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FEMALE HOSPITALS AND DAI CLASS IN RAJPUTANA.
174. 13 Midwifery cases were treated in the Hospital, of these 6 were
Normal, 5 abnormal and. 2 Abortions.
175. No Dai Class was held at Kotah in 1917. One Dai was sent to Ajmer
to attend the Dai Class there. She passed out and has been appointed at
Baran to work there as a Female Nurse and a Dai in the Dispensary.
176. Jaipur.—Miss S. E. Sykes, M.D. (Brussels), L.R.C.P. & S.I (Edin-
burgh) and L.F.P.S. (Glasgow) has been in charge of the Female Wards of
the Mayo Hospital, Jaipur throughout the year. There was a decrease in the
number of both in- and out-patients as compared with the figures of 1916.
Operations on women were 734 against 1,011 in the previous year.
177. The building of the new block for the families in memory of the late
Lady Hardinge on the west side of the operation room at the Mayo Hospital
has been completed.
178. Female student Nangi continues her studies at the Agra Medical
School in the Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Class as a Jaipur State Medical
pupil.
179. No Dai Class was held at Jaipur during the year. One Dai sent to
Ajmer for training in the Dai Class passed her final examination in April,
1917 and returned to Jaipur.
180. Bikaner.—Miss J. Marsh, L.R.C.P. & S. (Edinburgh), L.F.P.S.
(Glasgow) and M.D. (Brussels) has been in charge of the Zenana Hospital at
Bikaner throughout the year. 79 in- and 15,775 out door patients were treated
against 225 in- and 12,784 out-door patients in the previous year.
181. There is no Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon in the Hospital.
182. Tonk—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Imaman has been in charge
of the Walter Female Hospital at Tonk throughout the year, under the
supervision of the Male Assistant Surgeon, Tonk State. There was a decrease
in in-door attendance as compared with the figures of 1916, which is no doubt
due to the want of a Lady Superintendent.
183. Seven Major and 261 Minor operations were performed against 31
Major and 316 Minor operations in the previous year.
184. Alwar.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Balabai has been in sole
charge of the Dufferin Hospital at Alwar, 336 in- and 20,156 out-patients were
treated against 289 in- and 17,865 out-patients in 1916.
185. 100 Major and 1,132 Minor operations were done against 67 Major
and 1,051 Minor operations respectively in the previous year.
186. Four dais were sent to the Ajmer Dai Class for training.
187. Bharatpur. —Male Sub-Assistant Surgeon Ram Sahai of the Victoria
Hospital there was in charge of the Hospital for Women at Bharatpur up to 4th
May, 1917 when Lady Doctor Miss Jardine was appointed She, however,
resigned after two months' service. In August Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon
Mrs. L. A. Hakim was appointed to the charge of the Hospital, which post she
still holds.
188. 303 in- and 4,504 out-door-patients were treated as compared with
306 in- and 4,198 out-door patients in 1916, the increase in out-door attendance
is attributable to malaria on account of heavy rainfall,
189. Udaipur.—The Walter Zenana Hospital at Udaipur has remained
closed since the 15th January, 1913. Female medical aid is badly wanted for
the pardanashin and other women of the State.
190. A Compounder from the Lansdowne hospital there looks after the
surgical instruments and appliances.
191. Dai Class, Ajmer.—Mrs. M. Kane, Lady Superintendent, has been
in charge of the Dai Training Class, Ajmer, throughout the year. The six pupils
who were mentioned in last year's report as being under instruction worked
till the end of the session when they were examined by the Civil Surgeon,
Ajmer, on the 30th April, 1917. All of them passed, and were granted certi-
ficates and the usual honorarium.