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.
Memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Madras for 1877
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pp 813-33. Includes discussion of the famine in Madras, and D D Cunningham's paper On certain effects of starvation on vegetable and animal tissues (1877).
Proposed deputation of a confidential Agent to watch and follow the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina
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pp 845-47. Secretary of State forwards communication from J Zohrab, Consul at Jeddah, recommending that an agent from the Consulate be sent to observe the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Proposes sending dragoman [interpreter] Yussuf Effendi. Response from the Government of India, referring to th...