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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [321r] (19/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1945. 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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BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT, 1363—1944.
By Dr. R. H. B. Snow, s.m.o.
At no time in our history has the predominating machine so outrun the pressing problems of
mind and spirit. Technology has outpaced sociology, and the medical world has not escaped unsca
thed. For cold science has made a more exact approach to diagnosis to the detriment of humanism,
and its tendency to dominate is beginning to undermine human understanding and sympathy. Social
and economic adjustments must go hand in hand with an advancing civilisation, and in medicine the
philosophy of a scientific humanism developed.
The study of man is not complete without the knowledge of his childhood, upbringing, social,
domestic and industrial life. Too late it is realised that the core of a malady sprang from a malad
justment of one or other of these factors. Mind too controls the body, and distorts its functions in
mysterious ways. To understand this, the environment where illness had its beginnings must be
sought out, and its influence appreciated. A careful history of a patient's problem will reveal much
and sometimes all, before any physical examination need be proceeded with.
In the study of disease in this island, one is struck at once by the great proportion of what is
preventable and would almost be non-existent in an enlightened country. To overcome this, mea
sures to secure better standards of nutrition, better housing, and better education, and to reduce
overcrowding, bad sanitation, industrial fatigue and hazards, and economic insecurity, are all needed.
The inertia of the Easterner is too readily blamed on the climate without an appreciation of
its environmental diseases. For example. Malaria and Dysentery have sapped for centuries a people's
vitality. In Bahrain, there is an urgent need for a correlation of clinical, social and environmental
studies to be brought about, and the day is now at hand when its mainspring should be a committee
comprising, doctors, nutrition experts, sanitary inspectors, research and social workers, works mana
gers, public health and local authorities, all in close collaboration over this. The hospital should
then be able to point out with pride its declining numbers, and to an increase of erradication of
diseases, at the source.
This year has been one of exceptional health in some respects, helped by a not too hot summer,
and freedom from epidemics. The incidence of dysentery has been halved, and Malaria reduced to
the lowest recorded level. It is hoped this standard will be kept. The schools have more and more
been exemplifying the care of the body, and the Services' camps have not been without their influence
in promoting hygiene. Inoculations and vaccinations are now sought for, and people often request
anti-malarial gangs to improve their districts.
The seed has been sown, and an opportunity is now here to correlate in a many patterned
design, all branches relating to health which will raise the general level of human fitness. The poten
tialities are great, and only an understanding social medical outlook will bring this about.
BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL.
Male Statistics 1363.
Out-Patients.
New Cases. Return
Total.
Cases.
Hospital
Muharraq
Dispensaries
10,569 73.640
15,905 22,129
4.526 734
In-Patients.
Government Hospital
Isolation Hospital
European Services
1,298")
2,140
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1363 AH (1944) 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 1364 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on on folio 314r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folios 314v-315r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1363 (folio 316r);
- Revenue and Expenditure (folios 315v, 317r-317v);
- The Diving Industry (folio 318r-318v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 319r-320v): State Police, Special Police, Naturs, Police Pay, Duties and Administration, Jail, Promotions, Law and Order, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1363, and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts 1363;
- Public Health (folios 321r-326r): 'Bahrain Government Public Health Report, 1363-1944' by Dr R H B Snow, Senior Medical Officer (Bahrain Government Hospital, Short Notes on the Statistics, Predominating Male-Out Patient Diseases, Predominating Police Out-Patient Diseases, Male In-Patients, Isolation Hospital, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory, X-Rays, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and The Future of Dispensaries and Public Health), Female Statistics, report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Female In-Patients, and Notes);
- Land Registration Department, from the report of Khan Sahib Mohammed Khalil Memon, Superintendent, Land Registration Department (folio 326);
- Judicial (folio 326v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 327r-328v): Manama Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Mohamed Saleh Shater, (Manama Municipality Budget 1364), Muharraq Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Ahmed Al Omran (Finance, Municipal Activities, and Muharraq Municipality Budget 1364);
- Education (folios 329-332): Report on Boys' Education in Bahrain by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, The Primary Schools, The Village Schools, Medical, Equipment, Extra-Mural Activities, and Grants and Donations), Government Girls' Schools, report by Mrs [Marjorie] Belgrave, Directress of Female Education, The Technical School, report by Mr G E Hitchings (Students, Staff, Finance, and General);
- Minors Department, from report by the Superintendent of the Minors' Department, Mr Mohamed Dowaicer (folios 332v-333r).
- Agriculture (folios 333r-333v);
- Passport Department, from the report of Mr Ibrahim Khalfan, Passport Officer (folios 333v-334r);
- Food Control, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Food Controller, Bahrain (folios 334r-335v, 338r);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Group Captain H P G Leigh, State Engineer (folios 336r-337r, 338v-340v);
- Customs, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 342v-344v);
- Oil Gauging, report by Mr G E Hutchings (folios 344v-345v): Oil Royalty Quantities 1944, Bahrain and Arabian Crude Oil 1944, Annual Production of Crude Oil, and Inspection of Petroleum Cargoes 1944;
- Local Industries (folio 346r): Boat Building, Weaving, and Metal Workers;
- General (folio 346v): Presentation of Sword to His Highness, Muharram Celebrations, British Officials, "Al Bahrain" [ al-Baḥrayn newspaper], Superintendent of Public Works Department, Floods, Zubara, Obituary (Haj Sulman Matar);
- Budget, 1364 (folios 347r-348r).
On folio 348r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 314v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 314r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 312-349.
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