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Visitors to this site who
wish to find out more about the Society should refer to the
British Journal of Addiction Special Issue [Volume 85, Number
8, August 1990].
This issue is entitled "The Society for the Study of
Addiction 1884-1988" and was written by Virginia Berridge,
an historian at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine. The editorial can be found here.
| Table 1. Presidents of the
Society |
|
1884 - 1899
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Norman Kerr |
| 1899 - 1902 |
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Wynn Westcott |
| 1902 - 1908 |
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Harry Campbell |
| 1908 - 1910 |
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Thomas Claye Shaw |
| 1910 - 1912 |
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Theodore Bulkeley Hyslop
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| 1912 - 1916 |
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Mary Scharlieb |
| 1916 - 1919 |
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Sir William Collins |
| 1919 - 1922 |
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Sir Alfred Pearce Gould
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| 1922 - 1924 |
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Charles J. Bond |
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1924 - 1927
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William Willcox |
| 1927 - 1929 |
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Sir Arthur Newsholme
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| 1929 - 1931 |
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McAdam Eccles |
| 1931 - 1933 |
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Lady Barrett |
| 1933 - 1935 |
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Sir Humphrey Rolleston
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| 1935 - 1937 |
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William Brown |
| 1937 - 1939 |
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Arthur Evans |
| 1939/40 - 1945 |
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W. Norwood East |
| 1945 - 1947 |
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H. J. Norman |
| 1947 - 1949 |
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J. B. Atkins |
| 1949 - 1951 |
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F. L. Golla |
| 1951 - 1953 |
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G. W. Smith |
| 1953 - 1955 |
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H. K. V. Soltau |
| 1955 - 1958 |
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W. R. Bett |
| 1958 - 1966 |
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A. D. MacDonald |
| 1966 - 1972 |
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Francis Camps |
| 1972 - 1976 |
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Phillip Connell |
| 1976 - 1982 |
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D. L. Davies |
| 1982 - 1992 |
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Malcolm Lader |
| 1992 - 1996 |
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Ray Hodgson |
| 1996 - 2002 |
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Christine Godfrey |
| 2002 - 2002 |
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Robert E Kendell |
| 2003 - |
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Gillian Tober |
| Table 2. Editors of the
Society's Proceedings/journal. |
| 1884-1899 |
|
Norman Kerr |
| 1900-1903 |
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E. T. Aydon Smith/Heywood Smith
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| 1902-1903 |
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Heywood Smith |
| 1903-1941 |
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T. Kelynack |
| 1941-1961 |
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J. Y. Dent |
| 1961-1978 |
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Max Glatt |
| 1978-present |
|
Griffith Edwards |
| Table 3. Secretaries
of the Society |
| 1885 |
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W. M. Shurrock
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| 1885 |
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C. H. Bishop |
| 1891 |
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T. A. Clifford |
| 1892-1903 |
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E. T. Aydon Smith, J. J. Smith,
(Assistant Secretary) |
| 1901-1903 |
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Heywood Smith |
| 1903-1938 |
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T. Kelynack |
| 1939-1949 |
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E. Stanley Lee (1944-7 J.Y.
Dent in practice) |
| 1949-1955 |
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H. Pullar-Strecker |
| 1955-1958 |
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J. Y. Dent |
| 1958-1962 |
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Ellis Stungo & W. R. Bett, (Programme
Secretary 1959/60)
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| 1962-1965 |
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Rev. Benson Harrison, Honorary
Secretary and Treasurer. (Miss Keys took the minutes 1962-7)
Ellis Stungo, Honorary Medical Secretary. |
| 1965-1966 |
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D. Parr and C. Wilson |
| 1966-1968 |
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A. Linken and C. Wilson |
| 1968-1972 |
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Thomas Bewley |
| 1972-1979 |
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N. Rathod; J. H. Willis deputy,
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| 1977 |
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Judy Bailey, 1975 Patrick
Mullin deputy. |
| 1979-1980 |
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Robin Murray |
| 1980-1982 |
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Betsy Ettorre; Hamid Ghodse
Programme Secretary. |
| 1982-19xx |
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Hamid Ghodse |
| 19xx - 19xx |
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Andrew Johns |
| 199xx - 2003 |
|
Gillian Tober |
| Table
4. Treasurers of
the Society |
| 1884-1900 |
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C. R. Drysdale
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| 1900-1901 |
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Harry Campbell G. K. Poole
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| 1905/6-1911 |
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G. Basil Price |
| 1911-1920 |
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E. Claude Taylor |
| 1920-1922 |
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Arthur Evans |
| 1922-1924 |
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Eric Pearce Gould |
| 1924 |
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Eleanor Lowry |
| 1925 |
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Louisa Martindale |
| 1929-1938 |
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Frank W. Willway |
| 1938-1949 |
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E. Stanley Lee (1944-7 J. Y. Dent in practice)
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| 1949-1955 |
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H. Pullar-Stecker |
| 1955-1957 |
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T. C. Black |
| 1957-1963 |
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Ellis Stungo
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| 1963-1965 |
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Rev. Benson Harrison |
| 1965-1972 |
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Miss E. M. Keys |
| 1972-1973 |
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Thomas Bewley, Miss Keys |
| 1973 |
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Dr Lucas |
| 1974 -1976 |
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N. Rathod |
| 1976 -1981 |
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Patrick Mullin |
| 1981 -1986 |
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Howard Rankin |
| 1986 -1992 |
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Timothy Kidger |
| 1992 - 1998 |
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Martin Jarvis |
| 1998 - 2007 |
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Michael Farrell |
| 2007-present |
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John Strang |
Table
5. Official Society Lectures 1905-1988
| 1905 |
T. D. CROTHFRS, (1906) British
Journal of Inebriety, 3, pp. 105-126. |
| 1908 |
R. W. BRANTHWAITE, (1908)
Inebriety: its causation and control, British Journal
of Inebriety, 5, pp, 105-145. |
| 1909 |
TAAV LAITINEN, (I 909) The
influence of alcohol on immunity, British Journal of Inebriety,
7, pp. 61-106. |
| 1911 |
G. SIMS WOODHEAD, (I 912)
The action of alcohol on body temperature and the heart,
British Journal of Inebriety, 9, pp. 1109-1132. |
| 1913 |
Sir THOMAS CLOUSTON, (1914)
Some of the psychological and clinical aspects of alcohol,
British Journal of Inebriety, II, pp. 105-131. |
| 1915 |
Sir WILLIAM COLLINS, (1916)
The ethics and law of drug and alcohol addiction, British
Journal of Inebriety, 13, pp. 131-154. |
| 1917 |
McAdam ECCLES, (1918) War
and alcohol, British Journal of Inebriety, 15, pp. 89-105.
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| 1919 |
MARY ScHARLiEB, (1920) The
relation ofalcohol and alcoholism to maternity and childwelfare,
British Journal of lnebriety, 17, pp. 91-139. |
| 1921 |
Sir ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, (I 921-22)
Some international aspects of alcoholism with special
reference to prohibition in America, British Journal of
Inebriety, 19, pp. 93-113. |
| 1923 |
WILLIAM WILCOX, (1924) Drug
addiction, British Journal of lnebriety, 21, pp. 75-97.
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| 1925 |
R. HERCOD, (1926) Alcoholism
as an international problem, British Journal of Inebriety,
23, pp. 107-126. |
| 1927 |
W. E. DIXON, (1928) The tobacco
habit, British Journal of lnebriety, 25, pp. 99-121. |
| 1929 |
Sir Joshua Stamp, (1930) Alcohol
as an economic factor, British Journal oflnebriety, 27,
pp. 129-166. 14th |
| 1931 |
VISCOUNT BRENTFORD, (1932)
How the alcohol question concerns the duties of the Home
Office, British Journal of lnebriety, 29, pp. 107-133.
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| 1934 |
MALCOLM DELFVINGNE, (I 935)
Some international aspects of the problem of drug addiction,
British Journal of lnebiiety, 32, pp. 125-151. |
| 1936 |
D. K. HENDERSON, (1937) Alcoholism
and psychiatry, British Journal of lnebriety, 34, pp.
99-123. |
| 1938 |
E. MAPOTHER, (I 938-39) The
physical basis of alcoholic mental disorder, British Journal
of Inebriety, 36, pp. 103-132. |
| 1940 |
Sir ARTHUR HURST, (1941) The
influence of alcohol on the organs of digestion, British
Journal of Inebriety, 38, pp. 102-1 1 1. |
| 1942 |
Postponed because of the war.
|
| 1943 |
A. NINIAN BRUCE, (1944) Alcohol
and avitaminosis, British Journal off Inebriety, 41, pp.
49-69. |
| 1947 |
F. L. GOLLA, (1948) Auto-regulation
of chemical equilibrium, British Journal of addiction,
45, pp. 3-14. |
| 1949 |
P. 0. WOOLFF, ( 1949) Problems
of drug addiction in South America, British Journal of
addiction, 46, pp. 66-78. |
| 1949 |
Henri Revilliod, (1950) Some
aspects of the problem of alcoholism in Switzeriand,British
Journal of Addiction, 47, pp. 6-17. |
| 1952 |
P. 0. WOLFF, (1953) The activities
ofthe WHO in drug addiction, British Journal of addiction,
50, pp. 12-28. |
| 1953 |
E. M. JELLINEK. International
aspects of alcoholism. |
| 1954 |
HARRY FELDMANN. The modern
treatment of alcoholism, with special reference to apopmorphine:
biological, psychological and social aspects. |
| 1958 |
H. J. KRAUWEEL, (I 959) Incidence
and treatment of alcoholism in the Netherlands, British
Journal of Addiction, 55, pp. 71-93. |
| 1959 |
H. HALBACH, (1959) Possibilities
of prevention of drug addiction, British Journal of addiction,
56, pp. 27-44. |
| 1960 |
H. ISBELL, (1961) Perspectives
in research on opiate addiction, Btitish Journal of addiction,
57, pp. 17-29. |
| 1961 |
GUNNAR LUNTQUIST, (1962) The
treatment of alcoholism in Sweden, British Journal of
addiction, 58, pp. 5-12. |
| 1962 |
ARCHER TONGUE, (I 963) What
the state does about alcohol and alcoholism. An international
survey of state programmes, British Journal of addiction,
59, pp. 41-59. |
| 1963 |
L. WISLICKI, (1963) Addiction
in Israel, British Journal of addiction, 59. |
| 1965 |
NATHAN EDDY, (1966) The chemotherapy
of drug dependence, Biitish Journal of addiction, 61,
pp. 155-167. |
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| 1964 |
Professor LEONARD GOLDBERG,
(1965) Dependence on alcohol, British Journal of Addiction,
61, pp. 5-7. |
| 1966 |
Dr EVERETTE L. MAY. Analgesic
drugs and drug dependence. |
| 1967 |
J. P. VON WARTBURG. Alcohol:
its effects and metabolism. |
| 1968 |
M. H. SEEVERS. Psychological
aspects of drug dependence. |
| 1969 |
SELDON BACON. Alcohol, Science
and Society. |
| 1970 |
HANS W. KOSTERLITZ. |
| 1972 |
H. 0. J. COLLIER, (1972) Drug
dependence. A pharmacological analysis, British Yournal
ofaddiction, 67, pp. 277-286. |
| 1974 |
Lecturer and Title not traced.
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| 1975 |
JOHN LITTLETON, (I 975) The
experimental approach to alcoholism, British Journal ofaddiction,
70, pp. 99-122. |
| 1976 |
JOHN HUGHES, (1976) Enkephalin
and drug dependence, British Journal of addiction, 71
pp. 199-209. |
| 1977 |
JOYCE O'CONNOR. |
| 1978 |
JOYCE O'CONNOR. Drink and ethnic
origin |
| 1979 |
GRIFFITH EDWARDS (Addiction
Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry), Opium and after,
Lancet, pp. 351-354. |
| 1981 |
MALCOLM LADER (Dept. Pharmacology,
Institute of Psychiatry). Dependence on prescribed psychotropic
drugs. |
| 1982 |
DONALD JASINSKI. (Director
Addictions Research Center, Baltimore City Hospital, Maryland)
Common mechanisms in substance abuse. |
| 1984 |
GEORGE VALLIANT. (Dartmouth
Medical School, NH (Centennial Symposium)) The history
of alcohol and heroin abuse: contrasts and similarities.
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| 1985 |
PHILIP CONNELL, (1986) 'I need
heroin': 30 years of drug dependence and of the medical
challenges at local, national, international and political
levels. What next? British Yournal ofaddiction, 81, pp.
461-472. |
| 1986 |
SHEPARD SIEGEL. (Professor
of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
(Joint Symposium with the British Association of Psychopharmacology))
Drug anticipation and drug tolerance. |
| 1987 |
RAY HODGSON. Resisting Temptation;
a psychological analysis. |
| 1988 |
BENNO POLLAK. (Dept. General
Practice, St Thomas's Medical School (Symposium: Primary
health care and the addictions: Practical and theoretical
issues) )Where to start: where to go? |
| 1989 |
DAVID PITMAN - (Dept. Sociology,
Washington University, St Louis, MO) Dent Lecture: Alcohol
and other drugs: The response of the social, legal and
medical institutions (Symposium: Crime, alcohol and other
drugs) |
| 1994 |
JASPER WOODCOCK - Commissions
(Royal and other) on drug misuse: who needs them? |
| 1995 |
HAMID GHODSE - International
drug control policies |
| 1997 |
JEROME JAFFE - Whither treatment:
Does evidence of treatment effectiveness influence national
strategies? |
| 1998 |
KAYE MIDDLETON-FILLMORE - Social
influences on scientific research: (the case of mortality
in relation to alcohol consumption and that abstainers
do not have increased risk) |
| 1999 |
ROBERT E KENDELL - Drug misuse
and public policy in the UK |
| 2000 |
TOM BABOR - The nature and
treatment of dependence. Biological, psychological and
sociological theories, models and interventions |
| 2001 |
HAROLD HOLDER - Treatment and
policy as part of a public health approach to alcohol
problem reduction |
| 2002 |
JONATHAN CHICK - Changes in
the management of alcohol dependence |
| 2003 |
JOHN STRANG - Injectable Opiate
Maintenance Treatment |
| 2004 |
GRIFFITH EDWARDS - Addiction:
A journal and its invisible college |
| 2005 |
KATHY CARROLL - W(h)ither EVTs
(Symposium) |
| 2006 |
JIM ORFORD - Family and network
treatment: Theory and practice (Symposium) |
| 2007 |
No Society Lecture |
| 2008 |
VIRGINIA BERRIDGE - What's
new about the new abstinence? History, and treatment policy
(Symposium: Addiction across the lifespan) |
| 2009 |
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Note: Many Dent lectures were not published
in the Society's Journal unlike the Kerr and Kelynack lectures.
They are not consistently mentioned in the Society's minute
books and so it has not always been possible to trace precise
titles.
Table 6. Membership 1884-1989
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Year
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Medical |
Lay |
Total |
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1884
|
165 |
67 |
. |
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1899
|
52 |
37 |
. |
|
1903
|
. |
. |
70 |
|
1905
|
262 |
395 |
. |
|
1910-1
|
. |
. |
705 |
|
1918-9
|
234 |
546 |
. |
|
1932
|
190 |
264 |
. |
|
1941
|
270 |
380 |
. |
|
1942
|
170 |
160 |
. |
|
1943
|
148 |
140 |
. |
|
1948
|
. |
. |
263 |
|
1953
|
. |
. |
350 |
|
1957
|
total=203, UK=103
|
total=155, UK=117
|
358 |
|
1958*
|
total=214, UK=110
|
total=170, UK=131
|
384 |
|
1965
|
. |
. |
c480 |
|
1969
|
. |
. |
394 |
|
1972
|
. |
. |
447 |
|
1980
|
. |
. |
c250 |
|
1981
|
. |
. |
103 |
|
1988
|
. |
. |
380 |
|
1989
|
. |
. |
462 |
|
Nov 2000**
|
. |
. |
c. 370 |
|
Nov 2001
|
. |
. |
475 |
|
March 2002
|
. |
. |
388 |
|
Nov 2002
|
. |
. |
407 |
|
Nov 2003
|
. |
. |
478 |
|
Nov 2004
|
. |
. |
377 |
|
Nov 2005
|
. |
. |
454 |
|
Nov 2006
|
. |
. |
407 |
|
Nov 2007
|
. |
. |
372 |
*Membership figures from the late 1950's to
the early 1980's, if not before, are estimates.
**2000 figure approximate - records transferred
over from administration by publishers direct to SSA.
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