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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [270r] (542/862)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1944. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASE 415
age of sufferers from malaria among patients seeking relief from all
causes of sickness is the only available measure of malaria endemicity
in the provinces, though it is not a very satisfactory index. In 1939
the percentages in the different provinces were:
Baghdad
47
Dulaim
9‘4
Basra
220
Hilla .
25-9
Mosul .
• i 7'9
Karbala
206
Amara .
102
Kirkuk
127
Erbil .
lo-p
Kut .
8-3
Diwaniya
. 14-4
Muntafiq
12-8
Diyala .
21-4
Sulaimaniya
130
The spleen-rate,
or the percentage of children with enlargem<
the spleen, is one of the most valuable indices of endemic malaria.
The most comprehensive figures available for Iraq are given by
Christophers and Shortt. 1 They examined 7,981 children in many
parts of the country. The results showed that the Shatt al Arab and
the lower Tigris and Euphrates deltas had a moderate spleen-rate
indicative of moderate endemicity. In the upper plain of the rivers as
far as the Jabal Hamrin, spleen-rates were low or nil, indicative of
very feeble endemicity. At Karbala, however, a curious example of
localized hyperendemicity was found with a spleen-rate of 81 percent.
In the Mosul and Zab submontane areas spleen-rates of 77 and 66
were indicative of hyperendemic malaria. In the Diyala submontane
area the spleen-rate was only 6. The Persian plateau had a nil spleen-
rate. The experience of British troops in these areas was in general
in keeping with these findings. Baghdad city has a nil spleen-rate and
no endemic malaria.
Annual Cycle. Cases of malaria occur in all months of the year.
They are least numerous in the first three months. Thereafter the
incidence curve rises to a maximum in July. In August and September
there is usually a slight remission followed by a secondary rise in
October. The percentage monthly incidence of all cases of malaria
treated over a period of 17 years was:
January
46
April 6-i
July 12-9
October
107
February
4-2
May 79
August 107
November
9'9
March
5'2
June 11-8
September 8'8
December
7’2
These figures of clinically diagnosed malaria undoubtedly include
a proportion of other febrile conditions such as sandfly fever or
influenza. Moreover, it is impossible to distinguish in all cases
primary infections of malaria from relapses. The monthly fluctuations
in incidence indicate, however, that malaria is the preponderant
1 See Bibliography, Appendix F.
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The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944).
The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944 (E G N Rushbrook).
There then follows thirteen chapters:
- I. Introduction.
- II. Geology and description of the land.
- III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- IV. Climate, vegetation and fauna.
- V. History.
- VI. People.
- VII. Distribution of the people.
- VIII. Administration and public life.
- IX. Public health and disease.
- X. Irrigation, agriculture, and minor industry.
- XI. Currency, finance, commerce and oil.
- XII. Ports and inland towns.
- XIII. Communications.
- Appendices: stratigraphy; meteorological tables; ten historical sites, chronological table; weights and measures; authorship, authorities and maps.
There follows a section listing 105 text figures and maps and a section listing over 200 illustrations.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into a number of chapters, sub-sections whose arrangement is detailed in the contents section (folios 7-13) which includes a section on text-figures and maps, and list of illustrations. The volume consists of front matter pages (xviii), and then a further 682 pages in the original pagination system.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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