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INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1939.
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CINEMA SHOWS.—On seven occasions during the year, cinema shows
and demonstrations were given at this Institute.
MEETINGS.—During the year under report, 33 meetings were held at
the Institute by various Societies and Committees such as the Burma
Red Cross Society, the National Council of Women in Burma, St. John
Ambulance Association, the Burma Tuberculosis and Leprosy Relief
Association, etc. The Annual General Meeting of the Red Cross Society
was presided over by His Excellency the Governor of Burma.
ISSUE OF PROPHYLACTIC VACCINES.—The following table shows the
issue of prophylactic vaccines during the year:—
| Name of prophylactic vaccine. |
Number of requisitions complied with. |
Quantity issued. |
| Plague vaccine | 290 | 178,170 doses. |
| Cholera vaccine | 276 | 265,414 c.cs. |
| Influenza vaccine | 3 | 60 c.cs. |
II. LABORATORY ROUTINE.—Bacteriological Laboratory.—
(i) Preparation of Cholera Vaccine.—The technique employed was
the same as in previous year. The stock of bulk vaccine at the
beginning of the year was 201,375 c.cs. and 210,125 c.cs. were prepared
during the year. A total of 235,965 c.cs. was filled in ampoules and
issued to the store-keeper.
(ii) Bacteriological analysis of water.—Three hundred and thirty
samples of water were received for routine bacteriological examination.
The table below shows the number examined during the year:—
| Hlawga Lakes (Corporation of Rangoon) | 101 |
| Tube Wells under the Burma Underground Water Act, 1930 | 68 |
| Samples sent by the Superintendents of Jails | 33 |
| Samples sent by Municipalities | 49 |
| Samples sent by the Public Works Department | 16 |
| Samples sent by the Civil and Military Police | 8 |
| Samples sent by the Port Health Officer, Rangoon | 4 |
| Others | 51 |
| Total ... | 330 |
| (iii) | Examination of shaving brushes sent by the Appraiser | |
| of the Customs Department for the presence of B. anthracis | 9 | |
| (iv) | Examination of sputum for T.B. | 15 |
| (v) | Chemical and cultural examination of urine | 4 |
| (vi) | Examination of fæces. for the presence of ova, | |
| protozoa, etc. | 15 | |
| (vii) | Examination of smears | 12 |
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| Description | Reports cover 1927-31 and 1935-40. Describes public health laboratory work, malaria investigations and plague examinations of rats and fleas. The Bacteriological Section produced prophylactic cholera vaccine and inoculated local people. Increased manufacture began in 1935. The Malaria Bureau distributed quinine and conducted surveys. |
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| Description | 13 titles. Describes research work and conditions, treatments, vaccine production, medical education, public health and disease outbreaks. Extensive tables show mortality rates and patient admissions. These - some from asylums, jails, dispensaries, civil and police hospitals – will be useful to epidemiologists. |
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