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Coll 30/108(2) 'Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit and Muscat' [‎31r] (61/94)

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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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(XS10/34k(1A8)
Ofrice of 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. ,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
(Bahrain).
24th January, 1948*
My dear John,
We discussed with 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. the attached
papers about the Quarantine Service and these are our agreed
conclusions.
First the Resident is fully conscious of the Treasury’s
desire that the Quarantine Service should be put on a self-
supporting basis at the earliest possible moment. At the
same time he points out that some means must be devised to
keep the Service going until a new self-supporting scheme
had been worked out, approved and put into operation. Dr, Moody
has not yet arrived and it is now unfortunately out of the
question that he will be able to put in a scheme and get it
going with sanction from at home by the 31st March. Apart from
anything else a visit to Muscat and back can take up to a month.
Our Joint proposal is that financial provision should be made
for the continuation of the medical service on present lines
for the next financial year on the strict understanding that
the new scheme will be brought into force at the earliest
possible date within that period.
Secondly a general question of policy will have to be
decided, namely whether the Quarantine Service shall be run
throughout by us or whether it should be taken over by the
Shaikhdoios wherever they can be considered competent to run such
a Service. At present this would be in Bahrain and possibly
in Kowait but not on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. or at Muscat. If on
investigation it looks preferable that in Bahrain at least the
local authorities should run the (Quarantine Service an agreement
will have to be negotiated with the local authorities and once
a ain this will take time.
Thirdly you will know that the Quarantine Officers have up
till now run local dispensaries. These dispensaries have been
financed from public funds and a great deal of medical work
has been done free amongst the poorer part of the local
population. In Bahrain it may be possible to shut the dispensary
without great disadvantage. But at some of the other posts we
should not close down the dispensaries which have high value for
public relations and which are in any case necessary to provide
some reliable medical service for our staff. Supplies for these
dispensaries can not naturally be charged against any new self-
supporting Quarantine Service.
Pending Dr. Moody’s considered report we therefore
recommend that the terms proposed for the Quarantine Medical
Officers in the Resident’s communications of the 22nd December
and the 14th January to the Commonwealth Relations Office
should be sanctioned at once. We have been through these terns
with the Resident and have no comment to make on them other than
that it may be better to restrict the period of contract to one
year in the first place pending a decision about the new scheme.
It is also necessary that the provisions made in the
Resident’s Budget for next year for supplies of drugs to the
dispensaries should also be sanctioned before the n xt financial
year. For your convenience the following are the items in next
year’s Budget for this purpose
A.J. Gardener, Esq*» C-B.E.
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. /

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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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