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BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL.
Male Statistics 1943.
Out-patients.
New Cases. Return Cases Total.
Hospital 9,286 68,188
Police 2,085 4,402 77.474
6.487
Services .. 408 408
Muharraq 17.255 19,691 30.940
Dispensaries 2,207 903 3.110
(Hedd, Sitra, Budeya, Rafa, Jida).
Schools................................... 895 3.939 4.709
32.136 97.243 129.379
In-patients.
Government Hospital 1.198
Isolation Hospital 530 2,116
European Services 3SS }
Operations.
Major 274 2,616
Minor 2,242 }
Injections.
General .. 11.313"
T.A.B. .. 78 12,085
Typhus .. 23
Vaccinations 671J
Laboratory.
Non-Services 2.934 3.605
Services .. 671 }
X-Ray.
Non-Services 1681 215
Services .. 47/

Short Notes on the Statistics.
Out-patients.
Attendances continue to rise considerably, being 15,000 more than last year.
Schools.
The school doctor had to be withdrawn during the hot weather to replace one on leave but 8
out of the 11 schools were visited twice weekly, no more visits could be managed owing to the transport
difficulty. It is regrettable that so little can be done at present in this direction because this work
is most vital.
In-patients.
Enough empty beds were never available to deal with all requirements. The Isolation hospital
of 14 beds admitted a record number of V.D. and Dysentery cases and the Services wards kept half
full on an average and full to over-full during July and August.
Epidemics.
Smallpox cases were practically non-existent.
Chicken-pox and Mumps were evident in small numbers.
Typhus was feared, but only one case was diagnosed in May. The nearest places of contact
were Kuwait, Basra, and Abadan where the mortality was about 17%.
A small epidemic of Typhoid started in the autumn and then died out. This was mainly in
Muharraq and Manama. People came very readily for inoculations.