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6th. That all Government servants be provided with efficient mosquito nets of aproved material, pattern, and mesh, for use both while in residence and while travelling.

7th. That in every bedroom, messroom, and office in Government buildings a brief but lucid statement of the facts bearing on the communication of malaria by the mosquito, and of measures for the avoidance of mosquito bite be affixed in a prominent place.

8th. That in the confidential medical report on the health of Government em- ployees any individual who systematically ignores protection from mosquito bite be returned as not living conformably to the requirements of the climate.

9th. That a special officer, medical if possible, be appointed to inspect, instruct in, and superintend the carrying out of the above measures..

Such officer to report monthly to the Colonial Office through the local Governors.

10th. That a small Committee of experienced Colonial officials now in England be constituted to formulate regulations based on these lines, such regulations to be sub- mitted subsequently to the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society.

I am convinced that the vigorous enforcement of regulations such as I have indicated would be at once followed by a great improvement in the health of Colonial officials and employees, and prove a highly economical measure.

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I am, &c.,

PATRICK MANSON.

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No. 76.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to the GOVERNORS OF WEST AFRICAN COLONIES

AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA AND

SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

(1. Gambia. No. 101.)

(2. Sierra Leone. No. 266.)

(3. Gold Coast. No: 625.)

(4. Lagos. No. 312.)

(5. Northern Nigeria. No. 279.)

(6. Southern Nigeria. No. 319.)

SIR,

Downing Street, November 13, 1900.

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copies of a memorandumt on measures to be taken for the prevention of malaria, which has been drawn up by Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S., and approved by Lord Lister, President of the Royal Society.

2. I request that you will have this memorandum distributed as widely as pos- sible among Government officials and other persons resident in the Colony.

Protectorate.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

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SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER GALLWEY.

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Downing Street, September 28, 1900.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 182, of the 2nd of July, enclosing a copy of a letter from Dr. S. W. Thompstone, Acting Principal Medical Officer, upon the subject of the suggestions which have been made by the Malaria Investigation Committee of the Royal Society and by Dr. Manson to prevent the spread of malaria by the mosquito.

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2. I regret the manner in which these suggestions have been received by Dr. Thompstone, and I think it well to point out, in answer to his objections, that Lord Lister and Sir M. Foster are of opinion that the particular species of mosquito which convevs malaria does not bite during the day. If that is so, protection at night is all that is required, and, although many persons must go out at night, and be exposed to risk, many more probably stay at home.

3. The theory that malaria is conveyed through mosquito bites is now being coù- firmed in a striking manner by an experiment with a mosquito-proof hut in a fever- stricken district of the Campagna, and though it cannot be supposed, and is not asserted, that the problem of preventing malaria has yet been fully solved, it is accepted by scientific experts that a step forward has been taken, and that the result of recent researches will in all probability be slowly but surely to reduce the rate of mortality in the malarious countries of the tropics.

* No. 63.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

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No. 77.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.

Downing Street, November 14, 1900.

I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne, 50 copies of a memorandumt on measures to be taken for the prevention of malaria which has been drawn up by Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S., and approved by Lord Lister, President of the Royal Society.

2. The Secretary of State is taking steps to have this memorandum distributed as widely as possible among Government officials and other persons resident in the West African Colonies and Protectorates under the administration of this Office, and he would suggest, for Lord Lansdowne's consideration, that a similar course should be followed in the case of the Protectorates under the administration of the Foreign Office.

I am, &c.,

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No. 78.

R. L. ANTROBUS.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to the GOVERNORS OF ALL COLONIES. (Circular.)

Downing Street, November 17, 1900.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to previous correspondence,

the accompanying copies of a memorandumt on measures to be taken for the pre-

No. 61: also printed separately as Miscellaneous No. 132. Except West African Colonies and Protectorates.

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