INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1940.

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      In addition, 28 rats were received from other sources.

         (xv) Identification of snakes.—Fourteen snakes were received
during the year and were identified as follows:—

      MALARIA BUREAU.—The following routine work was done during
the year:—

         (i) Identification of specimens.—

         (ii)   Spleen census.—The reports received from 25 districts
comprising 79 townships and 274 villages were recorded.

         (iii)  Fish Breeding.—During the year under report, 12,892 fish were
born in the central hatchery. Eight thousand six hundred and fifty-
one fish were distributed to various parts of Burma, either for breeding
purposes or for introduction into water collections, as an anti-mosquito
measure.

      Subsidiary hatcheries at Hlegu and Kungyangôn were inspected by
the Malariologist and the Assistant Malariologist respectively.

         (iv)  Quinine Distribution.—Approximately 63,252 treatments of
cinchona febrifuge were distributed as against 1,77,942 in the previous
year. The decrease was due to a restriction placed in free distribution
of quinine.

         (v) Weekly reports on anti-malaria measures carried out at
Kyaukpyu, Lashio and Maymyo, were systematically scrutinised at the
Malaria Bureau, and all important features regarding these measures
were brought to the notice of the Director of Public Health, Burma,
with necessary remarks and suggestions.

         (vi) Inspections.—Inspection of anti-malaria work was carried out
by the staff of the Malaria Bureau at Katha, Wuntho, Kawlin, Shwebo
and Maymyo.

         (vii) Malaria Surveys—Malaria surveys of the following areas were
undertaken during the year.—(1) Kya-In Township (Amherst District),
(2) Kentung. (3) Pegu South Forest Division, (4) Yinmabin and Pale
Townships (Lower Chindwin District), (5) Suburbs of Prome, (6) Salin
Town, (7) Mingaladon Aerodrome and (8) Thakutpin Forest Reserve
Area (Hanthawaddy District).

         (viii) The method of manufacture of cinchona febrifuge tablets as
carried out at the Central Jail at Rangoon, was studied by the
Malariologist during the year, with a view to submit proposals for
undertaking the same by the Public Health Department.