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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎10v] (27/396)

The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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10
PERSIAN GTTLl? ADMINISTRATION REPORT
appendix.
MEMORANDUM BY MAJOR J, McPHERSON, 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 AND CHTEE QUARANTINE MEDICAL OPEICER
IN THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ON THE WORK OF (1) THE RESI
DENCY DISPENSARY, (2) QUARANTINE ADMINISTRATION
IN THE GULF.
During tliG yoar the number of patients treated at tbe Hospital was
] 4,677. Of these 14,537 were out-
Hospitai. patients and 140 in-door cases.
The operations performed numbered 645.
The health of Gulf Ports has been
Sanitary Operations. good except in the case of Bahrain,
where there was an outbreak of plague.
The outbreak originated in December of the previous year, and was con
tinued until June. It affected the adjoining Islands as well as Bahrain
itself.
i Mohammerah had three cases of plague in the first week of April.
At Bushire and at Bandar Abbas cases of plague were taken off ships and
isolated in quarantine. At Bushire there were four cases, one of which was
brought from Bahrain by the mail of 2nd February ; while the others were
taken off the " Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. " on 17th April, while that vessel was on her voyage from
Bombay.
At Bandar Abbas five cases in all were taken off ships ; one on the 14th
March, from the " Barpeta" coming from Bahrain and the others from the
" Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ", on the 12th and 13th April. As the " Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. " was thoroughly
infected she was sent to Mohammerah on the 17th April for disinfection and
deratisation by the Clayton Parge.
The Quarantine Station at Bushire underwent thorough repair during the
year.
The following table gives the details of the Quarantine work done at five
ports:—
Station.
Number
of
ve88els.
Number of crew
inspected on
board.
Number of
passengers on
board.
Inspected
for
port.
Bushire....
259
24,894
12,240
2,871
Mohammerah . . .
263
24,131
9,225
8,124
Bandar Abbas. . .
117
12,102
5,901
1,200
Liugah ....
80
8,361
4,520
825
J ask ....
58
6,190
3*
"to
I— 1
427
J. McPHERSON, Major , I.M.S.,
Besidency Surgeon.

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.

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1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.

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