§ Mr. MYERSasked the Minister of Health how he proposes to dispose of the Rockefeller gift of $2,000,000 and the additional Government grant of £25.000 for five years; and what part of this large sum is to be devoted to promoting hygiene and the health of the people?
§ Mr. NAYLORasked the Minister of Health whether the Rockefeller gift of two 2220W million dollars to establish an institute of hygiene in this country is to be allocated to the already existing institute of hygiene, or other and like institutions, for the development of their work; if not, how this sum is to be disposed of; and what part, if any, is to be devoted to promoting hygiene and the health of the people?
§ Sir A. MONDThe gift from the Rockefeller Foundation of two million dollars will be applied to the express purpose for which it was made, in providing and equipping a school of hygiene. The Government grant will be applied to staffing and maintenance, as required by the Rockefeller Foundation as a condition of their gift. The hon. Member may be aware that the Rockefeller Foundation have, recently acquired an admirable site for the purpose in Bloomsbury. The whole object of the scheme is to promote the hygiene and health of the people by providing facilities for the education of the medical practitioner, and for research, in preventive medicine. It will be an essential point in settling the organisation of the school to secure that its work is fitted in with the admirable work in this sphere which is now being done by existing institutions.