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'File 2/7 III Anti-malaria measures' [155r] (310/569)
The record is made up of 1 file (282 folios). It was created in 23 Jan 1939-20 Oct 1947. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Statement read at meeting of landowners of gardens in
mile radius of Municipal boundry on 9th March 1940.
The object ox this meeting is to inform the owners
of gardens and cultivation?near the town what is being
don© by the Government to prevent malaria and also to
aak the owners of gardens to assist in the work which is
being done.
As you are aware malaria is more common than any
other desense in Bahrain and almost every person who
lives in Bahrain has been ill with malaria either ocoa*>
si>nally or frequently. Many people do not know that
the illness is malaria, they call it'homa'- swlehona or
waham and they do not consider what is the cause of the
illness. Some people say it is an illness which comes
in certain seasons or in certain places in iiahrain during
certain seasons, but the cause of malaria and the spreading
of malaria is mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes breed in water especially in stagnant
water and the gardens around Manama are full of stagnant
water where mosquitoes are breeding daily. As long as
this stagnant water remains mosquitoes will breed and
malaria will continue and the health of the people of
Bahrain will be bad.
lor a long time the Government has been working,
against malaria, fhe first step was to bring an expert
doctor from India to examine conditions in Bahrain. He
visited Bahrain twice and found much illness and many
mosquitoes. He made a long report advising the Government
about measures to prevent mosquitoes and, therefore^ malaria.
A committee was formed and three Indians were brought
from the Government department in India which is always
working against malaria. These men with gangs of fifty or
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The file contains correspondence regarding measures against malaria in Bahrain and reports of meetings of the Anti Malaria Committee. The file also includes correspondence regarding a Malaria Survey of Bahrain and a list of Artesian wells in Manamah (ff 46-48).
The principal correspondents are the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain, the Malaria Institute of India, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and 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.
The file contains several documents in Arabic with English translation: notices from the Government of Bahrain, signed by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsa Āl Khalīfah, and some leaflets.
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- 1 file (282 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 247-283. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 284; 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.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1062
- Title
- 'File 2/7 III Anti-malaria measures'
- Pages
- 5r:5v, 9r:9v, 15r:16v, 28r:33v, 62r:65v, 74r:75v, 83r:84v, 87r:87v, 91r:91v, 104r:104v, 108r:108v, 115r:115v, 121r:122v, 123r:124v, 127r:127v, 152r:158v, 161r:161v, 234r:234v, 239r:239v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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