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                                                194:      1942
                Out-patients treated           35981     45000
                In-patients treated             1018      1165
                Operations                      1170      2087

                Of the cases treated 2119 were of malaria and 275 of
          syphilis •
                On August 17th Dr. and Mrs. Harrison and Dr. Barney
          with one male and two female nurses, left Bahrain on a
          six weeks1 special medical tour to Riyadh with the primary

          object of treating members of the household of King Ibn
          Saud.   Medical supplies worth Rs.5,500 v/ere taken.
                (ill) State Medical Hospital
                Dr. R.K.B. Snow held charge throughout the year,

          assisted, in the women's section of the Hospital, by
          Dr. Esther Barney (of the American Mission) for a short
          period, and later by Dr. Doeg.
                                                 1941      1942
                Men*s Section

                   Out-patients treated         75238    113838
                   In-patients treated           1458      1761
                   Operations                    2294      3353
                Women's Section
                   Out-patients treated         33771     52881
                   In-patients treated            443       759
                   Operations                     188       507
               With the approval of His Highness the Shaikh of
          Bahrain, accommodation for R.A.F. and other Service
          personnel was prepared in the State Hospital, and the new
          facilities were completed by October 1st.     The H*A«F.)

          who paid for the construction of a new ward, also supplied
          an R.A.F. Medical Officer and four nursing slaters*
                (iv) Quarantine Station. Muharrac
               Assistant Surgeon M.L.A. Steele, I.M.D. was fcxorantine

          Medical Officer throughout the year*
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