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17. MISSION MEDICAL ACTIVITIES.

   Medical Missions have played an important part in medical relief and
particularly so in Mofussil areas. The first regular medical missions
are said to be those founded and supported by the citizens of the United
States in Southern India in 1830-40.

   Particulars regarding mission institutions in India (excluding Burma and
Ceylon) run and aided by different Missions are given in the tables contained
in Appendix II. It will be observed that 182 hospitals, 111 dispensaries,
54 leper asylums and 9 sanatoria were functioning during the year 1936.
These figures do not represent all the institutions but stand only for those
which responded to the questionnaire issued by the Christian Medical
Association of India, Burma and Ceylon. Hospitals with 10 or more
beds for in-patients have been classed as hospitals and those with less
than this number have been put under dispensaries. There were institu-
tions that did not supply figures.

   These collected figures show that of a total yearly expenditure of
approximately Rs. 47.62 lakhs by Missions on medical work a sum of
Rs. 20.42 lakhs is found by fees and gifts from patients, Rs. 6.43 lakhs
from Government and Municipal grants and Rs. 20.77 lakhs from private
mission funds.

Table showing particulars regarding Mission Medical Institutions.

* Includes 4 visiting doctors.