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My first draft rules (29th April, 1912) under the proposed draft (Protectorate) Public Health Bill provided
Section 32.
(a) No low bush, high grass, or weeds, or high crops shall be allowed within a distance of 200 yards from the outer limit of the town. (b) No low bush, high grass, or weeds, or high crops shall be allowed within a distance of 100 yards from the outside fence of any cattle enclo- sure, pen, or kraal.
(c) No low bush, high grass, or weeds, shall be allowed within 50 yards of any washing place or watering place for cattle or source of water supply, or ford, ferry. or river- or stream-bridge."
These draft rules were circulated amongst District Commissioners for criti- cism, and as a result the above section was altered in the second draft rules and now forms rules 8, 9, 10 of Part II.
"8. The ground surrounding the town should be cleared of low bush, high grass, and weeds on a belt of land not less than 50 yards in width, and high crops should not be grown on the half of this width nearest the town. This rule shall not apply to such portion or portions of the town where dwelling houses or huts are situated by the side of a main road in a single row without other such houses or huts behind them. "9. No low bush, high grass, or weeds, or high crops, shall be allowed within a distance of 20 yards from the outside fence of any cattle enclosure, pen or kraal.
"10. No low bush, high grass, or weeds, shall be allowed within 50 yards of any washing place or watering place for cattle or source of water supply or ford, ferry, or river- or stream-bridge."
It will be gathered from this that the District Commissioners had formed the opinion that the width of the clearing round towns recommended in the Stand- ing Instruction of 1905, repeated in that of 1909, was executively excessive, i.e., beyond the reasonable efforts of chiefs to maintain, though it does not appear that District Commissioners gave this to be understood till my draft repeating this part of the instruction was sent to them.
On the recommendation of District Commissioners the width of 100 yards' clearing round cattle enclosures suggested in my first draft was reduced in the second draft to 20 yards (Part II., 9).
I presume the District Commissioners will be as unable to agree that larger anti-tsetse fly clearings are more feasible now than they believed them to be a year br so ago.
(B) Re clearings on each side of main roads. It is suggested that clearings of half a mile wide should be made on each side of a portion of a main road for trial or experimental purposes. I recommend that we “wait and see" the results of such trials elsewhere.
2. Re Secretary of State's despatch, paragraph 3. I am the more readily inclined to be enthusiastic in favour of the employment of another entomologist who would devote his time to the study of bionomics of tsetse flies since I have had the advantage of seeing something of Professor Yorke and Dr. Blacklock's methods and work here on this subject during their recent short visit.
R. H. KENNAN.
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Enclosure 2 in No. 11.
From THE HONOURABLE THE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER to THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
THE views of the Senior Sanitary Officer will be found in the attached letter, and I am in general agreement with him.
2. As far as we are able to judge at present in this Colony the type of sleeping sickness prevalent is that alluded to in Section 26 of the Report of the Interdepartmental Committee as "A. Uganda sleeping sickness-the human try- panosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma gambiense and transmitted by Glossina palpalis,"
3. No doubt the recent investigations of Professor Yorke and Dr. Blacklock will add materially to our knowledge of the habits of the fly and furnish informa- tion as to the proportion infected in certain areas, and there can be no doubt that the situation calls for further investigation by an entomologist. The evidence of the entomologists alluded to in Section 68 of the report emphasizes the necessity for continuous research of this nature.
4. If the rules under Section 4 of the Protectorate Public Health Ordinance, alluded to by Dr. Kennan, are generally applied, a beginning will have been madé in the direction of removing the fly from the vicinity of human habitation.
T. E. R.
7th April, 1915.
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SIR,
No. 12.
UGANDA.
Principal Medical Officer.
TROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 1st May, 1915.)
Tropical Diseases Bureau, Imperial Institute, London, S.W.,
29th April, 1915.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 29th April (16347/15).* The letter referred to therein appears to consist of proof 10817, a despatcht from the Governor of Uganda, received without covering letter on 31st March. I have no remarks to make except that, with reference to (c) of paragraph 2, I hope to receive in due course details of the experiment in clearing. They will probably be included in Mr. Fiske's report.
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I have, &c.,
ARTHUR G. BAGSHAWE,
Director
April, 1915.
Senior Sanitary Officer.
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sacred P.S.-It is provided in the Public Health (Protectorate) Bill that bush" shall be exempt from sanitary restrictions, etc. I suggest that the Secre- tary of State be reminded of our sacred bush complication in connexion with clearings.
R. H. KENNAN,
Senior Sanitary Officer.
SIR,
No. 13. UGANDA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. [Copy to Tropical Diseases Bureau and Imperial Bureau of Entomology, 7th May, 1915. L.F.]. (Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 7th May, 1915.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches, No. 15 of the 13th of January,† and No. 44 of the 9th of February, relating to experiments in the destruction of wild animals in tsetse-fly areas of Africa and kindred subjects.
2. I have no comments to offer on your despatch of the 13th of January, but I shall await with interest further information as to the clearing experiment referred to in paragraph 2 (c).
* Reminder.
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* No. 9.
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Enclosure 2 in No. 11.
HE HONOURABLE THE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER to THE HONOURABLE
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
E views of the Senior Sanitary Officer will be found in the attached
I am in general agreement with him.
s far as we are able to judge at present in this Colony the type of ickness prevalent is that alluded to in Section 26 of the Report of the rtmental Committee as "A. Uganda sleeping sickness-the human try- sis caused by Trypanosoma gambiense and transmitted by Glossina
o doubt the recent investigations of Professor Yorke and Dr. Blacklock naterially to our knowledge of the habits of the fly and furnish informa- the proportion infected in certain areas, and there can be no doubt that ion calls for further investigation by an entomologist. The evidence of ologists alluded to in Section 68 of the report emphasizes the necessity ious research of this nature.
the rules under Section 4 of the Protectorate Public Health Ordinance, by Dr. Kennan, are generally applied, a beginning will have been madé ection of removing the fly from the vicinity of human habitation.
T. E. R.
Principal Medical Officer.
1915.
No. 12.
UGANDA.
ROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU to COLONIAL OFFICE.
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(Received 1st May, 1915.)
Tropical Diseases Bureau, Imperial Institute, London, S.W.,
29th April, 1913.
AVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 29th April The letter referred to therein appears to consist of proof 10817, a from the Governor of Uganda, received without covering letter on 31st have no remarks to make except that, with reference to (c) of paragraph 2, receive in due course details of the experiment in clearing. They will e included in Mr. Fiske's report.
I have, &c.,
ARTHUR G. BAGSHAWE,
No. 13.
Director
UGANDA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
to Tropical Diseases Bureau and Imperial Bureau of Entomology,
7th May, 1915. L.F.]
llaneous.)
Downing Street, 7th May, 1915.
VE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches, No. 15 of the quary, and No. 44 of the 9th of February, relating to experiments in the
of wild animals in tsetse-fly areas of Africa and kindred subjects. have no comments to offer on your despatch of the 13th of January,† but I ; with interest further information as to the clearing experiment referred graph 2 (c).
* Reminder.
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