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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Abstract Statement of Receipts from Fees, &c., during the year 1882-83.
RS.
A. P.
From Fees from Students, as per statement in detail sub
mitted on the 4th May 1883
13,806
0
0
From other sources
262 9 10
Total
14,068 9 10
MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE,
(Signed) JAMES KEESS, M.D.,
30th June 1883.
Acting Principal, Medical College.
Numbers.—The strength of the institution has slightly fallen off, especially in
the Third or Junior Department, as shown below
—
1881-82. 1882-83.
Senior or University Department
82
88
Second Department
67
65
Third or Junior Department
77
55
Total
226
208
The number of admissions to and withdrawals from each department during the
year has not been stated. The information should be given in future reports.
There were three Female students in the Senior Department and five in the
Second Department, or eight in all. Two of the former came from Bengal and hold
the Bethune Scholarships.
The steady increase in numbers in the Senior Department during the last five
years and the fact of there being in it no student who receives a stipend from Gov
ernment, while all, excepting the females and the three free scholars, pay fees, bear
clear evidence of the growing popularity of the department and the growing demand
for superior Medical aid in this Province. The decline in the numerical strength
of the Third or Junior Department is not accounted for. This was probably due
to the diminished demand for Hospital Assistants in the outstations in consequence
of the instructions of Government to supersede them by Civil Apothecaries if in
charge of hospitals.
No mention is made of the distribution of the students among the great
classes of the community. This information is very necessary and should, be fur
nished in future reports.
2. College Staff.—Surgeon-Major Keess acted as Principal throughout the year.
There were no changes in the College Staff, except that Professor Sibthorpe took the
chair of Anatomy in June 1882, and that Surgeon W. E. Johnson vacated the pro
fessorship of Pathology on the last day of the year. The newly appointed Profes
sor of Dental Surgery is expected to arrive and take up his appointment shortly.
3.
The proportion of Examinations to Meetings. —In almost all the subjects the
proportion was 1 to 3, but in Anatomy in the Junior Department, it was 1 to¼
The number of subjects specified is twenty-two against twenty-three in the previous
year's report. This is due to Midwifery and diseases of women and children being
treated as one subject instead of as two in the previous year.
4.
Senior Department. —The students in this department are reported to have
acquitted themselves as satisfactorily as in the previous year. There were 26 in the
section qualifying for the M.B. Degree and 62 in that for the Licentiate's Degree.
Of these, the Maharajah of Vizianagrum supported two, and the Mysore and
Travancore Governments six and two, respectively, and one was a Lane Scholar.
Seven out of eight passed the Preliminary Scientific Examination, and four out of
five the first M.B. Examination. In the L.M. and S. Section, two out of three
passed the first examination, and also all the four who appeared for the final
degree examination. The account given of the students is very satisfactory.
The success of many after leaving the College, testifies to the soundness of the
training there given. Of the three lady students in this department, one is
qualifying for the M.B. Degree and has, since the date of the report, passed the