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(a) General.
The general health of tho comuur.ities lias boon good
throughout the year. Cmallpox which hroko out In Deuonber
of Last year spread slowly to tho outlying villages taking
eight youths to atemp out. widespread vaccination wus ti,;aln
repeated. Infaction wus brought In from outsido. A further
advunoo In Malaria control and mosquito eradication was started
In June by the purchase of one Todd Insecticidal bog Machine,
commonly known as TIKA, for trial uso. I to performance was
spectacular, time saving and economical. D.D.T. and Uauuuexane,
In varying mixtures or combined, were used on a large scale
tilth or as u wet droplet spray for marshes ond rubbish duojps or
au a dry fog for houses and streets, Four wore tut chines were
therefore purchased and put Into use In November, by the end
of the year the whole of lianamah town to the Naval base had
boon treated and All nearby cardans. its effects have already
boon f^lt In a reduction of ualerla and fly eradication. The
Markets of Manameh arid Uuharracj have very greatly benefitted
and a reduction in Dysentery and Typhoid should be noticed next
year-
(b) Victoria Memorial hospital.
Following the transfer of tha quarantine service to
the fioveriuaevit of Bahrain, the work of the Agency surgeon was
undertaken by the Chief Quarantine Medical Officer. At the
rouueat of tho UoveXTJsent of huhri. in the .<uoruntlne Medical
Officer wr.s permitted to reo.uln In occupation of the furnished
accommodation on the top floor of the building. ho was alao
using part of tho ground floor aa a Quarantine office, the
remainder being used as a consulting room utid dispensary for
modloal attendance on the Residency ar.d Agency stuff, and on
ti.e employees of certain fz^ma who have cor.tracta.i with tho
Agency burgeon for auah uttendar.ee.
(c) flmorlpnn Mission Mor.ul tal.

TuberculosaIs wua on the increase again tJ.la year.
Many from tho island and from outside caino for trs.ati:.er.t during
the year.
Humber of out-door patients treated 66,^76
Number of in-door patients trouted 1,744
Numbor of operations performed 707
(d) titata Hospital.
Tho modern operation or lridenclolsls for Glaucoma w:. u
_ tried out on eleven patients with success. Streptomycin was
being used more and found to to better in non-pulmonary f.b,
put lento. Sulphetrouo, tlio new drug for I.oprosy, proved Its
worth and brought about a marked abutcibant of acute symptoms,
« new laboratory was built in the liprlug u..d fitted out with tho
very latest Baird ft T*tlo6k painted stool furniture. 1033
patients v/ero treated for Venereul Uiocsseo during the vear, No
further doolino took piece.
Mliti*
Out^-Dntlentp.
Total number «« 109,1B0.
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