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This plan is part of IOR/P/437/72. It portrays the British Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]. Annotations indicate the function of each room, and the parts of the Residency raised above the basement are shaded in red. Drawn by Lieutenant Oliver St John.
Annual Report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Central Provinces for the year 1868; plus Sanitary Report for the City of Lucknow
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pp 1403-45. Copies of the two reports; plus communication from the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, delaying his comments upon the reports until annual reports and statistics from Sanitary Commissioners with all the Local Governments and Administrations have been received.
Comments by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India on the dry-earth system of sewage
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p 803. Comments by J M Cunningham on the memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission on the dry-earth sewage system, recommending that Jubbulpore be selected as a location to test improvements, and calling for returns from Military stations such as Luknow, Allahabad, Meerut and Jubbulpore to show ...
Remarks on Dr Cutcliffe's Report on the condition of certain Districts in the Meerut Division
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pp 879-83. Remarks of J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, on the report submitted by Dr Cutliffe on the sanitary condition in Meerut [see related descriptions].
Suggestion by the Army Sanitary Commission for carrying out investigations into cholera prevention in certain marked endemic localities
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pp 887-89. Correspondence regarding a memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on the Report of the Madras Cholera Committee: Letter from J Murray, Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department, regarding the memorandum, the impact of sanitary improvement on cholera occurance, morb...
Sketch map of area affected by plague in Turkish Arabia
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This map is part of IOR/P/437/71. It portrays the site of an outbreak of plague in central Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], focused on several settlements south-east of Kerbela [Karbala]. The route that Doctor William Henry Colvill took through the area while investigating the outbreak is shown ...
Comments on the recommendations made by the Army Sanitary Commission for the trial of certain experiments connected with cholera
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pp 569-71. Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal explains his position on the recommendations, and the reasons why he does not think the experiments will be feasible or successful. Also discusses the sanitary condition of Bengal.
On the subject of Dr Stewart's proposed remodelling of the Vaccine Department, and the establishment of provincial dispensaries
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No. 24. Bengal Medical Board to the Governor General in Council, regarding the remodelling of the Vaccine Department and forwarding letter from the Superintendent General of Vaccination in Bengal. Includes communication from the Superintending Surgeon at Benares regarding the artificial dissemin...
Reports on the mortality from epidemic fever in the Southern Provinces and Madura, recommending the adoption of certain measures thereon
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pp 2005-13 Letter from the Medical Board, regarding investigations into "the prevailing mortality in the Southern Provinces at least in what regards Madura and its vicinity...", requesting that the Council authorise the adoption of sanitary measures. Enclosing: pp 2013-32 Copy report of Dr M Ch...
