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Rural Medical Relief. (Excluding District Headquarters).

Subsidized Rural Practitioners.

Name
of Province.		 Pay. Annual grant for
drugs and
instruments.		 Controlling
authority.		 Method of
appointment of
practitioners.		 Duties Method of Finance,
Government grant,
local effort, etc.		 Remarks.
Touring or
area.		 Health
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
a Graduates Rs.
600 p. a., L. M.
Ps. Rs. 500 p.a.		 Rs. 360 p. a. Surgeon Ge-
neral.		 Practitioners ap-
pointed in consulta-
tion with D. M. Os.
with approval of
the S. G.		 Within a
radius of 5
miles.		 Yes, on pay-
ment of Rs.
15 p. m.		 Subsidy paid from
Provincial funds.
In exceptional
cases local body
pays in addition
50 per cent. of Gov-
ernment Subsidy.		 419 rural medical
practitioners at
work.
Bombay. Rs. 50 p.m. plus
Rs. 25 p. m.
fixed Travel-
ling Allowance.		 Such amount as
may be fixed
by Government
from time to
time subject to
a minimum of
Rs. 350 p. a.		 President D. L.
B. and C. S. of
the District.		 Selected by the Pre-
sident, D. L. B. and
C. S. of the District
subject to final
approval of the
Surgeon General.		 3 or 4 villages Not definitely
prescribed so
far.		 Half to be borne by
the D. L. B. and
half by Govern-
ment.		 So far only 5 dis-
pensaries have been
opened in the Dis-
tricts of (1) Ahmed-
nagar, (2) Nasik,
(3)West Khandesh,
(4) Belgaum, and
(5) Ratnagiri.
Bengal No scheme for Subsidized Medical Practitioners in force.  
United Pro-
vinces.		 Graduates Rs.
1,000 p. a.;
Licentiates Rs.
600 p. a.; an
additional sum
of Rs. 100 p. a.
is also given
for engaging a
midwife.		 Rs. 360 p. a. Inspector General
of Civil Hospi-
tals.		 By local Boards in
consultation with
the Civil Surgeon
of the District.		 ... ... Subsidy as shown
under "pay" is
paid by Govern-
ment and Annual
grant for drugs and
instruments is paid
by the local Board.		 28 medical practi-
tioners at work.
Punjab Graduates or
Licentiates Rs.
600 p. a.		 Rs. 500 Inspector Ge-
neral of Civil
Hospitals.		 Registered Medical
Practitioners ap-
pointed.		 No touring ... District Boards
given grants-in-aid.		 8 subsidized dis-
pensaries function-
ing for which Gov-
ernment pay the
subsidy, 1 for which
D. B. pays.
Central Pro-
vinces.		 Subsidized practitioners scheme tried but proved a failure.  
Bihar Rs. 25 Annual grant
not fixed.
The doctor is
given free qui-
nine and has
to provide
medicine him-
self.		 District Board. No order on the sub-
ject.		 The doctor is required to
inspect local schools to give
lantern lectures to students
and to treat free acute
cases of malaria. He
engages in free private
practice.		 District Board fi-
nance the Dispen-
sary.		 There are only five
subsidized medical
practitioners in one
district at present.