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staple crops are 'whcat, barley and lucerne, but of deaths. All classes suffered, but particularly
melons, water-melons, pumkins, beans and some the upper and middle classes. Next importance
other vegetables are also grown in increasing quan- was small-pox which was responsible for a large
titles. The ubovo crops ore mostly irrigated, but proportion of the Town’s high infant mortality,
a small amount of wheat and barley is grown by The chief other diseases were those of the eye, cars
rainfall alone. The egricultnre of Jahrah might and skin and malaria,
be considerably increased if more money were sunk
in it. Exchange.
The next important ogricoltural centre is the
blind of Failakah where wheat and barley are grown Em ni
with some success on the clayey patches, also some Month*.
vegetables especially carrots, which arc of an ex­ 100 Marin Sovereign. roood,
Theresa
ceptionally fine quality, but the ngriculture of the DotUn. Tnrafchj
bland is generally inferior to that of Jahrah.
£ «. d. C i. 1 «•.!.
RstinBaH April 1928 8 12 91 0 17 9| • 15 11
May 1928 . 6 3 91 0 17 9 0 15 101
The total rainfall during the year under report
was 6*71' and was distributed as follows :— 7 one 1928 8 10 21 0 17 9 0 15 10
July 1928 3 7 10 0 17 0 0 15 11
April 1928 . •38* August 1928 8 0 7 0 17 91 • is it
May 1928
.November 1928 2-53' ecptcral»cx 1928 0 0 81 0 17 9 0 is 10
December 1928 •03' 0 12 0 0 17 10
Jnmuiy 1929 . 1-69* October 1928 . 0 15 II
February 1929 2-04' November 1923 6 0 4 0 17 10 0 15 11
March 1929 . -04' December 1P28 . 6 8 0 0 17 10 0 15 11
January 1929 . 6 7 1 0 18 6 0 15 0
Public Health.
February 1929 . 8 6 1 0 17 u 0 16 0
The health of the Town was good ou the whole, March 1929 b 3 2 0 17 11 o is a
but tuberculosis was responsible for a larger number