Immunisation against Whooping Cough
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lives and visits are often infrequent. To this extent, therefore, I see the community hospital in populations in excess of 40 000 being of primary significance to the community in respect of acute diagnostic and surgical services at an appropriate level, and the geriatric and long-stay element as a part of the overall picture rather than the predominant feature. In populations less than this figure, however, then I would agree entirely with Dr Evans's comments about the role of community hospitals. This assumes that they can be viable in small communities, and this again is an area that, I would suggest, needs careful study in relation to the overall costs of these establishments set against the benefits to the community. KENNETH CLIFF
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