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f 11 rae^,ca^ en^ the yoar, not including menial staff, was as

British Staff.
Lady Medical Officer
Matron

Indian Staff.
Sub Assistant Surgeons
Dispensers
Laboratory Assistant
Nurse
Malaria staff (temporary,)

Local Staff.
Compounder
Dressers
Clerks
Registrars
Driver

Females (local)
Clerk
Interpreter
Helpers
It was hoped that the Women’s Hospital would be opened during the year,
but the building took longer than was expected and will not be ready for use until
the spring.
Medical work during the year has been confined mainly to village dispensaries
and clinics and to the anti-malaria campaign. The increasing use of the govern­
ment clinics by the public makes the people familiar with the medical staff and
accustomed to medical treatment and should encourage them to make use of the
hospital when it is opened. Without a proper hospital or operating and X-Ray
facilities it has been difficult for the medical staff to carry out the work during the
year. Cases requiring surgical treatment have frequently been taken over by the
Mission Hospital whose X-Ray apparatus has been constantly made use of by the
Government doctors. The purchase of an X-Ray apparatus is under consideration
and.provision is being made for an X-Ray room in the Administrative Block of the
hospital.
The quarantine work continued to be carried out by Dr. Holmes, m.b.e , the
Quarantine Medical Officer.
No oases of plague or cholera were reported during the year.
The following report has been submitted by the Medical Department.
1. The Village Dispensaries.
Work at the village dispensaries has continued throughout the year and two
new dispensaries were opened. The Naira out-patient clinio was held at the police
hospital until June 27th, when the Government hospital dispensary was opened and
civilian men, women and children were treated there in addition to police. A new
women and children’s clinio was started at Rafaa on July 2nd. The school premises
were used once a week during the school holidays for three months, later an Arab
house was leased as a dispensary. On November 27th the women’s side of Naim
Government dispensary was opened and morning clinics were held there four days