First general report
1922-05 1922 1920s 55 pages : illustrations Some Startling Figures regarding Preventable Disease INFANT MORTALITY 100,000 died before birth in 1918. 61,715 babies died in the United Kingdom before their first birthday. 93,639 children died before they reached the age of 5. CHILDREN 1,000,000 child...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : People's League of Health
May 1922
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/C1E9E618-73EE-4DBF-B302-2255DDE65DF2 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/FCEB8DEF-3C0A-4F01-B1F3-8A432486718F |
| Summary: | 1922-05
1922
1920s
55 pages : illustrations
Some Startling Figures regarding Preventable Disease INFANT MORTALITY 100,000 died before birth in 1918. 61,715 babies died in the United Kingdom before their first birthday. 93,639 children died before they reached the age of 5. CHILDREN 1,000,000 children in 1917 (no later figures available as in former years) were so mentally and physically defective as to be unable to derive reasonable benefit from the education provided for them by the ratepayers. 500,000 children were suffering from mal-nutrition. 3,000,000 were suffering from dental defects. TUBERCULOSIS 40,000 men were discharged from the Army suffering from this disease in 1917. 58,073 deaths from Tuberculosis in this Country in 1918. 77,616 fresh cases of Tuberculosis were notified in the same year. 1 out of every 7 men of working age in this Country dies of Tuberculosis. LUNACY 96,819 persons were in Asylums under certification in England and Wales in 1919. VENEREAL DISEASE Estimate of the Royal Commission in 1916 is that: 10 per cent, of all inhabitants of the large towns in England and Wales have been at some time infected with Syphilis. Most cases of Sterility among our population both male and female, 20% of all Blindness. Deafness and all cases of Locomotor Ataxy and General Paralysis of the Insane are due to this disease. 400,000 Casualties in the British Fighting Forces in 1916 from Venereal Disease alone would probably be a moderate computation. HOUSING There are more than Half a Million Houses short, and among those now occupied are innumerable insanitary dwellings. Serious and gross over-crowding, spelling inevitable disease and degeneration of race. EFFECT OF PREVENTABLE DISEASE UPON THE MAN POWER OF THE NATION 1,000,000 Men were rejected from the Army as unfit. "Only one man in three was normally healthy, and one man in every ten was a physical wreck." - Report of the Ministry of Pensions on the result of Medical Examination under the Military Service Acts from October 31st, 1917, to November 1st, 1918. ARE WE NOT IN TRUTH A C3 NATION? 14,000,000 working weeks are lost annually in this country through sickness under the Workers' Insurance Laws. LABOUR WASTAGE £100,000,000 a year lost to this Country through misfits in industry lack of 1. Care of Workers. 2. Proper grouping. 3. Vocational selection. Prof. Edgar Collis, Industrial Hygiene Chair, Cardiff University £60,000,000 Annual Income lost to our male population by reason of its working years being cut short through early death from Tuberculosis. Prof. Benjamin Moore, D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor Bio-Chemistry, Oxford University. WASTAGE OF MILK In London the loss in 1916 amounted to 11,578,896 Gallons, representing a financial loss of £161,425. 68% of foreigners examined for Military Service were Grade III or totally rejected. His Hon. Sir Bettesworth Piggott, President International Tribunal for London. 5
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