Abstract
THE broadsheet series entitled Planning issued from time to time by P.E.P. (Political and Economic Planning) has produced many excellent and, stimulating documents, and has made a valuable contribution to the solution of several of the social and economic problems with which Britain has been and still is confronted. The latest issue, entitled "Family and Nation", is, however, frankly disappointing. Much of the information in it is of great interest, and it raises many important issues which need to be raised and to be raised frequently. Admittedly the family is difficult to plan for, being so variable and so individual; and there is unconscious or perhaps conscious humour in the statement. that it "must be strengthened in the functions for which it is peculiarly suited, such as the production of children". After an excellent section reviewing the fluctuation in the birth-rate, the introduction of family allowances, and the present state of income-tax rebates, the broadsheet goes on to outline a plan whereby the ‘para-medical' services, together with marriage guidance, can all be combined in a family welfare service.
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Family and Nation. Nature 161, 539–540 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161539a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161539a0