ABSTRACT
The fact that health and education are based on so very wide a range of factors makes it difficult for the economist to keep track of their costs and benefits. All-round health and development is the product of nothing less than the whole of a civilisation. It is possible to make a more modest and practicable beginning by concentrating on the services which fill the gaps and cure the defects of education or health. These fall into four broad groups: education, in the sense of instruction; medical services; other physical environmental services; and community-building services. The Education Act of 1944 established the principle of full-time compulsory education for all children up to age sixteen, with compulsory part-time education beyond this up to eighteen. In 1945-1948 national and regional councils were set up to coordinate further education and advice on its development. But the actual realisation of the plans sketched in this way still lies well in the future.
