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Proposals with the view of ensuring the more correct registration of vital statistics in Berar
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pp 11-22. Correspondence between the Commissioner, Assistant Residents, and Surgeon Generals of the Hyderabad Assigned Provinces and Berar; plus remarks by R T Abbott, Sanitary Commissioner with the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, enclosing copy Rules for the better registration of vital statistics...
Report on the remedy proposed by Dr Declat, of Paris, for the bite of poisonous snakes
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p 411-14. Report by Dr A J Wall, of the Snake Poison Commission, on Dr Declat's proposal to treat snake bites wth carbolic or phenic acid in the form of a "phenate d'ammoniaque". The appendix details seven experiments with carbolic acid, testing the remedy on dogs injected with cobra venom.
Use of calisaya bark from Sikkim, and the manufacture of alkaloids from the succirubra bark
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Letter from Fort William to the Secretary of State to India regarding the use of calisaya bark from Sikkim and the experiments with mixed alkaloids conducted by C H Wood, Government Quinologist. Enclosing a letter from Dr George King to the Government of Bengal regarding the same.
Proposed deputation of a confidential Agent to watch and follow the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina
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pp 845-47. Secretary of State forwards communication from J Zohrab, Consul at Jeddah, recommending that an agent from the Consulate be sent to observe the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Proposes sending dragoman [interpreter] Yussuf Effendi. Response from the Government of India, referring to th...
Report of the Government Cinchona Plantation and Cinchona Factory in Bengal for the year 1886-1887
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pp 625-35. Report by Surgeon-Major George King forwarded to the Government of India, accompanied by a Resolution thereon from the Government of Bengal.
Measures to be taken for the prevention of the insect "Chigo" or "Jigger flea" [Tunga] being introduced into India from Africa
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pp 297-303. Government of India forward report by E C Cotes, Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, regarding the Tunga or Sarcopsylla penetrans, and the potential dangers of importing the insect to India [includes illustration].