§ 45. Mr. Hurdasked the Lord President of the Council to what extent the investigations of the Medical Research Council into malnutrition problems in the Gambia have yielded valuable results; and the amounts of the funds made available for this work last year and in the current year.
§ The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison)The work of the Field Research Station in the Gambia has yielded valuable preliminary results in demonstrating the effect of diets deficient in protein and other constituents on the health and efficiency of the population. Special investigations have been undertaken on the nutritional values of locally grown foodstuffs and on improved methods for their processing. The funds available for this work in 1949–50 amounted to £26,368 and in the current year to £25,768.
§ Mr. HurdHas the knowledge gained by the Medical Research Council about feeding human beings in the Gambia been made available to the Colonial Development Corporation who, close by, are in grave difficulties about feeding their hens?
§ Mr. MorrisonI think that that question had better be put on the Order Paper.