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said to be carried out. There was only one patient in hospital at the time of my visit.
Hospital records written up to date.
Thayet-myo.—Date of inspec-
tion, 19th September 1880.
No alterations or additions have been made in the hospital buildings since my last
inspection. The hospital and out-houses are clean and in good
repair. The wards and examination-room are in satisfactory
order. There are 12 iron cots, but no bedding. The women
bring their own bedding and clothing. The water-supply is good and abundant. Water
for ablutionary purposes is from a well in the hospital compound; that for drinking is from
the river; it is filtered. The diets are sufficient and good. I found the latrine clean and
free from smell, the dry-earth system is fairly carried out, and coal-tar is freely used. All
excreta are removed daily to a distance and buried. The drainage and general sanitary
condition of the buildings and compound are excellent. The medicines are sufficient and
in good state of preservation. Poisons are kept in a separate compartment under lock and
key. The surgical instruments are in excellent condition. The hospital records are com-
plete, and written up to date. There are only 25 women on the register, a small number
for a large station like Thayet-myo. There were only six patients in the hospital at the
time of my visit.
Basssein.—Date of inspection,
30th September 1880.
The hospital and buildings connected with it are clean and in good repair. The hos-
pital is capable of accommodating nine patients. The ventila-
tion of the wards and the drainage of the whole place is excel-
lent. The cots are good and substantial. The bedding consists
of mattresses, pillows, and pillow-cases, in good order, and sufficient to meet all require-
ments.* The water-supply, both for drinking and bathing purposes, is from wells in the
civil dispensary compound, of good quality, and abundant. The latrine arrangements are
satisfactory. The dry-earth system is carried out. All excreta are removed daily to a dis-
tance and buried. The medicines, surgical instruments, and appliances are in good state of
preservation. Poisons are kept in a separate compartment of the store almirah under
lock and key. The Medical Officer reports that he has not been supplied with a copy of
the rules for the custody and dispensing of poisons; he will be good enough to indent for
a copy at once, and have it pasted on the door of the almirah in which poisons are kept.
There are only 23 prostitutes on the register, a very small number for a large town
like Bassein. The attention of the Medical Officer is invited to the fact that, unless regis-
tration is throughly carried out, the keeping up of a lock-hospital at Bassein will be of
little avail. There were six women in the hospital at the time of my visit, all Burmese.
Rangoon.—Date of inspection,
12th October 1880.
† The hospital is an old building, and not in good repair. Its basement is in a filthy
condition, and its sanitary state bad to a degree. The local
Government was moved some months ago to have the basement
floor asphalted, and a V shaped pucka drain constructed
around it, but no action has as yet been taken in the matter. The drainage of the com-
pound is defective, and should be looked to. The wards and inspection-room are fairly clean.
The diet and cooking arrangements are good. The water-supply is good and abundant.
The bathing arrangements are satisfactory. The latrines are kept clean, the dry-earth
system is fairly carried out, and coal-tar is freely used. All excreta are removed daily to
a distance and buried. All the medicine's, surgical instruments, and appliances are in
good state of preservation, and sufficient to meet all requirements. The hospital furniture
and bedding are in good order. Poisons are kept apart from other drugs under lock and
key, and the rules for their custody and dispensing are suspended in the surgery. The
hospital records are complete, in good condition, and written up to date.
Moulmein.—Date of inspection,
6th November 1880.
The hospital is an old building; but it is in fairly good repair, and there is sufficient
accommodation to meet all requirements. The out-houses
are also in fair repair; but the wooden fence around the
compound is in parts in a dilapidated state, and patients
I am informed, frequently make their escape through the fence.
The ward, examination-room, &c., are very clean and well ventilated. The drainage of the
whole place is good. The patients appear comfortable and well looked after. The cots,
bedding, and clothing are in good condition and sufficient. The diets are good and ample
The water-supply is from a well close to the hospital, of good quality, and abundant. The
bathing arrangements are satisfactory. The latrine is clean and on the dry earth system.
All excreta are removed to a distance daily and buried. The supply of medicines is
from the civil dispensary. The few instruments belonging to the hospital are in good
order. The hospital records are in good condition, and written up to date. There are
only five patients in hospital. The number of women on the register is only 49, of whom
17 are Burmese and the rest natives of India, a small number for so large a town as Moul-
mein: this insignificant number must be but a very small protection against the spread
* Diets good and sufficient.
† Since this report was written, the floor of the basement of the hospital has been asphalted, and the drains
are in course of construction.