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was classed under various heads and books of printed forms supplied to the four
hospitals, Arthur Road, Maratha, Modikhana and Mahomedan General. The forma
were in duplicate. The form used was as follows :—
Duplicate.
The "Remarks" and the footnote written in by the Relieving Officer, rest by the hospital staff.
Hospital — Maratha No.
Ñame — Anandi, widow of G opal.
Caste — Maratha. Sex — Female. Age 25. £§8gië
Occupation — .ZTir husband a coachman.
Income — He got Rt.ll. When admitted— cÜsüii
22nd February 1899.
Bombay address — Girgaum Baoh Eoad.
Rent paid — Its. 2 per month.
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How long in Bombay — One year.
Native place — Dapoli, Ratnagiri.
What relations — A daughter.
Who attends
Remarks — Wants to return to her country
where she has friends. Her husband died
of plague in hospital. No means.
Date— 7th March 1899.
Both gent home. Tichcts Us. 4 ; Food Rs. 3,
and 2 blankets. Total Us. 7.
Hospital — Maratha No.
Name — Anan&i, widow of Gopal.
Caste — Maratha. Sex— Female. Age 25.
Occupation — Her husband a coachman.
Income — Ha got Its . 11 per month. When
admitted — 22nd February 2899.
Bombay aààress— Girgaum Bach Road.
Rent paid — Ms. 2 per month.
How long in Bombay— One year.
Native place — Dapoli, Ratnagiri.
What relations — A daughter.
Who attends—
Remarks — Wants to return to her country
where she lias friends. Her husband died
of plague in hospital. No means.
Date— 7th March 1S99.
Both sent home. Tickets Rs. a ; Feed Rs. 3
and 2 blankets. Total Rs. 7.
When a patient was to be discharged or a relation who had been attending on
a sick person was to be let out from quarantine, and the hospital staff held the case to
be deserving of help from the Fund, all the details were filled in before my arrival,
excepting the column for "Remarks." The cases would then be enquired into one
by one and action taken accordingly. The reasons for giving relief, the amount
and nature of the relief, and any other noteworthy particulars would be written
down under the remarks column also in duplicate. The money allotted from the
Fund would then be paid. The duplicate forms would be taken away by the
Relieving Officer and afterwards copied into the weekly detailed statement of
expenditure furnished to the Chief Accountant of the Municipality for audit and
control. Very great help was given in this way at the Maratha Hospital by the
Hospital House Surgeon, Suntaji Ramji, a retired Government Hospital Assistant
who studied all the cases in his official capacity and brought all deserving cases to my
notice, filling in their forms ; at the Arthur Road this work was done by the Hospital
Assistant Mr. Samson ; at the Mahomedan General by the Mahomedan Doctor in
charge of the hospital, Timour Rehraan, an excellent fellow, and at Modikhana by
Dr. Tarkud, the Medical Officer. These returns were checked by my own obser-
vations and notes, as I made a point of going through all the wards and seeing all
the patients, talking to many of them or to their friends, and gathering information
from the nurses and attendants. Moreover, it was open to any patient or his
relatives to appeal to me at any time, which they often did, for it soon became
known to all in the various hospitals that the Government had sent me provided with
ample funds to help all the poor and distressed on their discharge from hospital.
Julai Hospital.
At the Mahomedan Julai Hospital in Ripon Road the process was somewhat
different. There were here no nurses and no European treatment. A native
Hakim controlled everything, all the arrangements were thoroughly native, and
the patients themselves belonged to a poor and rather turbulent class. Special
efforts were, therefore, made to make this hospital popular. The convalescent
patients and contacts were all kept, at the hospital till they were quite hale