JAILS AND MEDICAL STAFF IN RAJPUTANA.
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116. Two windows were made in the eastern side cells in Barrack No. I
and the Jail Hospital and parts of the jail were whitewashed.
117. In the District Jail the total number of admissions into hospital, the
daily average number of sick, the mortality and the ratio of deaths per 1,000
of population was less than in the previous year.
118. Substantial and steady progress is being made in all departments and
manufactures, under the supervision of Rai Bahadur Norang Rai Khaitan:
while the comfort, accommodation and health of the prisoners is excellent.
119. Jodhpur.—There was an increase in the average number of prisoners
and admissions into hospital compared with the previous year. The deaths were
7 against 2 in 1914 which were due to the following causes:—
Malaria
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Tubercle of the Lung
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All other infective diseases
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120. Bikaner.—The daily average number of prisoners fell from 297.64 in
1914 to 261.49 in 1915 the number admitted into the hospital from 55 to 41
and mortality from 2 to 1.
121. Alwar.—Although there was still overcrowding in the jail the number
of admissions to hospital fell from 282 in 1914 to 242 in 1915 and the mortality
from 6 to 5.
122. Udaipur.—There has been overcrowding throughout the year. The
Residency Surgeon, Mewar, states that Dysentery, Diarrhœa, and Pneumonia
were slightly prevalent in the jail during the year under report. 21 deaths
occurred as compared with 18 the previous year. The deaths were due to the
following causes:—
Dysentery
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Diarrhœa
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" Debility and old age" .
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Pneumonia
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Fistula and Prolapse of ractum
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Broncho-pneumonia (after operation) .
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Retention of Urine (after operation) .
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123. Two prisoners escaped: one was recaptured.
Qualified Medical Staff.
124. Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Scott-Moncrieff, I.M.S. (retired), assumed
charge of the duties of Residency Surgeon, Western Rajputana States, Jodhpur,
on the forenoon of the 20th February 1915.
125. Lieutenant-Colonel R. Shore, I.M.S. (retired), was posted as
Residency Surgeon, Mewar, from the forenoon of 9th March 1915.
126. Major F. E. Wilson, I.M.S., Agency Surgeon, Kherwara, was posted
as Director, Medical Department, Bikaner State, with effect from the 21st
March 1915.
127. Major T. S. B. Williams, I. M.S., Director, Medical Department,
Bikaner State, was posted as Agency Surgeon, Eastern Rajputana States,
Bharatpur, with effect from the 23rd March 1915. His services were replaced
at the disposal of His Excellency the Commander-in Chief in India with effect
from the 17th July 1915.
128. The following officers of the Indian Medical Service held temporary
visiting charge of the Agency Surgeoncies noted against their names from and
upto the date specified therein in addition to their own duties :—
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. MacWatt, C.I.E.,
I. M.S., Chief Medical Officer, Rajputana
and Civil Surgeon, Ajmer.
Western Rajputana States Residency
Surgeoncy up to 19th February 1915.