Note 41 — Chapter XIV · THE NATION'S CHILDREN

See evidence before the Physical Deterioration Committee.

[42] Cd. 2175, p. 117.

[43] In this connexion it should be observed that there are 28,000 surgeons, physicians and medical practitioners in the United Kingdom. The number (one to about 300 families) is probably larger than the nation needs, but even to organize the whole of them as public servants, and to make the medical service entirely free, would cost only about £10,000,000 per annum, allowing for salaries ranging from £250 to £1,000.