HC Deb 27 February 1930 vol 235 cc2447-8W
Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Minister of Health whether any attempt has been made for combined research under the League of Nations into rheumatic diseases or for co-ordinated work in different countries?

Mr. GREENWOOD

I understand that the appropriate committee of the League of Nations was requested in 1928 by the International Society of Medical Hydrology to take action with a view to international co-ordination in the investigation of rheumatic diseases, but that the committee, for various reasons, were unable to comply with the request. Since that date the International League against Rheumatism has been founded by the International Society of Medical Hydrology with the object, inter alia, of making comparative studies of rheumatism in various countries, including the collection of international statistics and the stimulation of research.