* The College, at the Comitia of July 27, 1950, appointed a Committee to consider the organization of the chronic rheumatic diseases, “with special reference to the needs of the National Health Service”. Its report was published in 1951.
At the Comitia of July 28, 1960, the Committee was reconstituted, the members nominated being: [List: see text]
This Committee met at the College on October 3 and December 1, 1960, and January 16, 1961, to consider the further implications of the Royal College of Physicians Committee (1950) Report on Chronic Rheumatic Diseases, in the light of developments in this field during the past ten years.