In fiscal year 1982, Federal, State, and local governments spent $592.6 billion for public social welfare purposes.r This was an increase of $42.1 billion, or 7.6 percent, over the amount spent on social welfare the previous year. Measured in constant dollars, such expenditures rose 1.7 percent from 1981 to 1982. Social welfare spending represented 19.3 percent of Gross National Product (GNP) i...

A 2.0% zinc phosphide pellet and a 0.001% brodifacoum bait gave the lowest percentage post-treatment activity in a field test in which broadcast applications were followed shortly by rain. There was not a clear difference in performance between the single-feeding toxicants and the multiple-feeding anticoagulants in this experiment. A 0.075% cholecalciferol bait gave control comparable to some r...

Maternal and infant mortality are basic health indicators that reflect a nation's health status. In the United States, infant mortality has declined steadily; however, this is not true for maternal mortality. This report presents data from death certificates compiled by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, which indicate that in the United States, the annual maternal mortality ratio rem...

From 1978 to 1982, 117 cases of Lyme disease were reported in New Jersey. The number of cases increased each year from four in 1978 and 1979 to 56 in 1982. Forty-eight percent of cases occurred in a four-township area in central Monmouth County. The proportion of cases with arthritis decreased in 1982 because of early antibiotic treatment and better reporting of milder cases. The proportion of ...

1. The structure of one class of giant tangential neurons in the lobula plate of Calliphora, the `Vertical System (VS)' has been investigated by light microscopy. Different staining and reconstruction procedures were employed to ensure that all existing VS-neurons are revealed. 2. There are 11 VS-cells in a characteristic, and constant arrangement (Fig. 2). Each cell covers a particular area of...