Report of the Inspector General of Dispensaries in the Punjab, for the Year 1870 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...the Civil Surgeon visited the Dispensary once. The Native Doctor, Narain Singh, is favorably reported of. DHURMSALLA DISPENSARY, CLASS III. I visited the Dhurmsalla Dispensary on the 3rd August 1870, accompanied by the Civil Surgeon, Dr. G. Massy. The building is still a small ill lighted, ill ventilated house in the Bazar, which has accommodation for only two or three in-patients. I am, however, glad to find that there is some prospect of a new Dispensary being built at last. There is now a Erection of a new Dispen Bary contemplated. balance in hand of Dispensary funds, amounting to upwards of Rs. 1,400, which, with funds from other local sources that are available at present, will, in the opinion of the Deputy Commissioner Colonel Mercer, cover the expenditure of constructing the new Dispensary. A site has been selected, and a plan prepared, and it is proposed to commence operations almost at once. I have seen the plan, but not the estimate. The latter, I believe, has not been prepared. This should be done, and the whole project submitted for the formal sanction of the Punjab Government (Civil Department) through the Commissioner, and Inspector General of Dispensaries. The plan and estimate have, since this minute was written, been submitted and returned for alteration. It appears to me that the plan which seems to have been fixed upon, is a verv expensive one. It consists of two sets of rooms with central passage all under one roof. The width of the building is 30 feet. Were the two sets of quarters built entirely separate, the cost of roofing would, I should think, be much less, while the arrangement, so far as the reception and treatment of the sick are concerned, would be better. No provision has been made in the project for quarters for the Dispensar...