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File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [‎104r] (207/250)

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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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Id all instances the vans carrying baggage and mails shall be
disinfected immediately after the arrival of the train.
Art. 13.
The transference of passengers, baggage, &e., from train to
ship shall be effected in the same way as on arrival. The ship
that takes the passengers shall immediately be put in quarantine,
and any incident that may have occurred during the journey shall
be noted on the bill of health, with specific mention of any persons
that may have been in contact with the sick.
Art. 14.
The expenses incurred by the quarantine administrative body
shall be debited to whoever requisitioned the quarantine train.
Art. 15.
The President of the Board, or his substitute, shall have the
tight to exercise supervision over the train during the whole of its
journey.
The President may, moreover, entrust the duty of such super
vision to a high official (above and beyond the transit-officer and
the sanitary guards).
This official shall have access to the train on his showing an
order signed by the President.
Annex II.
(See Art. 1G2 and pages 54 to 07.)
Khedivial Decrees of the AAth June, 1893, and 'loth December, 1891,
and Ministerial Order of the 19f/t June, 1893.
Annex III.
[See Art. 181.)
Desolutions passed by the Commission of Ways and Means of the
Sanitary Conference of Paris regarding an International Health
Office.
I. An International Health Office shall be established on the
lines followed in the institution and conduct of the International
Office of Weights and Measures, It shall have its seat in Paris,

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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:

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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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear (folio 125) to the front of the part (folio 1).

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