(Metal |htper. THE INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. No. 150. Notification, Home, Revenue and Agricultural Department, Medical, Fort William, the 15th March 1880. In continuation of G. 0. No. 13, dated 2nd January 1880, issued in the Military Department, and subject to
such modifications as may hereafter be deemed necessary, the Governor-General in Council is pleased, with the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State, to issue the following orders regarding the administrative staff of the Indian Medical Department in the several provinces of India. From the 31st March 1880 the following ad2. ministrative appointments will be made :
Monthly salary. Rs.
1 Surgeon-General with the Government of India ... ... ...
...
2,700
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
112
1
Deputy Surgeon General, with local rank Surgeon General, for civil medical administration in Bengal Deputy Surgeon-General with local rank of Surgeon-General in the North Western Proof
...
...
1
vinces and Oudli
1
...
...
...
Deputy Surgeon-General with local rank of Surgeon-General in the Punjab Deputy Surgeon-General for civil medical
..
1
administration in the Central Provinces 1 Surgeon-General for civil medical administration in Madras 1 Secretary to the Surgeon-General, Madras, ...
...
...
(consolidated)
...
...
...
Secretary to the Surgeon-General, Bombay (consolidated)
1
...
2,250 1,800
2,500 8o0
...
2,500
...
800
The Surgeons-General with the Government of India and with the Governments of Madras and Bombay will, in addition to performing civil administrative duties, be Heads of the Indian Medical Departments in their respective Presidencies It will be their duty, among other matters, to propose transfers between the Military and Civil Departments ; to recommend for promotion to the administrative grades ; and to advise the Government on all questions relating to the admission of officers and subordinates to the Indian service, to the conduct and services of Indian medical officers of all grades, and to the supply of medicines and hospital stores. The Surgeon-General with the Government of India will be entitled to receive any information he desires from the Surgeons-General and Deputy Surgeons General attached to the Local Governments and Administrations ; but he will
exercise no direct authority over them. These officers will be solely under the orders of the Local Government or administration to which each belongs. 4 Officers will be selected for the above-named administrative offices by the Government of India for the Bengal Presidency, and by the Governments of Madras and Bombay for those Presidencies respectively. Selections will be made in each Presidency from the whole Indian Medical Service of that Presidency, and the principles of selection, hitherto followed in making such appointments, will be observed. Surgeons-General and all Deputy Surgeons-General, including those who will count may have the local rank of Surgeon-General , their live years' term of office from the date of their first entering on the duties of their rank whether in the military or civil branch of the service.
5. The Deputy Surgeon-General for the Central Provinces will also be Sanitary Commissioner for those Provinces. As already notified in the Military Depart" the Deputy Surgeons-Genement Order above quoted, ra 1 of the Eastern Frontier District and of the British Burma Division will, in addition to their military duties, exercise the civil medical administration of their respective Provinces, and will also perform the duties of Sanitary Commissioners in them." The Deputy SurgeonsGeneral of the Punjab Field Force and of the Sind District will also exercise the civil medical administration In respect to these civil duties they of those circles. will be subject to the orders of the Provincial SurgeonGeneral. 6. In all Provinces, for which a separate Sanitary Commissioner is sanctioned, the Sanitary Department will remain distinct from, and not subordinate to, the Medical Department. The Sanitary Commissioner of Madras and of Bombay will, in future, have the rank and of
a
Deputy Surgeon-General,
attains 26 years' service,
or as soon as
any
as soon as
the list is promoted to the administrative to the same conditions and
subject
each Province will reckon from
tlu* date of Fib is of a Deputy SurIn the appointment of officers to he geon General. the same Commissioners and Sanitary principles procedure will he adopted as in the promotion t Deputy SurgeonGeneral in the military and civil administration ; hut in the selection for such posts knowledge and experience as a sanitary officer will be specially considered.
attaining the rank
7.
Tiie
supervision
lie
officer below
and
privileges
of the Vaccination
Department
important part of the duties of the Sanitary Commissioner in each Province. The separate appoint-
will form an
3
privileges
011
1880.
grade ; limitations, the Commissioner of Sanitary Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and the Punjab will have the rank, pay and of a Deput)privileges Surgeon-General. This rule will apply to officers now holding the appointment? of Sanitary Commissioner in these Provinces. The five years' tenure of office by a Sanitary Commissioner
in
1,800
...
Surgeon-General for civil medical administration in Bombay
1
2 250
him and
[April 1,
ment of Superintendent-General of Vaccination, where it still exists, will be abolished, and this officer, as well as the Superintendents of Vaccination, will become a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner under the orders of the >anitai v Commissioner who will utilise not only them, but also the whole vaccination staff and the Civil Surgeons as far as possible in sanitary work.
8. Although the administration of the Indian Medical Department is divided into two branches?civil and military?Indian medical officers will remain as now military officers, those in civil employ being only lent to the Civil Department and liable to be called on for military duty in the event of their services being required.
9. Officers holding appointments which are abolished under these orders, viz., the Superintendent-General of Vaccination, Punjab, and the Sanitary Commissioners for the Central Provinces and British Burma, will receive allowance making the emoluments of their a personal future offices equal to the pay they now draw. Offg. Secretary to the Govt, of Indi a.
such modifications as may hereafter be deemed necessary, the Governor-General in Council is pleased, with the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State, to issue the following orders regarding the administrative staff of the Indian Medical Department in the several provinces of India. From the 31st March 1880 the following ad2. ministrative appointments will be made :
Monthly salary. Rs.
1 Surgeon-General with the Government of India ... ... ...
...
2,700
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
112
1
Deputy Surgeon General, with local rank Surgeon General, for civil medical administration in Bengal Deputy Surgeon-General with local rank of Surgeon-General in the North Western Proof
...
...
1
vinces and Oudli
1
...
...
...
Deputy Surgeon-General with local rank of Surgeon-General in the Punjab Deputy Surgeon-General for civil medical
..
1
administration in the Central Provinces 1 Surgeon-General for civil medical administration in Madras 1 Secretary to the Surgeon-General, Madras, ...
...
...
(consolidated)
...
...
...
Secretary to the Surgeon-General, Bombay (consolidated)
1
...
2,250 1,800
2,500 8o0
...
2,500
...
800
The Surgeons-General with the Government of India and with the Governments of Madras and Bombay will, in addition to performing civil administrative duties, be Heads of the Indian Medical Departments in their respective Presidencies It will be their duty, among other matters, to propose transfers between the Military and Civil Departments ; to recommend for promotion to the administrative grades ; and to advise the Government on all questions relating to the admission of officers and subordinates to the Indian service, to the conduct and services of Indian medical officers of all grades, and to the supply of medicines and hospital stores. The Surgeon-General with the Government of India will be entitled to receive any information he desires from the Surgeons-General and Deputy Surgeons General attached to the Local Governments and Administrations ; but he will
exercise no direct authority over them. These officers will be solely under the orders of the Local Government or administration to which each belongs. 4 Officers will be selected for the above-named administrative offices by the Government of India for the Bengal Presidency, and by the Governments of Madras and Bombay for those Presidencies respectively. Selections will be made in each Presidency from the whole Indian Medical Service of that Presidency, and the principles of selection, hitherto followed in making such appointments, will be observed. Surgeons-General and all Deputy Surgeons-General, including those who will count may have the local rank of Surgeon-General , their live years' term of office from the date of their first entering on the duties of their rank whether in the military or civil branch of the service.
5. The Deputy Surgeon-General for the Central Provinces will also be Sanitary Commissioner for those Provinces. As already notified in the Military Depart" the Deputy Surgeons-Genement Order above quoted, ra 1 of the Eastern Frontier District and of the British Burma Division will, in addition to their military duties, exercise the civil medical administration of their respective Provinces, and will also perform the duties of Sanitary Commissioners in them." The Deputy SurgeonsGeneral of the Punjab Field Force and of the Sind District will also exercise the civil medical administration In respect to these civil duties they of those circles. will be subject to the orders of the Provincial SurgeonGeneral. 6. In all Provinces, for which a separate Sanitary Commissioner is sanctioned, the Sanitary Department will remain distinct from, and not subordinate to, the Medical Department. The Sanitary Commissioner of Madras and of Bombay will, in future, have the rank and of
a
Deputy Surgeon-General,
attains 26 years' service,
or as soon as
any
as soon as
the list is promoted to the administrative to the same conditions and
subject
each Province will reckon from
tlu* date of Fib is of a Deputy SurIn the appointment of officers to he geon General. the same Commissioners and Sanitary principles procedure will he adopted as in the promotion t Deputy SurgeonGeneral in the military and civil administration ; hut in the selection for such posts knowledge and experience as a sanitary officer will be specially considered.
attaining the rank
7.
Tiie
supervision
lie
officer below
and
privileges
of the Vaccination
Department
important part of the duties of the Sanitary Commissioner in each Province. The separate appoint-
will form an
3
privileges
011
1880.
grade ; limitations, the Commissioner of Sanitary Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and the Punjab will have the rank, pay and of a Deput)privileges Surgeon-General. This rule will apply to officers now holding the appointment? of Sanitary Commissioner in these Provinces. The five years' tenure of office by a Sanitary Commissioner
in
1,800
...
Surgeon-General for civil medical administration in Bombay
1
2 250
him and
[April 1,
ment of Superintendent-General of Vaccination, where it still exists, will be abolished, and this officer, as well as the Superintendents of Vaccination, will become a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner under the orders of the >anitai v Commissioner who will utilise not only them, but also the whole vaccination staff and the Civil Surgeons as far as possible in sanitary work.
8. Although the administration of the Indian Medical Department is divided into two branches?civil and military?Indian medical officers will remain as now military officers, those in civil employ being only lent to the Civil Department and liable to be called on for military duty in the event of their services being required.
9. Officers holding appointments which are abolished under these orders, viz., the Superintendent-General of Vaccination, Punjab, and the Sanitary Commissioners for the Central Provinces and British Burma, will receive allowance making the emoluments of their a personal future offices equal to the pay they now draw. Offg. Secretary to the Govt, of Indi a.
