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Establishment of the Central Bacteriological Laboratory at Parel House, Bombay, and the appointment of W M Haffkine as Director-in-Chief
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pp 1151-1230. Correspondence between the Government of India and Bombay, and Waldemar Haffkine, regarding the establishment of the Central Laboratory at Parel House, and the terms of Haffkine's appointment. Includes detailed lists of apparatus needed, proposed building modifications, proposed sta...
Organisation of measures in the Bombay Presidency and the Punjab for the prevention of the spread of malaria by mosquitoes
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pp 301-16. Letters received from Ronald Ross regarding arrangements for the destruction of mosquitoes and prevention of malaria in India, plus correspondence between the Governments of India and Bombay regarding the formation of mosquito brigades, financial arrangements, and recommeded irrigation...
Proposal that the cost of railway fares of native patients desiring to proceed to Kasauli for anti-rabic treatment may be paid by Government to such railway companies as do not agree to issue free tickets
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pp 473-76. Communication from the Central Committee of the Pasteur Institute of India suggesting that Government cover rail fees when rail companies are not willing to waive them. Communication from the Government of India acknowledging their special position and duty to provide medical relief, a...
Offer made by the Salvation Army to co-operate with the Government in supplying medical assistance to the people of India
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pp 647-55. Government of India forward to the Presidency Governments corrrespondence between the Indian Medical Service and the Salavation Army regarding the offer by the latter to provide hospitals, medical instruction and trained staff to India.
Restriction on the growth of the Indian Medical Service for the purpose of promoting the growth of an independent medical profession in India
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pp 381-86. Letter from the Secretary of State to the Governor General in Council, plus circular issued by the Government of India, regarding the extension of employment of civil medical practitioners recruited in India.
Arrangements for medical education in the United Provinces and the reorganisation of the teaching staff of the Agra Medical School
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pp 1319-31. Proposals communicated from the Government of the United Provinces to the Government of India; plus communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India, recommending the institution of a five year course at Agra Medical School, overseen by a board of control.
Remarks on sanitation in Oudh, and the mortality from cholera and fever
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pp 149-59. Comprising: Remarks of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Sanitary Report for the Province of Oude [Oudh], 1872. Remarks of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Sanitary Report for the Province of Oude [Oudh], 1873. Remarks by the Army Sanitary Commission on the sanitary condition of ...
Quarantine rules drawn up for Bombay; quarantine at Aden, Kurrachee and Bombay
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pp 173-97. Papers received by the Government of India regarding the quarantine rules proposed by the Government of Bombay under Act I of 1870 [copy draft included]; plus communications received regarding the outbreak of plague in the Persian Gulf, the quarantine imposed by the Egyptian Sanitary ...
Sanitary and quarantine measures for ships sailing between Indian ports and those of the Red Sea
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pp 63-92. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State regarding proposed precautionary measures to prevent contagion from cholera and other infectious diseases being conveyed on pilgrim and commercial vessels. Includes discussion of the Turkish Government proposals on th...