مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎٥‎٥] (١١٤٨/١٠٩)

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Other members of the As-3ubah received from /?s. 1,000 to Hs.600
monthly,
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The revenue of the Customs (from a duty of 6^ $ on
imports and exports) and the profits of the Landing and Transport
Company (which possesses a monopoly of the unloading of steamships)
were divided as follows:-
CUSTOM:}
4 # Revenue Department
1 'jo Education ”
1 p Public Health
i j> Municipality
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10 j Revenue Department.
^0 jo to v^hare holders.
oO j education Department.
30 jo Public Health.
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Those v.ho administer this system remain convinced that it cannot
be improved upon and have apparently not yet been confronted by the
problem of an excess of revenue over expenditure. This problem is
likely to arise during 1940 and the traditional solution, if applied,
may aefc meet with opposition from those who are not given a share.
(b) Medical
(i) The Kuwait (Jovernment Medical Department Hospital remained under
the supervision of the Syrian joctor Yahya Hadldi and employed an
Egyptian lady doctor during the year. Dork on the new hospital
remains suspended owing to lack of materials but over Rs. 1,000,000
are said to have been set aside for its completion. An excellent
feature of the organisation is the employment of a special doctor on
the health of the school-children, ali of whom are examined at regular
intervals and treated if necessary. A proposal to provide one free
meal & day in the schools had to be dropped on grounds of expense.
(ii) Approximately 55,000 men and 23,000 women were treated as out
patients and 531 as in-patients in the Mission Hospital. 843
operations of all sorts were performed. An interesting development
is that the women of Kuwait are beginning to change their attitude
towards men doctors and have not ceased to visit the clinic since
Dr. Ruth Crouse left and Dr. (Jerald Nykern. took her place in February.
(Hi) 5432 patients were treated in the Agency Charitable Dispensary,
the most common diseases being eye and digestive.
(iv) There was no general epidemic and the influenza which was pre
valent in 1944 did not recur. On the other hand typhoid and dysent
ery was much heavier during the latter half of 1945 than in previous
years, and malnutrition and tuberculosis increased considerably as a
result of the high price of food.
(c) Education.
The Education Department under the direction of the capable and
energetic Egyptian, Dr. Ahmed Sidiq Kamdi, continued to stand out as ai
one of the brightest facets of the state administration, and the
British Council representative in Cairo gave it as his opinion that
the Kuwait schools compare favourably with these of Bahrain in clean
liness and general organisation.
There are now 10 boys’ and 4 girls* schools with an attendance roll
of 1,459 and 443 respectively. Of the 56 male teachers 12 are
Egyptians and 44 Kuwaitis, and of the 21 female teachers 8 are
Egyptians, 4 Syrian, 3 Lebanese, and 6 Kuwaitis. There are a further
7 boys’ schools with 300 pupils outside t*he town of Kuwait.
During the year the Government rented a house in Zamalek, Cairo,
and furnished it at a cost of over .a 24,000/-. The recurring cost
will be about .a 10,000/- per mens-cm and it will form a hdstel for the
Educational Mission to Egypt which has now grown to a strength of
50 boys. Kuwait Government meet all expences except for tution fees.
The ultimate object of the mission is to make Kuwait independent of
foreign teachers.
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