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JAILS AND MEDICAL STAFF IN RAJPUTANA.
111. Jodhpur.—The daily average number of prisoners in the Central Jail,
Jodhpur, fell to 562.05 from 630.25 in 1908 and the number of sick admitted
to the hospital to 140 from 250 in the previous year.
112. The mortality and the death rate in this jail rose from 8 and 12.69 in
1908 to 13 and 23.13 per mille of average strength in 1909, which is due to the
fact that many of the deaths occurred amongst recently admitted prisoners to
the jail who arrived in a practically hopeless condition.
113. The improvement in jail administration and discipline since
Mr. MacGrath took over charge is very marked.
114. Bikaner.—The jail is as usual quite up to date.
115. The daily average number of prisoners fell from 287.28 in 1908 to
269.05 in 1909, number admitted into hospital from 5 to 4 and daily average
number of sick from 1.01 to 0.67 respectively.
116. Alwar.—The health of this jail has improved considerably within the
year. The daily average number of prisoners rose from 370.50 in 1908 to 432.33,
but the total number of cases admitted into hospital fell from 325 in 1908 to 129
in 1909, the daily average sick from 14.70 to 6.05, mortality from 13 to 10
and the death rate per mille from 59.09 to 23.13.
117. Bharatpur.—The new additions to the jail mentioned in the Report
for 1908 are practically ready and will very shortly be taken into use.
118. The mortality and death rate rose from 9 and 34.33 in 1908 to 19
and 67.03 in 1909 which is largely due to the fact that many prisoners were
admitted into the jail suffering from phthisis, which is very prevalent in the
city and district, and that most of the Bharatpur inhabitants are impregnated
with malaria.
119. Udaipur.—There has been overcrowding in the jail throughout the
year, but the health of the prisoners has been very good. There were only 10
deaths in 1909 against 21 in 1908 and 20 in 1907, of which 3 were due to
pneumonia, 3 to old age and debility, 1 to phthisis, 1 to dysentery, 1 to
malarial fever and 1 to cerebral thrombosis.
120. Pertdbgarh.—A new jail has been completed and will be taken into
use shortly.
121. There were no deaths reported in the jails at Shahpura, Jaisalmer,
Pertabgarh and Bundi.
122. The Residency Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer in Rajputana
inspected the jails at Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Dholpur,
Karauli, Kotah, Jhalawar, Tonk, Kishangarh and Alwar.
QUALIFIED MEDICAL STAFF.
Commissioned Medical Officers.
123. There were 12 Commissioned Medical Officers in appointments in
Rajputana in 1909 against 11 in the pre-
vious year. Captain (now Major) W. R.
Battye, I.M.S., was posted as Special Plague Medical Officer in Ajmer-Merwara
from the 16th October 1909.
124. Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) A. L. Duke, I.M.S., was appointed
temporarily as Residency Surgeon, Western Rajputana States, from 15th March
to 25th April 1909, during absence on privilege leave out of India of
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Macwatt, I.M.S.
125. Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) E. W. Hore, I.M.S., was appointed
as Agency Surgeon, Eastern Rajputana States, from 14th April 1909, in suc-
cession to Major Fisher on deputation to Europe with His Highness the
Maharaja of Bharatpur.
126. The post of Medical Officer, Mewar Bhil Corps, was converted from a
Military to a Civil one, with effect from 18th January 1909, and the desig-
nation of the appointment to " Agency Surgeon, Kherwara. "
127. Major P. B. Haig, I.M.S., was transferred from Alwar to Bhopal
from 4th November 1909, and Captain C. M. Goodbody, I.M.S., posted as
Agency Surgeon, Alwar, from 29th November 1909.
Additional Charge.
128. The Civil Surgeon, Ajmer, holds collateral charge of the 44th
Merwara Infantry and the Agency Sur-
geon, Haraoti and Tonk, is similarly in
additional charge of the 42nd Deoli Regiment.