'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [‎74r] (152/474)

time
the epedemie h«ui aysuwed alarming propcrtiono^hy which incculation
had lost much of its value 0
Seven hundred and thirty-g«T«n inoculation were given in the Hob-
pitaland 3X41 vere given outBide*
Great credit is due tc j Assistant -Burgeon Heines vrho worked extrem
hard during this trying period.
Smallpox was sporadec during the year hut vaccination was little
resorted to.
Forty-eight medico-legal cases came before the Political Agents
Court the majority of which were eases of cotsraon assault.
Ilgdical ai^run^renentB mde by BiOir^lr Ht_ate A iJi&rly in v.hc year
Bahrain State purchased a fine BoomI dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. ) built in liowtit,which
was fitted out ac w hospital bo-^t for the use of the Bahrain
pearling fleet.Xt was nnfortunattly impossible tfceprccurc the
services of an Aasiutant-curgeou ir time
As a i l; taiit -Surgeon Holmes volunteered his
snort vissit cf about ten. days duration to
fir On diving,but
servicer and xv^de a
the pearl banka,towards
the end of th^ 'season.A considerable number of cases were treated
sick divers often jumping overboard and swiraaing some distance
from their own dhows to the hospital boat in their •«nxlc«*/ to
obtain treutmcnt.lt is hoped b^t the services of a aubeasaietant
surgeon will b^ procured in tine for tiic nexu
Xhe Btatc has opened a small free dispensary
diving season
in the tovrn of
♦
Monarreq -jEhioIi t>« Sheik intends to improve In due course.
jTiie Sultan oi He.id . 'During the early part or the ye-r tno -ultan
of Nejd was occupied with the conference which was held at howeit
■between delegatee frore Hejd.Iraa and the Hedjaz.ana during the
latter part of the year with the hoetilitiee which broke out
between Eejd and the Hedjaz.Owing to these preoccupations inter
ference in Bahrain affaire by the Sultan diminished considerably.
Dr.b.Dar.e of the American Mission suds a protracted visit to the
interior of Hejd and Casim.He appaaros to have been weii received
and is of the opinion that the fanatlcies: of the Akhwan is de
er easing. The Mission is known to be anxious to establish a aos-
pital inHejd but it is believed that the Bultan does not welcome