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.
Proposal for the compulsory attendance of cholera patients at designated cholera hospitals
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p 03. Government of India reject proposal to force all persons attacked by cholera to enter a designated cholera hospital, but acknowledge the value of such institutions for voluntary attendance.
Mortality from cholera and other diseases in the town of Calcutta
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pp 89-91. Communication from J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding mortality in Calcutta during the period 1841-1860 and 1865-1870. Discusses the impact of sanitary reforms, and Surgeon H M Macpherson's booklet On the mortality of Calcutta during the 20 year...
Review of the Local Sanitary Commissioner reports for 1869
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pp 97-126. Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India reviews the reports submitted by local Sanitary Commissioners in Berar, the Punjab, Oudh, Burmah, Bengal, the North-Western Provinces, and the Central Provinces. Includes discussion of: I. Vital Statistics; II. The history of each of t...
Report on the outbreak of cholera to the north of Allahabad City, North-Western Provinces
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pp 181-86. Report by C Planck, Sanitary Commissioner with the North-Western Provinces, regarding the rise, progress, and extent of the cholera outbreak. Includes mortality and outbreak statistics. Plus remarks thereon by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.
Special cholera enquiry in the Jabalpur [Jubbulpore] District
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pp 103-05. S C Townsend, Sanitary Commissioner with the Central Provinces, forwards sample forms for recording returns of sickness and mortality in regiments; cases of cholera reported at station-houses and outposts; and nominal registers of deaths. Plus request that Dr Edis [Medical Officer appo...