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Dr. F. GRUNDY, medical officer of health to the Borough of Luton, has been appointed professor of preventive medicine in the Welsh National School of Medicine Cardiff. Dr. Grundy, who is forty-three years of age, held a number of posts as medical office and medical officer of health, until his appoint-ment to Luton in 1937. All this time, he has shown a keen interest in social and preventive medicine, holding a number of public appointments in this connexion, such as the chairmanship of the British Social Hygiene Council—a position which he still holds. He has carried out important researches in social medicine and published a number of papers on certain aspects of it. Among his books may be mentioned his well-known “Handbook of Social Medicine’ which is now recognized as a standard text. He has also travelled to various parts of the world, including the Channel Islands, Sweden, Greece and the United States, for the purpDse of studying and advising on health and hospital, maternity and other social services. In expanding its work in connexion with social and preventive medicine, it is doubtful if the Welsh National School could have made a better choice than Dr. Grundy to fill this new chair.
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Preventive Medicine at Cardiff: Prof. F. Grundy. Nature 164, 175 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164175b0
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