'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎46r] (91/330)

■schools cremised a fund for buying chcpp mpteripl to clotho
m?.ny of the students from poor homos to enable them to con
tinue attendinr schools►
Daily in the Orderly Room at the Fort I r.m asked by Policemen t
who are comparatively well paid, to help them to buy cheap cotton
goods to clothe their families who, they say, cannot go' out
because they have nothing but rags to wear*
During recent months I have myself seen both men and women, con
gregated at the village ration shops, whose clothes consist of
old rags which are scarcely sufficient to cover their nakedness*
The reason for this state cf things is not always that the people
have not the money to buy clothes . In many cases they would buy
the material if it was available."
This distressing state of affairs is caused primarily by
the recent drastic reduction in the quantity of cotton piecegoods
imported from India. A contributory cause has also been speculation
in piecegoods by retail merchants, who have been buying and selling
to each other. In order to control effectively the price of the
cheaper, essential qualities of piecegoods, 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.
issued an Order on June 23rd limiting the profit which wholesale
and retail merchants may make cn such goods and forbidding retail
merchants to sell to any cne except the consumer. The Bahrain
Government will also take ever from importers, for resale to the
poor at a concession price, one-third of all imports cf such goods.
It is obvious that, unless stocks of cheap cotton cloth can be
built up during the next few months, mortality among the poor will
be very high during the winter months when under-nourished bodies,
without the protection of clothing, will be wholly unable to
withstand the cold.
139* Bahrain Government Hospital
Durinr the month of June British Service personnel to the
number cf 32 were treated as in-patients at the Bahrain Government
Hospital. Of these half were serving in Bahrain and half were
brought in from outside.
140. Meteor domi cal
Maximum temperature •»* 102.9^ on June 17th
Minimum temperature »*• 77.3 on June 27th
Maximum Humidity »• • 813® on June 29th
3d/- 3. 3. bakefield
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.