Extension of Monegar Choultry; construction of leper hospital
Scope & Content:
The Managers of the Monegar Choultry are authorised to rebuild and enlarge the hospital attached to it - sanction is given for the erection of a separate Leper Hospital.
Two people with leprosy buried alive at Chirka and Dassa
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding Kathiawar (Vol 37) - burial alive of two native lepers, one at the village of Chirka in Oct 1837, the other at the village of Dassa in Mar 1838 - proceedings of the official enquiries into both crimes.
Investigation into the killing of a woman with leprosy
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding Kathiawar (Vol 38) - case of the decapitation, on or about 18 Mar 1838 in the village of Pansana, Bhilka Taluka, of a woman called Jiwi, by Sompuri Rupuri, a religious mendicant - proceedings of the initial enquiry
Surgeon of the Native Infirmary submits a tabular statement exhibiting the number of Indo-Britons affected with leprosy; total admissions to the leper hospital, distinguishing Indo-Britons from native patients.
Overcrowding of Madras Native Infirmary with female patients suffering from leprosy and veneral diseases
Scope & Content:
Letter from James Lawder, surgeon in charge of the Native Infirmary, regarding the extremely crowded state of the hospital in consequence of the number of native female patients who are affected with venereal complaints and leprosy.
Recommendations for new leprosy and smallpox wards in Calicut
Scope & Content:
Collector of Malabar recommends the immediate construction of a ward for smallpox, with a leper ward attached, on the beach north of the town of Calicut.