The Bombay Government decide not to make the practice of vaccination against smallpox compulsory - (includes returns of persons vaccinated in the Bombay Presidency between 1 Apr 1814 and 31 Mar 1815, pp 9 and 12-13).
Regarding the issuance of medicines from dispensaries; and legislation for chemists
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Free issue of medicines from the Company's dispensaries prohibited; in favour of a legislative enactment to prevent unqualified persons from practising as chemists and druggists in Madras.
Measures to improve vaccination diffusion in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
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Correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors by the Government of Bengal, regarding measures to improve vaccination uptake throughout the Lower Provinces. Discusses the opinion of the Bengal Medical Board that legislation prohibiting inoculation [variolation] should not be enacted until an...
