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use of weight recording in prisons has proved one of the m o s t valuable checks on nutrition in Nigeria.) (4) Provision of one free school meal a day for that class of scholar I have t e r m e d " the b o a r d e r - o u t , " i . e . , who is too far away to live at home, too poor to be a true boarder, b u t who " lodges " with friends, obtains his own food at varying intervals f r o m his home, does his own cooking, or else is subsisted as a l o d g e r - - a pernicious t h o u g h largely unavoidable system, and to consider this provision as a possible extension for the very poor. I f a whole-time schools medical service could be provided it m i g h t go a very long way with these provisions to ensure a sound nutritional standard for m a n y of the y o u n g e r generation. I am, etc., Cheltenham, D. FITZGERALD MOORE.
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The M A N S O N and CHALMERS Medals willbe presented by the new PRESIDENT at the Annual General Meeting of the Socicty to be held at Manson House on Thursday, 19th June, 1947.
Manson Medal Awards Ior 1941, 1944 and 1947. At the Council held on 20th March, 1947, the MANSON MEDALS were awarded as follows : - 1941 : Professor EMILE BRUMPT, Facultd de Mddecine, Paris. 1944: Sir S. RICKARD CHRISTOPHERS, C.I.E., F.R.S., I.M.S. (ret.). 1947: Dr. CHARLES MORLEY WENYON, C.M.G., F.R.S. !
Chalmers Medal, 1947 Award. T h e nominations received were considered b y the Council held on 20th March, 1947, and the CHALMERS GOLD MEDAL, 1947, was a w a r d e d to Dr. DAVID GARNET DAVEY,Biological D e p a r t m e n t , I m p e r i a l C h e m i c a l ( P h a r m a ceuticals), L t d . , Manchester. At the Council held on 10th April, 1947, it was decided to award in 1948 the three outstanding CHAL~mRSMEDALS due for 1941, 1943 and 1945 respectively. Any Fellow is entitled to make a nomination. The proposer shall deposit with the Honorary Secretaries of the Society, not later than 28th February, 1948, a statement which must include the following data : - (a) Date of nominee's birth. (b) A detailed statement of nominee's claim for consideration, indicating the year or years in which any work mentioned was carried out. (c) A list of the nominee's published papers with dates. Full conditions of award are to be found in the Y e a r B o o k , p. 6. Printed in Great Britain by H. R. (JRUBB, LTD., Croydon