The British Indian government stuck to metrological theories about cholera after the Constantinople International Sanitary Conference of 1868, believing that atmospheric conditions are the basic cause of spreading the disease. After the 1868 cholera epidemic in India, the Cholera Committee was set up to investigate the causes of the disease. It comprised of the Principal Inspector General of the Indian Medical Department, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras, and Col. A.C. Silver. The origin and generation of cholera, the epidemicity and endemicity of the disease in India, transmissibility and propagation of cholera, and measures necessary for its prevention were studied. The committee concluded that cholera was frequent especially at religious festivals and fairs. Epidemics were attributable to the importation of disease by pilgrims, travelers, and troops. The committee suggested improving sanitation, ensuring proper management of festivals, and developing hygienic conditions in institutions like hospitals, jails, and military cantonments.(31,32) Dr. S.C. Townsend, Sanitary Commissioner for Central Provinces and Berar, also reported his 1868 cholera epidemic investigations.(33)
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