70. Major Lloydasked the Minister of Food if he will give the names of the medical advisers to his Department on the adequacy of rations and on food allowances for special diets; whether these advisers may proffer unrequested opinions; and how many times their views have been sought over the past year and on what matters.
§ Mr. WebbFollowing is the information. On all matters concerning extra rations and supplies of controlled foods for invalids and persons on special diets, I am advised by the Food Rationing (Special Diets) Advisory Committee of the Medical Research Council. The members of this Committee are:
Dr. H. P. Himsworth, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Chairman).
Professor L. S. P. Davidson, F.R.S.E., M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor Sir Francis Fraser, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.P.E.
Lord Horder, G.C.V.O., M.D., F.R.C.P.
Dr. R. D. Lawrence, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor R. A. McCance, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Dr. Norman Smith, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor Sir James C. Spence, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor M. L. Rosenheim, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Secretary).
I am always willing to consider any matters which the Committee wish to refer to me and, like my predecessors, I have been grateful for their assistance in dealing with invalid rations, and have been guided by their advice. On numerous occasions over the past 11 years they have initiated proposals which have been adopted. During the past year the Committee's advice has been sought on numerous individual applications for extra rations on medical grounds, as well as on the following broader issues:
- 1. The allowances of rationed foods needed under current conditions by patients with active tuberculosis.
- 2. The question whether the reduction of the meat ration made it necessary to grant supplementary allowances to any invalid or person on a special diet who needed meat on medical grounds.
18 - 3. Revising the memorandum issued to doctors on the arrangements for granting extra rations on medical grounds.