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operations did not draw off as many labourers as
usual as few boats went out and the pearling season
was short* Complaints were mad© to the Bahrain
Government about the muster of foreigners, Indians,
z"' Persians, Pakistanis, Omanis, and Qataris, who were
obtaining employment in Bahrain at the expense of
local labour* They were else asked to prevent
Bahrainis fro® going abroad to work on the mainland
but replied that the ban they had imposed in 1947 on
the exodus of Bahrainis from Bahrain had proved very
unpopular and had to be lifted soon after it was
i®posec. Most Bahrainis prefer to work in Bahrain
but the high wages being paid by /.ramco end Petroleum
Development (Qatar) Ltd* led many abroad. Clerks
were paid as much as Rs.300/- and Rs*40C/- per mensem
by Aramco and those who worked for Arab contractors
often received as much as Rs.60C/- to Rs*900/* a month*
IS.
(a) General .
The general health of the communities has
been good throughout the year* There have been no
major epidemics* The incidence of malaria has been
further reduced by the Anti-Malarial measures carried
out by the Bahrain Government*
A scheme has been implemented by the Bahrain
Government to combat the alarmingly high incidence of
venereal disease* This provides for free but
compulsory treatment of all infected persons in Bahrein.
There has been a favourable and rapid response from
tie public.
The Bahrain Medical Society at the end of
its third year held a medical congress for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
doctors on Rovember 4th. This, the first of its kind,
was an experiment to see in what ways different doctor?,
both British and American, were dealing with the
problems of this area* 18 outside doctors attended
and the meetings were a great success. It is hoped to
make this an annual feature*
An increasing number of persons have visited
Bahrain from Saudi Arabia, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Iran
for medical treatment.
(fc) Victoria M emorial Hospltel.
The Victorial Memorial Hospital functioned
under the auspices of the Government of India for the
first 3 months of the year under review and during that
period its role continued to embrace quarantine duties,
the running of a public dispensary and a IB bedded hospital
together with the medical attendarce on the staffs of
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , the personnel of ships' crews
and the employees of certain local business firms.
On the 1st April, the hospital was taken
over by His Majesty's Governrrert end from that date the
dispensary end hospital were closed down but the other
activities continued. Major J.D.Grant, I.M.S. (Retd.)
was appointed Quarantine Medical Officer o n the 7th 1 4 «
(c) American Mission ISos-IIeI