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No. 92.
SEYCHELLES.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 30 March, 1911.)
Government House, Seychelles, 9th March, 1911. I HAVE the honour to annex a return prepared by Dr. Addison, the Chief Medical Officer of Seychelles, in reply to the questions framed by Professor Ronald Ross, C.B., in the annexure to the Circular despatch dated the 20th of December last.t
Further particulars are contained in my report, despatch, No. 24, of the 14th ultimo, on the annual return for 1910 of the Chief Officer of Civil Status.
I have, &c.,
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W. E. DAVIDSON,
Governor.
Enclosure in No. 92.
[Published as No. 4 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6024], February, 1912.]
No. 93.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 1 April, 1911.)
University of London,
DEAR SIR,
South Kensington, S.W., March 31st, 1911. I AM directed to acknowledge on behalf of the Senate your letter of March 21st (No. 8289/1911),§ and to express the gratification with which they heard that the Secretary of State has granted their request for the continuance of the annual grant of £750 in respect of the salary of the Professor of Protozoology.
It is understood that the grant is conditional on the maintenance of the Pro- fessorship, and the efficient performance of the duties of the Professor, and the rendering of a full report annually for publication in the report of the Advisory Committee.
Professor Minchin has been reappointed by the Senate for a further period of five years as from July 1st, 1911.
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No. 94. HONG KONG.
I am, &c.,
HENRY A. MIERS,
Principal.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1910 BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH ON THE PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES. (Received in Colonial Office, March, 1911.)
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[Published as No. 2 in Appendix 1. to [Cd. 6024], February, 1912.]
No. 95.
MINUTES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THURSDAY, 6TH APRIL, 1911.
PRESENT:
Sir J. WEST RIDGEWAY (in the Chair).
Surgeon General BRANFOOT.
Sir THOMAS HOLDERNESS.
Sir PATRICK MANSON.
Mr. READ.
Mr. STRACHEY.
Mr. PARKINSON (Acting Secretary).
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The minutes of the last meeting* were approved.
The Committee considered the question of advertising for a successor to Dr. Connal as Assistant in the Yaba Medical Research Institute in Southern Nigeria.
Mr. Strachey read a despatch from the Governor of Southern Nigeria forward- ing a copy of a letter from Dr. Graham, the Director of the Institute.
Dr. Graham stated in his letter that, having no intimate acquaintance with the members of the Southern Nigeria medical staff, he could not suggest the name of any medical officer likely to prove suitable for permanent appointment as Assistant. The post ought, he thought, to be filled by a pathologist and bacteriologist who had specially devoted his attention to those branches of study, rather than by a medical officer with clinical experience; and that as the man required could only be found in one of the pathological laboratories in this country, he suggested that the appoint- ment should be advertised in the medical press (" The British Medical Journal "The Lancet "). The Governor supported Dr. Graham's recommendation as to advertising the appointment, but added at the end of his despatch that he had circu- larised the medical officers in the Southern Nigerian service to ascertain whether any of them might desire to be considered for appointment as Assistant; and promised to forward any applications received.
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Mr. Strachey pointed out that the Governor had not adhered to the instructions of the Secretary of State in circularising the medical officers of Southern Nigeria, as all that he had been requested to do was to consult the Principal Medical Officer and then to submit his recommendations. Moreover, it was a little difficult to understand how he reconciled the circularising of the local medical officers with the recommendation that the appointment should be advertised.
Mr. Read expressed the opinion that it was desirable that the appointment should be given to a member of the West African Medical Staff, if a suitable candi- date could be found.
Sir Patrick Manson concurred in this opinion, and mentioned the name of Dr. Hutton, now seconded for work at the London School of Tropical Medicine, as a man whom he could recommend most strongly for an appointment of this nature. The Chairman considered that in any case it would be premature to advertise the appointment until the result of Sir W. Egerton's circular, and of the enquiries addressed to the other West African Colonies, was known. If it should then be found that there was no member of the West African Medical Staff suitable for the post, the question of advertisement might well be considered. Sir Thomas Holder- ness remarked that the members of the West African Medical Staff might well com- plain if their claims were not first considered, and that it would be impolitic to advertise and then disappoint applicants by finally selecting a man already in the service.
In reply to a question put by Mr. Read, Sir Thomas Holderness stated that at the India Office they had come to the conclusion that it was better to go to the recog- nised heads of the profession, rather than to advertise, when it was desired to fill appointments of a scientific or technical nature.
The Committee resolved to wait for the results of the enquiries already addressed to the West African Colonies, and only to advertise if no suitable candidate from the West African Medical Staff could be found.
(At this stage Mr. Strachey withdrew from the meeting.)
3. The Committee received the report of laboratory work, St. Lucia, furnished by Dr. L. Nicholls.† Sir P. Manson remarked on the interesting character of the report, and the care with which it had been prepared. It was recommended by the Committee that the receipt of the report should be acknowledged in appreciative terms.
Sir P. Manson referred to two points of special interest in the report-the unsuitability of iron vessels for keeping" millions." and the methods of production of the young" millions" by the female fish.
4. It was decided that in future the meetings of the Committee should be held at 4.30 p.m. instead of 4 p.m.
• No. 87.
No. 12 in Appendix VI. to [Cd, 6024],
No. 4 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6024].
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† No. 11 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 5514). § No. 91.
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No. 96.
BRITISH HONDURAS.
RETURN OF MALARIAL FEVER, BLACKWATER FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, FILARIASIS, AND DENGUE DURING THE YEAR FROM 1ST JANUARY TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1910.
(Received April 27, 1911.)
[Published as No. 17 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6024].]