| RefNo | CMB/73/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Minutes, meeting of the Food Committee |
| Date | 15 November 1918 |
| Description | Lists those members present, plus Lt Col E P Cathcart and Capt M Greenwood. Lists committee business, including signing of last meeting's minutes -- consideration of an exchange between the Working Classes Cost of Living Committee and the Food Committee over the requested figures [on the caloric value of given budgets] -- update on the report on Burma rice -- investigations by the Medical Research Committee on the possible connection between alcoholism, dental caries and vitamin deficiency -- debate over a letter from Hardy to the Director of Milk Supplies recommending priority be given to sweetened condensed milk for children in the event of milk shortage -- letter of sympathy to Lady Thompson over her husband's death -- the addition of J S Haldane and M S Pembrey to the Metabolism Research Sub-committee -- the consideration of several papers on a proposed Human Nutrition Institute -- a memo from Dr Chick of the Lister Institute on the cause and prevention of scurvy, urging use of lemons instead of limes, and germinated pulses as a source of anti-scorbutics -- dismissal of a memo on the use of swedes to replace fruit in light of the predicted 'free importation of fruit' -- publication of two memos -- consideration of D Noel Paton's work on cocoa butter and a letter from the Ministry requesting information on this. p264-278. |
| Extent | 28pp |
| Format | Typescript and printed documents |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | MS/527/2/10, MS/527/4/2, MS/527/6/1, MS/527/7/1/46, MS/527/2/6, MS/527/10/14/10 |