The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Oiling.—Oil spraying was carried out for a mile around the Govern¬ ment Bungalow and along Pasir Panjang Road. The average amount of oil used each week was : — 5 Gallons of Crude Oil. jo Gallons of Solar Oil. (3) Drainage.—(a) Subsoil pipes were laid at Labrador and at Messrs. Hammer and Company’s Reservoir. Four hundred feet of pipes were laid. (b) Valuable work was done in reducing the number of Culicine and Stegomyia mosquitoes. (4) Staff.—An average force of 1 Mandore and 15 Coolies were employed. (e) Seletar District.— (1) Mosquito-surveys.—Mosquito-survevs were carried out along Seletar Road and at the Naval Base. (2) Oiling.—Oil spraying was carried out weekly when necessary for a mile around the Woodlands Police Station. The average amount of oil used each week was : — 5y Gallons of Crude Oil. iof Gallons of Solar Oil. (3) Drainage.-—Dangerous breeding places were subsoil drained. Four thousand one hundred and twenty-eight feet of subsoil pipes were laid. (4) Labour.—Twenty Masons and 161 Coolies were employed at the Naval Base for 12 days. (/) Singapore City.—All work within Municipal Limits ceased on Octo¬ ber 19th ; and a record of work done up to that date is appended. (1) Mosquito-surveys.—Mosquito-surveys were carried out regularly over the following areas : — (a) General Hospital. (b) Tan Tock Seng Hospital. (c) Fort Canning and Pearls Hill. . (d) Goodwood Hill and Nassim Hill. (c) Tanglin Hill and Mount Rosie. (/) Government Hill. (g) Government Buildings. (2) Oiling.—Oil spraying was carried out over the following areas: — (a) Government Hill. (b) Tan Tock Seng Hospital. (c) Mount Rosie and Nassim Hill. (d) General Hospital. (c) Fort Canning and Pearls Hill. (/) Nassim Hill and Goodwood Hill. d'he average amount of oil used each week was : — 103 Gallons of Solar Oil. 59 Gallons of Crude Oil. (3) Drainage.—Dangerous breeding areas were subsoil drained. Five thousand three hundred and twenty-nine feet of subsoil pipes were laid— details of which are in the statement appended.