PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRITAIN
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT ACHIEVED
(British Official Wireless.) Rugby, July 17. Some 1400 delegates from most of the European countries, British Dominions, and the United States are attending the annual conference of the Royal Sanitary Institute at Plymouth. ' Delivering the inaugural address, Lord Astor referred to the improvement in the health of the community. He said that in Britain to-day fewer lives were lost by plagues, including smallpox in a year than were lost through accident on a successful public holiday. The wonderful improvement in public health had been achieved by making more available for everyone sunlight, fresh air( wholesome food, and pure water, rather than by the use of drugs. Better factory conditions had also largely contributed.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 247, 19 July 1928, Page 9
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120PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 247, 19 July 1928, Page 9
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