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'File 2/7 II Correspondence re precautions etc against malaria' [‎81r] (161/296)

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The record is made up of 1 file (146 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1934-21 Dec 1938. 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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being consiatently favourable tliroughout the yeiir, variations
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in the length of period during which mean temperature remain
ed constantly between 75°F. and 90°?. determine the severity
of the malaria season.
With regard to the distribution of malaria, the spleen
rates in Manama town, Sukaiya and Muharrak town would indic
ate that the causation of malaria was intiraately related to
the presence or otherwise of gardens in the i-?nediate
neighbourhood. But it is equally evident that gardens are
not the sole factor, and that a high degree of malaria may
prevail in their absence, for example in liifa-a-Ash-Sharqi
and the Market and the Jama Masjid areas in Manama Town.
The nature of the influences at work in these latter areas
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will probably provide an important clue to the malaria problf
of the island.
The case of Galali is in certain respects peculiar, as
the history of malaria in this village does not altogether
furnish the reasons for the existing moderate endemicity.
| A solution of these problems will be forthcoming only
after a detailed anopheline survey, for which the foilowing
programme is proposed:-
(a) The determination of the vector species.
(b) The bionomics of tne vector species.
(c) The relative intensity of breeding in:-
and
,i) the gardens,
,11) the artesian wells and drains,
,ili) wells, pits and excavations,
,iv) vrater storage jars.
(d) The feasibility of the employment of cheap
sluicing methods and of larvivorous finh such as
gambusla afflnls in the control of breeding.
The following staff is suggested for these inveetiga.
tions:-
(1) Medical officer - To initiate the investigations,
probable period of stay - one week.
(2) One Sub-Assistant Surgeon^,
(3) One Lab. Assistant ) To carry out investigation!
(4) One Insect Collector ) over a perioa of six weeks

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The file contains correspondence regarding precautions against malaria, statistics, graphics, surveys and reports on the diffusion of malaria in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. countries.

The principal correspondents are the Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. Also, the construction of drainage systems around Manama to stop the disease is the subject of correspondence exchanges with the Manama Municipality.

The file contains posters and leaflets in Arabic; and several documents in Arabic with English translation: notices from the Government of Bahrain, posters and leaflets on malaria, correspondence with the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsa Āl Khalīfah.

The file also contains a blueprint on folio 87: 'Chart I Showing fortnightly figures of malaria cases treated at Victoria Memorial Hospital, Manama, and average mean temperature during the year 1933-1937'.

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1 file (146 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 127-147. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within 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 back cover with 148; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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