A simple account of the causation of malarial fever and an indication of the practical measures towards its prevention based upon the recent discoveries on the subject
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pp 1431-42. Government of India forward copies [one printed] of a circular by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Madras on the causes and treatment of malaria, based on the Handbook of Gnats and Mosquitoes by Major Giles.
Proposed appointment of a Bacteriologist for Burma, who would also perform the duties of Chemical Examiner
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pp 1329-48. Communication from the Government of Burma requesting the appointment of a Bacteriologist, enclosing: Report of the Committee appointed to make investigations regarding the recent outbreak of Enteric Fever in Rangoon (June 1900) James Hoyle, Preliminary report on the recent outbreak ...
System of rewarding hard-working and well-behaved patients in Lunatic Asylums
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pp 1379-95. Provincial and Presidency Government replies to the Government of India request that information be provided on any existing scheme to reward patients in asylums with monthly stipends for good behaviour.
Proposed extension of the Lepers Act, 1898, to Assam
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pp 1397-98. Chief Commissioner of Assam requests that the order extending the Bengal Lepers Act to Assam be rescinded, and that the Lepers Act replace it.
Proposed formation of a Provincial Medical Service of Surgeons for India
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pp 1569-71. Letter from Dr J R Wallace, Secretary to the Indian Medical Association, proposing the division of the Indian Medical Service into an Imperial and a Provincial Service, and the withdrawal of the Royal Army Medical Corps from India; with response from the Government of India.
pp 1135-59. (i) Deputation of Captain A E Walter, IMS, in connection with the question of a suitable specification for a portable x-ray apparatus for use in the field. (ii) X-ray apparatus recently sent out to India in charge of Lieutenant O St John Moses, IMS. (iii) Report by Major T McCulloch,...