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REPORT ON SANITATION, DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA FOR 1922
Statement II.
Expenditure on Vaccination in Ajmer-Merwara.
39. The total expenditure on vaccination in Ajmer-Merwara was Rs. 5,117-6-2
against Rs. 4,671-11-2 in the previous year. The increase of Rs. 445-11-0 was
due to increase of pay of Vaccinators and
in rate of travelling allowance. The average
cost of each successful case was 72 pies against 75 pies in 1921-22.
Expenditure on Vaccination in Indian States.
40. The total expenditure on vaccination in Indian States was Rs. 61,405-3-2
as compared with Rs. 54,402-7-4 in the previous season, the increase in cost being
due to pay and travelling allowance to
Vaccination Staff. The average cost of
each successful Vaccination in different States varied from 140 pies in Kushal¬
garh State to 27 in Sirohi.
41. The following table shows the number of towns and villages inspected
and Vaccination seen by Residency or Agency Surgeons in Indian States :—
Designation.
The Principal Medical Officer, Bikaner States .
.
.
.
.
The Residency Surgeon, Mewar, Udaipur
.
.
.
.
.
The Agency Surgeon, Kotah and Jhalawar
.
.
.
.
.
The State Surgeon, Alwar
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Number of towns
and villages
inspected.
4
17
156
103
Number of Vac-
cination oases
seen.
2,063
152
1,233
1,422
42. The Indian Superintendent of Vaccination and other Inspecting Officers
in Indian States inspected 53,980 vaccinations against 66,896 in 1921-22. The
percentage of cases found successful among the total number seen in 1922-23 was
98.38 against 95.14 in the previous season.
43. Lymph is maintained throughout the year in most of the States. The
Calf Vaccine Lymph obtained during the year from the Government Lymph
Depots was satisfactory.
Section II.—Dispensaries.
STATEMENT A.
Number of Dispensaries.
44. The number of Hospitals and Dispensaries at the close of last year was
184. Two Mina Corps Hospitals were opened at Deoli and Erinpura on the 1st
May 1922 and one new Dispensary was opened in the Jaipur State during the
year. The number open at the close of the year was 187.
45. The Dispensaries are classified as under:—
I. State Public
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. State Special .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
V. Private non-aided (i.e., Indian States)
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
8
15
164
187
46. Besides these there are seven Mission Hospitals and Dispensaries and one
Hospital and nine Dispensaries of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
within the limits of Rajputana but as the submission of the Annual Report on
Dispensaries was discontinued the Statistics for those Institutions were not obtain-
ed for the year under report.
Improvements and additions to Hospitals and
Dispensaries.
47. Jaipur.—A sum of Rs. 3,384 was
spent in affecting improvements and addi-
tions to the Mayo Hospital.
48. Dungarpur.—Vijaiya Hospital. Two rooms formerly used as cattle shed
and capable of accommodating 2 patients each and which are situated on either
side of the Female Ward known as the Denandia Vanita Ashram have been con-
verted into rooms for Female In-Patients.
Sagwara Dispensary.—The new building for dispensing at Sagwara was con-
structed and is being used since the beginning of the year under report.