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Ref NoGB 0809 Nutrition/17/04/15/03
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Extent2 files
TitleReports and notes on nutrition in British Guiana
Date1930s-1950s
DescriptionIncludes:reports by VR Greenstreet, agricultural chemist, concerning 'the effect of various factors on the Vitamin B1 content of rice' and 'the keeping properties of different extractions in British Guiana', nd; notes on food consumption levels, nd; an assessment of British Guiana's food position, nd; 'note on relationship of food supplies to nutritional requirements of British Guiana', nd; Medical Department report concerning 'the relative positions of imported and locally produced foodstuffs in the dietary of British Guiana', 1948; a report on 'estimating future food needs', nd; 'report on the medical department of British Guiana for the year 1952'; 'information on practical nutrition programmes supplied by British Guiana to the Colonial Office for the UK annual report to FAO', 1951; paper on low cost diets, 1946; telegrams between the Governor of British Guiana and Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning surplus milk supplies, 1954; revised suggested breakfast menus and diet scales, nd; information on agriculture, 1952; newspaper cuttings on nutritional foods, 1944-1947; extract concerning the 'provision of milk, biscuits and cod liver oil for children' from a report on social security by J Henry Richardson, with correspondence between from MW Grant and D Bishop concerning comments on the report, 1954; reports of the Colonial Empire Nutrition Committee on nutrition in British Guiana, 1937 and diets of public institutions, 1940.
AccessStatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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