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Papers from Dr William Roxburgh regarding a new species of Nerium Indigo
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Madras Public Consultations, 14 September 1790: [pp 2334-2336] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Major General Medows, dated 10th July 1790, transmitting papers containing a description and drawing of a tree, the leaves of which yields a very beautiful indigo, for forwarding along with a samp...
Reports on the progress in the sanitary improvement made in the Madras Presidency
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pp 891-1038. Government of Fort St George forward Proceedings reviewing the reports of the Sanitary Commissioner on the progress made in the sanitary improvement of the Madras Presidency. Consists of extensive reports, correspondence and minutes: pp 891-904. Proceedings p 905. Appendix A. Est...
Recommendations of the Army Sanitary Commission for conducting an enquiry into cholera in India
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pp 705-06. Letter from W M Muir, Inspector General of Hospitals to HM British Forces, to the Government of India, regarding the circulation of printed instructions for conducting researches into cholera, as prepared by the Army Sanitary Commission. Letter from J Murray, Inspector General of Hospi...
Monthly reports on the state of Public Health in India to be sent to Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Constantinople
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pp 707-09. Correspondence, including letter from Henry Elliot to the Earl of Clarendon, informing him that the sanitary establishments in the Hedjaz and Jewen are now organised on a permanent footing; plus letter from Dr Dickson to Elliot providing details of the sanitary establishments.
Three reports upon the medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills submitted by Assistant Surgeon John Jones; Assistant Surgeon W Stoddart; and Assistant Surgeon Reginald Orton, including a table showing the boiling point of water at various altitudes throughout the Nilgiris; and a table comparing t...
Sanitary Reports on Bareilly and on certain Districts in the Meerut Division
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pp 563-675. R Simson, Secretary to the Government of the North-Western Provinces, forwards the following: Instructions circulated for the sanitation and conservancy of villages pp 564-66. Report upon the sanitary state of the city of Bareilly and the public institutions in its neighbourhood, by ...
Report on the drainage and conservancy of Calcutta by David B Smith, Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal
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pp 1075-1201. Extensive report, covering the history of sanitation projects in Calcutta, proposed water-carriage and dry-earth sewage systems, and cholera epidemics. Summary, pp 1187-1200.