ABSTRACT
The Society’s 33rd Annual Report, for the period 1 April 1939 to 31 March 1940 began:
The clouds of war were gathering over Europe when the year under review began. Well-attended meetings were held at Manson House in May and June; and in August a number of … Fellows journeyed hopefully across the Atlantic to New York to represent their respective countries at the Third International Congress of Microbiology (September 2nd to 9th); but the declaration of war on September 3rd 1939 found many of them already on the high seas en route for home.
