REPORT OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SLEEPING SICKNESS, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SLEEPING SICKNESS

t.p.+26; t.p.+330+ orig.fr.wraps bound in back to back (sm.hole lower second); ex-University of London but only their heraldic plate fr.pastedown over-stamped 'withdrawn' and sm.round black stamps verso 1st t.p. and bottom final page, first t.p. a little dust-marked and sl.dirty in places but sound bar tiny nick centre fore-edge, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked. Dark purple cloth covers clean and minimally worn, fading across top back (3 cm. wide strip) and sp., bottom sp. rubbed, gilt-lettering, lib.logo and date to sp. Focused on sleeping sickness problem in East Africa, including the nature of the difference between Ugandan and Nyasland/Rhodesian varieties, whether wild animals can be reservoir for the disease, methods of control and entomology of tsetse flies. One influential authority was Sir David Bruce who drew up memoranda and gave evidence. As with all such reports it is the oral evidence which is especially interesting, often for reasons unrelated to the matter in hand. Some additional postage may be required given size.…