Medical arrangements for the protection of Simla against Plague
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pp 623-29. Correspondence between the Governments of India, the Punjab, and Bombay. Provides details of observation posts and medical officers selected for plague duty.
Construction of a new Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Lahore
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pp 737-71. Correspondence regarding the construction and proposed establishment of the new asylum, including plans and elevations, plus conference proceedings and statements showing the comparative cost of a new asylum against the cost of modifications to existing arrangements.
Engagement of ten doctors for temporary plague duty in India
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pp 1403-19. Correspondence, plus details of the ten doctors [name, qualifications, posting]; extract of an article published in The Lancet of 27 May 1899, critical of the treatment of those on temporary plague duty; plus copy [blank] Memorandum of Agreement form.
pp 67-69. Secretary of State for India forwards three letters from Captain F Warren, Royal Navy, proposing a scheme for the manufacture and transport of ice in India, and discussing his alleged arrangements with the Government of Spain. Plus memorandum thereon by the Army Sanitary Commission.
pp 727-28. Report submitted by J H Orr, Deputy Inspector General, Mysore Division and Ceded Districts, regarding the local sanitary establishment and measures taken to improve public health and conservancy.
Causes of sickness and mortality in emigrant ships
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pp 1451-60. Comprises Extracts from Report of Dr Bakewell, Health Officer of Shipping, on the causes of the Sickness and Mortality in Cooly Ships; plus comments thereon by T W C Murdoch of the Emigration Board.
pp 201-24. Comprising: Communication from William Thom, Officiating Surgoen General, Indian Medical Department, Bombay. Remarks upon the Sind boil by Surgeon Keelan, 2nd Belooch Regiment, Native Infantry. Report on the Sind Sore by Surgeon J A Howell, 30th Native Infantry. Annual Report on the S...