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REPORT ON SANITATION, DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA FOR 1924
86. The total expenditure of Ajmer-Merwara Dispensaries was Rs. 33,467
against Rs. 35,400 showing a decrease of Rs. 1,933 which is due to the fact that
expenditure under heads Salaries, cost of European Medicines and Buildings de-
creased.
87. The value of invested capital remained the same as in the last year, viz.,
Rs. 33,500.
Indian States.
88. The total expenditure of hospitals and dispensaries in the Indian States
of Rajputana was Rs. 7,23,620 against Rs. 6,80,061 in 1923 showing an increase
of Rs. 43,559 which is mainly due to the construction of a new Office for the Chief
Medical Officer at Kotah and of certain additions to his residential quarters. The
completion of a Ward, fit to accommodate 4 in-patients, at the Vijey Hospital,
Dungarpur, the construction of a hut for the Hospital sweeper and addition of
a corrugated iron sheet shade to the Chief Medical Officer's quarters at Dungarpur
were also responsible for a part of the increase.
89. Of the total expenditure on hospitals and dispensaries in the Indian
States Rs. 1,36,895 were expended in Jaipur, Rs. 92,623 in Bikaner, Rs. 1,32,240
in Marwar, Rs. 73,172 in Kotah, Rs. 77,807 in Mewar, Rs. 30,844 in Bharatpur,
Rs. 46,170 in Alwar, Rs. 17,218 in Tonk, Rs. 16,081 in Jhalawar, Rs. 13,861 in
Sirohi, Rs. 15,266 in Dholpur, Rs. 11,061 in Karauli, Rs. 8,639 in Banswara,
Rs. 6,386 in Kishengarh, Rs. 6,236 in Shahpura, Rs. 6,397 in Jaisalmer, Rs. 13,467
in Dungarpur, Rs. 4,015 in Partabgarh, Rs. 4,507 in Bundi and Rs. 1,789 in Ku¬
shalgarh.
90. The average cost of each case treated in Ajmer-Merwara and in the Indian
States Hospitals and dispensaries was 84 and 85 pies against 99 and 96 pies re-
spectively in 1923.
Jails.
91. Ajmer.—The daily average number of persons in the Ajmer Jail was
349.70 against 295.71 in the previous year.
92. The total number of admissions into Hospital and the daily average
number of sick during the year were 86 and 2.42 against 47 and 1.69 in the preced-
ing year.
93. There were 3 deaths among the Convicts and one among the Undertrials
against two among the Convicts and one among the Undertrials in 1923. Of the
deaths among the Convicts one was due to poison (Dhatura) which he found when
working in the Jail garden and ate for purposes of intoxication. One due to Tuber-
culosis and one from Gangrenous appendicitis. The death among the undertrials
was due to Asthma and Senile debility in an accused received into the Jail in in-
different health.
94. The Review by the Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, on the strength, classi-
fication, health, employment and conduct of prisoners, nature of sentences, Jail
manufactures and expenditure of the Jail is given as Appendix A of the Report
together with Statements.
Indian States.
95. The daily average of prisoners in the Jails in the Indian States rose from
3737.07 in 1923 to 3867.20 in 1924, the total number of admission into Hospitals
from 1,804 to 4,081, the daily average number of sick from 94.12 to 155.48, the
mortality from 91 to 92 and the ratio of deaths per mille of average strength from
24.35 to 25.60.
96. There were no deaths in the Jails at Kishengarh, Shahpura, Jhalrapatan
and Partabgarh.
97. Jaipur.—The daily average number of prisoners in the Central Jail, Jaipur,
fell from 507.08 in 1923 to 499.68 in 1924, the total number of admissions into
Hospital rose from 83 to 144, the daily average number of sick from 5.28 to 7.97,
the mortality from 6 to 7 and the ratio of death per mille of average strength from
11.83 to 14.01.