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Diabetes--a disease for general practice.

DIABETES is a common disease. A working party appointed by the College of General Practitioners in 1962 reported, in a 95 per cent complete survey of 19,412 patients in Birmingham, an incidence of 1-33 per cent (0-64 per cent already diagnosed cases and 0-69 per cent previously unknown) and J. Harkness (1962) in a 97 per cent complete survey of 1,503 patients found an incidence of 1-2 per cent (0-6 per cent known and 0-62 per cent unknown). It may be assumed therefore that the average practitioner with 2,460 patients on his list has 15 or 16 known diabetics and a further 14-18 awaiting diagnosis. It follows that every doctor has an adequate number of patients under his care to provide him with clinical experience necessary to maintain his competence in looking after them. This is'a disease simple to diagnose, multifarious in its manifestations, long in its course and gratifyingly responsive to treatment. In short it is the ideal disease for the general practitioner to diagnose, observe and treat with interest.