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No. 83.
No. 80.
MALTA.
MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE.
(Sent 6.5 p.m., May 19, 1904.)
TELEGRAM.
Referring to previous correspondence, composition of Mediterranean Fever Com- mission settled. Colonel Bruce will be Director, and represent War Office. Colony will be represented by Zammit, the Admiralty by Staff-Surgeon Shaw, H.M.S. "Vulcan.' Possibly there will be two or three additional members, and laboratory accommodation must be provided for six workers, also accommodation for experi- mental animals. Royal Society suggest that it would be good plan to hire suitable house in suburbs. Zammit could advise. As time presses, Zammit should begin immediately to make arrangements, and he should be freed from all other duties during the course of investigation. If any further laboratory equipment required you should inform me as soon as possible!
(No. 39.)
FIJI.
ACTING-GOVERNOR MAJOR to MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received May 23, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 112.]
Fiji, Government House, Suva, SIR,
April 22, 1904. WITH reference to the correspondence, ending with your despatch No. 8, of 4th February last,* on the subject of the investigation of malaria and the prevention of tropical diseases, I have the honour to state that it afforded me great pleasure to cause a vote of £100 a year for five years as a contribution from this Colony towards the expenses in connection with the investigation to be proposed to the Legislative Council which met to-day, and to report that it was unanimously assented to by the Members.
2. Instructions will doubtless be given by you to the Crown Agents in regard to the yearly payment of the £100.
I have, &c.,
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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SIR,
No. 81.
MALTA.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received May 21, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 88.]
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War Office, London, S.W., May 20, 1904. WITH reference to this Office letter of 29th March,* on of the proposed Commission to investigate Mediterranean Fever, I am
the subject manded by the Army Council to acquaint you that Major W. H. Horrocks, Royal Army Medical Corps, who has been nominated as the Army representative on the Commission, is serving at Gibraltar, and in addition to his other duties holds the appointment of Medical Officer of Health under the Civil Administration.
As the investigations will be of great importance to Gibraltar, I am to express the hope that Major Horrocks will be able to retain his civil appointment with pay during his temporary absence in Malta.
I am, &c.,
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No. 82.
GOLD COAST.
MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR RODGER.
R. H. BRADE.
Downing Street, May 20, 1904.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 204, of the 28th of April last, and to express my appreciation of the action of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast in voting an annual contribution of £200 for a period of five years towards the investigation of Malaria and the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
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No. 84.
JAMAICA.
GOVERNOR SIR A. W. L. HEMMING to MR. LYTTELTON. (Received May 24, 1904.)
(No. 220.)
SIR,
King's House, Jamaica, May 5, 1904.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 29, dated the 2nd February last, † on the subject of the steps which have been taken towards the investigation of malaria, and towards the provision of the means whereby medical men could be specially trained to cope with tropical diseases.
2. In accordance with the instructions contained in that despatch, I addressed a message to the Legislative Council (copy enclosed) submitting copies of the correspondence which had taken place between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and myself in this connection, and asking them to approve of £100 a year for five years being placed on the estimates for the purposes indicated by you.
3. This message was read to the Council on the 8th March, and on the 24th, on the motion of the Colonial Secretary, the estimates of the Medical Department were recommitted for the purpose of adding £100 "for the training of medical officers in the treatment and the prevention of tropical diseases." On the next day, after some discussion, the Colonial Secretary agreed to amend his motion so as to read,
£100 for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in regard to the treatment of disease," and the addition was thereupon voted by the Council.
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4. While I fully realise the good work that has been done in connection with malaria investigation, and the training of medical men in the treatment of tropical diseases, and also recognise the importance of continuing what has been begun, I concur in the view which was strongly urged in the Legislative Council by the Honourable Dr. Johnstone and other members that, so far at least as this Colony is concerned, greater benefits might be expected to accrue from the expenditure of this money in disseminating among the people, of the Island greater knowledge of the elements of hygiene and sanitation, and in providing the Island Medical Depart- ment with facilities for investigation and research. I propose, therefore, in the first instance, to ask the Superintending Medical Officer to furnish me with his recommendations as to the manner in which this vote should be expended, with
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