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'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [105v] (215/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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APPENDIX E.
Civil Cases brought before the Assistant Political Officer, Karbala, between
the 1st January and 30th November, 1918.
Debts.
Miscellaneous.
Divorce and Marriages.
Property. Agricultural Produce.
Inheritance.
Total.
741
1,377
304
450
212
183
3,267
APPENDIX F.
Police and Criminal Cases dealt with by the Assistant Political Officer,
Karbala, from January to November, 1918.
Thefts.
Bribery.
Assault.
Fraud.
Infringement
of Orders.
Fabricated Cases
and False Witnesses.
Total.
39
5
7
10
27
7
95
APPENDIX G.
Annual Report of the Sick treated in the Civil Hospital, Karbala, from 1st January to
30th November, 1918 (11 months only).
Name of Diseases.
Outdoor
Indoor Cases.
Cases.
Cured.
Re
lieved.
Other
wise.
Died.
Re
maining.
Cholera
4
—
—
1 sent to
Hillah.
1
—
Small-pox
—
—
Typhoid fever -
1 sent to
Bagh
dad.
’
—
Paratyphoid A
—
—
Paratyphoid B
—
—
Malaria ...
3,436
13
11
1
3
1
Dysentery
7
2
1
3
Tubercle of the lungs
24
—
1
3
Labes pneumonia
2
3
3
Other diseases of
467
7
2
respiratory system.
Heart diseases -
103
Urinary system
156
1
1
2
Diseases of the
334
1
2
1
nervous system.
Eye diseases
2,724
1
1
Ear diseases
334
Skin diseases
1,101
*
1
Diarrhoea -
105
3
Other diseases of
1,735
2
1
1
1
1
digestive system.
Diseases of the joints -
213
2
2
2
Diseases of the con-
422
5
1
3
nective tissue.
Syphilis ...
56
1
1
Gonorrhoea
82
1
1
Diseases of generative
159
system.
Debility and anaemia -
76
3
5
2
4
Rheumatic fever
481
1
Ulcers
1,532
3
General and local
injuries.
298
20
4
2
(1 sent
to
Hillah.)
1
Geperal diseases
432
—
—
1
—
—
Total
14,283
68
34
13
25
2
Total
Admis
sion.
Total
Admission
of Out
door and
Indoor
Cases.
Minor
Opera
tions.
Major Operations.
2
6
197
9, detail as follows
(1) Compound fracture
1
—
—
nasal bones. (Cured.)
1
(2) Simple fracture left
humerus bone. (Cured.)
(3) Simple fracture left
—
—
—
clavical bone. (Cured.)
29
3,465
—
(4) Compound fracture
—
left humerus bone caused
6
13
—
by bullocks. (Relieved.)
4
28
—
(5) Compound fracture of
6
8
—
right middle finger (ampU’
9
476
tated). (Cured.)
(6) Dislocation of right
—
103
elbow joint. (Cured.)
4
160
—
(7) Fracture of left
4
338
—
tibia! bone. (Cured.)
(8) Fracture, right clav-
2
2,726
—
ical bone. (Cured)
“T-
334
—
(9) Fracture of both
1
1,102
—
thighs (ruptured bladder).
3
108
—
(Died.)
6
1,741
—
6
219
9
431
—
2
58
2
84
—
159
—
14
90
1
482
3
1,535
27
325
—
1
433
—
142
14,225
—
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The volume comprises annual reports and administration reports, submitted by Political Officers, for the following divisions in occupied Mesopotamia [Iraq]: Samara; Ba'qubah; Khaniqin [Khānaīqn]; Samawah; Shamiyah [Shāmīyah]; Hillah; Dulaim [Anbar]; Basrah; Qurnah; 'Amarah [Al 'Amārah]; Kut; Nasiriyah; Kirkuk; and the Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. [Kuwayt].
The administration reports often include details under the following headings: tribal and political boundaries; revenue; irrigation; agriculture; industry; municipalities; judicial; education; medical and sanitation; housing; police; jails; Shabanahs; labour; Waqf; establishment and personnel. They often contain appendices, providing statistical tables, special reports, notes on prominent personalities, lists of ruling Shaikhs, and details of court cases and prisoners.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; 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 (445pp, including maps and tables).
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