TY - JOUR T1 - Going to the doctor—attendances by members of 100 families in their first year in a new town JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 821 LP - 827 VL - 25 IS - 160 AU - D. J. G. Bain AU - A. E. Philip Y1 - 1975/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/25/160/821.abstract N2 - A study of 100 families' first year in a new town has shown that consulting rates are high, especially for psychiatric illness. Some reasons for this are discussed. If mobility has an effect on the health of individuals, with a consequent increase in the workload of general practitioners, then this must be taken into account in planning primary medical care services. ER -