Series on Health
Series on Health is a series of monographs authored by external or in-house experts on the subject of health.
Venereal Diseases
1 December 1963
The Venereal diseases are a group of infections which have in common the same means of transmission. The causative organisms are usually acquired during sexual intercourse…
Personal Health Services: A Perspective of the General Medical & the Pharmaceutical Services
1 October 1963
Behind the planning of the National Health Service lay the proposition that everyone should be entitled to the services of a personal physician. For the first…
Price of Poliomyelitis
1 August 1963
The risk of permanent paralysis is the predominant feature of poliomyelitis, and the dread of disability has profoundly affected society’s attitude to the disease. In the…
Hospital Costs in Perspective
1 June 1963
Rising hospital costs have caused concern to the public, Government, and Members of Parliament ever since the start of the National Health Service. They are at present…
Pneumonia in Decline
4 January 1963
Pneumonia is a general term applied to inflammation of the lung whatever the cause. Although it may be a complication of drowning or of being caught…
Lives of Our Children: a Study in Childhood Mortality
12 January 1962
In the early 1930’s, 27,000 children died each year. By 1960, the number had fallen to 5,000. Over 380,000 people now alive would have died in…
Progress against Tuberculosis
1 October 1962
It is a pleasure to write a short Preface to the first booklet issued by the Office of Health Economic. For too long our attitude to…