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Maps illustrating the Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the outbreak of cholera at Umritsur [Amritsur] in 1869
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pp 931-35. Copies of two maps from 27 which initially illustrated the report of the Committee: 1. General map, showing the prevalence of cholera in Umritsur, and 2. Plan of Umritsur City, showing contour levels. Orders thereon that the two be lithographed, coloured, and distributed in the same ma...
Discussions regarding the suggestions of the Army Sanitary Commission for the trial of certain experiments connected with cholera
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pp 1001-60. Comprising: Army Sanitary Commission, Instructions for conducting an enquiry into cholera in India. Copy proceedings thereon of the Madras Government regarding the recommendations, the proposed form of registers, reports to be drawn up by Medical Officers, the areas to be the focus o...
Letters to Government from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd reporting on various botanical subjects
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Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 350-355] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to the Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 25th June 1790, regarding the cultivation of Mawah and Teak, and reporting that there were upwards of one thousand plants of Spanish American Napaul [...
Report of the Smallpox Committee on vaccine operations throughout India, and orders thereon
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No. 32. Communication from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal regarding the report of the Smallpox Committee, which recommended legislating against the practice of inoculation. Government of India identified the poor extent of vaccination throughout Bengal, and advise that vacci...
Papers from Dr William Roxburgh regarding a new species of Nerium Indigo
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Madras Public Consultations, 14 September 1790: [pp 2334-2336] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Major General Medows, dated 10th July 1790, transmitting papers containing a description and drawing of a tree, the leaves of which yields a very beautiful indigo, for forwarding along with a samp...
Reports on the progress in the sanitary improvement made in the Madras Presidency
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pp 891-1038. Government of Fort St George forward Proceedings reviewing the reports of the Sanitary Commissioner on the progress made in the sanitary improvement of the Madras Presidency. Consists of extensive reports, correspondence and minutes: pp 891-904. Proceedings p 905. Appendix A. Est...
Recommendations of the Army Sanitary Commission for conducting an enquiry into cholera in India
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pp 705-06. Letter from W M Muir, Inspector General of Hospitals to HM British Forces, to the Government of India, regarding the circulation of printed instructions for conducting researches into cholera, as prepared by the Army Sanitary Commission. Letter from J Murray, Inspector General of Hospi...
Monthly reports on the state of Public Health in India to be sent to Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Constantinople
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pp 707-09. Correspondence, including letter from Henry Elliot to the Earl of Clarendon, informing him that the sanitary establishments in the Hedjaz and Jewen are now organised on a permanent footing; plus letter from Dr Dickson to Elliot providing details of the sanitary establishments.