107
106
despatch, No. 235, of the 15th June, 1912, it is stated that no legislation is in force in Dominica against the breeding of mosquitoes, and also that, although legislation for this purpose exists in St. Kitts-Nevis, there were no notices, convictions or warnings during the year.
2. With regard to the latter point, I should be glad if the Administrator would furnish me with a report on this statement, which hardly seems consistent with the report in another despatch that in St. Kitts each of the six Boards of Health employs a Sanitary Officer, one of whose duties is to see that the Mosquito Ordinance is enforced.
3. With regard to Dominica, I note that, although no general legislation exists, there is an Anti-Mosquito By-Law of 1911 for the town of Roseau. I request that the Administrator will consider the advisability of enacting similar provisions for the remainder of the Island, and the extent to which it would be possible to find means of enforcing them.
I have, &c.,
17683
No. 78.
NYASALAND.
RETURN OF MALARIAL FEVER, BLACKWATER FEVER, YELLOW
FEVER, FILARIASIS, AND DENGUE DURING THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1912.
8266
(Received in Colonial Office, 26 May, 1913.)
YEAR FROM THE
[Published as No. 4 in Appendix 1. to [Cd. 7261], March, 1914.]
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
17114
No. 77.
L. HARCOURT.
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 20 May, 1913.)
SIR,
[Answered by No. 84.]
B 10, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, 19th May, 1913. Grant to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
I AM requested to refer to your letter of the 18th December last (No. 34504/ 1912),† on the above-named subject.
In paragraph 3 it is stated that " It will be open, however, to the School to raise the question of a further grant, should it be found in the course of the year that the benefit to be derived by the School from Sir Alfred Jones's benefaction will not actually be realised in the year 1913."
I am to say that all the money at present derived by the School from the Sir Alfred Jones benefaction is definitely earmarked by the terms of the benefaction for building purposes, viz., the erection of new school buildings, a hospital ward, and a laboratory on the West Coast of Africa.
No part of the amount will be available for research work, and the effect of the construction of the new buildings will be to entail an additional call on the resources of the School for their equipment and upkeep.
The School desire, therefore, to apply for the remainder of the general grant hitherto given by the Government for research work. That grant was £1,000 per annum, of which £600 has already been given in the present year, and I am to apply for the remaining £400.
This grant is earmarked by the School for the following research purposes :-
£250 Research in parasitology.
£250 Research in entomology.
£500 Research at the Runcorn Research Laboratory.
The last-named £500 was a special annual grant made to the School by the Treasury through the Colonial Office for research into trypanosomiasis, which is mainly carried on at the Runcorn Research Laboratories by the Director of those laboratories, the Assistant Director, and their staff.
A further special grant was made in 1911 and 1912 for chemical research, but it is understood that this is no longer available.
I am, &c.,
A. H. MILNE,
Secretary.
See No. 12 in Appendix I, to [Cd. 6669].
† No. 52.
(No. 104.)
SIR,
No. 79.
MAURITIUS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
[Answered by 2044/14.]
Downing Street, 27th May, 1913. I HAVE the honour to inform you that my attention has been drawn to the statement in paragraph 17 (a) of the return of mosquito-borne diseases (a copy of which was forwarded in your despatch, No. 247, of the 12th October last*), that there is no legislation in force in Mauritius against the breeding of mosquitoes in premises.
2. I should be glad to learn whether any steps are being taken to remedy this omission.
I have, &c..
18451
No. 80.
L. HARCOURT.
AGENDA AND MINUTES OF THE FIRST ORDINARY MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 4.30 P.M., ON THE 30TH OF MAY, 1913.
AGENDA.
(1) To approve the minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting of the 29th of November, 1912.†
(2) To receive the reports of the Liverpool and London Schools of Tropical Medicine for the half-year ended the 30th April.
(3) To receive reports from---
Hong Kong;
Uganda;
Swaziland; and
Southern Rhodesia;
regarding mosquito-borne diseases, and two reports from Fiji, and a report from British Guiana" on certain medical questions.
(4) To receive a report** on the tropical diseases research work in the British Guiana Laboratory for the half-year ended September, 1912, and the annual report of the Bacteriological Laboratory of Mauritius for the year 1911.
(5) To consider certain proposals made by the Government of India with regard to steps to be taken to prevent the introduction of yellow fever into India.
(6) To consider the applications§§ of the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine for further grants from the Tropical Research Fund.
† No. 49.
See No. 3 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6669].
Nos. 1 in Appendix V. and 1 in Appendix IV. to [('d, 7261].
Nos. 1, 6, 11 and 9 in Appendix I. to [t'd, 72617.
No. 2 in Appendix VI. to [CA, 7261],
Nos. 5 and 6 in Appendix VI, to [Cd, 7261],
** No. 1 in Appendix VI. to [C8 7261].
tt 6297/13: not printed. ‡‡ See Enclosure in No. 68. §§ Nos, 72 and 77.
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