HC Deb 30 July 1957 vol 574 cc163-4W
119. Dr. Summerskill

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the widespread nutritional disease existing among the young children of Sierra Leone; and whether he will consider appointing a medical officer, temporarily or permanently, for work in this field.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I am aware that there is malnutrition in Sierra Leone, as elsewhere in Africa. It is primarily for the Sierra Leone Government, who I am sure are well aware of the problem, to decide how best this can be tackled.

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