File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
- Date:
- 1918/1921
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding medical provision requirements for the civil administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq, also written as Irak].The papers notably cover and include:Descriptions of problems with medical service provision in the early days of the British occupation of MesopotamiaAssignment of medical personnel by the War Establishment for the troops in the field and civilian needsEfforts to obtain and disperse medical aid and resourcesReports by medical advisers and letters describing needs of doctors and volunteersThe civil administration and Civil Service Situation Scheme, including medical officer requirementsExtracts of reports from the Chief Sanitary Inspector and Conservancy Superintendent, including sanitary sections, officers, contracts, pharmaceutics, and doctorsThe situation in general hospitals and refugee campsThe role of the Regular Indian Medical ServiceUpdates on the recruitment of medical officers, chemists, nurses, sanitary inspectors, including salaries and medical specialismsRequirements for the Civil Health Service in Mesopotamia, compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel, Walter Rothney Battye, Secretary for Health to the Civil Services Commissioner in Mesopotamia.The principal correspondents are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel Battye, Secretary for Health to the Civil Services Commissioner in Mesopotamia; John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary, Political Department, India Office London; Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one anomaly: f 5a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Administration - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000299_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000299_en
IOR/L/PS/10/771
IOR/L/PS/10/771