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1. IOR/P/524 Feb 1871 nos 16-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/524 Feb 1871 nos 16-34
Title:
Sanitary and quarantine measures for ships sailing between Indian ports and those of the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 63-92. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State regarding proposed precautionary measures to prevent contagion from cholera and other infectious diseases being conveyed on pilgrim and commercial vessels. Includes discussion of the Turkish Government proposals on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Feb 1871
Extent:
30 pages

2. IOR/P/525 Jul 1875 nos 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Jul 1875 nos 11-12
Title:
Baghdad placed in quarantine
Scope & Content:
pp 375-79. Colonel J P Nixon [John Pigott], Her Majesty's Consul General, Baghdad, forwards copy telegrams regarding the imposition of quarantine in Baghdad as a result of an outbreak of plague, and declaring Bussorah [Al-Basrah] to be infected. Telegrams received from: Syud Mahomed Redif, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1875-Jul 1875
Extent:
5 pages

3. IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04
Title:
Proposed International Sanitary Convention
Scope & Content:
pp 239-57. Correspondence regarding the proposed International Sanitary Convention designed to give practical effect to the conclusions of the Vienna Sanitary Conference 1874, and the measures implemented following the Constantinople Sanitary Conference 1866. Discusses research into cholera; qua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1875
Extent:
19 pages

4. IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 nos 04-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 nos 04-18
Title:
Outbreak of plague in Turkish Arabia and the quarantine arrangements which have been made for preventing the spread of the disease
Scope & Content:
pp 153-71. Copy communications forwarded to the Home Department regarding the outbreak of plague at Baghdad, Tehran, along the Euphrates and the Tigris, quarantine arrangements and other measures - disinfection, destruction of woollen goods - taken to prevent its spread. Includes reports and te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Mar 1876-Jun 1877
Extent:
19 pages