How successful had the NHS been by 1979?
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- How successful had the NHS been by 1979?
- Ordinary Brits could take advantage of global improvements in combating disease.
- New antibiotic drugs developed in USA caused number of deaths from TB to fall from 25,000 to 5,000 per year.
- Programme of mass immunisation led to huge drop in cases of polio and diphtheria in mid 50s.
- 90% decrease in cases of whooping cough by 1970.
- Increased life expectancy
- MEN : Increase from 66 in 1950 to 70 in 1979.
- WOMEN : Increase from 71 in 1950 to 75 in 1979
- Average infant mortality decrease
- 30/ 1000 in 1950 to 10/1000 in 1980
- Better facilities for healthcare
- Over 300 inadequate cottage hospitals closed in 60s.
- New centres of excellence opened
- Diseases associated with old age prevailed - greater number of peoples living to an older age.
- Heart disease and cancer cases increased in 50s and 60s.
- Arthritis continued to be the largest health problem affecting 200,000 men and 700,000 women.
- Ordinary Brits could take advantage of global improvements in combating disease.
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