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The preliminary report of the Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference, June–July 1946, which has now been published by the Royal Society, includes the speeches at the opening ceremony with lists of the morning discussions, of the papers prepared for the Conference, of the delegates, etc. The summaries of the discussions given in this report detail the recommendations (see Nature, July 27, 1946, p. 136), many of which were afterwards endorsed by the Official Conference. The morning discussions surveyed first some outstanding problems in agricultural science in the Empire, including scientific needs concerned with the soil, the plant and the farm animal. Next some outstanding problems in medical science were discussed, including the physiological and psychological factors affecting human life under tropical conditions and in industry, and the etiology and control of infectious and transmissible diseases, particularly those which are insect-borne. The present state of the science of nutrition was discussed with particular reference to the special problems of the Empire, including the nutritional status of the indigenous peoples of the Colonies. Improvement of that status was recognized by the Conference as a part of general social and economic policy in the territories concerned, and the Conference strongly urged the need for integrating the efforts of producer, consumer, technical and administrative personnel in effecting improvements in nutrition.
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Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference. Nature 160, 185 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160185c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160185c0