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'File 8/8 IV Annual Administration Report for 1945' [‎118r] (235/280)

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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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Ladles 1 Section.
Out-patients treated 20,979
in-patients treated 846
Operations (Major) 86
Operations (Minor) 438
Venereal Disease 457
(iv) QUARANTINE STATION .
Lt. M.L.A. Steele was in charge as Quarantine
Medical Officer throughout the year except for a period
of leave from the 20th July to the 25th October when
Dr. Bhandarkar of the State Medical Hospital officiated
in his place.
The quarantine service in Bahrain has arxptie
progressed during the last few years, credit for which
goes to Dr. Steele, whose efforts in this cause under
difficult local conditions have had effect.
Some idea of the progress and efficacy of
this service may be gauged from the following figures
of Bahrain*s worst epidemic, small poxs-
Year.
No. of cases
1941
(from Sept.)
193
1942
119
1943
43
1944
57
1945
14
The quarantine station is situated near
Muharraq. fhe site is admirable in that it is cut off
from ohe town at high tide. There are two buildings
with accommodation for about 150 persons. This station
is designed for local use only, it was expanded and
improved in 1941 and the following years. Compulsory
segregation of infected cases and mass vaccination were
also introduced at the same time. No facilities for
segregation of passengers from ships and ’planes, if
necessary, exist at present, but it is hoped that some
arrangements to this end will be made soon.
A total of 62 passenger steamers and about
20 tankers and freighters were visited by the Quarantine
Medical Officer during the year under review.
At present no effective quarantine arrangements
have been made for yellow fever, as the expense involved
v/ould be too high and not justified by the circumstances,
as only passengers of the British Overseas Airways Cor
poration S, C" class ’planes, which touch at yellow fever
infected areas en route are affected.*
• THE POBT OFFICE .
Mr. Rajab Ali was the Sub-post Master through
out the year assisted by four clerks. 6
*The quarantine staff is too small
to keep a vigilant check on the
crew and passengers of country-craft.
(Continued)

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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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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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