Publications

Malnutrition in the 1960s?

1 July 1967

The economic and social history of the twentieth century paints a picture of substantial improvement for the community as a whole. Poverty and hardship for large…

Pharmaceutical Research: the Case for Growth in Britain

1 July 1967

ONE of the problems in Britain today is that too little of its academic research is associated with successful innovation in industry. The result is that…

Early Diagnosis of Raised Arterial Blood Pressure

1 July 1967

In July 1965, the Office of Health Economics held a colloquium on Surveillance and Early Diagnosis in General Practice at Magdalen College, Oxford. It was apparent…

Early Diagnosis of Visual Defects

1 July 1967

Usually the defect will occur gradually affecting either the visual acuity of one eye only, or the visual field of one or both eyes. In the…

Provision of General Medical Care in New Towns

1 July 1967

Proceedings of a Symposium held at College of General Practitioners, London 19th & 20th April 1966 MEETINGS can be of two types. In the first, a…

Disorders Which Shorten Life

1 July 1966

A review of mortality trends for those between the ages of 15 and 44 The productivity of any community, both in economic and social terms, depends…

Medical Manpower

7 January 1966

In 1964 there were estimated to be 55,000 doctors actively engaged in medicine in England and Wales. In addition to these probably some 8000 to 9000…

Progress in Mental Health

1 July 1966

In becoming aware of the size and severity of the problems of mental illness it is easy to overlook the great strides forward which have been…

Surveillance and Early Diagnosis and General Practice

1 July 1966

Proceedings of Colloquium held at Magdalen College, Oxford, Wednesday, 7th July, 1965 For the purpose of this meeting ‘surveillance’ was defined as describing ‘procedures aimed at…