A survey of the diets of a random sample of 81 women in one of the South Wales' valleys was conducted in 1966. The results are compared with a similar survey conducted in 1983. Total energy intake was 16% lower in 1983 than in 1966, the proportion of this obtained from fat hardly differed (42 and 41% in 1966 and 1983, respectively). The average consumption of meat was greater by approximately 20% in 1983 and of potatoes and bread lower by 50% and 20%, respectively, than in 1966. Estimates of alcohol intake showed a very marked increase between the two surveys though this was largely a reflection of a fall in the proportion of women who consumed no alcohol during the week of the survey.

Noxythiolin powder, 600 mg., deposited in the layers of the abdominal wall of right iliac fossa musclesplitting incisions after appendicectomy seemed to be without serious side‐effects. However, no benefit was observed.

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