[230] “The Government has recently given its serious attention to the subject of Sanitation, and has laid down the lines upon which, in its opinion, sanitary reform should be applied to our towns and villages. It has given Sanitation a local habitation and a name in every great division of the Empire; and it has arranged for the establishment of responsible central agencies from one end of the country to the other, who will be in close communication with all the local authorities within their respective jurisdictions” (Speech at Calcutta, Nov. 30, 1888).
[231] See Bibliography A, Nos. 115, 118, 119, 122, 123.
[232] Mr. S. Digby was acting as Hon. Secretary to the Indian Section of the International Conference.
[233] Bombay, 1885–1890: A Study in Indian Administration.
[234] Bibliography A, Nos. 132, 135.
[235] The document, unfortunately not complete, is in part typewritten (with a few pencilled notes in Miss Nightingale's hand) and in part in the handwriting of a lady who at this time rendered her some secretarial assistance.
[236] She refers no doubt to Dr. Hewlett.
[237] See Bibliography A, Nos. 126, 133, 134.
[238] Numbers vi. 24–26: “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee,” etc. Job xxxi. 11–16: “When the ear heard me, then it blessed me,” etc.
[239] Daughter of Mr. John Bonham Carter (see Vol. I. p. [29]).