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.
Observations made regarding Professor Pettenkofer's theory on the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 345-47. A De Renzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, forwards register of the level of sub-soil water for 1870-74, and measurements taken at Gurjanwalla during the cholera epidemic of 1872, comparing water-level to cholera mortality. Plus comments by De Renzy on Pettenkofer's theory and ...
Report on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta during the year 1874
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pp 351-67. The Calcutta Commissioner of Police forwards copy Annual Report by the Superintendent of Lock Hospitals regarding the working of the Act in Calcutta. Plus resolution thereon by the Government of Bengal.
Establishment of quarantine in Cantonments in order to prevent the spread of epidemic disease
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pp 43-63. Government of India forward for information papers received from the Government of the Punjab on the subject of quarantine as a control against the spread of epidemic disease, including communications from: A C De Renzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of the Punjab; G S eatso...
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the eighth Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India
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pp 65-85. Includes a particularly detailed discussion of Appendix C, Microscopical and Physiological Researches into the nature of the agent or agents producing Cholera.
pp 81-84. Communications from Brigadier-General C T Aitchison, Adjutant General of the Bombay Army, and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army, regarding: intemperance and drunkenness of British Soldiers; the availability of liquor, beer and porter in regimental canteens; the purchase of s...