ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND KINDRED SCIENCES. 



The Council of the Royal Society having considered the 

 advisability of forming a section of Public Health, a number 

 of members were invited to meet and consider the question. 



The meeting took place at the Royal Society's House, at 

 4 p.m., on the 8th July, 1915. There were present Dr. 

 Greig-Smith, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair, 

 Dr. H. G. Chapman, Mr. Algernon Peake, Mr. O. Hedley, 

 Dr. Cleland, Mr. R. H. Cambage, and Dr. C. Savill Willis. 



The meeting decided unanimously to recommend the 

 Council to form a Section of Public Health and Kindred 

 Sciences. 



The following resolutions were passed : — 



1. Meetings to be held four times a year. 



2. The Section to elect a Chairman and Honorary 



Secretary. 



3. That there be an inaugural meeting at an early date. 



4. That Dr. O. Savill Willis be elected Honorary 



Secretary pro tern, to arrange the inaugural 

 meeting. 



The inaugural meeting was held at the Royal Society's 

 House, on the evening of the 14th September, 1915. His 

 Excellency the State Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, 

 and a large number of the members of the Royal Society 

 and visitors were present. 



The following Officers of the Section were appointed : — 

 Chairman — Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart. 

 Hon. Secretary — Dr. 0. Savill Willis. 



