Measures in Relation to an Outbreak of Cholera in Aden

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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 99 of 1846, dated 27 August 1846. The enclosures are dated 31 July-24 August 1846.

The item comprises a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, informing him that, subsequent to the recent (now subsided) outbreak of cholera in Aden: the details of any future outbreak should be reported by 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. , Aden, to the British Consul in Egypt, in order to reassure the Egyptian Government of the true extent of the disease; and that, if the Bombay Government considers the outbreak sufficiently serious, a prohibition of passengers landing at Aden should be put into effect as a precaution.

Also included are letters from the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, notifying 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. , Aden, of this policy, and requesting the opinion of the Bombay Medical Board as to the extent of the disease which would justify the prohibition measure being put into effect.

The last two enclosures, the Bombay Times summary of intelligence and the Bombay Overland Courier , are noted as ‘Missing 29.10.1906’.

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1 item (8 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 83

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/445

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 115-122

Former external reference(s)

No. 99 of 1846

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Aug 1846 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

CholeraPublic health

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Political AgentGovernment of BombayGovernment of IndiaHM Ambassador to EgyptBombay Medical Board

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