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No. 18.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONER.
(Ceylon.)
(Malay States.)
(Gambia.)
(Fiji.)
(Southern Nigeria.)
(British Guiana.)
(Gold Coast.)
(Trinidad.)
(Sierra Leone.)
(Jamaica.)
(Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 10 July, 1912. WITH reference to my circular despatch of the 21st of March,* I have the honour to inform you that the arrangements have now been completed for the issue of the Tropical Diseases Bulletin and of the Tropical Veterinary Bulletin, and the first numbers of the new publications will be issued in October. The Tropical Diseases Bulletin will be published twice a month and the Veterinary Bulletin will be issued quarterly.
2. I should be glad to learn at your early convenience how many copies of the two Bulletins your Government would desire to be supplied to it gratuitously. It will be necessary to limit the number of copies to be supplied free of cost, and I shall be glad if you will bear this fact in mind in reporting the requirements of your Government.
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No. 19.
I have, &c..
L. HARCOURT.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (No. 334.)
MY LORD,
Downing Street, 11 July, 1912. WITH reference to my despatch, No. 163, of the 30th of March, I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that arrangements have been made under which the first numbers of the Tropical Diseases Bulletin and the Tropical Veterinary Bulletin shall be published in October next.
2. I shall accordingly be glad to learn at the early convenience of your Ministers how many copies of the two Bulletins are required for the Government of the Union.
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No. 20.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU MANAGING COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 4.30 P.M. ON THE 2ND AUGUST, 1912.
PRESENT:
Mr. READ (in the Chair).
Sir J. ROSE BRADFORD.
Surgeon-General BRANFOOT.
Sir PATRICK MANSON.
Mr. KEITH (Secretary).
Dr. BAGSHAWE, Director of the Bureau, attended.
1. The Minutes of the First Meeting of the Tropical Diseases Bureau of the 17th May were approved.
2. The Managing Committee considered the report of the Sub-Committee appointed at the first meeting of the Bureau to select the sub-editors and to appor- tion the subjects among them.
• No. 11.
† No. 12.
‡ No. 14.
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Sir J. Rose Bradford raised the question why typhus was included among the subjects to be dealt with. He considered that the aim of the Bureau was to deal with diseases which were in the main confined to the tropics, and though he recog- nised that important work had been done recently abroad with regard to typhus, still, as it was a disease which occurred in this country, he did not see why it should be included, especially when typhoid was omitted. On the other hand, he did not consider that it was likely that the inclusion of typhoid, for example, would be con- curred in by the members.
Sir A. Branfoot explained that Sir W. Leishman attached considerable impor- tance to the inclusion of typhus, and Sir J. Rose Bradford therefore proposed, and it was agreed, that the question of including typhus in the number of subjects to be dealt with should stand over for discussion at the next meeting of the Committee, when Sir W. Leishman would no doubt be present and be able to take part in the consideration of the matter.
With regard to the apportionment of subjects amongst the editors, Mr. Read read a communication from Sir W. Leishman which explained the principle on which the members of the Sub-Committee had proceeded in making the proposed recommendations, and he laid stress upon the necessity of securing that there should not be an undue representation of London as opposed to Liverpool among the sub- editors. He also laid stress on the high qualifications for dealing with the question of leprosy and cholera possessed by Professor George Dean, and he explained that it was considered desirable to allot some subject to a representative of the Navy in order that all the authorities engaged in contending against tropical diseases should co-operate in the work of the Bureau.
Sir J. Rose Bradford raised the question whether it would not be possible to approve the Sub-Committee's recommendations without alteration for the present, and Dr. Bagshawe explained that in communicating with the gentlemen recommended it had been made clear that the arrangement was for a year in the first instance, at the end of which period the allocation of subjects could be considered. Sir Patrick Manson, however, stated that in his opinion the question of dysentery was at the present moment of such importance that he desired that special steps should be taken to secure its full treatment from the etiological side. Dysentery should, in his opinion, be divided into two heads-
(1) Amebic dysentery;
(2) Bacterial dysentery;
and he suggested that Dr. Wenyon should be given the subject of amoebiasis, which would include, of course, amoebic dysentery. On further discussion, however, it was considered that it would be preferable to assign amoebiasis to Dr. Fantham, of the Liverpool School, whose subject would therefore be altered to read " Protozoology including amoebiasis."
The question of the disposal of bacterial dysentery was further considered, and it was agreed, in deference to the views of Sir P. Manson, that Professor George Dean should be asked to take the subject, in addition to those of leprosy and cholera already assigned to him. To Dr. Carnegie Brown, thus deprived of the subject of dysentery, it was agreed to assign the subject of beri-beri, and to Fleet-Surgeon Bassett Smith it was agreed to assign, in place of heri-beri, the subject of dengue and unclassed fevers of the tropics. It was also agreed that he should, if possible, be given the subject of Malta or Mediterranean fever if Colonel Birt were willing to surrender that subject to Fleet-Surgeon Bassett Smith. It was agreed that heatstroke should be assigned to Colonel Birt, as the matter was especially of importance to the Army.
The question of the treatment of tropical diseases of the skin was considered, and it was agreed that Dr. MacLeod of the Charing Cross Hospital was fully com- petent in every way for the work and should be asked to undertake it, but that as the appointment of a sub-editor was not very urgent the formal appointment of Dr. MacLeod should stand over until the next meeting. It was agreed that the subject should be stated as tropical diseases of the skin, including epiphytic diseases, mycetoma, goundou, ulcerating granuloma, Ferruga peruana, &c.
Sir J. Rose Bradford laid stress on the fact that these proposed changes could only be regarded as suggestions which required the consent of the persons affected, and he raised the question as to the position of the matter should Dr. Bagshawe find it impossible to obtain the consent of the persons concerned to the changes in their work. Sir P. Manson, while emphasising the importance of the alterations sug- gested, stated that he agreed that if the proposed change could not be made the