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with his department. A similar course will be followed in the transfers and
appointments of the members of the Subordinate Medical Establishment, whose
services have been made available for duty with British troops.
9. HOSPITAL SERVANTS.—The supply of hospital servants for British
troops is arranged by the Inspector General, British Medical Service, and the
G. O. G. G., No. 603 Administrative Staff under his orders, in communication
of 1867. with the Commissariat Department, under the rules laid
down in Section XII. “ HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.”
10. MEDICAL SUBORDINATES FOR BRITISH TROOPS.—A proportion of the
Subordinate Medical Establishment, sanctioned for the
Ibid.
Madras Presidency, is placed at the disposal of the Inspec-
tor General, British Medical Service, for duties connected with British
troops.
11.
The Inspector General will exercise complete control over the
G. O. G. G., No. 603 subordinates placed at his disposal. He will cause annual
of 1867. reports as to the conduct, merits, and professional capacity
of each individual to be rendered to him, copies of which he will forward to
the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, who is entrusted with the
control of the Medical Subordinate Establishment as a whole. When a Medical
Subordinate is nominated for duty with British troops, the Inspector General,
British Medical Service, will cause him to be examined, either by a Deputy
Inspector General, or a Board of Medical Officers, to ascertain his fitness for
the duties expected of him ; and whenever a Medical Subordinate is reported
as unfit for duty with British troops, the Inspector General, British Medical
Service, will furnish all needful particulars as to the cause of inefficiency, in
applying to the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, for the services
of an effective substitute. Casualties amongst the Medical Subordinates
detailed for duty with British troops, are to be immediately reported to
the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, and Adjutant General of
the Army.
Ibid.
12.
The duties of officers of the British and Indian Medical Services
being generally distinct, no Returns or Reports will
be required by officers of one Service from those of
another, excepting those referred to in the preceding paragraph.
13.FIELD SERVICE.—When troops are assembled for field. service, all the
medical arrangements for the formation of Depôt Hospi-
Ibid.
tals, the supply of medical stores, the transport of the
sick, &c., will rest with the Medical Officer of either Service, who may be
specially appointed Principal Medical Officer to the force ; but under ordinary
circumstances, the administration of either branch of the Service is to be.
conducted only by its own officials.
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G. 0. G. G., No. 901
of 1866, para. 2.
Military Depart-
ment, No. 1,997, 31st
May 1867.
14. BUDGET-ESTIMATES.—The Inspector General, British Medical Ser-
vice, is responsible to Government for the punctual submission to the Comp-
troller of Military Accounts of the Budget-Estimates of his Depart-
ment.
The estimates are to be framed with a due regard to economy and
efficiency, and are to be drawn up strictly in accordance with established
forms. (See Section XXV. " BUDGET-ESTIMATES.")
15. INDENT FOR STATIONERY.—The Inspector General British Medical
Service will prepare and forward to the Superintendent of Stationery an
Annual Indent for stationery supplies required for his own office and by the
officers of his own department, as well as a supply of blank forms of Returns
for distribution to Administrative and Executive Medical Officers of Circles.
War Office blank forms, and books of sizes, are sent to Executive Medical
Officers upon their requisitions..
16. CHECKING INDENTS.—The Inspector General, British Medical Service
and his Administrative officers are responsible for the checking of all Indents
of Executive Medical Officers of the British Service on the Commissariat,
Ordnance, or Medical Store Departments.
17. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.—The Administrative Staff allowed by Gov-
ernment to aid the Inspector General, British Medical Service, in the control
of his Department. is as follows :—
Three Deputy Inspectors General.
One Staff Surgeon-Major.
One Assistant Surgeon, as Secretary and Statistical
Officer.
An office establishment, with salaries as below, is
sanctioned for the Inspector General, British Medical
.Service —
Salary.
Salary.
1
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
1 Manager
... 120 0 0 2 Copyists, at 20 Rs. each... 40 0 0
1
.
Clerk
...
60 0 0 4 Do., at 15 Rs. each... 60 0 0
1 Do.
...
...
50 0 0 1 Moochee...
•••
... 10 0 0
1 Do.
...
...
45 0 0 4 Peons, at 7 Rs. each ... 28 0 0
1 Do.
•••
....
40 0 0 1 Sweeper...
...
... 3 8 0
1 Copyist ...
...
25 0 0 1 Toty
...
•..
... 4 6 0
485 14 0
18. Inspector General, Indian Medical Department.—
GENERAL DUTIES. The Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, is
entrusted with the entire control and superintendence of
all Hospitals and Medical establishments connected with
G. O. G., No. 276 of
8th July 1859.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.
SECT. I.]
Royal Warrant 1860,
para. 5.
Para. 7.
Royal Warrant Jan.
1860.
G. 0. G. G., No. 964
of 1857.
the Native Army of the Madras Presidency, as well as of all Civil Hospitals,
Lunatic Asylums, Dispensaries, Lock Hospitals, and Medical Store Depôts; of all
Medical Establishments attached to the Judicial, Revenue, Police, and other
Departments subordinate to the Madras Government, excepting only the
supervision of the Medical Establishments of British troops.
19. SUBORDINATE TO GOVERNMENT IN CIVIL DEPARTMENT, AND TO COM-
MANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MILITARY.—In all medical, sanitary, or economic
duties relating to the civil population or Civil establishments of the Madras
Government, the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, is directly
subordinate to, and corresponds with the Government of Fort Saint George.
In all similar questions connected with the Native Army, or the professional
supervision of purely Military establishments, the Inspector General, Indian
Medical Department, is subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief.
20. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, INDIAN MEDICAL
DEPARTMENT.—The Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, is promoted
to the rank of Inspector General of Hospitals, by the Governor in Council,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for India, and Her Majesty's
Government.
21. An Officer must have served for three years in India, as Deputy.
Inspector General, before he is eligible for promotion to
the rank of Inspector General. It is competent, however,
for the Governor General in Council to shorten the period
of service in the lower grade, if he shall deem it expedi-
ent to do so. Promotion to the grade of Inspector General
is always to be given by selection for ability and merit, and the grounds of such
selection shall be stated in writing, for record in the Office of the Secretary
of State for India in Council.
22. An Inspector General, of the Indian Service, who has attained
the age of sixty-five years, shall be placed on the retired
list. The tenure of office of an Inspector General, Indian
Medical Department, is limited , to five years. Re-ap-
pointment for a second tour of duty may be made, if the
candidate is not disqualified by age, and if the interests of the public service
will be thereby advanced.
23. INSPECTOR, GENERAL TO ADVISE IN THE FILLING UP OF ALL APPOINTMENTS
IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— The Inspector General,
Indian Medical Department, is responsible to His Excel-
lency the Commander-in-Chief and Government for the due performance of
all duties laid down for the administrative, executive, and subordinate officials
of the Indian Medical establishment. In the filling up of vacant appointments
G. O. G., 8th July
1859, No. 276.
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or of offices temporarily vacant, the opinion and advice of the Inspector General,
Indian Medical Department, is to be taken regarding all medical appointments,
whether of Commissioned Officers, or of Subordinates, but the responsibility
of the several appointments will rest with the Government or Commander-
in-Chief, by whom they will be made.
24. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS BY WHOM MADE.—Promotions to the grades
of Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Surgeon Major, and Surgeon,
are made, subject to Her Majesty's approval, by the Governor in Council. All
Medical appointments in the Military, Political, and Civil
Departments are made by the Governor in Council. The
postings of Deputy Inspectors General to Circles (except at the Presidency
where the Governor in Council appoints an officer) the postings of Surgeons
and Assistant Surgeons to corps, of Staff Surgeons to Garrisons, and all appoint-
ments of Medical Subordinates are ordered by the Commander-in-Chief.
25. INSPECTOR GENERAL TO SUBMIT ALL REPORTS AND RETURNS OF HOSPI-
TALS, &C., REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT.—The Inspector General, Indian Medical
Department, is responsible to Government for the due submission of all Reports,
Returns, and other documents, required by the administrative departments.
of the State, to illustrate the working of Hospitals, Military and Civil, and of all
Medical and Sanitary establishments under the Madras Government. (See
Section, XX.)
26. ANNUAL INDENT FOR STORES.—The Inspector General, Indian Medical
Department, will prepare an annual indent for Medical
and Surgical stores required to be supplied from Europe,
submitting the same for the sanction of Government
through the Comptroller Military Accounts, not later than the first of August
in each year. This indent will include provision for the wants of European
and Native troops, the Civil Hospitals maintained wholly or in part by
Government, the requirements of all Revenue, Judicial, and Police Establish-
ments, and also a sufficient supply for general distribution when epidemic
diseases prevail amongst the civil population. The re-
quirements for the Military and Civil Departments are
to- be shown in separate columns of the Indent.
27. The annual indent is to be framed with great care, and the demands
for established articles of supply are to be calculated on the actual expenditure
of former years. The quantities indented for, added to the balance in hand,
or due on former Indents, should be equal to the expenditure of the two and
a half years preceding.
28. Whenever new articles are included in the Indent, or the established
proportion of two and a half years' expenditure is exceeded, full explanation is
to be afforded by the Inspector General.
Ibid
G. O. , No 3, 216 of 1867, M. D.
G. O., 7th May 1869,
No 1,713, M.D.
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SECT. I.]
G. O. G., No. 232
of 1868
G. O. G., No. 90 of
1869.
29. BUDGET-ESTIMATE s.—The Inspector General, Indian Medical Depart-
ment, is directed to prepare annually an estimate of expenditure on account
of the Medical establishments of the Native Army. He is also required
to submit estimates of Medical expenditure in the several civil departments of
the State. These estimates are to be prepared in accordance with the instruc-
tions laid downin SectionXXV. ("BUDGET-ESTIMATES"), and are to be rendered
punctually to date.
30. INDENTS FOR STATIONERY FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—The In-
spector General, Indian Medical Department, will prepare and forward to the
Superintendent of the Stationery office an annual indent for stationery supplies
required for his own office and by the Officers of his Department. The Indent
is to be made out strictly in accordance with regulations. (See Section, XIII.
"INDENTS.")
31. CONTROL OF SUBORDINATE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—The entire con-
trol of the Subordinate Medical establishment devolves upon the Inspector
General, Indian Medical Department. The number of
Apothecaries and Hospital Assistants given below, are to
be placed at the disposal of the Inspector General, British
Medical Service, for duty with British troops, and are not
to be withdrawn, or changed, without that Officer's sanction. While employed
with British troops, Medical Subordinates are wholly under the orders of the
Inspector General, British Medical Service, who will be held responsible by
Government, that the regulations, in regard to their professional duties and
supervision, are obeyed.
A p o t h e c a r y .
A s s i s t a n t A p o t h e c a r y
P a s s e d H o s p i t a l A p p r e n t i c e
H o s p i t a l A p p r e n t i c e
H o s p i t a l A s s i s t a n t
For each European Infantry Regiment ...
...
1
1
1
1
. . .
Do.
do. Cavalry
do.. .
1
1
1
1
1
Do.
do. Brigade of Artillery ...
••
1
. . .
1
1
1
Do.
Battery of Artillery with Head-quarter. ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
Do.
do.
do, Detached
•••
• •••
1
•••
•••
1
Do.
Large Depôt or Sanitarium ......
1
1
1
1
. . .
Do.
Small do or
do.
.••
.••
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
15 per cent. for Contingent duties
•.. •..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
32. SUPERVISION OF MEDICAL BOARD, AND PERSONAL EXAMINATION OF CAN-
DIDATES FOR SICK CERTIFICATE AND PENSION.—The Inspector General, IndianMedi-
cal Department is assisted by a standing Medical Committee (composed of medi-
cal officers holding staff appointments at the Presidency)
in the examination of Military officers, and others, apply-
ing for leave on Medical Certificate, or of applicants for compensation for
G O. G., No. 329
of 1858.
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[SECT. I.
wounds, or final wound pension, or invaliding. Covenanted. or Uncovenanted
Civil Servants are, whenever practicable, personally examined by the Inspector
General, Indian Medical Department, before obtaining leave on medical certi-
ficate to any place out of India.
33. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.—The Inspector General Indian Medical. De-
partment, is assisted in the supervision of his Department by an Administra-
tive Staff as follows :-
Six Deputy Inspectors General of Hospitals.
One Secretary and Statistical Officer.
(The Secretary may be of any rank below that of
Deputy Inspector General.)
34. OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT.—An office establishment, as below, is sanc-
tioned for the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department. His official duties
must be conducted at the seat of the Madras Government.
Salary.
OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT.
RS. A. P.
1 Manager
...
••
...
...
...
150 0 0
1 Examiner ...
...
...
...
. . .
75 0 0
1 Indexer
...
... ... .
••
70 0 0
1 Budget Clerk
...
...
...
60 0 0
2 First class Clerks, at Rs. 40 and 50 each...
90 0 0
2 Second
do.
at Rs. 25 each ...
50 0 0
3 Copyists, at Rs. 25, 18, and 17 each
...
60 0 0
1 Record-keeper
...
...
• • •
...
20 0 0
1 Registering and Dispatching Writer
...
20 0 0
1 Moochee
...
. •• ••• •••
•.•
10 8 0
5 Peons, at Rs. 7 each
. • •
• ..
...
35 0 0
1 Sweeper
...
•••
... ...
...
3 8 0
1 Toty ...
•.•
...
. • .
•••
...
4 6 0
Total... 648 6 0
35. Secretary and Statistical Officer—The duties of Secretary
and Statistical Officer are
(a.) To assist the Inspector General, in the routine duties of his
office.
(b) To supervise the Clerks of the Office establishment.
(c) To prepare, from the weekly or monthly Returns of Sick, such
Statistical tables as the Inspector General may wish to submit to Government,
in illustration of annual or other Reports.
G. 0. G. G., No. 901
of 1866.
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(d)
To keep a Roster of all Medical officers and subordinates entitled
to promotion, and to submit the names of those entitled thereto to the Inspector
General, when vacancies occur.
(e) To keep a register of all applications for appointments, or
exchange of duty, both of Medical officers and subordinates.
(f) To check and pass all ordinary indents of- Medical Officers and. Deputy
Medical Store-keepers on the Presidency Store Depôt, as well as indents on.
other Departments requiring the sanction of the Head of the Department..
36. The Secretary and Statistical Officer conducts all ordinary corres-
G. 0., No. 69,Mily. pondence with Deputy Inspectors General, Medical of
fi-Dept., 8th Jan. 1858. cers, and deputies of other Departments, under the direc-
tions of the Inspector General. The Inspector General signs all letters
addressed to Government or Heads of Departments.
37. The Secretary and Statistical Officer is responsible for the punctual
preparation and submission to his immediate superior, of all periodical
returns and reports required by the Medical Department, by Government, or
by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
NOTE.—The provisions in Clauses d, e, and f are not applicable to the Secretary and
Statistical Officer, British Medical Service.
38. DeputyInspectors General of Hospitals, British
S e r v i c e . – T h e C i r c l e s o f s u p e r i n t e n d e n c e o f t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i v e O f f i c e r s o f t h e B r i t i s h
Medical Service, are as follows :—
G. 0. G. No. 207,.
14th May 1867.
CIRCLES.
STATIONS.
Presidency......Fort Saint George and Stations adja-
cent, Trichinopoly and Wellington
in the Southern Division, Stations in.
the Northern Districts, in which Bri-
tish troops may hereafter be located..
Mysore... ... ...Bangalore, with the Stations in Mala-
bar and the Ceded Districts.
Hyderabad... ... Secunderabad and Trimulgherry, with.
Kamptee, and other Stations occupi-
ed by British troops composing the
Nagpore Force.
British Burmah...Rangoon, with the two frontier posts
of Thyetmyo and Tonghoo, and Port
Blair in the Andamans.
NOTE.—The administrative duties of the latter Circle are entrusted to a Staff Surgeon-
Major. B
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.
39. Circles of Deputy Inspectors General of Hospitals, Indian
Medical Department.—The circles of superintendence
of Deputy Inspectors General, Indian Medical Depart-
ment are-
1. Southern District, with the addition of Mala-,
bar and Wynaad.*
2. Mysore and Ceded Districts.
3. Hyderabad.
4. Nagpore.
5. Pegu.
6. Presidency and Northern District.
The Deputy Inspectors General of Mysore, Hyderabad Subsidiary Force,
Nagpore, and Pegu are to conduct their duties as regards the Civil depart-
ment under the authority of the Commissioners, or Chief civil officers of those
Provinces.
40. Official designation of Deputy Inspectors.—The official de-
signation of a Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals of Her Majesty's Army
Medical Department is " DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL,
BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE; " and of the Indian Service
" DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, INDIAN MEDICAL DEPART-
MENT."
41. Selection.—BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE.—Deputy Inspectors of Hos-
pitals of the British Service are selected by the Director General of the
Army Medical Department, for a tour of five years' duty in India. On the
completion of a tour of duty they are relieved. Their promotion is regulated
by the rules of the Medical Department of the British Army.
42. INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Promotion to the rank of Deputy
Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, is made by selection from the
Surgeons Major and Surgeons of that Department, in accordance with the
following Regulations :—
(a) A Surgeon must have served for ten years
in India, of which two years must have been passed with
the rank of Surgeon in or with a Regiment, or as a Civil Surgeon.
* NoTE.—Malabar and Wynaad belong properly to the Mysore Division. All ordinary
business in the Medical Department in connection with those Districts is transacted by
the Deputy Inspector General of Mysore and Ceded Districts. The Inspection duties alone
are delegated to the Deputy Inspector General of the Southern District, who inspects also
stations in South Canara, and the stations of Chellumbrum and Cuddalore in the Presidency
Division.
G. 0. G. No. 56,
5th February 1867.
G. 0. G. No. 208
14th May 1867.
Royal Warrant,13th
Jan. 1860.
G. 0. G. G. No.
364 of 1856.
Des. of Secy. of State,
No. 173, 23rd Dec.
1863.
SECT. 1.]
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.
NOTE 1.—The following appointments are to be considered as appertaining to the
Military branch of the Service, and equivalent to Regimental duty in qualifying for promo-
tion :-
Secretary and Statistical Officer, Indian Medical Department.
Principal Medical Store-keeper.
Garrison Surgeon.
Garrison Assistant Surgeon.
Superintendent Eye-Infirmary.
The appointment of Superintendent of a Lunatic Asylum is
not considered to be of a nature qualifying for promotion.
NOTE 2 —Medical officers who accept civil employment, the duties of which are uncon-
nected with the Medical profession, will be required to serve two
years in the Military or Civil branch of the profession, after pro
–motion, or after they relinquish unprofessional employment, to become eligible for promo-
tion to Deputy Inspector General.
NOTE 3.—The Governor General in Council may shorten the period of service for pro-
motion in cases of emergency, or when the good of the service
renders such alteration in the rule desirable.
(b) An Officer must be selected for ability and merit from the whole
rank of Surgeons, whether styled Surgeons, or Sur-
geons Major, and the grounds of such selection are to
be stated in writing, and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State for
India in Council.
43. Rules for Selection to be strictly adhered to.—The Secre-
tary of State for India has enjoined a strict adherence to
the conditions prescribed by the Royal Warrant of 1860,
in the selection of officers for promotion to the rank of
Deputy Inspector General, and has declined to sanction
any promotion not made in accordance therewith.
44. Tour of duty limited to Five years.—The tour of service of a
Deputy Inspector General, Indian Medical Department,
is limited to five years. All service on full pay is in-
cluded in the period of five years for which the office
may be held. Officers, however, if not disqualified by
age, are eligible for re-appointment for a second tour of duty in the same
grade, or for employment in the higher grade of Inspector General by pro-
motion thereto. A Deputy Inspector who has attained
the age of 65, shall be placed on the retired list.
45. Residence.—Deputy Inspectors General, both of the British and
Indian Services, are to reside at the principal stations within their respective
Circles. Stations at which Medical depôts of stores are established are consi-
dered principal stations. But in circles or divisions where there may be more
than one depôt, the place of residence of the Deputy Inspector General will be
G. 0. G. G., No,
1.135 of 1858.
Royal Warrant, 1860
Royal warrant, 13th
Jan. 1860.
Despatch of Secre-
tary of State, No. 173
of 23rd December
1863.
G.O. G, G., No. 1,060
of 1864.
G. 0. G. G., No. 456
of 1865.
Royal Warrant, 13th
Jan. 1860.