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I am to ask that Lord Elgin's thanks may be conveyed to Dr. Power for his valuable memorandum.
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No. 68.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
SIR,
[Answered by No, 70.]
Downing Street, August 16, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of letter
your of the 20th of July, and to express his appreciation of the interest taken by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the important question of the prevention of the spread of sleeping sickness in Africa.
Lord Elgin has carefully considered the proposals submitted in your letters of the 2nd of May and the 20th of July† in consultation with the Local Government Board and the Principal Medical Officer of the Uganda and East Africa Medical Service, but he has reluctantly come to the conclusion that under existing con- ditions they are not practicable.
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No. 70.
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
(Received August 21, 1906.)
[Answered by No. 74.]
B 10, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, August 20, 1906.
Sleeping Sickness: Africa.
I HAVE to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 16th of August, No. 28624/ 1906, on the above named subject.
*
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have a further suggestion to make on the subject, copy of which I enclose herewith.
Members of the staff of the School will be in London on Wednesday next, the 22nd instant, on their way to Brussels, where His Majesty the King of the Belgians is giving a luncheon to them in recognition of the School's work in the Congo Free State, and they will take the opportunity of calling about 3 p.m. at the Colonial Office with a view to an informal conversation on the spread of sleeping sickness in Africa.
I am, &c.,
A. H. MILNE.
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No. 69.
UGANDA.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to COMMISSIONER HESKETH BELL.
(No. 227.)
SIR,
Downing Street, August 16, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for your information, the accompanying copy of correspondence ‡ on the subject of the prevention of the spread of sleeping sickness in Africa.
2. With reference to the last paragraph of the memorandum by Dr. Power, enclosed in the letter from the Local Government Board of the 3rd of August,§ you will no doubt consider whether it is practicable and advisable to try the scheme on a small scale.
Enclosure in No. 70.
Suggestions for the purpose of attempting to check the spread of sleeping sickness into British Central Africa.
1.
That the School pay the salary of a suitable expert, who would proceed to British Central, or East, Africa, provided that the Colonial Office can give him official recognition, free transport, and housing, whilst working there.
2. That the duties of such a commissioner should be as follows:
(a) To make full enquiries as to the possibility of applying the measures for preventing the spread of sleeping sickness, recommended by the Liver- pool School of Tropical Medicine in their communications to the Colonial Office, dated 2nd May, 1906, and 20th July, 1906. In other words, to determine the present exact distribution of trypanosomiasis amongst the natives in the northern portions of the British Colonies; to determine the proportion of natives, travellers, and labourers, coming into the British Colonies from foreign territories, who are infected with trypanosomiasis. These objects should be attained by successive journeys made along the most used trade routes, running north and south.
(b) To ascertain the distribution of tsetse flies in the areas traversed by him,
and the feasibility of reducing their numbers.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
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No. 71.
SCHEDULE OF ENCLOSURES.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. May 2.
Colonial Office to Royal Society. May 12.
Colonial Office to Local Government Board. May 12.
Colonial Office to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. May 12. Royal Society. May 30.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. July 20.
Local Government Board. August 3.
Colonial Office to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. August 16.
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA PROTECTORATE. COMMISSIONER SIR A. SHARPE to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received August 22, 1906.)
(No. 178.) MY LORD,
[Answered by No. 72.]
Government Offices, Zomba, British Central Africa, June 30, 1906. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch, No. 114, of the 18th of May, 1906, transmitting to me a copy of a memorandum drawn up by the staff of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on the subject of the danger of the spread of sleeping sickness in Tropical Africa, and requesting
No. 60.
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Nos. 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61 and 68.
§ No. 61.
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