REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE BURMA GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL, RANGOON, FOR 1913-14. 3
Third and
Fourth
year.
Clinical Medicine
... Major Fenton, I.M.S.
Clinical Surgery
... Major Dee and Captain Scott, I.M.S.
Fourth
year.
Post-Mortem ... Captain Whitmore, I.M.S.
Examinations
8. The annual examinations were held during the last week of March 1914
and the results were as follows :—
First year
... Thirteen passed out of seventeen, four are recommended
to be removed.
Second year
... Seven out of ten were declared to have passed and one
is recommended to undergo a further year's study in the
same class and two to be removed.
Third year
... Ten out of fourteen passed, one is recommended for pro
-
motion and three to be removed.
Fourth year
... Nine passed out of ten and the failure is recommended to
be removed from the school.
Eight final year male students left for Madras on the 10th April 1914 with
Assistant Surgeon J. S. Lamech to undergo a course of practical training in Mid
-wifery at the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras. The lady students
obtained certificates in this subject from the Dufferin Hospital, Rangoon.
9. The school and hostel were provided with electric lights and fans and the
installation was completed on the 22nd December 1913. A few alterations were
made in the dissecting room, making it more airy and bright. As it is proposed
to increase the number of students next year, new plans and estimates are now in
course of preparation for increasing the size of the hostel and lecture rooms as
well as for accommodation on the premises of certain servants of the school.
New quarters are also being provided for one Assistant Surgeon.
10. The total receipts during the year were Rs. 327-2-8 and the expenditure
amounted to Rs. 36,089-13-11. I might remark that the expenditure shown
under 1912-13 is for 15 months—from the 1st January 1912 to the 31st March
1913.
11. There were 31 boarders in the hostel during the greater part of the year
and from the 9th January 1914, 32, of whom 29 were public and 3 private. The
hostel is becoming popular with private students. The contract system was
discontinued and the students themselves managed their food under the supervision
of the Hostel Master from the 6th October 1913. A tennis court and two bad
-minton courts were opened during the year. A piece of ground for foot-ball has
also been rented for the use of the students in the race maidan during the year.
12. Finance.—The hostel is still purely self-supporting except for the annual
grant of Rs. 100 from Government for games. The total receipts during the
year were Rs. 6,226-3-0 and the total expenditure was Rs. 5,765-7-3, leaving a
balance of Rs. 460-11-9.
The accounts of the Burma Government Medical School Hostel Fund for
the period July 1912 to September 1913 were audited during September and
October 1913. This was the first audit undertaken since the date of the forma
-tion of the fund. The general result of the audit was not entirely satisfactory
and steps are being taken to remedy the defects.
13.
General Remarks.—The writer of this report acted as Superintendent
throughout the year and had, as his Chief Assistant, Civil Assistant Surgeon
Y. Subrahmanyam. Civil Assistant Surgeon Maung Shwe Gè was in charge of
the hostel up to September 29th, when his place was taken by Civil Assistant
Surgeon J. S. Lamech, who acted from that date to the end of the year.
P. DEE, Major, M.B., I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Burma Govt. Medical School,
Rangoon.