Series on Health
Series on Health is a series of monographs authored by external or in-house experts on the subject of health.
Ophthalmic Service
1 July 1970
inscription, ‘Here lies Salvino Armato, the inventor of spectacles’. The inscription is probably inaccurate since both the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Chinese were aware of…
Stroke
1 February 1988
In England and Wales, in 1986, stroke accounted for just over 12 per cent of mortality from all causes, most of it occurring in the elderly.…
Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry
1 July 1969
It has generally been the policy of OHE, in this series of occasional papers, to avoid controversial topics directly involving the pharmaceutical manufacturers, who still provide…
Obesity and disease
1 July 1969
Attitudes towards the ‘ideal’ weight vary both from society to society and also over time. In many societies, large size and a big appetite are equated…
Age of Maturity
1 July 1969
At the last census in 1966 there were nearly 12 million people aged between 45 and 64 in England and Wales. This age group, which for…
Dental Service
1 July 1969
The cost of dentistry now exceeds £100 million a year. In terms of a single specific illness or disease this figure is second only to the…
General Practice Today
1 July 1968
WITH the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 the scope of general practice was enlarged to provide free medical care for each and every…
Old Age
1 July 1968
In 1966, in England and Wales, there were about six million persons aged 65 and over, more than 12 per cent of the total population. In…
Without Prescription: a Study of the Role of Self-Medication
1 July 1968
The total expenditure on medicines in the United Kingdom in 1966 was £267 million. Of this £188 million was for medicines prescribed on the National Health…