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Coll 30/108(2) 'Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit and Muscat' [18r] (35/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1947-30 Mar 1948. 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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CONFIDENTIAL
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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.
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H.M's Secretary of State for Xommonwearth
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Relations, Bahrain. i.(%Hc^Jt
No.446-S 1
" Dated, BAHRAIN, the 20th February, f948 ‘JL
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Demi- official. Harrison from Hay. * sb
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Reference my Express setter No.421-S dated
17th February 1948_on the subject of the appointment of Quarantine
Medical Officers.
2. I support throughout Moody 1 s proposals
contained in the enclosure to my Express Letter under reference.
Negotiations with the States with a view to their taking over the
quarantine administration are likely to be protracted and it is
certainly desirable that we should put the administration on proper
lines before we' hand it over.
3. The chief objection to Moody's proposals is
likely to be that they involve us in additional expenditure. At
Bahrain the salary proposed for the ^.M.O. totals £.1500 a year
whereas the salary at present drawn by Captain Steele is Rs.1005 per
month i.e. about £.900 a year. The additional expenditure will
thus amount to about £.600 a year. I do not consider any dearness
allowance necessary for the Q.M.O. Bahrain especially as he will
be drawing an allowance from the State and probably from certain
firms.
4. At Kuwait I consider it essential to add a
dearness allowance of not less than £.200 a year to the salary pro
posed by Moody as prices are higher, no allowance is paid by the
State and there is little or no income from contract practice.
The pay drawn by the present incumbent at Kuwait, Dr. Hynes, is
Rs.990 a month or a little under £.900 a year as against £.1700 per
annum proposed for the new Q.M.O. making a difference of £.800.
5* The new appointments are proposed for one year
only and the extra expenditure is not excessive in view of the ad
vantage to be gained from the appointment of fully qualified medical
doctors. It may be possible to cover some or all of the expendit
ure by the recovery of quarantine dues from shipping vide paragraph
7 below; and it should also be borne in mind that the pay of temp*
orary incumbents must necessarily be higher than that for the present
permanent staff as they earn no pension. Similarly a certain amount
of the extra expenditure can be set off against the sum which His
Majesty's Government are liable to contribute towards tne pensions
of the present incumbents.
6* As promised in paragraph 3 of my Express
Letter under reference I forward herewith a note prepared by Moody
on quarantine and medical arrangements at Sitra. _l fully agree
with the proposals it contains and would ask for early sanctton to
the appointment of a Britisn q.M.O. on £.1500 a year and to the other
staff and expenditure proposed.
^he main proposal calling for comment is that
relating to the recovery of quarantine dues from vessels visiting
Sitra. I have suggested before that dues should be recovered at
Sitra to cover both lighting and buoying and quarantine vide parag
raph 4 of^my_demi-official^lett er No .737-S dated the 10th September,
1946, In Moody's 'note the rate^oT quarantine dues suggested is *
Rs.ES per vessel which I am informed is similar to that"charged at
Basrah. This as-Moody shows should cover the greater part of our
expenditure at Sitra. I see no reason why dues should not be
recovered at the same rate at Manama, Kuwait and Fahahil (the Kuwait
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The file concerns the appointment, and terms and conditions of Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat.
The papers include a 'Report of Dr Pridie, Medical Adviser to the British Middle East Office on Medical, Sanitary and Quarantine arrangements in the Gulf States' (folios 42-45); a report by Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody (Medical Adviser to 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) concerning reliefs for the Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain and Kuwait (folios 24-25); and a report on quarantine and medical arrangements at Sitra, which advocated the need for a full-time Quarantine Medical Officer there (folios 20-22).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (45 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; 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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- Coll 30/108(2) 'Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit and Muscat'
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