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such eminent authorities as Sir Patrick Manson and Dr. Daniels as being fraught with possible dire consequences to the country if not combatted energetically, and with well directed effort and system, but I would certainly deprecate any hasty measures being undertaken which might prove both costly and futile. Expert advice in such matters is always both cheaper and more efficacious in the long run, and there is no need to go beyond one of our two schools of tropical medicine to get the best expert advice available.
I have, &c.,
R. STANLEY COLLIER,
Medical Officer, Kalomo.
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diture to be incurred by the British Central Africa Protectorate on passages, trans- port, &c., is not to exceed £500.
3. The Secretary of State will cause the British South Africa Company to be informed as soon as a decision is arrived at on the general question of preventive measures in regard to sleeping sickness, which is still under consideration.
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I am, &c.,
H. W. JUST.
The Secretary, Kalomo.
P.S.-In the event of His Honour deciding to form a segregation camp a supply of mosquito wire would be required to proof the windows, doors, ventilators, chimneys, &c., of the huts or buildings, as for malaria.
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SIR, GENTLEMEN,
No. 16.
NORTHERN NIGERIA.
R. S. C.
COLONIAL OFFICE to SiR P. MANSON AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
Downing Street, March 2, 1907. WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 25th of January,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, for communication to the
for your information,
Committee of the Royal Society engaged in the investigation of sleeping sickness, the accompanying copy of a report from Dr. W. H. Langley, C.M.G., Acting Principal Medical Officer of Northern Nigeria, respecting two cases of sleeping sickness under the care of the medical officer at Akwatcha.
I am,
&c., R. L. ANTROBUS.
No. 18. RHODESIA.
THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received March 21, 1907.)
[Answered by No. 20.]
SIR,
2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C., March 19, 1907. WITH reference to your letter of the 5th instant, and to previous correspon- dence regarding the danger of the spread of sleeping sickness into Rhodesia, I am directed to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State, copies of letters of the 1st and 7th instant from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and from the London School of Tropical Medicine respectively.
Copies of these letters have been sent to the Administrators of North-Eastern and North-Western Rhodesia, but in view of the serious view of the position taken by the medical authorities at these Schools, I am to express a hope that the decision of His Majesty's Government regarding the preventive measures to be taken by all South and Central African States may be communicated to my Directors at the earliest possible date.
I am, &c.,
D. E. BRODIE,
Secretary.
March 1, 1907.
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No. 17.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY.
[Answered by No. 18.]
Downing Street, March 5, 1907.
SIR,
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 15th and 26th of February‡ with reference to the danger of the spread of sleeping sickness into Rhodesia, and to transmit to you a copy of a memorandum§ by Sir P. Manson, K.C.M.G., as to the use of atoxyl as a remedy for the disease, together with a copy of a despatch|| as to the use of this drug, which has been addressed to His Majesty's Commissioner for the Uganda Protectorate.
2. Lord-Elgin understands that the Directors of the British South Africa Com- pany have already been informed of the expedition to study the whole question of sleeping sickness, which is about to be sent out by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and that they have consented to offer the doctors employed on the expedi- tion a subsistence allowance at the rate of 10s. per diem each, free transport, and, where possible, free quarters for one year after the expedition enters Rhodesia. His Lordship wishes me to say that, while the expedition is employed in the British Central Africa Protectorate, similar allowances will be made by the Government of the Protectorate, which will also provide first-class passages to the Protectorate for the two doctors employed; it has been arranged, however, that the total expen
† Enclosure in No. 5 except the last paragraph.
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DEAR SIR.
Enclosure 1 in No. 18.
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,
B 10, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, Sleeping Sickness.
WITH reference to your letter dated 26th February, enclosing copies of letters on the above-named subject from the Administrators of North-Eastern, Southern, and North-Western Rhodesia, I have pleasure in sending herewith a report thereon by Dr. Kinghorn, who will be in charge of the Sleeping Sickness Expedition of the School.
The Secretary,
British South Africa Company,
2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C.
I am, &c.,
A. H. MILNE.
The Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, DEAR MR. MILNE,
Crofton Lodge, Runcorn, February 28, 1907. RECEIVED your letter of the 27th instant with enclosures from the British South Africa Company.
In view of what is known of the way in which sleeping sickness is spread, it is most surprising that the authorities in North-Eastern Rhodesia have decided to allow natives to pass freely into the Katanga District.
From Dr. Massey's report it is quite evident that cases of the disease are now found just north of the mining district. Again, in Mr. Stephenson's letter, B. 135/ 1906, it is said that cases were reported at Ruwe, the headquarters of the Tangany- ika Concessions. Dr. Todd and I were also informed by Mr. F. W. Arnott that cases had appeared at Lukafu on the Lofoi River. Glossina palpalis is reported from the same neighbourhood, so that all the conditions for the establishment of
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