Proposal to place Surgeon Major Ronald Ross on special duty to investigate the truth of Dr Patrick Manson's theory of the transmission of the infection of malaria by means of the mosquito
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pp 259-63. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding copy letter from Ross requesting to be placed on special duty, plus orders thereon from the Government of India.
Transmission of reports by Major R Ross to Deputy Surgeon General Charles
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p 725. Ross informs the Government of India that he has already supplied Dr Charles with reports and information to pass on to Italian malaria researchers.
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...
Organisation by private enterprise of agencies for the destruction of mosquitoes in India
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pp 1645-55. Government of India circulates copies of letters received from Ronald Ross regarding proposed 'mosquito brigades' for India, plus copy letter from C W Daniels of the London School of Tropical Medicine, reporting on the anti-mosquito work conducted in Sierra Leone.
Organisation of measures in the Bombay Presidency and the Punjab for the prevention of the spread of malaria by mosquitoes
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pp 301-16. Letters received from Ronald Ross regarding arrangements for the destruction of mosquitoes and prevention of malaria in India, plus correspondence between the Governments of India and Bombay regarding the formation of mosquito brigades, financial arrangements, and recommeded irrigation...
Malaria investigations and preventative measures: reports and recommendations
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pp 1281-1333. Secretary of State forwards the following reports and correspondence to the Governer-General of India in Council: Circular by Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), Colonial Secretary, regarding tropical medicine; the establishment of training schools in tropical medicine; the funding fo...
Communications received from Major Ronald Ross regarding the prevention of malaria in India by the destruction of the anopheles mosquito
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pp 853-77. Reports received from Ronald Ross, criticising the anti-malarial operations conducted at Mian Mir, and proposing additional measures to reduce the numbers of anopheles mosquitoes. Comprising reports by Ross: the Prevention of Malaria in India; the Anti-Malaria Experiment at Mian Mir; ...