from 'Medical World Newsletter '* "There is a widely-accepted notioneeethat coloured immigrants tend to make exeessive demands upon the services(of the general practitioners), and that a considerable proportion of the increased workload can be attributed to the influx of these immigrgnts into the country, This theory seems reasonable enough as everybody understands that they usyally arrive from countries with a lower standard of living than our own, with more primitive health services, and where the cost of skilled m@dical attention often places it beyond the reach of many inhabitants, This study was undertaken to test the validity of. this belief, Our practice is situated in the ~~ a borough of the Greater London areae.e. and is in an area of relatively low social, status. The coloured immigrants are approximately
10% of the totals Soaring the period under review(Jan-June,'65) this figure of 10% has veen maintained and is made up as follows: West Indies...5%} India & Pakistan 44; other territories 1% The practice is composed of 19,000 patients, carried on by three doctors, and so the total number of coloured immigrants is 1,900...