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1. 'File 2/7 II Correspondence re precautions etc against malaria'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding precautions against malaria, statistics, graphics, surveys and reports on the diffusion of malaria in the Persian Gulf countries.The principal correspondents are the Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Bahrain. Also, the construction of drainage systems around Manama to stop the disease is the subject of correspondence exchanges with the Manama Municipality.The file contains posters and leaflets in Arabic; and several documents in Arabic with English translation: notices from the Government of Bahrain, posters and leaflets on malaria, correspondence with the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsa Āl Khalīfah.The file also contains a blueprint on folio 87: 'Chart I Showing fortnightly figures of malaria cases treated at Victoria Memorial Hospital, Manama, and average mean temperature during the year 1933-1937'.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 148; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. 'File 2/7 III Anti-malaria measures'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding measures against malaria in Bahrain and reports of meetings of the Anti Malaria Committee. The file also includes correspondence regarding a Malaria Survey of Bahrain and a list of Artesian wells in Manamah (ff 46-48).The principal correspondents are the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain, the Malaria Institute of India, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains several documents in Arabic with English translation: notices from the Government of Bahrain, signed by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsa Āl Khalīfah, and some leaflets.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 284; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. 'File 2/7 Infectious diseases: plague, cholera, smallpox etc, outbreak of. Quarantine imposed on passengers'
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- Abstract: The file contains circulars, notices, telegrams, cyphers and correspondence regarding outbreaks of infectious diseases, precautions against them, and quarantine restrictions imposed on passengers travelling to and from various places in the Persian Gulf.The principal correspondents are the Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Manamah Municipality, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains documents in Arabic with English translation: notices and proclamations of quarantine from the Government of Bahrain, and notes on the creation of an anti-malaria Advisory Committee in Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 182; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-178; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
4. Coll 30/109 'Conditions of living in the Persian Gulf. Report on Malaria Survey of Bahrein Islands.'
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- Abstract: The file contains information on the nature of personal living conditions in the Persian Gulf, including correspondence from persons who had been offered employment in Bahrein [Bahrain], and who sought information on conditions there.The papers include: report on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf, issued by the British Consulate-General, Bushire, December 1936 (folios 82-105); appendix to Persian Gulf Naval Intelligence Report, October 1934, on a visit to the Bahrain petroleum fields (folios 80-81); correspondence from six individuals in the United Kingdom, who had been offered civil employment in Bahrain, mainly in the oil industry, and who sought information on conditions in the country, particularly the climate, together with replies from the India Office; 'Note on the Bahrain Islands' (folios 66-70); report issued by the British Consulate-General, Bushire on the 'personal' aspects of life at Bushire (folios 30-47); and Final Report on the Malaria Survey of Bahrein Islands, by Major M K Afridi, IMS (Malaria Institute of India), 1938 (folios 9-21, and Preliminary Report, folios 23-37).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomaly: folio 20a.