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SIR,
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No. 85.
MALAY STATES.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
Downing Street, 15th March, 1915. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of letter of the 23rd February, respecting the proposed inquiry into the prevalence of ankylostomiasis in the Malay States.
your
2. Mr. Harcourt has learnt with satisfaction that the arrangements for the commission of inquiry are now in active preparation.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
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2. Dr. Washburn is a young man, and, after consulting the Surgeon-General, I have decided to leave Dr. Campbell as Acting Medical Officer in charge pending your further instructions as to whether you will appoint a more senior Medical Officer to succeed Colonel Dodd, which would, he thinks, be best if one is obtainable later.
3.
I propose to appoint Dr. Washburn to be Second Medical Officer, at the same salary that Dr. Campbell was getting, viz., £350 a year and free quarters, or an allowance of £50 in lieu thereof, and a travelling allowance of £75 a year.
4. With reference to the appointment of a second Assistant Medical Officer, which is provided for in the estimate approved by the Commission, Dr. Washburn informs me that Dr. Covington, another Medical Officer of the Commission, of the same standing as himself, employed in the United States, will probably be available in April, and suggested that application should be made for his services. approve I shall be glad if you will communicate with the Commission.
I have, &c.,
GEORGE R. LE HUNTE,
If you
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No. 86.
Governor.
MALAY STATES.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 23rd March, 1915)
(No. 80.)
SIB,
Government House, Singapore, 12th February, 1915. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches "Miscel laneous," of the 18th Novembert and 24th December, relating to correspondence with the International Health Commission with regard to ankylostomiasis in the Malay States.
2. I duly received Mr. Wickliffe Rose's letter of the 8th October, § of which a At that time printed copy was annexed to your despatch of the 16th November.t immigration of deck passengers from India was prohibited, and it was not advis- On the 5th able that anything should be done until immigration recommenced. January I was able to cause Dr. Heiser to be informed that immigration was again permitted (though in a restricted form). Dr. Heiser was at the same time notified of my entire approval of the Commission working upon the lines suggested by Mr. Wickliffe Rose, and it was suggested that preliminary discussions between him and the Principal Medical Officer should take place when he visited Kuala Lumpur.
3. I now hear that Dr. Heiser is expected in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the current month. I hope, therefore, to learn from the Principal Medical Officer, Federated Malay States, soon after Dr. Heiser's visit. what arrangements are recom- mended for the Commission beginning its work in the Federated Malay States, and what proposals are made for the appointment upon the Commission of a member secured locally.
I have, &c.,
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 87.
International Health Commission, Washington, D.C.,
23rd January, 1915.
THIS note is to introduce Dr. B. E. Washburn, a substitute State Director of the International Health Commission. He has rendered most effective work in the South as a field director in the service of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, In view of the and more recently has been a whole-time county health officer. difficulty you are now experiencing in obtaining English Medical Officers, he will We shall gladly withdraw him when you find it be glad to serve in any capacity. convenient to replace him with a regular appointee. You may find it desirable to commission him in some capacity, so that for the time he is serving he will come Any assistance you can render under the customary administrative programine. him will be greatly appreciated.
His Excellency
The Governor, Trinidad.
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No. 88.
I have, &c.,
JOHN A. FERRELL.
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ARTHUR YOUNG.
SIR,
No. 87. TRINIDAD.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 24th March, 1915.)
[Answered by No. 91.]
Government House, 9th March, 1915. WITH reference to my despatch No. 32, of 25th January, on the subject of the ankylostomiasis campaign in Trinidad, I have the honour to report the arrival here of Dr. B. E. Washburn, of the International Health Commission, United States, to assist temporarily in the work here. I enclose a copy of the letter of intro- duction which he presented to me yesterday.
• No. 81.
↑ No. 48.
† No. 56.
Enclosure in No. 88.
No. 06.
BRITISH HONDURAS.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 27th March, 1915.)
(No. 37.)
Government House, Belize, 5th March, 1915. On the 20th November, 1913,* I had the honour to forward to you a report on Ankylostoma in the Colony. In my despatch I indicated that the report of the Principal Medical Officer was of little value, being based on guess-work and not on personal observation. In order to get some fairly trustworthy information from which an idea of the prevalence of Ankylostomum might be obtained, I in June last gave directions that the stools of all persons admitted to the hospitals or the prisons should be examined, and in December called for a report of the result. The enclosed copies of minutes, and of a report by Dr. Cassel, contain a partial report.
2. Dr. Harrison asked to have Dr. Cassel's report back to embody in his annual report. On my saying he could have a copy, but that I must have the minute paper back, it seems to have occurred to him that he had better obtain some further As a result, reports have information beyond what he had already_furnished me. been received from Drs. Gann, Winter, Woodman, Lewis, and Cassel, of which I enclose copies, together with a minute by Dr. Harrison.
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