'File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands' [‎124r] (251/318)

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ptandaixl of XlvlMg
The •tandarrt or living r«maliia low* Th© ImproYemeiit
in the pearling season was offset toy the rise in the cost of
•ssential foodstuffs fron India.
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At the ena of the year under report there ware 1366
Bakraini* in the employ of the iiahmin Petroleum compeny 9 In
addition to 178 Europeans and Amerisans and 611 Asiatic for
eigners* The Calafornia Arabian standard Oil company 9
Patrt leum uevelopment( yatar ) limited and Petroleum Concess
ions iiinited, who maintain offices in Bahralm f also employ a
number of Bahrainis, togehier with a few Iraqis and British
abbtlnfc Indians. Other inhabitants of the island are employed
in looal industries and trade*
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Nil*
Public jualth anu M ye I wc
Public health has b«sn good on the whole* There were
dissases and traOhema were, as usnsl, the chief complaints*
$ye disaase remrlns common arnon^ local inhabitants* In spite
of the grant progress in the aahraim uovernment's anti •
malarial work, the number of eases treated for malaria showed
sn Increase over that of the previous ysar* The recrudesence
of mslaria during the year under report was inrgely brought
about by the heavy rainfall of the previous Movembor, which
eauaed pockets of water ana damp areas to remain for groat
lengths of time*
Mo eases of plague or cholera wore reported daring
the year*
There are three hospitals in Bshraim, all situated
in Manama
1> The largest iu the dtate Medisal Hospital which nas
recently been extended and iw provided with modem
equipment and British atarf, incluaxn^ a well qtiali*
fled iAdy Lioctor* it has also a oranch at liuharraq end
maintain^ village die ^enaarias which are proving very
usefni*
2) The American Mission Hospital whiclt like the titate
Hospital, is furmlshed with X-Hay oquipment and has the
servieos ox a qualified Amorioan Lady iiootor*
;*> The vietoria Memorial Hospital
jwumlcipal aervicas*
There are municixml councils in Manama and Muharraq,
under 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. of members of Hnlin^ Family. Their
eervioes include the upkeep and construction of roads 9
supervision of markets f drainage, reclamation of swamps and
anti-malarial measures*