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Recruitment and control of medical women appointed by the Committee of the Countess of Dufferin's Fund
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pp 119-120a. Communication from the Honorary Secretary to the fund, requesting help from the Government regarding recruitment and professional oversight of women engaged in service in India. With response of the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
Appointment of Surgeon G M J Giles, Civil Surgeon, Hoshangabad, for temporary employment in Assam to investigate the diseases beri-beri and kala-azar
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pp 483-99. Communication from the Chief Commissioner of Assam to the Home Department, regarding the investigation and enclosing detailed reports on kala-azar taken from the Sanitary Reports for 1882-88; Plus communication to the Deputy Commissioners of Tea Districts, regarding the extent of ber...
Arrival of the Leprosy Commissioners in India and the arrangements made by the Government of India for assisting them in their enquiries
Scope & Content:
pp 1167-75. Consists of copy memorandum from the National Leprosy Fund, plus resolution of the Government of India requesting help at a local government level.
Question whether it is the intention of the Government of India to discourage the application of private or local charity towards the amelioration of the condition of lepers in India
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pp 1081-82. Letter to the Viceroy of India from Reverend W R Winston, General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission in Burma.
Case of a shopkeeper with leprosy in the Wellington Cantonment, and the treatment of lepers in cantonments
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pp 01-04. Letters forwarded to the Madras Government by the Military Department regarding a shopkeeper with leprosy in Wellington Cantonment, and the possibility of forcible removal from the cantonment.