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THE health of the Navy during 1930 appears to have been remarkably good, judging by the details contained in the “Statistical Report” for the year, recently issued by the Admiralty (London: H.M. Stationery Office. 2s. 6d. net). The total number of cases of disease and injury in a force of 88,840 men was 38,031, a marked decrease on the previous year and in comparison with the five years' average. Venereal diseases head the list of admissions with 5154 cases, respiratory catarrhs (4378 cases) and tonsillitis (2429 cases) coming next, apart from local injuries and wounds, which numbered 7238 cases. There were only 36 cases of alcoholism, 11 cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, and 5 cases of Mediterranean fever.
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Health of the Navy in 1930. Nature 129, 685 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129685b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129685b0