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Public Health. Exchange,
Per
The health of the town was good on the whole, hundred
but tuberculosis continued to take its usual toll. Month*. Mari* Per Per
All classes suffered, but particularly the upper and Tlvrcia Sovereign. Pu und
Dollar*.
middle classes. Next in importance was small-pox TurkUh.
which was responsible for a large proportion of the C «. d. * l. <. l »• d.
town’s high infant mortality. The chief other diseases April 1917 8 13 8 o ie s
were those of the eye, ears and skin and malaria. °o?
May 1927 . s is e 0 18 8 o iru
Jane 1917 8 IS O 0 18 S o is u
Jaly 1917 8 15 8 0 17 • 0 IS 18
Commnn^ra^Qn*‘ Aug art 190 8 14 S 0 17 10 o IS u
September 190 8 14 0 0 17 8 0 IS 11
The Kuwait-'Iraq Motor Transport Company
continued to function between Kuwait and Zubair October 190 . B 14 9 0 17 18 0 IS 8
and maintained the road in good condition. November 190 8 IS • 0 17 11 0 18 8
The fare is Ilf. a seat by car and 7f. by December 190 8 14 10 0 17 11 0 18 •
vanette. January 1918 . 8 13 7 0 18 * 0 18 8
The Company has now undertaken a Postal Con­ February 1913 s is 1 0 17 11 0 18 0
tract. and carries mails three times a week in each March 1928 8 11 3 o is o 0 18 9
dirt ciion.