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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [268v] (539/862)
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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412 PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASE
the 1939 total, 19-1 per cent, were suffering from epidemic, endemic,
or infectious disease; 21-2 per cent, from eye diseases; 18-9 per cent,
from disease of the digestive system; io-8 per cent, from skin diseases;
7-3 per cent, from disease of the respiratory system. The number of
cases of communicable diseases treated are given in the table below,
but they differ considerably from the total numbers notified to the
Health Department. The total notified cases of the more important
of the notifiable diseases are given in
brackets.
Malaria.....
490,319
Measles
1,813
Trachoma ....
352,662
Typhoid and paratyphoid
Syphilis (1,382)
34,392
(1,256)
745
Soft chancre ....
5,237
Erysipelas
540
Gonorrhoea ....
20,054
Leprosy (179).
373
Dysentery (15,725)
32,039
Puerperal fever
260
Schistosomiasis
17,449
Plague ....
0
Tuberculosis, pulmonary (3,539)
9,024
Diphtheria
215
,, other forms
2,252
Tetanus....
157
Influenza ....
13,836
Anthrax....
102
Small-pox (in)
185
Typhus fever (45) .
27
Whooping-cough .
2,525
Cerebrospinal fever (112)
no
Ankylostomiasis
6,147
Scarlet fever .
H
Mumps ....
2,206
Cholera
0
Sandfly fever
165
Total
992,848
The small number of cases of syphilis notified compared with the
number of cases treated is most marked. On the other hand, there are
more cases of typhoid and paratyphoid notified than treated.
An analysis of the detailed figures by provinces shows that notifica
tions are most complete in those provinces where medical relief is best
organized. Moreover, annual increase in the number of cases treated
does not necessarily denote increase in disease incidence, but may
indicate increased hospital or dispensary services.
Diseases
The most important diseases affecting the public health of Iraq are:
malaria, trachoma and acute ophthalmia, tuberculosis, venereal
diseases, intestinal infections (notably dysentery, enteritis of infants,
and diseases of the typhoid group), and schistosomiasis. The pesti
lential diseases, cholera, plague, smallpox, and typhus, are a per
manent menace. For European troops operating or stationed in Iraq
heat-stroke is a serious danger. These diseases and a few others of
special interest or importance call for detailed consideration.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:253r, 254r, 255r:429v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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