'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [‎536r] (1082/1386)

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Ko. 20 .
Telcnmm from Secretary of State for India to Viceroy,
J dated { Jth October 191o.
3070. Force “ D.” Some c 7 c 7 0 ^ c J^f all mVof* 1 ^
Force “D.” Will you please ?° nd kne ,-,; Are all possible precautions
I^'o^fteS on tire spot.
No. 21.
M from a ^ ^
I am most reluctant to appear to convey to TO«^J ^oSXfthe troops in
mistrust of the arrangements made In - • reaehe & me I felt it necessary to
Mesopotamia, but owing ^ ' f lie precautions whicli had been taken,
telegraph an enquiry as to the tu J nes ®. 0 • V, b Sclborne which I have no doubt-
now enclose an extract frmn a kt^^ecmied ^ ^ that the
recounts the experiences > - ^ to f ore see every contingency, but I
difficulties must be great, and that it s h- 1 1 1 . , • nmtter 0 f health, they
trust that you will impress hut we shall not question expenditure
cannot take too many precautions, and Unit
required to safeguard the lives of om men.
Xo. 22 .
Telegram from Viceroy to ; W«»W State for India,
dated 16th October kilo.
i n+v, (Vtober Since June lieaitli 01 tioops
11.8488. Reference your telegram j ^ ru j a iia dysentery, and on 2nd
has been bad, chief ^NTne^b kole force was 10 ‘C of which 8 'b per cent.
September percentage of ^'^ preventives adopted arc purification of water by
was amongst llritish t ' 00 ! 1 • . ; prophylactic issue of quinine, treatment i t
clarifying and boding or chlormat , IP- Britis]l and Native of mosquito nets
mosquito breeding-places, ^'P^ ^ pk formed with Deputy Director Medical
A sanitary committee for whole fo ‘ , p'ncrincers and Officer Commanding
Services as President and „Ks a^ncy ^anita^ organisation under
Sanitary Section as members am ]j asril Ahwaz, Amarah and Kasinyali. i
-S^uS^g carried out'by Officer Commanding Sanitary Section
^S^mnoSS Ho^jt Basra are^p^^ ^mdectr.c lights
and fans and each bed has a mosquito net, but buiium 0
o-auze netting-
No. 2o.
• t inner -from Mr Chamberlain to Lord Hardtnge,
Extract from a pmvalc lette^ m .
! continue to receive from members kX
about-the .health of the tl ) 0 '' 1 'j’ 111 f .^fsoiiie officer there', in which ho incidentally
inter alia, J .have been sent a letter hom provided at the Base Hosp.ta
oii'sej-ves jtfiat my statement as «> ice and m ^ ^ all that , 8 necessary and
“was. all eye wash. 1 can f yourself are necessarily dependent on the lepoits
possible is -being done, an VvomcuXr how we received the same assurances from
of tili q military ; but. you will iemcm ^ lio^ ^ ^ Soutll AfricaD wa r, and yet lunv
military and medical autboutH ^ < nv ra ^ e in the early days ol that
mudy'more‘ might alter all have )e !' 11 ^ ’ 1 t ‘ n \ y to a prolonged occupation os
fan a.ign.* As «« " 0 ",< Sted mu^cm of Iroops thme, 1 beg that you w,U
Mc^JKffitmia. but to havmg " 11 ^ date the ingenuity of the medical authorities
take alt the stops m your Puer to stmn tUe ° . omfort of the sick. No expense
S St “way of the best provision that science can
suggest.