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42 PERSIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION REPORT

In spite of the scarcity of good drinking water in the latter half of the year
the public health has been good.
On account of the serious illness of Assistant Surgeon W. H. JL Brumby,
the Quarantine duties were temporarily
Quarantine.
taken up by Surgeon H. H. Babington,
R. N., H. M. S. "Pox,” whose services were kindly lent by His Excellency
the Naval Commander-in-Ohiof, from the 22nd February to the 6th March,
when he was relieved by the Mobile Assistant, Captain G. G. James, I.M.S.,
who retained charge until the arrival from Bushiro of Assistant Surgeon
J. Johnstone, I.S.M.D.
Captain C. B. McConaghy, M.D., I.M.S., Chief Quarantine Officer in the
Persian Gulf, visited Lingah in May and iu December to inspect the Quaran­
tine arrangements and Charitable Dispensary.

J. H. NEW,
JEL'is Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul and
Assistant Besident, Lin yah.
Lingah,
j
The 25th January 1913.

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