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Out-patients treated 32,396
In-patients treated 1,961
Major operations 518
Minor operations. 2,981
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Out-patients treated 9,709
In-patients treated 785
Major operations 331
SERVICE WARDS.
The Royal Air Force wards in the Bahrain
Government Hospital were handed back to the Bahrain
Government on the 15th of January, and all patients and t
R.A.F. equipment in those wards were removed to the R.A.F.
Sick Quarters at Muharraq.

(v) QUARANTINE.
Dr. K.L.A. Steele was in charge as Quarantine
Medical Officer throughout the year.
Shipping. No change was made in the quarantine
arrangements for Manama, but all vessels calling at Sitra
now inform the Quarantine Medical Officer direct by radio
telegram of their last port of call and whether they have
any infectious disease on board. The system is working
well and messages from vessels intending to call at Sitra
are received regularly. 566 vessels called at Bahrain as
against 394 which called in 1945.
Muharraq Aerodrome, information of the arrival of
civil aircraft with passengers is sent to the Quarantine
Medical Officer. The actual time of arrival is phoned by
the Officer commanding, R.A.F., to the Passport Officer who,
in turn, informs the Quarantine Medical Officer.
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B.O.A.C. Flying Boat Base. Manama. Cases of
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illness among passengers disembarking at Bahrain or en route
to another destination are reported to the Quarantine Medical
Officer by telephone. A supply of yellow fever vaccine was
received during the year and an inoculation system organised.
There are, however, no quarantine arrangements for yellow
fever on the Island and no person suffering from yellow fever
or arriving in a technically infected aircraft is allowed to
land.
Infectious Diseases. The station is still function­
ing as an infectious Disease Hospital for the major infectious
diseases. There were 21 cases of small pox and 8 cases of
chicken pox with 98 contacts treated and accommodated during
1946. The incidence of small pox since 1941 has continued to
decline as the following figures show:-
Year, Number of cases.
1941 193 (September to December)
1942 119
1943 43
1944 57
1945 14
1946 21 (including 4 Imported cases)
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