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Medical.
Assistant Surgeon R. Holmes has been in charge of the Vic
toria Memorial Hospital throughout the year. He has also acted as Medi
cal Adviser to the Shaikh in regard to the Levy Corps and Police Forces.
He has administrative charge of the Hospital boat maintained for the div
ing fleet and of the dispensary at Muharraq.
One hundred and sixty-five indoor patients and four thousand nine
hundred and seventy-one outdoor cases were treated in the Victoria Memo
rial Hospital during the year. Nine hundred and twenty-seven patients
were treated at the Muharraq dispensary.
The Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge of Muharraq Dispensary accom
panied the pearling fleet in the hospital boat during the season, the Hos
pital boat made four trips to the pearl banks as under:—
Voyage 1 from 29-5-26 to 23-6-26. Cases treated . . .85
Voyage 2 from 30-6-26 to 26-7-26. „ „ . . .100
Voyage 3 from 31-7-26 to 22-8-26. „ „ . . .121
Voyage 4 from 31-8-26 to 29-9-26. „ „ . . .191
Total . 497
The general health was good, though the American Medical Mission
reports that Bronchial Asthma during €he winter assumed the proportions
of an epidemic.
Bahrein was free from plague during the year.
During the early part of the year Dr. Dame was in charge of the Mason
Memorial Hospital, maintained by the Dutch Reformed Church of America.
W hen he proceeded on leave the duties of Medical Officer were taken over
by Dr. P. W. Harrison.
A new Hospital for women and children was opened during the year.
1 atients treated during the year in the Mason Memorial Hospital numbered
14,000 of whom four thousand were indoor patients. The total dispensarv
treatments were thirty thousand. There were four hundred and ninety-
nine major operations and four hundred and seventy-three minor operations
and two hundred and five operations to the eye.
British Interests.—The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Guard which was found by the 1/16th
Punjab Regiment left for India on 24th March and Bahrein Levies took
over the duties of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Guard until the dishandTnpnf nf th* T p™
Majesty’s Ships “Triad”, “Cyclamen” and “Crocus” and later by the
3/ Ibth Punjab Regiment, who remained in Bahrein till the close of the
year.
CHAPTER X.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP THE KUWAIT POLITICAL
AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 1926.
Personnel.
Major J. C. More, D.S.O., held charge of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. throughout
Assistant Surgeon J. W. Woodsell, M.C., I.M.D., was in Medical Charge
oi the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Charitable Dispensary, and performed the duties of Quar
antine Medical Officer from the beginning of the year till the 11th April
when he was relieved by Dr. C. S. G. Mylrea, O.B.E., of the American
Mission. On 21st April Sub-Assistant Surgeon A. C. Malwade, I.M.D., took
over the duties of Quarantine Medical Officer and Medical Officer in charge
ot the Charitable Dispensary. Dr. Mylrea remained in Medical Charge of
i 1 i A ? enc y untl1 tlie en d of the year, except from the 20th July till
the 20th October, when Dr. E. T. Calverley, also of the American Mission,
performed these duties.