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
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.
Report on the progress of vaccination in the Bengal Presidency
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the progress of vaccination in the Bengal Presidency, forwarding copy report by Thomas Coats showing the numbers vaccinated in 1811-1812; and "A short account of the Cow Pox as translated into the Mahrattah language by Thomas Coats, Surgeon.".
The Madras Government bring to the notice of the Court of Directors a paper by Surgeon William Eugene Edward Conwell defending the treatment of cholera by the British authorities in India.