Proposed formation of a Provincial Medical Service of Surgeons for India
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pp 1569-71. Letter from Dr J R Wallace, Secretary to the Indian Medical Association, proposing the division of the Indian Medical Service into an Imperial and a Provincial Service, and the withdrawal of the Royal Army Medical Corps from India; with response from the Government of India.
Supply of a new and powerful x-ray apparatus with photographic accessories
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pp 47-51. Communication from the Secretary of State, sanctioning the supply of new x-ray equipment to India to be trialled during the rains and hot weather; with cost estimate for the apparatus, and notes by the Director-General of Stores regarding construction and operation.
Material used for padded cells in the Lunatic Asylums in India
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pp. 807-12. Letters received by the Secretary of State from numerous Provincial Governments, informing him of materials used in the construction of padded cell walls in their asylums.
Appointments at the Plague Research Laboratory and King Institute of Preventive Medicine
Scope & Content:
pp 1663-68. Correspondence regarding the replacement for Waldemar Haffkine, and the system of laboratories conducting bacteriological research in India.
Particulars regarding the working of the Lepers Act III of 1898
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pp 433-75. Responses received from the Presidency and Provincial Governments regarding local measures to implement to Lepers Act III of 1898, providing details of hospital provision, diet, the local employment of those suffering from leprosy, and relevant local regulations.
Supply of x-ray apparatus for use in Civil Hospitals in India
Scope & Content:
pp 1429-45. Correspondence regarding the supply of x-ray equipment, and the establishment of an x-ray institute in Dehra Dun as a suppy depot and training facility. Includes details of the equipment to be provided to hospitals with and without electric lights.
Restrictions enforced in India in regard to experiments on living animals
Scope & Content:
pp 177-85. Communication from the Government of India to Presidency and Provincial Governments, requesting information as to whether rules restricting animal experiments have been issued to laboratories, the extent to which they have been complied with, and measures taken.
Remarks on the reports on Lunatic Asylums for the year 1906
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pp 607-13. Remarks of Presidency and Provincial Governments on the annual reports on lunatic asylums within their jurisdiction, plus copy special report into cases of heat-stroke at Agra Asylum in 1906.
Scheme for the augmentation of hospital staff at Mercara and Virajpet
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pp 301-08. Details of the scheme submitted to the Government of India; with reply thereon, advising that revised proposals be submitted with a smaller staff.
Construction of a new Central Lunatic Asylum for natives at Ranchi
Scope & Content:
pp 69-75. Government of India approve the revised skeleton plans and rough estimates for the Ranchi Central Asylum building, and forward them to the Public Works Department, Government of Bengal alongside related correspondence and a note by the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals [all enclosed].