ANKYLOSTOMIASIS IN LONDON

Beta-Naphthol in Ankylostomiasis

The Blood Count in Ankylostomiasis. A Warning

worm disease, and it is recognised that though a high eosinophil count is usual, sometimes the contrary is found. It is known also that the eosinophilia is not always proportionate to the number of worms present. If a case shows no eosinophils at all even after expulsion of the hookworms the sign is supposed to be a bad one, indicating exhaustion of the blood forming organism. Careful examinati...

Health impact assessments in London: assessing the London Mayoral strategies.

Between 2001 and 2003 the London Health Commission undertook health impact assessments (HIAs) on a series of strategies developed by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. The HIAs were rapid, each involving a literature review and a participant workshop. In all cases the reports made a series of recommendations that were given to the Mayor. The HIAs led to changes and ensured th...

What Makes London Work Like London?

Urban data ranging from images and laser scans to traffic flows are regularly analyzed and modeled leading to better scene understanding. Commonly used computational approaches focus on geometric descriptors, both for images and for laser scans. In contrast, in urban planning, a large body of work has qualitatively evaluated street networks to understand their effects on the functionality of ci...

Suicide in London

This is the first of a projected "Maudsley Monograph" series intended to report work carried out at The Institute of Psychiatry (Univ. Lond.) and the associated Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals. In this study Dr. Sainsbury sets out to investigate the social characteristics of the various boroughs in the County of London and their effect on the individuals living in them. He shows that the d...