Question of the postponement for the present of legislation for the compulsory segregation of lepers in asylums
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pp 35-42. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India, regarding the decision to postpone legislation until the Leprosy Commission have completed their enquiry.
UK Council of Medical Education seek comments from Indian medical authorities upon the Indian Addendum to the British Pharmacopoeia of 1898
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pp 371-405. Secretary of State circulates copy letter from the General Medical Council requesting comments, plus enclosed copy of the General Medical Council 'Report from the Pharmacopoeia Committee on the proposed Indian and colonial addendum to the British Pharmacopoeia of 1898, with suggestion...
Prevalence of Jigger-flea [Tunga] in Africa, and suggestions for the treatment of, and precautions against, this pest
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pp 261-73. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding reports received from Mozambique, the Somali Coast Protectorate, Beira, and Zanzibar regarding the Jigger-flea [Tunga or pulex penetrans].
Proposal to prepare a list of medical practitioners residing in Bengal who are possessed of genuine medical qualifications in the European system of medicine
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pp 71-87. Government of Bengal forward details of the proposal, plus a sample list of names.
Remarks on the Lunatic Asylums Reports for the year 1898; discussion of the confinement of patients in solitary cells in the asylum at Agra
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pp 187-237. Remarks and resolutions of the various Presidency and Provincial Governments on the annual reports for asylums within their jurisdiction; plus note by the Director General, Indian Medical Service, on the working of Indian asylums for the year 1898.
Supply to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund of data regarding the occurrence of cancer in natives of India
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pp 321-37. Government of India forward memo by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund requesting that cancer specimens and related data be sent to London; plus correspondence regarding the transmission of specimens, and the supply of adequate packaging.