Dr. Guestasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the report of Dr. D. B. Wilson, of the malaria unit, Mashi, Tanganyika; and whether, in view of its conclusion that immunity is obtained from malaria by exposure to infection in infancy, he will submit this report to the Medical Research Committee for consideration and report?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, a copy of the report was sent direct from Tanganyika to the Medical Research Council, and copies have also been sent to the Permanent Mandates Commission at Geneva. I arranged for the report to be considered by the Colonial Advisory Medical Committee, and they have made certain comments, which have been com-2806W municated to the Tanganyika Government. In the circumstances I do not consider it necessary to submit the report formally to the Medical Research Council, as suggested by the hon. Member.