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RESULTS OF TREATMENT—IIEDD IN-PATIENTS
Number of Infants born alive 57
,, „ ,, still born .......................... 2
..................... dying in first xo days of life I
Maternal Deaths Nil
ISOLATION HOSPITAL
Cured. Relieved. Discharged Died. Remaining in Total
otherwise hospital.
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary 2 i 2 4 9
Tuberculosis
Other forms I I 2 4
Leprosy S S
Dysentery .. 15 4 I 20
Syphilis I I 2
Other Condi­
tions 3 2 5
Total .. 19 7 5 2 15 48

MENTAL HOSPITAL
Nine female patients received medical treatment and nursing during the year : of these two were
discharged cured, three died and four remain in hospital.

QUARANTINE DEPARTMENT
(Report by Dr. J. D. Grant, Quarantine Medical Officer.)
On the first day of the year under review, His Majesty’s Government handed over to
the Government of Bahrain the responsibility for the administration of the Quarantine service.
Bahrain Government retained the services of the existing Quarantine staff and arrangements were
made to continue to use the present offices in the Victoria Memorial Hospital pending the completion
of the new Public Health Building.
General.—The number of people passing through the Health Control stations was 65,696,
the heaviest traffic coming through Manamah Jetty, carried chiefly by dhows and launches. It will
be remembered that this traffic was responsible for the introduction of Smallpox into the Island
3 years ago and it still continues to be a source of danger on account of the large number of people
who are not vaccinated. While these people are vaccinated on arrival, the risk of Smallpox is not
completely covered as it does not allow for the 14 days interval necessary for the vaccination to become
effective and there is, as yet, no system here of checking the health of these arrivals during that period.
Control at the Airport docs not present much difficulty as now-a-days most Air Lines sec to it
that their passengers have the required Health documents in order. Locally operating Lines are
not however so strict in these matters and a careful watch has still to be kept on their passengers.
A new risk arose during the year with the inauguration of the Aden Airways services which brought
us into direct contact with a Yellow Fever area.
The volume of traffic at Sitra Port continues to increase steadily. The sickness rate amongst
ships’ crews was very high this year owing to the exceptionally severe hot weather and there were
two deaths from Heat Exhaustion. The inadequacy of medical facilities on many ships was notice­
able and the utter folly of plying in the Persian Gulf without an air-conditioned sick bay, a well stocked
medicine chest and an ample supply of salt tablets cannot be over stressed.