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JAILS AND MEDICAL STAFF IN RAJPUTANA.
year; the decrease in both the attendances is partly owing to the outbreak of
Cholera in Tonk and partly to the marked decrease in the prevalence of
Malaria on account of scanty rainfall. There were 367 operations performed
against 387 in 1912.
126. Jaipur.—Miss L. E. Sykes, M.D. and L.R.C.P. & S. (Edinburgh),
has been in charge of the Female Wards of the Mayo Hospital at Jaipur
throughout the year. There was an increase in out-door attendance. There
were 532 operations on women performed against 503 in 1912.
127. The compounding, dressing and nursing in the female wards is
entirely done by females.
128. Alwar.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Bala Bai has been in charge
of the Dufferin Hospital at Alwar throughout the year. No Lady Superin-
tendent has been appointed since April 1911. The number of in-patients
treated during the year was 330 and of out-patients 15,611 against 462 in and
14,439 out-door patients in 1912. 874 operations were performed against 819
operations in the previous year.
129. Udaipur.—Lady Doctor Miss T. Canagasby was in charge of the
Walter Female Hospital at Udaipur up to the 16th April 1913 when she
resigned. There were 50 in and 1,293 out-door patients treated against 148 in
and 3,039 out-patients in 1912.
130. As there is no female aid available, a compounder from the
Lansdowne Hospital has been posted to look after the surgical instruments,
appliances and furniture in that institution.
131. Qualified female medical aid is urgently needed for the women of
this place.
132. Bharatpur.—Sub-Assistant Surgeon Bibi Rup Kuar in charge of the
Female Hospital at Bharatpur resigned her appointment on the 1st September
1913 from which time the Hospital is temporarily in charge of a Male Sub-
Assistant Surgeon. The appointment is still vacant as no Hindu candidate has
yet been procurable. 247 in and 5,054 out-door patients were treated as com-
pared with 301 in and 6,280 out-door patients in 1912. The decrease is due to
the absence of a Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon for the last four months of the
year.
133. Bikaner.—Sub-Assistant Surgeon Mrs. Elizabeth Moji Ram has been
in charge of the female wards of the Bhagwan Das Hospital throughout the
year. There was a decrease in both the in and out-door attendance as compared
with the previous year.
134. Qualified Lady Doctors are decreasing in Rajputana. It is very
noticeable from the returns how little purely obstetrical and gynæcological
work is really done in the women's hospitals of the Native States.
135. Dai Class, Ajmer.—Mrs. M. Kane, Lady Superintendent, has been in
charge of the Dai Training Class, Ajmer, throughout the year. The 9 pupils
mentioned in the last year's report as being under instructions continued to
work to the end of the session when they were examined by the Civil Surgeon.
They all passed and obtained their certificates and the usual honorarium
which is given to successful candidates.
136. Five pupils (midwives) were admitted into the current year's class, of
whom one came from Bharatpur, one from Tonk, one from Jodhpur and two
from Jaipur, one of whom has since been discharged as unlikely to prove
efficient; she was replaced by a local candidate.
137. During the year 13 in-door and 55 out-door maternity cases were
treated and 133 persons sought advice and were treated.
IMPERIAL SERVICE TROOPS.
138. The hospitals of the Native State Imperial Service Troops are all
well equipped ; they are under the medical charge of Military Sub-Assistant
Surgeons except those at Jodhpur which are under the medical charge of
State enlisted Assistant Surgeons. The Mewar Imperial Service Squadron