مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎٨‎٤] (١١٤٨/١٦٧)

CHAPTER VIII
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, MUSCAT, FOR
THE YEAR 1945.
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1. A Q E I{CI ..Qffl m t t §.
Political Agents Lt. Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E. from
lot January to 21at April.
Mr. R.I. Hallows from 22nd April
till the end of the year.
Assistant Poll*
tical Agent:
Treasury Officers
Mr. R.I. Hallows from 1st January
to 21st April.
Vacant from 22nd April till the end
of the year.
Mr. K.D. Bhasin from 1st January to
7th October.
Mr. G.H. Khan from 8th October till
the end of the year.
Medical Officers Captain A.G.T. Matthews, I.A.M.C.
throughout the year
II. MERICA&.
(a) General.
The Municipality were unable to find a successor to
Saiyid Abbas bln F&lsal, whose services as Director of Public
Health were terminated last year. In so far as his time al
lowed . the Agency Surgeon assisted in the supervision of anti-
malarial measures and sanitation, but lack of equipment, the
reluctance of the public to permit inspections of house pro
perty, and the absence of any responsible official in the Mu
nicipality to carry out any suggestions made, rendered progress
difficult. Towards the end of the year, some improvement in
public health measures was manifest due, principally, to the
personal interest taken by the new President of the Municipality,
Saiyid Tarlq bin Taimur.
(b) Agency Hospital.
The hospital was open throughout the year. Although
some difficulty was experienced in obtaining cm adequate sup
ply of drugs, particularly quinine, attendance figures showed
a substantial Increase. Nith the end of the war, it became
possible to consider the general improvement of facilities
available at the hospital and generous support for the achieve
ment of the object was received from all communities. The
attendance figures were as unders
(1) New cases
9376
(2) Total number of cases treated
during the year
24798
(3) Average dally attendance
68
(4) Total admitted to hospital
211
(5) Major operations (emergency)
2
(6) Minor operations ••
43