p 489. Telegram received from C Vivian, Cairo, reporting on a meeting of the Egyptian Board of Health regarding quarantine arrangements at Egyptian ports.
p 375. Telegram received from Bombay: "Nixon telegraphs - Baghdad 12th. Ottoman Board of Health have this day abolished quarantine in Turkish Arabia. Inform Government of India."
pp 561-64. Government of India forward previous telegrams and correspondence regarding cholera outbreaks along the river Indus and the suggested establishment of a quarantine at Attock, Punjab, and draw attention to the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera and smallpox.
Quarantine prescribed for vessels arriving in Egypt from a suspected port
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p 677. The Consul-General at Cairo forwards copy telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, advising that vessels arriving without a bill of health or surgeon on board will be subjected to a three day quarantine observation.
pp 377-87. Colonel J P Nixon, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, forwards reports received from Surgeon Major W H Colvill, Civil Surgeon at Baghdad, plus memoranda of proceedings of the Board of Health at Teheran [Tehran], submitted by Sir Joseph R L Dickson. The reports include details about the...
Anticipated imposition of quarantine in the Red Sea on account of alleged prevalence of cholera at Madras
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pp 215-23. Secretary of State forwards copy correspondence regarding the imposition of quarantine by the Egyptian Sanitary Board on ships proceeding from Madras, due to suspected epidemic cholera. Alternative arrangements for mail steamers are discussed, including the possibility of sending steam...
Quarantine rules drawn up for Bombay; quarantine at Aden, Kurrachee and Bombay
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pp 173-97. Papers received by the Government of India regarding the quarantine rules proposed by the Government of Bombay under Act I of 1870 [copy draft included]; plus communications received regarding the outbreak of plague in the Persian Gulf, the quarantine imposed by the Egyptian Sanitary ...
Establishment of a quarantine station at Bassidore [Bāsa'īdū]
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pp 75-84. Correspondence and copy telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf; quarantine measures adopted by the Egyptian Sanitary Board; initial plans for temporarily moving the Bushire Residency to Bassidore and establishing a quarantine; the trade of...
Report of the Land Quarantine Committee regarding rules to be observed on the outbreak of smallpox and cholera in Cantonments
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pp 971-1025. Gore Ouseley, President of the Land Quarantine Committee, forwards the report on the question of land quarantine as a protection against cholera in India, comprising: seriatim result of enquiries and deliberations; copy of the evidence presented by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commission...
Outbreak of plague in Turkish Arabia and the quarantine arrangements which have been made for preventing the spread of the disease
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pp 153-71. Copy communications forwarded to the Home Department regarding the outbreak of plague at Baghdad, Tehran, along the Euphrates and the Tigris, quarantine arrangements and other measures - disinfection, destruction of woollen goods - taken to prevent its spread. Includes reports and te...
