THE GEOGRAPHICAL MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND

Geographical variation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, 1988-94.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the geographical variation and clustering of congenital anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, in response to media reports of clusters. DESIGN Comparison of pattern of residence at birth of cases of anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England in 1988-94, notified to a special register, with pattern of residence of all births. Three groups studied included all cas...

Geographical trends in infant mortality: England and Wales, 1970-2006.

At national level in England and Wales, infant mortality rates fell rapidly from the early 1970s and into the 1980s. Subnational areas have also experienced a reduction in levels of infant mortality. While rates continued to fall to 2006, the rate of reduction has slowed. Although the Government Office Regions Yorkshire and The Humber, the North West and the West Midlands and the Office for Nat...

Issues in the anti-vaccination movement in England.

ALTHOUGH criticism of the public vaccination movement in England had been common ever since it was introduced in I840, an organized movement to repeal compulsory vaccination did not develop until after 1871. If one studies the history of the English public and compulsory vaccination, one is surprised to detect references to moral and political ideas as frequently as discussions of medical issue...

Alfred Russel Wallace and the Antivaccination Movement in Victorian England

Alfred Russel Wallace, eminent naturalist and codiscoverer of the principle of natural selection, was a major participant in the antivaccination campaigns in late 19th-century England. Wallace combined social reformism and quantitative arguments to undermine the claims of provaccinationists and had a major impact on the debate. A brief account of Wallace's background, his role in the campaign, ...

Geographical differences in the provision of care home services in England