Unsuccessful attempt by the Bengal Government to persuade the Bombay Government to abolish Lock Hospitals throughout the Bombay Presidency (includes the observations of William Augustus Burke, Inspector General of Hospitals of H.M. Forces in India, pp 71-83, and returns showing the prevalence of ...
Quarantine measures taken at Madras after information had been received from Bombay of the outbreak of plague at Bushire in March 1832 - proposal of the Bengal Government that there should be a uniform quarantine system in all the Indian ports, corresponding as far as possible to H.M. Order in Co...
Report on convalescent patients treated at the Nilgilri Hills by Robert Baikie, Thomas George Stephenson, and James Strachan
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Lists of Public Officers and Establishments in the Nilgiri Hills, with their salaries and allowances - returns of convalescent patients with remarks regarding same; plus reports by: Dr Robert Baikie on the beneficial climate etc. of the Nilgiris (pp 57-120) Dr Thomas George Stephenson (pp 121-6...
Measures taken in Bengal to prevent the possible introduction of the plague on ships from the Persian Gulf - temporary establishment of quarantine stations at Diamond Harbour and Chittagong (includes lists of Arab ships, with particulars, pp 90-91, 481-82, coloured plans of the quarantine station...
Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills
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Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills - plan to establish a cantonment for European troops there - grants of land at Cherrapunji on 99 year leases etc. Vol 1 (includes sketch map of route from Gauhati to Nongkhlao by Lieutenant Richard Wilcox, on pp 232-33,...
Papers regarding the experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji, Vol 2
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Papers regarding the experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji, Vol 2 (includes: plan of the 179 bigahs of land granted to C.A. Fenwick, p 155; sketch showing land granted to Thomas Colclough Watson, p 221; list of individuals holding lands at the sanatorium, with remarks, pp 224-32; coloured plan o...
Report on the Nilgiri Hills for the period Oct 1832-Dec 1833
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Report by Dr Robert Baikie (with associated correspondence) (includes returns of sick officers and soldiers of the King's and Company's armies, pp 24-55).
Papers regarding Sikkim: revival of the scheme to establish a sanatorium at Darjeeling; settlement of a boundary dispute between Sikkim and Nepal [Mar 1817]
Bombay Government forwards to London annual reports on the climate of the Mahabaleshwar Hills for 1831/32 and 1832/33 (the reports, which contain returns of patients, are on pp 7-36, 37-66 respectively). Contains tabular statement of diseases.
Papers regarding famine and hospital provision in British Bundelkhand and the Bundelkhand States
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Papers regarding the famine which prevailed in British Bundelkhand and the Bundelkhand States as a result of the severe drought in 1833/34 - measures taken by the Commissioner of the Hamirpur Division, Richard Milbank Tilghman, to bring relief to the inhabitants - employment of some of the destit...