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Maharaq Municipality. —2-

The Municipal nurse was viewed for some time with

suspicion but by degrees the people of Muharraq have
learnt to appreciate her as in shown by the following
statistics.

1930 April - December.

Seccessful maternity cases - 35
Clinic patients -------- - 4529

1931 Jany. Deer.

Maternity cases - 39
Clinic patients - 6647
1932. Jan - April

Maternity cases 7

Clinic patients — - 1256
Total 2 years and four months - 85 maternity cases,
and 12432 clinic patients.

There is need for at least one other midwife of this

type in Bahrain who can to some extent counteract the
damage which is being done by the local midwives whose

methods are in every way as bad, and in some respects
worse, than those practised in India which were recently

the subject of a book which caused universal comment.

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