'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎279r] (574/820)

are undertaken, but not often with satisfactory results. This hospital is used
mostly by pilgrims.
The Russian Consulate dispensary has a daily attendance of about 40 to
50 out-patients in the summer : in the winter it is less.
When the Russian Consular Medical Officer has finished his duties at
the Consular dispensary, he proceeds to the Bank dispensary, wheie he sees
all the male patients. The female patients are seen by a Russian^lady
doctor, the wife of one of the bank employes. The average attendance
here in the summer is about 70, and less in winter. This dispensary
was established as a “ draw ” for the Russian Banque d’Escompte de Peise.
The British Consulate-General hospital is the only one in the city which
is equipped for the reception and scientific treatment of in-patients, and
for the undertaking of serious surgical work. It has recen ly been largely
repaired, renovated and altered ; also a good deal of modern equipment
has been added, an operating room fitted out and an ophthalmoscopic
“ darkroom.” '
The average daily attendance of out-patients throughout the year is 112.
During the year 1904 to 1905, before the renovations and re-equipment were
completed, 41 major operations and a large number of minor operations
were performed. Eve operations have hitherto formed the large propor
tion of the major operations. About 36,000 patients are seen annually.
As the principal city of Khorasan, Meshed bears the largest share of
the trade and acts as a distributing centre for
Commerce. the province. As, however, the statistics are
compiled for the province as a whole, a detailed statemnt falls more pro
perly under the heading of Khorasan. A table for the year 1904-05, em
bodying the principal routes by which British and Indian trade reaches
Meshed, is given below :—•
Route.
Distance in miles
from Meshed.
Average cost of
ca r r i a g e per
kharvar-
Length of journey
in days.
Nature of trans
port.
Value of trade.
£. s. d.
(a) Nushkl via Turbat-i-Haidari
1,000
6 0 0
85
Camels only ..
654
(b) B ndar Abbas, via Narma-
900
5 0 0
80-120
Ditto
shir and Neb to Turbat-i-
( 141,165
Haidari.
c
(c) Bandar ’Abbas via Yazd and
1,020
6 0 0
100-140
Ditto
)
Turbat-i-Haidari.
(d) Bushire via Yazd and Tur-
932
6 10 0
100-140
Mainly mules..
35,592
bat-i-Haidari.
(e) Baghdad via Kirmanshah
1,050
8 10 0
120-150
Mules and
14,491
and Tehran.
camels.
(/) Trebi ond v a Tabriz and
1,380
12 0 0
150-180
Mainly camels..
17,770
Tehran,
Total
..
..
. .
231, 672