Introduction.

   The Provinces and States of India publish annual records of the
activities of their Medical and Public Health Departments, which, in so
far as they relate to the incidence of disease, vital and health statistics, are
summarised in the Annual Report of the Public Health Commissioner
with the Government of India. If this Review of the medical organisa-
tions of all-India reproduces information contained in the latter report,
it is because the Medical and Health Departments are both concerned
with the same problems which affect the health of India. Major-General
Sir John Megaw between 1931 and 1933 published several papers con-
cerning medical administration in India, while Sir Cuthbert Sprawson,
in 1935, wrote a valuable note on the medical schools. These have been
consulted in compiling this Review, while my thanks are also due to the
Administrative Officers of Provinces, to Dr. A. G. Young, Editor of the
Journal of the Christian Medical Association of India, and others who have
supplied material for its publication. The preparation and analysis of
the statistics has been done under the supervision of Mr. Khushi Ram,
Superintendent of the Medical Section of my office, and I also gratefully
acknowledge the help of Major A. N. Chopra, I.M.S., in reviewing and
correcting proofs. The views expressed on the statistics and information
collected are purely personal.

E. W. C. B.