Names of the gentlemen in the several Provinces of India who are likely to be able to furnish Dr Phineas Abraham, Technical Secretary to the National Leprosy Fund, with useful information relating to the causes and cure of leprosy
pp 1011-17. Communication from the Government of Bengal, forwarding a letter from the Public Health Society of Calcutta, calling for leprosy asylums to be licensed by Government.
Question of the isolation of lepers, their detention in asylums, and the amelioration of their condition
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pp 1031-34. Correspondence between the City of Bombay, the Government of Bombay and the Government of India regarding the overcrowding of leprosy asylums, public begging by those suffering from leprosy, the possibility of constructing an additional asylum at Trombay, and the need for legislation....
Extent to which the Government of India would be disposed to make grants in aid of the foundation of Leper Asylums and of other purposes connected with the relief of the sufferings of lepers in India
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pp 1035-37. Communication forwarded to the Governor General in Council by the Committee of the Mission of Lepers regarding grants to leprosy asylums, providing details of the various societies, institutions and settlements receiving grants from the Mission. Plus reply of the Government of India r...
Case of a shopkeeper with leprosy in the Wellington Cantonment, and the treatment of lepers in cantonments
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pp 01-04. Letters forwarded to the Madras Government by the Military Department regarding a shopkeeper with leprosy in Wellington Cantonment, and the possibility of forcible removal from the cantonment.
Compulsory segregation of persons suffering from black leprosy
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pp 05-31. Correspondence with the Government of Bombay regarding cases of black leprosy, and an opinion expressed by the Legal Remembrancer that the Bombay Act VI of 1867 permits magistrates to order the compulsory removal of people with leprosy to asylums. Includes statement by H Vandyke-Carter ...
Question of the postponement for the present of legislation for the compulsory segregation of lepers in asylums
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pp 35-42. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India, regarding the decision to postpone legislation until the Leprosy Commission have completed their enquiry.
Investment in Government Securities of the sum of £1,000 being a contribution by the National Leprosy Fund towards the Fund in India for the relief of lepers, plus information regarding the Mandalay Home for Lepers
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pp 129-38. Correspondence, including report on the Mandalay Home, and details of the memorandum of purchase.
pp 485-522. Comprising: Measures suggested in regard to the treatment of lepersStatement showing the cost of maintenance, population and number of Leper Asylums in IndiaNational Leprosy Fund Memorandum on the Report of the Leprosy CommissionersExtract from the Administration Report of the Munici...