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CHAPTER VIII.
I Q43
THE WORKING OF QUARANTINE ON TKE'"'ARAB' COAST-OF •'KE
PERSIAN GULF FOR THE YEAR 1942. ■ ■
The Residency Surgeon made a tour of inspection of the
Hospitals and Quarantine stations of the Arab Coast during the
early months of the year. Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah Muscat and
Kuwait were visited.
TiiC quarantine and isolation of infectious and contagious
cases in Dubai and Sharjah are carried out by the Shaikhs of
those places under advice from the Medical Officer, Trucial
Coast. The system adopted is satisfactory and thorough.
Tiie law to ensure the notification of infectious cases
passed in Bahrain is a step in the right direction and very
effective isolation is now imposed during epidemics.
The epidemic of small.pox that occurred at the end of 1941
continued during the early months of 1942.
DUBAI
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Endemic small-pox until June 1942.
outbreak occurred in July 1942.
Another small
KUWAIT No epidemics reported during 1942.
MUJCAT No epidemics reported during 1942,
PERSONNEL
Residency Surgeon, Bushire, and Chief
Quarantine Medical Officer,
Arab Coast.
Quarantine Medical Officer, Kuwait.
Quarantine Medical Officer, Bahrain.
Quarantine Medical Officer, Muscat.
Major R.Holmes, MBE., IMD.
Major A.L.Greenway, MBE.,IMdJ
1st Class Assistant Surged
M.L.A.Steele, IMD.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon
C.E.Hynes, IMD.