Ian Nairn, Townscape and the Campaign Against Subtopia

A Campaign against Consumption

Dr. A. Ransome is the author of several wellknown books on the Causes and Prevention of Phthisis and on the open-air treatment. The present volume is a collection of papers written at various periods during a fifty years' campaign against consumption. Many of the articles deal with the subject from a public health point of view, and others are on more scientific aspects of the problem. The subj...

The campaign against leprosy in Venezuela.

Campaigns which have long been carried on against infecti ous or contagious diseases have evolved systematically a s new knowledge has been acquired of their pathogenicity , epidemiology, immunology, etc. The use of modern antibacterial drugs again st the sources of infection, the destruction of vectors, and the immunization of susceptible per sons . are effective methods which have r eplaced f...

The Campaign against Tuberculosis in Italy

Campaign against gonorrhoea in Hungary.

The trend of gonorrhoea in Hungary, compared to the maximum incidence after World War 1I, has continuously decreased. It reached its lowest level in the past year, and has continued into 1960. The geographical distribution of cases is uneven, the majority occurring in the capital city and larger towns. Gonorrhoea is commoner in men than in women. Between 1948 and 1951, the male: female ratio wa...

Prevention campaign against skin cancer.

BACKGROUND The melanoma incidence has increased over recent decades. Educational campaigns aim to encourage protection from the sun and early detection of melanoma. METHODS During a campaign in Switzerland, information on risk factors, sun protection and melanoma prevention was distributed. 10987 people completed a questionnaire regarding risk factors, and 2746 people were examined by a derma...