Medical History of British India: Disease Prevention and Public Health

22 AJMER JAIL.

STATEMENT No. VIII.—Statement showing the employment of convicts as Prison Officers in the Central Jail at
Ajmer for the year 1909.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

SEX.

Average no.
of convicts.

Average num-
ber employed
as prison
officers.

Ratio of
column 3 to
column 2.

Total number
employed as
Prison officers.

Number of
reductions or
other punish-
ments.

REMARKS.

no.

Male . . .

301.28

15.90

5.28

15

32*

Convict warders ...

3

Do. Overseers . .

10

Do. Writer . .

1

Female . . .

7.17

...

...

...

...

Do. Mohurrir . .

1

total . .

15

TOTAL

308.45

15.90(c)

5.15

15(a)

32(b)

(a) The nature of the offices held by convicts should be given in column of remarks.
(b) Detail of the nature of punishments ordered should be given as directed in paragraph 19 of the Government Review on the Jail
Reports for 1884.
(c) Column 3 should tally with column 7B of Return No. XII. Column 5 should show the total number of convicts employed as
Warders, etc., and not merely the total sanctioned number of situations.

Fetters ....

3

Reductions . . .

12

Warrings. . .

11

Change to hard labour .

4

Reduced diet . . .

2

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STATEMENT No. IX.—Statement showing the Scales of Diet in force in the Ajmer Central Jail during the
year 1909.

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2

3

4

Diet scales of labouring prisoners.

Diet scale of non-
labouring prisoners.

Punishment diet
scale.

Note of any change effected in diet
scales during the year.

Atta of Gram 1/3

12 Chittaks daily.

Atta 8 Chittaks on
Sundays and Mon-
days and 10 Chit-
taks on other days.

Labouring prisoners 8
Chittaks atta, with
the usual quantity
of salt ; the period
of this diet is ninety-
six consecutive
hours.

Prisoners on Mills are given
14 Chittaks of atta instead of
12 Chittaks, vide paragraph 7 of
letter no. 745/248 II, dated 20th
July 1899, from the First
Assistant to the honourable the
agent to the Governor-General
for Rajputana.

„ Barley 2/3

„ Wheat 1/3

Dâl alternately . . 2 Chittaks.

Other articles are
same as for labour-
ing prisoners.

Vegetables alternately 8 „

Oil with vegetables 4/25 „

salt „ „ 1/4 „

„ „ Dâl . . 1/6 „

Chillies with vegetables 2 M.

„ dâ1 1 „

Fuel . . . 4 „

NOTE.—A complete statement of all the Diet Scales in use for labouring prisoners according to length of sentence should be given
in column 1, with details as to the articles used, and the variations in different days of the week.

H. R. WOOLBERT, Lieut.-Col., I.M.S.,

Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer.

AJMER JAIL OFFICE :
The 12th February 1910.

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SEX.	Average no. of convicts.	Average num- ber employed as prison officers.	Ratio of column 3 to column 2.	Total number employed as Prison officers.	Number of reductions or other punish- ments.	REMARKS.
							no.
Male . . .	301.28	15.90	5.28	15	32*	Convict warders ...	3
						Do. Overseers . .	10
						Do. Writer . .	1
Female . . .	7.17	...	...	...	...	Do. Mohurrir . .	1
Female . . .	7.17	...	...	...	...	total . .	15
TOTAL	308.45	15.90(c)	5.15	15(a)	32(b)

Fetters ....	3
Reductions . . .	12
Warrings. . .	11
Change to hard labour .	4
Reduced diet . . .	2
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1		2	3	4
Diet scales of labouring prisoners.		Diet scale of non- labouring prisoners.	Punishment diet scale.	Note of any change effected in diet scales during the year.
Atta of Gram 1/3	12 Chittaks daily.	Atta 8 Chittaks on Sundays and Mon- days and 10 Chit- taks on other days.	Labouring prisoners 8 Chittaks atta, with the usual quantity of salt ; the period of this diet is ninety- six consecutive hours.	Prisoners on Mills are given 14 Chittaks of atta instead of 12 Chittaks, vide paragraph 7 of letter no. 745/248 II, dated 20th July 1899, from the First Assistant to the honourable the agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana.
„ Barley 2/3
„ Wheat 1/3
Dâl alternately . . 2 Chittaks.		Other articles are same as for labour- ing prisoners.
Vegetables alternately 8 „
Oil with vegetables 4/25 „
salt „ „ 1/4 „
„ „ Dâl . . 1/6 „
Chillies with vegetables 2 M.
„ dâ1 1 „
Fuel . . . 4 „

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