Recruitment and control of medical women appointed by the Committee of the Countess of Dufferin's Fund
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pp 119-120a. Communication from the Honorary Secretary to the fund, requesting help from the Government regarding recruitment and professional oversight of women engaged in service in India. With response of the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
Proposed deputation of a European Medical Officer to assist Dr Lingard in investigating the nature of the disease known in the Himalayas as Mahamari
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pp 717-19. Communication from the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, forwarding a letter from Professor Robert Koch to Sir Anthony MacDonnell, recommending that an investigation be carried out to determine whether the disease known as mahamari is in fact bubonic plague, through b...
Reporting the support of the Raja of Chintapalle towards furthering the practice of inoculation
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Letter from the Madras Medical Board, forwarding for information a letter from Surgeon Wise, and requesting that the actions of the Rajah - Zemindar Vassareddy Vencatadry Naidoo - be publicised, in the hope of convincing other locals of high standing to promote inoculation. Enclosed letter fro...
Sanitary arrangements for the Durbar to be held at Agra during the next cold season
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pp 809-14. Correspondence and reports forwarded to J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, comprising: Letter by F J Mouat, Inspector General of Jail, Lower Provinces, regarding the sanitary arrangements for the forthcoming Durbar and the provisions to be made against ...
Arrangements made for affording Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health, Constantinople, information as to the state of Public Health in India
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pp 767-69. Request that regular sanitary reports from the Bombay Presidency be submitted to the Board of Health, Constantinople, principally in regard to its arrangements for the prevention of cholera among pilgrims travelling to Mecca, and the regular journeys between Bombay, the Red Sea and the...
Experiment made by the Darjeeling Municipality of Mr Hickey's plan of conservancy by carbonization
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pp 1311-19. Report of the Sub-Committee on Hickey's process. Hickey informs the Government of India that experiments are to be made with the charcoal residue as a deodorizer instead of dry-earth.
Amendment and enforcement of the Native Passenger Ship Acts, and accounts of journeys on pilgrim vessels
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pp 169-98. Copy correspondence and Proceedings forwarded to the Legislative Department, regarding the implementation of measures designed to reduce overcrowding on pilgrim vessels, and opinions on the proposed Bill to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Native Passenger Ships. Includes: S...