Studied at the Royal School, Manchester, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He first practised at 1 Birch Street, Hulme, and was Surgeon to the Hulme Dispensary, Medical Officer of Health to the Chorlton District, and then to the Withington District. He next moved and practised at 340 Oxford Road and at 32 St Ann Street, Manchester, and whilst continuing the post of Medical Officer of Health, was Physician to the Clinical, later the Northern, Hospital for Women and Children. He also acted as Secretary of the Manchester Clinical Society and of the Medical Society. Later he became Medical Officer of Health to West Didsbury, with his office at the Town Hall. He retired to Coppice Hollow, Buxton, where he died on October 4th, 1922. Publications: Railton published Annual Reports as Medical Officer of Health, also a number of papers on diseases of children. "Rickets." - *Manchester Health Jour*, 1883-4, i. "Wasting in Infants." - *Ibid*, 1884-5, ii. *Conditions Required for a Healthy House*, 12mo, London, 1886. *Early Symptoms of Infectious Fevers*, 12mo, London, nd.