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.
Report on vaccination progress in Poona and environs
Scope & Content:
Report of Surgeon Thomas Coates on the favourable progress of vaccination in Poona and its environs. The allowances of Dr Coates, the Superintendent of Vaccination at Poona, are increased to 500 rupees 'per mensem'.
The Bombay Government decide not to make the practice of vaccination against smallpox compulsory - (includes returns of persons vaccinated in the Bombay Presidency between 1 Apr 1814 and 31 Mar 1815, pp 9 and 12-13).
Measures to be adopted for improving the salubrity of the Gorakhpur station by planting trees and improving drainage in the vacinity of the cantonments
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 25 July 1849. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2343/123024. The item re...
Establishment of a dispensary in Black Town for the sale of drugs and medicines
Scope & Content:
Establishment of a dispensary in Black Town for the sale of drugs and medicines. Assistant Surgeon William Eugene Edward Conwell is appointed Superintendent.