Report by Assistant Surgeon Abdur Ruzzack [Abdur Razzack] on the sanitary condition of pilgrims at Mecca
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pp 469-534. Report submitted by Abur Razzack detailing his journey from Bombay to Mecca as a pilgrim undertaking the Hadj, plus correspondence thereon received from the Foreign Office, the Under Secretary of State for India; a report by Dr E Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Co...
Rules for medical inspection of vessels and for quarantine, Port of Calcutta
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pp 551-54. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India regarding modifications to the medical inspection and quarantine rules, appropriate to the unique circumstances at the port of Calcutta.
Interpretation of the term "between decks", as found in the Native Passenger Ships Act; case of the S. S. Madras
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pp 555-61. Correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Government of India regarding the case of the S. S. Madras, arrived at Aden from Singapore and Penang in Oct 1878, and considered by the Resident at Aden to be overcrowded. Discussion of the interpretation of the phrase "between d...
Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on Volumes III and IV of Dr Bryden's reports on the statistical history of the European Army in India and of the Native Army and Jail population in Bengal
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
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pp 953-55. Communication received from the Government of Bengal, proposing new police powers to arrest women for breach of lock hospital rules, exempting themselves from medical examination, or engaging in prostitution without registration. Reply from the Government of India.