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Scheme for carrying out an investigation into the nature and prevalence of cholera at Jubbulpore [Jabalpur]
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pp 259-63. Comprising: Detailed scheme showing the manner in which it is proposed that the investigation into cholera in the Jubbulpore District shall be carried out, by the Sanitary Commissioner, Central Provinces, Sep 1871 Comments of J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of...
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with Bengal for 1876
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pp 437-52. Report by Sanitary Commissioner Coates, detailing: 1) vital statistics; 2) history of chief diseases of the year; 3) meteorology; 4) food supply; 5) personal proceedings; 6) sanitary progress. Plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Proposed introduction into schools of elementary instruction in sanitary matters, and diffusion among the masses of a knowledge of simple sanitary rules
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pp 871-922. Responses to three suggestions made by the Army Sanitary Commission: 1) as to the owners of villages being held responsible for the sanitary condition; 2) as to the issue of short and explicit rules and recommendations by the Sanitary Commission for the guidance of the people; 3) as ...
Results of experiments using Dr Augustus Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injections of strychnine
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pp 411-535. Despatch to the Secretary of State, forwarding reports received from Local Governments and Administrations on the experiments made using Dr Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injection of strychnine. Sanction is given to continue the trials to the end of the year 1895, when fu...
Remarks of the Meteorological Reporter on the 1875 Cholera Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India
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pp 735-39. Comments by H Blanford, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, criticising the meteorological content of Cuningham's report. Includes tabular view of the meteorological conditions of each month in 1875 in certain portions of India.