CO129-536-3 Free courses for medical officers at the London School of Tropical Medicine 4-8-1931 - 20-11-1931 — Page 8

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Mr. Delahunt. 23, 9.31. Mr. Bickle

82853/31 Hong Kong.

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Mr.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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Downing Street,

25 September, 1931.

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Sir,

I am etc. to refer to the

letter from this Department

DRAFT.

THE SECRETARY,

(57512/51)

No.57512/11 of the 25th of

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND

TROPICAL MEDICINE.

boty OAGC

November, 1921, regarding the

to five per annuma

reduction of the number of

free courses of instruction at

the London School of Hygiene

and Tropical Medicine allowed

to the Government of Hong Kong

in respect of the amount of

its annual contribution to

the School te five courses in

any one year, and to inform

you that a despatch has been

received from the Governor of

the Colony

Hong Kong stating that it is

unlikely that at the present

time

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time as many as five Government

Medical Officers will take courses

of instruction at the School in

any one year, and enquiring whether

private medical practitioners from

would

the Colony will be accepted on the

Government's recommendation for the

balance of the free courses which

allowed.

are available for Government ledical

Officers,

2. The Secretary of State would be

glad to learn whether private medical

practitioners from Hong Kong would be

acceplect for any

allowed the free courses not taken by

Government Medical Officers.

I am etc.,

(Signed) WALTER D. ELLIS

age 9

age 9

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No. 342.

RECEIVED

9 SEP 1931

JOOL, OFFICE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG, 4th August, 1931.

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32640

My Lord,

I have the honour to refer to Mr. Churchill's

64572/2, despatch No.183 of 25th June, 1921, on the subject of free

courses for Government Medical Officers at the London

School of Tropical Medicine from which it would appear that

this Government is entitled in respect of its annual grant

of £100 to free courses for its medical officers up to a

maximum of five in any one year.

2. In this connection I have recently received a communication from a private medical practitioner practising

in the Colony enquiring whether, in the event of the

Government not requiring the full number of free courses,

local private practitioners would be eligible for the

balance.

3. I have been unable to trace any recent ruling

on the point; but a record of a visit to the Colony in 1908

of Sir Francis Lovell representing the London School of

Tropical Medicine shows that at that time all medical

practitioners whether in Government service or not were, up to a maximum of three in any one session, entitled to

free courses. It is unlikely at the present time that as

many

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

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