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'Administration Reports for 1947' [13r] (25/128)
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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■■ - -
Operatio ns
Major operations
Minor operations
WOMEN AND GHIT.DHF.N
Out-patients treated
In-patients treated
Minor operations
Major operations
549
3,622
1
o,452
S50
68
259
. ^ ^ ne State Medical Hospital installed a new X-ray set
during the year 5 acquired considerable new transport and set
up a Muharraq lying in hospital and several out-dispensaries.
*V
A sum of Rs. 6,400/- v/as spent by the Government of
Bahrain on repairs and lime washing of buildings and landing
pier.
Fifteen passengers and the crew of a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
from Dubai
which ^-arrived at Bahrain during the period of Cholera
restrictions against Dubai and Sharjah were kept under
observation at the station from the 6 th to the 13th November, 1947.
Quarantine restrictions
Passengers by air from Egypt and by land and air from
India landing at Bahrain were only permitted to land provided
they^were in possession of valid anti-cholera inoculation
certificates. These restrictions continued throughout the year.
' ^ The outbreak of Cholera in the Middle East in the autumn
necessitated rigid precautions which prevented the disease from
entering the island. In Saudi Arabia the Government imposed a
ban on travellers^entering their ports. Three cases of suspected
cholera occurreo Dubai a.nd the
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.
Surgeon accompanied
by the R.A.F. Medical Officer visited the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and
investigated the reported outbreak. They found no evidence of
cholera but as a precautionary measure declared Dubai to be
infected. Restrictions were imposed and supplies of cholera
vaccine were sent to Dubai and Sharjah to inoculate the
inhabitants of the place., No further cases were reported,
20. T EE BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY
(a) Staff
Mr. R.M. Brown was the Chief Local Representative
throughout the year.
I n March Mr. J.O.Fifer was appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Company to be Assistant General
Manager.
(b) Productio n
The total oil production during the year was
9,410,7iO net barrels., an average of 25,783 net barrels per day.
The rate of oil production was appreciably higher than in anv
previous years as a result of additional wells and gas injection
which maintained a low rate of extraneous water invasion of
the reservoir,
(c) Development
In 1947 Six new wells were completed. A deep
test well was started during the year to test the formations" below
the present depth of the field and to investigate the possibility
of developing commercial production of oil or gas.
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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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- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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