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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)' [96r] (29/80)
The record is made up of 1 volume (39 folios). It was created in 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The Police took part in a Defence Scheme which was practised during the
September crisis, they provided guards over the Bapco premises and at various stra
tegical points. A number of ex policemen and extra guards w r ere enlisted for special
duty at this time.
There were two route marches during the year in the spring and autumn A
number of Guards of Hon ur were provided and the usual ceremonial parade was
held at the Palace on the occasion of His Highness's accession celebrations. A
Guard of Honour was mounted at the Palace for H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess
of Athlone.
(d) Discipline.
One man was dismissed, two N.C.Os were reduced to the ranks and 13
men were punished for various offences during the year. The conduct of the Police
has been good and their behaviour at the time of incidents and disturbances in
Ramadan, when they were required to take action against a crowd of local youths
many of whom were connected with individual policeman, was satisfactory.
(e) Health of the Police.
(a) During the year 1357, a total number of 3,057 police were seen at sick
parade, giving an average of approximately 10 per parade out of a force of 316.
The average number of in-patients at the police dispensary at any one
time was 5.
During the year there were 4 deaths among the police. One was the result
of a motor accident: two deaths occured in hospital from tuberculosis and pneumonia
respectively and the fourth death occured suddenly (probably from malaria).
The chief single cause of sickness was malaria, which was responsible directly
for 34% of all attendances at sick parade and probably, indirectly, for a considerable
proportion of other cases.
The reason for this high incidence of malaria, despite bi-weekly distribution
of prophylactic doses of quinine and weekly spraying of barrack rooms, is that the
Fort is situated in one of the most malarious districts of Manama.
The second commonest complaint was ulceration of the legs, which was
responsible for 28% attendances at sick parade. These ulcers, though rarely dan
gerous, cause a great deal of disability and absence from duty. The majority of
these cases are due to ill fitting footwear, dirt and neglect: such ulcers are not
infrequently seen in men returning from outpost duty, having been present for a
considerable time and necessitating several weeks absence, before the man is fit to
resume his duty. Constitutional diseases, such as malaria and syphilis probably
frequently assist in the production of these ulcers and in the prevention of their
healing.
Regular foot-inspection, early treatment and general improvement in health
(e.g. eradication of malaria) should do much to reduce this cause of disability.
During the past year, three cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have occured
among the police. One |of these cases proved fatal and the other two have been
incapacitated from further duty. This high proportion of cases in a group of
selected men, merely refiects the general incidence of the disease in the island.
Venereal diseases contribute a small percentage of the cases seen at sick
parade, but they are probably a great deal more frequent than is immediately
apparent, and they will receive further investigation in the future.
Respiratory affections, dysentery, affections of the eye, toothache and minor
injuries contribute the majority of the other conditions for which the police seek
treatment.
(b) Prisoners Health. The health of the State prisoners is generally speak
ing, poor: due no doubt to the fact that they are most drawn from the lower strata
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1357 AH (1938-1939) and gives te details of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Bahrain State and contains notes on the activities of the various Government departments, as well as the budget 1358 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An index appears on folio 84r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the State of Bahrain (folio 85r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1357 (folios 86r-87r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 87v);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 88r);
- Notes on Revenue 1357 (folio 88v): Customs Receipts, Royalty on Oil, Passport Fees, Judicial Receipts, Car Taxes and Driving Licenses, Land Revenue, Interest on Reserve, Oil Inspection Fees, and Miscellaneous Receipts;
- Notes on Expenditure 1357 (folios 88v-93r): Allowances to Ruling Family, Administrative Services, Public Health, Public Protection, Departmental Expenses, Education, Municipalities, Public Works, Major New Works (Palace, Hospital, Dispensary and Medical Officer's Quarters, Extension of Customs Pier, Passport Office, Residential Quarters, Manama-Muharraq Causeway, Police Family Quarters, Water Tower of Fort, Muharraq Sea Road Extension, Major Repairs to Quarantine, Fort Wall and Tower, Completion of Muharraq Girls' School, Completion of Hawar Fort, and Completion of Law Courts), Minor New Works (Stores Shed, School playing Ground Wall, Country School, Store Room and Servants Quarters, General Repairs to Roads, and Metalling Roads in Manama), Agriculture, Transport, Unforeseen, and Electric Department;
- The Pearl Industry (folios 93v-94r): The 1357 Season, Advances, Pearl Propaganda [Pearl Associates], and Future Prospects;
- Police and Public Security (folios 94v-97r): Police Administration (Strength, Recruitment, Routine and Recreation, Discipline, Health of the Police, Prisoners' Health, Infant Welfare Clinic, Cavalry Section, Buildings and Gardens, Fire Section, Promotions, and Pay and Allowances), Traffic Control, Crime, Liquor, and General;
- Public Health, by Dr I Davenport Jones, State Medical Officer (folios 97v:-99v): The Village Dispensaries, Malaria, Diseases of the Eye, Diseas of the skin, Dysentery, Enteric, Veneral disease, Tuberculosis, Disease of the Respiration (excluding pulmonary tuberculosis), Small-pox, Gynaecological and obstetrical conditions, The Malaria Report, Medical Examination of School Children, Quarantine Service, and Comments;
- Land Registration Department (folio 99v): Registration of Sales, Gifts and Titles, Revenue from Sales etc., Property owned by Iranians, and Land Survey;
- Judicial (folio 100r-100v): Bahrain Courts and Shera Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 100v-101r): Manama and Muharraq;
- Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 101r): Shia Wakf Department and Sunni Wakf Department;
- Education (folios 101v-103r): Schools, Technical School, Religious Schools, Students Abroad, Girls Schools, and General;
- Minors Department (folio 103r-103v);
- Agriculture (folio 103v-104r): Agricultural survey, Government Experimental Garden, and General;
- Political Unrest and Press Propaganda (folios 104r-104v);
- General (folios 104v-106r): Distinguished Visitors (including Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Earl Athlone, Rear Admirals J F Somerville and Herbert Fitz-Herbert, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah], Saudi Arabian Minister to London, the Vicar Apostolic of Arabia and Bishop of Gaza, Monsignor J B Tirinnanzi, and the Ruler of Dubai), Appointments, His Highness's Indian Visit, Bahrain Theatre Company, Bahrain Camels in Edinburgh, Government Rest House, and Repatriation of Indigents;
- Electric Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 106r-108r): Generation, Increase, Wiring Contracts, Temporary Wiring, Mains Extensions, Alterations to Mains, New Generating Set, Air Conditioning, Government Telephone Department, Transport Department, Fire Department, Traffic Section, Municipal Ice Plants, Government Engineering and Carpentry School, General (Private Ice Plant, Water Supply, Royalty and Tanker Oil-Gauging, Financial Position), and Electricty Department - New Load for 1358;
- Profit and Loss Account (folio 108v);
- Revenue Account (folio 109r);
- Balance Sheet (folio 109v);
- Statement of Energy Sold (folio 110r);
- Customs Department, report by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs (folio 110v-115v);
- Budget 1358 (ff. 116r-118r);
- Notes on Estimated Revenue 1358 (folio 118r);
- Notes on Estimated Expenditure 1358: (ff. 118r-120r).
Illustrations appear on five folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 89: 'Dispensary and Medical Officers Flat', 'South Aspect', and 'North Aspect, from Sea';
- Folio 92: 'Government house at Kozabia, built for letting', and 'Road construction equipment';
- Folio 95: 'Mounted Policeman', and 'Police patrol launch “al Hawar”;
- Folio 102: 'Technical School';
- Folio 105: 'Princess Alice Inspecting Guard of Honour'.
On the front cover there is an inscription that reads 'Printed at the Times Press, Basrah' (folio 82r). Handwritten annotations and corrections are present on various folios (for example, folio 90v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (39 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 84r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 82-121.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)'
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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