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'File 8/8 IV Annual Administration Report for 1945' [‎42r] (83/280)

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The record is made up of 1 file (138 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1946-9 Mar 1946. 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
26 f<
CONFIDENTIAL.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT 1945*
Statistics are enclosed summarising each section of
the work among male patients of The Bahrain Govern-
-ment Medical Department# A report by the Lady
Medical Officer is being sent separately.
EPIDEMICS .
There were no epidemics this year,and Smallpox was practically
non-existent. The last few years have testified to its rapid-
^ -iy diminishing incidence due to control by mass vaccination, &
effective quarantine arrangements# Even as late as 1940,Small-
-pox was regarded in Bahrain as an everyday sporadic disease#
Great credit goes to Dr: Steele the Quarantine Medical Officer
and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon#
There was no Typhus and very little Typhoid.
SPECIAL DISEASES .
Optha lmia# A general improvement can now be seen# The younger
generation are aware of the importance and benefit of
Trachoma treatment. This idea has also been instilled
in the May-June and November-January periods. Benign
Tertian predominated,but of a Se-sy more resistant type.
12$ of all patients seen in Manama were affected, as
opposed to 10$ in 1944,the best year# It is thought
that one of the factors responsible was the prevailing
south wind at the end of the year,thereby carrying
Mosquitoes from the date gardens into the towns.
Treatment in this department is as follows
Days 1 & 2 . Quinine grains 30,and Atebrin 3 daily
in the schools,where a trachoma clinic has been inaug'
-urated.
Malaria# There was a general increase all over the island,both
Intravenous Quinine grains 5, or
Intramuscular Quinine grains 7i daily
Days 3- 7. Atebrin 4 daily*
This is more vigorous than most people would agree
to,but it has proved effective and in a few resis-
-tant cases sometimes not sufficient.
Confideufjcll were two malarial arab deaths over the whole yaar

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1945 Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , as well as the reports themselves.

The correspondence is between 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. and representatives of institutions that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 98-105) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by 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. at Bahrain to the Political 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. at Bushire.

The final report (folios 111-135), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah Family; 4. Bahrain Police; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearl Industry; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. Medical (General); 16. The Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Education; 19. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 20. Visits of Foreign Notables; 21. Local Affairs; 22. The Weather; 23. Economic; 24. Cable & Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 27. The Royal Air Force; 28. American Consulate; 29. Qatar; 30. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.

Folios 137-139 are internal office notes.

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1 file (138 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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