pp 201-24. Comprising: Communication from William Thom, Officiating Surgoen General, Indian Medical Department, Bombay. Remarks upon the Sind boil by Surgeon Keelan, 2nd Belooch Regiment, Native Infantry. Report on the Sind Sore by Surgeon J A Howell, 30th Native Infantry. Annual Report on the S...
Dry-earth system of conservancy as carried out in the [Bengal] Presidency Jail
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pp 231-35. Report of the system implemented by Dr Lynch at the Bengal Jail, by S C Mackenzie, Superintendent. Includes illustration of the "Pug Mill" in use, as proposed by Dr S C Mackenzie [page 233].
pp 375-79. Colonel J P Nixon [John Pigott], Her Majesty's Consul General, Baghdad, forwards copy telegrams regarding the imposition of quarantine in Baghdad as a result of an outbreak of plague, and declaring Bussorah [Al-Basrah] to be infected. Telegrams received from: Syud Mahomed Redif, Govern...
Captain Warren's scheme for the manufacture and supply of ice in India
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pp 105-37. Correspondence between the Government of India and the Presidency and Provincial administrations regarding Captain Warren's proposal, discussing the requirements for ice in industry and medical practice, and the practicalities and economics of Warren's scheme as regards manufacture an...
pp 139-66. Reports and correspondence received from Medical Officers throughout Oudh remarking on the prevalence of fever, providing observations on the fever aetiology; the sanitary condition of towns and cities; measures taken to combat the fever; and meteorological, morbidity and mortality sta...
pp 167-75. Government of India forward copy proceedings and correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding the establishment of a quarantine station at Aden. Points covered include the pilgrim ship Otterburn [variously given as Otterburne]; enforcing the Native Passenger Ships Act; and the op...
Possible supervisory role for the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India
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pp 177-87. Comprising: Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the Ninth Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Bombay, 1872. Resolution thereon by the Government of India regarding the suggestion that the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India exercise some...
Report on the working of the Sitapur Lock Hospital for the year 1874
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pp 321-34. Report by Surgeon Major Theobold Ringer, in medical charge of the Lock Hospital, plus comments from the Sitapur Cantonment Committee, the Chief Commissioner of Oudh, and the Government of India.