Obituary notices of fellows deceased

Sir WILLIAM HENRY POWER (1842-1916). Sir William Henry Power, Principal Medical Officer of the Local Government Board from 1900 to 1908, died on July 28, 1916, at his residence at East Molesey after a lingering illness. He was in his 74tli year, having been born in London, December 15, 1842. His father, Dr. William Henry Power, who died in 1877, apart from his strictly professional work, had earned a remarkable reputation as a successful medical coach in the various subjects for the diplomas of the *Royal College of Surgeons and of the Apothecaries Company. It is of interest to note that the following of medicine as a career was hereditary in the family to a somewhat unusual degree, Sir William Power being the fifth representative of the profession in direct succession from father to son, the first of the medical line having been John Power (born in 1730), who practised as a surgeon at Polesworth in Warwickshire.