Annual Sanitary Report of the Central Provinces for the year 1869
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pp 129-406. Copy report, including a narrative of the cholera epidemic of that year; plus comments by the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces. The report is divided into two Sections: I. Climate. II. Vital statistics, including Summary of the History of the Cholera Epidemic of...
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...
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.
Results of experiments made in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 41-43. Diagram recording the water level in the well at Omrawuttee during the month of November 1870 [shown as a representation of Pettenkofer's apparatus], plus tables recording meteorological observations, and notes on incidences of fevers and cholera.
Results of experiments made in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 97-98. Diagram recording the water level in the well at Omrawuttee during the month of December 1870 [shown as a representation of Pettenkofer's apparatus], plus tables recording meteorological observations, and notes on incidences of fevers and cholera.
Form of return for results of experiments conducted regarding Pettenkofer's theory on the origin and propagation of cholera
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p 101. Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India comments on the returns sent by the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, and remarks that the returns were received in the form of a diagram, and not the prescribed register.
Comments on the measures to be adopted for an enquiry into cholera in India
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pp 111-14. Communication from J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding opinions of the local Sanitary Commissioners on the means by which sanitary enquiries in special districts and localities may be carried out. Cuningham discusses the difficulties of accurate...
Preparation at stated periods of reports on the nature and extent of all works executed for the removal of disease among troops and civil populations throughout India
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pp 407-14. Communication by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, commenting on the nature of reports submitted by local Sanitary Commissioners; the importance of obtaining accurate information as regards the sanitary condition of Military stations; methods of data co...