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Manamah Extension Area No. 1. Work was opened up as far as a line drawn from Sinabus
to Adari. Instructional channel cleaning, oiling, pit filling and some drainage arc
being done.
Manamah Extension Area No. 2. The work was extended several miles west up to a line
passing through the Portuguese Fort, Abu Saiba, Ain Khadrah, Kawari Bridge to
Masjid Haram. The work will largely be routine measures but one or two small channels
arc necessary and the Ain Khadrah main channel to the sea will be deepened and used
as the main outlet drain for the land it passes through. Rs. 1,500 has been put aside
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for this in the 13G1 budget.
Muharraq» Sitrah, Budeya, Sakhir, Jezirat Om Nasan. Routine work.
Special Schemes.
The following work has been completed:
1. Busailin drain. All accumulations of water have been eradicated by this and malaria
has practically ceased in the nearby villages.
ii. Wireless pool. Filled in and partly drained with a garden erected close by. The main
drain from it flows to the sea but still remains to be levelled and cemented.
iii. Mission Godhabia land. This land is now dry for most of the year owing to the new
drain flowing cast to the sea.
The following work is yet to be completed :
i. IF/Vc/t’SS pool drain.
ii. Qusaibi pool. Water has been reduced very considerably by blasting and drilling the
old drainage channel. Several springs have now been revealed in it.
Hi. Ain Khadrah channel. To be deepened and levelled.
Propaganda.
Malaria. The Malaria Propaganda Committee has met twice and from their decisions the
following measures have been carried out:—
i. A film on malaria was shown to the schools and police.
ii. Practical demonstrations were given to school masters and boys on the life history of
the mosquito.
in. Certain propaganda booklets on malaria and the mosquito have been distributed.
iv. A series of monthly talks have been broadcast.
General Health.
i. A film on trachoma was shown to the Shaikhs, schools, members of the municipal council,
police and all the leading people.
11. Literature on small-pox, general hygiene and flies have been distributed to the schools
for teaching purposes.
*ii. Certain posters arc displayed in the Customs Square with literature attached.
Air Raid Precautions.
The Emergency Medical Scheme of October 1940 was revised in June 1941 and the following
principles were eventually adopted :
1. Centralisation of all medical units in Manamah for operation from two base hospitals—
the Government Hospital and the Mission Hospital—both being equipped for any
emergency.