Dr. I. S. Gear Accepts Post in South Africa jouncement that Dr. H. S. Gear, There is keen interest in the an-2
"Associate in Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics at the Henry Lester Instilute of Medical Research, has been appointed to the South African Government Health Service, and he left Shanghai on Saturday, to arrive at his new post in lime to. stare his duties on June 1. Dr. Gear came to Shang: hhaj. in 1982 from the London Schoot of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he had worked while holding 3 South African Government Post Graduate Scholarship in Public Health and Tropical Hygiene, He has been largely responsible for the Organization of the Department. of Preventive Medicine and Medien! Statistics in the Lester Medical Institute, In. response to direct questions relating to his work in China, Dr. Gear observed that his investigations had necessitated the preliminary step of collecting statistics on disease. in-idence and distribution in China, This, in turn, he explained, required the accumulation of case records from hospitals throughout the country, the of which will present in-jon concerning the geographletribution and other public health aspects of the more Important dis eases.
When asked to give an example, said that it was being discovered with other owing to various causes, Mfecls "persons at different. age-periods in different countries, and that it likewise assumes differing Proportions of frequency in its forms.
Asked about his probable duties in South Africa, Dr. Gear said these would be connected with the study Of epidemiology and analyses of the Statistics collected by. the South African Government Health Service. He expressed regret at leaving the Lester Institute, but said that he was ly antletpating the opportunity to take part In the development of epidemiological ana other health work in South Atrice.
With Mrs. Ges 'They' will be sosompan their small son, Michael, and will srmark from Kobe for the frst leg
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