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IOR/L/PS/10/771
- Record Id:
- 040-000545943
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000299
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107657440.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/771
- Title:
- File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
- Scope & Content:
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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 Mesopotamia
- Assignment of medical personnel by the War Establishment for the troops in the field and civilian needs
- Efforts to obtain and disperse medical aid and resources
- Reports by medical advisers and letters describing needs of doctors and volunteers
- The civil administration and Civil Service Situation Scheme, including medical officer requirements
- Extracts of reports from the Chief Sanitary Inspector and Conservancy Superintendent, including sanitary sections, officers, contracts, pharmaceutics, and doctors
- The situation in general hospitals and refugee camps
- The role of the Regular Indian Medical Service
- Updates on the recruitment of medical officers, chemists, nurses, sanitary inspectors, including salaries and medical specialisms
- Requirements 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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545943 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/771 : File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0772]/040-000545943
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (193 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000299
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 31 May 1918-14 Mar 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Arrangement:
- The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)