Twelve persons are sent from Madras to Canton as live carriers of the cowpox vaccine, but find that their services are not required, the vaccine having been obtained from Manila (includes a list of the carriers, p 23).
This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent at Aden; the Medical Board of Bombay; Jo...
This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent at Aden; the Me...
Volume I: Volume 2 continues in IOR/F/4/2537/147513. Government of India to the Court of Directors regarding measures to reduce smallpox mortaility and increase the success of vaccination across the Presidencies. Letter dated 02 Jun 1853 summarises the various reports and letters that are enclo...
Volume 2: continues from IOR/F/4/2537/147512. Reports and correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors, regarding vaccine establishment throughout the Presidencies and Provinces, and measures taken to combat smallpox.
Measures to improve vaccination diffusion in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
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Correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors by the Government of Bengal, regarding measures to improve vaccination uptake throughout the Lower Provinces. Discusses the opinion of the Bengal Medical Board that legislation prohibiting inoculation [variolation] should not be enacted until an...
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to certain complaints preferred by Commodore Ethersey and by Acting Lieutenant Dickinson of the Indian Navy against Assistant Surgeon McAlister, Civil Surgeon at Bushire.’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2710/194511. The enclosures are dated 15 Oct...