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.
Sanitary improvements to be made at Simla on the return of the Government of India and the Public Offices in 1877
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pp 733-34. Resolution of the Public Works Department regarding the construction of a new Viceregal residence, improved sanitation, and the possible acquisition of the Peterhoff Estate.
Trial in the Mayo Hospital in Calcutta of the medicine suggested by Dr Robert L Bowles as a specific for cholera
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Correspondence regarding a recent Mayo Hosptial trial of acidum sulphurosum as a treatment for cholera, proposed by Dr Robert L Bowles. The practice of fumigation as a prophylactic measure is discussed.
Review of the results of the sale of quinine under the present system of pice packets in Bengal from 01 November 1892 to 30 September 1894
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pp 437-49. Communication from the Government of Bengal, forwarding copy resolution, with orders thereon. Includes statistics for quinine and packet pricing, the sales figures for quinine in Bengal, and the comparative position of districts with reference to quinine sales and fever mortality.
Three reports upon the medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills submitted by Assistant Surgeon John Jones; Assistant Surgeon W Stoddart; and Assistant Surgeon Reginald Orton, including a table showing the boiling point of water at various altitudes throughout the Nilgiris; and a table comparing t...