THE STATE OF THE NATION'S HEALTH.

PUBLIC health; CONFERENCES & conventions; HEALTH; INCOME; RURAL population; WORLD War II; ARMED Forces; UNITED States social conditions; HEALTH facilities

WASHINGTON (State)Report Available; UNITED StatesReport Available

Focuses on health deficiency in the U.S. with reference to the National Health Assembly's conference in Washington. Observation of highest health problems in areas with lowest per-capita income and the largest proportion of rural population; Maldistribution of hospital facilities that parallels to doctors maldistribution; 40 percent rejection rate among men examined by Selective Service during World War II; Recommendations by U.S. President Harry S. Truman for a health program.