Sanitary. For earlier 1871 Sanitary Proceedings, see volume IOR/P/524. For later 1873 Sanitary Proceedings, see volume IOR/P/525. Please note that the reference entries for this volume refer to the index numbers and not the programme numbers.
Tax proposed to be levied by the Ottoman Government on pilgrims proceeding to the Hedjaz [Hejaz]
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pp 117-20. H Rumbold, Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, forwards copies of communications sent by him to Serrier Pasha; E Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health, Constantinople; and P Saurian, Acting Consul, Jeddah. Also includes Abstract of reports by Mr Acting Consul ...
pp 143-44. Correspondence, including statement by the Acting Consul, Jeddah, the the Constantinople Board of Health have agreed to regulate steamers according to the Native Passengers Act.
General Report on the Lock Hospitals connected with the Military Cantonments in Bengal Presidency during the year 1869
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pp 149-57. Submitted by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Includes admission statistics and information on the extent of venereal disease amongst European troops throughout the Presidency.
The working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta
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pp 161-210. Government of Bengal forward reports and correspondence on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta for the years 1868-1870, comprising: Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal on the report of the Superintendent, Lock-Hospitals, on the working of the Act in the...
Collection, through the Commanders of British Vessels, of a pilgrim tax proposed by the Turkish Government
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p 277. Government of India inform the Foreign Department of a notice placed in the Gazette of India announcing the agreement of the Government to the proposals of the Ottoman Board of Health to levy a tax on pilgrims travelling to the Hejaz, despite the objections registered by the Government.
pp 265-75. Comments of the Army Sanitary Commission, the Cawnpore Municipal Committee and Colonel Alexander Fraser, Officiating Chief Engineer, North-Western Provinces, on the submitted plans for improving drainage and sanitation in Cawnpore. Includes detailed description of the prevailing state ...
Utilisation of latrine sewage for manure: selection of Jubbulpore [Jabalpur] for the experiment.
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pp 281-96. Communication S C Townsend, Sanitary Commissioner with the Central Provinces and Berar, regarding the proposals of the War Office Sanitary Commission, on the relative utility of water- and dry-earth sewage systems. Enclosing: G Sutherland, Report on the best method of removal and disp...
Notification that Assistant Surgeon G Hutcheson will replace Assistant Surgeon Ellis to conduct the special local investigation into cholera in the Central Provinces
