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149. Three hundred and seventy-seven operations were done against 383
in 1909.
150. Female Hospital Assistant, Mrs. Elias, resigned her post in June and her
place was filled up by Miss Hannal Paul, trained in the Medical Mission School.
Ludhiana, in the Punjab.
151. A dark room has been arranged for optholmoscopic and laryngeal exami-
nations, etc., and a Mackenzie rack movement lamp with bulls-eye lens frontal
chimney has been supplied from England by the generosity of His Highness the
Maharajah.
152. Kotah.—Miss J. Newton, L.R.C.P. & S., has been in charge of the Victoria
Jubillee Hospital at Kotah throughout the year. There was a considerable increase
in the number of out-door patients treated in the hospital. There were 340
operations performed against 293 in 1909.
153. Female Hospital Assistant, Miss Helen Buldeo Singh, is popular and liked
by the women of Kotah.
154. Three Dais passed the examination conducted by the Agency Surgeon
with credit during the year and are now receiving R2 per mensem as bonus
money, the fourth being dull did not go up for examination.
155. The Agency Surgeon expects more women to be admitted in the class
next year from the various Nizamats, who, after they have undergone a course of
instruction will be attached to the dispensaries of their District so that the Sub¬
Assistant-Surgeon may have their services whenever necessary.
156. Tonk.—Miss K. Reed, L.R.C.P. &S., Edinburgh, has been in charge of
the Walter Zenana Hospital throughout the year. There were 237 in and 6,748
out-door patients treated against 279 in and 8,922 out-patients in 1909, this consider-
able decrease is due to the severe epidemic of plague in the Tonk City. There were
331 operations done as compared with 378 in the previous year.
157. Udaipur.—Female Hospital Assistant Shitabo Bai was in charge of the
Walter Female Hospital at Udaipur till the 17th January 1910, when Miss Mc¬
Glashan, M.B., Ch. B., returned from leave and resumed charge of the hospital.
There was a falling off in the number of both in and out-door patients treated as
compared with the previous year which is due to the severe outbreak of plague in
the Udaipur City during the year under report.
158. There was an increase in the number of patients visted at their homes
which it is hoped means that purdah women patients may in time take more advan-
tage of the presence of female medical aid. The Lady Doctor states that the
Female Hospital Assistant is well received amongst the purdah-nashin ladies.
159. Jaipur.—Miss L. E. Sykes, M.D., has been in charge of the female wards
of the Mayo Hospital at Jaipur throughout the year. There was a decrease in both
in and out-door patients and in those who were visited at their houses, owing to the
severe epidemic of plague in Jaipur City during the year under report. Operations
on women were 569 as compared with 689 in 1909.
160. The compounding, dressing and nursing work in the female wards is now
done by females only.
161. During the year the old class for illiterate hereditary Dais has been abol-
ished and some educated girls were secured for this training. At present a class
of 4 such pupils has been opened and it is proposed that under Miss Sykes, M.D., in
addition to midwifery they will be taught compounding of medicines, dressing of
surgical cases and sick nursing so as to render them as efficient as possible for the
mixed duties of any hospital. These pupils get their scholarship at R4 per
mensem from the funds of the Jaipur State.
162. Bharatpur.—Female Hospital Assistant Bibi Rup Kunwar has been in
charge of the Female Hospital at Bharatpur throughout the year. There were
370 in and 8,080 out-door patients treated in 1910 against 422 in and 7,672 out-door
patients in 1909.
163. The new buildings for this hospital are under construction.
164. Bikaner.—Female Hospital Assistant, Mrs. Elizabeth Moji Ram, was in
charge of the female wards of the Bhagwan Das Hospital, Bikaner, from 1st January
to 2nd February and from 1st October to 31st December 1910. Meanwhile, she had
resigned her post on account of her state of health.