Comments on the measures to be adopted for an enquiry into cholera in India
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pp 111-14. Communication from J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding opinions of the local Sanitary Commissioners on the means by which sanitary enquiries in special districts and localities may be carried out. Cuningham discusses the difficulties of accurate...
Results of experiments made in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 41-43. Diagram recording the water level in the well at Omrawuttee during the month of November 1870 [shown as a representation of Pettenkofer's apparatus], plus tables recording meteorological observations, and notes on incidences of fevers and cholera.
Proposed appointment of a designated cholera enquirer
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pp 49-50. Correspondence regarding the proposals. J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, recommends that any outbreak of cholera in jails be investigated by the Officer in charge.
Sanitary and quarantine measures for ships sailing between Indian ports and those of the Red Sea
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pp 63-92. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State regarding proposed precautionary measures to prevent contagion from cholera and other infectious diseases being conveyed on pilgrim and commercial vessels. Includes discussion of the Turkish Government proposals on th...
Results of experiments made in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 97-98. Diagram recording the water level in the well at Omrawuttee during the month of December 1870 [shown as a representation of Pettenkofer's apparatus], plus tables recording meteorological observations, and notes on incidences of fevers and cholera.
Annual Sanitary Report of the Central Provinces for the year 1869
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pp 129-406. Copy report, including a narrative of the cholera epidemic of that year; plus comments by the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces. The report is divided into two Sections: I. Climate. II. Vital statistics, including Summary of the History of the Cholera Epidemic of...