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PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
104. Kishangarh.—There was no plague in Kishangarh State from April
to December, 1916. 92 seizures and 69 deaths were reported in 3 towns and
villages from January to March 1917. 10 persons were inoculated at Kutsoora
village, which was plague-infected
105. In Bharatpur, 57 cases and 35 deaths were reported in 4 towns and
villages, against 69 cases and 55 deaths in 7 towns and villages in 1915-16.
Only one fatal case of plague was reported in Bharatpur City on the 18th
March 1917.
106. Alwar.—2 cases of plague were imported from Jubbulpur into
Harsana village, Luchmangarh Tehsil, and died on the 8th and 11th February,
1917, respectively : 17 cases and 11 deaths from indigenous plague in the
village were reported during March, 1917. The rest of Alwar State remained
free from the disease.
107. Tonk.—Plague appeared in Achari village, Nimbahera Pargana, on
18th March, 1917. 13 cases and 8 deaths were reported up to the 31st March,
1917.
108. Mewar.—63 cases and 35 deaths were reported in 5 towns and villages.
Of these, 58 cases and 32 deaths were indigenous in village Kenara in
Chitorgarh Zillah; and 5 were imported with 3 deaths, viz., 1 fatal case in
Udaipur City, 1 fatal case in Chhoti Sadri, 1 fatal case in Samri village in
Chitorgarh Zillah, and 2 cases in Bhilwara which recovered.
109. Evacuation has been readily resorted to in infected towns and
villages. The villagers themselves now realize the benefit of this measure.
110. As the plague outbreak in Rajputana was slight, no Map has been
attached with this report.
Snake Bites.
111. Calmette's Anti-Venine is kept in stock in most of the main
dispensaries and used for the treatment of snake poisoning when opportunity
offers. No special reports have been received on the subject.
STATEMENT F.
112. Shows the classes and sexes of both in-door and out-door patients
treated in the dispensaries of Ajmer-Merwara District and of Native States.
This calls for no comment, as it is merely introduced for statistical purposes.
STATEMENT G.
113. The number of surgical operations performed during the year in
Ajmer-Merwara and in Native States was 80,084 against 81,023 ; a decrease of
939. The number of patients operated on was 79,783 as compared with 80,524
in 1915. The numbers cured amounted to 78,549, relieved 653, discharged
otherwise 232, and died 114; against 79,218, 642, 199 and 125 in the previous
year; while 235 remained under treatment at the end of the year.
114. Of the operations performed, 2,464 were extraction of the lens for
Cataract, of which 2,292 or 93.02 per cent. were reported successful; 61
Lithotomies; 211 Litholapaxies; and 226 Amputations are recorded; against
2,444 lens extractions, 68 Lithotomies, 216 Litholapaxies, and 239 Amputations
in 1915.
115. 548 Abdominal operations were performed : of which 34 proved fatal:
as compared with 558 operations with 33 deaths in 1915. Of these, 399 were
Paracentesis of Abdomen with 18 deaths, 19 Abscesses of the Liver with 1
death, and 16 Laparotomies with 8 deaths.
116. 1,878 operations were performed at the Victoria Hospital, Ajmer, with
8 deaths, as compared with 1,672 operations with 16 deaths in 1915. Of
these, 105 were Extraction of the lens for Cataract, 9 Lithotomies, 21 Litho-
lapaxies, 6 Amputations, 8 Ovariotomies, and 3 Hysterectomies: against 83