§ MR. REESTo ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the grant-in-aid of £85,000 from the Imperial Exchequer to Uganda Protectorate in 1907–8 was expended on preventive measures taken against the spread of trypanosomiasis and syphilis; and how much of the like grant of £25,000 to Nyasaland was expended in preventing the spread of the former disease towards the latter Protectorate.
(Answered by Colonel Seely.) A sum of about £11,000 was provided in the Uganda Estimates for 1907–8 for the purpose of combating trypanosomiasis. An expert was sent out during the same year to report on the question of syphilis. His report has now been received and considered, and a sum of £2,000 has been inserted in the Estimates for the current year for the purpose of providing better and more systematic medical treatment for the natives who are suffering from 920 the disease. With regard to Nyasaland, efforts were directed during 1907–8 to ascertaining the distribution of trypanosomiasis in the countries bordering on the Protectorate and of the various kinds of tse-tse fly within the Protectorate. This information appears to be an essential preliminary to any proper scheme of prevention.