File 3122/1921 Pt 1 'Persia: Quarantine arrangements' [‎391v] (778/1174)

To provide for the loss of Kran Exchange Allowance paid o fl
of their pay designated Quarantine Allowance, and to allow for f f ^ Ino ^%
tions in exchange in an unfavourable direction, I would suoo^f +u Ure ^ uc ^-
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is made slightly more generous, than at present.
Where the work is specially heavy, I would also give a sma p
The allowances I suggest which should be given in the
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. would be
increment,
equivalent i n
Q. M. O., Lingah
Q. M. O., Mulxammerah
Q. M. O., Bandar Abbas
C. Q. M. O., Busbire
1st Q. M. O., Bushire
2nd Q. M. 0., Busbire
Q. M. O., Jask
Rs.
@ 200 per mensem
@ 200 „
@ 200
@ 200
@ 250
@ 260
@ 76
Total
Rs.
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
3,000
3,000
900
A. P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
t per annum
§ -
0
0 ”
0 ”
0 ”
16,500 0 0
I think this sum of Rs. 16,500 more nearly represents the actual servW
rendered to the Persian Government for the Quarantine Work nerfn™^ l
the Rs. 24,889 which they at present contribute in this respect a sum M
might possibly be stigmatised by them, as paid more in support of our CnnJ,!
Officers, than for Quarantine Work rendered. *
I think the extra cost to the Government of India of this Rs 13025
would be well repaid by the clearing up of the many anomalous situations
which have ansed owing to the exigencies imposed by the late war - and in the
cancelling for ever of the vexatious question of the adjustment of salaries
between the two Governments.
I would point out that this sum of Rs. 13,025 per annum could readily be
saved if the present system of maintaining three separate Medical Services in
the Gulf by the Government of India (Military, Telegraph and Political) could
so be modified that all medical arrangements in the Gulf were unified as far as
possible under one head.
Recent events have well emphasised the resulting ineffectiveness of the
present system.
Although there are three separate Medical Institutions maintained in
Bushire itself by the Government of India, Hospital accommodation for an
European does not exist; and it is difficult to obtain admission to Hospital for
the British Indian subject unless he is connected with the Military.
A very considerable amount of overlapping could be also avoided, money
would go further, personnel could he more effectively used, and questions of
leave and a leave reserve could be arranged for. The leave- reserve would act
as the Mobile Quarantine Reserve on whom so much stress was laid in the early
days of the Quarantine Service in the Gulf and avoid the present rather
impossible system by w r hich to send a Quarantine Medical Officer on much
needed leave an Assistant Surgeon has to he requisitioned to do the short
period of^ duty from India, with considerable trouble and delay; and on
arrival is ignorant of local conditions and the language.
21. Cost of the service. —To run the Quarantine Service, so as to strictly
carry out all the obligations involved under the Paris Convention at present
in force, I have roughly calculated would cost Krans 210,000 per annum;
that is supposing the Government of India shouldered the salaries of the
Quarantine Medical Officers, and the Persian Government paid only their
Quarantine Allowance.
A further sum of Rs. 36,000 should he allowed annually to meet any
emergency, or to rectify in case of no emergency arising within the yeai,
existing defects.
The extension of the service to Henjam and Charbar would cost another
Krans 24,000 per annum. ,
If the Government of India could not see its way to the arrangement^
suggest re : salaries of Quarantine Medical Officers a further Xrans
would have to be added to the budget.