92 STAFF AND ORGANISATION.

(A) BRITISH STAFF.

The staff employed by the Sudan Medical Service consists of 1. (a) A Director, who is responsible for Medical and Public Health work throughout the Sudan, (b) An Assistant Director, (c) An Assistant Director for the three Border Provinces (Mongalla, Bahrel-Ghazal and Darfur) and for Sleeping Sickness and Leprosy work, who is also Principal Medical Officer of the Sudan Defence Force and directly responsible to the Kaid El ’An m (Commander in Chief) for the health of this Force.

(2) A Medical Specialist and a Surgical Specialist stationed at Khartoum and holding the posts of Directors of Khartoum and Omdurman Civil Hospitals respectively. They also teach these subjects (medicine and surgery) at the Kitchener School of Medicine.

(3) Medical Officer of Health, Khartoum (seepage 94 Health Organisation).

(4) Twenty seven Medical Inspectors and Senior Medical Inspectors, and one British Medical Officer (seconded from the R.A.M.C.) employed on Sleeping Sickness duties.

(5) In addition there are twelve British Medical Officers seconded from the R.A.M.C. who under the Principal Medical Officer form the medical staff of the Sudan Defence Force and who devote the remainder and greater part of their time to carrying out civil medical work in the three Border Provinces. (See under J.)

(G) Seventeen British Sanitary Inspectors who work under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health of Khartoum Province and the Medical Officers of Health of the other provinces where they are employed.

(7) A Matron, Khartoum Civil Hospital.

A Matron, Omdurman Civil Hospital (in charge of Nurses Training School).

Ten nursing sisters.

An Inspectress of Midwives who is in charge of the Midwives Training School at Omdurman and wdio inspects midwives throughout the north¬ ern and central Sudan.

(B) SYRIAN AND SUDANESE MEDICAL OFFICERS.

Twenty seven Syrian Medical Officers employed in civil medical work either serving under British Medical Officers at the larger hospitals or in charge of smaller hospitals.

Fourteen Sudanese Medical Officers trained at the Kitchener School of Medicine and carrying out similar duties to the Syrian Medical Officers.