Skip to item: of 516
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council' [‎148r] (300/516)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 volume (256 folios). It was created in 1909-1911. It was written in English and French. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

■Ir knMj
FThis Docurrfent is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's ]
eastern sanitary reforms.
CONFIDENTIAL.
%
[October 24]
Section 2.
[38602]
No. 1.
Sir G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey .—{Received October 24.)
(No. 35. Commercial.)
Sir, Gulahek, October 6, 1910.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 32, I have the honour to transmit herewith
copy of a despatch from the physician to His Majesty’s Legation, giving a report on
the meeting of the Sanitary Council held on the 3rd October.
Proces-verbaux of the eighty-first meeting are annexed.
I have, &c.
Gr. BARCLAY.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Dr. Neligan to Sir G. Barclay.
Sir, Gulahek, October 4, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to report that a meeting of the Sanitary Council was
held on the 3rd October at Tehran—Dr. Feistmantel (the vice-president) in the
chair.
Cholera.
The epidemic, both in Russia and Persia, is steadily decreasing, although one or
two places in the neighbourhood of pre-existing infected places have been attacked.
On the whole the epidemic, or rather scattered epidemics, in Persia have been of a
mild type. The disease has not spread rapidly, and the mortality has not been
excessive.
Enzeli: The following are the figures up to date for the month of September:—
Cases. Deaths.
September 1-6
14
.. .. 8
,, 23
36
16
„ 24-30 ..
6
5
Total
36
29
Azerbaijan : As announced in
and Nir are free from cholera.
the Persian Foreign
Office circular, Ardebil, Sirab,
Zenjan: Nine cases on the 24th September.
On the Bayazid road, near the Turco-Persian frontier, several deaths from cholera
have occurred (telegram dated the 22nd September).
Meshed: I communicated Major O’Connor’s telegram announcing 150 cases, so
far, in the city and its environs. The native doctor, who was sent to form a quarantine
station at Sardaneh on the Meshed road, returned a few days later. With his guard
of cossacks and sowars he had met some of Reshid-es-Sultan’s people; they took away
everything he had, spilling his medical stores on the ground. The guard left him and
joined Reshid.
The Recent Epidemic of Plague in the Gulf.
The vice-president announced the receipt of Captain McConaghey’s report. The
president has written congratulating him on his work.
Quarantine at Astara .—The meeting voted in favour of its being continued.
The vice-president said that he. had received a complaint against a British subject
[2954 aa —!
* Not printed.

About this item

Content

Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian governments to suggest that they be represented by the British on the Persian Sanitary Board. Also discussed are ideas about the causes of the outbreak of plague and cholera in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports. The file also contains copies of the proceedings of the meetings of the Persian Sanitary Council (Conseil Sanitaire de l'Empire de Perse).

Correspondents include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir George Barclay; Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Sir Henry McMahon; and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.

Extent and format
1 volume (256 folios)
Physical characteristics

Foliation - the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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.

Written in
English and French in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council' [‎148r] (300/516), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/184, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100032581990.0x000065> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100032581990.0x000065">File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council' [&lrm;148r] (300/516)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100032581990.0x000065">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00004d/IOR_L_PS_10_184_0300.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00004d/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image