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‘File 7/21 Hospital facilities for R.A.F. at Bahrain’ [18r] (35/84)
The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 2 May 1942-10 Apr 1946. 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.
Kq. b £ - r o of 1563
Office of the Adviser to
the G-overn nt, Bahr-ain
Dated, Itoliarrai 12, 1363
January 8, 1944, ^
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E. Eo "*3 Political A^ont,
Bahrain,
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In the spring of 1942, the Eahrain G-overiuv.ent
.mde available accoiLiodation in the G-overn .ent Hospital
for service patients, officers, N.C.Os and other ranks,
of the ITavy, Army and Air Force. A scale of charges was
agreed upon by the services concerned at the followinc
rates; I .15/-, 1-/8, 10/- per day for officers, 17,0.0s
and other ran :s respectively. Officers were accoir :odated
in two private rooris and N.CeOs and other ra iles in tvfo
lar 0 e wards on the first floor. Tnen the rate of charges
was decided upon the cost of livinr at the tire was talzen
into consideration also the prevailir price of dru^s etc,
etc, v/hich the Bahrain G-ovenr ent provided, .
In t: e beginni^: neit'-er of the lar :e wards were air
COJX itioned, later ai Air Condition! unit was installed
in ti e south vrard, whloh was not specially built for Air
Conditioning and therefore entails a very reat expenditure
of electric power in the five hot months of the sur,. or.
At first officer patients were _ ut in tie private
roc is but after so 3 ti e it was decided that they should
occupy oeds in one c 0 the t./o big wards so the pajiacait
of per day on this account rarely became operative«
TJie cost of the European food which is provided by
t..2 : ospital and tho cost of druc;s, linen and hospital
stores has i creased very greatly since the arrarv enent
for service patients was first made and the pay of the
hospital staf ?, overlies, dhobis, sweejers etc. has
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The file’s contents relate to arrangements during the Second World War for the use of the Bahrain State Hospital by the Royal Air Force (RAF) at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are 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 (numerous incumbents), the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the State Medical Officer in Bahrain. The correspondence and other papers cover matters such as: arrangements for the reassignment of wards for RAF personnel; charges to be made for food, medicine and medical services, including increases to these charges in response to the rising cost of living during the war; expansion of hospital facilities, including installation of air conditioning and the construction of a mortuary, paid for by the Air Ministry, with arrangements for eventual reimbursement by the Bahrain Government. A breakdown of the complete cost per month for the provision of inpatients’ services, dated 19 December 1944 is included in the file (folio 33).
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- 1 file (41 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes at the end of the file (folios 40-41) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 2-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. A short pagination sequence is present in the index section at the the back of the file between ff. 40-41; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the top left/right corner of each page.
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- IOR/R/15/2/285
- Title
- ‘File 7/21 Hospital facilities for R.A.F. at Bahrain’
- Pages
- 6r:6v, 13r:14v, 18r:19v, 22r:23v, 25r:25v, 27r:29v, 36r:36v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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