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’APPENDIX I,
Notes on the working of the Residency Dispensary, Bushiro, for the year4 1933.
Climnticnlly the yenr was most exceptional/ The rains in the early part of the year
were good and well spread out. They were not followed by the usual cold North winds
that arc responsible for so many attendances for respiratory diseases. The hot weather
came very gradually and was one of the mildest on record.
One result of the rains and filling up of water tanks, in each house was an increase
in the number of malaria cases. For the two rainless years there had been a falling off
in the number of attendances for this disease, but in 1933 the number rose from 1,200 to
3,619.
Amoebic dysentery was prevalent for the last 9 months of the year and there was an
outbreak of Mumps in December.
The number of in-patients and outdoor attendances in comparison with those of 1932,
were as follows :—
In-patient*. Out-patient*. Operation*.
1932 27 10,119 127
1933 24 10,873 181
With the exception of malaria and dysentery there was a decrease in the number of
attendances for all diseases and this was due mainly to the mildness of the climate.
J. J. ROONEY, Major, 1. M. S.,
Residency Surgeon, Bushire.

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