Future management and control of the Calcutta Leper Asylum
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pp 81-87. Communication from the Government of Bengal regarding the Calcutta Leper Asylum, which in future is to be designated the Albert Victor Asylum for Lepers, and managed by the State. Requests that the institution be given the privilege of indenting upon the Government Medical Store Depot f...
Scheme for the sale of quinine to the poorer classes in the Bombay Presidency
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pp 595-601. Communication from the Government of Bombay, submitting for approval details of a scheme to supply quinine to the poorer classes thoughout the Presidency via the Post Office. With response from the Government of India.
Results of experiments using Dr Augustus Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injections of strychnine
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pp 411-535. Despatch to the Secretary of State, forwarding reports received from Local Governments and Administrations on the experiments made using Dr Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injection of strychnine. Sanction is given to continue the trials to the end of the year 1895, when fu...
Outbreak of cholera at the Gaya Jail and at Lucknow, plus results of Waldemar Haffkine's experimental inoculation on soldiers
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pp 175-204. Correspondence regarding cholera outbreaks at the Gaya Jail and Lucknow, and the results of Haffkine's inoculation of prisoners and soldiers. Includes reports on the outbreak of cholera in the jail, including a register of cholera cases at the jail for the year 1894 [identifies patie...
Compulsory segregation of pauper lepers found vagrant in Municipalities
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pp 211-301. Resolution reviewing the report of the Leprosy Commission in India (1893) and directing provision to be made for the compulsory segregation of people with leprosy found vagrant in municipalities, and for the prohibition of the carrying on of certain trades or callings by people with l...