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charge of the Welfare work, proceeded on leave in October and was replaced bv
Miss E. M. Robinson.
(b) Boys’ School—In August, orders were roccived from the Persian
Government to close all foreign primary schools with effect from the ogwi
September. As the result of negotiations with Tehran by the 0. M. S. School
authorities, tliev were allowed in Kerman to keep open their two top primary
olasses, with u'viow to coaching the boys for Middle School which thov were
allowed to keep. The result has been that there are now in the Boys’’School
only 38 hoys compared with 152 prior to the new regulations. In spite of these
restrictions, the vear has been a satisfactory one and the standard of work has
been maintained* At the end of summer six 'boys left and entered the Stuart
Memorial College, Isfahan, for higher education.
Games and atheltic sports figure largely in the life of the School and at the
beginning of the year a Reading room and Games room was* opened for the use
of the senior boys.
(c) Girls’ School.—As the result of the new regulations, the number of pupils
in the Girls’ School, which originally was a Primary one, dropped from 223 to
45 and at the end of the year stood at 50. The status of the Girls’ School has
not yet officially been raised to that of a Middle one as the Hoad Mistress, Miss
J. F. Woodroffe, is not yet qualified to run a Middle School. She was, however,
for the lime being, been permitted to keep the two toil classes of. the primary
class in addition to two lower classes for a Middle School.
During the year, eight girls took the Government Primary Examination (6th
class) while five teachers, who were given half-time training, wore successful in
the ninth class Middle Grade Government Examination. Besides these, seven
girls took the Primary English Certificates for C. M. S. Schools in Persia and
four others passed the Middle Grade C. M. S. Certificate in both Persian and-
English Subjects (8th class). Cooking and house-wiferv classes- have been
developed and needlework and lunch rooms have been opened.
(d) Medical.—The work of the medical mission is growing, stoadily as the
following statistics will show :—
1932. 1931.
Number of in-patients 099 805
Number of out-patients (new) 6,429 5,968
Repeat visits . 21,981 16,680
City visits 4,589 2,125.
Major operations ... 529 529
Over 2,000 visits were'paid'gratuitously to over 600 typhus patients between
January and July when this epidemic was prevalent in Kerman.
Doctor Dodson experienced great difficulties due to the new regulations now
in force in the country in connection with the import of goods. He spout a sum
of Rials. 17,872 during the year in Customs and transport charges only on the
drugs, instruments, and hospital kit received from England.
(Welfare Work).
1932. 1931.
Number of confinements 92 70
Visits to patients’ homes 1,936 1)614
Patients attending centre 321 347
Repeat visits 1,125 1,125
5. The Anglo-]’ersian Oil Company, Limited.—In the month of April the
A. P. O. C., Limited, introduced their own organization in Kerman for the sale
of their products, by which arrangement tbeirysalcs Agent, Mirza Ali Asghr
Muinian, wlio had carried on the work for the last 5 years was relieved of his
duties by Saif-Ul-Mamnlik, an employee of the Company, from Isfahan.
As the result of a special telegram received from one of the Kerman deputies
in Tehran, notifying the cancellation by the Persian Government of the D’Aicy
concession and calling upon the people of Kerman to celebrate the event, various
jubilant meetings and gatherings were held, speeches made and telegrams scut
to Tehran expressing gratitude to II. I. M. the Shall for his action. For three
consecutive nights illuminations wore held in the different chief centres of the
town .and in some cases fireworks displayed. The Russiun Sales Agent in
Kerman took an active part.