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Proposal for the collection of vital statistics of the general population throughout British India on a uniform system
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pp 15-62e. Resolution passed by the Government of India, issuing forms for the recording of vital statistics to be used throughout India; with preceding correspondence thereon, and sample forms.
Outbreak of cholera in the district round Bagdad [Baghdad], and the precautions respecting pilgrims which have been taken in consequence
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p 609. Report received from the Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, reporting a cholera outbreak amongst troops stationed at Divanié, a town on the Euphrates near Bagdad. Ordered that pilgrims heading to Mecca not be allowed to proceed there until 15 days have elapsed since the last case of chol...
(2969-73) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 20 Oct 1789, quoting Hugh Hunter’s account of cochineal insects transported from Barbados to Bristol in 1760 by being attached to living plants. Requests that Court of Directors in London be informed of this method of transportation. ...
Madras Medical Board submit letter from Abbé Jean Antoine Dubois [of the Catholic Mission] regarding his work introducing vaccination to Mysore, and requesting the support of the local administration in furthering vaccination. Additional letter in support from William Horsman. Order that the cor...
Observations on the progress of cholera at Jessore and Allahabad during 1817-18
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Assistant Surgeon Tytler's observations on the progress of the dreadful disease which prevailed at Jessore and Allahabad during the years 1817 and 1818.
Proposal for lectures on chemistry and materia medica for students at the Hindu College
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Superintendent of the new medical college proposes that provision be made for lectures on chemistry and materia medica for students of the Hindu College. O'Shaughnessy's proposed plan of medical instruction.
Papers on the subject of bowstring flax, and the Hindu method of making sugar
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Madras Public Consultations, May 1794: [pp 1435-1437] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Robert Clerk, Civil Secretary, Fort St George, dated Samulcotah [Samalkota] 1st February 1793, on the subject of East Indian bowstring flax, and enclosing the following papers. [pp 1437-1461] An account ...
Investigation into the death of a public officer at the Madras Dispensary
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Results of the investigation into the cause of the mistake at the Dispensary which occasioned the death of a public officer; and measures adopted to restore the confidence of the public in the management of the institution.
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
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Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...