'File 4/12 Bahrain State - Government Hospital, Bahrain'

Title:

'File 4/12 Bahrain State - Government Hospital, Bahrain'

Date:

1936/1945

Description:

Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the establishment of a Government Hospital and Board of Health in Bahrain, as well as the appointment of a number of British individuals as successive State Medical Officers in the country.The majority of the correspondence is between Hugh Weightman, Political Agent in Bahrain; Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.The file contains two original letters in Arabic (with English translations) sent to Weightman from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain, in which Shaikh Ḥamad expresses his desire for an expansion of the country's public health facilities (folios 4v and 7v).On folio 101, the file holds two black and white photographs of Richard Henry Barter Snow that were sent as a part of his application for employment as State Medical Officer in Bahrain, a position to which he was appointed in 1940.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-175; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Health services
State Medical Officer, Bahrain
Richard Henry Barter Snow

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003a8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003a8_en
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