2 REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE BURMA GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL, RANGOON, FOR 1917-18.
Class.
Subject.
Lecturers.
Third year
...
Medicine
... Dr. J. S. Lamech, L.R.C.P. & S.
Surgery ...
Lieut.-Colonel P. Dee, I.M.S.
Midwifery
... Lieut.-Colonel C. Barry, C.I.E., I.M.S.
Jurisprudence
... Major T. F. Owens, I.M.S.
F o u r t h y e a r . . . .
Medicine
... Dr. J. S. Lamech, L.R.C.P. & S.
Surgery
... Lieut.-Colonel P. Dee, I.M.S.
Operative Surgery ...
Dr. J. S. Lamech, L,R.C.P. & S.
Midwifery
... Lieut.-Colonel C. Barry, C.I.E., I.M.S.
Dentistry
... Mr. J. H. Drinkall, D.D.S.
Hygiene
... Dr. L. G. Fink, M.B., C.M.
Insanity
... Dr. C. S. Krishnasawmy, L.M.S.
Contagious Diseases ... Dr. D. R. Lewis, M.B.
5. The annual examination of the third year was held in March 1918 and
those of the 1st, 2nd and 4th years were held in April 1918. The results were
as follows:—
Primary Examination (1st year). —Forty students were sent up for the
Primary Examination, and two were kept back—one for illness and another for
being unable to attend the requisite number of lectures. Out of 40 who appeared
38 passed and 2 failed.
Intermediate Examination (2nd year).—Twenty-eight students were
allowed. to go up for the Intermediate Examination ; one was not permitted to do
so owing to his bad work in the class tests. Of the 28 who appeared, 21 passed
and 7 failed of these, 4 failed in two subjects and 3 failed in one subject.
Third year Examination. —All twenty students were examined and 3 who
failed were remanded for six months.
Final Examination (4th year). —All sixteen students went up for the Final
Examination and the results will be known after the completion of the course in
Madras.
On the whole the results were very satisfactory.
6. Buildings. —The alterations and extensions undertaken at the time when
the last report was compiled, were completed before the new session Started in
July 1917, and the whole building was re-painted during the year under report.
7. Games. —A piece of land in the Canal Area Site in the General Hospital
Compound has kindly been lent by the Medical Superintendent for the use of the
Medical students as a football ground, and the expenditure for levelling and clear
- i n g t h a t l a n d w a s R s . 3 0 0 , w h i c h w a s m e t f r o m t h e H o s t e l f u n d . T h e g r o u n d
rented on the race maidan was therefore abandoned from the 1st April 1918.
8. The total receipts for the year under review were Rs. 1,511-4-0 and the
expenditure was Rs. 61,287-12-1 as against Rs. 292-4-0 and Rs. 53,045-15-4
respectively last year. The increase in receipts is due to the tuition fee being
enhanced from Rs. 12 to Rs. 50 a year.
9. Hostel. —There were 82 boarders in the Hostel as against 60 to 65 last
year. The total amount received from the students was Rs. 20, 151-5-10 and
the expenditure amounted to Rs. 15,331-3-0 leaving a balance of Rs. .4,820-2-10.
The accounts were audited in April 1917 and the result was satisfactory.
10. Establishment. —During the year under report the clerical staff was
increased as the scope of the school is very much enlarged. The sanction of
the Government of India to revise the allowance of the Lecturers is still awaited.
It was expected that definite instructions would be issued on this point by
December 1917, but no news has been received up to date.
It is to be hoped that the matter can be settled before the new session begins.
11. Medals and Prizes. —V. Sundaram who headed the list of successful
candidates in the Final Examination of March 1917, won the “ Jamal Gold Medal.”
At the commencement of the new session three gentlemen, the Hon’ble Mr.
Lim Chin Tsong, Messrs. Hurry Krishna Pillay and S.R. Reddiar very generously
donated Rs. 1,000 each for the award of medals and prizes to the successful
students of the Medical School.