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Other members of the As-Subah received from Rs.1,000 to R3.6OO
nonthly.
The revenue of the Customs (divi-dond from a duty of 6$ # on

were divided as follows
CUSTOMS landing company
4 % Revenue Department 10 Revenue Department.
1 )f0 Education " 20 to Share holders.
1 t'3 Public Health 20 Education Department.
£ Municipality 30 Rublic Health.
"eFv*
Those who administer this system remain convinced that it cannot
oe improved upon and have apparently not yet been confronted by the
•"•ofclen of an"excess of revenue ever expenditure. This problem is
fikely to arise during 1346 and the traditional solution, if applied,
ray net meet with opposition from those who are not given a share.
(b) Medical
(i) The Kuwait Government Medical Department Hospital remained ’under
the supervision of the Syrian Doctor Yahya Hadidi and employed an
Igyotian lady doctor during the year. '..’ork on the new hospital
remains suspended owing to lack cf materials but over Rs. 1,000,000
are said to’have bean set aside for its completion. An excellent
Gesture of the organisation is the employment of a special doctor on
the health of the school-children, all cf are examined at regular
intervals and treated if necessary. .-v proposal to provide' one free
meal a day in the schools had to be dropped cn grounds of expence.
(ii; Approximately 55,COO nsr. and 22.0CC women were treated as cut-
:i~iemts and 5=1 as in-patiente in the Miseim Hospital. R43
::sraticns cf all sorts were performed. Am interesting development
is that the women cf Kuwait are cepinning to change their attitude
towards men doctors and have not ceased to visit the. clinic since
3r. Ruth Crouse left and Dr. Gerald ITykerk took her place in February.
(iii) 5422 patients were treated in the Agency Charitable Dispensary,
the most common diseases being eye and digestive.
(iv) There was no general epidemic and the influenza which was pre­
valent in 1944 did not recur, Cn the other hand typhoid end dysent-
ery was much heavier during the latter half of 1945 than in previous
years, and malnutrition and tuberculosis increased considerably as a
result of the high price of food.-
(c) Education.

The Education Department under the direction of the capable and
energetic Egyptian, Dr. Ahmed Sidiq Eacdi, continued to stand out as na
one of the brightest facets of the state administration, and the
British Council representative in Cairo gave it as his opinion that
the Kuwait schools compare favourably with those of Bahrain in clean­
liness and general organisation.
There are now 10 boys* and 4 girls* schools with an attendance roD
of 1,459 and 443 respectively. Of the 56 male teachers 12 are
Egyptians and 44 Kuwaitis, and’of the 21 female teachers 8 are
-Syptians, 4 Syrian, 3 Lebanese, and 6 Kuwaitis. There are a further
7 boys* schools with 300 pupils outside the town of Kuwait.
During the year the Government rented a house in Zamalek. Cairo,
and furnished it at a cost of over 24,000/-. The recurring cost^
5,, ab?ut Fj 10*000/- per mensem and it will form a hostel for the
educational Mission to Egypt which-has now grown to a strength of
Kuv/a# Government meet all expences except for tution fees
“acheri0Ct ^ 111331011 13 to malce independent of
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