Reports on the great mortality from fever in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, and the measures taken to address it
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pp 167-213. Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh forward reports [pp 169-198] received from local administrations and medical officers throughout the region regarding the morbidity and mortality from malarial fevers, and the use and distribution of quinine and cinchona febrifuge. ...
pp 233-53. The Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts, compiles and forwards details of the enquiries into the returns of mortality in Berar for 1878, conducted by Assistant and Deputy Commissioners throughout Berar. The reports include census information and mortality tables, and details o...
Remarks on the implementation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
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pp 263-65. Copy circular from the Ottoman Health Department to its Agents regarding the application of the pilgrim traffic rules, plus comments thereon from E D Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health. The Secretary of State requests the opinion of the Government of India.
Proposed International Sanitary Conference to be held at Washington, United States
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pp 353-58. Correspondence regarding the plans for the 5th International Sanitary Conference (1881), to take place in Washington, specifically regarding proposals to establish a system of notification as to the sanitary condition of ports and vessels. Government of India decide not to send a deleg...