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Seventeen students were allowed to appear in part I and 5 students in
part II of the 2nd M. B.B.S. in October 1926. Of whom 7 or 41.1 per cent.
passed in part I and 2 or 40.0 passed in part II.
Similarly 51 students were allowed to appear in part I and 18 students in
part II of the 2nd M. B. B. S. in March 1927. The figure of passes will be
shown in the next year's report.
Final M. B. B. S.—Nine students appeared in part I and 5 students in
part II of the final M. B. B. S. in the examination held in October 1926. Of
whom 6 or 66.6 per cent. passed in part I and nil passed in part II. These
examinations were for the students who had been unsuccessful or did not
appear at a previous examination in Calcutta but who joined this College in
July 1926. Practically very little could be done for these students during the
short period they were in training in this institution and they had to depend
almost entirely on what they had learnt at Calcutta. This coupled with the
facts that these students were perhaps the weakest of their batches and had
little time to adapt themselves to the new environment would explain the
unsatisfactory nature of the results.
Similarly 30 students were allowed to appear in part I and 16 students in
part II of the final M. B. B. S. Examination held in March 1927. The figure
of passes will be shown in the next year's report.
Information concerning the general education of the students on admission
has been furnished in Table A.
The classification of all the Medical College students according to their
religion and place of residence has been furnished in Table B.
A statement showing the number of students who remained on the rolls
at the end of the year 1926-27 is given in Table C.
Attendance.—The average daily attendance of the students was 0 64 6
during the year.
Visitors.— On behalf of the Rockfeller Institute Dr. W. S. Carter, Director
of the Peking Medical College, visited the College and the Hospital on 7th
December 1926.
His Excellency the Governor visited the College on 20th December 1926,
to acquaint himself with the improvement effected since the starting of the
College in July 1925.
In January 1927 (24th, 25th and 26th) Sir Norman Walker, KT., M.D.,
F.R.C.P., LL.D., visited the College along with two local private medical practi
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the General Medical Council. He examined the details of the curriculum and
of examinations, the teaching given, the laboratory arrangements, buildings, and
accommodation, practical and clinical training given in the hospital, competency
of the staff, etc., with great thoroughness, and Colonel R. A., Needham, C.I.E.,
D.S.O., M.D., I.M.S., Inspector of Medical Education in India, accompanied Sir
Norman Walker during his visit which extended over several days. Colonel
Ainsworth, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bihar and Orissa, and Lieute-
nant-Colonel H.R. Dutton, the Principal, accompanied them throughout the
inspection. On January 11th, 1927 , His Excellency the Governor paid his final
visit before handing over the charge of his office to his successor. He inspected
the progress made regarding the European Cottage Hospital which has been
located in the E type quarters standing near the river bank originally meant for
the residence of one of the professors who has been provided for elsewhere.
Opening ceremony of the College .—The official opening ceremony of the
College could not be performed earlier than the 25th February 1927 due to the
building operations of the Public Works Department not being sufficiently
advanced before that time. The marble tablet commemorating the visit of His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in 1921 and containing the names of the
principal donors was unveiled by His Excellency Sir Henry Wheeler.