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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎289v] (583/616)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
A note on the New Charitable Maskat Mutrah Hospital hy Captain N. N. G.
C. McVean, M.B., I.M.S., Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon, Maskat.
The new Maskat Mutrah Hospital was opened at the end of October
1910. It is a large roomy building with ample accommodation for twenty
patients in nine different wards, thus providing separate accommodation for
the different classes of patients and special accommodation for females. A
ward with ample accommodation for two patients has been set aside for
European patients, it is well furnished and has a bath room attached, several
cases from the Navy have been healed here up to date.
There is a good operation room furnished with most otf the more neces
sary articles of surgical furniture and with a good supply of modern
instruments.
There is a roomy dispensary well equipped and a good dresser's room;
the latter has not yet been fully furnished but new furniture has been ordered.'
Very few operations have been performed so far, as the people are not
accustomed to the idea of surgical treatment. Should the numBer of patients
requiring operations increase, as it is hoped will be the case when the hospital
becomes well known, the present subordinate staff is hardly adequate.
Note on the Cholera epidemic in Maskat, in the Autumn of 1910, by Captain
N. N. G. C. McVean, I M.S., Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon, Maskat.
Cholera broke out in Maskat towards the end of September and con
tinued, till the end of November; during that time there was a period, from
the 1st till the 19th of October, during which no case was heard of.
The cases occurred almost entirely among the Baluchis and Seedies of the
poorest classes who live outside the walls in miserable huts where the condi
tions are filthy in the extreme and where there is much crowding. Only about
ten cases occurred inside the town itself where the sanitary conditions are
considerably better.
The number of cases reported was 93, of these 81 died, but as the great
majority of cases were not reported till after death it may be assumed' that
many cases recovered which were not reported. However, the general health
and conditions of life of the class affected is poor which would help to account
for a very high mortality. Males and females were attacked in about equal
proportion. About 20 of the cases were children. The cases seen presented
the ordinary symptoms of cholera. Very few of the cases applied ?or medi
cines or, if they did, it was only when the disease was far" advanced. The
relations, etc., were advised to burn clothing and other articles infected or at
least to soak them well in antiseptics, which were supplied free for this
purpose. These suggestions were carried out in almost every case, and they
seem to have been fairly successful as generally not more than one case
occurred in each dwelling-
The infection was probably brought by dhows a large number of which
come here. The first cases heard of however were among people who had
been living in Maskat for some time. Cholera occurred in several other
places in Oman about the same time.

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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).

The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.

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1 volume (304 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.

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