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Continued employment of Captain S P James for a further period of one year to investigate the subject of malaria at Mian Mir
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pp 427-36. Correspondence regarding the investigation of the Royal Society Malaria Committee into possible measures to eradicate mosquitoes and prevent malaria. It is agreed that James should make further observations during the cold season.
Regarding Dr H Vandyke Carter's report on leprosy in Norway
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Correspondence regarding Vandyke Carter's observations on the treatment of leprosy in Norway, and his comments on its applicability to the situation in India; and concerning his forthcoming report into the nature of the disease. Plus resolution of the Government of India regarding Carter's sugg...
Reports on the endemic skin diseases of India, received from the Punjab
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Despatch to the Secretary of State, transmitting further reports on the endemic skin diseases of India, in response to the circular by Drs Tilbury Fox and Farquhar. Contains statistics and detailed case studies for skin diseases in the Punjab, principally: Ainhum; Burmese Ring-worm; Chloasma; ...
Quarantine arrangements for vessels arriving at Suez from ports affected with plague
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pp 289-324. The Secretary of State forwards for the information of the Government of India correspondence and reports regarding: the outbreak of plague in Baghdad and Benghazi; the meetings of the Egyptian Board of Health and Special Commission to the [Constantinople] Superior Council of Health;...
Request from the Government of the Punjab regarding the forms prescribed by the Government of India for the collection of vital statistics
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pp 07-10. A C DeRenzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, submits register of deaths during the month of September 1870, and requests that the Punjab administration be allowed to postpone the introduction of the new registration system.
Types of information and level of detail to be included in Sanitary Progress Reports of Military Cantonments
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pp 251-54. Military Department forward memo by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding the information to be recorded in Sanitary Progress Reports, and the necessity of reporting on not only sanitary measures carried out but also the effect of such works on pu...