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IJOTES Oil THE WORKING OF THE RESIDENCY DISPENSARY, BUSHIBgj
FOR T:E Y£AR 1942,
(a) Assistant Surgeon R.Ea3gy, I.M.D. was In subordinate

charge of the Residency Dispensary throughout the year, under the
Residency Surgeon, Major Holmes.
(b) nothing of note occurred. Malaria and Amoebic dysentery
occurred In epidemic form during the summer and autumn of the
year.

(c) Climatically, the year was a bad one, the rainfall being
again far below nornal. The failure of the usual water supply
was probably responsible for the increased incidence of malaria
and dysentry during the autumn.

(a) The number of admissions and attendances compared with those
of 1941 are as follows:

In-patients Out-patients Operations

1941 14 16,754 361
1942 18 35,486 385

(e) ilalaria again leads the list of prevalent diseases and will
continue to do so as long as anti-malarial measures arc not

adopted.

Secretary to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf,
and His Majesty1s Consul, Bushire.