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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [‎137r] (273/318)

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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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Out-patients treated 32,396
In-patients treated 1,961
Major operations 5.13
Minor operations. 2,981
WOMEN AND CHILDREN .
Out-patients treated 9,709
In-patients treated 785
Major operations 331
SERVICE WAR PS .
The Royal Air Force wards in the Bahrain
Government Hospital were handed back to the Bahrain
Government on the 15th of January, and all patients and
R.A.F. equipment in those wards were removed to the R.A.F.
SIcji quarters at Muharraq.
(v) QUARANTINE .
Dr. M.L.A. Steele was in charge as Quarantine
Medical Officer throughout the year.
Shipping . No change was made in the quarantine
arrangements for Manama, but all vessels calling at Sitra
now inform the Quarantine Medical Officer direct by radio
telegram of their last port of call and whether they have
any infectious disease on board. The system is working
well and messages from vessels intending to call at Sitra
are received regularly. 566 vessels called at Bahrain as
against 394 which called in 1945.
Muharraq Aerodrome . Information of the arrival of
civil aircraft with passengers is sent to the Quarantine
Medical Officer. The actual time of arrival is phoned by
the Officer Commanding, R.A.F., to the Passport Officer who,
in turn, informs the Quarantine Medical Officer.
B.O.A.C. Flying Boat Base. Manama . Cases of
illness among passengers disembarking at Bahrain or en route
to another destination are reported to the Quarantine Medical
Officer by telephone. A supply of yellow fever vaccine was
received during the year and an inoculation system organised.
There are, however, no quarantine arrangements for yellow
fever on the island and no person suffering from yellow fever
or arriving in a technically infected aircraft is allowed to
land.
Infectious Diseases . The station is still function
ing as an infectious Disease Hospital for the major infectious
diseases. There were 21 cases of small pox and 8 cases of
chicken pox with 98 contacts treated and accommodated during
1946. The incidence of small pox since 1941 has continued to
decline as the following figures show:-
f
Year. Number of cases.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
193 (September to December)
119
43
57
14
21 (including 4 imported cases)
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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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