Papers regarding the administration of the convalescent depôt at Landour
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Includes favourable report by the Special Medical Committee, and return of patients for the year 1829, noting illnesses and subsequent progress, pp 48-49.
Reports regarding the possibility of locating a convalescent depôt in Darjeeling
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Favourable reports by Captain James Dowling Herbert and James William Grant on Darjeeling as a possible site for a convalescent depôt (Herbert's published report appears at the beginning of the collection, Grant's memorandum is on pp 13-24)
Suggestion of the Bengal Medical Board that the experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji should be used only by Eurasian and native insane patients and not by Europeans; includes report of Assistant Surgeon William Rhodes (pp 7-18).
Reports and observations on the Convalescent Station at Mahabaleshwar by Surgeons David Craw, James Walker, James Murray, and Robert Eckford
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Includes monthly meteorological returns for Nov 1828-Sep 1829, pp 38-76, also returns of patients with remarks on progress etc, pp 90-115, 179-85, 203.
Unsuccessful attempt by the Bengal Government to persuade the Bombay Government to abolish Lock Hospitals throughout the Bombay Presidency (includes the observations of William Augustus Burke, Inspector General of Hospitals of H.M. Forces in India, pp 71-83, and returns showing the prevalence of ...