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PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
85. The disease was in existence in Mewar, Alwar and Marwar throughout
the year as well as in Jaipur and Bharatpur except in July and August. It is still
in existence in a less degree in these States.
86. In the infected villages of the Native States, evacuation, disinfection and
segregation was carried out, also freely airing and exposing to the sun all garments,
bedding, grain, etc., removed from evacuated houses. Evacuation was the most
popular of the methods employed against the disease and was readily resorted to
by the villagers when rats were found dying or plague appeared.
87. Inoculation was carried out in the places mentioned above (paragraph 68)
but was steadily opposed by the majority of the people in the Native States on
account of their prejudices and ignorance of the connected facts with it.
88. Pamphlets in English and Vernacular were circulated and distributed
widely throughout the towns and villages.
89. Measures for rat destruction can seldom be adopted in the Native States
as the people are against the practice.
90. A plague map showing the districts where outbreaks occurred, the date
of the first and last cases and the death-rate per 10,000 of population is attached.
STATEMENT F.
Class and sex of patients.
91. From this statement it will be seen that 801,036 men, 285,965 women,
231,214 male children and 156,162 female
children were treated as compared with
844, 158; 316, 887; 229, 747; and 154,412 respectively in the previous year.
STATEMENT G.
92. During the year under report a total number of 68,446 operations were
performed on 68,177 persons in Ajmer-Merwara and in Native States against
67,178 operations done on 66,969 persons in the previous year. The cures amounted
to 67,356, the numbers relieved 332, discharged otherwise 181, and died 90 against
66, 180, 286, 182 and 81 respectively in 1909 while 218 remained under treatment
on 31st December 1910 as compared with 240 in 1909.
93. Of the operations performed 1,460 were extractions of the lens for cataract
of which 1,178 or 80.70 per cent. proved successful, 38 lithotomies, 145 litholapaxies
and 189 amputations against 1,587 extractions of the lens for cataract, 48 litho-
tomies, 149 litholapaxies and 158 amputations in 1909.
94. There were 375 abdominal operations performed of which 6 were laparo¬
tomy with 3 deaths 4 abdominal sections with 2 deaths, 15 for abscess of liver with
1 death and 28 hernia with 2 deaths.
95. It is worthy to note that the operative work during 1910 shows a satisfac-
tory increase in spite of plague being epidemic during the greater part of the year.
STATEMENT H.
96. Shows the income and expenditure of Government dispensaries and hospi-
tals and the expenditure only on those in Native States.
97. The total income of hospitals and dispensaries in Ajmer-Merwara was
R20,495 as compared with R19,686 in 1909, this increase is due to the fact that
arrears of contribution were paid by certain Istimirardars and Jagirdars. The
cash balance at the close of the year stood at R4,707. The value of the invested
capital of the dispensaries in this division remained the same as in 1909.
98. In Ajmer-Merwara the total expenditure fell from R17,104 in 1909 to
R15,866 in 1910 which shows a marked decrease in expenditure under head
" Dieting " but the expenditure under heads " Buildings and Repairs " rose from
R1,146 in 1909 to R1,296 in 1910.
99. The expenditure of the Victoria Hospital at Ajmer under head " Building
and Repairs " rose from R598 in 1909 to R1,160 in 1910, owing to the cons-
tructions of servants' quarters and certain improvements and repairs in the hospital
building.
Native States.
100. The total expenditure on hospitals and dispensaries in Native States of
Rajputana rose from R363,854 in 1909
to R372,397 in 1910 which is due to
increase under all heads except under column " Dieting."