Publications

Early Diagnosis of Anaemia

1 July 1968

Iron deficiency anaemia is a very common condition in the United Kingdom. Prevalence is greatest amongst women of child-bearing age and elderly men and women. Detection…

Alive to Forty-Five

1 July 1967

Proceedings of a Symposium held at the College of General Practitioners, London Sunday, 27 November, 1966 When discussing the four commonest causes of death among young…

Drug Addiction

7 January 1967

For many thousands of years man has sought and found artificial stimulants or sedatives to relieve the tensions of everyday living, to allay fear and worry…

Efficiency in the Hospital Service

7 January 1967

In 1965 the National Health Service cost the nation over £1300 million of which the Hospital Service absorbed almost £800 million. Where such very large sums…

Innovation Balance of Payments: the Experience of the Pharmaceutical Industry

1 July 1967

Symposium held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology by the Office of Health Economics This book is a published version of the second series…

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…