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ON July 7, in the presence of a large and representative gathering in a spacious marquee, Mr. Neville Chamberlain laid the foundation stone of the new London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the result of a gift of 2,000,000 dollars from the trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. The chairman of the Board of Management, Sir Alfred Mond, in introducing Mr. Neville Chamberlain, reviewed the steps which had led to the foundation of the School. He pointed out that the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Home, had recognised the great importance of such an institution and had agreed that the British Government should make itself responsible for its maintenance. As a result of representations made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain to the present Chancellor of the Exchequer the building was being expedited, a grant of 5000l. per annum being made by the University Grants Committee and one of 4000l. per annum from the Rockefeller trustees for immediate developments. He was able to announce that though Sir Cooper Perry is retiring from the post of Principal Officer of the University of London, his services are being retained on the Board of Management of the School, of which he has consented to be vice-chairman. Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in a most lucid and convincing manner, spoke of his recent experiences on a tour of the colonies and his conviction that hygiene and sanitation are the most vital of all the problems connected with the future development of the vast territories under the charge of Great Britain. The importance of a school like that being founded in London could not be overestimated.
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News and Views. Nature 118, 92–97 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118092b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118092b0