'Administration Reports for 1947' [12r] (23/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 1948. 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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measures and measures against intestinal diseases were
instituted by the Bahrain Government,
,J -here ?yrere no cases of major infectious
diseases in Bahrain during the year. Since 1941 Small-pox,
always endemic in Bahrain, has declined steadily from 119
cases in 194^1 to 21 in 1946 and nil in 1947.
Sir Henry Holland, K.C.I.E., of the e C.M. 8 .
Quetta visited Bahrain during the end of the year and performed
a few eye operations. .
(ii) Victoria Memorial Hospital
Captain M.L.A. Steele, F.B.B,, held charge
throughout the year.
Number of out pdtients treated 12,740
IJ ” in-patients treated Nil
” ” minor operations 467
Malaria
The total number of patients treated was
2146 as compared with 2683 in 1946.
(iii)
Venereal Disease
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1546
1947
Gonorrhea
• • •
258
211
•Soft chancre
16
10
Syphilis
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119
146
American Mission Hospital
Dr. P.vf. Harrison held charge during the year,
assisted by DV. Storm during the latter half of the year/
Two Indian Doctors also assisted him.
Out-patients treated 18,061
In-patients, treated 1,353
Major operations 433
Minor operations 2,264
(iv) State Medical Hospital
Total No. of new out-patients 31,134
Total No, of daily attendances 77,839
These are subdivided as follows;-
‘ Department
New Patients Old Patients
Hospital 10,636
Police 1,458
Muharraq Dispensary 13,372
Hidd, Rifa’a & Sitra 1,194,
Schools 4,475
56,062
3,652
16,309
1,816
Inpatients
Grand total all attendances = 1,08,973.
Bahrain Government Hospital 1485
*Isolation Hospital 318
European Nursing Home 110
*For V.D., Dysentery and T.B.
Z Operations
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (including The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written by 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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The Report of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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