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women of Bahrain and treated many thousands of cases during the year. On
the departure of Dr. Jones, she took over control of the entire Medical Depart
ment landing the arrival of the new State Medical Officer.
Outpatients in all Government dispensaries
Inpatients in all Government dispensaries
Number of operations
Number of deliveries
59,638
3,326
1,079
121
The new Government Main Dispensary was opened in June.
(iv) Apart from eye diseases, malaria and venereal disease continue to be
the main sources of sickness.
(v) In last year’s report mention was made of the visit of Major M. K.
Afridi, I.M.S., and of his report on anti-malarial measures. After several
months of inactivity on the part of the State Medical Department the initiative
was supplied from the Agency and by the summer a beginning had been made
on the real drive for the elimination of malaria from these Islands. A general
committee was formed on which, apart from officials, prominent citizens were
invited to serve ; and executive, financial and propaganda sub-committees were
formed. A supervisor and two insect-collectors were recruited with the aid
of the Government of India and the volume of work accomplished at the end
of the year was impressive. The extent of the work to be done may be judged
by the fact that it involves the provision of a piped water supply for the whole
of Manama and the closing of several thousand shallow wells in private com
pounds, apart from extensive operations in gardens within the Manama
Municipality and on its periphery. There is a vast deal of prejudice and
inertia to overcome and it must be recollected that the task affects the whole
population in their homes and gardens ; but there are at least signs that th«
people are beginning to realise that malaria is a preventable disease if all
sections of the community co-operate.
The work resolves itself into five main parts, the cleaning of all drains,
pools and pits, the distribution of oil and paris green, the distribution of
larvicidal fish, the inspection by insect-collectors of gardens, compounds and
houses and the collection of adult mosquitoes, ajid the provision of a piped
water supply in Manama. So far the work has been confined mainly to
Manama town and its environs, but will be extended later to other parts of the
Islands.
(vi) A special feature of this year was the attention paid to the health of
the school children.
!21. Judicial .—The total number of civil suits in the Agencv Courts was
Wil as compared with 1101 in 1938. The total number of criminal cases was
J31) as compared with 207 in the previous year.
22. Activities of Germans.—{{) Herr Heinrich Reisinger of the Import
ing and Exporting Firm of Johann Schlinz of Bremen, importers of mother-
of-pearl, arrived here on business on the 19th January and left on the 26th
. (”) Herr H. J Wattemberg of Messrs. F. Unduetseh and Company (Iraq)
Marcli^lOS^ am " e< ^ 111 Hnhram on the 28th November 1938 left on the 29th
In reply to a request for permission for his Firm to o-pen a branch in
Bahrmn he was informed by the Bahrain Government that there would be no
subjects" Pr ° Vlded 11 WaS mana « ed a “ d staffed by British or Bahrab
,. °f British Notables.— (i) Air Vice-Marshal A. H. S Tvssen
Air Oflicer Oommanding British Forces in ’Iraq arrived hero on the'17th
and left tor Muscat on the 18th March 1939. He returned to Bahrain on the
-1st March and left tne following day for ’Iraq. He exchanged calls with His
Rsasrsag^ass;.- ,h ' «*- *.««tia*
(ii) Commodore A. Poland, R. N.. Acting Commander-in Chief Fnst
Indies SqnaiJron arrived in H. M. S. “ Bideford ”, and transferred to H M S
Norfolk which arrived on the 13th April and left on the 16th April 1939.'