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APPENDIX I.
NOTES ON THE WORKING OF THE RESIDENCY DISPENSARY,
BUSHIRE, FOR THE YEAR 1937.
Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Rooney, I.M.S., was in charge from 1st January until
he fproceeded on leave on 26th June. He resumed charge on the 27t'h Sep
tember and held it until the end of the year. During his absence, 1st Class
Assistant Surgeon R. Easey, I.M.D., officiated as Residency Surgeon.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon M. L. A. Steele, I.M.D., was in sub-charge
from 1st January until 1st February.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Easey, I.M.D., was in sub-charge from 1st
February until the end of the year.
Nothing of note occurred during the year. There were no epidemics.
The weather throughout the year was average for the Persian Gulf.
The number of indoor and outdoor patients compared with those of 19S6
were as follows :—
In- Out- Operations,
patients. patients.
1936 l 10,990 168
1937 6 11,339 207
Malaria, as usual, was the most prevalent disease and accounted for
approximately a third of the total attendances.
J. J. ROONEY, Lieut.-Colonel, I.M.S.y
Residency Surgeon.