'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎143r] (298/414)

Shaikh's following has been considerably strengthened by
the inclusion of Shaikhs Abdulla al Mubarak and Abdulla
al Jabir, The first meeting was held on the 21st
September and was attended by His Highness. It is likely
that this Assembly will go the same way as the one it
replaced,
(b) MEDICAL .
(i) The Kuwait G-overnment Medical Department
remained under the supervision of the Syrian Dr. Yahya^
Hadidi and of Dr. "Fadhil, an Egyptian. The latters 1 wife
who is a lady doctor is also working with the Kuwait
Governj&nent. Work on the new hospital has been^ resumed on
a restricted scale due to the scarcity of building material
and it is hoped that the building will be ready by the end
of 1947.
(ii) Over 62,000 men and 32,000 women were treated
as out-patients and 547 men and 227 women as in-patients
in the American Mission Hospital. 975 operations of all
sorts were performed.
During the year Dr. Sc Mrs. L.R. Scudder were
transferred to Amarah and Rev. & Mrs. DeJong left for
America on furlough. However, Dr. Maurice Heusinkveld and
wife have arrived and Dr. Mary Allison has returned to
take charge of the womens 1 hospital.
Plans have been laid to build a new mens' hospital
at a cost of 34 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to take 60 patients,
(iii) 23,525 patients were treated in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Charitable Dispensary, the most common diseases being of
the eye and skin. This total represents a very consider
able tKsxsass advance on previous years, chiefly due to the
increased supply of drugs which it has been possible to
secure.
(iv) There was no epidemic and the
health of the town remained generally good. ^Incidence of
tubercolosis remained high and many of the victims were
sent to Sanitoria in the Lebanon and Syria.
(c) EDUCATION.
Dr. Sadiq Hamdi held the post of Director of
'ducation up to the end of September, 1946 when he was
replaced by^another Egyptian, Taha Sufi. The change was
made by the Egyptian Education authorities without reference
to Kuwait as a result of complaints laid against Hamdi by
his Egyptian subordinates.
There are now 5 boys* and 2 girls * schools in the
town with an attendance roll of 1651 and 534 respectively.
Of the 70 male teachers 13 are Egyptian and 57 are Kuwaiti,
and of the 19 female teachers 7 are Egyptian, 4 Syrian, 3
Iebanese and 5 Kuwaitis. There are a further 7 boys'
schools with 300 pupils outside the town of Kuwait.
Early in the year the Education Department Drought
out a Monthly* newspaper called "AL-TALIB". The newspaper,
which is edited by 5 students and is printed in Baghdad,
deals mainly with educational matters and local news.
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During the year the Kuwait Government continued
to maintain the hostel in Cairo where 57 Kuwaiti students
reside.