Background
Falls was born at Clifton, Bristol, the son of William Falls, a naval surgeon, and his wife Elizabeth.
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He received medical training at Street George"s Hospital. He was a keen water sportsman and rowed for the Street George"s Club on the River Thames. Falls received his M.R.C.S.Eng. in 1847 and was house-surgeon at Street George"s Hospital.
In 1849, he started in practice at Hampstead with Mr.
Evans. In 1856 he went to Bournemouth where he was consulting physician at the Royal Victoria Hospital and at Saint Mary"s Home for Invalid Ladies in Bournemouth. He was a recognised specialist in diseases of the chest and was senior physician of the Sanatorium for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.
He took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Saint Andrews in 1863 and became F.R.C P.London in 1875. The town"s population of 300 when he arrived rose to 30,000 by the time of his death in 1889 at the age of 64.
Falls was noted for his kind and affable manner.
He had seven children including William Coulthard Falls who was a doctor in London.
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Membership
In 1867 Falls was elected a member of the Bournemouth Improvement Commissioners.
