Correspondence regarding the arrangements for vaccination in military cantonments
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Includes abstracts of replies to the Quarter Master General's circular regarding the arrangements for vaccination of non-military persons, European and Native, residing in the cantonments, plus a list of Sanitary Commissioner J M Cunningham's general principles for vaccination arrangements.
Effects of artificial respiration on animals subjected to snake-poisoning
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Despatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Dr J Fayrer, regarding the work of the Committee on the effects of artificial respiration, and recommending ways in which mortality from snake-bite might be reduced.
Proposed alterations to the forms for recording vital statistics
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pp 157-61. Copy of draft forms submitted by R T Abbott, Sanitary Commissioner with the Hyderabad Assigned Districts; plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Proposal for the amalgamation of the Sanitary and Vaccine Departments
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pp 55-88. Comments on the proposals by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India to amalgamate the Sanitary and Vaccine Departments, received from: the Chief Commissioner of Oudh; the Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department; the Governments of the Punjab, North-Wes...
Proposal for compulsory vaccination in the City of Bombay
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pp 337-41. Government of Bombay request the opinion of the Government of India on a proposed Bill for compulsory smallpox vaccination in Bombay. Opinion provided by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, and forwarded to the Home Department.
Captain Elliot's investigations into antidotes against snake poison
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pp 457-75. Government of Madras forward a report by Captain R H Elliot, District Medical and Sanitary Officer, the Nilgiris. Provides details of Elliot's experiments with various snake venoms, the apparent protection afforded by bile, and the apparent immunity of the mongoose.
Re-organisation of the administration of lunatic asylums in India
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pp 673-721. Correspondence, plus statements showing the proposed revision of establishments, and the proposed amalgamation of asylums at Dullunda, Patna and Berhampore into one Central Lunatic Asylum at Berhampore.
Reports of the Pasteur Institute at Kasuali; plus correspondence
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pp 223-73. Copy of the First Annual Report of the Central Committee of the Pasteur Institute of India; the First Annual Report of the Pasteur Institute of India, Kasauli; plus correspondence regarding the secondment of an Officer of the Indian Medical Service to the Institute.
Dry-earth system of conservancy as carried out in the [Bengal] Presidency Jail
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pp 231-35. Report of the system implemented by Dr Lynch at the Bengal Jail, by S C Mackenzie, Superintendent. Includes illustration of the "Pug Mill" in use, as proposed by Dr S C Mackenzie [page 233].