Meteorological Services in Britain

Spatial Interpolation of Surface Weather Observations in Alpine Meteorological Services

Reorganization of the Medical and Allied Services in Great Britain

Towards the close of the Great War of *914-18, the inadequacy of the organization for the provision of medical and public health services came to be recognized by almost all the Progressive national governments. The growth ?f knowledge that had taken place resulted in faking more complex the measures necessary tor combating disease and ensuring health. -I his resulted in increased cost of treat...

Study on Mobile Meteorological Information Services for Urban Area

On the limited urban area, precise measurement of meteorological data is not easy for the cost problem. The facilities collecting the data require high installment costs. The mobile sources can be a solution in city region. For example, a public bus on which some meteorological sensors are installed can act as moving information gathering station. The information is gathered on a server and agg...

The Gloucestershire Extension of Medical Services Scheme: An Experiment in the Integration of Health Services in Britain before the NHS

One of the animating beliefs of British health service reformers in the first half of the twentieth century was that delivery would improve if greater co-ordination was imposed over disparate providers. The fundamental divisions were between the voluntary, public and private sectors. Voluntary provision predominantly meant acute care hospitals, but also included a range of other therapeutic and...

Social Networks: Their Role in Access to Financial Services in Britain

*Corresponding author: e-mail: [email protected]. **Volterra Consulting Ltd. The research on which this paper is based was funded by the Britannia Building Society. The Family Resources Survey 1997/98 data was supplied by the ESRC Data Archive by permission of the Department of Social Security. Neither the Data Archive nor the Department bears any responsibility for the analysis. The ONS Om...