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inaugurated a new provident scheme the basis of which 

 is the payment by members of a small annual premium for 

 surgical and medical treatment in case of need for themselves 

 and families. The scheme, known as the " Sussex," was ori- 

 ginated by Dr. Gordon Dill, of Hove, and has proved successful 

 in Brighton and neighbourhood. It offers the hospitals — or so 

 it is hoped — a chance of regaining their financial stability. 

 More important still, it gives them a direct and immediate 

 interest in the general health of the community. 



This is equivalent to saying that it will be, more than ever 

 before, the business of the hospital to see that early disease is 

 diagnosed and treated. Thus, the general practitioner will be 

 brought into closer relation to the hospital, and this body, in 

 its capacity as a teaching school, will make special efforts to 

 afford him training in early diagnosis. 



These are healthy measures, and, if the new scheme succeeds, 

 will go far to bring about a changed outlook in the medical 

 world. Incidentally the foundations of what may well become 

 a national, voluntary medical service, have been securely laid. 



