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of Malta, concerning the suggestion that an English Medical Officer of Health and a staff of six trained sanitary inspectors should be sent to the island for the purpose of re-organizing the present system of notifying disease.
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No. 126.
COLONIAL OFFICE to ADMIRALTY and WAR OFFICE.
Downing Street, August 7, 1905. WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 20th December last,* I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the accompanying copy of a despatch† from
Navy
Army Council,
the Governor of Malta, on the subject of a repayment due from Malta funds to
Army
votes.
I'am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
SIR,
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
:
(Received July 31, 1905.) · [Answered by No. 128.]
SIR,
Burlington House, London, W., July 29, 1905. On the part of the Royal Society I beg to inform you that the Commission at present engaged at Malta under the direction of a committee of the Society has made the important discovery that the virus of Mediterranean_fever exists abundantly in the milk and urine of the goats which supply the population of the island with milk. It has now been ascertained that about 50 per cent. of these goats react to this fever, when examined by the serum agglutination test, although in outward appearance the animals seem to be quite healthy. This discovery can hardly fail to prove of the utmost importance in its bearing upon the causes of the spread of the disease, but there has not yet been time to ascertain what share the milk may have, together with other causes, in the propagation of the infection, or to determine what practical steps should be taken with regard to this addition to our knowledge of the subject. In the opinion of the Royal Society, however, there can be little doubt that the milk will prove to be one chief source of spreading the disease, and in these circumstances the Society feels that no time should be lost in communicating to the authorities in Malta, civil, naval, and military, the informa- tion which has been definitely ascertained, in order that they may be put on their guard as to the danger of the present milk supply. The members of the Commission who are engaged in the investigation deprecate any immediate restrictive action with regard to the herds of goats, as the owners of these animals would probably place insuperable obstacles in the way of the prosecution and completion of the researches which are so urgently needed before adequate preventive measures can be devised.
I am, &c.,
2. Mr. Lyttelton has approved of the Crown Agents for the Colonies making a refund as requested by Sir C. M. Clarke.
I am, &c.,
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No. 127.
COLONIAL OFFICE to SIR C. M. CLARKE.
SIR,
Downing Street, August 11, 1905. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, for any observa- tions you may wish to make, copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society, reporting that the Commission at present engaged at Malta under the direction of a committee of the Society has made the important discovery that the virus of Medit- erranean fever exists abundantly in the milk and urine of the goats which supply the island with milk.
I am to add that a copy has been sent confidentially to the Officer Administering the Government of Malta for his information and guidance. You may, perhaps, desire while you are in this country to confer personally with the Royal Society on the subject.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
سائلنا
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GENTLEMEN,
No. 125.
ARCH. GEIKIE, Secretary, Royal Society.
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COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS. [Copy to Governor, August 9, 1905. No. 114. L.F.]
Downing Street, August 7, 1905.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to request that you will pay the sum of £47 58. 8d. from Malta funds to Major and Brevet-Colonel D. Bruce, Royal Army Medical Corps, in respect of travelling expenses between London and Malta incurred by him in connection with the work of the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
2. His address is 68, Victoria Street, S.W.
3. I am further to enclose the accompanying copy of a despatch* from the Governor of Malta concerning a repayment due to Army and Navy funds, and to inform you that Mr. Lyttelton approves of your making the refund desired by Sir C. M. Clarke.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
No. 128.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
Downing Street, August 11, 1905.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 29th July, as to the discovery of the virus of Mediterranean fever in the milk and urine of goats, and to say that a copy has been sent confidentially to the Officer Administering the Government of Malta for his information.
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I am, &c..
H. BERTRAM COX
MR. LYTTELTON to ACTING GOVERNOR SIR W. F. KELLY. (Confidential.)
Downing Street, August 14, 1905.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for your information and guidance, copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society, reporting that the Commis- sion at present engaged at Malta under the direction of a committee of the Royal Society has made the important discovery that the virus of Mediterranean fever
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of Malta, concerning the suggestion that an English Medical Officer of Health and a staff of six trained sanitary inspectors should be sent to the island for the purpose of re-organizing the present system of notifying disease.
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