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Includes:
 Circular from Professor C E Gordon Smith, Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, concerning an enquiry into preventive medicine by the Social Services and Employment Subcommittee of the House of Commons, 27 Nov 1975;
 Memo from Renwick to Professor J N Morris of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine concerning the enquiry into preventive medicine and a list of 5 related issues to be presented to the select committee on preventive medicine, 1 Dec 1975;
 Draft paper by staff at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine titled 'Prevention,' 5 Jan 1976; Memo from Renwick to Professor Stuart Morrison of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about adopting the "exciting new developments in trophoblast sampling", 28 Feb 1983.

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