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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
- 74 - Material on Sierra Leone mostly relating to a letter written by William Thomas Prout to the editor of the British Medical Journal on the extermination of mosquitoes in Sierra Leone and the controversy surrounding his claims including a meeting of the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society, correspondence with the Colonial Office and letters from Matthew Logan Taylor who was employed as a research worker in Sierra Leone by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Ref No	GB 0809 Ross/74/24
Level	Item
Extent	2
Title	Letter from Charles Prestwood LLucas, the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office to Ross, with copy
Date	6/7/1903
Description	Says that ML Taylor had seen and agreed to Sir CA King-Harman's dispatch, with exception of the final paragraph and it was appreciative of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's work. The Malaria Committee of the Royal Society was consulted in connection with the proposal that a commission should investigate the success of the School's work and that WT Prout's derogatory comments were incidental so Ross has no charge to reply to. If Ross wishes to discuss the matter further he can make an appointment to see RL Antrobus at the Colonial Office.
AccessStatus	Open
Language	English

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