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'File 35/4 Reform of Public Health Facilities in Bahrain' [22r] (43/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (30 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1946-25 Feb 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BAHRAIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
WELFARE COIviMI TTEE .
JANUARY 20TH 1947 .
SUBJECT 5 .
ANTI - MaLaRIA.
The Bahrain Government existing scheme was approved as
adequately satisfactory. Its success rests largely on
intensive prophylactic work in the gardens over a wide
area, thereby preventing the Mosquito from entering Manama«
The Manama Water Supply Scheme is now launched, and will
eventually substantially reduce the necessity for house
wells of which 2000 exist, and which are under weekly
inspection and treatment to prevent breeding.
The present R.A.F. control system was questioned.
Their expert has been consulted and he is reviewing the
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situation as to how^their control should now extend over
Muharraq island.
The Bapco work has been very greatly intensified, and
now an American expert is in charge and is operating over
a wide area embracing Sitra, the Sanad belt, The Rifa’as,
Karazakan and Zillag.
A wider use of D.D.T. spraying is under review. Bapco
experimented in November with wholesale spraying of all
villages as above mentioned with immediate results in
destroying domestic adult mosquitoes. Breeding prevent—
-ion must however go hand in hand with this work.
Malaria for 1365 was the lowest on record, with a sub-
-stantial reduction of on all previous years.
Date
• 7 .
Secretary.
MRT.
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This file contains correspondence concerning the reform of Bahrain's public health system. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, 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. in Bahrain.
The file contains a report of the Government of Bahrain's Medical Department entitled 'Scheme for the General and Specific Improvement of Public Health in Bahrain' from March 1946 (ff 7-11). The report outlines the areas in which the scheme aimed to improve Bahrain's public health, including activities against Malaria, Venereal Disease, Trachoma and Tuberculosis.
Also enclosed in the file are notes on the proceedings of a number of meetings of the Bahrain Public Health and Welfare Committee.
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- 1 file (30 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-22; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 35/4 Reform of Public Health Facilities in Bahrain'
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- 16r:16v, 19r:20v, 22r:22v, 26r:27v
- Author
- Government of Bahrain
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