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12. The sale of doses of quinine at cost price at Police Stations and Post Offices is a measure I venture to recommend strongly.
13. Arm to arm vaccination should be strongly suppressed in the tropics, as it is a means to spread yaws and other tropical diseases.
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SIR,
No. 28.
MALTA.
I have, &c.,
G. STRICKLAND,
Governor.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received February 25, 1904.)
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Burlington House, London, W., February 1904. YOUR letter of the 25th ultimo (2295/1904)* on the subject of the proposed appointment of a Joint Commission representing the Army, Navy and Civil Govern- ment, to investigate the disease known as Mediterranean fever and asking whether the Royal Society would be willing to appoint an advisory board in this country for the purpose of supervising the investigations, has been laid before the President and Council of the Royal Society, and we are directed to inform you that, acting upon the advice of the Tropical Diseases Committee, they have consented to nominate a Committee to direct the investigations on the understanding that the selection of the investigators would be placed in the hands of the Royal Society, and that all expenses incurred in connection with the investigation would be defrayed by His Majesty's Government.
We are at the same time to say that the President and Council concur in the desirability of appointing Dr. Zammit as one of the investigators.
We are, &c.,
J. LARMOR, ARCH. GEIKIE,
Secretaries, Royal Society.
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No. 30.
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
SIB,
Downing Street, February 27, 1904. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant,* transmitting a copy of a letter from the Principal Civil Medical Officer of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates, containing certain suggestions with regard to the training of medical officers.
I am to request you to point out to the Marquess of Lansdowne that, although there may be, as Major Will suggests, abundant material in Uganda for practical work on certain kinds of tropical disease, there cannot be the same variety as at the schools of tropical medicine in the United Kingdom, which receive patients and pathological material from all parts of the world.
The teaching at the London School of Tropical Medicine is eminently practical and is in the hands of distinguished specialists in numerous branches, and the same may be said of the Liverpool School."
There can be little doubt that teaching of similar quality would not be available in Uganda, and in any case the instruction here must be more closely in touch with current research, and be facilitated by more modern appliances. So far is this fact recognised by leading authorities, that even in India, where a large staff of teachers and a great quantity of material are available, there is no post-graduate school for tropical medicine, and the medical officers receive their final instruction in London.
The schools of the United Kingdom also provide an opportunity for judging of the suitability of medical officers selected for service in the Colonies, of their habits, character, and ability before they are actually sent abroad.
It may be added that the value and usefulness of the schools of tropical medicine in this country have been recognised by the Tropical Diseases Committee of the Royal Society and by many other competent authorities. Under these circumstances Mr. Lyttelton considers that the change proposed by Major Will is not desirable.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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No. 29.
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THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
(Received February 26, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 40.]
The Victoria University of Manchester, February 25, 1904.
I HAVE brought the subject of your letter of the 29th January† before the Council of the University.
The University would have been glad to establish an examination and diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, but we feel that at present the resources at our disposal make it impossible to do so efficiently. We have instituted a course of lectures on the subject of tropical diseases, but if a diploma is to be established it would be necessary to appoint a professor or lecturer devoting himself fully to this subject, in order to give sufficient specific instruction in preparation for the special diploma. Full preparation is given by the University for Medical degrees and other qualifications, and excellent opportunities for special study of Tropical Medicine might be provided in our bacteriological, pathological and zoological laboratories, and we regret that at present the means at our disposal will not enable us to make the additions to our staff which would warrant us in offering the specific diploma. I may mention that we are devoting special attention to the study of disease in connection with the general public health of the district, and with the industries here carried on.
I am, &c.,
ALFRED HOPKINSON.
(No. 29.)
SIR,
No. 31.
BARBADOS.
MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR F. M. HODGSON.
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Downing Street, February 29, 1904.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 18, of the 23rd of January last,† reporting that the Executive Committee have decided against subscribing to the fund referred to in Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 28th of May last.‡
2.
I trust that, when the financial condition of the Colony has improved, the Government of Barbados will, in view of the facts stated in the latter part of the third paragraph of your despatch, see its way to making some contribution to the fund.
3. I have to add, with regard to the fourth paragraph of your despatch, that care will be taken to supply you with copies of all papers which may be distributed among those Colonies which are contributors to the fund.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
• No. 4.
↑ No. 5.
• No. 22.
† No. 21.
‡ [Ca. 1598.]
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O. 885
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