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3. I have had the honour of placing your despatch before my Ministers. I transmit a letter from them, in which they inform me that the prevalence of tropical diseases in Tasmania is not such as to warrant any expenditure being incurred by this State for the training of medical officers in the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases.
4. I do not propose to send a copy of this despatch to the Governor-General.
I have, &c.,
A. E. HAVELOCK,
Governor.
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penditure will be so large as to require grave consideration. What has been done in this direction by the Government is shown in the annexures to the Committee's Report, and in a brief Resumé✶ drawn up by the Director, of which I annex a copy.
3. It is certain that measures must be adopted to ensure the proper main- tenance of the work done, which will otherwise be of no avail, and will have to be reundertaken at further heavy expenditure.
6. I may add that I have consented to the continuance of Mr. D'Emmerez de Charmoy's services as technical assistant for the duties I have referred to above.
7. It only remains for me to express my grateful appreciation of the services rendered by the Committee of Enquiry and by Mr. D'Emmerez de Charmoy. The Report bears ample testimony to the intelligence and industry they have devoted to their task.
I have, &c.,
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Premier's Oflice, Hobart, July 13, 1903. REFERRING to the accompanying despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 28th May last, relative to the training of medical officers in the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the prevalence of tropical diseases in Tasmania is not such as to warrant any expenditure being incurred by this State with regard to this matter.
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The Governor of Tasmania,
Hobart.
(No. 272.)
No. 97.
MAURITIUS.
No. 98. MAURITIUS.
CHAS. BRUCE,
Governor.
GOVERNOR SIR C. BRUCE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received August 27, 1903.)
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I have, &c.,
W. B. PROPSTING,
Premier.
(No. 274.)
SIR,
GOVERNOR SIR C. BRUCE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received August 27, 1903.)
[Answered by No. 101.]
Government House, Mauritius, July 28, 1903. WITH reference to my despatches, No. 251, of the 3rd July, 1901, and No. 193, of 27th May, 1902,* 1 have the honour to transmit copies of a Report of the Malaria Enquiry Committee on their proceedings during the years 1901-02.
2. Attached to the Report are two annexures, A. and B., dealing with the operations undertaken on the recommendation of the Committee for the suppression of mosquito haunts in the Districts of Moka and Plaines Wilhems (Curepipe). A third annexure, C., contains the Report of Mr. D'Emmerez de Charmoy, whom, on the recommendation of the Committee I appointed to be their technical assistant for the purposes explained on page 18 of their Report.
3. I annex a copy of a summary of the recommendations of the Committee, indicating what has already been done in the way of carrying out the recommenda- tions of the Committee and suggesting measures for giving them further effect. To this summary is attached a printed Memorandum of measures to be carried out for the prevention of malarial fever, published in April, 1902. These instructions were drawn up in the Medical Department to carry out the measures recommended by the Committee, and were circulated among Government Officials to meet local requirements.
4. In so far as the recommendations of the Committee have not yet been given effect to the proposals of the Director are receiving consideration. With reference however to his remarks under the head of Destruction of Mosquitoes (c) on the re- commendation of the Committee in favour of legislation to secure the permanent cleaning and upkeep by the riverains of river beds and reserves, the necessary ex-
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Government House, Mauritius, July 28, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 28th May, on the subject of the investigation of malaria, and the training of medical officers in the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases.
2. With reference to the 38th paragraph of your despatch I am confident that the Council of Government will be ready to contribute to the support of any scheme that may be decided on, after the very careful consideration of details you advise, to grapple with the problem of exotic diseases among not only human beings but animals, and to systematise the knowledge of such discoveries as may be achieved.
3. In the meantime it will interest you to know what this Colony has been doing in respect of the three objects you refer to as vitally concerning the Colonies generally:
(a.) Research into malaria and other tropical diseases;
(b.) The Schools of Tropical Medicine;
(c.) The Supply of Trained Nurses.
I beg leave, therefore, to annex a short statement of the measures adopted in
pursuit of these objects.
4.
With reference to the extent of exotic diseases among animals I beg leave
to refer you to the series of despatches, concluding with my despatch, No. 123, of the 23rd April last, in which have reported the action taken in Mauritius in connection with the epizooty known as Surra.
Enclosure in No. 98.
I have, &c.,
CHAS. BRUCE,
Governor.
SHORT STATEMENT of measures adopted in respect of research into Malaria, the Schools of Tropical Medicine, and the supply of trained nurses. RESEARCH INTO MALARIA.
An epidemic of fever having broken out in 1900 in the District of Moka, an Enquiry Committee composed of:-
Dr. E. Chastellier, Director Medical and Health Department, Chairman: The Honourable W. T. A. Edwards, C.M.G.;
The Honourable Dr. G. V. Rohan;
Dr. John Bolton;
Dr. H. Clarenc;
Mr. A. Daruty de Grandpré,
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