Public health in London.

Exhibiting Good Health: Public Health Exhibitions in London, 1948–71

This article examines the changing nature of public health services and their relationship with the public in post-war Britain by an analysis of the exhibitions mounted by Medical Officers of Health (MOsH) in London. Focusing on the period 1948-71, the article explores a time when public health practice, and the problems it faced, were in flux. A decline in infectious disease and an increase in...

Polonium-210 poisoning in London: hypochondriasis and public health.

INTRODUCTION In November 2006, a Russian dissident died from radioactive Polonium-210 (210Po) poisoning in London. Providing reassuring messages during a public health incident may be ineffective for individuals with high health anxiety (hypochondriasis). METHODS Members of the public who called a 24-hour telephone helpline were offered a follow-up call by a health protection specialist for r...

Who will grasp the public health nettle in London?

Postcode Lotteries in Public Health - The NHS Health Checks Programme in North West London

BACKGROUND Postcode lotteries in health refer to differences in health care between different geographic areas. These have been previously associated with clinical services. However there has been little documentation of postcode lotteries relating to preventative health care services. This paper describes a postcode lottery effect in relation to the NHS Health Checks Programme (a national card...

Health Weeks in London

the sick ; now the advent of preventive medicine augurs, let us hope, a new era for mankind. The idea that disease can be arrested at its beginning, and much misery and sorrow saved, has received scientific as well as popular encouragement ; and it is from the popular side?to bring the matter home to the man in the street? that Health Week was originally founded. A certain amount of apathy exis...