Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100102.The item relates to the reporting of Dr John Porter Malcolmson’s, Civil Surgeon at Aden, first successful vaccination at Aden, after receiving virus samples from the Royal Jennerian Institution in London. Certificates from D Sturrock and C Barclay of the [Government of] Madras [Chennai] Medical establishment are included, certifying the success of Malcolmson’s attempt. The item also contains discussions between the Government of Bombay and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, with regards to Malcolmson's proposals for implementing a wider vaccination programme at Aden. Particular attention is paid to how to convince the numerous ethnic groups in the region to accept vaccinations.The item also contains letters forwarded to the Government of Bombay from Surgeon James Burnes, Secretary to the Medical Board, regarding Malcolmson's reports that there are no cases of small pox currently being treated at Aden.The correspondents are: Burnes; Malcolmson; Haines; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 32, Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 80’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 939, and terminates at f 952, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, two Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 19 July and 30 September 1845. Some of the enclosures mentioned in the second letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100103.The item relates to requests to the Court of Directors made by Dr John Porter Malcolmson, Civil Surgeon at Aden. Malcolmson asks for permission to travel to Lahedge (also rendered as Lahidge [Lahij]) and into the interior of Arabia [Arabian Peninsula] in order to introduce vaccination into the general region and also teach ‘the Arabs’ how to cultivate European vegetables. The item contains the replies to Malcolmson's requests from: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Malcolmson’s superior, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden. The item also includes a letter to Malcolmson from Charles Chantry, Secretary of the Royal Jennerian and London Vaccine Institution, dated 25 April 1845.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 32, Vol: 1’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 80’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 928, and terminates at f 938, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Government of India, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain, the Residency Surgeon & Chief Quarantine Medical Officer for the Arab Coast at Bushire, the American Consulate at Basra, and British Overseas Airways Corporation.The main subjects are:episodes of smallpox in Abadan, Bushire, Khorramshahr, and other places in the Gulf;cases of typhus in Abadan, and reports of the number of cases of the disease recorded in Bahrain in 1943 and 1944;yellow fever vaccines supply and lists of vaccinations given in Bahrain;quarantine regulations;suspected case of cerebrospinal fever;weekly health statements for Bahrain in 1950.The file also contain letters from Gray, Mackenzie & Co, requesting all passengers to produce smallpox vaccination certificates before leaving Bahrain; and a report from Arabian American Oil Company regarding a case of infantile paralysis in Dhahran.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 211; 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 parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and ink, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Medical Store Depot at Bombay, Gray Mackenzie & Co Limited, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital, concerning the supply of medicines, vaccines, surgical equipment, and stores for the Hospital.The file also includes correspondence with various British suppliers, with leaflets and invoices, and correspondence with Indian National Railway regarding their shipping.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 286; 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 2-124; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Medical Store Depot, the Chief Quarantine Medical Officer, the Office of the Controller of Military accounts at Poona, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital, concerning the furnishing of medicines, equipment and stores for the Victoria Memorial Hospital.The file includes correspondence with Bliss & Co, chemists in Karachi, regarding the supply of vaccines.The file also contains administrative arrangements for people in Bahrain to be inoculated with the TAB vaccine (combined vaccine used to produce immunity against the diseases typhoid, paratyphoid A, and paratyphoid B). The lists of people to be vaccinated include dependents (and their relatives) of the Political Agency, The Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, The Eastern Bank Limited, the Government of Bahrain, and the Adviserate to the Government of Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 240; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains letters and correspondence between the India Office in London, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in the Gulf, the British Embassy at Jeddah, the British Embassy at Baghdad, the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Agent at Bahrain. The main subjects are: statistics and arrangements for pilgrims to travel to Mecca, medical requirements, compulsory vaccinations against cholera, smallpox, and Yellow Fever.The file also contains:printed report of the 1945 Pilgrimage (ff 28B-35);printed report of the 1946 Pilgrimage (ff 39-48).The file contains copies of two notices from the Government of Bahrain and from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Arabic and English.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 116; 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 parallel between ff 4-80; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. The file contains the following anomalies: 28; 28A; 28B.
Abstract: The file contains circulars, notices, telegrams, cyphers and correspondence regarding outbreaks of infectious diseases, precautions against them, and quarantine restrictions imposed on passengers travelling to and from various places in the Persian Gulf.The principal correspondents are the Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Manamah Municipality, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains documents in Arabic with English translation: notices and proclamations of quarantine from the Government of Bahrain, and notes on the creation of an anti-malaria Advisory Committee in 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 182; 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 5-178; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains telegrams, cyphers, and correspondence regarding measures against outbreaks of cholera in the Trucial Coast. The correspondence concerns updates on cases of cholera in Sharjah and Dubai, inoculations and quarantine regulations, and restrictions on travel to the Persian Gulf area for passengers who had not been inoculated.The file also contains medical advice and delivery of cholera vaccines from the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain to the Residency Agent of Sharjah.The principal correspondents are the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Commonwealth Relations Office in London, 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 114; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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 between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain. The correspondence regards the supply of vaccines from the Haffkine Institute, in Bombay, for the Victoria Memorial Hospital at 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 11; 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 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Agent in the Trucial Coast, the British Ambassador at Baghdad, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding outbreaks of smallpox and other diseases in the Persian Gulf. The file contains requests for supply of vaccines, vaccinations, and quarantine measures. The file also contains documents and weekly statistics regarding a smallpox epidemic in 1943 in Dubai.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 179; 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 2-35 and between ff 37-141; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains miscellaneous correspondence about hospitals in Bahrain: vaccinations, conditions of hospitals and cost of medical treatments. There is also a contact report of venereal diseases for a Bahraini prostitute, from the Medical Department of the US Navy.The correspondents include the Port Directorate in Basra; the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues at New Delhi; the American Consulate in Dhahran; the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain; the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at 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 59; 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 2-10; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.