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No. 10.
UGANDA.
COMMISSIONER SADLER to MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received November 30, 1905.)
Entebbe, Uganda, October 28, 1905. SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular of the 26th August last, on the subject of the teaching of the rudiments of hygiene in the schools of the tropical Colonies.
2. We have no institutions belonging to Government in which such subjects could be taught. I accordingly addressed the Right Reverend Bishop Tucker, and asked if it would be possible to do anything in this direction in the schools of the Church Missionary Society.
3. A copy of his reply and of the letter to his address from Mr. Hattersley, who is in charge of the High School, are attached.
4. It seems to me questionable whether a grant by Government in aid of such instruction would be justifiable under present circumstances. The High School has only lately been started, the time of the pupils is fully taken up with English and other subjects, and the Senior Medical Officer is of opinion that in the present state of education and civilisation in the country no practical results would be obtained by introducing a course of hygiene in the schools.
5. On the whole I should be inclined to take the matter up some two years hence, by which time the advance made in general knowledge by the schools may warrant the hope that instruction in a subject not over congenial to the native mind may be of some utility.
Enclosure 1 in No. 10.
I have, &c.,
J. HAYES SADLER.
Right Reverend Bishop TUCKER to COMMISSIONER.
MY DEAR COLONEL HAYES SADLER,
Uganda, October 28, 1905.
I HAVE Consulted with Mr. Hattersley with regard to the subject of your letter enquiring what we could do in the matter of instruction in hygiene.
2. I am glad to say that I see a prospect of the subject being taken up seriously and successfully with the assistance of His Majesty's Government. The assistance needed is indicated in Mr. Hattersley's letter to myself which I enclose herewith.
3. With every hope that the matter may go forward,
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4. No doubt His Majesty's Government will be pleased to supply these gratis, as they are intended to benefit the whole country.
5. If His Majesty's Commissioner will also kindly procure for us the books suggested, they would be a great help.
6. On receipt of this literature, which I venture to suggest be addressed direct to me, I will prepare a report for the Board of Education with suggestions for the printing of small work in the vernacular, for schools and general circulation,
I am, &c.,
C. W. HATTERSLEY.
Board of Education, Uganda, October 26, 1905. BOOKS DESIRED.
1.
A course of simple lectures on Elementary Hygiene. Dr. Strachan, Lagos.
2.
A course of lectures on Health. Dr. W. H. Best, Lagos.
3.
Course of Hygiene for Hong Kong Schools.
4.
Series of lectures issued by Gold Coast Government for educational purposes.
5.
6.
Treatise on Hygiene for schools in Southern Nigeria. Dr. J. W. Collett. Treatise on Malaria. Dr. J. R. Dickson, Trinidad.
7. Mosquitoes, &c. Mr. W. L. Underwood, Board of Health, Bermuda.
8. Series scientific lectures delivered in Ceylon Medical College, October, 1902, to March, 1903.
9. Lectures on elementary hygiene, &c. Dr. Prout, Sierra Leone.
Tropical Readers Series. Blackie and Son, 50, Old Bailey, E.C.
Atlas of Bacteriology. 7s. 6d. (Slater and Spitta), Scientific Press, Limited. The circular from Mr. A. Lyttelton says of the books where published abroad, "If you consider that any of the publications are likely to be of use in the preparation of text books for the Colony under your administration, you should apply for them direct to the Colonial Governments concerned."
To be addressed direct to:-
C. H. HATTERSLEY,
Secretary, Board of Education, Mengo, Uganda.
LANTERN SLIDES DESIRED.
Mr. A. Lyttelton's circular says,
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so far as is practicable the lectures should be
illustrated by magic lantern slides, as has been done with great success in the case
of Sierra Leone.
We could use the following:- Series F.
I am, &c.,
A. R. TUCKER.
3, Fleet Street.
No.
Bacteriological Series (Crookshanks).
Newton and Company,
SECRETARY, Board of Education, to Right Reverend Bishop TUCKER.
Mengo, Uganda, October 26, 1905. Teaching of Hygiene in Schools.
MY DEAR BISHOP,
In reply to your note enclosing His Majesty's Commissioner's letter and circulars, I beg to say that it is quite possible to arrange for lectures in the High School, to commence in January next, and I think in a few other leading schools lectures might be given occasionally. I shall also be pleased to arrange for evening meetings for Chief and leading men to be given in the High School.
2. We must have some aids to teaching if we are to do this satisfactorily. 3. I quite concur with Mr. A. Lyttelton and others quoted in the circulars in agreeing that lantern slides are the most profitable aids to the correct understanding of such subjects, and I beg to enclose a list of slides we could use with profit.
• No. 4.
17. Comma Bacillus of the Mouth.
18. Comma Bacillus of Water.
19. Spirochtoeta (Sewerage).
35. Comma Bacillus Asiatic Cholera.
38. Spirillum of Relapsing Fever.
39. Pneumo coccus (Sputum).
41. Typhoid Fever Bacillus.
46. Tuberculosis (in cow).
47. Tuberculosis (lungs of rabbit inoculated).
Series G. Bacilli Various.
No.
15. Bacillus of Glanders.
23. Streptococcus Pyogenes.
20. Micrococie large from air.
21. Micrococie small from water.
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