§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will give comparative figures for the incidence of amoebic dysentery in Kenya Colony in 1936 and 1946; and whether he is satisfied that everything practicable is being done to counter this widespread disease.
Mr. Creech JonesAmoebic dysentery is a notifiable disease in Nairobi only and no figures exist of its incidence in the Colony generally. There are, however, no grounds for believing that the disease is now more prevalent than it was in 1936. Active counter measures against it include publicity in both urban and rural areas of the means of combating the disease, increasing attention to other preventative measures such as improved sanitation, the extension of safe water supplies throughout the Colony, the more hygienic production and handling of foodstuffs and the use of the new D.D.T. insecticides to reduce fly incidence.