§ 37. Mr. Dumpletonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any progress has been made towards implementing the proposals arising from the visit of Dr. Platt, the nutrition expert, to West African territories last year, including the holding of a nutrition course for members of the Colonial Service in those territories 1990 and the formation of a nutrition unit in Nigeria.
§ Mr. George HallYes, Sir. Trained women nutrition officers are about to be appointed in Nigeria and the Gold Coast, and one is already working in the Gambia. The nutrition unit proposed for Nigeria has not yet been formed. Attention is being given more to the establishment of a field experimental station, closely associated with the central nutrition organisation. A small party of experts is leaving shortly to examine possible sites for such a station. It is intended to hold a nutrition course, but, owing to continuing staff shortage, it seems at present unlikely that it will be possible to do so until next year.