Correspondence forwarded to the Snake Poison Commission regarding Albemarl Bettington's investigations into the poison of the foorsa [echis carinatus, or saw-scaled viper].
Regarding the Bengal Vaccination Report for 1878-79
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Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor regarding the [smallpox] vaccination report for Bengal, plus letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal regarding the Bengal vaccine establishment.
Letters from Dr Henry MacCormac, advocating the use of dilute sulphuric acid as a prophylactic against cholera, and for the use of "earth closets" as a sanitary measure.
Charitable Dispensaries in Bengal for the year 1879
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pp 175-87. Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor, Bengal, on the charitable dispensaries within Bengal Presidency, commentating on the annual report, plus correspondence regarding forms for recording financial information.
pp 317-19. Communication from the Government of Bengal, enquiring if any estimate can be given of the amount of cinchona bark which would be available from Madras. Answered with tabulated statement showing the estimated quantity of crop expected to be harvested from the Government cinchona planta...
pp 301-08. Contains details of the present Establishment attached to the combined Army Head Quarters and Station Staff Dispensary, and the requirements of the proposed hospital.
Proposed reconstruction of the Presidency General Hospital, Bengal
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pp 247-57. Communication from the Government of Bengal, forwarding to the Government of India copy correspondence regarding the present condition of the Presidency General Hospital, and proposals for its reconstruction. Includes details of the establishment and expenditure.
Segregation of prisoners with leprosy within jails
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pp 217-25. Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces forwards copy correspondence between the Inspector of Jails and the Administrative Medical Officer regarding segregation of leprosy cases in jails. Includes extracts from jail manuals.
pp 241-43. Government of Bombay forward report by the Municipal Commissioner regarding the analyses of potable waters in Bombay, carried out on the drinking water wells believed to have been the source of the 1870 cholera epidemic. Encloses copy of Dr L B Lyon's analysis [Chemical Analyser, Bombay].
pp 73-76. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Government of India, plus: report by J G French, Health Officer at the Port of Calcutta; and extract from a report on the state of the river bank, with special reference to the outbreak of cholera on board the steam ship Viceroy, b...