'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936' [‎36r] (71/74)

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CHAPTER IX.
NOTES ON THE WORKING OF QUARANTINE ON THE ARAB
COAST OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. FOR THE YEAR, 1936.
Inspection. —The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon visited Bahrain in April and
July, Muscat in August and Kuwait in September.
Epidemics. —The outbreak of smallpox along the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. which
started in the last few days of December 1935 carried on into 1936 with
gradually diminishing numbers and the Coast was declared free on 14tn
May. There was a further small outbreak in September but it never reach
ed serious proportions.
There was a small epidemic confined to a group of fishing villages on
the Bataneh Coast of Muscat State in May. This, fortunately, remamec
k>calised.
Smallpox is endemic along the Arab Coast.
Buildings.—The Quarantine buildings at Bahrain and Muscat are
in good repair. Those at Kuwait are still dilapidated but are going to
be rebuilt on a much better plan in the near future.
Personnel 1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Holmes, I.M.D., was m
charge at Bahrain from the 1st January until he veiiiOTilewe on the oth
August. He resumed charge on the 6th December and held it until the en
of the year. During his absence on leave, 1st Class Assistant Surgeon
C. E. Hynes, I.M.D., officiated.
1st Class Assistant Surgeon A. L. Greenway, I-M.D^, at Kuwait and
1st Class Assistant Surgeon R. Easey, I.M.D., held charge throughou
the year. j „
Notification of feeases.—Arrangements have now been made for the
better exchange of information with regard to diseases of a quarantmable
nature between this administration and countries directly connected wi
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . _i 11
Weeklv health reports were received from Karachi. The weeklv re
ports from the League of Nations Far Eastern Bureau are received by
courtesy of the Manager, Cable and Wireless, Limited, Karachi.
J. J. ROONEY, Lt.-CoL, I.M.S. y
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surg eon K
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