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File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ [‎188r] (380/420)

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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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_[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. 1
EASTERN SANITARY REFORMS.
[June 5.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1,
[24004]
No. 1 .
Slr F ‘ Carl wright to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 5 .)
(No. 49. Commercial.)
Sir,
’WITH j . Vienna, June 2, 1912.
YVJ1H reference to your communication of the 30th May, enquiring how the
matter stands respecting the attitude of the Austro-Hungarian delegate on the Tehran
Mr Kuien U ^ ’ 2 ^ that ° n of ^our despateh to
Mr. ivussell, JSo. 2 , Commercial, of the 9th January, 1912, I took an opportunity on
Secreter^of^^tiT ^ 0 abse " c ( ?’. to leave with Baron Miiller, the Permanent Under-
forth the facts of the mattef ' S ' a P ™ 16 lettel ' containill S an setting
the hRouT to endoTe t'retith. t0 commuDicatio “. a copy of which I have
I have, &c.
FAIRFAX L. CARTWRIGHT.
Enclosure 1 in No 1 .
. , Sir F. Cartwright to Baron Muller.
(Private.)
My dear Baron Muller, Vienna, January 30, 1912.
•R I P-N l UPLE to trouble you with a small matter, which, however, interests the
British Government, but as I do not wish to take it up officially I make an appeal to
your good offices in my private capacity. The matter relates to the excess of zeal
shown by Dr. Feistmantel, the Austro-Hungarian representative on the Tehran
oanitary Council, who seems to be inclined to raise questions which go beyond his
proper province, and which in the present unsettled state of things in Persia had
perhaps better be left untouched. °
I enclose an aide-memoire with further details explaining what His Maiestys
Government complain of. As Dr. Feistmantel is, I am told, at present on leave in this
country, an opportunity may perhaps present itself when vou might see proper to
advise him to be a little more discreet and cautious in his attitude.
Yours very truly,
FAIRFAX L. CARTWRIGHT.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1 .
Aide-memoire.
(Private and Confidential.)
IT has been brought to the notice of His Britannic Majesty’s Government that
an unsatisfactory situation has been created in the affairs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sanitary
service by the misdirected zeal of Dr. Feistmantel, the Austro-Hungarian delegate on
he Tehran Sanitary Council, and by his attitude towards the Gulf quarantine adminis-
ration, which is under British management and composed of officers of the Indian
Medical Service. It appears that Dr. Feistmantel has for some years past been very
active in his criticisms and even attacks on that administration, and to have caused
some difficulty by unnecessarily raising the question of the sanitary defence of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In particular, at a meeting of the Tehran Sanitary Council on the 30th April,
f910, Dr. Feistmantel appears to have read an attack on the chief quarantine officer
111 r eference to the epidemic of plague which had broken out at Bushire. He
endeavoured to show that this officer had been lacking in his duty in not orderinn
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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).

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1 volume (204 folios)
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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.

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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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