DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA.
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124. Partabgarh.—The new jail was opened on the 14th April 1910 and the
prisoners from the old jail were transferred to it. There was no death amongst the
prisoners of this jail.
125. Banswara.—There was only one death amongst the inmates of this prison
as compared with 6 in 1909.
126. Dungarpur.—The health of the prisoners in the jail was satisfactory.
The daily average number of prisoners fell from 65.78 in 1909 to 61.04 in 1910 and
the total admissions into hospital fell from 81 to 62 only in 1910.
QUALIFIED MEDICAL STAFF.
Commissioned Medical Officers.
127. There were 11 Commissioned Medical Officers employed in Rajputana at
the end of the year. The appointment of the Medical Officer on special plague
duty in the Ajmer-Merwara District was
abolished on the 29th April 1910, on the
transfer of Major W. R. Battye, I.M.S., to Udaipur as Residency Surgeon, Mewar.
128. Lieutenant-Colonel P. Durrel Pank, I.M.S., held charge of the duties of
the Residency Surgeon, Jaipur, from 1st January to 16th May 1910, when he retired
on pension. Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. Robinson, I.M.S., held charge from
17th May to 25th November and Major J. Fisher D.S.O., I.M.S., from the 26th
November to the end of the year.
129. Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Macwatt, I.M.S., Residency Surgeon, Western
Rajputana State, Jodhpur, held charge of the current duties of the office of the
Civil Surgeon, Bikaner, in addition to his own, from 15th May to 26th August 1910
when Major J. W. Watson was posted as Civil Surgeon, Bikaner.
130. Consequent on the retirement from the service of Lieutenant-Colonel
H. N. V. Harington, I.M.S., on the 27th November 1910, Lieutenant-Colonel
W. H. B. Robinson, I.M.S. was appointed as Residency Surgeon and Chief Medical
Officer in Rajputana, with effect from the 28th November 1910.
Additional Charge.
131. The Civil Surgeon, Ajmer holds collateral charge of the 44th Merwara
Infantry, the Agency Surgeon, Haraoti and
Tonk, is similarly in additional charge of
the 42nd Deoli Regiment, the Agency Surgeon, Kherwara is in Medical Charge of
the Dungarpur State and the Medical Officer, 43rd Erinpura Regiment inspects
the Shoganj Dispensary adjacent to the Cantonment of Erinpura.
132. Doctor D. G. Newland, L.R., C.P. & S., Edinburgh, was on plague duty
at Abu Road throughout the year. Owing to the abolition of the Medical Inspec-
tion of passengers at the Ajmer Railway Station the services of Honorary Captain
W. Thompson were dispensed with from the 16th September 1910.
133. Military Assistant Surgeons.—Assistant Surgeon H. F. de-Penning
reverted to his Military appointment at Bareilly in July 1910 on the disappearance
of plague in the Ajmer-Merwara District. Assistant-Surgeon A. W. Dyer was in
charge of the Northern India Salt Revenue Dispensary at Sambhar up to 31st
August, 1910 when he was transferred to the Baster State in Chattisgarh Division
and Military Assistant Surgeon R. J. K. Stone, I.S.M.D., took over charge of that
dispensary on the forenoon of the 19th September 1910.
134. Civil Assistant-Surgeons.—There were five Government Assistant-
Surgeons, two employed in the Ajmer-Merwara District, one at Jaipur, one at
Khetri, and one at Bharatpur.
135. In accordance with the orders of the Government of India the title " Sub-
Assistant-Surgeon " has been adopted in lieu of " Hospital Assistants."
136. Military Sub-Assistant Surgeons.—The following Regiments, Imperial
Service Corps in Rajputana have Military Sub-Assistant Surgeons attached to
them:—
Alwar 1st Lancers . . .
Alwar Fateh Paltan . .
Bharatpur Transport . .
2
2
2
Bharatpur Infantry .
Jaipur Transport. .
Bikaner Camel Corps .
2
1
1
137. In the two Jodhpur Imperial Service Regiments, medical arrangements
are made by the State.