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CHAPTER VIII

ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, MUSCAT, FOR
THE YEAR 1945.

PART I,

I. AGENCY OFFICIALS.
Political Agent: Lt. Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E. from
1st January to 21st April.
Mr. R.I. Hallows from 22nd April
till the end of the year.
Assistant Poli­ Mr. R.I. Hallows from 1st January
tical Agent: to 21st April.
Vacant from 22nd April till the end
of the year.
Treasury Officer: Mr. K.D. Bhasin from 1st January to
7th October.
Hr. G.H. Khan from Sth October till
the end of the year.

Medical Officer: Captain A.G.T. Matthews, I.A.M.C.
throughout the year.
II. MEDICAL.
(a) General.

The Municipality were unable to find a successor to
Saiyid Abbas bin Faisal, whose services as Director of Public
Health were terminated last year. In so far as his time al-
lowed, the Agency Surgeon assisted in the Supervision of anti-
malarial measures and sanitation, but lack of equipment, the
reluctance of the public to permit inspections of house pro­
perty, and the absence of any responsible official in the Mu­
nicipality to carry out any suggestions made, rendered progress
difficult. Towards the end of the year, sone improvement in
public health measures was manifest due, principeJJLy, to the
personal interest taken by the new President of the Municipality,
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur.
(b) Agency Hospital,

The hospital was open throughout the year. Although
some difficulty was experienced in obtaining an adequate sup­
ply of drugs, particularly quinine, attendance figures showed
a substantial increase. With the end of the war, it became
possible to consider the general improvement of facilities
available at the hospital- and generous support for the achieve­
ment of the object was received from all communities, The
attendance figures were as under:
(1) New cases • • 9376
(2) Total number of cases treated
during the year • • 24798
(3) Average dally attendance 68

(4) Total admitted to hospital 211
(5) Major operations (emergency) 2
(6) Minor operations • • 43

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