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Liver Diseases 7
Worms ....................... 34
Other alimentary conditions 4
Malaria ....................... 78
V. D. ....................... 22
Rheumatism 9
Infectious diseases 7
Other Medical Conditions 30
Results of Treatment (In-Patients).
Cured ....................... 686
Improved....................... no
Not improved 93
Died ....................... 40
Details of Obstetric Cases.
Normal Labour 137
With Atresia 20
Abnormal....................... 4
Abortions....................... 48
Other Obstetric conditions 19
Results of Obstetric Cases.
Maternal Deaths 3
Still-births....................... 25
Babies born alive 143
Operations.
Major 73
Minor 433
-------506
Surgical Results.
Cured. Improved. Not improved. Died.
496 2 6 2
Women's Dispensaries.
Moharraq Ruffa Suk-al-Khatnis
New Patients 6.257 1,020 1,212
Return Cases 12,005 1,114 518

Total .. 18,262 2.134 1.730

NOTES.
The medical work amongst women has been much curtailed this year owing to inadequate
nursing staff. The Indian nurses whose contracts finish do not return to Bahrain because at present
they are finding so easily more lucrative posts in India. It has therefore been no longer possible
to have a resident nurse at Moharraq and Suk-al-Khamis. Every effort is being made to fill these
vacancies in the nursing staff, and also to provide again for house to house health visiting.

Child-Welfare Clinic.
Since the issue of free Klim has stopped this clinic has practically ceased to exist. A negligible
number of mothers has attended regularly, who send daily for free cow’s milk for their babies ; the
other have just stopped attending.
The Girls' Schools.
Medical inspection of all girls in the four schools was carried out during the year. A nurse
has attended Manama School (where the need was greatest) to carry out treatment twice weekly.
During the first part of the year this was done also at Moharraq and Hidd Schools but the visits
had to be discontinued owing to shortage of both nurses and transport. It is intended that a teacher
from each school shall be trained to carry out simple treatment.