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No. 105.
MALAY STATES.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 162.) SIR,
(Received 24th May, 1915.)
[Answered by L.F. transmitting copy of No. 116.]
Government House, Singapore, 20th April, 1915.
of the 21st January,* WITH reference to your despatch "Miscellaneous relating to the proposed inquiry into ankylostomiasis in the Malay States, and in continuation of my despatch No. 80 of the 12th February,t I have the honour to inform you that Dr. Heiser, the Director for the East of the International Health Commission, has now paid his preliminary visit to Singapore and the Federated Malay States and has made all arrangements with the local medical authorities for the commencement of the investigation.
2.
Before Dr. Heiser's arrival I had nominated Dr. Hacker, of the Federated Malay States Medical Department, to be the local member of the Commission. I understand that Drs. Barber and Darling, the other two members of the Commis- sion, may be expected to arrive in May. Government quarters have been prepared for these two gentlemen.
3. The proposal is that the Commission should commence its work in Kuala Lumpur, where suitable accommodation has been found for it in the Malaria Bureau. Later it will transfer its energies to Port Swettenham, where convenient housing arrangements can be made by slight modifications of buildings in the Quarantine Camp.
4. Dr. Heiser is understood to be desirous of extending the scope of the Com- mission so as to include investigations into malaria; and, if this is so, and if his views commend themselves to the International Health Committee, I can say, on behalf of the Federated Malay States Government, that any such investigation will be welcomed by the Government, and that any assistance that can be rendered by the Government will be gladly placed at the disposal of the Commission.
I have, &c.,
ARTHUR YOUNG.
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No. 107.
BARBADOS.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 5th June, 1915.)
International Health Commission,
61, Broadway, New York, 22nd May, 1915. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (No. 18907/1915), of 3rd May, 1915,* extending an invitation by Mr. Harcourt to the Commission to send a representative to Barbados to consider with the local officials the advisability of inaugurating measures there for the relief and control of hookworm disease.
2. The Commission desires to express its appreciation of the invitation and to advise that Dr. H. H. Howard, Director for the West Indies, who has established temporary headquarters at Port of Spain, will be requested at his earliest con- venience to visit Barbados and confer with the local officials regarding the measures proposed.
I have, &c.,
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JOHN A. FERRELL.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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No. 106. MALAY STATES.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
[Answered by No. 118.]
Downing Street, 31st May, 1915.
SIR
In continuation of the letter from this Department of the 17th May, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Bonar Law to inform you that the High Commissioner of the Malay States has reported the nomination of Dr. Hacker, of the Federated Malay States Medical Department, to be the local member of the Commission of Dr. Hacker had taken considerable interest in Inquiry into ankylostomiasis. research work prior to his appointment in 1914 to the Federated Malay States service.
Sir Arthur Young states that Government quarters have been prepared for Dr. Darling and Dr. Barber, who will shortly arrive in the Malay Peninsula. The pro- posal is that the Commission should commence its work at Kuala Lumpur, where Later it will be suitable accommodation has been found in the Malaria Bureau. transferred to Port Swettenham, where suitable housing arrangements will be made. It is understood that Dr. Heiser is desirous of extending the scope of the inquiry so as to include investigations into malaria; and Sir Arthur Young states that, if this is so, and if his views are shared by the International Health Commission, the Federated Malay States Government will welcome such an investigation and will gladly place at the disposal of the Commission any assistance that is in their power.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.
No. 108.
BARBADOS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
(Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 12th June, 1915. WITH reference to Mr. Harcourt's despatch Miscellaneous, of the 3rd May,† I have the honour to inform you that the International Health Commission have requested Dr. H. H. Howard, Director for the West Indies, to visit Barbados at his earliest convenience and confer with the local officials as to the advisability of inaugurating measures for the relief and control of hookworm.
I have no doubt that you will afford Dr. Howard all possible facilities for the
of his visit. purposes
I have, &c.,
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No. 109.
CEYLON.
A. BONAR LAW.
MR. WICKLIFFE ROSE (INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION) to MR. H. R. COWELL (COLONIAL OFFICE).
(Received 14th June, 1915.)
[Copy to Governor, 18th June, 1915. Miscellaneous. L.F.]
[Answered by No. 113.]
The Rockefeller Foundation, International Health Commission, SIR,
61, Broadway, New York, 1st June, 1915. ON 24th May we received from Dr. Victor G. Heiser, our Director for the East, the following cable:-
"Will Commission send man and stand expense of demonstration in
Ceylon?
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