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File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ [87r] (178/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1912-29 Dec 1913. It was written in French and 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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British consulate.
TTOI
ommercial
Kermnshah, Persia*
June 6th I^T?*
! 9 1 l
Sir,|
t have the honour to report that bubonic plagus
is reported to exist at two villaces and probably at
a third between Mahidasht and Karunabad en the route
•from Kermanshah to Baghdad about thirty miles to the West
o*f Kermanshah town*
Xhe Persian sanitary doctor was sent to enquire
and brought in specimens ot pus from patients and
both the doctor of the Russian consulate and the
delegate of the Ottoman Sanitary Board state that
found the plague microbe in this but that the disease
•sp appears to be stationary and not epidemic « At this
season they do not expect it to spread*
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Tour most obedient.
humble servant
hies Majesty 1 s Principal
Secretary of State
for ioreign Affairs.
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- Content
The volume contains part 1 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse). It chiefly comprises copies of the proceedings (in French) of the 99 through to the 127 meetings of the Council, forwarded by the British Ambassador at Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay; Sir Walter Beaupre Townley) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and then forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the Under-Secretary of State for India.
The proceedings detail reports of epidemics (including plague, cholera, malaria) occurring in Persia and its neighbours (including the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Russia, India), and measures taken to implement quarantine and vaccination measures to prevent their spread. In the reports, recurring mention is made of epidemics in Kermanshah [Kermānshāh], Khorassan [Khorāsān], Bouchir [Bushire] and Astrakhan. Interspersed with the meeting proceedings are copies of British Government correspondence, chiefly in the form of detailed accounts of the meetings, written by Dr Anthony Richard Neligan, physician at the British Legation in Tehran, who attended meetings in his capacity as Doctor of the Legation (Médecins de Légations).
The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 3).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (204 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2410 (Tehran Sanitary Council) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/283-284. The volumes are divided into 2 parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 208; 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.
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- French and English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/283
- Title
- File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 15r:35v, 41r:60v, 64r:77v, 84r:95v, 99r:108v, 113r:127v, 131r:142v, 147r:150v, 155r:167v, 170r:173v, 176r:178v, 181r:184v, 187r:190v, 193r:196v, 201r:204v, 207r:207v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence