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No. 143.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE.
(No. 180.) SIR,
Downing Street, December 20, 1905.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 195, of the 8th instant, and to transmit to you, for your information, copy of a lettert which has been addressed in similar terms to the War Office and Admiralty on the subject of expenditure incurred by the Malta Government in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
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2. I presume that the claim for 14s. 9d. from the Admiralty, as an amount twice debited to Navy Funds," is due to an inadvertence. That payment was made in accordance with your despatch, No. 129, of the 20th July, as a refund of a previous overcharge.
3. You will observe that the overcharge of 53. under Item 5, food of animals, to which reference is made in your despatch* now acknowledged, has been corrected in the statement forwarded to the War Office and Admiralty.
I have, &c.,
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GENTLEMEN,
No. 144.
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
ELGIN.
Downing Street, December 20, 1905.
WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 31st August last, § I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you copy of a lettert which has been addressed in similar terms to the War Office and Admiralty, on the subject of the expenditure of the Malta Government in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission,
2. I am to request that you will place to the credit of the Malta Government the two sums of £193 11s. 1d. each, to be received by you from the War Office and Admiralty.
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No. 146.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received February 28, 1906.)
[Answered by 6838, March 6, 1906: not printed.]
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The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.
February 24, 1908.
SIR,
I AM desired by the Royal Society's Committee on Mediterranean Fever to report to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that a Fourth Report on the progress of their investigation is now published, of which a copy is herewith enclosed. This report will show the large amount of important evidence which has recently been collected as to the origin and spread of the disease. The Committee are not yet prepared to formulate definite recommendations as to the measures which should be taken to cope with the disease, but they desire to call attention to some results of practical value which have been obtained by the Commission of Investigation at Malta.
1. The contagion of Mediterranean Fever can find access to the body through the alimentary canal.
2. Goats in Malta suffer from a modified form of the disease, though they may appear to be quite healthy; and in this condition they pass milk which contains the micrococcus of Mediterranean Fever.
3. Mediterranean Fever can be acquired by absorption of infected goat's milk. This mode of infection probably plays a notable part in the spread of the disease among those who drink raw milk,
Copies of the accompanying report can be supplied to the Colonial Office for distribution,
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No. 147.
I am,
&c., ARCH. GEIKIE,
Secretary, Royal Society.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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SIR,
No. 145.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE. [Answered by No. 154.]
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received February 26, 1906.)
[Answered by No. 160.]
Burlington House, London, W., February 24, 1906. Ar a meeting of the Royal Society's Committee on Mediterranean fever, which was held yesterday, the subject of the letter of the Governor of Malta of the 6th July last was fully considered. I am instructed to state that while the Committee are still of opinion that the scheme proposed in my letter of the 13th April last would have more completely met the requirements of the case, they hope that the arrangements detailed in paragraph 3 of the Governor's letter may be found satis- factory. They still think that a trained English Medical Officer of Health should be sent to Malta to superintend the reorganization of this branch of the public ser- vice, and that his services there might be required for a year. It would seem that the expenditure involved in so necessary a reform in Maltese administration should be borne by the Maltese Government and not by the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
I am, &c.,
ARCH. GEIKIE,
"Secretary, Royal Society.
Downing Street, March 3, 1906. WITH reference to your confidential despatch of 6th July, 1905,* I have the honour to transmit, for your consideration, a copy of a lettert from the Royal Society respecting the suggested employment of an English Medical Officer of Health in connexion with the reorganization of the sanitary service of Malta.
2. I concur in the view of the Royal Society that any expenditure involved must be borne by the Government of Malta.
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SIR,
No. 148.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received March 7, 1906.) [Answered by No. 157.]
The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.
March 6, 1906.
THE Royal Society has had under its consideration the recent stages in the investigation of Mediterranean Fever, and desires to make the following recom- mendations on the subject:---
1. It appears in every respect desirable that the investigation should be continued during the present year.
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