30 MARCH 1929, Page 13

The League of Nations

The Health Organization of the League

WHAT is the vitamin content of cod-liver oil ? How are we to control anthrax in cattle ? How far is an impure milk supply responsible for tuberculosis ? How much opium is really needed for medical consumption in the various countries of the world ? How much of the increased cancer mortality of civilization is real, and how much of it is due to better diagnosis ? How far can we co-ordinate and improve the measures taken in the East to prevent the spread of epidemic disease ? Here are half a dozen out of a hundred international questionS affecting" our immediate comfort, which are being considered by the Health Organization of the League of Nations.