Measures taken to combat the spread of the cholera epidemic which raged in Calcutta and other parts of the Lower Provinces - advance of the disease westwards (includes mortality statistics, pp 176-79, 206-26, 248)
Correspondence regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bengal Presidency
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Correspondence regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bengal Presidency - expenses incurred in procuring medicines and employing native doctors etc. (includes returns of patients, pp 19-22, 44)
Report of the Bengal Medical Board on the administration of the lunatic asylums at Dacca [Dhaka], Murshidabad, Patna, Benares [Varanasi], Bareilly and Rasapagla
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Report of the Bengal Medical Board on the administration of the lunatic asylums at Dacca, Murshidabad, Patna, Benares, Bareilly and Rasapagla - suggested reforms - the allowance of the Superintending Surgeons is increased from 100 to 200 rupees 'per mensem', etc. (includes returns of patients, pp...
Papers regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bombay Presidency - measures taken to control the spread of the disease, etc. (includes mortality statistics for Bombay Island, pp 71, 73, 105-06)
Certain European soldiers of proven sobriety are allowed to receive a sum of money in lieu of their liquor ration to discourage them from selling their ration to less temperate colleagues.
Trial and conviction of several natives of the Northern Konkan for murdering persons deemed to be sorcerers and responsible for the recent cholera outbreak - they are subsequently all pardoned with the exception of one who is transported to Penang for life.