Note on the Lock Hospital Reports for the several Governments and Administrations of the Bengal Presidency [Bengal, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Punjab, Central Provinces, Native States, Burma] for 1877
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pp 719-37. Note by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, plus Resolution thereon by the Government of India.
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with Bengal for 1876
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pp 437-52. Report by Sanitary Commissioner Coates, detailing: 1) vital statistics; 2) history of chief diseases of the year; 3) meteorology; 4) food supply; 5) personal proceedings; 6) sanitary progress. Plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Deputation of a Muslim doctor to Mecca to report on the sanitary condition of that place during the pilgrimage
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pp 767-72. Correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the Indian Medical Department, discussing arrangements and the details to be reported. Assistant Surgeon Abdoor Razzack [Abdur-Razzack], previously stationed at the Mayo Hospital, Calcutta, is selected.
Remarks on the Annual Report of the Hyderabad Assigned Districts for 1877, and on the report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Berar for 1876
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pp 501-15. Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Berar for 1876, in particular regarding bowel complaints, cholera, smallpox and vaccination; plus Resolution thereon by the Government of India.
Reports and correspondence on the plague in Baghdad and other places in Turkish Arabia
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pp 09-45. Extensive collection of reports and correspondence forwarded to the Government of India regarding the plague outbreaks in Baghdad and Hillah, and efforts taken to prevent its spread through the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia. Discussing shipping regulations; the efficacy of quarantin...