Overcrowding of the S. S. Jeddah carrying pilgrims from Singapore and arriving at Aden
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pp 47-55. Copy correspondence between the Governments of Bombay and India, and the Political Resident and Port Officer at Aden, regarding the apparent overcrowding of the Jeddah; issued a certificate at Singapore for 1,000 passengers, but assessed at Aden as only being licensed to carry 600. In...
The best means of acquiring powers for the Government of India to undertake the duty - declined by the Board of Trade - of punishing breaches of section 230 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, which requires certain ships to carry Medical Practitioners
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pp 27-32. Copy correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the Board of Trade (Marine Department) regarding recent cases brought under the Act, regarding the vessels Potomac, Arago, and the pilgrim vessel the S. S. Clan Gordon. The Government of Bengal raise concerns over the no...
Proposed measures for discouraging the movement of pilgrims from districts in which cholera prevails, to fairs or other large gatherings
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pp 337-38. Correspondence between the Government of India and the government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh regarding the proposed use of non-coercive measures to discourage pilgrims from cholera-stricken areas.
Proposed measures for restricting the free movement of pilgrims in an effort to prevent the spread of cholera
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pp 263-66. Proposal received from the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, asking for permission to restrict movement during cholera outbreaks. Response thereon from the Government of India, referencing the report of the Land Quarantine Commission and the opinion of the Sanitary Co...
Imposition of quarantine at Aden and elsewhere in consequence of the outbreak of plague in Mesopotamia [Iraq]
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pp 101-29. Copy correspondence and telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague in Mesopotamia, and actions taken by the Government of India in response. Includes communications received from the Government of Bombay; Brigadier-General F A E Loch, Political Resident, Aden; C A Cookson, Consul at E...
Remarks regarding suggestions made by E D Dickson on the promulgation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
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pp 89-100. Communications received from the Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Burma, regarding suggestions made by E Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health, viz: 1) that pilgrim ships be supplied with hand pumps for supplying sea water to pilgrims; 2) that no la...