Construction of a new Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Lahore
Scope & Content:
pp 737-71. Correspondence regarding the construction and proposed establishment of the new asylum, including plans and elevations, plus conference proceedings and statements showing the comparative cost of a new asylum against the cost of modifications to existing arrangements.
Proposed appointment of a Scientific Commission to investigate the causes and cure of malaria and the deputation to India of Dr C W Daniels to aid in the investigation
pp 807-21. Letter from Ronald Ross regarding his research into malaria, his conclusion that it is "communicated by the bites of some species of mosquito", and the need "to find precisely a) What species of Indian mosquitoes do and do not carry human malaria; b) What are the habits of the dangero...
Appointment of temporary medical practitioners in England for plague duty in India
Scope & Content:
pp 97-109. Note by the Director General of the Indian Medical Service, regarding the difficulties in obtaining medical practitioners for plague duty; plus copy telegrams from the various Presidencies and Provinces providing details of their respective plague establishments.