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REPORT ON SANITATION, DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA FOR 1924
14. The mortality from Bowel complaints was 204 against 261 in the previous
year.
15. Deaths from Respiratory diseases shew an increase of 62 as compared with
last year.
16. Small-Pox appeared in a modified form in the month of March 1924 and
continued till the close of the year under review.
INDIAN STATES.
17. The Indian States of Jhalawar, Kishengurh, Western Rajputana including
Sirohi and Jaisalmer, Mewar, Banswara, Bundi and Tonk were free from all
epidemic diseases. Cases of Small-Pox were reported from some parts of Mewar.
In the Jaipur city the said epidemic prevailed in a very virulent form in the first
5 months of the year under report and accounted for not less than 382 deaths
amongst children.
18. Bharatpur State.—158 cases and 24 deaths from Small-Pox were reported
from two towns and three villages during the year against 201 cases and 30 deaths
in the previous year. Bharatpur and Weir towns were affected. 58 cases of
Plague were reported from one town and one village. Out of which 38 proved
fatal against one case and one death in the preceding year. Kaman town was
affected.
Cholera was responsible for 262 cases and 132 deaths in 18 towns and villages.
Bharatpur city and Weir town were affected.
19. Bikaner.—From 25th January to 21st July 1924 there were 469 cases and
429 deaths from Small-Pox during the year under report.
20. Kotah State.—The chief epidemic during the year was an outbreak of
Cholera which began in Kotah city on the 18th May 1924, being imported by a
woman of Jhalrapatan, who had been to some place in the U. P. where Cholera
was raging and who happened to halt for a day at Kotah on her way back to
Jhalrapatan. The epidemic continued up to 18th July 1924 and was responsible
for 453 cases and 217 deaths. Later it spread to 8 Nizamats of the State. Out
of these Kotah city, Sangod, Baran, Mangrol, Khanpur and Digod Nizamats
suffered most. In spite of all necessary measures and precautions taken to stamp
out the disease it lingered on for two months as the people in spite of being told
often to take certain precautions and not to drink the river water which was infected
and which remains stagnant during May and June persisted in doing so. As soon
as the monsoon broke out and the river got good flood the disease was also washed
away.
21. Dungarpur State.—Small-Pox
which broke out in an epidemic form in
Dungarpur, Sagwara and Galiakote in December 1923 continued up to the 8th
March 1924. There were 41 seizures during the year under report and the number
of cases brought forward from previous year was 123, of the total number of 164
only 10 proved fatal while the rest 154 were cured.
The success thus achieved in combating the disease was mainly due to the
timely preventive and curative measures which were at once resorted to. A
certain amount of difficulty was however experienced in launching the vaccination
campaign, but it was overcome with the co-operation of the Local authorities and
a good many people came for vaccination and even for re-vaccination.
SANITATION AND WATER SUPPLY.
22. The sanitary condition of Ajmer city continues to be very bad, in spite
of efforts to improve it : the struggle is against the usual lack of funds and the
lack of sanitary education of the people.
23. The Birat System of conservancy can not be too strongly condemned.
24. I hope that a motor lorry service for removal of rubbish will be started
in 1925.
25. A set of 4 incinerators (small size) has been set up in one of the Wards
of the city and I hope will improve the sanitation of that quarter., which is the
one in which pilgrims for the Urs Fair mostly congregate.