Provision for the medical wants of the women of India
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pp 153-156. Communication from the Government of Bombay forwarding a letter by Miss E Pechey, MD, employed by the Medical Women Fund Society of Bombay and in charge of the Jaffer Suleman Charitable Dispensary for Women and Children. Pechey advocates: (1) The creation of a branch of the Indian M...
pp 917-18. Chief Commissioner of Coorg forwards comments regarding the ethics of enforced segregation, and the need to take public opinion into account.
Compulsory segregation of pauper lepers found vagrant in Municipalities
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pp 211-301. Resolution reviewing the report of the Leprosy Commission in India (1893) and directing provision to be made for the compulsory segregation of people with leprosy found vagrant in municipalities, and for the prohibition of the carrying on of certain trades or callings by people with l...
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.
Supply of quinine to the poorer classes of the population
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pp 1225-79. Correspondence regarding the supply and distribution of quinine to the poorer classes of the population throughout India and Burma, including discussion of distribution via the Post Office, of colouring official quinine packets pink to prevent fraud, and methods to establish more cost...