Report of the smallpox commissioners, appointed by government : with an appendix, Calcutta, 1st July 1850.

  • Bengal (India). Smallpox Committee.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Report of the smallpox commissioners, appointed by government : with an appendix, Calcutta, 1st July 1850. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The Under Secre- tary to the Govern- ment of Bengal to the Medical Board, dated Qth March, 1850. Form of “ Note and Ticket—used at the Calcutta Vaccine Depots. No. 340. Judicial. From the UNDER SECRETARY to the GOVERN- MENT OF BENGAL, To THE MEDICAL BOARD, Fort William, Dated 6th March, 1850. Gentlemen, I am directed by the Deputy Governor of Bengal to ac- knowledge the receipt of your letter. No. 59, dated the 28th ultimo, with enclosure, and, in reply, to inform you that, under the recommendation of your Board, and of the Superinten- dent General of Vaccination, his Honor has authorized, in anticipation of the sanction of the Government of India, the entertainment of six Vaccinators instead of the twenty applied for in your letter of the 7th, and allowed in the orders of the 18th idem. 2. His Honor has likwise been pleased to sanction, in the same man- ner, (as an experimental measure,) the disbursement during the next three months, by Dr. Stewart, of a sum equivalent to the salary that woidd have been drawn by the other fourteen Vaccinators at rupees 8 each per mensem, being an aggregate of rupees 112 per mensem ; or of such portion of it as it may be found advisable to bestow in rewards to Native parents, who will bring their children to the Dispensary at the periods indicated by Dr. Stewart, and thus enable liim to obtain fresh and good lymph for general dissemination. I have, &c., (Signed) J. W. Dalrymple, Under Secy, to the Govt, of Bengal. Form of “ Note and TickeU—used at the Calcutta Vaccine Depots. 1. In order to avoid the danger of that awful complaint, the Small- pox, the child that is Vaccinated ought for six days to take no other food than sago and milk. It may be bathed on the third day, and on the eighth a gentle purgative, such as Castor Oil, should be administered. 2. It is essential that the spot where the Vaccination has been applied, should not be scratched ; for if the pock bursts or is torn open.