Precautionary measures taken at Calcutta in view of the possible introduction of the plague by ships from the Red Sea; appointment of a Board of Health etc.
Papers regarding famine and hospital provision in British Bundelkhand and the Bundelkhand States
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the famine which prevailed in British Bundelkhand and the Bundelkhand States as a result of the severe drought in 1833/34 - measures taken by the Commissioner of the Hamirpur Division, Richard Milbank Tilghman, to bring relief to the inhabitants - employment of some of the destit...
Report on the Nilgiri Hills for the period Oct 1832-Dec 1833
Scope & Content:
Report by Dr Robert Baikie (with associated correspondence) (includes returns of sick officers and soldiers of the King's and Company's armies, pp 24-55).
Papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency
Scope & Content:
Decision not to re-establish the Eye Infirmary at Bombay but to continue the system of employing an itinerant oculist (includes reports on the Eye Infirmaries at Madras and Calcutta).
Volume 2: continues from IOR/F/4/2537/147512. Reports and correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors, regarding vaccine establishment throughout the Presidencies and Provinces, and measures taken to combat smallpox.