Proposed re-arrangement of the Annual Sanitary Reports
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pp 251-353. Extensive correspondence between the Secretary of State, the Government of India, the Presidency and Provincial Governments, and a number of Sanitary Commissioner, regarding the content and layout of the Annual Sanitary Reports, and the collection and recording of vital statistics.
Proposed International Commission of Enquiry into the plague
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pp 623-25. The Foreign Office forward copy correspondence regarding the proposed International Medical Commission of Enquiry into the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia, and the nomination of Dr [William Henry] Colvill as the representative for Her Majesty's Government.
Experiments in connection with the effects of snake-poisoning
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bengal and the Indian Medical Department regarding the work of Surgeon-Major J Ewart's Snake-poison committee, and the secondment of Dr Wall for experimental work for the said committee. Includes an annex describing investigation...
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...