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MAHAHACi MCNICIPALITT.

Revenue during.1350 & 37,122/-
Expenditure Rs 28,916/-

The most important work in Muharraq during the
year has been the extension of the electric power

to the town and the electrification of the town and
bazaars, but this is reported on under "Electric”
Apart from the usual routine work of cleaning the
town, repairing water channels from wells and super­

vising drain pipes' etc, very little new work was done.
The Kuharraq pier was enlarged and repaired and more
of the creek at the side of the pier was reclaimed.

A temporary hospital was opened for four months
during the summer for treating foreign divers who
come to Bahrain in great numbers and are frequently

when ill deposited on the shore by their naukhudas with
no money or means of supporting themselves.
The roofs of the bazaar were repaired and raised in
many places.

During the month of Ramadan, as in Manamah, the
Municipality made arrangements with the butchers for
the sale of meat at a reduced cost.

Muharraq Nurse. In April 1930, on the advice of the
Government, the Kuharraq Municipality appointed an
Indian trained nurse and midwife to work in conjunc­

tion with the doctor attending to women and children
in Uuharraq. Service of this kind was very badly
needed both in LSuharraq and llananah as the staff of the

American women’s hospital is not sufficient to cope
with the maternity work in Bahrain and owing to their
religious work they are not admitted into many of the
Aran and Bahama houses.