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the 13th of April, 1908,* on the subject of the supply to those dealing with sleeping sickness in the Protectorate of the latest information as to the progress of medical research on the same subject elsewhere.

2. In a circular despatch† which will shortly be addressed to you, details will be given of the constitution of a Sleeping Sickness Bureau in London, charged with the collection and distribution to workers on the subject of all the latest information issued on the Continent and elsewhere. I trust that the work of the Bureau, as soon as it has been fairly started, will meet all the needs of those now dealing with sleeping sickness in Uganda.

3. The suggestion made in the fifth paragraph of your despatch,* as regards the institution of a Colonial Review of Tropical Diseases, will not be overlooked.

4. I have consulted Sir Patrick Manson on the question of the journals which are likely to prove useful to medical officers in Uganda, and he advises me that it would probably be desirable that, in addition to the journals mentioned in the enclosure to your despatch, the following papers should be taken in by the Uganda Government. You will no doubt cause the necessary instructions to be given to the Crown Agents for the supply of these journals, if your medical officers concur in regarding them as useful:

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'Indian Medical Gazette" (Calcutta).

'Philippine Journal of Science" (Medical Part).

The Bulletin de la Société du Pathologie Exotique" (Institut Pasteur,

Paris).

"Archive für Schiffs-und Thropen Hygiene" (Dirrienstrassen 16, Leipzig). "Journal of Tropical Medicine" (Messrs. Bale, Danielsson and Company,

London).

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disease. The publications of the Bureau will be divided into two categories, viz., scientific publications intended for those who are engaged in research work or in carrying out medical administration in the infected districts, and publications of a less technical character for the use of Government officials, missionaries, and others, whose duties involve residence in those districts. One important piece of work will be the preparation of a map of the whole of tropical Africa, showing the distribution of the disease and of the different species of blood-sucking insects which are suspected of conveying it. A map of this kind showing, as it would, the extent to which the distribution of the disease coincides with the distribution of the different species of insects is expected to supply valuable information to scientific investiga- tors, and to give guidance to the different administrations, by indicating the lines of advance of the disease and the districts which require special protective measures.

4. The duties of the Director of the Bureau will, for the present, be undertaken by Dr. A. G. Bagshawe, of the Uganda Medical Staff, who has been seconded from the Protectorate service for the purpose.

that any information

5. I shall be glad if you will take steps to secure

your Ministers will give instructions

your

as to sleeping sickness which may come to the notice of the medical officers of Government shall be at once communicated to me for the information of the Bureau, by which steps will be taken to render the information accessible to all those interested in the question.

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I have, &c.,

CREWE.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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No. 49.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS, &c.‡ (Circular.)

Downing Street, 21 July, 1908.

to inform you

that, at the I HAVE the honour

to request you to inform your Ministers instance of my predecessor, and with the co-operation of the Government of the Soudan, and the Royal Society, His Majesty's Government have decided to establish in London a Bureau for the collection and general distribution of information with regard to sleeping sickness. The Royal Society has provided accommodation for the Bureau at Burlington House, and one-quarter of the cost of the up-keep is being borne by the Soudan Government, the remainder of the cost being defrayed from Imperial funds.

2. The Bureau is under the general control and direction of an Honorary Managing Committee, appointed by and responsible to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Committee is at present composed of the following members:-

Chairman The Right Honourable Sir J. West Ridgeway, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., who is also Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund.

Sir Patrick Manson, M.D., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.

Sir Rubert Boyce, F.R.S.

Dr. J. Rose Bradford, F.R.S. (representing the Royal Society). Colonel D. Bruce, C.B., F.R.Š.

Mr. E. A. Walrond Clarke (representing the Foreign Office).

Mr. H. J. Read, C.M.G. (representing the Colonial Office), with

Mr. A. Berriedale Keith, of the Colonial Office, as Secretary.

3. The main function of the Bureau, which is administered by a paid Director,

is to collect from all sources information regarding sleeping sickness, to collate, condense, and, where necessary, translate this information, and to distribute it as widely and quickly as possible among those who are engaged in combating the

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↑ See No. 49.

Sent to all Crown Colonies and Protectorates and Cyprus, and to all Responsible Government Colonies (including the Australian States).

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MINUTES OF MEETING OF MANAGING COMMITTEE OF SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU, HELD 30 SEPTEMBER, 1908, AT 4 P.M.

PRESENT:

Sir Charles Lucas (in the Chair).

Mr. Keith (Secretary).

Dr. Bagshawe also attended.

1. The minutes* of the meeting of July 17th were approved.

2. Dr. Bagshawe submitted further estimates which, in accordance with the resolution of the Committee of July 17th, he had obtained as to the cost of printing the "Bulletin."

For a monthly issue of 32 pages, royal octavo, small solid pica, under 3 oz. in weight, 750 copies, Messrs. Clowes quoted £11, Messrs. Harrison £11 3s., and Messrs. Darling £11 5s. For each extra four pages the quotations were £1 7s. 6d., £1 8s., and £1 10s. 6d., respectively.

It was decided to accept Messrs. Harrison's offer, as they were the printers for the Royal Society, who were stated to be satisfied with their work, and who provide accommodation for the Bureau.

Dr. Bagshawe explained that the form selected, royal octavo, differed from that suggested at the meeting of July 17th, viz., the form of the Proceedings of the Royal Society, because that form involved an excessive weight (7 ozs.), whereas it was important on grounds of cost of postage to limit the weight to not more than 4 ozs.

It was agreed that, as the "Bulletin " was not to be sold, the expense of pub- lishing should be saved, and the copies distributed direct from the Bureau.

3. The question of publishing Captain Gray's report on the treatment of cases of sleeping sickness in Uganda was considered, and as Dr. Bagshawe reported that there would be sufficient funds available, it was agreed to publish it, at the cost of the Bureau, as a special number, the report to be edited by Dr. Bagshawe, and 750 copies to be printed.

4. Sir C. Lucas also approved the preparation as another special number of a report on the existence of sleeping sickness in other Colonies than those in East Africa, a subject on which very little information is at present available.

5. Sir C. Lucas approved the purchase of a typewriter and the engagement

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