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The paragraph referred to runs as follows:-
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"The Conference recommends that the Royal Society be approached to nominate a small Commission for the purpose of working out the distribu- tion and investigating the causes of disease in man and stock in this Protectorate.”
I am, &c.,
ROBT. HARRISON.
II. SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU.
No. 25.
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 1909, at 4.30 P.M.
PRESENT:
Sir Patrick Manson (in the Chair).
Dr. J. Rose Bradford.
Mr. Read.
Mr. Keith (Secretary).
Dr. Bagshawe also attended.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
2. Mr. Read reported on the subject of Glossina palpalis on Lake Nyasa. A long report† had been received from the Protectorate Government, stating that no Glossina palpalis had been found in Nyasaland. The report was being printed, and, when printed, would be sent to the Bureau for consideration. Both Sir Patrick Manson and Dr. Bagshawe expressed some doubt as to whether the presence of palpalis might not have been overlooked, and it was agreed that Dr. Bagshawe should bring the matter up again if there appeared to be any reason to suppose that the report was not conclusive.
3. Dr. Bagshawe proposed the appointment of an Honorary Entomologist to the Bureau. He explained that at present he was in the habit of consulting Mr. E. E. Austen, of the British Museum, who was good enough to give him informa- tion. Mr. Austen, however, had represented that it was not satisfactory to him not to be recognised in some capacity as assisting the Bureau, and it was therefore proposed to appoint him Honorary Entomologist. It was agreed that this appoint- ment should be made on the understanding that his official superiors had no objec- tion to it.
4. Mr. Read mentioned that a report had been received from South Africa on an apparent outbreak in Bechuanaland of sleeping sickness, and that arrange- ments had been made for Dr. Moffat to proceed to the spot and investigate the nature of the disease.
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No. 26.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY, 1909, AT 4.30 P.M.
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PRESENT:
Sir West Ridgeway (in the Chair).
Sir P. Manson.
Dr. Rose Bradford.
Mr. Clark.
Mr. Keith (Secretary).
Dr. Bagshawe also attended.
The minutes of the meeting of the 15th of January were approved. 2. Dr. Bagshawe proposed that he should be authorised to publish a biblio- graphy of the literature of Sleeping Sickness. After discussion is was decided that the publication of the bibliography should be approved, and that 750 copies should be issued. It was agreed that the bibliography should not be distributed
† No. 2.
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• No. 54 in Miscellaneous No. 224.
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gratis, except that one copy should be sent to each Colonial Government, but that it should be sold at 4s. the copy by the Bureau. It was decided that the rule that no advertisements should be inserted should be adhered to, and that it was not desirable to sell through a publisher, in view of the expense involved, but that a circular should be sent out from the Bureau, and the bibliography should be advertised in the
Bulletin."
3. It was agreed that 500 copies of a portion of the last number of the "Bulletin" should be reprinted.
4. It was also agreed that 1,000 of the popular pamphlet of Sleeping Sickness should be reprinted. Dr. Bagshawe explained that the copies at first printed had been distributed to Missionary Societies, Messrs. Holt, Elder Dempster, &c., Emigrants Information Office.
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No. 27.
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 5TH OF MARCH, AT 4.30 P.M.
PRESENT:
Sir West Ridgeway (in the Chair).
Dr. Rose Bradford.
Mr. Read.
Mr. Clark.
Mr. Keith (Secretary).
Dr. Bagshawe also attended.
(1) The Minutes of the meeting of the 19th of February were approved. (2) The Committee considered a suggestion made by Colonel Sir David Bruce that two medical officers should be set apart to treat cases of sleeping sickness in Uganda; these officers to be as far as possible under the direction of the Royal Society, with a view to ensuring continuity in the treatment and observation of cases, and to avoid the frequent changes of station which take place under present conditions.
It was explained by the Director that it was desired to alter the present system under which the medical officers were frequently changed, so that it was not possible for the same officers to carry out a detailed series of observations on the same cases of sleeping sickness. It was agreed to recommend to the Secretary of State that the Governor should be asked to arrange that two officers should be set aside in the manner proposed. The question was discussed as to whether the officers should be under the direct control of the Royal Society, but it was pointed out that there would be some difficulty in the Royal Society actually controlling officers at such a distance, and that moreover the Royal Society did not directly deal with treat- inent. It was accordingly agreed that the officers should be in touch with the investigations at present being controlled by the Royal Society, and that they should furnish through the Governor reports every six months to the Managing Committee on which Dr. Rose Bradford represents the Royal Society). It was also agreed that as long as Sir David Bruce was in the Protectorate the officers should be placed under his orders.
(3) The Committee had under consideration the measures proposed to obviate the introduction of sleeping sickness into Nyasaland, and reported upon in the Governor's despatches of the 27th of November, the 11th of December, and the 16th of December.t The Committee agreed that the steps taken appeared to be well thought out and to be satisfactory; but attention was called by the Director to the somewhat misleading character of Pass No. 2 for entry of natives, in which it was stated that so-and-so "has been medically examined for trypanosomiasis, and has been found free from infection." The disease of sleeping sickness is one which in its early stages is extremely difficult to diagnose, and it was agreed that it should be suggested that the certificate should be altered by omitting the words "and has been found free from infection." It was realised that it would not be possible to
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