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worth Rs. 19,023-14'0 were sold as compared with Bs. 12,164-2-0 worth of stamps
sold the previous year.
(ii) Cash Certificates worth Rs. 24,783-12-0 were sold and Certificates worth
Rs. 11,134-13-6 were discharged. British Postal Orders to the value of
Rs. 1,269-7-6 were sold and Rs. 123-6-0 paid. Savings Bank deposits amounted
to Rs. 48,230-1-4 and Money Orders for Rs. 105,205-1-6 were issued and
Rs. 6,017-5-0 paid. v a
t (m) Articles despatched by the east and west bound air mails weighed
217.04 kilogrammes, as compared with 64.96 kilogrammes in 1932.
(iv) Postal communication with the mainland via Bahrain was established
with effect from the 1st July and registered and unregistered articles are ac
cepted for Buraidah, Hail, Hofuf, Jubail, Qatif, Riyadh and ’Oqair. Mails are
exchanged weekly.
(v) Indian Postage Stamps surcharged “ Bahrain ” were issued for sale
to the public with effect from the 10th August. His Majesty the King was
graciously pleased to accept a set of the new stamps, which v T ere presented to
him for his collection of postage stamps by His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin
’Isa A1 Khalifah. The Persian authorities refuse to recognise the new stamps
and all letters emanating from Bahrain are treated as unstamped by the Persian
Postal Authorities.
(vi) Mr. Zafar Husain held charge of the Post Office throughout the year.
22. Medical. —1. Victoria Memorial Hospital. —(i) Assistant Surgeon
R. Holmes, I.M.D., has held charge throughout the year. He is very popular with
the local inhabitants and the number of patients (notably Bahraini women, who
are extremely bigoted) visiting the Hospital for treatment has greatly increased
in the past few years.
(H) The total number of cases treated during 1932 and 1933 were
1932, 1933.
Outdoor patients ,, 14,614 14,902
Indoor patients .. .. ., 244 229
Total .. 14,858 15,131
Major and Minor operations 709 979
Malaria eases numbered three thousand six hundred and ninety-six as com
pared with two thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight cases in 1932.
(iii) The spread of malaria is ascribed to the breeding grounds for mos
quitoes which have been provided by the overflow from the artesian wells and
by the increased amount of water standing about in houses now that the supply
of water is plentiful. Steps are being taken to combat this development.
2. Hospitals of the American Mission. — (i) Dr. L. P. Dame, M.D., held
charge throughout the year except for short periods when he visited the main
land.
(n) Dr. W. W r . Thoms joined the Hospital on the 14th March. He pro
ceeded on recess to India on the 6th July and returned on the 1st October-
(iii) Dr. W. P. Harrison arrived from Muscat on the 6th August and left
on the 19th September.
(iv) Dr. M. N. Tiffany (now Mrs. W. R. Haenggi) left for the United States
of America on the 5th June.
( v ) T n the men’s hospital 47,987 cases were treated during the year as com-
pared with 32,376 cases in 1932. In the women’s hospital 20,978 cases were
treated as compared with 16,606 cases in 1932. 522 indoor patients were treated
in the women’s hospital and 303 in the men’s hospital. There were 74 obste
trical cases and 898 major and minor operations v r ere performed.
Malaria accounted for thirty-five per cent, of the cases treated.
(vi) On the 17th April Dr. L. P. Dame, accompanied by Mrs. Dame, left
for Hofuf at the reouest of ’Abdullah bin Jiluwi, the ’Amir of Hasa.
returned on the 5th May.