Report of the New Guinea nutrition survey expedition, 1947 / [edited by E.H. Hipsley and F.W. Clements].

  • Australia. Department of External Territories.
Date:
[1947?]
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Credit: Report of the New Guinea nutrition survey expedition, 1947 / [edited by E.H. Hipsley and F.W. Clements]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ORGANISATION OF THE EXPEDITION. ‘he field party included the following: a Medical Officer, a Parasitologist, a Nutritionist, two Biochemists, an Agriculturalist, a Sociologist, a Dental Officer and a Photographer. The latter two officers were employed for part of the survey only. In addition, two biochemists were employed at the Institute of Anatomy to analyse dried samples of food and urime samples of vitamin load tests despatched from the field. The Administration made available in each area a- patrol officer who had some knowledge of the local conditions. The otticers and the necessary technical equipment were provided from the staffs of the Institute of Anatomy, Canberra; the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney University; the New (Guinea Administration; the Dental Research Institute, Sydney; and the Depart- ment of Information, Canberra.