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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [285r] (19/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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15
PUBLIC HEALTH.
(Report by Dr. R. H. B. Snow, State Medical Officer.)
The question is constantly being fought out in our minds as to how far two peoples,
two civilisations, can meet with mutual advantage, the one giving, the other co-operating. Too rigid
a vestern standard among a people of alien customs and environment may court indifference or
even ridicule. Too much compromise will defeat the ideals which it is desired to maintain. It is
necessary therefore to seek a common meeting ground where the best characteristics of both sides will
combine to produce the desired result.
It is surprising how easily an Arab will adapt himself to the routine discipline of a hospital,
knowing himself to be the gainer he will give comparatively little trouble. On the whole Arabs are
not difficult to reason with and having made up their minds will endure most things.
Some patients come in with the express purpose of being treated over a certain period of time
of their own choosing, many of these are Persians who cannot afford to delay their passages back
to their own country, others are travellers from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and even from Muscat. In the
winter many come from Saudi Arabia for treatment only and are usually very amenable. Occasion
ally patients arrive from the Yemen or from the Hejaz.
At certain times of the year, particularly after the pearling season, it is difficult to find room
for all incomers. The Isolation hospital usually has a waiting list for V.D. and during early winter
endemic dysentery reached such high figures that it was impossible to accommodate all the cases needing
treatment. Many had to be sent away.
Starvation and its concomitant diseases caused grave concern during the first half of the year.
It became noticeable from September 1942, it improved during early 1943, but suddenly worsened
from April to June, from then onward the situation was relieved and by November the condition was
negligible. Compared to allied conditions down the Coast the number of deaths was extremely small.
The whole situation was directly influenced by further imports of foodstuffs and the establishment
of food distribution centres. After a time wheat became the staple diet instead of rice, and very soon
most people became accustomed to it.
An interesting feature this year was the number of nationalities represented by the inmates
of the hospital. In the Arab wards there were patients from Bahrain, Persia, Saudi Arabia, the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and India, also one Mongol. In the Services wards people of Great Britain and all the
principal colonies were treated, these patients totalled 388, and many contracted the predominating
diseases of the Island namely. Malaria and Dysentery. In July and August the two Services wards
were overfull with 31 inpatients when the various heat manifestations claimed large numbers. The
kindness of the Manager of the Bahrain Oil Company in helping to alleviate this condition
by providing air-cooled houses for convalescent purposes, was of great value.
1 he Services wards have proved their value to be well worth the added strain on the resources
of the administrative staff. The Matron, Miss Harbottle, was primarily responsible for their
maintenance, and for keeping up the constant supply of food, drugs, dressings and general requisites
which were continually needed. Without her organising ability the Services scheme, inaugurated
here, would not have been possible. We were greatly indebted to the R.A.F. personnel who helped
in numerous ways and whose assistance has been much appreciated.
The hospital compound was enclosed during the year and building work was completed.
In process of time it is hoped that the garden which has been made will improve the appearance of
the buildings which were erected at so much cost.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1362 AH (1943) and gives the 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 1363 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 278r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folio 279).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1362 (folios 280r-281v): Revenue, Expenditure, Summary of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362, and Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362;
- The Diving Industry (folios 282r-282v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 282v-284v): Strength, Duties, Uniform and Equipment, Rations, Police Pay, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1362, and List of Police Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court 1362;
- Public Health, report by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (folios 285r-290r): Bahrain Government Hospital (Male Statistics 1943, Short Notes on Statistics, Chief Out-Patients Diseases, Predominating Out-Patients' Diseases (Men), Male In-Patients, Male In-Patients, Bahrain Government Isolation Hospital, Total Male In-Patients, Results of Treatment, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory and X-Ray Statistics, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and Comparative Incidence of Predominating Diseases Hospital and Outlaying Dispensaries), Women's Hospital and Dispensaries report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (In-Patients Diseases Treated, Out-Patients Treated, Details of Obstetric Cases, Operations, Women's Dispensaries, Summary of Diseases Treated, Medical Work in the Girls Schools), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 290r-290v);
- Judicial (folio 290v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 290v-291v): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 291v);
- Education (folios 291v-295v): Boys' Schools report by F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, Village Schools, English Teaching, Medical, Equipment, British Council Assistance, Public Library, Clubs, School Plays, Games, Recruitment by the Oil Company, and Finance), Girls' School, and The Technical School report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, and Scheme of Training);
- Minors Department (folios 295v-296r);
- Agriculture (folio 296r);
- Passport Department (folio 296r-296v);
- Food Control (folios 296v-297v);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 298r-302r): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Load and Revenue Curve 1361, and Load and Revenue Curve 1362;
- Oil Gauging (folios 303r-304r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1943;
- Customs Department, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 305r-308r);
- General (folio 308r): Investiture, Presentation of Guns, Distinguished Visitors (including Lord Wavell, the Viceroy Designate, Lord Linlithgow, Governor-General and Viceroy of India, Amirs Khalid and Mahomed [Muḥammad], sons of His Majesty King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]), Customs Directorate, Poor Relief Measures, Race Meeting, Sunni Kadhis [qādis], Obituary of Shaikh Mohamed bin Ali Al Khalifah [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];
- Note on Budget 1363 (folios 309r-310r);
- Budget 1363 (f. 308r).
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 283: 'Jail and Police quarters, Juda Island'.
On folio 310r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 305r).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 278r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 276-311.
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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