§ Colonel A. McDONNELLasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) the total cost of medical research work carried out in our Crown Colonies and Protectorates for the years 1901 and 1924, respectively;
(2) the total cost of the administration of medical and sanitary services in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates for the years 1901 and 1924, respectively;
(3) the total expenditure on salaries of medical officers and on salaries of medical staffs, other than doctors, in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates for the years 1901 and 1924, respectively?
§ Mr. AMERYAs my hon. and gallant Friend is aware, the expenditure in question is provided separately in the Budget of each Colony or Protectorate. The process of ascertaining and verifying the figures will involve a great deal of labour, and would not, in view of the additions made to the territories administered by this Department, give a satisfactory standard of comparison. I suggest that it will be sufficient for his purpose if I give him the figures, as far as they can now be ascertained, of the amounts provided for the years 1901 and 1924 for Trinidad, Hong Kong and the Gold Coast, respectively, as representing 53W three of the four important divisions of the Colonial Empire. The fourth, East Africa, was not administered by the Colonial Office in 1901.
My hon. and gallant Friend will understand that in 1901 the expenditure on medical research was not distinguished from other medical expenditure, and it is still the case that a good deal of the research which is done is not, as a rule, separately provided for.
— 1901. 1924. Trinidad: £ £ Staff, Medical Men 18,926 30,034 Others 17,261 40,013 Research Nil. Nil. Total cost of administration of medical and sanitary services. 76,947 152,781 Hong Kong: $ $ Staff, Medical Men 30,155 170,246 Others 96,719 642,652 Research Nil. 59,341* Total cost of administration of medical and sanitary services. 283,127 1,273,640 (1923–24). Gold Coast: £ £ Staff, Medical Men 15,708 63,165 Others 5,072 51,780 Research Nil. 7,348 Total cost of administration of medical and sanitary services. 30,298 236,506 * Bacteriological Department and Government Laboratory.