Transmission to the India Office for the use of the Government of Jamaica of copies of the Annual Reports of the Governments of Madras and Bengal on the cultivation of Cinchona and the manufacture of the Febrifuge
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pp 487-91. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding copy letter from the Governor of Jamaica, with accompaniments.
Reports on the results of experiments made with a view to testing Dr Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injections of strychnine
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pp 1019-1179. Detailed reports submitted by Medical Officers throughout India, on the trials of Dr Mueller's method of using strychnine to treat the victims of snake-bite. Reports contain detailed case studies for named patients. Plus copy of D D Cunningham, Report on the Results of Experiments...
Continued employment of Captain S P James for a further period of one year to investigate the subject of malaria at Mian Mir
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pp 427-36. Correspondence regarding the investigation of the Royal Society Malaria Committee into possible measures to eradicate mosquitoes and prevent malaria. It is agreed that James should make further observations during the cold season.
Regarding Dr H Vandyke Carter's report on leprosy in Norway
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Correspondence regarding Vandyke Carter's observations on the treatment of leprosy in Norway, and his comments on its applicability to the situation in India; and concerning his forthcoming report into the nature of the disease. Plus resolution of the Government of India regarding Carter's sugg...
Reports on the endemic skin diseases of India, received from the Punjab
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Despatch to the Secretary of State, transmitting further reports on the endemic skin diseases of India, in response to the circular by Drs Tilbury Fox and Farquhar. Contains statistics and detailed case studies for skin diseases in the Punjab, principally: Ainhum; Burmese Ring-worm; Chloasma; ...
Quarantine arrangements for vessels arriving at Suez from ports affected with plague
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pp 289-324. The Secretary of State forwards for the information of the Government of India correspondence and reports regarding: the outbreak of plague in Baghdad and Benghazi; the meetings of the Egyptian Board of Health and Special Commission to the [Constantinople] Superior Council of Health;...
Request from the Government of the Punjab regarding the forms prescribed by the Government of India for the collection of vital statistics
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pp 07-10. A C DeRenzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, submits register of deaths during the month of September 1870, and requests that the Punjab administration be allowed to postpone the introduction of the new registration system.