Rules for medical inspection of vessels and for quarantine, Port of Calcutta
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pp 551-54. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India regarding modifications to the medical inspection and quarantine rules, appropriate to the unique circumstances at the port of Calcutta.
Interpretation of the term "between decks", as found in the Native Passenger Ships Act; case of the S. S. Madras
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pp 555-61. Correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Government of India regarding the case of the S. S. Madras, arrived at Aden from Singapore and Penang in Oct 1878, and considered by the Resident at Aden to be overcrowded. Discussion of the interpretation of the phrase "between d...
Application of the rules regarding a) medical inspection of vessels, and b) quarantine, to the Port of Calcutta
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pp 431-34. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India regarding the application of the rules to the Port of Calcutta, and potential amendments to be considered.
Rules for the medical inspection of vessels, and for quarantine against plague or yellow fever
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pp 261-95. Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Burma, forward copies of the rules for medical inspection and quarantine currently in force at ports within their jurisdiction, plus related correspondence. Resolution thereon by the Government of India remarking on the submitted rules, and...
Remarks on the implementation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
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pp 263-65. Copy circular from the Ottoman Health Department to its Agents regarding the application of the pilgrim traffic rules, plus comments thereon from E D Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health. The Secretary of State requests the opinion of the Government of India.
Proposed International Sanitary Conference to be held at Washington, United States
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pp 353-58. Correspondence regarding the plans for the 5th International Sanitary Conference (1881), to take place in Washington, specifically regarding proposals to establish a system of notification as to the sanitary condition of ports and vessels. Government of India decide not to send a deleg...
Question of the applicability of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 to the pilgrim traffic in the East
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pp 359-63. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India, regarding the applicability of section 230 of the Merchant Shipping Act to pilgrim vessels, and the provision of medical assistance on board ships. Includes discussion of the mortality sustained on the stea...