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Rules regarding the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera among British troops
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pp 897-916. Copy rules and appendices, comprising: Section I. Precautions necessary in anticipation of the appearance of cholera. Section II. Measures to be adopted on appearance of cholera. Section III. Other points requiring the special attention of medical officers. Section IV. Responsibility ...
Appointment of Justices of the Peace to act in concert with Justices in Session to promote the interest of Black Town and the health of the community in Madras
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Three respectable persons - a European, an East Indian and a Native - to be appointed from the committee for improving drainage in Black Town.
pp 695-705. Government of the Punjab submit information on sanitary regulations enforced in the region, and enclose the following reports by A C DeRenzy, Sanitary Commissioner: Preface to Sanitary Rules for Towns and Villages. Declares the basic principles of public health, sanitation and conser...
Sanitary and Vaccination Reports for Oudh, 1869-1870
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pp 813-56. Annual sanitary report for the province of Oudh, submitted by G S Sutherland, Sanitary Commisisoner, Oudh. Consists of I. General Summary. II. Detailed reports on each of the headquarter stations of districts by the Sanitary Commissioner. III. District Sanitary Reports in original. Plu...
Measures adopted in the Lower Provinces for the collection and registration of mortuary statistics
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pp 955-99. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Bengal regarding the new measures for recording and submitting mortuary statistics, including opinions of local magistrates and surgeons on the necessary measures and funds for implemen...
Letter regarding the medical topographies of the Nilgiri Hills
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Letter from the General Department to the Medical Board, regarding the medico-topographical reports by Jones, Stoddart and Orton. The Governor in Council does not consider it necessary to establish a station in the Nilgiris for recovering European invalids.
Measures for rendering the practice of inoculation more extensive
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Report of the Madras Medical Board regarding the successes in inoculating European and Native troops. The Board advise that inoculation be spread throughout the local population, and recommend appointing a Surgeon to oversee the various districts in Madras, and that local Brahmin inoculators be e...
Arrangements for furnishing the Military Authorities with early information regarding cholera outbreaks
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pp 867-70. Correspondence regarding measures to address the poor level of information regarding cholera cases amongst the civil and military population, including recommendations made by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India that daily cholera reports should be furnished from eac...