Abstract: The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also included are excerpts from medical reports that discuss various fevers suffered by regiments in Mohamreh and Bushire:Extract from a 'Medical History of the Bombay Fusiliers', by the late Doctor Francis Shortt ArnottExtracts from the Annual Report of the 29th Regiment, Bombay Native Light Infantry, for the year ending 31 March 1858, by Surgeon John Robert MillerExtract from the Annual Report of the 26th Regiment, Native Infantry, for the year 1857-1858, by Surgeon James Ebenezer BathoThe memoir continues by describing places nearby to Mohamreh and Busreh where the climate is more favourable and people less prone to suffering fever and other illnesses: Subleh, Zobeir [Zubayr], Koorna [Kūnah?], Koot-al-amarah [Kut Al-Amarah]; Sook-esh-Shiukj [Sūq ash Shuyūkh], Hillah, Baghdad. Each place has a brief description of its location and general climate. Also described are the availability of water from the rivers Karoun [Karun], Tigris and Euphrates. A detailed description of the climate of Baghdad is then given, followed by information under the following headings: Bedsteads; Water; Ice; Clothing; Snakes and Scorpions; Date mark, a disease consisting of boils on the hands and feet of adults which afflicts many who visit and live in Baghdad, and which is known in Busreh and Aleppo too.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 51, and terminates at folio 55, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the top right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains reports and correspondence regarding measures against outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Trucial Coast, in Bahrain and in nearby countries: plague at Karachi in 1936, and smallpox in Bombay in 1937. The correspondence concerns quarantine arrangements and vaccinations at Bahrain and reports about cases of smallpox in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah.The principal correspondents are the Assistant Surgeon at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain (Dr Ralph Holmes), the Government of Bahrain, the Government of India, the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Kuwait, the British Ambassador at Baghdad, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains documents in Arabic with English translation: quarantine notices from the Government of Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 384; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel intermittently between ff 2-361; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and crayon, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain; K S Husain bin Hamad, in charge of the Agency at Sharjah; the Political Agent in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; regarding outbreaks of smallpox and other diseases on the Trucial Coast.The file mostly contains documents regarding a smallpox epidemic in the Trucial Coast: weekly statistics and telegrams showing deaths by smallpox in 1936, in English and Arabic.The file also contains requests for supply of vaccines, vaccinations, quarantine measures, requests for the intervention for Dr Ralph Holmes, Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and reports from Dr Holmes' work in Sharjah.There is correspondence in Arabic with English translation, with the Residency Agent at Sharjah and with the ruler of Ras-al-Khaimah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 404; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-364 and between ff 368-383; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains weekly reports of infectious diseases recorded by Bahrain Government Hospital, the Quarantine Medical Officer, the State Medical Officer, the American Mission Hospital, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital.The file also includes correspondence with the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 3 September 1873, forwarding copies of a 'Medical Report on Bushire [Bushehr] for the year ending 31 March 1873', by Assistant Surgeon George Waters, Civil Surgeon, in medical charge of the Residency at Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 172, and terminates at f 206, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 172a, f 177a, and f 182a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 22 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 24 October 1873, forwarding, with a covering letter from the Bombay [Mumbai] Government, a report by the Civil Surgeon at Bagdad [Baghdad] containing his views on the relative effectiveness of the various options for the establishment of quarantine in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], with regard to the transmission of cholera and plague.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 689, and terminates at f 694a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 689a, f 690a, f 691a, f 692a, f 693a, and f 694a.
Abstract: The file concerns reports of suspected cases of cholera and other infectious diseases in the Persian Gulf (especially Dubai), and quarantine arrangements in such cases for persons entering (e.g. from Ethiopia, folio 26) and leaving the Gulf (e.g. for Greece, folio 9).Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Commonwealth Relations Office.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.