JAILS AND MEDICAL STAFF IN RAJPUTANA.
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Civil Assistant Surgeons.
161.
Five Government Assistant
Surgeons were employed as in the previous
year.
Military Sub-Assistant Surgeons.
162. Eleven Military Sub-Assistant Surgeons were employed with the
Imperial Service Corps at Bharatpur,
Alwar, Jaipur and Bikaner as in the
previous year. Of these four are on Field Service with the Corps.
Civil Sub-Assistant Surgeons.
163. There were 140 Government Sub-Assistant Surgeons on the roll on the
1st January, 1917 and 4 Medical pupils
passed their final examination at the Agra
Medical School in May, 1917, total 144. Out of 144 Sub-Assistant Surgeons, 5
were transferred to the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 1 to the Central
Provinces, 5 retired on pension, 4 died, 1 resigned and 1 was dismissed from the
service. Thus at the close of the year 127 Government Sub-Assistant Surgeons
remained on the roll, including 5 Sub-Assistant Surgeons transferred temporarily
to Military duty on account of the War.
164. There were four Lady Doctors employed in the following Native
States as in the previous year :—
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165. The number of Female Sub-Assistant Surgeons attached to the Female
Hospitals is only 7 against 6 in 1916. Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Mrs.
L. A. Hakim was employed to the Hospital for Women at Bharatpur in 1917.
FEMALE HOSPITALS AND DAI CLASS.
166. Ajmer.—2 Lady Doctors have remained attached to the Mission
Hospital for Women at Ajmer throughout the year. They and their subordi-
nates have done much good work both in the Hospitals and in Zenanas. The
number of patients treated and the other medical work done is shows unde
"Mission Hospitals."
167. Beawar.—Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon Miss Q. Houlton has been.
in charge of the Female Ward of the Charitable Dispensary at Beawar through
out the year. There is a decrease in the number of both in- and out-door atten-
dance as compared with the figures of 1916, due to the fact that the town of
Beawar was infected with plague during the greater part of the year.
168. 603 operations were performed against 836 in the previous year, of
these 36 were important operations.
169. A new ward which has been designated " The Lady Hardinge
Maternity Ward " has been added to the Dispensary in 1917 at a cost of about
R3,000.
170. Native States.—The returns received from the Female Hospitals in
the Native States of Rajputana show on the whole a general increase in both
in-door and out-door attendance : which is due in great measure to increase of
Malarial fever owing to heavy rainfall.
171. Jodhpur.—Mrs. Stirling, M.B., B.C.H., B.A.O. (Dublin) has been in
charge of the Jaswant Hospital for women at Jodhpur throughout the year.
85 in- and 4,215 out-patients were treated against 82 in- and 3,656 out-patients
in the previous year. 85 Major and 23 Minor operations were done against
21 Major and 49 Minor Operations in 1916.
172. Kotah.—Miss J. Newton, L.R.C.P.&S. (Edinburgh) and L.F.P.S.
(Glasgow) has been in charge of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kotah through-
out the year. There was an increase both in in-door and out-door attendance
as compared with the figures of the previous year.
173. 261 operations were performed against 312 operation in 1916.