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Resolution regarding vaccination in the Central Provinces 1873-1874
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Resolution of the Government of India regarding the report on vaccination for the year 1873-74, commenting on the use of statistics. It is suggested that in future the vaccination report and returns for the Central Provinces be included in the sanitary report, as the Sanitary Commissioner is ex-o...
pp 353-57. Correspondence and reports regarding the aetiology of the "Delhi boil", and the possible positive or negative effects of trees and vegetation in relation to the affliction, and to malaria. Featuring report by J R Miller, Deputy Inspector General of the Indian Medical Dept., Sind Distri...
Analysis of potable waters in the Bengal Presidency
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pp 07-14. Comprising: Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on a despatch of the Government of India, dated 5th April, No. 4 of 1872 (Sanitary), on the subject of the analysis of potable water in India. Memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission, on the eighth Report on the analysis of pota...
pp 691-957. Reports from hospitals, jails and dispensaries across the Presidencies regarding the trial of Surgeon Major J Dougall's method for treating leprosy with gurjun oil. The reports are high in detail, consisting of case histories for named patients, describing the progression of the dis...
Compulsory segregation of persons suffering from black leprosy
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pp 05-31. Correspondence with the Government of Bombay regarding cases of black leprosy, and an opinion expressed by the Legal Remembrancer that the Bombay Act VI of 1867 permits magistrates to order the compulsory removal of people with leprosy to asylums. Includes statement by H Vandyke-Carter ...
Rules in force in the Bombay Presidency regarding maritime quarantine
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pp 369-70. Communication from the Government of Bombay, providing details of the rules enforced prior to the introduction of Act I of 1870, the use of certificates and removal of infectious ships to Butcher's Island.
Working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Bengal for 1871
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pp 359-79. Government of Bengal forward the annual report on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act by Stuart Hogg, Commissioner of Police, Calcutta. The report contains statistics for rates of sexually transmitted diseases; registration, examination, arrests and prosecution of prostitutes...
Study at Netley of the principles of water analysis
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pp 259-65. Secretary of State for India forwards for the information of the Government of Bombay correspondence with the War Office regarding the study of water analysis at the Army Medical School at Netley.