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had been granted to South Africans, and that no past holders of Scholarships had gone to South Africa, a sum of £1,500 should be set aside specially for South Africans, and qubmitted a list of six candidates with their qualifications. As a result of a letter from the Director, he subsequently modified the list and asked for a minimum of £1,000.

Dr. Marshall then submitted a statement showing that, after providing for all the Scholarships that had already been granted and allowing for the expenses of the Conference, there would be a sum of about £1,830 remaining in the Carnegie Fund. It was therefore decided to inform Mr. Lounsbury that a sum of £1,200 would be set aside for the men proposed by him, and that the actual allocation of the money to the various individuals would be left to his judgment.

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If the Rockefeller Foundation takes up these or other inquiries of a similar character whether (a) by its own staff of experts working in British possessions or (b) by financing British investigators, it will be necessary to have a Standing Com- mittee who would, I imagine, report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. In the case of (a) such a committee would have the duty of seeing that facilities were provided in the part of the Empire selected, and in the case of (b) the Committee would form the link between the investigator and the Foundation. Clearly, the Its other functions Committee would concern itself with the allocation of funds.

could be laid down at the Conference, in June.

In the preparation of this "programme" I have had the advantage of sugges- tions from Sir Patrick Manson and Dr. Andrew Balfour.

Yours sincerely,

ARTHUR G. BAGSHAWE.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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No. 126.

KENYA.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 8.5 a.m., 20th January, 1921.)

TELEGRAM.

40. 18TH JANUARY. Your telegram 29th December.* Regret Colony unable afford financial contribution to scheme for tsetse fly investigation. Entomologist cannot be spared for special work as required for agricultural investi- gation; no partially trained men available here. Observe from report of Com- mittee that no experimental station proposed for this country. Report from previous investigations being compiled and will be forwarded, also periodical reports.-NORTHEY.

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No. 127.

DR. A. G. BAGSHAWE to SIR HERBERT READ. (Received 25th January, 1921.)

DEAR SIR HERBERT,

Tropical Diseases Bureau,

23, Endsleigh Gardens, London, N.W.1, 21st January, 1921. AT your request I have prepared, for the consideration of the Rockefeller Foundation, a preliminary programmet for discussion at the Conference to be held with representatives of the Foundation, in London, in June. Keeping in view the special needs of the tropical countries administered by the Colonial Office, I have tried to state the most urgent of the unsolved problems bearing on health and disease prevention, as well as others of less immediate importance, but of scientific interest. I have included these because, though the fact is not as well recognized as it should be, research into problems of this character may at any time yield results of wide utility. I have in several instances discussed the problems selected or added instances so as to bring out reasons for their selection, or for the fact that they have not yet been solved. Others could, of course, be added, but the tasks here set would take many years to accomplish.

It is evident that the scattered nature of the British Empire in the Tropics, containing as it does so many small islands, each with its own disease problems, favours research into disease etiology. The factors are more manageable than on main lands, one has more control over them, and the inquiry is often simplified by. the absence of other diseases which might share the responsibility for the ill-health of the inhabitants. An instance of this is to be found in recent action of the Inter- national Health Board. Its agents were studying the degree of incapacity to be attributed to hookworm infection in Malaya; in estimating the grade of anæmia they were unable to separate the factor of malaria from that of ankylostome infec- tion. They were, however, able to clear away the difficulty by a similar inquiry in Fiji, where hookworm is present, but malaria is not.

* 48906: not printed: reminder of No. 104. † See page 9 in Miscellaneous No. 854.

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No. 128.

COLONIAL OFFICE to INTERNATIONAL HEALTH BOARD.

[Answered by No. 131.]

SIR,

Downing Street, 29th January, 1921. In continuation of the letter from this Department of the 22nd of November, 1920,* I am directed by Viscount Milner to transmit to you, for the consideration of the International Health Board, a provisional programmet of the subjects to be discussed at the Conference to be held in London in June next.

2. This programme has, of course, special reference to the tropical countries administered by the Colonial Office. In it, an attempt has been made to state the most urgent of the unsolved problems bearing on health and disease prevention in those countries, as well as others of less immediate importance, but of scientific interest. The latter have been included because, though the fact is not perhaps as well recognized as it should be, research into problems of this character may at any time yield results of wide utility.

3. In several instances the problems selected have been discussed or instances have been added so as to bring out reasons for their selection or for the fact that they have not yet been solved. Others could, of course, be added, but the tasks set in the programme would alone take many years to accomplish.

4. It is worthy of note that the scattered nature of the British Empire in the Tropics, containing as it does so many small islands, each with its own disease problems, favours research into disease etiology. The factors are more manageable than on main lands, it is easier to control them, and the inquiry is often simplified by the absence of other diseases which might share the responsibility for the ill- health of the inhabitants. Lord Milner understands that an instance of this is to Its agents were be found in recent action of the International Health Board. studying the degree of incapacity to be attributed to hook-worm infection in Malaya, but, in estimating the grade of anæmia, they were unable to separate the factor of malaria from that of ankylostome infection. They were, however, able to clear away the difficulty by a similar inquiry in Fiji, where hook-worm is present but malaria is not.

I am, &c.,

G. GRINDLE.

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