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No. 49.

BRITISH GUIANA.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING GOVERNOR. (No. 170.)

Downing Street, 3 July, 1909.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 144, of the 24th May,* on the subject of the measures taken for the prevention of ankylosto- miasis in British Guiana.

Your despatch shows that enlightened and progressive action has been taken in British Guiana for the suppression of this disease, and I appreciate the excellence of the work that is being done in the Colony. I hope that British Guiana will reap the benefit in the improved condition of the labouring classes.

I am content to leave it to your discretion whether to take any steps with regard to the appointment of an Inspector-General, if and when such an appoint- ment is found possible in other Colonies.

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(No. 141.)

MY LORD,

No. 50. BARBADOS.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE,

(Received 9 August, 1909.)

[Acknowledged 23 October, 1909. No. 107.]

WITH reference to previous correspondence on the subject, I have the honour

Government House, Barbados, 26th July, 1909. to transmit six copies of a Report† of anchylostomiasis, as it occurs in Barbados, by Dr. C. J. Manning, the Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum.

2. Dr. Manning has coloured red on the map of Barbados which is attached to his report the district where anchylostomiasis is chiefly prevalent. The parochial medical officers of the other districts, whom I have consulted, state that the disease is rarely met with in their practice.

3. I have submitted Dr. Manning's report to the Executive Committee with reference to the steps to be taken by legislation, or otherwise, for preventing the spread of this disease, and I will inform your Lordship of the measures which, on their recommendation, I propose to take.

4. I regret that on account of the delay in printing I have been unable to send you copies of this report at an earlier date.

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2. This paper contains the following further correspondence which has not yet been forwarded to your Lordship:

(a) Letter from Planters' Association, dated the 18th May; (b) Reports from the Surgeon-General and Medical Inspector; (c) My reply to the Planters' Association, dated 24th July.

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No. 52. CEYLON.

I have, &c.,

CHARLES T. COX.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 25 October, 1909.)

(No. 611.) MY LORD,

REFERRING to your Lordship's despatch, No. 53, dated 4th February last,*

"Temple Trees," Colombo, Ceylon, 5 October, 1909. with regard to the measures to be adopted for the prevention of ankylostomiasis in Colonies affected by that disease, I have the honour to inform you that the question is receiving attention and that the Government is now awaiting the receipt from the Straits Settlements of the draft Bill which it was reported, in June last, was being prepared in order to deal with the matter and with sanitation on estates generally in that Colony.

2. The Government has also been in communication with the Planters' Associa- tion of Ceylon, who have expressed their willingness to co-operate in any practical measures that may be devised to check the prevalence of the disease.

3. It was Sir Henry McCallum's intention to appoint a Committee to enquire into and report on the question as soon as information was received from the Government of the Straits Settlements.

• No. 43.

I have, &c.,

HUGH CLIFFORD.

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No. 51.

I have, &c.,

G. T. CARTER,

Governor.

BRITISH GUIANA.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(No. 268.)

MY LORD,

(Received 20 September, 1909.)

Government House, Georgetown, Demerara, 3rd September, 1909. WITH reference to paragraph 5 of my despatch, No. 144, of the 24th May, and to your Lordship's reply, No. 170, of the 3rd July, on the subject of the pre- vention of ankylostomiasis, I have the honour to enclose copies of a sessional paper§ which is being laid before the Combined Court.

• No. 48.

t'Not reprinted. ‡ Nos. 48 and 49. § No. 523 of 1909: not reprinted.