The Gazetteers Department

Medical and public health facilities are the primary needs of individuals as members of the social organisation. The public health of the district is looked after by three agencies, viz.. the State Government, local bodies like Zilla Parishad and Village Panchayats and Municipalities. The activities of these agencies may be divided into (1) medical (curative) and (2) public health (preventive).

The growth of health services in this district has been rapid during the past few years. Besides the Ahmadnagar civil hospital established in 1882. the district had three grant-in-aid dispensaries situated at Sangamner. Nevasa and Shevgaon in which 27,765 out-patients and 393 in-patients were treated at a cost of Rs. 12,140 The Ahmadnagar civil hospital has a building of its own. In 1882, 46 major surgical operations were performed, including six amputations and three lithotomies. 14,757 out-door and 303 in-door patients were treated at a cost of Rs. 8,730.

Table No. 10 shows the number of hospitals and dispensaries and patients treated in the district since 1893 till 1922.

The civil hospital is now called the General Hospital and is managed by Government. The Civil Surgeon is the head of the hospital working directly under the Director of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra, with head-quarters at Bombay. The Cottage Hospital, Sangamner, is attached to the Civil Hospital. A new building with all facilities has been constructed recently where the hospital will be shortly shifted. It has out-patient and in-patient wards and a maternity ward as well. There is an advisory committee which looks after the management of the hospital. There is a T. B. sanatorium at Arangaon in Ahmadnagar taluka, which is well-equipped with X-ray, blood transfusion and other laboratory apparatus. It has accommodation for 110 patients.

Besides the civil hospital, there are two ayurvedic hospitals conducted by private organisations as also two other hospitals conducted by American Missions which together provide medical and hospital facilities in Ahmadnagar.

TABLE No. 9—VACCINATION IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT SINCE 1893-94 TO 1966

Particulars		1893-94	1894-95	1895-96	1896-97
Successful vaccinations	Urban	2,000	2,238	2,029	1,896
	Rural	28,707	27,198	27,872	28,488
	District	30,707	29,436	29,901	30,384
Successful re-vaccinations	Urban*	407	337	425	333
	Rural	134	126	107	325
	District	541	463	532	658
Number of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of the population of the respective areas.	Urban*	48.19	50.07	47.72	43.35
	Rural	34.44	32.63	33.41	34.42
	District	35.16	33.64	34.24	34.97

TABLE No. 9—contd.

1897-98	1898-99	1899-1900	1900-01	1901-02	1902-03
1,852	1,967	2,176	1,739	1,810	1,750
26,813	25,791	28,662	25,069	19,186	21,861
28,665	27,758	30,838	26,808	20,996	23,611
375	712	1,045	745	433	207
181	215	344	1,613	657	275
556	927	1,389	2,358	1,090	482
43.31	52.09	62.63	48.31	42.28	36.89
32.23	31.42	34.64	31.87	25.29	28.21
32.88	32.03	36.26	32.82	26.37	28.77

TABLE No. 9—contd.

Particulars		1903-04	1904-05	1905-06	1906-07
Successful vaccinations	Urban	2,728	1,753	1,729	1,743
	Rural	20,102	21,933	20,834	21,769
	District	22,830	23,686	22,563	23,512
Successful re-vaccinations	Urban*	343	275	405	128
	Rural	181	194	126	139
	District	524	469	531	267
Number of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of the population of the respective areas.	Urban*	57.40	38.23	40.23	35.27
	Rural	25.85	28.20	26.71	27.92
	District	27.88	28.84	27.57	28.39

TABLE No. 9—contd.

1907-08	1908-09	1909-10	1910-11	1911-12	1912-13
1,825	1,631	1,930	1,504	1,754	1,926
22,014	22,506	23,818	22,825	23,492	24,201
23,839	24,137	25,748	24,329	25,245	26,127
616	533	278	78	1,050	1,299
123	160	134	88	80	249
739	693	412	166	185	1,548
46.02	40.80	41.63	29.82	32.49	56.37
28.21	28.89	30.53	29.20	26.88	27.53
29.34	29.64	31.23	29.24	26.96	29.28

TABLE No. 9—contd.

Particulars		1913-14	1914-15	1915-16	1916-17
Successful vaccinations	Urban	1,642	1,651	1,729	1,186
	Rural	24,207	24,400	25,148	22,435
	District	25,849	26,051	26,877	23,621
Successful re-vaccinations	Urban*	321	28	6	15
	Rural	540	210	54	64
	District	861	244	60	79
Number of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of the population of the respective areas.	Urban*	34.31	29.35	30.33	20.99
	Rural	27.87	27.72	28.38	25.33
	District	28.26	27.82	28.50	25.07

TABLE No. 9—contd.

1917-18	1918-19	1919-20	1920-21	1921-22	1922-23
1,329	1,207	951	N. A.	974	1,579
24,699	20,589	22,269	--	20,014	19,005
26,028	21,796	23,220	--	20,988	20,584
234	301	122	--	60	307
137	62	87	--	70	93
371	363	209	--	130	400
27.32	26.36	18.76	--	18.07	32.47
27.97	23.25	25.17	--	22.61	27.96
27.93	23.44	24.78	--	22.34	28.31

*Ahmadnagar town, Sangamner town and Ahmadnagar Cantonment between 1901-02 and 1921-22.

N. A. = Not available.

TABLE No. 9—contd.

Particulars	1929	1930	1934	1935	1937
Successful vaccinations	28,600	27,223	35,923	37,366	35,964
Successful re-vaccinations	9,535	15,835	15,001	11,348	4,010
Number of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of the population of the respective areas.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.

TABLE No. 9—contd.

1938	1939	1940	1945	1950	1951	1952
39,219	37,396	36,615	39,131	38,855	38,742	43,504
17,174	22,494	44,086	56,124	1,46,119	61,850	3,39,633
N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.

TABLE No. 9—contd.

Particulars	1953	1954	1955	\|956	1957
Successful vaccinations	40,512	49,769	53,371	41,899	49,570
Successful re-vaccinations	53,857	1,69,836	2,19,490	2,36,192	1,89,380
Number of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of the population of the respective areas.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.

N.A.= Not available.

1958	1961	1963	1964	1965	1966
52,833	72,174	72,174	83,604	62,990	75,384
3,49,055	2,56,812	4,73,879	9,15,548	4,35,771	3,04,224
N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.

N.A.= Not available.

TABLE No. 10- HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during the Year
Name	When opened		1893	1894	1895
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	In-door	533	362	324
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	Out-door	12,226	11,463	10,154
Dispensaries
Sangamner	1889	In-door	39	32	33
Sangamner	1889	Out-door	7,648	8,389	8,01 6
Newasa	1878	In-door	17	19	24
Newasa	1878	Out-door	3,729	4,779	3,751
Shevgaon	1878	In-door	12	8	9
Shevgaon	1878	Out-door	2,479	2,456	2,207
Parner	1887	In-door	49	31	25
Parner	1887	Out-door	4,496	5,294	4,913
Akola	1888	In-door	37	31	29
Akola	1888	Out-door	2,533	2,438	3,062
Mirajgaon	1890	In-door	22	19	4
Mirajgaon	1890	Out-door	4,404	4,467	4,411
Jamkhed	1902	In-door	--	--	--
Jamkhed	1902	Out-door	--	--	--
American Mission, Rahuri.	1880	In-door	--	--	--
American Mission, Rahuri.	1880	Out-door	--	--	--
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	In-door	--	--	--
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	Out-door	--	--	--

TABLE No. 10 contd.

Number of patients treated during the Year
1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902
313	383	482	830	522	510	464
10,358	7,733	5,064	5,862	8,097	9,143	9,938
32	24	17	38	27	30	24
6,166	7,001	5,063	5,830	9,001	8,682	7,695
17	23	27	6	25	51	26
2,497	1,688	2,159	2,258	2,167	2,168	3,182
11	19	18	20	40	87	30
2,446	4,810	3,818	3,380	2,526	4,266	4,058
19	31	22	23	63	64	23
4,595	3,866	3,291	3,503	3,684	3,894	3,471
29	46	39	28	2	12	40
3,172	5,027	2,785	2,883	955	4,006	3,912
11	15	16	31	24	30	24
4,030	3,365	3,907	4,207	3,687	4,826	5,039
--	--	--	--	--	--	2
--	--	--	--	--	--	805
--	--	--	--	--	--	--
--	--	--	--	3,112	3,560	3,522
--	--	--	--	--	--	--
--	--	--	--	1,607	2,075	2,360

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during the year
Name	When opened		1903	1904	1905	1906
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	In-door	477	454	406	454
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	Out-door	9,296	10,038	10,595	10,696
Dispensaries
Sangamner	1889	In-door	30	30	50	2 1
Sangamner	1889	Out-door	7,588	7,121	7,924	6,399
Newasa	1878	In-door	24	21	13	11
Newasa	1878	Out-door	3,282	3,654	5,342	5,455
Shevgaon	1878	In-door	21	14	28	27
Shevgaon	1878	Out-door	3,788	3,519	4,931	4,465
Parner	1887	In-door	18	16	21	28
Parner	1887	Out-door	3,569	4,397	3,437	3,340
Akola	1888	In-door	40	15	14	19
Akola	1888	Out-door	3,495	2,251	3,885	3,617
Mirajgaon	1890	In-door	128	60	8	235
Mirajgaon	1890	Out-door	21,856	24,440	23,535	17,031
Jamkhed	1902	In-door	9	15	21	15
Jamkhed	1902	Out-door	2,589	3,272	3,042	2,892
American Mission, Rahuri.	1880	In-door	--	--	--	--
American Mission, Rahuri.	1880	Out-door	5,472	7,035	7,300	3,650
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	In-door	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	Out-door	1,613	4,449	3,955	3,055

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Number of patients treated during the year
1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912
506	553	459	504	504	387
9,281	10,213	10,027	9,000	7,295	7,192
25	38	38	40	29	34
5,877	9,095	8,725	9,267	8,606	7,064
10	12	15	14	20	20
4,470	3,884	3,779	4,269	4,150	3,260
23	32	15	19	12	28
4,274	4,370	3,884	3,268	2,709	4,468
22	18	16	15	25	23
3,682	3,576	3,554	1,883	3,866	4,281
7	24	19	7	38	38
3,136	2,865	2,811	3,708	4,405	4,917
132	35	415	41	19	5
24,775	18,374	18,983	7,131	3,841	3,694
13	12	14	10	11	23
2,884	3,247	3,116	2,383	3,617	3,921
N.A.	N.A	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
6,250	4,745	5,110	5,130	--	--
N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	11	14	24
3,351	3,178	4,708	3,409	3,065	3,659

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during the year
Name	When opened		1913	1914	1915
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	In-door	403	398	453
Ripon Hospital, Ahmadnagar.	1889	Out-door	7,671	9,069	12,825
Dispensaries
Sangamner	1889	In-door	33	73	63
Sangamner	1889	Out-door	7,976	8,041	6,752
Newasa	1878	In-door	24	18	22
Newasa	1878	Out-door	3,601	5,608	4,738
Shevgaon	1878	In-door	36	42	33
Shevgaon	1878	Out-door	4,539	4,282	4,500
Parner	1887	In-door	25	19	43
Parner	1887	Out-door	4,357	4,966	6,309
Akola	1888	In-door	27	21	23
Akola	1888	Out-door	4,806	4,392	4,735
Mirajgaon	1890	In-door	11	11	5
Mirajgaon	1890	Out-door	2,66.3	2,799	2,737
Jamkhed	1902	In-door	7	11	12
Jamkhed	1902	Out-door	3,811	3,614	3,798
American Mission, Rahuri	1880	In-door	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
American Mission, Rahuri	1880	Out-door	--	--	--
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	In-door	29	34	34
Prabhakar Dispensary, Kopargaon.	1904	Out-door	7,639	8,289	7,491

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Number of patients treated during the year
1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
490	454	576	501	537	773	509
12,069	15,817	13,571	11,647	11,366	1,18,855	13,316
44	60	38	36	64	37	33
5,001	5,995	4,455	5,840	4,902	5,346	5,690
9	25	38	41	36	39	4
3,320	3,393	3,148	2,973	3,164	4,395	4,740
38	55	49	17	36	62	31
4,656	5,120	4,883	3,432	5,821	4,803	3,853
31	28	28	33	20	45	49
6,841	7,625	7,170	4,964	4,777	5,492	4,077
19	13	33	42	42	35	18
4,991	5,820	6,131	5,760	4,607	4,178	4,256
12	15	8	20	8	8	10
3,259	3,810	2,972	3,183	2,931	3,440	3,843
9	3	2	6	7	22	13
1,375	3,706	3,309	2,640	2,167	2,781	3,075
N.A.	N.A.	NA.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
--	--	--	--	--	--	5,680
17	20	28	15	23	24	11
4,748	3,454	3,248	3,420	4,614	6,456	6,008

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during year.
			1893	1894	1895
Toka	1908	In-door	Not available.
		Out-door
American Mission, Ahmadnagar.	1904	In-door
		Out-door
Karjat Travelling	1907	Out-door
Akola Travelling	1907	Out-door
Shrigonda	1904	In-door
		Out-door
Rahuri (L.B.)	1919	In-door
		Out-door

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Number of patients treated during year .
1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Not available

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during the year
Name	When opened		1904	1905	1906
Toka	1908	In-door	--	--	--
Toka	1908	Out-door	--	--	--
American Mission, Ahmadnagar.	1904	In-door	--	--	--
American Mission, Ahmadnagar.	1904	Out-door	--	--	--
Karjat Travelling	1907	Out-door	--	--	--
Akola Travelling	1907	Out-door	--	--	--
Shrigonda	1904	In-door	--	--	--
Shrigonda	1904	Out-door	358	3,440	3,977
Rahuri (L. B.)	1919	In-door	--	--	--
Rahuri (L. B.)	1919	Out-door	--	--	--

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Number of patients treated during the year.
1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912
--	--	--	--	--	--
--	2,805	3,345	3,469	3,269	4,032
--	--	--	--	--	--
--	--	--	--	--	11,129
2,713	2,113	2,000	652	--	747
795	1,649	1,884	--	--	--
--	--	--	--	21	15
6,347	5,906	4,186	3,517	2,041	2,335
--	--	--	--	--	--
--	--	--	--	--	--

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Name	When opened		Number of patients treated during the year
Name	When opened		1913	1914	1915
Toka	1908	Indoor	--	17	3
Toka	1908	Out-door	2,569	2,574	3,427
American Mission, Ahmadnagar.	1904	In-door	--	--	--
American Mission, Ahmadnagar.	1904	Out-door	8,871	12,404	12,792
Kaijat Travelling	1907	Out-door	821	963	1,036
Akola Travelling	1907	Out-door	--	--	--
Shrigonda	1904	In-door	8	28	12
Shrigonda	1904	Out-door	3,061	2,959	2,941
Rahuri (L. B.)	1919	In door	--	--	--
Rahuri (L. B.)	1919	Out-door	--	--	--

TABLE No. 10—contd.

Number of patients treated during the year
1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
5	4	4	5	2	5	1
2,633	2,224	2,156	2,271	2,845	2,946	3,689
--	--	--	--	--	--	--
11,250	11,886	16,287	8,843	6,479	9,341	9,213
1,020	866	755	747	660	721	1,050
--	--	--	--	1,177	824	1,164
--	28	37	27	18	26	28
3,261	3,456	2,776	2,108	2,934	2,700	2,720
--	--	--	--	3	9	9
--	--	--	--	3,580	4,109	4,282

Subsidiary to civil hospital are the Government-aided dispensaries which are scattered throughout the district. These are owned and managed either by municipalities or the Zilla Parishad.

The growth of the medical facilities in the district can be seen from the statement below which gives the number of Government and Government-aided hospitals and dispensaries:—

Year	Number of Government and Government-aided hospitals and dispensaries	Year	Number of Government and Government-aided hospitals and dispensaries
1951	16	1954	34
1952	25	1955	36
1953	34	1957	38

The number of Government and aided hospitals increased from 16 in 1951 to 38 in 1957, i.e., an increase of about 238 per cent. There was a provision of 165 beds in these 38 hospitals during 1957 and the number of patients treated was about 7 thousand in-door patients, and 2.15 lakhs out-door patients.

Table No. 11 gives the statistics regarding availability of medial facilities during the years 1961 and 1965.

At the end of 1965 there were three hospitals, thirteen dispensaries and seventeen primary health centres in the district. The number of doctors was 72 and vaidyas 2.

The existence of sufficient number of beds and the requisite appliances is a good indicator of availability of medical facilities in the district.

Table No. 12 shows the number of beds and patients treated in the district since 1945.

The total number of beds in all the Government medical institutions stood at 274 in 1961. It rose to 415 in 1965 and to 650 in 1970. The number of in-door patients treated had increased from 16,607 in 1961 to 20,143 in 1965 and 55,062 in 1970. The number of out-door patients treated, on the other hand, was 2,28,502, 2,77,088 and 4,27,407. respectively during the same years.

Primary Health Centres : The general aim of the health programme is to expand existing health services, to bring them increasingly within the reach of all the people and to promote a progressive improvement in the level of national health. For rendering integrated health services in Development Blocks, one primary health centre with three sub-centres is provided for each Development Block with a population of about 60,000 to 66,000.

The medical officer in charge of the primary health centre has the over-all responsibility for the centre and is responsible for providing both curative and preventive services to the people in the community development blocks. He is under the technical and administrative control of the District Health Officer. The health visitor or nurse works under the medical officer in charge of the primary health centre, and supervises the work of mid-wives, conducts ante-natal and post-natal clinics, and also takes active part in health propaganda. The Sanitary Inspector visits villages included in the block, attends to environmental sanitation and carries out vaccinations, disinfection of water-supplies inspection of sites etc.

The list of primary health centres with sub-centres in the Ahmadnagar district is given below:—

Primary Health Centre	Sub-centres
(1) Jeur	(1) Kaudgaon, (2) Walaki. (3) Chinchondi
(2) Talegaon	(1) Nimgaon Bhojpur. (2) Ashwi, (3) Nimgaon Bk.
(3) Sakur	(1) Shiblapur, (2) Warudipathar, (3) Ashwi, Kh.
(4) Kolgaon	(1) Deodaithan, (2) Ghogargaon, (3) Man-davgaon.
(5) Kashti	(1) Loni, (2) Adhalgaon. (3) Pedgaon.
(6) Tisgaon	(1) Miri. (2) Chinchpur. (3) Kharavandi, (4) Manikdandi.
(7) Rahata	(1) Yesgaon. (2) Puntamba. (3) Dahigaon Bolka.
(8) Chasnali	(1) Ranjangaon. (2) Pohegaon. (3) Brahmangaon.
(9) Taklidhokeshwar	(1) Alkuti, (2) Nighoj, (3) Kanhur.
(10) Loni	(1) Hanmangaon. (2) Pimpri. (3) Gallimb.
(11) Padhegaon	(1) Naur, (2) Bhokar, (3) Karegaon.
(12) Rashin	(1) Kombhli. (2) Kuldharan, (3) Mahijalgaon.
(13) Deolali	(1) Taharabad. (2) Songaon. (3) Manjri, (4) Brahmni.
(14) Dahigaon	(1) Dhorjalgaon, (2) Ghotan, (3) Bhodhegaon, (4) Akhegaon.
(15) Kukane	(1) Chanda, (2) Karajgaon. (3) Salabatpur. (4) Belpimpalgaon.
(16) Kharda	(1) Nannaj. (2) Ghodegaon, (3) Pimperkhed.
(17) Rajur	(1) Khirwire, (2) Kotul, (3) Brahmanwada, (4) Shendi.

In addition there are three Primary Health Units at Wari, Wambori and Pimpalgaon Pisa and two Medical Aid Centres at Bota and Belwandi and eleven dispensaries in the district.

TABLE No. 11— MEDICAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC AND PUBLIC-AIDED BODIES IN EACH TALUKA OF AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT

Serial No.	District/Taluka	Year	Number of hospitals	Number of dispensaries	Number of maternity homes	Number of health centres
	District Total	1961	2	14	--	--
		1965	3	13	--	4
		1970	4	14	--	5
1	Kopargaon	1961	--	1	--	--
1	Kopargaon	1965	--	1	--	1
₂	Akola	1961	--	1	--	--
₂	Akola	1965	--	1	--	1
3	Sangamner	1961	--	1	--	--
3	Sangamner	1965	1	--	--	--
4	Shrirampur	1961	--	1	--	--
4	Shrirampur	1965	--	1	--	--
5	Rahuri	1961	--	1	--	--
5	Rahuri	1965	--	1	--	1
6	Newasa	1961	--	2	--	--
6	Newasa	1965	--	2	--	--
7	Shevgaon	1961	--	1	--	--
7	Shevgaon	1965	--	1	--	--
8	Parner	1961	--	1	--	--
8	Parner	1965	--	1	--	--
9	Ahmadnagar	1961	--	--	--	--
9	Ahmadnagar	1965	2	--	--	--
10	Pathardi	1961	--	1	--	--
10	Pathardi	1965	--	1	--	--
11	Shrigonda	1961	--	1	--	--
11	Shrigonda	1965	--	1	--	--
12	Karjat	1961	--	2	--	--
12	Karjat	1965	--	2	--	--
13	Jamkhed	1961	--	1	--	--
13	Jamkhed	1965	--	1	--	--

TABLE No. 11 contd.

Serial No.	District/Taluka	Year	Number of primary health centres	Number of doctors	Number of vaidyas	Number of nurses
	District Total	1961	13	27	--	75
		1965	17	72	2	155
		1970	20	103	16	223
1	Kopargaon	1961	2	3	--	9
1	Kopargaon	1965	2	4	--	10
₂	Akola	1961	1	2	--	7
₂	Akola	1965	1	3	--	6
3	Sangamner	1961	i2	3	--	5
3	Sangamner	1965	2	3	1	11
4	Shrirampur	1961	--	1	--	1
4	Shrirampur	1965	2	3	--	9
5	Rahuri	1961	2	3	--	5
5	Rahuri	1965	1	3	--	7
6	Newasa	1961	--	2	--	2
6	Newasa	1965	1	3	--	6
7	Shevgaon	1961	--	1	--	1
7	Shevgaon	1965	1	2	--	6
8	Parner	1961	1	2	--	12
8	Parner	1965	1	2	--	5
9	Ahmadnagar	1961	2	2	--	12
9	Ahmadnagar	1965	1	38	--	68
10	Patharch	1961	--	1	--	1
10	Patharch	1965	1	2	--	6
11	Shrigonda	1961	1	2	--	6
11	Shrigonda	1965	2	4	--	10
12	Karjat	1961	1	3	--	6
12	Karjat	1965	1	3	--	6
13	Jamkhed	1961	1	2	--	8
13	Jamkhed	1965	1	2	1	5

TABLE No. 12—NUMBER OF BEDS AND PATIENTS TREATED IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT SINCE 1945

Year	In-door patients				Out-door patients
Year	Men	Women	Children	Total	Men	Women	Children	Total
1945	1,752	1,013	669	3,434	50,125	25,749	47,117	1,22,991
1948	1,717	1,183	865	3,765	61,343	33,052	52,404	1,46,799
1951	2,774	1,705	1,549	6,028	51,816	32,155	53,944	1,37,915
1954	1,494	2,823	1,615	5,932	56,215	37,863	63,281	1,57,309
1957	2,183	3,263	1,467	6,913	76,868	49,047	87,640	2,13,555

TABLE No. 12—contd.

Year	Total in-door and out-door patients
Year	Men	Women	Children	Total
1945	51,877	26,762	47,786	1,26,425
1948	63,060	34,235	53,269	1,50,564
1951	54,590	33,860	55,493	1,43,943
1954	57,709	40,696	64,896	1,63,291
1957	79,051	52,310	89,107	2,20,468

TABLE No. 12 —contd.

Year	Daily average number				Average daily attendance				Number of beds available
Year	Men	Women	Children	Total	Men	Women	Children	Total	Men	Women
1945	66. 3	29.82	18.74	114.86	536	340	583	1,459	72	50
1948	56.59	34.90	19.40	110.89	678.65	433.55	779.00	1.891.2	73	52
1951	64.5	50.2	34.0	148.7	659.0	495.8	855. 1	2,009.9	73	59
1954	59.59	69.69	51.30	180.58	645.51	469.93	782.06	1,897.50	81	92
1957	74.92	78.71	52.59	206.22	717.95	512.06	862.26	2,092.27	86	79

The seventeen Primary Health Centres in the district covered a population of about 10,62,425 in 871 villages. In 1961, 17,71,066 patients were treated at these centres. These centres look after the Family Planning Scheme also. Besides, a Leprosy Control Unit has been established at each of these Primary Health Centres.

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