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LIEUT.-GEN. H. B. FAWCTJS, direct or-general of the Army Medical Services, states that the health of all ranks throughout 1932 was satisfactory (“Report on the Health of the Army for the Year, 1932”. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1934. 2s. 6d. net). The admission rate to hospital, 412-5 per 1,000 of the strength, was the lowest on record, and the invaliding and constantly sick rates were also the lowest recorded since the War. All the more important diseases have shared in the decline, namely, malaria, dysentery, influenza, tonsillitis, veiaereal diseases and others. In consequence of the high incidence of tonsillitis over many years, a Joint Medical Services Committee has studied the subject, but without reaching any very definite conclusion as to causation or prevention. A summary of research work is given in the report.
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Health of the British Army during 1932. Nature 133, 682 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133682c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133682c0