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APPENDIX II.

•NOTES ON THE WORKING OF QUARANTINE ON THE ARAB
COAST OF THE PERSIAN GULF FOR THE YEAR 1935.
Inspection.—The Residency Surgeon visited Muscat and Bahrain in
May and Kuwait in December.
Epidemics.—There was a small epidemic of small-pox at Muscat
early in the year. It was very localised was soon brought under control.
A severe outbreak of small-pox started at the end of December along
the Trucial Coast. Vaccinators, with supplies of lymph from Karachi
and Basrah, were sent from Bahrain to Sharjah and Dibai.
Small-pox is endemic on this Coast.
Buildings.—The quarantine buildings at Bahrain and Muscat are in a
good state of repair. Those at Kuwait are dilapidated. They collapsed
in December 1934 and little has been done to repair them.
Personnel.—There were no changes during the year.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Holmes, I.M.D., was in charge at
Bahrain. 1st Class Assistant Surgeon A. L. Greenway, I.M.D., at Kuwait
and 1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Eascy, I.M.D., at Muscat.
Notification of Diseases.—Weekly health reports were received from
Karachi and occasional reports from Bombay. The weekly epidemio­
logical reports from the League of Nations Far Eastern Bureau are received
by the courtesy of the Manager, Cable and Wireless Limited, Karachi.
J. J. ROONEY, Major, l.M.S.,
Residency Surgeon, Bushire.

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