§ Mr. Lipsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been drawn to the report by the Ross Institute 203W that conditions in Malaya, with regard to malarial control, have reverted to those of 25 years ago; and what action is being taken or contemplated by the Government of Malaya to remedy this.
§ Mr. Georģe Hall:Yes, Sir. I have seen this report. The Military Administration fully appreciate the serious effects of Japanese neglect and within the limitations of manpower, supplies and trans port, they pushed on with the restoration of malaria control in the larger centres of population. The Advisory Malaria Board has been reconstituted and it is the intention of the civil medical authorities, who have now taken over, to press forward not only with emergency measures of oiling and the distribution of drugs but also with the reconstruction of the anti-malarial works which did so much to reduce the incidence of malaria in prewar Malaya.