মে, ১৯০৫ ] সিভিল হস্পিটাল এসিষ্টাণ্ট শ্রেণীর অসুবিধা । ১৯৩ was then allotted when the pay of other class of officers were similarly allotted due to the cheap living of those days, as the beginning pay of a Munsiff was then Rs. 4o ; but as the living is now more than five times dearer than that of those days, so the pay of the officers of every, department is raised to five times to that of the past days ; as Munsiff is now getting Rs. 200 for Rs. 40 of those days. Lately a reform took place in cases of Police officers, but unfortunately the case of the officer of the class is not brought to the light of the Government and so they are often deprived of this pri. vilege. Further, it proves that now-a-days a Chaprasi cannot be had without Rs. 8, whose pay was then Rs. 3, so also a labourer works now-a-days with 8 annas per day, when they worked with 2 annas only ; this change of rate of all classes had happened only due to the dear living of the present days. Io. In a district when a Civil Hospital Assistant is in charge of the dispensary there the Civil Surgeon takes the advantage of ordering the H. A. (as he being a low-paid officer) to perform the Post. Mortem examination, and such orders issued by the Civil Surgeon are never brought to the notice. of the Head of the department. But the poor H. A. is obliged to obey this order of the C. S., (as he being his immediate superior officer) even after sacrificing his few hours of leisure to improve himself in Science. And unfortunately for this the poor H. A. is deprived of having the privilege of PostMortem the allowance there: II. As for the encouragement of the Assistant Surgeon class seven posts of I. M. S. officer is always left vacant for some officer of extraordinary merit. and good qualification, so it is quite reasonable to say that a few posts of Assistant Surgeons should likely be, kept reserved for the officer of H. A. class, who possesses such a merit. O 12. The scale of house-rent of Rs. 5 which is allowed to this class of officer, is quite insufficient to get a house now-a days. So some concession should be made to increase this rate. 13. It may be urged that the Hospital Assistant have the privilege of private pračtice besides. their pay. But it is a mere delusion in cases of this class. As now-a-days there are a large number of qualified practitioners even in a stnall village, so it is a mere * dream to think of such—so also they are always put in a very poor outlaying places ; where peoples are too poor to pay for their medicines and much less for medical advice. In towns, to which they are fortunately posted, where some hope of practice is absorbed by
