Proposal for compulsory vaccination in the City of Bombay
Scope & Content:
pp 337-41. Government of Bombay request the opinion of the Government of India on a proposed Bill for compulsory smallpox vaccination in Bombay. Opinion provided by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, and forwarded to the Home Department.
Captain Elliot's investigations into antidotes against snake poison
Scope & Content:
pp 457-75. Government of Madras forward a report by Captain R H Elliot, District Medical and Sanitary Officer, the Nilgiris. Provides details of Elliot's experiments with various snake venoms, the apparent protection afforded by bile, and the apparent immunity of the mongoose.
Re-organisation of the administration of lunatic asylums in India
Scope & Content:
pp 673-721. Correspondence, plus statements showing the proposed revision of establishments, and the proposed amalgamation of asylums at Dullunda, Patna and Berhampore into one Central Lunatic Asylum at Berhampore.
Reports of the Pasteur Institute at Kasuali; plus correspondence
Scope & Content:
pp 223-73. Copy of the First Annual Report of the Central Committee of the Pasteur Institute of India; the First Annual Report of the Pasteur Institute of India, Kasauli; plus correspondence regarding the secondment of an Officer of the Indian Medical Service to the Institute.
Arrangements for furnishing the Military Authorities with early information regarding cholera outbreaks
Scope & Content:
pp 867-70. Correspondence regarding measures to address the poor level of information regarding cholera cases amongst the civil and military population, including recommendations made by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India that daily cholera reports should be furnished from eac...
Dry-earth system of conservancy as carried out in the [Bengal] Presidency Jail
Scope & Content:
pp 231-35. Report of the system implemented by Dr Lynch at the Bengal Jail, by S C Mackenzie, Superintendent. Includes illustration of the "Pug Mill" in use, as proposed by Dr S C Mackenzie [page 233].
Bills of Health and Quarantine Rules for ships arriving in Aden
Scope & Content:
pp 127-29. Letter from the Government of Bombay to the Secretary of State for India, regardng the granting of Bills of Health to ships arriving at Aden from infected ports, without having received Bills of Health from the ports of departures and ports touched at en route; and the proposed establi...
Review of the Reports of the Local Sanitary Commissioners for 1870
Scope & Content:
pp 163-78. Report submitted by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, commenting on vital statistics; the history of the chief diseases; the meteorology of the year; the food supply; the personal proceedings of the Sanitary Commissioners; sanitary progress.
