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At the time of the publication of the old Wardha District Gazetteer in 1906, there were in the district 10 dispensaries with three at Wardha including Police and Mission hospitals, two at Hinganghat including one maintained by millers, two at Pulgaon including one maintained by the millers and one each at Sindi, Deoli and Arvi.

Table Numbers 2 and 3 give the statistics regarding daily average of patients treated indoor as well as outdoor at every dispensary in the district alongwith the income of these dispensaries from various sources for some years from 1891 to 1946-47.

TABLE No. 2

STATISTICS REGARDING PATIENTS TREATED AND INCOME OF DISPENSARIES, WARDHA DISTRICT, FROM 1891 to 1925.

Dispensaries	Wardha Main		Arvi		Sindi
Number of beds available	15		12		--
Year	Daily average		Daily average		Daily average
Year	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1891	4	84	2	47	--	51
1892	4	88	2	51	--	51
1893	5	90	2	57	--	47
1894	6	90	2	62	--	49
1895	5	97	3	69	1	46
1896	7	98	3	66	--	47
1897	9	121	3	70	--	43
1898	6	103	3	66	--	48
1899	3	65	4	59	--	40
1900	13	92	7	91	--	64
1901	4	83	3	86	--	43
1902	2	90	3	93	--	39
1903	4.20	89.01	3.44	92.97	--	42.52
1904	4.80	92.69	4.10	94.12	--	38.94
1905	5.91	96.15	4.00	91.95	--	43.75
1906	4.62	83.08	3.71	107.23	--	43.31
1907	5.97	99.42	3.63	109.30	--	42.60
1908	6.39	111.80	3.59	110.80	--	44.10
1909	6.69	108.78	3.37	103.93	--	48.52
1910	10.41	104.59	2.83	75.85	--	41.30
1911	10.50	102.43	1.82	72.88	--	39.00
1912	10.54	81.43	2.45	90.13	--	37.14
1913	10.63	81.61	2.69	66.17	1.5	40.41
1914	10.39	98.34	3.22	71.20	0.61	40.95
1915	10.01	88.68	2.55	84.69	0.79	45.85
1916	16.32	111.83	2.62	81.54	0.65	57.87
1917	13.10	98.38	3.33	80.01	0.56	52.48
1918	13.13	106.50	4.25	108.90	0.69	52.30
1919	13.90	112.13	3.88	98.08	0.56	57.53
1920	12.59	105.56	3.94	101.25	0.44	51.77
1921	17.18	93.32	5.70	104.96	1.03	53.90
1922	20.79	152.89	4.40	105.69	0.85	54.34
1923	20.86	132.43	2.13	61.02	0.87	58.73
1924	23.41	136.85	2.24	65.88	0.66	49.85
1925	23.88	150.05	2.90	80.92	0.74	47.88

TABLE No. 2-contd.

Deoli		Hinganghat		Income of Dispensaries
--		10
Daily	average	Daily	average	From Government	Local funds	Subscriptions	Other sources	Total
Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	From Government	Local funds	Subscriptions	Other sources	Total
8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
				Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
--	36	1	69	2,144	3,101	1,063	--	6,308
--	41	2	72	2,117	2,050	1,456	31	5,654
--	45	2	78	2,089	2,089	1,287	32	5,566
--	58	3	85	2,371	4,111	1,705	55	8,242
--	70	3	98	2,357	2,665	999	39	6,060
--	70	3	93	2, 9 81	3,000	1,257	191	7,429
--	71	3	105	2,806	4,680	1,489	317	9,292
--	70	4	88	3,271	3,800	1,231	53	8,355
--	57	4	74	3,060	3,800	1,660	47	8,567
--	63	19	96	3,060	3,950	1,121	32	8,163
--	65	4	92	3,745	4,343	1,275	84	8,447
--	75	3	99	8,210	4,090	1,820	281	14,401
--	61.87	3.30	104.06	2,780	3,505	2,951	48	9,284
--	62.09	4.41	105.57	5,687	5,262	3,334	199	14,482
--	61.61	5.24	117.04	2,126	5,522	2,267	75	10,990
--	66.37	7.48	126.43	3,877	7,239	7,413	112	18,641
--	67.14	6.52	131.45	6,016	5,636	2,183	854	14,689
--	64.61	7.35	144.88	4,585	8,636	3,258	82	16,561
--	49.49	5.25	138.03	5,360	6,581	3,230	207	15,378
--	48.02	4.30	126.16	6,671	6,326	2,323	719	16,039
--	57.55	4.12	127.42	6,999	8,420	2,269	609	18,297
--	57.99	3.64	121.30	8,086	6,140	2,768	611	17,605
--	58.41	3.95	114.50	7,435	10,090	3,413	11,865	32,803
0.31	83.60	3.42	115.09	8,380	7,690	4,624	85,829	1,06,523
0.80	68.70	3.95	115.82	7,651	7,760	4,212	14,667	34,290
0.93	73.99	3.76	102.82	8,586	12,216	3,734	8,929	33,465
0.60	69.67	3.86	123.72	15,241	6,955	4,760	782	27,738
0.41	81.86	2.99	126.80	12,972	8,420	4,653	1,453	27,498
0.59	71.31	3.92	125.64	11,186	10,315	8,761	1,380	31,642
0.27	64.03	3.30	124.57	8,703	9,560	3,893	2,130	24,286
0.51	71.41	3.63	124.96	14,330	11,040	4,208	7,438	37,016
0.23	60.03	3.67	120.55	16,830	9,650	6,256	2,296	35,032
0.41	63.50	2.59	142.70	16,643	13,272	3,853	3,784	37,552
0.92	61.53	2.77	137.53	17,137	11,934	3,335	2,704	35,110
0.54	57.22	-	--	--	--	--	--	--

TABLE No. 3

STATISTICS REGARDING PATIENTS TREATED AND INCOME OF DISPENSARIES, WARDHA DISTRICT, FROM 1936 TO 1946-47.

Dispensaries	Wardha Main		Arvi		Sindi		Deoli		Hinganghat
Year	Daily average		Daily average		Daily average		Daily average		Daily average
Year	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1936	42.25	261.47	4.55	165.63	0.20	10.402	1.00	1120	9.64	313.59
1937	32.55	265.48	4.33	212.81	0.33	109.27	1.50	146	9.32	340.51
1938	35.58	89.88	5.68	222.94	0.60	93.62	2.36	150.37	6.82	352.75
1939	43.30	333.71	6.73	271.01	0.71	95.53	2.66	143.73	793	322.95
1940	42.59	310.38	12.63	311.02	0.89	92.66	1.30	136.22	7.16	274.03
1941	38.02	292.71	12.14	272.36	0.76	82.58	1.88	131.65	9.26	376.20
1942	38	254	15	257	1	82	1	109	11	382
1943	47	272	13	251	1	57	1	126	9	338
1944	47	322	11	244	--	97	1	122	6	364
194S	54	255	10	216	1	97	2	99	6	334
1946	53	100	9	200	--	95	2	122.7	260	--
1946-47	54	260	1	169	--	91	1	158	10	229

TABLE No. 3 -contd.

Pulgaon		Ashti		Karanja		Income of Dispensaries
Daily average		Daily average		Daily average		Income of Dispensaries
Daily average		Daily average		Daily average		(in Rs.)
Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	Indoor patients	Outdoor patients	From Govern-ment	Local funds	Subs-criptions	Other sources	Total
12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1.51	128.54	1.39	121 69	1.03	61.06	19,385	15,678	9,133	6,764	50,960
1.38	144.08	1.38	109.62	1.03	70.51	18,370	16,613	5,043	1,975	42,001
1.50	147.11	0.78	138.48	1.17	80.53	22,752	13,625	4,374	483	41,234
1.72	170.16	1.46	121.50	0.51	64.68	19,597	10,480	5,916	1,499	37,492
2.13	175.79	1.03	106.42	0.04	22.77	16,591	14,518	7,241	6,354	44,704
4.23	176.55	1.33	91.35	0.81	74.25	15,113	19,671	7,144	292	42,220
4	214	1	60	2	60	16,731	30,510	6,361	380	53,982
6	279	2	66	1	60	15,387	17,647	5,795	955	39,784
11	239	3	114	1	66	21,335	26,731	14,916	977	63,959
5	196	--	100	--	65	33,782	22,740	17,177	841	74,540
4	186	2	93	1	62	--	--	--	--	--
4	187	1	81	--	28	--	--	--	--	--

During 1951-52, there were only 4 hospitals and dispensaries (besides the private hospitals and dispensaries) in the district. In 1966, there were under the medical facilities available through public and public aided bodies 8 hospitals, 35 dispensaries, 19 maternity homes, 11 health centres, 8 primary health centres with 62 doctors, 15 vaidyas and 124 nurses with 189 beds for males, 371 for females and 40 for children. The following statement gives the number of indoor and outdoor patients treated during 1965 in these hospitals and dispensaries.

Tahsil	Number of patients treated
Tahsil	Indoor			Outdoor
	Males	Females	Children	Males	Females	Children
Arvi	23	113	19	48,575	30,929	51,827
Wardha	2,817	3,259	2,340	126,011	95,050	112,229
Hinganghat	325	823	642	95,051	44,514	66,946
District Total	3,165	4,195	3,001	269,637	170,493	231,002

Table Number 4 gives statistics of patients treated in Wardha district in 1965.

TABLE No. 4

CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS (INDOOR-OUTDOOR) TREATED IN WARDHA DISTRICT.

Diseases	Outdoor patient department		Indoor patient department		Deaths.
	Total No.	Treated	Total No.	Treated	Deaths.
	1961	1965	1961	1965	1961	1965
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Cholera	--	31	--	1	--	8
Dysentery (Amoebic and Bacillary).	7,089	32,121	129	55	3	2
Diarrhoea	9,295	21,325	105	152	5	9
Diphtheria	71	130	7	10	3	--
Enteric	294	1,893	91	36	1	--
Venereal diseases	28	342	--	51	--	2
Malaria	4,923	85	56	4	1	--
Pneumonia	763	6,916	237	33	30	5
Small-pox	67	93	14	1	--	1
Tuberculosis of lung	796	827	282	31	6	2
Other forms of tuberculosis.	269	434	166	31	23	--

TABLE No. 4 -contd.

Diseases	Outdoor patient department		Indoor patient department		Deaths.
	Total No.	Treated	Total	No. Treated	Deaths.
	1961	1965	1961	1965	1961	1965
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Phrexia of uncertain origin and other diseases due to infection	17,876	41,186	403	1,616	13	36
Diseases due to meta-zoan parasites	5,313	21,021	41	101	3	--
Tumours / Tumours malignant	145	588	--	39	--	--
Diseases of the circulatory system.	708	1,449	85	16	4	--
Diseases of the nervous system.	6,267	12,056	204	1,720	1	28
Diseases of blood and spleen.	3,994	4,673	103	162	1	3
Diseases due to deficiency or to disorders of nutrition or metabolism.	1,784	15,802	274	120	24	6
Diseases of the generative system excluding tumours.	3,344	1,382	431	90	18	--
Diseases of the uriner organs excluding tumoury.	1,403	1,163	64	36	4	1
Injuries, general and local.	22,266	20,798	606	419	106	10
Poisoning	466	3,363	48	17	5	3
Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia and Tuberculosis.	31,656	37,535	262	762	12	3
Diseases of the digestive system excluding Diarrhoea Dysentery and Tumours.	24,820	56,497	453	1,163	--	10
Diseases not classified above.	2,36,352 3,	01,102	4,121	4,695	104	188
Surgical operations..	--	--	6,269	5,563	--	--
Grand Total	3,79,989	5,82,812	14,451	16,924	367	339

Note.—(1) The Data pertains to only Allopathic Hospitals, Dispensaries, etc. Patients treated in Ayurvedic Dispensaries are not included in the above table.

Source: (2) District Civil Surgeon, Zilla Parishad and Municipalities in the Wardha District.

Besides these hospitals and dispensaries, there were 22 ayurvedic dispensaries in the district in 1965-66. The following statement shows the number of outdoor patients treated at these dispensaries.

Dispensaries	Outdoor Patients for the years
Dispensaries	1961	1962	1963	1964
Shekapur (Bai)	2,367	5,771	4,250	7,835
Sirasgaon	5,317	6,429	5,938	2,781
Mandgaon	8,682	7,057	7,602	3,394
Sehoor	5,292	3,750	3,225	8,868
Masod	7,526	8,603	10,684	10,685
Wagholi	9,001	7,972	7,358	8,046
Rohana	22,606	20,263	21,194	20,636
Jaurwada	4,547	5,975	3,631	4,217
Kora	2,931	3,289	2,800	3,240
Saoli (Wagh)	1,050	1,965	6,872	4,535
Kandholi	2,457	3,548	5,257	7,722
Bharaswada	9,713	4,026	6,953	9,763
Vijaygopal	2,780	3,604	3,784	7,150
Waifed	2,967	3,048	3,313	3,380
Dharti	100	1,370	173	3,999
Deowadi	--	1,760	2,301	900
Hingini	5,218	8,919	7,312	7,258
Taroda	9,327	10,513	9,228	5,420
Wadala	8,758	6,186	7,070	5,210
Muradgaon	5,659	5,413	5,885	6,053
Nimboli	1,780	891	1,965	2,045
Hamadapur	Newly opened.

The allopathic dispensaries are located at Kharangana, Ashti, Bhish-noor, Nandora, Girad, Pohana, Kangaon and Andhori. The primary health centres are located at Seloo, Anji, Deoli, Talegaon T., Rohana, Karanja, Samudrapur and Wadner. In 1967, there were under the control of the Zilla Parishad 19 allopathic dispensaries and 22 ayurvedic dispensaries besides 8 primary health centres, 11 mandi health units, 13 maternity homes, 9 rural family planning centres, 13 survey, eradication and treatment units for leprosy and 12 vaccination centres.

Table Number 5 gives the number of persons engaged in medical and public health profession in the district according to the Census of 1961.

TABLE No. 5.

NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSION IN WARDHA DISTRICT, 1961

1	Number of Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists			Number of Nurses, Pharmacists and other medical health technicians			Total
	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
District Total	353	277	76	610	215	395	963	492	471
Rural	177	115	62	336	78	258	513	193	320
Urban	176	162	14	274	137	137	450	299	151

Source.—Socio-Economic Review and District Statistical Abstract of Wardha District, 1965-66.

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