commission into silence, for it offers no recommendations on improving the maternity services-despite our perinatal mortality figures, with their alarming regional variations; despite mounting public concern that perinatal mortality reflects only a fraction of perinatal morbidity; and despite a rising murmur of anger from parents left to raise spastic children because of inadequate maternity fa...

For the past fifty years or so war has played an insignificant part in keeping down the population and there has been a considerable increase in the number of the people, but disease and poverty still exercise their baneful sway over the country in spite of the efforts of legislators and philanthropists. The vicious circle which has existed for ages still continues, disease causes poverty and p...