60 years of eating and smoking

By John Appleby and Ruth Thorlby2008-01-11T09:00:00

It was in the 'ninth year of austerity' - with the end of full rationing still six years away - that the NHS came into existence on 5 July 1948. The chief medical officer, reporting on the state of the public's health, declared the NHS had begun 'its colossal task' ...

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