W R Gilbert Hickey's carbonization system of conservancy
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pp 641-54. Pamphlets on the carbonization or dry distillation system of conservancy by W R Gilbert Hickey, and notes thereon by Dr F J Mouat, Inspector General of Jails, Bengal, are forwarded for information.
System to be pursued in conducting the water analysis in Stations and Cantonments
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pp 87-92. Military Department forward correspondence between the Inspector General of Hospitals, Bengal, and the Chemical Examiner to the Government of India, regarding rules laid down for the analysis of water. Includes discussion of the relative merits of methods and systems used by Dr Ranking;...
Proposal of the Government of Bengal for the appointment of a special skilled enquirer, in order that he might proceed immediately on an outbreak of cholera occuring in any large jail, and investigate its history thoroughly
Memorandum by Dr J Murray on the stages of collapse in cholera
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pp 1083-85. Copy memorandum explaining Murray's division of cholera collapse into five stages: Death Agony; Intense; Severe; Mild or Reaction; Cholerine Incipient.
Dr Bakewell's suggestions respecting the diet scale and space to be alloted to emigrants proceeding to the colonies
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pp 595-601. Correspondence regarding recommendations by Dr Bakewell, Health Officer of Shipping in Trinidad, that food rations on emigrant ships be improved, and that personal space alloted to each man be increased from 12 to 15 feet. Includes copy Madras Proceedings, Public Department, Nos 58 to...
Proposed arrangements for furnishing the military authorities with timely information in regard to the outbreak of cholera
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pp 503-14. Correspondence regarding the proposal by J M Cunningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, that daily returns of cholera cases and mortality be furnished to military authorities in the event of an outbreak.
Adoption of revised scales of dietary, medical comforts and medicines for ships carrying Indian emigrants from Calcutta to British and Foreign Colonies west of the Cape of Good Hope
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pp 1155-64. Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India issues notification of the adoption of the revised scale [copy enclosed].