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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [‎136r] (271/318)

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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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malarial measures carried out by the Bahrain Government.
There still are,however, some 80,000 out-patients treated
every year. This number i$ alarmingly high. There were
no major epidemics, and there was a marked decrease in
malaria, only 6.5# of the population in Manama being
affected. There was a small outbreak of small-pox in the
early part of the year but it was quickly controlled.
A Public Health and Welfare Committee composed of
the doctors of the three Manama hospitals, and the Secre
taries of the Manama and Muharraq Municipalities has been
set up, and has already done good work in tightening up
sanitary measures and improving the medical facilities
available to the public.
Sir Henry Holland, K.C.I.E., of the C.M.S., Quetta,
visited Bahrain during the latter part of the year. He
performed 35 eye operations and saw 150 patients.
(ii) Victoria Memorial Hospital .
Dr. M.L.A. Steele held charge throughout the
year.
Number of out-patients treated 14,526
M M in-patients treated 27
" " minor operations 750
Malaria .
Total number of patients treated was 2,683
as compared with 3,806 cases for 1945.
Venereal Disease.
1945.
1946.
Gonorrhea
115
258
Soft Chancre
26
16
Syphilis ...
233
119
(iii) American Mission Hospital .
Dr. Paul W. Harrison held charge during the
early part of the year and was assisted by Doctors Mylrea,
Storm and George. While he was on leave from Bahrain
Dr. Storm officiated.
Out-patients treated 18,234
in-patients treated 1,973
Minor operations 2,500
Major operations 750
(iv) State Medical Hospital .
The setting up of a nursing home in the hospital
fills a long-felt need, private wards for men, and women
have also been instituted.
A special Trachoma clinic was formed to treat
boys from the Manama School Hostel daily for six months.
This experiment has shown promising results.

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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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The file is arranged chronologically.

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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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