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Coll 30/133 'Persian Gulf. Trucial Coast: Appointment of a Medical Officer' [65r] (129/257)
The record is made up of 1 file (127 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1936-11 Nov 1947. 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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Copy of an apress letter from Britconsul. Bushire,
Foreign, New Delhi, No.101-14/226, dated the 13th January 1940.
Medical arrangements on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
*
• • • •
Reference paragraph 3 of your express letter No.F.18(10)-
E(A)/38 dated the 21st December 1939.
2. It has been found that the question of quarantine work at
Dibai is one which requires further consideration; the proposal fan
a quarantine allowance for the medical officer may therefore be
dropped.
3. At the same time, however, I strongly recommend that the local
allowance of this officer should be raised from Rs.ftO/- to Rs.75/-
a month. He has represented, not without just grounds, that his
emoluments are inadequate to compensate him for the additional
hardships and rigorous conditions of his present employment and
in view of his enforced separation from his family, compare
unfavourably with the terms under which he would serve in a
Military hospital in India, where his pay and allowances amounted
to Rs . 113 / 4 /“ as against the Rs.145/- which he now received at
Dibai. This is due to the fact that he has ceased to draw ration
allowance (Rs.15/- p.m.) and clothing allowance (Rs.3/4/- p.m.)
and only received a local allowance of Rs.50/- per mensem over his
basic pay of Rs.95/- per mensem.
4. It may be observed that in Government of India External
Affairs Department memorandum No *F.18(10)-£(A)/38 dated the 29th
July 1938, the special pay originally sanctioned for the medical
officer on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
was no\ less than Rs-100/- a month,
in addition to the grade pay to which he was entitled; an
allowance of Rs.35/- per mensem is therefore in every way rfiaumiai
reasonable, the more sxxps especially as the officer concerned
has proved fully satisfactory.
5. It would also request that a fixed travelling allowance of
Rs.30/- per mensem be sanctioned for this officer. Though his
headquarters/
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the provision of medical facilities on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. including the political reasons for doing so. Specifically, the correspondence discusses the opening of a medical dispensary in Dubai in June 1939.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to the opening of an American Mission hospital in Qatar in 1947.
In addition to this correspondence the file contains the following documents:
- 'Report on Dibai [Dubai] Dispensary' (folios 73-74)
- 'Statement showing estimated cost of dispensary on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' (folio 127).
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 (127 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 129; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3867
- Title
- Coll 30/133 'Persian Gulf. Trucial Coast: Appointment of a Medical Officer'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:128v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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