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(c) Church Atisslon Society.
(i) Hospital. Dr.E.B.Wild, F.R.C.S., continued to
hold charge of the C.M.S. Hospital throughout the year, as sis-
-ted by Dr.Miss K.Blackwood who was in charge of the Women’s
Section.
The Hospital, a s always, though badly in need
of funds, afforded invaluable service to the community. The
high cost of drugs and medicines hindered the charitable work
of the hospital as about 75fo of the patients come under this
ca tegory. V/ith the introduction of penicillin treatment
ma ny remarkable cures were affected. The incidence of vene-
-real diseases, trachoma, and conjunctivitis were abnormally
high. No sorious/aiiifcxExia occurred but only seasonal out­
breaks of diphtheria, dysentery,and typhoid.
The hospital statistics for the year 1945 are
as follows
Number of pa tients • • ♦ • 1237
Number of day in hospital (average) 19
Number of outpa tients • • 6665
Number of subsequent visits • • 16997
Number of outpa tient Injections 15769
Number of opera tions - minor.. 1062
Number of operations - major . 705
Analysis of major Operations.
Abdomina 1 sections 63
Amputa tlions t • 3
Cataracts • • 94
Other eye operations 236
Excisions • • 2
Injuries • • 54
Hernias • • 76
Necrosis • • 37
Lithotomy • • 8
Miscellaneous e • 222
(ii) S t.Andrew’s Church, The Reverend Rezavi
officiated as chap^in throughout the year.
(lii) Miss Stratton was in charge of the Women’s
Welfare Work until the middle of the year when she left
for England on furlough. S he was relieved by Miss Woodroffe
who arrived on the 6th June.
(IV) FOREIGN INTERESTS.
The Shirkaf -Farsh sent 6678 metres of carpets
valued a t Rials 6,494,494/- to Tehran for export to the U.S.A.
From Certificates of Origin and Interest issued by this Con-
-sulato carpets valued at Rials 16.181.297/- were exported to
the U.S.A,
The price of the best quality Kerman carpets rose
to Rials 1200/- per ’zar’ during the second half of the year.
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(a) governor General. Aqai Fazlula h Bahraini held charge
: 5./-