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POLITICAL RESIDENCY FOR 1009. 17

decided that the requirements of the quarantine service could be equally well
met and at less expense, by the deputation of an officer of the Indian Modical
/Service from Karachi or Bombay when an emergency arose,—the officer in
question being ordered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to the Gulf on
short notice if required.
Tables A and B annexed give the meteorological statistics for the period
under review.

P. Z. COX, Lieut.-Colonel,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.

MEMORANDUM BY THE RESIDENCY SURGEON, BUSHIRE, ON
THE WORKING OF THE (1) RESIDENCY HOSPITAL, (2) QUA­
RANTINE ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL HEALTH, 1909.
Captain T. S. B. Williams, I.M.S., was in charge of the Dispensary and
Quarantine Administration from 1st January to 22nd November 1909 when
he was relieved by Captain C. B. McConaghy, I.M.S.
During the year there were 59 in-patients treated in the Dispensary and
508 operations were performed. There
The Residency Dispensary.
were 16,-1-22 out-patients who received
medical treatment. The larger number was due to a severe outbreak of mala­
rial fever during the autumn which lasted 3 months, viz., September, October
arid November.
During the year 1009 the health of the Gulf Ports was satisfactory on
the whole with the exception of an out­
Quarantine Administration.
break of plague at Bahrain between 12th
May and 2-lth June 1009 when there were some 27 deaths reported.
The following table gives the number of vessels, crew, and passengers
examined at the various ports. No figures are available for Bahrain:—

Port*. Number of vessel*. Number of crew. Xomber of passenger*.
Bjtalre 306 23,101 18,697
Mrhimmcrab 216 17.S45 16,662
150 12.576 8,059
Etsiir Abba* 199 16,764 8.962
J«* 87 10^86 3,215

Toth 957 80,674 55.495

C. B. McCONAGHY, Captain, I.M.S.,
Residency Surgeon and Chief
Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf.