Annual report of the Medical Department / Federated Malay States.

  • Federated Malay States. Medical Department.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Federated Malay States. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and guiding decisions have now been made with reference to future policy. This may be regarded as a move in the right direction which should enable necessary improvements to be initiated without delay as soon as circumstances permit. The question of overcrowding in the larger towns has been simplified temporarily by the decrease in the number of people requiring accommodation. Attempts have been made in many areas to restrict the number of temporary houses, and applications to build temporary dwellings are rarely approved by the authorities concerned. (xiii)—Food in Relation to Health and Disease. (1)—Bakeries. All bakeries within Sanitary Board areas were regularly inspected and reported upon by the Health staff. Improvements in the conditions of many bakeries have been reported during the year. (2)—Milk. Persistent endeavours to improve the milk supplies of the towns wrere continued. Milk sellers in Kuala Lumpur were registered with the object of eliminating eventually the more unsatisfactory premises and of keeping all handlers of milk under sanitary control. The Government Dairy in Selangor wasc well maintained. To overcome the difficulty of deterioration of milk in transit this dairy has introduced churns of a vacuum-flask type and has provided a milk cooler. The Ipoh Government Dairy continued to maintain its improvement in the technique of the production of clean milk. (3)—Aerated Water Factories. These were all kept under close sanitary supervision and one was closed in Kuala Lumpur for failing to carry out the Sanitary Board’s requirements. (4)—Markets. The sanitary condition of the markets was satisfactorily maintained during the year under the close supervision of the Health Department. (5)—Food Factories. It is believed that very few food factories escaped inspection during the year. Pineapple factories have been established at several places in recent years and unless carefully supervised by the sanitary authorities they readily become a nuisance. Important improvements were put into effect in one such factory at Klang on the recommendation of the Health Officer.