p 57. Forwarding information from the Commissioner of Coorg regarding the provision of two trained midwives, and the support of Lady Dufferin's Medical Aid Association.
Information regarding the price of the Indian cinchona febrifuge and its therapeutic power furnished to the Secretary of State for the Government of Jamaica
Scope & Content:
pp 17-18. Despatch, forwarding a copy letter by Surgeon Major George King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and of Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal.
Number of persons treated by vaccinators in certain Districts of the Punjab during 1887, and the expenditure incurred on account of medicines distributed by them
Correspondence regarding the expediency of discontinuing the practice of arming the warders of the Tezpur Lunatic Asylum with batons
Scope & Content:
pp 395-98. Resolution of the Chief Commissioner of Assam on the Tezpur Asylum Report for 1887, commenting on incidents of violence and the use of batons by warders; with correspondence regarding baton use.
Reduction in the strength of the Provincial Subordinate Medical Service in Bengal by the transfer of a number of Dispensary appointments to private practitioners
Revision of the terms on which Sanitary Commissioners are appointed
Scope & Content:
pp 341-60. Correspondence, including detailed memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Report of the Sanitary Commission for Madras for 1885; plus resolution thereon.
Proposal for providing certain additional columns in the Statement No. VII of Annual Reports of Lunatic Asylums, showing the several intoxicants as options for causes of insanity