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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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II. MEDITERRANEAN FEVER (MALTA).
Serial No.
From or to whom.
Despatch No., &c.
Date.
Subject.
Page.
Serial No.
From or to whom,
114
War Office...
1905.
102
To Crown Agents...
January 3
Transmits copy of an account sent in by Baird and Tatlock, and Messrs. approves of the cost being defrayed from Malta funds.
117
115
Ditto
103
Governor Sir C. M.
Clarke.
48
March 13 (Rec. Mar. 18.)
Proposes to give Dr. Scicluna an allow- ance of £10 a month as locum tenens for Dr Zammit, and submits that this expenditure should be charged to the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
117
104
The Royal Society
www
April 13
105
To the Royal Society
April 19
States that it has been found that the system of notification of cases of Mediterranean fever is very defective, and suggests that an English medical officer of health with a staff should be sent to the Colony to reorganize the system.
States that the extraordinary expendi- ture on the Malta Fever Commission, exclusive of the grant by the Royal Society, was £1,000 for last year: enquires what will be the probable duration of the enquiry and what will be the amount of the expenditure for the present year.
Despatch No., &c.
1
Date.
1905.
June 6
June 7
116
Admiralty..
June 17
117
117
Acting Governor Sir W. F. Kelly.
109
June 16 (Rec. June 22.)
118
118
To Acting-Governor
89
June 27
Sir W. F. Kelly.
June 27
July 6 (Rec. July 11).
July 18
119
To War Office
120
106
To War Office and
Admiralty.
April 25
107
To Crown Agents...
April 25
108
The Royal Society
May 9
Transmits account of expenditure in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Enquiry, and requests that one third of the total amount may be paid to the credit of the Malta funds. Requests them to credit Malta funda with the sums to be paid over by the War Office and Admiralty.
States in reply to No. 105 that the en- quiry will require at least another year at a cost of £750, and additional outlay of £2,000 if sanitary inspectors are employed.
118
Governor Sir C. M.
Clarke.
Confi. dential,
119
121
To War Office
119
an
122
Governor Sir C. M.
Clarke.
120
July 20 (Rec. July 25.)
.109
To Governor Sir C.
M. Clarke.
Confi- dential.
May 12
110
Governor Sir C. M.
Clarke.
33303
85
May 18 (Rec. May 23.)
Transmits copy of No. 104, and requests
remarks on the proposal made.
Forwards statement of expenditure incurred for quarter ending March 31st, 1905.
2220
123
To the Royal Society
July 25
121
The Royal Society...
July 29
111
To Governor Sir C.
M. Clarke.
76.
May 23
Transmits 50 copies of Part II of the reports of the Mediterranean Fever Investigation Committee.
121
112
To War Office and
I
May 29
Admiralty.
Transmits certified account of expendi- ture, and requests that £40 38. 2d., one-third of the total amount, may be paid to the Crown Agents to the credit of Malta funds.
121
125
To Crown Agents...
August 7
113
Ditto
May 31
of No. 103, and enquires Transmits copy
whether the department is prepared to bear one-third of the expense in connection with the proposed grant of £10 a month to Dr. Scicluna.
121
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Subject.
Page.
Reports that Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Davies has proceeded to Malta to assist in investigation in the place of Dr. R. W. Johnstone.
Acknowledges receipt of No. 113, and i concurs in the charge against the department of one-third of the expense in connection with the pro- poseil grant of £10 a month to Dr. Scicluna.
Suggests, in reply to No. 113 that any expense arising in consequence of niembers of the Fever Enquiry Com- mission being detached from their ordinary duties should be borne by the department concerned.
Submits, for favourable consideration, claim of Major Horrocks for the refund of passage money,
Transmits copy of No. 116, and concurs in the view of the Admiralty that the whole of Dr. Scicluna's additional remuneration should be charged to Malta funds.
Transmits copies of Nos. 116 and 118...
Submits observations on the proposal to send out an English medical officer and a staff of six trained sanitary inspectors; enquires how long the former would stay in Malta, and if the expenditure involved would be regarded as part of the cost of the Fever Commission.
Transmits, for remarks, copy of No. 117 relative to the claim of Major Horrocks for the refund of passage money.
Requests that the Crown Agents be authorised to refund to the Army and Navy Authorities the sums of fourteen shillings and ninepence re- spectively, with which they have been twice debited.
Transmits, for observations, copy of
No. 120.
Reports discovery. by the Commission in Malta that the virus of the fever exists abundantly in the milk and urine of goats which supply the island with milk; suggests that the island authorities should at once be warned to be on their guard, but deprecates immediate restrictive action.
Authorizes payment from Malta funds . of £47 58. 8d. to Colonel Bruce; transmits copy of No. 122, and authorises the repayment desired by the Governor.
122
122
122
123
123
124
124
125
125
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125
126
126
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