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Asiatic Dressers and trained Hospital Assistants are employed iu hospitals and dispensaries. In addition to European Sisters, there is a large local nursing staff. All hospital equipment is supplied by Government, including instruments.
20. Medical Officers may be called upon to carry out the medical training of dressers, nurses, etc., and to supervise the work of the subordinate medical staff.
21. All officers should make themselves acquainted with the regulations of the Settlement or State in which they are serving and also with such local legislation as relates to medical and sanitary matters.
22. The duties of a Lady Medical Officer may include the care of female wards in a hospital, infant welfare work, the charge of women's and children's dispersaries and travelling dispensaries, visits to Malay villages, inspection of girls' schools, etc.
23. Officers are responsible for the safe custody and proper disposal of all Government stores and official records which are placed in their charge.
24. At both the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, and the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, there are opportunities of research,
as well as for routine investigations. Promising officers may be stationed at the Institute for short periods if they can be spared from other duties.
In addition to the full-time professional posts at the College of Medicine, several of the medical staff in Singapore hold part-time lectureships.
Climate and Conditions of Life.
25. The climate of Malaya is for the tropica very healthy. It varies little during the year. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures are 86.8° and 74.3° Fahrenheit. In some parts there are no marked rainy and dry seasons, the rainfall being evenly distributed throughout the year. In others there are a couple of dry months and a couple of exceptionally rainy months in the year. The average rainfall is about 100 inches a year and vegetation is always green. People who lead regular active lives have no difficulty in keeping in good health. European children do well in Malaya up to the age of about six. Women probably feel the effects of the climate more than men. There are numerous bungalows in the hills at from 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation to which people can resort for a change of air; but those cannot be regarded as on a par with the hill stations of India. A large Malayan hill station is, however, about to be constructed at a height of over 5,000 feet at Cameron's Plateau on the Perak- Pahang boundary.
26. It is difficult to state in general terma what is the cost of living in Malaya. This depends on the individual and to some
extent on the locality where he is stationed. The salaries and allowances now provided suffice to enable even a married man to live in comfort and to save money.
27. There are ample facilities for indulging in out-door games such as golf, tennis, cricket, hockey, football (Rugby and Associa- tion), etc. The sea-bathing at many places is excellent where protected, as is usual, from sharks and crocodiles. In all stations there are clubs where the weekly and other English magazines and newspapers can be seen, and there are facilities for billiards, cards, and dancing. In the larger stations there are one or two dances held weekly.
In Kuala Lumpur there is a lending library, from which books are sent to any address in the Federated Malay States.
Snipe-shooting is very good indeed in many Districts. Pigeons are plentiful in some Districts on the coast and are to be had inland also, but not in such numbers. Elephants, rhinoceros, and bison are protected everywhere and do not exist in the settled districts. They are consequently seldom shot and only under licence given after careful enquiry. Tiger and panther are common, but rarely seen or shot. Pig and deer are very common, but the forests are dense and difficult. Tiger, panther, and pig are not protected. Deer may be shot under licence outside the close season.
Further information as to local conditions of life, climate, and living expenses may be obtained from the Malayan Information Agency, 57, Charing Cross, London, SW.1.
APPENDIX.
The following works contain recent information regarding conditions in Malaya, and may be of interest to candidates:-
GENERAL.
Regulations for His Majesty's Colonial Service Published by H.M.
Stationery Office.
MALAYA.
One Hundred Years of Singapore, by W. Makepeace, Dr. G. E. Brooke and R. L. J. Braddell, 2 vols. (John Murray, 1921; 42s. net). Malaya, by R. O. Winstedt, M.A., 1923 (Constable; 128.). Fedorated Malay States. Illustrated Guide, edited by C. W. Harrison (Malayan Information Agency, 57, Charing Cross, B.W.1, 1923: 2s. 6d. net).
Handbook to British Malays, compiled by Captain R. L. German
(Malayan Information Agency, 1926; 2x. Gd.).
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