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Kata Thermometer Readings, 1927.
Date and. hour.
D r y T h e r m o ¬ m e t e r F .
W e t t h e r m o ¬ m e t e r F .
D r y K a t a .
W e t K a t a .
A i r v e l o c i t y i t p e r m i n u t e .
R e m a r k s .
4th January 1927,
10-30. a.m.
76
69
3.78 15.09
Nil. No wind. Uncom
¬fortable.
11th January
1927. 11 a.m.
77
67
6.95
23.40
50
Breezy day. Very
comfortable.
18th January 1927
11-30 a.m.
79
68
6 85
26.00
60
Do.
25th January
1927, 10-30 a.m.
80
71
4.08
16.71
Nil.
Uncomforlable.
1st February
1927, 10-30,a.m.
76
72
4.95
13.37
29
Comfortable.
5th February
1927, 10-10 . a.m.
8 0 75
3.75
12.00
10 Light breeze.
Comfortable.
15th February
1927, 10-30 a.m.
81
78
4.87
18.00
70 Very breezy.
very comfortable.
22nd February
1927, 10-15 :a.m.
81
70
3.47
15.60
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
1st March 1927,
10-30 a.m.
79
62
8.03
29.25
60 Cool, breezy.
very comfortable.
8th March 1927,
10-30 a.m..
85
75
1.44
10.88
Nil. Still and hot
Uncomfortable.
15th March 1927,
10-30 a.m.
81
73
3.13
14.62
Nil.
Do.
22nd March 1927,
10-30 a.m.
81
72
0.77
12.00
Nil.
Slight discomfort.
29th March 1927.
10-30 a.m.
88
72
1.95
12.31
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
5th April 1927,
11-30 a.m.
87
77
1.65
6.92
Nil.
Do.
12th April 1927,
11 a.m.
87
78
3.58
14.18
15 Comfortable.
19th April 1927,
11-15 a.m.
85
78
2.06
9.51
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
26th April 1927,
.11-30 a.m.
90
80
1.06
10.40
Nil.
Do.
3rd May 1927,
11 a.m.
91
79
0.56
8.83
Nil
D o .
10th May 1927,
11 a.m.
87
80
1.78
10.63
Nil.
Do.
17th May 1927,
11 a.m.
82
79
2.06
9.00
Nil. Rain, no wind,
Slight discomfort.
24th May 1927,
11 a.m.
82
80
3.05
10.17
15 Comfortable.
31st May 1927,
11 a.m.
83
79
2.75
9.78
Nil. Light shower.
Slight discomfort.
7th June 1927,
11 a.m.
82
80
2.78
8.51
Nil. Uncomfortable.
14th June 1927,
11 a.m.
81
78
3.73
14.00
25 Light shower.
Comfortable.
21st June 1927,
10-30 a.m.
85
80
2.43
9.75
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
28th June 1927,
10-30. a.m.
83
79
2.35
9.00
Nil.
Do.
5th July 1927,
10-40 a.m.
83
80
2.51
10.63
Nil.
Do.
12th July 1927,
10-30 a.m.
79
77
3.53
9.95
10 Rain, cool,
pleasant.
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Kala Thermometer Readings , 1927—concld.
Date of hour.
D r y T h e r m o m e t e r F .
W e t T h e r m o m e t e r .
D r y K a t h a .
W e t K a t a .
A i r v e l o c i t y f t . p e r m i n u t e .
Remarks.
19th July 1927,
10-15 a.m.
81
78
2.91
9.17
Nil. Uncomfortable.
26th July 1927,
10-45 a.m.
79
77
3.42
9.0
Nil.
Do.
2nd August 1927,
10 a.m.
82
80
3.61
11.41
35 Comfortable.
9th August 1927,
10 a.m.
8 0 77
3.14
10.88
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
16th August 1927,
10-30 a.m.
82
80
2.98
9.36
Nil.
Do.
23rd August 1927,
10-30 a.m.
81
79
2.96
9.54
Nil.
Do.
30th August 1927,
10-50 a.m.
82
78
2.87
10.88
Nil.
Do.
6th September
1927, 10-20 a.m.
86
78
2.67
10.40
Nil.
Do.
13th September
1927, 10-30 a.m.
81
79
2.72
8.66
Nil.
Do.
20th September
1927, 10-30 a.m.
84
79
2.83
12.00
Nil.
Do.
27th September
1927, 10 a.m.
82
80
3.10
8.96
30 Comfortable.
4th October 1927,
10-30 a.m.
83
79
3.85
10.17
30
Do.
11th October 1927,
10-30 a.m.
81
79
2.54
8.50
Nil.
Uncomfortable.
18th October 1927,
10-30 a.m.
8 2 71
3.66
13.00
50 Comfortable.
25th October 1927,
10-30 a.m.
83
73
3.08
9.17
40
Do.
1st November1927,
10-30 a.m.
73
72
2.03
14.18
Nil.
Do.
8th November
1927, 10-30 a.m.
71
70
3.69
11.14
Nil.
Do.
15th November
1927, 10-30 a.m.
82
79
3.28
9.95
40
Do.
22nd November
1927, 10-30 a.m.
79
72
4.05
15.60
40
Do.
29th November
1927, 10-30 a.m.
72
71
6.11
19.50
100 Very pleasant.
Invigorating.
6th December 1927
10-30 a.m.
77
72
5.68
14.62
110
Do.
13th December
1927,10-30 a.m.
76
67
5.23
18.76
90
Do.
20th December
1927,10-30 a.m.
73
68
6.66
18.00
90
D o .
27th December
1927, 10-30. a.m.
77
70
6.13
16.14
130
Do.
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OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Table showing the Hydrogen Ion Concentration of various waters.
Tested by British Drug Houses Indicator.
D a t e .
Hlawga Lake
water Rangoon.
Rangoon River
water taken at
Kemmendine.
Tube well wat
er (from foot of
Shwe Dagon
Pagoda,
Rangoon.)
8th January 1927
7.0
. . .
. . .
15th January 1927
7.0
. . .
. . .
24th January 1927
6.9
. . .
. . .
31st January 1927
6.8
... ...
8th February 1927
6.8
. . .
. . .
15th February 1927
6.9
...
. . .
23rd February 1927
6.9
. . .
. . .
28th February 1927
6.9
. . .
...
8th March 1927
6.9
. . .
. . .
16th March 1927
7.2
. . .
...
23rd March 1927
7.1
. . .
. . .
31st March 1927
7.2
...
. . .
7th April 1927
6.9
. . .
. . .
14th April 1927
7.0
. . .
...
21st April 1927
7.1
7.3
7.1
30th April 1927
7.1
. . .
. . .
7th May 1927
7.1
... ...
14th May 1927
7.2
7.4
7.4
21st May 1927
7.1
7.2
7.3
30th May 1927
7.2
7.4
7.4
20th July 1927
7.6
7.5
7.3
6th August 1927
7.6
7.4
7.2
27th August 1927
7.8
7.7
7.3
5th September 1927
7.6
7.7
7.2
12th September 1927
7.6
7.6
7.4
19th September 1927
7.5
7.4
7.4
26th September 1927
7.6
7.6
7.4
3rd October 1927
7.4
7.3
7.2
11th October 1927
7.4
7.2
7.3
22nd October 1927
7.3
7.2
7.3
31st October 1927
7.3
7.2
7.3
7th November 1927
7.3
7.1
7.1
15th November 1927
7.2
7.1
7.2
23rd November 1927
7.2
7.1
7.2
30th November 1927
7.2
7.2
7.1
8th December 1927
7.2
7.2
7.2
In June 1927 the work was temporarily suspended as Mr. Moitra who was
carrying on the experiment was on leave.
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OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Composition of Ngapi.
Kind of Ngapi.
Refuse
matter.
Water.
Protein
N X 6.25
Fat.
Ash.
P205.
Salt.
Silica and in
sol¬uble.
Lindok
3.23
49.13
23.75
0.80
1.41
19.26
2.12
GWe-ni or Gwe-gyi
2.64
49.24
26.12
2.04.
1.39
15.73
2.84
Gwe-gyan
2.02
45.47
16.63
2.43.
0.93
26.70
5.82
Htaung Hmyin
2.94
45.41
25.13
1.72.
1.71
20.86.
2.23
Hto Hmyin
6.23
43.05
27.63
0.93.
1.82
17.60
2.74
Damin-nu
4.87
43.06
20.69
1.63
1.79
27.20
0.76
Damin-gya n
3.74
39.13
26.69
2.25
2.04
20.94
5.21
Refuse matter consists of skin, bones and scales.
G.B.C.P.O.—No. 345, D.P.H., 26-5-28-200.
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OF
The Harcourt Butler Institute of
Public Health, Rangoon
FOR THE YEAR 1928
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
RESOLUTION
ON THE
Report on the Working of the Harcourt Butler
Institute of Public Health, Rangoon
For the Year 1928.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma, Public Health Depart-
ment,—No. 145S29, dated the 1st July 1929.
READ—
The Report on the Working of the Harcourt Butler Institute of Public Health
, Rangoon, for the year 1928.
RESOLVED THAT—
The Report be published.
By order,
F. H. STEAVENSON,
Secretary to the Government of Burma,
Education Department.
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PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS—NO. 4406-11S.-6-29.
FROM
LIEUT.-COL. G. G. JOLLY, CIE., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H,. I.M.S.,
Director of Public Health, Burma.
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA,
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
Dated the 15th April 1929.
SUBJECT.—Third Annual Report of the Harcourt Butler Institute of
Public Health.
SIR,
In forwarding herewith the third Annual Report of the Harcourt
Butler Institute of Public Health, I have the honour to state that the
work of the Institute has developed considerably during the year. The
greatest need is for a full-time Director, and this matter has now been
referred to the High Commissioner for India to recruit a suitable officer.
The Institute combines most happily the work of a Public Health
School, Provincial Public Health Laboratory and Research Institute in
problems of Public Health. Attention is particularly invited to the
large amount of teaching which has been carried on throughout the
year. This has put a heavy tax on the staff of the Institute and of the
Public Health Department, and it is impossible to increase the work
now being done in this direction without an increase of staff. A
proposal has been submitted to Government for the engagement of a
Public Health Analyst to take charge of the Chemical Section when
U Thein Kin, B.A., F.C.S., retires towards the end of 1929. The
recruitment of such an officer is very necessary in view not only of the
large and increasing amount of important analytical work which is being
carried out in the chemical side, but also because of the impending
introduction of Food and Drugs legislation, which requires the services
of a highly qualified and experienced analyst.
The most important investigation work carried out at the Institute
during the year was the Rat-Flea Survey of the Rangoon Port area.
Seven thousand two hundred and ninety-three rats and 18,884 fleas were
examined and the results showed an overwhelming predominance of
X. astia in the port area, the figures being :—
X. astia.
94'76 per cent.
X. cheopis... 5'24 per cent.
while the average number of fleas per rat was—
X. astia
2'4535.
X. cheopis
..... 0' 1344.
( 2 )
It is suspected that this high percentage of X. astia is associated with
the distribution of the various species of rats in this area, the actual
figures being given below :—
Nesokia bandicota . . .
1,898
Mus decumanus . . .
870
Mus Concolor . . .
2,291
Nesokia bengalensis . . .
336
Rattus rattus . . .
644
Mus musculus . . .
976
Crocidura coerulea . . .
2 7 7
It is intended to extend the area of the survey during the coming
year to Rangoon Town, where it is anticipated that a different distri
-
bution of rats and rat-fleas may be obtained.
A great deal of important work has been carried out during the year
in the Malaria Bureau, and valuable information concerning the distri
-
bution and the biology of the anopheles transmitters of Burma has been
collected.
My thanks are due to the staff of the Institute for the efficient
manner in which they have carried out their work throughout the year,
and for the zeal and interest they have shown in investigation. It is a
principle of this Institute that each officer working in it shall contribute
to the teaching and shall also take up some kind of original investigation
work.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
Director of Public Health, Burma.
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF
•
The Harcourt Butler Institute of Public
Health, Rangoon
For the year 1928.
Staff of the Institute—Director .—Lieutenant-Colonel G. G. Jolly,
C.I.E., M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M., I.M.S., held charge of the Institute from
1st January to 14th March 1928 when Major C. L. Bilderbeck, M.A.,
M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., I.M.S., took over, and held charge from
15th March to 22nd August 1928. From this latter date Major
E. C. A. Smith, L.R.C.P. & S., D.P.H., I.M.S., held temporary charge
until transferred to Bombay, when Major C. L. Bilderbeck, M.A., M.B.
D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., I.M.S., resumed the appointment on 22nd
October 1928 and held it to the end of the year.
Assistant Director .—Dr. G. Mackey, D.T.M., I.M.D., from 1st
January to 30th September 1928.
U Thein Kin, B.A., F.C.S., A.T.M., from 1st October to 20th
November 1928.
Dr. G. Mackey, D.T.M., I.M.D., from 20th November to 31st
December 1928.
Chemist.—U Mein Kin, B.A., F.C.S., A.T.M.
Assistant Malariologist .—Dr. E. S. Feegrade, D.T.M., I.M.D.
Assistant Bacteriologist .—Dr. V. W. Fenn, L.S.M.F.
Assistant Chemist .—Mr. G: C. Moitra, B.Sc., F.C.S., from 1st January
to 22nd May 1928.
Mr. J. Sanyal, B.Sc., from 23rd May to 31st December 1928.
General .—During the year under report the activities of the Institute
have further developed in the three main channels of Teaching, Public
Health Laboratory Work, and Investigation. Five courses of instruc
-tion in Public Health were conducted during the year :—
(1) The Rangoon University M.B. Course in Hygiene and Public
Health.
(2) The Government of Burma Medical School Course in Public
Health.
(3) The Rangoon University Course in School Hygiene for the
Teachers' Diploma.
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(4) The Government of Burma Qualifying Course for Public Health
Inspectors.
(5) The Government of Burma's License in Hygiene Course for
Sub-Assistant Surgeons of the Public Health Department.
In addition a course in First Aid and Tropical Hygiene for members
of the St. John Ambulance Women's Nursing Corps was held during
the year.
Laboratory Work—
A. Bacteriological Section.—The following work was done
i n t h e L a b o r a t o r i e s o f t h i s S e c t i o n : —
Water examinations . . .
227
Water investigation at Monkey Point Area . . .
13
Shaving brushes for anthrax . . .
16
Widal's tests . . .
5
Analyses of milk . . .
3
Analyses of tinned fish . . .
1
Examination of urine . . .
6
Examination of faeces . . .
4
Miscellaneous microscopic examinations . . .
15
B. Chemical Section
—
Waters.—Samples received from : —
Jails . . .
93
Municipalities and District Councils . . .
102
Public Works Department . . .
86
Military . . .
5
Civil Surgeons . . .
9
Private . . .
35
Admiralty Oil Fuel Depôt . . .
72
Others . . .
29
Food and Miscellaneous : —
Medical Store Depôt
—
Santonin . . .
1
Ether . . .
2
Camphor . . .
1
Jails—
Cinchona . . .
1
Milk . . .
2
Oils . . .
2
District Health Officers—
Ghee . . .
6
Saccharine . . .
2
Rice . . .
1
Oils . . .
4
Rangoon General Hospital—
Electrolytic Chlorine . . .
27
Military—
Rum . . .
1
Rice . . .
34
Milk . . .
3
Condensed milk . . .
11
Butter . . .
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OF PUBLIC HËALTH, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1928.
Food and Miscellaneous—c o n c l d .
Police—
Ghee . . .
56
O i l s . . .
25
Rice . . .
73
Public Works Department
—
Bleaching Powder . . .
1
Corporation of Rangoon—
Ghee . . .
174
Others—
Ghee . . .
1
Oil cakes . . .
2
Rice bran . . .
34
Paddy . . .
2
Rice . . .
2
Sugars . . .
3
Milk . . .
1
Water deposits . . .
1
Municipalities—
Oil. . .
3
Director of Public Health, Burma—
Ghee . . .
1
Rice . . .
4
Milk . . .
1
Tea . . .
24
Customs—
Ghee . . .
29
Vegetable products . . .
3
Hospitals—
Human milk . . .
2
P o r t C o m m i s s i o n e r s —
Rice . . .
3
Civil Surgeons—
Quinine . . .
3
Milk . . .
2
The Institute—
Ngapi . . .
24
Investigations.—The two major investigations carried out at this
Institute during the year were :
—
(1) Flea Survey of the Rangoon Port Area.
(2) An investigation carried out in connection with the Rangoon
Water Supply Survey, 1928.
(1) Flea Survey of the Rangoon Port Area.—The object of this survey
was to determine the different varieties of rats and fleas prevalent in the
Rangoon Port with a view to ascertaining the proportion in which these
plague factors exist. This survey was commenced on 4th of January
with the examination of 10 rats a day selected at random from the
number trapped in the Port Area.
Shortly after the commencement of this survey it was decided to
increase the number of rats examined per day to 40, and—as this work
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required additional staff—the Governing Body, Indian Research Fund
Association, was asked to meet the pay of the extra personnel required.
This sanction having been received the examination of 40 rats ( i.e., 6
rats each from 5 areas, and 10 from the sixth) per day was commenced
on the 4th May and continued till the end of the year.
Progressive reports on the work carried out were forwarded to the
Secretary, Indian Research Fund Association, and the report on this
survey covering a period of one year will be published in due course.
(2) An Investigation carried out in connection with the Rangoon Water
S u p p l y S u r v e y , 1 9 2 8 . — T h e o b j e c t o f t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n w a s p r i n c i p a l l y t o
determine the upstream tidal limit of the river salinity with a view to
locating a suitable intake if desired hereafter.
It was also desired to determine the turbidity of the water in order
to estimate the amount of silt which would have to be removed from the
river water.
This work was commenced on 24th March 1928, and on May 23,
Mr. Moitra was placed on deputation under the Officer-in-charge,
Rangoon Water Supply Scheme, and continued on deputation till the
end of the year.
Monkey Point Water I n v e s t i g a t i o n . — A t
the request of the Officer-in- -
charge, Brigade Laboratory, Rangoon, several samples of water collected
within and around the Monkey Point Area were examined bacteriologi-
- c a l l y w i t h a v i e w t o t r a c i n g t h e s o u r c e o f p o l l u t i o n o f t h e p i p e d - w a t e r
supply in the Monkey Point area. This water when first examined was
found to be dangerously polluted, and was also objectionable owing to
the odour emanating therefrom. The results of examination were
communicated to the authorities concerned, who, acting thereon, were
able to trace the cause and remedy the situation.
Jumping Powers of Rats.— A
s m a l l i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o t h e j u m p i n g p o w e r s
of various species of rats was commenced in January of the year under
report. For this purpose a specially designed building was erected, and
the investigation proceeded satisfactorily while bandicoots were being
experimented with. A Rattus rattus however gave definite proof that
t he room woul d have t o be more cunni ngl y desi gned i n order t o
frustrate ways and means of reaching food other than by a direct jump.
His method of approach was eventually detected by plastering soft
plasticine brushed over with a solution of glycerine and fuchsin or other
colours on certain parts of the shelf, walls and floor over which it was
suspected the rat passed to gain access to the food. He thus left a
tell-tale coloured track behind him in addition to impressions of his
claws in the soft plasticine. Certain structural alterations in the room
are now being carried out which should eliminate such circumvention.
Malaria Bureau.—Dr. E. S. Feegrade held charge of the Bureau.
assisted by Sub-Assistant Surgeon U Tin. An entomological collection
consisting of biting flies; etc,, from Rangoon and various parts of Burma
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was made during the year. These flies were very kindly identified by
Dr. Buxton of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
and specimens required by the British Museum have been presented
thereto.
Publications.—Papers recording the work done on the following
subjects have been submitted for publication in the Indian Journal of
Medical Research and the Indian Medical Gazette : —
(1) A Short Note on the Anopheline Fauna of the Tank West of
the Harcourt Butler Institute of Public Health, Rangoon.
(2) Experiments with Isotex as Larvicide.
(3) Observations on the marking of A. jamesii (Theobald).
(4) Some more variants of A. fuliginosus (Giles) from Burma.
(5) Experiments to note the Larvicidal effects of Sodium Nitrate,
Potassium Nitrate, and Magnesium Sulphate in natural waters
.
(6) Results of Experiments with Crude Oil Products of the Burma
Oil Co., Ltd., Rangoon.
(7) A Year's Record of Kata-thermometer readings in Rangoon.
Anti-larval Experiments with Explosives.— Major C. L. Bilderbeck,
I.M.S., investigated the action of explosives on mosquito larvae during
the year.
The water collection considered most suitable for these anti-larval
experiments was a U-shaped tank north of the Harcourt Butler
Institute of Public Health, Rangoon. The length of the tank from end
to end is approximately 150—200 yards,—the breadth varies from 10 to
50 yards and the depth does not exceed 6 feet in its deepest part. The
greater curve of the U had a thick growth of aquatic vegetation, the
edges throughout are overgrown with grass, and under the larger trees
twigs and leaves floated on the water surface.
Previous to the experiments the tank was dragged to save the larger
fish.
Anopheline larvae were collected from other parts and placed at
measured distances from the site at which the explosives were to be
detonated.
In the first experiment a gun cotton primer was submerged to about
a foot below the water's surface and exploded producing only a bubbling
surface bulge as a result. The explosive action did not even injure fish
in the immediate neighbourhood nor anopheline larvae at a distance of
50 feet.
The second experiment with a gun cotton slab placed at a depth of
3 feet below the surface produced a much greater explosion but harmed
neither fish nor larvae ; the latter having been placed in the water along
the banks at the same distance as in the first experiment.
The third experiment was undertaken with a one ounce dynamite
cartridge, placed at a depth of 3 feet as in the former experiments, but
although it produced larger ripples and a higher spout of water, th
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effect on the larvae was negative. On the same day four cartridges of
dynamite of one ounce each were detonated together. The bank up to
75 feet away vibrated and the water shot up to about 20 feet, but though
a few fish came floundering to the surface, no effects on larvae were
noted. These experiments were therefore altogether negative, and the
only explanation for it is that the water may have been too shallow, so
that much of the force was expended upwards instead of laterally as
probably occurred in Mesopotamia where bombs detonated deep in the
river resulted in wholesale destruction of small fish.
Museum.—The Museum functions entirely as a Public Health
Museum. A number of models have been prepared by Dr. Fenn,
Assistant Bacteriologist, and the Museum is now serving the purpose for
which it was intended, i.e. illustrating by means of models, diagrams,
charts, photos, etc., various matters in relation to Public Health work.
Buildings. —An animal house with six rooms opening into a courtyard
enclosed with expanded metal was constructed during the year.
J. A. ANKLESARIA, M.B., B.S., D.P.H.,
Director, Harcourt Butler Institute of Public Health, Burma.
G.B.C.P.O.,—No. 6, D.P.H., 16-7-29—170.
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