828 FALSE WEIGHTS AND ADULTERATIONS. 
Dr. George Harcourt, 21, Stafford Terrace, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington. 
William Hazlitt, Esq., Court of Bankruptcy. 
George Lawford, Esq., Clapham Common. 
M. E. Marsden, Esq., 42, Doughty Street, Mecklenburgh Square. 
Dr. Charles Mayo, Physician to the Royal General Dispensary. 
Dr E. H. Sieveking, Physician to St. Mary’s Hospital. 
Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon, Royal General Dispensary, 
and Surgeon to the Bank of England. 
H. H. Stansfeld, Esq., 40, Talbot Road, Bayswater. 
H. R. Twining, Esq., Heathfield, Streatham. 
A." S. Twyford, Esq., Trotton House, Wimbledon. 
Bankers —Messrs. Barnetts, Hoares, and Co., 60, Lombard Street. 
Secretary —Herbert Stoddart, Esq. 
Temporary Offices —75, Old Broad Street, E.C. 
This Society is formed to enable persons of limited income, by payment of a small 
annual sum, to secure themselves efficient medical aid in case of illness. 
To those whose means are only equal to the ordinary requirements of life, but are 
unprepared to meet the expenses connected with sickness, the above arrangement wi 
sufficiently commend itself; while the fact of the district medical officers being selected 
from among fully qualified practitioners, and the strict limitation of expenses, will, no 
doubt, be guarantees highly appreciated. Many are now forced into the hands of un¬ 
qualified men or druggists, whose profits depend upon the sale of medicine, and who 
have never received a medical education. 
In critical cases references to consulting physicians or surgeons will be secured, with¬ 
out additional cost to the subscriber. 
It is proposed to appoint sub-committees for the several districts, to assist generally 
in the working of the Society. , ., 
The district medical officers will be appointed by the General Committee, under the 
advice of its medical members. , 
It is not intended that persons who maybe possessed of_ sufficient income to pay 
ordinary medical charges, or may be suffering from any chronic or inveterate disorder, 
shall participate in the advantages of this Society. The sub-committees will be in¬ 
structed to prevent any such abuse. 
Rates of Subscription. 
Single subscription .£0 10 6 
Families not exceeding four persons ... 1 1 0 
„ „ six „ ... 1 11 6 
„ exceeding six persons . 2 2 0 
Registration . 0,1 0 
The subscription does not include accouchements, but the Society’s medical officers 
will attend, if desired, for a moderate fee. 
FALSE WEIGHTS AND ADULTERATIONS. 
If the statements made in Parliament on the above subjects could be received 
as a fair representation of facts, it would be difficult to account for the taidy 
progress made in legislating on the subject. Bill after Bill has been introduced 
for the purpose of protecting the public against the adulteration of food and 
drugs and other fraudulent practices which are said to prevail among the 
trading community. Charges of a serious character have been preferred,, with 
the view of justifying the proposed measures, but all attempts to remedy existing 
evils have hitherto proved abortive, and the last of the adulteration Bills has 
been withdrawn, with no immediate prospect of further result. 
What does this apparent indifference of the Legislature to the appeals thus 
made to them mean F Is Parliament insensible to the importance of providing 
