Position of the British Medical Profession After the War

Abstract

4o6 UZDI4JV CORRESPONDENCE. [SEPT. iz, glz6 nIhildrcu under 1 year of age was 3.5 per 1,000, as compared with 4.1 of the previous year; 695 deatlhs were registered as due to the zymotic diseases, and tllis cotnpares very favourably withl 1,107 in 1914. Typlhoid fever uised to carry off its hiundreds yearly; only 10 proved fatal in 1915. rlie national schools, numbering 292, were regularly inspected, but as botlh male, female, and infants are occasio.ally under. the same roof, there are not so nany buildings. Allowing 10 square feet for each pupil, according to tlho regulations of tlhe Commissioners for INa.tional Edducation, tlhero is accommodation in these scllools for 58,500 pupils; the number on the roll during thle year was 65,649, while thc average attendance was 49,964. Twenty-five schools weFe found to be overcrowded on eaclh inspection, and 118 occasionally.