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12 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF TIIE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

MEMORANDA BY RESIDENCY SURGEON, BUSIIIRE, ON THE
WORKING OF THE (1) RESIDENCY HOSPITAL, (2) QUARAN­
TINE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDING
31ST DECEMBER 1908.
Hospital.
During the nine months under review the hospital has been attended by
8,734 out-patients; 87 have been treated as in-patients and 476 operations
have been performed. A special feature during the period has been the
successful treatment of several cases of leprosy by means-of the new Nastine
treatment inaugurated by Professor Deycke- Pasha.

T. S. B. WILLIAMS, Captain, I.M.S.,
Residency Surgeon in the Persian Gulf.
Note.—I should like to call particular attention to the great practical
success which has visibly attended Captain Williams’ untiring efforts in the
direction of the treatment of leprosy. An interesting paper on his ex­
periences with the Deycke treatment was delivered by him before the
Medical Congress which assembled in Bombay early in the new year.

P. Z. COX, Major,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.

Sanitary Operations.
Sanitary administration has continued in the hands of the Chief Quaran­
tine Officer, Captain T. S. B. Williams, I.M.S. During the period under
review the public health of the Gulf has been quite normal.
Considerable advance has been made both in regard to personnel and
matdriel of the Sanitary Service. Captain M. F. White, I.M.S., was ap­
pointed in March 1908 as Mobile Assistant to the Chief Quarantine Officer,
and two Assistant Surgeons were added to the staff. In addition, high
pressure steam disinfectors of the latest pattern have been installed at
Mohammerah, Lingah, Bunder Abbas, Jask and Bahrein, while a Clayton
furnace for deratisation has been purchased and will be erected as soon as a
barge is completed to carry it.
The following tables will show at a glance the work carried out during
the nine months by the Persian section of the Sanitary Department. No
figures are as yet available for Bahrein or Koweit.

Tabic showing working of Quarantine stations April to December 1908.

Number of Number of Number of crew
Station. steamers passengers inspected inspected on
arrived. on board- board.

Bushire 28 L 11,04-3 20,145
Mohammerah 190 10,916 17,064
Bunder Abbas 160 7,739 12,803
Lingah 127 6,538 9,994
Ja8k . 17 2,153 5,790

T. S. B. WILLIAMS, Captain, I.M.S.,
Residency Surgeon in the Persian Gulf.