Improvement of the Calcutta Medical College Hospital
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pp 603-59. Correspondence, reports and memoranda on the current state of and proposed improvements to the Calcutta Medical College Hospital, including opinions of the surgical, medical and administrative staff; financial estimates; comparisons with other Indian and British hospitals; and comments...
Regarding the Bengal Vaccination Report for 1878-79
Scope & Content:
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...
pp 301-08. Contains details of the present Establishment attached to the combined Army Head Quarters and Station Staff Dispensary, and the requirements of the proposed hospital.