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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
146 - Letters and press cuttings relating to Ross and on a variety of subjects, arranged by year
06 - 1904 letters and press cuttings
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/146/06/36
Level
Item
Title
Letter from William Henry Williams Strachan, Principal Medical Officer, Lagos
Date
15/3/1904
Description
Strachan says that he is back "in harness again", he has found a letter from Ross to Sir W MacGregor in which Ross commends MacGregor's "syllabus" for mosquito control and that this was based on his ideas. He adds that he hopes that MacGregor's new appointment will be somewhere with a better climate and says that the general manager of of the railway does not believe that any man at the railway uses mosquito proof rooms. Finally he says that he brought out electric fans from England but as yet has no electric power in his house.
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Open
Language
English
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