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The sum of Rs. 47,700 was spent during the year on additional public works which
were undertaken although provision for them had not been made in the budget. These works in­
cluded a new girls’ school at Rafaa, widening the Muharraq side of the causeway to the same width
as on the Manamah side and building a second toll house and gates, constructing quarters at Rafaa
for the Special Police, improvements to the quarantine station, roofing the swimming bath in the
fort and building additional stables, a water tank and latrines. At Budeya new stables were built
at the police post and more drains were made from the Government garden. At the Law Courts a
garage was converted into a record room for the Minors' Department and some alterations were made
to the western flat. New latrines were also built for the Manamah boys’ school. Additional work
was done at the Government hospital including repairs to the roofs which leaked during the abnormal
rain the last wet season, replacing mosquito netting, dismantling an old house adjacent to the hospital,
which was bought by the Government and constructing a wall on the sea side of the dispensary
building.
Hospitals. During the year Rs. 65,800 was spent on the Administrative Building of the
hospital which was not entirely finished at the end of the year. A further Rs. 6,000, at least, will
be needed to complete this building. The ground floor was occupied some months before the end of
the year, this contains store rooms, X-Ray rooms, laboratory, offices and sewing room. On the first
floor there are two large operation theatres with anaesthetic rooms, dressing rooms, etc. The special
glass windows for theatres which were obtained from India arrived with the glasses broken and there
was delay in obtaining replacements. The theatres have walls and floors of terazzo throughout and
in many of the other rooms and passages terazzo has been effectively used. Although it is expensive
and takes time to apply it appears to be a satisfactory and lasting material for using on walls and
floors in Bahrain and when once laid down it requires no further labour.
The Isolation Hospital was enlarged and provided with a new septic tank and drainage system.
Police Married Quarters. New married quarters for the State Police, on the south of the
fort were begun and completed during the year. Each house consists of two rooms with a verandah
and compound, the houses are well ventilated and cool and are built of stone and cement. Provision
was made in the 1360 budget for 30 houses but an additional 5 were built. The total expenditure
was Rs. 42,700. Included in this work is a jail for women adjacent to one of the houses in the married
lines.
Fort Jail Yard. Rs. 1,121. A new entrance flanked by a store for clothing and a room for
the jail guard was built in the jail compound, the level of the compound was raised and the cells were
repaired.
Mnnam ah Police Station. Rs. 1,045. A large new office was added to the Manamah Police
Station by reconstructing a room, in the same block of buildings, which had previously been used as
a store. Accommodation was provided for the Sub-Inspector and the clerical staff.
Technical School. Rs. 15,396. The new workshop was completed. A cement floor was
put down over most of the area. Platforms and forges were built and a compound wall
was constructed and a set of latrines, for teachers and boys. A permanent water supply was arranged
from the fort well. Only the completion of the workshop had been anticipated in the 1360 budget,
the other requirements became evident during the year.
Bridge Approaches and Buildings. Rs. 37,509. In addition to the work which was
anticipated in the budget for 1360 a number of improvements were made on the approaches to the
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bridge, especially on the Muharraq side. Some of the work was done by the municipalities
at Government expense and some by the Public Works Department.
The Muharraq side of the causeway was widened to the width of the main causeway and a
cement parapet was bpilt on each side of the road. The reclaimed ground north of the customs office
in Muharraq was raised and a two-way road was made with a circular round-about in the centre, in
which ornamental bushes are to be planted.
The approaches to the bridge on each side were raised by stone filling supported by murabba
stone walls with metalling on the surface.