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Siruopur, arrived from Tehran on the 3rd July and remained
in oka rgo for the remainder of the year.
Tho new incumbent is not particularly active and con-
-tent3 himself with moroly passing complaints of the public
to Tohran for disposal. It has been noticed that ordinary
telegrams take on an average from two to four days to reach
their destinations within tho country. Not infrequently some
of them never reach at all and most telegrams are received
with 15 to 20% of mutilations.
(j) ftcalth Department.

Dr.All Akbar Vakili held charge of the post of Medical
Officer, Kerman, during the year. The hospitals under his
direction are the Behdari Ustan, the Behdari Shahdari and the
Bimaristan-I-Uubarazeh (Epidemic Hospital). The expenses of
the last named are mat by public contributions. To check the
outbreak of serious epidemics doctors of the Health Department
were sent out regularly to all areas of the town, especially
of the poor, to round up all destitutes and beggars, The
medically fit were sent to the Kerman asylum where they were
housed and fed regularly. The sick were treated in the Blcar-
-istan-i-Kubarazeh a nd later sent to the asylum. In this way
17. ca ses of typhus and 83 of diphtherie which night easily
have become epidemic were detected and successfully treated.
Specia 1 delousing sections were also opened in the hospital.
A Poor Relief Committee was also forced to assist the Health
Department in collecting poor people for segregation in the
asylum.

00 Municipality.
Aqai Arbabi was Head of the Municipality up to the
end of Jar.ua ry. As numerous cocplaints of his inefficiency
wero cade tc the Ustundar, Aqai Kasirzadeh, former Head cf the
Municipality, who had just returned from Tehran in the capacity
of Inspector of the Ministry of the Interior, was instructed to
resume* his old appointment as Shahrdar in addition to his own
duties. The change was greatly appreciated by the public.
Aqai Mazirzadeh gained great popularity amongst the poorer
classes who were in great straits last winter, by arranging to
ha ve 2 tons of brea d flour/placed at their disposal at special
reduced prices and also for arranging for charcoal and other
fuel to be sold at half the market price to them, His efforts
were also tireless in keeping a strict watch on Government bak-
-eries which were always adulterating the bread and giving
short weight to the public, as well as on local butchers who
were equally dishonest. He succeeded in putting many unob-
-tainable but essential commodities on the market and last vin-
-tcr managed to bring down the market prices of charcoal from
Rials 15/- to Rials 6/- per kilo; bread from Rials 18/- to 15/-
per 3 kilos and mutton from, Rials 130/. tD Rials 110/- per 3
kilos.
In October Aqai Isfandiari, the Farmandar, took
charge of the post of Shahrdar in addition to his own duties,
from A qai Nazirzadeh, until the end of the year.
Throughout the year the Municipality had been in
serious fiinancial difficulties as the allotment due to then from
collections under the Uill3paugh Regulations foil far short of
expectations. Salaries and wagos of the staff wore always 5 to C
65 months in arrears and towards the end of the year tho wages of
menials were 9 month3 crcrduo. Strikes ensued and before mat-
—tc?3 become critical it was decided to dicch?jgo 80 sweopers
in December who wero paid their wages by public subscriptions.
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