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(ill) State Medical Hospital
Dr. R.H.B. Snow held charge throughout the year,
assisted by Dr. Miss I.M.A. Doeg in the women's section of the

Hospital*
1941 1942 1941
Men's Section
Out-patients treated 75,238 113,838 129,379
In-patients treated 1,458 1,761 2,116

Operations 2,294 3,353 2,516
Women's Section
Out-patients treated 33,371 52,881 44,086
In-patients treated 443 759 778
Operations 188 507 524

The two Service wards were maintained throughout the
year and the R.A.F. made available a medical officer and four
nursing sisters to assist in the care of the Service patients.

The State Hospital authorities were responsible for the catering
and administration of the Service wards and for dressing, drugs
and operation theatre personnel and equipment. 388 in-patients
were dealt with in the Service wards and 408 out-patients.

(iv) Quarantine Station. Muharraa
Assistant Surgeon M.L.A. Steele, I.M.D., continued
as Quarantine Medical Officer throughout the year.
(v) Epidemics

Smallpox was practically non-existent throughout the
year but there was a small outbreak of typhoid fever early in
the autumn and a severe epidemic of amoebic dysentery during
the last quarter of the year.

14. POST OFFICE
Mr. Rajab All held the appointment of sub-postmaster
throughout the year.
1941 1942 1943
Number of registered letters
received 7,643 6,832 6,052
Number of registered letters
despatched 10,130 9,472 9,646
Number of registered parcels
received 5,706 7,340 4,160
Number of registered parols
despatched 500 431 387

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