Improved semilogarithmic haematological chart.

Abstract

Bristol Floods-Bennet MEDICAL JOURNAL health and mortality. Flooding is one example of a distressing event in a person's life, bereavement is another, and both of these have proved amenable to study. But there are many others that are seen in the course of clinical practice. Knowledge of such factors can be of direct value to the clinician: it makes possible a fuller understanding of the patient and a more realistic planning of treatment and estimate of prognosis. Many people contributed in the completion of this survey. In particular I should like to thank Mr. W. J. Hutchinson (Town Clerk), Professor R. C. Wofinden (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. Tohn Fleming (Housing Manager), and the officers of the Bristol Corporation, for their assistance at all stages and for making available the detailed background data; the general practitioners with practices in the flooded areas for their ready cooperation on clinical matters, and Mr. C. M. Richards for his part in recording their data; Mr. G. A. Birch of the Public Health Department for the records of community health; Miss Ethel H. L. Duncan (senior lecturer in medical statistics) and Mrs. Audrey Morris for their help with the statistical handling, and Mrs. Hilary Steeds for processing the records; the Board of Governors of the United Bristol Hospitals for their financial backing; and Professsor D. Russell Davis for much valuable advice and for providing the facilities vhich made the survey possible. An extended version of this survey with fuller details of method and results is available on request. REFERENCR Tinckler, L. F. (1965). British Medical Yourna!, 2, 165.