On the need for experienced staff at the Ophthalmic Institution
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Suggesting the expediency of not placing Surgeon Jeaffrison in charge of the Ophthalmic Institution until he has acquired some knowledge of the habits and customs of the natives and some experience in the general diseases in this climate.
Suggestions for providing a more nutritious diet on emigrant ships
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p 79. Secretary of State for India forwards communication suggesting that a meat ration be introduced into the diet on board emigrant ships. Includes extract of a letter from the Emigration Board regarding a voyage made by the Walmer Castle from Feb-May 1869, and the emaciated condition of emigra...
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
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pp 953-55. Communication received from the Government of Bengal, proposing new police powers to arrest women for breach of lock hospital rules, exempting themselves from medical examination, or engaging in prostitution without registration. Reply from the Government of India.
Revision of the Establishment of the Indian Medical Service
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pp 509-14. Copy communication from the Surgeon General of Madras, requesting that the Medical Establishment of Madras be extended in order to meet the demands made upon it; with correspondence thereon.
Proposal to create a class of Senior Hospital Assistants
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pp 135-70. Correspondence, including a tabulated statement of the names of Indian Civil Hospital Assistants serving in Assam and the appointments held by each, together with their pay and allowances.
Proposed improvements in the administration of Lunatic Asylums in India
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pp 127-49. Communication from the Government of India to the Presidency and Administration Governments, forwarding two reports on asylum administration in India by A Fraser and Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel C Warden, members of the recent Hemp Drugs Commission.
Re-use of apparatus for producing Röntgen's rays [x-rays]
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pp 301-29. Correspondence regarding the difficulties in operating the machinery in a humid climate, recommending alternative places for the machinery, or alternative uses.
System of rewarding hard-working and well-behaved patients in Lunatic Asylums
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pp 1379-95. Provincial and Presidency Government replies to the Government of India request that information be provided on any existing scheme to reward patients in asylums with monthly stipends for good behaviour.