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■ M2 IDMH.MPOn OH THE P. Q. rOL BMP. AM) M^BgiT POL. AOKNCT POE 1804-1W8.
, rinrcmTnnd RDiinKB at some distance from the town. This water is of fairly
{rood Quality, but basa constipating effect from the presence of lime salts.
jL-faWv.-The mortality of the town is not high. Ohe chief causes of
■tenth besides epidemics and aocidents are pulmonary phthisis, chrome diarrhoea
S dy«»&beroular diseases of bones and joints, pneumonia, etc. The last,
as woh as othffl lung affections are especially seen during the winter. Malarious
-erT uncommon and suoh cases as are Been can generally be traced to
importation Zm other ports like Bussorah, Fao, Dillum etc. The> Ambe of this
impona oW aRe. Thifl is partly duo to the favourable
fco^and^rtly to the fWom of the Arabs from the high-pressure work
»d fae eiMsrire mental worries and anxieties of life in more oipihsed
countries.
EAUDUR RAHMAN,
Assistant Surgeon, KoweiA*
.Komar,
Tie 2nd JprU 1905.

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