Proposal of the Government of Bengal for the appointment of a special skilled enquirer, in order that he might proceed immediately on an outbreak of cholera occuring in any large jail, and investigate its history thoroughly
Observations by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India on the system proposed by the Army Sanitary Commission for recording births, deaths and marriages in India
Suggestions of the Army Sanitary Commission for the trial of certain experiments connected with Cholera
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pp 101-44. Government of Bengal to the Government of India, reporting that the Lieutenant-Governor cannot recommend any such experiments as proposed by the Army Sanitary Commission, and recommends awaiting results of experiments into the nature and causes of cholera. They enclose the following r...
Regarding the adoption of certain measures to prevent the introduction of epidemic cholera into ports on the Red Sea, the coast of Arabia and the Persian Gulf, by vessels proceeding from India
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pp 145-74. Correspondence regarding measures implemented at the suggestion of the Turkish Board of Health and Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board. Includes copy certificate of health to be issued to ships, plus correspondence and extracts of the Madras Proceedings relating to the treatment ...
pp 183-90. Correspondence regarding conservancy and disposal of the night-soil in Calcutta, with enclosed Proceedings of the Committee appointed to report on Mr Hickey's scheme of conservancy, plus copy Details of the carbonization plan of conservancy for a portion of the Town of Calcutta, by W R...
pp 191-282. The following reports and correspondence on the progress of sanitation in Oudh and Bengal are forwarded to the Secretary of State for India: Letter from G S Sutherland, Sanitary Commissioner of Oudh, reporting on progress in sanitation made; Circular rules On the prevention of diseas...