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Coll 30/108(2) 'Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit and Muscat' [‎20r] (39/94)

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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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m . f- s X I P A
quarantine and Medical Arrangements
From a study of the files and correspondence and from
discussions with the Q.M.O* Bahrain and with representatives of
Messrs• Gray, Mackenzie and the Bahrain Petroleum Company it is
clear that there is need of a full time Quarantine Medical Officer
at ditra.
2e The present arrangements are briefly as follows:
(a) Ships bound for Sitra radio ahead to Bahrain
(1) The nane of the last port of call
(2) Whether they received a clean bill of health from
that pert or not, and
(3) Whether they have any sickness on board ©r not.
If they are not coming frcm an infected port and if tie y have a clean
bill of health and no sickness, the Bahrain gives the ship
pratique through the Agents. There is therefore no inspection of
the ship and no check of the information received via the Ship's
radio.
(b) Only if the ship is infected or'‘suspected" or notifies
cases of sickness on board does the Q.M.O. from Bahrain board
the ship. If he is not immediately available there is
considerable delay to the ship in berthing and loading and/or
unloading.
(c) The ships themselves being almost entirely tankers or
freighters have no medical officer on board and any medical
attention required has also to be obtained from the Q.M.O.
Bahrain, again with inevitable delay.
3. Shipping traffic through Sitra has increased steadily since
the war and about 70 ships a month are now using the port.
Between 8Q£ and 90£ of these are tankers and freighters connected
with BAPCO affairs. Sitra is about 17 miles by road from Manama,
the Headquarters of the Q.M.O. Bahrain, and it is quite impracticable
for him to attend at Sitra other than as described in paragraph 2.
This arrangement is inadequate and unsatisfactory.
4. BAPCO have constructed the wharf at Sitra and for all
practical purposes control all matters there. Whatever quarantine
arrangements we may wish to make will therefore of necessity have
to be done with the cooperation of BAPCO.
5* I have visited Sitra and Awali snd entered into a fairly
thorough discussion with Mr. Russol Brown, Chief Local Representative
of BAPCO. He stated, that apart from quarantine measures, his
chief concern was the provision of medical attention for the crews of
oil tankers and freighters at Sitra, where as many as 10 ships at a
time are anchored or berthed. For this purpose BAPCO had been
considering establishing a Dispensary with a Medical Officer at Sitra,
and Mr. Russel Brown suggested that this Medical Officer could in
addition undertake the work of Quarantine Medical Officer.
6. I do not think this suggestion of Mr. Russel Brown's
satisfactory for various reasons. The Quarantine Medical Officer
would be an employee of BAPCO in whose interests he would be chiefly
concerned. He would not oe under the control of the Political
Resident nor of the Chief Quarantine Medical Officer.
7. Mr. Russel Brown however was quite agreeable to our appoint
ing a Q.M.O. who would undertake to give medical attention to ships
at Sitra wharf and anchorage in addition to his other duties.
The proposals which I then discussed with Mr. Russel Brown
and which are now for the consideration of the P.P. follow! in the

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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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