PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
CO. 885
24 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO]
(15) Stationery and printing
126
Supplies:-
(14) Containers
150.00
100.00
(16) Thymol-10 gr. capsules (48,000)
480.00
Ditto 5 gr. capsules (10,000)
75.00
(17) Epsom salts
100.00
(18) Contingent fund
100.00
(19) Passage for microscopists from British
Guiana
100.00
$1,105.00
$6,944.00
20272
Total
No. 96.
THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 3rd May, 1915.) [Answered by No. 102.]
SIR,
61, Broadway, New York, 22nd April, 1915. I HAD the honour to transmit to your office on 23rd December a memoranduni* concerning the qualifications of Drs. Samuel T. Darling and Marshall A. Barber, who were approved by the Colonial Office, London, and the English Advisory Com- mittee as members of the Uncinariasis Commission, which is to begin a study at once of the extent to which uncinariasis is a menace to the health and working Dr. Victor G. Heiser, efficiency of the people in the Federated Malay States. Director for the East, advised the International Health Commission that the High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States had designated Dr. Hacker as the His appointment met with the local member of the Uncinariasis Commission. approval of the International Health Commission, and Dr. Heiser was cabled accordingly. Drs. Darling and Barber sailed from New York for Singapore via Liverpool to-day, and anticipate an opportunity of visiting your office en route.
2. I am now sending herewith enclosed memoranda on the qualifications of Drs. Washburn, Jacocks, and Covington, who have been mentioned in correspon- dence with your office in connexion with the West Indian service.
3. Should there be any information desired by your office which has not been forwarded we sincerely trust you will not hesitate to ask for it.
I have, &c.,
Enclosure 1 in No. 96.
JOHN A. FERRELL.
MEMORANDUM on Dr, Benjamin E. Washburn, SUBSTITUte Director in THE FIELD OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
DR. BENJAMIN Earl WashbuRN is a native of North Carolina; is 30 years of age; and married. He was granted a B.A. degree by the University of North Carolina in 1906, an M.A. degree by the University of Virginia in 1909, and an M.D. degree in 1911 by the University of Virginia, which is rated as A-plus by the American Medical Association. He spent one year in the hospital and one He entered the employ of the North year in the general practice of medicine. Carolina State Board of Health in May, 1913, as a field director in the campaign against uncinariasis, in which the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission co-operated. In 1914 he was employed at an increased salary as whole time County Health Officer of Nash County, North Carolina, where he served until he entered the service of the International Health Commission as substitute director. Dr. Washburn has been resourceful in his work and tactful in meeting the local officials and the laity at large. He easily ranked as one of the most effective field directors in the Southern States.
His first assignment in the position of substite director in the field of the International Health Commission was Trinidad, West Indies, in compliance with a request from the Colonial Office, London.
*See No. 58.
127
Enclosure 2 in No. 96.
MEMORANDUM ON DR. W. P. JACOCKS, SUBSTITUTE DIRECTOR IN THE FIELD OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
DR. W. P. JACocks is a native of North Carolina; is 36 years of age and single. He received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina about 1904, and then engaged as a teacher in a preparatory school for two or three years, He was a star athlete and a leader and later as instructor in the University. among the students. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsyl- vania, which is ranked as A-plus as a medical college by the American Medical Association, in 1911. He spent the following year in the Alleghany Central Hospital of Pittsburg. In July, 1912, he entered the employ of the North Caro- lina State Board of Health as field director in the campaign against uncinariasis, in which the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission co-operated. In September, 1913, he was made substitute field director for the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Com- mission in the Southern States. In April, 1914, he became State Director of the State work in North Carolina, where he remained until March of the present year, when he became a substitute director in the field of the International Health Com mission. Dr. Jacocks is a man of exceptional ability and adaptability. He is a tireless and effective worker, and won his promotions rapidly.
His first assignment in the position of substitute director in the field of the International Health Commission was St. Vincent, in the West Indies, in compli- ance with a request from the Colonial Office, London.
Enclosure 3 in No. 96.
MEMORANDUM ON DR. P. W. Covington, Substitute Director in the Field oF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
31
DR. PLATT Walker CovingtON, JUNIOR, is a native of North Carolina; is
of years age and single; a son of a cultured physician; had two years' academic training at the State University, four years in medicine at a college of the first rank (University of Maryland); served one year as hospital interne, and engaged in the active practice of medicine at Rockingham, North Carolina, for two years, where he had a desirable clientele. In March, 1911, he gave up general practice and accepted service with the North Carolina State Board of Health in the cam- paign against uncinariasis, in which the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission co- operated. As a field director he made an enviable record, which placed him in the front rank of the fifty field directors in the Southern States. In July, 1913, he was employed by the North Carolina State Board of Health as State Director of County Health Work, where he served until he was employed by the International Health Commission as substitute director. Dr. Covington has been particularly effective in dealing with officials and the lay public, and in gaining their co- operation.
20522
No. 97.
TRINIDAD.
THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 3rd May, 1915.)
SIR,
1915.*
1.
[Answered by No. 103.]
61, Broadway, New York, 22nd April, 1915.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 7th April,
In reply, allow me to say that:—-
It is noted that Dr. Washburn has been commissioned as Assistant Medical Officer in Trinidad under the general direction of Dr. Campbell. The Commission
is glad for Dr. Washburn to serve in that capacity most satisfactory to the Colonial Government.
* No. 90.