Recommendations for new leprosy and smallpox wards in Calicut
Scope & Content:
Collector of Malabar recommends the immediate construction of a ward for smallpox, with a leper ward attached, on the beach north of the town of Calicut.
Hospital Board letter regarding the introduction of cowpox
Scope & Content:
Letter from the Hospital Board describing "the happy effects that might be produced in bringing matter of the cow-pox to this country sufficiently fresh as to ensure it taking the desired effect, but at present hitherto proved unsuccessful".
On the need for experienced staff at the Ophthalmic Institution
Scope & Content:
Suggesting the expediency of not placing Surgeon Jeaffrison in charge of the Ophthalmic Institution until he has acquired some knowledge of the habits and customs of the natives and some experience in the general diseases in this climate.
Suggestions for providing a more nutritious diet on emigrant ships
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p 79. Secretary of State for India forwards communication suggesting that a meat ration be introduced into the diet on board emigrant ships. Includes extract of a letter from the Emigration Board regarding a voyage made by the Walmer Castle from Feb-May 1869, and the emaciated condition of emigra...