§ MR. CAINE (Bradford, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India (1) if the Sanitary Commissioner for Rangoon Port and City also holds the additional offices of Deputy Surgeon General and Inspector of Gaols with Civil administration for Burma; (2) if there are 36 gaols in Burma, with many thousands of prisoners; (3) if the Civil Medical Department is at present engaged in establishing a new system of dispensaries and hospitals throughout Burma; (4) and if the health of the City and Port of Rangoon furnishes full employment for a medical officer; and, if so, will the Secretary of State direct the appointment of separate medical officers for each of these Departments?
* MR. GEORGE RUSSELL(1.)No, Sir; there are separate health officers for Rangoon City and for Rangoon Port, both being subordinate to the head of the Provincial Medical and Sanitary Departments, who is also Inspector General of Gaols. (2.) There are not 36, but 31, gaols in Burma, containing about 11,500 prisoners. (3.) So far as the Secretary of State is aware, no new system is being introduced, though the existing system is being constantly extended and improved. (4.) In those circumstances, the Secretary of State sees no reason as at present advised to issue instructions.