Outbreaks of scurvy on certain vessels supposed to have been due to the water taken on board at Bassein
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pp 31-36. Reports and correspondence regarding outbreaks of scurvy on the ships Nereus and Mallowdale, sailing from Bassein in July and August 1879 respectively.
Outbreak of scurvy on board the Janet Cowan attributed to the bad quality of the water supplied at Bassein
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p 105. Marine Department forward report by William Spooner, Medical Inspector, remarking on the appearance of scurvy on vessels departing from Bassein and Rangoon, and the case of the Janet Cowan; plus comments thereon by the Marine Department.
Proposed International Sanitary Conference to be held at Washington, United States
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pp 353-58. Correspondence regarding the plans for the 5th International Sanitary Conference (1881), to take place in Washington, specifically regarding proposals to establish a system of notification as to the sanitary condition of ports and vessels. Government of India decide not to send a deleg...
Condition of the districts in Bengal which are subject to endemic fever
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pp 155-65. Report by J M Coates, Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal, remarking on the health of the localities subject to endemic fever [Burdwan, Hooghly, Midnapore], the apparent aetiology of the fever, and the progress of the Dankuni sanitation project. Plus report forwarded by the Public Works...
Suggestions made by Moulvie Syud Imdad Ali, Khan Bahadur, for removing the hardships to which pilgrims to Mecca are subjected
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pp 153-54. Government of Bengal forward a communication received from Moulvie Syud Imdad Ali, providing a short account of his own pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; his meeting with the Grand Sheriff of Mecca and Excellency Nashiz Pasha, Governor of the Hejaz; his two week-stay in Bombay; and sugge...