Colonial Development: Nutrition, 1941-1945
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/65
Held at the Weston Library
Contains correspondence and related papers:
- (fols. 1-49 and item 1) correspondence concerning nutritional problems in tropical countries and particularly in Africa, 8 Dec 1941-22 Apr 1945, between Dr D. Fitzgerald Moore and Rita Hinden, with many cuttings attached, from medical journals, West Africa and The Times, some containing articles by Moore; also a copy of the Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Vol. 45, No. 17 (item 1). Included is a letter from Dr F.M. Purcell to Rita Hinden (fol. 37), and frequent mention is made of him, Dr B.S. Platt, and Sir Robert McCarrison. Specific subjects include the following: (fols. 1-8, 17) vitamin A deficiency and the use of red palm oil; (fols. 12-13) cereal foods; (fols. 15-19) Nutritional Research Unit for Africa; (fols. 22-24) milk; and (fols. 47-49) food yeast
- (fols. 50-55) nutrition in the Gold Coast (Ghana): typed memorandum, six copies, 18 Dec 1941
- (items 2-4) Public Health in the Colonies, with special reference to Nutrition: FCB memorandum, pp. 10, three copies, n.d.
- (fol. 56) manuscript comments by Arthur [Lewis] on the above memorandum, n.d.
- (fols. 57-61) Fabian paper on nutrition, n.d.
- (fols. 62-65) letter from the FCB to Viscount Cranborne, S/S Col., about the recommendations of the 1939 Nutrition Committee, and subsequent progress (two copies), 20 Mar 1942
- (item 5) Nutrition in Africa: memorandum based on a report to the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, Washington, D.C., by Dr B.S. Platt, Medical Research Council, Great Britain (pp. 7), 15 Jun 1943
- (fol. 66) 'Rash reflections on the Nutrition Deputation': typescript [by Rita Hinden?], with references to Drs Platt and Tempany, n.d.
- (fols. 67-69) Colonial Nutrition Committee: summary by G.M. Culwick, and list of committees, 24 Sep 1943
- (fols. 70-72) 'Food Yeast: its nutritive value and its production from Empire sources', by A.C. Thaysen, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: galley proof of paper to be read before the Dominions and Colonies Section of the Royal Society of Arts, 20 Mar 1945.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1945
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/65
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk