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GHAPTEK VIII.
ADMINISTRATIOM REPORT OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, MUSCAT,
FOR THE YEAR 1943.
I.
AGENCY OFFICIALS.
Political Agent «-
PART I
C.J. Pally, Eeq., I.C.S., up to 20th
September.
Captain Bird, officiating from
21st September to 31at October.
Captain Metcalfe, from let November
till the end of the year.
AeBlatant Political /Went i-
Mr. G.N. Jackson, from let January to
7th April.
Captain R.E.H. Bird, from 8th April to
20th September, and again from let
November to 31st December, the post being
vacant from 21st September to 31st
October.
Treasury Officer x- Mr. E.E. Thomas, from 1st January to
10th April.
Mr. Has Masaud, from 11th April to 31st
December.
II. MEDICAL .
Assistant Surgeon C.E. Hynes, I.M.D.,
throughout the year.
(a) Gener^.
Saiyid Abbas bin Faisal waa Director of the Public Health
Department throughout the year. Anti-malarial measures were his
chief activity but he himself contracted this fever and had to
convalesce in India. Statistics also show an increase of 135
cases, from 1144 in 1942 to 1279 in 1943.
During the Summer a small pox epidemic broke out in
Muscat, S&lalah and Masirah. 222 cases were removed to segrega
tion camps and over 4000 people were vaccinated.
(b) Agency Hoapital.
The Hospital was open throughout the year. Figures of
attendance are t-
Outdoor - ( New cases 4,734
( Old cases 6,686
Indoor - Admissions 108
Major operations 11
Minor operations . 28.