Rules for determining the presence of organic matter in water
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pp 1061-63. Government of Madras forward communication from Surgeon-Major J L Ranking, Sanitary Commissioner, regarding rules to be adopted regarding tests for the analysis of potable waters. Discusses the methods proposed by Ranking, and those of Messrs Wanklyn and Chapman, championed by Dr Macn...
Correspondence and reports regarding the effects of cholera in Bhopal, Malva and by the Agra and Bombay road
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pp 1383-90. Correspondence with the Governor General's Agent, Central India, plus reports received on cholera outbreaks on the Agra and Bombay Road between Beora and Miana; at Sirdarpore; and at Sehore.
Sanitary arrangements for the Durbar to be held at Agra during the next cold season
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pp 809-14. Correspondence and reports forwarded to J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, comprising: Letter by F J Mouat, Inspector General of Jail, Lower Provinces, regarding the sanitary arrangements for the forthcoming Durbar and the provisions to be made against ...
Arrangements made for affording Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health, Constantinople, information as to the state of Public Health in India
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pp 767-69. Request that regular sanitary reports from the Bombay Presidency be submitted to the Board of Health, Constantinople, principally in regard to its arrangements for the prevention of cholera among pilgrims travelling to Mecca, and the regular journeys between Bombay, the Red Sea and the...
Experiment made by the Darjeeling Municipality of Mr Hickey's plan of conservancy by carbonization
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pp 1311-19. Report of the Sub-Committee on Hickey's process. Hickey informs the Government of India that experiments are to be made with the charcoal residue as a deodorizer instead of dry-earth.
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...
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...
Changes in the existing arrangements of the constitution of the Sanitary Department with the Government of India
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pp 805-07. Minute by J Strachey regarding the necessity of appointing a Medical Officer to the position of Sanitary Commissioner, and the abolition of the position of Secretary to the Sanitary Commissioner in each of the Presidencies.
Proposed legislation to give the necessary power to Local Officers to enforce sanitary measures in the villages and smaller towns in Oudh
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pp 815-17. Request by the Chief Commissioner of Oudh that the local Municpal Act be extended to provide powers to enforce local sanitary arrangements. Response from the Government of India declining the request on the grounds that the co-operation of the local population is paramount to the succe...
Quarantine to be performed by all vessels arriving at Turkish Ports unprovided with a Bill of Health
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p 47. Communication from the Consul and British Agent at Jeddah, stating that the fine hitherto inflicted on vessels arriving at Turkish Ports without a Bill of Health has been abolished, and that in lieu all future vessels without such a document will be obliged to be held in quarantine.