In the Annual Report of the Civil medical Service 1909, the hospital of Moentilan was called a temporary facility. During that year 183 patients had been treated, 169 destitute persons and 14 prostitutes. The number of deceased was 5 and 151 had been discharged. At the end of the year 27 patients were present. In 1926, the Roman Catholic community of Franciscanessen of Heythuysen, founded the hospital Sint Franciscus in this town.

Moentilan was a district of the Regency of Magelang, belonging to the Residency  of Kedoe, situated in Central Java (Gonggryp 1934, 564).