pp 01-02. Communication from H Calvert, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Alexandria, advising that ships arriving at Suez without a bill of health, or having sustained a death mid-journey, are to be submitted to quarantine.
Proposals with the view of ensuring the more correct registration of vital statistics in Berar
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pp 11-22. Correspondence between the Commissioner, Assistant Residents, and Surgeon Generals of the Hyderabad Assigned Provinces and Berar; plus remarks by R T Abbott, Sanitary Commissioner with the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, enclosing copy Rules for the better registration of vital statistics...
Excessive mortality from bowel complaints in Berar
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pp 23-42. Comprising: Report by J Lumsdaine, Bombay Sanitary Commissioner, including statement showing mortality from bowel complaints for 1866-72 in Bombay Presidency Registration Districts, plus comparative prevalence of bowel complaints in the registration districts according to different sea...
pp 201-24. Comprising: Communication from William Thom, Officiating Surgoen General, Indian Medical Department, Bombay. Remarks upon the Sind boil by Surgeon Keelan, 2nd Belooch Regiment, Native Infantry. Report on the Sind Sore by Surgeon J A Howell, 30th Native Infantry. Annual Report on the S...
Dry-earth system of conservancy as carried out in the [Bengal] Presidency Jail
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pp 231-35. Report of the system implemented by Dr Lynch at the Bengal Jail, by S C Mackenzie, Superintendent. Includes illustration of the "Pug Mill" in use, as proposed by Dr S C Mackenzie [page 233].