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It is only when very ill, or for some other disease suspected to be dangerous, that they call the medical man, and then will deny that the person has yaws, even when quite apparent, and refuse treatment.
The law dealing with the disease is a dead letter; and some years ago the police and others concerned in the carrying out of its provisions were ordered to let it fall in abeyance, and the medical men were told to send patients into the asylum only with their entire consent.
Formerly I used to report about the prevalence of the disease in St. Lucia, and that called leprosy, but to no purpose, and I ceased to do so eventually.
The present asylum would not contain the amount of patients if the law was again put in force, and some larger building would have to be found.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
&c., &c.,
Castries.
&.c..
HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
I remain, &c.,
J. A. LESTRADE,
Medical Officer, Vieuxfort.
THE Condition, so far as I have seen since I assumed charge of the district, does not appear to be as prevalent as in the Fourth District, where it is fairly prevalent. I understand there are cases in the heights which are secreted and treated with "bush " medicines.
So far I have come across five cases, three in Soufrière and its immediate vicinity, and two from the country. Every case I have come across has been sent to the Yaws Hospital.
28th August, 1911.
HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
A. F. H.
So far only four cases of yaws have come under my immediate notice, and the police on being communicated with arranged for their transport with a view to admission in the Yaws Hospital.
The prevalence of yaws in this district is rather a difficult matter to determine; for the children, as in Grenada, are secreted on the approach of the Medical Officer. Parents, for some reason or other, have an abhorrence for the Yaws Hospital, and the only adequate means of dealing with them which is effective in Grenada is for the police to pay surprise visits and order them to the hospital when they are quite sure of the diagnosis or to the Medical Officer when they are in doubt.
I am given to understand by my predecessor that yaws prevails in Mon Repos and Ressource.
30th August, 1911.
HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
J. T. D.
I FIND no cases of yaws recorded in the Dispensary Register (September, 1906, September, 1911); no cases have come under my observation during the month that I have been acting in lieu of Dr. Macphail.
4th September, 1911.
HONOURABLE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY,
A. C. C. B.
yaws
in
THE report I submitted a few days ago gives the relative existence of each locality. I utilise the provisions of the existing law as stringently as they allow.
I believe yaws has lessened in my district.
The delay in this minute is because when received I was busy working out the tables and other parts of my report which entailed much work.
19th October, 1911.
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HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
No case of yaws has come under my notice since November, 1908. cally non-existent in or near Castries.
It is practi-
Every case which I have seen has been sent to Malgretoute. 27th August, 1911.
A. K.
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No. 135.
AGENDA FOR AND MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 1ST DECEMBER, 1911, AT 4.30 P.M.
AGENDA.
(1.) To approve the minutes of the meetings of the 26th May, 29th May, and the 25th July. (Copies herewith.)*
(2.) To receive reports from the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine, the University of London, and Professor Nuttall. (Copies herewith.)†
(3.) To receive reports on mosquito-borne diseases from Ceylon, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Seychelles, Straits Settlements, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, the Gambia, the East Africa Protectorate, Southern Nigeria, Uganda, British Guiana, the Leeward Islands, Fiji, and the Windward Islands. (Copies herewith.)‡
(4.) To receive reports on research into tropical diseases from Basutoland, British Guiana, Ceylon, Federated Malay States, Fiji, Jamaica, and St. Lucia. (Copies herewith.)§.
(5.) To consider the proposal by Sir R. Ross for the appointment of a Com- mission to classify culicidæ. (Copy herewith.)||
(6.) To consider a letter from Dr. Galloway on the subject of investigation into beri-beri with a view to deciding whether the line of enquiry there suggested is sound, and, if so, to advise as to the selection of an officer to carry it out. (Copy herewith.)¶
(7.) To receive a report** by Drs. Fraser and Stanton on the aetiology of beri-beri and to consider whether the Government of the Federated Malay States would be justified in taking steps to discourage the use of rice with less than 4 per cent of phosphorus pentoxide. (Report already circulated as far as copies were available.)
(8.) To consider an application from Dr. Bayon for assistance in conducting experimental work with regard to leprosy in British Guiana. (Copy of letter enclosed.)tt
(9.) To receive a report on the treatment of yaws in Grenada with the remedy known as 606. (Typed copy herewith.)‡‡
(10.) To consider the allocation of the funds for 1912. (It should be noted that the income to be received in the financial year 1912-1913 cannot be relied upon to exceed £3,100 (£1,000 from Imperial Funds, £500 from the Government of India, and £1,600 from various Colonial Governments.) There is also available a balance of about £1,750, being the remainder of accumulations from the earlier period when there were fewer claims upon the fund. The following applications for grants have already been received:
London School of Tropical Medicine, for £1,333 6s. 8d., in respect of the special Department of the School and a renewal of the special grant of £200 made last year for the purpose of providing an assistant to Dr. Leiper, making £1,533 6s. 8d.
The Liverpool School will expect a renewal of the annual grant of £1,000, which has been made since the inception of the fund. Professor Nuttall has applied for a grant of £350 for 1912, and the Advisory Committee have agreed to make a grant
of £750 to the University of London in respect of the Professor of Protozoology.
• Nos. 103, 104 and 111.
↑ Nos. 2 in Appendix V., 2 in Appendix IV., Appendix II., and Appendix III. to [Cd, 6024].
Nos. 1 to 7, 10, 12, and 13, 16, 19, 22 and 21 in Appendix 1. to [Cd, 6024].
Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 13 in Appendix VI. to [Cd. 6024].
No. 115.
** No. 7 in Appendix VI. to [CU. 6024].
‡‡ No. 14 in Appendix VI. to [Cd. 609].
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