Memorandum on the dry-earth system of sewage by the War Office, Sanitary Commission
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pp 717-24. Copy report Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on a "Report and Order of the Madras Government upon the Dry-eath System of Sewage in the Madras Presidency".
Reports from the Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, and the Sanitary Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar, touching on the several questions of sanitation
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pp 729-61. Reports in reply to the enquiry of the Secretary of State into the progress of measures for sanitation in India [see related descriptions].
Arrangements made for affording Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health, Constantinople, information as to the state of Public Health in India
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pp 767-69. Request that regular sanitary reports from the Bombay Presidency be submitted to the Board of Health, Constantinople, principally in regard to its arrangements for the prevention of cholera among pilgrims travelling to Mecca, and the regular journeys between Bombay, the Red Sea and the...
Quarantine to be performed by all vessels arriving at Turkish Ports unprovided with a Bill of Health
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p 47. Communication from the Consul and British Agent at Jeddah, stating that the fine hitherto inflicted on vessels arriving at Turkish Ports without a Bill of Health has been abolished, and that in lieu all future vessels without such a document will be obliged to be held in quarantine.
Progress made in sanitary improvements and in Military sanitation in India
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pp 59-420. Extensive collection of reports, correspondence and statistics, comprising: pp 59-61 Secretary of State for India requests information on the progress made towards: implementation of the "Suggestions in regards to Sanitary Works required for improving Indian Stations" (1864) arrangem...
Process for deodorizing and utilizing the refuse and filth of large towns and cantonments
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pp 549-51. Correspondence regarding the experiment for the disposal and utilization of night-soil from Alipore Jail and at Darjeeling according to W R Gilbert Hickey's plan of carbonization; including description of the proposed apparatus and method, and comments by Dr Fawcus detailing the result...
Prevalence of cholera in the Chudderghât Bazaar, and the measures adopted to check its progress
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pp 555-61. Reports forwarded by Captain W Tweedie, Officiating First Assistant Resident, Hyderabad, regarding the cholera outbreak and measures to check its progress, including graph charting the number of cholera cases and mortality [p 558].
Sanitary Reports on Bareilly and on certain Districts in the Meerut Division
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pp 563-675. R Simson, Secretary to the Government of the North-Western Provinces, forwards the following: Instructions circulated for the sanitation and conservancy of villages pp 564-66. Report upon the sanitary state of the city of Bareilly and the public institutions in its neighbourhood, by ...