§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to reduce malnutrition and consequent vitamin deficiency in the elderly population.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergStudies of the elderly carried out by the Department have shown that when vitamin deficiency leading to malnutrition occurs in this group it is almost invariably associated with clinical disease or conditions such as depression following bereavement, and therefore it is a matter for the individual medical practitioner.