Sanitary. For earlier 1871 Sanitary Proceedings, see volume IOR/P/524. For later 1873 Sanitary Proceedings, see volume IOR/P/525. Please note that the reference entries for this volume refer to the index numbers and not the programme numbers.
pp 115-19. Correspondence regarding the condition of the ravines above the Combermere Bridge bowlie; plus copy Proceedings of the Simla Board of Health, 30 Jan 1871.
Commnication from the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce dispatching a supply of seeds of the impatiens fulva for trial, as recommended by Dr W O Reid, in addition to: letters from Reid regarding preparation and use of the treatment;memorandum by George Birdwood regarding Reid's all...
pp 281-83. Communication from the Secretary of State for India to the Governor General of India in Council, regarding the sanitary improvements needed in Simla as summer seat of the Government of India, and arrangements for funding.
p 213. Government of India inform the Secretary of State that plague has broken out in Baghdad, and that quarantines have been established at Busreh [Basreh] and Kifri.