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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [‎75r] (149/318)

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The record is made up of 1 file (157 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1946-5 Mar 1947. 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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"Is
Victoria Memorial Hospital,
Bahrain.
The 15th of January, 1947.
/Ju^
With reference to your No.c/1438 of 29th December
I forward herewith the information requested.
(a) Number of out-door patients
14,526
27
750
(b) " " in-door n
(c) ” " operations (all minor
surgical operations)
(d) No epidemic of any of the major infectious diseases
occurred during the year. Mumps SfiMritjc (Parotitis)
occurred as an epidemic of moderate severity, there
were 106 cases for this year. Measles and Chicken
Pox also occurred, 19 of .the former, 8 of the latter.
All the minor epidemic diseases were mere attacks,
there was only one case with complications in respect
of mumps.
The incidence of malaria decreased from 3796 for 1945 to
2683 for 1946. This is undoubtedly due to the anti-malarial
measures carried out by the Bahrain Government. Many of the
cases were relapses of old infections, as the local populace seldom
if ever submit to a complete course of treatment.
(e) Small pox. There were 21 cases reported and quarantined
for the year under report, out of which four were not Bahrainis
and had probably contracted the disease in the mainland from where
they came. This disease has steadily continued to decrease since
1941, as the following figures show:-
1941
119
cases
(September
to December)
1942
193

1943
43
it
1944
56
tt
(including
7 imported cases)
1945
15
tt
1946
21
tt
(
4 ft Tt )
and
the
The people appear to appreciate the value of vaccination
attend the hospital voluntarily for vaccination which was not
case before.
Venereal Disease.
1945.
1946.
Gonorrhea
• • •
115
258
Soft Chancre
• • •
26
16
Syphilis
• • •
233
119
As in malaria patients seldom
submit to
complete
courses of treatment, but consider themselves cured v/hen
clinical symptoms disappear. Improper self medication with
the sulfa drugs in the case of gonorrhea induces resistance
and renders further treatment difficult and prolonged.
Captain H.D.H. Ranee,
Assistant 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. ,
Bahrain.
w.
CoriA-ntAal.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1946 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 23-33) 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 125-152), 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; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearling; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. The Port of Bahrain; 16. Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Police; 19. Economic; 20. Medical; 21. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 22. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 23. Cable & Wireless Limited; 24. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 25. Royal Navy; 26. Royal Air Force; 27. American Consulate, Dhahran; 28. Visitors; 29. Local Affairs; 30. The Weather; 31. Qatar; 32. 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 155-158 are internal office notes.

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1 file (157 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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