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The I'timadieh Cotton Cloth Hilj.
Productipn suffered'considerably owing to the
shortage of spare parts for the weaving machinery.

The management were obliged to close the weaving department
for a period of two months, The spinning department had
to slacken off work correspondingly, two shifts being
worked daily instead of three, New Machinery had arrived

by the end of the year but had not been erected.
SECTION VIII

Health and Quarantine.
(a) Assistant Surgeon R. Easey, I.H.D., was in

sub-charge of the Residency Dispensary, He was on leave
for just over 3 months in the summer, During this period
the work was carried out by the Residency Surgeon, Major
A.L. Greenway, U.B.E., I.3J.D.
(b) Malaria and dysentery v/ere much less than

usual. In the case of .malaria the reason was the absence
of water in the abambars (water tanks) which gave less
opportunity for the breeding of mosquitos.
There were a larger number of cases of influenza,

influenzal pneumonia and pneumonia than in the previous year^
(c) No epidemics of infectious diseases occurred.
(d) -The number of attendances and operations as
compared with the two previous years weres-

Out-patients. In-patients. Operations.
1942 35,486 18 385
1943 37,452 14 407
1944 35,876 7 369

(e) Quarantine arrangements are, of course, in the
hands of the Iranian authorities.

Sd. T.E.Rogers.
H.M, Consul, Bushire.