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Coll 17/27 'Iraq. Medical services' [30r] (59/88)
The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1936-8 Jun 1936. 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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M
l^ Colonel C. A. Gill, C. I .E. ,M.R.C ,P . ,D.P.K. , I.U.S.rtd_. t
t has had exceptional experience of public health and medical
relief administration. After having done special duty
^chiefly in connection with plague and malaria, he became
Assistant Director of Public Health, Punjab, and Professor
of Hygiene, King Edward Medical College, Lahore, in 1922.
He has served as Director of Public Health in the
Punjab for about 8 years, and as Inspector General of Civil
Hospitals, Burma, for 3 years. Since his retirement last year
he carried out a special investigation into the Malaria
Epidemic of Ceylon; during the course of this he was brought
into close contact with the medical administration of that
country. In all these appointments he has been called upon
to advise on the reorganization of the medical and public
health departments.which werehi^-ghargET. He has made
many important contributions to the literature of plague,
malaria and epidemic diseases, being the author of an im
portant book called ’’The Genesis of Epidemics'’.
Colonel Gill has been very favourably reported on ty
the Governments with which he has served; some of the ex
pressions used being - "a very keen and efficient Inspector
General" - "a forceful and able administrative officer" -
"a very keen and strong minded administrator" - "highly
competent, original and a thinker".
Colonel Gill is personally very suitable for such
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The file contains papers relating to the desire of the Government of Iraq to engage an expert for a few months to reorganise the health service of Iraq (and the subsequent decision of the Iraqi Government not to proceed with the recruitment of this expert).
The papers mostly consist of 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. internal correspondence, correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office, copy correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and copy correspondence between the Foreign Office and the following: HM Embassy at Baghdad, HM Representative at Cairo, and the Colonial Office.
The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (41 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in 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 44; 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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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2889
- Title
- Coll 17/27 'Iraq. Medical services'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2v:16v, 19r:43v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence