Akyab Sanitary Inspection Report and Report on Cholera Outbreak
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pp 1341-65. Reports by the Sanitary Commissioner for British Burmah, including discussion on the aetiology of cholera, with remarks on the low-infection rate amongst the Chinese community, which they attribute to drinking tea instead of un-boiled water. Plus comments by Colonel Sir A Phayre, Beng...
Arrangements for carrying out the orders of the Home Government in regard to the inquiry into cholera in India and the system of recording such cases
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pp 1367-73. Correspondence between the Governments of India and Madras, plus copy Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on papers relating to cholera in the North-Western Provinces of India in 1867, and proposed enquiry into the causes of cholera generally in that country. Also contains extr...
Proposed arrangements for furnishing the military authorities with timely information in regard to the outbreak of cholera
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pp 503-14. Correspondence regarding the proposal by J M Cunningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, that daily returns of cholera cases and mortality be furnished to military authorities in the event of an outbreak.
Results of experiments made in Oudh to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 925-30. Register of observations for May 1870, recording mean distance of sub-soil water level from ground; temperature of soil below the surface; wind direction; rainfall; and number of reported cholera cases.
Remarks by the Sanitary Commissioner on the report into the cholera outbreak at Umritsur [Amritsar] during 1869
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pp 893-94. Remarks by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, recommending that the proposed system of under-ground pipes for drainage and sewerage be experimentally trialled in a portion of the city; and commenting on the differing opinions of Dr DeRenzy and Bryden on ...
Rules regarding the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera among British troops
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pp 897-916. Copy rules and appendices, comprising: Section I. Precautions necessary in anticipation of the appearance of cholera. Section II. Measures to be adopted on appearance of cholera. Section III. Other points requiring the special attention of medical officers. Section IV. Responsibility ...
Maps illustrating the Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the outbreak of cholera at Umritsur [Amritsur] in 1869
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pp 931-35. Copies of two maps from 27 which initially illustrated the report of the Committee: 1. General map, showing the prevalence of cholera in Umritsur, and 2. Plan of Umritsur City, showing contour levels. Orders thereon that the two be lithographed, coloured, and distributed in the same ma...
