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4-6. Nos. 4-6 were discussed together, Mr. Grindle, Head of the West Indian Department, being present. Sir Thomas Barlow suggested, and the Committee agreed, that the Governor of Trinidad should be asked to supply information as to the four cases noted in Dr. Alston's report of the 30th November, 1911,* in which death had occurred, and it was also agreed to ask for particulars as to the two stub born cases, of which one had been cured only after three injections. Sir T. Barlow laid stress on the fact that, as salvarsan might be a somewhat dangerous remedy, it was very important to collect all possible information as to its effect. Sir Ronald Ross also called attention to the remarks on the treatment of yaws contained in Dr. Castellani's report on the work done in Ceylon.
It was agreed that the draft replyt proposed to be sent to the Governor of the Windward Islands with regard to the treatment of yaws in St. Lucia was quite satisfactory. It was also agreed, with regard to Dr. Numa Rat's report‡ on yaws in Nevis, that it was impossible for the Secretary of State to approve compulsory treatment by salvarsan for the present, as the drug was not absolutely free from risk, and that the views on the question which were set out in the draft despatch to the Governor of the Windward Islands might also be communicated to the Governor of the Leeward Islands.
7. The despatch§ on dengue fever in Fiji was considered. Sir Ronald Ross stated that it was important that the notification should be sent early to the Liver- pool School of any similar outbreak, as they were anxious to investigate this fully in view of its close connection with yellow fever and sand-fly fever. In the absence of the further report promised, it was not possible to make any specific recommenda- tions.
8. The report on the treatment of leprosy in Seychelles was read. Sir Ronald Ross mentioned that two cases which were under treatment at Liverpool showed not unpromising results, the method of treatment being limited to dealing with specific patches of the disease. It was agreed that the matter must be regarded as still sub judice.
9. The report of Dr. Aders on East Coast fever in Zanzibar was considered. The Committee thought it was essential to obtain further expert advice with regard to Dr. Aders's recommendations, and it was agreed that a copy of Dr. Aders's paper should be communicated to Dr. Montgomery, Veterinary Bacteriologist in the East Africa Protectorate, Dr. Theiler in South Africa, and Mr. Stockman of the Board of Agriculture, for any observations.
10. The report** on the work done in the Bacteriological Institute in Ceylon was read with interest, and it was agreed that it should be communicated at once for information to those Colonies and Protectorates in which copra was made, in view of the remarks on the treatment of copra itch.
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No. 18.
LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
18093
(Received May 31, 1912.)
London School of Tropical Medicine (University of London),
Royal Albert Dock, E., 31st May, 1912. [Published us No. 1 in Appendix IV. to [Cd. 6669], March, 1913.]
No. 19.
NEW HEBRIDES.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 123.)
18128
(Received June 11, 1912.) Office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Suva, Fiji, 10th May, 1912. [Published as No. 16 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6669], March, 1913.]
(No. 57.)
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No. 20.
WINDWARD ISLANDS (ST. VINCENT).
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received June 11, 1912.)
[Answered by No. 74.]
Grenada, 23rd May, 1912.
[Published as No. 13 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 6669], 'March, 1913.]
No. 21.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
CO. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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SIR,
No. 17.
COLONIAL OFFICE to LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
Downing Street, 30 May, 1912..
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th of May†† forwarding reports on the work done for the six months ended the 30th of April, at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
2. These reports were laid before the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their First Ordinary Meeting on the 24th of May, and were read with interest.
3. Two prints of the Report are enclosed herewith for correction by their authors and for return.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
↑ See No. 22.
No. 2 in Appendix VI. to [Cd. 6669],"
2984: not printed.
†† No. 13.
• Council Paper No. 191 of 1911 Trinidad: not reprinted.
Sub-Enclosure in No. 6.
§ No. 10 in Appendix VI. to [Cd. 6024].
¶ 39879: not printed.
MALAY STATES.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received June 17, 1912.)
(No. 221.)
Government House, Singapore, 22nd May, 1912.
· [Published, with the exception of the portion printed here, us No. 5 in Appendix VT, to [Cd. 6669], March, 1913.]
Enclosure in No. 21.
REPORT FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1st, 1911, TO MARCH 31ST, 1912. BERI-BERI.
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**
Dr. Simpson and Mr. Edie, as the result of researches carried out in the Liver- pool School of Tropical Medicine, claim to have confirmed the work of Dr. Schau- mann, but their experiments are few, and they illustrate well the ease with which errors are perpetuated. In a paper published in the " Annals of Tropical Medicine Fraser and Stanton and Parasitology," Vol. V., p. 317, these gentlemen state that " showed that sera, flesh, and other products of neuritic fowls caused no deleterious
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