Referee's report by Herbert Davenport Kay, on a paper 'The role of depot fat in the hypothalamic control of food intake in the rat' by G C Kennedy Sectional committee: Physiology Paper reference code: B19 Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Suggests the paper would be improved if an attempt would be made to determine circulating metabolite or metabolites, refers to milk-fat synthesis, and the bad arrangement of table one. [Published in Proceedings B, 1953]. Date received not given. 6 May 1952