Overcrowding of pilgrim ships arriving at Aden from Singapore en route to Jeddah
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pp 411-18. Government of Bombay forward copy correspondence regarding conflicting rules for passenger ships proceeding from the Straits Settlements, and those enforced at Aden. Including: Letter from J Braddell, Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlement, regarding the steamers Mecca, United Service...
pp 115-17. Communication from W H Colvill, Civil Surgeon at Baghdad, Turkish Arabia, regarding the upcoming International Sanitary Conference on the transmission of cholera and plague, the value of quarantine restrictions in preventing the spread of cholera, and the current arrangements in Persi...
Rules in force in the Bombay Presidency regarding maritime quarantine
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pp 369-70. Communication from the Government of Bombay, providing details of the rules enforced prior to the introduction of Act I of 1870, the use of certificates and removal of infectious ships to Butcher's Island.
Precautions taken due to apparent plague outbreak in Mecca
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pp 371-72. Government of India forward to the Government of the Punjab copy extracts from the Aden News Report, plus translated letter from Sheikh Esaw Ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrain, advising that as a precaution against plague transmission, pilgrims will be prevented from entering Mecca.