Investigation into the outbreak of cholera in the Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta
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pp 1545-79. Secretary of State requested report on the outbreak in order to answer a Parliamentary Question. Comprising: Comments by Colonel R Macrae, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal; Report on the outbreak by Major E E Waters, Surgeon-Superintendent, Presidency General Hospital, di...
Publication of the tarif of sanitary dues relating to the levy of a tax on pilgrims and others proceeding from India to Turkish Arabia
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p 321. Government of India to issue a statement regarding the recent publication of the tarif in the Gazette of India, clarifying that the Government have not agreed to the measure and that the tax is not applicable to British vessels or vessels sailing from Indian ports.
Plan Shewing Position of Telegraph Station at Fao and Site of New Turkish Fort at Entrance of the Shat-el-Arab
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Map showing the mouth of the Shat-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab], the new Turkish [Ottoman] fort, and the telegraph station at Fao [Al Faw]. Also indicates date groves, the sea wall, and land that is covered at high tide.
Extent to which the Government of India would be disposed to make grants in aid of the foundation of Leper Asylums and of other purposes connected with the relief of the sufferings of lepers in India
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pp 1035-37. Communication forwarded to the Governor General in Council by the Committee of the Mission of Lepers regarding grants to leprosy asylums, providing details of the various societies, institutions and settlements receiving grants from the Mission. Plus reply of the Government of India r...
Report on the working of the scheme for the sale of quinine through the agency of the Post Office in Assam
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pp 559-75. Communication from the Chief Commissioner of Assam forwarding the report, which includes details of the participating Post Offices, plus quinine supply and sales figures.
Report on experiments with Nastin B in Leprosy, by Captain F A Barnardo and Major J W D Megaw, with notes by Colonel G F A Harris
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pp 183-282. Report consists of detailed case studies for named patients, including charts and illustrations: Photographs, pp 197-201 Charts showing temperature, pulse and respiration during treatment with different preparations of Nastin B, pp 215-33 Illustrations showing the coverage of leprosy...
pp 377-87. Colonel J P Nixon, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, forwards reports received from Surgeon Major W H Colvill, Civil Surgeon at Baghdad, plus memoranda of proceedings of the Board of Health at Teheran [Tehran], submitted by Sir Joseph R L Dickson. The reports include details about the...
Dr J Esdaile seeks permission to have the Sukeas Lane [Calcutta] Dispensary placed under his charge, for the purpose of introducing the practice of mesmerism