pp 85-90. Two letters received by the Secretary of State for India from Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890), former Chief Executive Officer of the First General Board of Health, England.
Quarantine prescribed for vessels arriving in Egypt from a suspected port
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p 677. The Consul-General at Cairo forwards copy telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, advising that vessels arriving without a bill of health or surgeon on board will be subjected to a three day quarantine observation.
Inspection of the sanitary condition of villages in the neighbourhood of Cantonments in Bengal
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pp 643-48. Remarks on the proposed inspection regime made by J M Coates, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Bengal; plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
General review of the working of Lock Hospitals throughout the Local Governments and Administrations
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pp 679-782. Reports and related correspondence received from the Local Governments and Administrations of the Bengal Lower Provinces, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, the Central Provinces, Burma, and Hyderabad, regarding the workings of Lock Hospitals and the local application of th...
Statements regarding chemistry teaching and analysis of drinking water as taught at Netley
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pp 539-44. Statements by Dr Aitken and Professor De Chaumont regarding instruction in chemistry and water analysis at the Army Medical School, Netley, made in response to comments by Surgeon General Thom.
pp 545-53. Government comments on: the reports by the Commissioners of the Patna, Rajshahye, Kuch Behar and Chota Nagpur Divisions on the working of the Cantonment Lock Hospitals for the year 1876. the annual reports of the several Lock Hospitals in the Punjab for the year 1876. reports on the w...
pp 561-64. Government of India forward previous telegrams and correspondence regarding cholera outbreaks along the river Indus and the suggested establishment of a quarantine at Attock, Punjab, and draw attention to the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera and smallpox.