Publications
Accidental deaths
4 January 1975
At first sight it might seem disturbing that accidental deaths are contributing an increasing proportion of the total mortality amongst young people in the UK. In…
Venereal Diseases
1 October 1974
The ‘venereal’ diseases of syphilis and gonorrhoea, whilst deserving close attention, do not constitute one of the major health problems of Britain today. In 1972, in…
Vaccination
1 September 1974
During the past century the life expectancy at birth of the average Englishman has risen from 40 to around 70 years. Whereas it is likely that…
Work of Primary Medical Care
6 January 1974
The United Kingdom’s 25,000 family doctors, together with the nurses, midwives, health visitors, receptionists and others who make up the primary medical care team, deal with…
Mental Handicap
1 September 1973
Variations between people’s personalities, skills and abilities are a usual and, in many respects, valuable aspect of life. But a few individuals’ mental capacities in areas…
Skin Disorders
1 June 1973
The Oxford English Dictionary defìnes the skin as ‘the continuous flexible integument forming the usual external covering of any animal body; also the layers of which…
Rheumatism and Arthritis in Britain
1 March 1973
During the past Century the general improvement in living standards and the development of modem medicine have eliminated infectious disease as a major cause of mortality…
Medical Care in Developing Countries
1 November 1972
During the course of the past hundred years countries such as Britain have seen a very marked change in their patterns of morbidity and mortality. For…
Medicine and Society: the Changing Demands for Medical Care
1 October 1972
The control of the major health problems of the early part of the twentieth century represents a triumph for medical progress in the past twenty-five years.…