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Mortality from cholera and other diseases in the town of Calcutta
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pp 89-91. Communication from J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding mortality in Calcutta during the period 1841-1860 and 1865-1870. Discusses the impact of sanitary reforms, and Surgeon H M Macpherson's booklet On the mortality of Calcutta during the 20 year...
Preparation of a complete history of the outbreak of cholera at Agra
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pp 333-34. Government of India requests that the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces prepare a complete history of the late cholera outbreak at Agra. Plus sketch for the history, prepared by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.
Proposed International Sanitary Conference to be held at Washington, United States
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pp 353-58. Correspondence regarding the plans for the 5th International Sanitary Conference (1881), to take place in Washington, specifically regarding proposals to establish a system of notification as to the sanitary condition of ports and vessels. Government of India decide not to send a deleg...
Condition of the districts in Bengal which are subject to endemic fever
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pp 155-65. Report by J M Coates, Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal, remarking on the health of the localities subject to endemic fever [Burdwan, Hooghly, Midnapore], the apparent aetiology of the fever, and the progress of the Dankuni sanitation project. Plus report forwarded by the Public Works...
Captain Elliot's researches into the nature and action of snake venom
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pp 697-719. Forwards the following reports by Captain R H Elliot: On acquired immunity against snake-venom as possed by Indian snake-charmers, by mongooses and by certain other animals On the value of the serums of the Russell Viper and the Cobra, as antidotes to the venoms of those snakes
Restrictions enforced in India in regard to experiments on living animals
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pp 881-918. Communications received from the Presidency and Provincial Governments, providing information about animal experiments and vivisection performed by research laboratories within their jurisdictions. Orders thereon by the Government of India, that the orders previously issued to the Pas...
Restrictions enforced in India in regard to experiments on living animals
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pp 1071-79. Report of the Imperial Bacteriologist, Bareilly, on the types of experiments performed on animals in his laboratory; plus Report on the reoutine and research work carried out at the Pasteur Institute of India, Kasauli.
Investigation into the outbreak of cholera in the Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta
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pp 1545-79. Secretary of State requested report on the outbreak in order to answer a Parliamentary Question. Comprising: Comments by Colonel R Macrae, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal; Report on the outbreak by Major E E Waters, Surgeon-Superintendent, Presidency General Hospital, di...
Publication of the tarif of sanitary dues relating to the levy of a tax on pilgrims and others proceeding from India to Turkish Arabia
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p 321. Government of India to issue a statement regarding the recent publication of the tarif in the Gazette of India, clarifying that the Government have not agreed to the measure and that the tax is not applicable to British vessels or vessels sailing from Indian ports.
