Bill to amend Act XII of 1870 (the Native Passenger Ships Act)
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pp 107-09. Copy of the draft Bill as amended by the Select Committee, plus comments thereon by the Legislative Department, suggesting that the scope be enlarged to include all sea-going vessels excepting ships-of-war or transports; and that the term "Native Passenger Ships" be defined to mean ves...
pp 123-25. Report of the Commissioner, Jabalpur [Jubbulpore] Division, on the improvement of the water-supply in villages [datd May 1871] is forwarded for information. Plus Appendix A [appears at the end of the 1872 section in the volume] Sanitary Commissioner with the Central Provinces submits a...
pp 25-29. Correspondence regarding instances of overcrowding in British vessels carrying pilgrims on their return from the Hedjaz. Includes communications from: H H Calvert, British Delegate to the Egyptian Board of Health, including statement showing British vessels which arrived at Elwidj from ...
pp 31-35. Communications received regarding Delhi boil or Oriental sore, its aetiology, treatment, and statistics regarding prevalence. Includes statements from A De Renzy, Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab; Lieutenant-Colonel J Cracroft, Commissioner and Supdt., Delhi Division; A Taylor, Civil Surge...
p 39. J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, reports on the unsuitability of Jubbulpore [Jabalpur] for a fully water-based sewage system, and recommends that Umballa be used as a test-case.
Position of J M Cuningham on the use of quarantine as a preventive against the spread of cholera
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pp 41-42. Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, forwards a statement arguing that quarantine is useless as a means of preventing the spread of cholera, and should be prohibited.
Scheme for carrying out an investigation into the nature and prevalence of cholera at Jubbulpore [Jabalpur]
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pp 259-63. Comprising: Detailed scheme showing the manner in which it is proposed that the investigation into cholera in the Jubbulpore District shall be carried out, by the Sanitary Commissioner, Central Provinces, Sep 1871 Comments of J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of...
Disposal of sewage in the City of Jabalpur [Jubbulpore]
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pp 347-48, plus Appendix A pp 01-07 [found at the end of the 1872 section of the volume]. Public Works Department, Government of India, forwards reports from the Public Works Department, Central Provinces, on the scheme to improve sanitation in Jubbulpore [Appendix A]. Government of India request...