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Remarks by the Sanitary Commissioner on the report into the cholera outbreak at Umritsur [Amritsar] during 1869
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pp 893-94. Remarks by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, recommending that the proposed system of under-ground pipes for drainage and sewerage be experimentally trialled in a portion of the city; and commenting on the differing opinions of Dr DeRenzy and Bryden on ...
Observations by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India on the system proposed by the Army Sanitary Commission for recording births, deaths and marriages in India
Review by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India of the Reports of the local Sanitary Commissioners for 1868
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pp 857-76. Comprises: Letter from J Murray, Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department, to J Geoghegan, Government of India, regarding the report on the cholera epidemic of 1868 by S C Townsend, commenting on the communicability of the disease. Report by J M Cunningham, Sanitary...
Memorandum on the dry-earth system of sewage by the War Office, Sanitary Commission
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pp 717-24. Copy report Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on a "Report and Order of the Madras Government upon the Dry-eath System of Sewage in the Madras Presidency".
Arrangements proposed by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India for investigating cholera epidemics
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p 1381. Arrangements for J M Cuningham and Dr Lewis to investigate cholera epidemics, including the possibilities of microscopic investigation, and investigations into Pettenkofer's theories on sub-surface soils.
Asst Surgeon R H England visit to Shevaroy and Chundamungalam Hills
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Asst Surgeon R H England appointed to visit the Shevaroy and Chundamungalam [Sendamangalam] hills [Kollaimalai Hills] in order to report on their medical topography.
Reports from various superintendents of vaccination in the hill districts of Bengal concerning the efficacy of the smallpox vaccine
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No. 19. Communication from the Bengal Medical Board to the Government of India, requesting that they be sent lymph and crusts taken from children vaccinated with fresh lymph from England during the months October - December. Enclosing the following reports on vaccination: Dr Stewart, Superintend...
Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India directed to proceed to the Cantonments and Camps where cholera is now prevalent, with a view to making investigations
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pp 1065-66. To proceed to Saugor, Jubbulpore, Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Fyzabad, Agra and Morar.