pp 01-02. Communication from H Calvert, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Alexandria, advising that ships arriving at Suez without a bill of health, or having sustained a death mid-journey, are to be submitted to quarantine.
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...
Quarantine restrictions upon vessels coming from infected ports
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pp 413-32. Comprising: Port of Calcutta, Rules for the Guidance of Running Pilots. Chief Commissioner, British Burma, Rules relating to quarantine for the ports mentioned in Schedule A [Rangoon, Moulmein, Akyab, Kyouk-Phyoo, Sandoway, Tavoy, Mergui, Bassein]. Correspondence between the Governmen...
Quarantine rules framed by the Government of Bombay
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pp 313-18. Government of Bombay submit Rules relating to Quarantine for the ports of Bombay [Mumbai], Kurrachee [Karachi], Aden and Karwar; and extract thereon from a Report by the Health Officer, Bombay. Plus communication from the Government of India noting their concern over the proposals.
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.
Proposed quarantine at Suez for all vessels arriving from India
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pp 315-19. Secretary of State forwards copy telegrams regarding the Egyptian Board of Health proposals to impose quarantine restrictions at Suez on vessels arriving from India without a clean bill of health, because of concerns arising from the famine in India. Received from Major-General Edward ...
pp 167-75. Government of India forward copy proceedings and correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding the establishment of a quarantine station at Aden. Points covered include the pilgrim ship Otterburn [variously given as Otterburne]; enforcing the Native Passenger Ships Act; and the op...
pp 375-79. Colonel J P Nixon [John Pigott], Her Majesty's Consul General, Baghdad, forwards copy telegrams regarding the imposition of quarantine in Baghdad as a result of an outbreak of plague, and declaring Bussorah [Al-Basrah] to be infected. Telegrams received from: Syud Mahomed Redif, Govern...