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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [330r] (37/76)
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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5. The Primary Schools.
A fourth class was added to the New School, Manama, in October thus completing the primary
section. In the West School, Manama, and at Muharraq it was found necessary to make still further
divisions in the Infant School in order to accommodate the new boys. The plan for opening a
second school in Muharraq somewhere in the town itself had to be postponed owing to the lack of
staff and the difficulty of finding a suitable building.
All the Primary Schools are now up to the standard of the Egyptian Schools.
6. The Village Schools.
Great improvement has been made in the Khamis School where particular attention has
been paid to health and cleanliness. Every boy is made to wash once a day and to bath once a
week in the spring near the school.
The ban on head-robes during school hours has brought about a very great improvement.
Cases of sore heads, instead of being universal are now very rare indeed. This is true of all schools.
Bread is provided daily for all village children with a resultant improvement in physique and school
work. The striking feature of village school boys a few years ago was a listlessness—a complete
lack of interest in life. This has now changed. Village boys can be seen—and heard—running
round between lessons laughing and singing or having a lively tussel in the playground. This is
true of Khamis, Budayya and Rufa but not as yet of Sitra.
7. Medical.
A doctor could not be spared this year for the schools but regular supplies of medicines were
provided. In March 1944, (Robia al Awwal 1363) a thorough examination of eyes was made in the
town schools. The results showed that 78 per cent, of the pupils were suffering from Trachoma
in one stage or another. Under present conditions it would be impossible to treat all these cases,
but during the summer holiday special arrangements were made for 38 boys, whom the Doctor thought
would respond to treatment, to attend the Hostel daily for three months. Beds were provided so
that after treatment the patients could rest if they wished. 24 attended regularly with marked
improvement in most cases.
In the Autumn there was a serious epidemic of acute conjunctivitis. In some schools as
many as 50 per cent, of the pupils suffered from it and many lost the sight of one eye while several •
mostly villagers, were left blind. It was difficult to take any steps to alleviate the trouble as the
cure is continual irrigation and as soon as a boy was infected he remained in his home.
8. Equipment.
It is unfortunate that the time when the schools have reached the point where expansion
is essential should occur when difficulties in obtaining equipment are at a maximum. It has only
been possible to keep the present number of pupils supplied with the minimum requisite materials
by exercising the most rigid economy over a long period. It is now two years since we recei\ed our
last supply of paper, chalk and other essentials. Paper is the main problem. Neither India nor the
United Kingdom can supply us. Slates are used in all classes but their usefulness is limited, especially
in the higher forms. The stock of chalk is also very low but supplies, adequate until the end of the
term, have been obtained from Kuwait and the British Council in Cairo.
Text books are more easy to obtain but they are very expensive and very poorly bound and
therefore do not last very long. Each boy must rebind any books that he wishes to take home
for studying.
Furniture made locally is still obtainable but is of poor quality and high in price. It would
have been possible, before the war, to furnish all the schools completely with the most modern
equipment for less than was spent on the few additions made in the past year.
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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).
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- 1 volume (37 folios)
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This file contains an index (folio 314r) which references pages of the report.
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Foliation: Folios 312-349.
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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