Morrison, James Macdonald, 96 Clifton Road, Aberdeen. Nicol, Wm. Wyness, 76 High Street, Inverurie. Rorie, Frank Miller, 1 St. Devenick Terrace, Cults, Aberdeen. Spark, Arthur Percy, The Manse, Durris, Kincardineshire. * Thom, Robert, 9 Rose Place, Aberdeen. Watt, Thomas David, 9 Westburn Drive, Aberdeen. Yule, Jean, Ordgarff, Lerwick, Shetland. Yule, Vincent Thomas Borthwick, M.A., Rosebine Cottage, Prince Street, Peterhead. [For Graduates of July, 1917, see Appendix.] DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH (D.P.H.). ** REGULATIONS APPROVED BY THE SENATUS, 30th APRIL, 1892 AND REVISED, 1897, 1901 AND 1902. I.-Every candidate for the Diploma must be a graduate in Medicine of this University or of a University in the United Kingdom. II. No candidate will be admitted to Examination until after the lapse of not less than twelve months from the date of his graduation in Medicine. III. Every candidate must produce evidence of having attended a course of lectures in which instruction is given on Public Health. + IV. Every candidate must produce evidence of having attended, after graduation in Medicine, during a period of not less than six months, practical instruction in a Laboratory or Laboratories approved by the University. The instruction must be certified to have embraced the subjects hereinafter enumerated under " Synopsis of Laboratory Instruction," and *Passed Fourth Professional Examination with "Distinction". ** Candidates who graduated in Medicine at Aberdeen University before 1st January, 1890, may claim to enter for the Diploma under the Regulations in force before that date, but they are recommended to comply with the regulations now in force. The following are the Courses of Laboratory Instruction in the University which meet the requirements of this Regulation :- Public Health Laboratory Bacteriological Laboratory Fee £6 6 the attendance must be certified to have extended over at least fifteen hours a week. V. Every candidate must produce evidence that, after graduation in Medicine, he has during six months (of which at least three months shall be distinct and separate from the period of Laboratory instruction required under Rule IV.), been diligently engaged in acquiring a practical knowledge of the duties, routine and special, of Public Health Administration, under the supervision of (a) In England and Wales, the Medical Officer of Health of a county or of a single sanitary district having a population of not less than 50,000, or a Medical Officer of Health devoting his whole time to Public Health work; or, (b) In Scotland, a Medical Officer of Health of a county or counties or of one or more sanitary districts having a population of not less than 30,000; or, (c) In Ireland, a Medical Superintendent Officer of Health of a district or districts having a population of not less than 30,000; or, (d) A Medical Officer of Health who is also a teacher in the Department of Public Health of a recognised Medical School; or, (e) A Sanitary Staff Officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps having charge of an Army Corps, District or Command recognised for this purpose. Provided that the period of six months may be reduced to a period of three months, which shall be distinct and separate from the period of laboratory instruction required under Rule IV., in the case of any candidate who produces evidence that, after obtaining a registrable qualification, he has during three months attended a course or courses of instruction in Sanitary Law, Sanitary Engineering, Vital Statistics and other subjects bearing on Public Health Administration, given by a teacher or teachers in the Department of Public Health of a recognised Medical School. VI.-Every candidate must produce evidence that, after graduation in Medicine, he has attended during three months the practice of a Hospital for infectious diseases, at which opportunities are afforded for the study of Methods of Administration. (a) Methods of Administration shall include the methods of dealing with patients at their admission and discharge, as well as in the wards, and the medical superintendence of the hospital generally. (b) In the case of a Medical Officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, a certificate from a Principal Medical Officer under whom he has served, stating that he has during a period of at least three months been diligently engaged in acquiring a practical knowledge of Hospital Administration in relation to Infectious Diseases, may be accepted as evidence under this Regulation. VII.-Every candidate must produce evidence of having obtained, under a competent teacher, during not fewer than ten meetings of not less than an hour each, practical instruction in the drawing and interpretation of plans. VIII-Every candidate, who is not a graduate in Medicine of this University, must have attended a course of instruction in the University in one or more of the subjects embraced in the Examination for the Diploma. IX. The Diploma is conferred after an Examination to be held in March and July of each year, or at such other period as the Medical Faculty may determine. X.-The Examination is divided into two parts, viz.: Part I., embracing the following subjects in their application to Public Health:-(a) Physics, Engineering, and Meteorology, (b) Chemistry, Microscopy, and Bacteriology; and Part II., embracing the subjects of (a) General Hygiene, (b) Sanitary Law and Vital Statistics. XI. Candidates may present themselves in one or in both parts at the same period, provided that Part II. is not passed before Part I. XII. The Fee for the Examination is Five Guineas, and is payable two weeks before entry to the Examination. In the event of a candidate failing to pass the whole or any part of the Examination, a Fee of One Guinea is payable for each subsequent Examination for which he may present himself. XIII. The Examination is conducted by the Professors in the University who give instruction in Public Health and Bacteriology, and by such other Professors in the University and such External Examiners as may be appointed by the University. XIV. The Examination is written, oral, and practical. XV.--The scope of the Examination in each subject is as follows: PART I. α. PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, AND METEOROLOGY.-The_general principles of Physics and Engineering as applied to Heating, Lighting, Ventilation, Water Supply, Sewerage, and Sanitary Construction. The Elements of Meteorology and Climatology. Practical Exercises in the examination of Water and Sewage Currents, and the Ventilation of Rooms and Sewers; the use of Meteorological Instruments; and the sketching and interpretation of Plans of Sanitary Works. b. CHEMISTRY, MICROSCOPY, AND BACTERIOLOGY.-The characters, composition, and analysis (qualitative and quantitative) of Soil, Air, Water, and Sewage, including Ground Air and Water; the characters, composition, and adulterations of the more common Foods, Condiments, and Beverages; Diseased and Putrid Food. The Disinfectants, and the methods of testing their power. methods of Bacteriology, especially as applied to the investigation of Pathogenic Microbes and to the examination of the germs in Air, Water, and Soil; the characters of the Pathogenic and the commoner non-Pathogenic Microbes. Practical Exercises in the above, according to the "Synopsis of Laboratory Instruction," hereinafter given. PART II. a. GENERAL HYGIENE.-Duties of Medical Officers of Health. Nature of Dietaries, and their basis of construction. Sanitary arrangements of Towns, Villages, Rural Districts, Houses, Hospitals, Work-shops, Factories, Cow-sheds, Stables, Dairies. Ventilation, Water-supply, Sewerage. Nuisances injurious to Health. Disposal of the Dead. Etiology, pathology, symptomatology, prophylaxis (including Vaccination) and Control of Infectious Diseases, and of Diseases directly arising from in sanitary conditions; Influence of Soil, Climate and Season in the production of Disease; Effects of Unwholesome Water, Air and Diet, and of Unhealthy Occupations and Housing. Diseases of Animals in relation to the Health of Man. Isolation, Quarantine, Disinfection. Vaccination. Practical Exercises in examining and reporting on Nuisances, and on the construction and sanitary arrangements of Houses, Workshops, Dairies, etc.; in the recognition of Infectious Diseases, and of Diseases directly arising from insanitary conditions; and in the examination of Vaccination vesicles and scars. b. SANITARY LAW AND VITAL STATISTICS.-Common Law and Statutes relating to the Public Health of Scotland, England, or Ireland at the option of the Candidate, including the Statutes dealing with Sanitary Administration; Water-supply Sewerage; and Scavenging; Nuisances; Offensive Trades; Unsound Meat; Sale of Food, Drugs and Poisons; Notification and Prevention of Infectious Diseases; Housing of the Working Classes; Common Lodging-houses; Factories and Workshops; Bake-houses; Dairies; Public Baths and Wash-houses; Alkali Works; Rivers Pollution Prevention; Vaccination. Acts relating to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Methods and Results of Vital Statistics mainly in so far as they relate to the Birth, Marriage and Death Rate of communities, its Variations in Time, and the influence upon it of Race, Age, Sex, Occupation, Housing, Season, Climate, Social and Hygienic conditions, Infectious Diseases, Migration. Exercises in Statistical Problems and the preparation of Statistical Reports. SYNOPSIS OF LABORATORY INSTRUCTION. 1. General and Introductory.-The various operations employed in the determination of physical characters and in quantitative analysis. The use of the spectroscope. The use of the polaristrobometer. 2. Examination of Water (Potable, Mineral, and Sewage-polluted).-Mode of collection. Physical characters. Qualitative chemical tests. Quantitative estimation of depth of colour, degree of opacity, acidity or alkalinity, total solids (before and after ignition), dissolved gases, carbonates, chlorides, sulphates, nitrites, nitrates, phosphates, ammonia (free and albuminoid), alkalies, lime, magnesia, lead, copper, iron, organic matter, hardness (temporary and permanent). Microscopical examination of deposit-mineral, vegetable and animal. Bacteriological examination by cultivations, etc. Processes for softening and purifying water. Effect of filtration. Examination of Sewage. Effect of various methods of treating Sewage. 3. Examination of Air (Pure and Polluted).- Physical characters :--barometric pressure (use of ordinary and self-registering barometers), correction of readings for altitude and temperature; wind, the estimation of its direction, velocity, and pressure (use of ordinary and self-registering anemometers for direction and velocity); temperature, its estimation by maximum and minimum thermometers, thermograph solar and terrestrial radiation thermometers; examination of electricity by electroscope; estimation of rain-fall by ordinary and self-recording raingauges and of evaporation; hygrometry. Chemical characters :-quantitative estimation of chief constituents by eudiometry; quantitative chemical estimation of carbonic acid, organic matter, ozone, ammonia; qualitative tests for carbonic oxide, coal gas, sulphuretted hydrogen, sulphurous acid, nitrous and nitric acids; collection and enumeration of dust particles and germs, and their examination microscopically and bacteriologically. Examination of Ground Air. 4. Examination of Soil.-Physical characters :-determination of temperature, specific gravity, size of particles, pore-volume, capillarity, permeability, absorptive power, moisture. Chemical characters :-quantitative estimation of chief constituents, gases, organic matter and substances indicative of sewage or other pollution. Microscopical and bacteriological examination. 5. Examination of Foods, Condiments, and Beverages.-Estimation of food constituents of foods in order to the construction of dietaries. Qualitative and quantitative examination (chemical and microscopical) of composition and adulterations of wheat and other cereals, bread, milk, butter, margarine, cheese, sugar, confections, preserves, honey; tea, coffee, cocoa; vinegar, lime juice, mustards, peppers; aerated waters; alcoholic liquors; tinned foods. Examination by naked eye, microscope, and bacteriological methods of diseased and putrid food. Detection of poisons in foods, etc. 6. Bacteriology.-Preparation of nutrient media. Cultivation of chief pathogenic and commoner non-pathogenic microbes. Methods of staining microbes. Microscopical examination of microbes. Application of bacteriology to examination of |
