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desirable that an English Medical Officer of Health with a staff of, say, six trained Sanitary Inspectors, should be sent to Malta in order to put this branch of the public service on a proper basis.
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I am, &c.,
ARCH. GEIKIE,
Secretary, Royal Society.
No. 105.
GENTLEMEN,
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
[Answered by No. 108.]
Downing Street, April 19, 1905. WITH reference to previous correspondence respecting the Malta Fever Commis- sion, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to state that the extraordinary expen- diture for last year, exclusive of the grant made by the Royal Society, was about £1,000, and to enquire whether the Royal Society can give any idea of the probable duration of the enquiry and of the amount of the extraordinary expenditure for this
year.
2. The Governor of Malta has asked when Dr. Zammit is likely to be able to resume his duties. Mr. Lyttelton will be glad if information can be given on this point also.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
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(8) Assistance in Laboratory, and clerical
assistance
(9) Transport expenses (10) Stationery-
47 9 10
2 9 1 1 19 9
109 7 5
89 10 0
...
Subsistence allowance of Staff Surgeon E. A. Shaw for the period from 15th June to 31st December, 1904 (excluding 21 days' leave) at 108. a day Travelling allowance at the rate of 5s. a day for seven days for Colonel Bruce, being the difference between the amount actually issued to him and the amount to which he was entitled under Army Regulations...
Total
One-third of £200 128. 5d. Certified correct,
£66 17s. 6d.
H. BERTRAM COX.
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No. 107.
1 15 0
£200 12 5
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the
No. 106.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE and ADMIRALTY. [Copy to Governor, Malta, May 2, 1905. No. 61. L.F.]
Downing Street, April 25, 1905.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before
Army Council Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
with reference to the letter from this Department of the 20th of December last, the accompanying certified account of expenditure in connexion with the Mediterranean Fever Inquiry, and to request that one-third of the total amount, namely £66 17s. 6d., may be paid from Army funds to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to be placed to the credit of Malta Navy funds, from which the total expenditure has been defrayed.
I am, &c.,
GENTLEMEN,
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
Downing Street, April 25, 1905.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, with reference to the letter from this Department of the 20th of December last* and previous corre- spondence, the accompanying copy of a letter,t with enclosure, which has been addressed in similar terms to the Admiralty and War Office on the subject of certain expenditure in connexion with the Mediterranean fever enquiry.
2. I am to request that you will place to the credit of Malta funds the two sums of £68 17s. 6d. which are to be paid over to you by the Admiralty and War Office, respectively.
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No. 108.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Enclosure in No. 100.
Mediterranean Fever Inquiry.
H. BERTRAM COX.
SIR,
Expenses incurred in the Colony in connexion with the Inquiry during the quarter ended the 31st December, 1904:-
£ s. d.
Telegrams and Postage
Labour, including improvements in the
Laboratory
Chemicals
Cost of animals
Food for animals
Cost of sundry articles
Consumption of gas
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received May 10, 1905.)
[Copy to Governor, June 8, 1905. No. 83. L.F.]
WITH reference to Mr. Cox's letter of the 19th ultimo (No. 8611/1905), I
Burlington House, London, W., May 9, 1905. am instructed to reply on behalf of the Royal Society that it is anticipated that the enquiry into Malta Fever will require at least another year. The probable expense for this year may be estimated at about £750 on the old footing. But if the scheme for the employment of sanitary inspectors should be adopted, which was urged in the letter from the Royal Society of the 13th April,§ an additional outlay of perhaps £2,000 would be needed.
With regard to the question asked by the Governor of Malta, it appears to be probable that Dr. Zammit will be able to resume his usual duties at the end of this summer.
£ 8. d.
+
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19 12 3
6 9
2 0
0
11 12
7
5 8
0
11 8 7
• No. 179 in Miscellaneous No. 170.
↑ No. 106.
‡ No. 105.
§ No. 104.
No. 178 in Miscellaneous No. 170.
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I have, &c.,
ARCH. GEIKIE,
Secretary, Royal Society.
3:
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No. 109.
MR. LYTTELTON to GoVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
[Answered by No. 120.]
Downing Street, May 12, 1905.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to previous correspond- ence the accompanying copy of a letter from the Royal Society relating to the Mediterranean Fever Inquiry, and also a copy of Dr. Johnstone's Report, to which reference is made in that letter.
2. It appears from Dr. Johnstone's report that some feform of the system of notifying diseases in Malta is urgently required, and I request that you will favour me with your observations upon the Royal Society's suggestion that an English Medical Officer of Health with a staff of six trained Sanitary Inspectors should be sent to the Colony in order to put this branch of the public service on a proper basis.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
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No. 110.
GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE to MR. LYTTELTON. (Received May 23, 1905.)
(No. 85.) SIR,
The Palace, Valletta, May 18, 1905. I HAVE the honour to forward to you the accompanying statement, for the quarter ending the 31st of March last, of the expenditure that has been incurred by this Colony in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
2. The statement has been examined by the Auditor-General, and the vouchers in support of the statement have been filed with the accounts of that Department.
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