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MINUTES OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE MANAGING COMMITTEE FOR THE TROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU, HELP at the Colonial OFFICE ON THE 22ND APRIL, 1914, at 4.30 P.M.

Present:

Sir WEST RIDGEWAY (in the chair).

Sir JOHN ROSE BRADFORD.

Sir HAVELŐck Charles.

Sir W. LEISHMAN.

Mr. READ.

Sir RONALD Ross.

Mr. KEITH (Secretary).

DR. BAGSHAWE, Director of the Bureau, also attended.

1. Minutes* of the eighth meeting were approved.

2.

The Statement of Account for the three months, January to March, 1914, from the Agent was received. The Director explained the discrepancy between the number of subscriptions to the Bulletin mentioned in that Statement and the number given in the Minutes of the eighth meeting.

3. The question whether tropical sanitation should be treated in a separate quarterly publication was considered. It was the opinion of Sir West Ridgeway, Sir John Rose Bradford, Sir W. Leishman, Mr. Read, and Sir Ronald Ross that there were great advantages in having a separate publication; and that such a publication would be subscribed for by many people who would not take the Tropical Diseases Bulletin. It was also pointed out that the additional expenditure would not be very great, say, £60 for printing, and £100 for an addition to the salary of the sub-editor entrusted with the work. On the other hand, Sir Havelock Charles saw objections to the adoption of this course, at the outset at least. He pointed out that as regards India, at any rate, there was no ground to expect that a bulletin on tropical sanitation would be subscribed for by officers or others who did not take in the Tropical Diseases Bulletin. He laid, however, more stress on the fact the he had explained to the Indian authorities that the treatment of the subject of tropical sanitation would not be by means of a separate journal, a proposal which when put forward at an earlier date had been strongly opposed by his predecessor in the representation of the India Office on the Committee. He had understood that the work would be under the same control as existed in the case of the Bulletin generally, and he saw strong objections to any step which might result in an inde- pendent Director being created for the work on tropical sanitation. Moreover, it was important that some time should be allowed to pass to see how the work was being carried out, and the question of a separate publication could be considered later. He pointed out that, on the strength of the information which he had given, much information would be supplied by the Indian authorities for Colonel King's use, and it would be unfortunate, in his opinion, if anything were done to alter the basis on which this information had been afforded. It was accordingly agreed by the Committee that, in deference to the views of Sir Havelock Charles, the material already prepared by Colonel King should be published as No. 7 of the current series of the Tropical Diseases Bulletin, occupying a whole part. It was also agreed that the question as to whether there should be a separate publication should be brought up again for consideration at the October meeting.

The Statement of Expenditure for 1913-14, and the Estimates for 1914-15,† were considered. The Director said that it was desirable to relieve the present Assistant Director of his work and appoint an officer who could give more time and attention. He explained that the original arrangement with Dr. Low had been of an elastic character, but that through increased pressure of work Dr. Low found it practically impossible to give more than ten hours a week, which was too short a period. He stated that Dr. Bahr was willing to undertake the work for a period of a year at a salary of £400, on the understanding that he would be allowed two afternoons off a week (besides Saturday), to enable him to keep up his research work. After discussion the Committee agreed to the proposed appointment for a

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