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The garden staff consists of the following : —
One garden Manager
One garden Overseer
Ten malies
One Head Mali.
The pay of the head mali is very low and Government have been
approached to enhance the pay of the head mali so that a really good and
expert man may be employed. Plans and estimates for garden buildings
have been sent to Government for consideration. Fencing the whole area
of the garden scheme has been sanctioned by Government.
The success achieved in such a short time is due to the experience,
knowledge and organising ability and enthusiasm of the Garden Manager,
Babu Jagannath Dey, who has carried out the scheme to a very successful
issue.
Many thanks are due to the Director of Agriculture, Bihar and Orissa
and to the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Kanke, for their expert advice on
different intricate problems in connection with the garden.
26. Staff (Commendation).—All staff carried out their duties to my entire
satisfaction and are entitled to great credit.
Clerical and stores staff.—The present clerical and stores staff is inade-
quate to cope with the pressure of work of this large hospital. This has been
pointed out to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bihar and Orissa who
went through with me the work of each member of the office and stores
department in every detail. He has recommended an increased staff to
Government in his letter no. 11725, dated the 18th August 1927.
Nursing staff.—There is at present no skilled nursing arrangement in the
male section and the nursing is inadequate in the female section. In the
absence of the trained nurses, nursing in the male section has had to be
entrusted to the attendant staff and the result is disappointing for the
attendant staff is mainly recruited from an ignorant illiterate class and they
are unsuited for responsible and delicate nursing work. The nursing staff
of the female section consists of a matron and two nurses. The inadequacy
of the nursing staff of the hospital was pointed out to the conference and the
conference was impressed of the necessity for proper nursing staff and accorded
its approval to the entertainment of 24 male nurses and 4 female nurses.
The proposed number of male nurses has since been reduced to 20 from 24.
Attendant staff.—A slight improvement was noted in their work as
compared with 1925 but much cannot be expected from this class as the
majority of them are lazy, ignorant, illiterate and with little native intelli-
gence. During the year under review 48 attendants were discharged from
service as incompetent to carry out hospital work. Fines inflicted from time
to time for slackness of work amounted to Rs. 210 during 1926.
Staff quarters.—The existing accommodation to house the subordinate
staff consists of 17 married quarters and 30½ single quarters, total accommoda-
tion 475. During the year under report the subordinate staff has been
increased by 106 for whom extra quarters are very necessary. Similarly
quarters are required for extra ministerial staff sanctioned during the year.
This was pointed out to the conference and it formerly sanctioned 70 married
and 35 single attendant and 2 compounders' quarters.
27. Finances.—The total expenditure exclusive of the amount received
from the patients and miscellaneous receipt was Rs. 8,44,233. The annual
average cost per head inclusive of Public Works Department charges was
Rs. 624-4-5 and exclusive of Public Works Department charges was
Rs. 489-12-3. With a view to economy a strict watch is kept on expenditure
in all departments of the hospital and the total expenditure was brought to