Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1932]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The draft Ordinance to amend the Ordinance for the Better Preservation of Public Health and Suppression of Nuisances in Rural Areas, which will enable the Department to enforce the Nuisance Ordinance in rural areas wTith legal authority, is with the Attorney-General. The question of introducing a Pure Food and Drugs Ordinance has been referred to the Attorney-General. Ordinance No. 13 of 1931—an Ordinance to amend the Housing and Town Improvement Ordinance, No. 19 of 1915—was passed by the Legislative Council and assented to by His Excellency the Governor on June 17, 1931, and came into operation from that date. This Ordinance requires every habitable room to be provided with a window or windows of suitable size opening on to an external space. An amendment to the Chanks Ordinance designed to facilitate the enforcement of the proper sanitation of chank fishing camps on the north-western coast was considered by the Executive Committee and the draft approved. The Executive Committee also considered a draft Education Ordinance so far as questions of public health were effected thereby. They agreed with the views of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and reported accordingly to the Minister for Education. (c) Financial. Actual Revenue and Expenditure for the Financial Year ending September 30, 1932. Revenue. Rs. 1. Hospital and dispensary receipts .. .. 332,127 2. Sales of drugs, &c. . . • • • • 8,425 3. Sales of drugs, &c., under the Medical Wants Ordinance . . 4,413 4. Charges for maintenance under the Medical Wants Ordinance. . 100,917 5. Opium Sales . . • . • • • • 199,046 6. Export duties under the Medical Wants Ordinance . . 1,286,347 Total .. 1,931,275 Expenditure. Rs. 1. Personal Emoluments .. •• •• 6,019,646 2. Travelling . . • • * • • • 477,852 3. Stationery, office furniture, and office requisites •• 17,039 4. Rent . . . . • • • • 78,839 5. Electric current . . • • • • 80,935 6. Uniform . . . . • • • • 24,856 7. Equipment and contingencies • • • • 377,852 8. Diets .. •• •• •• 1,492,194 9. Transport . . • • • • • • 38,261 10. Drugs, dressings, disinfectants, and instruments • • 823,571 11. Grants .. •• •• •• 41,803 12. Rebates payable under the Medical Want3 Ordinance . . 191,400 13. Epidemics .. •• •• •• 6,363 14. Destruction of rats •• •• •• 13,477 15. Purchase of opium and general expenses . . • • 92,504 16. Earthfilling, drainage, &c. . . • • • • 17. Conservation of cemeteries . . • • • • 831 18. Removing and relieving sick and destitute persons • • 17 19. Incidental expenses • • • • • • 4,488 20. Equipment for new hospitals and dispensaries • • 11,838 21. Cultivation of land attached to the Lunatic Asylum, Angoda . . 3,149 22. Ceylonese Nurses in training in England . . . . 8,632