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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎133v] (271/1028)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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 II.
NOTES ON THE WORKING OF QUARANTINE ON THE ARAB
COAST OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. FOR THE YEAR 1935.
Inspection.—The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon visited Muscat and Bahrain in
May and Kuwait in December.
Epidemics .—There was a small epidemic of small-pox at Muscat
early in the year. It was very localised was soon brought under control.
A severe outbreak of small-pox started at the end of December along
the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Vaccinators, ^ with supplies of lymph from Karachi
and Basrah, were sent from Bahrain to Sharjah and Dibai.
Small-pox is endemic on this Coast. k
Buildings .—The quarantine buildings at Bahrain and Muscat are in a
good state of repair. Those at Kuwait are dilapidated. They collapsed
in December 1934 and little has been done to repair them.
Personnel .—There were no changes during the year.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Holmes, I.M.D. was m charge at
Bahrain. 1st Class Assistant Surgeon A. L. Greenway I.M.D at Kuwait
and 1 st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Easey, I.M.D., at Muscat.
Notification of Diseases.-Weekly health reports were received from
Karachi and occasional reports from Bombay. The weekly epidemio
logical reports from the League of Nations Far Eastern Bureau are received
by the courtesy of the Manager, Cable and Wireless Limited, Karachi.
J. J. ROONEY, Major, I.M.S.,
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon, Bushire.

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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.

These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:

These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:

  • Visitors
  • British interests
  • Foreign Interests
  • Local Government
  • Military
  • Communications
  • Trade Developments
  • Slavery

The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .

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1 volume (510 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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