18 MEDICAL STAFF AND FEMALE HOSPITAL AND DAI CLASS IN RAJPUTANA.
172. The number of Female Sub-Assistant Surgeons attached to the
Female Hospitals is 6 against 7 in 1917. Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Mrs.
L. A. Hakim attached to the Hospital for women at Bharatpur resigned her
service on the 21st August 1918.
FEMALE HOSPITALS AND DAI CLASS.
173. Ajmer.—Two Lady Doctors have remained attached to the Mission
Hospital for women at Ajmer throughout the year. They and their subordinates
have done much good work in the hospital and in zenanas. The number of
patients treated and the other medical work done is shewn under the Mission
Hospitals.
174. Beawar.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Miss Q. Houlton has been in
charge of the Female ward of the Charitable Dispensary at Beawar throughout
the year. There was an increase in both in and out-door attendance as compar-
ed with the figures of 1917 due to the fact that the town of Beawar was free
from infectious diseases during the greater part of the year.
175. 391 operations were performed against 603 in the previous year; of
these 30 were important operations.
176. Native States.—The returns received from the Female Hospitals in
the Native States of Rajputana show on the whole a general decrease in both in¬
and out-door attendance which was due in great measure to the prevalence of
plague in first and of Influenza in later part of the year.
177. Jodhpnr.—Mrs. Stirling, M.B., B.C.H., B.A.O., (Dublin) has
been in charge of the Jaswant Hospital for women, Jodhpur, throughout the
year. There were 50 in-and 2,411 out-door patients treated as compared with
85 in-and 4,215 out-patients in the previous year due to severe attack of plague
and Influenza in 1918.
178. Eight major and 50 minor operations were performed against 85 major
and 23 minor operations in 1917.
179. Miss Paul, the Sub-Assistant Surgeon, and other staff discharged their
respective duties satisfactorily.
180. Kotah.—Miss J. Newton, L.R.C.P. &. S. (Edinburgh) and L.F.
P.S. (Glasgow), has been in charge of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kotah,
throughout the year. There was a considerable decrease both in in-door and out-
door attendance as compared with the figures of the previous year, owing to the
severe attack of plague and Influenza in the City in 1918.
181. 230 operations were performed against 261 in 1917.
182. Ten midwifery cases were treated in the hospital. 9 midwifery cases
were treated by Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Miss Halen Baldeo Singh and
15 by Hospital Midwife Yamira in the City.
183. Jaipur.—Miss L. E. Sykes, M.D. (Brussels) L.R.C.P. &. S. (Edin-
burgh) and L.F.P.S. (Glasgow), has been in charge of the Female Ward of
the Mayo Hospital, Jaipur, throughout the year. 577 in-and 8,735 out-door
patients were treated against 698 in-and 10,444 out-door patients in 1917. The
decrease is due to severe outbreak of plague in the City.
184. Operations on women were 610 as compared with 734 in the previ-
ous year.
185. Female Medical pupil Nangi Bai continues her study at the Agra
Medical School in the Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Class as Jaipur State
Medical pupil.
186. Bikaner.—Miss J. Marsh, L. R. C. P. &. S. (Edinburgh) L. F. P. S.
(Glasgow) and M.D. (Brussels), has been in charge of the Lady Curzon Zenana
Hospital, Bikaner, throughout the year with the exception of the time she was
away in attendance on Their Highnesses the Maharanis at Gujner and at Abu
from February 4th to August 4th when they returned to Bikaner. Assistant
Surgeon Miss Dhodi acted for her in her absence who was appointed on Janu-
ary 1st 1918. 62 in-door and 20,759 out-door patients were treated as compared
with 79 in-and 15,775 out-patients in 1917.
187. Six major and 200 minor operations were performed against 20 major
and 20 minor operations in the previous year.