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DISPENSARIES AND PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
Compounders were opened on the roads leading from Malakhera when plague
broke out. The train Inspection at Alwar and Rajgarh Stations continued
throughout.
68. Practically the whole of the male population of the town were in-
oculated by the State Surgeon as well as some 50 females by a Female Sub-
Assistant Surgeon. The Capital remained free.
69. In Marwar posts of plague inspection were re-opened at Jodhpur,
Barmer, Kuchaman Road, and Marwar Junction in February having formerly
been abolished by the orders of the Council of Regency.
70. Evacuation has been very readily carried out in infected towns and
villages which is appreciated by the villagers themselves.
71. As the plague out-break in Rajputana was comparatively slight, no
map has been attached with this report.
Snake poisoning.
72. Calmette's Anti-venine is kept in stock in most of the main dispen¬
saries and used for the treatment of snake poisoning when opportunity offers.
STATEMENT F.
Class and sex of patients.
73. From this statement it will be seen that 1,900 Europeans and Eura-
sians, 1,024,444 Hindus, 406,035 Muhammadans and 88,406 patients of
other classes were treated in the dispen-
saries of Ajmer-Merwara and of Native
States in Rajputana as compared with 1,727, 988,788, 390,893, and 89,075
respectively in 1913.
STATEMENT G.
74. The number of surgical operations performed during the year in
Ajmer-Merwara and in Native States was 75,416 against 72,193, or an increase
of 3,223. The number of patients operated on was 75,181 as compared with
71,792 in 1913. Of these the cures amounted to 74,047, the number relieved
524, discharged otherwise 230, and died 121; against 70,490, 587, 290, and 114
in the previous year, while 259 remained under treatment at the end of the
year.
75. Of the operations performed 2,387 were extractions of the lens for
Cataract of which 2,125 or 89.02 per cent. proved successful, 54 Lithotomies,
193 Litholapaxies and 173 Amputations against 2,315 extractions of the lens
for Cataract, 68 Lithotomies, 168 Litholapaxies and 201 Amputations in 1913.
76. 445 abdominal operations were done of which 34 proved fatal. Of
these 363 were Paracentesis of Abdomen, with 18 deaths, and 7 Abscess of
the Liver with no deaths.
77. 1,920 operations were performed at the Victoria Hospital, Ajmer, with
6 deaths as compared with 1,809 operations with 4 deaths in the previous year
of these 64 were Extraction of the lens for Cataract, 43 Iridectomies 15
Litholapaxies, 3 Radical cure of Hernia, 13 Excision of Cysts, 1 Laparotomy
and 8 Amputations.
78. 2,011 operations of all kinds were performed at the Mayo Hospital,
Jaipur, with 20 deaths against 2,171 operations with 23 deaths in the previous
year, of these 437 were extraction of the lens for Cataract. Lieutenant-Colonel
J. Fisher, D.S.O., I.M.S., operated on 357, Rai Bahadur Assistant Surgeon
Daljang Singh Khanka on 77 and Dr. Panna Lal Dass on 3 Cataract cases.
79. 56 operations were performed for vesical stone by litholapaxy with
4 deaths. The largest stone weighed 760 grains and was composed of
Phosphates.
80. One Lateral Lithotomy was performed the case died.
81. Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fisher, D.S.O., I.M.S., Residency Surgeon,
Jaipur, testifies to the excellent work done by Rai Bahadur Senior Assistant