‘File 2/4 II. AVIATION. A. CIVIL AVIATION (1) Sanitary Administration on the Arab side of the Gulf’ [39r] (77/122)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1936-10 Dec 1936. It was written in English and French. 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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OtTil Air h&rmmmtB Hie Majesty's tiovGrewmt
and the two x ulars concern m . 'Dio Asaiatant burgeon
at Muacatf owing to the Gwacur aerodrome being on the
opposite coast, is unable to do any work in connection
with the Air Gerrices*
4* With regf^rd to the smallpox epidemic out of which
the present correspondence has arisen, the course of
events was as follows*
on the 30th December 1935 in a telegram to me in
connection with a proposed flight of aircraft along the
TrneiaJL Coast, the Air officer Commanding, Bagdad,
mentioned that the flight might hawe to avoid Sharjah
owing to smallpox* on the same day 1 received a tele*
gram from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, that smallpox
had broken out on the rucial Coast and telegraphed to
the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, that the Kesidency Agent,
Bh&rjah, with whom he is in wireless touch, should
arrange with the Shaikh of Sharjah and Imperial Airways
Station Superintendent to isolate the Imperial Airways
Hast House from the town* *n the 31st December the
Air Officer Commanding telegraphed to me that he was
sending a Medical officer by imperial Airways* plane of
that date to vaccinate all personnel of the Hast house*
this telegram was repeated to the iolitloal Agent,
Bahrain, and the senior Naval Officer, iersiaja Gulf,
so all who were locally concerned knew what was happen
ing* on the 4th January, having obtained from the
heoidency Agent through the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain,
the number of cases and deaths, 2 sent the following
tolegram addressed t Government of India, repeated
Minister, Tehran, Consul Basra for information of iort
Health* ••
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and notifications related to the outbreak of smallpox at Sharjah. Correspondents in the file discuss the necessity of the application of the International Sanitary Convention and of quarantine restrictions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the Arabian Coast.
The correspondence also discusses the issue of sending a medical officer by airplane from Baghdad to Sharjah; the sanitary administration at aerodromes on the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and measurements that are taken at Bahrain; Kuwait and Muscat.
The main correspondents in the file are the Political 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. , Bushire; the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (International Office of Public Hygiene); 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. ; the Ministry of Health, and the Air Ministry.
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- 1 file (59 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 61; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-60; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/79
- Title
- ‘File 2/4 II. AVIATION. A. CIVIL AVIATION (1) Sanitary Administration on the Arab side of the Gulf’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 19r:60v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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