Measures taken to combat the spread of the cholera epidemic which raged in Calcutta and other parts of the Lower Provinces - advance of the disease westwards (includes mortality statistics, pp 176-79, 206-26, 248)
Correspondence regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bengal Presidency
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Correspondence regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bengal Presidency - expenses incurred in procuring medicines and employing native doctors etc. (includes returns of patients, pp 19-22, 44)
Report of the Bengal Medical Board on the administration of the lunatic asylums at Dacca [Dhaka], Murshidabad, Patna, Benares [Varanasi], Bareilly and Rasapagla
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Report of the Bengal Medical Board on the administration of the lunatic asylums at Dacca, Murshidabad, Patna, Benares, Bareilly and Rasapagla - suggested reforms - the allowance of the Superintending Surgeons is increased from 100 to 200 rupees 'per mensem', etc. (includes returns of patients, pp...
Papers regarding the cholera epidemic in the Bombay Presidency - measures taken to control the spread of the disease, etc. (includes mortality statistics for Bombay Island, pp 71, 73, 105-06)
Trial and conviction of several natives of the Northern Konkan for murdering persons deemed to be sorcerers and responsible for the recent cholera outbreak - they are subsequently all pardoned with the exception of one who is transported to Penang for life.