§ Mr. J. Morrisonasked the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement with regard to the progress 330W in the research made on the common cold in the Harvard Hospital, Salisbury; and what assistance is given by his Department towards the outcome of these experiments.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonUseful progress has been made in studying the nature of the infective organism and the method of its transmission, using human volunteers; but this is essentially a long-term research into a problem which in the past has proved resistant to investigation, and no early results capable of practical application are, I fear, to be expected. Medical officers of the Ministry of Health are co-operating with the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council in this work. The Ministry provides hospital and laboratory accommodation and the board and lodging of the volunteers, while the Research Council are responsible for all the scientific aspects of the work.