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IT has already been announced that the new Division for the Social and International Relations of Science of the British Association is arranging a meeting for the discussion of this subject to be held on March 28 at the University of Reading. Representatives of a number of interested public bodies and institutions will be present. The meeting will be divided into two sessions, lasting from 2.15 to 4.15 and from 5.15 to 7.0, with an interval for tea. At the first session the chair will be taken by Sir Richard Gregory, chairman of the Division. Dr. Harriette Chick will open the discussion, dealing with deficiencies in present-day diet, the total amount of milk needed, etc., Prof. J. C. Drummond will discuss health aspects, and Dr. A. W. Scott will speak on the implications of compulsory pasteurization. At the second session, Sir Daniel Hall will be in the chair. Mr. J. MacKintosh will discuss agricultural aspects of milk production, with special reference to increase of production, and Mr. J. Cripps will speak on the distribution, cost and the economic and social implications allied with the subject. The meeting will be preceded, in the morning, by a visit to the National Institute for Research in Dairying at Shin-field, near Reading. Arrangements will be made for lunch, tea and dinner to be served in the University so far as accommodation permits, and accommodation for the night preceding the meeting may be arranged if a sufficient number desire it. Admission will be free, by ticket. A limited number of tickets will be obtainable from the Secretary, British Association, Burlington House, London, W.I.
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Nutritional and Allied Aspects of Milk. Nature 143, 403 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143403a0
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