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File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [90v] (180/250)
The record is made up of 1 item (125 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1903-1 Dec 1908. 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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(b.) That a careful examination of every one on board, without
exception, has been made within twelve hours of arrival at the
Egyptian port, and that no case of either of these diseases has been
detected.
These ships shall not undergo medical inspection, and shall be
given free pratique at once, subject to their having completed five
clear days since leaving the last infected port at which they
called.
Such of these ships as have not completed the requisite period
may pass through the Canal in quarantine without medical
inspection, provided they produce the certificate above mentioned
to the quarantine authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the quarantine
authority shall have the right of medically inspecting, by its
officers, ships of war in all instances in which it considers this
procedure necessary.
Infected or suspected ships of war shall be subject to the
Regulations in force.
Only fighting units shall be regarded as ships of war. Trans
ports and hospital ships shall be classed as ordinary ships.
Art. 78. The Egyptian Maritime and Quarantine Board may
arrange the conveyance, by rail, over Egyptian territory, of mails
and ordinary passengers from infected countries in quarantine
trains, under the conditions specified in Annex No. 1.
Section YI .—Measures in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Art. 79. Ships shall undergo the health-visit at the Island of
Ormuz sanitary station before they enter the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. They
shall undergo the measures specified in Section III, Chapter II,
Part I, that their health conditions and the place whence they
have come render applicable.
Ships, however, that have to proceed up the Shatt-el-Arab shall
be permitted, if the period of observation has not been completed,
to continue their voyage, on condition that they traverse the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the Shatt-el-Arab in quarantine. A chief guard
and two sanitary guards, taken on board at Ormuz, shall keep the
ship under supervision as far as Bussorah, where a second medical
inspection shall be made and the necessary measures of disinfection
carried out.
I ending the organization of the Ormuz sanitary station, the
sanitary guards shall be taken on at the temporary station provided
in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 82 hereinafter, and
these guards shall accompany ships proceeding in quarantine up
the Shatt-el-Arab to the station provided in the neighbourhood of
Bussorah.
Ships that have to call at Persian ports to disembark passengers
or goods may do so at Bender-Bushire.
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The item consists of part three of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Quarantine. This part broadly covers two topics: the proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference at Paris (1903) and complaints made by German consular staff at Bushire against the conduct of Captain Thomas Beauchamp Williams whilst undertaking his duties as Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence outlining the details of three quarantine incidents has been included:
- a breach of quarantine regulations by an unnamed Russian Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. aboard the SS Mandura on 6 March 1907: see folios 41-42
- the detention of Herr Krumpeter of Messrs Wonckhaus and Company in connection with a visit by the SS Savoia to Bushire between 8-9 July 1907: see folios 35-40
- the infringement of quarantine rules by Herr Krumpeter during a visit to Bushire by the SS Galicia on 10 June 1907
Complaints against Captain Williams over his conduct during the latter two incidents were lodged by Count Quadt, German Minister at Tehran, at the Tehran Sanitary Council: see folios 4-6 for related papers. A copy – in French – of a report of the proceedings of the fifty-third session of the Tehran Sanitary Council can be found on folios 11-14.
A copy – in French with English translation – of the International Sanitary Convention, signed at Paris 3 December 1903, can be found on folios 43-108. For supplementary correspondence outlining the proceedings of the British delegation at the Conference, see folios 109-125.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice), HM Chargé d'affaires at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling), 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. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox), the Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the German Consul at Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann), officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of the 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. .
No papers have been filed for the years 1905-1906.
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