Jones
William Edwar d Neale.
FOR ADMISSION I THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Brig. Hugh Salusbury Kyna tOl1 Mainwarin g, .B ., B. E., D S O ., TD.
W lli a m E d wa rd Hani
Kenneth E ans Jone
M athias
Thomas I lwyn J ones , M.D. , B.. , D P H.
Co l. Kevern 1 or Mo rgan , e. B. E., J P
Sir W i llia m layton Ru sson, O,B .E
Th e Lord Tr evor.
1a
Edmund A hl ey ha d es W e tb ,T D D L., J P
George Mer yn W illi a m , M .e.
D avi d D an iel E a ns.
FO R PROMOTIO I TO THE GRADE OF O FFICER (SISTER)
Ruth Eliza bet h M r. aulfield
Zo Doroth ea, M iss Dru itt.
FO R ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE O F OFFICER (I ER}
Eliza betl1 Mary Boyd, Mrs. Craws hay.
Lady ifeyri k Gruel Cochrane, Mr William.
FOR PROMOTlO TO THE GRADE O F ASSOCIAT < OFFICER ( I TER)
Sarah , M rs. H au er.
FOR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE O F SERVl TG BRO THER
Will iam Al len.
Emyr a p ynon M.R , L.R.e.P.
Jobn Willi a m R alp h Battram M.e. !l R , L.R. P
Frank Cha rle Berkl ey.
George Rob e r t Bl a k.
George Erne t Butler.
Stanley Clarke.
Harold Llewellyn ooper.
D avid D avi d
Maldwyn D avie.
D avid Pri ce van.
F ra nk Go s nay.
Thomas James Harri
Hugh Herber t, M.B. B S J o eph Vernon Hewlett.
F rancis Dudl ey Spencer Holling
John Elwyn Elia Hughe .B., eh.B.
R aymond Jarrett.
D avid J o hn J o nes.
Geo rge J one
Herbe rt S tanley Jone
D avLd J oiln Llewellyn.
H erbert Jo seph Lomas.
Evan John Morgan.
H ezekiah Thom as Morgan.
Wilham Hemy o rbu ry
John Henry Poll ard
William Po well Phi lipp , O.B.E M.R . L.R P ., D.P H.
William Pritchard Phill ips, J P Kenneth J oseph R ees.
John J oseph R eynold.
D avid Jo bn Ri chard.
Leslie Rob ert.
Thoma s Ru th er.
D avid Br ynle y R ya n
Idris Thom a.
Thomas Thomas.
John H enry Will iams, B.E.M Mansell Will iams
FOR ADMISSIO N IN THE GRADE OF SER
Minni e D ia n a, Mrs. Cooksley.
Edn a Doris, Miss Durnell.
E m i y May, Mi ss Gwilliam.
Iri s Mar y, Mr s. J enk in s.
M a bel Du lc ie, Mr s. J o nes.
Emma Miss J ordan.
P hyllis M ay, Mr s. Lewis
O live, Mi ss M argrave.
D orothy Pom eroy P e ters Mr R obin o n I vy, Miss Shelton
Dor a M ay, Mrs. Squires
Olive, Mrs Strac han.
Margaret, Mr s. William s. Mar y Hun te r , M iss Willi ams.
Ph oto : B elf ast News· Lette r
CELEBRATION IN BELFAST
CO;\ l.\l ANLJEHY OF ARD ANN AI. BALL ..l group taken wilh fIi s
Ex cell e ncy III Lord Prior Go ernor oj Sorlhern I reland on lhis
o ca,· ioll. (L eJllo ri(Jhl): .ll r J. If If Pollock, Th Lord ilJayor oj
13 IJa·1 Ll derman R. O. '. I{ il1allan J1r. J. n Ii Pollock
Lieulenanl COllllllnndery oj • Lrel Lady J l cK ee, Chairman oj lh e B all 'o ll/1I/ill ee Til Lady Jl ayor e. s
branc hes of St. John activ ty are developed a nd st re n gthened by a concentr a ted e ffor t in each separate fieJd and particularly by S.J .A.A. organisers whose business it is to bring to the notice o f a ll sect ion s of t he com munity the first a id and nursing instructional facilitie wh ich can be drawn upon
Wh en this Association orga ni sation has been completed a considerable adva nce can be expected in the number of classes throughout the county area In a foreword to the report the Principal Secretary of the Pri ory (the Hon. J H. Bru ce, e. B .E.) states : "The seeds of id eas sown a few years ago have taken root and a re springin g up in a remarkable manner. The problem is to show value for effort a nd to satisfy persons that valuable time expended on our wo rk is not wasted. Your County Area is a pioneer in ry in g out openings a long constructive lines, the value of which extends beyo n d your borders because it can be held up as an example of possibilities elsewhere."
Already this year the Area bas achieved something new in the competition field in organising an open contest for teams drawn from the Brigade, police, Br itish R ailway, ci vil defence and various other ind ustrial undertakings. Tbis competition took place on May 14th when six teams took part in the practical team and individual tests set by Dr. D D Stephens, Dr. H R. Kidd and Dr. P Lavis. Mr. e. J. P arry, S.B.SU., the County Area Secretary, announced the marks gained proving tbe winners to be the Caera u CoUiery team in the senior contest and the St. John 's Co llie ry Maesteg team in the novice competition. The Chairman , Area Superintendent G. J ones, O.SU., expressed the hope tbat in a year s time more organisations would be encouraged to participate. Mr D. J Haines, M.E. , deputised for Mr. Enoch Lewis, S.B.SU., in presenting the Lewis cup and medallions to the Caerau team and Corps Superintendent J. G. R ees , S.B.St.J., handed his shiel d to the aesteg team.
Another stimulating event introduced this year was tbe Area Br igade Confer nee. The chief speaker was the Training Officer for Wale , iss Z D D ruitt , O SU. , and Area Commissioner E. G. Howells, e.SU , M.M., addressed tbe conference on Brigade adrn..ini tration Lively discussions were chaired by the Area Commissioner and Area Superintendent Mrs. M. Waters, O.St.J. the conference summing up being given by Mr G. Jones, O SU. M OI\TM O UTHSHIRE
Count Superintendent G. E. D avies , e.SU. presided at tbe biannual meeting of the Silurian County Area Committee. Presentations made by Miss R osemary Griffiths included warrants of appointment to Col. H. A. P Clay as Chepstow Div isional Pre ident, to Dr L. C. Clopet as Area Surgeon. A report on the at ional Hospital Service R e er e gi en by the County Area Superintendent , Mr. E. G. D a vies , O.St.J. , showed good progr in number and efficiency. Projected schem for new ambu lance hall were pr ented b Bed, as and Trethomas divi ions and Machen and Rhiwderin divisions reported on renoation plan for their hall
In the ellt County Area the T.H.S.R. members in Tredegar enjoyed a 0 ial e erring organi ed b the hospital ecretary, r. J. L. dams. D uring the cour e of the programme .H.S.R. award were pr ented b the Matron. The majori of the Brigade member in Tredegar are nur ing auxiliarie in the H.S.R. a a result of whi h clo e ontact i maintained with the ho pital \ here their ervice ha e pro ed mo t acceptable in times of temporar tafl hortage.
rfon orp 00 m mb r
should continue Mr. Griff. C. Morgan, O.SU (Honorary Secretary) was appointed to represent the St. John Council on the newly-constituted Am bul ance Sub -Committee of Pembroke hire County Council.
A meeting of nursing officers , arranged b y the County Superilltendent (Mrs. J. Howard Owen O.St.J.) , was addres ed by Mi Zoe D ruitt, O.SU (Training Officer for Wales).
The Florence Conmlemoration Da y Ser vice (organIsed by he Pembrokeslme Branch of the Ro yal College of ursing) was held at St. Davids Cathedral where the rvice wa conducted by the Dean (the Very Rev. T. E. JeI1.l'in ) an d t he addres wa given by the Bishop (the Rt. Re J. R. Richa rds) The St. Jo1m Cowlci l and the Brigade in P embrokeshire were w 11 r presented.
BOROUGH OF RHONDDA
For the twelfth year in succession members of the Ha rrow Ambulance an d ursing D ivisions of the Sf. John Ambulance Brigade met their friends and colleagues of the Rhondda Di vi ion when they journeyed to the Rhondda Vall y for the weekend for the aIillual first aid competitions. The party left Harrow at midnight on the Friday , some members having come straight from dut y on the procession route of the Ro yal wedding, where t he y had been busy treating casualties near Buckinghanl P alace. The visit is one of aIillual interchange b etween Harrow and Rhondda which conmlenced in 1948 tmd er the Fellow hip of Hearth and Mine. Although this was originally a link of friendship between sever al organisations in Harrow and Rhondda, the st. John Ambulance Brigade is the only one which still maintains contact between the towns Th e friendl y spiri t operating between t hem i however, very strong, and many lasting friendships have been made On this occas i on the Harrow visitors were entertained by a coastal tour and musical evening. On Sunday the annual comp etitions took pla ce, the judges b eing Dr. J. J Williams and Mr. L Price Rhondda nurses (Capt. Miss E. E vans) ca ptured he Florence Nightingale Statuette from Harro w (Capt., Miss M Sharp) b y th e narrow margin of three marks. whilst the Rhondda men (Cap t. G. Philips) retained the Silver Lamp Trophy when scoring 184 marks to the 180 scored by Harrow (Capt. c. P arsons). The trophies were presented by cUr. W. Hughes who stressed
FIRST AID TRAINING with "Pl astifol" Plastic Wound Replicas
Branches
the inesti.mable va lu e of first aid at he Hea rt b and in th e Mine Comm.issioner Gwyn Morris, O.SU. , pre nt d t he uccessful cand idate at a recent ay demonstrators ' course wil i1 ti1eir certIDca tes.
ounty Staff OtTic r E. W Irons, S.B.SU., wa pr ented with a brief-ca e b orp ecretary W A. Fowl r on beh alf of lh e Upper Rhondd a orp a a token of I' gard for M r. Trons 's work when Corps Secretary, a nd a lso to mark hi promotion to ounty rank. B fore leaving, Are a Staff Officer L. l11ith and Di ional atTi er Par on of Harrow [banked the Rh ondda, and especia ll y orps Superintendent W J. B. Mo rgan who had been responsible for the arra ngem ' nts for an th r Llcce sful and h appy v isit , and tated that t hey were already formulating p lan to enter tain Rhondd a when they vi ited Harrow in 196 1
Obitllary nior Office r of t1le Rhondd a ounty t ind e r ommissioner Gyvy n Moui O.StJ. acted a bea rer at tbe crenlation o f John Harri Davie, K.SU. , who died at bi hom in Ferndale on M ay 7th in his 89th year. Th Brigad ecre ta ry Me W Mabon Abraham, M R E., K , l.J. represented the Priory in tb e una oidable ab e nce of th Principal Secret ary.
Mr. D avies wa one of the pioneer of th ambulance mo ement in the Rhondd a and r tired as Co mmi ss ion r in 1949 a fter 60 years of fa ithful service
BOROUGH OF W Fir t aid team repre enting the police ci i1 defence, po om e, fac tor ies and dock competed in Lbe co ntest to win the La d y J nkLns silver s hi e ld , pres e nt ed b y the L a d y Pr e ide n t. Dr. J , Bowl , Dr. E. Andrew and Dr. A. Hu g be judged the te n team, the inner being Swansea Police team with 196 point, followed by th e Ci il D efence ( la dies) Leam wiLh 190 a nd third he alional D ock Labour Bo a rd ith 18 9. The second team a a arded th e Tru cott hield and ir William A. J en k iJl ,K. t.J. , J P ., pr ided at the presentation ceremony UPI orted by the Mr. R C. L. H a ard, CS U ., a nd D I ut A. H Havard, O , SU " Mr. D J R ichard B tJ ., a nd D V. Turner , O B E., O U., C
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for 29 yea r s and was a found er -memb e r of the Bourn e Di vis ion For the ast five years he was a p o pul a r n:ember of. Bourn e Urb a n ounci a tru stee of Bourn e Umted C h antJes, and a m emb er of he Bourne P a ro eh al Chu rch ouncJI. He also had an interest in the yo uth of the vi llage of D yke, and was the founder an d Jea der of the youth cl ub Lhere , a lso laking part in all the vi llage fUJlctions
*
Cadet Brian Ke i th Co le, of H a lesowen Ambulance Cadet Di vis o n who met his death as the result o f an accident on April 4th at the age of ] 5 yea r s . H e wil l be sadly missed in his division, H e was s uch a p leasant, chee rful lad, extremely popular among his co mr ades Six of his cadet frien d s acted as bearer s at the funeral service which preceded cremation at P erry B arr.
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Dr. Hel en E. Smith was Di visional Surgeo n of the Arthur F aire ursing Di vision , Leicester, from 1951 to 1959, and will remembered with affection by the many members of the AssocJatlon and lhe Br igade who attended her lectures and examinati?ns, Her quiet and kindly approach will always be appreCiated by those privi liged to work and serve WIth her.
* Mrs. R. Soar, A r ea Superintendent of the S.E. Area of t he West Ri ding, Her death came as a great shock to all her friends and co ll eagues Mrs, Soar joined the B rigade in 1926 and was D13: de an Officer of the Ord er in ovember 1955. She took a very active part in all the work carried out b y nursing members and officers, whether it was ational HospJ tal R eserve SerVice, the One-in-Fi ve scheme, competition work, displays of work or lecturing, She will be sadly missed in both the area and the West Rid ing.
* Jame y illiam Churc hman , aged 54 , of the Tadcaster Ambulance D ivision. CpJ. Churchman had not enjoyed good health but had resumed work during Easter week. He on and died in an ambulance on t he way to hospitaL HIS aSSocIatJOn WIth t. John mbul a nce work extended 0 er 24 years and had gained him a serv ice medal and bar. He was a practical instructor and bad ac ted as secretary of the Evening Institute first aid class. During he war he wa a member of the Civil Defence Sef\1.ce. Coming to LONTION?
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cri bed the forma l ion of the meri an So iety of the O rder. T he 0 iety had been parti ularly generous in its gift to the Church a n d the Ho pital which. aid Lord Wakehurst was now coming to life again a omething of major importan e in the medical world. Referring to the ad 10 utfered by the Brigade and the O rder through th death of Courrte r.lountbatten, he aid tbat L ady Br knoc, who had uc ded her a uperirrtendent - in - Chief. had gr a t exp r ence and invaluabl knowledge. I n t he aft moon the member" of the Order and Brigade gathered at St. P a u]' Cathedral for the annual Commemoration ervice. H er th e e rmO l1 \Va preach d b the R ight R ev. and R igh H on J aJ1d, K.C.V .O ., D D. , ub- P relat of the O rder. n in teres tin g feature of the Communion en e, held earlier in he d ay in the hi toric crypt of t he Priory Chur h. wa that for the nr t time a a \ aI m -di h wa" u ed. 1\[ad of Br itannia ih r. engra d wit h th m blem of the Order, th dish \Va Ie ently pre e at ed to the O rd r b the R ev. Chri topher P ero\Vne. Chaplain o f (h e O rde r to omm morate hi holding of thi offi e for mor t h a n 2 - 'ear.
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First Scooter Mobile Division is tested
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ro A whi ch occurred to a London D istrict Brjgade officer whi t r iding h is motor scooter to t h e ann ua officers' meeting has res u lted in he fo r mation of the No .1 (Eastern Area, Woodford) Mobi le D iv is io n
Mr. J Linford, now the officer-in-c h a rge of the d ivjsion, thought that as the re were ome two mi l lion young people r iding the e machine all over Britain they obviously would be better equipped if they po c ed some first aid knowledge, al 0 it would be a great chance for the Brigade if we, whilst training them in first aid cou d interest them in Brigade activitjes. He contacted some 20 cooter club in the E sex area and from these commenced a fir aid cia of ome 50 scooteri ts.
Says Mr. Linro r d: " From t he e I wa ab e to form the first aUcooter mobi le divi ion. We are at pr ent about twenty strong i h about eve n potenLial members ju t finishing a course, and I per ona l ly feel that given enough pub licity the idea could sp r ead throughout the country. We, although being a static div j ion, have a roving commi ion and we can often gel where a car, or ambuIan e cannot go, and our u e i obvious. "
The po sibililic of this y pe of division were illustrated in a rent e erci e it" a held under the direction of ajor J M. Wjlks O.B.E., T.D. rea ommi ioner. The obje c t wa to test and practice the mobil ily of t h e bile olumn in the We tern ection of he area and l ( a tern oodrord) Mobile Di ision, speciaUyunder I T control.
The obile olumn is composed of selected members o 4 (Le Lon tone) o. 29 ( alLham tow) , o. 132 ( ilingford), mbulan e Di v i ion, and o 11 ur ing Divi ion under tbe ommand or Deput y rea urgeon Dr. acKenzie-BrO\ n, O,B.E.
In al l om 70 members or the Brigade took part , but withom the kindne and co-operation of Mr. Lamboume Edward and member r R adio mateur Emergency etwork, (R. .E. .) of the Radio ociety or Great Brit a in the exerci e in its intended form ould not ha eben po ible.
rea uperintcnd nt, R. D Bro\ e, B.E.M. acted a umpire and I / R.T. B a re pon ible becau e of Su n day traffic, for advi ing units of suitable routes. Throughout the e ercise m ap reference only \ ere u ed' thi v a con idered n ec ary in ca e Lhrough ome inad erlency rhey might attract unw nted all nti n to the embarra ment of the unday easjde motor traffic.
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Prompt first aid Jor road casualty.
Laindon, where a fixer W IT s ation was installed (R.A.E. .) who also provided mobile stations, with the columns. B y 09.15 hours the exercise was under way, units moving through the quiet country lanes of Es ex , which were delightful on such a fine spring morning. Only the crackle of the wireless cars radio, and the hustle of the doctors reminded members that there was work to be done. Even the name of the first rendezvous in Gallows Comer failed to cast a shadow over the proceedings. Soon the W I T cars were busy sending and receiving messages , reconnaissance parties mo ing from place to place in accordance with he pattern of the exercise.
The exercise terminated at abour m i dda y , with a discussion in which R.A.E. played a most important and instructive part Those taking part certainly learnt many lessons and ha e much to study for the future. Some of the lesson were soon to be put into practice when a ailable member of 0 1 (Eastern Area,Woodford) obile D ivision under the direction of A / S O Mulligan ere called upon to pro i de first aid cover for sightseers at the north bank oftheRi erTbamesfrom Woolwich to Tilbury, on Friday, a 6 when H. yacht Briiannia sailed with H.R.H. Princess argaret and her hu band on their honeymoon.
HOSPI TAL CA E: ll'ljtly dealt with.
Mr. Homce P m'shall (left) the retiring D irector-Geneml, S.J.A.A. with his successor, Sir Philip Southwell
Mrs. Walton , Superintendent -in -Chief, South Africa (left ) w'ith
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Is it Right?Is it Wrong?
Concluding some reflections on the Joint First Aid Manual by the Principal Medical Officer, S.J.A.A. , Major A. C . WHITE KNOX
27 Is it right to leave out t he word Antihis t amin in the treatmen t of Bi tes and S tings? P 118
D o you notice ho w man y cases of d eath b y insect stings have t aken place in the Pres s r ecentl y, one yester d ay; one a fe w d ays before th a t I b elieve t h at the subject is so essen t ial tha it should b e mentioned in some way or another in som e comm o n sor t of wa y wi thout an y sp ecific n aming o f a p artic ul ar prepa r ation.
2 8. I s i t right to include t he C h a p ter on " Civil D ef ence ?"
P .120
Well , we ha ve been critici sed very s tro n gl y fo r t he inclu sion of thi s cha pter in the b o o k an d f rankl y I h av e so me sympa hy wi th them , b eca us e if you r ead it very c arefully t h er e s , in my op ini on, no first a id instruct on in i t and all t does is to teach you t he h orro r s of the var ious ypes o f m odem warfare. W ell , I do not kno w whether i is r i ght or wh eth er it is wrong
Ob vious ly, the Home Office t hink t is r ight. You may t hink it is wr on g, i t is a bit of a nuisance, i t is included in the examinati on p ap ers no w and s o you h av e t o kn o w I wouldn't kn o w, perh a p s you can t ell me la ter.
29 Is i t righ t , if a third blanket is a va ilabl e in stretche r blanket ing, t o h ave all t hes e layers und er and o ver h e patient?
P. 138. You realise tha when you a r e b lanketing a st r etch er you have perhaps three ayers , then yo u hav e an o t her lay er p ar t ially on t op of h a t and then y ou h ave he blanket lift which lifts t h e casua lty; tha t's t hree, possi bly four p ossibly fiv e layer s un d ernea t h, t hen you h a ve another blanket tha t is fold ed lengt h wise (lu ckil y it is only t wo folds that time), h at go es on to t h e cas ualt y. T hen o ver comes t he firs t over l ap and t hen co m es t he nex t o ver la p (only t w o fold s), t h er e is a b t down one side and a b it down the o her side, so hey are t u cked in underneath sidewa ys. So you h ave fi ve lay ers und erneath, you have four layers on eit her si de o f t he two o verlaps, an d t he d oub le bl anket and fo ur l ayers on to p In view o f the instruction which says t h at t he casual ty is not t o b e overhea te d , is t h at a rea so n ab e instructi on? O n e of t hese days I am going to give a cru sh inj ur y and p ro vide a whole ot of blanket s f or t h e bl a nketing of t h e str etcher and see wh a t h a pp ens. H ere I h ave given a litt e wa rning a s t o wh a you migh t get in one of your c ompe ti tions 30 I s it right to rea ch the subjec t of F irs Ai d in six lectures?
I do n ot kno w of a n yb o d y who u ses only six lectures in their teaching b ut wh er e lect ures h ave t o b e p a id for at wo guineas a time, i t is a n impor t a n p oin t. It is p ossi ble with a very goo d lecture r t o do t he bo o k in six lec tures; it is possi ble, but unfortun atel y it do esn't eave a grea t d eal of time f or those in eres in g stories and sid e iss u es th a t m ak e t his su bject interesting wher ea s if it is pure y ins tructio n a l , it is not as interes ting as m ght be I do n o thin k for a m inu te tha t firs t ai d is a fa scin a ting su bject to a n y bod y who is going in for it. I think is a very es sen tia l su bject but it is a subj ect if concen t r a ted in its produc t ion m ay lea d to a vast a mount of closed eyes a nd sleepy ya wn s in the class es. I d o consider that it is ess ent ial t o tell t hese litt le st ori es th a t point the iss ue to so ma n y t hin gs , and I f o und in Afr ica , in tr ying to teach the Afric an, t h at i t was useless to gi ve theoretica l lec tur es, had to be a ll prac tical a nd one had to introduce parables a ll t h e time Teac hing b y p a r a ble is the most im p ortant of a ll m et h od s of ea ching ; tha t is b y telling stories which point to certa in fa c ts which y ou a r e t ry in g to illu s tr ate Mo s bodies I believe u se eight lect ures Sco tl a nd uses ten lec tures. We a ways were a dun lo t in Sco tland and it
t ake a l it tle m ore tinle in w h ch to ge t it in. Mind yo u wh e n i i
we d on t forget it!
31. Is it righ t to incl ude any par t of the Appendices in he s ylla bu ?
There are a lo of ex treme y interes tulg thing in the App end ix, and I h ave been as ked to includ e om e of thes e thing i n the b od y of the book o r a t leas t in t he exa min at o n a nd in the sylla bu of instru c tio n Well , I t h in k ,v e h ave enou g h at the momen t q u ite suffi cien in f ac , and I ha 11 be very c ha r y of a sk ing an yone to incl u de an ything o ut of the A p pend ix Y o u can alw ays lo o k i t up
Ex amin atiol1 s Now a la st wo rd a bout exa mLn at ions. I a m
m y surgeons a r e now comple ely
nfu sed wit h t he e
inat
paper. T here are so many p r cen age fo r hi ,per cen tage f or tha and if you d o n ot get h a lf mark in t hat on yo u fail even though your p as m a r k i a bove the figure g ive n T h ey wil l be p leased t o h ear, a n d I a m sure th a t yo u wi ll be plea ed t o hear , tha t I h ave recomm end ed doing away wi t h a ll mark n examinatio n p a per , a nd th re wil be six ite m s' fo ur practi a l and t wo o ral test. For those itting for a ertifica te or a Vouc h er, the examiner will ain1 at a certain per cen tage. I am not go ing t o t ell yo u what it is, sometbLng better tban ha l f marks anyway. If yo u h ave approxima e ly reached bat 11 wil put a " P , in th e compartment in which au are examined. If it is n o t cons id ered that you ha e reached that tandard h will put an " 0 ." Yo u will be a ll owed one" 0 " in the line for a pas s, two " 0 " a fai L Tho e who are itting for lhc nex l examination, Med allion or Label , will aim at another percentage slightly h igber , and if the examiner considers the candidate has reached approximately that p rc ntage he ill pu a " P ," six " P , O .K. five p 's" .K. I am ure that n ob ody examining can diff rentiale to the e tent one , t'v 0, t hree, f o ur o r five m a r ks out of forty. H is ridiculou. H e kn o ws r i gh t away you either know t or you don' t lena" it.
H e eit h er h a to d ig it out of you or not according t o hethcr he i s in a good temper or a bad mper' b u t he kno\ autom aticall y that is goo d enoug h for a pas. As fa r as my peO I I at H eadquarters are concerned, they look along, two ., 0' F a il straight away, no adding up , no complicated bu in of p ercentages an d half marks and what ha ve yo u. That i ho\ we a d vance in the world of first aid. S implification I am ure that t he next book which come out will be even mor im Ie than t his o ne.
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T he backcloth consists of photograph of" What we do " and fow' specially taken picttaes o " H ow we tmin." Cen tmlly, there is an appeal t o join th e B rigade. Th e rig ht base is par icularly an'esting and consi of a number of ar ticles represen ting he variou occupation of member, e g. a p aintb rus h gas-stove, ste thoscope, schoolboy's cap, etc , under the cap t'i on " TiJ7ho we m·e."
F'AMO A ALTY (face hidden by handkerchief) was f lown over from Belgium recently, and all the national paper. can-ied thi pictL£1'e. lirling l110s on hi way to ko pilal, was esc orted by Area ta}] 0ffice7 D Bayliss, of urrey, who had been asked to upervi e the 10adin l1 of hi' tT etch er in B elgium. On the left, mi crop hone in hand, D esmond G/' ea ley th e TV inleroiewer.
AIR ATTENDANT
By W. Jam Wr ight
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THE CARJU GE of in a lids by air h as greatly increa d in recent y ar and memb r of the Sc. J ohn Ambul a nce Brigade, and other organi al ion were quick to a ppreciale tbat their services would be ery beneficial in (hi I' P t. ome of them therefore had themIv trained in U1i lype of \ ork 0 lhat, if required they would be a ailable to accompany patients. t the present moment there is, unfortunat 1 ,no t u h a great demand for air attendant a one might h pe, bu it i e p ted lh a t in the future there will be a conid rab le increase in this \ ark, p rhap to tho e parts of the country which al the mom nt ever little of the carriage of in alid by air. Th r i mu h Lo b learned befor apr on icon idered suitable t become an air all ndant, and undertake cart duty 0 110\ ing lh ourse of instruclion an e amination ha to be passed b id which the atteodru)t ha to prove lhat h or she capable of tra elling b y air without any ill -eIre t Be ides ha ing a sound knowledge of fir t aid there are many lhing \ hi h have to b learned ab ut flying. For in tance most f yo u know th a t the higher yo u go into th air, the Ie the atmopheric pres ure b am decrea ing from approximately 14 } lb. per q. in. a t ground Ie el, J 0 lb. per q. in. at a height of 10,000 ft. ertain p art of the body be om affected through tbe e ariation in height, and the e chang are orne of the many things which air attendants 11a e to know , and give ad ice on, and take PI' caution to en ure that Lbey do not harm the patient. . p to a heigh t f appro ima tely 10,000 ft. th normal body not eriou ly depri ed of 0 'y gen, and 0 in an ordinary aircraft, flight i po sible at this height , but over this height arious disturbances are exp rienced, a co rding the the height at , bich one flie
The e d i turbanc are many and vari d, ranging from a headache and dizziness to loss of consciou ne s. In ome cas there are varying d gre of dis omfort to tbe intestines, and to th breathing. In other ther may be di comfort to the ear perhaps resulting in damage to the ar drum.
Today many of the la r ger types f aircraft ar built with a pre sud ed cabin, whi h mean that an arti.ficial pre sure is rea ted by pLU11ping the out ide air int a e led cabi.n, a tead y pre lire being ma in tai ned.
B y doing this, the pre sure in the aircraft flyi ng a t, say 40, 000 ft. wi ll be imi lar to bat found i n an ordina r ai rcraft flying und r 10 000 ft. which remo es the ri k of any injury occurring to the bo d y, and makes the use of oxygen containers unnece sary e cept in special ca es.
The cour e of in truction for air attendant include the care of s pecia l cases, such as di ab tics, hart ca es, r e p ira to r ca e a nd even emer gen cy c hil db irth but this is on ly to b practised w hen no qua ifie d h elp avai la ble
The air attendant must know when, and how, to administer oxygen, or other drugs, o certain cases where they may be necessary. He must also know bow to take precautions against certain tropical diseases , such as yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera. The transport of in valids is now a daily occurrence by most airline operators, and with tbe speed and comfort of airline travel toda y, doctors in remote parts of the world no longer feel isolated, as they can now refer their patients to such places as England or America for a specialist s opinion, and treatment, within a period of from 24 to 48 hours.
m selecting cases for air travel it is often necessary to acquaint the doctors and attendants with tbe details of the flight scbedule , so that they will be awa re of the time factor, and the climate and otber environmental changes in 01 ed in any proposed journey. On some of the arId wide air routes for instance , it might not be a question of considering one flight alone, but rather a series of flights through a continually cbanging en ironment, with the patient travelling, perhaps half-way around the world.
Regarding the medical uitabililY for air travel, numerou factor ha e to be considered, and the Medical Department of the air-line concerned is alway readily available to give expen ad ice. Taking all d tail into consideration it bould be stressed that, by far the great majority of invalid can be accepted for air travel provided that adequate prior arrangements bave been made to ensure the patient comfort and , elfare on the journey, both in the aircraft and at ground stop en rOllte. Adequate pri acy can be a sured, even for stretcher ca es.
The number of invalid transported by air has risen can iderably in the la t ar. and if v e consider the additional eats occupied by acco mpanying doctor nur es, or other atten dant , the arrangements required to be m a de by the air-line, represent a major undertaking.
For instance. one of our best kno\vn air -line, B.O. .c., has transpor te d as many a 3,000 invalid in one year, the total mileage running into million and out of the nunlerou inquirie received, Ie than _ per cent. were advis d again t air travel on medical growlds. In many in tances it i the co t of making uch arrangment , rather than the medical problem involved, that the deiding factor, for bides th attendant' eat the stretcher a upies at lea t two further seat , which mean that the patient ha to pa y th co of three.
11 the aircraft operating B.O.A .C. route are pre uri d, and th cabin altitude eldom. if ever, exce d ,000 ft.. and is normally equival nt to -,000 to ,000 ft. , dep nding on the route operated, an d other operational limit tion
E en at the e comparatively low altitude. a upply of ox gen can be pro ided for in alid trav lling in ca e the altitude ha any ffect on th patient's di abilit
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Compiled by W. A POTTER
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4. Injuries o be aken serious ly alway s-symp t oms may be delayed (4)
9 Un-co at a bird (6)
10 Conce rning a friend in fac t (6)
11. G r eek in our house (3).
12. Mo st commonly disl oca ted j oint (8).
14. No help for corrosive p oison (6)
15 Ma y cause in ernal an d external bleeding (4-5)
18 B etween lower ribs and pe vic cr est ( 5) .
19 An a esthetic agent in tin reel (7)
20 A str a in for the skille d worker (7)
23. Blood or p u s f o r microscopic examin ation (5).
24 To the point (9)
28 More r equired for blood (6)
29. Antib io tic ma y ap p ear icy on men (8).
31. Finish when Brend a los es her br a ! (3).
32 The one f or the t rophy (6)
3 3. Finger injured b y hammer ? (6)
34 P a inful (4). DOWN
1. Assist conges on of b lood ( 6)
2 Mucous secreting tiss u es (6)
3 Bile (4)
5 R a re gin f orm s facial a dornment (3-4)
6 Minims-ve r y roughly (5).
7. Wound is clean variety roun d 21 (1 0)
8. Clue for fust -a ider-o r de t ective (5-5).
13. A sphyxia te b y immers io n in wa ter (5)
16 Format ion of blood clot in vessel (1 0).
17 Bone a n d all goes int o a lka loid (1 0)
21. U nopen operation (5)
22. Dep a rt f r om the s traight course (7).
25 Fish abou t 90 shines (6)
26. Fund amental b eliefs (6)
27 . C onsumers u p set ruses (5)
30 M a in source of pro ein (4)
S olu ti on t o C rossw ord N o. 13
A cro ss: 1. Frost-bite; 8. L inks; 9. D iagnostic; 10 Gl and ;
13 Blue ; 14 Nails ; 15. HaclG a; 16 Enem a 18 Scurvy; 19. L tter;
20 E xalt ; 22. Kna ves ; 23 Tors o; 24. Sand ; 25 Sto o l 29 Yell ow Spot ; 30 Cones; 31. Liga ments. Down : 1. Fade ; 2 Or a ; 3 T en d ;
4. Insulin 5 Exile 6 D is oc a tio n ; 7. Skin dise a se ; 11. V accin atio n;
12. Ultra-vio let; 15. H a lt; 16 E yes; 17 Era ;1 21. Long leg s;
24. Sm ell ; 26 S wim ; 27 Op en ; 28 -itis 6
Ups and Downs of a Derbyshire Division
THE ST J OHN AMBULA TeE D IYI ION of wh ic h I am a mem ber had a beginning of no special mer it, bu t l ike it rulcient fore b ear the Kni ght of t h e H os pit al of St. J o hn, it ha a lo n g li st of , Ma ter s," so me G rruld and som e not so gran d; it has also cbange d i s na me an d he a d quarters several t imes.
On at least tlu e occasions the division has found itself bereft of commi sioned officers, on two occasions the spirit of the m ovement was kept alive b y sergean ts an d once by a corporal.
I n the year 1902 a re p resentative of the then Mi dlruld Railway Com pany, was sent from D erby to their mot i e power sheds at H a sland, D erb ys h ire, w th the express purpose of creat in g among its empl oyees rul interest io first a id ; a class wa tarted th a me year.
N ovemb er 1904 saw the f oundation of the Ha lan d D ivis on. It in clud ed in it ran ks not only railway worke r s but a so m in r and other tra d esmen ; th e first headquarters were in the ba k room of a l ocal pub lic ho u se.
A d eca d e later, owing to increa ing membership the headqu arters were m oved t o a room in the infants' school. bout 1920 a p hilanthrop c gentleman orally granted the use of the iU a ge ha 11 ; this happy state lasted till after 1936, when the divi ion wa call d to acco unt why it u ed the said hall free We had no written agreem ent, and our benefactor was no longer with us, but we were allowed to con tin u e using the hali for a small charge.
Name changed
During this perio d mem bership h a d fallen, and in order attract recruits from the neighbouring Wage the name was changed to H aslan d and Gra smoor D ivi ion in 1924. In 1936 a local colliery desiring to form a new division were persuaded to take over the old divisio n , and infuse it with new life; it name wa now changed to Has land & Gra smoor olliery Divisioo.
The village hall was requi itioned in 1939 f or war-time us bUl t h e colliery offic ia s allowed practices to take place in their pa y offices, an d l ater provided a room in the\' e lfare centre. Th p r o ve d a li tle cr amped, and in 1945 the vi ll age hali was aga in us ed as d ivis iona l hea d quarters. In 1947 the alional oal Boar forme d the East Midlands Co Uiery Corps and the old divi ion b ecame par t of N o.1 Area (C) Corps, and in 1951 a buildi ng\' a erec ed at G r assmoor as d iv isional headquarters.
The amb ul ance cadets division were founded in 1937, the nursing di vision in 194 1 an d the nursing cadets division in 1945. The a mb ulance division celeb rated its go den jubilee in 1954, and i p anning and working for a suitab le event to take place on it d iamon d jubilee.
All that rema i ns to be told is th at he division still ha in it r anks miners, railway workers and otber tradesmen, all enjoying the p ri vilege as h e o ld H asl and Di vision with the added a d vice and con ro l fr om Corps level.
L. Ga rli c
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S troke, A D iary of R ecove ry, by D oug fas Ritch ie (Faber & Faber , 12s. 6d ). T his is far mo r e t han is indicated by he sub -t itle, because M r. R itchie, wh o m ma n y will know bet ter as the" Colo nel Britton" who du ring h e war broa d cas t o occupied Europe, de cr bes witll rema rka ble cl ar ity not o ol y the o nset o r a stroke whic h left h im speechless an d with a pa r a lysed r ight s id e, but t he contributing fa c to r s to h is recovery which, one fee s sure, can do much to he p o he r s sim ila rl y afflicte d He d oes not spare himself or gloss over t h e many irr itations an d frustr at ons t h at he fe l t as he progressed so slo w y to p ar t ia l r ecover y From th e n urs ing p o in o f v ew the book s f ull of s de l ig h ts and informa ti o n tha t will b e o f great ass ist a nce to a n yb ody wh o s face d wi th the t as k o f ending fo r a p e r so n who has suffered a strok e.
The Collection of Coins at St. Gate
T J-I E MUSEUM AT ST. JOHN'S GATE contains a very impressive co Uec ti on of co i n j ued by tlle Gran d Masters of the O rde r o f St. J ohn of J erusalem. T h e Or d er fi rst issued coinage when it became a sovereign power th r ough the conq uest of Rhodes in 1310. From tbis time until the end of t he eighteen h cent ur y, coin were struck by a most every Grand Master of the Order, in Rh od s and later io Ma ta. All but four of tbe Grand Masters are repre ented in the fu eLlm at St. John' Gate.
T h e collection came into existence in 1893 when 73 coins from Malta were presented to the Venerab le Order. The Museum now possesses 0 er 1,100 coins; about 200 are from Rhodes, tbe rest from Ma lta.
A on iderable number of the coins in this remarkable collection i t r emely ra re and therefor worthy of mention but it is only po iblc to de cribe a few of the mo t out tanding specimens here.
The c inage y tem of the fir Grand Master of Rllodes F ulk de Villaret wa identical with that of Ule Kingdom of Jeru alem and ypru but hi succe sor, Elyon de Villeneuve, Grand Master 13 l 9-1 46, introduced a new y tem ba ed on the gigLiati of aples. Thi y (em r m ained in u e for the next 150 years and was as fo ll O\ s 16 denier (copper) 1 a per ( ilver)
2 a per 1 gigliat ( il er)
10 gigliali 1 sequin or ducat (gold)
The colle lion at l. John' ale includes 180 gold coin. The ea rlie t i a equin of Antoine Flu ian Grand Ma ter 1421-1437 (F ig I) It i (ile u eum' only e ample of this Grand Master's
Gold coinage continued to be issued by the Grand Mas ters in Malta though there was little cb ange until the reign of Adrian de Wignacourt, Grand Master 1690 -1697, when there was a marked improvement in the art of striking gold coins. From this time a steady process of development took place until the reign of Anthony Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master 1722-1736, when coins of unsurpassed beauty and finish were produced. The Venerable Order is fortunate to possess twenty examples of Vilbena's gold coinage. The finest item is a 10-sequin piece (Fig. 2). The obverse
Fig I. - R everse oj a gold equiTl oj Grand il.Ia ler Antoine Fluvian. coinage. It was di sco ered in onstantinople in 1930 and may be unique a it not menlioned by either c hlumberger * or Fur e.**
The equin bear on the ob er e the kneeling figure of the Grand a ter to whom t. John Baptist i presenting the tandard of the Order. The eight-pointed cro clearly i ible on the Grand Ma ter' mantle. The in cription read : F FL f: 1. B TI T. 10 e to the tandard a re th letter M RO (Magi (er Rodi.) The reverse b a r the figure of hrist surrounded by star and the legend: IT T. R. D T. QT : REG I S I TE DV T Ci(ay this royal du at be dedicated to thee, 0 hrist.)
Anot her ear ly gold coin in this mu u m is a sequin of Jacques de Milly, Grand Ma ter ]454-.1461. Thi too may be unique; it i certainly e tremely r a re. On ly two pecinl n of tIli reign were know n to exist whe n Sc hlu m be r ger wa writing his monumental wo r k , one being in the Briti h Mu eum, the other 00 the Marignoli Co llection in Rome. T he examp le at t. John Gate repr ent a t h ird variety, and i in an e, ceptiona lly fi ne tate of preser ation. T he d esign is s mi lar to he F ll ian type, t he ob er se b earing th insc rip tion: F. I A OB U D E. M I LU: S 1OH. R O and the reverse: SIT T XRE. D T. QTV: R EGI I STE DVC T. 7
Fig. 2.-0bl'er e oj a gold 10 sequin piece of Grand JiasteT , J1 anoel de Vilkena.
bears the portrait bust of the Grand Master in full-bot tome d wig and armour, with the inscription: F. D A OEL. DE. VILHE A. On the reverse appear the arms of the Grand Master and of the Order on an ornamental shield with the legend M. M. HOSP: ET S. S. HIER: 1722.
Turning to ilver coinage tbe collection includes 0 er -00 specimens. The earliest are tbe gigliati and asper of Elyon de
Fig 3.-Obver e of a silver asper of Grand Jia fer Pi erre d'Aubu on
illeneu e, Grand Master 1 19-1 46 of \ hich the Museun1 poss ss 2 examp les.
O ne of the most interesting il er oin from Rhodes is rul asper o f Pierr d ub u son, Grand Mast r 1476-1503 (Fig. 3). Thi is
the only known specimen and was fo rmerly in the Luneau Collection. It is not mentioned b y Schl um berger or Furse. The obverse bears a cross moline and th e inscription: F. P ETR VS DAVBVSSON. M. On the reverse appears the figure of st. John B aptist holding a banneret an d t he Pascha l Lamb. The legend is: S. IOhANNI. B. OSPITAL.
Of the silver coins struck in Malta, t ho se of Hugh de Lo ub enx Verdala Grand Master 1582-1595, are said to be the rarest. The St. John s Gate Museum possess four specimens, the finest of which is a four-tari piece (Fig. 4). Two varieties of this coin are described
Fig. 4.-0b verse o a si lver 4 tmi piece of Gran d M as ter H u gh d e L oub ena; V eTd a la
by Furse and Schembri. *** According to the latter, one var ety i extremely rare , the other unique. The specimen owned by th e Venera ble Order represents a third va rie y and is probably als o unique. The obverse bears the arms of the Grand Master quartered with those of the Order , the shield surmounted b y a coronet and a cardinal s hat. The inscription is: F. H. DE LOVBENX VERDALA. CARD M. HOSP. H. On the reverse is the hea d of st. John Baptist and the legen: PROPTER VERlTATEM ET IVSTITIAM. (For the sake of Truth and Justice )
As well as the coins iss ued by the Grand Mast ers of th e Ord er of St. John the St John s Ga t e Museum houses a m a gnificent collect ion of coins of the Crusader Sta tes. Consis ting of 754 pieces this collection is of great numismatic impor ance a nd s co n side red one of the finest in existence. The coins c o ver a p eriod of 4 82 years from 1098 to 1571, and were struck in 11 kingdoms and princpalities established by the Crusaders , including the Kin gdoms of Cyprus and Jerusalem and the principalities of Achaia and Antioch The collection wa s presented to the Venera ble Order b y Sir Ed win King in 1935. Daphne Edmon ds
Origi nally publis hed in " Run dsc h rei b en " -the Journal o Wurttemberg -Baden Ass ociation of the German Order of S t. John.
* G Schlumberger- Numis ma tique de Orient L a tin (p a ris 18 78
E. H Furse- M emo ires Numismatiques de l' Ordre So uverain de Saint Jean de Jeru saJem (Rome 1885). n. H C Schemb ri-Coins and Medals of the Knights of M alta (L ond on, 19 10)
"THE LONG
THE D E.MAND for t he film " T he Long Wait " produced for th e St. John Ambulance Ass ociation has been very great, and many St. John headquarters ha ve acquired copies for their use. Prints (16 mm. black and white) may be obtained through the Press Office, 10 Grosvenor Crescent, S.W.1 at £13 including po stage.
Owing to the dema nd , new arrangements have had to be made for hiring the film, which should be done through the Central Film Library, Bromyard Ave nue Lo ndo n, W .3.
The Press Offi ce at 10 Gro svenor Cr escent will gla dly supply furt her information.
SMART TURNOUT AT ' GUERNSEY INSPECTION
THE B[G DAY of the yea r for every member of tlle Bailiwick of Guerns ey st. Joh o Ambulance Brigade was Sunday, June 19 th , when in bea utiful sun hine th e annual in pection an d pa r a de wa sta ged at Delancey P a rk in the pa r ish of St. Sa mp on.
The movement in Guerns ey was h onoured in tha t th insp ection wa s carried out by Me H S. Ta y lor -Young , F .R tant Commiss ione r-in- C hief who tra ve lled special ly from London to ca rr y out this dut y.
Of the p ar a de of nul' es anlbula n ce men , cade t, a nd per o no I who man the Brigad e's pion eerin g m arin e a mbul a nce, the F yillg Christill e he a id :' I can ay I h av e never een a ma rtel' turn out !"
Exp res ing hi s plea sur e at being in Gu ernsey h e sa id th a t wh atever po ition o n e occupi ed in the Briga de tho e a bove ome timc a ppeared tir es o me a nd impo sible and one's a ttitud e dep nd d o n wher e one happ e ned to b e in th e Bri ga d a s t o h ow 11le va r io u levels were r egard ed. H e h im elf had mo ed up thr o u g h th e Briga de and kn ew it varyin g a tti t ud es, bu t h e wa ure the more un p leasa nt feelin g d id n o t exi t in G ue rn ey.
Th e s i t ant C ommi ion r-in- h ief tre sed t he va lu o f ca de t t o t he mo em e nt a nd th at t hey would n o t stay un le s t hey we r ma de \ elc om e. " We mu t h ave the yo un ger m em be r co mi o g io LO keep up our numb er ,' h e add ed
Of the r etirem en t of th e Ba iliw ick of Gu ern ey o mmi s io n r , D r. S H Heard, M r. T ay lo r-Young poke of th e great d eal of work an d r es p o n si b il ity an d o n b ehalf of head q ua rt ers han ked t he retir in g Comrni io n er f o r a ll he had d one. H e weI o m ed o t. R B
Bro a dbent wh o m H.R.H he Duke of G lou ces ter h a d a poi nted a
D r. H ea rd 's su ccessor.
T ak ing th e a lu te with M r. T ay lor-Young wa thc ieut-
Go vernor of he Ba il i\ ic k (Guern ey, Ald ern y, ark and H e r m),
Vice-Adm ira Sir G eoA'rey R o bso n
Liberation Day Cavalcade
Brought over £200
T HE HO ORARY TREASURER of the St. J o hn mbulance B rigade in Gu ernsey, Mr. R A. Luff, a nd a special committee t hat s r d with him, came in f o r ver y hig h pra i e from the peop le of Guern ey for o r ganis ing an d stag ing th e island's ve ry suc ess ful Liberatio n
D ay Cava lcade on M o n day, M ay 9th.
T h e d ay, which was a gen era l holi d ay marked the 1 aoniver sar y o f t he is and' s lib erat ion fr o m fi ve years of Ge rm an occupat ion (1940-45 ), and th a n ksgiving services and th e cavalcade before t h ousan ds of res iden ts and visitors created a ve ry fa ourabl im press ion.
One of th e onlo o k ers incl uded a on e- ti m e Ger m an m ili a ry comm and ant i n G uernsey (h e h el d t he post fo r three mo nt hs in 1941 ) H err H a n s G eis , who said b e h ad especially enjoyed l11 cavalcade as t was n o n-poli t cal an d ha d no thin g in it Ii hich s howed enmi ty owards t he r ecent G er ma n occu piers.
M ember s of the pu blic sub scrib ed generou ly toward the colec io n o n he cava ca d e's ro u te and t he excell ent sum of £200 3s. 9d wen t to Gu ernsey St. J ohn Ambula nee Br igade Funds, which stand in great need of he lp Serv in g Br ot her of the Or de r, Mr F ra nk W. F a ll a, was comm en tator for th e event an d 0 er t rave lling lou d speakers cajoled the publi c to p art wi th the ir money in app r eci a ti o n of lib era tion b y the Alli es a nd b e up erbl y goo d work being done b y memb er s of S t. J o hn in G uernsey fo r th e res ident and visi ting p ub li c.
WILTSHIRE HALF-CENTURY
AT THE COUNTY INSP ECTION o f Wil ts hire B r igad e m e mb er s at Swindon , th e A ssistan t C ommi ss ion er-in- bi ef , L t.- C ol. Goring presented man y awa rds, including a Jubilee ert ifi ca te to County Training Offi cer F. W Ki r kbrid e wh o h as gi ve n 50 yea rs' v oluntary se rv ice to the work of St John , both A ss oc ia tion a nd Brigade. Count y Tr a in ing Officer Ki r kbrid e was a lso pre ented w ith his Ass oc a tion Honorary M embership bad ge, in r ecogni t io n of man y years work in connection with nr st a id cl as ses
NURSES OF THE FUTURE CADET NEWS FROM WALES
CYCLING PROFICrE CY AWARD.-One of t h e items at a presen tatio n of R oa d Sa fety Certlfi ca tes to m em bers of S t. J o hn ursing Ca d ets of E y a nd F a rwa ter Di visi on was a s p ecia p resen tation of ar d iff's 2,000 th Cyclin g Proficiency Certlficate. This was b a nded by A ld Sir J ames Co llins, Chair man of the Cardiff L ocal Sa fe y Co mmi ttee, t o Ca rol G riffit bs, who a lso received a dynamo li g h ting se pr esen ted by Mr. R eg Brad d ick. a dets were p r esen ted wi th Cycling Certificates and B adges by t he Chief Consta ble o f Car d iff (M r. W. F. T homas) Cycling P
d CyclirLg Officer (Mr. O J Kingman), S
T. J,O fI S II/bulnnc ami Xursing B rigade Officers w h o visited [.'le P m/o d 11'ee l ch?ol. D a.ria Ion on the occa ion oj t he annual III pec t lOH oj II town S I1UT zng cade t were uTpTised and indeed "rall/ied 10 'ce 17 '0 eighl·year-old ins going through their first aid c.t'erCL e. The Iwill were. ( nil and Pal R IIS ell oj 1 5 l11 ars ton Avenue, Darlaslon :: 11 0 cannot become III iT ing cadet until Ihey reach the Cl"e oj 1 1. Th Y ha ve, however, been accepted and enrolled in th e unit (IS" I. J ohn J ilniors.'
T hey had only. il wee k ervice o Iheir credi t at the time oj Ihe IIISpeClWlI, bllt Illey have already made enoLl"h progress to eaTIl the COJlllll lIe/aiioll oj til e inspecting officer Jor Ih ei r efficiency.
o nihil , la.lic ar th e junior tliat 011 th e occa ion oj the Tecent allllual r vi Ihey made Ihe journey 10 " 1I0 r:eter wi h th e cadets to il itne ss Ihe even l
Ur acly the twin. are in the al'l oj banda"illg Qnd in the above Ihey are seen chsplayill o lheir s kill at l he in peclion.
In c nrt etion "ilh th ab it m, th e follo wi.n g letter to the E ditor of int er t.
D ar ir, The u that th a l all a nd Di lrict orp are havlng in ne\ s pap r publicity Lh e ir aClivili ince I have taken over th pI' rcpre entalion for them.prompt me to offer my help to any of lh other orp 10 the Midla nd area who care to contact me regarding their a li iti
l cannot a lwa y guarantee to i it them but if they will gi e me a note o [ their a ti ities and forthcoming di pia I wil l endeavour to he lp them in any way l can.
II thcy ne d do to end a note or the event to me at· 77 H ugh R oad melhwick taffs o u r faithfully.
O ord Jon es
MESSAGES FROM OVERSEAS
Sl. J o hn r-:l eadquarlers in I n d ia, out h Africa a nd ew Zea land e nt the f o Uo\> ing me ag to the e. n C. for cadet in this co un t ry: In r p ly the in h as se n t messages of thank and good Wis h son b ha lf of a ll ca d e t in the U n ited K lng d o m Cab le frO Ill Illdia: Cadet at ho me end goo d w shes to ca de in Eng a nd o n adel D ay.
Letter frOJII o u ll Africa: T he ade t i n the ni on of outh
[r ica a nd n u t h-W e t Nrica de ir to b a sociat d with ca dets t h ro ug hou t the ommonwea lth i n t h ce le br a t io n o f th e nnu a l a d et D ay o n at u rday, 25 h Jun. O n t hei r b e ha lf t h e
Pr io ry o rn mi ssio n e r a nd Director o f mb u a nce ex end s to all
ca de ts in th e U n ite d Kin gd o m in cere gree tin g a nd wi h e o n h i a u pi cio u occa io n L e fl er from NelV Zea la n d: T he hi ef o m mi io ner, on b e half of t he cad e o f t he t. J o hn mbula nce B r iga de n e w Zea la nd , as k me o ex tend o a ll ca de ts of th e Bri ga d o ur firm gre tings a nd good Wis hes fo r a h a p py a nd ucces ful a d et D ay. 9
Certificates by the Commissioner for Ca r diff, ajor A. H G. F ield, M. B .E., K.S t.J. and Cadet Efficiency awards by M iss G Richards, Co unty Superintendent (N). T he evening h a d a specia l " R oa d Safety" a pp eal, and" R oad Safety" songs were sung by the Cyntwell Secondary B oys' School Choir, under their choirmaster, Mr. B. Cook R oad Safety novelties were presented by Mr K. A. Marshall, Corps Officer. T hese certificates for R oa d Safety count towar ds the Grand P rior's B adge an d this division is the first com plete unit to qualify in cycling proficiency. D uring the course of the evening the parents decided to form a Cadet P arents' Association with the o bject ofrelieving the div ision of responsibility for social activities.
CWMAMA ENROLME T.-MrS. W. R Crawshay enrolled eight new ca dets in her capacity of Chief Officer ursing Cadets for Wale at Cwmaman. The ceremony was attended b y the former Commissioner, Mr. Emrys James, K. St.J., now Assistant Chief Commis ione r for Wales and a special guest was Miss Burgoyne , an merican exchange teacher, who was greatly impressed. The Colour P arty consisted of senior cadets and the organisation of the event was in the capable hands of Cadet Superintendent (Miss P. Wllliams) who presided.
57 -YEAR -OLD DRE M COME TRUE" was the remark made by 1'. S Linfor1h , H on. P r ident of Sittingbourne & Milton Am bulance D i ision, at [he official opening of their recentlya quir d hea d quarters building. Mr. L inforth was introducing Lord B o som of a idstone , K.St. J ., who performed tbe official opening ceremony of Thompson H all, T he Butts, Sitringbourne on Sunday J une 12th, 1960 t the commencement the ambulance nursing and ca det divisions were in pected by Iaj. - Gen. G. Brunskill, c.B., M.e. (Comnlissioner fo r K ent) accompanied by Lord BOSSOll and cUr. Mr J. o ble , Chairman, Sittingbourne rban D istrict Council.
In h is pee h, Lor d B o om told member that they belonged to one of the most valuable oluntary public er ices in [he country He said tbat much good work was done in Kent and he belie ed that S ittingbourne and Milton \ as one of the strongest divi ions in the county . L or d B ossom onc1u ded b y handing the deeds of the buil d ing to Maj. -G en G. Brun kill who, in turn, gave them to Di vis ional S up rinten d ent J. Wh eler for safe keeping.
P ra ers o f dedication were then aid by the R ev R D d·E. 1 1ered i th (Vi ar of H oly T rinity, ittin g bourne and H on. P r ident mb u lan ce Cadet D ivi io n).
D r. Chalmer 0 t.J . ( ea S urgeon) thanked L ord B os om , c Ur Mr. o ble an d variou o ther d i tingui he d g u t and m mb ers fo r their atte nd an and s upport at the cer emony.
T he aft moon a tlVltl con lu d ed \ ith an in pection of the build lD.g fo ll o ed by th r ing of light refr hment to gu sts and v i ito r
• T he E ditor welcome n ws of cadet a ctivities-b ut even more he would like original contributions from cadet abo ut their own ex perienc es-incid ent at camp, fir aid rendered , etc.
CYPRUS FIRE SERVICE IN FIRST AID DEMONSTRATION
With the Brigade at home and abroad
I WAS ver y interested to read of the Commissioner-in-Chief's tour of Wes t Africa, particularly Freet own, Sierra Leone an d to learn tha t t he Brigad e is ac tive there.
My interest wa s ar oused beca use I was a ppointed to Freetown on Admiralty duty during the last year of the war 1944 -45 and being an officer of the Briga de I naturally wished to carryon with the good wo rk when possible. On making inquiries, I found that the Briga de did not ex ist in Freetown, so within six weeks of my arrival I h a d got together 20 West African gentlemen who sh owed some interest.
I gave them a talk on t he histor y of the O rder of S t. John , followed b y the principles of first a id and sugges ted that if they were keen I would give up one or two evenings each week when off service duty in order to train them in first a id , stretcher, squad and company drill etc.
They turned out to be very keen and attend ed classes regularly once or twice a week and occasionally Sunday afternoons, an d eventually passed their first aid examination. ext came a meeting to fo rm the division , the first ambul ance division in Freetown, and to name it, it was proposed that I might wish to suggest a n ame that would enable these go od people to remember my work on their behalf. I requested them to nan1e their di vision after the one I had had in the United Kingdom, but it was pointed out to me that after a time the reason for the name would be fo rgotten, so it was unanimously agreed among the members of this new division that the only way in which they could really show their appreciation of the time and patience I had given them during the year I was stationed in Freetown would b e to nan1e it after me. I did feel , an d still do so, that this was a great honour
In addition to t r ainin g the personnel at the Tarrant Ambulance D ivision the children of the village of Kiss y would call at m y place of residence at any time of the day to have their injuries, which were many, treated.
My first aid kit was constant ly b eing replenished at my own expense, bu t I had ample opportunity to use the working tools of my craft, and enjoyed the work
In spite of the fact that F reetown had been known as " the White Man's Grave," in la ter years it has greatly impro ved, bu t the humid temperature is ver y trying to the white man. H owever I enjoyed my year of dut y t h ere because I felt that I was b eing of service to the people, and particular ly the children of Kissy Village. Had I been a ble to stay there longer, I feel s ure I would have been a b le to form nursing and cadet divisions. R egarding the atter, the Director of Education Freetown, ha d kindly listened to my request, and granted approval for me to lecture in the Secondary Schools, but the war having terminated, I received my instructions to return to England, which I did in No vemb er 1945.
I was surprised to learn that my Commissioner in D orset, Dr. E. S. Bo wes was aware of my Brig a de activities o verse as and ref erred to it in the County Circular of December 1945. Six weeks later I was sent to Egypt an d have since been to Malta a n d South Africa. Rega rding m y happy experien ces in South Africa, I ref erred to h ese briefly in the St. J ohn REVIEW of J une 1959. I have h a d happy Brigade da ys serving under Commissioners in Dorse t , Somerset, Northumberland, Bristo l a nd on the D istrict Staff of the Ca p e of Good Hop e Distr ict Cape Town , S .A. The tide h as r egularly ebbed and flowed twice in every 24 hours, many, many times since the Admiralty commenced appointing me to stations in various p arts of the country and overseas, where I have always endeavoured to carry out my Brig a de duti es. I h ave made many friends both in and outside the Brigad e and have very happy memories of p eop e an d places Bu t on reflection of he past yea rs I find that all this moving about has a s o had its di sa d vantages inasmuch as I ha ve n ever b een a ble to stay in one area long enough to prove myself of wo rth to a n y commissioner. I am now honoured to be ser vi ng under the Co mmiss ioner for 10
Army P. R. IN C1."PRU ,number of th e Fa1l1a a u ta Fire r:rvice Dit'i ·ioll. S.J.A .B ., remove a "c as ualty" to th e ambulance dllrill(} a demonslmtion on 111arch 28th , 1960.
Message from Go v e r nor
SIR HUGH FOOT, Governor of Cypru ,has ent the following message to Adm.iral of the Fleet Earl Mountb atte n of Bu rma: "The S t. John Council ofCyprlls assemb led at Go ernmentHou e on St. John's D ay asked me to send yo u a message to te ll YO LI that all of us associated with tbe Order of St. John in y prus re orded our deep and affec tion ate gratitude to Lady Mountbatten in pecial recollection of her visit to Cypms earlier this year and all the wonderful work she did in this territory and so many other around the world. It was reported at tbe meeting t h at people from a ll communities in Cyprus have been sending contributions to the Edwina Mountbatten Trust Fund. early all t he contributions have come with cover ng letters expressing tbanks for t he oppo rtun ity of showing their gratitude. We shall never forget the in piration Lady Mountbatten gave us."
Kent and as my " Admiralty service" travelling days n ow appea r to b e at a n end , I hope I shall be a ble to prove m yself useful in the Brigade in Kent where I have already made m a ny friends. My many experiences over the past years have for ced home to me that the Order of St. John with its ong a nd a ncient h story, is a wonderful organisation, and one of wh ich 1 am proud to h ave served for the p ast 22 years, a nd who se mottoes I bav e always t ried hard to live up to.
W Geo Tarrant
Report on Malta's "Golden Year"
THE ANNUAL MEET G of the St. John Ambulance Brigade (Malta District) and t he t. John Ambulance Association (Malta Centre) took p lace a t the Pala ce, Vale tt a, in w hi c h Lt.-Col. J V. A beJa, the Ma lta ommi ioner, read th e a nnual report for the year 1959Lhe M a lta Di trict's Go lden Year.
0 1 Abela welcomed Hi s Excellency the Governor , Admiral Sir Guy Granlham, as the new palron and Lady Grantham as the new presidenL of the nursing divisions. H e a lso paid tribute to ir Robe rt and Lady L aycock for the per onal int e rest they both took in the affai r of the Brigade hroughout their five years' stay in M a lta.
" We a 0 10 t, on their dep a rture from Malta, Mrs. Trafford mitb- adet Pre ident-a nd Mrs. Lee Barber , Corps VicePresid nt " aid th Commi sioner.
01. bel a contin ued:" great 10 s wa felt by tbe Brig ade in the pa ing a ay of D r. Alfred W. Azzopardi, formerly a orps urgeon and Mrs. Marie D naro, the la t remaining member of lhe 1910 liem a Uf ing Di vi ion. They had spent a lifetime of devoted er ice to th community." ommenti ng on the Bri gade strength and duties, the Commisioner aid at the nd o f the year the Brigade strength was ] ,028, an incr a e of 29 over J 958. Thi small a ddition wa acc ompao..ied by a ery marked increa e in public and other duties over the year before . ther iten mentioned in the ommissioner' report were a, rds made by the Qu ee n to Brigade members ; the St. J ames unterguard - lh Brigad e' Hea dquarter ; gift made to headquarter; annual competition; the Brigade div i ional doctors; ho pitallibrari the Brig ade and Civil D ef nce' contacts abroad; Ananc ,the olden Jubil ee and th e lay officer and members.
1. b la expre ed hi great debt of gratitude to them: the hard core of B rigade m mb r who make up th rank and file.
593 Awards
r. E. H \ Borg, 11 n. ecr tar of the Sl. J ohn mbulance ciati n (alta ntr e) rea d hi repo rt. He said that COllI es in fir t aid totalled 15, and fi e in home nur ing. On th e course 255 candidate qualified for fi rst aid c rtificate and 303 for home nur Lng certiAcal Tw e nt y-o ne member qualified for voucher : 5_ for m d IIi n : 130 [ r labeJ and 7 for pendant. In all 593 rtiAca tes qualified for award.
In conclu ion (r. B rg e pr ed the soclatlon appreclatJOn of the \ ork done by the member of the medical proD ion in gi ing the ne e ary lecture; a nd b the officer of the St. John mbulanc Br igad who acted as cla s retarie and gave the pra ti al in tru tion on all the cour e . The Brigade and s 0 at ion financial tatement for 1959 w re then rad by aj. ritien a nd Mr. Anthony Cauchi respe tively, and dul appro ed.
Befo r the ery Re P. I(cLoughlin recit d the Brigade prayer , Oll enir medallion were presented by Hi E cell ncy to helper in the er ice and ci ilian walk of life ho had aided the St. J ohn Ambulance Brig ad during the G lden Jubilee.
In hi addre at the co nclu sion of t he meeting His E cell ncy the ov mor e pres ed hi regret that Lady Grantham could not attend, i n ie\ of the fact that he had another m ting at the arne time but felt that both 11 and Lady Grantham 'v re glad to be connected with th e Brig de ir uy id that he ca nnot congratulate e nough 0 1 b l and other nior officer on the u c of the e leb ra tions.
ir Guy aid he wa impre ed by the report of th ear, not only on the Jub ilee cele br ation. but a 0 by t11 er ice r nd ered by the president a nd vice- pres id e nt of corps and divi ions a nd by a ll the me m ber. He paid t ribute to t he oluntary work b the ociation an d Brigade Ll rgeO I1 The Governor gav pecia thank to t h o e to wh om he had t be oppo r tunity to pr sent m edallions , a nd their staffs, for their hel p: a we ll a tho e, ho had help ed the Brigad e and Association in eery way.
WEST AUSTRALIAN COMPETITIONS
A RECENT COMPETITIO - at Perth Oval, West Australia. This was a nursing cadet competition with 11 teams competing. Th e bandage was a Capeline together with eig J t questions from the Ho me lYursing book. The winner s were Bassendean _'Yur sing Cadets, Nlary Capilti and Avril Robinson, both 1 3 years of age. They received 19 t marks from 20 for the bandage. Th e next twe; teams, I nglewood and South Perth , were only t mark behind.
M ALA YAN INCIDE N T
OSunday, April 3rd, members of D ivision Two , Penang area, were having their picnic a t Tanjong Bungah, one of the sea resorts in Penang. At about 9.30 p.m., 25 yards away from tbe Tanjong Bungah bus stand, a motor-cyclist with a pillion rider collided with two motor cars. The injured persons were the motorcyclist and his pillion rider. They were Cheah Chee Loong who sustained fractures of right arm and right thigh and Kong Kum Yin who only had his r igb thigh fractured.
The Di isional Superintendent and D ivisional Officer, with four men attended to the patients. It was very fortunate to have the 30 Division Two men to control the big crowd surrounding the patients. Some of the men acted as traffic police because the vehicles were in the middle of the road thereby blocking traffic. The police came about one hour after the accident.
The ambulance arrived half an hour after the accident. Brigade member helped the hospital assistant to in1mobilise the patients and further a sis ted him in bringing them into the ambulance.
NIGERIA ' S F IR ST NURSING DIVIS I O N
IT IS HEARTE lING to hear that a nursing divi ion of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ha now been formed in the li geri an Portg Authority, the fir of its kind in igeria.
Before ber departure for the United Kingdom Mr Helen Dove, wife of the Chairman presided 0 er the inaugural meeting in the H eadquarter which was attended by the D eputy D istrict Commissioner , Mr. F. J I imey, ir. R. J. Christie, St. John Headquarters Officer for igeria, r. John ewland, tafI Officer
Mr M. Dawson S R. and Mr S. A. Alana , S .R. S ix of the lady first -aiders pr ent at the meeting: [ frs. F. Oritola, E. O deyinka ; 'sse E. T. lori O. Olowu, hopitan and P. Emetanjo together with the two nursing officer (d ign a te) jgned th ne ar forms for the regi tration of the divi ion. They \ ere lat r handed a copy of the ur ing Manual and a M emb r hip Book.
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THE DE TH 0 curr d in 0 tob r 1959. of r. J G. Tate, .B.E., O St.J., in a road a cident near icosia, Cypru. r. Tate \ as the uperintendent of the Cypru tIining Corporation Di vision and ha ser ed ith .J. .B. in Cypru for 3- year. Pri or to thi , he al 0 ga e ervice to the B rigade in ariou parts in the north of England b fore taking up bi po ith the Cypru Mining Corporation. During the ars that Mr. Tate 'i a a member of the Brig a de the di ision he commanded b as don oman ervice in the Cypru Mining C rporation Distri t including mine re ues , accid nts in th mine and th u ual str t a id nt and a ident in the home
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" A Life . In Our Hands"
From a talk by Miss L. DUFF-GRANT *
HOW MANY PEOPLE t o d ay kn o w an d 10 e two books which 60 years ago were classlcs f or the young? T h ose two books, Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, were read and re-read with delight by co untless children
With what endless p easure they f ollowed Alice in her exciting adventures once she had f o und the key which released her from the rab bit hole and allowed her to emerge into the Land of Wonder which lay b eyond it- and what excitement they derived from her thrilling exper iences on the other sid e of the Looking Glass. Read , hovvever , with more mature eyes, and in the light of adult experience one realises that these two b ooks are more h an just deLlghtful fairy stories-rather are they a store-house of knowledge, for enshrined in them is a profound philosophy of life.
Take, for instance, the adventure of the White Knlght who, in his j ourneyings comes across " an aged man a'sitting on a gate. "
To him he cries, " come tell me how you live and what it is you do? "
A most important question-and in his repl y, the a ged man gives one of the most fascinating and comp lete of "j ob analyses " possi ble. Obviously his experience of life is wide and his knowledge of the vario u s careers which he has f ollowed profound - if such a quest i on were put to any one of us today , could we answer it so exhaus tively? Could we give such a complete list of the careers a vailable in our d ay and gen eration with their prospects and condit ions of ser ice ? Yet this is an important question-a quest ion which is constantl y being asked and one which we ma y each one of us be cal 1ed upon to answer- for itis to the adults with whom the y come into contact, school teachers officials in charge of you th organisa ions , as well as to their parents , that ado les cen t s look for help, advice and guid ance in the choice of a ca reer.
Cadet officer s of the Brigade must be prepare d to shoulder their share of responsibilit y in this respect and m a ke themselves fully conversant with careers open to the young. One such career which, b y the very n ature of the work of the Brigade ma y well make a particular appeal to our cadets is nursing. Nursmg can clai m to be the oldest profession open to women In the early days of its history, the care of the sick m this country was undertaken by the religious communities under the auspices of the Church bu t, with the dissolution of the monasteries b y Henry VIII this system lapsed and from then un il the middle of the 19th cen tury nursmg was carried on under the worst possible conditions , and nurses were drawn from the poorest and most illiterate classes.
The work of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War however, revolutionised nursing, and within the past 100 yea r s remarkab1e changes have taken place Hospit a l condi tio ns have improved out of all recognition, an official syllabus of t raining for the nurse h a s been laid down b y act of Parliament and the whole training has been most carefully des igned to attract the right type of person o the profession in or der that the sick ma y recei ve the best possible care and a tten t ion whether in ho spital or in their own homes.
Nursing is more than a profession it is a voca tlon, and ca lls for speci a qualifications It should never b e embarked on as a car eer by those who look solely for materia l re wa rd for i t is an arduous task and should only be undertaken by those possessing the essential qualities oflov e an d sympathy for the sick and suffering who look upon their patients as indivi duals and human beings-not as so many cases to be dealt with as speedily as possible and who are prepared to nurse the whole man, body, mind and spirit In order to b ecome a qualifie d n u rse, a statutory course of three years' training must be un dergone in a hospital recognised for the purpose b y the G eneral Nursing Council for Engla nd a nd Wales. 1.'he earliest age at which a stu dent nurse can enter a hosp ital vanes from 18 to 21 years accord ing to the regulations of the indivi dua l nurse trainmg scho ol. The co urse p r ovi des practical
. * Miss D uff-Grant, he aut hor of this article , who is well known all over the cou ntry as H Q. T raining Office r, S .JA .B , ha s succeeded Miss N. Hamil to n- Wedderb urn as Chief Nu rs ing Office r M iss H amilto n- Wedde rb urn is eaving her appointm ent in orde r to marry n th e au umn and we wis h her all happ in ess
experience in the wards and a ound tbeoretica l training from the sister t u tor an d members of tb e medica J staff. It is a ls o d es igned to develop ch a r acter a sense of respon ibility, a nd the qu alities of in elligent o bedience, tact, co urtesy and unselfi s hness, accurate obser ation and attention to d e tail.
B y the passing of the Nurses Act in 1919 a nd th formation of the Gener a l ur ing ouncil fo r England and W a le , governmen al recognition was gamed by the pro[esslon. TI1e Genera l N ursmg ounci is a sta tutor y bo d y c bar ged wit h power to nspec and approve hospi tals for nurse trai n Lllg ay down a sy ll abus of examinations and appoint exanLiner , to conduct the pr e liminary and fin a l tate exammation whic h must be passed before th e candidate can become Sta te regis tered w ith the right t o de cri be berself as a nurse The counc il a lso has disciplinary pow r , thu s ensuring tba t anyone emp loying a tate R egi ered nur e can rest ass ured not only tl1at an a de q u ate t raining h a bee n und ergone but that their moral cha racter i a U h a can b e desired. Pay, hour of duty <md conditions of ser vice [ o r both s tud e nt nurses a nd State Reg i tered nur ar e determi.ned by the nur e and m id wi es Whitley Co uncil aDd a ll nurses o n entering the profes ion a re required to jam the ational Health ervice uper an nu a ti on Scheme, thus e ns ur in g amp le provision f or the future
On completion of tr aining, ther e are many paths open to be newly q uallfied nurse If institutional lue appeals to h r, he can rema in on in ho p i tal as a taff nur e and ater ward i ter a nd u she h as a dm in ist rati e ability, event uaUy achie e one of the admini trative posts uch a night iter , home iter, as i tam matron or matron. If intereste d in tbeory he a n take one f tbe recogn ised courses for si ter tutor and adopt teaching. h can enter the serv ice of t he Crown, namely the a rm y or ir Force and if sb e desire to tra e! and ee the world she can join the Colonial or the Over ea Uf ing er ice. Pub lic H ealth provides for those who wi h to prevent ral h r than c ure di ease but a spe ia! po t-g raduate cour mu t b taken before thi b ranch of the profession can be entered. Man y nurses are employed in industry as occupational h allh nurse, priv a te nursmg can a lso be undertak en and a bsorbs Jarge number a lso recruits for di t ri ct nur log are a lw ays needed.
So m e nurses may d esire to add to their qualifi cation by ga inin g fe ver, mental pae di atric or midwifery certificate aDd tho e who as pire to uni versi ty r ecogn i ion can sit [or the diplomas in nursing of London or Leeds Universities. From aU thi il will be reali ed tha t it is a d v sable for the wo uld -be nur e to have as wide a g neral educatlo n as possible-there are, howe ve r, many women ho for educational, eco nomi c or other reasons are unable to undergo the training required for State R egi tra t ion but who would make excellent practical nurses and bring La (he care of tb ir patients the skill and devotion so much appreciated by th e ick For t h em a sho rtened course of training of a more practical nature i a ai lable a nd can b e undergone in a h ospital recognised by t be G. for the purpose-on completion of this course they become tateenro lled assistan t nurse.
The work of a n ur se is str enuo us bu t rewarding and it never Jac ks interest, but nursing carries with it a great respons ibi lity fo r a M iss ightinga le once wrote to th e nur e in the ightingale Training School at S t. Thomas' Hospital-" the nur e hold in her hand s God's mo s t precious gut of llfe."
This is very true-but cannot it a lso be said of everyone- do we not each and a ll hold a life in our hands? Surely t h e a d ole cent boyar girl making hat a ll-import a nt c h o ce of a career iterally takes this lue in t h eir hands fo r, b y th at choice they can make or mar their future
And what about those call ed up on to g u ide th a t c hoice-are they not also taking a llfe in to th e ir hands? So, when a yo un g White Knight about to enter on the greatest of a ll adventure - the adven ture of life-Jooks to us f o r guidanc let u s be prepared like" the aged man" of Alice in Wonderland to respond to his ca ll for help- for on our res pon se his w hole future welfare a nd happiness may depend and h e m ay exp er ience either loneliness, mi ser y and fru s tr at ion or the jo y and fulfilment of a life s pent " For the Fai th - For the Serv ice of M a nkind ."
jI'FOLY OCS 7T 1 'R i LT R 1L HOff , where
!l.R.II fIl e 1 like of , fouces /er wi lh th e Earl of lmdbroke, Lord Li IIlel1nnl oj l/ifo/It, in pecled the creche manned by St. J ohn members. econd Jrom fh e righl is fhe Coun ly ommissioner , j\iaj. R chr eib r.
L I NCOLNSHIRE AWARD
T [E L Vl TROPHY awarded to the memb e r of the St. J ohn mbulance Brig ade who had gi\en th 010 t ervice to the com · munity 0 er the pa t year, was presented to CpJ. Leo n ox at the annual dinner f the local di ion. It wa the second time he had on th a\ ard.
Durin g hi 2_ yea r member hip of the Brig a de, Cpl. Cox, \ ho Ii e in B echway unthorpe, has d li vered 34 babies- a number o[ them in an am bulance a he \\'a dri ing th e mOlher to the maternit home - and donated 60 pints of blood.
I(ember were told that thi a a record for the whole country. It a taken into a aunt along \ ith his \ ark for the Br igade and olh r e r icc t o the community, in making the award. r. ox a member f the 10 < 1 Ro ad afety ounci!, a member of the ind ey a iet for the \i elfar of th e H andicapped and joint di trict repre ntative of the Briti h Red fa sand t. Joh.n A B mbin d \i ar rgani atio n
In addition he i cl o ely ann c ted \ ith the Fir Brigade Union and a delegate to th Tr ade nion ouncil. ntil recently he \ a retary f the unth rp Mentally H and icapp d a iety but ga e (ha[ lip on doctor· order.
or the Brigade, r ox ha done a can id era bl e amount of \ ork during the yea r as ecr tary of the committ whi h i tr ing to get a ile for new headquan r . H e received the lroph fr om the s istanl OW1(y ommissioner Dr. M. La in, of Grim b .
Former m e mbers gather for retirement dinner
Ml J. rR ,'E, who ha been D i i ional uperin tendent of entra u rs ing Di ision Belfa t for the pa t 28 years retir d from th at po iLion recen t ly.
To mark the occa ion , more than SO pa t an d pre ent members met at a dinner in Bryon Rou e, to d o her ho nouT.
Among those present wa Mr. Barbara Hum of Monmouth , W a es, a past pre ident of the di i ion w ho tr avell ed 0 er e pec iall for the occasion. t the o ncl u ion of (be d inn r m any memb r s p oke of the terling qualiti o f leader hip dis pIa d by [i Irvine a tbeir ea der, an d hop d that l1er a i tan a nd i e counsel would still be ava il a ble to the di ion and to t. John during he r re ti re men t.
A pr entation consi tin g of a fire-side cha ir a nd a hea r th rug was h a nded over by M r Hume.
TIlE US EX COUNTY AGRI CU LT URAL S HO W which was held at TVarnham Park , II orsham on J une 15th / 16th last. The show was manned by B rigade personnel thr oughout, and in addilion an ex hibition lent was staffed, and demonstralions of first aid given at Tegular intervals Tho se appearing in the photograph are (back row, leJl to right): Lt.-Col K B Hi cks (Commissioner), Jir s. tewart·Roberls (County Cadet Vice Pr esident), County uperinlendent Mr s. E. Ji. Courtney, The Do wager Countess of B essborough (Counly Pr esidenl), H .R. H. Princess Tom islav of J ugoslavia (. l rea Pr esidenl) D ivi ional Superintendent Jiiss L. J1. Eastland (Chiches ler) and D ivisional Superinlendent R. W. H. V. Clayton ( hichesler) (Front Row): Ji embers of Chichester A / _V D ivis ion who gave the demonstrations, which attracled much favourable comment.
THE P BLI ITr TE S T at the D evon otlnty how. On the right is a small model fa rill hich has been acquired oy the County t. John Ambulance A ociation for use on such oeca ion. ( T o J01·e tall cor-respondence we point Ollt that the As oeiahon fi aa 1"-8 the wrong way round!)
• H a e YO U h a d a publicity displ a y r ecently? The E ditor wo uld l ike an pictur es and r eports T he ne , t issu e will cont ain th e first of a series of articl e on Brigade publicity in general ,hich it i s hop e d ,vill be of use to aU m embers.
Photo: J. Marren, Horsham
Photo: IVesr em Times
CO NF ERE NC E DIAR Y
Welcoming Cadets in West Riding Divisions
THE NURSING DIVISIO S in the Wes Riding of Yorkshire Dist.rict held a half-day conference in Harrogate on March 19th.
The District Commissioner spoke on " What to look for" and, as always, made difficult things look easy, as he explained how to eliminate possible injuries, and thus arrive at a correct diagnosis more quickly. His" colleague" Cadet Janette Niven was a most " patient" case.
Miss Griffiths, speaking for the first time in her capacity as District Nursing Officer in the West Riding, called for unity of purpose and endeavour to increase membership. The cadets were the natural source of supply for the adult di isions, and they must be made welcome when they transferred. She wanted to know of any girls starting their training as nurses so that sbe could keep in touch with them. Cadets might be very lonely in their off-duty times if they were in hospitals in different parts of the country, and would be very glad to go to a local division where they would be sure to find friends. Dis trict nursing officers in other parts of the country would co-operate with her. Also the parent division would hope that they would return as nursing officers.
Every division should have a nursing officer, and having got one should be sure to make good use of her, and keep her in the picture concerning all divisional and Brigade activities.
Too few teams were entering competitions. Maybe the term " competition » put t hem off, but unless they practised and were tested in strange surroundings, their efficiency would suffer.
District Surgeon J. Prentice, took the conference with him through his "Malta Journe y" with illustrated coloured slides. His characteristic humour an d excellent photography made the hour devoted to this item, all too short. Had D istrict Superintendent Mrs. Lodge not made him promise to continue at the next conference, she would never have been able to get the conference to go home!
H ampshire's Fir st Tra i ni ng Day-
a g r ea t Success
MORE THAN 200 MEMBERS from all parts of the county as well as visitors from Berkshire, Dorsetshire and Buckingh amshire attended Romsey Road School, Winchester, on Saturday, June 18th to the county's first training day at which they heard talks from in va rious branches of the medical service and saw demons trations.
They were welcomed by Col. W. P S. Curtis (County Commissioner) and County Staff Officer (Training) Mr. R. Harris
Between the talks t.here were demonstra t ions of artificial respiratIOn, of campmg eqUlpment for the benefit of cadets a display b y the H a mpshire Br anch of Casualties Union and a lecture by a doctor on the mouth-to -mouth method of artificial respiration
The quite extensive plans of the Hamp shire County Council for administering the new Mental H ea lth Act were outlined by the Medical Officer, Dr 1. A. MacCougali. The intention was, he sald, to make ar r angements for the care of patients within the community so that hey could be returned to t heir homes, or to hostels and helped back to normal life
It .had put an entirely new look on the Health Services, he said. P reVIOusly Mental Health services had been administered under a rchaic legislation which tied everything down.
A review of the history of the Royal Navy nursing services was given b y Surgeon-Capt. J. L. S Coulter , D irector of Naval Medical Studies at the Ro ya l Navy Medical School at Alverstoke
He paid tribute to the countless members of the St. John Ambulance Briga de who had entered the Ro yal Navy on the outbreak of the last war, and to those who had joined the Ro yal Navy nursing services during the war.
Miss F. M. Gundry, Regional Nursing Officer of the Wessex Regiona Hosp ital B oard, talked of the National Hospital Service Reser ve, and of the place of the St. John Ambulance and Nursing Cadets in hospitals
Outlining the organisation of the hospital services in the event of war, she stressed the importance of increasing the numbers of 14
memb ers of the Hospital Service R e erve from 53 ,000 as it was, to the 100,000 required.
After lunch the galheriog heard a talk on " Putting Pep into Practice» by Assistant County Superint nden t Miss N. Sale, illu strated b y a group of the Amersbam (Buck) Divi ion of the Brigade
Headquarters Train ng Adv iser, M iss Du ff-Grant spoke on the Advanced Nmsing Certificate.
During the luoch interval there were demon trations of ca mping equipment , pres me mea mement in artifi ial re piration and by the Hanlpshire Casua ties Union.
The obvious success of the venture the first of its kind , will probab y ensme furth e r meetings of a imi1a r kind lhro ughout the country.
Col. Curtis slUlllUed up the enjoyment felt by a ll present when he thanked the guest peakers and demon tra tors for a mo t interesting day.
He then presented Cadet Sgt. Pat Kimber of Milton Cadet ursing Division , the CllpS slle gained as the winner of the Regional Cadet Competition at Reading on May 2 [st. This is the first time the cup has come to Hamp hire.
Derbyshire members meet Deputy Commissioner-in-Chief
A WEEKEND CONFERE CE for memb rs of the Brigade in Derbshire at Buxton, on June 10th to 12th, 1960.
Delegates to the conference mu ha e found that time did n ot drag with the formidable progranuue in front of them ao d tribute must be pa id to the County Secretary , C. 1. argeri ion, who a responsible for he excellent a dmini tration which prov d to be the whole success of the Conference. After the evening meal on Friday the County Commission9r, Col. F. Arnot B eam, B.. D. ., M.e., M.D., welcomed the delegates and outlined the programme, saying this was an opportu n ity when everyone may express their opinions for the benefit of St. John in the ount of Derb y hir e. He went on to say that much good would come from the Di Cll i n Groups a nd the many other subjects during this onfereoce and urged t he inlportance of handing to the County ecretary a ny " questions or problems» t he delegates had as soon as possiblc, and not later than Saturday morning. 01. Bearn aid he wa plea ed that the Conference was to be honoured, ith the presen e of lhe Deputy Commissioner-io-Chief R ear Admiral Royer Di ck e. B ., e.B.E. , D .S.e., Commander of the Order , who ould talk on Brigade matters. He was particularly plea ed to note the marked increase of nursing personnel both seoior and juniors and concluded by hoping it would be a p leasant and enjoyab le Conference for everyone.
The talks began with an interesting urvey of The Royal avy as a Career, by Commander C. Neville-Rolfe, D.B.E., D.S. R. ext came Dis cussio n on Proficie ncy SlIbjects by County Cadet Officer Mrs. C. B Wright.
In her opening remarks Mrs. Wright urged the importance of encouraging the cadet in other subjects, when outside help wou ld be needed to achieve this object, and suggested that delegate may appeal to the heads of grammar schools the police fire er ice , yo u th organisations, Girl Guides Boy Scouts, Bo y' Brigade. It was of the utmost importance that cadets going up to the e oi or divisions should not ack t he continuity of qualifying for proficiency badges in connection with the Grand Prior Badge when senior offices should do all they can to make this pos ible by appointing instructors for the various subjects, or b y a ppealing to already named heads of organisations.
In the di sc ussio n it was pointed out that proficiency badge may be taken up to the age of 20 years, and in certain ubjects it wa permissible for the teacher to sign the certificate, providing the teacher gave his / her own qualifications and t he boy / girl h a d tak e n that subject.
Of the 24 subjects named in Rules and Regulations it was emphasised that only 12 would be required to qualify for t he Gr a nd Prior's B adge of which" Knowledge of the Order » and one of the subjects for which an Association CertiJicate is obtainable (a Home Nursing Certificate may b e included), it was stated that not more than fou r proficiency subjects could be taken in anyone year.
Br igade Matters : The Deputy Commissioner-in-Chief, Rear Adm iral Roy er Dick, C.B., C.B.E., D S .C. T h e Admiral referred to the pattern of the Brigade throughout the B ritish I sles and overseas and though satisfied with the progress
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CUMBERLAND'S PARADE
IX HUNDRED ambu lance, nursing and cadet members of the umberland and We tmor and with Sedbergh Divisions assemb led for their ou nly R ev iew 00 the beautifu l Fitz P ark, Keswick, set in the heart of the Engli sh Lake D istrict. A large crowd gat hered i n ideal weather coodition and e nj oyed band music while Mr. H. S. Tay or-Young, F.R.e.S., Assista n t Commissioner-in-Ch ief, accompa ni ed by Capt. J L. J ohns, R. (Rtd .) County ommissioner, Dr J S. Moffat, D eputy Commissioner, Th e Earl of Lonsdale, P re ident, ounty of Westmorland, and Dr. M. A. e. in cowm M.A. , ounty Superi ntendent (N) inspected the personnel.
Following the inspection, the Assistant Chief Commissioner pre en ted warrant of appointment a nd service awards.
Two very altractive si lver cups had been provid ed and Me Taylor-Young a nnounced lbat they had been won by tbe Workington Ambulance adet Di vis ion and the Wind ermere ursing Cadet Division on parade The cups were received by the respective divi ional uperinlendents amid great enthusiasm.
In hi address to the assem bl y, the Ass ista nt Chief Commissioner co n veyed a message from Maj.-Gen. Kirkman , ommissioner-inhi er, wh ich ex prcssed hi great regret that illness had prevented him from atte nding the in pection.
H e ( r. Taylor-Young) had thoroughly enjoyed his a ll too short tay in the two count ies, visiting various headquarte rs a nd meeting o many peoplc interesled in the work of their lo cal 1. John membe r , and, today, being lhere to witne s a n as embly of peopl "ho 0 obviou Iy were proud of their St. John membership. H e commended them on their really fine appearaoce, and thanked them [or their \ ork. H e r ali ed, yet so few of the public did not , their effort to maintain a eLf- upporting status of their sacrifices so cheerfull y made, and ho\ th work eemed to increase each year, a lth oug h unfortunately their numbers did not increase.
He wa imprc d by th e fact that the umb erland and Westmorland Di i ion had been succe ful in retain ing 0 many of their cadet ; he tbought t hat nowhere e lse had he seen such a la rge proportion of e - adet in the enior di isions, whi h, in it elf, was an ex - ll eot thing. He \ a delight d to see so many presidents and
DERBYSHIRE CONFERENCE
• 011 I ill lied fro 111 previous page in recruitment the trenglh" a not uch t hat it could not be better. H e went on to gi e an approximate 0 eraU streogth throughou t the \ rid an d poke of the tatic po itioo between the yea rs 1952 nd J 95 an d told f the increa e in the yea r 19- 9. He spoke of the progr s in the ounty of D e rb hire and ongr at ul ate d t he Commi ioner an d hi taft' 00 the \ ork they ha d don e, a nd were doing, in the interest of t. John.
During the ea r 1959 three Life av ing Awards had been gi en and nin.e meritorious on.e of 'i hich came into the County of D rb y hire. e lve inspections h ad been held throughout the country , and there had been no lack of support at Headquarter onfercoce and the dmiral went on to ay how valuable the e conr rence wer in forming the pattern of St. John. t. John work over ea during the pa t year had been tremendou and he paid a 6n tribute to St. John. member who had rendered in aluable as sta nce in the e deva tated cou otr i , al 0 be paid tribute to the profe i nal tea m "hich ha d been ent from England to a i tin thi \ ork. This was, \ ithout doubt a great contribution a od the er ice wa app rccia ted.
Road afety: Police III pector W. larke, Matlock.
For the purpo e of Ro a d af ty the In pector used th motor car a hi m ai n. th eme, de cribiog it a a mecha nically propelled ehicle wh ich wa more 1 thaI thao a gun lea ingno doubt in the miod of the deleg a tes that the importaot question of Road aD ty wa a force to be con idefed very eriou ly. In pector lark e ga e the accident and death figur in th e County of Derby hire during the year 1958 a od 1959 which wa mainly cau ed b y carel , u e , and wanton dri v ing by per Gn who bad taken al oho1, which he considered to be the great t in , for no su h person should drive a car.
The ounty Commiss ioner thank d Inspector larke for his interesting talk fee ling it had done good and given u omething to tbiok a bout, when we could be mis ionarie in thi matt r.
vice-presidents (county and divisional) present; they could, by their efforts, materia ll y ass ist their divisions in which they were i nterested , n many ways; their presence was a great compliment and, indeed, appreciated. He wished tbem all the best of luck a od long life in their Brigade work.
An officers' meeting was held a fte r the inspection in the Pavilio n , Keswick where the Assistant Commissioner-in- Chief gave a short address then invited those present to discuss any problems arising from their Brigad e work.
Lady Peel opens new Lancashire
B ETWEE TWO A D THREE HUNDRED St. John Ambulance personnel, took p art in an impressive parade, beaded by Accrington S.J.A.B. Pipe Band , at Great Harwood, when the new permanent headquarters in Mercer Street of the combined Great Harwood and Rishton Division was opened.
The headquarters have been fashioned by the voluntary labour of the memb ers of the movement out of the old Primiti ve Methodist Chapel, and how well thi s task had been done was seen by a large body of the public who following the opening ceremony by the Couotess Peel of L ancaster, took the opportunity of looking o ver the premises.
Accompanying the Countess Peel was Col. V. F. Royle, District Commissioner for Lancashire, who took the salute from a dais ill front of the ercer Hall as the procession neared the new headquarters a fter half an hour's parade of the town. Countess Peel , vice-pr esident of cadets in the Duke of Lancaster's District, and president of the Lancaster Division of ursing Cadets, before performing the opening , inspected the assembled contingents. Col. Ro yle handed to her as representing" His Ro yal Highness, Our Grand Prior ," the documents vesting the property in the Order of st. J ohn of Jerusalem. Following a short service of ded ication conducted by the Re v. W. B H eales, vicar of S t. Bartholomew's Gt. Harwood, Countess Peel received the key of t be building from D ivisional Superintendent King and having opened the front door, she banded the deeds for safe keeping to t he presideot of the division, Mrs. Boardm an.
R ecruiting: Area Commissioner H Frank Park er, o. 5 Area, ai d the question was the most acute problem we had before us bearing in mind that competition was greater now than ever before and if we were going to achieve our objects we would ha e to make St. John" ork interesting and acceptable to not only the boys and girls but to the adult. It was of the utmost importance that the officer bould take tbe greatest possible interest in divisional work and provide a training aod social programme in accordance with the tast of all it members.
Of the ambulan e and nursing cadet recruitment it wa generally felt that most dtvi ions had no difficulty in getting recruits , in some instances it was reported there were waiting lists, except in orne particular places in the county.
An appeal to the parents was onsidered to be a step in the right direction where recruitment, as re tricted, and may ha e good result. Re vi ion in the urnmer programme was needed and it wa suggested that t he Corp or Area should organise more of tbe ummer ports, i.e. cricket, tenni and athletic, on a ompetiti e ba is.
s is aI, ays the case t be Sund ay Morning Ser ice on this occasion was beld in the Confer nee Hall at Conference Hou e and conduct d by the Re. att, the lesson, a read by the Depu ty Commissioner-in-Chi f. This \ a an interlud in the Conference which everyone appreciated and enjoyed. in \ hi h th ermon a preached by the Re J H. W atts
After a ses ion of y Que tion. the County Commis ioner Col. F. Arnot Beam on luded the Confer en e b thankin g the peak r for their contribution and the delegates \ ho att nded. H said the had had a li ely, forceful, and encouraging Conference, aod one in wbich the would all have an opportunit to talk about when they got horne. H thanked fr. and rs. Margeri ion for the" ark they had don in organi in g th ev nt and Mr. Lev i and his staff for t he excellent arrangem nt the had made during their hort ta Delegates \ ent away feeling thi wa not ju t a noth r r nce bu on \ hi h would help them trem ndou Jy in their \ ork for t. John.
B.M.A. Essay Competition
Essay s ubjec t : " DIS CUSS THE CA RE OF P ATIE T S FOL LO W NG D ISCH AR GE FRO M H OSPITAL, NC L UDING THE PHYSICAL MENTAL At'ID SO CIAL ASP ECTS O F SUCH CARE "
Ca tegory (iv) Open t o all members of the n ursing p rofession E ssa y subject : " DIS CUSS THE RE LATIVE MERIT S OF LAR GE TEACHING HOSPITALS AND SMALLER 0 1 - TEACHING HOSPITALS AS T RAINING SCHOO LS F OR t-.'URSES. "
Cat ego ry \ v) Open t o nurs es wi th sol e q ualification of S .E.A.N ., and to pupil a ssIstan t nurses Essay subject: " A P ATIENT HAVE (Real n aJJ?e, e c. no t to be u sed .) and p nzes will be awar d ed in each category as follo ws: 20 gwneas for the 10 guineas f or the second b es t es say. Should th e council deCIde th a t no es say en er ed is of suffic ien merit no a war d shall be made.
The purpo se of this comp etition s th e promotio n of systematic nurses In award in g the pr izes, due r egar d will b e glven t o eVI d ence of person al exp er ience. No es s ay t h at has previously appeared in the m edical p r ess or elsewhere will b e co nsid ered eligible f or a prize. P revious p rizewinners may com pete f o r a seco n d a ward.
If any question arises in r ef er en ce t o t h e eligi bili y of a can did a te or the admissibili ty of his or her essay, t h e decision of the council of t he Br i t sh Medical Ass ocia tion shall be fin al
The es say s hould be ty p ewri tten , if p oss ible, bu t a legib ly wri tten m anus cr ipt will receive equal consid er ati on. It mu s t b e written in th e English l an guage on one sid e of the p ap er onl y, mus t b e unsigned , bu t h ave wi th it a d et aFha bl e n o te co n taining t he name, a ddr es s an d ca tego ry ofth e ca ndId ate. Essays whi ch it s sugaeste d should co n sist of 2, 00 0 to 5,000 words, mu s b e as reach the Secr etar y of the Bri tis h Medical As so cia t ion not later than D ecem b er 31st 1960 P relimina r y notice of en try for this compe it ion is r equired and a s p t?cial form fo his I?ru:po se is o bta in ab le f rom the Secretary, Bnt ls h M edlc al Ass oCl atlOn , B.M. A House, T av istock Sq u a r e, London W.C.I.
London Transport Parade
TIIE ANNU AL INSPECTION of h e L o nd o n Tr a ns port C orps of he Sc J ohn Ambulance B riga de was held at Chiswick Wo rks on Sunda y, M ay 22nd , 1960 . About 120 a mbulance and n ursing officers a n d ot he r ranks fr om the 20 divisi ons of h e cor p s were on par ad e t o get h er wi th t he di visi onal a mbulance fro m the 89 / 11 (Leatherhea d) D v ision.
The Insp ec ting Officer was Dr . L. G. Norman , C hief Me dical Officer , London T r an spor t, w ho was accomp anied b y District St aff Officer, S J Stillwell , Di s trict Sup er inten den t (Nursin g) M r s. R Cavend ish an d Dis trict N ursin g Offi cer Miss D M. L ee fr om N o. 1 (P rince of W a les's) Di strict H eadq uar te rs Staff
After t he a demonstr a t ion t o ok pl ace in which s qua d s of four member s from each of t he th ree co m p anies assembled t ook pa r t. An a cc den was st a ged in which a car r an into t h e b ack of a bus queue cau s ing fiv e casua lt es Thes e were dea lt wit h b y th e sq u a ds and t r ansferred t o t he wa iting a mbul ance
Following the demonstrat ion the Co rp s m a r ch ed p as t th e sa luting b as e where t he salu t e was taken by Dr. L. G N orm an a ft er which t ea was t aken in the ma in can teen , a bout 200 a nd fr iend s being present.
D r. Norman a ddresse d th e as semb led comp an y and sai d ho w honoured he w as t o h ave been asked to act a s Inspec t ing Officer on this occas ion and ho w im p r es sed he w as b y the smart n ess of h e t u rn out an d he gene r a l arr angemen ts for the parade. He app ea led to all members to do t heir best to o b t a in mor e recrui ts a nd praised th e me m bers for the ver y great v olun ary work they were d oing.
D istrict S aff Officer Stillwell spoke on beh alf of No 1 D is trict 16
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Corp s Superm en den t E. L. K D unn c losed the p rocee din g b y than k mg the mem b ers of the Corps fo r their support and f o r the very good atten d ance a t t he p ara de
BALL AT ARUNDEL CASTLE
c h hey hono ured with t h eir pr ence. '
The B all Committee und er the ch airmans h ip of t he D owager C oun ess of B es sbo r ough (chairm an of the S t. Jo lm ouncil for Sussex an d C ounty Pres id en t of the Bri ga de) consisted of H. R H. Pri.nces s T o mis av of J u gos a ia Lady Barttelot Mrs. R oger H all , L ady Lod er , M r . N aun ton, Lor d R uper t ev ill , Mrs P h ip p s H ornb y, L a d y Prior- P almer, T he H on. Mrs. Shand, and Mrs St ewar t -R o berts
Amo ngst h ose who took h e 900 t ickets were a ll the m mbers of the B a ll Commi t tee, the Du ke an d D uches of R icI1mond, the Earl and C oun tes s of Lord an d Lady Trefgarn
Lt.- C ol. an d M r s. Hi ck s Sir Harry an d Lady Sinderson an d M rs. Courtrley, Dr. and Mrs. Parker, Lady Br aIthwa i te, etc.
T im Clayt on and his B and provi ded the m u ic for this ery enjoyab e p arty, result in g in a nett profit of £2,139 of which £480 was raised by a D raw
PRIORY CHURCH CEREMONY
IN A SETTING of sp lendid si mp li city, nearly 100 officer and memb ers of o. 1 (prince of Wales ' s) Di trict, t. J ohn mbul ance Briga de, received Efficient Service Meda ls at a rece nt n estil ure in t he 0 1llTch -Oefkenwell , its wh itened walls adorned by the brilliance of emb lazoned banl1ers of Knight of the Ord er of St. John an d won drously enrich ed by the warm glow of rna ed sci ntillating ceiling l ights.
It was the first suc h presentation to be made in th e church and the even t was foLLowed by refreshments serv d in the h a pler Hall of t he Or der at S t. J ohn's Gate.
D e puty Commissioner C. E. Bower, C.B.E., tJ. who h d a p er sonal word with each recipient, in his opening remarks tre ed these awards were n ot mere y for fifteen years' se r vice , but wer m uch more recognition with honour fo r effi ient continuou, devote d , and fa ithfu l voluntary ser ice to mankind , and they could and shou ld be worn with great person a l pride.
HISTORIC SERVICE IN ESSEX
TIIE ANJ'rUAL SERVICE fo r mem b ers of th e Most Venerab le Order of St. J ohn of J eru salem in Essex was h eld at Little l aple tead hurch o n Sunday, June 26
T he church was fi lie d to capacity with member of the Order and mem b ers of h e St J o hn Ambu lance Brigade. Among the large nu m ber of dist in guished guests presen t were the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Sir J olm Ru ggles -Beise, B.T., e. B. , O.B .E., T D. , J.P .; C T. Evans, Secretary Genera l of the Order of t. John; Sir Phili p Southwell, C. B E., M.e., D irecto r General (designate) of the St. J ohn Am bula nce Assoc at ion; Sir Francis a rr d Lady Whitmo re and Lad y J oan Newman (Colmty P residents).
T he ser vice was taken by the R ev. A. H Gosne y, M.A ., of o lchester, h e sermon be ing preached by t h e Rev Ciu'istopher P erown e, T. D M .A., (Chapla in o f th e O rder), th e esson being rea d b y th e C h ief Co n sta bl e of Essex, Sir J onat han P ee l, B.E., M .e., B .A.
After the service mem b ers of h e St. J ohn Ambu ance B r ga d e were mspected by h e Lor d Li euten ant accompa ni ed by D r. J. T. Whitley, O B .E., Commissioner for Essex. . T ea was. st?r ved in t he gro und s of L t tl e Ma plestea d Han (b y k m d p ermi ssio n of Ca pta in an d Mr s Bl om fiel d) by me mb ers of the con grega tio n o f G reat and Little M a plestea d Ch urch es.
PRIORY
ST. J O H D AY WALES. - Il was eviden to a n yone passi ng
throug h the cen re of the cap ita l city of Wa les on T hu rs d ay, Ju ne 23r d t hat the Order of St. J o m was cele br ating St. J ohn 's D ay.
T h ough lle proce sion pl anned from t he ity H a ll to the h ur ch of Sl. J oh n B aptist was cance lled by rain an d the wet weather arrange ments for conveying the Chapter mem bers in their robes had to ?e uti lised for the £is time, the St. J ohn standard flying over the mam entrance to the ity Ha ll in di cated that Car d iff was on thi day the mecca of members a nd supporter of the Priory for W a es from all pa r ts of t he P rinc pality
The Prior, Lord berd a re pres ided over the day 's proceedmg , at 10.45 a.m. when hapter members took their p ace In the oWlcIl C hamber f or the annual hapter meeting o er wh ich Ca norr T. L H ughes, h .S U. officiated. I n his add res Lord Aberdare read a telegram from the Lord P nor of the Order conveying on beha lf of the Grand Prior and Chapter-Gener 1 fraternal greeting and best wishe The Treasurer, Mr Bernard Brown K U. F . A., presented the Priory accounts [or 1.959 which were adopted. Prof. J Sincla ir , K SU. , report d as pLreClOr o.f mbulance and Mr. H G Lewis, K.St.J., J P., a hlef omml lone r for W a le. In the ab ence of the arl of Pl ymo u t h .SU. 0 1. Tr a berne, K. StJ., T.D. , J.P. , ga e the report of the Ho sp lt a ller. Major W. Anderson, K.St.J. , h.B. r port ed [moner and Mr. T. E. Smith, K.SU., as ReglSlrar. R e pre ent a llOI1 of orth a le was trenglhened by lhe pre ence forth lr 1 t im e of th e Lord Trevor , O.St.J. (Flinth !re and Mr: E. lar ha ll-Hughes .SU. (W Denbighhire) and Bng. H. S. K. ainwaring, B B.E., D 0. , .SU. , TD ., Lord Li eu ten ant of Flint hire. t l'we lve 1100n a large o ngregatio n pre ent for the ommemoration rvi e in t he Churc h of t. J ohn Bapt i t tood as the haptcr Pro s ion enter d while the fust hymn was being ung.
Can n T. M Hughc officiated a nd the e rmon \ a deli ve red
b y the Righ t Reverend he Lo rd B ishop of St. D avi d 's, who r emin ded m embers tha t a C ommemorati o n Service was of necess ity a Ser v ce of R e-d edication of hemsel ves to the wo rk of the Or der. Chapter m emb er s wer e th e g uests of the D ep uty Lord Mayor of Car d iff (Co un S Hallinan, C. B. E. ) at lu ncheon and in he afterno on th e Assem b ly Ro om of t he City H a ll was filled to capacity f o r the Gener al Assem b ly at which an Investiture was held. L ord Ab erdare ex tend ed a welcome to all those who had come to be invested in the com p any of their frien ds, many having travelled ong d istances from all over Wa les. The P riory was honoured, he sa id , wi h the presence o f the D ep uty Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress (Mrs. Vera Lewis) and had benefited by the generous support of s uccessive L ord Mayors. T he P rior re ferred to the organisations wi thin the Order, explaining briefly its Establishments a n d Foundations reportin g on the development particularly of the Association and B r gad e in Wa les_ H e concluded by introducing Sir Godfrey Llewellyn, Bt., e.B., e. B .E., M.e., T. D ., J P ., D .L., Chairman of the Welsh R egional H ospital B oard who addressed General Assembly on the subject of the ational H ospital Service R eserve. In the course of his address, Sir Godfrey said that the target figure for Wa es is 9,0 00-2 250 trained nurses and 6,750 nursing auxiliaries. Reserve membership in Wales is now 760 trained and 6,225 auxiliaries, a grand total of 2,985. Wales has more members than any of the 14 Regiona l Boards in England and on a population basis is second only to Liverpool Following the reading of the Exhortation by the Prior members promoted in and admitted to the Order this year were invested with the insi gnia of their grades on the announcement of their names by the P rincipal Secretary (the Hon. J H. Bruce, e.B.E., K.SU.). Vellum Votes of thanks were presented by the Lad y Mayoress and Priory Votes of Thanks by the D eputy Lord Mayor. A s pecial awa rd pres ented by the P rior was a Service Medal to Thomas Edgar Smith, K.SU , F. R .I.B.A., Regjstrar of the Priory and a Meritorious Certificate to Cadet Thomas eville Jones, Abertysswg Ambulance Cadet D ivision. Eight ambulance and nursing cadets who were introduced by the Chief Commissioner for Wales CH. G Lewis, Esq., K.SU .), received their Grand Prim B adges at the hands of the Pri or. Prayers Were said at the opening and closing of General Assembly b y the Offic iatin g Chaplain, Canon T. M. H ughes, Ch.SU.
8B .ITI1 ARY
A M'EMORIAL SER CE was held at B eech Hill Methodist Church, Luton for the late Co un ty S up erintend ent lVliss H Br ow n who died at her home on pril 4th.
The ervice',: as conducted by the Re v. R. C. e. Pattison. whilst Area a det Officer ir.. Ball, read the 1 son. tribute to [iss Brown was paid by ssistant County Superintendent i s D Archer, who was not only a fellow officer but a friend of 30 years ' tanding. Miss Archer recalled how iss Brown wa instrumental in starting the nur ing divisions in Luton in 1934 , and how b heer determination. courage and hard work backed by many loyal members, the divi ions had gone from strength to strength.
Over the yea rs i Brown had been honoured by admis ion to the Order in the Grade of Ser ing Si ter, then Officer and finally ommander.
D uring the last two year ill -health had not made t possible for h r r gular attenda nce at meeting, but she had kept abreast of all a ti vitie and had gi en her p rsonal attention to an Brigade matter or problem
Miss Brown et a fine e anlple of er ice to mankind and her memor mu I i e on in rene'vved and de vote d ervice.
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'THE Brigade ec r etary Jor Wal e (Colnmi ioner r. iJ J aboll AbmiJ am, lI J .B E) cOl1 rJ ra l ulal ci by th e Pri01- (The Lord AberdaTe 1< .St:J.) 'l- n adva ll ce oj 1'eceplion as a Knight of G7'Oce by the (/rancl Pnor at Geneml A sembly oj the Pn:o'/'y Jor H ale to ll1i i uewa goingtopre new w as ?'ecewed oj the udden dea t h of 1111' Abmham 'Thi i' a great loss fo t he PriOTY JOT Wal e', ancZ e hope to inc l ude a tribut e to Nh Abraham in lhe ne;lJ issue oj the REVIEW. 17
Tho e attending th s rvice included: the Count President , the Lady Zia \ emher' County Commissioner. R. C. Oakley ; county , area and corps staff and ambulance and nursi.ng per onne] fr m the o Lmty of B edford hir .
We deeply regret to announce tire jol/owing dearhs
Sir Dudl ey M c Cork ell who e pa ing a t the age of 76 , is a grea t 10 to the Order in orthern Ireland. H e \ as one of the pioneers of the B rigade and retired from th position of Area Conmlissioner in 1950. He \Va a member of the Order and Almoner. His connectio n dat d back to 1926 and he played a large part in the formation of the Commandery of Ard
Sgt. Stanley Rutter , S alford Divi ion West Corps. o. (Manchester and Salford) Area w ho d ied recently at tlle age of 64. Sgt Rutter had been a member of the Salford D ivision ince September 6th, 1916 and althoug b he had been in ill-heal t h for the past few years he still atten d ed for duties whenever it was possi b le to do so. He held the long service medal and if it h a d n ot b een his illness b ecoming serious, he would ha e qualified for Ius fifth b ar to the medal ill 1959 Sgt. Ru tter joine d the Lancashire Fusilier in 19 14, but was medically disqualified n 191 6 and he immediatel y jo ine d t h e B rigade to ser e his co untry ill t he best way he could. In 1938 he gave great a sistance in teaching volunte rs for he A.R. P and during the 1939-194 5 war years he was a memb er of t h e first aid p arties which did magnificent work during t h e r a ids on M anches ter an d Salford. Memb e rs of the Brigade acte d as bea rers at h e funeral as a t o ken of respect for the Sergeant who had been one of tlle best in their division. He will be greatly missed by all his fello w members in tlle Br igade.
Mrs. F. Spedding, S .R. N , Iursing Superintendent of the Whi tehaven Division of St. John Ambulance Briga d e, on June _4th after a short illness. Mrs Spedding was a long service member of the division and in 1948 was made a S erving Sister of the Most Ven era ble Order of t h e Hospital of St. John of J erusalem Mrs. Spedding was made a nursing officer of the di vision in 1931 , an d in 1934 was promoted ursing Superin tenden t. A great wOTker for the service of mankind Mrs. Spedding was well liked and known, she will be sadly missed b y a ll the members and bel' place wil l be bard to fi ll
Sgt. George F armer , suddeoly on June 12th , 196 0 He was a well liked member of Castleford D ivision , o f which he was a mem b er for over 25 years, and took an active interest in aU branches of B r igade wOTk hough restricted through illness. A week b efore, he checked flag d ay collection bo xes. H is son has jus t joined the adult d ivision from the ca dets, and his brother is a divisional officer and treasurer.
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Bernhard visits
CI-I PTER II LL al SL J ohn's Gale\' a the scene of an hi loric and c urful ceremony on J uly 19th when ]-I.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the etherland \ a pre enled with hi personal baruler as 0 iale B iliff Grand ro of lbe Order of t. John of Jerusalem by Lord Wakebur l, Lord Prior of the Order. The cercm ny hou ld hav be n conducted by H.R.H . lhe D uke of I uce r, rand Prior of the Order, who unfortunately was pr v nled b y indi po ition fr m attending. \ ailing Prin e Bernhard when h arrived were Bailiff Grand ro utivc officers of the Order, who load on either ide a the Prior handed Ih banner to Prince Bernhard wilh the v rd : "' 11 cl oming our Royal Highne to t. John' Gate mu t fir t of a ll ay how deepl the Grand Prior H Royal Highne the Duke of - Iou ler. rcgr l he is unable owing to illne lo do so in
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H . R.H . PRINCE BERNHARD AT ST. JOHN'S GATE
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Benchard who was 'vvearlng the ro bes o f the Ord e r of St. Joh n of the in watered lLk, tben offered t? the Prlor a fi Lm of !lle ceremony held last ear at The Hague wh ich was attended by the Prior and se era l execu tive officers o f t he Order. P r nce Bernhard said:
,- My Lord Prlor, Confrer , Thank you ery much indeed for yo u r kind words of we come. r was delighted and touched by the h onour of being ap pomted Associate Bailiff Grand Cross of your Venera b le Orde r b y Her Majesty tbe Q ueen.
"Thank you for presenting me with t he Banner and D ip lo maand I would ask to you to hang thls Banner in the Chapel together with the Banners of the other BailiH's Grand Cross. It gi es me great pleasure to be ab le to see your beautiful Church and your Headquarters.
" r would like to say that I a lso h ave been greatly pleased by the closer co-operation and association b etween your Venerab le Order and the Order of St. John in the etherlands.
" I was delighted to see you and your Confreres in The Hague last year for our Jubilee and it gives me great pleasure to be a ble to offer you here a film taken of the on thi occasion.
" I deeply regret that t he G ra n d P nor, HIS R oya H ighness the D uke of Gloucester, is not well enough to be present here today, and may I suggest we send hlm a telegram with our joint best wishes. " Genllemen, once agau1 my thanks, and may I that I share with you the h ap py fee Lll1g that our Orders w tl l continue to work even closer together for our mutu a Lalms."
After slgnmg the R oll of the O r d er Prince Bernhard spoke for some tlme to the executlve officers and Chapter-General members who were illtroduced to him, and a lso visited the Museum and the Church befo r e taking ea with those present.
It was a ceremony n otable fOT its dignity but aLso its informality, and one whlch wlllion g be remem bered b y those who took part, expeclally those who repres ented overseas P riorles of the Order and other bodles-R . D Moo r e, Esq , R ecelver-General and Actll1g Chancellor, P riory of New Z ea l and; Col. A. G Cherrier, O. B E. , Executlve Commlssioner, P riory of Canada; Edward K. Warren Esq Sec retary Amer can S ociety of t h e Order, and Lt.-Col. H. N. Fryer, O B. E., Lla son Officer wlth Euro pean Orders of St. John.
OUR RECRUITING PROBLEM
THE BRIGADE and THE FUTURE
THE RE PO E to the a r ticle on •. Our RecruilingPr blem" by Mr. T. L. Isaac in t he Apr il is ue h a hown that di u iOfl of uch topic in th e col umn of the R EV IEW most a luab l !l IS u nfort unatel y not po ib le, becau e of lLm lled pace, to r epnnt In fu ll a l l h e lette rs lhat have been received but the Edi lo r 111ank all w h o h ave \ ritten and gl en their view. 11 the correspondence has been read w ith great intere t at B r igade headquarter
Some points made by writers are a foLlow:
(Frolll Mrs. Barbara B. Sto ck, of Fe Ting, ex.) " T.h Bngade was not bu il t on' ew Looks but on Tradition Bngade work is hard work a n d it is proc lamation of its trad ition and hi story, \ ilh maximum el-nphasis on hi a lry which 1 be lie ve will a lLr ac men an d v omen mo t suited to Brlgade member hip and work
The young people are ce rtainly showered wilh fa r too in lhe way of vi ual aids, etc.-\ bich i wby they take so kindly lo h ard work The pre ent annua l In pecllon are u e fu l and should stay but I would prefer the First id and or ur ing presented at uch in pection to be U -rehear ed : Ple ase let keep our good old. B r ig a de:- not too far behmd the lime .' bUl ll!! , good old,' an d gl e up thts contll1ual chase after e er thing new.
( From A. Pratt Cadet Divisional C?Jficer, Harrol ) " The Bri gade is not loosely conlrolled.' Surel y It I the DI VI lonal Officer who shoul d decide whether adets are fit to tran r or not. hy make the mlnlmum age 16 ? II i m y exper ience lhat boy of ,wi ll not work with the youngest cad l a nd it i impo ible lo fi n d them all jobs of re pon ibility wlthin t he Di i ion - a job being one way of stopping them drifting out o f th e rca a n d County I nspections ha ve some alue for publl It y purpo e . but di v is io nal in pections could be impro ed upon a nd brought morc into line with modern condition One \ ay to en ure that the bo ys will transfer is to get them a much a po ibl on dut y with senior member , so that they wtll get to kno w tho mcmbers and look upon it a a nalur a step forw a rd to tran fer a 0 n a they are old enough. They are not often gi n enough to d on national duties which occur in London."
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Th e above note s are ne cessa rily co nde n sed frOIll the writer' lerrers. but it is hoped that the ideas on the se al/d other cO III! ected with training and recruilll1ent can fom, the baSIS .for d,sclisslOn a,t weekel/d training cou r es, etc., when opel/ forum take place. [I I hop e d in fllture issues of the R E lEW fo publi II reporl of IIch cOl'jerences and COllrses as they are h eld lip and dowl/ the cOllI/try.
Surgeon performs Aid afloat C orps First
A ACCIDENT at sea was the occasion of a ca e of out landing devotion to duty by Corps Surgeon Dr. J T. Hamil ton Ba rrowin -Furness.
Although not on call for medical ?uties he an wered an. cmcrgen ·.:y call to go wilh the In the absence o.f their 0"\ n d oc- or to the ald of a seflous ly 1I1Jured youlh out fi hll1 g a lone In M oreca mbe Bay. .,
The yout h who had.h a d his trapped 111 lh .e.w nch, wa up by a D utch tanker 111 a semi-con CIOU condllio n On al he ta n ker he youth was found to be in a ve ry hock d co ndltl n, main ly d u e to haemorrhage from a c?mpound fraclure of humeru s.
Ph o to: PA -Reut er
Among those presented to Prince B ernhard were (centre) N!.?'. E. [{. Warren Secr etary, American Society of Order; ,( tht r d from right) Col. A. G. Cherrier, E xec Com":"tsswner, Canada.' and (second
1Mr. R. D. Moore, Acttng Chancellor, Pnoryof New Z ealand.
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Some first aid treatment had been given by the crew of lhe tanicer, but there was sti ll some from the a rm wh ic h necessitated the dres ings and sp lints be lL1 g removed. Af.ler D r. Ham ilt on had arrested the haemorrhage he lhen gave medical aid an d agai n fo ll owe d it up by first aid. Once the youlh had se Wed down, w h ich he did q u ite qu ickly, he was tran sfe rred to the li feboat and brought back to Roa Island , w.here an an:bulance wa awaitillg the arrival of the youth to take him to hospi ta L
Police Winners Brigade Finals
E ETER CITY POLlCE won lhe Dewar Shield by a large margln at the Brigade Final ompetitions held at the entral Hall, London, and so maintained tbe supremacy of police teams that has been a notable feature of the competition in recent years. Though the BI-i t i h Railways learn from amden, London, came second, the third and fourth T speclive ly were the Soulh a mpton Police and am bridge ily Pol icc teams.
Winner of the Perrott hield for nursing teams were Moseley " ," from Birmingham and runner - up wereDarlmglonCDurham) closely followed by Palmer s Green (London). mbu ance cadets from Doni thorpe Colliery (Leicester) won the White Knox up a nd the nursing cadet team from G lynneath ( W a les) won the Dunbar- a mith Cup, 0 honours were widely spread.
Pre enling the award after the tense conte ls, Sir Stewart Dukc- lder the H ospilailer of lhe Order prai sed all the contestants for the high tandard lhey had rca che d. H e a lso drew thelr a ttentlon to the great evenl pendlng in the iddle East, namel y the opening by King Hus eln of lhe Order of St. John' s m agnificent new Ophlhalmic Ho pital in J r u a lem.
T eam had to take lh fol lowing Test : AMBULA CE TEAM
TE T. ime limil, 15 minut .) The leam ha ju t lefl their hea dquart r at the end of a training es ion. A they pa a near-by dry cleaner s hop they hear screams from wlthill. They find the girl hop as i tant in hy teric an d a n elderly man in a diabetic coma and h k, with a compound fracture of bis left leg and a fractur of lhe upper nd of left humeru s. UR I G TEAM TEST. (Time limlt , 15 minutes.) Th team are on dULY a t a oumry f air whcn th y hear hots from a near - by hooting tall and find the male attendant has been hot by a drunken r eller. Th stall hold r has a fra ture of the rlbs, with a u bng wound of chest wail, and internal h aemorrhage. L ater the tallholder' wife app ar and trip 0 er and su laill a in1ple fraclure of 1 ft leg ju abo e the ankle. The r veU r has alcoholic poi oning.
Th e E xe ter City P olice team, winners of the D ewar
AMBULANCE CADET TEAM TEST. (Time limit, 15 minutes.)
The team are swnrnoned to an accident on a railway line near a small isolated statioD , where a stonemason has been injured by a passillg traill The injuries are: compound fracture of middle third of left leg-bone protrudillg, severe haemorrhage, fracture of right shoulder blade, shock.
URSI G CADET TEAM TEST (Time limit, 15 minutes.)
The team, who are members of the Land s End Cadet ursing Di vislon, are on duty waltillg to see" Sy Lvia Smith" (the leadillg girl in the marathon walk from" John 0 Groats ') pass the crossroa ds near -by. As she approaches she asks for a drink, and a spectator hands a bottle of In .fo,: it she catches her foo t 10 a road obstructlOn and falls. The IDJUfles are: wound of left leg, severe haemorrhage, simple fracture of right (upper) arm spraill of right ankle, shock.
The complete list of results is as follows:
AMBULA CE: 1. Exeter City Police (36 5t marks, winners of Dew a r Shield. Hingston Rose Bowl, Trimble Shield Ellis Cup, share CopLand -Griffiths Cup) ; 2. Camden (B.R ), London (291 t winners of Symons -Eccles Cup, share Copland-Griffiths Cup); 3. Southampton Police (2 8t, winners of Hong Kong Shield); 4. Cambridge City Police (288); 5 Dean and Chapter Colliery (284) ; 6. Derb y ( Roll Ro yce) (270); 7. Kenfig Hill (Wales) (268), 8. T. W. Lench Ltd. (Worcs.) (257); 9. Leeds (Clayton Works) (241 t); 10. Aclling -
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Br iu. iT let art Duk e-Elde r (llo pi nller of the Order oj I. John) pre °en ti?1!1 the P en'oll hield 10 t li e win n e r (.1 10 ley "...1 ," Birmina• ham). Team lea d er fo?' J ursing Di vi ion Divisiona Offic er G. Payton, pl. D. 1I1 0nntjoy, Nursing IIJ e mb er G. Caldicoll, NUl" ing 1e171ber B. Budd (Re erve UI. E Ryland) 3
Doni thorpe Colliery Cadet d ea ling with a stonellln on out ide an olated raitway latio n who ha been il!jured by a pas ing trail!.
from right)
Shield.
Photographs: Sport Genera
BRIGADE FINALS
• Continued from page 3
ton H eath Charnock (Lanes.) (229t); 11. Bettes hanger Colliery (Kent) (21 0 !-).
NURSI G: 1. 10seley" A" (334, winners o f Perrot t Shield Chalmer Sluel d , G o lding Trophy); 2. D arlington (315 winner of Corbet Flet cher Shield , lount batten Trophy)· 3 Green (3 00 , winners of Stewart Cup) 4. e son (Lan s ) (3 00 );. ) W eymouth (Dors et) ( 97) ; 6 Saffron Walden (Essex) (296 t, wU?-ner of Mountgarrett Cup) ; 7. Sherwell (289t WillD .rs of ElllS C u p) 8 Caersws (Wales) (285) · 9. SOuthW1Ck (28H , \.vmners of 9rosvenor Cup); 10. Hucknall Collieries (Notts) (_73 ); 11. KeJ.ghle CW. Riding) (25lt).
AMB ULA CE CA D ETS : 1. Donisthorpe Coli ery C3_3 t, winners of White Knox Cup, B arne Cup) ; 2. L i verpool E change ( 322 , winners of S chooling 3 P ontne:vyn dd (Wa le) winners of Pownall Cup Jar IS Cup); 4. FarrbaJm Bou e, London (300-}) ; 5. Wombwell (W. Riding) (286) ; 6. Lancing & Somp t ing (Sussex) (282 t ); 7. Ladywood & Edgbaston (Birminghan1) (282 , winners of ew Zealand Cup and Lowe Cup); 8. ewqu ay ( 275 t ) ; 9. Beaconsfield (274t ) 10. Clacton-on-Sea (249 t )· 11. D ean & Chap t er Colliery (207).
URSING CA DETS : 1. Glynneath (Wales) (3 04 , DW1b arNasmith Cup Tweedale Cup); 2. Spalding (3 0 lt , Mountbatten Cup, Em don Cup); 3. D arlington (282t , P ownall Cup); 4 Aylesbury (28 0-}) 5 Guildford o 2 (275 -}); 6 (268) ; 7 Goldthorpe (W. R iding) ( 266 t, winners of BedmakLDg Cup); Stratton St. Margaret (Wilts.) (265, winners of Whlte Knox Indlv idual Cup) ; 9. Perry Barr O deon (Birmingham) (248); 10. P res on (24 0); 11. Chelmsford (233 t, winners of Cunard Cup)
S i 1" St ewart D uke-Elde1" p1" esents the Dwt ba1"-Nasm th CtLP an d he T we edale Cade T 1"ophy to the cadet n U1" sing w i n n er s, Glynne c:th ( W a les ) (Left to right), Ca de leader D. Allen,. Ray I-lu.mphnes, Th elma Rmnm, J u.ne A1"nold, Cyn thw M07 -gan
TWO COUNTIES SHARE
£1, 100 FROM FETE
CLIVEDE T the home of Viscount Astor, was the scene of a ver y successful fete on Jul y 30 th, in aid of the St. John Ambula nce Brigade in Berkshire and Buckinghamsh ire. The respon se wa s magnificent, for over 4 OqO people atten::Ied; there were 78 0 cars and 1,000 people saw over ;aouse m the sp a ce of hree hours. After paying expenses It IS antlclpated there will be £1 , 100 t o be distributed between the t wo CouncIls to further t be w ork of the St John Ambulance Brigade and S John Ambula nce Associa tion.
The bolder of Green Raffle Ticket No. 97 w on a priz e, an d if the y w ill appl y to S t. John House, 101 London Road , Reading , i t will be for warded; it is thought to b e a Mrs. Cha pman wh os e a ddress IS u nkno wn.
COLLECTION TOTALS
Dodging the Showers
Cadet Rally
hin e
fl e r th e a lule he l oured th e ra nk s in a L a n d rover acco m-
pa ni d by J M Kirk man, th e o mmissione r-in- hi ef, th e o unt es of Breckn oc k up e rin te n de nt-in- hief a nd Dr. dmund L o d ge, om mi f o r t he W e t R i din g. With 6,000
on pa ra d e, t h i wa o ne of t h e b igge ra ll ies of ca d e t e er h eld ,
a nd n view of th e d iffi c ul t ies o f wea th e r an d le n -a m , on e of th e
m a n e t , OO.
R et urn ing to t he a l u t ing ba e, P rince argare t p resented
a a r d to ome 60 adc t ranging f rom the American Cup f or Ga ll ant ry (adet tcphen H ir d o f Burn ley m b u lance. Ca det
Di i ion) to rand P rior B adge [o r cad fro m m any d iffere nt
co u n ie In h r ad dr e afte r pr e en ing he award he om ma nd a n t- in-
C hi ef said:
,- [ t giv m g reat p i a u r a Comma ndant -in - hie f o f he < m b ula nce a n d nu ng adet to re I wa ll of you who h ave com here tll i afternoon, and co n gratu la te ou on ookIng so
t d y a n d neal on uch a \V day I am ur \ e \ ere a ll dee pl y mo ed to hea r what adet
tcp hen H ird did lo v n t he me r i a n C u p for G allan tr y and I wa d l igh ted to b ab le o p re ent It to h im p rsonally. notber fine
e a m p le o f in itiative a nd d ete rm in atio n i tha t of a d et
Ba c r , D ag n ham mbu ance adet D i\ on a the l ife o f a ch il d fr m d r ow n ing, u nder di n; u lt \ Im mll1g co nd It io n w h o a award d n ot o n ly t he Life av in g M edal of th e O rde r 1I1
Bro nz b u t a 0 a n \ ard o n P a r h me n t of the R oya l Hum ane OCie l)
" I t i mo t enc u raging to m ( 0 b aT t h at 0 many o f you, reaching )o u r 16th bir th d ay a nd h aving gained Fi r t Id enificme a re being promo ted into lhe adu t dl \ J Io n of B r ga de B doi ng t hi you \\ i ll be a b le to con u n ue our nUfsLDg
Ph o os: Y 01'ksil re EVCllillg
CADET TEPIJE X IIIRD. oj B urnley with th e Am erican Cup Jor Gallantry I J he looks dishevell ed , it's becau ·e h e J elt Jaint jll.·t beJore m eetmg P nnces s J1 argar et and only rec ov ered ju s t in lime.
car ee r a n d ex en d yo u r sco pe of doing good to othe r s b y going o ut on pu blic du ty.
I 1I'1<; L C0.1 11.\' G GRO Cf> uf W est H iding III cmber rl reell he Princes s 011 her llrrit'll! at th e R llcec u ur sc 5
" W e have in herite d great tr aditions which you must carryon ill t he fu ture t he r elief of the sick an d suffering and the faithful of th e mottoes of the O rder-F or he F aith and F or the Servic e o f M ankind I wish you, an d all ca d ets everywhere, eery s uccess ." _ As the parade moved into p osition for the march -past B ngade officer and pe r onalities fro m Britain and overseas were presented to Her R oya H ghness \ ho was wearin g the new -s t yle cadet officer' s un for m w ithout the white epau lette plplllg for the first time Th o ugh clou d th reatened rain, t h e m arch -p ast was c ompleted ill fine eathe r , an d the ranks o f offi cer and ca de ts moved off the para d e ground towa rds their assem b ly areas eacb a multttude of m mories o f t his the greate t day of the year ill the .cadet calen d ar; it had commenced during the morrun g when P rill ess • Continued 011 page 6 ONE
S1Y.IILI G PRINCESS a?-rives in th e sunshine fOT the Parade
She 1:S welcomed by the Cornrnissioner-in-Chi ef, 11Iaj .- Gen J ]1,;[. K irkman (cent1'e) and Sup erinten dent-in-Chief, the Counte of BT ecknock (left).
CADET RALLY
• Continuedfrom page 5
Margaret had enrolled 60 cadets from a number of C01.Ulties at a ceremony in the tand at the racecour e.
In reply to messages from the omn'lissioner-in-Chief to Princess Margaret and to Lor d Wakehurst, t he Lord Prior the following replies were received:
D ea r Gelleral Kirkman, Princess Nfargaret ha s asked me to thallk YO II so much for yo ur very kind lett er and to tell you how very grearly she h er elf enjo ye d the day s he sp lit with th e St. John' adet at York last Saturda y.
H er Ro y al Highness thought it wa all ex ce llellt Rally and she !Vas d elighted to see so many Cadets and also t o hear that more of them are no w going lip into th e Adlllt Di vi ions.
Princess Margar et we !! rea lises th e enormolls amollnt oj hard !Vork which goes into the preparations for all occasion oj this kind alld she hopes you wi/1 co nv ey h er cO llg ratulatio ll s alld her wamle t thallk 10 all those who help ed ill any way to make it uch a IIcce sJII I alld happy day
YOllrs sill ce re y Iris P eake, Lady - in - Waitillg, Clarence H ouse, S W.J.
Dear Commissioner - ill-Chief, Thank you so mu ch Jor writing about the Cadet Rally I am so glad it went off a we ll. H ea rties co ngratu ati ons 10 yo u alld all co ncern ed.
Yours sill cerely, Wakehurst Lo rd Pr io r
Birthday Greetings
o THE OCC ASIO of her bir thd ay the following teJegram was sent to H.R.H. Princess Margaret: " Officer and ca d ts of th t. John Ambulance Brigade send their loyal and incere good wi hes to your Royal Highness on the o ccasion of your birtbday.Commiss io ner-in-Chief. "
In reply, this telegram was r ecei ed from H R.H. P rinces M ar ga ret: " I end my sincere thanks to you and all tho e h o joined in yo ur kind telegram of greetings which I Dm h appre iate. -Margaret, Commandant-in-Chief. '
DONCASTER INSPECTION
TOURING the ranks i n a Landrover, th e PTinc ess was well pleased wit h the tum-out of all presen t.
OVER 1,750 members of the st. John Ambulance Brig a d e (So u t hEast Area , Wes t Riding of Yorkshire) took part in a General Inspection at Donca ter R acecourse on Sund ay, Augu 14lh. The Inspection was carrie d out b y R ear- dmiral Ro yer Dick, Deputy Commissioner-in-Chief of the :"ho \Va accompanied b y D r. E. H. Lodge (County C omm issIOner) and rs. Lodge Mr. E. So ar (Area Commissioner) and members of Dr. Lodge:s staff. Ladies' contingents were reviewed by i s Muriel Watson, Principal Ad mini strative Offic er of the SL John Ambulance Brigade.
After t he Inspection Rear-Admira D ic k said th at the occasion had pro vided a great opportunity for Mis s Watson and himself to meet a very large proportioD of members on p arade "The w t Riding is one of the biggest St John Ambulance Brigade districts in this country," he said, "and it has a very fine recor d of which we are a ll very proud."
Rear-Admiral D ick als o presented Grand Prior Ba dges to seven nursing cad ets
BRIGA D E LONDON CONFERENCE
GRAND PRIOR'S BADGES were handed to simty cadets by the Princess before the rnarch-past took place. 6
THE NEXT CONFER ENCE of Brigade Surgeons, a ll r anks, w ill be held at the B.M A. House, Tavistock Squ a re London , W.Cl , on Saturday and Sund ay, October 29th an d 30th, 1960. T raining Officers and other Senior Officers will be welcom ed Further details of the pr0gramme will be issu ed later but the main theme of the Conference will be the Appendices of the " First Aid " Manual.
Noted speakers will introduce t he various subjects
CIVIC HONOURS FOR ST. J 0 H N MEMBERS
ILKE TaX-The Ji ayor of Ilk eston, D erbyshire, Cllr. Lesl ie Chambers, 1£11.0 has been a member of the Ilke slon ( X.C.B. ) Ambulance D i v ision for 22 years. _11 1'.
-AND A CIVIC GESTURE
hambers, who is 49 , has been very activ e in welfare work of all kinds.
D eputy P arks Superintendent and Parks F oreman set out the bed on the lawn area surrounding the shelter in the centre of Southall Park whi h is the chief park situated in the centre of the borough. Planting then proceeded and took two men five da ys to complete. The Brigade in Southall is most grateful to the T own Council for this ge ture.
WHEREVER ACCIDENT S MIGHT HAPPEN
. ..
Rl r 'G FRO 1 REQUE T from th e o uth all Di i ion of th t. JOh11 mbulance Bri ga de , the Town o unc il a u tho r ised it Park Dep artme nt to pro ide a arpe t flower b d depicting their badge. Thl wa a nne gesture to commemora te (h e Golden Jubile e ear of th e d ivisio n mem ber of th e Br iga d met th Park Sup rint nd ent in ovemb r 1959 a nd ga e det a ils of t he de iga pJ an was imm edi atel y pr pa red by the P a r ks D p artmen t an d , from t he pl a nt avai la bl e which w re uitab l for the purpose in mind , va rie t i and qu a ntiti e were d id ed upon Th e d e ta i.l were p a sed to t he urs r y Forema.n in order that th pro paga tioD of the plant a ri e tie cou ld be put in hand.
The varieties a nd quantitie of pl a nt required were as foUO\ s: A lt ernanth era all1 0ena (red/ brown) ; Arena ira ca espito sa a I/r ea (yellow); and Al1tenl1aira dioica (grey).
The tota l number of p Jan t u ed wa a.pproximately 2750 .
The p lanting eason wa tile fir st we k in Jun e 1960, when the 7
as THE JOB every; here ill fhi ca e at the Ru.gby (Hillmorton) ommunity Centre, ,the re th e R.JI.E .C. Trad e Day 'a ta r1 ed Tecen ll y P ersonnel 011 duty Q1110n r1 the mode en r1 illes are Briga de m emb ers of th e Genual Electric Company D i"i ion
Photo: Pder Hall
Photo: C.E C.
HEl lEU
CLUE S Compiled by W A. POTT ER
ACRO SS
1. Acme of deafness, it is said (8).
5 Fomentations (6)
10. Medical arran gement (7)
11. A cause of 37 from alum bog (7)
12. Gory variety of revel (4).
13. To be avoid ed in removing electrocut ed p a tient from live apparatus (5 )
15. Therapeutic su bst an ces prepared from blood (4).
18 R ays ca u sing radiation sickness (5).
19. Sudd en cerebral illness (6).
21. Fitting capture without cure (3)
22 Ru n a stake through the bod y! No won der I look faint (6).
24. Hirsute (5).
27. Irish la ke an d river in northern England (4).
28 Bo nes associated with the skull (5).
31. Teaspoons in a ta blespoon (4).
34 Mental bent (7).
35. Uncomfortable sleeping place on hand (4-3 ).
36. The lily maid of Astolat (6).
37. The last pain? (8) DOWN
1. His appearance ends first-aider's r es ponsib ilities (6).
2. Ear -ache (7).
3. The hea r acts like a double (4).
4 Slide altered for sideways motion (5)
6 Stud y with motion (4).
7. Medicine given for ps ychological effect only (7).
8. Order to he soldier in the morning or t he chorus girl at night? (4- 1-3).
9. B one of whic h the olecranom is part (4)
14. Poor Ted shaken b y na va weapon (7).
16 May be d iagnos tic in dia betic coma, poiso ning, or uraemia (5)
17. For verte bra l geography? (5).
20 Rescue apparatus on h and (4 -4)
23 A cure for aU ills (7).
25 R ich mob for su phur allotrope (7) .
26. Part of nose between the eyes (6).
},9. Malicious look up for a d a nce (4).
39. Anne's come b ac k for purga tive drug (5).
32. With gang in sympathetic nervous system (4). Basis of fluid and light diets (4).
S ol ution to Crossword o. 14
Acro ss: 4. Hea d ; 9 . Toucan ; 10. Reall y; 1 1. R h o ; 12. Shoulder
14. Pheno l ; 15. St a b wO Lilld ; 18. W a i t; 19. Tri ene; 20 Artisan
23. Smeal" 24. Per t in en ; 28. Donor; 29. Neomyc in ; 31. End
32. Winner; 33. Ma ll et; 34. Sore. D own: 1. SLasis 2. Mucosa
3. G a ll; 5. Ear-ring ; 6 Drops 7. Lace ration; 8. Blood stain
13. Drown; 16. Throlllbo i; 17. Belladonna; 21. R a lio; 22. Meander' 25. Exce ls' 26 Tenet; 27.'U er ; 30. Meat.
Donations to the EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN FUND
THE FOLLOWI G LIST i he fir t to be sued showing St. Jo h n
Ambulance Briga d e Don atio n s to the Edwina Mountbatten
T rust. A fmth er Ii t will be published n t monlh:
Council of he Ord er for D on
Hazel Gro e Ambulance Di ision
St. John Ambulance Brigad e-J amaica
Elllsworth msing Cadet Di i ion
Prior y in Sou t hem Africa
D ivisional Superintend en t- Monck t on & Ro y [on
s t. John- ico a
D i isional Secret a ry-Bredbm y & ROlllile y w- iog
D i isio n
S F. Thornton, E q.
S.J.A.B.-Sw-rey
Mrs. D. D ean-Broom
S.J.A.B.-Cheshire
V. Chancellor, Esq., S.J..B. raiford
Eiland Ambulance Divi ion
EUand ursing D ivision
Miss V. M V Lu combe
Manchester & Salford o. 8 Area
SJ .A .B.-Tanganyika
Plymouth Central Ambulance D ivision
Miss S Luxton
Mrs. R Bal don
Commissioner C. S C. Prance
D r. & Mrs. T. E. Wood
The Holbrook m ing Di ion
S.J.A B .-Su va, Fiji
Mrs M. E. Willshaw
Dr. J Prentice
Southport ill ing Corps
St. John & Red Cross Ser ice ..tio pital Weliar
V.A.D. D ept.
Divisiona l Superin tendent-D ainl.ler Anlbulance & msing D ivisions
Mr. Harris on
Mr. Myers
E. R Weaver-Ad ams, Esq.
Sir Colin Ba r ber
Miss Z. E. Hull
B ingley Am bulance Di ision
R M. D esvaux
Miss Hooper
Mrs. Smellie
County Commissione r- Cornwall
D ivisiona l Superintendent Area, W l{. York hir e . J. C. J olliffe, .Esq
Miss E. J. Smi t h
Cippenham & Burnham Ambulance Di visio n
J ersey Centre
D iv is ion al Superintendent Rushden D ivision
No. 99 (Knightsbridge) ursing D ivision
S.J .A. B. - Hong Kong
No. Y3N Shoreditch Di vision
S.J.A. Association- Gibraltar
Miss A. Un hank (Hong Kong)
Preston Corps
Dearne VaUey Ambulance Di v ision
East Cleveland Nursing & Am
Keighley Nursing D ivision
Council of t he Ord er of St. John for J ersey
Light on nealing
ABOUT ST. JOHN
Make lIse of Publicity!
GWE YOUR TIME oR YOUR tl MONE Y HELP ST Jo HN TO HELP OTHERS
THE PROBLEM of keeping up the strength of the Brigade, of stimulating interest in the Associat ion classes and of getting money for the work of the Order as a whole is the concern of each one of us. We may have very decided ideas about how this should be done , or (what is more usual) how it should no be done. Whatever our convictions, however, we must admit that if the problems are to be overcome we must use publicity and one of the best methods is by taking every opportunity of showing b y display stands at shows of a ll kinds, by demonstrations in public, by distribution of leaflets and through the medium of the Press, what St John means To help you with planning and carrying out a stand or window display, the above photographs have been reproduced E very item, other than the bare walls of the stand, has been produced in the Press Office at 10 Grosvenor Crescent, and many of the items seen have been lent to the counties for similar occasions; but, unfortunately, it is impossible under existing circumstances for us , in the Press Office , to help with every local show, and it is hoped hat anything we can do, you, with the help of our experience, can do better.
The bas ic principle of a successful display is simplicity and attractive colour. The old black and white drapes, the rather washed-out Bag, the pos ters curling at the edges an d a haphazard layout of bones, books, and photographs with comers tom from a thousand drawing-pin holes must be discarded. The Order's colours are red and gold and white-use them. Use them so that your display will attract attention from the other side of the exhibition. Build up your items gradually so that you can take
ad va n tage of a fe w inches or twenty feet, and can k eep your m a terials fresh a nd n ew -looking
The theme of the a bo ve stands was" Accidents Kill- Prompt First Aid and good nursing saves lives. " The mOUJ1ted photographs on the wa ll s were taken from newspap r file o f actual incidents or compet ition tests, and ome of them" mocked" up to show accidents in the home etc. The ca rdboard on whi h th ey a re mounted is in brilliant Dayglo co lour s of ye llow red orange and green. The le ttering of th e s logans a nd t he titles is in black, again on the same colours.
The" counters" a r e trestle tables covered with d affodil yellow sail -cloth which has b een used many times. It is a st rong material , drapes well an d is flame-proofed after eac h washing. Th e mall posters and slogans standing on the counter are on wh ite card covered with a thick acetate and bound in re d Sellotape, letterin g in black , yellow and red; these po sters ha ve pict ure hanging rin gs on t he back so that they can be hung if n ecessary wit holl t be ing damaged by nails, but as shown they are propped up o n a sin1ple folding cardboar d stand.
DO IT
YOURSELF
To for estall any protests that tbere is no one and no mon ey in yo ur Di vision/County/Area to undertake this kind of work, here is a suggest ion:
The boards (19 in. b y 29 in.) cost 3/ - each; ace ta te 5 ft. b y 2 ft. sheets are 10/ 9; action photographs at about 5/ - for 8 in. by 10 in.; b acking board about 2t ft. square at 1/ 6, can all be obta ined from
the P ress OfTlce 10 Grosvenor re cent, S.W.l. Postage is extra in each case.
To rai e the money for the e item - you must have friend who are im re ted in the, ork but who do not want to do first aid or nursing- other oluntary organisation u e these kind of friends wi th much ucce and 0 do ma ny of our own di isions. There are auxi li ary mcmb r 'ho run coffee morning, whist drives and so on.
To get th work done: you wil l have to supply the materials, including probably a et of tenci (all our work is done with a a r ied ct of U tencil , price Li t can be had from J. We t
& P a r t ner The Br oadv ay, l. Jame ' s Park , W .I), and again enLi t the help of all ' iliarie -ei ther through your local school art cl or through our church - man y church notices are done \ ith tencil (free-hand one are not ah a y ery ucces ful 0 be ca reful ; onc ou' e a s k d s omeone to do it it is difficult to back out if the result are not up to tandard)
P hotograph of loc I e en ,a ction a t port meeting di a ter or comp tition can be bough t from your ocal ne\ paper offices. k to be a Um d LO look through their libr a ry of t. John pictures' o Long a ou ackno\ lcdge th c pictures to the paper there never any difficult y about getting permi ion to di pla y them. cknowledgem nt ca n be done, ith a card on hich you tate that the pic Lure are di played by court y of n le s it is a Ro a l or particularl y note, orth y vent it i better t o a oid picture o f par de and gr up of people , a these are not u ually of pubLic intere t. or often th a n not the space we ar gi en atanexhibitiondo e not in lude Lh ide all of a a nd. In th a e folding creen of the old h pital L pe are cheap a nd c n be attracti el y decorated. In the ne I issue, e hop e to publi h a pho tograph howing hm Lhe e ca n be u ed together" ith detai s of hm to ary the height of di pi a
0\ if by a n y u nlu ky chance your local new pa per ha e no su itab le pictures: if you a n alTord it it i best to get a profe ion a l ph tographer to help' if not many of you are ery proficient so that the photographic ide hould not be too difficult. here the difficult ie ari e in the taging of the mock a cident. R emember thaL if you a re doing evera l incidents (the home , on the road. on t he Jand) do not u e th ame per on a the ca ualty. D o not have more than one uniformed per on gi ing the fir t aid or doing the Du rsi ng. ake sure that y our audien e is not grinning at the camera o r at th " actor " - many ce ll ent pictures. which cou ld ha e been II ed a " a c tion " picture ha e been ruined by the by- tan d e r not b e in g properly bri efed.
On page 3 of th e Jul y/ ugu i sue were ome picture of a ooter incident- t hi i a n exc Uent ample of r alistic tagin g would uggest th a t several di vi ion get toget her to build up a b ic di pla y for sm a ll sta nd to whic h item fr o m t hi office ca n be a dded when a bigger s ho w is n ecessa r y You would then hav a ai la bl lo ca lly, material to ta ke advantage of tho e last -minu te spa e which a re 0 often offered an d for \ hic b unfortun a tel y, tbi offi ca nno t a lways uppl y item i n tim.
R ega rding Ca rni va l Float For m a n y reasons , mostl y a matter of cost, lack of pace and tbe var iet y of ubject r quired it i not
possible for this office to provide any items, but several divisions have put on very excellent shows simply and inexpensi vely. The scene of a staged a ccident, or nursing in the home, using cadets to wheel ch a ir cases. A paste-board banner held by other members can say " Where ver Help is eeded st. John is on the Spot "Help us to Help You- This Service is Voluntary and UnpaidGi ve Your Time or Your Money- When Accidents Happen , P rompt First Aid Saves Lives-Unskilled Handling Costs D o not use all these slogans if the space 1$ small-there 1$ a limit to how much people can read at one" go." Get your main theme across money recruits, classes or whatever it may be, leav e the rest to prepared h a ndouts or to those on duty to talk about. Angle your theme to local requirements, i.e. if it is a farming area mock-up a cything a ccident if a racing area a hurdle w ith the victim in jockey's kit , in a town an accident at a crossing with a buckled bike; there are plenty of junk merchants who would lend you things You can always sa y " thank you " by having a short roneoed handout and attach an acknowledgment for any items which shops and people ha e lent or who have done the work freealso giving details of tbe divisions, nights of meetings, and dates of courses.
For tho e who have not seen them already there are new B rigade dult and cadet leaflets (from stores about 6 - per 100). A ne , poste r, on the right of the picture on this page-" Sudden illness , etc " in b lack , red and white at 2/ 6 per dozen and Association leaflets with the san1e design about cour a 3/- per 100 from the Press Offic. s the ea on for course approaching we would uggest that these leaflets could be used b the Brigade too , to be gi en out in bu iness fum at your local church R otary Club, etc. There s a pa e on the front for de t ails of the course, together w th necessary times number of classes and cost, and address of organisers. the ery hard-up. a roneoed handout on the same lines can be prep a red-we will be glad to supply to anyone interested a draft of the ype of thing which would be u eful. U e colour againd uplic ate on a coloured paper and do take are you the mes age a simple as possible. Get t he peop le trarned. It IS from these rank that you will get recruit hen t he y know \vhat is in 01 ed and have had a hance during the course to make friends with the member of the di ion.
One la t point. hen asking the P ress Offi e for di pIa materials pLea e remember tbat there a re onl three people to make P!l k and di patch the e and to do all the P res R elatIons and PubliCIty for he Ord r t he ociation and the Brigade. These a tivlties ometime ita te being out o f th office both during the eek and durincr m an week n d in ad d ition to the production of tbe R EVIE o if \ ca n t help y o u it really humanly impo sible and not just non-co-op rat ion . Give pI nty of, aming, thr \ eeks at. lea t. Pu t down in our orio-inalletter the exact dates the space available. the th me ( if any) of the how and the addres to which items hould be n t. Wh rever po sible, if th material an be collec t d thi help, both in tim a nd in preserving the item. Pl ease be areful a bout p c k ing the thing, they ar only on cardboard and get er rough h an dl ing b y po t and carrier. R etum them as ou would
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like to recei e them. Finaily, p lease d o not e er pu t pins, na il s Seilo t ape, etc wough or on the items you borrow Use the tand s which are always provided, unless holes have been made for the purpose of hanging. D uring the last year we h ave ha d to di appoint many counties becau se the posters and screen s have been returned insufficiently packed and so have been d an1aged b eyond repair. Remem b er that you may be a sufferer through someone el e's -carelessness. There is a small charge for items which are loaned from this 7/ 6 and £ 1 to cover post packing etc. according t o the amount of material required.
An y ideas y ou may have which would help u s would be most welcome. Any photogr aphs yo u may t ake wil l be gratefully received-we are quite prepared to pay for prints As you can imagine, it is difficult to think up new ideas, so those who ha e any, please share them ; we \vill print photographs, but would warn yo u that some ma y be under the hea ding of " How no t t o do it I" It is a complin1ent to St. Johl1 th a t its members are regarded a « the usu al ser ices" but unless we keep on telling the public of the need for recruits, mone y and support of a ll kinds we canl1ot, t hese days , expect peopl e to realise that their help is needed Wherever y ou look i t is evident that" it p ay s to advertis " This grea mo vement can no longer prosper by hiding i ts ligbt ul1d e r a bushel. H. R.
C I VIL DEFENCE DAY AT READING
ISLE OF WIGHT FAIR
o CIVIL DEFENCE D AY at Reading on June 19th , the Rea d ing Corps of t he Brigade seized the opportunity to tell t he p u blic a bou themselves. There was a marquee (o ur photograph shows office rs, members and cadets outs ide it) and, nearb y, d emonstra tions of the B rig a de 's work wer e staged
The following d etails may help readers who would like to sta ge .a similar show:
E x hib ition-Marquee :
Models in tableaux showing a brief history of the English Ord e r -of st. John
Models in tableaux showing accidents in the home at public functions, and on the road '
" Trays" used in Nursing as applied to S. J .A .B.
" Cadets comer. "
Instructi ona pos er , literature and equipment.
Adjacent to Ma rquee
D emonstration o f roller bandaging
" Casualties" by Casualties Union
" Casualties" were attend ed by three teams of Ambulance members at the s ite of the acci dent and transported to a " Clearing Sta tion " Each team dealt with one major and one minor injury.
At the " Clea r ing Station " our training with the National Hospita Service R eserve was stressed a n d t h e " casualties" were given further treatment b y a team of nurses. Intravenous transfusion was demo n str ated by a male Nursing Office r. 12
The B Tigade land at t he I land Indu tries Fair. '1'111' two lIIelllb('l's shown are County laff Offi cer E. P. JIi/laat e, .B I.J., who lUIS
Chairman oj th e Committee Tespon ' ible Jor arrall'lin rt tile land , and D ivisional uperilltendelll Jli :\1. R. Dais", ol/tlz il" ifJ/it Sur ing Divi. ·ioll.
AT THE ISLA D INDUSTRIES FAlR at Ryde, I Ie of Wight. the larg t ever h eld in t he coun y, the Brigade and the Briti h Red r Soci ety com b ined to pro ide fir t aid co er, under the comma n I of tbe Commi ioner, S.J.A.B. , Dr. F. R. B H. Kenl1edy B -., C.St.J., J P In addition to a mobile po for em rg ncy u e, two first ai d posts were maintained daily from 11.0 a.m on pril 23rd to 9.3 0 p.m. on May 1st, covering hour. any I land D ivisions wer e represented, and allogeth r eventy member of th Brigade a nd the Society performed hours of dut and atten d ed 41 casualties.
His Gr ace the D uke of Wellington , K.G., a ounty Pre ident of the Brigade, took the opportunity afte r officia ll y opening th and inspecti ng the Guard of Honour, of p r esenting award to Brigad e members.
The Brigade a lso prepared and manned a publicity stand a l he F air, which attracted much public attention.
NEXT TEST, PLEASE!
SALISBURY police first a id team we re able to pu t th e ir sk i ll to Ihe test short ly after be y b a d t ied for seco nd place in a com p eti ti o n in Bristol.
The tea m, compri s ing Sg t. K. Cr use an d P .C.'s G Br a dle y, J Ha skey, R. Stott a l1d R Be asant, with In s pecto r We bbe r-Tay lor as in structor were on the way home in two ca r , a nd ju before leaving the boul1daries of Bristol t he y came across an acc ident in wbich a motor cyclist, with a p illion passenger, had bee n in collision with a car which was pulled up whilst the driver changed the wheel beca use of a punc ure. The dri ve r and his bride were on their way to their ho n eymoon des tination
THE OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM
A landmark • the In
Middle East
Th e new Ophthalmic IIo pileil oj IIl e Order oj t. J ohn in Jerusal em which will be op ened by 11.:'1. King IIu ssein ill the pr ese n ce oj th e GTClnd Prior, H.R.H. the Duk e oj Glouce s ter, on October 11th 1960.
Ti E to T P-TO-D TE OPHTH L IIC 1-10 PIT L in the Middle East
" ill b opened on Octob r I th in Jeru sa lem , Jordan by H .M. King
Hu ein in th pre ence of H .R.B the Duke of Glouce teT. Thi i the ne\ ho pit I of the rder of l. John, of whi h the Duke of lou e tel' i rand Prior. 0 ling £325,000 to build, it is the uc e or of ral olher hospital \\hich the Order ha maintained inc thc fiddl e ge, and i the fir t LO incorporate a r earch in titut and training fa ilitie for rab doctor and nurse. There arc 75 bed and facilitie for treating up to 200 ,000 OUtpaLient a year.
The ignifi a nce of the new ho ital i that, a the ophthalmological c ntrc of the liddlc "a I, il will be a ital factor in the battle againsl trachoma , the ye disea e that infe lS about one quarter f th inhabit a nt of the world and i particularly rife in the liddle a \\ here it c, u e imJ11cn e un'er ing and the 10 of many million of man-hour f \\ork very ar.
For the opening c remony, about J 0 member of the Order and relativc will be 0) ing out from ngland, and \J ill lay for ev ral da Middle " a L irline ha allo aled e eral i OUl1t aircraft to the" airlift" and the omplicated tra el and accommodation arrangement ha e be n handl d by 1r. L. T. l1ight and r. R rimJ11ett of a well-kno\ n London travel agen F 110\ ing th op ning ceremony on b l' 11 th th re will be a garden party in the grou n d o f Ihe new hospital. n the follo\ ing day a Thank gi ing en ice will be held a t. George' alhedral, Jeru a 111, atl nded b H.R.H. the Du k of Glouce ler and r pre entali c of the religiou and i ic communili of J eru al m, the J ordan Go emmenl and the Briti h Emba y in mman. On Thur day Oclob r 13th lhere will be a M ilitar Re ie\ of th J rdan rab rmy t mman, whi h \J ill b attend d at th invitation of K ing Hu ein b the Du ke a nd other member of th Order.
The building of the ne\ ho pila l began in [arch 1959 wh n Lt.- eneral ir H enry Pownall, h a nc 1101' of the Order. and ir lewart Dukc- " Ider, the H ospital ler aid corner-ston s with i.nscri] t ion s in Engli hand rabic. 11 the il1 tallation and pe iali ed medic I eq ui pmen t are Bril b, and tb building of oca l ton. The rchite t s Mr. J E. Simp o n .R I.B and the contr ac to rs ar Ihe habin E n g il1 ring an d Cont r act ing Co., of Jord an.
Th ere i an E n gli h W a rd en, Dr. J Bo O RE ., and th Sub - W a rd e n a nd Senior Surg on is Dr. Kh a lil B ud iri , who received an hOl1or ary O.B. Ia ea r. Th e tal1' a l o in Iud a Briti s h reg i trar, a Briti h nlat ron and a tant m at r n i t r tutor and two it e r an d J 2 Arab mal and L rab female nur e . 1"
MALTA: A n eeount and an ppreciat ion b y Sir Harry L uk e (Harrap 25 .).
Since this book was first published in 1949 it must have been commended to thousands as an ideal introduction to a first visit to Malta, and it is also essel1tially a book into which one can dip from lime to time after one's return and refresh one's memories of that enchanting land. But the book is really more than that. As Sir Harry Luke say , it not a guide book or a history, but it is full of information of all kinds and at the same time conveys in a particularly cbarming wa y the whole atmosphere of the Island. It is good, tberefore, tbat the author has been able to prepare a second edition of the book, il1 hich he has made some re isions in the light of funher knowledge now available and has included a number of new illustrations. Of the latter the most striking, perhap, the photograph of Caravaggio's Beheading of St. John the B aptist" aft r it recent re toration.
In particular ir Harry has added a hole new chapter tra ing the development that ha e taken place in Malta ince 1945 a nd describing the e ent that led to the revocation of the 1947 Contitution. Thi COl1 titution was replaced in 19-9 by one which provided for th admini tration to be carried on by tbe Go vernor with the help of a part-official , part-nominated E ecutive Council. For a ear before thi came into force the Go ern or had had to take ontrol of the admini tration under emergel1C po, ers as the r ult of tb refu al of the leader of both political parti s in the Legi lati e s mbl to form a Go vernment.
ir Harr Luke's straightfo[\. ard account of the political e ems il1 Malta bet\ een ]9--1- and 19 - i of pecial interest at the pre el1t time , in iew of the att mpt no\ being made by Her 1aje ty' Go emm nt to break the deadlo k and devi e a COl1 titution hich will b accepted g nerally. Bur those attempt must clearl be made, for no Ol1e can regard a ati factor y the pre ent ituation in hich lalta i admini t r d by th Governor \ ith no ele ted element aIly\",her i.n th onstitution.
Meam hi Ie th re i till and for us in Great Britain to understand and appr ciat mor fully the a piration and hopes of the people of M a lta, and thi new edition of ir Harr Luke's book provid an e cell nt backgr und again t whi h that understanding and appreciation CaIl gro , It \ ill al 0 bring ba k many very happy me m ori s to th memb rs of llie Order and the Bri gade \ ho i ited Malta and Gozo in the autumn of la t / ar, al1d \\';'110 ere able to perienc for them elv s bolli the charm of th I lands and the wond rful fr iend line an d ho pitalit, of th ir people. G. C.
PERSONALITY PAGE
SIR PHII..IP SOU TH ¥ELL C. B .E., M .C., who h as su cceed ed Mr Horace F. P ar shall as D irector-Gen er a l of the St. John Ambulance
As so c a tion, comes t o us after a mos t distinguished commercial career , which h a s taken him t o m any c oun r ies. Appointe d the firs t man a ging director of th e Kuwait Oil Compan y in 1946, h e r elinqwshed t h a posi tion in J une 195 9.
Charac ter istically, h e f eels th a t m aterial success s 1 ss inlpor ta n t t han w ork in the h umanit a r ian spber e. A m emb er of t h e Ord er
sin ce 19 53 Sir P h ilip b ecame a Knigh t of Gr ace in 19 56 and has b een a p r ominent fi gur e in the driv e f or t h e r e build ing of t he Or der S ophth almic ho spi t al in J erusalem In h is c onnection his ex en sive kno wledge an d exp erience of the M i ddle E ast h ave b een invalu a ble.
A as tin g mo numen t o Sir Philip 's work in t h is fiel d t he Southwell Ho sp ital at A hma di , Ku wait, w hich wa opened in April 196 0 It is a 200 -bed b o spital with a staff of 205 an d bears c omp arison wi th the b es t of its kin d in t he Old vVor d an d the ew. In a ddi tion Sir P hili p is a m emb er o f the C ouncil of h e Jeru salem an d t he East M iss ion.
We welc ome him an d wish h inl a lon g an d fruitful term of office.
ON HIS RETIREMENT after 2 2 years as Briga d e C ommis sio n er fo r
B er ks hire M r. C. A. P oo le wa s presented with a gift fro m all ranks of the Bri ga d e at th e County In spection b y the Deputy Commis sioner- in- Chief, Rear-A dmiral R M. Dick
Mr Poole succeeded h e ate Dr A . G Osborn e as County Commission er in 193 8. Durin g his 22 years as C o mmiss io ne r he buil t up h e strength of the Bri ga d e in t h e county f r om 20 di visio n s with a member ship of 486 vo lunt a r y wor k ers an d 61 divisions with a m embers hip tod ay of 1,4 58, an d p layed a lea d ing part in a d visin g t he co unt y and coun ty borough on the form atio n of their own ambulance service a s r e quir ed b y the N a tiona l Healt h A ct o f 1946
His period of o ffice has seen m an y changes and m any inci d ents.
An aver a ge year s ees m emb ers p uttin g in o ver 90 ,000 h ours' p u blic du ty an d treatin g over 15 000 casu alt ies In recen t years tw o ous an d ing incidents deserve special ment ion; the D idcot r ailway disaster which o ccurred in the ear ly h o urs of the mo rnin g when o ver 80 m emb er s of the Briga de rendered first aid to the inj ured ; and t h e Ro yal As c ot Racecourse lightning dis as ter when t he Briga d e treated and evacu ated to ho sp ita 52 ca su alt ies Th e tragic H ungarian risin g in 1956, s aw t h e Briga d e coming to the ai d of those r efugees w ho re ached E n gland and were sent to th e Red Cross h os tel a t M a iden Eleigh; t her e for seven mo nth s t he Briga de m anned a 12 bedded hospi tal d ay and night , and orga nised a morning and evening surger y Mr P o o le 's r eco rd o f volun ta r y s ervice is ind eed a livin g exam p le o f t he mo tto of th e Or der t o which he b elongs-" In the Service of Mankind. " The Order will still get the b enefit of his ex perience and a dvice, a s indeed will h e county, f or tho ugh r etiring on r eaching the a ge limi from a ct ive m ember shi p of he S t. J ohn Am b ulance Briga de Mr. Poole rem ains a m e mb er of the St. J ohn C ouncil f or Berkshire
THE CHIEF CONSTAB L E of Som er set h as wri tt en t o t he County Commissio n er comm end in g t h e prom p tnes s a n d efficiency of Ambul a nce Driv er Rundle o f Cleved o n w ho , t o gether wit h Sgt. Quick of Flax Bo urton, r escu ed Sidney Gr ay fr o m a d isused mine shaft on L ong A sh on G o lf Course The rescu ers were owered 50 f t. do wn th e na rr o w shaft an d rend ered firs t ai d The lo wering of a str etcher was a mo st d an ger ou s op er ation in view o f t he lo ose stones b eing d islodged from the wa ll Getting th e heav il y-b uil t casu al t y up t he sh a ft was even more haza rdou s as he was lash ed h ea d u ppermo st. O wing t o ro ck proj ectio n s, t he stretcher stuck an d h a d t o b e lo wer ed and Driver Rundl e r em ained bel ow t o man oeu vre a veering rope.
T WAS a ver y proud o cca sion for the officers a n d members of t he No.8 (M a nchester a nd Salford ) Are a, Duke of L a ncaster 's Distr ict, when it wa s announced in the N ew Yea r 's L ist t h a H er M ajesty the Queen h a d gr a n t ed the a ward of the M B.E. to Area Super intenden t N. R Ka y, O .St J and it was a prou d moment for Mr. K ay, when with hi s wi fe , he recei ved h is decoratio n from Her M ajesty, the Q ueen Mother on Tues d a y, M a r ch 1st 1960 at Buckingham Pala ce.
J oining th e North Manchester D ivis ion as a p ri va t e, in 1925 ] 4
Mr. Kay p as sed thl'o u g h U1e va r io u s ran ks of th e Br iga d e a nd
b eca.me a orps Officer and Secreta ry of t his large Area in 1929. H e is st ill " in h arnes "a the Secr e tary of h area, a t o ta l o f 32 years , and is r egarded as an a uth o r i ty on a ll Br igad e m al ters by p erson nel th roug hout th e di tri t.
D uring the 19 39- 1945 war years he wa conul1end ed on two o cca sion for his Br iga de wo r k an d a so f or h is wo rk n cOJUlec lion with or gani ing R eview s in the C Olmty o f L anca h u:e. In 1947 hi ser vi ces t o Ule Br iga d e er e rewar d ed a nd h e wa m a d e a e r vi ng Bro h er o f the Ord er and in 1953 was prom o ted to O fficer Bro ther of the Or d er. In 19 57, wh en h e r etired fro m bu i n e , M r. Kay wa a b le to fulfi l a if e-long amb i ti on - to b e a full time worker for t he Briga d e.
This he a bly carr ie out un der t h e lea d ershi p of Ma j or R L. R affles, T D. S B S U. P erhap s the secr et o f M r. Kay s succes in the Br igade his willingne to h el p and advise anyone on ma t ters re latin g to the Briga d e an d we all wish hilll man more years of active and u eful s er vi ce to the M anch es er Area.
o E of the lo n gest servi ng mem b er of Ule Melton (Leice ter hire)
A m bulance D ivision, Mr. W. P aling, wa pr ented ilb his Ser ice me d al in a ceremony at hi own home by Mr. C. R. Towe ]J ,
A rea Su perintendent, b ecau e owing to a recent seriou ilin he wa una ble t o atten d the County I nspection a n d P arade. I n his 15 years, Mr. P aling ha done neaTly 4,000 hour of public duty
BACKSTAGE APPRECIATION
D ear Sir, I thought that tlus little incident might be of orne inter to the r eaders of REVIEW:
D uring a performance at th e Adelphi Theatre, London one of o ur n ursin g m em bers was called to the back of the age rather urgentl y. A pp arently one of t he dancer , a light girl of about 17, ha d b een swung rather clumsily by her n ew dancing partner \: ith the result that her head had been banged rather badly. After having been taken by our m mber to the haring ro H ospital and examined fo r a possible f ra cture o r concussion, she was discharged an d b rought back to the theatre. But the point of t h e story was that, as our member entered the dre ing ro m he was greeted b y the members of the cast with a spontaneou Bless you and S t. John- we couldn't do without you.
Your incerely, (M rs ) M. L. d Ro t h cbi ld (DiY S upt. B e th nal Gr ee n N ur ing Di Y i on)
AT THE END OF MAY h is yea r , t h e Lowes toft Nu rsing Ca d et approac hed lh eir Su perinten d ent, Mrs. R L. Nic h olls, wi h a request for a cadet flag of their own fo r c h urch parades. T hey were told flags we re ver y ex pensive and that t heir funds wou l d not r un to b uying a fl ag, an d jf they fe lt t hey wo uld like o ne of the ir own must raise the money to pay for it Stra ight away the cadets doubled their week ly su bscriptions, and during the last few weeks have collected and sold salvage; begged donations from rela tives and friends; run a grocery stall at the nursing divi ion jumble sale, and in variou ways rai ed sufficient money to pay [or a nag and leather ho ld er. The S ilver Cross was give n to the cadets by County Cadet fficer ursing) Mrs. P. Taylor, as a reward for their initiative. very proud nursing cadet division saw their flag b lessed by the Rev. W. J. Westwood, M ., at the conclusion of the t. John 's D ay er ice at St. argaret's hurch, Lowe toft, on July 10th , 1960.
SOMERSET NEWS
COl/llty Cadet Camp at Starcross, South Devon. The Camp ommandant rea Cadel Officer J. H a rding, reports on a most ucces rul camp with 342 officers a nd cadet enjoying a week under can a. Area adet Officer r. D. D av i was in cbarge of the nu r ing cadet.' lasse for B a dge ubjecl were held each morning and excellent resull were oblauled. t the unday Service held in a large marqu e, ounty a nd rea tafT vi itors were pr ent and r. H. O Vaux , J.P., O. U. Pre ident of the Weston-super-Mare orp , ga e a !nO t inspiring add re s. The Camp Concert held on the la night revealed a wealtb of first-cIa s talent. Eleven officers sat for their Camping W arra nt, P a rts 1 and 2 , lhe tests and inpeclion being carried out by aj.-Gen. R Dening, B. , M.V.O., ., the ounty mbul a nce a det Officer for Devon. During the week, the ounty ommis ioner 01. C. T. Milford-Sl a de, D .L., J.P. , t. t.J .,a ndthe Cou nl y up erintendent I i E.M.BruceSteer, t.J. \ er both warmly welcomed when they i ited the camp. The ampi ng ommiltee ha been congratulated on the efficiency ho\ n i n aIL detail of its camp organisation. The cooking was excell nt and the tuck hop a n out tanding ucce s.
Dagenham Celebrated in Fine Style
Y OUNGEST ON P ARA D E
Miss J ocm lVI a1'y A r ch packing her bag at B rigade headquarters before lea ving by air f07' K enya, where she has been appointeci S t. J ohn Arnbulance B rigade Nursing Officer H er du ties include health educa tion as well as tr aining the local population in nursing and chi ld care.
YOUSGEST JIEJ I BER on parade at the JIamp shi re (Eastern Area) R eview in July, Christopher L ovett, aged e:ight, is suitably serious as he talks to the inspecting officer, General ir Campbell Hardy
their original positions and points were deducted for faults throughout the race. Th e final was carried out in the second half of the programme, and in view of assistance gi ven by the judges (?) the result was a DRAW!
The presentatio ns were then made immediately after the interval b y Col. Goring and consisted of TE Grand Prior badges nine to members of C.I2 D agenham Cadet Di vision (surely a record in this country for the highe t number awarded to one division in one year?) and one to a member of Hornchurch and Upminster Division.
Col. Goring emphasised the need for cadets when at the age of 0"1 T URD Y, J E 11TH .12 Dagenh a m mbulan e Cadet 16 yea rs to go into the adult di vision 0 that they can attend public Di vis ion c lebra te d th forming of Ule di ision in 19 0 with a duties and take a full and active part in the adult life of the Brigade' di play a policy which Dagenham cadets have pursued for a few years with The In pecling fficer wa Col. rtbur Goring , i tant much success. He complimented the cadet on their magnificent ommi ioner-in-Chie f, who later pr ented Grand Prior ba dges turn-out and the fact that so many had received their Grand Prio r to te n cadet the Oi i ional lndividual Fir t id trophy of rhe badges t hat evening. Other peeches from the Mayor, Area Staff adult ambul nce d i i ion, and runn r -up medal. Officer Will, and Cadet Officer Alfred Haddock, of C.12, a former The progr amme began with the in pection of tbe divi ion by lhe councillor and Mayor of Dagenham complimented the division tant ommi ioner-in- hi r an d the ayor of D agenham and praised the work of the Cadet Superintendent and ills Ur. Larkin, accompanied by adet uperintendent r. Derek Divisional Secretary Pte. Alan B axter, \ ho was recently in the news H. J. Patti on an d a tafT Officer L. B. Will .E..., for his act of gallantry whi h earn d him the bronze medal of the F.I. P wbo in private life the h ie f mbulance Offic r to Order of t. John. the ounty Borou g h of We t Ham
The di play continued with an item entitled 'C MP G " and drill disp lay foUowed the in pe tion and wa fauttl ly carri d depi ted two cadet u ing a lightweight tent and camping eqwpout by a sq ua d of nine cad t under the instruction of the adet ment part of the general camping gear of the Dagenham Cadet uperil1tendent, the drill con ted of ba ic turn and marching and Divi ion and then up etting a bill an of boiling water 0 er ills counter mar bing , and thi "a followed by an " 0 Gr dy" hen head, and fir t aid wa rendered b y hi companion. the winDer was Sgt. L a urie Justice ith the exception of the final o f the ob tacLe race, pre iously Following the dr i ll there were two heat of an ob tac1e race d ribed which wa the la t item, all that remained \ a a with a difference ; two team each con i ting of four cadet and one recreational acti ity, viz.: ack Football where five-a- ide football patient competed aga inst ea h other in ach heat, and the task set \ as played each player having to upport a a k around his waist, them was the opening, te ting and blanketing of a tr tcher, thus obviou ly hanlpering hi leg movement. Thi provides a wrapping patient in blanket, and with a 40 ft. la bing to lash, very u ful game for u e in school hall, \ here the ball, of correctly, t he patient to the tr tch r they then had to carry the n essity must be kept low. In the second half the ayor, who i loaded tretcher over th ree ob tacJes; the fir t wa thrOUgll a wide a Football ociation referee, took p a rt to ee fair play but shall ow gap, the econd was throug h a narrow but high gap, Many people came fon ard at the end of the di play to conthis necessitated tll e stretc her being turned on its side, so testing gratulate Mr. P attison on a ery enjoya ble and inter sting evening the thoroughness of the a hing; and thirdly up and over a and to comment on the vari ty and \ a in, hich the items were rea on a bly high imulated w 11. T he team then had to return to pr eoted 15
KENYA BOUND
CADET l'.TEWS F RO M WALES
SHOPPING CENTRE SERVICE- Members of the Llanrwl1ney Cadet Divi i on have earned considerable merit in the local pr s by a novel form of service which is keenly appreciated by the hou s wi ves of a larcre Cardiff suburb. On bu y shopping da ys when it no to allow prams and pushcha irs in ide the shops and stores at Llanrumney c a dets are taking a r e of the little ones while their mother s are making their purchas es. Grateful parent de iron of showing a ppreciation are given an opportunity of on t ributing to divisional funds.
MERIOl'.'ETHSHIRE CADETS E lROLLED.-Follo\>,ljng an impressi e service a t st. Da id s Church, cadet from all the local di vi sions assembled in the church hall for an enrolment ceremony and present a tion of awards Mr. H Evans Jones, O.St J LL.B. , the Commissioner, who presIded, enrolled a number of new l11 embers and paid tribute to Cadet AJan Evans for his ga llant a ttempt to save the life of a friend. The Commissioner congrat ul a ted also County C a det Officer J. O. Williams on being awarded the B.E.M Mrs K W. Jones Roberts , O.B.E. , President Llanffes t iniog Ambulance Cadet Division , presented a wa rds. The Evans Jones cup for t he most efficient cadet division in Mer ioneth, was awarded to Manod. PROMOTION CEREMOl'.TY AT PO Tl'.'Ewn'YDD.-Six cade ts were formally promoted from the Abers ych an and Pontnewy dd cadet units into the respective senior d ivisio n s at a ceremon y conducted for the first time in T revethin County Area, Area Conm1.issioner , J. Wren , O .S U. presiding LEISURE OR PLEASURE?- Hats off to the cadet who was heard to tell his father, who called in his car t o pick him u p a fter lunch on August bank holiday at the ational Eisteddfod Ambulance Competitions in Cardiff that he w ould to remain on orderl y dut y rather than join a par y off for a PIClliC at the seaSIde
GUERNSEY CAMP TROPHY
A PARTY of 54 nursing and an1bulance cadets together with their officers from Dorking Capel and Newdig a te t r avelled to Guernsey for their summer canlp from August 4th o 18t h The outward journey was made b y sea from Southampton , but becau se of the shipping strike, the return was made via Weym outh The camp , which was one of the l ar gest and most successful m the history of the cadet divisions was in the care of Area Staff Offi cer J E. Smith, with strong support from t he o t her local c adet officers, adult members and senior cadets.
A full programme of and carried out, including a 24 hour hike round t he Island b y SlX seI1!-0r cadets, a First Aid Competition w h the Guern sey Ca dets w hlch was won by the Surrey party who purcha sed a tr?phy for t h.e comp e tition This trophy will be used m future for: s.lmilar. competItions when parties of cadets from the mamland VISIt the Island If other part ies of cadets would in future like to arrange .simila r competitions for this cup, they should contact Mr. J E Snuth , 104 Middle Street, Brockham, Betchw orth , Surrey.
A special visit was made t o he John StatlOn, where members saw the cliff rescue eqwpmen t and the radlo control room and on a visit to the Island of Herm the part y saw the ambulance launch, " The Flying Chr istine. " On the second Sunday the party attended morning service at Vale Church, which was not far from their camp site w hich border ed L ' Ancresse Bay. At the end of their stay 15 cadets qualified for the Camping Proficiency Certificates. All he members of t he Surrey p arty are most gra teful for the help received from the S t. John members in Guernsey.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Nursing Officers Conferen ce: The a nnual Confer ence f or Nursing Officers will be held at the Bis hop Partr idge H all, Church House Westminster, London, S.W.l on Saturday, O cto ber 29th , 1960. Full details may be obt a ined f r om t he Chief Nursing Officer, 8 Gro svenor Crescen t, London , S.W.I. Me ntal Hea lth: A T ra ining Conference on ment a l health , organised by Dr. Glad ys Danby, will be held at Bromham Ho s pi tal , Bedford on Saturday and Sund ay, November 5th a nd 6th, 1960. The object of the course is to gi ve S.J.A.B. officers an mterest a nd understanding of mental disorder , both m enta l illness and. subnormality, s o t h at members ma y be to take III th e co mmunity care of s uch cases in accordance WIt h the prOVlSlOns of the Menta H ealth Act] 959. Conference for Staff Officers for Training: T he annual Co nference for St aff Officers for Training wi ll be held on Saturday, November 26th, 1960 a St. J ohn's G ate , Clerkenwell, E.C.I.
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HITCHIN'S JUBILEE PARADE
TO COMMEMORATE t he Fiftiet h Anniver a ry of h e H itchin Ambul ance Di visio n H e rt. and the Twent y-fir t [ln i r ary of th e Ambulance Di vis ion , a church er ice a nd in p ction a held in Jul y, when ice-AdmLral r lex a nd er In gleb - J\'1a -
K.B.E. C.B., K.SU. , inspected 320 members from Hltchm a nd neighbouring towns on parade.
The Admiral who was introduced b y o unty Co n1.D1 l Oner
L. R. N. P erce)" J.P. , congratulated them o n thei r turn-cut and sai d, " B eca u e you h ave tradition you ha .e a 'pride in yo u.r
The i n spect ion was preceded by a erv ce In t. ary hur conducted b y the vicar, the R e G. O al h, \ ho took f o r hi text " He bound up his wounds, pour i ng in wine a nd oil " from the parable of the G ocd Sa m arita n. H e urged. those to carry out t heir work wit h sincerit a nd und e r tandll1g, a n d re minded th em of their motto " For the Faith and for the er ice of ankind.·'
Manyaward were pre ented after th e parade, a nd the unt y Commi.ssioner a lso went to the h ome of 68-yea r -old r. George Cooper t he dLvision 's olde t member and a fo rm er D iv i ion.a l Superin tend en who could not b e p r esen 011 parade. The ?mmlsi oner b an de d him an illlJlllinated ve llum scroll expre sll1g the gr a ti tu d e of th e O rder for his ife-time o f er icc.
(( HELP THE DISABLED" WEEK
CE TRAL COUNCTL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLE t II u that hey ar planning ano th er" H e lp the Di sab led W eek" t hi yea r \ hi h i to be held from O ctober 2nd -8th T he o bj ect of t he W eek is to brin g home to tbe public the fact th at th e greates! n eed of th e at present is the small act of kin dness b y a nei ghbo ur or a Vl It t o th e home-bound. The a ppeal is not for m o n ey o r for sympat hy but f or ac tive understanding. St. John per onnel a r e aske d to help in as m any ways as po ssible and fo r our guida n ce the Ce nt ral ounci[ make the fo llo wi ng points.
If yo u a r e a motorist, would you please give the disabled a lift to church on Sund ay. The m aj or ity of disabled people are ne er a ble to go to church
Would sh opkeepers ask ass ista nt s to keep a n eye open for dis a bl e d shoppers a nd ease t he ir way a l i ttl e?
Ho us ewives with children a t schoo : cou ld you spar h a lf a n h our in the morning to go an d h ave a cu p of ea and a c h at with a disabled wo m a n. Dur ing th e" Help the Disabled " t.he Ce n t r a l Co ull <;: il asks
individual ga rd en ers and gardening socletles to con tact disabled people w ith ga rd ens in their area. Many are able to their garden but some req uir e help wl th more difficult Jobs, such as those invo lving la d de r s. R etired people can do a grea t d eal to help the disa?led in th ei rlocality. Th ey are invit e d by he entra l CounCil to contact local associations for the disabl e d a nd to visi t their club
SUSSEX CONFERENCE
DELE ATES to he St. John Ambu la nce A ss oci a tion 's C ount y on fe re nce, whi c h was heJd a t Sackv ill e Col lege, ast Grin s tea d were welcomed by Sir H a rr y S i nd e rso n Association ounty Direct o r who pre ided.
Sir H a rr y r e fer re d to th e co ntinu e d pro g ress of the Association 's activities throu g h o u t ussex a nd m e nti o n ed th at during J 959 th ere h a d been a n increa e o f 25 per cen t. in th e numb e r of ce rtifi ca es
a nd ot her a wa rd gaine d.
He re ferr e d to the vo lunt ary n a tur e o f St. John ac ti v iti es a nd a k e d entre to m a ke eve ry e lTon o extend th e ir a id to ch a rit ab e
orga ni a ti o n w ithin he ir bo und ar es.
Sllbje t di cussed covered a wide range a nd t he ot her speakers we re Si r Philip Southwell th e new D rccLO r-G eneral of th e
oci a ti o n , r Gerald reasy, Imoner o f t he Ord er o f St. J o hn , r. T. van, ec retary- e nera l o f the rd er, Mr. R E.
B re ffit , hi e f o ns ta bl e of a t us ex, Mr G. K W ilby H M. Di trict In pector f Factorie, a nd 0 1. J E. F Gueritz ,
ec r ta ry- e ne ra l o f the ociation.
The co nference was very well atte nd ed a nd incl uded members
a nd r epre e nt a tiv s of all th e ce ntre o f bOLh East and W e Sussex, now nin e in n umbe r.
L ady inder c n wa "a h o me t o t he d elegates for te a a tbe concl u ion f the meeting.
MAYORAL DIAGNOSIS
THE YOR OF IETHwrCK, C llr John R andle, gave fir aid to the a o r when Mr Randle II and b roke her a nkle at a charity ball re ently.
M rs. R andle fel l hile wa lking downstair th e h ee l of her shoe ca ching in a tep. 1 diagnc ed a fr acture;' bel' hu band sai d The M ayo r who ha a t. J ohn mbu lance cer l il1cate, ent for a n ambu ance and r R a n d l wa opernt d o n a t ho pita!.
PRIORY FOR WALES
Ph oto: Hill' s Welsh Press pcakers a l th fir ) Pr es idell!' Conjercll ce ca ll ed by the Pri ory jar W a les. L eft to right, JIr lI ;. L ewis ( ' hiej COlllllli ',' ioner jar W ales), LI.-Col 1 Ooring (. 1. .' dc/1I1 COlllllli sioner-in -Chicf),
JJr s. E. //I el/ie (Es. e,r oll llly ujJerilllendcnl). the JIOII. Johll II Bru ce, .H.E. ( l' rill ci pal eeretary).
THE L TF BR IG DE SECRETARY.
P rio ry H eadqua rt ers and t he Br igade n suffe r d a s hattering in th e lamented death of Ml'. W. M a bon braham, M. B .E K U. whic h 0 urr ed on J u y 11th whi e he\ a may on holiday wi th hi f am i! ]11 the ourse of 40 ear' deVOL d ervice dedi ca ted to the Bri gade he had earned the aA'ec Lion ate regard of hi co ll eague at Pr iory Hou e and of al l tho"e with whom h am into co ntact in the di charg or hi du t ie a Bri ga de ret ar with the rank of Commi sio ner H e wa th hub of the Bri gad p rominent a lth e na t ional review a n d wel l known to all it member and to competitor in th e ambu lan l1eld throughout Wal H held 17
tile ser vice meda with p a lm for conspicuous service, had been made a n M.B E. in J956 a nd this yea r was promo teci to the grade c f Knigl1 in the Order. It ca n be truly sai d th at he went out in the recognition of duty well done.
WORLD WAR 1 REUNIO - Thirty of the su r viving members of the J 30th S t. John F ie ld Ambulance came to Cardiff from many parts of h e co untr y to atten d the a nnu a l reun o n dinner over which Major A. W. Anderson K.SU ., M B ., C h.B ., presided. The guests were Capt. F. P Rob atha n , K .St.J., M.C. and the late Mr. W M a bon Abraham, M.B.E., K.St.J who proposed the to ast of the J 30th St. J ohn Field Ambula nce Mr. Ward presented a copy of t he menu ca rd of the first reunion h el d in J 9 19 signed by many cf t he member s to a dd to the souvenirs at Pr iory H ouse commemorating this unit, which was recruited from St. J obn personnel a nd served the 38th Welsh Di visi on in World War 1. Th e toast to the ladies was proposed by Mr. F. E. B aker, Mrs. A. W. Anderson D .S U ., and Mrs L. C. Cohen responding. Capt. Robathan replied to the toast to the guests proposed by Superintendent W. Coleman. Major L. C. Cohen, S. B .SU., who organised the event, gave details of the Be n evo ent Fu nd, p aying tribute to those who had passed away during the previous year, including Capt. F. A. Anderson of Shrewsbu ry who had composed th e unit's hymn " Absent Fr iends." Th e Colwyn B ay Ambulance and ursing Dl vlsJOns certamly adapted t h emselves to the times in a novel mone y-raising activity which proved highly successful. It was an unaccustomed role for the Br igade to assist a local firm of fur and f a hion specialists in staging a fashion show, the proceeds of which were donated entirely to the Colwyn B ay D ivisions which are held in great esteem by the local public who see the members with their first aid caravan constantly on du ty amcng the holiday crowds on the promenade throughout the summer. Through the generosity of Vice -President Aldemlan J. C. P ercival, who has donated another I1rst aid caravan , a new first aid post is being opened on the prome nade at Rhos-on-Sea.
A house-to-house collection at the end of the month will affcrd an opportunity to show appreciation of the voluntary services on the part of the public which is kept aware of the extent to which the town benefits thrcugh the generous support of the D ivisional President , rs E. R Hart, who as proprietress of a local newspaper features a St. John item in almost every weekly issue
GLAMORGA I : Cae r philly Castle was the venue of the annual review .o f units iII: C.aerphilly County Area which was conducted by the Chief CorlllmsslOner for Wales, Mr. H G. Lewis K.SU. The 46 divi ions with a combined trength of over 600 ell repreented, the cadet contingent including five di isions, two ambulance and three nur in g , on parade for the first time having been registe red this year. Supporting the re iew officer were Mrs. C. G. Tr a herne D SU. J.P D eputy Chief Su perintendent for Wales and [r \ R Craw hay, O.SU., Chief Officer ursing Cadets for ale. The report of the Area Comnlissioner, Mr. J. kyrme , C. U. shows that the adult members last year spent 3,360 hour on B rigade ervice and dealt with 1,335 cases, while Brigade member employed as first -aiders in industry dealt with 1-,449 case
In the county area competitions the ucces ful teams were • A " team (Am bulance), Caerphilly (ursin g), elson (Ambulance Cad t) and Y strad Myn ac h" " lur incr Cadet). fr. D G. E a ns ie - Chairman of the Caerphilly D i tri t Coun il which gi es generous upport to the first aid cau e, pr e ented the award.
BRECONSHIRE
Following on the u ce of a conference of president and v1presid nt organi d at Pr io r y Headquarter level, countie were urged to arrange inlilar gatherin", on a county ba i The first uch confer n e wa arranged by 1rs. Ie W ilson D. t. J ., Lady Pte ident for Brecon hire. About 0 pr idents and \ice-pre ident a pted her invitation, the pre nce of cunty and corp officer being in it d a o.
Major Gen ral ir Geoffrey R aike , K.C.B. , D 0 the County Pre ident, presided. The principal peaker wa L ady William. O U., J.P. , Lad Pre ident for berdare. ho tr ed the importa nce of pre ident identifying them lve personally with the yariou Brigade aclivi rie , att nding the fLlD tion and meeting the p ronnel.
tea Lady v illiam di cu ed and an wered 10 al problem in a mo t helpful and n onraging m anner
Mrs. V il on a i d b 1 the Count)' uperintendent. Irs. W .
Photo: Hcr/s Pic/orlftl
Cadets can'Y thei1' shm'e of th e arduous task of selling emblems in the B01'ough of Ne wp01·t Flag D ay Th e IJ(Iayo1' of Ne wport , Cllr. E. Aston, buys the first flag at the Civic Centre
W. Wilson presented a cop y of the Presidents' Handbo ok to all presidents and vice-presidents present and a d vised those who bad no t received badges to obtain them from Priory Headquar t ers. A vote of tbanks to the speaker was proposed by the Con1ffiissioner for Breconshire, Brig V. J. C. apier, M.C., D.L.
PRIOR OPENS AMBULANCE HALL
The Lord Aberdare, K.SU. accepted the invitation of the Area Commissioner for the Llantrisan County Area of Glamorgan Mr. George Williams, M.C., O SU to open the new headquarters of the Llanharry Divisio n. The event was the culmination of severa years' effort. Lord Aberdare congratulated the division on its achievement and sincerely hoped that the endeavours of those responsible for the erection of a fine hall would inspire those who in the future would be entitled to use it in order to perpetu ate the work of the Order. The Prior said that in a comparatively short time the division had acquired a very much nicer building t han t he many which suffice elsewhere. Only six years ago 13 zealous members got down to the twofold task of increasing their number and obtaining a headquarters. This had been realised b y initiative and co-operation.
Divisional Superintendent D. R yan expressed the division 's thanks to the Prior for honouring them with his presence. He referred to their gratitude als o to those who had supported t he effort, mentioning particularly the directors of the Gla morgan Hem a ti t e Iron Ore Co. for a generous start to the build ing fund and the gift of furnishings and equipment, Dr. T. H. Jenkins for his valuab le assistance in connection with the grant from the N C. B ., the Area Commissioner for his personal in erest. Ald P. J. Smith , Chairman of the Glamorgan County Council, was greatly in1pressed, he said, b y t he vast amount of voluntary work the members had carried out and he was not unmindful of the great debt t he community owed to the St. John Ambulance movement. Other speakers were CUr I. Llewellyn Chairman of the Cowbridge R.D.C. Mr. L. P. Pugh Secretar y of the Glamorgan Hematite Iron Ore Co. Cllr. Trevo r Lewis and Mr. George Llewellyn. Mr. Geor ge Williams added his congratulations to the division a nd thanks to the several bodies which had been helpful as well as Prior y Headquarters and exhorted the division to put the hall to the fullest possible u se b y increasing membership and activities.
The Hon. John Bruce C.B.E., K.SU., Principal Secretar y, said i t was always a joy to be a t the opening of a new hall and urged the division to go all out to build up a complete unit of four divisions of men , women, boys and girls.
PEMBROKESHIRE
A high standard of efficiency was displayed at the annual competitions held this year at Picton Castle, b y kind invitation of the President and Lad y Vice-Presi dent (the Hon. R Hanning and Lady Marion Philipps). Despite rain the event a ttracted agood attendance, testifying to the increasing interest taken in first aid in this county Teams from Fishguard, Haverford west, and Milford Haven
competed, with the following results :-Daniel Daniel Silv er Cup for Boys-Winner : Milford Haven Ambulance adet Divis ion , A. Team. Runner -up Milford Haven Ambulance Cadet Divi ion, B Team. CeJ/t re Silv er Cup for Girls- Winner : Milford Haven
Nursing Cadet Division, A. Team. Runners-up : 1st Pemb s. Nursing Cadet Divi ion. Mrs. Bickertoll Edwards Sil ve r Cup-Winner
Fishguard Nursing Divi sion Runners-up: P embrokeshire Police
Women's D iv ision . P elllbrok es hire Silv er Challenge Shield
Winners: Pembroke hire Police Ambula nce Divi ion. Runn e rs-up: Br itish Railw ays Fisl1guard H arbour. Baron e s d R utzen Indi vidual
Silv e r Clip-Winner: Poli ce Sergeant, Miss Eileen Da vies H averfordwe t. Runner -up: Miss Ro sina Vittle , Fi hguard.
The judges were Dr. D. J. D av ies ( ounty urgeo n), Dr. T. D. Lewis Dr. Evan W lliams, D r. M. L a wlor and Dr. J. Howard Owen.
Mr. C. M. Round (Sup erintendent H ave rfordwes Ambulance Di ision) and Police Sergean t F. Hug lles were teward
The Commission r Mr. G W. R. Terry, who w ith hi deputy,
Mr. W. Ga yton, were responsible for the organisation th a n ked the judges, competi tor, and all v ho had a s i ted, and M r O J F. J o nesLloyd (Ch a irman of the Council) xpres ed thank 10 th e Lord Lieutenant and Lady Marion for Ihei r generou hospitality.
The trophies and individual med a llions were presented by L ady Marion Philipps , who congratula ted the uce ful competitor.
A large gathering present included Mrs. E Bi cke r ton Ed\' ard (Lady President) , the Hon. J ohn H Br uce (Prin ip a l ecretary of the Priory) Mr J. Ho ward O wen ( ounty Superintendent).
Mr. Griff C. Morgan (County Secre tar ), M ary Lad y Meyrick (president P embroke Dock ursing Di vis ion) M rs. Lithgow, Mr W. Gayton , Mr. C. H. Sm i th (Ambul a n ce on t rolJer) a nd uperint end nts of the AmbuJance an d ur ing Di i ion.
Photo; Belfast Nc,vs -Lefler IIis Excell ency Th e Lord Prior , prec ded by Sir Basil jl, I cFar/and , word B ea rer, on the occa ion of th e I. J aIm' Day ervice at St. Anne athedral, B e/fa I.
IT WAS the busiest day in the history of the Twelfth of J uly 0 far as he St. John Ambulance Brigade was concerned. They were called on to d eal with an unu ualiy large number of cases, more th a n had ever before fallen t o the Brigade on his day. Mo st of them were slig ht- faints, stomach upset and in ect bite. In the " field" itself 80 cases were d ealt with and f o ur of 11lose concerned were taken to hospital. One appeared to be in a serio us condition, but at the ho spital it was stated tha t all h a d been allowed to go home after treatment.
The Brigade h a d more than 80 personnel on duty. Th ere were 12 first aid posts in Finaghy area, and on the" field" itself a fully equipped medical tent. In addition three ambul ances were on duty Area Officer W. H Ryan was in charge of operations at Finag llY:
Corps Officer H. Bo yce was in charge of the first ai d post a nd D ivisional Superintendent J Green , of the ambu la n ces.
OIJITI
THE PASS N ON Jul y 15th of Mr P. M. Hayne , wi fe o f Brig.
M L. H ay ne, Com mi ss io ne r of Bi rmin g ham, came as a great s ho ck 10 a ll her Friend a nd co ll eag ue, and t he ir y mp a hy goe out to 10 Bri g. I-l ay ne.
Mr H ay ne bared with the ommissione r hi s enthusiasm a nd inte rests in t he Br igade a nd gave her upport to many sides of Ihe wo r k. he wa e peciall y intere Led in the cadet movement a nd he ld the rank o f adel orp President and knew pe r onalJy many or t he ca de s. She helped w ith camps o rga n ised by Bi rm in g ham o un ty, li v ng u nd er canva and ok a n act ive part in the o ronation a mp
Mr H ay ne' efforl in the organ sat ion and run n ing of Flag D ay a nd HOLi e to H ouse o ll ect ions did much to forward t hese appea l and he wa ofte n to be fun d helping a t socia l functions.
M r Hayne was a e rving iter in the Order of St. John. She will not on ly be greaLly missed by a ll r a nk s of the Brigade in Birmin gham but al 0 by her ma n y friend throughout the Brigade.
D ean
We deeply regrel 10 anllOllnce Ihe following deaths mil avinia Hair -F r tel' , elde t daughter of the lale Hai re-ror ler, the la L D a n of logher to li ve in the
Deanery.
Mi s H a ire- orsL I' \' ho wa 87, wa a mem ber of th e original 0 Force at the time of th e I tel' Volunteer a nd wa Lhe olde L member of logher l. J ohn ursing Di ision. When on parade at loghe r some years ago during an inspection she wa cong ra tul a ted by the late oLinte Mountballen who howed grea t intere t in h I' nul' ing m dal . a warded for servic ab road during the fir t \ orld war.
JUston was proud of the fact th at in 1905 he captained a team which r eac hed th e fi n a l of the national inler-railways ambulance competition.
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Mr M Rodgers, who passed away on July 10th, 1960, aged 69. Mrs. R odgers was a founder member of the H asland and Gra ssmoor ursing Di vision, Derb yshire, and Lhi year qualified for her twenty years' service bar. It has been twenly years of devoted service, carried out unceasingly and the Hasland and Grassmoor Divisions not on ly lose a loyal member but a great voluntary wo rk er.
* Mi ss E. S. Bond former Superintendent, Kendal ursing Divisio n at the age of 73. Miss Bond, during her fifty years association with the Kendal Nursing Di vision (of which she was Superinlendent for 30 years) was much beloved and respected in Kendal and district for her humanitarian work. Her Brigade work wa deservedl y recognised when she was admitted into the Order of Sl. J ohn in lhe grade of Serving Sisler some years ago.
Miss Bond was the niece of the late Dr W Baron Cockill, the founder of the Br igade D ivisions in Kendal, who eventually became County ommissioner for Cumberland and Westmorland.
Mis s Bond 's perseverance and charitable work, spread over a long period in the int erests of the Order she so faithfully served and of her fellow men in general, was referred to in a fine tribute paid by the Vicar.
* Dr. John corgie, Di visional Surgeon of Lawley Street D ivision of E Corps, B irmingham, passed away after a short illness on June 24th. His funeral was attended by many St. John colJeagues. Dr. Scorgie was at all times an ever active member of the Brigade taking classes, examinations , judging competitions. His passing v. ill be felt throughout the Brig ade in B irmingham as he was an excellent e ample 10 all who knew him.
*
pI. P E I more of the B.S.A Divi ion , Birmingham passed away in Jul y. H e was a very active member of the Di\ ision and captained the B.S. competition team for man y years.
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* her toke mbulance Di vision, Go port t lh age of 63 he was a keen worker bar for _0 year er ice in the Brig ade.
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lr B atri e M. B uck, \\ ho e pa ing on JLll y 5th after a short cam a a shock Lo all memb I' of lh H ail ham Di i ion. r . Bu k enr lIed in th nLir ing divi ion in March 1952, and \Va a keen \ orker for the l. J hn mbulance Brig ade. The funeral to k place n Jul y th, the fir parL being at hrist C hur h Horam and the bunal at V aldron. ember of the amb ul ance divi ion acte a barer, \ hile member of the nul' ing and ambulance divi i n f rmed a Liard of H nour To h r hu band and family we extend ur ympathy.
* icloria ur ing D ivi ion, M i Le:!d, adly mi sed ball memb r
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CRUMPSALL HOSPITAL, Manchester 8. Pupil Assistant Nurses required for two years training, minimum age 18 years. Schools commence in January, April, Jul y and October each year. Applications to Matron.
CRUMPSALL HOSPITAL, M anchester, 8. Complete Trainin g School. There are vacancies for suitably educated girls of 18 years of age and over for 3 years' training in general nursing in the October P relin1inary Training Sch ool. Candidates accepted for a reduced period of 2 years if already on t he supplementary register of the Genera Nursing CounciL Applications to Matron.
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STUDENT NURSE S required for two years' training for Preliminary State Examin ation and Certificate of the British Tuberculo si s Association. Uniform provided. Salary £285 first year; £300 second year, less £128 for board and lodging. The hospital is associated with the Royal Surrey County and St. Luke's Hospita ls, Gu ildford , where genera training may be completed in a fur t h er two years. Good amenities provided, active staff social club; hospital transport to adjoining town Apply: The Matron WARDEN for ne w small residential home for disabled of both sexes, Leatherhead Surrey.-Pradical kindly woman under 55 years with some nursing experience essential. Bedsitting room. Preference will be given to applicants with drive and initiative interested in establishing a small friendly community. - Apply Secretary, Voluntary Association for Surrey Disabled, 4 Gloucester Road, Kingston. 20
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The Br igade has undertaken to increase the number of its me m ber s al r eady in the National Hospital Service Reserve . Ma ny Div is ion s are joi ni ng the Rese r ve as complete units and you are asked to join thro ug h yo u r Div is ion . In a nat ional emergency your tr a ining a nd ex pe ri e nce wou ld t hen be immediately ava ila ble and would be of ind is pe ns a bl e val ue i n t he effic ient st affing of e x panded hospit a ls and fi rst ai d serv ic e s.
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British Realm of the MO!it Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusa lem (Incor pora ti ng Th e SI. J ohn GaH lt e and The Cadet)
Edited by RONALD LEES
The Southwe ll Hospital, Ahm adi
" Th e re is no d ise ase permitted by God fo r whi ch h e has not pr ov ide d a cur e"
T hi rabic in cription i writlen in marble on the Southwell H pilat at hmadi, Kuwait Wllich was opened by Sir Philip outh\ ell in pril th is year.
l n hi op ning dd re, ir P hilip said, "The pre enlion of acciden t and d isease, the cure of the ick, and the improvement or medical er ice ha e bee n very much in my mind at all time ."
] n J une lhi year ir Philip ook up his appointment of Director nera l of the t. John mbulan e ssocialion but his practical in tere l in lhe care of the sick and injured has been shown for many year a a m mber of the ommillee of the Order of t. John's ]-] pit a t in J ru alem and a a member of Chapter General. the date of lh rder' ho pila l open in g draws near, it seems appropriate to gi e a shon accounl of thi other ho pital which b ar ir P hi lip' name.
The u\ ail Oil ompany's fir tho pital was set up ome tbi.rteen car ago in Km ait ity and con i led of a few issen hut, tent. nd l\ 0 mud ard. It had a lheatre, di pen ary and small p r table -ra y unit and fa ilitie for simple laboratory e amin ation
T he a rage number of patient that this ho pitat dealt \ ith a mounted lO a lilll 0 er one hundred admi ions and six thou and utp ti nt a month. J u to er a year after lhi fi t ho pital came into being, the ompany converted ome building at Mag-...va. Thi m \e meant that more than twice the number of a dmi sions and outpatient could be dea lt ith eery month. It also meant that peration, -ray and laboratory fa ilitie wer grea t! incre a ed. Du ring th ne t ten Cc r the hospital \ a able to bring all t ervice up t date not only with modcrn equipment, but al 0 by introdu ing occup. tional th rapy and oth r rhabilitation \ ork. By the b ginning of1959 thc patient being admitted and treated at agwa Ho pital had trebl d and in addition fi Id clill ic ha been e ta bli hed in thr e area, onc r which wa at hmadi With the teady growlh of hmadi mu h of thc ou t palient work b came concentrated in that clinic a nd it became necc ary t e tabli h a rull ale hospital where on e a l inic had be n um ien l.
aturally, one of the biggest problems of buiJding a hospital in very hot climates and particularly in the desert is to provide protection from the sun and to get as much shelter as possible from the prevailing winds which so often bring with them heavy andstorms. The picture on the cover shows in the background the concrete lattice work which is a feature of all the verandas. oise is of course another problem and in the Southwell Ho pital in order to reduce this as far as possible, acoustic tile ceilings have been used tbroughout. Perhaps one of the most interesting features of this hospital is that pi ped oxygen and suction are delivered to a few beds in each ward . D irty linen and ward wa te are disposed of through chutes leading to closed containers outside the hospital. A pneumatic tube message system enables documents to be sent to and from the wards and other departments thus doing away with the need for messengers. All the wards are of cour e air conditioned and the buildings are protected by automatic fire devices. Mo va ble steel partitions are used to divide wards making it possible to rearrange the layout of any ward as circumstances may require. The Southwell Hospital has eigh t wards and a total of two hundred beds.
Eery detail has been designed to produce maximum efficiency and mooth running and to ensure the well-being of the patients, so that the cure can be pro vi ded for the diseases permitted as effectively as possible.
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Some 4 000 people attended the Annu a l N.C.B. , o. 1 Area
Sports and Gala a t GrassmoOT near Chesterfield during August , l;'lst. The profits go to the N .C. B No.1 Area S t. John Di v is ion s
Twenty -fi ve teams entered in the a dult a mbul a nce competitionthe winners being B olsover Colliery Ambulance D iv ision.
The resul t of the Junior Ambulance Co m petition being:
Boys-1st and" P a rson " Cup, Bentinck Colliery Cadets. 2nd, Hasland & Grassmoor Cadets and 3rd , P arkhouse Colliery Cadets.
Girls-1 st a nd " Reed " Cup , Bolso ver Cadets.
Indi vidual Junior Competition-1st, E. Hancock Bentinck. 2nd J Templeman , Bolso ver and 3rd , Edna Do nald, Bolsover.
Derb yshire-County Review
On Sund ay, Se ptember 11 th, D erb yshire held its first full sca e county review f o r seven yea r s at Chats wo rth by pe rmiss on of the D uke of D evonshire. The p a rade was inspected by MajorGeneral J M Kirkman.
The avera ge number of member s of the Brigade in this county is 6'48 per thousand o f the population-a hi gh percentage indeed. O ve r 3 400 members were on p a r a de including 2 053 cad ets
UNEVENTFUL WIMBLEDON
FROM THE fiRST AID p oi nt of view thi ear' Wimbl edo n Lawn Tennis C h amp o ns hip m
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a ll y showery. In addition t he a ttend a nce wa \ e ll belo normal. Onl y on four d ays was th estan dingroom o n t he e ntre ou rt full a nd n two of these i t was on ly full f o r a b out an ho ur. it h the a b ve conditions it wa n atural th at he number of cas ua lties wa consider ably reduced The total numb e r trea ted wa 659 a nd of t he se nine were sent to b o pital. T he inc luded three u pect d fr ac tures and on e se riou s head inju ry- to a B B T camera m n wbo fell off his tand. Several players needed a tte nti on, The mo t important wa the Bu c hhol z incident when Di is ion a l Superintendent G. E. Bate wa ca lled to h im on t he Centre Co urt. The in cident occur red during the televisi on ca mer a's tr ans m i ion o f th e pl ay.
At the conclusion of the tou rnament Dr. H ewitt (Di i io na l Surg eon, Wimbledon ursing D ivi io n) a nd Mr. Bate er i n tro d uced to H.R H . Th e Du c he ss o f K ent. She asked abou th e nature o f the cas ualt ies, wh e re th e per o nn e came from a nd conveye d her thanks to a ll per onnel fo r 0 ab car rying ut t he wo rk Mr. Bates ' comment" 0 babie born a imb ledon yet," rec e ived a very b ig Pr ess.
" THE RE OF BOOKS" was a logan invented at th e end of th e la t \ ar he n lh e need to keep th e public' in teres t in th e wo r k of the t. J ohn a nd R ed ro Ho pi ta l Library D e pa rtm ent was ntial a tim when people wante:d to forget sufferi ng and Injury II de nbe act ly th e pan that a library service plays in the tr ea tm en t and r ehabi litation o f lhe ick -a fact th at now widely recogni ed by the medical ro fe io n
various method of" attack" b ooks, where they are freely availa bl e, can not o nl y help to cure but can be of lasting value and a constant ou rce of comfort.
Stari tics show that the num ber of registered b orrowers from the public libr aries last year was about one in four of the popularionsome thirteen million. These are the people who are able to go to the library or send someone with a list. These are the people who know what t hey want to read. Hospital patients can't go and are ()ften not well enough to make their choice unaided; they need the library to be brought to the bedside with someone to do most of the thinking a nd choosing for them ; someone who is trained to serve th e ick reader. Thi difference is the key to the problem and explain why it i nece sary to have an o rg anisation with the necessary special equipment to fulfil this special need if it i to beof any real value .
The .of St. John and tbe Brit ish Red Cro s Society were ploneer In thl field and the present Ho pital Library Service is the re ult of the grO\ th of uch an organi ation. The work was tar ted by mall groups visiting ho pitals with books during the 1914-191 war and continued on a modified scale between the \ ar but in 1939 the work \ a expanded by the Joint ar Org ani ation, the group ere combined under 10 al organiser and county book depot et up. By the end of the war the mportance of this work was establi hed, and t. John and Red ro Ho pita! L ibra ri be arne a Dep artment of the Joint ommittee of the Order of St. John of Jeru alem and Brit i h R d Cross ociety.
WHEN Micha el Glynn (1'igh t ), enginee rs' fill er al /' it(tjo(lm Limil ed, won the 20 ,OOOlh St. J ohn Ambu.lance Cer ltjicale in Ifl e Oldflam mea re cen lly , i t was pT esenled lo him by Graham II milli, Vitajoalll's joint managing d1:1·cclor. The cerellwny was a ll end ed by lli e Oldham Chi e oj P olice and 11edica l Officer oj ff ea lili
Piloto: P. IV. Jacksoll, L eicester.
...I I I'S. R. 'ork and J r 11 lIaplllall ill the Library a l Lei c IeI' Genera l ff ospita l Th e L ei s (!/' d: R il l/ and ll ospital Library
ntil June 30th. 1951 , full library facilities were ayailabl free to ci ilian hospital of all type a well a to all service, ex- en'ice and 1ini try of Pen ion pati nt in England, \ ales and orthem Ireland, and to rvi e ho pita! 0 ersea. The fund from the Join t Committe. hm ever, ere primarily to provide fr librarie for er ice and di abl d ex - ervice patients and it be an1e evident that e fund would be ufficient onl to m t the e primary commttment: th refore , after negotiation with the I ini try of Health , It was agreed that civilian ho p itals wi bing to have a t. J ohn and R d ro Ho pital Library mu t contribute toward the co t. Thi - contribution i at th pr ent date 10 6d. per 0 upi d bed per or 1 s than pro cupied bed per week. In certalU cas , I.e f r or mental ho pit al and T.B. hom bound patien t , th rate of thi ontribution i adju ted ac ordina to the t pe of rvi e requir d. '"
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Picture by courtesy of "I ursing Times".
Ward-round, P addington Gen eral Ho spi tal , L ondon.
Statistics
Th e A u,to m atic P age T unte l', f OT lJp tients , unable t o hold a book bu t w ho can be prupp ed-up. P ages we cli p pe d 1;0- threa ds a tta ch ed to a sp ool Pr essu re on switch se ts m achine in m otion, spoo l winds th1- ea d w hich pul ls page ove? T he switc h can be opemt ed by chin, fi nger s, be wee n th e k nees, under elbow or wi th th e foot , when page is i n po sition s'witch is r eleased , Yl ost books can be r ead on this machine
What the St. Johlt alld Bed Cross Hospital Library
Sel· v ice i" v olves
The f ull ser vice pro vi des and m a intai n s a libr a r y in th e h osp i ta l wi h trolleys and baskets on whic h a " libr ary -in-miniature" is taken to e ver y ward. In additi on to the li br ary in the hos p i ta there are book and boo k -r epairing depo ts in every coun ty to su p p lement the stock h eld in t he h os pit al. T hese depot s, th e administration of the li b raries and t he lia ison w ith th e ho s p ital authorities , is superv ised b y a County Org a Iiiser. It wou l d be impos sible, either in t he library at the ho sp ita l o r in t he dep o t o keep every book likel y to be required , s o t h ere are arge lo an li b raries a t London H ea d q u a rt ers to wh ich p a t ient s indi vidual reques ts m ay be for w arded. These sam e full facili ties are available t o a ll T. B pa tien ts in ho s pi tals, cl ini cs and in t h eir own h omes from Specia l Lo a n Libr a ries s olel y f or t heir u se.
T h e dis a bled rea der is catered f or. Bo ok rests o f va ri o us d es igns, elec r ica l r ea ding aids, such as the M icrofilm Projector with a l oan li brar y of m icrofil m ed book s, a nd he A u tom atic P a ge T urner are supplied on l o a n as p a rt of the s er vice.
th e more who are m emb ers o f
J o hn n wha tever acti ity, whether uniform ed o r n o t , t h e w ide r th e fie ld for po i bl e recruiling.
T he source t hro u g h a uxi liar es has alrea d y b eel'l le f t too long
un ap ped an d ee ry effort sh oul d be m ade to p u th is r ig h before i t is to o late
An y pract ica service given t o the sick and nj u red is o f qua va lue o their recover y. In h e p ast it must be ad m itted that t. J ohn h a s agged f a r be h in d other o rga ni at io n in t hi particu la r fi eld a Lthough he argest bo d y und er ta ki ng ho pitaL li b rary work does so in the n a m e of the Ord er as well as th e Sociely.
Ho we ver yo u m ay try to escape he fac t , lhe St. Joh n and R ed
C ro s s H os pit al L i b ra ry Service is your conc rn in fulfilling the t r a di io ns o f gi v in g h e lp where e r h elp is n eed ed in th service of mankind
By Capt. J. DOCWRA-ROGERS, M.B.E.
Tlte Hospital Lib,·aria,,-
Qualificatiolls alld Trailling
Few people outside the li b r ar y w o rl d realise that the job of a hospital libr arian is a s p ecialised one- that i t is one thing to deal with those wh o can come to the lib r a r y and cho o se f o r themsel ves a nd qu ite anot h er t o ake the bo okshel ves to h e bedside and p ro vid e a choice f or t he sick read er.
Although no pr evious exp er ience is required f o r ho s pita l li b rar y work, and training can each much, severa l b a sic q u a lificat ons a re necess a ry, The most important of t h ese is a l ove of reading the wish o sh are this pleas ure wit h others an d a desir e to help the sick. T ac a n d frien d liness in d ealing wit h p atients, an d und ersta n ding of peo ple and h e a b ility to give comfort withou t s tep p ing into the p r o vince of the med ical staff a r e also essen tial.
T he Microfilm P rojec
a r ou n d he ily of L on d o n , bU l i l wou l d be pointless to enum e r a e a ll of lhese in a n a rli cle of th is kind a n d l o i d e n t ify he s iles wo u ld be m possi bl e a ft e r 0 many yea r A n um be r are however , t ill of nt e re l Lo lh e modern rea d er. For insta nce, rd er ob lal n d t h e Te m p le aft er i ts previo us ow ne rs were di s b a n de d in 1308 a nd by Jeasi ng it 10 Jega st u de n ls , was responsi bl e f or lhe fou nda ti o n of two of be mo Lfamou I n n of Court. T h e e mb lem of th e idd e Temple, l h e L a mb and Fl ag, can a lso be een in the au l ng of he a rchway al Sl. J ohn's Gate tlached to he Temple were the market-garden and orcha r ds from t he out h of t. Bride' L ane to the Thames a site on which :tJ n ile H Oll e and other b u in s buildings stand. O ther Jl1lere tlllg e -Temp la r J rop nie were up Field and Thicket Field th former a ju t outh o f incol n ' Inn Fie lds and event u ally b ecame parl of them; the latter wa approximately the si le now c upied by t he Roya l o u rts o f J ustice O n the other side of th tra nd, " Pr ince Henry' H Oll e ,. i said to ha e be lo n ged to the rder bing kn wn in lhe fifteenth century as "The H and.'
In 15 16 the rde r obtained a lea e of Covent Garden from tbe bbot o f \ e lmin ter at an annual renta l of £5 6 8d. wi lh a bu he l o f appl and the like of pear [0 be Jaid on the high allar o f the bb y e er l. J ame' Day; fruit till comes from Covent ard n. H ung e rford Lane to the \ eSL of haring ros tation, . a formerly Br wer L a ne v hich took it name from a bre, hou e there b I nging lo the Priory of l. John of Jeru alem. Pa ing n to lh inner ring of uburbs at H ackn y ere two yalermill on lhe L a, e -T emplal' properrie perpetua ted i n the n ame f Mi ll FieJd and in the Elizabeth a n man iol'l of B rooke )-j ou e, lhc homc of Ed, ard de ere Earl of 0 ford. \ ere r mains of an Cc r l ier r der building ; il is on ly within the la [ ten year thal Brook H ou e ha be n d moJi hcd. cvera l lreet in H a lcney reca ll the rder, nOlably Priory Pia and y e ton alk, and more rec e ntl T mpJc ombe lr et and olh r I n \ ell tre l an anci nt h II e of lh P r ior of 1. John slOod until the middle of the ni n eteenth Glur
The rand P rior' manor at Highb u ry, or ewington Barro, , to ha e been lIght ly to lhe n orlh of H ighbury Fi ld It ery fine mo a t d mansion p rhap bui lt on he ite of a
T he Prior oj St. J ohn's H ouse at H ackney (from an old print).
R o m a n ca m p, o n lan d given to h e Or de r by Lady Alicia de Barrowe a b o u 128 0 Un fo r tunate ly its splendour attracted the envy o f Wat Tyler s mo b in t he P easants' R evolt of 1381 by whom the Pr io r Sir Robert H a les, was beheaded. The Manor H ouse was bu rned and pulle d down by one J ack St r aw and for centuries afte r this site was known as" J ack Straw's Castle." It was not until ] 822 that the present inn at H ampstead came to be known by this name O the r properties in the northern suburbs were at Edmonton Stroud Green and F riem Barnet. estwards of cenlral London the manor of Lilleston, a name still to be fou n d as Lisson Grove, came to the Order from the Templars. I t included the neighbourhood of P ortman Sq uare and links u p with St. J ohn's Wood, so named from the H o pitallers. Other lands in this district were Shoot Up Hill and beyond this Temple Fortune by Golders Green. At Kingsbury was the manor of Freren, probably what was later Friern Farm, at the junction of Church Lane and Wood Lane. At Edgware the manor of Bois consisting of over 250 acres of land, was acquired by the Orde; during the thirteenth century' this included part of Stanmore and Edgware church, o f which the original tower remained after the 1845 restoration. ear b y were also lands at Harrow Farther to the west, along the Bath Road the manor of Cranford with its ancient church \ ere St. J ohn properties.
Probably the best kno'wn of all the iddlesex estates, \ ith the exception o f Clerkenwell was the manor of Hampton . There were certainly po essions of the H ospitallers here as early as 1180, when 1 ter J oan of H ampton was among the ladie of the O rder who were remo ed to B uckland in omerset. H enry of St. lbans sold the manor to the Knight in 1237 and in 1303 they \ ere gi en a hou e and 60 acre in Hampton ick by aLter and 1aud de Wyke By 1 38 the, hole estate amounted to 40 acres and ranked as a separate amera; it continued with the O rder until leased in J a nuary 1-14 to ardinal Wol ey b y ir Thomas Docwra for 99 years at £ 59 per annum. The old Manor Hou e \ a then pulled down and the of the Tudor palace commenced. Before the fall of Wol ey Jl1 15 2 9 the e tate had been eized by the King and it ha remained ro\ n prop rt y e er ince. The lock - b 11 and the cupola 0 er Anne Boleyn ' gat way are of an earlier date than the Palace and presumably are the onl urviv a ls of [he Order's ma nor house. Some lead water pipe un arthed by the Offi e of ork in 1926 are tho of an anci nt upply tem laid down b y the Ho pitaUers hortl aft l' 1300.
JU OO1' II all.
O n the Buckinghan1 hire border we come lo oor Hall in tt.e pari h of Harefield. Thi E a rl English building a ppea rs to ba eben a combined chapel and granary \ ith domes ti quarters adja em; la t te r were burn d down in 19 , but a fe\ ears later th chapel tl elf wa r tored. Once more i t ha become a ruin and at pre ent it fa te in t be b a lan Ho \ ever, before [hi a rticle appear in print. recent efforts by Jo a l so ie[ie may have been ucc ful with the he p of t h e " Fri nds of Friend Ie Chur he " in r to ring on e again th fabric to ome u eful purpo e a nd th l' by pr ervin a on of th mo intere ting of the former properties of th wit h in easy rea h of London o m u ch mo r e ould be writt n on the t. John po "e -i on in thi' ou n ty if p a e permitt d It \Va 111 original int ntion to ombine 1i d d Jes x and urr y in o n e ar t i I b u t the latter \ ill ba e to tand over unt il l ater.
\\Torcestershlre Cadets Successes
Gr an d P rio r C a dets in the Malvern Nursing Cadet Di v is ion
a ll gained their b a dges t his year, the senior member Sa ll y Ou lawno w attache d to the adult division-has just started to train as a nu rse
L. to R. L 7:nda B iTch, H i laTY Rob erts, Pa mela K ershaw, Sally Outlaw, Cadet Supe1'intendent Miss B. H olland, Gillian B UTT, j1,t[erilyn B ishop and B m'bam B ugg.
TERRY SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLAND
When 16-year - old T erry McColl, a St. John Ambulan ce cad et, of 16 H ag Hill Lane Burnh am, asked special p e rmi s ion from his unit officer to go with the P athfinders Spo rts Club as its first a id m a n to Holland, his leaders doubted whether he wo u l d be needed.
But in fact, Terry , a former pupil of he Orchard School , was in fact very much needed and hi s knowledge of first ai d was very val u a ble on the tour of the Sl ough yo uth side.
Terry spent a bus y week w ith t he club officials treating the team for mino r injuries a nd was a va ua ble help when a Du tch player broke his leg in a m atch with the English boys.
Du tch officials stood aside as P athfin ders secretary, D D ornan and T erry d iagnosed the fracture and gave treatment. But at firs t the Dutch r efused to beli eve that their b oy h ad, in fact, broken his l eg and b ega n to remo ve the b a nd ages and dressings.
B ut T erry, who has recentl y qu alified in first a d, was a ter pro ved right. The D utch bo y went to hos p ital wit h a fr actured rig l1t leg. Then , Terry returned to the game, l ater to be praised b y the Dutch officials for rus action.
Club chairman, Mr. Ernest Jo nes, told the Press: "Much help ? He has been a valu a ble asset to u s a nd Mr. D ornan on our to ur H e is a cre dit to his movement."
CADET NEl' S ALES
C MPING IN W LE - a n vas Ca mpin g co n tin ues to p ay
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Priory for Wa les Camp for over 70
and wa in pected
Priory in 1953 fo r the benefit of th e cou ntr y' y u lh itua te d
b etween T ow n a nd Aberdovey in erionet h h ir (h i property affords e cell nt fac ilit i s for camping h o lid ays.
West D e n b ghsbir a nd Caernar o n hire a l 0 he ld ery ucc\.: ful cam ps a t Rh own ia r a n d (b e e were ru n by ount Superint ndent E. Ellis, .B.SU. and County adet Officer R Pateman respecli e ly
Tn S out h W a les, Divisio n a Superintend n l W. J mith h e ll hi annu a l D iv isional Camp a t P onty p ool, Monm uth hire
A PROUD RECORD-B a n gor u r in g adet h ave ac hi e eel a rema r kable ru n of s u cc ss in comp titiv e ent in h e pa four months. Comm e n cing with the a nn ua competi ti o n for cadet tean1 i n t h e ix northern countie of W a le h eld a \1 r bam, they g ained fir t place. Then repres nting the co unt y of Ca rnan on in the Wel s h Cadet Finals at a rdiff th ey camc f unh with I marks out of 200. lh e count conte I h e ld at ayno l (he un entered three team wbich gained I st, 2 nd and 6th p laces out of eight entries, a n d in (he Co lwy n B ay Show t h s thre teams again ok t h e first three pl ace with two of the t ea m eader qualify ing f r the b est lea d er s meda Ui o n.
" CHIVA LR Y" MON O THE TEE I GE RS- ur in g adet in the Borough of S wa n ea h ave good rea on to ree pr ud of their St. J ohn uniform after a n e cellent write-up in the ollth Wal es E vening Po st unde r t h e hea d ing" Th e Spirit of hi al l' i till active today." A n a rticle linking the ideal and tr adition of the present youth f u followers with the moltoe which upheld the gallant knights of o ld illu trated by eam of a det actl e ly demonstrating t h ei r abi li ty to r ender ser ice in accident and sickness.
J10CHESTER CADET \, I NS 'lV AUD
APROUD gi rl i 14 - yea r-old K ath een King , of Knig ht Pl ace, R ochester, who joined R ochester Di v ion of the L John
A mbul a n ce Bri gade as a nurs in g cadet on ly a ear ago.
At th e recent a rea po rts meeti n g a t Den to n Gra end, he was presented with the Jenner C u p for th e mo ou t tanding action by a girl cadet in th e area during the yea r
E arlier this year she had a s ted at a treet accid n t on V atling Street , invo lvi ng a t ax , a n d in which two p ople were killed.
Sh e attended a woman who was badly c ut until she was taken to hospital , a nd tben took care o f h e r young daughter until relativ c a r r ved to look a ft e r h er.
K a hleen who is a pupil at Chapter Seco nd ary School , re eiveel the c u p from Area Cad e t O fficer Mrs. V. Win te r s.
St John Ambulance work i he r main intere t, Kathleen told me recently; she hopes to become a ch il dren' nur e when she leaves schoo l. She h as gain e d her fir H orne Lwing Certificate. F I1 U-: JI" E LL P H I DRofallmllk soJ lh e I.Johll I/11blllan ce Rr it1{Jr/e. n or-cs- olaOlIl, W fl S held all F brl/Ciry 26th, ]. 60, ill hOIlOlir of Jir c. II" L evac lf, o.n.riJ ., o. (..1 who has 1"elillquish ed his app oi lltmcnl (I ,' CololIY H rif!,(ll/e ('oll/missioll eT Oil his T lir ellle 7l1 Jrom T allE!,(llIyika. fier thc parade J r. J ,ev erell prl'sf'IIlcd J/ ed{l lli olls, /.'(liJ(,/S alld Cerlificate .' alld illiroeluced th e I/ew Colo/ly COlllmis. ioller, 1I r. (' IJ rall ,·g r01: f Tlt e PI/md e l'({S COllllll({ l/{/ e d by Jl r. c 1 Courlney. .B. / .1 and {[rrwlgi'lI/elils IlI(lrie by .II r. .If. 11I Il'{[r. receptiol/ ,cas held /(/1'1' for (til 011 parade by Ih e I. J ohn / lItblllrtl lct' /ss()ci l/tio/l ll'IIC 1I Ihe Clwirnwll. Jir. G. H il so ll. Ihank ed J1 r L et'ere ll for oil hc hod dOllc Jor ,f. J ohn 's ill T rlllf!,(lllyilm allrl t L'is h ed hilll C od -sp eed Jrom ali rallk .· ({nd lIIell/bers oj" Ih e n,.igade alld ssocialioll.
Plrog," ess ill Ellst Africa
The /OffOlVil7g report appeared il7 the East Africa n Standard on Jlln e i sl, 1960: IMM ENSE TASK is being vigorous ly tackled in Tyanza Pro vince by iss Barb a ra Copeland a St. John Ambulance officer based atKi umu
M iss Copeland who was born in Bechuanaland and educated in Brit ain served with [he Red Cross and latterly with Sr. John in Mal aya throughout the terrorist campaign. She is a Sta te Registered urse and State Certified idwife and her present work entails gi vi ng ad ice and lectures on fi rst ai d hygiene a nd diet to frican ilJ age in the huge a rea where she operates.
Weekend Course at St. Jo h n Ho use
She m ake co n tac t in the locations through the D istri Comm iss ioner or through hospital authorities, who gi e her the names o f o rg a nisations and indi vi du a ls interested in takin g a course , and lhen he goe to vi it them in their home.
1 a companied [ I Copeland to lbubi iUa ge in the Bun yore Location and met sub -chief Saul. wh o ha been a tea her for 13 yea r. H i wife argarer is al 0 a teacher a nd both peak excellent Engli h.
Chief Saul aid that there are 46 children of under hool age in this village \ here on their 0\\'11 initi ati e, the inhabitants have started a nur er chool.
One or two of the girl who help were trained b y Ii M. Ba yle y. the communit de elopment officer, while some are Maendeleo club leader.
l' ])E , T Jrolll th e Ji aloyoll1'cacller s 'CollfgC. Bri llsford Lodoc, I o ve r/IO IIIploll , 1 ere we colller! al (f r '('(' /'- elld course al t. J ohn 11 ollse, L Olldo ll ill July , by LI.-Col .I. E F. Gll er il" (cc lllrc) eere ary I. J ohn. Llllbul Ct Il Cl' L. ·soc ialioll. Th ey heard lalks 011 Ih e o rganisa ti on oj Ih e JUl/1I mblilallcf Brigar/e over cas, by 111 , " JI arr i son JI B.R. fllld I J ohn projecl s at'('/" 'e a ncluding joilll we lfar e ac t v ilies by .IIi " L. Baird. 7
m a n fro m the illage ha gi\" n a piec of land on which to build a chool," hile anoth r ha donated a plot for a Maendeleo club where e periment al agriculture will be pracri ed t the chief" centr a boy' lub i being tarred for tho e who do not or anno t attend hool. H andi r af t \ ill be taught. l!hough h h as only been in yanza for a fe\ month. opeland ha achieved much. She ha given i n truction at the airpo rt and the fire tation-a ll m mb r of the ra h rew at the former pa ing th ir fir t aid xam. the fir e t a tion she is teaching the i n lructors who i n rum , pa on t heir knowledge TO th fi r he h onduct d n adult cour e at the new frican 0 ial e ntre , whi h wa opened b_ the Gm ernor re eml y and the st ud m s ar r ady 0 take their x a m.
la e are held in the ikh Girl' chool, the g a Kh an ho ol, s a n High hool. fri a n nion hool. ian e ondary, at ger and lduri schoo ls a nd undi In t rmediate. K isii a nd ya bururu ma ago a nd Gekano hool.
J.h. C. TL L everett, O B.E inspecting the parad e oj all ranks at lJar- es-SaZarllll.
. In tI,e Congo
PRIOR TO THE DATE set for the Declaration of Indep en dence in the Congo t was generally accepted here in Uganda that there would be ci il strife and a refugee problem Oddl y enough t his do es not a ppear to have occurred to the B elgians in the Congo or to the B elgian Government.
Accordingl y the Protecto rate Government, amo ng other measures , earmarked a numb er of bulldings in Kampala and other places for the reception of refugees.
On Jul y 8th, I discussed the situa tion with the Chairman of Council, Sir John Griffin , and later with the Commissioner, Mr. Macoun, but it was considered that there was little we could do to help at that stage. At about this time large numbers of refugees , mainly European women and children , began to cross the border at various poin ts into Uganda and the Sudan, these latter were passed on to Uganda.
On Tuesday, July 12th Sir John rang and asked me to arrange first aid posts at two centres in Kamp a la and one at Entebbe. Th ese posts were established wi thin two hours. It was then decided that the Uganda Medical D epartment's arrangements at Kyambogo in K a mpala and at Entebbe would be a d equ ate. St J ohn personnel were therefore withdrawn from t hese two points and concentrated at akawa in Kampala , the main reception centre
At this centre memb ers of the K a mpala Ambulance and Nursing D ivision set up their post in a lecture room. Within the first 12 hours they assisted a doctor of the Medical Depa rtment with the vaccination and inoculation of 70 women a nd children , in addition to attending to some 50 others with minor injuries and aliments.
St. John personnel maintained this post t hroughou t the first 24 hours. On the following da y the Uganda Medical D epa rtment established a clinic to r eplace the first aid post B y mutual arrangement with the Medical Dep artment and the British Red Cross, St. John supplied personnel to staff this clinic for 15 hours in every 24. This detail of duties was maintained from July 13th to 24th
On that date the clinic was closed down. During this period over 3,000 refugees were accommodated, fed, and generally cared for at this centre.
Similarly at Jinja there St. John personnel joined forces with the British Red Cross and others to help with the care of refugees accommodated in the t own or passing through by train en route for Kenya.
I n he early stages it was found that the refugees were principally suffering f rom shock consequent on the sudden collapse of their world in the Congo, many had been born and lived all their lives in that cOlIDtry. Fear and anxiety for menfolk left behind or for other members of the family not accoun ted for , and exhaustion following journeys of hundreds of miles through the Congo and Uganda
with b abies a nd yo ung children. The care a nd attention he y received from government, vo lu ntary orga ni ation and tile European cOlnnlwlity here did much to restore th eir morale before they were flown to B 19iwn.
Eventually, when h e la t refugees were le vi ng Uga nd a t h e Belgian Government flew in quantities of blankets for them. A these bl ankets a rri ved too late to be of a n y serv ice to t hese unfortunate people t he B e lgian Co nsul in Kampala a a token of hi government 's appreciation for the help rendered by us presenLed 250 of the blankets to St. J ohn.
Th is e me rgency stressed the importance of the Briga de having readily avallab le at a ll times an adequate e tabli hment of tretc he r blankets and pillows, fiTSt aid kits and upplies , lamp s, ale r containers b owls etc., as a n em ergency r erve stock, in addition to the equipment in normal u e with di vi io ns.
A clcli tio-",a,I E""e'"gtuf,cy
Supplies
I noted in connection with the care of tbese European refugee that the following items were in most urgent and g neral dem an d
In the initial stages we visited all local chemi t for item (a) (b) (e).
The Uganda Medic a l D epartment later pro id d a ll th t a required. I would therefore recommend that in imilar ircum tance of country, clima te and refugees, S t. John mbul a nce Bri gad e Units would do well to consider the e it em under th e head ing o f first ai d and ensure that they are made availab le from the ta rt.
(a) A plentiful supply of babie napkin
(b) A supply o f sanitary towel.
(c) A supply of hand towels a nd soap.
(d) Tins of powd ered mllk for babie and children.
(e) Babies bottles and teats.
(f) Malaria treatment supplies of mepachrine , ni iquin a nd camo quin , in pill or liquid form
(g) D ettol, permanga nate of pota h, a nti eptic du ting powder for the treatment of feet where the indi idual has been unable to remove s hoes a nd soc ks for long period . Thi wa a common ex perience and need with t be men.
(h) Supplies of aspirin and codeine.
(i) Large qu a n tities of boiled water and bott! s, for i sue to refugees travelling long di stances. Th was 0 ercome at Jinja b y the European community and an to the ocal brewery who supplied grati 300 bottles of boiled ate r [or the refugees en roul e to Nairobi by train, a 24-hour journey.
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Mi ss Copeland also teaches adult Asians at the Miwani sugar mills, 15 employees of which have passed their exams., and are going on to instruct the African labour force.
Miss Copeland has not yet had an opportunity of working at Kericho; her" parish" is s o vast-the whole of Nyanza Prov ince, North, Central and South as well as Kericho-that it will take her many months to get round it.
B a d roads, limited petrol a nd the fact that she is practically pioneering as far as h ygiene, nursing and nutrition are concerned, are some of the handica ps which beset her, but I wo uld say tha t the long hours she puts in, her patience, understanding of med ical knowledge , are makirIg t heir impact on the more than ordinarily broad canvas she is attempting to cover.
Miss Copeland herself reports that:
Visits have been made to people of a ll communities, who might be interested in the work of St. J ohn Ambulance. Do ctors in Government Service in Missions, and in private practice have offered their services.
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Plans for training tuberculosis pat ient who are in Ho pital for many months , in light tra des, h ave been made, i n co-operation with the Afr can Di s tri ct Council.
Talks have been given to The East African Wom n League and the Indian L a dies' Club, in Kisumu.
Blood donors h ave been collected, and a scheme i afoot to start a register of willing donors , for use in an emergency. A sho rt ske tch to advertise this is in prep arat ion , which will go out on th e local language programmes on tbe wireles
She has had great h e lp from the PoLice, doctor, a European i leI' from the African ho sp ital , and members of th e ho sp it a l a nd he alth dep a rtm ent s, a nd from tbe Welfa re Offi cer of lhe African Social Cen tre.
One cadet unit is in the process of being formed and one a dult African Ambulance D ivision is starling.
Two groups have joined as members of the Association, a nd several indi viduals
There is an enormous demand for classes but it is impos si ble to cover the ground partly from a shortage of time and p a rt y fr om a shortage of pet rol.
The Boyal National Eisteddfod
FIRST AID AT Trrn ROYAL NA T[O AL EISTED DFOD- Th e pres ence of Her Maj esty the Queen with P rince Philip and other m em bers of the Royal family a dd ed to tbe impo rt a nce of the Ro yal ational Eisteddfod of Wal held this year in tbe capital city during August Bank Holl.d ay week. To ardiff, as pilgrim to a brine, Wel shmen and W e i hwomen streamed from afar- a large number from oversea - lover of po etry and literature, music a nd t be art and craft, aU commg to the ce ntre of the cultural life of the nation. lL s good th at s uch a comp rehen ive week 's programme affords a place for an a mbu la nce section ocupying the who e of three day.
The organisation of the a mbu lance competitions wa entrusted to a capable commi ttee under he chairmanship of Mr. E. W Meurig Will iam, O U. , B c., M.B. h .B ., .C h ., with Dr. T. H J cnki n, U ., as ic - hairm a n and T. E. Parry as Secretary The PriJ1 Cipai ecretary of the Prio ry for Wales (the Hon John H Bruce, B.E. , K. U. J P ., D .L.) occupies the role of Honorary D irector of mbulance at the ationa l Ei teddfod and the ommis io ne r for ardiff (Major H. G. Field, .B E., K t.J .) wa tC\ a rd- in-ch ar ge.
On theonday three eve nt were held resulting as under:
Lady Lewis CliP (team of four m n) 17 entries.-l t , Cefn ribbwr mbulance Di i ion ; _nd, Great Mountain olliery (Tumble; 3rd, Bargoed Ambulance Di vision.
Lady Bille CliP (teams of four women).- st, fo tyn R ed ro 2nd bb, ale ursing D i ion; 3rd, Tr edegar ur ing Di i ion.
Silllrian hield (team of f llr \ o men r ident io. Wale ).I t, Ebbw a l ur Lng Di vision; 2nd, Tredegar ursing Di s ion' rd, Mo tyn Red ro
Mobile Aid
COLWYN BAY'S CANT E COLLE.CTOR.-For many years a mobile first aid unit provided and maintained by the Colwyn Bay Divisions has proved its worth to visitors to this popular seaside resort who find themselves in need of first aid This summer the service was expanded by the pro vis ion of a second caravan which is stationed at Rho s-on-Sea.
Throughout the summer vo luntary dut y is undertaken by members of the ambulance, nursing and cadet divisions in staffing the post while a large amount of time is devoted before the season opens to the painting and renovation of the caravans. The latest development is the acquisition of an omnibus from the local council which members of the adult divisions are already engaged in adapting in readiness for general use next season. The expert signwriting is the work of Cadet Superintendent D . E. R. Matthews , who finds plenty of scope for his skill in producing excellent posters illustrating Br igade activities.
This summer the staffi ng has been supplemented by the faithful services of Susie a golden labrador, who, under the guardianship and training of Cadet Superintendent Matthews, has alread y collected £25 for Brigade funds. Equipped with two collecting boxes on either side of her body on a smart black coat embroidered with St. John badges, Susie makes her irresistible appeal every Sunday when she is allowed by her owners , the proprietors of the S t. Margaret 's H otel to join the staff at the post.
A 'Golden Labrador
On the dne d ay a pecial competition wa held for a trophy presented by Thorpe. q.,O.B O U. J.P.:
The ardiff Shield (team of four you th lind r 21 y ar of ag ).1 t , fn Cribb, r mbulan e Di i ion 2 nd , P entrema\ r o ll i ry; 3rd, Gellygaer t. J oh n.
The Gwenl Shield (Gir ls under 16 re ident in W ale ).-1 t, Gl y nn eath ur ing adet; 2nd, Cwmaman ur ing adet; rd, Ebbw a le ur ing adet.
Gre t in terest wa taken in the pre entatio n ce r monie at the clo e of each d ay' even t. The Hon. r. J. H. Bruce D. t.J. presented the lrophie on the onday and the Chairman, ir. Meurig William, ref reed to the remarka bl e achi vement of th e winn rs of the Silurian Shi ld in ga inin g 100 per cent. mark in the th ory ection. The ardiff hield wa pre ented at the main Ei teddfod P avil ion on Wedn day aft rnoon by Mrs. C. G. Traherne, D.St.J ., J.P., Deput y Chief uperio.tendent for W a le
Th e fir aid arrangement were a rr ied out by Brig ad member in co-operation 'i itll the Briti h R d ro ociety. Hea v demand were m a de upon the se r vic of th a rdiff and neighbouring units for the stewa rding of th e competition, and for fir t aid duties in th e Ei ted dfod ground and the lining of the r ya t ro ute during the two final d ays of ao. e entful week. 9
usi e' eq uipped with her collectin<1 bo l'e on duly '- ' ith S ur ing adet Barbara Ann Rob e rt along ide one of the mobile Fir t Aid P o t m aintained by the Col-vyn Bay Di vi ions on th e Prom enade.
'OBITIJ AD Y
PASSING OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.-The regretta ble death of Ca pt. William John Can t on, O B.E ., D L. LL.B. , brought t o a clos the life of a Knight of Grace of t he Order who had made a considerable contribution to many phases of public er ice in th Borough of ferthyr Tydfil and not least t hrough the Order of SL Joh n From 1924 when he tmdertook offi c e in the Brigade as a most effective Pres dent of the Penyd a rr en D iv sion, Capt. Canton assumed ever widening responsibi lit y for St. J ohn act[ iti becoming Chairman of th e St. John Council for the Borough , Commissioner from August 1937 t o ovember 195 , and an e ecutive officer of the Priory for W a les The range of his acti it ies cov ered a remarkable field He was secretary of the Associ a ted Law Society of Wales for eight years and for 25 years Hon. Secr etary of the Merthyr & Aberda r e Incor porated L a w Societ y A staunch churchm a n a nd a founder member of Merth yr Rota ry Cl ub Capt. Canton supported va r ious welfa re orga nisa t ion a nd will be remembered particularly for his many years of effort in th e ser vice of health. For forty yea rs he had been closely identified with the Merthyr General Hospit a l and on t he inception of the ational Health Ser vice Act in 1947 became Chairm a n of the Mer thyr and Aberdare Hospit a l Management Committee from which he retired onl y a fe w months before his death. The leg a l and medical professions were represented in the large ga t hering a t the fune r al the Hon. J. H. an d Mrs. Bruce be ng among the St John represen tatives
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A pioneer member of Sheepbridge Ambulance D iv is ion , Chesterfield Ex -Ser gt J osep h Wass di ed on August 26th , las t. D uring the Great War he served wit h the R.A.M.C. Fo r his Brigade services he received the Serv ice Medal a nd was admitted into the Order as Serving Broth er.
Mr. T homas Moore, age 54 years of Pinxton a long serv ing member of Langton Colli e r y Ambulance Di vision died suddenly at work. Members of t he Brigade formed a gu a rd of honour and also acted at bearers.
He was a ver y esteemed member and his services will be sadl y missed
Mr J Dudl ey, who passed awa y on August 4th , was a member of the Dudley Ambulance Division from 1916 to 1956 , when owing to ill heal t h he had to give up He was Division a l Officer for many years .
He served with the R.A.M.C. as operating theatre at tendant in Egypt and P ales tine during 1914-18.
I n 1927 he joined the M H. R which was a supplemen t to the Medical Services of the Arm y recruited from S.J.A.B.
He also served during the 1939 -45 war again in the R .A M .C. at Woolwich & Millbank Military Hospitals.
He was made a Serving Brother during the early part of 1936
He will always be remembered for his unfailing cheerfulness a nd patience by all those wbo were fortuna te enough to work w ith him.
It is with deep regret that we announ ce the death on September 15th of Alfred S H a ddock , D / O, C.12. Dagenbam Ambulance Cadet Division.
Mr. H a ddock joined the 94th Dagenham Ambulance Di vision in 1939 , and was appointed cadet officer in 1943.
Mr. Haddock was a borough councillor for many years and was Mayo r of D agenham in 1954 1955. H e was for many years chairm a n of the D agenham Civil Defence Committee and was himself a qualified C. D instructor
Among his o her interests were; Red Cross and St. John PenJ1y -aWeek fund, when during the war he raised over £] 4,000.Dagenham League of the Hard of Hearing.
H is untiring efforts for the cause of charit y and suffering earned hime the love a nd respect of all who met him.
The funeral wa s attended by many Brigade, Civil Defe nce and civic colleagues
SPECIAL ENROLMENT AT SWANAGE
A VERY HI'IPRES IVE y took place in th e Met hodi hurch , Swanage, w hen n ursing cadet of the Sw a nage and War e ham Nw: i ng Cadet Divi ion were enrolled as fully qua lified c a det of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
A large audien ce of par nt and friend aw the emoUing office r Brig -Gen. J. E. T. Younger , C.B. , KSU in h i robe a a Knight of the Order of St. John of J eru ale m , follow e d b y me mb e rs of the County Staff m a rch to their p a ce in th e Chur b Hall.
The Gene ral befor e beginning the e remon y, pok e to the cadet on the O rder of St. Jo hn.
He aid , the new r ec ruits to the Briga de mu st carr y on a nd uphold the tra dition built up o ver the ag e It mu ne e r be forgotten t hat t he Order is a re ligiou Orde r, a nd it i upon tbi spiritual qual i ty tha t the whol structure of the Ord er's b ne ole nt wo r k for mankind mu t rest.
The Re v M. d e Burgh Sco tt, t he Pre id n t of th e nur ing ca d e di isiol1 r ead the Briga de Praye rs a nd th e c remon ye nd e d.
CO M MAND E RY OF AR DS
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U I.· er T rallsp ort A u th ori ty V ewT y la l iol1 Di vi.·iollCl I lip r ill l IIden l and seveTa l oj hi s m em ber.' are al'o e m p oyee ' oj the I ll /hori ty.
CONCERT AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL
THE EDWf A MOU TB ATTE TR U T-Th e Fri e nd s of Ve ll o re a re presenting a con cer t at th e R oya l A lb e r t [-[a ll o n Wedn es d ay, No vember 9 th at 7.3 0 p m. ol o is t : Yfr a h ea me n r he t ra: th e
London Philh a rmoni c. Co ndu cto r: orm a n De M a r.
H.R.H Pr i ncess Margare t a nd Mr. nt o ny Arm stro ng-J o nes will at tend.
Full par ti c ul a rs f rom he Fr ie nd o f Ve ll o r e, 244 Ba ll a rd La ne, London , . 12. T e e ph o ne: Hill s ide 7657
Programme: O ve nur e L eon o ra o 3, Beel ho e n. Vi o lin
Concerto in D m ajo r , Brahm s Sy mph o ny o 6 inB m nor (P a tMtique) Tch a iko vsky
So lutio n to C rossw ord o. 15. A cros s : 1. Doorpost 5 Stup es; 10 la im cd ; l1. Lum ba go 12. Org y; 13 Met a l ; 15 Ser a; 18. G a mm a; 19 t r o ke; 21. Ap l; 22 Impal e; 24 H a iry ; 27. Erne ; 28 Cros s; 3 1. o ur ; 34. Inclin e; 35. Nail b e d ; 36 El a in e; 37. Back ac he D o wll : 1. D oc to r 2 Otalcia; 3 Pump; 4. Sidl e 6. Tim e; 7 Pl ace bo ; 8 Sho w a eg; 9. Ulna; 14. Torpedo ; 16. Smell ; 17 Atl a ; 20 Life-lin e 23 Panacea ; 25 Rhumbic 26. Bridge; 29 R eel ; 30. Senn a; 32 Lion ; 33 Milk.
Pro,notions and Appointments
HER MAJES TY THE QUEEN ha s bee n g ra cio us Ly pleased to san ct ion th e follo wing prom ot ions in and app ointm ent s fo Th e M os t VenerabL e Order of th e H ospitaL of St J ohn o l erusa lem
FO R PROMOTI O TO THE GRADE OF BAILIFF GR D RO
Horace Fie ld P ar ha ll , T.D
Brig a di e r Sir Wi l li a m St ewa r l Du ke- E ld e r, O c.V.O aj or Ri c ha rd Wi lli a ms
OR PROMOTIO I o THE GR DE OF K TGHT ir H enry L1 ti n trut t , K .. V.O ., . B.
M ajor ir P au l Boo th , D L.
H e r be r [ h ur J ame W rigg les\' or th , M B .E. o mm odo re Th o m a K eit h L y le, C. B. E., M D ., M R .C. P .,
.R
R ear- d mi ra l R oyer M yl iu D i k. B., B .E. D
liffo rd Reyno ds de C lifford Sad ler, M. R S. L.R P
D ona ld o lquho UJ1 ac lea n K IGH
FOR PROMOTIO I TO TH E GRAD OF D
Elli hl'i n e, Lady hitmore
no , TO TH < GRADE OF CH P
T he e n Bailey, rch d eaco n of a lta
F R D
T he R l. R e wnle I y, B hop o r G ib raltar
FOR PRO 10TION OF OlV DER
P rei a Edwin c lnt re, D ., M R .C. S ., L. R P
l. E., I.
l k O B .E., T.D ., R R E. R LR P
Pee l .B .E. . M G. , D 0 ., O B.E , 'O M D .L
, OR DMI 10 TO THE GR DE OF o '1M ND <R (BROTHER)
ur geon R ear- elmir a l G eorge Ph illi p, It .B .. B. h D .L.O .
Q H.S
Bri ga di e r Mi hac I O we n o ll ins, C. B Briga di e r E ugen e Vin ce nt Iti ha tr ick land , l.G ., D 0 ., O B.E., M WI.
Thomas elw a rd M a h ai r, l.
FOR PROMOTIO 1 TO THE GRADE OF COMMAI DER (SISTER)
Lucy O wen d o lin e, M iss Du ff G rant, R R .C.
Fl o re nce El za, Mr s . H a mm o nd
M a ri an M a ud Mr s. S t uart ich ols on
F e li cite H ele n , M iss Va lentine
ora Lili a n Beat rice, M iss Moo re
Elisa bet h Mary Cortla n dt, Mrs. Courtney
L a d y ina J oan Edi th Virgi n ia ewm an
FOR ADM! 10 TO THE GRADE OF (SISTER)
L ady H ochoy
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER ) (SUB-CHAPLAIN)
The R ev. Owen J ohn J ason F rench
FOR PRO OTIO TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
L ie u t. -Colonel J ohn Elton F ortescue G ueritz
Lewis Wi llia m Wood
H enry W ye
Arthur F re derick unn
F rede r ick J a m es Edwar d Crirnmen
C harles H erman Green
F ran cis Arthur J ohn P ritchard
H aro ld B ar d ley B ingham
R ic ha rd J a mes B lamey
G erald R ichard R odda
Ben K endall
R ichar d J ohn Brad d on ajo r Wi ll ia m H enry W alke r
J o n a th a n H a ll in F ir th y hi ttaker
R al ph Ed war d Cro katt, LB
G eo rge E l tOn B ates M .B. E.
J o hn Will ia m L a mb ert
Art hur T homa Ban d y, B .E
R e ginald D da ric Browe B.E.M
John J ame Am phlet Cameron
H a rold M oni e P hipp
V i Uiam D uxfield lli on lfre d H e nry tki ns
G eo rge lb ert Wh ea t lan d
F r a n k G eo rge an ick
E dwa rd Old ham O m1e
J a m s M cT ierna n
J oh n G o rdo n Buxto n
J ohn G eorg R oche ter
G eorge B a rclay R eid
Capta in G eorg B lack burn
J oh n haw H a rr y Fem k I[ oo re W ill iam d am, M B
H erbe rt W ill ia m L a m bert
J ohn te war t I [offa t. LB
Dr G e ra ld F itz auri e K ea t in ge
Ar t hur ta n l y \ m o ut h
lb any G o rdon Smi th
G eor ge H er bert yatt
Dr. To m L oga n Ol i er
Ed wa rd J a me D o dd, C. RE.
Lieu t.- o mm a nd er ennet h I e o m b e, R lfr d K e lly. M B .E.
Jo se i or F e lix d e Cast r o M aj o r dr ia n ll a n ife lmo tte H i ll (R td.)
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Emmanuel Willianl Qu artey Bannerman, M.B., Ch.B.
Charles Alfred Bransgrove
Sir Donald Edward Jackson
Surgeon Captain Eric Blackburn Br ad bur y M B., B.Ch D .M R D ., R.N
Be!"llCl!d Nicolas Bebbington, O.B .E
Wilfnd Robert Hollies Pooler, M.B.
Ernest Skelton Everitt
Colonel Edward George Dutfield, T.D
Gordon Healey Crowther
James John Miller, M B.E.
Admiral Sir Gerrar d Andrewes , K.B.E. , C.B ., D S O.
Colonel Regmald Brown Broadbent
Hor ace Charles Wensley Baker, T.D ., M.R.C.S ., L.R.C.P.
Thomas Henry Abbott
D ennis Arthur Organ
Edgar Vernon Whitcombe
Bernard H aro ld Nealon, O.B E.
Frank Matthias Gardner
Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smi th
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF ASSOCIATE OFFICER (BROTHER)
Run Run Shaw
F OR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF OFFICE R (SISTER)
Helen Miss Moore, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S.
P amela Nancy , Miss Morison
Margaret, Miss Jones
Dorothy Mildred Maud , Mrs. Pottinger
Doris Irene, Miss Fuller
Mary Cora, Mrs. Creech
Mary Louise, Mrs. Barraclough
Violet Madeline, Miss Elaber
Florence Annie, Mrs Robinson
Pearle Elizabeth, Mrs. Taylor
Joan Catherine, Lady Jouber t de la Ferte
F OR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
Lady Mary Clementine Pa wle
Mildred Dorothy, Lady Imbert-Terry
Helen Maude , Mrs. Reynolds
May , Miss Jackson
Iva Marcia, Miss Pemberton
Blodwen J ane, Miss Griffiths
Eileen Forrester , Mrs. Coventry
Ella, Ba roness Van Heemstra
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF SERVING BRO THER (ASSISTANT- CHAPLAIl\1)
The Rev. John Francis Wrangha m Hardy, M.B.E., T.D.
The Re v DaVld Carter Rutter
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER
Cecil Conroy Jarrett , C.B.E., B.E.M
William Edwin Rumbelow, M.V.O.
John Ernest Hodge, C.V.O.
Brian Thompson
Stanley Mukasa
Edward Arthur Moxey
Dr. John Macrae Davi dson
Surgeon Commander Alan Wellwood Wade Robinson, M.D ., L.R.C P. L.R.C.S. D.P.H D.I.H. R N
James Douglas Bro wn
Ro bert Ellison
Kenneth Herbert Walter, M.R C.S L.R.C.P
Colonel Joseph Clive Piggo tt, C.B.E., M.C. , D.L.
Alfred Ernest Richard Pursall
Alan Sowerby
Walter William Cashmore, M.R.C.S L.R.C.P.
John Harold Hands
Charles Frederick William Kirnrnings
Edward Jennings Wyatt
Arthur Saunders, B E.M.
Harold D ouglas Eddy, M.C., M .R.C.S., L.R.C.P
Willianl Arthur Murrin
John Robert Noel BrayIey
Dr. Geoffrey Lancaster
Cyril Hodgson Stephenson
George Par ker Tinkler
J anles Harri on
Harold Ernest Hanles
George Henry Bowmer
Frederick Heyw ood Teed
Charles Henry raig
Dennis Cec il Hellier
Reginald W a lt er Chilcott
John Seymo ur Hunter L.R.C.P. & S.
John Kyran Corrig a n , M.B
Jolm Willianl Ri c hardson
Walter James Smith
William Rh ys Vowle
Chl'istmas Cockaday
Willianl Power
Frederick William Legge
Harold Touzeau
Arthur Maybury
Charles Henry Paice
J ames Thomas Osborn
Stanley Frederick Porcher
John James Thompson
Norris Victor Heritage
Frederick Jolm Austen Caiger
Edward James D a lton
James William Iddon
Wallace Benjamin Robinson
Alexander Ferrier Dunn Carrie, M.B
Charles Sharp, M.B orman M a graw
Harold Barratt
Jolm Ibbo tson
William Kirk
Thomas Smith
Leona rd Iddon
Henry Alexan der Johnston
William Patri c k Dor gan
Wilfre d Toph am
Benj amin W a lter Wood , M B., M.R .C. S., L.R .C. P.
Alfred Charles Palmer
Morrice Benjamin Gibbard
Walter Godfrey Bennett
Bertram Edward Goodbod y Edwar d Willi am Jones
John Rob ert Peac ham
Jona than Ernest Alfred Ris bridger
Arthur Lennox Armi tage Seaman M.B.E.
William Rich ar d Llewhellyn
Edwar d H arvey Burden
Thomas J a mes Ma yor
George Charles Frederick Burrows
Geoffr ey Chappell
J ack Edwin Sewell
Maynard Gr een
Be rnard Tyler
William Wilkin son Common
Wilfrid Di ck
Oli ve r Philip Edmond s, M D.
Leon ar d Will iam Jacques
Ber John H a re
H arry Hut chinson
Robert Anderson Moncur
John Willlam R awli ns
Albert Ernest H ayward
Frede ric k Charles Faulkner
Jack Henr y Humph e rson
George W ilIi a ms W a tts
H a rold Lesl ie Win ter
Samuel Willi a m Wolfe , M B., B.Ch
Co l in Dodd s D rew, M.B.
George D avid Butcher , M M
James AJbert Culverwell
Cha rles Walter W ard
Herb ert Charles Phillip s
Alfred Winter Cr isp
Lieut.-Colonel Kingsley Reavell
F OR ADMISSIO
IN THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER
George Arthur Horsley
Dougla J ame Edw in Sh opland
Norm a n Cecil H ar d y Palmer
h a rl es J ennin gs
ha rl e Alfred Ba rnes
Arlhur l a mc Bunch
J ames BUlle r, M.M
Jolm M ar li.o elsby
R al ph Victor Bannister, M.B.
Jasper Edward Webb
Thom as R obson Stan ey co lt , R E.M.
bari c H enry Gordon Bowes, M.B
ionel Baro n Horsle y olio Wi lli am Ledge r Windle
H enry lfred Spi.ok
H er bert Lil ey
Frederick Brode ri ck
J a me Howard
George H nr y Wa lso n
Ern t J ames Sbaw
rederic k Will ia m Quainlance n elm Sm th
Ro y W illi a m Shepp a rd
Thom as Edward Smith
Ron a ld R a nd
Leo nard Richard dg a r Smilh
id [ley Ifre dHu s ey
J o hn H enry urtis
Dr. J a me McGregor EUiott
George Bel l
J ohn Gabriel Barnes
J hn lien a rk
Th oma Kit hing
awrence Peter R g in ald Bro wn ing
George am ue l Ha les, R ..., L.R.C.P., M
T a n Pen hua
hu a J oan am
Ee Peng ia ng
ril D oug a a in
R b rt J ame K rmeen
R onald a rcus alhcarl
hri lian erard Timperi y Berridge
Frederick John \ ood
har lc Eric P O\ er ril e H erben Phillip , .B. r. ark - ranci de il a r lI an \ in lonorei ra
J ohn Mi hal \- lIon
F N · NT GRADE OF BROTHE R
LR , M.R.C. ., L.R P.
o TE ERVING
G enevieve Ol trama re, Mrs D av id so n
Florence M ay, Mrs. H aw k e
FloreJ1 Ce Lizzie, M rs Wills
Al ice J ean, Mrs. H a ndl ey
EiJeen M a ry, Miss Grant
Dori s May, Mrs. Scott
Lili a n M ay, Mrs. VaLi a nce
R osa Mabel , Mrs. Caddy
Beatrice E lizabeth, Miss Snelling
Lyn, Mrs. BoUam
Ann, M iss Veitch
J ane H anna h, Mrs Rbead
Annie, Mrs. Will is
Dori s Nell, Mrs. Bu rton
El e n Mi ss Storey
Etbel Lil ia n, Mrs. ash
J essie Ma r garet, M iss D rane
Ed'la Marg aret Corlett, Miss McKneale
1afle Marguerite, Miss Fontaine
C icel y Ph ylJis, Mrs. T homas
Lilian Kate, Miss Smith
Hann ah, Mrs. Rothwell
Ellen Mrs. Baleson
Alice Mrs. Cole
ora, M rs Smilh
Constance May, Mi ss Russell
Gwladus Mary, Miss Jenkins
ALice Ke zia, Mrs. R adford
Gladys Mrs. Edinborough
Lilian R ose, Mrs. Poultney
Doris Edith Margaret, Mrs. Hoadley
Ellen Valentine, Mrs. Pearce
Winifred Caroline, Mrs. Sborter
Katie M a ria, iss Pfister
Helen Lavina, Mrs. D illon
Vera D oreen, Miss Hallock
Ed [h May , Miss Moore
Edith, Mrs. Hughes
Phyllis Mary, Mis Morley
i nnie Miss P almer
Floren ce, Miss Westley
erena, Miss Yandle
D ora Elizabeth, Mrs. D avis
D orothy Maud , Mrs. Bennett
Margaret Stella , r. Hillman
Lucy Violet, rs. Brain
Emily Mrs Harvey
K ath Ie n D oris B urton, Mrs. B uss
Con tance lice Juli a, Mrs Message
Constance Mary, i Pepp er K at hleen Mary, Mi s Kenniner
I vy Lilian, Miss Gerri b '"
Margery Joan, 1orton -Palmer
Amy, r. Brettle
Emily Mi s R ickaby
ElIen, Mrs. tkinson
Ph ylli, i Hanlp on Zilla Eagl field. iis Hull
ancy, M is Wormwell
D orothy Elizabeth, Mr Ru ell
Ph yllis ary, Mr Walton
F OR AD lVll IN HE GRADE OF SER VING SISTER
hri liana Muriel , Clapham
J osephin , Mi h a\ o rah aude,i Willoughby R R
E elyn lIce Mrs. Sil ver
] rene Iice, Mi Dance
Tbelma e ly n, Mi Wh itbr ad
D ori Em ily, Mr R ose
lien Mr Wya t t
lar a e yn, Mr . ree n dilh n ni e, Mr Woo ll a ton
da, Mi P emb er ton
Florence M a ry, Mr s. D a ie
ALi ce Amy Mi s 1' 0 a nd
Gr acc M ay, Mr D ay
AlIce M a rga r e t, Mi s King
Edllh. M a bel, Mis s P ennington
Ph yllts Mary, Mi McLeod 13
D orolhy, I[r Hodg on ellie fr emo n
Joan Margaret, acKinnon, M.B.
1ary Ro e. Mis artin
Chri lina nne, i rs. R idle -Th omas
1ar oel gne Kn a rchbuil, Mrs. Hooper
fadeline Barbara, Mr K ello k
Cornelia Eli abet h bri tina, r. Van Oldenborgh
Mr Pang uen K eng
iss E lizabet h Tan iew Siang
The list of Promotions and Appointments of the Priories Overseas will appear in the next issue .
MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR VITAL SKILL
T he St John Ambulance Brigade has a proud r ecord of se r v ice an d confidently expects to play its full part in the future , pa r ticul ar ly in the even t of a national emergency. But it can do this only if its me mbe r s are organized in advance to carry out duties which ensure the bes t us e be in g made of the ir special sk ill
The Br igade has undertaken to increase the number of its member s already in the National Hospital Se r vice Reserve . Many Div is ions a r e j oin ing the Reserve as complete un its and you are asked to jo in throu g h your Division In a national emergency your tra in ing a nd e x per ie nce wou ld t hen be immediately ava ilable and wou ld be of i ndi s pensa ble v alue in the efficient staffing of expanded hospi t als and fi r st ai d servi ces.
As an S J A B. member you are ent i tled to these p rivil eges
I. An N H S R ba dge o n join i ng t h e Re serve.
2. A m sd cal examination is no long er n eces sary
3 No o b ligatio n t o co mmit yourself to any sp e cifi e d num ber of hours o f serv ce in the event of war
4. Yo u are not obl iged to g iv e up mo r e time to extra duties o r training.
S No enr ol m e nt form to fill up.
6. You may , if yo u wish, undertake hospital work or e x e rc ises with the Forwa rd Med ical A id U nits, and you wi l then receive a personal issue of a un form on free loan as well as travelling expenses.
7. You will have the opportunity of attending specialised and advance d courses arranged for N.H .S. R. members
Consult your Divisional Su perintendent and jo in
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A IOB ILE FIR T lO • tT a pre ented to the H e LO n a nd I s leo r t h D i ion of th l. J hn Ambulance B rigade b y the H un w R otar) Club at a ceremony in L ampton P ark. Th uperintendent - in - hief o f the B rig a de , the Countess of Sr e knock re eived the unil f rom the a or of H e nand I lew nh (Ilr. H ug he ). Then L " as dedicated by Rotarian the Re r t er ( icar of H oly Trinity hurc h , Ru ra l Dean an d haplain to t he He ton and leworth .J. B. ) and handed over o the D i i ional uperintend nt, T. ewb. Tbe a or, an honorar mem ber of the R otary tub wa a k ed by th P resid nt R OLarian J Ifred Pi aL!, LO make the pr e n ta t ion.
fter th e ce remo n t b ountess and her party in peered l. J o hn Llnits and th band of the H t n Women' J unior Ir orp and t hen t o he a ute at a march pa t. FTR T 10 PO T
Th e un it, pecially d igned by t h P re iden t of t he mbulan O i i io n , R otaria n L l. - 0 1. W E. Cro ,\ i ll bud a a fir t aid p a t e ent , 1 a ll y and in L ondon w here arge crowds g a the r.
In the pa t t. J oh n m ember ha e had to truggJe to e rect a tent ofte n i n t he rain or thick mud," aid the lillte.
he u n it, 17 ft. long b y 7 ft. "id look from the o u tsi d e l ik a a rge ca ravan. T he who] o f h rear op I1 S a t bat t r ch r an be easi ly lid on to tbe t wo t retc h er bea rer. W hen t he tretch r
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FIFTEEN ommonwealtll Police C01l/mi sioners wer e en eT ain ed at St. J 01171 Hous e by th e C01nmi ioner-/:n -Chi ef, St. John Ambulance BTigade M aj. -G en J. M. r':iTkmQ n. Thi' general vie'i. 'ho ws, fTo711 left to Tight ba ck row: DT. Bu. chanan (A st. SU7'g eo n - in- Chief Ov e rseas).. lid-I'. ilJuliin (_\ yasaland); fl17'. D es Vau ,'V ( vIamitiu s ) ; Nl1'. FfoTde ( Rhodesia); fl11'. Matheson (S. Born eo) ; 1111'. Robi n ( B e?'ll1uda); AII'. Tumbull (SaTa'i. ak); ]jrl1'. D e (/rey (illalta) F?'Ont rOLe! : fl11· Eates (Gambia); illr. Col es (jo1'171erly Ghana); Dr. Cole (fonner ly H.Q. Officer, Ghana); Lady Br ecknock (Superintendent -in - Chief): 1111'. C. T. E va ns (S eaetary-General); th e C01111m's ioner - in - Chief : VI r Sy er (Sierra L eon e) : Rea1'- A dmil'nl R. M. Di ck (D ept/ty C. -in- C.): Mr. Catting ( Kenya): Mr. Morris (Deputy In spectoT-General Colonial Offi ce)
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EPILEPSY · Patients who tempt Providence
Y O U may be called upon one day to deal with a person suffering from an epileptic fit whilst swimming When one is dealing with a patient suffering from epilep sy you should know that the doctors treating this patient have impressed on the patient and the relatives the necessity of leading as far as is possible a normal life. Any wise do ctor, however, would always advise epileptic patients against d an gerous occupations and hobbies In spite ofthis J h ave frequently come across certain patients who appear to tempt providence. Maybe it is b ecause they have so much confidence in the modern f orms of treatment of this condition and as a result they believe that tbey a re never going to have anotber fit. For whatever reason, it seems to me to b e a common accident for a person to have an epileptic fit whilst in the water swimming. Usually they have not had tbe good sense to tell any bod y else of their incapacity.
< The boy abo ut wbom am go ing to tell you was suffering from epilepsy. He had a fit about once a week and received tablets, which he t oo k three times a day He was aged 13 years. Without 2
telling anybody he decided to have a wim in a wimming ba th He told me afterwards that he kep t in the hallow end in ca he had a fit whilst in the water. Tn fac t of cour e he did have a fit. It was in the shaJJow end but neverthele the two or three fee t of water was quite sufficient to p a rtially drown him It was mo s t fortunate that he happ e ned to be next to om eone else at th time he had his fit and tbat person wa able immediatel y to pull hi head to the s urface. I understand th a t this was not easy e pecial ly when one considers th a t the patient was ac tua ll y ha ing con ul ion Artificial respiration quickly re vived him and lhen he wa a dmitted to hospital to "sleep it off. " Later he did tell me that he thinks that he had forgotten to take his tablets for a cou pl e of day
Whilst talkillg a bout epilepsy I think I should mention another condition associated w th t hi s di sease that our text book do es not mention It is called status epilepticus. Thi i quite a frightening condition if you bave not come ac ro s it before. The pa ti e nt ha one major fit following a no h er. The last case t ha t I saw h a d been in a series of fits a ll night a nd as a result he was exhau ted, and wa going" blue" with his convulsions. From a fir l-aider's point o f v iew there is little you can do It is essential t hat a doctor is obtained j ust as soon as possib le and th a he is told what i happening.to t he patient so that he can bring along the necessary drug to deal with the situation fai]jng t hat it is undoubted ly a hospita l case.
R. L. MACQUEE
Area Surgeon, urtbern Area London District.
GAS INDUSTRY
FIRST AID
COMPETITIONS
Clean Sweep for Scottish Gas Board
OTri H G OOARD T AM - both from Edinburgh- c or ed a d ublc triumph in th e Ind u try' ational Fir t id ompetitions, he ld in L o nd n n ep temb e r 29 th, J960. They wo n both m e n's a nd wo me n e e n ts , a feal not acco mpli hed before. The Scot worn n ha c come Ar before, in 1958, but th m e n ha e ne ver won th e trophy. Tn th \ ome n compelition th tern Gas Bo a rd team competing fo r th AI' t time, ca me econd.
ir Henr Jon , hai rm an of th e a Cou nc il , pr nt ed th e tr phie nd pi que a nd wi hed the co tli h teams good luck in fulur e majo r comp lilion H e o mm n L d on the g ro\ th of, and e nlhu in m in, fir [ aid in the a Tn du try ir Phil ip oulh, ell, Di re tor- enera of th l. John Am bula nce ssociation pre ided. he team \ ere pia d a
in their section-in action du.ring the team test.
The Judge were: Dr. J. Munro Sherriff of Har1esden (Men's Tea m T est); Dr. F. H. Taylor, O.B E., of S trea tham (Women's Team Test); Dr Conn of E well and Mr. S W Harden of Horley (Ind ivi dua l Test )
• Conrinll ed 011 next page.
ITJS A SERIOUS BUSINESS
Concen [r atio/!-Tr o comp elitor from th e Coventry Post Office Di vi iOIl who took p a ri ill Ih e Ambulanc e C e ntre Comp etition on Jul y 11th The winn ers were Coventry G.P.O. A. Corentn{ B ,'ere ecolld alld L eamington pa third. (R eporl 011 P ag e 4.)
The Wo men'. team from Edi1.curgh-lcinners
GAS BOARD
• Continued from previolls page.
THE TESTS
Ho les in the Ro a d" were as ociated witl1 both the men's a nd women's t eam tests. In the men s case a watchman fell asleep a nd was 0 ercome by fumes from his fire. He fell oft' h is be n ch a nd sustained a variety of complicated injuries. It required tl1ree minute artificial respirat ion to get his breathing back. In th e women's event a workman one of a gang digging up a road
u ck an electric m ai ns cable w ith a pick and was thrown to the ground with hock. He suffe;:ed asp hyxia and burns. Ordina ry a rtificial resp iration could not be used in iew of certain injurie
In the individual tests the teams split into two p
and
lh e shie ld to th e w inneTS of the 111en's test-t he S co tti h Ga s Board.
MIDLAND S PO S T O F I?7CE
A FIRST AID CONTEST was held on Jul y 11th, 1960, betwe en Th e Coventry Mid 6 Branch of the Post Office Ambulance Centre and the Leamington Sp a Head P ost Office Centre. The event was held in ver y competitive but a lso friendly rivalry a nd was wo n b y the Coventry B team. The second and third places were taken b y Coventry" A " and Leamington Spa respecti vely. The roph y, a silver rose bo wl, was presented to the winning team b y the Head Postmast er of L eamington Spa Mr. W. N. Q Le Monnier who said that he was attending h is first competition and was very impressed b y the standar d of wo r k and the keenness and de votion shown b y all the teams He congratul ated the winne rs and said that he hoped it would be po ssi ble to hold a return match in Leamington Spa on some future d ate. The runners up wer e presented with a sily({r plaque and a bronze sh ield for third place whi le a ll compet tors received either a book token or a si lver teaspoo n to commemora e the event.
During the evening, Mr. A C. Perr y, Po stmaster of Kenilworth was presented w ith his warrant as Vice-President of the Po st Office D ivision. H e t hen inspected the divis ion a nd was introduced to a ll members.
(Pho tograph on previou s page)
Rewarding Work in WVS Residential Clubs
THER E MU T BE man y \ovom n wl10" on accou nt of a family be reavem ent or so me other circumstance, have to gi ve up tbeir own home and feel t hat the y \ ould lik to be lo ng to a community where th ey can gi ve u eful er ice , find a new h o m e a nd ompanion hip , an d be se lf-support ing For ti1em per b ap work in ne of WV R es idential Clubs for elder ly p eo pl e s a so luti o n of th e ir p ro ble m.
The da y-to-d ay m anagem nt of th e 22 C lub s ru n b y WVS is in tl1e h a nds of a W arden a nd a n A tant W arden. t t b e pre ent time sev ra C lub s a re in search of A s sta nt Warden
Wome n who h ave looked after th eir own famil y and hou se hold who are intere: ted in people a nd h a e mp a th y and un Ie I' tandi n g for the old would r ta n y be qualified to fil l t he e po t
Some C lubs a re s itu a ted in town incl udin g L ndon . a nd ome in t he co untr y or a t he sea ide , mo st ly in th e so uthern h a lf of E ngl a nd
They accommodate, according to the ize of th e hou e, from 17 t 45 old p ople.
The W a rd n a nd As istan t W arden s ha re in th e wo rk of h o u ekeeping , the planning of menu s, the shoppi n g, th co n t r I of th Linen cupboard and t he s up er ion o f t he dome tic tafr. Th e
Assistant Ward en, in co - operation w it h th e W a rden mu t be prep ared to co p e witl1 a ny domesti c crisi a nd do the coo kin g on the cook s da y off. Iointl t hey look a ft r the co mfort a nd p r o nal \ elfare of tl1e resident a nd nur e th e m during hort illn e ,i n fa ct gi e the care whi ch yo u would give to a n e ld er y relati e who li ves wi h yo u. But as W S h as hree ur ing Hom es to which residents are ent tempor ar il y or perman o tl y, if t hey a re e ri u Iy ill or so frail as to be in need of co n ant nur ing car n ither Ward en nor assistant ne d t o be tr ai n ed nu r es.
The Assis tant W a rden' s post is on a a lar ied ba i a n d good holidays in a d dition to fr ee time during the ee k o r a wee k- n d are given. N aturally, a s i tant m ay in du e tim e graduate o b eco m e Nardens.
Just recently a woman aged abo ut 50, ca ll ed at W H eadquarters saying he wan ted to do ocial work ; he had recent ly 10 her hu s b a nd who was mu ch older h an h r el f and hom h h< d nursed for yea rs. ow s he could n o longe r afford to keep her h ome going; she mu t ea rn a li ving lub in London n ed d so m o ne
of her yp e who wou ld put her hand t o anyt hin g, , h o a u ed old people a nd g a d to m a ke a plea ant home for t hem a nd h e r e lf.
She was engaged a a nAss istan t W a rden a nd we think she \0 ll make a success of the chance offered to her.
A tr aine d nurse who was o n he ook - o ut G rare id e nt po which wo uld m ake t pos si bl e for h e r to be wi th he r frail and age in g mother was offered a n assistant wardenship n a W S l ub in south ern England and her mother was accepted there a a r id e nL Plea se tell a nyone who yo u think wou d be intere ed in ne o f these job s to write to the: Old P eo ple' s W e lfare D epartment , WVS H ea dqu ar ter , 4 1 Totbill Street London S.W.I.
First Aid at Midnight
THE ISLE OF W GHT HUNT a nnu al ly organises a Midnight Steeplec hase and B ar becue, w h e n there is racing b y riders att ire d in o ld-fas hi oned nightshirts a nd caps, a nd the traditional baron o f beef is roasted.
Th is event, held on the Down s late at ni ght, and is atte nd ed by thousands of Is land residents and v isi to r Thi s year' m eet in g wa held o n August 18th, and t he B rigade t rai le r fir st aid post wa staffed by a large co n ti n gent of Ambu la nce a nd Nul' ing perso n nel under the command of County Surgeo n T. Hambl y , O .S U.
For the second yea r running, ounty Sur geon R H. Kipp ing a nd Area Surgeon M Gi lli son, of Bu ck ing h a m sh ire, assiste d in t he dut y Th ey b a d b een at he Buckin gha m s hire ounty a nd London Di st ric t Cadet Camp at Niton n ear Ve ntn or. Th ey brou ght with them , for dut y at th e b a rbecu e, some ambulance and nul' ing m embers from the London Di s trict Cadet Ca mp Althou gh th ere were a number of fal ls during the races, there were n o cases of serious in j ury. Th e Cou nt y iv il D efence Officer kindly l e nt an a mbulance a nd driver.
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THE HISTORY OF ANAESTHESIA
EASING SUFFERIN G
By Dr . Bernard Hayes, M.B., B.S., D.A. , Consultant Anaesthetist,
Blackpool and Fylde Hospitals, Lanes
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SUR IC L a nae thesia h a been describ ed as one of medicine' g rea tes t gifts to uffe ring mankind, and such a ubject i a de lightfu one for an h istorical survey. It is not a 1 n g hi tory , ince the fir t a n aest het ic was only administered j ust ove r one hundr e d yea r ago, a ltho ugh attempt at procuring some f o rm o f a n a esthes ia a re as old as man h imself.
cen tur y ago it fe ll to ir J a m es Young Simpson the Pr ofessor of idwifery at Edin bur gh, to a n we r th e question, " when does th e hi story of a naest he ia act u a ll y begin.' impson at h at time was ad o c al ing h at the rece ntl y discovered surgica l a n aesthes ia hou ld be made a ai ab le to wome n in chi ldbi rth; he was bitterly oppo ed h oweve r througbout the cou nt ry on moral and religious grounds. H i Ioremo opponent based much of t h eir argument upon the te L of Gen is \ hi ch reads " In sorrow s halt thou bring forth th y chi ldren'" imp on in a now famous reply to these argument quot d an e en earlier chapter from that book to xplain that before tbe rib of dam was removed, he h a d first to be ca t into deep leep and th at th D ivini ty himself bringing f rth v omankind w the fir t anae theti t. l t rta in t 11< t a I rge n um ber 0 f urgica l p roced ures were LI ed in almost prehi tor ic time ; we have evidence of this from ar haeological findings, a nd from tbe wri ing of syrian a nd rab phy ician , ho e idently per formed operations up on uperficial part of th body, upon the bone, and e en upon the brain it elf. lt i mo t probable ha they atlempted some form of pain relief during the e operation, but th eir method , or record f their u ar 10 t in antiq ui ty 1n the ab n e of any knm n anaesthc ia, the medical man was th e refore much Liluited in hi f orays with the knife , and the urg n c a me, in th e idd le ges, to be rather a 10\0 e r y pe of t hni ian, [ ten combini n g hi kill \ it b th e trade of blacksmith o r barb r. Tn addi ion, the attit u de of our forbear to pain wa one \ hi ch \ e find it m diffi c ult to comprehend; they accepted pain n a ll it f rm a on of th nece ar thing of life, as ome di pen ali on of Fate, and tbere \Va mu h magic as there wa medi ine in many fo rm s of tr atme n t.
Th e R enai ance period in urope , howe er , wa marked by c n iderable ad ance in medicine , a in other art a nd ciences, and tberea fter more and more urgi al operations were de ised for the relief of i ll ne Th e u rgeon o f the e good o ld days so ailed had fe\ method o [ relie in g th e dreadful and often fatal agon a ttendant upon their mini tration and it a not uncommon for he patient to die o f shock at the fir t trok of the
Half Throttle
There \ e re t\ 0 method of pain r lief availa b le, on of the e phy ieal , the ot her concerned with the u se of drug. The phy i al method we re often bizarre, and always c ILl el and dang rous in them l e.
Fir t u d by th rian , and employed in I talian urgery until th e 1700' , was st rangula ion method' thi was mo pop ul ar f r chi ldr en' ope ratIon The basis of the m ethod vas imple e n oug h partial a phy ia wa induced by thrott ling; when t he c hi Id became u ncon c iou ,th operation proceeded without a mu r mur o f I ai n Howe e r thi s ca ll e d for quite ni e judgem nt in giv in g u t the cor rect amount of thrott! and accide nt s must have been commo n , in ce a rt ificial re piration wa unkn own.
In teresting y e n o u gh, the Ancient Greek knew a nd p r a ti ed thi metho I a nd a u ual, they h ad a name for it, for th ca ll ed the main ar ery of the neck tbe ar t id or a rter y of l p , a name which ha of ou r e remained to thi day.
Another physical m thod wa th so-ca lled concu ion: t hi \Va performed by pl ac ing a tout a nd well-fltt d wooden pot 0 er the patient' c ra nium , and then d el ivering a mart blow to the pot with 5
a m :lllet. During the ensuing confusion of the patient, su r gery was performed painlessly, and was much appreciated if recovery took place.
I would like to mention some of the drugs which were usedthese were the so -caUed anodynes, or pain relievers
Firstly, t h ere were the Pop py preparations. These were usually tinctures made from the see ds of the Turkish and Arabian opium poppies; the most f amous tincture was that which is still known as Laudanum, and a favourite drug of poisone rs and suicides.
Th e drawback with these preparations was that a dosage adequate to give pain relief for surgery meant giving an amount very liable to have fatal consequences, especially since the strength of the various tinctures was largely unknown.
Th en there were the epenthes, which were soporific draughts, originally described by the Ancient Greeks , and prepared from the Pi tcher plant, and Cannalis I ndica, or Ind ian Hemp This drug is a most dangerous an d deadly narcotic draught. We know it today mainly as the ingredient of one of the reefers, or drugged cigarettes, fr om which the narcotic is inhaled in minute quantities.
Another dru g which these surgeons used were the Mandragoras. Th ese we re potions prepared from a highly fabulous plant, the Mandrake, or Mandragora root. T heir preparation was shrouded in mystery, and kept secret by any physician who happened to get hi hand on the prescription-for a good prescription was said to be a certain pain killer , and this commanded a Ii ely fee from the suffering patient.
The plant, haped rougbly like a man, was said to shriek in unearthly fashion and to br ing immediate death to anyone who tried to uproot it. To o btain the roots a dog had to be tied to the stem at m idnight; in its struggles to get away, the dog would uproot the Mandrake , and the physician retired at dawn with his lootminus a dog, of course.
Full Bottle
This sort of is typical of the magical nonsense which featured m attempt at anae thesia until comparatively recent tirnes--e en the Elizabethan age set mu b store by tbe and rago ras. Such of them as were produced were most probably deri ed from t he hedgerow plant ATropa Belladonna , or D eadly ight hade, hich contains drugs v itb only the mildest of pain relie ing power
The ast and the mo t famous Anod ne dr a ught was the B ortleb y he B ottle, we mean Alcohol in all its various forms which bas been m an refuge an d uc our in pain and in oe ince the dawn of time--and as effecti e an a n aesthetic a any ocher of it day. It was commonly taken in prodi gious amounts by patients preparing them elves for an encounter with the surgeon. It still i They till do it today-and it i not easy to ana thetise them. Gin wa the favourite tipple in the London H ospital of Jobn Hunter' day, as ou may have read , and it was availa ble on sale from the nur ing taff.
I would like to say that mod III anaestheti t ha e not as et a b ando n ed the use of the bottle.
Tbere n o recor d of any p hological approach to anaesthesia until the early 1800 , \ hen hypnotic pain relief \ a u ed in urgery for tl1efirst time Th 'i hole s ubje t of Jl)rpno is ha a long and enthralli ng hi tory. The hypnoti tra n e state was undoubtedly known and practi e d b y the ancient Egyptian and earliest Indian ommunitie and later by the Ancient Gr ek
The art of hypnosi howey r la hidd n umil it \ a re-introduced int o i ili ation b D r. Fr a nz ton {esmer in 1770. a graduate of ienna Dniv r it and publi hed hi ffects of what h ailed Animal Magneti m in 1779: i ited P ari, and ga e demon trations of mesm rism
SiT H em-y J ones, Chairma.n of th e Gas Cotmci l , p resen ts
and the mesmeric state, which was named after him Franz Mesmer 'was, howev r , looked upon as a crank of hi time, and mesmerism rece ived the name of Medical Quackery. Fifty years later a London physician, lames Braid, originally a Manchester man, realised the possibilities of the trance state, and published a book upon its use in medicine , including the relief of p a in, in 1843. Br aid renamed the sta te as one of hypnosis , and terrific interest was aroused in tl1e possibilities of hypnotic anaesthesia. During the next year or two, many surgeons performed painless surgery after inducing a hypnotic trance of sufficient depth, and hypnosis seemed to have a brilliant future in anaesthesia.
The method very quick ly fell into disuse as a means of anaesthesia; many people are comp etely resistant to hypnosis, and failures and m ishaps were frequent ; in addition, the next year 1864 saw the advent of the new Chemical and Inhalational method of anaesthesia, which was to completely revol utionise the approach to surgical pain.
With chemical anaesth ia, i.e. using ether and chloroform freedom from pain became possible during any and every surgical operation. So vast and so many were the changes brought about during the following hundred years that it is difficult to single out tl10se of greatest historical importance. Instead of a ttempting to do this would like to tell you a couple of anaesthetic stories concerned with this period.
E. the r frolics
The first story I would like to tell you is the story of Ether.
Liquid ether had been discovered in the year 1540 by the alchemist, Valerius Cordua but its properties were never fully understood, and remained hidden for two hundred years. In the year 1800, Sir Humphrey Da vey who was studying the structure of gaseous materials noticed that he underwent a variety of sleepy and pleasant sensations when he breathed in nitrous oxide gas and indeed when he set up his Pneumatic Institute for the gaseous treatment of disease at Bristol , it was his custom to invite all visitors to experience the inhalation. Now the effects of inhaling small quantities of drugs like nitrous gas or ether vapour were very enjoyable in actual fact, what was happening was that the inhalers were entering the very lightest stage of anaesthesia, the so-called excitement stage. In this stage only the borders of unconsciousness were reached, but the higher controlling levels of the brain were depressed, resulting in what might be called loss of inIlibitions. Since a dozen good whiffs of the ether vapo ur were equivalent in their effects to about a pint of 10hn Haigh Specia l, ether inllalation became a terrifically popular diversion at various i nform a l social occasions, which received the genteel name of ether frolics or laughing gas parties Here is an eye witness account of one of these ether frolics.
" The large room was filled with persons of both sexes, busily engaged in sucking up vapours from large balloons. Soon they cast their balloons away from them and began their ecstasies Some climbed on to tables and chairs, some were bent on making speeches, some were very much inclined to have a fight, a nd one gentleman persisted in attemp ting to kiss the ladies. It was rUD10ured later that he had inhaled very little ether vapour, and knew very well indeed what he was about."
Although it must ha ve been quite obvious to anyone who attended these frolics - and there were few doctors who did not know a ll about them-that ether could render a person unconscious and unable to feel pain, yet the great implicat ion was slow in being realised.
We can hardly credit that physicians and scientists of the day could have been so obtuse as to ignore what to us seems so clear.
There was actually one more enlightened than the others , a D r. Hickman, who was in practice at that time in Shrop shire Hickman was certain that the inl1alation of some vapours could be used to produce relief of surgical pain-he suggested that the state could be called one of sus pended anima tion- but no one in England heeded him. He visited France, presented a Royal petition there, but was refused support by the P aris Academy of Medicine. Although Henry Hickman had conceived what was probably t he greatest original idea in medical history his suggestions were ignored and he, bitterly disappointed died at the early age of thirty
As soon as the ether frolics spread to America, a different reception awaited them. America was in the 1840s a comparatively young pioneering nation, her surgeons were also pioneer s, and relatively unfettered b y the long tradition of painful surgery so firmly entrenched across the Atlaotic. They were a lways on the 6
look-o u t fo r some new meU10d , some new gimmick to r elieve urgical pain. Man y docto rs and denti t here noticed the injuries wluch were received so painle sly by tl1e lher frolick ers, a nd two American doctors, larke of Rochester in Minne ota, and r a wford Long of Jefferso n in Georgia administered ether in 1842 al1 d performed painless operations upon two p a tient in th at year. These are t11e first recorded .in.halational general anaesthetic patients in h istory. Although during the next three year everal d ntists did ucceed in performing painle dental ex tract ion u ing nitrou oxide ga notably one called Hor ace Wells lilli e further was done , and indeed man y attempts at et herisatiol{, a it was so aIled were wlsuccess fu I.
In 1846 , however, a Churchillian figure appeared on t11 cen this was the right m a n at the right time- men h ad been fumbling at the problem of chemica l anae the ia for y ars and everything was at hand for its so lution This man was Willi am Tboma Green Morton, a denti practising in Bo ton, who in [ 46, wa in his second year of Medical Studies at Harvard Medical chool.
Unimpressed by t he weakness of nitrou oxide ga , Morton h d obtained supplies of ether from hi Univer ity Lecturer in Chemi try, a Dr. J ack on of Boston who was a brilliant chemi and geologist of Ius da y. After e ' perimenting SllCCes fully upon himself, and then upon tl1e fanuly dog, cat a nd two hen young Morton approacbed the enior urgeon in Bo ton, Dr. J ohn
W arren and asked to be allowed to elheri e a patient for operat.ion.
W arren ag reed and he operation, fo r he removal of a tum our from a young patient named Gilbert bb ot, wa et to comm nce on October 16th , 1846, at 10 a.m. At 10.15 a.m. on that d a a large audience was gathered in the operating theatre of tile Ma achusetts General Hospital - the urgeon r. Warren wa impatient, for Dr. Morton wa late. the la t moment a Warren was about to commence without him , Morton arrived in the operating theatre His a dmini stration of et her was a comple:e success , even though it was the la minute con truction of hi glass ether inhaler which had made h m t\ nt y minutes late for his historic appointment. His first patient lept qui e tl y whilst his tumour was cut away, felt no pain, a nd a ok LU1aware t.hat hi s operation h ad been performed, tbe fir t time thi had 0 urred in an operating theatre. Thi was the gift of General na thesi a. At the end of the operation Warren a ddre ed the a rge, distingui shed and previously sceptical a udi nce gathered around hinl " Gentlemen ," he said, " thi is no humbug- \ e h a e een something toda y which will go around the world "-and go around the world it did.
So successfu l was this first surgical anae thetic and other performed by Morton for many operation during the f o ll o\\ ing week, that the most critical of audience 'were ilenced, and a ne, era in surgery and in the conquest of pain bega n in th at memorable year of 1846.
It i<; unfortunate tha Morton wa working all the whil with an eye very much on the m ain chance-trying to eil his di covery in m ystery, he had disguised his ether w ith dyes a nd aromatic oil , taken out patents for the mixture , whi h he named Lelheon a nd attempted to draw royalties on a ny anae thetic in the future. Thi monumental piece of sharp practice was given the Ii by the chemist Jackson however , who claim ed a share in the new patent, and within a month Morton was for ced o di c lo e that the drug ether whose use co uld not be patented, wa indeed the ac ti e ingredient of his so-caUed Letheon mixture. You wi ll see that th ey we re no t far removed from the days of Mandragor as and other secret remed ies.
Pr incely reward
Meanwhile the U.S. Government announced th e awa rd of one hundred thous a od dollars to anyone establi hing his claim as the inventor of painless surgery; this was a princely reward for which Morton and Jackson were the chief claimants. Willian1 Morton immediately gave up a ll his practice including the chance of becoming the greatest anaesthetist in the world, a nd devoted his wbole life to fighting for tbe award His fight with J ac kson, the famous ether controversy , continued for many years awaiting a deci')ion by a Commission of the U.S. Senate: no report wa ever made, the money was never disbursed and Morton ruined himself in litigation and died in abject poverty. lack so n also beca me a pauper, eventually lost his reason and died i n a madhouse , a ll an unhappy end to a great discovery. By the end of that year, 1846, ether was in wide u e as a general anaesthetic for surgery in London a nd all the major cities in the Bri t is h I sles. It has remained one of he most reliable anaesthetic
drugs for over a century, and a single ho sp ital would use up to four t ons of anaestheUc e th er per year.
ALthe pre e nt day et her itself is a litLJe out of fashion but fashions change in anae thetic as in a ll hum an affairs, an d it is ve ry possible th a t it wil in future return Lo its former popularity.
J n the year wh ich followed the discovery of ether, the tremendous en thu ia m and research in a naesthesia produced scores of new and useful drugs Procaine, Trilene , Cyc lopr opane, the famous P entoth a l and man y oLhers; and many new and wonderful m e thods of local, spina l endotr acheal, and intravenous anaesthesia. Each brought its own contribution to the re li ef of surgical pain to the banishing of fear from s urgery and to the sav ing of life which goc with them.
The a lory I would like to tell you is the story of Curare, a drug which ha a long and romantic history Curare is the a rrow poi on, a well-knoW11 favou rite of the thriller writers , and one of the wonder drug of anaesLhesia, a drug which has m a de possible great advance in urgical treatment during the past decade. urare , or Woorali , is the name given by some of the savage trib e of outh merica n Indian Lo the poison which has been u ed by th c m for centuries in the regions of the Upper Amazon Ba on, ui ana, tl1e Orinoco and Eastern Ecuador. Here the natives u se poison d darts, blown from long bamboo-like tubes, a nd poi oned arro v in ti1eir hunting and in their warfare; once eve n piercing the kin, the e weapons wi ll cause death within minu
The arrow poison employed by thes e natives is prep ared from ariou jungle creeper and pl ant, the stronge and most deadly poi on bing made from a vine ailed the oonseed. The technique of preparing this poison was for a long time shrouded in mystery, as it \ a entru te d only to trib a l witch doctor, who hand ed down the ecr t fr 111 generation to generation. Much secret ritual and magi a ompani d the ac tual distilling of the plants, the method arying from t ribe to tribe, wilh the season of th e year and with the him of the witch doctor, who e life was often forfeit in the proc The r ult of the e magic a l rites a black resinous and sticky gum tored in calabash gourds or tubes; into thi s gum the points of th arrows and d a rt are dipped, and the tiny mear of gum adhering to the ar ro head ontain sufficient Curare to cause c mpJete mu cl paral y is an d d ath. The stricken animal when 'V ounded doe n t die immediat Iy within a minute or two it is unable to hold up it head' the mu cles of its limbs are next \ eake ned iL can no longer \ alk and fall to the ground' within 1 minut of r ing th \ ound it breathes il last as the mu cle of r piralion are paralysed in their tum. The anima l, although poi Oiled by Curare i quite safe to eat, since tbe drug i n tab rb ed from tile tomach ufficiently to poison the diner.
Eccentric Explore r
lo n g ago as the 1500' ir alter Raleigh had described the arrO\ head pion in hi outh meri an Discover ies a nd later , lUi ionari r turning from visit to the Amazon, i f and when they returned, ga e lur id de cription of its u e, although many of the e reporL ere caggeraLed tra ell r tale.
1(wa only in th early 1 OO's th a t som ac urate nform ation aboul as forthcoming , and much of thi a due to a cert ai n r. ha de atenon a ork hire philanlbropi t and naturali t, who pent yea r in ploring the \Vamp and jungle of uth merica.
\ aterto n was a n extraordinary f ellow, a gentleman of ome mean a nd pO ition who cho e Lo tra el alone in om of the \ ild t and 1110 t rem te part of th globe. He t out in prilof I [2 f I' th \ ild of D merara and s quibo, his two obj t be ing to collect a quantity o f Ih tronge Woorali poison and to reach th front ier fort of Portu g u e Guian a. ccompanied only by a coupl of nati e at rton' journ y lay through fe erridden jungle, p opl d only by a ages, and inf te d with ever kind of reptil. He ur ived a n a lmo t fatal bout of th e ellow feve r and contracted a pa r t ieularl y irul nt brand of Tertian Malaria , which in ca p citated him for three years after his r turn to ngland. H owever, he brought b ac k with him sampl of the most powerful mare poi on togeth r with a comprehen ive knowledge of it preparation and effect. The famou Fren h cienti t and phy iolog i aude Bern a rd intere led him elf in the discov ry and in a mo t brilliant eri of experiments e lu idated th mode of ac tion of the drug on th I11U c e and ner e ti ue. veral phy ians then attempted to utilise it, but the amp l th y were ab le to obtain we re unreliable in effect, sinc the y varied g reat ly in strength, and were too dang r-
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ous for clini cal use in human beings. There the matter rested fo r nearly a hundred years, and it was not until J935 that Dr. King in London isolated from samples of the Moons eed plan t itself, the pure a lk a loid poison, which we now call Curare. Even this work was overlooked for a time, and it was ten years later before Gray and H a llon of Liverpool carried out the first series of Curare anaesthetics.
B r illi an t adv anc e s
At first t hese workers had to experiment upon animals and upon themselves, since human volunteers for arrow pCilison experiments are hard to come by. They showed t h a t human beings remained perfectly conscious and well, although completely paralysed by the drug in every muscle so long as they were given artificial respiration until the effects wore off, which was a period of about an hour or so. The heart muscle therefore was never affected.
If at the same time the very lightest and most harmless general anaesthetic is given to produce unconsciousness, then the most complex and delicate of surgical operations can be performed with a measure of safety and a facility hitherto unknown.
Most of the brilliant surgical technical advances of recent years, including those in th e field of heart surgery, were made practi cable by the advent of Curare and the techniques of artificially controlled re spira tion.
There is, in finishing , one man who must be mentioned as the first professional anaesthetist in the world, tbe first research worker in anaesthetics, and the greatest of all early inventors-greater even than M ortoo, in the field of practical anaesthesia.
That outstanding figure in tbe history of anaesthesia was Dr. John Snow . Snow was a farmer 's son, and was born in Yorkshire in 1813. He became apprenticed to a doctor in ewcastle-upon-Tyne, and thereafter qualified for the Westminster Hospita l. He immediately became interested in the problems of resusc tation, and wrote extensively upon the problems involved in restoring persons asphyxiated by drowning and other causes, and on the resuscitation of new-born children. When ether anaesthesia was disco vered, Snow applied himself to its many problems, especially those concerned with respiration, and soon became anaesthetist to the famous surgeon Lister. He abandoned ether in favour of chloroform , and used this drug with great success, writing numerous scientific papers, the first text books on anaesthesia, and describing new techniques and apparatus.
In 1853, Snow set the seal of propriety upon childbirth anaesthesia by administering, most successfully, chloroform to Queen ictoria at the birth of Prince Leopold and lat er that of Princess Beatrice.
He also advocated techniques of control of the airway, artificial respiration and other advances whi h \ ere nearly a century ahead of his era.
The traditions of John Snow are carried on in anaesthesia to this da y, for perhaps the greate t development in recent years has been in the art of re uscitation
Ne w techn iq ues
In the cour e of an op eration it may be necessary for the succes of that operation, for anaesthesia to produce states which \\lould have caused on iderable alarm ome years a go. In one t hnique, a you knm. , the r piration is paraly ed by drugs and thereafter controlled at will by artificial mean , often employing complicated ma hioe. gain, the blood pre ure may have to be depre ed under drug control, to such 10\ lev I that the i no longer hind red by bleeding from the \ ound. Sometimes it is necessa r to lower the bod temp rature to many degrees its normal lev I u ing r frigerant under anae the ia; thi is th 0- alled state of hypothermia. hen operations a re to be performed for certain condition \ ithin the heart , that organ must be completel tilled, and ometin1 a completely artifi ial circulation employing the o-call d h art lung 111a hine mu t b u ed.
It cl ar then, that th 1mm. ledge and understanding of the e method whi h include the topping and re tarting of the r piration and of th heart b at almo t a t ill, an b e e·tr mel u eful wh n applied to itua tion far r mo d from the operating table. Th r is no doubt tha t many of the te hniques of respiratory and cardiac re u citation \ ill become le omplicated , more widel practi d, and mor readil a ailabl to ave life in the futurethis is a curr nt and unfinish d hapter in the hi tory of modern anae the ia.
to be beside the Seaside"
A VERY FEW WEEKS AGO the first aid hut at Mundesley -on-Sea was busy- over 350 holiday -makers were treate d during the season which started at Whitsun Today it is so much timb e r waiting to be stored away for the winter until WhitSLill when it will be repainted, polished , fitted with fresh curtains and once again the flag will fl y and the stings cuts and bruises will be b ro ught to its doo rs once again.
The Hut is still peopled in m y memor y with its man y p a tients coming for a friendly word or re-assurance no less than fo r fir st a id. How often the doorway was darkened with little people peering in to watch the my s teries of treatment, repelled and yet fascinated by the pungent odour of antisep tics and all that goes on within. In the pauses of inactivity small girls edge their way in and beg to b e shown how to bandage proclaiming their solemn inten io n to be
nurses the moment they are grown up. I remember the row of eager mites sitting side by side along the bed , earnestly ask ing each other q u estions from my first a id book
And wh at an assortment of patien ts and mishaps have been treated what a variety of topics discussed as we ha ve staunc hed blood, 'cleaned a nd dressed wounds, dea lt with stings a nd bi tes, concussion and sprains, falls and faints With a mother the medical histor y of her offsp ring with a chi ld her hopes a nd aspirations. Toda y a veterinar y surgeon talk ing of his profes sion, yesterday a business ex ecutive discussing his factor y's products. They come and they go but they are m y friends while their holiday lasts. I shall see man y of them again next yea r as I d id last, with the children running up to the first a id post to greet me wit h " Heilo , Nurse how are you getting on " or even" Hello Sis ter , we' re back But best o f ail, perhaps, I like to r emember four -year-old Stephen who, when he watches the coloured holiday snaps on the proj ector during he winter, s houts: " Oh look , there 's Nursie 's hut, where she mended my toe."
W INIFRED J EFFRIES
Regular Soldiers and Brigade Membership
A case a rose recently when three regu ar s old iers a pplied to jo i n t he Brigade. We under stand the Arm y has no objection to t his but quite obvio usl y the member's mil i tar y duties must take priority. It is suggested tha where regular soldiers do join loca d ivisio n s, steps should be taken, if their units mo ve t o new stations , to keep in touch with the individuals and to pu t them in touch with the Commissioner or local Superintendent in their new station, and particularly with their new Commissioner when the t ime comes for them to return to civilian life.
FUN AT GOLDEN SANDS
GOLD E SA OS HOLIDAY C AMP.-T h is br ings to your mind a p icture of peop le enjoying dan cing , wimming, a nd game with the fLd lness of hea lth, but to the members of the Brig a d e a nd oth e r vo l wlta ry wo r kers t he Go ld en Sa nds Ho li d ay Camp a t D ym c hurch,
Ken t h a s a grea te r s ignificance During the la two week f M ay,
400 ph ys ica ll y h a ndic a pped men and women from Essex were brought in coach to s pend a holid ay away from h osp it a l a nd confined roo ms , to enjoy he lov ely ea air and the companio n hip of other people.
This was a major oper a tion , when on co ns id e rs th at th e larger part of t hese hol id ay-makers were una b le to help th e m elve , wheel c h a ir s were the order of the day a nd great care and a t te ntion were need ed to ensure that they wer not hurt in any way an d thaL their comfort wa the onl co n idera tion
A small nucleu s of helpers , under th e g uid ance of M is H a rford , M a tron Judd and S ister Hop ewell , travelled wi th th e pa r ty. B y previous arrangement a ca ll bad bee n madefor help at theca mp, and it s here hat the memb ers of the St. J ol111 Ambulance Brigade pro ved th e m elves. Some memb er gave up a week of t heir a n nual bolida ys a nd stayed at the canlp A duty rota wa arra n ged, ur members from Lyd d Folkestone: D o er Hythe a nd A hford areas came along a n d gave of the ir very be t n t he t ru e o lunt a ry pirit of the Brigade
The work s a rted at 6.30 in the m orn ing and carr ied o n until II p.m at night, was h ing, dres in g patient taking Lhem to mea , or down o the sea in whee led chair, organi ing outing, and in the evenings m akin g up impromptu n te r ta inments.
A tribute must be paid to se era l of our surgeon and officer' wives, auxiliary member and other friend who ga e of their tim e and service during this fortnight. Th e" o rk was hard and man y sore and tire d feet were noticeable at the end, but the hour of dut y, • which was nearly 4, 000 , is proof of t he grand work that \J a performed b y our member s. Man y let te rs of than.ks ha e b n l' eived and e veryo ne con1111ented on th e martnes an d effi ie nc of Lh e officers an d members of both the ambula nce a nd nur ing di i n and no praise is too high for h eir un failing loya lty and nduran ce.
During the fortnight visits were made b y our ommi ion r, M ajor-Gener a l B runsk ill and t he ounty up rintend e nt, Lady Cumberbatch who si ncere ly thanked a l who h ad helped to make the camp a succes Th e weat her, apa rt from hea rain during the middle weekend was er y k ind.
A tribute mu st also be paid to our fe ll 0\' workers ofthe B riti h R ed Cross and tbe W .Y.S., a g r a nd spirit of comradeship e i led between a ll an d everyone endeavou r ed to do their be to gi e the e unfortuna te handi cappe d patients a holiday not to be forgotten. Finally, the s pir i t an d courage of thes e pat ie nt , in p ite or th e ir p ain, was won derful , and they fully app reciated all that" as one for t h em an d that amply repaid a ll who h elped in any way at the camp.
This was team work at its best and in the true tradition of the St. John Ambulance Bri ga d e. Thank s to everyone E d\ in H er bert (Area COl1lmi sion er)
(( AT HOME" AT BIGGIN HILL
BlGGI HJLL had probably the largest of he crowd that attend ed the Batt le of Britain R A.F. ' At Homes " on Saturda y, September 17th-a fig ur e o f 180,000 has been quoted -a nd the first ai d dut y was again covered by South-Easte rn Area, o. 1 D ist rict. Eight divisional surgeons, 82 ambu lance and nur in g per onnel were on dut y from 9. 0 a.m. until 7.0 p.m. with am bul anc from C rayford , Crystal P a ace a nd Orp ington Di visions, as we ll as lhe D ormo bile from Lewisham. Seven first a id po ts we re placed st rategica ll y rou nd the perinleter of tbe airfield. O ne of the po ts was sha r ed with the Biggin Hill B.R .C.S Di vision, he latte r pro viding the nursing staff a nd the Bri gade s upp lyi n g s ur geo n a nd a mbu la nce personnel.
The Orpington C vil D efence walkie- ta kie co mnlLLl1icatiol1 bet wee n first a id po s ts and headquarters proved highly succe sful.
The number of cases treated by the St. Joh n po sts was fort y, two of which involved ho sp ita l atte ntion
Permission had a lso b een given for th e A r ea Publi c ity Di sp lay Unit t o be erected in No 1 H angar. Through hi s, a bo ut 1,000 pub l icity leaflets were taken b y vis it o r s and 17 l eft n ames and addresses as being interested in the Bri ga de.
'Norking with the Accident Bed
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H wides pr ead publi c it y has bee n g iven to th e Woolwich
AccidenL bed in Lhe nal io n a , oca l an d Nursmg P r ess, t hat mo s t
Nursing Divisions wi ll to some ex tent have mad e th emselves fa mili a r w ith t he de ai ls.
Wh at they do n ot know, however. is t h at Ph y lli s w h o design ed th e bed a t th e W OO IWICll Memonal Ho pltal IS also Nur in g Offi e r o r 51 (B lack heat h) D iv is ion a nd has bee n a t. John member nce 1955.
Wh ere patients a re s uffering from evere accident it is important th a L the y are m ved a ittle as po ss ible. In cases. it has been pr ed by e perience th a any mo ve ment I hke to Lncrease lh e eA'ect o f hock. A patient b r ought into a casua lt y department may h e ve LO be mo ed fi e or ix tim es, e.g. (I) rom th e a mbul a nce to the waiting trolley in the accident r eei ing room.
rom the tro ll ey to th e -ray table.
rom the -ray table to the ward trolley.
rom the wa r d trolley to the ho spi ta bed. ometime further ir an porlation is necessary- by r olley io the lheatre or back to the ca ualty department. Some or a ll the e journeys may in 01 e a patient being taken inL a lirl.
The de ign f Lh e \ 0 h ich cident bed such that aU thos e mo em nt are el iminated and it i pos ible for a patient to be
br ught int o Lhe casua lt y department from the ambulance placed immediately on the bed and, if nece ary, the patient cou ld spend
Ih r maind r of his hospilallife on the bed without being removed. Thi al 0 mean lhat Lhe pali nl can be lran ferred to another h pital r r p iali ed treatment u ing the bed which can. be pl ac in t he a mbul a nce. Shock ca n barre ted 111 record time and it ha been pro ed that life can be a ed.
FIBREGLASS BASE
The Cure o f Boo hs
T his letter from a patient in Hawkmoor Sanatorium, Bovey Tracey, De on, is p u blished as a sequel to the article in the October issue of the Re view
Dear frs. Richar ds
May I thank you very forwarding c?pies of the Spectator and the Listener which asSistS me greatly rn the pondence cour e I am taking on reportrng. I have now been rn this hospital fi e years and during that time have read some 1,500 book all pro i ded by your wonderful library ser ice .and. through you I should like to thank ail those folk .wh? proV1de It. I can assure ou that it i a ser ice that makes life ill hospItal tolerable and no one may realise the importance of books, I cannot stress their alue too much in this connection. In plain fact I really don' t know what I should ha e done without them in tbe dark day when life wa really blue
We are also most fortunate here in having the er ices of [WO very kind l adies n amely Mr R D aniels. and Mr: D ick" ho wiLL not onl obtain that book you requITe but III perform an other ervi e a ell and thi to a bed bound b od i invaluable. You m ay not belie e the good work that a hospital librar does becau e few folk will write to tell ou of it but I can assure you from what I ha e hard people speak most highly of our ociery and hO\ much it mean's to them during a long tay in bo pital. It the onl thing that makes uch a life tolerable. It not the fir t tin1e that I ha enjo d the amenities pro ided b y our o rg anisation because dll!ing the ar hen I y a in the er e "' e ould not have done Without the wonderful t. John and Red ro And in th e da \ hen voluntar work i looked upon a omething rather infra dig. ni e to leno\- that there are till orne folk about \0 ho ar prepared to do it. b lie e in that old adage that jf during a da you hav mad one on happ then ind ed ha e ou alk d with God. I am ure that you and our a c latlon r making happ countle thousands tJ:rough the aliant work that yo u do. Ma Ion behalf of all f us \ h you and v ryon in the libra r y our ery b st ish our futur and great big thank you for uch a \ onderful amenity. ours incerely S BRIANT.
BRIGADE PUBLICITY (I)
'NOTTI NGHAM'S AT SOUTHWELL
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" TIllS HAS BEEl H1STORIC OCCASION" said the Commiss ion rID -Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Maj. -Gen. J. M. Kirkman , when he a ddress ed the a ssembled parade after the new Brigade Colour for the County of Nottingham had been consczated at Southwell Minster , on September 18th.
" The Colour is a sYInbol of the spirit of the Briga de ," th e Commiss oner contin ued, " of the work we try to do , and of our mottoes For the Faith and the Benefit of Mankind.' " He believe d that the St. John B rigade's Colour was t ile only one wh ich ca rri ed the same privileges as the co lours of a regiment of the British Arm y
About 2,000 uniformed members of the Brig ade, including ambulance men, nurses and cadets, h a d filled the nave of the Minster to see the Colour, given by Sir St u art Good win of Farnsfie ld , consecrated by the Lor d Bis hop of Sou thwell, Dr. F. R. B arry.
The consec ration was the h ighlig h t of a n impressive ceremony which was attended b y many officia l guests including the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ald. C. Cameron) and his Lady , and the Ma yors and Mayoresses of Mansfield , Newark East Retfo rd and Wor ks op
At the end of the ser vice t he parade marched p ast the saluting b as e outside the Minster in Westgate , where t he sa lute was ta ke n by Maj. -Gen. Kirkman, accompanie d by Sir Stu a r Goodwin.
The ceremony and para d e wer e under the command of the County Commissioner of the Brig ade, Mr. H L. B osworth
The sands of the 8th B attalion Sher wood Foresters T.A. and the Bestwood Colliery B lack D iamond accompan ie d
NOltTHANTS DRIVE
.1 I .E. is wagill d a campaign 10 recruit new member.' amI amOll a Ih variolls Clclivilie oj Ihe Lamb Ih Di vision' h er i 011(' oj Ih e best They look a float rOllnd Ihe ent re Borough ill! models o sliol th e sporl and olhe r Junction to which Ihe Brigade scnds men and womell, boy, and irl,' on Fir I .,lid Duli }J ere al' I' epre enled ska ing, ,t imming cri cke ennis, jou lball. Clnd '0 a ll. D emon 'trations oj arlificial respira li oll lL ere given al several point all Ihe rou e.
BRIGADE PUBLICITY (2)
A T the Northanls Agriculluml Show, the theme of th is. sland was Ih e Grand Prior B adge, and dLaing the day demonstrations of first aid and nursing were given by cadets, under ihe Superintendent, JlJiss J ohnson.
DUTY A..'T)) DISPLAY AT DUSTON SHOW
AT Till B ritish Timken show held at D uston, orthampton, Br igade personnel were on duty. An Exhibition Tent was manned by ambulance a nd nursing di visions from orthants County. On arious tab es in the marquee were arranged posters and photographs of the activities undertaken b y members. On the .H.S.R. a ble was a di play cabinet showing personnel working in hospi tals On a second ta ble the Regional Blood T ransfusion was featured b y an Enrolnl.ent Form holder and posters illustrating the necessity for this form of ser ice. There was also a
Photo; Will Green
A l' E-. J·L I Pl!: lJ' ee k by Ih e L ondon C I.O. D ivisiolls produced demon l ra l ion' oj a rtificia l respira l ioll Ileal' I. Paul' , where memb ers of Ihe
Boo -ca e to iUu trate the Ho pital Librar ervi e. The Record Ibw1l of the Count wa gi n pride of pIa on a centre table. D ma n u'ations of first aid were gi n at interval during the two da of the how. Iember of the ambulance division ,ere .• out and about d ealing 'i ith fake d a uaities in arious part of t he fi Id and a m ong the agri ultural rna hinery . I n the t nt nur ing m mb r ga e demonstration of Tub -g auze bandaging P rhap th mo t attracti e exhi bit" a arable howing man a rieti of in alid cookery Here al a \ ere leaflet on " Clean F ood H a nd ling. ' On onlooker reque t d a dem onstratio n of the Holg riel en meth o d of rtific ial R piration and tbi reared a good deal of interest from the m a oy pe tator
The Commissioner - n-Chi ef with the County Commissioner and Mrs. Bo sworth, leaving the Min s ter.
ROLL OF
NEI. ZEALAND
DISPLA Y HELPS CLASSES
Pharo:
A WINDOW DISPLAY in conjunction with a free public first aid class was mounted in Waipukurau This class which was held for the first time last year, has attracted 25 members of the public compared with 11 last year.
Besides lectures on the current Joint Manu al, talks ha ve been given b y the local County H yd a tids Control Officer , b y the loca l Health Inspector and by a local dentist, films from the Department of Health have been shown.
is only one of the projects organised by the Waipukurau ASSOCiatIOn each year, One of the others is the organisation of Brigade Competitions for all ambula nce di visions in the orth Island of New Zealand. This year we had 11 teams from all parts competing and while it does not come anywhere near the number that compete in British competitions, as f ar as our standards a r e concerned here, it is a very c reditable entry,
In connection wi th the above item, the Editor has recei ved tlus letter which may be of interest t o read ers.
Dear Sir,
If any di vision or members of divisions in England wo uld like to correspond with us, we woul d be only too pleased to supply any details we could on the Brigade work in New Z ealand, In turn we are always looking for points of interest from S t. John activities in Britain, I feel that this is one of the ways that our Order could unite e ven more, I trust that if y ou are able you will pass our address on to some d ivision w ho wo uld be interested in learning more about St John O verseas.
We trust that y ou will b e a ble to publish the photograph in our magazine. I use the word" our " because in this country we feel that it j u st as much b elongs to us as it does to yo u, We loo k forwar d to recei ving it each month and greatly enjoy the inter esting articles contained in it.
T o you and members of the B rigade in England we send our very b est wishes for a happy and enjoyable future.
Yours faithfully, GARR Y MULVANAH Cadet Supt and Br igade Sec reta ry P O Bo x 49 Waipukurau , H,B., New Ze ala nd,
West Riding Inspection
REAR- ADMIRAL ROYER DICK, Depu ty Commissioner-in -Chief of the B rigade, inspected over 1,75 0 members of the South -East Area West R iding of Yorkshire at the General Inspection at D oncaste r on A ugu st 14th Admiral Di ck was acco mpanied b y Dr Lodge and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. E. Soar and members of D r. Lodge's s taff. The nursing contingent was reviewed b y Miss Muriel Wa tson Principal Administrative Officer of the Br iga de 12
After the Insp"'ction, R ear -Admiral D ick aid th al the occ ion had provided a great opportunity for Mi sWat on and h im elf to meet a very large proporti on of member on parade ..• The W Riding is one of the bigge t St. John Ambu lance Brig a de area in this country, he said, "and it has a v ery fin record of hi h \ e are all very proud."
R ear -Admir a Dick presented Grand Prior Badge to e en nursing cade ts Misse P ame a Swain , hri line later, J LUle D an iels a nd Margaret Frost (Brod worth Di ion), June H olf rd (D onca ter Division), P at B ow n e and Carol Parker (Ro ingLon D iv sion).
Among those p re ent at the ceremony were the Ma or and M ayoress of Don caster Mr. R, G, Baker ( ie-Pre ident, outhEast Area), Mr. T. eedham (Pr e ident , D onca ter Corp ), r. T. D avies (Chi ef Co n stab le D oncaster) and ounty Officer Hulley (Genera l Manager , D onca ter Area C.B.)
The I nspection Party had pre iously visited the adet amp a t the South -Ea t A r ea permanent camping ground adjoining Langold Lake near Firbeck Co lli ery in otti n ghamshire, h re a contingent of n u rsing cadets were spending a eek uneler can a The itor were muc h impressed by a ll they saw of the c a mp arr a ngement.
In thi new feature we hall dr a w attentio n f rom time to time to outsta nding work in fir st aid by m e mb er s of the As ociation and Bri ga de witb the awa rd received by tho se who e actio n are reco g njs ed.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
W. Miller P & T O Head Office, Cas Li e D o uglas, Kircudbrightshire. (Letter of Commendation.)
For fir aid rendered at th e road accident on June 26th, in the Lake Di str ict. Mr. Miller on ly began his first aid training this yea r with the Po t Ambulance Ambulance Centre (Reported in Daily Expr ess , Jun e 28th, 1960.)
M. H. Ben.n ett, 5 Allenda le Road, utley Pl ymouth. (Letter of ommenda ti on.)
For first a id gi en Lo a man who fe l l through a pla te glas s window and wa bleeding ver y severe ly thur Bak er 15 , Beech Hill Lane Wigan (LeLter of ommendation.)
or re cuing an unconsciou thr ee-yea r -old chi ld from drowning on March 28th , and applying a rtifici a re piration. In the poli ce report it wa ta teel that the prompt a pplication of artificial r piration undoubtedl y a ved the c hild life,
Mis B a rb ara J. H a rr ison a ged 16 , 60 O a kwood Road, ccrington, he hire, (Lett e r of oillmendation
For r escuing a c hild of three from a ponel on March 19th, and for av ng hi Life by the prompt a pplication of a rtifici a res piration.
trickland of th Lanca hire Con s a bulary , " F " Division a nd 1r M B axter 166 B lackburn Road , Great Harwood , c rington . ( Lelter of omme ndation )
For r ndering fir a id and applying artificial re piration to an clder wom a n and thu a ing her life.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
B, " Gil] t, Di ion a lOfficer, e methwick mbulance Cadet Di i ion. (L e tter of Comm e nd a tion )
H J. Ro,,1 y d e t, no\ Pri a te , e t Sm e thwick mbul a n ce a del Di i ion L [le r of omm nel a tion.)
For prompt action and e llent fir t aid \ hich restored to c n CiOll nes a om a n s uffering from c oal gas poisoning.
J. orre l Di ion a l Officer Te\ treet Briti h Railw ay Division. B irm ingh a m . (Letter of Commend a tion .) artla nd e c re tar y e \ treel Briti s h Raih a y Di i ion Birm ingham, (Lett r of omm endation.)
n Marc h 1st, 1960 , f or crawling und r a train a.nd g ving first aid to a m a n who fe ll under an expre and \ a e er y injured
H. M iddJ e hur t, Pri a te Pilkington Group Di ion D uke of Lancaster Di s tri c t. (L tler of Conunend a tion.)
On pril l 8th, 1960, f r prompt fir t aid in a c a of e ere head injury and for his effi c i ncy and initiative in organi ing th ca L1 It / peedy removal to the factory do c tor.
E. G. G lo e r cting Tran port Officer Okeh a mpton Di vis ion. (Meritorious ervice ertificat.)
On M ay 10th, 1960 for courageous a ti on in hel ping to fr e a man t rapped under a tree and in danger of drowning a the ri k of hi own life. Tn spite of being exhausted a nd oaking wet himself G lover then dro v e the ca ualt y to hospital.
E. tockman, D i isiona l Officer , berty" g mbulance Di v ion. ( M eri t oriou Service ertificat.)
E. Jone , Corps Officer, Abertysswg Ambu la nce Division. (Letter of ommendat ion .)
HONOUR
S. Jones, Divisional Superinte ndent , Abertyss wg Ambulance Division. (Letter of Commendation.)
W. G r eaves, P rivate, Abertysswg Ambulance Di vision. (Le t ter of Commendation.)
eville Jon es, Cadet, Abert ysswg Ambulance Di v ision ( Letter of Commendation.)
J ohn Baker, Cadet , Abertys s wg Ambulance Di vis ion. (Le tte r of Commendat ion )
On May 7th 1960, for first aid rendered to a bo y w ho rece ived severe injuries after a f a ll on a mountain side Initiati ve a nd foresight in taking the the correct type of s tretcher was The res c ue was made in difficult and hazardous conditLOos
G G. Hare Pri va te, Torqua y Ambulance Di vision. (Meritorious Service Certificate.)
F. Blackwell Pri vate , Torqua y Ambulance D iv ision ( Mer torious Serv ice Certificate.)
On Ma y 12th , 1960 , for a cl i.ff rescue of a bo y who fell down a 200 ft. cliff and gave first aid for
Private Bl a ckwell was also in vol ved in a cliff rescue on Ma y 9 tb when the casualty recei ved v ery se vere head injuries In e very
CADETS
Go rdon Smith Cadet Irchester Ambulance C a det Di vi s ion orthampton was awa rded a Letter of Commendation for hi promp t action and first aid rendered on Ma y 16th to his bro t her which h e lp e d to sa e him from grave injury from burns Mauree n Dobb Cadet of Swindon o. 1 Di is on was a warded a Letter of Commend a tion for successfull y applying artifi c ial resp i.ration to an unconsciou man suffering from co a l gas poi oning
EISTEDDFOD SUCCESS
Max JVrol erley
DERBY NURSES' JUBILEE
ROLL OF HONOUR (continued)
Gwen Bowes, Cadet, of Newcastle Nmsing Cadet Division , wa awarded a Meritorious Certificate for great comage following an accident which resulted in t he amputation of a leg. In spite of period of extreme pain, Cadet Gwen Bowes continue to atten d her di isional meetings and was a member of the team .vhich took fir t place in the area Eliminating Competitions in April.
S hirley Phillips, Cadet, of Twyfor d Nmsing Cadet Division wa awarded a Meritorious Certificate for her action on June 3rd, when she saved the life of a small bo y who got into difficulties wIllie swimm.ing
CUP-WINNERS
St. John Ambulance Brigade, Chester Ambulance Cadet Division winners of the Francis H ughes Cadet Challenge Cup Op en Competition at Eirias Park , Colwyn Bay on J uly 27th, 1960. Team comprises: John Donaldson (Capt.), winner of the silver medallion for the best leader; David L ally; K enneth Reynolds ; Alan Woods. Average age 13 years.
Barbara Black gains Westmorland Award
IT DOES sometimes occur that young people have, by unfortunate circumstances, thrust upon them great r esponsibilit y, an d in many instances the same young people emerge from their trials, having successfully called upon what may have been hitherto latent po wers of comage, tenacity and patience.
Such qualities have b een demanded from Barbara Black , a 16year-old Troutbeck (Westmorland) St. John cadet, and it was her magnificent response to the challenge of desper ate circumsta nces which led recently to her being presented with the" Barr aclo ugh " County Cup, by Dr. M. A. C. Ainscow , M.A., County Supt. (N.) Cumberland and Wes tmorland. The presentation had been originally arranged for Octo b er 8th., b ut B arbara's mother h ad succ um b ed a sho rt time previously to a long an d at times painful illness; it was therefore decided to make a quiet presentation in her own home. Accordingly, Dr Ainscow Mrs. Gosden, Di visional Supt., and
Mi s Mc d oo, Di v sional S cr · ary, visited Barbara h me. In m akin g t he pre en t a ti on, Dr. Ainscow exp la in d that the up wa not donated for academic r eason, but for example of l oya ll y, courage and g reat d vot ion to duty a nd referred to lhe pride which all loca l peop le felt at the magnificent effort of Barbara Black in what migh t be regarded as h a rt -breaking c ircums tances. Quit naturally, Dr i n cow continued, 11 r fellow St. John members sha r d the p rid e of th people of Troutbeck a t the fine q u a li ties hown by Barbara who e battle had bee n a long and dlfficult one. Her traini n g, si n ce s he jo in d her cadet divi on at it inception in ]953 ha d helped h er materially in nur ing a nd caring for her mother wh o for a numb r of years b a d been prac tica lly bedridd n and ho perforce, h a d to leave to Barbara much of the work involved in looking after her father and yO Lin ger iter a nd brother. Preparation, cooking and hOLi ework 0 cup ied the bours before and after s ho o , and two years ago, with tbe coming of a new si ter, B arbara shoulde red the extra wo rk compete ntl y and uncomplainingly combining the dutie of mother to the new haby a nd other members of the family a nd assisting the di s lrict nurs in many useful ways. Mr. Black' condition , however, after an initia l impro ement foll owi ng the birth of the baby , gradually deteriorated until, in eptem ber of thi year, he died.
Dr. Ainscow commended Barbar a's wonderFul nse of devotion to duty, her lo yalty and the courage and pirit he h ad e hib ited dllI ing a prolonged period of difficult y in her young lif , a p riod w hen the great majority of young peOI le were more or Ie carefree and not yet ca ll ed upon to accept such great respon ib ility or face sacrifice such as had their young member.
Dr. Ainscow regretted very deeply t hat rs. Black had not been spared to bare their pride and plea ure in the honour for which her daughter h ad been so deservedly cho e n. Barbar a's qualities a nd the displaying o f them, con tributing , a they did in a wond erfu manner to the comfort of a sick mother and to the general welFare of the family were a mo t worthy example to all her fellow member in the B rigade.
BRIGADE FINAL COMPETITIONS 1960
A CORRECTIO to the result of the White Knox Cadet ompetition bas been made, as it has been found that an error occurred in the calculation of the ma r ks in thi section. This h a affecl d the pl acing of teams with the result tbat the Dean and ha pter Ambulance Cadet Team (Durham) ha e been pl aced fourth ith 307 marks. The first three places were gained by Doni st horp e Colliery (Leieester)-323t mark ; Li erp ool E change ( a ne)322; and Pon tnewynydd CWales)-3 J 6t.
WILL QUEEN MOTHER VISIT NORFOLK
HER MAJESTY QUEE ELlZABETFI THE QUEE MOTHER will rev ie w units of tbe St. John Ambulance Brigad e in or Folk at Sennowe Park the home of the County Commissioner, Sir Thomas ook, on Saturday, July 22nd next yea r.
The parade will be in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of tb e Brigade's establishment in the county, in 1901.
The first orfolk D ivision was formed in romer t ha l year by th e late Mr. R. L. Randall and some friend, with the late Mr. M. F. Emms, as Di visional Superintendent, and the late Dr. J Manby a Divisiona l Surgeon.
At the beginning, a basket hand lilLer was used for tran porting accident cases, until a second-hand a mbulance vehicle was acquired after the first wor ld war. The only surviving founder-member is Mr M. Nockolds.
L <[ < T R H ] < DIVI 10 ' IQ UE RECO RD - The n \ thal uperintendent W. Topham, of P ark Va le D ivision, St. J ohn Ambulance Brigade , ha been admi tt ed to the Order of St. J ohn of Jerusalem as a Ser ing Brother set the seal on a u lique record of er icc b y the upcrintendent of this Leice ter di v ision.
r. Topham, is the four h Superintendent of the division to be admitted to the Order ince it was form ed 53 year ago-and the four S ring Broth er meet whenever possible to talk together on the, ark of the Brigade and to di cu changing conditions.
Mr. H arry Lee on, who is 92, formed the Park Vale Division in 1907 at the hoc manufacturing firm of mith Faire.
He wa ucceeded a Superintendent by Mr. Bert Bailey, also a founder me mber of th e divi ion
hen r. Bai ley retired from a ti e service, in 1945 a family link \ a forged, for the Found er' on, r. Lee on, took over. uperintendent ilf Topham is almost a newcomer having becn with the di i io n onl 23 yea r!
DIARIES FOR CHRISTMAS
RE 1£ I BER th e Brigade one at 3 and 4 6d. (po t extra). But if ou want omething bigger, the Hom e and Garden Diary at 7 . 6d. will make an e ce llent u e ful and attra tive pre ent-not le a t be au e \ e upplied the Fir t id and Home ur ing Hint
1t a ry u eFu l book F r the h me and cater for e erything fr m cooker hint and gardener' planting guide to an at -a -gl ance Ii t f r noting family birthday a nd anni er arie
Promotions and Appointments
H ER 1AJE TY THE QUEE has been graciollsly pleased to sanction the fol/owing proll/otions in and appointmellts to The Most Vellerable Order of the Ho spilal of St. J ohn of Jerusalell/
Priory in New Zealand
FOR PROMOTIO TO Hili GR DE OF COMMANDER (B ROTHER )
urgeon ommander J a m nder on W a t on, R ., Rtd
F OR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTI-fER)
Dr. Warren Joh n Boyd, O.B.E ., E.D.
Dr. Don a ld J ames Hildreth Meredith
Al exande r Ivan Walker Wood
Dr. Norris Roy Jeffer son
Geoffrey Lawrence Falck, M.B .E., E.D.
Walter Edwin Bate , O B.E
Dr Claude Alexander T aylor
FO R ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (SISTER)
Flora Jean, Miss Cameron, O.B.E.
FOR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF SERVING BROTHER
Raymond Kealey
George Thomas Morrison
Archibald Free bairn
William Roland Kemp
Charles Leo Z immerman
Perciv a l Thomas Mulligan
Arthur Clifford Wans brough
Michael John 0' eill
George John Penney
Doug las J a mes Ralph May
Lawrence Donald H aw kins
Aubrey Ernest Wilson
F OR ADMISSIO IN THE GRADE OF SERVING SISTER
Edna , Miss Schroder
Phyllis Ethel, Mrs. Johnston
Iso bel Simpson Mr s. Holland
Rose Annie, rs. Sime
Irene M iss Hall
Eunice Is abel, Mrs. Irel and Ada Doris Mrs. WooLford
Hannah Elizabeth, Mrs. Mason
Mabel , Mrs. Lester
Priory of Canada
FOR PROMOTIO r TO THE GRADE OF KI\lGHT
Donald Forbe Angus
Fred Bo yd Brown
John eiIson Brown Crawford, M.B.E., E.D ., M.D., LL.D.
D esmond oel instanLy Grubb
Colo n el Robe rt Di ckson Harknes , D .S.O., .C, LL.D.
Willi am Lo veday
William Earle McLaughlin
D a id Rud olph Thi tIe, M.B.E.
FO R ADMIS 10:"[ IN THE GRADE OF KI\1JGHT
The Hon Errick French Willis
FOR PRO OTIO:,,[ TO THE GRADE OF D _ .\1E
Juli ette Pelletier, Mr Ramsey, R.
FOR PRO 10TIO I r TO THE GRADE OF COMrv r-..TDER (BROTHER)
Li utenant Colonel Kenne th rartin Ca e, E.D.
Colonel dolphe George Cherrier, O.B.E.. CD.
J amie H arry alker Hut chinson, B. D L. .C.C.
Arthur John Little, B.A., F.C
urg on Rear dmiral Timothy Bl air cLean , C.D. .D. RC
Roland y a rd Ri char ds
Jan1 Ian te\ art
Frederick Bair d y all CB.E.
FOR ADMISSION THE GRADE OF COM 1A IDER (BROTHER)
Honour a bl Thom as Clem ot Douglas
alter harl Ko mer
To-day there are over 2,000 qualified members, adu l ts and cade ts , belonging to 95 branches, administered through 10 Areas, each with its own staff und er an Area Commiss ioner.
T h e last Ro yal Inspection in Nor fo lk was carried out by Princess Margaret at Sennowe Park in Jul y 1950.
14 The next branch was formed at Derebam in 1923, and in orwich during the following year.
<OR PROMO 10 TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHE R)
Thomas [ ichael Franci Fitzgerald, M. B., h B. Wil liam Grahame Whitmor · Gilbert George Bu c kle y
David Richmond Jenning s, M.B., F.R S. 15
Gen ra l ir eil Methuen Ritchie , G.B.E., K.CB. .B.E., D .S. O. M
FOR PROMOnO l TO THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BROTHER)
Brigadier E erett H arvard in lie C.D., M.D. 1. c., D.
D.1.M. , F.R.CP.( ). RC
Wilfred Truscott Beaton
Group Capt ain George David Caldbick, C.D., M.D.C.M ., D P.H.
RCAF.
James Gerard Campbell , M.B. , M D.
Re erend Canon Wilfred John C larke , M E , M A., S.T.H., B.D
B.Ed.
John Collins
George Munroe Cross gro ve
George Thomas Deakin
Sydney Smith Harper
Alexander Muir Jar vie
J aIm Alfred Kinsman
William Markland Molson
oel Francis Murph y, M D. C.M ., L.R . CP. & S.
Forbes Maxwell Murra y
William Charles Prit chard
Jolm Stuart Russell
John William George Sel b y
Colonel Eugene Edwar d Tiem a n, O.B.E. , CD. , M D ., D P.H ., RCAMC.
Albert Thomas Viel
FOR ADMISSION IN THE GRADE OF OFFICER (BR OTHER)
Joseph Jea n Edou ard Belanger
Chief Judge Nelles Victor Buchanan M.C , B A. L L. B., D .C L.
Superintendent Philip Barry Cox
Joseph Armand Desrochers , C.A ., F C1.S.
Brigadier Rober Edward Do yle C.D.
James Alexander Hobbs
Frederick Rober t C a rl yle Johnstone M B. , Ch.B. , M Sc., F.R.CS.(E) F.A CS
John Alexander MacPhee , F.E.A.A ., M F.I.C
Edgar Jocelyn Stone
John Da vid Taggart , LL.B.
Harry Edward Wilson M.D C.M.
Francis Kendrick Venables , B A.
Esmond Unwin Butler
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F rank Gardner English
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John Henry Yerger , B.A , M.Sc.
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Mar y Augusta Gibson , Mrs Best
Irene Marguerite Mrs. Ferrier
Angela Marga ret Mrs. Lesso
E velyn Winnifred , Mrs McLean
Lieutenant (N / S) Dorothy Mary McCla y Reg N. , RC A M C.
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Alice, Miss Gir a rd , R. ., B.Sc. M.A
Doroth y Isabel , Mrs. Warner , R.R.C. , Reg. N
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Romeo E. Adam
George Noble Armstrong
Frederick Munroe Bourne, M.A., M.D C.M. , F.R.C.P. (C)
Sergeant Frank Norma n Brien
Ralph Amos Congdon
Lionel George Crawford
Louis- Marie Croussett
Felix Delorme
Terence Ferris Donald
William Fr an cis Duncan
George Stanley Dunn, B.A.
Re verend James Johnston Edmiston B.A. B D.
John Edward Gage, C.D
Thomas Arthur Gagen
Allis on Fulton James Heat her
Sta ff Sergean t E rnest August Charles Hertzog
Dougla s Gerald Home
James Lindsay Hughes
H a rr y Johns
Noel Stuart Knapp M.D.C.M
Jean Baptiste Emi le Langevin
Joseph Pierre Ric hard Adrien Lemay
Cameron Arthur Lynden
Char les Lorway M acLella n , M D .C.M.
Corporal Go r don Melvin M a nt le
George Kenneth Mar hall
Donald Murdoch Mart i.n , F. 1.S
Chief Petty Officer Alix Honor e Regin a ld Serge Matte, C.D R
Lieutenant Co lonel George Mc C ra ken M D M. F.R F.P.S .,
L.R CP. L.R C.S. , F.C.C P.
His Worship, Ma yor Ron a d M cDuff
T homa s Stephens on Mi ll er
Wi ll ia m Dougla Morton
Lewis Ro ss Murra y Edward Rex Needham
Ja n McKen z ie Pringle
Judge John Redmond Roche O B .E., E D
John Jo seph R ya n
Stanley Burn Scott
Ch es ter Hir a m Smi t h E. D
J Maurice St.-Pierre
Ch a rles Alfr ed Str a nge Jo h n Ros swe l1 Tr av es P a ul Emile Trembl ay
M ajor Ch a rle Stua rt Thorne Tubb , D.S O E. D.
Frederick Leon Turn er
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Cha rles Thom a s Wooding
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Flight Lieut en a nt nn ie Jane Ander on , C D ., R C F.
Eul a li a Bl a nch e, Mr s Br m vn , R P a tr icia R o lyn , Mr. a pem a n
Berth a Ne lie , Mrs. D Altro y
Doroth y, Mr s Ell ya t
Evel yn M arjorie Mr s Eu s tace
Ma rj ori e, M r G ibb
Chri sten a Mr s. Gill es pi e
Violet Elsie, Mi ss Hamb ly
Gl a d ys I vy, Mrs. H oe lke
M arga ret Anne, M r H u mp h.reys
Jean E. Miss H un ter
Sar a Lavern e Mrs John s
Hilda E. M i s L amb
Mar ie Ange Cec ile Antionette , Mlle. L ava ll ee
Ruth , Miss Lester
Margaret Mrs. McDon a ld
Antionette, Mm e. P ar ke r
Willm a M a e Mrs Pond
Edi t h I vy, Mrs Riddl e
Margare Lou ise, Mrs. Sam pso n
Winnifred H e nri etta, Mrs. Sincla ir
Helen , M rs. Stopfo rd
Alice L aurenti a, M rs. Trem b lay
Marie Sim o nne Mme. Trembl ay
M a rgar et L ome, Mrs. Wa rd
Mary L av ini a, Mrs. We ldon
Co mmandery in Cent ra l Afr ica
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF KNIGHT
Dr. Sydney Geor ge Haycr oft G ass on
FOR PROMOTIO TO THE GRADE OF COMMANDER (BROTHER)
Captain Al a n John Th o mp son, M B.
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Dr. Br ian Sheri dan Tull och
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Jo h n Alfr ed Saunde rs 16
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Dr. Hi ld a Mary Shand
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John Neam e Ba in es, M B E ., T D
Fr a nc X av ie r Bern a rd Coup e r
W a lte r G o rd o n T r acy
P a ulin Fre de ri ck Ba r re tt , O.B.
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M y rtl e, Mr s. Martind ale
Ed na we ndo line, M r D o ld
Priory in South Africa
"OR PROMOTlO TO THE GRADE OF K T J GHT
K enn et h Id red G od bo ld
J a m e ra ha m M ilne
FOR PROMOTlO l TO TI- GR DE OF OMMA NDER
H e rb ert mwe ll Th o rp e J o hn Ra msay Th om o n (BROTHER )
FOR PROMOTIO I TO THE GR DE OF OMMA DER (BROTHER )
Dr lbe r t R abi no \ itz
D r. imon J o ep h H offma n o I T E
FOR PRO OnO I TO THE GRADE O F COMwIAl\TD E R ( ITE R)
Mary EI ie
F R PROMO 0 ; TO GR DE O F OFFI CER (BRO H E R)
N T Trill R D E 0 O F I ER (I ER
Kathie n 1 y, lari la abe ll a
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R aptain Pete r F r ed r i k D a ey, OFF1 ER
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1 or D m nd ha r t
Gorge R ona ld H ill
lI a n Pa tri ck h
J o ep h Willi am Mi lian
R o na d Macka H ump hre
J o ep h Ri c ha rd Ba il
Willi am J hn M illi gan
i lb e rt - d wa rd Landt
R o na ld i to r tcwart
J o ep h v a Id mar nde rso n
H en drik J o ha ru1e Jo e e la re
Edward
J o h n M ill r
Dr G ab rie l d e os Th eron
W a ll er Fle tc he r ic hl er
Geoff rey Fra n k Lemo n
e rt F rederik du Preez
G uy C la re nce H a rts ho rn e
Ha ro ld L ou w W e p ner 17
Dr L o ui s Edmund Krige
Dr. Guillaum e J a cobu s Cillie
Berna l hris ian Fl o or No el Willi a m C rui cks ha nk
Arnold
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H erm a n Ca lder woo d K och
R o bert St. L eger Sea rle
Co un ci ll o r D a n e l R ey nold W a rmb ac k
D r. Br omi low Br o m ilow -D ownin g
Pro fessor J aco bu s Pe tr us Dumin y
D r. J o hn H enr y Struth er s
Dr. L o ui s M eye rs on
Dr M ich ae l So lon L o nd o n
Dr. D avi d Jud es
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J essie G er tr ud e, M rs. M il ton
L o ui sa Wilh elmina, Mrs. Qu inn
P hy ll is, Mrs. P erry
D o rot hy E ll e n , M rs. elson
I r is M ild red, M iss ym a n Fred a Mi ss G edd es
R uth M a r garet, M rs. S tewart
L lian Mary, Mrs. Reeler
Ma r y Matilda, Mrs. T ipping
Ethe l, M rs. Yates
Elf ried a, M rs. ortje
R uth Evelyn, Miss G ord on I a beJla Ma r ia S usanna, Miss Swart
P etrone lla Magdalena , Miss Snyman arion Frances, M r H ugo
D oris E laine, M rs d e P lessis
Ma be l A ileen , M rs. J ackso n
Hen dr ina J ohann a, Mrs. S mook
Ca rli e M rs. R o b e r tson
PRIORY FOR WALES
EW LDEAS AT A VAL TRA!1-.'ING cOURSE.-More than 170 Officers from Sout h Wa les counties atten ded the Priory Tr aining Course h eld at Barry t h is autumn. T he p r ogramme was varied and there was ha rdl y a moment to s pare from tea -time on S aturday until the sam e ime the following day.
Mr s. C G Tra heme, D SU ., J P ., D eputy Chief Superintendent for W ales, welcomed the delegates and then intro duced I. John Cory \ ho ha ucceeded S ir Michael D uff K. SU. as Chief O fficer m b ulance Cadets f or W ales. ( r. Cory i youn g, energetic and ha a n a t tracti e per anality and with Mrs. W Cra hay, O S U. who took office as Chief O fficer urs ing Cadets two years ago there will be a frien dl y riva lr y a nd k een competition b etween the am b ulance an d nursin g cad ets.
Cou n ty S taff O fficer T L. I aac of Kent shook everyone in hi open in g address w hen he sai d \ e had no recru iting problem in the Bri ga de, f or ome 10000 jo in ed eve ry year. Our p r oblem \ as not h ow to get m mbers, b u t h ow to keep t hem. H e then put forward a n umb er of prac ti cal u gge tion and at least one member i aoina to bu a pot o f paint fo r his H ead quarter as a result! ;:,;:, The m ost er iou and in tructive ion \ as a talk b y II. Emlyn L e\ i th urgeon at the P lastic urgery Centre at t. L awren H osptral, Che pstow H e showed a film taken at the in \ hich a green olution, a inje ted into a p rson \ ith e ten V bu rn. T he part \ hich wou ld recover \ here the burns ar e t a d eep, turned green befo r e our ey but the deeply bu rn t tiss ue rem ai ned as before showing it was dead and had to be u t away b fo re ne kin could b e gr afted. W e were relieved to hear t hat th p a l i n wo ul d not remain gre n a way ft r ll p p r all t be ounger and ome o f the not 0 young repo r d fo r " O perat io n Li D -l ine. complete in old clothes and a r m d \ it h torch f[ r briefing, the allied forth in team to i;;;. dest inations h re incid n ts b ad b een staged by D r. D Griffith. O t.J the ommi ione r o f B arr Count Area . D r. Griffith t he P o r M d ical uthority, he \ a able to do what others auld not; bree of the ha ir-rai. ing epi ad took place in the dock. Two b o s adrift on a. ra ft on sulfe rin g from a ph) ia from drowning: a ma n ove r the Ide of a 5 ft. dr do k: and an accident to a hip'
mate who h a d fallen off a lifeboat on the top deck of " Alice K "_ a la r ge lin er a nchored in the do k. Th e sense of exci tement in cro sing he slippery gangway in the drizzle and th d ark , an d ex ploring an empty liner to fin d th p a tient w ll long b e r ememb er ed
Then ther e wa the episode at the fir sta tion where a man was tra pped in a n u pst airs room and the stairca e had collapsed He could only be rea ched by a fire escape a dd r. A s mo ke-filled ro o m with a p a ti en t covered by fire ex tinguisher foam wa another ca ualty and t he las t was a man pinned und r a ca r wi th mult iple injuries At each location was a surgeon who a sses ed the work t he t eam and re por ed at th e clos e
Sund ay commenced wi th a special ser ice and address by the R ev J Jeffr ys J ones R ector of A ll Saints C hw-ch, B arr y Mr. spoke of t h e f eeling of despai r and ina deq u acy tha t he d Isc Iples must have felt when t hey l ooked at the 5,00 0 peo p e wa it in a to be fe d " Sometin1es you must fee l lik e tha t in y ow,,(or k," he " so much to do , suc h great opportuni ties, yet s o Ilttle means w1th which to cope-on y sma ll numb ers and l imit ed mo n ey, et c." Y e t the dis c iples used j u st wh a t was to h a nd , th e fi ve loa ves and tw o small fishes , and with Chri st's bles ing th ey wer e mult iplied a nd became sufficien t a s will all effor ts star ting \ ith just what we h a ve , if done in H is power.
Then followed a demo n stration of fie ld tr a ining by a tea m of t en m e n fro m the S t. Pauls Am bulance D ivis on B irmingha m CO mt y Staff Offi cer K. Fl owers an d Cade t Officer T. Mullin s are to b e congratu la ed on the high st andar d d isp layed b y t heir men bo th dw-ing he demonstra tion i tself an d thro u gh o u t he course As a r esul t they have alrea d y received t wo invi tations to return to differ en t parts of Wa les.
" T hings peop le are d oing " was the t itle of four sho r t ta ks(1) Ca det Su perintend en t (Mrs ) O P owles of B r econ d escri bed how sh e h a d a t ended a L eaders Cow-se for the D uke of Edinburgh 's A war d Scheme f or G irls at Pl as- y-B ren in in No r th W a les, an d ho w mem bers of her d vision were build ing a canoe in the ir wo rk for th e a war d (2) Area Cadet O fficer (Mrs. ) 1. J enkins S S.SU introduced the G lynneath Nursing C a det eam wh o had w o n t h e " Dun b ar-Nasrnith " and " T weed ale " trophies a t the Lon d on F in a ls this year. She gave points she considered importan t ill t r ammg an d how there were f ow- or fi ve t eams in her di vi si on practising a ll the time The Ca p tain outlined point s she cons idered important as he L ea der. (3) Cadet Cli ve R o wles of P ontne"l)'ny dd describ ed how he, with t he b a cking of his Commissi o ner , Are a Cadet Officer and Cadet Superin en dent h a d form ed a Cadet Council for the Trevethin Coun ty Area of Monmouthshir e. Th eir object was t o keep cadets interested in their di visio n an d to h e p them over the transition into the a d ul t di visions. All offic a s an d members of the Council were cad e ts , bu officers wer e invi ted t o be present a meetings . R ecently a n in te r- di visional q u iz and a demonstrat ion P romot ion Ceremony h a d b een r un . (4) C orps Staff Officer F. G Clements d escribe d ho w he had form ed a d ivision on a n T ra ding Es tate, a nd ho w problems peculi a r to such a loca li ty h a d been overcome. They p lan the ir programme a year in a d van ce an d have a" F ixtw-e L is t " of poc ket siz e so all can see wbat is com in g .
After lu nch a profita ble" Fifteen m in u tes a bou t un iform" with " mod els" was t a ken b y County Su per inten den t (M iss) G. M C. Richards , D. SU. and Ar ea Sup er n te nd ent A. L. Mote, O .S U a ft er wh Ich C:;onfer ence di vid ed up for d is cussion in Count y/ A rea, COrps/DlVlslOn a and C a de Group s.
T be cour se co n clud e d wi th findings and res ol u tio n s a nd a n omnibus v ote of t hank s wa s propo sed b y C a det Super inte nd en t T. J H a rr is, S.B SU. of T on yr efa il.
SWAN SEA HOPES REALIS ED -The o penin g of n ew hea d q u arters at W a lter Road, S wansea , by Sir W illi a m Jenkins , K SU J.P ., P resident of th e St. J ohn Coun cil , was the culmina tio n of ho pes and as pira tions which had exercis ed th e mind s of t h e C ou n cil a nd Brigade personnel o ver a very long per io d R edevelopmen t of Swansea h a d m volve d the remo val of th e old a nd inad equate h ea dqu a r ters of th e Brig a de in Br idge Str eet, H a fod , a nd the n ew premi ses wi th rooms se t ap a rt f or ra ining of a mb u lance , nursi ng a nd ca de t p ersonnel enab le tbe ball o be u sed s imu l tan e ou sly b y th e differ ent class es. Wh en the furnishing has been completed the Swan sea h ea d q u arter s b ids fair to be on e of th e fin est equ i pp e d of t h e ambula nce ha ll s no w pr o viding Brigad e unit s in Wa les with a hom e of their o wn
Sir W llia m Jen k ins paid tr bute to all thos e concerne d i n he aC9 u isit ion a lteration a n d fu rni shing of the build n g, in whi ch t he Bn gade would b e ab le to ex ten d its effici enc y and sco pe u nd e r th e leade r ship of the Commi ssi oner for Swan sea, Mr. H. C. L. H avard , 18
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Smith , O SU ., S R ., S .C. M. an d he r en thu a ti c ban d of wo rkers and to the a i tan ce of L a d y J enkin , C. SU t he L ady Pre ident o f t he Coun c il Th e buildin g, whi ch i to be known a St. J o hn H o u e , was d ed ica ed by the R e L es li e o rm a n Welcoming th e is it o rs, C o l. K. I vo r M o rgan B, O. U J P , Ch a irm a n of th e S t. John oun c il pa id t ribut e to th help of t he D eputy M ay or Cllr. D a d J en kin a nd int ro du ce d t he P r in c ip a
Secre ary of th e Prio ry, he H o n J o hn H. Bru ce .B ."., K. U ., J.P. , D .L. a nd M rs. Br u ce, D SU Mr. Bru ce ai d he \J a th e bearer of wa rm con gra tu la ti o n f r om th e Pr ior, t h e L o r d be rd a r e, K SU wh o k new o f t h e fi lle tra d it io n s of th e B r igade in wan A n anlbulance ha ll r e presented a n em b o d ime n t of the spir it of dedi ca t ion to d ut y a nd a ltruism.
TREDEGA R COMES OF AGE.-T redega r urs ing D i ion 0, es t.! origin to the A .R P d ri ve for fi r a id volu n r in 1938 and from a purel y wa r time re pon e it ha de e lope d in to o n of the larg t nw-s ing d iv isio n s in t h e Brigade . S ti ll with a trang cn e of c i ic r es po n sibility, T red egar N urs in g Di i ion now ma in tain an ac t ive
N H S.R. me m ber shi p of 43 nur ing aux ili a r ie. mong the high tr but es pai d to t he ach ievemen ts of thi d i i ion at the 2 1 nniver sary celebrat io ns t he remarks of th e Matron K. 1. M. William of T redegar H ospital were particu larly encouraging. She said the memb ers of t h i R eserve ha d a lways bridged the gap when there wa a shortage of nurses and the Hospi tal authoritie were most grateful fo r this a s istance.
Mi ss E. Kin sey, C.SU., D iv is ional P re ident and Secretary of the S t. J o hn Co u ncil for Monmo uth shi re presided uppor cd by he Commiss io n er fo r Mo om o u hs h ire, 0 1. J ha to n O .B E.,
M C. T.D. D.L. a n d M rs. G. B ai ley, D .S U ., oun y upe ri ntend en t. O u tlin ing the h is tory of the di vi ion, the uperinlen dent, M rs. D R H ams, to ld h ow t he un it in i ts ear ly day stood the te of h e wa r-tim e dem a nd s ncl ud in g h elp wit h evacuee childre n and th e even m o r e exacti ng job of a d a p tin g its capac ity fo r service to a pe ace tin e programme o f usefu l endeavour. Mr S. W. D icken on r ece ive d h e r wa rra n o f ap po in tm ent a D iv siona l Vi ce P reside n a nd Sis ter H atche r was presen ed wit h her warra n t as ur in g Offic er. Th e co min g of age ce le brat io n ook t he form of a dinn er.
WAUN L WYD DMs ro 's ELQ.-A pr o per ty wo rth £6, 000 wa o ffi ci a l y op en e d b y th e Prin c ip a l Sec retary o f he P r o ry (t he Hon J ohn H B r u ce, C B.E , K.SLJ., J .P , D.L. ) o n Oc o be r 8t h fo ll ow ng m a n y yea rs of vo lun ta ry labo ur 0 11 the pa r t o f m em be rs o f
t h e W aunl wy d Ambul a nce D iv is ion Welc om ed by l hc omrnisione r fo r M o nmouth sh i re, C o l. A J h asto n O B. E , M .C. , T. D ., D .L. M r . Bruce rece ive d t he key fr o m Di v sion al S up e ri ntendent 1. P arfi t t a n d after the ha ll was decl a red ope n dedi ca tory p rayers were led b y th e R ev C. J . Picker ing. Th e n ew bu ild in g occu p ies a f reehold si te 80 ft. by 40 ft. th e dime ns io ns o f t he h a ll be in g 60 f t. by 30 ft. T he d e bt o n tb e premi ses was no m or e tha n £65 0
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* T he Suffolk Cadets have lost an old co leag1.le in the sudden death of Area Ca de Offi ce r Albert Ru t, wbo passed away on August 24th. He joined (he Orwell Works Division at Ipswich in 1921. fn ]938 he became a Cadet Superintendent. As a member of he Royal aval Sick Berth Reserve he was mobilised in 1939 as a Sick Berth Petty Officer. On return to civilian life he was made a A rea Cadet Officer and eventually a Serving Brother of tbe Order. His funeral was attended by many of his Brigade colleagues.
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Till in g M embe r Mrs V E. Bro wn e of the B righton ursing Division who died tn bospital after a (ragic illness on August 26th
One of the most Joyal and much loved members whose unfai.ling enthu ia m and v itality were an inspiration to all.
She was awarded the Ser vice medal in 1956. The funeral was pri vate but a Memori al Service on September 14th was attended by the Area Officers of the distr ict and the member of her division in fult strength.
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We deeply regret to report tbe death of Di visi onal Sup erinte ndent rs ud r ey K. Ca r te r after a short illness. Mrs. Carter joined the Brigade in 194] and was awarded the Service Medal in 1957. She will be remembered by all members of tbe senior and cadet di v i ion and b y all those who served wtth her for ber quiet and kind Iy ways.
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A Leicester woman who was a first aid and nursing instructor in two war M is Beatrice F lint , of Haven Cottage, Burton Overy ba died aged 82.
She had been associated with 1. John since 1908 and was the fir Leice ter woman to gain demonstrator's certificates for first aid and nur ing i n J916.
D uring the F i r World War she was Commandant of .A.D. in Leicester and an O fficer with the W ycliffe w-sing D ivision. She received the "\ ar er ice edal in 1919 In the Second World War i s Flint in tructed the W. .S. in Lei ester in fir t aid and anti-gas proced ure.
In ]948 Mi Flint was admitted into the Order of St. John.
The orm all St. John Ambulance Brigade has suffered a great 10 in he recent death of Dr William Bla c1.rwo od of Camborne. Dr. Bla b ood erved with the B rigade for 46 ears. He devoted much time and thought t o the movement and no one had done mor to con olidate the Brigade in Corn\ aU.
In the earlv part of the century he founded Cambome Ambulance D i i ion and b ame tt first Hon. urgeon. Hi interest and work led him i. n to wider sDheres of service, in luding that of Count urgeol1, and from 193_ to 1950 he wa County Cornrni ioner.
D uri n g his 46 ear ser ice \ ilh the Brigade. th 'ork gre, from half a dozen division to 5- ambulance and nursing divi iOllS. The cadet 1110vem nt \ a inaugurated and grew to a strength of 46 d i i ion.
D uring th Fir t v orld ar D r. B la kwood was awarded the D .. 0 .. a nd in th la war hi plendid vo untary e rvice reco r d earned for h im the award ofth M. B E. D uring the la t war he was chai rman i n omwall of t he Joint R ed Cross and t. J ohn War Organi ati n . m di a l adviser to th Home Guard, and fir t aid co mm andant of Cornwall's war-tim .R. P ervice.
I n hi v ork for the B riga de, D r Blackwood had had (he enthusiastic support of his \ ife. M r B la k \lood i a Serving s ter of the Or der, a Coun( ice-Pre ident of the nur ing division. and for man year a Pr ident of amborne 1. John Ambv.lance Di vi ion.
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<-"--- The Official Journa l of the ----I Grand Prio ry in th e Brit ish Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St, John of Je r usalem (I ncorporating Sl. bn Gal and The tilde!)
Edited by RO NAL D LEES
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TH E in the Pre a id imply: "The phthaLmic Ho pital of th Order of t. John in Jeru alem was open d ye terda by Hi Ex ell ncy Dr. J Tutunji Jordanian Minister of Health in the pre ence of Lord Wak hur t, Lord Pr ior of th Order."
Behi n d thi bare s tatement there i a tory of achi vement, huma ni ty and int ernational co-operation of ""hich eery member of th Ord e r can be proud a tory th a t beg i. n many ce nturie ago wit h t he es tab li hn;ent in J ru alem of the fir t ho I ice for th e succour of pilgrim, and reach it climax in th bl lildin g of thi the 010 t up-to-date ho pital of it k ind in the Middl e as t and po ibJ in th world.
After a s uccess ion of icis itude throughout the year, th ho pital had been fun ctioning in CiT um tan e of e trem d ifficulty in the Old ity of Jeru alem, in adapted premis s which d s pite t he di advantage h a d ma n ag d to cop with n ear ly 200 000 outpatients a y ar, and wh re 3, 500 major
operation were yearl y performed b the surgeon, The project of a new ho pital fir t mooted some fi e ears ago. wa upported \ ith enthusia m b member of the Order, the Government of Jordan, the rulers of the S tate s of Ku\ ait, Bahr in and Q a tar. b U. .W.R. and by a large nun1b r of Br iti h firm with intere in the Middle Ea t, parti ul arly the K m ai r O il Compan , the Iraq P etroleum Compan and th Ir anian Oil Con ortiun1. ithout their help the new h ospital would have remaine d a d ream and its pot mial value to the r b peoples and to man others throughout rh world would nev r ha eben r ali ed.
Fr m tinl to tlme arti 1 have app ar d in the REVIE\ d cribing the pTOgr" mad in tb b uilding of the ho pita!. progr mar ed in the pring of 19 6 by the completion of a R e earch Laborator ,in ovember 19- by the placing of con tract and th turni.ng ov r of th fir t h elful of earth on the ite , and in arch 19 "9 b the laying of two cornertones
LORD and LA])}' TT' .-1!{EH[ RST (centre) weTe gTeeted on their an' ival at J e?'malem Aj1'POTt by (l ef to ?'ight) D,·. Bo ase, Tr' Q?'den of the Hosp i tal ; M aj oT Sad eq 1\ azif; ;1i?'s. n -a lsh; llI?'. JlValsh, Consu l-G enem l; Lady Duk e- Elde1'; th e Countess of SC ClT bTOugh (who ITave l/ ed on th e same aiTcraft) ; an d Si?' Sf ew mt D u. k eEldeT.
To see the magnificent building that now stands on the ablus Ro ad, one of the first t o meet the eye as one motors from t he Airport into Jerusalem is something that m a kes the pulse beat quicker, for the hospital and its surro unding buildings gi ve an in1IDediate in1pression of comfort and solidity.
Recogn ition of the importance of he hospital for t he future of t he Arab world came a year ago when it was announced th a t the opening ceremony would be performed b y His Majesty King Hussein, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and would be attended b y Hi s Ro ya l Highness t he Duke of Gloucester, in his capacity of Grand Prior of t he Order of St. John. It was thereupon decided that the opportunity of attending the opening should be exten ded to as many members of the Order as possible in all parts of the Commonwealth, so t hat the gathering should b e trul y representative of t he Order 's widespread memb ers hip. Various suggestions were discussed and several orga nisations were consulted, with the resul t that in March 1960 details were announced to members of the Order in the Uni ted Kingdom of the a rrangements for the opening ceremony and the different tours that had been arranged.
Altogether, more than 100 people travelled to the Middle East under arrangements made b y Express Tr avel and Transport Company and Middle East Airlines. They left London in three groups, one group taking an eight-day tour which included a short stop in Beiru t and the remainder of t he time in Jerusalem, the others , on a more extended fifteen-da y
tour taking in Athen Rome and en i e, or a lt erna ti e ly Cypru, Rhodes , Athen an d Rom e, on the return journey.
The opening of the ho pital wa on Tu day, October] J th and on S at urda y, Oct ober 8th, the first group I ft London Airport in mid-morning, landing some 12 hour la te r in th c steamy heat o f B e ir u l to be greeted by arc-lamp an d film cameras-the arriv a l wa being film ed for th e L e ban e e television com p any fo r screening next d ay. Y he n th e programme went out it included al 0 a li ve interlude [ interviews with se eral of the tra e ller w ho e plained to the viewers what was the purpo e of th eir journey, lbe significance of the ho pita l, and so on.
A da y in Beirut is something of an expe r ienc for lhere time only to marvel at the jostling cro ds in t he m a rk et quarter, going about t heir b u in e s to a n ea r -sp li tting accompaniment ot mOlo r -horn s from the la i - 1110 tI huge American cars - which sq ueeze the ir way up a nd d own the one -way streets, mostly in h e forb idden direclion It a sight for which one is hardly prepared by th e dri e in f ro m the airport, along a wi de , sweeping carriageway, newly built o take four t r affic lanes in each direction, a nd p ast towering new blocks of fiats and office building. The Beirut of today is a remarkable phenomenon , combining the traditional trading centre with a touri t bu iness offering a ll kinds of the most sophisticated entertainment, in a r ea ll y wonderful setting and climate.
The morning of Monda y, Oct ober 10th , brough t (0 Jerus alem Airport a degree of activity that it se ldom see
HAPPY SMILE Cl the fi?'s t gro up of visi tor arrived.
Thi group includes th e Countess of B recknoclc, Lord Bo ssom and Sir Harry Luke
F C1LIPTERGESB I? LL mo ve II l1'olldh Ihe brilli(fll sllI/shille ill proces 'ion lowards Ih 11 0 pita/.
e c p t in Lhe h eig ll of the tourist eason. A hundr ed passenger had to be \J e comed, reunited their baggage and whi ked of[ with minimum delay to lhelr holel ill the ily-and a ll oge her lhe party had accounte d [or prelty r r om in eery hotel. It ay much for the pre-planlllpg f lhi operation tha it \ a c mpleted b y lun h-tlme wlth only minor mi hap and mi directions, very quickly cor r ecled.
Thi I ft the re t f the day [or ettling in and acclimatisalion. For the weath r, a if to ompen ate [or hat everyon had utTered during lhe Eng lish. ummer, pre ented the party tb.r ugh oul the enl ire tay \ itll brilli ant un hine and t mperalure ho ering belween 0 and 9 0 degree.
M ea m hile , at th hospital, many months of plarLUillg and \ ork v ere rea hin g a c limax ho u and chair weI' bein g Ii a d in po ilion for the gue l in lhe Kitch n , the cook r preparing for the lea-party t hat as to [allow the ope nin g remon' here and lher final tou he of palill \ e r being applied to \ a U and door and floor were recei ing their fina l p Ii h. For the ho pital taf[ and for the rd r taff h had been concerned in the preliminary a rr a ngement perhap (he ulmination came ' h en at last three flags were een A ing from the main to\ er-the Union J ack, th e nag f J ordan and th e per opa l of Lord akehur t. darien [e ll a potllght plcked o u t these ymbol a nd made (h e m i ible [or miJc around.
Thi moment \vas p [haps ome compen ation for the a dn e th at had b een 0 cas ion d w h n , some tim before, it had bee n a nn ou nced t bat King Hus ein, owing to h i a b e nc o n tat affai r in ew York, woul d be unabl to perfo rm th e op ni ng ce remo n y, an d in hi abs .t be Grand Prior bad reluctantly decided to postpone hi lSlt. The K i.ng intere t in tile ho pital from its inception h a a l ay been mo teen, a nd he made clear before h is departure h ow very mu c h h e regret te d not be in g a ble to be there. Hi repr e nta(i ve \ a ( 0 be H i E cell nc y Dr. J Tu(unji th e Mini ter of Hea lth
To ard lunch -t ime on Tu da October 11th the tra ffi c out of J eru a lem on the a blu Ro a d I' ac hed a high pi tc h ague t m a de th eir way b y car a nd on foot to the Ambas ado r Hot e l jll t below th e ho pital, where the da first e ent wa to (ake plac Thi s wa a lu ncheo n part given b y th M ayor a nd Municipal o UD c il. where th v i iting m mb er of 1h Ord e r the hos pit a l taff a nd gu .t were able through the kindne of th e Mayor a nd ouncll , to meet man y of th e di t in gui hed 111 mber of tl1 Go ern3
ment and of the ci il an d r eJigious communities, before attending the opening ceremony later. This was a wholly delightful occasion, for they were making in many cases, their fir t acquaintance with traditional Arab dishes-an experi ence that led many to ask for more in the days to come. S ome of the guests made their way to the gardens of the hotel, and enjoyed [he meal sitting at small tables under the tree. Ot hers in the main dining hall, heard the Mayor welcome D r. Tutunji and Lord akehurst, and express the hope that the hospital project would prosper. He presented Lord W akehur with a symbolic olive- wood key of the City, and the L ord Pr ior, in thanking him for his welcome and for the da y' ho pitality, ornmented that the whole scheme was indeed a joi n t effort in which our t\vo peoples were working a one. He accepted the gift, saying it would be passed to the Duke of Gloucester>; ho with the Du chess, had asked him to xpre the deepest regret at their inability to be present.
The road leading to the hospital \ as lined with a guard of honour of the Jordanian Arab Army, past which the Lord Pr ior' proce sion and Chapter-General walked before turning in to the gates. It was a colourful scene a watched by the row of guest many of them in umrnery dresses and other i n the robe of the religiou communities, the gold key of th e ho pital \Va handed to the Prior, who stood with Dr Tutunj i at the top of the step leading to the main dooT. Flanked by the Order s banner and y ord, Lord akehurst t llrned to Dr. Tutunji and handed him the key, on behalf of be Duk e of Gloucester, the Grand Pr ior' at th moment of op ning the burl figure of Dr. Tu tunji wa nearly obscured b advancing photographers and cameramen but order wa, r tOT d and the hospital wa duly opened.
The \ 0 men then entered and accompanied by a number of gue ts \\'ho \ e r e e corted on a tour of the ho pital by r. John imp on, the archit ct. and r. Amin hahin, the builder. they went round the re t of the gue t made their way to the cloi tel' d courtyard, \ here orne time latcr t he y ere t hear the formal op ning pee hes by D r. Tu t unji, Lor d Wak hur t an d ir tewart Duk -Eld r, Ho pit a ll r of th Ord r.
In his p echo Lord akehur t said: Th is is a glad da \ for the 0 en rabl Ord I' of the Ho pital of t. John of J ru a l m. ou can judge how inlportant \ e think it when I t ell yo u that m mb ers of the Order from England , Ireland. Scotland a nd W a les in the United Kingdom, and from Canada u t r alia, R ho d e ia, w Zealand and SOU tll frica in th o versea E tabli hment are pr nt here to d ay.
I bid them and all our friends her e in Jordan a hearty welcome.
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With its long history, it w a natural, be said, tha t the Ord er , in pursuit of its idea l to ca re for the sick and dist res sed, should have decided t o r vive their ea rly hlunanit arian a cti vities in J erusalem This was done by the Mo Venerable Order in 1882. Bu t the ho sp ital t hen built cannot t od a y fulfil the purpose for which it was erected owing o its ge ogra pbical situ a tion in tbis di ided city. He was proud , h oveve r tha t we ha ve n ow been a ble to build this new up-to-d a te a nd greatly in1pro ved institution.
" The Order s p a rticula rly grateful for the suppo r t which His M ajest y King Hussein h as given to our enterpri e. His Majesty' s leadership and courage a re known and a dmired in my country, and we are honoured to have had his personal interest from the outset. It would have been a fit tin g rewa rd if he had himself perfor med the op ening ceremon y od a y as we had grea tl y hoped But wh at more imp ortant an d honourable task tllan to represent Jordan at tlle United N a tions? "
Lord W a kehurst referred to he decision of the Grand Prior not to a ttend and went on: In t elling me how sorry h e is t hat the Duchess and he cannot be h ere wi th us tod ay, His Royal Highness The Grand P r ior specially asked m e to congrat ula te those whose skill , devo tion, a nd hard work h ave e n abled our new hospital t o open its doors to all those who 11a e need of its help and care.
" J ordan has memories fo r m any of m y fellow-countrymen a nd we a re proud if we have been of some service t o h e r d evelopment. We are impressed o learn of t he strid es whi ch Jordan has made in the impro vement of her ro a ds and of h er seaport , in the construct ion of an oil refinery and of irrigat ion wa t erways and not least, in the developmen t o f h e r undoubted attra ct ions for touris ts. I a m h a pp y to thin k that the foreigners among you h ere tod a y wh en th ey r e turn home will be full of praise for the warm t h and friend l in ess of the welcome they ha ve received in tills most famous of cities.
" It is t ypical of the enthusiasm and progressive activit y of the Ord er that t his n ew hospi tal s to take o n a n entirel y different aspect in comparison with the old H it herto we have been treating those afflicted with eye di seases ; and althougb we have been doing this o t h e u t most of our a bility and resources, seeing indeed , more th a n 150 000 patient s each year, we recognise th a we ar e only touch ing the fr inge of a vast problem. For some time therefore, the Order h a s felt hat it should extend its ac tivit ies in two direct ions. In the first place it will be able to te a ch Ar a b nurses and doctors so ha t the y will be equi pped to trea t t heir o wn people in Jordan a nd the surrounding Ar a b c ountr ies t hemselves. In this way our effort s will be mo re wi del y sprea d In he second pl a ce ins te a d of c onfin ing o ursel ves to t he trea tment of esta blished d is ease, t he Ord er h as emb ark ed on a progra mme of r es earch so tha t th e disea ses which cause so much di stress and blindness in th is par t of the world will be prevented
" For some years , therefore, th e Ord er has b een spon sor in g r esearch which was star ed here in J erusalem in t o t he cau se of trach oma a disease cornman in th is coun ry, and which , w ith its comp lica tions causes more blindness th an an y oth er i n the world In this res ear ch great progress h a s been made . The virus which causes it has no w been isolat ed and it is our hope th a t in the near future the beneficent res ults of th is r esearch will be a yailable to the people of Jordan and th e M iddle East , through this hospital.
" In all this work I know hat we w ill have every help and e ncoura gement from the people of Jord a n, as indeed we ha ve had hitherto in full meas ure. I look fo rward with hope and confidence o a future wherein the Order of st. John and the people of Jordan will work together in a mutual spirit of -s ervice and progress for the relief of suffering not only in t his country but tbroughout the world "
Lord Wakehurst conclud ed by welcoming , as His Majesty's representative, His Excellency Dr. Tutunji Minister of Health.
Dr. Tutunji who was no stranger to the ho spital, having laid one of the comer-stones, referred to the uni versal regret at the absence of His Majesty King Hussein and His Ro yal Highness the Grand Prior, and expressed on behalf of the people of Jordan their deep gratitude to the Order for all
a point during th e 101lr.
LORD fJ' A F lt II
1/Iake Ih e openino sp ech h eard by eli lingui hed glle l from ail sphere' of life
tba it had d one and was continuing to do to aile iate uffering in the Arab world. H e assured member of the Order lhat [hey could re ly on the u[mo t co -operation from tbe eop le of his cou n try.
H e was fol lowed by Sir Stewart D uke-Elder tbe H ospita li er, \ ho a id :
"Th fir th in g th a t I mus t do i to l bank H is Maje ty King H u ei n officia ll y o n beh alf o f th e Order of St. John, and Lhr ughhimthe overnme n lo f th Hashemite Ki ng d om of J ordan and particularly H cellency the inisler of H ealth, and al a the J ordan rmy and particula r i ts ommander-in- h ier, for everything they have done in making po ible the bui lding of thi ho pita !. Every ime we have r un int diOl L1lti -and thal has been more than once-we
have appealed to one or other of tbese; and every time we ha e appealed they have helped us with the same spontaneous generosity that an Arab always shows to his guests.
"In the second place I must thank the City of J erusalemand by that I mean H is Excellency the Governor, the Mayor and the unicipal Council, and the ord inary people in the street-for the enco uragement a nd he lp they have given us in our project. I n my list of tl1anks I must also include Mr Simpson, our a r chitect, whose conception this building is, and also the brothers Shahin who have built it. Its beauty and dignity will 1 hope, long remain a worthy memorial to the excellence of their work.
"So far a the O rder of St. J ohn is concerned , the building of thi hospitaljhas been a great a great joy. • I
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Th e H ospita ll er e.?'piains
Dr. Tutunji leave s afler th e ceremony.
An opportunity because it has provided the O r der with the means of fulfilling its humanitarian aims of the care of the sick and suffering in this ancient city where the Order wa born some eight and a half centuries ago; an d a gre at joy because it has allowed us to know more intimately what Hi s Majesty King Hussein so delightfully and aptly called in London some months ago, "the family of Jordan. " To me , the fami ly of Jordan is such a real thing that t o come from London to this city each year is just like going through a door which is never closed and passing from one room to another in my own house.
"When I came here last in April, I was rather distressed to see this pile of stones beautiful and dignified though it was without any of the warmth of life. And so, as a symbol of the warmth of our friendship for yo u , Lady Duke-Elder with the help of her good friend, His Excellency the Governor of Jerusalem, planted this tree in these Cloisters. That was only six months ago. And see how, in the atmosphere of Jordan , it has ftourished in so short a time. This typifies our living friendship for each oth er.
"An d so I hope that for many years this hosp ital will be a living thing for good in your midst- a centre for healing for the people of Jerusalem , or Jordan , an d of the surrounding countries; a centre of teaching for diseases of the eye for the Arab world of the Middle East; and a centre of progr ess and research against blindness for the benefi of the whole world."
The final event of the day came shortly afterwards, as the guests crossed the road to an open space where tents had been put up for a garden party at which the Order of st. John entertained those who had come to the opening ceremony.
TIlE JLll ' OR oj J e ru alelll hand to Lord TJ'ak ehur l Iii , cen led olivet ood key oj Ih r ily-in the Group are (leJl 10 riGht): the Go ernor oj J er/(salem; ir I e ClTt Du/.;Elder; Lord TVakehur s t: 1I e Jl ayor of J rllsal e m ; and II.F. Dr. TltlulIF.
On their way they pa ed guard from the Jord a n rab Army, mounted and looking ery picture que in their traditional uniform. The band wa pia ing tti h ir , and from long Labl in the heller of the tent , the guc took tea and an amazing variety of pa t ric, while lhe Lord Prior and Dr. Tutunji recei ed man y prom.inent persona lities who had attended the opening cer mon) Dusk was fa ll ing a Ul e guests len the fie ld.
The next day began with a pri a t ceremony in the hospital, when the banner and insign ia of the laie Lord Webb-Johnson a former H ospitall er of the rd er, ver lodged in one of the room during a hort s rice.
The first event of t b e day" a a Thank gi .Lng er ic in the St. George Cathedral , conducted b hi Grace the rchbiship in Jeru a1em and Metropolitan (The Rt. Re MacInnes). Tbi wa attended by many prominent Jeru lem residents, by Government and Army p r onalitie and repre entatives of the religious communilie. ot the lea t moving feature of the ser ice was t he choir of blind children, led by friends to their place in h e ch urch.
At this service the Lord Prior pre ent d to the rchbishop, on behalf of the Grand Prior a leather- bound altar book bearing the Order'S badge.
From the church the gue ts made lheir way again lO th hospital for an mve liture which in fact \ a an hi tori occasion, consistil1g of a reception of Knighl Grand [0 and Knigbts, as well as an inve titure of other grade in lhe Order. The Bailiffs Grand ros, received n thi occa n by the Lord Prior repre ent ing the Grand Pri or, were ir Stewart Duke-Eld er a nd Sir Harry Luke, the !-L o pitaller and Registrar respecti ely.
L fJ)} Jr Il\./'; IJ R T alld til 'oeS TE ()f j{,\" ex j(Jlllld IlIIlel! 10 admire in th e chi ldr en's lillI'S ry.
(Above): The Order Badg e ill Ifte ell /r ance hal,. Th £' lIIolif 'll'a' pecia lly designed ond e recllled ill ?'! Ibber lilinG.
7 EQ IPJIE.\"T to tackle a.p,e-old cli ea.·e ill lh e out-patients' section. ( B elow):. 1 SJIALL PATIES,], trie. olll the Tocking donkey.
The BAND of the JORDAN ARAB ARMY plays during the garden party that follow ed the opening ceremony.
THANKSGI V ING SERVICE in the St. George s Cathedral.
Those who had been present at investitures in England could not fail to remark the different atmosphere Th e fact that this was taking place in Jerusalem and indeed in this building undoubtedly len t an a ir of solemnity to the occasion, and the exotic setting added to this , leaving an indelible impression on the minds of all who attended.
Among those who were invested were many prominent Jordanians and members of the British community, a U of whom had helped greatly in the realisation of the whol e scheme. The names were as follows:
BAILIFFS GRAND CROSS
Brig. Sir Stewart Dulce-Elder, G.e.V.O. , F R.S Hospitaller of the Order of St. John.
Sir Harry Luke, K.e.M G., R egistrar of the Order of S t. John.
KNIGHT
Air Commodore Thomas Keith L yle , e.B., M.A. , M.D. , M R e.P., F R.C.S. Deputy Hosp italler of he Order of S John. " o
(Above) : Pr eceded by th e Ouier word, th e L01'd Pri or en ers th e church tMo l/gh Ihe cloi let.
(L eft): Th e Lord P rior wi th th e A rchbis hop in J eru so lem and M et1'Opolitan (Til e RL Re v ./ 1 C. JIIJac l n'l7es).
ASSOCIATE KNIGHTS
I-I.is Excellency Dr Jamil Tutunji , Minister of Hea lth H ashemite Kingdom o f Jordan
His Excel e ncy Ha sa n E l K a lib , Gov e rn o r of J eru sa em and Custocii a n of the Hol y Pl aces
Lt.-Gen B a bes El Majaij , omman der-in- Chi ef, Jord a n Arab Army
Dr. Kha lil Mu a Budeiri, S ub-Warden and Surgeon to the SL John Ophth a lmi c H o pitaJ. min Shahin, Member of tb e Am man Municipal ounci J. A SOCIATE CHAPLAIN
The R t. R ev. ajib Atla la h C ub a' in , Bi shop in J orda n, Lebanon and y ria.
COMMA DER S (BROTHER )
Br ig Vi v a n W akefield Streel, B .E. , D.S.O ., M.e.. J ohn Edwin Simp on.
OCIA E C O MM D R (BRO THERS)
Hi s Wor hip Sayid Ruhi I Kh al ib , Lord Mayor of J eru alem.
Brig ubran Ha wa, M B. E., Quartermaster-General, J orda n Ara b Army.
COMlVIANDER (SIS ER )
Fl orence T a bella J oy, Mrs. MacInnes, ora L ili an Be a trice f ss Moore.
O FFI E R (BROTHERS)
eorge Whi lfie ld .B a r k al h, M .G., O B.E illiam orray.
OCI TE FFI R (BROTHERS)
ajaj, D. Member of he J erusa lem Municipal unci!.
Moh amed hmad nton afieh, Tow n Clerk, Muncipalily of Jerusalem. ayed u ef Bud iri. f unicipal Engineer, J erusa lem.
M hammed bu R ajab Shahin.
ER ( I TERS) .B alron, St. J ohn Ophthalmic
Sl. John E R (S TER)
A R\ G BRO THERS
ur ad I arogi, uperinlendellt st. J ohn Opthalmic p lal.
Ii H a an. al h Ii a eh.
Ha a n I brahim k-Harbouq. Da id 1irza Khalil l-Ianna Ewei ouad D ajani. Hazar H anna Bannayan. Ha an bu Teen.
Ev lyn pplegate, o ER TG I TER S r . Kalbian.
E llen I r . Kh a dder.
Zaida R awhi, Mr E1 Kh alib. Joyce Labib, Mr a cr. r Ri ckard.
Jan ettc, Mrs. a'alouk.
LO G SER ICE ERTll'IC TE bd ull a h Mahmoud.
Mr Hill a Ka
Mi Mary Jabra.
OFFI E R (BROTHER)
J ohn ordon ilver, B. " .M. , la nt ecretary, Order o f t. J oh n
[tcr th ceremony, the gue t m a de their way again to the Amba s a dor H o te l where a lun cheo n wa held at whi h the Ord e r w re t h ho ts, and there wa a final gatherin g of the gu est, both Jordanian an d Brit i h, at which friend hip were m a de whi h will doubtl e a f r m an y year a nd in 9
The L ord P rior, representing H.R.II the D uke oj Gloucester the Orand Pr ior, receives i1' Stewart D uke -Elder as B ailiJ/ Grand Cross at the ceremony in the
the course of an informal speech the L ord Prior read out a number of messages of goodwill which had been received from a wide variety of people and organisations. He also paid a well-deserved tribute to the Order staff who had worked behind the scenes to organise the events and ensure that all should to smoothly, singling out especially tbe Warden D r. A. J. B oase, the Matron, Miss 1. K. Stent, and the Secretary of the Order, Maj. James Underhill, who had worked ceaselessly in the cause of the hospital for several years He again spoke of the friendship that existed between the P eople of Jordan and the Ord er, and expressed the hope that the years to come woul d see a strengthening of the bonds between us.
Th e official part of the opening celebrations was 0 er. Bu t for lhose who had come from England there were sights to see ne w frien ds to make at parties and on private visits, to take and new dishes to taste. The D ead Sea had its quota of isitors and intrepid bathers, and the D ead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem were duly studied.
We are sure that all who took part in this historic journey whic h in fact well deserves the description, however hackneyed, of "pi lgrimage," have memories that. they ,,:'iIl treasure a long as they Ii e For the organisation behind the scene which ensured that their travels should go a smoothly po ible, they would certainly wish a special word of thanks to go to Mr. Knight and Mr. Grimmett of the Expre s Tra el and Tr ansport Company; to Mr. Rayner and Mr. Safouri. ofiddle Ea t Airline and to the indefatigable Ir. bdinnour, of Bi ble Land Touri t Bureau in Jerusalem who e efforts could truly be described as 'beyond the line of duty."
Finally, perhaps a description of the hospital buildings may be of intere t, for it is undoubtedly a fact tha.t the Order ha created an in titution of which it can be Justly proud.
One of the bi gge t modem buildings in Jordan, it wa" de igned by the ar hitect, Mr. John E. Simp on, .R.I.B.A and on tructed by the contractor, lr. min Shahin in Ie" than n 0 year. It built entirely of local tone from the De Ha heh quarri ,cut and dressed by local ma ons.
I n d igning lhe hospital, care ha been tak n to en ure that nurse and sisters should have a rruninmro di tan e to walk. From h r d k the ward nur an overlook the \ hol ward.
Th building pra ticalt all - Ie tri. th ki tch en equipment and te ril er The operatmg theatres have ever' modern device-emergenc lighting equipment it her in ca e f a breakdown, \-"hi h liminate delay in tbe parkl witche en ur anae thetic e plo in , and th re i a n al r-c ondltlOnrng plant and humidifier to re duce tatic electr ici ty to a mi nimum.
harming feat ure of the ho pital is th bild r en' da y nur er to k d \ ith to Bu b far tbe bigge t department 't il outpa t ie nl. b ca u e (hi th mo t inlportanr part f th e hospit a l work.
cloisters oj the H ospital.
THE OR DE R' S HE R IT AG E II
Surrey ",.d Hertfordsl.ire
BY CAPT. J. D O CWRA-ROGERS, M B.E.
Surr ey
THE NEARER one approaches t.o London tbe greater the probability that any propert ies of the Ord r would come directly under the control of the Priory of Clerkenwell. It is no doubt due to tlus circumstance that Surrey posse s d no independent Commandery.
There were, however in the eounty some scattered est a tes In Southwark the Manor of Horsleydown was held from 12 06; this was j u st to the south -east of where Tower Br idge n ow stands and towar d s Bermondsey, where H orsleydown Steps an d J erusalem Wharf remain to th is d ay; tbe site of he Manor Ho use is now occu p ied by Courage s Brewery
Three water mills in this district b elonge d to the Hospitallers in the first year of Ed war d 1' s re gn.
In the Guildford a r ea we re estates at Merrow actually in Clandon P a r k, where T em ple Court still marks tbe site, but we were not a b le t o fin d any tr a ces that could b e identified with t h e O rder, wh en we visited the present house last Easter.
West of Cranlei gb is Smithb rook, wh ere the manor was held b y St Jo hn and administere d by the Commandery of P oling in Sussex.
Within the Mano r of D orking, of which the Warenne family, Earls of Surrey, were overlords, two properties were given to the Templars in the reign of Henry the Third. Of these, the "Wlute H orse" Hotel in D orking itself wa anciently known as the "Cross House" from the badge of the Order; t h e earli est portions still standing d at e from the end of the 15th cen t ur y, possibly earlier. There is some fine timb er work on the ground and first floors and tbe cella rs , cut in native san dstone, are of a very ear ly datg. T he other p ro p erty was T emp e Elfo ld, in the parish of Capel. This is now a charming Elizab ethan house, containing many inter esting fea tures, especia ll y two small rooms on tbe north si de with early Tudor stone fireplaces; these probably date from the Order s ownership, of which the fishpond also remains to remind us , B oth tbese properties came to the Hospitallers in 1308 or shortly afterwards. Apart from a few acres in Leatherhead, the above are all that can be traced of any St. John connect ion with Surrey
Hertfordshire
IN THE FIRST HALF of th e 12th century, Gi lb ert de Clare granted t o t h e H os pitallers the Church of Standon with 140 acres and his vineyard , an esta e which tben became the Commandery for this co unty A b out t h e same time his brother R oger gave the mill " outside t h e gate of Standon towar ds the south"; this was exchanged in 1337 for lands in West P eckham, K ent P aper Mill L ane near the site still exists. T he Cburch of Standon is of particular interest firstly from b eing one of tbe few" Processional" Churches in England, i. e where the chancel gradually slopes u pwards to t h e a tar, and sec ondly for having the tower well detached fr o m the main b o d y of the church to the east of the south do or. N ear the Chur ch is a b rick a nd t im b er buil di ng of the la ter med aeval p erio d , no w a scho ol, which b elonged to the Order and was used as a hospice for travellers: am told by the R ev Christ opher P erowne, who was Vicar of Stand on for several yea r s, t h at was only in the las t century that the bu nks provid ed for t h e " pilgrims" were des troye d T he actu a si te of the Commandery is at Fria rs Farm a b out ha lf a mile eas o f th e village. H u man re mains have been found at the farm an d here a re fie lds k n own as " Knights Springs" and " K nigh t s L eys". A b arn he re,
High DO"lCII IIats. Coat of arm fro/ll Templ ej Din ley 10
burned some thirty year a go was probabl y p ar t of the Commandery buildings , and traces of a moat are to Lhe north of the farm.
T o the south of Standon on th.e Stortford road stood a chapel of the Order adjacent to a bridge 0 er th e R i er Rib , and they also owned a grange in the Colliers End di trict
The last reference to Standon as a Comm a ndery app ars to have b een in 1360 b y wluch tin1e the Tempiar Precep tory of Temple D insley bad been granted to the Order a nd had superceded Standon. In 1389 John D a lton 'i a the ommander of D in ley, after which the property came immediately under Clerkenwell and later wa e identl y lea ed out, for in 1519 the Grand Prior 's nephew, John Docwr a, was given a fifty years' lea e
The present house there now a hool, is a fin building of the early 18th century, but r tain s nothing of th older ho use; the only sur ivo r is the ioe itable fishpond. In H itchin Church there is a st one effigy reputed to h a e be n t hat of the founde r, Bern ard de Ballio t, 1147' and b hind the altar of the little modern church of Preston nearby , is a goo d example of a Templar coffin-lid of tbe 13th century.
At High D own House , near Hitchin is a car ed tone panel with the arms of Sir Thomas Docwra dated 1504, b eli eved to be a relic from Temple Dinsley. The manor of h a rHon or Moremead, wh ich late r formed a portion of the Hitchin Priory demesne was a l 0 attached to this 0l11J11a nder y. After visiting the foregoing prop er ties in the ummer of 1959, we were again in the county thi Ea ter. On th border of Bedfordshire is Baldock , so ca lled by th e Templar from Baalbek in Syria. Only the east en d of the c hancel of
lhi fin c c h u rch is of Te m p lar o ri g in tbe known li st of Rector begin with th e H osp ta llers presenting from 131 7 u n ti l J 537. It was th ey who almost entirely rebu Ut th is church in the J4t h ce nt ury t he clerestory being added by t hem about a hundred years later. The and on which the town Lands wa s granted originally to the Templar s by Gilbert de C lare before 1J48 and the whole eventually became Order property including t he right to hold a market aDd a fair.
Thi e ry co n id erable estate eems to have been included with th e d e la re manor of Lru1J10ck , with Wil lian to the oulh of Letchworth, a nd the nearb y church a Weston Thi s las t contains orne magnificent and m assive Norman work, particu la rly the tower crossing a nd th e north Iran ept, and Lh e re are ome grote que carved stone bosses; th e a t Order a ppointmenlto th is Ji ving was in 1492. To the ea Lare Buntingford and Aspenden, wh ere on ly la n ds were held, and com ing outh to Lhe neighbourhood of Ware is the ex-Temp ar property of T emp le h elsing; th is is now a 19th century farmhouse a nd th ere is no trace of a ny older buildings. The adja ent f a rm is Bengeo T e mpl e, wh ich eems Lo have borrowed it n ame from Che l ng a th ere i no re o rd of it er being a T em pl ar holding, despite an ancient moat. bout 11 68 Robert Be au mont , Ear of Leicester, gave the man r of Bro bourn e o the Knights of St. John and th ey e en tu a ll y obtained ario n 's a nor in Hodd es don from the Templar and bet, een the tw o townships the pital r' Ho pitaller" Brook sti ll flows. Bro xboume ranked as a amera und er Clerkenwell. I is interesting to note that the neighbouring illage of he hunt was referred (0 as " T emp le heston" in the f-I erald Vi ita tion of 1634, but I ha e been unabl so far to trace a ny co nn ectio n eit her with th e T empla r or ou r I e.
SALFORD CAMPAIGN FOR SAVE-A-LIFE WEEK
MUCH INTERES T was aroused in Salford, L ancs, when members of the West Corps Ambulance and ursing Di vis ions, o. 8 ( Manchester and Salfor d), and Duke of Lancaster s D istrict, held a Save-a-Life" and publicity wee k in the city quite recently. B y kind pennission of the Pres iden t of the Salford Division, the Brigade were able to exhibit a display stand in his motor car show-rooms for the whole of the week. The stand, which attracted many people, was made by a member of the Br oughton D ivision and dep icted a number of the activities of Brigade work to gether with some slogans on the importance of first aid. Each e ening, demonstrations were given in first aid by our memb ers outside these car showrooms and quite a number of people showed an interest in these demonstrations. Whils t the e ents were taking place. members were also handing out va rio us leaflets on t he activities of the adult and ca det di ision
T ell/pie Elfolcl. IIrre!J.
SER\ I CE
HE LTl E FIL r ER E i available to any organi ation i n E , un'olk aDd orfolk, fr of a ll co t to th ms el Th pr gramme, a at pr ent con t tuted indud th e howing of the film H m of Health," made specially to ho\ th audien e Lhe Ov a ltine Factory and Model Fa r m , to whi h i a dd e d upporLing films a nd an Ov a ltin trail r fi lm (appro im at running tim 50 minute ). tra fi lm ca n be s hown by arrangem nt with th e Projecti n is t so th a t for any r eg i red organisation i.e. t. John mbu la n Brig a d , Bri t i h R d Cros , Motor cJe lub hoo l coul and Guid tc. , any film on their particular ubje a n be hown a a n e'tra. Th hire co of this e, tra fi m i the r pon ibility of the organi ation concerned.
A g ll a ranteed audiellcejigllre 0/50 is reqllired. For vveekend bowing, arrangement with the project ioni t mu t be mad, ppli ca tion hould be made to: Film Repr e eotative, Wander Ltd., 8 Overton Court 0 rtoo Dri e, Wan tad, London, E.ll.
The " Finale' of the week came on the Saturday \ hen a ar accident was ta ged on the 10 al market place. In arranging tlu ent \ e had the kind co-operation of the Clu f Con table, \ ho i also th Corps President 'A', the City Fire Officer, and the Medical Officer of Health (for the Ambulance) The stunts ere arran ged by the Area Surgeon D r. G. O. Hug hes , i.e. , in co-operation with D ivisional Superintendent J. Bro wn (cas ualties) and Corps Sup t. elso n and took the form of a car wervin g to avoid a ped trian and as a r ult ix per on were injured as the car careered acro the road and finished again t a waU mashing t he rad iator and all the wind creen. The driver and hi ,,'ire suffered hock a nd cur to the f ace and hand T\ 0 per on wer trapped underneath the car and had ustained eriou injurie an d t\ 0 more had been truck b y the front of the car one per on tini hed up under the front, heel and the other m an \ a tn1 k by th r a diator and sustained abdominal injuri
Such wa th po ition of the t wo "vi tims " trapped under the car and their injurie that the fire brigade had to be called to a i tin e tr icating them from underneath the ar. After fir t aid treatment had b en r en d red all the "ca ualti ere I' mo d b y ambulance to ho pi tal, s a re ult of th e efforts a numb r of people mad e enquirie regarding taking a our e in fir t aid and it i consid red that th ffort , as " orthwhile. running ommenta r y was gi en b D ivi iona l u perintendent Brown.
The II osp ice, Slando n, l/ er s.
CROWD eJathered o walch this "Save -a LifeWeek" demonstration- one of the most effective of publicity and recruiting.
SOMERSET BALL
Beali"g UJith Bonna
FOLLOWING two emergency meetings at Federal House, Trinidad, on Sep tem ber 4th and 5th, relief teams of st. John , Red Cross, Public Works, etc., were flown from Trinidad and Jamaica to Anguilla t o give in1illedi at e help to victims of Hurricane Donn a, while stores and o t her personnel came on by sea.
The worst hit areas were, of course, in tbe outlying districts where lack of transport and impassable roads made the task appalling. However, owing to t he generosity of two people in particular, a Mrs. Lloyd who lent her van and a Mr. Wall who lent his motorbo a t (bo t h these people depend on these for their living) , the job of getting a mobile first aid van into acti on and in bringing in stores was soon made much easier.
The " mopping-up" process was not just going o ver he ground once-every day the Island of Anguilla had to be covered the sick treated the old and the homeless fed and reassured. As the pictures show, the damage was extensive and very man y of the inhabitants are extremely old and infirm. In a dd ition to trea ting the injuries, feeding and clothiflg the victims the teams often had to turn handy-man and make some sort of shelter out of the wreckage. That the job was well done is amply proved b y the man y tributes, both in the local press and from the Governor of tbe Federation of the West Indies, quite apart from the reports from our headq uarters officer Mrs . F. D avie -Smith.
The Editorial in tbe Trin idad Guardian of September 10th ,
a tarpaulin.
Ph oto: Trinidad Guardia,. emching amollg the ruin, of a hom e
says: "It may be tr ue t h at a crisis brin gs outtbe be t qualities in h um an b eulg Certain ly the R ed Cross and St. John organisations here have worked here in th e last two or three days with pr a iseworU1Y spee d an d efficiency, not on ly in getting together r el ief suppli es but also in sending representatives to the scene of the di saster. A team of three Trinidad St. Jo hn workers is in nguiUa and another team was standing b y yesterday ready to go It is thi sort of immediat aid which means so much to those who ha ve met with disaster. "
The names of the team were as follow:
From Trinid ad: D iviional Sup erinten dent Ru sell Division a Offi cer Ferreia, D ivisional Officer Mi Willian1S. From J amaica : Sir Harold Mitchell Di trict gl.-Major P. D avies, Sgt. S. D aViD, pl. 1. arter and r. ampbeU.
BRIGADE MEMBERS
HELP DEVON FLOOD VICTIMS
TFfE DISASTROUS FLOOD wbich hit D evon during October offered a cball enge to the Briga de in the stricken areas-a cha ll enge to which members ro e in a magnificent way, de pite the fact that many o[ them had per sona ll y been hard hit by the udden onru h of the waters. Tbe Brigade in Exmout h, Sidmouth, Colyton a n d Exeter were particularly act ive a nd their effort were highly praised by the Clerk of th e Devon ou nt y ounci !. In a letter to the Brigade mmi s ioner, Major T W. Gracey, he writes: "The pirit in which this h elp was olTered an d the speed with wbich it wa gi en, was a great comfort to those who ufTered
COL TO ,on October 24th, the worst flood in living memory turned tbe early morning into a nightmare. Di isional uperintendent W. Gover opened up Brig ade Headquarters, lit fire and with the help of Divisional membe rs ooked after tbe victin1s who were brought in by olher Brig a d men, \ ho at danger to their lives rescued peopl by ladder, con eyed tb m by bo at and generally tried r ure tbem that all \ ould be well.
One f the rna t de a tated place was SIDMOUTH, wher on October 22nd, the river overflow d its banks, cutting ofT tbe lawn completely [or a period. Di visional up rintend ent E. G. Gooding report that after making arrangement [or tbe rec ption [victim, he gathered Brigade member and helped police, rmy and fire offic r in r cue work. Idcrly pe pIe ufl'ering from hock were among the pathetic a ua lti e and the day br ught several fatali[ie. ome member were on dut for over 12 hours. The \ hole m rgency produced a combined op ration in wbich e eral of the voluntary organi alion pull d their weigbt. en the ad t Parent' oeiation join din.
In - / 0 H. the first flood came in mid-afternoon when m t member \ ere at work. One o f th e \V r t-hit hou e \ a tbat of r. B a tin the Di vi ional Sup riotendent, whi h had to be demoli hed Four members of the Bri gade were out for five hour ith the ambu lance and at one point carried a man on a tretcber [or half a mile to safet; through deep floods.
A week later, a \ or e flooding occurr d and thi time 12 m mber combed the town, carrying si k and elderly peop le up tair and e acuating otber. They worked from 6 p.m. to 4 a. m
A VERY UCCE F L BALL in aid oj St. Jo hn funds was held at Dunster Castle on Seplemher 16th, by the Council of the Order in omerset. The Castle was very generously loaned by lVIr s. Geoffrey L uttrell, a D ame of the Order, and Lady County President Somerset (Sursing D ivisions) of the Brigade. The Castle was floodlit and over 300 guests enjoyed a memorable e-vening. A profit of over £500 was made. Th e picture, in the oallery in the Castle, gives a vivid impression oj the beautiJul selling. CARDIFF INSPECTION
rIO a: .r. G. S m alling
FTom J amaica ca m.e S gt. l11ajoT P au W D avis,
The village of TI P TO - STT JOH v as wamp d by a 3 foot torrent which' through the houses, flooding many o[ them and de troying other. Troops came in to clear up and one•Br igade member formed_a one-\- oman emerge ncy sq uao. Sb e went round the iUage with_q uantitie of oLd sheets, rags tc ., to be lp people mop up , and later kept th e troops an d other wo rkers, as well a flood vict im , supplted with andwic b , tea an d soup.
C • STLE GEO 'D ill cohich th e B rigade in Cardiff ha it OWII ambulance hall, the fine etlirzg for thi R eviet by 01. II. R. IIulI/pl/rie , C. t.J., T.D., D.L hainnan oj the t. John Council for Cardiff. On the left of the pictllre D eputy COlllllli 'ioner R. D a- ies O. l.J stand along ide th e Comllli ioner, JJaj ol' A H. G. Field JI.B.E., K.St J ., 11i G Richards D. l. J accolllpanying th e R ier ing Offic er on hi inspection oj the /lUI' ing ection.
Ph oto: Trin idad Guardian
Here i s one of the vi ctims w ho with his wi e rec eive d firs t aid,food, and clothing, and help in covering his roof with
Photo: Desmond O'Neil
PRESENTATIONS TO CHIEF NURSING OFFICER
Ph oto: Nu rsing j\([ir ror
WELL- KNOWN to members of th e Brigade thro t lgh out th e country, the former Chief N u rsing Officer , Miss Noreen Hmnilton - fV edderburn, has now relinquished this po t and has mar ri ed NIT. John Ham i lto n Alli ursing Officers n the Brigade subscribed to a cheque, presented (left) on th eir
HAMPSHIRE
BRIGADE TRAIN AMONG
OCTOBER FLOODS
HAMPSHIRE held the second of its annual emergency exercises on Sunday, October 9t h, when the orthern Area of the county was called out to " Exercise Speedy " in which it was assumed that a passenger plane had crashed into Fleet P ond just missing Fleet Railway Station and the Southern Main Line.
Casualties were provided by those stalwarts of the Casualties Union who gave their u sual excellent co -operation which this time incl ud ed floatin g on the pond, being" b lown" into tree-tops and on to ro o f-tops or lying half-sub merge d in fl o od -water of wh ich there was more t h an somewhat owing t o the heavy rainfall b efore the exercise. All of which they took in their stride.
Ambulances and mobile first aid units were called out f rom all Northern Area unit s with ne a rly 100 ambulance and nursing members suitab ly attired in waders and gum boots. Forty -seven patients had to be rescued, treated and dispatched in order of priority to hospitals which h a d been set up in the Pyestock Factory Canteen of the British Gas Turbine D evelopment Corporation.
The Incident Officer was County Officer R. W. Harris who as a P olice Officer brought professional knowledge to the track. His head quarters was set u p in Fleet COlmtry C lub, by kind permiss ion of the owner.
Valuable assistance was given to the Incident Officer by the Hampshire Bran ch of the R adio Emergency Amateur Network who gave their co-operation with three radio-cars County Superintendent (A) Col. E. G D utfield was Casu a lty Control Offi cer u nder whose guidance all the patien ts were sp eed ily r eated and moved to h ospital where
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SWAN SE A'S YOUNG HOPES
Ph o o : Sp or & Ge ne rnl
behalf at th e }, itT illg Offi ce? Con f erence by th e au nte o Br ecknock, upe rinl enden t-in- Ilief. L a er at John House, a mall pa rly a held at w hi ch (ria l/t) l11aj.-Gen.
J. 7\1. Kirk man, Com mi ssioner -in - Chief, pr esen ed a furlher cheque on behalf of her for1ller co ll ea a/( 0. 1 B ri{!ade IJ eadquar ler
D ivisional Surgeon D r. D. Bovill of Bas ingstoke Ambulance Division, was in charge assisted b y County ur si ng Officer
Mrs E. A. Purkess and Assistant County Sup erin len denL (N) Mrs. D utfield
Deputy Commissioner (R) N. R. TurnbuU , F.R. .S ., a od Surgeon Captain J Coulter, D c., R. were the inspecting officers of both he fi rs t aid and nur ing performed by the p ersonnel who worked hard at their task which at times was cold and very, very wet.
Braving the flooded roads and countryside, the W.V.S from Berkshire arrived at the a ppropri ate momen t with very hot tea and food for a ll who took part in the exerCIse.
Aft er the d ay' s activities the doctors a nd in pectingofficers gave comments and criticisms on what was a very useful exerc ise.
Col. P. Curtis, County Commiss ioner, concluded the short" post mortem " on the exercise b y thanking all who h ad take n part especially Capt. H Henderson, R.N. (rtd.), D eputy Commiss io n er wh o was respons ible for the overall arrangements of" Exercise Speedy."
Ph o o : S o uth Wales E ve nin g P OS
WA E.\ \.DET 1.30 s trong ar e jl ouri hing and wer e r ece1llly the subject of a ea ur e i n lh e lo cal e"u eninrJ pap er, where III ir lrailling w as de crib ed in delail and fliah prai e as gh en 10 Ih em. 'Phi is one of Ih e picture lhal illustrat e cl lhe arlicle.
DIVISION FORMED AFTER A ROAD ACCIDENT
1 J LV J 9-9 Mr e yn Hawkin, ur ing ember, Hasland a nd ras moor D ivi ion, o. 1, .C. B rea, was gi ing fir aid to casualtie in a eriou road accident ncar h r hom. our choo l-girl offered to help her and later a ked t be aught fi r l aid - .r. Ha\ kin invited the girl to h r h0rr:te to learn fir t aid-the girl however, brought me ffl nd and ery 000 the number became l 0 large f r r. H awkin to c pe at borne h contacted r D nt , . B o. 1 rea adet Offi cer and the girls atte nded leclure gi en by Dr. HaoralLy at Tupton illage iation la .
Th e follow ing D ember 17 girl obtained their P .F. cerl ificate an d rea ommis ion er B Kendall agreed to a new di i o n. kno\ n a P arkhou e olLiery Cadet to be for med. Th following pril anoth r group of girl pa ed t he P.F. a nd a lso joined.
t t he o un ly Rally at hatsworth P ark recent y, 40 nursing cadets dre ed in uniform borro\ ed from other divi sion proudl presented themselves for in pe tion and were a cred it to th e Brigade. Mr. Hawkin ha been promot ed to Di vi ional Llpcrintendent and Mr. D ixon Di v isiona l Offi cer.
Cup for Weymouth Cadet
T THE HEADQU IUE RS of th Weymouth mbulance
Cadets, befo re a good mu t r of cadets, a det M P arham (now promoted to the s n io r division) was pre nted by 15
County Staff Officer K. H. Mooring Aldridge with the St. J ohn C up
This c up is awa rded annually to the cadet ambulance or nursing, who has carried o u the best and most efficient case of" first aid" to an injured person.
Last year it was won by two cade ts- Cadet D. Sutton (P ortland A.C.D.) and Cadet M Parham (Weymou th A.C.D.) and the cup was shared , Cadet Sutton bolding it for the fir s t six months.
On Tues da y Sep tember 27th, C a det Parh a m became the holder. He became involved when he saw a m a n knocked down by a car His training as a cadet s tood him in good s tead for such an emergency.
He treated a man who had been knocked down by a car for shock and then heJped a policeman to treat the man s injuries.
BLANCHFO RD STI L L TH E RE
C O STIR Ano SPREAD THRO UGHOUT the St. John AmbuB rigade movement in tbe British Isles recentl y when a natIOnal dally newspaper announced the retirement" of Guernsey's famous Area Commissioner -in- Charge of Transport , Mr. R eginald H Bl anchford.
_Fortunately the " " was premature for, at only 4) years of age and wIth 25 years of service behind him he is still in the position to give the leadership and which ha e characterised this servant of st. John whom the B.B.C. saw fit to feature in a " This is Your Life " programme 21 months ago.
The part of his lifework from -; hich Mr. Blanchford has been for ced to re t ire is that of active cliff rescue work- and this only under medical instruction.
I!l two of the many cliff-rescues on Guernsey s coast in which he ha led a br illiant team of St. Jo hn workers r. Blanchford sustained serious spinal injuries when boulders and parts of a crumbling cliff fell on to him and brought about the injuri s from wh ich he has suffered.
Bu t in spite of this the Area Commissioner still carries on with his other work. He bas pioneered many ne, facets of the \ of.St. John arJ?-ong them must be most highly rated the placLDg IDtO operatIOn of the first radio-controlled ambulance service in the, hole of the British Isles' operation of the first -e er B rigade marine-ambulance fa t launch " FlYi?g Chri and the organi of life and pain uffermg mercy-flIght by air and sea to hundreds of Guerney p eople and Engli h visitor \ ho have needed uraent English ho pital treatment. Hi ourstandina work in these and o ther direction ha e bro u ght Mr. Blanchford the !V1 .B .E., the George edal , the Carnegie Hero T rust Medal III Bronze, and th " .c.' of the Order of S t. John the Li e- a ing Il edal in Gold , and the rank of of the Order of S t. John and other award for gallantry. Fortunat 1 r. J ohn in Guern e and the many who hay ben fited Tn the pa t and those, ho will need it in th future. Mr. Blan chford has lIot gone into full r tirement it is only ? n d a ngerou cliff rescue that he will be een no more. In thl S phere younger men will take hi plac an d emulate hi d ed of alom which are knmvn. not onl throuahout t he St. J ohn mbulance organi ation in the Briti h"I Ie and Comm nwe a lth. but a] 0 in every Engli h -sp eaking countr m the world
Editor Note: r fr. Blanchford jt will be remembered wa the ubject in the I92 -page book amariraTl of tlte 1. lands by Don E eritt (Geo r ge G. Barr ap & Co. Ltd .) publi bed a t l2s 6d. and obtain able from all book eller Frank V. Falla.
New for Dental Hong Clinic Kong
A NEW $30 000 dental clinic to serve underprivileged children in the' orphanages, blind homes crippled childr.en's homes and sin1ilar institutions in the colony, was officially opened at the Macdonnell Ro a d headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade by the Hon. Michael Turner, C.B.E. , C.StJ former Chairman of the St. John Council for Hong Kong and now Vice-Chairman of the O rder's Executive Committee.
Dr. F. I. Ts eung, Commissioner of the st. John Ambulance Brigade, in welcoming Mr. Turner, said that the clinic wa the first of its kin d to be operated by the St. Jo hn Ambulance Brigade in any part of the world.
Mr. Turner said that the P enetratIOn Squ a d of the Bngade led by its officer, Mr. H. F. Shields, has fOT some time bee!! making visits every other week to people ill the New TerrItories.
" This new clinic, however, wi ll enab le children from vario u s institutions to be b roug ht for treatment ill transpo r t provided by t he Brigade. Rather than .having a dental clinic, it had been thought more efficlent and eco nOilllcal to establish fixed clinics," said Mr. Turner. H e continued: " One such clinic, it was thought, could well be set up as a start at this new St. John Headquarters in Macdonnell R oad and, later, when funds are forthcoming , other similar clinics could be set up in Ko wloon and the New Territories.
" I am told t his clinic is one of the most up-to -date establishments of its kind in the Far East. It has been set up with the approva l of the Medical and Health authorities of the
KAMPALA CEREMONY
AT a ceremony in Kampala, the Mayor of the H on. S. W. Kulu bya , C.B.E., C.St.J ., presented m edallions and lab els to members of the pubhc and the Brigade. Wi th the Mayor on th e p.latform are (left to right): Major R eeves, Mr N P. H. Mtln er, Dr. Hame rton and Sir J ohn Griffin.
Th e H on. 01. TY. Turner cuttin<1 the 7'ibbon al the doo?' of the new D ental Clinic. Be ide him Dr F. I. T eung (Comm is ioner of the Brigade).
co lon y, and also with t h e appro al of tbe HOl:g Kong D ental Society, and its prin1ary object is to provld fr ee service as well as routine preventive treatment to children from for the crippled, the blind, tbe deaf, the dumb and the underprivileged on the island of Hong Kong.
" It' will be under the supervision of Mr. hields and a nwnber of nurses belonging to the t. John Ambulance Brioade have been and are being, trained to give the necessary qu alified service Institut.ions will be with one at a t ime so as to prOVIde serv Ice a nd pre entlve t rea t ment on a ystematic basis."
Mr. Turner said that the St. John Ambulanc socm tlon and Brigade were greatly indebted to Mr. hic l.d. for hi interest and service in th e e tabli hment of the cliniC. They were a lso grateful to other denti t h?tb from the armed services and from the Cl illan commW1lty for the help they had promi ed.
"To complete the ser ice, add t ion al clinic , ill be needed in Ko wloon and the ew Territorie and I incer Iy hope that these clinics will become realities in lhe not lao fardistant future."
Alrea dy patients from five children's home ha.e been treated at the clin ic, which is fitted w ith the t eqUipment. There have been 35 0 extractions, and 146 fillmg , while 94 patients have bee n full y treated.
Mr. Shields in a short address of thanks to Mr. Turner and to the St John Association for gene rou ly providing the necessary fund for the clinic, al 0 said he would be very gratefu l for any volunteer service by his colleague in the dental profession
Among those at the opening ceremony were Mr.. J R Jones, Chairman of the St. John Ambulance!, oClatlon., and members of the medical and dental profeSS on
MALTA
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with more active members the" quality" of the Brigad e member hip in Ma lta is high.
Malta is full of historic p aces of interest to visit and learnt a great deal about the h istory of our Order. Ma lt a is indeed our piritual home a nd visiting it was for me a thrillin g and memorable experience.
In order to commemorate my visit in co-operation with Hi s Worship the Mayor of Fioch ley, Divisional Superintendent A. T. DickiJl on (93rd Finchley Division) we will hortly bc presenting Col. Abe la with a plaque bearing the coat of arms of FinchJey which I hope will be kept on display at Brigade headquarters, Valletta.
I feel that this leller alone inadequately conveys my grateful thanks to all tho e friend and Brigade members in Malta who 0 kindJy gave me uch a wonderful time, I must make pecial mention of Mr. G. A. Bonello, Mr. J. Bartolo, Mr. as a llo and Mr. D. Busuttil, for they went far beyond the" call of duty" in looking after me.
I must too, thank the ommis ioner and his charming lady for kind hospitality whicb tbey so willingly extended to mc, and thank al 0 to thc Overseas Department of the Brigade in London for 0 kindly arranging my visit.
01. bela wi hcs me to remind Brigade members in Britain that a warm and hearty welcome always awaits them if they care to visit Malla and may I remind Col. Abela that whenever he or any member from Malta may visit Lond n we in inchley can a ure them of a reciprocal elcome.
Leo nard Co hen, President,93 r d inchley .J. .B. Di ion.
AROUND THE COUNTIES
It is greatly regretted that owing to the special nature of this iss ue, causing abnormaUy heavy pres rue on space, we ha ve been forced to hold over many item of n ew and pi ctures. They will appear next month, together with Cro swor d TO. 16.
DEVO
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS' CLUB have presented a mobile stretcher carrier to the local St. John Ambulance Brigade for use at Home Park. The president of the Supporters' Club, Ald. H. J. Perry, J.P., speaking over the public address system before one of the games said how much they all appreciated the assistance given by the St. John members who were on duty at all home fixtures. Mr. George Howard, president of the Plymouth Central Ambulance Division, thanked the president and members for their most useful and generous gift.
The stretcher carrier was handed over to Superintendent P. G. D oidge by Mr. F. T. Pring, chairman of the Supporters' Club. Within minutes of the kick-off it was in use to carry off a visiting player who had badly injured a leg.
CORNWALL
PIa EER DIVIS[O I SIN CO(U., WALL. Chiefly because it was then the centre of a busy tin mining industry in which accidents to workers were frequent, the two towns of Camborne and Redruth pioneered Cornwall in the establishment of the S t. John Ambulance Brigade.
Redruth Division was the first founded in the county, its formation taking place at the close of the last century. In 1906, Camborne D ivision was formed. The Pool Division, afterwards called the Illogan D ivision, began on May 23rd, 1910 and its golden jubilee was celebrated on Sunday, August 21st 1960 when members of the county Brigade and neighbouring di isions paraded to Fore Street Methodist Church, lllogan Highway, for a commemoration ervice.
The present strength of the division is 17 officers and other ranks. This year approval was given by Headquarters to the constitution of lllogan as a joint ambulance and nursing divi ion and attached to it are the ambulance and nursing cadet di isions.
The di ision has embarked upon a very ambitiou cherne in the construction of a new headquarters. Excellent progr i being made on the attractive one- torey building, the cost o f which i £4,000. A large part of that money bas been rai ed by voluntary efforts which commenced in 1944.
Present at the commemoration service were four founder member, fes rs. T. H. Pri k, H. Kernick, \ T. Davey and Percy C. [aynard. Dur ing the service, the County Commis ioner, R ar dmiral L. A. Boutwood, presented Divi ional Superintend nt S. E. Polkinghorne with a framed jubilee certificate commemorating the 50 ears', ork of the divi ion.
FROM AUGUST 16th to 31st, 1960, I was the guest of Commissio ner (L t.-Col. J V. Abela, O.B.E.) a nd the Bngade in Malta. M ay I th rough the of your co lumns be permit ted to hank the Malta Bflga de for the tr,uly wonderful t ime they gave me d urin g my stay on the beautiful isla nd of M alta.
r met many Brig ade members in Malta from h e a mbul a n ce, nursing a nd cadet divisions. Th ose I met and spok.e to were full of enth u siasm for t he work whi ch they vo lu ntari ly und ertake for t he b enefit of the community, and altho ugh like voluntary organisations throughout the world they can do
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FAn < WELL Al TY in ypr(lS 7'n honour of l1Ii 111 Donavollr-lJ ickie, relumin rJ to England afler her tour of duly a t. Jolin Orgcmi ing Officer. This group how., from l illo ri l1 /t1 (standing): 11l?'. I< arulzas (of Defence Jl ini try, Cyprus), Dr. Z. Pano (Comllli ioner, S.J.A.B.), ll r. Devlelian' (sealed): 1111' Ven<1[i D onavour-I-lickie ro T. Mogabgab M.B.E., O. t.J. (Pre ident, I. J ohn Fa771a/?usla and the 110 t allhe party) I. Checkley (who succeeds lis Donavou.r-Hickie a Organi in/? Officer), 111rs. Karul za (formerly ecre lary, l. J ohn H.Q.) , and l1lr s. Devlelian (Ilead oj Armenian branch, Sl. John ypru)
I 0 pre ent was the fom1er County Commi ioner, Sir Ro wland J rram, and th County ursing Superintendent, Prince Chula hakrabong
STAFFORDSHrRE
THE 39 C l'.'DID TI "ho took the first advan ed nursing exan1ination at W a a ll Technical College all pa ed. Mrs. Simki s, S R and frs. F. C. Ro w ley, ursing uperintendent for the W a lsall and D istrict Corp ran the course.
CiVIC HONOUR
SHAFTESBURY.-Heartiest congratulations t o Mrs K. O Cole, D ivisional Su perintendent of the Shaftesbur y Nursing Division of the St. Jolm Ambulance Brigade and a member of the Shaftesbury Borough ouncil fo r 14 year, and a fo rmer Mayor, who has been elected the first woman alderman in the borough's long history.
DORSET FASHION SHOW
BY n-..'VITATION OF Major and Mrs. igel Martin an autWlll1 fashion show was organised by the St. John Cow1C il for Dorset at Canle House, near Do rchester.
The show was staged by Ann Ri chards, the We ymouth fashion expert, who presented SO of the latest autunm mod e l for the approval of a large audience.
The display began in spectacular style with a magnificent gold brocade br idal go, 11. It ended "vi th the plice de resistance-a breath-taking crean1 satin dress and coat with mink collar.
Cha irman of the St. Jolm Council for Dorset, Miss Llewellin, expressed thanks to Major and Mrs. :tvlartin, to Miss Richards, and the mannequins. One of the duties of the council she said , was to ensure that the uniformed members of the St. John Ambulance Br gade-the ambulance and nursing divisions-were provided with the wherewithal to carryon their sel:f[ess, voluntary work.
Messages were read from the County St. John Ambulance Brigade president, Lad y Ellenborough, who is on her way to Jerusalem , and t he County Commissioner D r. R V. S Cooper who was also un ab le to attend.
OF ARBS
St. John Ambulance Briga de trophy won by Cork team.
A CORK TEAM WOI the annual contest for the Sir 0 tto Lund Trophy at Queen s University on Satur da y when two combined first aid and nursing teams from Eire met two similar Ulster teams. The contes t is open to branches of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on both sides of the border.
The Belfast team was second and the other Eire teamDublin- was third.
Major A. C. White-Knox, Brigade Surgeon-in-Chief (London), and Miss D. M Lee, Di strict Nursing Officer (London), set the tests and were the adjudicators.
The annual dinner of the Northern Ireland district was held at night in Robinson & Cleaver's Ltd.
During the evening a presentation of cut glass was made to Brig. T. W. D avidson, who is retiring after 13 years from the positio n of D istrict Commissioner of the Brigade in Northern Ireland.
THE IDEAL HOMES EXHIBITION was held at he Kings Hall, Balmoral, from Sep tember 31st to October 17th, 1960. 236 members from nursing, ambulance and cadet divisions were on duty and treated 163 cases three of these were sent to hospi tal. Seventy-nine lost children were restored to their parents or friends. One child was escorted home by a Brigade mem ber as her friends could not be found.
St John Ambulance Brigade 's annual training cour se AN OFFICIAL \'lELCOME was gi ven by Mr. S Campbell, Chairman of Whitehead Urban Council in the Roy a l Hotel Whitehead , to 130 delegates from all o ver the province attending the 18th annual residential training course for officers and members of nursing di vis ions of the St. John Amb ulance Br igade
Mr. Camp b ell paid tribute to the excellent work of the Whitehead branch, and said that t had a lways been the council's policy to facilitate the Brigad e in every way possible, and especially b y granting them the free use of council premises for their meetings and activities.
Mrs. Ivan Neill, D istrict Superintendent, Northern Ireland, as chairman, welcomed the delegates and introduced
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Miss M. W atso n , O.B.E. pl'in ipal Admini s tra li ve Officer , Headquarters Lo nd on. Mi W a tson bro u ght m s age of g ree tin g and good wis h e from tlle London headqllar t 1'S and a nn un ced th at it ha d been decided t o la unc h a memorial fund in memory of Co un t s Mountbatte n form er up er intend entin-Chief. The fund would be devote d to furthering three great cau es in whic h Lady Mount.ba tten ha d always been inter ted- U1e Save-th e-Children Fund ' th mprovem nl of the art a nd craft of nur ing and t he t. John mbulanc e Brigade . The delegates heard addre ses by Mi Watson and Mi ss D. L ynn , m atro n Beth st C ity Hospita l. They he d group discus s ions a nd a feature e nt illed " Organi ed Competiion ."
There was a mom Lng burch pa rade to Whit hcad Pres byterian hurch an d in til afternoon th e Rt. Hon Sir Norman Stronge wa received b a g uard of honour and presented ervice m eda l and bar dele gate.
'OBIT '1JABY
George Davie of til 134 Greenfor d a n ortholt Di\ iion passed away on October 7th, 1960. He had been a memb er of the D ivi io n fo r 15 year, a 15 year of de oted service which he carried out uncea ingly a nd the di ion not only 10 e a loyal member, but a great oluntary worker. Officers an d member of the ambulance and cadet di i ion acted as bearers at the funeral, which took place at Ru i lip Crematorium. Hi wife Mr. . D a ie i adet uperinten dent of the Greenford & o r tbolt uri ng a det.
Cadet Iren e Easta ugh. It was v ith great sorro\ th a we learnt of the tragic d eath in a road acciden t of Irene Ea taugh on Wednesday, October 12th last. Iren e had b een am mber of the West Kirby High School Di i ion for A e year and received U1e Grand Prior Ba dge at the a nnu a l in pection thi s year.
Corps Officer R. H. Swallow of " o rp o. I
Area S.J.A.B., D er byshire, pas ed away after a bri ef Hlne at Lodge Moor Hospital, Sheffield. The fun e ra l ervic was held on ovember 2nd , at Pil ley e ley ethodi t Church, followed b y cremation. A contingent of SO Brigad e members escorted the cortege to the church, and formed a guard of honour.
Mr. Swallow had been a member of St. John in e 19 6. and was man a ger of Morton Colliery.
Pte. G. A ntcliffe of Pilsley Colliery Ambulance Di i ion passed away on ovem ber 5th. M ember of tbe di ision escorted the cort ege to the chur ch, a l1d formed a guard of honour. *
It is with deep r egret we report the de at h of Miss Mabe l D enton , " Th e Cottage," SpenJield , Leeds l 6, on October 28th Miss D enton joined the Briga de (V ictoria ursing D ivision) in 1919 and was Divisional Superintendent from 1939 to 1956. Her loyalty and devotion to the Brigade was immense. She w ill be greatly missed by all her member Miss D enton was a Serving Sister of the Order.
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The Morecambe & Heysham Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade , No. 7 Area, Duke of L a ncaster D istrict, lo st a de voted servant on the death in Augu t of E dgar Harry orman. He had served tbe Brigade for SO year s and retired from the position of Corps Superintendent l ast year due to ill health He joined t he Moreca mb e Ambulance Div ision as a
private at t he age of 18; in World War One he served with the R A.M in Ireland, where he was comm ssio ned an d ater in F.ra nce and Be lg iu m. After the war he contin ued bi s ambu lance work a nd in 1936 was appointed Divisiona l up e rin tendent a l1d promoted to Co rp s Superintendent in 1941. He wa an O fficer of the O r d er of St. John During World War Two h e was a member of tbe ivil D efe nce an d was Vice- hairm an of the Red ross Penn y-aWeek F und H e a nd hi s wife were a lso joint sec retaries of t be King George's un d f or Sailors H is w ife, who survives him wa a member of th e Morecambe Nursing Di vis ion
It is with very great regret that we have heard of the death of M r Ma ry e lin a I-la rd ing on August 1s t 1960
Mr H a rding join ed the Briga de in Bath in 1939 and held the ervice Medal and one bar. be wa a valu ed member of the " Rhod e" ur ing Di vi ion and had given generously of her time to St John work. h e will be sa dl y mi sse d.
The pre id en of the Lewes Ambulance Di vis ion r. W. J. R. mith .B. t.J. died at his Lewe hom e on ctober 22nd.
r. Smith was pre id e nt from 1949 until h i death. He howed keen inte re t in all Br iga de activities, but hi main ll1t erest \Va in getting the local divi ion hou ed in their own headquarter. He never pared him e lf in this matter and then a committce w formed to rai e fund for building an he a dqu arter and a 0 to And a ite for the building, tbe electio n of a chairman wa a m re fOlll1alit y. The headquarter i now a lm o t ready f o r it official opening. " or hi ork r. mith wa mad a Serving Broth e r of the rd e r of t. John in 1959.
ery larg number o f members of both the am bul a nce a nd nur ing di isions formed a guard of honour at hi funeral at t. nn e' hurch , Lewe
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D issection as the pages are turned reveals: I The muscles beneath the skin of the thorax and abdomen (shown above).
2. The heare, ungs and digestive organs 3 The veins and arteries. 4 The spinal nerves backed by the skeleton seen from behind. Enumerated with ke y and diagrams of Heart and Pelvis
Compiled by Miss L E Higson, B.A ., B.Sc., Secy., Ass. Women 's Science Teachers jointly with N.C.Y.A.E.
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