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yiio hoolth measures advocated on P.15 of tho Septombor Roport aro

»;adunlly boing introduced into all tho schools. The absenco of local
jspcnsurieo at somo of tho villag03 in which ochools aro aituatod makoo

roper attention to tho hoolth of the schoolboys vory difficult. Howevor
Idea of rooponoibility for tho health of their chargoo io oinking into
Binds of tho schoolmastoro, who now vory froquontly oond boys by 'bus
•,to Manoranh, to roport ut the Education Office, with a view to their bei>uj

jnt by us to one of the local hospitals. This is an oxponsivc method,
Ince ve havo invariably to defray the costs of travelling betv/een tho

illagoo and Manmnnh : it i3 therefore much to bo hopod that before long
Mltional dispon6arios will be opened in the villages. Tho weakness of
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Iho prosont system is that the (Indian) doctors visit tho villages only
!r.cc a week, which io of course quite inadequate : in every case where I

:ive sont a boy for medical attention to a Uanumah doctor or hospital,
:hoy have insisted that ho roturns for troutwent either every other day
;r every third day. This clearly shows that a single weekly visit by a‘
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factor is inadequate.
A 10-days' propaganda in favour of vuccination was carried out in
ho villages, amongst both parents and children, with tho gratifying re-

'dt that although it was frequently stated by us that no boy would be
'accinatcd if his parents objectod, not a single objection was reooived,
n any village, and no boy aboonted himself on the day when the opora-

;lons woro to bo perforraod. Unfortunately, the actual results were very
Mr, the successful cases in one school being less than 20%, and we are
I’heroforo faced with the necessity of re-vaccination, In my opinion,
fho failures are due to the perfunctory way in which the work is done,

M tho complete absence of previous in medical instruction of the boys
the operating doctors.

The undesirable ancondancy of Syrian masters over Bahraini masters

IPP.26& 38) has been effectively dealt with, and it is now well under­
wood by all oonoornod that the ultimato object of tho Education Deport-