Collection of data as to the prevalence of cancer among different races in India; first annual report of the Cancer Research Fund
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pp 231-55. Correspondence requesting the assistance of the India Office in the investigation of cancer rates in India, plus details of the Cancer Research Fund; instructions for investigating cancer in Crown Colonies; sample data collection sheets and instructions for data collection.
Proposal to establish a central asylum for criminal lunatics either in the United or Central Provinces for the whole of India
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pp 283-97. Government of the Punjab forward copies of "The need for a special Criminal Asylum for India" and "Statistical Notes on Criminal Lunacy in the Punjab Asylum" by Captain C J Robertson Milne. Plus reply from the Government of India, rejecting the proposed scheme.
pp 167-75. Government of India forward copy proceedings and correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding the establishment of a quarantine station at Aden. Points covered include the pilgrim ship Otterburn [variously given as Otterburne]; enforcing the Native Passenger Ships Act; and the op...
Alleged excessive mortality from bowel complaints in Berar
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pp 97-103. Comprising: Report by R T Abbott, Sanitary Commissioner for the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, on his month-long investigation in the Buldana District. Includes sketch map showing his itinerary. Correspondence between R T Abbott and the First Assistant Resident at Hyderabad, including ...
Dr Waldemar Haffkine's scientific mission to India
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pp 85-87. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding communications from the Foreign Office and the Russian Ambassador to England regarding Waldemar Haffkine's research into cholera.
Deputation of Captain Robertson-Milne to research cerebro-spinal meningitis
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pp 279-84. Correspondence regarding the arrangements, and the Government of India's decision to conduct the researches into cerebro-spinal meningitis at the Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, as opposed to the Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay.
Special investigation into the nature and causation of the Burdwan and Houghly fevers
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Correspondence regarding the proposal by the Government of Bengal to institute an investigation into the Burdwan and Houghly fevers. Plus resolution of the Governor General in Council, deputising Surgeon David Wilkie to the investigation and ordering that he work in communication with Drs Lewis a...
Proposal of Captain Beyts for remedying existing evils in the Red Sea pilgrim traffic
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pp 57-58.Communication from the Government of India regarding the proposed supervisory establishment at Jeddah, and the existing regulations in the Native Passenger Ships Act.