Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎235r] (474/1028)

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CHAPTER VI.
Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat, for 193^.
Part I.
1. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Official*. —The following officials held charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as
shown
Major C. E. U. P>remner, M.C., from 1st January to 23rd March and fr
17th June to 33 st December.
Captain R. G. E. W. Alban officiated as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. from 24th March to
16th June.
The post of Medical Officer in Charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Hospital and of Quaran
tine duties was held by Captain (now Major) D. L. Mackay, I.M.D., from 1st
January to 3rd May when he proceeded on leave. Charge was re-assumed by
him on 18th November.
From 4th May to 17th November medical charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Quaran
tine Medical Officer’s duties was held by Subordinate Medical Service Officer
G B. Yemkanmadri in addition to his own duties as sub-medical officer.
The post of the Treasury Officer was held by Mr. S. P. Pereira from 1st
January to 31st March, when he proceeded on pension having been invalided
from the service.
From 1st April to 14th June the post of Treasury Officer was held by Mr. V.
B. Menezes who carried out the duties of Treasury Officer till relieved y
Mn A. S. Norton on 15th June, since which date the latter has continued ->
officiate.
2 Aaencv Hospital and Medical—The total number of patients treated dur-
i ncr year was 8409 comprising 110 in and 8299 out-patients. Tie nunuxi
shows a decrease of 148 on the number treated during the previous yeau i -
daily average of cases treated was 91.
Malarial fevers, shin and eye diseases were the most prevalent complaints.
t 525 operations were carried out during the year.
the port was declared tree of this disease eaiiy m .
• u mil rm n lar o *e scale in Muscat, Matrah and tl ,
- Muscat State.
No cases were treated for poisoning.
Post Mortem examinations. Nil. _ d can only b„
Sanitary conditions remained the same as m pr tt classes of the popu-
deseribed as deplorable f V^Xuatl finandal^sources at the disposal of
lation, combined with the lack of adequat^ Musca t and Matrah that can only
the State 1ms conduced to a state ot affairs
be categorised as revolting. nfflcer under prevailing conditions is
The task of the Quarantine ke^c^^^ , g endemic throughout Arabia
ex-Karachi in January. ^ immigrants to Muscat, whether
Whilst every endeavour is made to \ • w 0 f the very lax surveiJamy
arriving by dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. or steamer, it is f 0 f adequate restnctipn °n sucu
s“fs izrz** -raw? gr
affairs of the F? a kws of Political Interest m State Limi .. ,
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