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                        SECTION II.—DISPENSARIES.

                                    STATEMENT A.

Number of Dispensaries.

43. During the year there were 170 hospitals and dispensaries in Raj-
putana against 171 in the previous year. The Pokran dispensary worked
privately by the Thakur of that place submitted no returns this year.

The dispensaries are classified as under :—

Besides these there are 8 Mission and 6 Railway dispensaries on the Rajputana-
Malwa Railway, and 2 on the Nagda-Muttra Railway within Rajputana
limits.

Improvements and additions to hospitals and
dispensaries.

44.  Bikaner.—A new female hospital at Bikaner is in course of construc-

tion and also one for the Imperial Service
Troops which is badly needed, as the
Bhagwan Dass hospital is much over-
crowded.

45.  Kotah.—The building of the new dispensaries at Bakani, Monoher
Thana, and Chechat was completed. At Baran an extra ward and an operating
theatre in addition to two upstair rooms to the Assistant Surgeon's quarters
have been sanctioned by the Kotah Darbar.

46.  Mewar.—The hospital buildings at Untala are now ready but quarters
for the inferior staff have yet to be built. Arrangements are being made to
open the hospital there as early as possible.

                                          STATEMENT B.

Attendance at Hospital.

47.  During the year 1911 the number of patients treated at State Public,
State special, and private non-aided, i.e., Native States dispensaries and hospitals
amounted to 1,404,152 against 1,474,377 patients in 1910, and 1,545,204 in
1909. The attendance at general dispensaries fell to 1,368,168 from 1,430,256
in 1910 and 1,492,985 in 1909 while that at female dispensaries fell to 35,984
from 44,121 in 1910, and 52,219 in 1909. The total in-door attendance
decreased to 16,798 from 17,608 in 1910 and 19,141 in 1909, and the out-door
attendance fell to 1,387,354 from 1,456,769 in 1910 and 1,526,063 in 1909.
The deaths show a decrease from 720 in 1909 and 675 in 1910 to 633 in 1911
and the ratio of deaths per cent. of total treated also fell to 3.77, as compared
with 3.83 and 3.81 in the two previous years. Owing to the scanty rainfall
there was no malarial prevalence during the year.

                                    STATEMENT C.

Diseases Treated.

48.  The statement has been divided into two parts, one for the in-door and
the other for the out-door patients ; in addition the number of deaths under
each head of disease treated in the in-door department is shown in Statement
C (i). There was 16,798 in-patients treated, amongst whom 633 proved fatal;
46 normal and 34 abnormal confinements were reported from the various
hospitals, as compared with 43 and 45, respectively in 1910. 1,387,354 out-
door patients treated in 1911 are shown in Statement C (ii) against 1,456,769
in 1910.

                                          SCURVY.

49.  There were 1,503 scurvy cases treated against 1,087 in 1910 and 1,147
in 1909.