Report on the progress of vaccination in the Bengal Presidency
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Favourable report by Dr William Russell on the progress of vaccination in the Bengal Presidency in the year 1813 - vaccination work by Surgeon Bernard Reilly in Fatehgarh and by the Reverend Felix Carey at Rangoon.
Proposed establishment of a Fever Hospital at Calcutta, Vol 1
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Proposed establishment of a Fever Hospital at Calcutta, Vol 1 (includes, on pp 15-39, a copy of Dr James Ranald Martin's 'Topographical Notes on the state of Calcutta and its Suburbs')
This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the thirtieth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: t...
Measures to improve vaccination diffusion in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
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Correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors by the Government of Bengal, regarding measures to improve vaccination uptake throughout the Lower Provinces. Discusses the opinion of the Bengal Medical Board that legislation prohibiting inoculation [variolation] should not be enacted until an...
Arrangements for taking meterorological observations in India
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Correspondence regarding the proposals by Major General Sir J F Burgoyne, that a series of meteorological observations be made across the principal stations for European Troops and sanitorial stations across India. Involves discussion over the locations to be included, necessary equipment, and w...
This item consists of two copies of letters by the Government of Bombay and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Thompson’s letter explains the role played by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the battle of Ash Kara [Ash Sharqiyah, during the Bani Bu Ali e...
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the fifth in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89997, 89998, 89999, 90...
