Medical Research Council
- Date:
- 1961-1968
- Reference:
- PP/GSW/E/32-41
- Part of:
- Wilson, Sir Graham Selby
- Archives and manuscripts
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Working Party on Tristan da Cunha 1961-68
The inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha were evacuated and brought to Britain when the island's volcano erupted in October 1961. The opportunity was taken to carry out a number of medical investigations of this small and hitherto isolated community which continued after the islanders' return home in 1963. The Medical Research Council set up a Working Party to plan, co-ordinate and supervise the investigations and Wilson agreed to serve
Publication/Creation
1961-1968
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