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Rev. De Jong accompanied by Mrs. De Jong and child left for Amara on 23rd
March.
Dr. Mylrea, O.B.E., accompanied by Mrs. Mylrea and Dr. Storm left for
Europe via Basrah on 30th April.
Mrs. Barney arrived from Baghdad on 20th April and left again on 30th April
Dr. J. C. Reasoner, D.M.D., arrived from Bombay on 8th May.
Mis Van Pelt left for Persia via ’Iraq on 26th June. She returned on 27th
September.
Miss Van Pelt left for Basrah on 2nd October and returned the next day.
Rev. and Mrs. De Jong and family returned from India on 1st October.
All the members of the American Colony left for Basrah to attend their annual
conference on 28th October and returned on 7th November except Dr Storm tran*
ferred to Muscat.
Dr. and Mrs. Mylrea returned from Europe on 15th November.
On 17th December Mr. R. J. Young from Basrah arrived and was admitted to
Hospital. He died on 31st December. His remains were sent to Basrah.
{b) On 14th March the Mission extended their grounds by purchasing a plot
of land that overlooked theirs. This was done under sanction of the Hon’ble
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Perisan Gulf and with the concurrence of the Shaikh.
(c) Mission Hospital. The following is a summary of the work done bv the
American Mission Hospital from November 1st 1929 to October 31st 1930. Their
official year running from November to October.
Men’s hospital Dispensary—New cases
Total treatments
Inpatients—Medical
Surgical
Total
Total number of days spent in hospital by the 193
patients
Surgical Operations—Major ..
Minor
Total
Visits to patients in their homes
V omen s Hospital Dispensary —New cases
Total treatments
Inpatients ..
Number of days in hospital
Surgical Operations ..
Obstetrical cases
\ isits to patients in their homes .,
3,214
15,749
53
140
193
3,325
60
235
295
219
4,735
22,092
84
1,377
219
18
204
XV.— Visits,
T n Hon ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , accompanied by Mr.
J. Cronmg arrived by S. S. “ Baroda ” on 18th January. They left for Bushire
again on 28th January.
r Idth February Naji Shaukat Beg, Minister of Interior, ’Iraq, accompanied
by his staff, arrived from Baghdad. He left again on 14th February!
riffi Alr V'ce-Marehall Sir R. Brooke Popham, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., Air
Umcer Commanduig in Iraq, arrived on the 14th February by S. S. “ Bankura ”,
He left the same day for Baghdad by air.
klubb, Inspecting Officer, ’Iraq Southern Desert, arrived from Basrah
on 12th February and left on 15th February;