§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of the established relations between malaria fever and mosquito attacks, he will cause inquiry to be made as to the expediency of erecting mosquito-proof sleeping rooms for the employees on our West African railways.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The quarters provided for railway employees in Sierra Leone and Lagos include mosquito-proof rooms. As regards the Gold Coast I have no information, but I will make inquiry. I may add that mosquito nets have also been supplied by Government, but I understand that some change has recently been made in Lagos, and I will inquire about it.