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SIR,

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No. 61.

TRINIDAD.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

(Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 26th January, 1915. WITH reference to my despatch "Miscellaneous," of the 23rd December last,* and to previous correspondence on the subject of the ankylostomiasis campaign, I have the honour to inform you that the Director-General of the International Health Commission has intimated that, in the event of any Medical Officer of the Commis- sion being temporarily employed by a Colonial Government in the West Indies in the work of the campaign, it is desirable that he should receive a formal appoint- ment from the Governor or Administrator of the Colony concerned.

2. The Commission's representatives in Panama and Costa Rica have received such appointments from the local Governments.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

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4. I gather from your telegram under reply that you would welcome the nomination by the International Health Commission of a Medical Officer to take charge of the campaign, and I approve of your communicating with them with a view to the delegation of an experienced doctor at an early date, to conduct the work until suitable arrangements can be made to enable Dr. Durrant to take it over. The selected officer should receive a formal appointment from you, and the arrange- ments should be reported to me for confirmation. Should you consider it necessary, I shall be prepared to approve of the introduction of legislation to enable the name of such an officer to be placed on the Medical Register of St. Vincent.

5. I am not prepared to accept Mr. Murray's proposal to appoint to the ordinary establishment of St. Vincent doctors not possessing the qualifications required by law, and in the case of any appointment to the establishment, I should require to be furnished with the usual particulars of the qualifications and record of the candidate before approving his selection.

6. If any doctors in Barbados, or elsewhere, are candidates for appointments on the ordinary establishment of St. Vincent, they should make application to me in the proper form.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

(Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 28th January, 1915.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to inform you that the Director-General of the Inter- national Health Commission, in reply to a suggestion which I made to him, has intimated that, in the event of any Medical Officer of the Commission being temporarily employed by a Colonial Government in the West Indies for work in connexion with the ankylostomiasis campaign, it is desirable that he should receive a formal appointment from the Governor or Administrator of the Colony concerned. 2. The Commission's representatives in Panama and Costa Rica have received such appointments from the local Governments.

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I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

WINDWARD ISLANDS: ST. VINCENT.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 26th January, 1915.

SIB,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 19th January,t on the subject of the proposals made by the Administrator of St. Vincent for starting the ankylostomiasis campaign in the Colony.

2. Since I wrote my despatch of the 22nd December‡ I have received a further letter from the International Health Commission, in which they generously repeat the offer to lend experienced doctors to conduct the campaign in those Colonies in which, owing to the existing situation in Europe, it has been found impossible to obtain suitable medical officers from this country. They inform me that several of the doctors employed by them for some years in the southern States are now avail- able for other duty.

3. It appears to me very desirable that the work in St. Vincent should be post- poned no longer, and that this advantageous offer should be accepted as a temporary measure, until satisfactory arrangements can be made for setting free Dr. Durrant to take charge of the campaign.

* L.F. transmitting copies of Nos. 51 and 54.

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No. 64.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.

[Answered by No. 71.]

SIR,

Downing Street, 26th January, 1915.

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd December,t and to state, in confirmation of the telegram from this Office of the 19th January, that the proposal to appoint Dr. Marshall Barber and Dr. S. T. Darling to be members of the contemplated Commission of Inquiry into ankylostomiasis in the Malay States has Mr. Harcourt's entire concurrence.

The High Commissioner of the Malay States has been asked to report by tele- gram whether he concurs generally in your proposals and is in a position to nominate a local member of the Commission.

After consulting members of the Advisory Committee, Mr. Harcourt doubts whether, in existing circumstances, a suitable member can be obtained in this country; but, subject to the observations of the High Commissioner, he will gladly accept the proposals for a Commission constituted as you suggest.

As regards the first paragraph of your letter under reply, I am to inform you that Mr. Harcourt has authorized the Governor of the Windward Islands to approach you with a view to the nomination of an experienced director to take charge of the work in St. Vincent until arrangements can be made to relieve Dr. Durrant.

As regards Antigua, the question of the appointment of a director will be considered when the Governor's observations on Dr. Marshall's report have been received, and the generous offer of the International Health Commission will then be borne in mind.

Mr. Harcourt will be glad if you will express to the International Health Commission his continuing gratitude for their offer of the services of medical men who have had experience in the southern States.

I am, &c.,

H. W. JUST.

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