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III. Public Health.
Medical Service including New Dispensary and Hospital, Rs. 78,000.
This sum covers the cost of the modical work which is now being done by the
Government as well as the staff of the new hospital for a portion of the year. It is
unlikely that the hospital will be fully organised until towards the end of the year.
Existing medical services include the following :—
Quarantine Service. Contribution to Quarantine Medical Officer's salary and
pay of staff, rent of site of quarantine buildings, Nakhuda, crew and running
expenses of quarantine launch, approximately Rs. 15,000.
Muharraq Dispensary. Salary of Indian doctor, staff and rent of dispensary
Rs. 4,000.
Suk al Khaims Dispensary. Salary of Indian doctor, compounder and running
expenses of hospital car Rs. 3,500.

Hedd Dispensary. Salary of Arab couipouuder and staff Rs. 2,100.
Sakhir Dispensary. Salary of His Highness’s medical attendant Rs. 1,200.
Manamah Women’s Dispensary and Clinic. Salary of nurse in charge, staff, rent
of dispensary and temporary women’s hospital Rs. 2,600.
Naim women’s dispensary. Pay of nurse, woman attendant and upkeep Rs. 1,600.

Cost of drugs, vaccine, hospital stores, and hospital diets, Rs. 15,000.
New Hospital. Provision for salaries of Medical Officer for 9 months, lady
doctor, staff, servants, drugs, heating and lighting, hospital diets etc. for 6 months
only, Rs. 32,000.
Anti-malaria Measures. Rs. 40,000. Provision for any particular measures
which may be recommended by the malaria specialist who is reporting on Bahrain.

Equipment for Hospital. Rs. 55,000.
IV Public Protection.
(a) State Police Rs. 1,59,000. Provision has been made for a police force of
250 men.
Special items included in the Budget are purchase of 150 rifles and 200,000
rounds of ammunition and a proportion of the salary of an Assistant Adviser.
(b) Naturs Rs. 37,000. This includes the pay of the Amirs of Manamah and
Muharraq and 115 armed naturs.
(c) Jail Rs. 4,000. Rations and clothing for an average of 50 prisoners.
V Departmental Expenses; Rs. 10,720.
VI Education. Rs. 1,06,500.
Rs. 61,000 is the cost of maintaining the existing schools.
Rs. 17,000. Technical schools in Manamah and Muharraq consisting of two
carpentry schools and one Engineering school. Provision has been made for
purchasing an electrically driven lathe.
Rs. 7,000. Students abroad: This includes the school fees of two sons of
Shaikh Mohomed bin Isa Al-Khalifah who are being educated at government expense
at Bey rout University, fees for one student at Lucknow and for girl students at a
training college in Beyrout, and provision for training three boys as surveyors.