BRITAIN’S HEALTH.
INCREASE OF 30,000' DEATHS . LAST YEAR. . INCREASED CONSUMPTION 1 OF MILK -URGED. INFANTILE MORTALITY SHOWS .. . NO -IMPROVEMENT,-; United Press Assn. byVELOPeI. Copyright (United Service.) ~ ‘(Received Oct. 2D; 1 7-;5- ptm• - LONDON, Oct; 21. . Counting only.sickness for which unemployment insurance is . paysW©; Sir Geo. Newman, , chief Medical Officer of Health, states that._s.ick-' ness in England and Wales ; jn 1927, caused a loss of thirty million -weeks 7 work, equivalent to the whole year for .590,000 persons. The year 1927 also showed an increase of 30,000 deaths compared with 1926, principally due to- -in lluenza, and diseases of. the heart and' lungs, but Sir G. Newman is of opinion that science is steadily; gaining knowledge to combat them. Sir G. Newman strongly urges the increased consumption of milk. ; .The average consumption is under half a pint a day, but the campaign should be pressed until the average reached a pint. . ' .A r The death rate of infants, also mothers at child birth., shows no improvement in thirty years. -The only effective remedy is-ante-natal-super-vision with State aid. . -
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10724, 23 October 1928, Page 5
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176BRITAIN’S HEALTH. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10724, 23 October 1928, Page 5
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