Question of the applicability of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 to the pilgrim traffic in the East
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pp 359-63. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India, regarding the applicability of section 230 of the Merchant Shipping Act to pilgrim vessels, and the provision of medical assistance on board ships. Includes discussion of the mortality sustained on the stea...
Remarks on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868) in light of its proposed amendment
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pp 187-261. Correspondence and reports received from local administrations regarding the working of the Contagious Diseases Act. The reports are rich in statistical information. Includes Report of the Committee of Inquiry assembled at Calcutta under the orders of the Government of India, examin...
Report on the Government Cinchona Plantation in Bengal, and of the Government Quinologist for the year 1884-1885
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pp 207-19. Contains: Twenty-third Annual Report of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim by Surgeon-Major G King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Annual report of the Government Quinologist, Surgeon-Major G King, for 1884-1885. Resolution of the Government of...
Alleged inoculation by Waldemar Haffkine with cholera virus of 250 children in the Elementary Schools at Agra
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p 483. Communications between the Government of India and the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, regarding the inoculation of 53 pupils at St Peter's college, Agra.
Report by E H Hankin, Chemical Examiner and Bacteriologist to the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, on his method of isolating enteric microbes from water and other substances
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pp 2249-57.Copy of E H Hankin, On the detection of the bacillus typhi abdominalis in water and other substances, prepared from the Government Laboratory, Agra.
Establishment of the Central Bacteriological Laboratory at Parel House, Bombay, and the appointment of W M Haffkine as Director-in-Chief
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pp 1151-1230. Correspondence between the Government of India and Bombay, and Waldemar Haffkine, regarding the establishment of the Central Laboratory at Parel House, and the terms of Haffkine's appointment. Includes detailed lists of apparatus needed, proposed building modifications, proposed sta...
Organisation of measures in the Bombay Presidency and the Punjab for the prevention of the spread of malaria by mosquitoes
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pp 301-16. Letters received from Ronald Ross regarding arrangements for the destruction of mosquitoes and prevention of malaria in India, plus correspondence between the Governments of India and Bombay regarding the formation of mosquito brigades, financial arrangements, and recommeded irrigation...
Proposal that the cost of railway fares of native patients desiring to proceed to Kasauli for anti-rabic treatment may be paid by Government to such railway companies as do not agree to issue free tickets
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pp 473-76. Communication from the Central Committee of the Pasteur Institute of India suggesting that Government cover rail fees when rail companies are not willing to waive them. Communication from the Government of India acknowledging their special position and duty to provide medical relief, a...
Offer made by the Salvation Army to co-operate with the Government in supplying medical assistance to the people of India
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pp 647-55. Government of India forward to the Presidency Governments corrrespondence between the Indian Medical Service and the Salavation Army regarding the offer by the latter to provide hospitals, medical instruction and trained staff to India.
