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(©) Quarantine. ;j
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The quarantine service functioned satisfactorily and no
cj.flo of the "Convention DlaBases" enter oil the island. liana nail
Jettyi tiltrah* end Muharrnq airfield remained tho three pieces
of entry and the arrangements at each for the Inspection of
pussengers wore adoquato.
The newly astabllobed office on Uamuuah Jetty provod .
very successful and enabled a firm check to be kept on traffic
arriving by 11.1. ships and dhow a. Dhow traffic remained the
grot test source of danger and It was found necessary to vaccinate
a large proportion of it.
Bltrhh dispensary ran smoothly and provided convenient
facilities for carrying out health duties at that port. B.A.F.
Uodicul Orderly was atlll employed as a part time Quarantine
Inspector at the Muharrnq airfield.
In October, the Quarantine Department was Incorporated
in the Uahrain Government Medical Department who unaumed full
responsibility for ita maintenance. The Department carried out
its own duties as biToro under the control of Colonol J.D. Grant,
the Quarantine Nodical Officer, who formerly combined this duty
with that of the Agency Surgeon, which he relinquished after
transfer.
Formerly this Department vvto on Its own under ii 1 a Majesty's
Government and only linked loosely with the Uahr«-ln Uovi;rn.uont.
ov*r Uiu last two y^ars its standards and outlook have been
uodornlced and brought into line with all the latent Port Health
insulations oud it scorned fit tliat the Bahrain Uoveruu.i./.t should
now take it over as a speclul department.

23. DAlilu.lN H’.TIiOl i-UM CuflPAhlf M.yi> I n.
(a) fteneral.
During the, year, exploration worn and the drilling of
the uocond deep test well v«us continued. Also development of
the so-called "southern lCxtuniion" of the main V lold was otarted.
The Hefihory was operated at esiiui.tia l ly .iiuximum capacity through­
out the yeur. although tot.il crude ruuu \v%iic eoiLuwhul higher
than in 1940, product shipments wore slightly lower, I'll J 8
difference o,ay be attributed to r» general trend toward Improved
quality gasoline ns required by world mui-ivet conditions which
took place during the year.
(b) Pavelown mi t.
Four new wells wore completed and two wore nearing
completion in the main producing horizons of the Hahn in Structure
during 19G0. Six wells were worker on for repairs during the
year and one well was under repair at Uiu year's end. This
repair work wuo.nv-oosaitated to guard a alnst corrosion i'alluroa
and to rectify unsatisfactory conditions. The abandonment of
three wells was required on account of casing corrosion and to
safeguard the reservoir against damage, These walls have there­
fore been plugged or bridged with earnout and are left in a safe
and harmless condition. The utudy or the corrosion problem
continued und during tho your a teat well wus drllWd to study
the distribution of elootrolytlc currents moving about tho wall
boaoa.
/ (a)