Notes and News: Miscellaneous Items.—The Hospitals Association Meetings—Sir Andrew Clark and the London Hospital.—Mahometanism and Christianity.—Vacancies.—A Football Match.—Experimental Laboratories.—West of Scotland Seaside Homes.—Smoking.—The Scarlet Fever Epidemic.—The Grimsby and District Hospital.—The Great Northern Central Hospital.—"The Golden Hand."—The Royal Portsmouth Hospital.—Miss Twining on Village Life.—Robbing a Hospital Collecting Cage.—The Truth Christmas Toy Fund.—Deputation of Unemployed to the Local Government Board