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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [251r] (27/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1943. 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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Special Notes.
The death of His Highness Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Easa A1 Khalifa, K .C .I .E., C.S.L— At
4-0 p.m. on February 17th, 1942 (30th Moharram 1361) I paid my last medical visit to His
Highness at Romaitha, when he was exceptionally cheerful and glad to relax there after his recent
accession day duties in Manama. I left him after an hour, serene and contented, and very much as
he always was. During his prayers at 8-0 o'clock he fell down with a stroke from which he never
regained consciousness. After two hours some of his sons, Sheikh Sulman and I had arrived. It
was evident that he was in coma due to a cerebral haemorrhage, and a consultation took place at
midnight when Dr. Holmes and Dr. Harrison had arrived. Knowing his age to be about 70 and
that he was a chronic diabetic with myocarditis only partly compensated, the outlook was considered
very serious. It was decided to treat him symptomatically there for at least three days, the three
doctors taking turns day and night using his compounder and a trained nurse. The following day
a right hemiplegia developed, and the coma continued. Dr. Kennedy of Awali Hospital also came
and confirmed the prognosis. The next day passed with no change except a rising pyrexia pulse and
respiration rate which eventually rose to 103°. 114°. and 40 respectively. At 12-15 midday on
February 20th (3rd Safar 1361), after twenty minutes warning, he passed peacefully to his end.
The Administration Block.— This was finished on May 1st, 1942 (14th Rabi/Thani 13^ I )-
The ground floor contains all essential offices, a well equipped laboratory with annexe, an air-condi-
tioned X-Ray room of ample size and a large air conditioned drug store, and the Matron s store with
adjoining sewing room. The first floor is solely a surgical unit and the most successfully
planned section of the whole hospital, it is reputed to be the best of its kind between Karachi and
Basra. The main theatre is air -conditioned with walls and floor of green chipped marble, and a
spacious large panelled frosted glass window facing north. Opening into it on all sides are the essential
rooms—sterilising, anaesthetic, and " scrub-up." Off the main passage on the other two sides are
surgeons' and nurses' changing rooms equipped with bathrooms, the Theatre Sister's office, a nurses
utility room with linen store, and another large theatre facing south with most of the attributes of
the other, and reserved for septic operations. The whole block is the centre piece between the men s
and women's hospitals, united by passages on both floors, allowing surgical cases to be wheeled through
with ease, and preserving a certain degree of purdah.
The Services.— 25 beds have been put at their disposal. These were obtained from one
existing ward of 12 beds, supplemented by a new ward built similarly, but facing the sea and mosquito
proofed. One private ward air -conditioned was also handed over. The total aggregate could be
expanded to 28 beds if necessary. Two wards, one private ward. Sister's office, sterilising room, a
modern sanitary annexe, kitchen and pantry, comprise now the whole European section of the Hospital
mainly on the first floor. Permanent hot and cold water, a full number of fans, and some
air-conditioning units are also included. Inpatients came in from June onwards, increasing rapid y
during August and September, and on October 1st when all was complete, it became a settled regime
that beds should be allotted in the ratio of 10. 10. and 5. for the R.A.F. Army, & Navy respectively^
Inpatients were also admitted from Sharjah, Jask, Masirah, and Kor Kawai. 120 were admitted
by the end of the year, the chief diseases being, malaria, prickly heat, ulcers and heat exhaustion,
jaundice, and amoebic dysentery. Two deaths occurred— one from heat hyperpyrexia from H.M^s
" Alaunia " and the other from acute cerebral malaria in a gunner from the refinery camps. Su -
tertian malignant malaria was seen in its extreme forms there ; 14% were affected out of about 350
with several cerebral cases, only saved by heroic doses of intravenous and intramuscular quinine.
The camp sites are close to highly malarial breeding date gardens, which can only be partial y
controlled. This outbreak constituted the only serious medical problem.
Anti-Malarial Work— About Rs. 30,000 was spent using 25-30 Jamedars, and 80-120
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
according to the work. All existing work was maintained except that of Sitra which was
in March, due to the slackness of the people there.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1361 AH (1942-1943) 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 1362 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An index appears on folio 240r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 19 May 1943 (folios 243v-244r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Death of His Highness Shaikh Hamad [Ḥama bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Accession of His Highness Shaikh Salman [Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah] (folios 241r-243r);
- Budget 1361(folio 244v);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245v);
- Note on Revenue 1357 (folio 246r);
- Note on Expenditure 1357 (folio 246r-246v);
- Public Works Department (folios 246v-247r): Government Hospital, Manama Sea Road, Manama-Muharraq Road, and Manama Palace;
- The Diving Industry (folio 247r-247v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 247v-248v): Strength, Promotions, Routine, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1361 and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court 1361;
- Air Raid Precautions (folio 248v);
- Public Health (folios 250r-254v): Men's Hospital, by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (Summary of Male Statistics of the Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries 1361 (1942), Special Notes (The death of His Highness Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Esa Al Khalifah, K C I E, C S I, The Administration Block, The Services, Anti-Malarial Work, The Schools, The Police, Laboratory and X-Ray Work), Predominating Men's Outpatient Diseases, Bahrain Government Hospital Inpatients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Inoculations, Vaccinations, Isolation Hospital In-Patients, Men's Dispensaries, Comments), Women's Hospital, by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Diseases Treated, In-Patients, and Result of Obstetric Cases), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folios 254v-255r);
- Judicial (folios 255r-255v): The Bahrain Courts, Bahrain Small Court, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Court;
- Municipalities (folio 255v-256r): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Departments (folio 256r);
- Education (folios 256-259): Boys' Schools, by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (The Hostel, The Secondary School, Manamah Primary School, Muharraq Primary School, Hedd Primary School, Village Schools, Staff, Books, Syllabus, Examinations, Games, General, Policy, and Finance), Girls' Schools, and Technical School, by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, Equipment, and Contract work and standard craftsmanship);
- Minors Department (folios 259v-260r);
- Agriculture (folio 260r-260v);
- Passport Department (folios 260v-261r);
- Food Control (folios 261r-263r), including Comparison in Princes between Pre-War and Present Rates;
- General (folio 263v): Hs Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester's Visit, The Motor Rocket, Poor Relief Measures, Gift of Dates from His Majesty King Ibn Saoud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and Bahrain Levies;
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 264r-270v): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load and Revenue Curve 1360, and Load and Revenue Curve 1361;
- Oil Gauging (folios 268r-269r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942;
- Customs Department (folios 271r-273r);
- Budget 1362 (folio 273v);
- Note on Budget 1362 (folio 274r).
Illustrations appear on four folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 241: 'His Late Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.';
- Folio 242: 'His Highness Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain';
- Folio 249: 'Bahrain Government Hospital';
- Folio 262: 'H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester with H.H. Shaikh Sir Sulman'.
On folio 274v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'.
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- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 240r) which references pages of the report.
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Foliation: Folio 238-275.
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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