Obituary
The death occurred on November 29th last of Nd Lt.-Col. Edwin Goodall, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., who for many years was Medical Superintendent of the Cardiff City Mental Hospital, afterwards becoming Honorary Consulting Physician, and also Consulting Physician for Psychiatry to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Colonel Goodall was a leading figure in psychiatry and established a considerable reputation as a pioneer in the scientific study and treatment of mental disorders. He was at one time lecturer in mental diseases at the Welsh National School of Medicine, and among other appointments which he held were those of Vice-President of the B.M.A. Section of Psychiatry, and President of the Section of Psychiatry of the Royal Society of Medicine. He was also a Foreign Member of the Society of Medical Psychology of Paris. For a number of years Colonel Goodall was a member of the Prevention and Early Treatment Committee of the National Council for Mental Hygiene to which Committee he rendered valuable service. His loss is deeply deplored by the Council, and heartfelt sympathy is extended to his widow in her sad bereavement.
The National Council for Mental Hygiene has also suffered the loss of Lt.-Col. Owen BerkeleyHill, I.M.S., late Medical Superintendent of the Ranchi Mental Hospital for Europeans, whose death occurred recently in India. Colonel Berkeley-Hill was a leading authority in India on mental diseases and psychology, and his outstanding work in organizing the Ranchi Hospital the first modern mental institution to be built in that country, will always be associated with his name. He was instrumental in founding the Indian Association for Mental Hygiene, of which he was Honorary Secretary and Treasurer for a number of years, and was one of the earliest members of the National Council for Mental Hygiene in England, in whose work he took a keen interest.
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