'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎565v] (34/72)

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charge of the Welfare work, proceeded on leave in October and was replaced by
Miss E. M. Kobinson.
(b) Boys’ School .—In August, orders were received from the Persian
Government to close all foreign primary schools with effect lioni the 2.led
September. As the result of negotiations with Tehran by the C. M. S. School
authorities, thev were allowed in Kerman to keep open their two top primary
classes, with a view to coaching the boys for Middle School which they were
allowed to keep. The result has been that there are now in the Boys’ School
only 38 boys compared with 152 prior to the new regulations. In spite of these
restrictions, ihe year has been a satisfactory one and the standard of work has
been maintained.' At the end of summer six boys left and entered the Stuart
Memorial College, Isfahan, for higher education.
Games and atheltic sports figure largely in the life of the School and at the
beginning of the year a Beading room and Games room was opened for the use
of the senior boys.
(c) Girls’ School .—As the result of the new regulations, the number of pupils
in the Girls’ School, which originally was a Primary one, dropped from 223 to
45 and at the end of the year stood at 50. The status of the Girls’ School has
not yet officially been raised to that of a Middle one as the Head Mistress, Miss
J. F. Woodroffe, is not yet qualified to run a Middle School. She was, however
for the time being, been permitted to keep the two top classes of the primary
class in addition to two lower classes for a Middle SchooL
During the year, eight girls took the Government Primary Examination (6th
class) while five teachers, who were given half-time training, were successful in
the ninth class Middle Grade Government Examination. Besides these, seven
girls look the Primary English Certificates for C. M. S. Schools in Persia and
four others passed the Middle Grade C. M. S. Certificate in both Persian and
English Subjects (8th class). Cooking and house-wiferv classes have been
developed and needlework and lunch rooms have been opened.
n ^ Y ork tke niec ^ ca ^ ^ssion is growing steadilv as the
following statistics will show ;—
> Number of in-patients
; Number of out-patients (new)
\ Repeat visits
€ity visits .. ..
Major operations ..
Over 2,000 visits were paid gratuitously to over 600 typhus patients between
January and July when this epidemic was prevalent in Kerman.
Doctor Dodson experienced great difficulties due to the new regulations now
in force m the country m connection with the imnorf nf ovwio ^ man( > lls nmv
f »«•!?. 17,872 during the year in Tiv " T
drugs, instruments, and hospital kit received from England. g * ° n the
(Welfare Work).
Number of confinements
l t isits to patients'’ homes
Patients attending centre
Repeat visits
1932.
1931.
699
805
6,429
5,968
21,981
16,680
4,589
2,125
529
529
1932.
1931.
92
76
1,936
1,614
321
347
1,125
1,125
Muinian, who had carried on the umkfor tie b!,fr Agent -
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consecutive nights illuminations were held'in tbn iV° r 118 actlon - For three
town and in some oases fireworks displayed chlef cea tres of the
Kerman took an active part. P ^ * 1 1L Russian Sales Agent in