Quarantine at Suez and proceedings of the Political Resident at Aden
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pp 49-50. Government of Bombay forward communication from the Political Resident at Aden regarding the information that the ports on the Arabian Coast of the Red Sea are considered by the Egyptian Government as infected, and that vessels arriving from such are subjected to ten days quarantine; al...
Communications between A C C De Renzy and J M Cuningham regarding theories of cholera aetiology
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pp 37-47. Comprising: Communication [dated Sep 1871, Kingstown, Ireland] from Surgeon Major A De Renzy, former Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of the Punjab, in reply to remarks made by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, concerning the Punjab Annual San...
pp 03-04. Report by J Fairweather, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, on an outbreak of cholera at Delhi. Provides daily admission and death statistics for 29 Nov-07 Dec 1871, and speculates on the cause and transmission of the cholera.
Comments of J M Cuningham on the cholera outbreak at Delhi during the end of 1871
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p 07. Cuningham comments on the report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, highlights the outbreaks at Dinapore, Benares and Lucknow, and cautions against drawing conclusions before the annual cholera statistics have been collated and examined.
Prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases into Netherlands India
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pp 25-27. Copy of a translated decree issued by the Governor General of Netherlands India, regarding measures to be adopted for the prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases. Ordered that the decree be reprinted in the Gazette of India.
Conveyance by rail of persons suffering from contagious diseases
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pp 09-16. Comprising: Memorandum by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, remarking on the views expressed by different Railway Companies in the Bengal Presidency regarding the draft rules. Cuningham considers each rule and the responses to them in sequence. Correspo...
Petition requesting amendment of the Native Passenger Ships and Steam Vessels Act (XII of 1870)
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pp 17-19. Petition received from Hajee Mahomed Seedick, and other ship-owners, requesting changes to Act XII of 1870, as it makes their shipping routes unprofitable and unable to compete with steamers, who are not bound by the restrictions on passenger space. Plus correspondence thereon from the ...