FEMALE HOSPITALS AND DAI CLASS IN RAJPUTANA.
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188. Udaipur.—Mrs. G. Collins was appointed on probation for 6 months
and placed in charge of Walter Zenana Hospital, Udaipur, on the forenoon
of the 30th August 1918. 22 in-and 260 new out-door patients were treated,
6 normal and 1 abnormal cases were treated and 2 major and some minor
operations were done. The Lady Doctor writes that during her short service a few
of the better class were treated as in-door patients for diseases peculiar to women.
189. In-patients, clothing and bedding have also been ordered for this
hospital from the Central Jail, Udaipur.
190. Alwar.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Bala Bai has been in sole
charge of the Lady Dufferin Hospital, Alwar, throughout the year. 161 in-and
18,283 out-door patients were treated as compared with 336 in-and 20,156 out-
patients in 1917. The decrease is attributed to prevalence of plague and
Influenza in the greater part of the year.
191. Sixty-one major and 1,010 minor operations were performed; of these
21 were obstetric operations against 100 major and 1,132 minor operations
in the previous year.
192. Two qualified Dais have been added to the staff of the hospital during
the year.
193. Bharatpur.—The work of the Female Hospital at Bharatpur was carried
on by Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon L. A. Hakim up to 21st August 191S
when she resigned her service. Since then the work of the hospital is done by
Male Sub-Assistant Surgeon Yasin Khan as a temporary measure. There was
considerable decrease in the number of both in-and out-door attendance as
compared with the figures of 1917.
194. Tonk.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Imaman has been in charge of
the Walter Zenana Hospital at Tonk throughout the year under the supervision
of the State Surgeon, Tonk State. The number of in-and out-door patients
was 134 and 6,880 respectively against 182 in-and 8,245 out-door patients in
the previous year.
195. Dai Class, Ajmer.—Mrs. M. Kane, Lady Superintendent, has been in
charge of the Dai Training Class, Ajmer, throughout the year. The eight
pupils who were mentioned in the last year's Report as being under instruction
worked till the end of the session, when they were examined by the Civil
Surgeon, Ajmer, on the 23rd April 1918. All of them passed, and were granted
certificates and the usual honorarium.
196. Six pupils were admitted into the current year's class, of whom two
came from Kishangarh, 1 from Jaipur, 1 from Nasirabad, 1 from Beawar and 1
from Kekri.
197. During the year 20 in-door and 63 out-door Maternity cases were
treated. 96 persons sought advice and treatment for diseases incidental to
women.
Imperial Service Troops.
198. The hospitals of the Native States Imperial Service Troops are all
well equipped. With the exception of those of the two regiments of Imperial
Service Lancers at Jodhpur they are under the medical charge of well qualified
Military Sub-Assistant Sugeons. Each regiment of the latter is under the
medical charge of a State enlisted Assistant Surgeon. The Mewar Imperial
Service Squadron at Udaipur has been under the medical charge of the Civil
Sub-Assistant Surgeon attached to the Lansdowne Hospital.
199. The Alwar Imperial Service Infantry, the Bikaner Camel Corps and the
Bharatpur Imperial Service Transport Corps are still on field service accompani-
ed by Military Sub-Assistant Surgeons.
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200. Ajmer.—There were 3 lunatics in the Central Jail, Ajmer, on 1st
January 1918 and 17 were admitted during the year, total of 20; of these 2 were
transferred to the Lahore Lunatic Asylum, 1 made over to his friend, 14 dis-
charged and 1 died. Two lunatics remained in the Jail at the close of the year.