Publications
Common Illness of Our Time: a Study of the Problem of Ischemic Heart Disease
1 July 1966
In England and Wales in 1963, 187,023 deaths were certified as due to diseases of the heart. These included 154,815 deaths due to arteriosclerotic and degenerative…
Women in Medicine: The Results of an Inquiry Conducted by the Medical Practitioners’ Union in 1962 – 63
1 July 1966
Factors Which May Affect Expenditure on Health
1 July 1965
When the National Health Service was first planned it was thought that apart from the effects of inflation, its cost would remain constant over the years…
Science, Industry in the State
7 January 1965
Based on a series of six lectures discussing some of the special considerations which arise when a science based industry has the government as a major…
Costs of Mental Care
7 January 1965
Expenditure by the National Health Service in England and Wales on patients suffering mental disorders currently exceeds £130m. a year, about one-eighth of the total health…
Local Health Services
7 January 1965
The structure of the National Health Service today is tripartite in form. There is the Hospital Services sector accounting for about two thirds of the total…
Residue of Poliomyelitis
7 January 1965
One of the consequences of ill health which can have the profoundest social and economic effect is a legacy of chronic and permanent disability. It may…
Work Lost through Sickness
1 July 1965
In Great Britain during 1963, over 9¼m. new claims for sickness benefits were registered with the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. A total of nearly…
Infants at Risk
1 July 1964
The pattern of mortality changes as a community advances and matures. In under developed societies, mortality is greatest during the first five years of life. As…