'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎191v] (387/488)

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PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
CHAPTER X.
ADMINISTEATION EE POET POE THE BAHEAIN AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
TOE THE YEAE 1913.
Personnel.
Major A. P Trevor, C.I.E., held charge
of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. throughout the year.
Assistant Surgeon G. K. Monani took six months leave to England in the
spring, in order to go through a course at the London School of Tropical
medicine. During his absence Assistant Surgeon S. S. Muhammadi of the
Bombay Provincial Medical Survice, officiated in charge of the Victoria
Memorial Hospital. This arrangement was possible by the fact that the
Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Victoria Memorial Hospital has been placed
on the Cadre of the Bombay Provincial Medical Service; a step which has
considerably improved the prospects of the incumbent.
The reorganisation of the office and the introduction of the contract grant
w ^ , system of finance, referred to in last year's
report, have worked fairly well. It will,
however, be difficult, if not impossible, to get junior clerks for the English
and Vernacular Offices to stay on the pay offered on a non-pensionable footing
as they can do so much better with firms and private offices. Application has
been made for increased pay for these officers.
Another drawback is the arrangement by which the Steam Launch stays
6 months at Bandar Abbas; considerable inconvenience was caused by its
absence at the end of the year when the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. had to go to the coast
of the mainland on one occasion, and would have visited several other places on
other occasions had the Launch been available.
_ , The relations between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and
I{i6lB>tions witn Shaikh Xsft* i i
Shaikh Isa have been very friendly
throughout the year, and no difficulties have arisen.
As mentioned above, Assistant Surgeon G. K. Monani was absent on leave
. , r ., „ , for 6 months of the vear, and his place was
Victoria Memorial Hospital. , c* otct n/ri
filled by Assistant Surgeon S. S. Munam-
madi from Bombay. The Victoria Memorial Hospital did very good work
during the year, the attendance being a " record." The actual figures, as
compared with 1909, the previous highest, are given below:—
Tear.
Indoo".
Outdoor.
Total.
1909
98
4,876
4 ; 974
1913
78
5,252
5,330
This increase was to a great extent due to the fact that, for the greater
part of the summer, the Hospital of the American Mission was closed. I)r. and
Mrs. Worrall, the Physician-in-charge and his wife (who is also a Doctor), left
Bahrain for India in May and, except for July and part of August when Dr.
Harrison from Kuwait came as a substitute, no doctor was with the Mission
until December after the Annual Meeting of the Mission to decide postings,
etc., when Dr. Harrison was appointed Physician-in-charge.
The fact that the Mission Hospital w r as closed naturally affected the
Victoria Memorial Hospital; the capture of the Hasa Province by Bin Sand
was another factor. During the summer quite a number of gun shot wounds
were treated.