No. 32.
FROM
THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NAGPUR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
Central Provinces,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.
Central Provinces,
Dated Nagpur the 1st July 1875.
S I R ,
The eighth session of the Nagpur School of Medicine having come to close, I
have the honor to submit for the information of the Chief Commissioner my seventh annual
report of the progress of the school.
2. At the close of the preceding session, 31st March 1874, 25 students remained under
Instruction; and on the 1st of June 31 new students, attached to the school by order of the
Surgeon General, Indian Medical Department, reported themselves for admission.
3. Of the 31 new students, 3 came from Kamthi, 1 from Bangalore, 1 from Seoni, 1 from
Trichinopoly, 1 from Kolapore, 3 from Jubbulpore, 1 from Canouj, 3 from Narsinghpur, 2 from
Bulandshahr, 5 from Nimar, 1 from Tanna, 1 from Betul, 1 from Aurangabad, 3 from Luck-
now, 1 from Cawnpur, 1 from Unao, 1 from Rai Bareli, 1 from Gondah; 16 therefore belonged
to the Central Provinces and 15 to other districts, 19 were Mussalmans and 10 Hindus, 1
Christian, and 1 Jew.
4. At the commencement of the session 1874-75 there were therefore 56 students.
Of these 1 absconded, 15 were dismissed for incapacity, inattention and misbehaviour, 1
has for some time continuously absented himself, having been put in prison on a charge of theft;
1 was unable to appear for the final examination owing to serious illness, and has since died;
and 12 being found qualified onexamination on the close of the session were made Passed
Medical Pupils and reported fit for admission into the service as 3rd Class Hospital Assistants.
26 students therefore remain on the rolls at the close of the session. I have not included in
this number that remain on the rolls at the close of the session the free student (Abdul
Wahab.) He entered the school in 1873, receiving no stipend, and being exempt from the
condition of serving Government on the completion of his course, with the intention of establish
- i n g h i m s e l f h e r e a f t e r a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t m e d i c a l p r a c t i o n e r .
5. Of the 31 students admitted in June last, 4 require special mention. These 4 were
Mahratta Brahmins of the Central Provinces. Of these, Daji Ramchandra, Mughun Ragoba,
and Heera Lal are very promising, especially the 2 former, who being well educated, earnest
and devoted to their studies, are almost certain to succeed. The other, Ballaji Vittoba was
found incapable of acquiring knowledge from natural inaptitude and deficient preliminary
training, and has since been dismissed.
6. Some progress has thus been made towards the carrying out of three of the princi
- p a l e n d s f o r w h i c h t h e N a g p u r S c h o o l o f M e d e c i n e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d , v i z . t h e e d u c a t i o n o f
Mahrattas to be the physicians of their own race; the formation of a class of independent
practitioners; and the supply of Hospital Assistants for Government service. The last I think
has fairly been carried out, as the Nagpur School of Medicine has already added about 60
Hospital Assistants to the Subordinate Medical service.
7. I have already in previous reports dwelt on the inferior qualifications of the majority
of the young men sent to the school, many being neither fitted by inclination nor capability
for their work. My former remarks on this subject apply equally to the last year's batch, of
whom nearly one-half, 14 out of 31, were found to be incapable of acquiring knowledge. These
were speedily eliminated.
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