Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on Volumes III and IV of Dr Bryden's reports on the statistical history of the European Army in India and of the Native Army and Jail population in Bengal
Rules for the medical inspection of vessels, and for quarantine against plague or yellow fever
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pp 261-95. Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Burma, forward copies of the rules for medical inspection and quarantine currently in force at ports within their jurisdiction, plus related correspondence. Resolution thereon by the Government of India remarking on the submitted rules, and...
Alleged dissemination of cholera by pilgrims returning from the Hurdwar [Haridwār] fair in March and April 1879
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pp 411-15. Memorandum by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding reports that cholera had been spread by pilgrims travelling to and from Hurdwar. Cuningham makes recommendations for an investigation to be carried out by local medical officers. Plus comments th...
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the Bengal Sanitary Report for 1877
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pp 795-811. With comments regarding the observations on cholera aetiology by Dr Crombie, and his remarks about the absence of cholera cases during the flood season. Secretary of State recommends further local investigation into the matter.